Low explosives are compounds where the rate of decomposition proceeds through the material at less than the speed of sound.

IEEE 802. 15. 4-2003 ( Low Rate WPAN ) deals with low data rate but very long battery life ( months or even years ) and very low complexity.

Low business taxes-the maximum tax rate is 20 %-and easy incorporation rules have induced about 73, 700 holding or so-called letter box companies to establish nominal offices in Liechtenstein, providing 30 % of state revenues.

The Low Pay Commission found that, rather than make employees redundant, employers have reduced their rate of hiring, reduced staff hours, increased prices, and have found ways to cause current workers to be more productive ( especially service companies ).

Low public and external debt and a comfortable level of foreign exchange reserves allowed for further relaxation of monetary policy, with the reference interest rate of the Central Bank decreasing to 4 %.

; Low throughput: Due to varying load from other users sharing the same network resources, the bit rate ( the maximum throughput ) that can be provided to a certain data stream may be too low for realtime multimedia services if all data streams get the same scheduling priority.

*# Low glomerular filtration rate ( GFR ) ( RRT often recommended to commence at a GFR of less than 10-15 mls / min / 1. 73m < sup > 2 </ sup >).

* Low birth weight — in the United States from 1995 – 98, the SIDS death rate for infants weighing 1000 – 1499 g was 2. 89 / 1000 ; for a birth weight of 3500 – 3999 g, it was only 0. 51 / 1000 ).

While forests managed for wood production commonly yield between 1 and 3 cubic meters per hectare per year, plantations of fast-growing species commonly yield between 20 and 30 cubic meters or more per hectare annually ; a Grand Fir plantation at Craigvinean in Scotland has a growth rate of 34 cubic meters per hectare per year ( Aldhous & Low 1974 ), and Monterey Pine plantations in southern Australia can yield up to 40 cubic meters per hectare per year ( Everard & Fourt 1974 ).

Low birth-weight children born to smoking mothers have a lower infant mortality rate than the low birth weight children of non-smokers.

Low intensity pulsed ultrasound, applied twenty minutes per day, increases the rate of bone healing.

Low doses of clonazepam is most effective with a 90 % success rate, how this drug works to restore REM atonia is unclear, however it is thought to suppress muscle activity, rather than directly restoring atonia.

The minimum wage rate is reset annually after guidance from the Low Pay Commission, and on 1 October 2011 it stood at £ 6. 08 for over 21 year olds, £ 4. 98 for 18-20 year olds, £ 3. 68 for under 18 year olds finished with compulsory education and £ 2. 60 for under 19 year olds or first year apprentices.

They also maintain the Project's clandestine Extremely Low Frequency systems that very slowly accumulate Prime Base's messages, such as briefings, for teams to read when they awaken — thus counterbalancing the minuscule data rate.

Low precipitation and a high rate of evaporation in summer months due to high summer temperatures are among the factors making much of this province one of the driest regions in Iran.

** Low rate of aromatization to estrogens.

** Low rate of aromatization to estrogens ( approximately half that of testosterone ).

Low pH values increase rate of corrosion while high pH values encourage scale formation.

* Low mortality rate

# Low birth-weight: reduction of the rate of low birth-weight to less than 10 percent

* Low birth-weight: reduction of the rate of low birth-weight to less than 10 %

Low rate initial production ( LRIP ) was projected to begin in January 2012.

Low to moderate intensity aerobic exercise is at a heart rate of approximately 50 to 70 % of your maximum heart rate.

Prior to the take over, sales had been falling at a rate of 6 %, a figure that Tesco reversed to a growth of 20 % by February 1996 and the former Wm Low stores contributed £ 11 million profit to the Tesco group.

In viticulture, the two main components in growing Riesling grapes are to keep it " Long & Low " meaning that the ideal situation for Riesling is a climate that allows for a long, slow ripening and proper pruning to keep the yield low and the flavour concentrated.

Hollandic experienced a slow but steady transition from an Ingvaeonic variant to true Low Franconian, through the influence of the more prestigious Brabantic and Utrecht dialects.

After mass education in Germany in the 19th and 20th centuries the slow decline which Low German was experiencing since the end of the Hanseatic league turned into a free fall.

Low pollution / slow combustion stoves are a current area of research.

Low magazine capacity, frequent jamming and the complicated barrel-change made firing and reloading a slow and laborious process, resulting in the Breda 30 being a weapon only capable of laying down a diminutive amount of firepower and making it a very modest contributor to a firefight.

Low range gears slow down the vehicle and increase the torque available at the axles.

Low value goods are transported on rivers and canals worldwide, since slow speed barge traffic offers the lowest possible cost per ton mile and the capital cost per ton carried is also quite low compared to other modes of transport

There are distinct differences in the brain ’ s electrical activity during periods of wakefulness and sleep: Low voltage fast burst brain waves ( EEG desynchronization ) are associated with wakefulness and REM sleep ( which are electrophysiologically identical ); large voltage slow waves are found during non-REM sleep.

Despite all this, it was an effective and valuable vehicle during and after D-Day, especially as the Germans made extensive use of minefields to slow the Allied advance through France and the Low Countries.

Low end digital cameras lacking zoom, autofocus and flash are less common, their niche having been taken by camera phones.

Bad relations between England and Flanders brought hard times to the shepherds scattered over the dales and downs as well as to the crowded Flemish cities, and while the English, so far, had done no more than grumble, Othon had seen what the discontent might lead to, for before he left the Low Countries the citizens of Ghent had risen in protest against the expense of supporting Edward and his troops, and the regular soldiers had found it unexpectedly difficult to put down the nasty little riot that ensued.

the Low Countries, where the Middle Ages were to last for another two centuries and die out only when Charles the Bold of Burgundy met his first defeat in the fields and forests below the walls of Grandson.

Low temperature thermometry.

The latest Low is a puzzler.

But there is a difference between the present volume and the early Low.

But there was terror in the thirties when the Nazis were on the loose and in those days Low struck like lightning.

that was a nightmarish situation and Low was in his element.

we are stronger and more self-confident -- and Low cannot so easily put us to rights.

It might be that Low has seen too many stupidities and that they do not outrage him now.

Low seems to have supported Eden at first and then relented because things worked out differently, so there is no fire in his eye.

Until he was four years old, van Vogt and his family spoke only a dialect of Low German in the home.

Low inflation was maintained around 2. 6 % annually.

* The Capture of Brielle, marked a turning point in the uprising of the Low Countries against Spain in the Eighty Years ' War.

* In November 2000, nuclear spin temperatures below 100 pK were reported for an experiment at the Helsinki University of Technology's Low Temperature Lab.

* In Astrophysics, auto-correlation is used to study and characterize the spatial distribution of galaxies in the Universe and in multi-wavelength observations of Low Mass X-ray Binaries.

Another famous abjuration was brought about by the Plakkaat van Verlatinghe of July 26, 1581, the formal Declaration of Independence of the Low Countries from the Spanish king, Philip II.

In the remainder of the war in the Low Countries he held high commands, and was present at the Battle of Fleurus.

* Night Waltz II ( The Sun Sits Low ) — Mr. Lindquist, Mrs. Nordstrom, Mrs. Anderssen, Mr. Erlanson and Mrs. Segstrom

* Low molecular weight gases ( Hydrogen & helium ) may be difficult to remove from the analysis chamber, and may be adsorbed and emitted from the specimen, even though not present in the original specimen.

* Low brass is a copper-zinc alloy containing 20 % zinc with a light golden color and excellent ductility ; it is used for flexible metal hoses and metal bellows.