To help avoid collision with terrain ( CFIT ), aircraft use systems such as ground-proximity warning systems ( GPWS ), which use radar altimeters as a key element.

In each step, the algorithm compares the input key value with the key value of the middle element of the array.

Otherwise, if the sought key is less than the middle element's key, then the algorithm repeats its action on the sub-array to the left of the middle element or, if the input key is greater, on the sub-array to the right.

It is also possible to bring class actions under state law, and in some cases the court may extend its jurisdiction to all the members of the class, including out of state ( or even internationally ) as the key element is the jurisdiction that the court has over the defendant.

: What Hubbard touts as a science of mind lacks one key element that is expected of a science: empirical testing of claims.

The illumination of the subject is also a key element in creating an artistic piece, and the interplay of light and shadow is a valuable method in the artist's toolbox.

Other scholars stress the omnipotence of the State ( with its consequent suspension of rights ) as the key element of a dictatorship and argue that such concentration of power can be legitimate or not depending on the circumstances, objectives and methods employed.

This concept became a key element of the meaning of " emperor " in the Byzantine and Orthodox east, but went out of favor with in the west with the rise of Roman Catholicism.

Marriage negotiations constituted a key element in Elizabeth's foreign policy.

It is a key element of the RSA algorithm, a public-key encryption method widely used in electronic commerce.

A key authoritarian element of fascism is its endorsement of a prime national leader, who is often known simply as the " Leader " or a similar title, such as Duce in Italian, Führer in German, Caudillo in Spanish, Poglavnik in Croatia, or Conducător in Romanian.

One key element is the Global Rinderpest Eradication Programme, which has advanced to a stage where large tracts of Asia and Africa have now been free of the cattle disease rinderpest for an extended period of time.

Education is a key element in explaining economic growth over time ( see growth accounting ).

The idea that the number of valences of a given element was invariant was a key component of Kekulé's version of structural chemistry.

Regional cooperation through various multilateral organizations is a key element in FSM's foreign policy.

The evacuation was a key element in the creation of the national conscience of Gibraltarians.

In Buddhism, Ai was seen as capable of being either selfish or selfless, the latter being a key element towards enlightenment.

Nonetheless, many of the provisions of the national pact were codified in the 1989 Ta ' if Agreement, perpetuating sectarianism as a key element of Lebanese political life.

The short story, " The Enchanted Buffalo ", claims to be a legend of a tribe of bison, and states that a key element made it into legends of Native American tribes.

The key element in laparoscopic surgery is the use of a laparoscope.

Regional cooperation, through membership in various regional and international organizations, is a key element in its foreign policy.

They were a key element in the success of the May Revolution, which deposed the Spanish viceroy and began the Argentine War of Independence.

The team's uniforms prompted a 2003 lawsuit by the Oakland Raiders, who claimed that the NFL and the Panthers had infringed upon key trademark elements of the Raiders ' brand, specifically the silver and black colors.

The question of her legitimacy was a key concern: Although she was technically illegitimate under both Protestant and Catholic law, her retroactively declared illegitimacy under the English church was not a serious bar compared to having never been legitimate as the Catholics claimed she was.

Isaacs however claimed that ' Freud's " hallucinatory wish-fulfilment " and his .." introjection " and " projection " are the basis of the fantasy life '; and how far unconscious fantasy was a genuine development of Freud's ideas, how far it represented the formation of a new psychoanalytic paradigm, is perhaps the key question of the Controversial discussions.

Desmond Shawe-Taylor has claimed that the portrait may have a religious meaning, Heathfield holding the key similar to St Peter ( Jesus ' " rock ") possessing the keys to Heaven, Heathfield " the rock upon which Britannia builds her military interests ".

This forms a key external argument against the total authenticity of the Testimonium in that Josephus, as a Jew, would not have claimed Jesus as the Messiah, and the reference to " he was Christ " in the Testimonium must be a Christian interpolation.

The author Nevill Drury claimed there are " four key precursors of the New Age ," who had set the way for many of its widely held precepts.

A trust signature indicates both that the key belongs to its claimed owner and that the owner of the key is trustworthy to sign other keys at one level below their own.

A central problem with the use of public-key cryptography is confidence ( ideally, proof ) that a particular public key is correct, and belongs to the person or entity claimed ( i. e. is " authentic "), and has not been tampered with, or replaced by, a malicious third party ( a " man-in-the-middle ").

Their adjustments included placing the " R " key in the place previously allotted to the period key ( this has been claimed to be done with the purpose of enabling salesmen to impress customers by pecking out the brand name " TYPE WRITER " from one keyboard row but this claim is unsubstantiated ).

The issue of human rights also became highly politicised at this time as human rights is claimed to be a key component of propaganda created by the Reagan administration to help legitimise its policies in the region.

A white paper produced by the Royal Air Force for the British government in 1961 claimed that the RAF's nuclear force was capable of destroying key Soviet cities such as Moscow and Kiev before bomber aircraft from the United States ' Strategic Air Command had entered Soviet airspace, " taking into account Bomber Command ’ s ability to be on target in the first wave several hours in advance of the main SAC force operating from bases in the United States .".

Baez later claimed that she felt she would be given more artistic license at a more " low key " label.

Berlitz and Moore's account of the story ( The Philadelphia Experiment: Project Invisibility ) claimed to include supposedly factual information, such as transcripts of an interview with a scientist involved in the experiment, their work has also been criticized for plagiarising key story elements from the novel Thin Air which was published a year earlier.

The Roman State adopted and developed a particular form of her cult, and claimed her conscription as a key religious component in their success against Carthage during the Punic Wars.

The Senate adopted key elements of their religion, which were perpetuated by haruspices and noble Roman families who claimed Etruscan descent, long after the general population had forgotten the language.

Douglas claimed in his 1993 book Unfinished Business that speed was a key strategy for achieving radical economic change: " Define your objectives clearly, and move towards them in quantum leaps, otherwise the interest groups will have time to mobilise and drag you down ".

In July 2011, Abdul Qadeer Khan, the key figure in Pakistan's nuclear weapons development, allegedly claimed that North Korea had gained access to Pakistan's nuclear technology in the late 1990s by paying bribes to Pakistan's senior military officials, a claim Pakistan's senior officials disputed.

Remaining a key first team member in 1956 – 57, injury restricted him to 25 league appearances, though Blackpool claimed a credible fourth place finish.

Although Alberti is usually considered the father of polyalphabetic cipher, it has been claimed that polyalphabetic ciphers may have been developed by the Arab cryptologist Al Kindi 600 years before Alberti. Johannes Trithemius, in a book published after his death, invented a progressive key polyalphabetic cipher called the Trithemius cipher.

Dhar claimed that he was directed to arrange the coverage of a key meeting of the BJP / Sangh Parivar and that the meeting " proved beyond doubt that they ( RSS, BJP, VHP ) had drawn up the blueprint of the Hindutva assault in the coming months and choreographed the ' pralaya nritya ' ( dance of destruction ) at Ayodhya in December 1992 ...

However, after investigative journalists found that key witnesses claimed they were forced to lie during testimony, Toguri was pardoned by U. S. President Gerald Ford in 1977.

In 1974, investigative journalists found that key witnesses claimed they were forced to lie during testimony.

In January the group and Elektra jointly announced that they had settled the suit, and although a non-disclosure agreement kept the terms secret, media sources claimed that " a significant increase in royalty payments to the band as well as a renegotiation of the group's recording contract were key factors in Metallica and Elektra coming to terms.