The first " true alphabet " in this sense is believed to be the Greek alphabet, which is a modified form of the Phoenician alphabet.

Instead of having a pulp cavity, each tooth has a cluster of thin, upright, parallel tubes of vasodentin ( a modified form of dentine ), with individual pulp canals, held together by cementum.

The abbess also traditionally adds a pectoral cross to the outside of her habit as a symbol of office, though she continues to wear a modified form of her religious habit or dress, as she is unordained-not a male religious-and so does not vest or use choir dress in the liturgy.

During their time on the council, HRP representatives fought for measures including pioneering antidiscrimination ordinances, measures decriminalizing marijuana possession, and a rent-control ordinance ; many of these remain in effect in modified form.

Version 4. 1, in a slightly modified form, was also the standard operating system for the Apple Network Server systems sold by Apple Computer to complement the Macintosh line.

* Some types of hedge funds make use of a modified form of arbitrage to profit.

This prevents opening of the chain to the aldehyde or keto form and renders the modified residue non-reducing.

Some of these have functions by themselves or in a modified form ; for instance, glutamate functions as an important neurotransmitter.

Jardine called this modified form of the tactic fast leg theory.

For example, deoxyribose, a component of DNA, is a modified version of ribose ; chitin is composed of repeating units of N-acetyl glucosamine, a nitrogen-containing form of glucose.

This view is also held in a modified form by groups such as the Latter Day Saints, Christadelphians and Adventist splinter groups such as the Branch Davidians.

In that group, the peptidoglycan is a modified form very different from the kind found in bacteria.

Church subsequently modified his methods to include use of Herbrand – Gödel recursion and then proved ( 1936 ) that the Entscheidungsproblem is unsolvable: There is no generalized " effective calculation " ( method, algorithm ) that can determine whether or not a formula in either the recursive-or λ-calculus is " valid " ( more precisely: no method to show that a well formed formula has a " normal form ").

* the Underpeople, animals modified into human form and intelligence to fulfill servile roles, and treated as property.

* Operant conditioning or instrumental conditioning, a form of learning in which behavior is modified by its consequences

He, however, attributed it to either absorption of light within the galaxy or modified dynamics in the outer portions of the spiral and not to any form of missing matter.

Bosch's machine used a modified 1 " Type B transport, and recorded an early form of CCIR 601 digital video.

The alphabet went on in modified form after the language disappeared.

Many Methodist churches ( see The United Methodist Church, among others ) retain the form and function of episcopal polity, although in a modified form, called connexionalism.

Some basic emotions can be modified to form complex emotions.

Free software, software libre or libre software is software that can be used, studied, and modified without restriction, and which can be copied and redistributed in modified or unmodified form either without restriction, or with restrictions that only ensure that further recipients have the same rights under which it was obtained and that manufacturers of consumer products incorporating free software provide the software as source code.

Aristotle previously explained it in terms of vaporous exhalations, which Avicenna modified into the theory of petrifying fluids ( succus lapidificatus ), which was elaborated on by Albert of Saxony in the 14th century and accepted in some form by most naturalists by the 16th century.

Maurras ' integral nationalism was idealized by fascists, but modified into a modernized revolutionary form that was devoid of Maurras ' monarchism.

Using a steering system that controlled the modified rocket's tail surfaces and wings equipped with ailerons, Fiedler was to land the missile on a skid especially bolted under the fuselage.

It was modified somewhat after it was restored under Eucleides ; the most detailed accounts are of this fourth-century modification rather than the Periclean system.

It also was responsible for switching to ROM BASIC when the system was turned on with the break key pressed, and later supported a primitive LAN system, using the RS232 port with modified cabling.

Thus, Walsh modified the vertical passing scheme he had learned during his time with the Raiders, designing a horizontal passing system that relied on quick, short throws-often spreading the ball across the entire width of the field.

2009, compared an analysis of blood and organ system data from trials with rats fed three main commercialized genetically modified types of maize which are present in food and feed in the world.

Eventually the OCCC staff modified and adapted Bliss ’ s system in order to make it serve as a bridge to English.

This flag is useful for critical information that must not be modified or erased, such as special files that are used only by internal parts of the computer system.

The Soroban system was notoriously unreliable, and often replaced with a modified Friden Flexowriter, which also contained its own punch tape system.

The writing system had two historical phases: the archaic from the 7th to 5th century BC, which used the early Greek alphabet, and the later from the 4th to 1st century BC, which modified some of the letters.

Grenada continued to practise a modified Westminster parliamentary system based on the British model with a governor general appointed by and representing the British monarch ( head of state ) and a prime minister who is both leader of the majority party and the head of government.

As stars move through an arm, the space velocity of each stellar system is modified by the gravitational force of the higher density.

Shipped without rear seat, rear interior trim, rear window or decklid, the hearse package also features a heavy-duty suspension, brakes, charging system and tires and was once offered on a modified Ford Expedition SUV chassis with the Triton V10 truck engine.

For hydrogen-1, hydrogen-2 ( deuterium ), and hydrogen-3 ( tritium ) the constant must be slightly modified to use the reduced mass of the system, rather than simply the mass of the electron.

In the Italian referendums of 1993, voters approved substantial changes, including moving from a proportional to an Additional Member System, which is largely dominated by a majoritarian electoral system and the abolition of some ministries, some of which, however, have been reintroduced with only partly modified names, such as the Ministry of Agriculture reincarnated as the Ministry of Agricultural Resources.

Japanese courts use a modified jury system, and there are no administrative courts or claims courts.

" The engine was modified with a snorkel system so that the engine could properly breathe underwater.

The car features a modified engine, fuel system, and engine management system that enables the car to run on regular gas or ethanol, and in any mixture between these two fuels.

After the VIC-20 he purchased a Sinclair QL, which he modified extensively, especially its operating system.

Colt entered a modified M16A2 known as the Colt ACR, which used duplex rounds, a system that lowered recoil by 40 % to improve repeating shots, and added a 3. 5x scope.

* Rejection of terra nullius: The decision recognised that the indigenous population had a pre-existing system of law, which, along with all rights subsisting thereunder, would remain in force under the new sovereign except where specifically modified or extinguished by legislative or executive action.

Hence the current western numeral system is the modified version of the Hindu numeral system developed in India.