Beta blockers are used in the prophylaxis of exertional angina by reducing the work the heart is allowed to perform below the level that would provoke an angina attack.

Beta testing takes place at customers ' sites, and involves testing by a group of customers who use the system at their own locations and provide feedback, before the system is released to other customers.

He is an alumnus of Georgetown University where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and Kappa Kappa Psi and earned a Rhodes Scholarship to attend the University of Oxford.

Deneb Algedi is a Beta Lyrae variable star ( a type of eclipsing binary ).

Alternatively, if a line is constructed perpendicularly between Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, the point where the above mentioned line and this line intersect marks the Southern Celestial Pole.

Beta Crucis, called Mimosa, is a blue-hued giant of magnitude 1. 3, 353 light-years from Earth.

It is a Beta Cephei-type Cepheid variable with a variation of less than 0. 1 magnitudes.

Beta Ceti, also called Deneb Kaitos and Diphda, is the brightest star in Cetus.

In addition to Alpha Centauri ( the 3rd brightest star in the sky ), a second first magnitude star, Beta Centauri, is part of Centaurus.

Also called Hadar and Agena, Beta Centauri is a double star ; the primary is a blue-hued giant star of magnitude 0. 6, 525 light-years from Earth.

Albireo, designated Beta Cygni, is a celebrated binary star among amateur astronomers for its contrasting hues.

Beta Chamaeleontis is a blue-white hued star of magnitude 4. 2, 27 light-years from Earth.

* 1776 – At The College of William and Mary, Phi Beta Kappa is founded and becomes the first American college fraternity.

The main asterism in Delphinus is Job's Coffin, formed from the four brightest stars: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Delphini.

Beta Delphini, called Rotanev, is a close binary star and the brightest in Delphinus, divisible in only large amateur telescopes.

The game is currently under OBT ( Open Beta Test ) with the final release scheduled for October.

Beta Fornacis is a yellow-hued giant star of magnitude 4. 5, 169 light-years from Earth.

Beta Gruis is a red giant variable star with a minimum magnitude of 2. 3 and a maximum magnitude of 2. 0 ; it is 170 light-years from Earth.

Beta Hydri, the brightest star in Hydrus, is a yellow star of magnitude 2. 8, 24 light-years from Earth.

* 1914 – Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., the first historically black intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity to be officially recognized at Howard University is founded.

Karachi is ranked as a Beta world city.

Beta oxidation is the metabolic process by which fatty acids are broken down in the mitochondria and / or in peroxisomes to generate acetyl-CoA.

Beta Leporis, called Nihal, is a yellow giant of magnitude 2. 8, 159 light-years from Earth.

Monterrey is also home to international companies such as Sony, Toshiba, Carrier, Whirlpool, Samsung, Toyota, Daewoo, Ericsson, Nokia, Dell, Boeing, HTC, General Electric, Gamesa, LG, SAS Institute, Grundfos, and Teleperformance, among others. The city is considered a Beta World City.

The original county courts were held at the Dan Bryson home in the community of Beta in Scott Creek township, and moved to Webster the following year.

Beta is home to Scotts Creek Church and is full of both lower-class, working-class, and middle-class homes, with a few upper-class homes located in the area as well.

Campion Hall is home to the honors floor with approximately 25 first year students as well as upperclassmen students and also home to three locked sorority suites: Kappa Alpha Theta, Chi Omega, and Gamma Phi Beta.

This shifted the home movie advantage dramatically away from Beta, and was a primary reason for the loss of Beta market share: owners of Beta VCRs found that a VHS camcorder would allow them to copy and edit footage to their Beta deck – something that Betamovie could not do.

It was the advent of home video that created an appreciation for films in their original versions, and Betty was rediscovered again in Beta and VHS versions.

The university is home to the fraternity chapters of Phi Delta Theta, Delta Tau Delta, Sigma Nu, Beta Theta Pi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Lambda Chi Alpha, Pi Kappa Alpha and Phi Kappa Theta.

It is home to seven Greek organizations: three national fraternities ; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Alpha Tau Omega, Lambda Chi Alpha, one local fraternity ; Kappa Theta Psi, and three national sororities ; Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, and Delta Delta Delta.

Once home, Alex discovers Beta and contacts Centauri to come and retrieve him.

" This music was included, unaltered, in the first home video release, in both Beta and VHS.

They are not described as having a home planet ; and their society is apparently organized around space-faring nomadic hunting packs or tribes, with a hierarchical structure in which an Alpha warrior leads and a Beta and a Gamma are, respectively, secondary and tertiary subordinates.

While Didaktik Alfa and Beta were mostly deployed in schools ( to replace older PMD 85 computers ), there was another production line, meant as home computers.

Sorosis, the name of which was later changed to Pi Beta Phi, was founded in the home of Major Jacob H. Holt along with Meghan E Holt his beloved wife, 402 East First Avenue, Monmouth, Illinois, where founders Ada Bruen and Libbie Brook were renting a room.

The College is home to a number of student clubs and organizations, including the ADAFI student newspaper, local student chapters of the American Marketing Association and the National Association of Black Accountants ; Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity-Alpha Alpha Phi Chapter ; Pi Eta Kappa, the College's men's student honor society ; and Upsilon Theta Pi, the College's women's honor society.

He christens the three Alpha, Beta and Omega, but they soon return through the time cabinet to Skaro, the Daleks ' home planet.

The university is home to various fraternities and sororities including Alpha Chi Omega, Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Phi, Gamma Phi Beta ) sororities ; Kappa Sigma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Gamma Delta fraternities.

It has been the home of the Alpha Nu chapter of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity at the University of Kansas since 1912.

Later, with the advent of the home video market, the Disney company chose to make Alice in Wonderland one of the first titles available for the rental market on VHS and Beta and for retail sale on RCA's short-lived CED Videodisc format.

Born in Pelham, New York, Nick Bollettieri attended Pelham Memorial High School in his home town and was a charter member of the Beta Lambda Chapter of the Omega Gamma Delta Fraternity, graduating in 1949.

Mary Baldwin is home to a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.