Beta particles are high-energy, high-speed electrons or positrons emitted by certain types of radioactive nuclei such as potassium-40.

Beta particles can be used to treat health conditions such as eye and bone cancer and are also used as tracers.

Beta particles are able to penetrate living matter to a certain extent and can change the structure of struck molecules.

** Beta particles ( electrons ) are more penetrating, but still can be absorbed by a few millimeters of aluminum.

Beta particles emitted from the isotopic sample transfer energy to the solvent molecules: the π cloud of the aromatic ring absorbs the energy of the emitted particle.

Beta burns tend to be shallow as beta particles are not able to penetrate deep into the person ; these burns can be similar to sunburn.

" Beta burns " are shallow surface burns, usually of skin and less often of lungs or gastrointestinal tract, caused by beta particles, typically from hot particles or dissolved radionuclides that came to direct contact with or close proximity to the body.

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 brasses, with 45 – 50 % zinc content, can only be worked hot, and are harder, stronger, and suitable for casting.

The two stars of Alpha and Beta Centauri are often referred to as the " Southern Pointers " or just " The Pointers ", allowing people to easily find the asterism of the Southern Cross or the constellation of Crux.

The four main stars that form the asterism are Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta Crucis.

The dogs ' heads are marked by Alpha and Beta Centauri.

The two bright stars are ( left ) Alpha Centauri and ( right ) Beta Centauri.

Alpha and Beta Delphini are named Sualocin and Rotanev, respectively.

Beta and gamma subunits of G-protein are shown by blue and red, respectively.

Beta blockers, typically used to treat high blood pressure, are a class of drugs that offset this effect, reducing rapid pulse associated with the sensation of palpitations, and decreasing tremor and anxiety.

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

Others, such as Beta Colony and Komarr, can only be inhabited by people if they are gathered in cities under domes or arcologies with a controlled climate.

Star Trek Star Charts place the Romulan Empire into the Beta Quadrant of the galaxy, however, in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, they are referred to as an Alpha Quadrant power.

Beta and Gamma Trianguli Australis are white main sequence stars and round out the triangle.

* Amerigo Vespucci maps the two stars Alpha Centauri and Beta Centauri, as well as the stars of the constellation Crux, which are below the horizon in Europe.

The Beta Israel, though somewhat disputed as descendants of ancient Israelites, are widely recognized in Israel as Ethiopian Jews.

In addition, there are several Technical Colleges in Richmond including ITT Technical Institute, ECPI College of Technology and Beta Tech.

Beta cells ( beta-cells, β-cells ) are a type of cell in the pancreas located in the so-called islets of Langerhans.

Recently, Francis and Anderson proposed that a systematic effect on Hipparcos parallax errors for stars in clusters biases calculation using the weighted mean, and gave a Hipparcos parallax distance of 126 pc, and photometric distance 132 pc based on stars in the AB Doradus, Tucana-Horologium and Beta Pictoris moving groups, which are similar in age and composition to the Pleiades.

Beta Cephei ( β Cep ) variables, or Beta Canis Majoris variables, as these stars are sometimes called, especially in Europe ) undergo short period pulsations in the order of 0. 1 – 0. 6 days with an amplitude of 0. 01 – 0. 3 magnitudes ( 1 % to 30 % change in luminosity ).

Beta Lyrae ( β Lyr ) variables are extremely close binaries, named after the star Sheliak.

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

He also joined Beta Nu Chapter of the Theta Chi fraternity.

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.

Orbital periods can be less than an hour ( for AM CVn stars ), or a few days ( components of Beta Lyrae ), but also hundreds of thousands of years ( Proxima Centauri around Alpha Centauri AB ).

Today Ge ' ez remains only as the main language used in the liturgy of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church, the Ethiopian Catholic Church, and also the Beta Israel Jewish community.

They are also the flower of Sigma Lambda Beta, Phi Iota Alpha, Phi Kappa Tau, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Theta Chi fraternities, the national professional chemistry fraternity Alpha Chi Sigma, the national honorary fraternity for college bandmembers Kappa Kappa Psi, and of the Eta Phi Beta, Lambda Phi Chi and Alpha Chi Omega sororities.

Mars 1, also known as 1962 Beta Nu 1, Mars 2MV-4 and Sputnik 23, was an automatic interplanetary station launched in the direction of Mars on November 1, 1962, the first of the Soviet Mars probe program, with the intent of flying by the planet at a distance of about 11, 000 km.

Tigrinya (, tigriñā ), also spelled Tigrigna, Tigrnia, Tigrina, Tigriña, less commonly Tigrinian, Tigrinyan, is a Semitic language spoken in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia ( its speakers there are called " Tigrawot, Tegaru ") by the Tigrinya people, where it has official status, and in central Eritrea, where it is one of the two main languages of Eritrea, and among groups of emigrants from these regions, including some of the Beta Israel now living in Israel.

He was also a member of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity.

This also revealed that the Beta Capsule only works for Hayata, as the child who retrieved the capsule tripped its activator switch and nothing happened to either the child or Hayata.

Phi Beta Kappa also funds a number of fellowships, visiting scholar programs, and academic awards.

The Beta format was also marketed as Betamax ( Sony ) and Betacord ( Sanyo ).

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.

Beta blockers have also been used for:

Betamax ( also called Beta, and referred to as such in the logo ) is a consumer-level analog videocassette magnetic tape recording format developed by Sony, released in Japan on May 10, 1975.

Sanyo marketed a version as Betacord, but this was also referred to casually as " Beta ".

Sony also offered a range of industrial Betamax products, a Beta I-only format for industrial and institutional users.

Beta ED also featured a luminance carrier deviation of 2. 5 MHz, as opposed to the 1. 2 MHz used in SuperBeta, improving contrast with reduced luminance noise.

She was also elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Beta Crucis, also known as Mimosa or Becrux, is the second brightest star in the constellation Crux ( after Alpha Crucis or Acrux ) and is the 19th brightest star in the night sky.

The white star in the upper left corner symbolizes Maranhão itself, and is supposed to be Beta Scorpii, as the constellation Scorpius is also depicted on the national flag of Brazil.

These result from rearranging the formulae for the Beta distribution, and the incomplete beta and complete beta functions, which can also be defined as the ratio of the logs as above.