Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, Homeopathy and Naturopathy are cited as examples The term appears to have entered into usage through the National Institute of Health's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ), which began to employ it as a substitute for alternative medical systems as a way of differentiating widely comprehensive systems of medicine, such as Ayurvedic medicine, from specialized alternative approaches.

Complementary angles are formed when one or more rays share the same vertex and are pointed in a direction that is in between the two original rays that form the right angle.

Complementary and alternative medicine ( CAM ) treatments are the diverse group of medical and healthcare systems, practices, and products that are not part of conventional medicine and have not been shown to be effective.

Complementary to graph transformation systems focussing on rule-based in-memory manipulation of graphs are graph databases geared towards transaction-safe, persistent storing and querying of graph-structured data.

Complementary tests based on conventional radiology techniques and modern technology are needed.

Complementary currency is a hypernym to local currency, but the terms are often used as synonyms.

Complementary currencies are a creative means to enhance this untapped social potential.

Complementary to the nuclear component there are two conventional boilers, installed as a backup in case of reactor failure.

Complementary opposites are pairs that express absolute opposites, like mortal and immortal.

The U. S. National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has issued an advisory indicating the marketing claims made about colloidal silver are scientifically unsupported, the silver content of marketed supplements varies widely, and colloidal silver products can have serious side effects to the consumer, including " argyria ,... neurologic problems ( such as seizures ), kidney damage, stomach distress, headaches, fatigue, and skin irritation.

However, a 2007 review states that, " Complementary and alternative therapies ( i. e., Echinacea, vitamin C, and zinc ) are not recommended for treating common cold symptoms ... Vitamin C prophylaxis may modestly reduce the duration and severity of the common cold in the general population and may reduce the incidence of the illness in persons exposed to physical and environmental stresses.

The 4000 series is a family of industry standard integrated circuits ( IC ) which implement a variety of logic functions using Complementary Metal – Oxide – Semiconductor ( CMOS ) technology, and are still in use today.

Complementary strategic forces within Russia are the Long Range Aviation and the Russian Navy's ballistic missile submarines.

Complementary colors are pairs of colors that are of “ opposite ” hue in some color model.

Complementary software development methods to systems development life cycle ( SDLC ) are:

Complementary colors are defined to mix to grey, either additively or subtractively, and many color models place complements opposite each other in a color wheel.

Its lists include two-time Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling ( whose claims about mega-doses of vitamin C are criticized ), the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ), and integrative medicine proponent Andrew Weil.

Complementary hue progressions are a type of bi-polar progression.

Complementary distribution is commonly applied to phonology, where similar phones in complementary distribution are usually allophones of the same phoneme.

Complementary to R is the transmission coefficient or transmittance, T. If absorption and scattering are neglected, then the value T is always 1 – R.

Complementary currencies lie outside the nationally defined legal realm of Legal tender and are not used as such.

Complementary observations using adaptive optic observations on 8 – 10m class telescopes and mutual events photometric lightcurve over several months have served as input quantities for a derivation of a whole set of other physical parameters ( shapes of the components, surface scattering, bulk density, and internal properties ).

Complementary medicine usually refers to methods and substances used along with conventional medicine, while alternative medicine refers to compounds used instead of conventional medicine.

* Complementary devices available, facilitating the design of complementary-symmetry circuits, something not possible with vacuum tubes.

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Complementary and alternative medicine is not recommended for otitis media with effusion because there is no evidence of benefit.

Mitel also developed and patented an Isolated Oxide Silicon Gate ( ISO ) CMOS ( Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor ) manufacturing process that was unequalled in producing ICs that combined high-speed transmission with low-power consumption.

Complementary to the Stickies application a feature reduced version of Stickies is one of the widgets included with Dashboard since OS X v10. 4.

He is a Portuguese Administrator and an General Officer of Military Engineering of the Portuguese Army with the Course of the Army School and Licentiate in Civil engineering by the Instituto Superior Técnico ( Superior Technical Institute ) of the Technical University of Lisbon, and has the General and Complementary Course of the General Staff of the Army, the Superior Course of Command and Direction of the Portuguese Armed Forces and the Course of National Defense.

* Diccionário de Medicina Popular e das Ciências Acessórias para Uso das Famílias ( Popular Medicine and Complementary Sciences Dictionary for Family Use ), in two volumes, I with 471 and II with 488 pages, also published in Rio de Janeiro in 1842 / 1843.

Complementary paintings from the BSP art collection, together with chosen artifacts, enhance each gallery.

In February 2002, Bancroft signed an alliance with Quinsigamond Community College ( QCC ) to give Bancroft graduates an opportunity to apply their credits from Bancroft towards completion of the Complementary Health Associate Degree program at Quinsigamond.

Complementary colours such as red and green, yellow and blue, interact and mix with one another in the small strokes.

His 2010 bid for reelection was fraught with legal doubts, as a recent federal statute ( Complementary Law 135 / 2010, commonly known as Lei Ficha Limpa or " Clean Record Act ") allowed electoral courts to refuse to register the candidacies of people already found guilty by a higher, collegiate court ( possibility of further appeals notwithstanding ); however, as the Brazilian STF decided in March 2011 that the " Clean Record Act " didn't apply to the 2010 elections, according to the principle of anteriority ( no offence being punished when defined by a non-previously existing law, and a Brazilian electoral law must be in force at least a year before the election is held ), all charges against Maluf's registration and subsequent office-taking were eventually dropped.

Bassaganya-Riera and Hontecillas and its research programs have been funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease at the National Institutes of Health, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Bristol Myers Squibb, Lipid Nutrition, Cognis Nutrition and Health GmbH, BASF, and commodity groups with recent research funding portfolio exceeding $ 12 million.

Complementary currencies describe a wide group of exchange systems, currencies or scrips designed to be used in combination with standard currencies or other complementary currencies.

Complementary methods ( such as over-the-counter supplements ) should always be discussed with one's doctor ( s ); some supplements can actually hinder treatments like chemotherapy.

Complementary Code Keying ( CCK ) is a modulation scheme used with wireless networks ( WLANs ) that employ the IEEE 802. 11b specification.

The Federal Trade Commission prosecuted several individuals for making unsupported health claims about coral calcium, and the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has issued a consumer advisory regarding false and misleading marketing claims associated with coral calcium supplements.

A Critical Analysis of Complementary or Alternative Medicine, by Edzard Ernst ( Editor ) ( 2008 ), reviewed in Metapsychology.

In the United Kingdom, there is some insurance coverage for the costs for Alexander lessons through the Complementary and Alternative Practitioners Directory.

Complementary DNA is often used in gene cloning or as gene probes or in the creation of a cDNA library.

In 1925 Peano switched Chairs unofficially from Infinitesimal Calculus to Complementary Mathematics, a field which better suited his current style of mathematics.

The National Institutes of Health's, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine has funded a pilot study to determine whether a macrobiotic diet may prevent cancer.

The US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( NCCAM ) classifies CAM therapies into five categories or domains, including: alternative medical systems, or complete systems of therapy and practice ; mind-body interventions, or techniques designed to facilitate the mind's effect on bodily functions and symptoms ; biologically based systems including herbalism ; and manipulative and body-based methods such as chiropractic and massage therapy.

Complementary to the field of structural genomics, protein structure prediction seeks to develop efficient ways to provide plausible models for proteins whose structures have not yet been determined experimentally.

Complementary network services usually consist of the customer local service, such as a business or residence, and several associated service features, such as a call-forwarding service.

Complementary metal – oxide – semiconductor ( CMOS ) () is a technology for constructing integrated circuits.

* Complementary currency describes currencies that exists as a supplement to our conventional ( national ) money.

Complementary ( leveraged ) support for networks has doubled the resources available to them.

In 2000, the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Advisory Panel on Complementary and Alternative Medicine ( CAPCAM ) invited Drs.

The NIH's National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine states that overall, studies have shown that spinal manipulation can provide mild to moderate relief from low-back pain and appears to be as effective as conventional medical treatments.