Converting wetlands through drainage and development have contributed to the issue of irregular flood control through forced adaption of water channels to narrower corridors due to loss of wetland area.

Converting an analog signal to digital form introduces a constant low-level noise called quantization noise into the signal which determines the noise floor, but once in digital form the signal can in general be processed or transmitted without introducing additional noise or distortion.

Converting ¥ 1000 to $ 12 in Tokyo and converting that $ 12 into ¥ 1200 in London, for a profit of ¥ 200, would be arbitrage.

In 1892 he received patents in Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and filed in the United States for " Method of and Apparatus for Converting Heat into Work ".

Converting the assembled barges into landing craft involved cutting an opening in the bow for off-loading troops and vehicles, welding longitudinal I-beams and transverse braces to the hull to improve seaworthiness, adding a wooden internal ramp and pouring a concrete floor in the hold to allow for tank transport.

Converting the " Nipper " building into apartments

Converting a non-ragtime piece of music into ragtime by changing the time values of melody notes is known as " ragging " the piece.

Converting into Solar units, 1 AU = 149, 597, 871 km and the mean radius of the Sun = 696, 000 km, hence the calculation:

Converting lossily compressed data into another format usually either increases its size, or futher decreases its quality.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in November 1738 by virtue of the fact that " His Name hath been known for many years among the Learned by Several Curious disertations published in the Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Paris & in particular by a very Learned and usefull book wrote in French entitled ' The Art of Converting Forged Iron into Steel ' and ' the Art of Soft ' ning Cast Iron ' printed at Paris 1722 4to and lately by his ' Curious Memoires relating to the History of Insects ' at paris in 4to three Volumes of which work have been Laid before the Royal Society ".

Converting this concept into a usable system took years of development and several independent advances.

* Converting one-way streets into two-way streets

* Converting an intersection into a cul-de-sac or dead end

Converting is to apply conversion strategies to convert weaknesses or threats into strengths or opportunities.

* Converting the NES Zapper into a Snapper ( sniper-rifle )-featured on G4's Attack of the Show!

Converting ordinary code into SSA form is primarily a simple matter of replacing the target of each assignment with a new variable, and replacing each use of a variable with the " version " of the variable reaching that point.

Upon the sponsorship of the Congressman Victor F. Ortega ( 1st District-La Union ) at the House of Representatives, House Bill 7594 ( Act Converting the Municipality of San Fernando, La Union into a Component City to be known as City of San Fernando ) was approved.

After over seven years of waiting, Calamba became the second component city of the Province of Laguna by virtue of Republic Act No. 9024, “ An Act Converting the Municipality of Calamba, Province of Laguna into a Component City to be known as the City of Calamba .” R. A. 9024 was signed into law by Her Excellency President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on March 5, 2001 at the Malacañang Palace.

* Reaction formation: Converting unconscious wishes or impulses that are perceived to be dangerous into their opposites ; behaviour that is completely the opposite of what one really wants or feels ; taking the opposite belief because the true belief causes anxiety.

On June 16, 2007, voters in San Juan ratified the conversion of the municipality into a highly urbanised city, pursuant to Republic Act No. 9388 (" An Act Converting the Municipality of San Juan into a Highly Urbanized City to be known as the City of San Juan ").

* Thermoelectric Power Generation: Converting Low-Grade Heat into Electricity ( Equations for semiconductor thermal diodes )

Strategy maps: Converting intangible assets into tangible outcomes.

#: Converting risky investments into relatively risk-free ones.

Converting this current requires one or more power supply units ( or PSUs ).

" Converting the dollar to a fiat currency and devaluing against gold ensured the end of deflation and created inflation, which made the high debt accumulated during the 1920s boom easier to repay, although some of the debt was written off.

Converting outlines requires filling them in ; converting to bitmaps is not trivial, because bitmaps often don't have sufficient resolution to avoid " stairstepping " (" aliasing "), especially with smaller visible character sizes.

#: Converting short-term liabilities to long term assets ( banks deal with large number of lenders and borrowers, and reconcile their conflicting needs )

Once the notch extracellular domain interacts with a ligand, an ADAM-family metalloprotease called TACE ( Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha Converting Enzyme ) cleaves the notch protein just outside the membrane.

Converting the old building into their dream house becomes a nightmare for the Tilsons when previous owner Dale Massie, an uncouth redneck recently released from prison, shows up and pressures Cooper into hiring him to help with the renovations.

Converting the site into a football ground was aided with financial support from the council, as well as support from fans and club committee members.

Converting an existing bicycle by retrofitting it with a " conversion kit " is the simplest and least expensive electric vehicle conversion option.

Converting one's bike to electric with a conversion kit is an easy and affordable solution for most people interested in learning more about electric vehicle conversion.

Converting bicycles or tricycles has proven useful for some people with physical disabilities such as knee injury or arthritis.

* Converting S-Video to or from digital video signals, depending on the digital standard involved, requires more processing-such as the CS4954 NTSC / PAL Digital Video Encoder when converting from 27 MHz 8-bit YUV, 8-bit YCbCr, or ITU R. BT656.

Converting a blacksmith shop on Sixth Street, the leaders opened the doors of Bethel AME Church on July 29, 1794.

* Converting to a Composting Toilet on a Boat

Converting MJ to tCO < sub > 2 </ sub > is not straightforward because different types of energy ( oil, wind, solar, nuclear and so on ) emit different amounts of carbon dioxide, so the actual amount of carbon dioxide emitted when a product is made will be dependent on the type of energy used in the manufacturing process.

* Converting light to heat: A black or low reflectivity surface on a food container or the inside of a solar cooker will improve the effectiveness of turning light into heat.

Converting. rez plug-ins to Npïf on Windows is not possible, since resource forks cannot exist on Windows ; this is, in fact, why the. rez format was originally required.

* " I Wish ", a 2003 song by Infected Mushroom on the album Converting Vegetarians

Tabuk became the Cordillera ’ s second city after Baguio on June 23, 2007, when 17, 060 voters ratified Republic Act No. 9404, An Act Converting the Municipality of Tabuk into a Component City of the Province of Kalinga to be Known as the City of Tabuk.

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