Direct scaling tests show the ability to discriminate among different intensities of stimuli and whether a stimulus of one quality ( sweet ) is stronger or weaker than a stimulus of another quality ( sour ).

# Direct subsidies: Government subsidies ( in the form of lump-sum payments or cheap loans ) are sometimes given to local firms that cannot compete well against imports.

Direct testimonial evidence gained from this coercive questioning cannot be used in any subsequent criminal trial of the person providing the evidence, however a witness who testifies in his defence at a subsequent criminal trial who provides a different testimony to that during the questioning may face prosecution for perjury.

Direct joining of tubes by welding is not acceptable since the interior cannot be inspected.

* Thermal Transfer for applications that cannot use Thermal ( Thermal Direct ) label material because of heat source proximity or short label life, a more widely used material is Thermal Transfer Label printer.

Direct contaminative infection by eggs is probably the most common route in human cases, but accidental ingestion of an infected grain beetle or flea cannot be ruled out.

Direct expansion cooling cannot run when the tank is empty or the inside walls of the tank would freeze.

Direct debits cannot be collected on credit card accounts and should not be confused with a credit card continuous authority.

Direct reciprocity and cooperation in a group can be increased by changing the focus and incentives from intra-group competition to larger scale competitions such as between groups or against the general population.

Direct contempt is an unacceptable act in the presence of the judge ( in facie curiae ), and generally begins with a warning, and may be accompanied by an immediate imposition of punishment.

# Direct contempt is that which occurs in the presence of the presiding judge ( in facie curiae ) and may be dealt with summarily: the judge notifies the offending party that he or she has acted in a manner which disrupts the tribunal and prejudices the administration of justice.

Mars Direct is a proposal for a manned mission to Mars that is designed to be both cost-effective and possible with current technology.

The problems associated with long-term weightlessness would be addressed in the same manner as the baseline Mars Direct plan, a tether between the Dragon habitat and the TMI ( Trans-Mars Injection ) stage acting to allow rotation of the craft.

The simplest loosely coupled system would be two IBM mainframes sharing one DASD ( Direct Access Storage Device ).

Direct / immediate burial is when the family of the deceased forgoes a funeral ceremony and solely wishes their loved one to be buried in a timely manner.

Direct human-to-human transmission initially was believed to be caused only by occupational exposure, or conjunctive exposure to infected blood.

Direct access can be more efficient but is less portable as it depends on the mailbox format ; it is used by some email clients, including some webmail applications.

Direct current may be obtained from an alternating current supply by use of a current-switching arrangement called a rectifier, which contains electronic elements ( usually ) or electromechanical elements ( historically ) that allow current to flow only in one direction.

Direct current may be made into alternating current with an inverter or a motor-generator set.

Direct service will be available to Washington, D. C., Hampton Roads, Charlotte, Raleigh, Baltimore, and Philadelphia.

Direct manipulation of molecules using optical tweezers or AFM can also be used to monitor biological events where forces and distances are at the nanoscale.

* Direct School Admission, a program in Singapore for students to be guaranteed a place in a school

* Direct culture from an EGD biopsy specimen ; this is difficult to do, and can be expensive.

It can also be generated digitally by a DSP and DAC, using a Direct digital synthesizer ( DDS ) and by varying the step in the numerically controlled oscillator.

Direct buses can be boarded for Ooty from many other parts of Karnataka and Kerala, including local connections to Palghat, Nilambur and Sulthan Bathery in Kerala, as well as Gundlupet in Karnataka.

Advanced Direct Connect can be considered a successor protocol.

In NeoModus Direct Connect, passive mode users receive other passive mode users ' search results, while the user will not be able to download anything.

In NeoModus Direct Connect, all users will be sent at most five search results per query.

For Ku satellites in DBS ( Direct Broadcast Satellite ) service ( 12. 2-12. 7GHz in the U. S .) dishes much smaller than 1-meter can be used because those satellites are spaced 9 degrees apart.

Direct fuel injection is to be used for gasoline or diesel fuel, pending intake air pressure.

The first mainstream direct democracy party to be registered with any country's electoral commission against each country's register is the UK's People's Administration Direct Democracy party.

Direct mechanical action by expansion of the steam can be used for a steam-powered aircraft catapult or similar applications.

Spark plugs may also be used for other purposes ; in Saab Direct Ignition when they are not firing, spark plugs are used to measure ionization in the cylinders-this ionic current measurement is used to replace the ordinary cam phase sensor, knock sensor and misfire measurement function.

* Direct Stream Transfer, used in Super Audio CD

Although the terms are sometimes used interchangeably, there are important differences between cinéma vérité ( Jean Rouch ) and the North American " Direct Cinema " ( or more accurately " Cinéma direct "), pioneered by, among others, Canadians Allan King, Michel Brault and Pierre Perrault, and Americans Robert Drew, Richard Leacock, Frederick Wiseman and Albert and David Maysles.

Direct dyes are used on cotton, paper, leather, wool, silk and nylon.

* Direct market access, used in financial markets

This study uses horizontally landing, bent biconic shaped modules, and relies on solar power and chemical propulsion throughout, where Mars Direct and the DRMs used nuclear reactors for surface power and, in the case of the DRMs for propulsion as well.

* Mars Direct is the mission mode used in Gregory Benford's novel, The Martian Race, and in Geoffrey A. Landis's novel Mars Crossing, as well as Zubrin's own novel, First Landing.

* A Mars Direct scheme is used in Larry Niven's novel Rainbow Mars.

* A Mars Direct scheme is used in Robert M. Blevins ' 2005 novel The 13th Day of Christmas.

In the currently most popular variant for cellular mobile telephones, W-CDMA ( IMT Direct Spread ) is used.

The wire frame format is also well suited and widely used in programming tool paths for DNC ( Direct Numerical Control ) machine tools.

Studies show that under ideal propagation conditions ( simulations ), Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum ( DSSS ) provides the highest throughput for all nodes on a network when used in conjunction with CSMA / CA and the IEEE 802. 11 RTS / CTS exchange under light network load conditions.

* Direct Access Test Unit, special numbers used to test telephone exchanges

Two satellite types are used for North American television and radio: Direct broadcast satellite ( DBS ), and Fixed Service Satellite ( FSS )

DBS technology is used for DTH-oriented ( Direct-To-Home ) satellite TV services, such as DirecTV and DISH Network in the United States, Bell TV and Shaw Direct in Canada, Freesat and Sky Digital in the UK, the Republic of Ireland, and New Zealand and DSTV in South Africa.

Direct current is used to charge batteries, and in nearly all electronic systems, as the power supply.

Direct current is used for some railway propulsion, especially in urban areas.

In Canada, the term " death stars " was used to describe U. S. Direct Broadcast Satellites capable of broadcasting signals into Canada that were not regulated by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

AAUI connectors were also present on some Processor Direct Slot Ethernet adapter cards used in Macintosh LC and Performa machines.

* Direct Coombs test, used to test for autoimmune hemolytic anemia.

Direct broadcast satellite ( DBS ) is a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception.

Direct compression is the term used to define the process where powder blends of the drug substance and excipients are compressed on a tablet machine.

* Direct broadcast satellite, a term used to refer to satellite television broadcasts intended for home reception