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

India's national broadcaster, Doordarshan, promotes a free-to-air DBS package as " DD Direct Plus ", which is provided as in-fill for the country's terrestrial transmission network.

Direct transmission of the virus from American Crows to humans is not recorded to date, and in any case not considered likely.

The Canadian group Direct Action ( aka " Squamish Five ") set off a large bomb at an electricity transmission project.

Fuel Stratified Injection is used in nearly every petrol engined version of the Passat, ranging from 1. 6 to 3. 6 litres ( the 1. 6-litre DOHC can reach in 11. 5 seconds, and for manual transmission versions ), but the multi-valve 2. 0-litre Turbocharged Direct Injection ( TDI ) diesel is the most sought after version in Europe ( available in both and variants ).

* Benveniste, Jacques ( 1995 ) " Direct transmission to cells of a molecular signal via an electronic device.

The Ultramatic was a hydraulic torque converter automatic transmission with a two-speed plus reverse epicyclic geartrain and torque converter lockup, called Direct Drive by Packard.

Direct transmission of a swine flu virus from pigs to humans is occasionally possible ( called zoonotic swine flu ).

The HVDC Itaipu is a High Voltage Direct Current transmission line in Brazil from the Itaipu hydroelectric power plant to the region of São Paulo.

High Voltage Direct Current ( HVDC ) was chosen both because this technique allows long transmission lines with little loss compared to other systems ( like AC ), and also allows interchange of the Paraguayan 50 Hz input and the Brazilian 60 Hz input and user grid.

Being derived from the V8 engine of the Panamera S and Panamera 4S, the V6 retains the V8's technologies like Direct Fuel Injection, infinitely variable intake camshaft adjustment with variable valve lift ( VarioCam Plus ), an on-demand oil pump, water cooling with thermal management, a variable intake manifold, as well as integrated dry sump lubrication with two-stage extraction of oil, and an Auto Start-Stop function ( only with the PDK transmission ).

Commonrail Direct Injection with a 7G-Tronic automatic transmission, launched in the USA as the E320 BlueTEC in 2007 and in Europe as the E300 BlueTEC in 2008.

August Uno Lamm ( May 22, 1904 – June 1, 1989 ) was a Swedish electrical engineer and inventor, sometimes called " The Father of High Voltage Direct Current " power transmission.

Direct proportionality of the rate to the incident intensity has also been assumed in obtaining the value in the last column for the fourth sample of series 2, where the light intensity was reduced by use of a screen.

The first Aldermaston March in 1958 went the other way ( from London to Aldermaston ) and was organised by the Direct Action Committee.

In Easter 1958, a 52-mile march from London to the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment at Aldermaston was organised by the Direct Action Committee, supported by CND after some initial reluctance.

The members of the task group were not able to come to an agreement choosing between two technology proposals, Multi-band Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing ( MB-OFDM ) and Direct Sequence UWB ( DS-UWB ), on the table backed by two different industry alliances and was withdrawn in January 2006.

Direct copying was supported between any two 8-bit registers and between any 8-bit register and an HL-addressed memory cell.

Direct control of various elements of the fleet was subordinated to officers commanding those elements, accountable to the Kaiser.

Direct Portuguese influence was limited.

When Jinnah called for Direct Action, on 16 August 1946, Gandhi was infuriated and visited the most riot prone areas to stop the massacres, personally.

Since it was first proposed as a part of Mars Direct, the Mars Habitat Unit has been adopted by NASA as a part of their Mars Design Reference Mission, which utilizes two Mars Habitat Units-one of which flies to Mars unmanned, providing a dedicated laboratory facility on Mars, together with the capacity to carry a larger rover vehicle.

Zubrin and Baker pitched Mars Direct at the Marshall Spaceflight Center, where reception was generally positive.

Since Mars Direct was initially conceived, it has undergone regular review and development by Zubrin himself, the Mars Society, NASA, Stanford University and others.

Mars Direct was featured on a Discovery Channel programs Mars: The Next Frontier in which issues were discussed surrounding NASA funding of the project, and on Mars Underground, where the plan is discussed more in-depth.

Since the Referendum on the Direct Election of the President of the French Republic, 1962, the President has been directly elected by universal suffrage ; he or she was previously elected by an electoral college.

He was the driving force behind Mars Direct — a proposal intended to produce significant reductions in the cost and complexity of such a mission.

From 1881 until 1962, Stow was served by Stow-on-the-Wold railway station which was on the Great Western Railway's Banbury and Cheltenham Direct Railway.

This means, as the U. S. Dollar accounted for 80 percent in the Thai basket of currencies, the Thai Baht was also depreciated further-making Thailand's export even more competitive and making the country more attractive to Foreign Direct Investment ( FDI ), especially from Japan whose national currency appreciated considerably since 1985.

Direct Action was suppressed, its circulation was at its peak of something over 12, 000.

Direct heating of the hydrogen by gamma rays was considered impractical, due to the difficulty of compressing enough of it within an engine of reasonable size to absorb the gamma rays.

In the 1966 Direct Cinema film Chelsea Girls, Andy Warhol filmed various acquaintances with no direction given ; the Radio Times Guide to Film 2007 stated that the film was " to blame for reality television.

The same year he visited Rome and compelled Paul to write to Pepin asking him to concede all the Lombard Direct claims except that to Imola ; another letter of exactly opposite tenor was sent by the same messenger.

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.

The House of Valois () was a cadet branch of the Capetian dynasty, succeeding the House of Capet ( or " Direct Capetians ") as kings of France from 1328 to 1589.

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

Direct conversion of the kinetic energy of the fusion products into electricity is in principle possible and would mitigate this problem.

Direct microwave exposure is not generally possible, as microwaves emitted by the source in a microwave oven are confined in the oven by the material out of which the oven is constructed.

Direct action occurs when a group of people take an action which is intended to reveal an existing problem, highlight an alternative, or demonstrate a possible solution to a social issue.

* Direct Path Extract method or bulk unload whenever is possible ( instead of querying the database ) to reduce the load on source system while getting high speed extract

Direct solving of a 4x4x4 is uncommon, but possible, with methods such as K4.

Direct measurement of antigens, such as hCG, was made possible with the invention of the radioimmunoassay in 1959.

Direct track connections were possible with the Lehigh Valley Railroad, Pennsylvania Railroad, Central Railroad of New Jersey and Reading Railroad, plus the carfloat operation which connected with offline terminals in Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Manhattan and New Jersey.

In the past, collect calls were only possible as an operator-assisted call, but with the introduction of computer-based telephone dialing equipment, it is now possible to place a collect call without using an operator, which is called automated operator services ( AOS ) as opposed to Home Country Direct ( HCD ).

Direct effect has subsequently been loosened in its application to treaty articles and the ECJ has expanded the principle, holding that it is capable of applying to virtually all of the possible forms of EU legislation, the most important of which are regulations and in certain circumstances to directives.

Direct reduction from nitrate to ammonium, a process known as dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium or DNRA, is also possible for organisms that have the nrf-gene.

Direct halogenation of arenes are possible in the presence of light or at high temperature.

Direct vehicle access across Oxford Street via Bourke Street is no longer possible.

Direct access via tunnels is possible to George Street, Hunter Street, Pitt Street, Clarence Street and Kent Street.

Direct trading between two players is also possible, and in the trade chat channel users can auction items and advertise shops.

Every person that calls NHS Direct feeling unwell is assessed to establish the severity of their symptoms, so as to re-route any urgent or life-threatening situations to the emergency services as quickly as possible.

NHS Direct supports many local health authorities in England, including Primary Care Trusts ( PCTs ), helping them to deliver the best possible standards of healthcare to people in each region.

Direct inversion of and is only possible in very simple cases of isotropic, homogeneous and infinitely thick films.

Therefore, Direct Cable Connection over USB is not possible ; a USB link cable must be used, as seen in the Microsoft knowledge base article 814982.

Direct connections are now most usually seen only in Federal, State, and Local Government buildings, or on a school campus that has a dedicated security, police, fire, or emergency medical department ( in the UK communication is only possible to an Alarm Receiving Centre – communication direct to the emergency services is not permitted ).

Several of the early CND's activists, including some members of its executive committee, had been supporters of the Direct Action Committee and in 1958 CND had cautiously accepted direct action as a possible method of campaigning.

Direct democracy has been declared in the country and oil revenues make it possible to maintain a high standard of living for the Libyan population.