Atë, Greek for ' ruin, folly, delusion ', is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his / her hubris, or great pride, that leads to his / her death or downfall.

In January 2005, a federal law came into force in Germany – the Luftsicherheitsgesetz – that allowed " direct action by armed force " against a hijacked aircraft to prevent a 9 / 11-type attack.

The exact mechanism of action of paracetamol / acetaminophen is uncertain, but it appears to be acting centrally rather than peripherally ( in the brain rather than in nerve endings ).

These drugs are used along with analgesics to modulate and / or modify the action of opioids when used against pain, especially of neuropathic origin.

Bcl-2 proteins are able to promote or inhibit apoptosis by direct action on MAC / MOMPP.

Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a 1992 American action / comedy film about a Valley girl cheerleader named Buffy ( Kristy Swanson ) who learns that it is her fate to hunt vampires.

The part of the Noble Eightfold path that covers morality / ethics is right speech, right action and right livelihood.

* Blitz ( character ), a fictional anthropomorphic doberman from the action / comedy cartoon Road Rovers

Possible purposes might be to generate action, inform, create understanding or communicate a certain idea / point etc.

The catalytic action of enzymes relies on several mechanisms including the molecular shape (" induced fit "), bond strain, proximity and orientation of molecules relative to the enzyme, proton donation or withdrawal ( acid / base catalysis ), electrostatic interactions and many others.

The names are symbolic and key to their inherent qualities and / or modes of action by analogy.

This was partly due to a romanticization of the organisation in the post-Stalin period, and also because they provided a useful action / detection template.

There were reports of Chinese mounted troops in action during frontier clashes with Vietnam in the mid / late 1970s.

At the end of the 1980s, the word " cartoon " was shortened, and the word " toon " came into usage with the live action / animated feature Who Framed Roger Rabbit ( 1988 ), followed two years later by the TV series Tiny Toon Adventures ( 1990 ).

In law, a class action, a class suit, or a representative action is a form of lawsuit in which a large group of people collectively bring a claim to court and / or in which a class of defendants is being sued.

* Mattil / Desoutter: European class action ( german ) WM 12 / 2008

The first part of the book thus contains an extensive look at the history of psychological theories of learning and a minute re-interpretation of those concepts from the perspective of the paradigm of critical psychology, which focuses on intentional action situated in specific socio-historical / cultural contexts.

SxS shotguns are often more expensive, and may take more practice to aim effectively than a O / U. The off-center nature of the recoil in a SxS gun may make shooting the body-side barrel slightly more painful by comparison to an OU, single-shot, or pump / lever action shotgun.

Doom, a science fiction / horror themed video game, has a background which is given in the game's instruction manual ; the rest of the story is advanced with short messages displayed between each section of the game ( called episodes ), the action as the player character progresses through the levels, and some visual cues.

* Direct action, activity undertaken to achieve change outside of less direct social / political channels

Because the DIX proposal was most technically complete and because of the speedy action taken by ECMA which decisively contributed to the conciliation of opinions within IEEE, the IEEE 802. 3 CSMA / CD standard was approved in December 1982.

The games consists of a number of genres including life simulation, adventure, video card game, strategy and racing games, though they are mainly action role-playing games.

An extreme sport ( also called freesport, action sport, and adventure sport ) is a popular term for certain activities perceived as having a high level of inherent danger.

" This genre may sometimes overlap with the science fiction and action / adventure genre.

She has since built a successful career, appearing in films from a wide range of genres, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno ( 2002 ), the thriller Gothika ( 2003 ), the Christmas movie Noel ( 2004 ), and the action adventure Sahara ( 2005 ).

In 2005, Cruz appeared as Dr Eva Rojas in the action adventure Sahara.

Pellucidar is a fictional Hollow Earth milieu invented by Tarzan creator Edgar Rice Burroughs for a series of action adventure stories.

During the 1980s, perhaps as a reaction to the evening drama series that were gaining high ratings, daytime serials began to incorporate action and adventure storylines, more big-business intrigue, and an increased emphasis on youthful romance.

During the 1990s, the mob, action, and adventure stories fell out of favor with producers due to generally declining ratings for daytime soap operas at the time, and the resultant budget cuts.

The BBC also produced the action adventure series Bugs, and co-produced Invasion: Earth with the US Sci Fi Channel.

* Space Quest: Incinerations-another original hi-res installment, with a more action-oriented approach in the traditional adventure genre and with a modern sensibility, which " completely re-imagines the whole Space Quest series as a sci-fi action thriller, focusing hard on character and drama while still managing to be just as tongue-in-cheek and funny as anything else that bears its name.

An action / adventure Space Quest game was planned for the Xbox, but was canceled.

( video game ), a 1986 action adventure game by Cinemaware

Considered one of Nintendo's most important franchises, its gameplay consists of a mixture of action, adventure, and puzzle solving.

The Legend Of Zelda games feature a mixture of action, puzzles, adventure / battle gameplay, exploration, and questing.

Seven Samurai is the highest reviewed movie at Rotten Tomatoes with the highest number of votes that is listed as an action / adventure film on the site.

Although many action games and adventure games involve puzzles such as obtaining inaccessible objects, a true puzzle game focuses on puzzle solving as the primary gameplay activity.

Many educational games were created in the early years of game consoles, and created a template for games that involved thinking and strategy without any action or adventure.

By the early 1960s films based on commando missions like The Gift Horse ( 1952 ) based on the St. Nazaire Raid, and Ill Met by Moonlight ( 1956 ) had begun to inspire fictional adventure films such as The Guns of Navarone ( 1961 ), The Train ( 1964 ), The Dirty Dozen ( 1967 ), Where Eagles Dare ( 1968 ) and Hannibal Brooks ( 1969 ), which used the war as the backdrop for spectacular action films.

The flexible fantasy framework of the show accommodates a considerable range of theatrical styles, from high melodrama to slapstick comedy, from whimsical and musical to all-out action and adventure.

Phillip Noyce also attempted to capitalize, with far less success, on Hauer's spiritual qualities in the martial arts action adventure Blind Fury ( 1989 ).

Also that year, Diaz voiced Princess Fiona for the movie Shrek Forever After, and reunited with her Vanilla Sky co-star Tom Cruise in the action adventure Knight and Day.

The story translates the standard military academy story into outer space: a boy from Iowa goes to officer school, sees action and adventure, shoulders responsibilities far beyond his experience, and becomes a man.

The Italians used Goliath as an action superhero in a series of Biblical adventure films ( peplums ) in the early 1960s.

* Hello Kitty: Happy Party Pals ( 2005, Game Boy Advance )-an action / adventure game

* Hello Kitty: Roller Rescue ( 2005, Xbox, GameCube, PlayStation 2 )-an action / adventure game