For galaxies ( which are of course themselves much larger than 10 parsecs, and whose overall brightness cannot be directly observed from relatively short distances ) the absolute magnitude is defined by reference to the apparent brightness of a point-like or star-like source of the same total luminosity as the galaxy, as it would appear if observed at the standard 10 parsecs distance.

Over the course of the disease, the thyroid glands greatly enlarge ( up to 10 x 20 cm ) and may become polycystic.

Of course, it is not possible for the casino to win exactly 53 cents ; this figure is the average casino profit from each player if it had millions of players each betting 10 rounds at 1 unit per round.

In the course of this conflict, forced removal of at least 10, 000 Indians to relocation centers in the interior of the country and subsequent burning of some villages took place.

Two important principles of constraint-induced aphasia therapy are that treatment is very intense, with sessions lasting for up to 6 hours over the course of 10 days and that language is used in a communication context in which it is closely linked to ( nonverbal ) actions.

As reported in the journal Science, testing of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA by Warren Johnson and Stephen O ' Brien of the U. S. National Cancer Institute demonstrated that ancient cats evolved into eight main lineages that diverged in the course of at least 10 migrations ( in both directions ) from continent to continent via the Bering land bridge and Isthmus of Panama, with the Panthera genus being the oldest and the Felis genus being the youngest.

The four most distant spacecraft ( Pioneer 10, Pioneer 11, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 ) are on course to leave the Solar System.

rightThe Mariner 10 spacecraft launched on November 3, 1973 and was the first to use a gravity assist trajectory, accelerating as it entered the gravitational influence of Venus, then being flung by the planet's gravity onto a slightly different course to reach Mercury.

Without intervention, the syndrome will run its course, and most of the overt physical symptoms will disappear within 7 to 10 days including psychological dependence.

He made only one cardinal in the course of his pontificate, Willem van Enckevoirt, made a cardinal priest in a consistory held on September 10, 1523.

The reason for the reform was that the average length of the year in the Julian calendar was too long – it treated each year as 365 days, 6 hours in length, whereas calculations showed that the actual mean length of a year is slightly less ( 365 days, 5 hours and 49 minutes ) As a result, the date of the actual vernal equinox had slowly ( over the course of 13 centuries ) slipped to 10 March, while the computus ( calculation ) of the date of Easter still followed the traditional date of 21 March.

In a recent ( 2002 ) restaging of the Rainhill Trials using replica engines, neither Sans Pareil ( 11 out of 20 runs ) nor Novelty ( 10 out of 20 runs ) completed the course.

Between Job 1: 9 – 10 and 2: 4 – 5, ha-Satan merely points out that God has given Job everything that a man could want, so of course Job would be loyal to God ; if all Job has been given, even his health, were to be taken away from him, however, his faith would collapse.

Most cases are due to a viral infection and resolve over the course of 10 days.

On June 7, 1890, it " successfully spent an hour submerged at a depth of 10 meters, following a set course of three and a half miles ".

* March 10 – Fray Tomás de Berlanga discovers the Galápagos Islands when blown off course en route to Peru.

Turner believed that his $ 100 million per year donation over the course of 10 years would make a difference in the direction of the United Nations, and that he could use this donation to encourage other wealthy members of society to make financial contributions to the work of the UN.

The eruption of volatiles from Triton's equator and their deposition at the poles may redistribute enough mass over the course of 10, 000 years to cause polar wander.

Over the course of the next 10 years, these educators worked tirelessly to elevate the discipline, which was to become home economics, to a legitimate profession.

A long term addition of 9 shillings ( which was subsequently increased to 10 shillings ) a week was provided for the allowances of all pensioners and for the long term sick, while the real value of most existing benefits was increased, ( such as family allowances, which were substantially raised in 1967 and 1968 ) with benefits rising at roughly the same rate as salaries over the course of the First Wilson Government, while family allowances were significantly increased.

To assist physicians in the skills necessary to provide this oversight, the Wilderness Medical Society and the National Association of EMS Physicians jointly supported the development in 2011 of a unique " Wilderness EMS Medical Director " certification course, which was cited by the Journal of EMS as one of the Top 10 EMS Innovations of 2011.

Spicules rise to the top of the chromosphere and then sink back down again over the course of about 10 minutes.

The Cure have released thirteen studio albums, 10 EPs and over thirty singles during the course of their career.

Those who are 65 and older must pay a monthly premium to remain enrolled in Medicare Part A if they or their spouse have not paid Medicare taxes over the course of 10 years while working.

All of her movements were careful and methodical, partaking of the stealth of a criminal who has plotted his felony for months in advance and knows exactly which step to take next in the course of the final execution of his crime.

probably it is correct to think of it as a matter of a well-grooved, stereotyped mode of expression -- and no, or but a few, other communicational grooves, as yet -- being there, available for the patient's use, as newly-emerging emotions and ideas well up in him over the course of months.

To the infantryman, there may be little to distinguish between combat as part of a minor raid or as a major offensive, nor is it likely that he anticipates the future course of the battle ; few of the British infantry who went over the top on the first day on the Somme, July 1, 1916, would have anticipated that they would be fighting the same battle in five months ' time.

Separation between the formation of aircraft and their maneuver altitude is gradually reduced over the course of about two months in January and February.

Sagan taught a course on critical thinking at Cornell University until he died in 1996 from pneumonia, a few months after finding that he was in remission of myelodysplastic syndrome.

Some improvements may be seen over the course of the first several months after the condition stabilizes.

The show was hugely popular, catapulting him to stardom as he toured the UK over the course of the next six months and creating, as described by Buckley, a " cult of Bowie " that was " unique — its influence lasted longer and has been more creative than perhaps almost any other force within pop fandom.

The city is also a hub for Cruise ships during the summer months with up to 40 Cruise ships docking during the course of the season.

On 28 June, the other member countries expelled Yugoslavia, citing " nationalist elements " that had " managed in the course of the past five or six months to reach a dominant position in the leadership " of the CPY.

In the fifteen months since her involvement in 1429, she had subverted the course of the war between the English and the French.

An example of siege during this time, prolonged during 337 days due to the isolation of the surrounded troops, was the Siege of Baler, in which a reduced group of Spanish soldiers, was besieged in a small church by the Philippine rebels, in the course of the Philippine Revolution and the Spanish-American War, until months after the Treaty of Paris, the end of the conflict.

" The three week stay on which Typee is based takes place over the course of four months in the narrative.

Regular plenary sessions of the General Assembly in recent years have initially been scheduled to be held over the course of just three months, however additional work loads have extended these sessions to last on through just short of the next session.

In general, slow methods are used with traditional vinegars, and fermentation proceeds slowly over the course of weeks or months.

Over the course of six months Task Force K-Bar killed or captured over 200 Taliban and al Qaeda fighters, and destroyed tens of thousands of pounds of weapons and ordnance.

In 1401 Sigismund helped an uprising against Wenceslaus, during the course of which the Bohemian king was taken prisoner, and Sigismund ruled Bohemia for nineteen months.

Recorded at his house in the Hollywood Hills, the album was co-written by Stephen Duffy over the course of 24 months.

The signs and planets all move through the twelve houses during the course of a day, and the planets move through the signs over the course of months or years.

The disease has four stages, taking 7 to 18 months to run its course:

# Dementia, during which the patient becomes unresponsive or mute over the course of six months.

History would later take its course on July 30, 1914 ; as the average stood at a level of 71. 42 when a decision was made to close down the New York Stock Exchange, and suspend trading for a span of four and a half months.

Depending on the local climate, it may be carried out over the course of a few weeks or be prolonged throughout the winter months.

The expression " back to the drawing board " is used when a plan or course of action needs to be changed, often drastically ; usually due a very unsucccessful result ; e. g., " The battle plan, the result of months of conferences, failed because the enemy retreated too far back.

Morris filmed at both sites over the course of several months, among other