After his initial period of maintaining independent neutrality from both France and England failed, neighboring sovereigns in the Low Countries, stimulated as a matter of policy by Philip VI of France, became John's enemies ; among the adversaries of John were the Count of Flanders, the prince-bishop of Liège, and counts of Holland and Guelders.

Low CD4 T-cell counts are associated with a variety of conditions, including many viral infections, bacterial infections, parasitic infections, sepsis, tuberculosis, coccidioidomycosis, burns, trauma, intravenous injections of foreign proteins, malnutrition, over-exercising, pregnancy, normal daily variation, psychological stress, and social isolation.

Low oxygen levels recorded along the Gulf Coast of North America have led to reproductive problems in fish involving decreased size of reproductive organs, low egg counts and lack of spawning.

* Low red blood cell, white blood cell, and platelet counts: pancytopenia.

we are stronger and more self-confident -- and Low cannot so easily put us to rights.

( c ) Ligeantia localis, by operation of law, when a friendly alien enters the country, because so long as they are in the country they are within the Sovereign's protection, therefore they owe the Sovereign a local obedience or allegiance ( R v Cowle ( 1759 ) 2 Burr 834 ; Low v Routledge ( 1865 ) 1 Ch App 42 ; Re Johnson, Roberts v Attorney-General 1 Ch 821 ; Tingley v Muller 2 Ch 144 ; Rodriguez v Speyer AC 59 ; Johnstone v Pedlar 2 AC 262 ; R v Tucker ( 1694 ) Show Parl Cas 186 ; R v Keyn ( 1876 ) 2 Ex D 63 ; Re Stepney Election Petn, Isaacson v Durant ( 1886 ) 17 QBD 54 );

Conversely the use of true brass seems to have declined in Western Europe during this period in favour of gunmetals and other mixed alloys but by the end of the first Millennium AD brass artefacts are found in Scandinavian graves in Scotland, brass was being used in the manufacture of coins in Northumbria and there is archaeological and historical evidence for the production of brass in Germany and The Low Countries areas rich in calamine ore which would remain important centres of brass making throughout the medieval period, especially Dinant – brass objects are still collectively known as dinanterie in French.

Low serves are also used frequently, either forehand or backhand.

Low concentrations are not a problem for bacteria because they simply ignore the waste that surrounds the metals, attaining extraction yields of over 90 % in some cases.

Low cost, availability, and portability are cited by practitioners as qualities which make this common writing tool a convenient, alternative art supply.

Low, broken-in, soft-soled, non-marking shoes, such as dance shoes, sneakers, or sandals, are recommended and, in some places, required.

The term " Low Fantasy " is used to represent other types of fantasy, however, so while comic fantasies may also correctly be classified as low fantasy, many examples of low fantasy are not comic in nature.

Low carbohydrate diets such as Atkins and Protein Power are relatively high in protein and fats.

Low surface brightness dwarf galaxies are important sources of information for studying dark matter, as they have an uncommonly low ratio of visible matter to dark matter, and have few bright stars at the center which would otherwise impair observations of the rotation curve of outlying stars.

In English, the terms poniard and dirk are loaned during the late 16th to early 17th century, the latter in the spelling dork, durk ( presumably via Low German, Dutch or Scandinavian dolk, dolch, ultimately from a West Slavic tulich ), the modern spelling dirk dating to 18th-century Scots.

Low explosives are compounds where the rate of decomposition proceeds through the material at less than the speed of sound.

Low explosives are normally employed as propellants.

Low percentage gels are very weak and may break when you try to lift them.

Low numbers ( below 31 and especially below 12 ) are popular because people play birthdays as their so-called lucky numbers ; hence a win in which these numbers are over-represented is more likely to result in a shared payout.

Low frequency inductors are constructed like transformers, with cores of electrical steel laminated to prevent eddy currents.

While Dutch is classified as a Low Franconian language, the Dutch Low Saxon varieties, which are also defined as Dutch dialects, form a dialect continuum with the Westphalian language.

Low temperature, starvation of the cells and high multiplicity of infection ( MOI ) are known to favor lysogeny ( see later discussion ).

Low male-to-female ratios are usually the result of a war, but these figures were lower than the sex ratio of 88. 3 males per 100 females recorded for 1953, the last year of the Korean War.

Low phosphate levels are an important limit to growth in some aquatic systems.

Low passes are lacking, and the principal roads and the railroads between France and Spain run only in the lowlands at the western and eastern ends of the Pyrenees, near sea level.

This is popular with the military and spies, who both wish to minimize the chance of their radio transmissions being detected, i. e. Low probability of intercept ( LPI ) and Low probability of recognition ( LPR ).

* Active Electronically Scanned Array ( AESA ) radars are innately harder to jam and can operate in Low Probability of Intercept ( LPI ) modes to reduce the chance that the radar is detected.

Behind him lay the Low Countries, where men were still completing the cathedrals that a later Florentine would describe as `` a malediction of little tabernacles, one on top of the other, with so many pyramids and spires and leaves that it is a wonder they stand up at all, for they look as though they were made of paper instead of stone or marble '' ; ;

But there was terror in the thirties when the Nazis were on the loose and in those days Low struck like lightning.

Low productivity and competitiveness on the European and world markets alike due to inadequate R & D funding and a lack of a clearly defined development policy remain a significant obstacle for foreign investment and economic growth.

Montgomery's training paid off when the Germans began their invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May 1940 and the 3rd Division advanced to the River Dijle and then withdrew to Dunkirk with great professionalism, entering the Dunkirk perimeter in a famous night-time march which placed his forces on the left flank which had been left exposed by the Belgian surrender.

Most brochs have scarcements ( ledges ) which would have allowed the construction of a very sturdy wooden first floor ( first spotted by the antiquary George Low in Shetland in 1774 ), and excavations at Loch na Berie on the Isle of Lewis show signs of a further, second floor ( e. g. stairs on the first floor, which head upwards ).

Many of the Class of ' 68 walked out of their graduation and held a countercommencement on Low Plaza with a picnic following at Morningside Park, the place where the protests began.

Low bandwidth animations transmitted via the internet ( e. g. 2D Flash, X3D ) often use software on the end-users computer to render in real time as an alternative to streaming or pre-loaded high bandwidth animations.

After completing Low and " Heroes ", Bowie spent much of 1978 on the Isolar II world tour, bringing the music of the first two Berlin Trilogy albums to almost a million people during 70 concerts in 12 countries.

Low income people generally spend a similar amount on food, while high income people may spend a very large amount or as little as low income people spend.

This is opposed to Low German, which is spoken on the lowlands and along the flat sea coasts of the north.

* boost phase: 3 to 5 minutes ( shorter for a solid rocket than for a liquid-propellant rocket ); altitude at the end of this phase is typically 150 to 400 km depending on the trajectory chosen, typical burnout speed is 7 km / s, up to the speed of Low Earth Orbit.

The Bourbons of France held a strong claim to Luxembourg, the Emperor of Austria on the other hand had controlled the duchy until the revolutionary forces had joined it to the French republic ( he reportedly was not enthusiastic about regaining Luxembourg and the Low Countries, being more interested in the Balkans ).

Since the introduction of a national minimum wage in the UK in 1999, its effects on employment were subject to extensive research and observation by the Low Pay Commission.

This can be further divided into categories depending on the details of the technique, for example, LPCVD ( Low Pressure chemical vapor deposition ) and PECVD ( Plasma Enhanced chemical vapor deposition ).

David Low ( cartoonist ) | David Low's cartoon, published in the Evening Standard on 20 September 1939, shows Hitler greeting Stalin, following their joint Invasion of Poland ( 1939 ) | invasion of Poland, with the words, " The scum of the earth, I believe ?".

The paper outlined an assault on England's eastern coast between The Wash and the River Thames by troops crossing the North Sea from Low Country ports.

The software-created " Fill Valve " contact latches the circuit so that even when the " Low Level " input goes away as the water begins to rise, the fill valve remains on.

He appears on the alternative hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest's influential album The Low End Theory on a track called " Verses from the Abstract ".

The overall risk assessment is then Low, Medium or High, depending on the sub-range containing the calculated value of the Composite Index.

Low ratings prompted UPN to cancel Star Trek: Enterprise on February 2, 2005, but the network allowed the series to complete its fourth season.

Low voltage micrograph ( 300 V ) of distribution of adhesive droplets on Post-It ® note.

Externally, Columbia was the first orbiter in the fleet whose surface was mostly covered with High & Low Temperature Reusable Surface Insulation ( HRSI / LRSI ) tiles as its main thermal protection system ( TPS ), with white silicone rubber-painted Nomex — known as Felt Reusable Surface Insulation ( FRSI ) blankets — in some areas on the wings, fuselage and Payload Bay Doors.