Spark plasma sintering ( SPS ) is a form of sintering where both external pressure and an electric field are applied simultaneously to enhance the densification of the metallic / ceramic powder compacts.

" The SPS declared that the mixed economy would include both market economy but also " a certain degree of state regulation, transformed social ownership, and also the unimpeded transformation into private, cooperative, and state ownership ".

Though some already questioned the movement's raison d ' être, the idea behind both was to encourage the electorate to " verify " the October 5th revolution by voting against the parties that were part of the regime-the Socialist Party of Serbia ( SPS ) and the Serbian Radical Party ( SRS )-at the upcoming constituent republic-level parliamentary election.

On October 1, 2007, NOVA Chemicals and INEOS expanded their European joint venture to include the North American styrene and SPS businesses of both companies.

It was the first test of the new procedures for using both SPS during a long burn.

AGC ( SPS ) and AGC ( RMP ) female soldiers deployed in Afghanistan, often patrol with infantry soldiers in order to conduct searches where women or children could be concealing weapons including potential suicide bombers.

In addition to using the case study method — used for graduate study in law, business, and public policy — SPS students continue the dynamic learning experience outside the classroom through policy simulations, speakers, and visits and meetings with public servants from State Department Foreign Service Officers to serving Army and Marine officers.

In the past several years, SPS students have ( in simulation ) run congressional campaigns, negotiated their way through a dangerous crisis with North Korea, taken steps to contain a flu pandemic sweeping the nation, and argued and decided Supreme Court cases on First Amendment and national security issues.

In the " real " world, the SPS students have, among other things, visited the White House to talk with the White House Chief of Staff, had lunch with the Governor of Maryland, hosted a formal dinner for Ambassadors from around the world, attended screenings of " Meet the Press " and talked with host David Gregory, met with members of the U. S. Supreme Court, and chatted about fiscal policy with the Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

The four-night effort by UT Dallas students ( see SPS study below ) focused on automobile lights and reached a conclusion that vehicle lights can be seen from the View Park.

SPS strives to shape students into contributing members of the professional scientific community with the philosophy that since college courses only develop a particular range of skills in a student, it is important to develop other skills including effective written and verbal communication, leadership experience, professional networking, presenting scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and educational outreach to the campus and local communities.

To promote these goals, SPS allows students to take part in professional membership societies, receive peer-reviewed journals, present and publish research, obtain scholarships, and receive awards as incentives for excellent performance.

SOCKs are designed for SPS Chapters and collegiate physics departments to use in outreach presentations to local elementary, middle and high school students.

SPS and Sigma Pi Sigma, the physics honor society, publish several resources for students and alumni.

The SPS upon its foundation, was the heir to the League of Communists of Serbia and more particularly the agenda of Serbian President Slobodan Milošević, who had come to power promising the strengthening of Serb influence in Yugoslavia by reducing the autonomy of the provinces of Kosovo and Vojvodina within Serbia, and had demanded a one-member-one vote system for the League of Communists of Yugoslavia which would have given a numerical majority to the Serbs.

Meanwhile, the very union itself between the Radicals and the SPS was the subject of controversy among Serbian nationalists World War II Chetnik commander Momčilo Đujić, who granted the title of Vojvoda ( Duke ) to Šešelj in 1989, went as far as to revoke the Radical leader's honorary status for his association with Milošević.

The SPS has held close ties with the various political parties led by Momir Bulatović who had been installed as President of Montenegro with Milosević's aide, the SPS supported the Democratic Party of Socialists of Montenegro until Bulatović's ousting in 1998, Socialist People's Party of Montenegro under Bulatović from 1998 until his ousting in 2000, and the last one to be led by Bulatović is the People's Socialist Party of Montenegro.

In early 2006, Blic created a storm of controversy by claiming in its February 4, 2006 issue that January 11 arrest of Dejan Simić, National Bank of Serbia vice-governor ( who was taken in red-handed at his apartment while accepting a € 100, 000 bribe from Vladimir Zagrađanin of SPS ), actually had a completely different background from what the police and Serbian government authorities told the public.

And finally, the story also accused Serbian Interior Minister Dragan Jočić of stopping the police investigation from climbing up the chain of command and thus preventing the arrests of NBS governor Radovan Jelašić and the above mentioned Dušan Lalić, as well as SPS ' Ivica Dačić who was present in the mentioned apartment minutes before the police stormed in.

* the UnOfficial 81st SPS RAF Bentwaters / Woodbridge Site-the UnOfficial gathering place for the men & women who served in the USAF 81st Security ( Air ) Police Squadron at RAF Bentwaters and RAF Woodbridge.

In the 2008 parliamentary election, the SPS and the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia ( PUPS ) have strengthened their links by forming a coalition, on which United Serbia and Movement of Veterans of Serbia were present.

Beginning in its political programme of 1992, the SPS has supported a mixed economy, stating: " the Socialist Party of Serbia advocates a modern, mixed economy representing a synthesis of those elements of liberal and socialist models that have so far proved to be successful in the history of modern society and in our own development.

Critics of the party have accused the SPS of involvement with organised crime, blackmail, political assassinations ( such as former Serbian President Ivan Stambolić ), supporting paramilitary formations during the Yugoslav Wars, and profiteering from illicit drug and oil trade.

The ruling parties of the Republic of Serbia ( the constitutive partner of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia like the Republic of Montenegro ), SPS and SRS, have soundly and firmly stood on Momir's side, while the opposition in Serbia ( SPO, DS, DSS and GS ) gave their support in Milo.

" Hallowell does not elaborate on why SPS found that the square hole " would not be acceptable in this country ", but it seems likely that it would have to have involved licensing Robertson's patent, which would have defeated SPS's purpose of driving down its cost for internal-wrenching screws ( and may have been unavailable at any price, as explained at " List of screw drives > Robertson ").

Since 2001, additional SOCK kits on other topics have been developed and archived on the SPS national website.

Because many patients with SPS have circulating antibodies to the enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase ( GAD ), an autoimmune cause of the disease has been postulated.

Approximately 60 % of patients diagnosed with SPS have anti-GAD antibodies present, while 40 % do not and therefore rely on clinical testing for diagnosis.

The UA2 detector shown in open position at the CERN SPS Collider in 1982

Having helped engineer the party's election to parliament, the SPS formed an informal coalition with the SRS, and collaborated on ousting moderate politicians from public office.

SPS is a residential public policy, politics, and public service program that takes place for a four-week period each summer, beginning in late June.

Further, SPS supports several publications, and SPS members stay involved with public science issues, education, and outreach.

Apollo 16's lunar landing was almost aborted at the last moment when a malfunction was detected in the SPS engine control system in the service module.

The 2003 reform has introduced the Single Payment Scheme ( SPS ) or as it is known as well the Single Farm Payment ( SFP ).

As well as testing the SPS, these burns accelerated the spacecraft for an 8900 meters per second reentry.

However, despite tremendous improvement over previous elections the party was still well behind Milošević's SPS, DEPOS coalition ( headed by Vuk Drašković's SPO ), and Vojislav Šešelj's SRS.

Many NTBs are governed by WTO agreements, which originated in the Uruguay Round ( the TBT Agreement, SPS Measures Agreement, the Agreement on Textiles and Clothing ), as well as GATT articles.

In addition to his position at FK Sartid, Matković was also a high ranking official of Slobodan Milošević's party SPS as well as Minister of Industry in the government of Mirko Marjanović.

* Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Matters-provided with a mandate for " increasing the mutual understanding of the SPS measures and regulatory processes of each Party as well as continuing the cooperative efforts of the Parties internationally.

) This cost problem drove SPS to purchase its first screw machine and make its screws in-house, which soon led to SPS's foray into fastener sales ( for which it later became well known within the metalworking industries ).

The AGC ( SPS ) was formed from the Royal Army Pay Corps and the Women's Royal Army Corps, as well as the staff clerks of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, followed by the All Arm's Clerks from the remainder of the British Army.

The main characteristic of SPS is that the pulsed DC current directly passes through the graphite die, as well as the powder compact, in case of conductive samples.