Specific detectivity, or D *, for a photodetector is a figure of merit used to characterize performance, equal to the reciprocal of noise-equivalent power ( NEP ), normalized per unit area.

Specific impulse ( Isp ) measures how much thrust can be derived from a given mass of fuel, and is a standard figure of merit for rocketry.

Not until the group was satisfied in this area were they willing to venture further to ( 2 ), Specific adjustment areas, such as sex, in-laws, religion, finance, and so on.

Specific constructions had many similarities, but were generally unique in form due to the individual topography of different alcoves along the canyon walls.

Specific organisms and organism by-products were used to fertilize, restore nitrogen, and control pests.

Specific duties were prescribed to each of the participants in these sets of relationships.

Specific to the Islamic gardens are the mosaics and glazed tiles used to decorate the rills and fountains that were built in these gardens.

Specific enhancements were made to add channel hopping and a variable time slot option compatible with ISA100. 11a.

Specific emotions were found to have different effects on the opponent ’ s feelings and strategies chosen:

Specific rites relating to death and burial were practiced, though certainly differing in style and execution between cultures.

Specific cases were recorded in the northern Balkans on 25 December, in the city of Split.

Specific burial customs were characterized by the dead being laid on their sides with their knees pressed against their breast, one hand under the head.

Specific quantitative assays were even developed for its detection.

Specific guidelines were formulated for Show Pansies but amateur gardeners preferred the less demanding Fancy Pansies.

Specific pilgrimages were also held in response to outbreaks of disease.

Specific targets of this proposed policy were Generals Minh, Trần Văn Đôn, Lê Văn Kim and Mai Hữu Xuân.

Specific examples of such changes to standard theatre were stages that extended out into the audience, and the use of mannequins as real-life actors.

Specific slaves were assigned to prepare dead bodies, build coffins, dig graves, and construct headstones.

Specific lengths for continuous production weeks were first mentioned when rules for the five-day continuous work week were issued on.

Specific studies were conducted on chimpanzees and stumptail macaques.

Specific sequences are usually looked at to see whether they were copied verbatim from one of the individual's genome to the other.

Specific flowers were used in funeral wreaths to represent particular sentiments.

Specific incentives to reform were shortages of labor and energy and the growing importance of foreign trade in the " thaw " years of the mid-1960s.

Specific companies were charged higher or lower dumping rates, including Abitibi-Consolidated ( 12. 44 %), Weyerhaeuser ( 12. 39 %), Tembec ( 10. 21 %), Slocan ( 7. 71 %), Canfor ( 5. 96 %) and West Fraser ( 2. 18 %).

Specific measures were enacted that prohibited child labor and night-shift work for women, that regulated the hours of the working week and the Sunday holiday, and allowed for labor organizations.

Specific locations were known to produce certain fishes at the right time of year, and special implements and skills were employed for a successful catch.

Specific legislation for the Royal Parks within London created the unique office of ' Parks Constable '.

: D. Specific stipulations concerning Holy Places, religious buildings or sites and the rights of religious communities shall be inserted in the constitution or constitutions of any independent Palestinian State or States which may be created.

Specific playback behaviors ( to ensure optimum experience ) are also under direct control of the content creator and / or distributor via the use of metadata created in production and carried in the bitstream for use during decoding / playback.

Specific objectives have been created for several areas within the development boundary of the village.

Specific zones are associated with sexual response, and include areas of the genitals, notably the foreskin and corona of the glans penis, clitoris, vulva and perianal skin, and lips.

Specific rejections stand beside the already broader response of the scientific community in overwhelmingly rejecting intelligent design as a valid scientific theory, instead seeing it as pseudoscience.

Specific kinds of risk that may give rise to claims are known as perils.

Specific rail-to-rail comparators with p-n-p input transistors, like the LM139 family, allow input potential to drop 0. 3 volts below the negative supply rail, but do not allow it to rise above the positive rail.

Specific auxin to cytokinin ratios in plant tissue culture medium give rise to an unorganized growing and dividing mass of callus cells.

* " Mugwump Specific ", a patent medicine for venereal disease in the late 19th century

Specific examples of how supremacists have exploited the name of Islam includes Muslim participation in the African slave trade, the early 20th century pan-Islamism promoted by Abdul Hamid II, the jizya and rules of marriage in Muslim countries being imposed on non-Muslims, the majority Muslim interpretations of the rules of pluralism in Malaysia, and " defensive " supremacism practised by some Muslim immigrants in Europe.

Specific criticism of the West, in the first years of the twentieth century, is usually taken as of the Old World of Europe, excluding therefore North America in particular.

Specific staining by DEAE-cellulose treated Af and Af, although clearly distinguishable under the microscope from either nonspecific staining or autofluorescence of cells, was not satisfactorily photographed to show such differences in spite of many attempts with black and white and color photography.

Specific obligations to support compliance with the domestic legislation or regulatory requirements of the contracting party providing genetic resources, and contractual obligations reflected in mutually agreed terms, are a significant innovation of the Nagoya Protocol.

Specific chemotherapeutic agents are associated with organ-specific toxicities, including cardiovascular disease ( e. g., doxorubicin ), interstitial lung disease ( e. g., bleomycin ) and occasionally secondary neoplasm ( e. g., MOPP therapy for Hodgkin's disease ).

Specific examples are speech compression and transmission in digital mobile phones, room correction of sound in hi-fi and sound reinforcement applications, weather forecasting, economic forecasting, seismic data processing, analysis and control of industrial processes, medical imaging such as CAT scans and MRI, MP3 compression, computer graphics, image manipulation, hi-fi loudspeaker crossovers and equalization, and audio effects for use with electric guitar amplifiers.

Specific objects or even days can be holy, but they derive holiness from being connected with God — the seventh day, the tabernacle, and the priests all derive their holiness from God.

Specific examples of services which warrant the Purple Heart include any action against an enemy of the United States ; any action with an opposing armed force of a foreign country in which the Armed Forces of the United States are or have been engaged ; while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent party ; as a result of an act of any such enemy of opposing armed forces ; or as the result of an act of any hostile foreign force.

Specific sites linked to Robin Hood include the Major Oak tree, claimed to have been used by him as a hideout, Robin Hood's Well, located near Newstead Abbey ( within the boundaries of Sherwood Forest ), and the Church of St. Mary in the village of Edwinstowe, where Robin and Maid Marian are historically thought to have wed. To reinforce this belief, the University of Nottingham in 2010 has begun the Nottingham Caves Survey with the goal " to increase the tourist potential of these sites ".

Specific ecoregions of Western Australia include: the sandstone gorges of The Kimberley on the northern coast and below that areas of dry grassland ( Ord Victoria Plain ) or semi-desert ( Western Australian Mulga shrublands ), with Tanami Desert inland from there.

Specific gravity usually means relative density with respect to water.

Specific seasons for bow hunting or muzzle-loading black powder guns are often established to limit competition with hunters using more effective weapons.

Specific alters may react negatively to therapy, fearing the therapists goal is to eliminate the alter ( particularly those associated with illegal or violent activities ).

Specific punishments introduced in Moscow included beheading for alleged traitors, branding of thieves ( with execution for a third arrest ).

Specific language impairment ( SLI )-difficulty with language or the organized-symbol system used for communication in the absence of problems such as mental retardation, hearing loss, or emotional disorders.

Specific neurological symptoms usually then follow, often in the form of parkinsonism ( cogwheel rigidity, bradykinesia or slowed movements and a lack of balance are the most common parkinsonian features ) with or without a typical hand tremor, masked facial expressions, slurred speech, ataxia ( lack of coordination ) or dystonia ( twisting and repetitive movements of part of the body ).

Specific gravity is measured by comparing the weight of the gem in air with the weight of the gem suspended in water.

Specific settings include isolated forts, ranches and homesteads ; the Native American village ; or the small frontier town with its saloon, general store, livery stable and jailhouse.

Specific attention is divided into: the site, location and solar orientation of the building, local sun path, the prevailing level of insolation ( latitude / sunshine / clouds / precipitation ( meteorology ) ), design and construction quality / materials, placement / size / type of windows and walls, and incorporation of solar-energy-storing thermal mass with heat capacity.

Specific diagnosis of infection with is made by finding the virus in the child's stool by enzyme immunoassay.

Specific evidence for infection includes WBCs in normally sterile fluid ( such as urine or cerebrospinal fluid ( CSF )); evidence of a perforated viscus ( free air on abdominal x-ray or CT scan ; signs of acute peritonitis ); abnormal chest x-ray ( CXR ) consistent with pneumonia ( with focal opacification ); or petechiae, purpura, or purpura fulminans.

Specific fuel consumption of air-breathing jet engines at their maximum efficiency vary more or less inversely with speed, which in turn means that the fuel consumption per mile or km can be a more appropriate comparison metric for aircraft that travel at very different speeds.