* Bonded Baltic amber – gemstone consisting of two or more parts of natural, modified or reconstructed Baltic amber bonded together with the use of the smallest possible amount of a colorless binding agent necessary to join the pieces.

While most elements are generally viewed as stable, a small amount of natural transformation of one element to another also occurs in the present time, through decay of radioactive elements as well as other natural nuclear processes.

In Spain Vitatene produces natural β-carotene from fungus Blakeslea trispora, as does DSM but at much lower amount when compared to its synthetic β-carotene operation.

Light of composite wavelengths ( natural sunlight ) disperses into a visible spectrum passing through a prism, because of the wavelength dependent refractive index of the prism material ( dispersion ); that is, each component wave within the composite light is bent a different amount.

The first power plants were run on water power or coal, and today we rely mainly on coal, nuclear, natural gas, hydroelectric, and petroleum with a small amount from solar energy, tidal harnesses, wind generators, and geothermal sources.

Careful adjustment of the amount of powder can give the velocity that best fits the natural harmonics of the barrel ( see accurize and internal ballistics ).

Weber noted that the importance of subjectivity in social sciences makes creation of fool-proof, universal laws much more difficult than in natural sciences and that the amount of objective knowledge that social sciences may achieve is precariously limited.

Even at the extremes, the amount of natural environment that is free of discernible human influence is presently diminishing at an increasingly rapid pace.

Working closely with a dietitian, some PKU patients who respond to Kuvan may also be able to increase the amount of natural protein they can eat.

Fertile land is the nation's most important natural resource, and efforts have been made, and in the 1980s were continuing, to increase the amount of arable land through irrigation projects.

There is a greater amount of deep sleep ( stage N3 ) earlier in the night, while the proportion of REM sleep increases in the two cycles just before natural awakening.

While almost all reactions have integer-ratio stoichiometry in amount of matter units ( moles, number of particles ), some nonstoichiometric compounds are known that cannot be represented by a ratio of well-defined natural numbers.

Our calculation of the amount of element 43 required to produce their spectrum is quite similar to the direct measurements of natural technetium abundance in uranium ore published in 1999 by Dave Curtis and colleagues at Los Alamos.

DSP often makes recorded speech sound less natural, although some systems use a small amount of signal processing at the point of concatenation to smooth the waveform.

The choice of position takes into account the spankee's ( bottom ) comfort in the position for long periods of time, the spanker's ( top ) ability to swing at the spankee at a comfortable, natural angle, complete access to the spankee's buttocks, the spanker's control of the spankee's position and ability to readjust as necessary, safety, and the amount of strength the top is able to generate from such a position.

One may not even start to slow until the cord has been stretched a significant amount, because the cord's resistance to distortion is zero at the natural length, and increases only gradually after, taking some time to even equal the jumper's weight.

The burning of fossil fuels produces around 21. 3 billion tonnes ( 21. 3 gigatonnes ) of carbon dioxide ( CO < sub > 2 </ sub >) per year, but it is estimated that natural processes can only absorb about half of that amount, so there is a net increase of 10. 65 billion tonnes of atmospheric carbon dioxide per year ( one tonne of atmospheric carbon is equivalent to 44 / 12 or 3. 7 tonnes of carbon dioxide ).

As a natural part of the printing process, the high voltages inside the printer can produce a corona discharge that generates a small amount of ionized oxygen and nitrogen, forming ozone and nitrogen oxides.

* Activation of T cells to produce IL &# 8209 ; 2, thereby altering the amount and function of natural killer cells ( NK cells ), thus augmenting the activity of NK &# 8209 ; dependent cytotoxicity

This has enabled scientists to measure a range of natural phenomena including the transport of air pollutants in the region and a marked decline since 1990 in the amount of atmospheric mercury pollution, an effect which has been attributed to the post-1989 closure of polluting factories in the former Eastern Bloc states.

Methane clathrate ( CH < sub > 4 </ sub >• 5. 75H < sub > 2 </ sub > O ), also called methane hydrate, hydromethane, methane ice, fire ice, natural gas hydrate, or gas hydrate is a solid clathrate compound ( more specifically, a clathrate hydrate ) in which a large amount of methane is trapped within a crystal structure of water, forming a solid similar to ice.

The amount of methane potentially trapped in natural methane hydrate deposits may be significant ( 10 < sup > 15 </ sup > to 10 < sup > 17 </ sup > cubic metres ), which makes them of major interest as a potential energy resource.

This has led to a decrease in the amount of natural gas available for other purposes.

The amount, location, and timing of water reaching a drainage channel from natural precipitation and controlled or uncontrolled reservoir releases determines the flow at downstream locations.

The falls produce a large amount of mist, which occasionally renders viewing them difficult.

It is unlikely that this success lead to an increase in rainfall, however, but increased capture of occult deposition ( mist ) by the greater amount of vegetation has probably resulted.

The great increase in the amount of archaeological activity, and therefore information, in the years immediately preceeding and following the Second World War has brought to light data which has changed the complection of the Saxon Shore dispute.

However, as a practicing historian, he, himself, has left few clues to the amount of professional scholarship that he used when writing history.

Don't you see the amount of money that has been invested by whites around that church??

The legislature's role in policy determination in this area for years has been confined almost solely to the amount of funds appropriated annually for the purchase and operation of vehicles.

Command has achieved the ideal amount of reverberation.

The international unit ( u. ), adopted to make possible the comparison of results from different laboratories ( Mussett and Perry, 1955 ), has been defined as the amount of activity present in 13.5 mg of the International Standard Preparation.

Section 203 of the United States Code voids an assignment of a claim against the Government unless made after it has been allowed, the amount due has been ascertained, and a warrant for its payment has been issued.

The city has sued for the full amount of the $172,400 performance bond covering the contract.

The mushrooming of FM outlets, offering concerts ( both jazz and classical ), lectures, and other special events, is a phenomenon which has had a fair amount of publicity.

In addition, mixed race ( European and African ) people amount to about 2 %, with a small ( 1 %) population of whites, mainly ethnically Portuguese ( as a former overseas territory of Portugal until 1975, the Portuguese make up currently the largest non-African population, with certainly more than 100, 000, a number that has been constantly increasing from the 2000s, because of Angola's growing demand for qualified human resources.

It assumes that one party has an unlimited amount of information ( usually through some kind of expertise ) and can act as the ‘ information services provider ’ ( pg 268 ) while the other party acts as the ‘ information services consumer ’ ( Bordewijk and Kaam, 1986: 268 )

The large amount of travel done by Christie and Mallowan has not only made for a great writing theme, as shown in her famous novel: The Murder on the Orient Express, but also tied into the idea of archaeology as an adventure that has become so important in today ’ s popular culture as described by Cornelius Holtorf in his book Archaeology is a Brand.

The main advantage is the fine definition of the analog signal which has the potential for an infinite amount of signal resolution.

However, slow phosphor has the negative side-effect of causing image smearing and blurring when there is a large amount of rapid on-screen motion occurring.

This chart shows that not all fish, shellfish, or the insects that they eat can tolerate the same amount of acid ; for example, frogs can tolerate water that is more acidic ( i. e., has a lower pH ) than trout.

While there has been a fair amount of scientific research on the psychology of older board games ( e. g., chess, go, mancala ), less has been done on contemporary board games such as Monopoly, Scrabble, and Risk.

* Indivisibility of certain goods: If a person wants to buy a certain amount of another's goods, but only has for payment one indivisible unit of another good which is worth more than what the person wants to obtain, a barter transaction cannot occur.

If an account has a debit balance, the balance amount is copied into column two ( the debit column ).

If an account has a credit balance, the amount is copied into column three ( the credit column ).

A goal of less than six months has been suggested, but due to factors such as dosage and type of benzodiazepine, reasons for prescription, lifestyle, personality, environmental stresses, and amount of available support, a year or more may be needed to withdraw.