The assembly had four main functions: it made executive pronouncements ( decrees, such as deciding to go to war or granting citizenship to a foreigner ); it elected some officials ; it legislated ; and it tried political crimes.

Their main functions include deterrence, defence, peace support and crisis management, humanitarian and rescue missions, as well as social functions within Bulgarian society.

Much of biochemistry deals with the structures, functions and interactions of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules — although increasingly processes rather than individual molecules are the main focus.

Albumin is the main protein in plasma, and it functions to regulate the colloidal osmotic pressure of blood.

The main manor house is available for functions and is licensed for ceremonies.

Bones have eleven main functions:

Also, a Praetor could exercise the functions of the Consuls throughout Rome, but their main function was that of a judge.

Its main functions are to organize meetings, draft documents, assist member governments in the implementation of the programme of work, coordinate with other international organizations, and collect and disseminate information.

Georges Dumézil in his controversial trifunctional hypothesis proposed that ancient societies had three main classes each with distinct functions: the first judicial and priestly ; the second connected with the military and war, while the third class focussed on production, agriculture, craft and commerce.

County towns are usually the location of administrative or judicial functions, or established over time as the de facto main town of a county.

Diocletian's reforms shifted the governors ' main function to that of the presiding official in the lower courts: whereas in the early Empire military and judicial functions were the function of governor, and procurators had supervised taxation ; under the new system vicarii and governors were responsible for justice and taxation, and a new class of duces (" dukes "), acting independently of the civil service, had military command.

The city also functions as the main port of entry into the country, with international airport, La Aurora International Airport and most major highways in the country originating or leading to the city.

The synthetic nature of the products make them suitable for use in the ground where high levels of durability are required ; their main functions include: drainage, filtration, reinforcement, separation and containment.

In republics with a parliamentary system ( such as India, Germany, Austria, Italy and Israel ) the head of state is usually titled " president " or its equivalent, but the main functions of such a president are ceremonial, as opposed to the president in a presidential or semi-presidential system.

During fetal development, since bones and thus the bone marrow develop later, the liver functions as the main haematopoetic organ.

The IAEA executes this mission with three main functions: the inspection of existing nuclear facilities to ensure their peaceful use, providing information and developing standards to ensure the safety and security of nuclear facilities, and as a hub for the various fields of science involved in the peaceful applications of nuclear technology.

The main functions of an academic library are to provide resources and research support for students and faculty of the educational institution.

The main biological functions of lipids include energy storage, as structural components of cell membranes, and as important signaling molecules.

In 1989, the Central Informatics Bureau ( CIB ) was created whose main functions were to plan and coordinate computerization within the Civil Service.

This interrupt routine would handle the virtual memory functions and restart the " leading " 68000 in the correct state to continue properly synchronized operation when the " main " 68000 returned from the interrupt.

Although the canonical view of the neuron attributes dedicated functions to its various anatomical components, dendrites and axons often act in ways contrary to their so-called main function.

A notary's main functions are to administer oaths and affirmations, take affidavits and statutory declarations, witness and authenticate the execution of certain classes of documents, take acknowledgments of deeds and other conveyances, protest notes and bills of exchange, provide notice of foreign drafts, prepare marine or ship's protests in cases of damage, provide exemplifications and notarial copies, and perform certain other official acts depending on the jurisdiction.

The main changes are: explicit numeric conversion functions ( e. g. FLOOR and FLT ) must be used, the LOOP and EXIT statements have been eliminated, WHILE statements have been extended, RETURN statements can only be connected to the end of a function, imported variables and structured value parameters are read-only and arrays can be assigned without using COPY.

That was the day that he had practically mopped up the main street of Big Sands with Aaron McBride, field boss for the Highlands Oil & Gas Company.

Add also a comparatively primitive industrial plant which would severely limit our capacity to keep abreast of the Soviets even in the missile field which is reputed to be our main strength.

Expansion and modernization of Raymond Field was completed in the fall of 2007 and features the installation of an eight-lane all-weather running track and a move to the same premium artificial turf used by the New England Patriots of the National Football League for its main playing field.

Continuing violence by British troops escalated, and eventually the order was given to mobilise the troops in an arrest operation, chasing the tail of the main group of marchers to the edge of the field by Free Derry Corner.

Wickwire Field is the university's main outdoor facilities and also is host to the varsity football, soccer, field hockey, lacrosse and rugby teams.

Some of the main topics of the field are moral responsibility, moral development, moral character ( especially as related to virtue ethics ), altruism, psychological egoism, moral luck, and moral disagreement.

The conceptual charge, termed a ' test charge ', must be vanishingly small to prevent its own electric field disturbing the main field and must also be stationary to prevent the effect of magnetic fields.

In abstract algebra, field extensions are the main object of study in field theory.

Several schools of thought existed within the medical field during Galen's lifetime, the main two being the Empiricists and Rationalists ( also called Dogmatists or Philosophers ), with the Methodists being a smaller group.

The Hungarian field armies were drawn up into an articulated formation ( as it happened in Battle of Przemyśl-1099, Battle at Leitha-1146, Battle of Morvamezo-1278, 1349 ), in three main battle ( formation ) ( 1146, 1278, 1349 ).

( in the Book of the Devil Valley Master ), A main contributor to this field was Shen Kuo ( 1031 – 1095 ), a polymath scientist and statesman who was the first to describe the magnetic-needle compass used for navigation, as well as discovering the concept of true north.

The field of study combines two main branches: the law of nations ( jus gentium ) and international agreements and conventions ( jus inter gentes ), which have different foundations and should not be confused.

Loyalty programs are popular in Italy, with the two main supermarket chains, Esselunga and Il Gigante, leading the field with their offerings.

Since the gradient coils are within the bore of the scanner, there are large forces between them and the main field coils, producing most of the noise that is heard during operation.

# The internal field of the Earth ( its " main field ") appears to be generated in the Earth's core by a dynamo process, associated with the circulation of liquid metal in the core, driven by internal heat sources.

# The internal field of the Earth (" main field ") arising from electric currents in the core.

A Killing field was an area between the main wall and a secondary wall, so when the first wall was breached the attackers would run into the killing field to be confronted by another wall from which soldiers bombarded them.

The main stimulus for the field since its founding has been that of evolution, plate tectonics and the theory of island biogeography.

File: Andre-marie-ampere2. jpg | André-Marie Ampère ( 1777-1836 ): main founder of electrodynamics, showed how an electric current produces a magnetic field, stated that the mutual action of two lengths of current-carrying wire is proportional to their lengths and to the intensities of their currents ( Ampère's law ), namesake of the unit of electric current ( the ampere )