The main objective of the ATS is to ensure < cite > in the interests of all humankind that Antarctica shall continue forever to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes and shall not become the scene or object of international discord </ cite >.

The main purposes of cross-examination are to elicit favorable facts from the witness, or to impeach the credibility of the testifying witness to lessen the weight of unfavorable testimony.

All living cells require a continual supply of energy for two main purposes: for the biosynthesis of micro and macromolecules, and for the active transport of ions and molecules across cell membranes.

Ultraviolet microscopes have two main purposes.

Generally, evocation is used for two main purposes: to gather information and to obtain the services or obedience of a spirit or demon.

The main advantage of the personal computer in a MIDI system is that it can serve a number of different purposes, depending on the software that is loaded.

The forests of Pakistan are a main source of food, lumber, paper, fuel wood, latex, medicine as well as used for purposes of wildlife conservation and Eco tourism.

The main purposes of the diluent are to dissolve the polymer and adjust the viscosity of the paint.

To save money, the design uses inexpensive main memory for many purposes that are served by more expensive flip-flop registers in other computers.

This mechanism is used for three main purposes:

The PLAN is organized into several departments for purposes of command, control and coordination ; main operating forces are organized into 3 fleets.

In 1999 a working group of leading LP activists proposed to reformat and retire the platform to serve as a guide for legislative projects ( its main purpose to that point ) and create a series of custom platforms on current issues for different purposes, including the needs of the growing number of Libertarians in office.

The main purposes of this zoo were to be species conservation, breeding of animals for the San Diego Zoo as well as other zoos and providing areas where zoo animals could be conditioned.

Most drugs used for psychiatric purposes take several weeks to take effect, and the main purpose of these hospitals is to monitor the patient for the first few weeks of therapy to ensure the treatment is effective.

In August, 2011 Corbis announced a deal with AP to distribute each other's photos to their clients, effectively combining the pre-1983 UPI library with that of its former main rival for some marketing purposes.

One of the main purposes of the survey was to determine who held what and what taxes had been liable under Edward the Confessor ; the judgment of the Domesday assessors was final — whatever the book said about who held the material wealth or what it was worth, was the law, and there was no appeal.

In the larger homesteads of European nobles, the kitchen was sometimes in a separate sunken floor building to keep the main building, which served social and official purposes, free from indoor smoke.

When translating, one of the main purposes of the TM is to retrieve the most useful matches in the memory so that the translator can choose the best one.

Its main operator is the DPmB company ( Brno City Transport Company ) which also operates a ferry route serving mainly for recreational purposes at the Brno Dam Lake, and for interested also a tourist minibus providing a brief tour of the city.

At the entrance to the north in the center, between the streets Via Aliprandi and Via Zanzi, a fork of the river artificially created for defensive purposes in the early decades of the 14th century gives rise to Lambretto, which is joined to the main course Lambro at its exit to the south from the ancient circle of medieval walls ( Monza ) ( now completely demolished ).

Desk rulers are used for three main purposes: to measure, to aid in drawing straight lines and as a straight guide for cutting and scoring with a blade.

Its main purposes are to improve flood protection and create additional land for agriculture.

The two main types in industrial production are wood-tar creosote and coal-tar creosote — the coal-tar variety, having stronger and more toxic properties, has chiefly been used as a preservative for wood ; while the wood-tar variety has been used for meat preservation, wood treatment, and for medicinal purposes as an expectorant, anti-septic, astringent, anaesthetic and laxative, though these have mostly been replaced by newer medicines.

In the mid-15th century, with the emergence of Edinburgh as the main seat of the royal court and the chief city in the kingdom, the Kings of Scots increasingly used the accommodation at Holyrood for secular purposes.

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.

The main Early Carboniferous plants were the Equisetales ( horse-tails ), Sphenophyllales ( vine-like plants ), Lycopodiales ( club mosses ), Lepidodendrales ( scale trees ), Filicales ( ferns ), Medullosales ( informally included in the " seed ferns ", an artificial assemblage of a number of early gymnosperm groups ) and the Cordaitales.

The main artificial sinks are:

Herbert Simon's main interests in computer science were in artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction, principles of the organization of humans and machines as information processing systems, the use of computers to study ( by modeling ) philosophical problems of the nature of intelligence and of epistemology, and the social implications of computer technology.

Olympus Mons was the location of the headquarters of the main villain Phaeton, as well as containing a breeding facility for the artificial Neosapiens.

These rivers form the two main river basins of Central Asia ; they are used primarily for irrigation, and several artificial canals have been built to expand the supply of arable land in the Fergana Valley and elsewhere.

His main research areas are complexity theory and proof complexity, with excursions into programming language semantics, parallel computation, and artificial intelligence.

* Disaster Film-Having elements of thriller and sometimes science fiction films, the main conflict of this genre is some sort of natural or artificial disaster, such as floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc., or nuclear disasters that are shown with heavy action scenes, special effects, over the top destruction and, in modern day, use of CGI.

There are four main types of artificial limbs.

It is also the base of the club's youth team " Jong PSV " and therefore also consists of a youth complex with a main pitch and an artificial pitch.

It has the main aim to study the generic processes in cognition as basis for artificial systems.

In September 1954, von Braun, proposed using the Redstone rocket as the main booster of a multi-stage rocket for launching artificial satellites.

Recent upgrades within the school district include an addition of classrooms to the elementary center, a new auditorium and an eighth-grade wing for the high school, and artificial turf for the athletic field, known as " Rotary Field ," which serves as the district's main athletic complex for sports and marching band activities.

As surveyed in the parent counties, the main limits followed old roads and artificial limits.

The main distinguishing feature of this fantasy is that the android is a completely artificial construct, often manufactured solely to fulfil the wishes of its owner.

It consists of a main rectangular structure flanked by two L-shaped wing corridors and a tail corridor, set at the edge of a large artificial pond.

Some of the main features of the park are a natural observatory set on a hill at 285 feet ( 87m ) above sea level, a zoo, and an artificial lake.

Angling can be separated into two main categories: using either artificial or natural baits.

Jurong Island is an artificial island located to the southwest of the main island of Singapore, off Jurong Industrial Estate.

Lake Argyle, Australia's largest artificial lake, over in size, is 72 km by road from the town, being held back by the main Ord River Dam.

" Susan Wright reported, however, that Bell was also " one of the first to publicize expert opinions refuting the ' alien ' companion " said to have been shadowing Hale-Bopp, such as that published in 1998 from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory suggesting that " the satellite's main diameter is ~ 30 km ," and accordingly natural rather than artificial.

These strips integrate a playful work on artificial topography that both guides the water and create terraces and slopes for the park activities and programmes. Today, the main terminal is used for exhibitions and concerts.

In Keith Laumer's Bolo novels, the eponymous protagonists are huge main battle tanks with self-aware artificial intelligence.

It consists of a main rectangular structure flanked by two L-shaped wing corridors and a tail corridor, set at the edge of a large artificial pond.