The main use of diacritical marks in the Latin alphabet is to change the sound value of the letter to which they are added.

The European Satellite Navigation project was selected as the main motif of a very high value collectors ' coin: the Austrian European Satellite Navigation commemorative coin, minted on 1 March 2006.

However, hedge fund strategies are generally said to fall into four main categories: global macro, directional, event-driven, and relative value ( arbitrage ).

Imports continued to increase more rapidly than exports during the first nine months of 2004 ; Moldova ’ s terms of trade worsened, as higher-priced energy imports outpaced the value of Moldova ’ s main exports — agricultural and agro-processing goods.

Its main value, however, is seen in the opportunities it offers for the research in the physiology and behaviour of the moose, as well as in the insights it provides into the general principles of animal domestication.

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.

The main differences were that it was levied on capital value rather than notional rental value of a property, and that it had a 25 % discount for single-occupancy dwellings.

In a wave packet, the wavelength of the particle is not precise, and the local wavelength deviates on either side of the main wavelength value.

The beamwidth of the antenna is the width of the main lobe, usually specified by the half power beam width, the angle encompassed between the points on the side of the lobe where the power has fallen to half (- 3 dB ) of its maximum value.

The main exception is in insurance bad faith cases in the United States, where the insurer's breach of contract is alleged to be so egregious as to amount to a breach of the " implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing ," and is therefore considered to be a tort cause of action eligible for punitive damages ( in excess of the value of the insurance policy ).

It produces a new world in which the main elements have not so many narrative functions as they have their own aesthetic value, related with the eye that is watching them and not with the action they are coming from.

Milk was of little value before the railways as it couldn't be brought to market before it went off, thus cheese and butter production was the main focus of dairy farms.

* Bertha von Suttner was recently selected as a main motif for a high value collectors ' coin: the 2008 Europe Taler.

It might also be noted that the main cause of inflation is not high employment, but rather the ability of banks to make money with little to no backing with things of value ( commodities such as gold and silver are some examples ), thus flooding the market with money and decreasing the value of each dollar already issued in the process, assuming the economy has not kept up to this increase in issued loans.

Ironically, the main beneficiaries were perhaps the owners of biens nationaux, numbering around one million, as their property had been guaranteed as one of the conditions for the act's passing, which subsequently led to a rise in the value of their land.

She was recently selected as the main motif for a high value commemorative coin: the Austria € 50 ' The Christian Religious Orders ', issued 13 March 2002.

Esther and Mordecai, by Aert de GelderMordecai or Mordechai (, IPA value: ) is one of the main personalities in the Book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible.

This polar station was the main motif in one of the most recent commemorative coins issued by Belgium: the International Polar Foundation commemorative coin minted in 2007, with a face value of 10 euro.

With a correct idea of their importance, Simplicius made the most diligent use of the commentaries of Alexander of Aphrodisias and Porphyry ; and although he often enough combats the views of the former, he knew how to value, as it deserved, his ( in the main ) sound critical sense.

The main nonlinear feature of ferromagnetic materials is that the B field saturates at a certain value, which is around 1. 6 teslas ( T ) for most high permeability core steels.

The good architectural and structural quality of many properties in Kennington — characterised by Georgian and Victorian terraces of yellow London stock brick, typically three storeys or higher, fronting the main roads and squares — has unquestionably contributed to the gentrification of the area, and so has a perception of " good value "-that investment in a property in the district will yield a decent return.

Within the services sector, the main activities in terms of gross value added are business activities, distributive trade, education and public administration.

The Momoyama family had come from Miyagi Prefecture, in the northeast of the main Japanese island of Honshu, where there are still traces of the mysterious Ainu strain.

* 1483 – Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.

Restoration and the construction of a main entrance to all museums, as well as the reconstruction of the Stadtschloss on the same island is costing over 2 billion Euros since reunification.

The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts such as glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming.

Upon the arrival of the Dutch, the trail soon became the main road through the island from Nieuw Amsterdam at the southern tip.

The main town and administrative centre is Bandanaira, located on the island of the same name.

Five of the Banda islands were within gunshot of each other and he realised that a fort on the main island Neira would give him full control of the group.

The main island, Banda Neira ( centre ) viewed from the peak of Gunung Api volcano.

Palmeira on Sal supplies fuel for the main airport on the island, Amílcar Cabral International Airport, and is important for the hotel construction taking place on the island.

Generally they operate between outlying villages and the main town on each island.

Five of the districts are located on the main island, Grand Cayman.

Geopolitically, the island is divided into four main segments.

The main town of Fermanagh is Enniskillen (, ' Ceithleann's island ').

The Comoros archipelago consists of four main islands aligned along a northwest-southeast axis at the north end of the Mozambique Channel, between Mozambique and the island of Madagascar.

Dzaoudzi, capital of Comoros until 1962 and now Mahoré's administrative center, is situated on a rocky outcropping off the east shore of the main island.

Daily flights linked the three main islands, and air service was also available to Mahoré ; each island had airstrips.

The first two serve international routes, as the main gateways to the island for travellers.

Visitors reach the island via two international airports in Heraklion and Chania and a smaller airport in Sitia ( international charter and domestic flights starting May 2012 ) or by boat to the main ports of Heraklion, Chania, Rethimno, Agios Nikolaos and Sitia.

The majority of islands are low coral atolls in the Northern Group, with Rarotonga, a volcanic island in the Southern Group, as the main administration and government centre.

The main island is the largest of about 60 islands which form the Chagos Archipelago.

Besides the main island, there are three small islets at the mouth of the lagoon: West Island ( 3. 4 ha / 8. 4 acres ); Middle Island ( 6 ha / 14. 8 acres ); and East Island ( 11. 75 ha / 29 acres ).

The game board consists of the main Settlers island as well as a few smaller islands, which award a special victory point to each player for their first settlements on them.

On the large island, there exists a " wall of deserts " that separates the island into a large main area and separate smaller strips of land.