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The cooking conserves a maximum of the vitamin C content of vegetables by methods which use very little water and cook in the shortest time possible.
Umbro had in 1989 asked for " maximum brand exposure whenever possible " but this did not affect the kit's appearance.
It is possible to achieve this maximum on most rounds ( sometimes twice or more ), resulting in a potential total score of 30 million and beyond.
Ground, mechanised and tactical air forces were concentrated at this point of maximum effort whenever possible.
At a time of world food shortages, it was vital that farmers produced the maximum amount possible.
It is not mandatory to make the maximum number of hops possible.
Wilhelm Anderson applied a relativistic correction to this model, giving rise to a maximum possible mass of approximately 1. 37 kg.
During refueling Cooper outlined his flight plan to the cockpit crew: a southeast course toward Mexico City at the minimum airspeed possible without stalling the aircraft ( approximately ) at a maximum altitude.
The emf of the cell at zero current is the maximum possible emf.
It is used to calculate the maximum possible electrical energy that could be obtained from a chemical reaction.
Usually, the legislature also determines the maximum punishment allowable for each felony class ; doing so avoids the necessity of defining specific sentences for every possible crime.
Previously this was thought not to be possible in reality, but in 2001 the lake was flooded almost a meter above maximum level ( and some upstream lakes like Glafsfjorden 3 metres ).
Coding theory is concerned with finding explicit methods, called codes, of increasing the efficiency and reducing the net error rate of data communication over a noisy channel to near the limit that Shannon proved is the maximum possible for that channel.
Unlike mathematical integers, a typical datum in a computer has some minimal and maximum possible value.
Following the fastest possible motion within an allowed maximum value for speed, acceleration, and jerk, will result in a third-order motion profile as illustrated below:
For example, if an exam contains 12 questions each worth 10 points, the test-taker need only answer 10 questions to achieve a maximum possible score of 100 points.
He was sentenced the next day to fourteen years in prison, the maximum possible for passing military secrets to a friendly nation.
Then, after the pump energy stored in the laser medium has approached the maximum possible level, the introduced loss mechanism ( often an electro-or acousto-optical element ) is rapidly removed ( or that occurs by itself in a passive device ), allowing lasing to begin which rapidly obtains the stored energy in the gain medium.
: is a number between zero and one, and represents the ratio of existing population to the maximum possible population at year n, and hence x < sub > 0 </ sub > represents the initial ratio of population to max.
In contrast, France has passed more strict legislation, limiting the maximum working week to 35 hours ( but optional hours are still possible ).
Minimax ( sometimes minmax ) is a decision rule used in decision theory, game theory, statistics and philosophy for minimizing the possible loss for a worst case ( maximum loss ) scenario.
The name minimax arises because each player minimizes the maximum payoff possible for the other — since the game is zero-sum, he also minimizes his own maximum loss ( i. e. maximize his minimum payoff ).
Then, the electrons to be placed in the molecular orbitals are slotted in one by one, keeping in mind the Pauli exclusion principle and Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity ( only 2 electrons, having opposite spins, per orbital ; place as many unpaired electrons on one energy level as possible before starting to pair them ).

maximum and score
less than a score of years later Congress enacted the Employment Act of 1946, by which the national government assumed the responsibility of taking action to insure conditions of maximum employment.
If the score reaches 20-all, then the game continues until one side gains a two point lead ( such as 24 – 22 ), up to a maximum of 30 points ( 30 – 29 is a winning score ).
Scores were expressed as percentages of a perfect maximum score and decreased as the tournament Category increased, thereby reflecting the strength of a player's opposition and the relative difficulty of the task.
Routines are marked out of a maximum score of 10 points.
* Delayed-patients who have a trauma score of 12 ( maximum score ) and can be delayed before transport from the scene
Each movement in the test is scored on a scale from 0 to 10, with a score of " 10 " being the highest possible mark and with the total maximum score for the test varying depending on the level of competition and the number of movements.
To convert this score to penalty points, the average marks of all judges are converted to a percentage of the maximum possible score, multiplied by a co-efficient decided by the governing body and then subtracted from 100.
The maximum score a contestant could achieve remained six points, with matched celebrities not playing subsequent questions.
On the only episode when a contestant did not score in either Audience Match, she was given the opportunity to play a consolation question using the front-game format for $ 100 per match, and won the maximum $ 600.
Leffe Blond also received the iTQi Crystal Taste Award for being awarded with maximum score three times in a row.
The algorithm maintains two values, alpha and beta, which represent the maximum score that the maximizing player is assured of and the minimum score that the minimizing player is assured of respectively.
* Each test element is assigned a maximum score.
According to The Eurovision Song Contest-The Official History by John Kennedy O ' Connor, the winning song scored the highest score ever achieved in Eurovision under any voting format, recording 129 points out of a possible 160 ; scoring just under 81 % of the possible maximum, but partly due to a scoring system which guaranteed all countries at least two points from each other country.
With his goal against Yugoslavia, he became at the time the third maximum scorer in World Cups, with 10 total goals ( behind Just Fontaine and Sándor Kocsis ), and also the first player ever to score at least four goals in two different World Cups.
The maximum score in tenpin bowling is 300.
* Though the maximum score for a cribbage hand is 29, there is no combination of cards that adds up to 19 points.
The figures shown in brackets are VA value added a measure of how pupils ' performance has improved, and AGG aggregate score the sum of the percentages of pupils achieving the expected levels in English, maths and science ( thus the maximum possible is 300 ).

maximum and game
The Murphy rule may be invoked with a maximum number of automatic doubles allowed and that limit is agreed to prior to a game or match commencing.
The result of each die is added ( dice which reach their maximum value are thrown again, adding each maximum to the tally, along with the final result below maximum ) and compared to a value decided by the game master / storyteller according to the difficulty of the task.
Expansions are purchased separately and provide additional content to the game ( for example: raising the maximum character level ; adding new races, classes, zones, continents, quests, equipment, game features ).
This was, in part, due to Infocom's long-standing rule of maximum portability ; a game that could display graphics on a number of different systems couldn't take advantage of the strengths of any of them.
* The Diminishing Bridge variation begins with the maximum hand and counts down, like the latter half of a standard game.
In general, for a particular game the maximum value which can be reached for an ability is 100 * number of that game.
Over these bids, the notrump bidder ( 1 ) with a maximum hand ( 17 HCP ), goes to game over an invitational bid and ( 2 ) with four ( or more ) cards in each major suit, corrects to the previously unbid major suit.
In rare cases, when the opener has maximum values and a fit in Diamonds with at least two of the top three honors, he may raise Diamonds, and responder may see a chance for game in notrump.
With maximum, he should raise to the game, and with minimum, bid on the lowest level, leaving the decision to the responder.
The on-going dispute over both minimum and maximum wages in the game, instigated by Robson's team-mate Jimmy Hill and the Professional Footballers ' Association, combined with the birth of Robson's second son, prompted Robson to demand a higher salary.
These were introduced in the 1960s, progressively expanding to allow a maximum of three substitutions per game.
Because it is a strategic advantage to go all in with some hands while being able to add to your stake with others, such games should strictly enforce a minimum buy-in that is several times the maximum bet ( or blinds, in the case of a no-limit or pot-limit game ).
Before a game, the gamers agree on how many points will be used as the maximum army size and each assembles an army up to that maximum limit.
Modern implementations allow for new players to join after the game has started, the maximum number of players that can join is arbitrary for each game, map and rules and can be selected by the server.

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