Some cultures have discerned shapes in these patches and have given names to these " dark cloud constellations.

Dachshund in coatDachshunds burrowing in a bed Dogs that are double-dappled have the merle pattern of a dapple, but with distinct white patches that occur when the dapple gene expresses itself twice in the same are of the coat.

Individual whales are typically identified using photographs of their dorsal surface and matching the scars and patches associated with parasites that have fallen off the whale or are still attached.

LCD panels also have defects known as clouding ( or less commonly mura ), which describes the uneven patches of changes in luminance.

* Legacy systems may have vulnerabilities in older operating systems or applications due to lack of security patches being available or applied.

Many mushrooms lack a universal veil, therefore they do not have either a volva or volval patches.

If the surfaces are approximated by a finite number of planar patches, each of which is taken to have a constant radiosity B < sub > i </ sub > and reflectivity ρ < sub > i </ sub >, the above equation gives the discrete radiosity equation,

Although in its basic form radiosity is assumed to have a quadratic increase in computation time with added geometry ( surfaces and patches ), this need not be the case.

Instances have been known, from at least the 1960s, of companies delaying release of fixes or patches to suit their corporate priorities rather than customer concerns or risks.

However, research indicates that open-source software does have a higher flaw discovery, quicker flaw discovery, and quicker turn around on patches.

Many inhabitants have plots of land ( at the patches ) on which they grow potatoes.

Emblems worn on uniforms have been exchanged between officials as a sign of cooperation for decades, and displays of patches are frequently found in police stations.

Regression testing is any type of software testing that seeks to uncover new software bugs, or regressions, in existing functional and non-functional areas of a system after changes, such as enhancements, patches or configuration changes, have been made to them.

The males are larger than the females and have bald patches on their head and stomach ; their length from the nose to the tip of the tail is about 24 to 30 cm ( 12 – 13 inches, the body itself is approx.

Despite the massive loss of natural habitat in Australia over the last 200 years, it is adaptable and capable of living in surprisingly small patches of remnant bush, particularly if it does not have to cross large expanses of cleared land to reach them.

Inhabited islands have small groves of banana, papaya, drumstick and citrus trees by the homesteads, while breadfruit trees and coconut palms are grown in available patches of land.

For example, various Microsoft Windows versions, including Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP, have been certified at EAL4 +, but regular security patches for security vulnerabilities are still published by Microsoft for these Windows systems.

Numerous species of owl in the genus Glaucidium and the Northern Hawk-Owl have eye patches on the backs of their heads, apparently to convince other birds they are being watched at all times.

Cats with white color in their coats are thought to have a mutant white-spotting gene that prevents the formation of coat color in patches over the cat's body.

Larger patches include more individuals and therefore have increased biodiversity.

Modders have now tackled this limitation and patches are being released which solve this problem.

Hatching takes place after ten days ; the young echidna, called a puggle, then sucks milk from the pores of the two milk patches ( monotremes have no nipples ) and remains in the pouch for 45 to 55 days, at which time it starts to develop spines.

They are generally brown or grey in color, but some have brightly colored fur, with reds, oranges, and yellows all being known, and many having white patches or stripes.

) Recently, the OSx86 project has been releasing patches to circumvent this mechanism.

( SELinux has been integrated into version 2. 6 series of the Linux kernel, and separate patches are now unnecessary ; the above is a historical quotation.

The use of topical lidocaine patches has not been shown to be of use in the treatment of CRPS-1 and-2

The work was called Go-oo, a name under which a set of patches for OO. o software has been available for five years.

Replacement of testosterone in the form of gel, patches, or injections can largely reverse these effects, although breast enlargement has also been reported as a possible side effect of testosterone usage.

Products include magnetic bracelets and jewelry ; magnetic straps for wrists, ankles, knees, and the back ; shoe insoles ; mattresses ; magnetic blankets ( blankets with magnets woven into the material ); magnetic creams ; magnetic supplements ; plasters / patches and water that has been " magnetized ".

Also, many areas of coral reef patches in the channel had been damaged from past dredging in the channel.

Much of this plain has been burned for agriculture, but large patches still remain.

The vegetation of the park has been greatly perturbed by human activity, but remnant patches remain.

Tanned rabbit pelt, the fur has been left on apart from small patches exposing leather

In recent years, about 60 percent of the balsa has been plantation grown in densely packed patches of around 1000 trees per hectare ( compared to about two to three per hectare in nature ).

In 1885 there were only 111 houses at Bygdøy, today most of the huge gardens have been and are being split into smaller patches of land, making Bygdøy largely a residential zone while retaining a profile of upscale demographics.

Scrapie prions have been found in the Peyer's patches of naturally infected nonclinical lambs as young as four months of age.

Common methods for verifying that operating system patches have not been altered include the use of cryptographic hash, such as an MD5 based checksum, or the use of read-only media.

He pondered whether the sock would still be the same after a patch was applied to the hole, and if it would be the same sock, would it still be the same sock after a second patch was applied until all of the material of the original sock has been replaced with patches.

A 2011 Cochrane review of 15 studies ( 13 of which had been sponsored by Pfizer ) found that varenicline was significantly superior to bupropion at one year but that varenicline and nicotine patches produced the same level of abstinence at 24 weeks.

Clinical trials studying hypnosis and hypnotherapy as a method for smoking cessation have been inconclusive ; however, a randomized trial published in 2008 found that hypnosis and nicotine patches " compares favorably " with standard behavioral counseling and nicotine patches in 12-month quit rates.

It has been suggested that feeding in schools is a mechanism for overwhelming the highly aggressive defense responses of small territorial damselfishes that vigorously guard small patches of algae on coral reefs.

Large-scale habitat destruction and fragmentation has undoubtedly been important, and may well be the major factor, although there is some evidence that suggests the birds clearly favours agricultural land with patches of remnant native vegetation over intact areas of vegetation.