* Reserve capacity minutes ( RCM ), also referred to as reserve capacity ( RC ), is a battery's ability to sustain a minimum stated electrical load ; it is defined as the time ( in minutes ) that a lead-acid battery at 80 ° F ( 27 ° C ) will continuously deliver 25 amperes before its voltage drops below 10. 5 volts.

Throughout much of the world, food is still so scarce that half of the earth's population has trouble getting the 1,600 calories a day necessary to sustain life.

Agriculture also called farming or husbandry is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi, and other life forms for food, fiber, biofuel and other products used to sustain life.

Thus, it would be biochemically possible to sustain life in environments that are only periodically consistent with life as we know it.

Monroe believed that the Indians must progress from the hunting stage to become an agricultural people, noting in 1817, " A hunter or savage state requires a greater extent of territory to sustain it than is compatible with progress and just claims of civilised life.

Named after the Greek goddess Gaia at the suggestion of novelist William Golding, the hypothesis postulates that the biosphere has a regulatory effect on the Earth's environment that acts to sustain life.

Most flora which begin to grow above water — primarily coconut palms — die out quickly due to the fierce tides and lack of resources necessary to sustain plant life.

In myasthenic crisis a paralysis of the respiratory muscles occurs, necessitating assisted ventilation to sustain life.

The small genome of M. genitalium made it the organism of choice in The Minimal Genome Project, a study to find the smallest set of genetic material necessary to sustain life.

Metabolism ( from " metabolē ", " change " or metabolismos, " outthrow ") is the set of chemical reactions that happen in the cells of living organisms to sustain life.

This compound is an important part of the atmosphere, and is necessary to sustain terrestrial life.

On the tropical world of Lalonde, the newest colony in the Confederation, a group of Involuntary Transportees ' Ivets ' from Earth ( it becomes clear that the basic sentence for basically every convicted person on Earth is transportation, as its population is far too large to sustain prisoners ) is made to work while voluntary colonists set out to make a new life for themselves-some eager, some forced to come along with their families.

This was the centre of evangelical experience, which women in turn placed at the heart of their work to sustain family life.

* In deep ocean regions far from the supercontinent Rodinia or its remnants as it broke apart and drifted on the tectonic plates, which may have allowed for some small regions of open water preserving small quantities of life with access to light and for photosynthesizers ( not multicellular plants, which did not yet exist ) to generate traces of oxygen that were enough to sustain some oxygen-dependent organisms.

The sustained yield of timber is an aspect of man ’ s most fundamental need: to sustain life itself .” A fine anticipation of the Brundtland-formula.

Theoretically, the long-term result of environmental degradation is the inability to sustain human life.

Fighting games widely feature life bars, which are depleted as characters sustain blows.

However, persons who sustain head trauma resulting in unconsciousness for an hour or more have twice the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease later in life.

For a while, he maintained a circle of contacts and emigré friends from Russia, but he eventually found that this did not sustain his intellectual and professional life.

It feeds directly on minute phytoplankton, thereby using the primary production energy that the phytoplankton originally derived from the sun in order to sustain their pelagic ( open ocean ) life cycle.

The role of an occupational therapist is to work with a client to help them achieve a fulfilled and satisfied state in life through the use of " purposeful activity or interventions designed to achieve functional outcomes which promote health, prevent injury or disability and which develop, improve, sustain or restore the highest possible level of independence.

The new king performs funerary rites for his father and gives food offerings to sustain him — often including the Eye of Horus, which in this instance represents life and plenty.

Agriculture – cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life.

The borough is currently in the midst of a community-wide planning project supported by a DCNR grant to develop a Heritage Tourism Work Plan by identifying heritage tourist sites, resources and themes ; by developing a way to enhance and refine these resources ; and by creating a plan to sustain local heritage tourism while enhancing the local economy.

In 1933 the Benedictines in the USA, in the midst of the Great Depression, were no longer able to sustain the Fu Jen's mission.

Beathard decided to rebuild the Chargers using the same model that he used to build the Redskins into Super Bowl contenders during the 1980s – a powerful running game built around big lineman, a passing game that helped sustain extremely long drives, and a bending but steady defense.

But no individual has been able to develop, combine and sustain all of the complex physical skills and the immense mental and emotional resources the game demands at its highest level as well as Jack Nicklaus has for as long as he has.

Each game can sustain a maximum of 32 players.

The Eagles then cut their deficit to 24 – 21, with quarterback Donovan McNabb's 30-yard touchdown pass to receiver Greg Lewis, with 1: 48 remained in the game but could not sustain the comeback.

Obsessive about the game, he worked relentlessly to sustain a formidable array of techniques, complemented by great vision and anticipation.

Though there was initial interest in the concept, there were too few players to sustain an active In Nomine component in World Weavers, and the game was shut down after several months.

Lester and his alien ally cannot sustain any damage, and the game ends immediately if either of them is struck by an enemy.

Furthermore, external balancing is caught in the problematique of the ' game of coordination ' and a collective action problem in which it is difficult to sustain long term cooperation, dedications and equal contributions to the cause.

The Foundation aims to support and sustain an interest and enthusiasm for the game of golf amongst under 18s.

It is implied along the game that the Keepers of the Sphere, who act as the leaders of the other races, plant the seed of life in certain worlds that they see have the potential to sustain such life.

The ARL attributes this to game becoming more physically demanding and the increasing pressure to sustain semi-professional clubs and teams.

Due to tiredness associated with the body's recovery from stimulants, such as BZP, it is uncommon for users to be able to sustain a week-long intake.

* Democratic purism: Aims at safeguarding the intelligibility of ( modern ) concepts for a larger group of language users through enforcing their expression by the means of common, every-day words or expressions ( for example, “ to back up / backing ” instead of “ sustain ”)

He ascribes to the mercy of God the peace which this personal matter -- the assurance that he can physically sustain the burden of the office longer than any individual in the history of our nation has been able to do -- has brought him.

My heartiest congratulations go to their successors, Orvil E. Dryfoos and John B. Oakes, who can be counted upon to sustain the illustrious tradition of the New York Times.

For the policy officer will know that action can almost never be secret and that in general the effectiveness of policy will be conditioned by the readiness of the country to sustain it.

A congregation survives only if it can sustain a socially homogeneous membership ; ;

It could be argued that only such neighborhoods can sustain religious activity, since worship presupposes some local stabilities.

The other is stone and ' Time Binding ', through the construction of temples and the pyramids can sustain their authority generation to generation, through this media they can change and shape communication in their society ( Wark, McKenzie 1997 ).

In the best case scenario, this pipeline can sustain a completion rate of one instruction per cycle.

Solid materials that can sustain a smoldering reaction include coal, cellulose, wood, cotton, tobacco, peat, duff, humus, synthetic foams, charring polymers including polyurethane foam, and dust.

Ectothermic (" cold-blooded ") crocodiles have very limited needs for food ( they can survive several months without eating ) while endothermic (" warm-blooded ") animals of similar size need much more food to sustain their faster metabolism.

Dryland ecosystems are already very fragile, and can rarely sustain the increased pressures that result from intense population growth.

In addition, the use of an amplifier can increase the sustain of the instrument, which is particularly useful for accompaniment during ballads and for melodic solos with held notes.

This type of glass-ceramic exhibits excellent mechanical properties and can sustain repeated and quick temperature changes up to 1000 ° C.

The giraffe can reach a sprint speed of up to, and can sustain for several kilometers.

When considering human-powered equipment, a healthy human can produce about 1. 2 hp briefly ( see orders of magnitude ) and sustain about 0. 1 hp indefinitely ; trained athletes can manage up to about 2. 5 hp briefly

No woman can sustain a prolonged battle.

He suggested that " we have to keep in mind the awesome pace of change and realise how little time is left to act, and then each community and nation must find the best use of the resources they have to sustain civilisation for as long as they can ".

Once a sound is produced, it will sustain for quite a while, and can be carried through several notes of a phrase.

The chemical element isotopes that can sustain a fission chain reaction are called nuclear fuels, and are said to be fissile.

A few particularly fissile and readily obtainable isotopes ( notably < sup > 235 </ sup > U and < sup > 239 </ sup > Pu ) are called nuclear fuels because they can sustain a chain reaction and can be obtained in large enough quantities to be useful.

Not all fissionable isotopes can sustain a chain reaction.

Records of basal body temperatures, especially, but also of cervical mucus and position, can be used to accurately determine if a woman is ovulating, and if the length of the post-ovulatory ( luteal ) phase of her menstrual cycle is sufficient to sustain a pregnancy.