Unlike the current modern state of Switzerland, which operates under a federal government, the thirteen states were nearly independent, conducting their own domestic and foreign affairs.

Unlike ordinary stranded wire, the strands are insulated from each other, to prevent skin effect from forcing the current to the surface, and are braided together.

Unlike the short-term business cycle, the long wave of this theory is not accepted by current mainstream economics.

Unlike the 3 preceding current systems, it does require a constant input of energy, to provide the heating of its ionospheric path and the acceleration of auroral electrons and of positive ions.

Unlike Aristophanes, Plautus avoided current politics ( in the narrow sense of the term ) in his comedies.

Unlike women in Athens, if a Spartan woman became the heiress of her father because she had no living brothers to inherit ( an epikleros ), the woman was not required to divorce her current spouse in order to marry her nearest paternal relative.

Unlike most other University of California campuses, UCI was not named for the city it was built in ; at the time of the university's founding ( 1965 ), the current city of Irvine ( established in 1975 ) did not exist.

Unlike DTL, a small “ collector ” current ( approximately 10µA ) is drawn by each of the inputs.

Unlike the current version of Jeopardy !, one may interrupt the moderator and give an answer.

Unlike traditional powerlines, it will transfer power as DC instead of AC current.

Unlike the current view, he saw a range of " full employment " unemployment rates.

Unlike neon and fluorescent lamps, EL lamps are not negative resistance devices so no extra circuitry is needed to regulate the amount of current flowing through them.

Unlike temperature and electric current, there is no abstract physical concept of the hardness of a material.

Unlike the form used for the current national anthem, the poem originally began with " Waga Kimi wa " (' you, my lord ') instead of " Kimiga Yo wa " (' your reign ').

Unlike in the voltage clamp mode, where the membrane potential is held at a level determined by the experimenter, in " current clamp " mode the membrane potential is free to vary, and the amplifier records whatever voltage the cell generates on its own or as a result of stimulation.

Unlike the beat frequency oscillator or the induction balance machines which both used a uniform alternating current at a low frequency, the pulse induction machine simply fired a high-voltage pulse of signal into the ground.

Unlike the other two motives through self-assessment people are interested in the accuracy of their current self view, rather than improving their self-view.

Unlike the current advertising, they only mentioned how their chips were unbroken as well as their curved shape, which allows them to be stacked, hence the slogan, " Other potato chips just don't stack up.

Unlike most hypertext systems, the main link mechanism in Guide is based on replacement, meaning that when following a link, the current node breaks open, making room for the destination node.

Unlike the lumped element model, it assumes non-uniform current along each branch and non-uniform voltage along each node.

Unlike the former four Gerrer rebbes, who lived in Jerusalem, the current rebbe ( since 1996 ) is a Bnei Brak resident.

Unlike conventional RAM chip technologies, in MRAM data is not stored as electric charge or current flows, but by magnetic storage elements.

Unlike the New York terminal system, overhead wires would carry 11, 000-volt 25-Hertz alternating current ( AC ) power: the system used for all future installations.

Unlike other miniatures wargames, Mage Knight eliminates the need for reference to rulebooks and tables by integrating a dial into each figure that contains its current combat statistics-movement rate, attack and defense values, combat damage, and special abilities.

Unlike current press councils in Canada, membership to this new council would be required by all publishers, webmasters and radio and television producers.

Unlike official development units, the purchase of V64s was not restricted to software companies only.

Unlike a forward pass, if a backward pass hits the ground or an official, play continues and, as with a fumble, a backward pass that has hit the ground may be recovered and advanced by either team.

Unlike Yosemite, there was no state government that could assume stewardship of the land, so the federal government took on direct responsibility for the park, the official first national park of the United States.

Unlike similar national rail information sites in other European states, the site is not available in foreign languages, nor is it available in Welsh despite this being an official language of the UK.

Unlike other members of the royal family, Margaret was not expected to undertake any public or official duties during the war.

Unlike the earlier First Triumvirate, the Second Triumvirate was an official, legally established institution, whose overwhelming power in the Roman state was given full legal sanction and whose imperium maius outranked that of all other magistrates, including the consuls.

Unlike the Second Triumvirate, the First Triumvirate had no official status whatsoever ; its overwhelming power in the Roman Republic was strictly unofficial influence, and was in fact kept secret for some time as part of the political machinations of the Triumvirs themselves.

Unlike the Völkischer Beobachter ( translatable as The People's Observer ), the official party paper which gave itself an outwardly serious appearance, the tabloid-style Der Stürmer often ran obscene and tasteless materials such as anti-Semitic caricatures and propaganda-like accusations of blood libel, pornography, anti-Catholic, anti-capitalist and anti -" reactionary " propaganda too.

Unlike subsequent official historical texts that adopted Confucian doctrine, proclaimed the divine rights of the emperors, and degraded any failed claimant to the throne, Sima Qian's more liberal and objective prose has been renowned and followed by poets and novelists.

Unlike many other World War II U. S. armored divisions, the 4th never adopted an official divisional nickname or slogan.

Unlike most senior members of government in other countries, the Federal Councillors are not entitled to an official residence ( however, the Federal Palace houses living apartments for both the Federal Chancellor and President of the Confederation ).

Unlike many of the earlier prime ministerial families, the Keatings preferred to treat The Lodge as a family home and did not often entertain official visitors there.

Unlike Minas Tirith, official artwork of Minas Morgul is extremely rare and inconsistent, which gave Howe considerable liberty in designing the city for the film.

Unlike previous films, Blood Vengeance is set within the official Tekken storyline and is set between the events of Tekken 5 and Tekken 6.

Unlike other areas of Wales that have Anglicised versions of place names, such as Caerdydd to Cardiff, Cwmbrân ( meaning Crow Valley in English ) is the official name in both Welsh and English ; it has simply been common practice to ignore diacritics in written English.

Unlike in the United Kingdom, Australian whips do not hold official office, but they are recognised for parliamentary purposes.

Unlike in England and Wales, " Lay Magistrate " is the official title of the position, to distinguish from existing justices of the peace who do not sit in the Magistrates ' Courts.

Unlike the cent sign, however, the cedi always precedes the numerical value and in official use is always preceded by the letters GH.

Unlike other countries, Brazilian parliamentary immunity is also extended to crimes committed outside a parliamentarian's official duties ( murder, theft, etc .).

Unlike other creole languages, Papiamento is not decreasing in usage, and was made an official language on 7 March 2007.

Unlike modern custom, in which both the leader and the people he addresses raise their arms, most of these scenes show only the senior official raising his hand.

Unlike Yi Hwang, who suffered through tumultous times and did not enjoy being in politics, Yi I was an active official who thought it important to implement Confucian values and principles to government administration.

Unlike other marathons of similar size, popularity, and stature, there are no qualifying standards to meet, no fixed limits on the number of runners, and no time limit to finish the course ( all runners receive an official time and certificate ).

Unlike the official Mozilla support sites, it allows guest posting in its support sections for Firefox and Thunderbird.

Unlike the situation in 161, both emperors were elected as pontifices maximi, chief priests of the official cults.