Unlike bony fish, there is no direct control of the pigment cells by the nervous system, and this results in the colour change taking place more slowly than happens in fish.

Unlike ethanol, methanol is extremely toxic: As little as 10 ml can cause permanent blindness by destruction of the optic nerve and 30 ml ( one fluid ounce ) is potentially fatal.

Unlike conventional auctions, bids are non-refundable ; if one player bids 65 for psyche and another wins with a bid of 66, then the character with 66 is " superior " to the character with 65 even though there is only one bid difference.

Unlike pure metals, most alloys do not have a single melting point, but a melting range in which the material is a mixture of solid and liquid phases.

Unlike beta decay, alpha decay is governed by the interplay between the nuclear force and the electromagnetic force.

Unlike gingerbread (), which is sweetened with honey, Printen are sweetened with sugar.

Unlike the other Ainu clans currently living in Russia, there is considerable doubt whether the Nakamura clan of Kamchatka should be identified as Northern Kurils Ainu, Southern Kurils Ainu or as Kamchatka Ainu.

Unlike his translation of the Pastoral Care, Alfred here deals very freely with his original and though the late Dr. G. Schepss showed that many of the additions to the text are to be traced not to Alfred himself, but to the glosses and commentaries which he used, still there is much in the work which is solely Alfred's and highly characteristic of his style.

Unlike mainstream medicine, CAM often lacks or has only limited experimental and clinical study ; however, scientific investigation of CAM is beginning to address this knowledge gap.

Unlike individual groups, the GSO is not self-supporting and maintains a small salaried staff.

Unlike the typical hijackings of land vehicles or ships, skyjacking is not usually committed for robbery or theft.

Unlike McCaffrey's black crystal transceivers, Le Guin's ansibles are not mated pairs: it is possible for an ansible's coordinates to be set to any known location of a receiving ansible.

Unlike Pentecostals, Evangelicals and Fundamentalists generally do not believe that physical healing is within the anointing.

Unlike that, the speed of light is constant and only its direction changes.

Unlike in Hindu and Jain sources, in ancient Buddhist texts ahimsa ( or its Pāli cognate ) is not used as a technical term.

Unlike the IEEE, however, the ACM is solely dedicated to computing.

Unlike a conventional tank water heater, the tank is filled only when there is sunlight.

Unlike the police and security forces, the Army and the People's Militia is organized along Soviet / Chinese models and precepts.

Unlike a sacrifice bunt, which may be scored if a runner advances from any base to any base, a sacrifice fly is only credited if a runner scores on the play.

Unlike in soccer, the convention in rugby is for the home side to accommodate its guests when there is a clash of kit.

Unlike the simple counting board used in elementary schools, very efficient suanpan techniques have been developed to do multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, square root and cube root operations at high speed.

Unlike traditional adhesives, UV light curing adhesives not only bond materials together but they can also be used to seal and coat products.

Unlike steel, bronze struck against a hard surface will not generate sparks, so it ( along with beryllium copper ) is used to make hammers, mallets, wrenches and other durable tools to be used in explosive atmospheres or in the presence of flammable vapors.

Unlike other metals, cadmium is resistant to corrosion and as a result it is used as a protective layer when deposited on other metals.

Unlike the case of the 1541 and 1571, the low-level disk format used by the 1581 is similar enough to the MS-DOS format as the 1581 is built around a WD1770 FM / MFM floppy controller chip.

Unlike the situation in Germany, Henry I of England used the investiture controversy was to strengthen the secular power of the king.

Unlike the penis, the male variant of the clitoris, it usually does not contain the distal portion or opening of the urethra and is therefore not used for urination.

Unlike standard DECT, the low power variant enables this standard to be used in battery powered devices such as smartphone app controllable home automation or security systems.

Unlike many late-1960s clubs, which featured live bands, discothèques used the DJ's selection and mixing of records as the entertainment.

Unlike Sophocles, who established the setting and background of his plays in the introductory dialogue, Euripides used a monologue in which a divinity or human character directly and simply tells the audience all it needs to know in order to understand the subsequent action.

Unlike DLP systems ( where it is possible to use the same procedure for squaring and multiplication ) the EC addition is significantly different for doubling () and general addition () depending on the coordinate system used.

Unlike diamond, where the loupe standard, i. e. 10X magnification, is used to grade clarity, emerald is graded by eye.

Unlike conventional microscopes, where the spatial resolution is limited by the wavelength of the particles which are used for imaging, the FIM is a projection type microscope with atomic resolution and an approximate magnification of a few million times.

Unlike the United States ( see American English ) and Canada ( see Canadian English ), Ireland does not have its own spelling rules and British English spelling is used throughout the island.

Unlike the d20 System and many other game systems, experience awards are in the form of character points, which have the same value as those used in character creation and can be applied directly to the character's abilities upon receipt.

Unlike the other throwing events ( shotput, discus, and hammer ), the technique used to throw the javelin is dictated by IAAF rules and " non-orthodox " techniques are not permitted.

Unlike InterSystems, MEDITECH no longer sells middleware, so MIIS and MAGIC are now only used internally at MEDITECH.

Unlike the SQL systems that emerged in the late 1970s and early 80's, MRDS used a command language only for basic data manipulation, equivalent to the or statements in SQL.

Unlike the IBM PC, which used 8 kB of system ROM for power-on self-test ( POST ) and basic input / output system ( BIOS ), the Mac ROM was significantly larger ( 64 kB ) and held key OS code.

Unlike in many mecha-featuring series, Metal Gears are not numerous or widely used ( except the small, unmanned GEKKOs ).

Unlike any other system at that time, the Odyssey² included a full alphanumeric membrane keyboard, which was to be used for educational games, selecting options, or programming ( Magnavox released a cartridge called Computer Intro!

Unlike the Globe, the Blackfriars was an indoor playhouse " and so required plays with frequent breaks in order to replace the candles it used for lighting.