Various types of necked chordophones were in use in ancient Greek, Egyptian ( in the Middle Kingdom ), Hittite, Roman, Bulgar, Turkic, Indian, Chinese, Armenian / Cilician cultures.

Various international organizations eagerly assisted the Chinese in conducting the 1982 census, including the United Nations Fund for Population Activities, which donated US $ 15. 6 million for the preparation and execution of the census.

Various elements from the Turkic languages have passed into Hungarian, Persian, Hindustani, Russian, Chinese and to a lesser extent, Arabic.

Various martial arts disciplines play an integral role in both the storyline and the gameplay of Shenmue, and aspects of Japanese and Chinese culture related to martial arts are prevalent.

Various current Chinese characters have been traced back to the late Shang Dynasty about 1200 – 1050 BC, but the process of creating characters is thought to have begun some centuries earlier.

Various Muslim organizations in China like China Islamic Association ( Zhongguo Huijiao Gonghui ) and the Chinese Muslim Association were sponsored by the Kuomintang.

Various Chinese titles have been translated into English as " empress ", including " empress " in both the sense of Empress consort and Empress regnant.

Various legends concerning Sun Wukong exist, and they tend to change and adapt to the popular Chinese religion of a given era.

Various professional and semi-professional Chinese orchestras are in existence.

Various genres of Classical Chinese poems have been discerned, either by the composing poet or through literary criticism.

Various translators have worked to translate Classical Chinese poetry into English, with greater or less accuracy.

* Chinese Paper Cut Art by Various Chinese Artists

* Various Chinese UCAV concepts have also materialized.

Various influences from Chinese art did not gain equal acceptance in Western art.

Dard Hunter in Papermaking through Eighteen Centuries corroborates this by writing, “ The Chinese used starch as a size for paper as early as A. D. 768 and its use continued until the fourteenth century when animal glue was substituted .” In the early modern paper mills in Europe, which produced paper for printing and other uses, the sizing agent of choice was gelatin, as Susan Swartzburg writes in Preserving Library Materials: “ Various substances have been used for sizing through the ages, from gypsum to animal gelatin .” Hunter describes the process of sizing in these paper mills in the following:

Various Chinese House Church leaders have again expressed their love and respect for Brother Yun.

Various Chinese rulers have held the name and title Emperor Wen, which in Chinese is read Wen (-) di ( 文帝 ).

Various European powers, the USA, and Japan, maintained flotillas of these shallow draft gunboats patrolling Chinese rivers.

Various scholars have proposed that it comes from the Chinese term for " Turk " ( 突厥, Tūjué ); from the name of Dali ( 大理國, Dàlǐguó ), the capital of the Kingdom of Nanzhao ; a Chinese corruption of the term Dàyuèzhī ( 大月支 or 大月氏 ), a Chinese term referring to Mongol-speaking Kushan Huns.

Various forms have received support by the Government of the People's Republic of China, such as Mazuism in Southern China ( officially about 160 million Chinese are Mazuists ), Huangdi worship, Black Dragon worship in Shaanxi, and Caishen worship.

* Various audio files of speakers of Estonian dialects, settlers and emigres

Various other languages, which are not closely related, have been heavily influenced by Norse, particularly the Norman dialects, Scottish Gaelic and Waterford Irish.

Various dialects of the Tai / Dai language family are spoken from Assam, India to Taiwan and Shanxi Province, China in the North to Java in the South.

Various Asian, Latin, Native American and European characters spoke in a wide range of specific, broadly caricatured dialects as well.

Various Portuguese dialects exist outside of the native standard spoken in Portugal.

Various districts of Karnataka have mixed variations of dialects like Dharwad Kannada, Sankethi, Naddvara Kannada, Havigannada, Bengaluru Kannada, Are Bhashe, Mysooru Kannada, Kundagannada, etc.

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Various Low German dialects are understood by 10 million people, and native to about 3 million people all around northern Germany.

Various languages in the family are divided by dialects that are in most cases identical to the various identified tribal bands in the region.

Various regional languages remained the normal means of expression of the populace until the 1950s, when, with breakthroughs in literacy and the emergence of national television programs, Italian became more and more widespread, usually in its regional varieties ( Italian dialects ).

Various Neo-Aramaic dialects were spoken across a wide area from the Zakho region, in the west, to Lake Urmia, in the northeast to Sanandaj, in the southeast ( the area covers northern Iraq and northwestern Iran ).

Various Neo-Aramaic dialects were spoken across a wide area from Lake Urmia to Lake Van ( in Turkey ), down to the plain of Mosul ( in Iraq ) and back across to Sanandaj ( in Iran again ).

Various Neo-Aramaic dialects were spoken across a wide area from Lake Urmia to Lake Van ( in Turkey ), down to the plain of Mosul ( in Iraq ) and back across to Sanandaj ( in Iran again ).

* Various Prolog dialects for EPOS, Oikos, and PEACE

Various closely related dialects were spoken among the people of the region.

* Various rural dialects and languages in China, such as Shaozhou Tuhua ( Chinese ) or Naxi language ( Lolo )

Various dialects of Kumauni language are spoken in this region.

Various reasons have been proposed for this: for example, that having multiple installation systems would complicate software support.

Various filming sites included Interstate 680 and State Route 87 in San Jose for the opening chase sequence featuring the semi-tractor trailer, the famous Villa Montalvo mansion for the henchmen meeting scene in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Saratoga, and the San Jose International Airport as well as the Mojave Air & Space Port for the final action climax scene, which author Laurence F. Knapp described as " both purgative and objectionable — a vivid, personal exchange of camera angles and vantage points that complicate, rather than conclude.

Various symbol sets are used to represent numbers in the Hindu-Arabic numeral system, all of which evolved from the Brahmi numerals.

Various forms of prepaid electronic toll collection systems are in place which allow quicker collection of toll, usually at a discounted rate, as well as use of dedicated toll plaza lanes ( for ENC system of the electronic toll collection ).

Various sects of Tibetan Buddhism responded to the teacher reincarnation system by creating similar lineages.

Various reasons have been suggested for the resistance to the Celsius system in the U. S., including the larger size of each degree Celsius ( resulting in the need for decimals where integer Fahrenheit degrees were adequate for much non-technical work ), the lower zero point in the Fahrenheit system ( which reduces the number of negative signs when measurements such as weather data were averaged ), and the more intuitive alignment of its 0-100 scale to the ordinary range of outdoor temperatures seen in most of the U. S. ( e. g., 0 ° F

Various suggestions have been made regarding a precise definition of RISC, but the general concept is that of a system that uses a small, highly-optimized set of instructions, rather than a more specialized set of instructions often found in other types of architectures.

Various changes to system calls were also made.

Various constitutions use different titles, and even the same title can have various political meanings depending on the constitution and political system of the state in question.

Various methods of identity proofing are available ranging from in person validation using government issued identification to anonymous methods that allow the claimant to remain anonymous, but known to the system if they return.

Various interfaces between the GSM subsystems are to be considered, along with the signaling system and the various components ( both hardware and software ).

Various kingdoms and states paid tribute to the Tang court, while the Tang also conquered or subdued several regions which it indirectly controlled through a protectorate system.

Various changes were also made to the tax system which benefited workers on low and middle incomes.

Various halal food authorities have more recently permitted the use of a recently developed fail-safe system of head-only stunning where the shock is less painful and non-fatal, and where it is possible to reverse the procedure and revive the animal after the shock.

Various exemptions and flexible billing rules make the system the next evolutionary step of systems like the London congestion charge programme.

Various previously-designated models from the pre-1962 Army-Air Force system ( such as the F-111 ) were not redesignated.

Various laws were introduced providing for improvements in the accommodation of rural workers, changes in the industrial arbitration system, and a 44-hour workweek.

Various organizations pushed for changing the legislative assembly from the current two-chamber system ( House and Senate ) prevalent in 49 of the 50 states of the nation to one-chamber ( unicameralism ).

Various legal and religious developments in the late Middle Ages allowed for development of the modern banking system at the beginning of the 16th century.

Various pillars of Hutner's thought system were likely the works of the Vilna Gaon, Rabbi Elijah, ( 1720 – 1797 ) and of Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto ( 1707 – 1746 ).

Various more or less obviously unsatisfactory proposals were made to connect these ( or this ) to the PIE consonant system as then reconstructed.

Various calculi that attempt to capture the theoretical properties of object-oriented programming may be derived from system F < sub ><:</ sub >.

Various ideas regarding the origins of lex talionis exist, but a common one is that it developed as early civilizations grew and a less well-established system for retribution of wrongs, feuds and vendettas, threatened the social fabric.

Various Commonwealth countries, such as Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, converted to the metric system in the 1960s and 1970s ; so while the term " pint " may still be in common use in these countries, it may not be the same as the imperial pint originally used throughout the Commonwealth.

Various Indian music schools follow notations and classifications ( see melakarta and thaat ); these are generally based on a notation system created by Bhatkhande.