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795 | # Affidavit
## Worldwide
### Australia
On 2 March 2016, the High Court of Australia held that the ACT Uniform Evidence Legislation is neutral in the way sworn evidence and unsworn evidence is treated as being of equal weight.
### United Kingdom {#united_kingdom}
The term \"affidavit\" is used in the UK. According ... | 500 | Affidavit | 1 |
795 | # Affidavit
## Worldwide
### United States {#united_states}
thumb\|upright=0.9\|Affidavit signed by Harriet Tubman
In American jurisprudence, under the rules for hearsay, admission of an unsupported affidavit as evidence is unusual (especially if the affiant is not available for cross-examination) with regard to mat... | 655 | Affidavit | 2 |
846 | # Museum of Work
The **Museum of Work** (*Arbetets museum*) is a museum located in Norrköping, Sweden. The museum is located in the *Strykjärn* (Clothes iron), a former weaving mill in the old industrial area on the Motala ström river in the city centre of Norrköping. The former textile factory Holmens Bruk (sv) opera... | 551 | Museum of Work | 0 |
859 | # Aztlan Underground
**Aztlan Underground** is a band from Los Angeles, California that combines Hip-Hop, Punk Rock, Jazz, and electronic music with Chicano and Native American themes, and indigenous instrumentation. They are often cited as progenitors of Chicano rap.
## Background
The band traces its roots to the l... | 515 | Aztlan Underground | 0 |
875 | # Analog Brothers
**Analog Brothers** were an experimental hip hop band featuring Tracy \"Ice-T\" Marrow (Ice Oscillator) on keyboards, drums and vocals, Keith \"Kool Keith\" Thornton (Keith Korg) on bass, strings and vocals, Marc Live (Marc Moog) on drums, violins and vocals, Christopher \"Black Silver\" Rodgers (Sil... | 293 | Analog Brothers | 0 |
892 | # Alfons Maria Jakob
**Alfons Maria Jakob** (2 July 1884 -- 17 October 1931) was a German neurologist who worked in the field of neuropathology.
He was born in Aschaffenburg, Bavaria and educated in medicine at the universities of Munich, Berlin, and Strasbourg, where he received his doctorate in 1908. During the fol... | 331 | Alfons Maria Jakob | 0 |
903 | # Arable land
upright=1.25\|thumb\| Modern mechanised agriculture permits large fields like this one in Dorset, England **Arable land** (from the *arabilis\]\]*, \"able to be ploughed\") is any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops. Alternatively, for the purposes of agricultural statistics, the term o... | 391 | Arable land | 0 |
903 | # Arable land
## By country {#by_country}
### Arable land (hectares per person) {#arable_land_hectares_per_person}
upright=1.35\|thumb\|Fields in the region of Záhorie in Western Slovakia thumb\|right\|upright=1.35\|A field of sunflowers in Cardejón, Spain
Country Name 2013
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903 | # Arable land
## Changes in arability {#changes_in_arability}
### Land conversion {#land_conversion}
Land incapable of being cultivated for the production of crops can sometimes be converted to arable land. New arable land makes more food and can reduce starvation. This outcome also makes a country more self-suffici... | 571 | Arable land | 2 |
905 | # Advanced Chemistry
**Advanced Chemistry** is a German hip hop group from Heidelberg in Baden-Württemberg, South Germany. Advanced Chemistry was founded in 1987 by Toni L, Linguist, Gee-One, DJ Mike MD (Mike Dippon) and MC Torch. Each member of the group holds German citizenship, and Toni L, Linguist, and Torch are o... | 1,179 | Advanced Chemistry | 0 |
910 | # Arne Kaijser
**Arne Kaijser** (born 1950) is a professor emeritus of history of technology at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, and a former president of the Society for the History of Technology.
Kaijser has published two books in Swedish: *Stadens ljus. Etableringen av de första svenska gasverke... | 112 | Arne Kaijser | 0 |
911 | # Archipelago
thumb\|upright=1.6\|The Indonesian Archipelago, located in Asia and Oceania, is the largest archipelagic state in the world. An **archipelago** (`{{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɑːr|k|ə|ˈ|p|ɛ|l|ə|ɡ|oʊ|audio=en-us-archipelago.ogg}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|AR|kə|PEL|ə|goh}}`{=mediawiki}), sometimes called an **island group** ... | 448 | Archipelago | 0 |
921 | # Angst
`{{Emotion}}`{=mediawiki}
**Angst** is a feeling of anxiety, apprehension, or insecurity. *Anguish* is its Latinate equivalent, and the words *anxious* and *anxiety* are of similar origin.
## Etymology
The word *angst* was introduced into English from the Danish, Norwegian, and Dutch word *angst* and the Ge... | 542 | Angst | 0 |
924 | # A. A. Milne
**Alan Alexander Milne** (`{{IPAc-en|m|ɪ|l|n|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Milne.wav}}`{=mediawiki}; 18 January 1882 -- 31 January 1956) was an English writer best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh, as well as children\'s poetry. Milne was primarily... | 708 | A. A. Milne | 0 |
924 | # A. A. Milne
## Literary career {#literary_career}
### 1903 to 1925 {#to_1925}
After graduating from Cambridge University in 1903, A. A. Milne contributed humorous verse and whimsical essays to *Punch*, joining the staff in 1906 and becoming an assistant editor.
During this period he published 18 plays and three n... | 760 | A. A. Milne | 1 |
924 | # A. A. Milne
## Literary career {#literary_career}
### 1929 onward
The success of his children\'s books was to become a source of considerable annoyance to Milne, whose self-avowed aim was to write whatever he pleased and who had, until then, found a ready audience for each change of direction: he had freed pre-war ... | 483 | A. A. Milne | 2 |
924 | # A. A. Milne
## Death and legacy {#death_and_legacy}
### Commemoration
Milne died at his home in Hartfield, Sussex, on 31 January 1956, 13 days after his 74th birthday. A memorial service took place on 10 February at All Hallows-by-the-Tower church in London.
The rights to A. A. Milne\'s Pooh books were left to fo... | 836 | A. A. Milne | 3 |
924 | # A. A. Milne
## Religious views {#religious_views}
Milne did not speak out much on the subject of religion, although he used religious terms to explain his decision, while remaining a pacifist, to join the British Home Guard. He wrote: \"In fighting Hitler we are truly fighting the Devil, the Anti-Christ \... Hitler... | 789 | A. A. Milne | 4 |
925 | # Asociación Alumni
**Asociación Alumni**, usually just **Alumni**, is an Argentine rugby union club located in Tortuguitas, Greater Buenos Aires. The senior squad currently competes at Top 12, the first division of the Unión de Rugby de Buenos Aires league system.
The club has ties with former football club Alumni b... | 509 | Asociación Alumni | 0 |
930 | # Alvin Toffler
\| signature = }} **Alvin Eugene Toffler** (October 4, 1928 -- June 27, 2016) was an American writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He... | 393 | Alvin Toffler | 0 |
930 | # Alvin Toffler
## Career
Seeking experiences to write about, Alvin and Heidi Toffler spent the next five years as blue collar workers on assembly lines while studying industrial mass production in their daily work. He compared his own desire for experience to other writers, such as Jack London, who in his quest for ... | 593 | Alvin Toffler | 1 |
930 | # Alvin Toffler
## Career
### Ideas and opinions {#ideas_and_opinions}
Toffler stated many of his ideas during an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1998. \"Society needs people who take care of the elderly and who know how to be compassionate and honest,\" he said. \"Society needs people who w... | 464 | Alvin Toffler | 2 |
930 | # Alvin Toffler
## Influences and popular culture {#influences_and_popular_culture}
Toffler often visited with dignitaries in Asia, including China\'s Zhao Ziyang, Singapore\'s Lee Kuan Yew and South Korea\'s Kim Dae Jung, all of whom were influenced by his views as Asia\'s emerging markets increased in global signif... | 559 | Alvin Toffler | 3 |
930 | # Alvin Toffler
## Critical assessment {#critical_assessment}
Accenture, the management consultancy firm, identified Toffler in 2002 as being among the most influential voices in business leaders, along with Bill Gates and Peter Drucker. Toffler has also been described in a *Financial Times* interview as the \"world\... | 310 | Alvin Toffler | 4 |
953 | # Azincourt
**Azincourt** (`{{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|z|ɪ|n|k|ɔːr|(|t|)|audio=LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Azincourt.wav}}`{=mediawiki} `{{respell|AZ|in|kor(t)}}`{=mediawiki} ; `{{IPA|fr|azɛ̃kuʁ}}`{=mediawiki}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is situated 12 mi north-... | 537 | Azincourt | 0 |
958 | # Axon
An **axon** (from Greek ἄξων *áxōn*, axis) or **nerve fiber** (or **nerve** **fibre**: see spelling differences) is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, in vertebrates, that typically conducts electrical impulses known as action potentials away from the nerve cell body. The function of the axo... | 566 | Axon | 0 |
958 | # Axon
## Anatomy
thumb\|upright=1.4\|Structure of a typical neuron in the peripheral nervous system
Axons are the primary transmission lines of the nervous system, and as bundles they form nerves in the peripheral nervous system, or nerve tracts in the central nervous system (CNS). Some axons can extend up to one m... | 458 | Axon | 1 |
958 | # Axon
## Anatomy
### Axonal region {#axonal_region}
The axonal region or compartment, includes the axon hillock, the initial segment, the rest of the axon, and the axon telodendria, and axon terminals. It also includes the myelin sheath. The Nissl bodies that produce the neuronal proteins are absent in the axonal re... | 854 | Axon | 2 |
958 | # Axon
## Anatomy
### Nodes of Ranvier {#nodes_of_ranvier}
Nodes of Ranvier (also known as *myelin sheath gaps*) are short unmyelinated segments of a myelinated axon, which are found periodically interspersed between segments of the myelin sheath. Therefore, at the point of the node of Ranvier, the axon is reduced in... | 350 | Axon | 3 |
958 | # Axon
## Action potentials {#action_potentials}
thumb\|upright=1.2\|Synaptic connections from an axon
Most axons carry signals in the form of action potentials, which are discrete electrochemical impulses that travel rapidly along an axon, starting at the cell body and terminating at points where the axon makes syn... | 562 | Axon | 4 |
958 | # Axon
## Development and growth {#development_and_growth}
### Development
The development of the axon to its target, is one of the six major stages in the overall development of the nervous system. Studies done on cultured hippocampal neurons suggest that neurons initially produce multiple neurites that are equival... | 463 | Axon | 5 |
958 | # Axon
## Development and growth {#development_and_growth}
### Growth
Growing axons move through their environment via the growth cone, which is at the tip of the axon. The growth cone has a broad sheet-like extension called a lamellipodium which contain protrusions called filopodia. The filopodia are the mechanism b... | 514 | Axon | 6 |
958 | # Axon
## Classification
The axons of neurons in the human peripheral nervous system can be classified based on their physical features and signal conduction properties. Axons were known to have different thicknesses (from 0.1 to 20 μm) and these differences were thought to relate to the speed at which an action pote... | 668 | Axon | 7 |
958 | # Axon
## Clinical significance {#clinical_significance}
In order of degree of severity, injury to a nerve in the peripheral nervous system can be described as neurapraxia, axonotmesis, or neurotmesis. Concussion is considered a mild form of diffuse axonal injury. Axonal injury can also cause central chromatolysis. T... | 303 | Axon | 8 |
958 | # Axon
## Terminology
Some general dictionaries define \"nerve fiber\" as any neuronal process, including both axons and dendrites. However, medical sources generally use \"nerve fiber\" to refer to the axon only.
## History
German anatomist Otto Friedrich Karl Deiters is generally credited with the discovery of th... | 355 | Axon | 9 |
988 | # Applied ethics
*Practical Ethics*}} `{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}}`{=mediawiki} `{{more footnotes needed|date=September 2011}}`{=mediawiki} **Applied ethics** is the practical aspect of moral considerations. It is ethics with respect to real-world actions and their moral considerations in private and public l... | 265 | Applied ethics | 0 |
988 | # Applied ethics
## Underpinning theory {#underpinning_theory}
Applied ethics is distinguished from normative ethics, which concerns standards for right and wrong behavior, and from meta-ethics, which concerns the nature of ethical properties, statements, attitudes, and judgments.
Whilst these three areas of ethics ... | 542 | Applied ethics | 1 |
993 | # Analog signal
An **analog signal** (American English) or **analogue signal** (British and Commonwealth English) is any signal, typically a continuous-time signal, representing some other quantity, i.e., *analogous* to another quantity. For example, in an analog audio signal, the instantaneous signal voltage varies i... | 456 | Analog signal | 0 |
1,009 | # April 12
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1,011 | # April 30
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1,036 | # Aalborg Municipality
**Ålborg Municipality** (*Ålborg Kommune*) is a municipality in North Jutland Region on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality straddles the Limfjord, the waterway which connects the North Sea and the Kattegat east-to-west, and which separates the main body of the Jutland pe... | 576 | Aalborg Municipality | 0 |
1,043 | # Northern cavefish
The **northern cavefish** or **northern blindfish** (***Amblyopsis spelaea***) is found in caves through Kentucky and southern Indiana. The International Union for Conservation of Nature lists the species as near threatened.
The life cycle of northern cavefish includes a protolarval stage. In this... | 280 | Northern cavefish | 0 |
1,049 | # Amateur
An **amateur** (`{{ety|fr||one who loves}}`{=mediawiki}) is generally considered a person who pursues an avocation independent from their source of income. Amateurs and their pursuits are also described as popular, informal, self-taught, user-generated, DIY, and hobbyist.
## History
Historically, the amate... | 371 | Amateur | 0 |
1,049 | # Amateur
## Olympics
Through most of the 20th century the Olympics allowed only amateur athletes to participate and this amateur code was strictly enforced, Jim Thorpe was stripped of track and field medals for having taken expense money for playing baseball in 1912.
Later on, the nations of the Communist Bloc ente... | 785 | Amateur | 1 |
1,070 | # Politics of Antigua and Barbuda
The **politics of Antigua and Barbuda** takes place in a framework of a unitary parliamentary representative democratic monarchy, wherein the sovereign of Antigua and Barbuda is the head of state, appointing a governor-general to act as vice-regal representative in the nation. A prime... | 714 | Politics of Antigua and Barbuda | 0 |
1,072 | # Telecommunications in Antigua and Barbuda
**Telecommunications in Antigua and Barbuda** are via media in the telecommunications industry.
## Telephone
**Telephones -- main lines in use:** 37,500 (2006)
: *country comparison to the world:* 168
**Telephones -- mobile cellular:** 110,200 (2006) (APUA PCS, Cable &... | 493 | Telecommunications in Antigua and Barbuda | 0 |
1,074 | # Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
The **Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force** (**ABDF**) is the armed forces of Antigua and Barbuda. The ABDF has responsibility for several different roles: internal security, prevention of drug smuggling, the protection and support of fishing rights, prevention of marine pollution, se... | 523 | Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force | 0 |
1,074 | # Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
## Organisation
### Reserve forces {#reserve_forces}
There are two classes in the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force Reserve. The soldiers enlisted, deemed to be enlisted, or re-engaged in accordance with this Part for service in that class; the Reserve soldiers of the second class ... | 691 | Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force | 1 |
1,074 | # Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
## Enlistment and terms of service {#enlistment_and_terms_of_service}
A recruiting officer will not enlist anyone in the Force unless they are satisfied that the potential recruit has received, comprehended, and wishes to be enlisted after receiving a notice in the prescribed form ... | 1,042 | Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force | 2 |
1,074 | # Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force
## Deployments
- In 1983, fourteen men of the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force were deployed to Grenada during the Operation Urgent Fury.
- In 1990, twelve soldiers were sent to Trinidad and Tobago after a failed coup attempt by a radical group against the constitutionally ele... | 82 | Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force | 3 |
1,082 | # Geography of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan is a country in the Caucasus region, situated at the juncture of Eastern Europe and West Asia. Three physical features dominate Azerbaijan: the Caspian Sea, whose shoreline forms a natural boundary to the east; the Greater Caucasus mountain range to the north; and the extensive fla... | 623 | Geography of Azerbaijan | 0 |
1,082 | # Geography of Azerbaijan
## Environmental problems {#environmental_problems}
Air and water pollution are widespread and pose great challenges to economic development. Major sources of pollution include oil refineries and chemical and metallurgical industries, which in the early 1990s continued to operate as ineffic... | 451 | Geography of Azerbaijan | 1 |
1,082 | # Geography of Azerbaijan
## Area and boundaries {#area_and_boundaries}
Area:
:\* Total: 86,600 sqkm
:\*\**country rank in the world:* 113rd
:\* Land: 82,629 sqkm
:\* Water: 3,971 sqkm
:\* Note: Includes the exclave of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region\'s autonomy was abo... | 156 | Geography of Azerbaijan | 2 |
1,093 | # Politics of Armenia
The **politics of Armenia** take place in the framework of the parliamentary representative democratic republic of Armenia, whereby the president of Armenia is the head of state and the prime minister of Armenia the head of government, and of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by ... | 974 | Politics of Armenia | 0 |
1,093 | # Politics of Armenia
## Legislative branch {#legislative_branch}
The unicameral National Assembly of Armenia (*Azgayin Zhoghov*) is the legislative branch of the government of Armenia.
Before the 2015 Armenian constitutional referendum, it was initially made of 131 members, elected for five-year terms: 41 members i... | 395 | Politics of Armenia | 1 |
1,096 | # Transport in Armenia
This article considers **transport in Armenia**.
## Railways
### Total
in common carrier service; does not include industrial lines
### Broad gauge {#broad_gauge}
850 km of `{{RailGauge|1520mm}}`{=mediawiki} gauge (850 km electrified) (1995) There is no service south of Yerevan.
City with ... | 596 | Transport in Armenia | 0 |
1,096 | # Transport in Armenia
## Buses
### International connections {#international_connections}
Land borders are open with both Georgia and Iran. Yerevan Central Bus Station, also known as Kilikia Bus Station is the main bus terminal in Yerevan with buses connecting to both internal and international destinations. There ... | 374 | Transport in Armenia | 1 |
1,096 | # Transport in Armenia
## Roadways
*Main article: Roads in Armenia* `{{See also|Road signs in Armenia}}`{=mediawiki} Since independence, Armenia has been developing its internal highway network. The \"North-South Road Corridor Investment Program\" is a major infrastructure project which aims at connecting the souther... | 677 | Transport in Armenia | 2 |
1,096 | # Transport in Armenia
## Aerial tramways {#aerial_tramways}
The Wings of Tatev is currently the world\'s longest reversible aerial tramway which holds the record for longest non-stop double-track cable car and is located in the town of Halidzor.
In October 2019, it was announced that investors were interested in cr... | 57 | Transport in Armenia | 3 |
1,110 | # Demographics of American Samoa
**Demographics of American Samoa** include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects. American Samoa is an unincorporated territory of the United States located in the South Pacific Ocean.
## Popul... | 605 | Demographics of American Samoa | 0 |
1,110 | # Demographics of American Samoa
## Languages
Native languages include:
- Samoan 88.6%
- English 3.9%
- Tongan 2.7%
- Other Pacific islander 3%
- Other 1.8% (2010 est.)
English proficiency is very high.
## Religion
- Christian 98.3%
- Other 1%
- Unaffiliated 0.7% (2010 est.)
Major Christian denom... | 292 | Demographics of American Samoa | 1 |
1,111 | # Politics of American Samoa
**Politics of American Samoa** takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic dependency, whereby the governor is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. American Samoa is an unincorporated and unorganized territory of the United States, admin... | 509 | Politics of American Samoa | 0 |
1,140 | # Amplitude modulation
`{{Modulation techniques}}`{=mediawiki}
**Amplitude modulation** (**AM**) is a signal modulation technique used in electronic communication, most commonly for transmitting messages with a radio wave. In amplitude modulation, the instantaneous amplitude of the wave is varied in proportion to tha... | 973 | Amplitude modulation | 0 |
1,140 | # Amplitude modulation
## Foundation
### Analog telephony {#analog_telephony}
A simple form of amplitude modulation is the transmission of speech signals from a traditional analog telephone set using a common battery local loop. The direct current provided by the central office battery is a carrier with a frequency o... | 319 | Amplitude modulation | 1 |
1,140 | # Amplitude modulation
## History
Amplitude modulation was used in experiments of multiplex telegraph and telephone transmission in the late 1800s. However, the practical development of this technology is identified with the period between 1900 and 1920 of radiotelephone transmission, that is, the effort to send audi... | 711 | Amplitude modulation | 2 |
1,140 | # Amplitude modulation
## History
### Single-sideband {#single_sideband}
In 1915, John Renshaw Carson formulated the first mathematical description of amplitude modulation, showing that a signal and carrier frequency combined in a nonlinear device creates a sideband on both sides of the carrier frequency. Passing the... | 358 | Amplitude modulation | 3 |
1,140 | # Amplitude modulation
## Spectrum
A useful modulation signal *m(t)* is usually more complex than a single sine wave, as treated above. However, by the principle of Fourier decomposition, *m(t)* can be expressed as the sum of a set of sine waves of various frequencies, amplitudes, and phases. Carrying out the multipl... | 665 | Amplitude modulation | 4 |
1,140 | # Amplitude modulation
## Modulation index {#modulation_index}
The AM modulation index is a measure based on the ratio of the modulation excursions of the RF signal to the level of the unmodulated carrier. It is thus defined as:
$$m = \frac{\mathrm{peak\ value\ of\ } m(t)}{A} = \frac{M}{A}$$
where $M\,$ and $A\,$ a... | 450 | Amplitude modulation | 5 |
1,140 | # Amplitude modulation
## `{{anchor|AM modulation methods}}`{=mediawiki}Modulation methods {#modulation_methods}
Modulation circuit designs may be classified as low- or high-level (depending on whether they modulate in a low-power domain---followed by amplification for transmission---or in the high-power domain of th... | 618 | Amplitude modulation | 6 |
1,146 | # Assembly line
An **assembly line**, often called *progressive assembly*, is a manufacturing process where the unfinished product moves in a direct line from workstation to workstation, with parts added in sequence until the final product is completed. By mechanically moving parts to workstations and transferring the... | 329 | Assembly line | 0 |
1,146 | # Assembly line
## Simple example {#simple_example}
Consider the assembly of a car: assume that certain steps in the assembly line are to install the engine, install the hood, and install the wheels (in that order, with arbitrary interstitial steps); only one of these steps can be done at a time. In traditional produ... | 302 | Assembly line | 1 |
1,146 | # Assembly line
## History
Before the Industrial Revolution, most manufactured products were made individually by hand. A single craftsman or team of craftsmen would create each part of a product. They would use their skills and tools such as files and knives to create the individual parts. They would then assemble t... | 789 | Assembly line | 2 |
1,146 | # Assembly line
## History
### 20th century {#th_century}
thumb\|thumbtime=2\|Ford Model T assembly line c. 1919 thumb\|thumbtime=6\|start=6\|end=47\|Ford Model T assembly line c. 1924 thumb\|thumbtime=6\|Ford assembly line c. 1930 thumb\|thumbtime=6\|Ford assembly line c. 1947 According to Domm, the implementation o... | 1,049 | Assembly line | 3 |
1,146 | # Assembly line
## Sociological problems {#sociological_problems}
Sociological work has explored the social alienation and boredom that many workers feel because of the repetition of doing the same specialized task all day long.
Karl Marx expressed in his theory of alienation the belief that, in order to achieve job... | 231 | Assembly line | 4 |
1,158 | # Algebraic number
In mathematics, an **algebraic number** is a number that is a root of a non-zero polynomial in one variable with integer (or, equivalently, rational) coefficients. For example, the golden ratio $(1 + \sqrt{5})/2$ is an algebraic number, because it is a root of the polynomial $X^2 - X - 1$, i.e., a s... | 585 | Algebraic number | 0 |
1,158 | # Algebraic number
## Properties
- If a polynomial with rational coefficients is multiplied through by the least common denominator, the resulting polynomial with integer coefficients has the same roots. This shows that an algebraic number can be equivalently defined as a root of a polynomial with either integer o... | 468 | Algebraic number | 1 |
1,158 | # Algebraic number
## Field
The sum, difference, product, and quotient (if the denominator is nonzero) of two algebraic numbers is again algebraic:
For any two algebraic numbers `{{math|α}}`{=mediawiki}, `{{math|β}}`{=mediawiki}, this follows directly from the fact that the simple extension $\Q(\gamma)$, ... | 690 | Algebraic number | 2 |
1,166 | # Afro Celt Sound System
**Afro Celt Sound System** are a European and African group who fuse electronic music with traditional Gaelic and West African music. Afro Celt Sound System was formed in 1995 by producer-guitarist Simon Emmerson, and feature a wide range of guest artists. In 2003, they temporarily changed the... | 430 | Afro Celt Sound System | 0 |
1,166 | # Afro Celt Sound System
## Career
Jamming in the studios at Real World, musician Peter Gabriel\'s recording facilities in Wiltshire, England, the group of musicians recorded the basis of their first album in one week. This album, *Volume 1: Sound Magic*, was released by Real World Records in 1996, and marked the deb... | 919 | Afro Celt Sound System | 1 |
1,166 | # Afro Celt Sound System
## Members
When Afro Celt Sound System formed in the mid-1990s during the Real World Recording Week, the difference between a guest artist and a band member was virtually non-existent. However, over time, a combination of people became most often associated with the name Afro Celt Sound Syste... | 424 | Afro Celt Sound System | 2 |
1,167 | # Ancient philosophy
This page lists some links to **ancient philosophy**, namely philosophical thought extending as far as early post-classical history (c. 600 CE).
## Overview
Genuine philosophical thought, depending upon original individual insights, arose in many cultures roughly contemporaneously. Karl Jaspers ... | 742 | Ancient philosophy | 0 |
1,167 | # Ancient philosophy
## Ancient Iranian philosophy {#ancient_iranian_philosophy}
`{{Main article|Iranian philosophy}}`{=mediawiki} See also: *Dualism, Dualism (philosophy of mind)*
While there are ancient relations between the Indian Vedas and the Iranian Avesta, the two main families of the Indo-Iranian philosophic... | 285 | Ancient philosophy | 1 |
1,167 | # Ancient philosophy
## Ancient Jewish philosophy {#ancient_jewish_philosophy}
- Qohelet (c. 450-180 BCE)
- Pseudo-Aristeas (c. 2nd century BCE)
- Ben Sira (fl. 180--175 BCE)
- Aristobulus of Alexandria (181--124 BCE)
- Philo of Alexandria (30 BCE -- 45 CE)
- Wisdom of Solomon (c. 1st century BCE - 1st ce... | 394 | Ancient philosophy | 2 |
1,167 | # Ancient philosophy
## Ancient Indian philosophy {#ancient_indian_philosophy}
### Ancient Indian philosophers {#ancient_indian_philosophers}
#### 1st millennium BCE {#st_millennium_bce}
- Parashara -- writer of *Viṣṇu Purāṇa*.
#### Philosophers of Vedic Age (c. 1500 -- c. 600 BCE) {#philosophers_of_vedic_age_c._... | 685 | Ancient philosophy | 3 |
1,167 | # Ancient philosophy
## Ancient Chinese philosophy {#ancient_chinese_philosophy}
Chinese philosophy is the dominant philosophical thought in China and other countries within the East Asian cultural sphere that share a common language, including Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
### Schools of thought {#schools_of_thought_1... | 1,289 | Ancient philosophy | 4 |
1,181 | # Astrometry
**Astrometry** is a branch of astronomy that involves precise measurements of the positions and movements of stars and other celestial bodies. It provides the kinematics and physical origin of the Solar System and this galaxy, the Milky Way.
## History
The history of astrometry is linked to the history ... | 759 | Astrometry | 0 |
1,181 | # Astrometry
## Applications
Apart from the fundamental function of providing astronomers with a reference frame to report their observations in, astrometry is also fundamental for fields like celestial mechanics, stellar dynamics and galactic astronomy. In observational astronomy, astrometric techniques help identif... | 451 | Astrometry | 1 |
1,181 | # Astrometry
## Statistics
A fundamental aspect of astrometry is error correction. Various factors introduce errors into the measurement of stellar positions, including atmospheric conditions, imperfections in the instruments and errors by the observer or the measuring instruments. Many of these errors can be reduced... | 94 | Astrometry | 2 |
1,183 | # Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
The ***Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game*** is a role-playing game created and written by Erick Wujcik, set in the fictional universe created by author Roger Zelazny for his *Chronicles of Amber*. The game is unusual in that no dice are used in resolving conflicts or player actions; ins... | 754 | Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game | 0 |
1,183 | # Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
## Setting
The game is set in the multiverse described in Zelazny\'s *Chronicles of Amber*. The first book assumes that gamemasters will set their campaigns after the Patternfall war; that is, after the end of the fifth book in the series, *The Courts of Chaos*, but uses material fro... | 301 | Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game | 1 |
1,183 | # Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
## System
### Attributes
Characters in *Amber DRPG* are represented by four attributes: *Psyche*, *Strength*, *Endurance* and *Warfare*.
- **Psyche** is used for feats of willpower or magic
- **Strength** is used for feats of strength or unarmed combat
- **Endurance** is used... | 994 | Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game | 2 |
1,183 | # Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
## System
### Artifacts, Personal shadows and Constructs {#artifacts_personal_shadows_and_constructs}
While a character with Pattern, Logrus or Conjuration can acquire virtually any object, players can choose to spend character points to obtain objects with particular virtues -- unbr... | 414 | Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game | 3 |
1,183 | # Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
## Reception
Steve Crow reviewed *Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game* in *White Wolf* #31 (May/June, 1992), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that \"It is undoubtedly a game for experienced gamers. While I would not recommend *Amber* to novices, it is a must buy for experienced gamemast... | 765 | Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game | 4 |
1,183 | # Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game
## Community
Despite the game\'s out-of-print status, a thriving convention scene exists supporting the game. Amber conventions, known as *Ambercons*, are held yearly in Massachusetts, Michigan, Portland (United States), Milton Keynes (England), Belfast (Northern Ireland) and Modena,... | 66 | Amber Diceless Roleplaying Game | 5 |
1,202 | # Applet
In computing, an **applet** is any small application that performs one specific task that runs within the scope of a dedicated widget engine or a larger program, often as a plug-in. The term is frequently used to refer to a Java applet, a program written in the Java programming language that is designed to be... | 719 | Applet | 0 |
1,202 | # Applet
## Security
Recent developments in the coding of applications, including mobile and embedded systems, have led to the awareness of the security of applets.
### Open platform applets {#open_platform_applets}
Applets in an open platform environment should provide secure interactions between different applica... | 167 | Applet | 1 |
1,209 | # Area
**Area** is the measure of a region\'s size on a surface. The area of a plane region or *plane area* refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while *surface area* refers to the area of an open surface or the boundary of a three-dimensional object. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a g... | 699 | Area | 0 |
1,209 | # Area
## Units
Every unit of length has a corresponding unit of area, namely the area of a square with the given side length. Thus areas can be measured in square metres (m^2^), square centimetres (cm^2^), square millimetres (mm^2^), square kilometres (km^2^), square feet (ft^2^), square yards (yd^2^), square miles ... | 562 | Area | 1 |
1,209 | # Area
## History
### Circle area {#circle_area}
In the 5th century BCE, Hippocrates of Chios was the first to show that the area of a disk (the region enclosed by a circle) is proportional to the square of its diameter, as part of his quadrature of the lune of Hippocrates, but did not identify the constant of propo... | 390 | Area | 2 |
1,209 | # Area
## Area formulas {#area_formulas}
### Polygon formulas {#polygon_formulas}
For a non-self-intersecting (simple) polygon, the Cartesian coordinates $(x_i, y_i)$ (*i*=0, 1, \..., *n*-1) of whose *n* vertices are known, the area is given by the surveyor\'s formula:
$$A = \frac{1}{2} \Biggl\vert \sum_{i = 0}^{n... | 779 | Area | 3 |
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