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Anticonvulsant The anticonvulsants, sometimes also called antiepileptics, belong to a diverse group of pharmaceuticals used in prevention of the occurrence of epileptic seizures. The goal of an anticonvulsant is to suppress the rapid and excessive firing of neurons that start a seizure.
Anticor An anticor, also known as anticoeur or avant-cœur, among farriers, is a dangerous swelling or inflammation in a horse's breast, of the size and shape of an apple, just opposite the heart. The term literally means anti heart or before heart.
Anticosti Island Anticosti Island (French, Île d'Anticosti) is a rocky, forest covered island at the outlet of the Saint Lawrence River into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, in Quebec, between 49° and 50° N., and between 61° 40' and 64° 30' W.
Anticrepuscular rays Anticrepuscular rays are similar to crepuscular rays, but seen opposite the sun in the sky. Sunlight travels in straight lines, but the projections of these lines on Earth's spherical atmosphere are great circles.
Anticuchos Anticuchos (singular anticucho, Quechua for kebab) are a popular, inexpensive dish in Andean states consisting of small pieces of grilled skewered meat. Anticuchos can be readily found on streetcarts and street food stalls (anticucherias).
Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (also known as Truth in Domain Names Act), a United States federal law enacted in 1999, is part of A bill to amend the provisions of title 17, United States Code, and the Communications Act of 1934, relating to copyright licensing and carriage of broadcast signals by satellite (S. 1948).
Anticyclone In meteorology, an anticyclone (that is, opposite to a cyclone) is a weather phenomenon in which there is a descending movement of the air and a high pressure area over the part of the earth's surface affected by it.
Anticyclonic storm An anticyclonic storm is a weather storm where winds around the storm flow contrary to the direction dictated by the Coriolis effect about a region of low pressure. In the northern hemisphere, anticyclonic storms involve clockwise wind flow; in the southern hemisphere, they involve anticlockwise (also called counterclockwise) wind flow.
Anticyclonic tornado An anticyclonic tornado is a tornado which rotates in a clockwise direction in the Northern Hemisphere and a counterclockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere. It is simply a naming convention denoting the anomaly from normal rotation which is cyclonic in upwards of 95 percent of tornadoes.
Antidepressant An antidepressant, in the most common usage, is a medication taken to alleviate clinical depression or dysthymia ('milder' depression). Several groups of drugs are particularly associated with the term, notably MAOIs and tricyclics (whose serendipitous discovery and psychiatric use dates from the 1950s) as well as SSRIs and more recent variations developed by pharmaceutical companies.
Antiderivative (complex analysis) In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, the antiderivative of a complex-valued function is a function whose complex derivative is the original function. As such, this concept is the analog of the antiderivative of a real-valued function, and these two notions have many similar properties as well as significant differences.
Antidisestablishmentarianism Antidisestablishmentarianism (American English: ) originated in the context of the nineteenth century Church of England, where "antidisestablishmentarians" were opposed to proposals to remove the Church's status as the state church of England. The movement succeeded in England, but failed in Ireland and Wales, with the Church of Ireland being disestablished in 1871 and the Church of Wales in 1920.
Antidoron The Antidoron is ordinary, blessed, but non-eucharistic and non-consecrated, leavened bread seen in Eastern Orthodox and other Christian churches. It comes from the remains of the loaves of bread (prosphora) from which portions are cut for consecration as the Eucharist during the Divine Liturgy.
Antidromic For most neurons, their dendrites, soma, or axons are depolarized forming an action potential that moves from the starting point of the depolarization toward the axons of the neuron. An antidromic impulse in an axon refers to conduction opposite to the normal, orthodromic direction.
Antiemetic An antiemetic is a drug that is effective against vomiting and nausea. Antiemetics are typically used to treat motion sickness and the side effects of opioid analgesics and chemotherapy directed against cancer.
Antifascist Front of Slavs in Hungary Antifascist Front of Slavs in Hungary (Serbo-Croatian: AntifašistiÄŤki front Slavena u MaÄ‘arskoj/ĐнтифаŃиŃтички фронт Словена Ń ĐśĐ°Ń’Đ°Ń€ŃкоŃ, Hungarian: Magyarországi Szlávok Antifasiszta Frontja) was organization founded in February 18 1945 in Battonya. For General Secretary was elected Dragutin NeduÄŤić from Battonya and for vice-president Stevan NeduÄŤić from Csanádpalota.
Antifascist Resistance Groups October First Antifascist Resistance Groups October First (in Spanish: Grupos de Resistencia Antifascista Primero de Octubre, generally known be its abbreviation GRAPO) is the terrorist wing of the PCE(r), a Spanish clandestine communist group.
Antifeminism Antifeminism refers to disbelief regarding the economic, political, and or social equality of females as a sex Sometimes antifemimism is also used to refer to a belief in male superiority and as such is synonymous with male chauvinism]. The opposite of antifeminism is antimasculinism or [[female chauvinism.
Antiferromagnetic interaction An anti-ferromagnetic interaction acts to anti-align neighboring spins. If the energy is expressed as the sum of all pairs, i, j, over an interaction term J(i,j), times the spin of atom i times the spin of atom j, J0 is an antiferromagnetic interaction.
Antifragmentation In computer science, Antifragmentation is a feature often used within peer-to-peer filesharing programs such as DC++, for file downloading. This option will try to reserve the full space needed for a file when starting the download.
Antifreeze Antifreeze is a water-based liquid coolant used in gasoline and diesel engines. Compounds are added to the water to reduce the freezing point of the mixture to below the lowest temperature that the engine is likely to be exposed to, and to inhibit corrosion in cooling systems which often contain a range of electrochemically incompatible metals (aluminum, cast iron, copper, lead solder, etc.
Antifreeze protein Antifreeze proteins AFPs or ice structuring proteins ISPs refer to a class of polypeptides produced by certain vertebrates, plants, fungi and bacteria that permit their survival in subzero environments. AFPs bind to small ice crystals to inhibit growth and recrystallization of ice that would otherwise be fatal (Madura, 2001).
Antifundamental representation In mathematics, an antifundamental representation is the complex conjugate of the fundamental representation, although the distinction between the fundamental and the antifundamental representation is a matter of convention. However, these two are often non-equivalent, because each of them is a complex representation.
Antifungal drug An antifungal drug is medication used to treat fungal infections such as athlete's foot, ringworm and candidiasis (thrush), as well as serious systemic infections like cryptococcal meningitis. Such drugs can be either prescription drugs or OTC drugs.
Antifuse An antifuse is an electrical device that performs the opposite function to a fuse. Whereas a fuse starts with a low resistance and is designed to permanently break an electrically conductive path (typically when the current through the path exceeds a specified limit), an antifuse starts with a high resistance and is designed to permanently create an electrically conductive path (typically when the voltage across the antifuse exceeds a certain level).
Antigenes (general) Antigenes (in Greek Aντιγενης; died 316 BC) was a general of Alexander the Great, who also served under Philip II of Macedon, and lost an eye at the siege of Perinthus (340 BC). After the death of Alexander (323 BC) he obtained the satrapy of Susiana.
Antigenic shift Antigenic shift is the process by which two different strains of influenza combine to form a new subtype having a mixture of the surface antigens of the two original strains. The term antigenic shift is specific to the influenza literature; in other viral systems, the same process is called reassortment or viral shift.
Antigenic variation Antigenic variation is the process by which to an infectious organism alters its surface proteins in order to evade a host immune response. This change in antigenic profile may occur as the pathogen passes through a host population (also called "antigenic diversity") or may take place in the originally infected host.
Antigone of Macedonia Antigone (in Greek Aντιγoνη; lived 4th century BC) was the daughter of Cassander (the brother, not the son, of Antipater) and the second wife of Lagus. She was also the mother of Berenice, who married first the Macedonian Philip son of Amyntas, and then her step-brother Ptolemy I Soter (323–283 BC), king of Egypt.
Antigone Rising Antigone Rising is an all-women rock band with members from New Jersey and Long Island, New York, USA. Their music is influenced by classic rock from the 1970s such as Led Zeppelin, mixed with pop overtones and at times folk and country elements.
Antigonia (Chaonia) Antigonea (Greek: Αντιγόνεια) also transliterated as Antigonia and Antigoneia was the chief inland city of ancient Chaonia. It was founded by Pyrrhus of Epirus, who named it after one of his wives, Antigone, daughter of Berenice.
Antigonia (Paeonia) Antigonia (Greek: Αντιγόνεια) also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city in Paeonia, Macedon, placed in the Peutinger Table between Stena and Stobi. (Scymnus, 631; Pliny iv.
Antigonia (Syria) Antigonia (Greek: Αντιγόνεια) also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city in Seleucis, Syria, on the Orontes, founded by Antigonus I in 307 BC, and intended to be the capital of his empire; the site in approximately 7 km northeast of Antakya, Hatay Province, Turkey. After the Battle of Ipsus, 301 BC, in which Antigonus perished, the inhabitants of Antigonia were removed by his successful rival Seleucus I Nicator to the city of Antioch, which Seleucus founded a little lower down the river.
Antigonia Psaphara Antigonia Psaphara or Antigonia (Greek: Αντιγόνεια) also transliterated as Antigonea and Antigoneia was a Hellenistic city in Macedon in the district Crusis in Chalcidice, placed by Livy between Aeneia and Pallene. (Liv.
Antigonid dynasty The Antigonid dynasty was a dynasty of Macedonian kings descended from Alexander the Great's general Antigonus I Monophthalmus ("the One-eyed"). Antigonus himself ruled mostly over Asia Minor and northern Syria.
Antigonish (provincial electoral district) Antigonish is a provincial electoral district in Nova Scotia, Canada, that elects one member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. It has existed since 1867 and is one of only four Nova Scotian districts that has existed continuously since Canadian Confederation.
Antigonus I Monophthalmus Antigonus I Cyclops or Monophthalmus ("the One-eyed", so called from his having lost an eye) (382 BC - 301 BC) was a Macedonian nobleman, general, and satrap under Alexander the Great. He was a major figure in the Wars of the Diadochi after Alexander's death.
Antigonus of Carystus Antigonus of Carystus (in Euboea), Greek writer on various subjects, flourished in the 3rd century BC. After some time spent at Athens and in travelling, he was summoned to the court of Attalus I (241 BC-197 BC) of Pergamum.
Antigonus of Sokho Antigonus of Sokho (Hebrew: ×× ××™×’× ×•×ˇ ×יש סוכו) was the first scholar of whom Pharisee tradition has preserved not only the name but also an important theological doctrine. He flourished about the first half of the third century BCE.
Antigonus the Hasmonean Antigonus the Hasmonean was the son of king Aristobulus II of Judea. In 40 BCE he led a Parthian-supported invasion of Judea, seized Jerusalem, and sent his uncle Hyrcanus II to Babylon in chains (after biting off his ears to render him ineligible for the office of High Priest).
Antigua and Barbuda at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Antigua & Barbuda was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a contingent comprising 18 sportspersons. Even though the nation did not earn a medal at these Games, the 4 x 100 relay team, featuring N'Kosie Barnes, Ivan Miller, Daniel Bailey, and anchor Brendan Christian, broke the Antigua & Barbuda national 4 x 100 record in the heats with a time of 39.
Antigua and Barbuda Branch of The Scout Association The Antigua and Barbuda Branch of The Scout Association is coeducational, with separate sections for boys and girls. Although Antigua and Barbuda is independent, Scouting is a section of the United Kingdom's Scout Association.
Antigua and Barbuda legislative election, 2004 Legislative elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on March 23 2004. The elections resulted in the defeat of the Antigua Labour Party, which had been in power since independence in 1981, by the United Progressive Party.
Antigua and Barbuda Public Service Association The Antigua and Barbuda Public Service Association (ABPSA) is a national Trade union of Antigua and Barbuda. First recognized in the 1980s, the ABPSA is a small organization with competition from other unions in the public service sector.
Antigua and Barbuda Regiment The Antigua and Barbuda Regiment is the infantry unit and main fighting arm of the Antigua and Barbuda Defence Force. Previously known as the Rifle Company, it was formed in 1995 and consists of a single light infantry battalion, commanded by a Lt Colonel and made up of four companies:
Antigua Carnival The Antiguan Carnival is a celebration of music and dance held annually from the end of July to the first Tuesday in August. The most important day is that of the j'ouvert (or juvé), in which brass and steel bands perform for much of the island's population.
Antigua Guatemala Antigua Guatemala (commonly referred to as just Antigua or La Antigua) is a city in the central mountains of Guatemala famous for its well-preserved Spanish New World Baroque architecture as well as a number of spectacular ruined churches. It has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Antigua Labour Party The Antigua Labour Party is the former ruling political party in Antigua and Barbuda. It has long been led by Lester Bird, who was chairman of the party since 1971, and became Prime Minister and leader in 1994.
Antigua, Fuerteventura Antigua (Spanish meaning ancient) is a Canarian municipality in the central and the eastern portion of the island of Fuerteventura in the Las Palmas province in the Canary Islands The population is 6,587 (ISTAC, 2003), its density is 26.29/km² and the area is 250.
Antihecticum poterii Antihecticum poterii, in pre-modern medicine, was a celebrated chemical preparation for use in hectical disorders. It was made of equal quantities of tin and chalybeated regulus (the metallic form of antimony, impregnated with iron), by melting them in a large crucible, and putting to them, little by little, three times the quantity of potassium nitrate.
Antihistamine An antihistamine is a drug which serves to reduce or eliminate effects mediated by histamine, an endogenous chemical mediator released during allergic reactions, through action at the histamine receptor. Only agents where the main therapeutic effect is mediated by negative modulation of histamine receptors are termed antihistamines - other agents may have antihistaminergic action but are not true antihistamines.
Antihomomorphism In mathematics, an antihomomorphism is a type of function defined on sets with multiplication that reverses the order of multiplication. An antiautomorphism is an antihomomorphism that is a bijection from an object to itself.
Antihomosexual propaganda Antihomosexual propaganda — organised social and political activity (public speech, public behavior, meetings and actions), based on negative and intolerant attitude towards LGBT people or same-sex relations. The antihomosexual propaganda supports anti-gay prejudices and stereotypes, promotes social stigmatisation and/or discrimination.
Antihumanism Antihumanism is a term coined by Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser against Marxist humanists, which he considered a revisionist movement. It meant a radical opposition to the philosophy of the subject, which Althusser considered was the form of "ideological thought" in force in the Western world for several centuries.
Antihypertensive Antihypertensives are a class of drugs that are used in medicine and pharmacology to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). There are many classes of antihypertensives, which—by varying means—act by lowering blood pressure.
Antichess Antichess, also called losing chess, loser's chess, zero chess, giveaway chess, or suicide chess, is a chess variant in which the objective of the participants is to get all of their pieces captured. The most widely played variation, as described in the book Popular Chess Variants by D.
Antiisomorphic In mathematics, an antiisomorphism is a map which is an isomorphism except that it reverses something. For example if f is a map from a group G to itself, then if for all a and b in G we have f(ab) = f(b)f(a), we say that f is an antihomomorphism.
Antikythera Ephebe The bronze Antikythera Ephebe is a statue of a young man of langourous grace that was found by sponge-divers in the area of an ancient shipwreckThe wreck itself is dated about 70-60 BC. off the island of AntikytheraThe island, about halfway between Cythera and Crete, was Aegilia in Antiquity.
Antikythera mechanism The Antikythera mechanism (Greek: O μηχανιĎÎĽĎŚĎ‚ των ΑντικυθήĎων transliterated as O mÄ“chanismĂłs tĹŤn AntikythÄ“rĹŤn) is an ancient mechanical analog computer (as opposed to most computers today which are digital computers) designed to calculate astronomical positions. It was discovered in the Antikythera wreck off the Greek island of Antikythera, between Kythera and Crete, and has been dated to about 150-100 BC.
Antilapsarianism Antilapsarianism is the denial of the Jewish or Christian doctrine of the fall of humanity from his perfect physical and moral state in the Garden of Eden. Because antilapsarianism is implicit in evolution, by which the human species has steadily advanced, not declined, those who hold to theistic evolution often allegorize the Fall to symbolize humanity's alienation from close communion with God.
Antilegomena Antilegomena (αντιλεγομενα, contradicted or disputed), an epithet used by the early Christian writers to denote those books of the New Testament which, although sometimes publicly read in the churches, were not for a considerable amount of time considered to be genuine, or received into the canon of Scripture. They were thus contrasted with the Homologoumena, or universally acknowledged writings.
Antillean Adventist University The Antillean Adventist University (AAU) is a private, coeducational, Christian, and non-profit university in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. It was founded in 1957 as the Puerto Rican Adventist College, and later renamed to Antillean College until its accreditation by the Council of Higher Education of Puerto Rico on August 18, 1989.
Antillean Giant Rice Rat The Antillean Giant Rice Rat (Megalomys desmarestii) is an extinct rice rat from Martinique in the Caribbean. It was the largest species of West Indian rice rat, as big as a cat, and was the last species to become extinct.
Antillean Palm Swift The Antillean Palm Swift (Tachornis phoenicobia) is a small swift. It has distinctive black-and-white markings on its underparts, rump, and throat, making it one of the most unmistakable species of swifts in North America.
Antilles The Antilles (the same in French; Antillas in Spanish; Antillen in Dutch) refers to the islands forming the greater part of the West Indies in the Caribbean Sea. The Antilles are divided into two major groups: the "Greater Antilles" to the north including the larger islands of Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), and Puerto Rico; and the smaller "Lesser Antilles" on the southeast — comprising the northerly Leeward Islands, the southeasterly Windward Islands, and the Leeward Antilles just north of Venezuela.
Antilles catshark The Antilles catshark, Galeus antillensis, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found from the western central Atlantic from the northern slopes of Cuba, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, and many of the Leeward Islands of the Caribbean southward to Martinique, at depths of between 150 and 700 m. Its length is up to 46 cm.
Antilles Crossing Antilles Crossing is an underwater fiber optics ring network connecting several countries in the Caribbean Sea. It was built by TeleBarbados, and is one of the newer important network connections to the Internet for Caribbean countries in the Windward and Leeward Islands.
Antilles Current The Antilles Current is a warm water current that flows northwesterly past the island chain that separates the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. The current results from the flow of the Atlantic North Equatorial Current.
Antillia Antillia (or Antilia) was a phantom island said to lie in the Atlantic Ocean far to the west of Spain. This mythical island had several other names such as Isle of Seven Cities, Ilha das Sete Cidades (Portuguese), Septe Cidades, Sanbrandan (or St Brendan), etc.
Antillocladius Antillocladius is a genus of flies belonging to the family Chironomidae, subfamily Orthocladiinae. The name Antillocladius means orthoclad (subfamily Orthocladiinae) that occurs in the Antilles, where it was primarily recorded.
Antilocution Antilocution is a term defined by psychologist Gordon Allport in his book the Nature of Prejudice, 1954. Antilocution defines verbal remarks against a person, group or community, which are not addressed directly to the target.
Antilopinae Antilopinae is a subfamily of Bovidae. The gazelles, blackbucks, springboks, gerenuks, dibatags and Central Asian gazelles are often referred to as "True Antelopes" and are usually the sole representitives of the Antilopinae.
Antim Cup The Antim Cup is contested between the rugby union teams of Romania ("The Oaks") and Georgia ("The Lelos"). It is named after the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Antim Iverianul, who came from Georgia.
Antimagic square An antimagic square of order n is an arrangement of the numbers 1 to n² in a square, such that the n rows, the n columns and the two diagonals form a sequence of 2n + 2 consecutive integers. The smallest antimagic squares have order 4.
Antimatter In particle physics, antimatter extends the concept of the antiparticle to matter, wherein if a particle and its antiparticle come into contact with each other, the two annihilate —that is, they may both be converted into other particles with equal energy in accordance with Einstein's equation E = mc2.
Antimatter (band) Antimatter is a band formed by Duncan Patterson, former bass player and songwriter of Anathema, and Mick Moss. This project steps away from the heavy metal genre and presents a more melancholic, ambient atmosphere, continuing in the vein of Alternative 4, Patterson's last album with Anathema.
Antimatter catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion Antimatter catalyzed nuclear pulse propulsion is a variation of nuclear pulse propulsion based upon the injection of antimatter into a mass of nuclear fuel which normally would not be useful in propulsion. The anti-protons used to start the reaction are consumed, so it is a misnomer to refer to catalyzation.
Antimatter weapon An antimatter weapon is a hypothetical device using antimatter as a power source, a propellant, or an explosive for a weapon. Antimatter weapons do not exist outside fiction (such as Star Trek's photon torpedo).
Antimension In many Eastern Christian liturgical traditions, the antimension (Greek "instead of the table") is one of the furnishings of the altar. It is a rectangular piece of cloth of linen or silk, typically decorated with representations of the entombment of Christ, the four evangelists, and scriptural passages related to the Eucharist.
Antimetabole In rhetoric, antimetabole is the repetition of words in successive clauses, but in reverse grammatical order (ex: "I know what I like, and like what I know"). It is similar to chiasmus although chiasmus does not use repetition of the same words or phrases.
Antimetabolite An antimetabolite is a chemical with a similar structure to a substance (a metabolite) required for normal biochemical reactions, yet different enough to interfere with the normal functions of cells, including cell division.
Antimicrobial An antimicrobial is a substance that kills or inhibits the growth of microbes such as bacteria (antibacterial activity), fungi (antifungal activity), viruses (antiviral activity), or parasites (anti-parasitic activity).
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy is an academic journal published by the American Society for Microbiology. The title is commonly abbreviated Antimicrob Agents Chemother (or sometimes just AAC) and the ISSN is 0066-4804 for the print version, and 1098-6596 for the electronic version.
Antimilitarism Antimilitarism is a doctrine commonly found in the anarchist and, more globally, in the socialist movement, which may be both characterized as internationalist movements. It relies heavily on a critical theory of nationalism and imperialism, and was an explicit goal of the First and Second International.
Antimodeling The concept of Anti-Model-Based Testing was developed by Italian computer scientists Antonia Bertolino, Andrea Polini, Paola Inverardi, and Henry Muccini in the paper "Towards Anti-Model-Based Testing"http://www.henrymuccini.
Antimonial cup An antimonial cup, made either of glass of antimony (a vitreous oxysulfide fused glass) or of antimony prepared with saltpeter, was used to give emetic, laxative, or cathartic qualities to the wine or liquor poured in it.
Antimony pentoxide Antimony pentoxide (Sb2O5) is a chemical compound of antimony and oxygen that is used in a variety of industrial processes. It finds use as a Flame retardant in ABS and other plastics, a flocculant in the production of titanium dioxide and is sometimes used in the production of glass, paint and adhesives.
Antineoplastic Antineoplastics (or "antitumor antibiotics", or "noncovalent DNA-binding drugs", or "cytotoxic antibiotics", see also neoplastics) are drugs that inhibit and combat the development of tumors.
Anting (bird activity) In the behavior called anting, birds rub insects on their feathers, usually ants, which secrete liquids containing chemicals such as formic acid, that can act as an insecticide, miticide, fungicide, or bactericide. It possibly also supplements the bird's own preen oil.
Antinomianism Antinomianism (from the Greek αντι, "against" + νομος, "law"), or lawlessness (in the Greek Bible: ανομια), in theology, is the idea that members of a particular religious group are under no obligation to obey the laws of ethics or morality as presented by religious authorities. Antinomianism is the polar opposite of legalism, the notion that obedience to a code of religious law is necessary for salvation.
Antinopolis Antinopolis (Antinoöpolis) (Greek: , Coptic Ansena, modern Sheikh 'Ibada) was the city commemorating Antinous, which was founded to commemorate his deified lover by Hadrian, on the east bank of the Nile, not far from the site in Upper Egypt where Antinous drowned in 130 A.D.
Antinuclear antibodies Anti-nuclear antibodies are antibodies directed against the cell nucleus. They are raised in several conditions, usually in an auto-immune condition where the immune system makes antibodies to fight its own body.
Antinutritional factor An antinutritional factor is a substance which, when present in human or animal foods, reduces growth. Examples are phytate, protease inhibitors (notably soybean trypsin inhibitor) and excessive dietary fiber.
Antiobjects The notion of antiobjects is a computational metaphor useful to conceptualize and solve hard problems by swapping computational foreground and background. Similar to optical illusions based on potential confusion of background versus foreground perceptions, antiobjects are the inverse of what we perceive to be the computational objects.
Antioh Cantemir Antioh Cantemir (d. 1726, Golia Monastery), son of Constantin Cantemir and older brother of Dimitrie Cantemir (not to be confused with Antiokh Dmitrievich Kantemir, Dimitrie's son), was a Moldavian Voivode (Prince) between December 18 1695 and September 12 1700, and again from February 23 1705 to July 31 1707.
Antioch Antioch on the Orontes (Greek: Αντιόχεια η επί Δάφνη, Αντιόχεια η επί ÎźĎόντου or Αντιόχεια η Μεγάλη; Latin: Antiochia ad Orontem; also Antiochia dei Siri, Great Antioch or Syrian Antioch) was an ancient city on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River located on the site of the modern city of Antakya, Turkey.
Antioch Arrow Antioch Arrow, from San Diego, California, was on the seminal hardcore/emo label Gravity Records, responsible for putting San Diego on the map in the mid-90's as one of the centers of the movement. Antioch Arrow used the fast and chaotic framework of hardcore to create songs that were at times melodic and at times indiscernable, but almost always curious and at breakneck speed.
Antioch Community High School Antioch Community High School, Antioch, or ACHS, is a public four-year high school located in Antioch, Illinois, a far north suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Community High School District 117, which also includes Lakes Community High School.
Antioch Kantemir Prince Antiokh Dmitrievich Kantemir (Đнтиох Дмитриевич Кантемир in Russian, Antioh Cantemir in Romanian, Antioche Cantemir in French; September 8, 1708—March 31, 1744) was a Moldavian-born Russian Enlightenment man of letters and diplomat.
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