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Best Bar None The Best Bar None Award is granted to British alcohol-vending organisations with long standing commitment to social responsibility and the safety of people using their premises. It is awarded by the Best Bar None unit Greater Manchester Police, and aims to cut down on alcohol related crime and irresponsible drinking.
Best Before 1984 Best Before 1984 is a compilation of Crass' singles and other tracks, released in 1986, including lyrics and a booklet ("...In Which Crass Voluntarily 'Blow Their Own'") which details the history of the band in their own words.
Best Coding Practices Best coding practices can be broken into many levels based on the coding language, the platform, the target environment and so forth. Using best practices for a given situation greatly reduces the probability of introducing errors into your applications, regardless of which software development model is being used to create that application.
Best Current Practice A Best Current Practice (BCP) means that a certain manner of proceeding is in general the most logical choice -- a de facto standard of sorts. This expression is often used in the context of computer programs and their implementation, as well as that of network protocols and their specifications.
Best effort delivery Best effort delivery describes a network service in which the network does not provide any guarantees that data is delivered or that a user given a guaranteed quality of service level or a certain priority. In a best effort network all users obtain best effort service, meaning that they obtain unspecified variable bit rate and delivery time, depending on the current traffic load.
Best evidence rule The best evidence rule is a common law rule of evidence which can be traced back at least as far as the 18th century. In Omychund v Barker (1745) 1 Atk, 21, 49; 26 ER 15, 33, Lord Harwicke stated that no evidence was admissible unless it was "the best that the nature of the case will allow".
Best Execution Best Execution refers to the obligation of a brokerage firm executing orders on behalf of customers to ensure that the prices those orders receive reflect the optimal mix of price improvement, speed and likelihood of execution. Brokers with customer orders are obligated to send orders to venues with the optimal "best execution stats.
Best Flow Products Founded in 1958, Best Flow Products is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Oilwell Varco. The company manufactures and distributes a range of pressure control devices for the oil and gas industry including adjustable choke valves and hydraulic stepping actuators.
Best Foot Forward Best Foot Forward (1943) is a film version of the hit 1941 Broadway musical comedy. The film was released by MGM, directed by Edward Buzzell, and starring Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, June Allyson, and Tommy Dix.
Best Friend (song) "Best Friend" is an R&B song written by Keith Crouch, and Glenn McKinney for Brandy's self-titled debut studio album, Brandy (1994). It also was produced by Krouch, and released as the album's third single in January 1995 (see 1995 in music).
Best Friends Animal Society The Best Friends Animal Society is the largest animal rescue sanctuary in the United States. Located in Southern Utah near the town of Kanab, the "no kill" facility houses approximately 1,500 abused and abandoned dogs, cats, horses, burros, goats, rabbits, and other domestic animals that come from shelters throughout the country and also internationally.
Best Gold (Toshiko Akiyoshi) Best Gold, Toshiko Akiyoshi '89~'96 is a compilation album released by Nippon Crown Records. It contains tracks taken from the first 7 Nippon Crown releases of jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in small combo settings.
Best hits live ~ Save the Children SPEED Live 2003 Best hits live ~ Save the Children SPEED Live 2003 was Japanese J-pop girlband, SPEED's collection of live songs recorded during one of the concert they performed in 2003. This album was released on February 25, 2004.
Best in Show (Grinspoon) Best in Show is a compilation of Australian band Grinspoon's best ofs, and was released to coincide with the ten year anniversary of the band. The first song, 'Sweet As Sugar', was recorded for the purposes of the best of and appropriately is a return to the classic style of the band that was abandoned for their latest album, Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills.
Best I Can Best I Can is a progressive rock song by the Canadian trio Rush that is featured on their 1975 release, Fly by Night. It differs from many other Rush songs in their post-debut era, as it has little of the classical influence that defines many of Rush's other works.
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas film soundtrack was released along with the film in July 1982. In addition to the score of Carol Hall songs that had also appeared on the stage soundtrack, the film soundtrack included two Dolly Parton compositions: "Sneakin' Around", which she performed as a duet with costar Burt Reynolds and a reworking of her 1974 classic "I Will Always Love You", the latter of which topped the U.
Best Maid Products Best Maid Products is an American manufacturer of condiments, which sells products under the brand names Best Maid and Del-Dixi. It was founded in 1926 by Mildred Dalton and her husband Jessie Dalton under the name Mrs.
Best of all possible worlds The phrase "the best of all possible worlds" (French: le meilleur des mondes possibles) was coined by the German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz in his 1710 work Essais de Théodicée sur la bonté de Dieu, la liberté de l'homme et l'origine du mal (Theodicy). It is the central argument in Leibniz's theodicy, or his attempt to solve the problem of evil.
Best of both worlds (saying) In a decision making process with two seemingly mutually exclusive or at least contradictatory influences, the finding of an option which satisfies both driving forces, may be said to be a solution that is the best of both worlds. We start off with two criteria for success and assumptions are made dictating that any gain with respect to one is offset to some extent by a loss with respect to the other.
Best of Baltimore Best of Baltimore is a series of awards from--and the name of an annual issue of--the Baltimore City Paper in which various local businesses, attractions, and aspects of Baltimore, Maryland are highlighted. Many local eating places proudly display their award certificate from past years on their wall.
Best of Both Worlds (Midnight Oil album) Best of Both Worlds is a DVD-Video release of two significant concerts performed by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. The featured concerts are Oils on the Water (from 1985) and Saturday night at the Capitol (1982).
Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection was Universal's Joan Baez installment in their Twentieth Century Masters series. The compilation focuses on Baez' A&M recordings, with the bulk of material coming from her Come from the Shadows and Diamonds & Rust albums.
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning Best of the Best 4: Without Warning is a 1998 direct-to-video martial arts movie starring Phillip Rhee and Ernie Hudson, belonging to the Best of the Best series. It is the sequel to Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back.
Best of the Cowboy Junkies Best of the Cowboy Junkies is a 2001 greatest hits compilation of Cowboy Junkies songs recorded for RCA Records. It was compiled by the label without the band's authorization or approval, and most Internet fansites advise that the album should consequently be boycotted by fans.
Best of the Power Rangers: Songs from the TV Series (album) Best of the Power Rangers: Songs from the TV Series was an album released by Disney in 2003. It contains, amongst older (and rare at times) material recorded for Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo by Ron Wasserman, many new remixes and cover song variations of theme songs, and new songs recorded for the release by different artists.
Best of the Web Directory Best of the Web Directory is a general web directory providing content rich, well-designed websites categorized topically and regionally. Headquartered in Uniondale, New York, BOTW also maintains offices in Orange, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts.
Best of the West Best of the West was a sitcom airing on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982. The Old West spoof featured the misadventures of Sam Best, a Civil War veteran (played by Joel Higgins) who becomes a marshal in Copper Creek after accidentally scaring off an incompetent gunfighter called the Calico Kid.
Best of Tata Young Best of Tata Young () is a 2006 greatest hits album by Thai people pop singer Tata Young. It is a career-spanning, two-disc album, covering her years as a teen star at GMM Grammy (Amita Tata Young, 1,000,000 Copies Celebration, 6.
Best of The Anti-Nowhere League Best of The Anti-Nowhere League is the first compilation album by English punk rock band the Anti-Nowhere League. This album contains the full 12’’ of Out On The Waterfront and four tracks that were absent from the Live in Yugoslavia album.
Best of The Wildhearts After The Wildhearts split with the East West recording label, East West released this compilation album, unendorsed by the band. It was notable for including the UK CD debut of Beautiful Me, Beautiful You and 29 x The Pain '96.
Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise is the final album by Toadies. It is a live album (recorded just prior to the band's demise in 2001) that was released as a limited edition in March of 2002 on Aezra Records/Orpheus Music.
Best Of (Christina Milian album) Best Of is the first compilation album from R&B singer Christina Milian. The album includes her hit singles and songs that she hand picked herself from her first three studio albums, Christina Milian, It's About Time, and So Amazin', though, only one track, Say I, was chosen from So Amazin, possibly due to the fact that it is her lowest selling album.
Best Of The Simpsons The Australian version of the Best of the Simpsons series was started in September 2005 after popular demand of the reprinting of the original Simpsons Comics issues from the 1990's. The publisher, Otter Press, decided to start these collector's editions at issue #32, because that was the first issue ever printed in Australia.
Best practicable environmental option The Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) (Twelfth Report, FEB 1988, Cm 310), is a set of procedures adopted by Great Britain with the goal of managing waste and other environmental concerns. According to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, BPEO "emphasises the protection and conservation of the environment across land, air and water.
Best practice Best Practice is a management idea which asserts that there is a technique, method, process, activity, incentive or reward that is more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process, etc. The idea is that with proper processes, checks, and testing, a project can be rolled out and completed with fewer problems and unforeseen complications.
Best Pal Best Pal (born February 12, 1988 in Ramona, California - died November 24, 1998 in Ramona, California) was a champion racehorse, who to this day holds the record for purses of any California-bred racehorse, earning his owners, the Golden Eagle Farm, US$5.6 million over his lifetime.
Best Party of Hawaii The Best Party of Hawaii was a legally recognized political party in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It was founded by Mayor of Honolulu Frank Fasi in order to run for Governor of Hawaii in 1994 against Democrat Benjamin J.
Best Reason to Buy the Sun Best Reason to Buy the Sun is a 2005 (see 2005 in music) album from the Benevento-Russo Duo. Made up of only Joe Russo and Marco Benevento, playing only Keyboards and Drums, the Duo's debut studio recording is remenisent of Medeski, Martin & Wood or late Phish, to such a degree that Mike Gordon, previously of Phish, toured with the Duo following the release of the album.
Best science book ever On October 19, 2006 the Royal Institution of Great Britain named The Periodic Table, by Primo Levi, the best science book ever. After taking nominations from many scientist in various disciplines, authors, and other notable people (such as the Archbishop of Canterbury) the Royal Institution concocted a shortlist of books for consideration.
Best Seller Best Seller is a 1987 movie written by Larry Cohen and starring Brian Dennehy and James Woods. The plot concerns a career hitman, played by Woods, who wants to turn his life story into a book, to be authored by Dennehy's character.
Best Silver (Toshiko Akiyoshi) Best Silver, Toshiko Akiyoshi '89~'96 is a compilation album released by Nippon Crown Records. It contains tracks taken from the first 7 Nippon Crown releases of jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in small combo settings.
Best-selling albums in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began This is a Top ten best-selling albums of sound scan era in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Billboard on March 1, 1991.
Best-selling singles worldwide The world's best-selling single cannot be listed officially, since there is no international body to count global record sales. Historical data before the 1980s and from developing countries are also incomplete.
Best! Morning Musume 1 is the first "Best Of" compilation from J-pop Idol group Morning Musume, and was released January 31, 2001. It is currently the largest selling album of their career and sold a total of 2,259,510 copies.
Best, worst and average case In computer science, best, worst and average cases of a given algorithm express what the resource usage is at least, at most and on average, respectively. Usually the resource being considered is running time, but it could also be memory or other resource.
Bestbreeder from 1997 to 2000 Bestbreeder From 1997 to 2000 is the 2003 compilation CD from Finnish metal band Children of Bodom. Although the title (confusingly) claims that the latest tracks are from 2000, there are also a few roughly mixed tracks off 2001's Follow the Reaper.
Bestial beast The Bestial beast (besta fera) is a Brazilian version of a centaur. The name can be translated either as bestial beast or ferocious beast and is often employed in a figured sense to refer to anyone that is excedingly angered.
Bestial Devastation Bestial Devastation is the EP released by Sepultura in 1985 through Cogumelo Records. The vocals on the song "The Curse" were done by, at that time, a friend of the band and, despite the belief of some, were done without the use of any studio equipment.
Bestial Machinery (Discography Volume 1) Bestial Machinery (Discography Volume 1) is a double-CD anthology by the American cybergrind band Agoraphobic Nosebleed (ANb for short). The double CD contains all of the material the group recorded prior to their Relapse Records full length album Honky Reduction, much of which was only released on vinyl 7" EP or compilations.
Bestseller A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and booktrade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialties (number one best selling new cookbook, novel, nonfiction, etc.
Bestseller (music) A bestseller in music is a song or album listed at or near the top of a hits list or chart such as the Billboard charts produced by Billboard magazine which published its first hit parade in 1940. These lists are usually based on sales.
Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds Brass Band The Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds Brass Band, colloquially the Bestwood Black Diamonds (or even the Bestwood Band), is an old and well-known brass band based in the village of Bestwood in the north of Nottingham.
Bet exchange A betting exchange is a p2p gambling website acting as a broker between parties for the placement of bets. The concept is similar to that of a stock exchange or a futures exchange, where in this case the commodity being traded is a bet, rather than a stock or futures contract.
Bet El Bet El is a religious Orthodox Israeli settlement and local council in the Binyamin region of the Northern West Bank (Samaria). It is located in the hills north of Jerusalem just to the east of the Arab town of Ramallah.
Bet on the Saint Bet on the Saint is the title of an unpublished novel by Fleming Lee (but credited to Leslie Charteris), featuring the character of criminal-turned-detective Simon Templar (alias "The Saint") who had been created by Charteris in 1928.
Bet She'an (Hebrew: בֵּית שְ××ָן ; unofficially also spelled Beit Shean, Beth Shean; official Israeli Arabic بيت شان Bayt Ĺ Än; Arabic بيسان ) is a city in the North District in Israel. The new Bet She'an was founded in 1949, a short time after the establishment of the State of Israel.
Bet Shean Valley Regional Council The Bet Shean Valley Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Bet Shean Valley. The territory of the regional council is bounded by the Jezreel Valley in the west, in the north by the Lower Galilee, to the east by the Jordan River, and the south by the Jordan Valley and Samaria.
Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin' "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'" is the first single from the 1984 album Heart Don't Lie, the third album by American singer La Toya Jackson. The song was released on 7" and 12" singles without a B-side track, and peaked at #25 (Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks) and #55 (Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play).
Bet-Car Records Bet-Car Records was a record label founded by jazz singer Betty Carter in 1970 to release her own recordings after her negative experiences with other recording companies. In 1983 Bet-Car also began to serve as her production company under the name Bet-Car Productions.
Beta (climbing) Beta is climbing jargon that designates information about a climb. In rock climbing this may include information about a climb's difficulty, crux, style, length, quality of rock, ease to protect, required equipment, and specific information about hand or foot holds.
Beta (film) Beta (Hindi: बेटा, Urdu: بیٹا, translation: Son) is a 1992 Bollywood movie directed by Indra Kumar. The film featured the pairing of Madhuri Dixit with Anil Kapoor, who were previously paired in Tezaab and Parinda.
Beta (Magic: The Gathering) Limited Edition Beta (or just Beta for short) was the second part, after revisions, of the first print run of the first Magic: The Gathering set. It was released only a few months after Limited Edition Alpha's publication to correct some minor problems in the rules and to make up for the fact that the first run had completely sold out.
Beta Alpha Psi BAΨ (Beta Alpha Psi) is an honorary organization for accounting, finance and information systems students and professionals. Its primary objective is to encourage and recognize academic and professional excellence in the financial information field.
Beta Aquarii (β Aqr / β Aquarii) is the brightests star in the constellation Aquarius. It also has the traditional name Sadalsuud, which derives from an Arabic expression سعد السعŮŘŻ sacd as-sucĹ«d, meaning "luck of lucks".
Beta Arietis Beta Arietis (β Ari / β Arietis) is a star in the constellation Aries, it is the Ram's second horn. It also has the traditional name Sharatan (or Sheratan or Sheratim), and the Flamsteed designation 6 Arietis.
Beta barium borate Beta barium borate (β-barium borate, BBO or β-BaB2O4) is a crystal frequently used for frequency mixing and other nonlinear optics applications. It has a wide transmission range, from approximately 200 nanometres to beyond 3 micrometres.
Beta barrel A beta barrel is a protein fold containing a series of beta sheets, typically arranged in an antiparallel fashion. Beta barrels can be monomers, dimers, or trimers with 8-22 beta strands forming the barrel boundary.
Beta blocker Beta blockers (sometimes written as β-blockers) are a class of drugs used for various indications, but particularly for the management of cardiac arrhythmias and cardioprotection after myocardial infarction. Whilst once first-line treatment for hypertension, their role was downgraded in June 2006 in the United Kingdom to fourth-line as they perform less well than other drugs, particularly in the elderly, and there is increasing evidence that the most frequently used beta-blockers at usual doses carry an unacceptable risk of provoking type 2 diabetes.
Beta BASIC Beta BASIC was a BASIC interpreter for the Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum microcomputer, written by Dr Andy Wright and sold by his one-man software house BetaSoft. BetaSoft also produced a regular newsletter/magazine, BetaNews, which was one of the main fora of the time for advanced Spectrum BASIC programmers.
Beta code Beta Code is a method of representing, using only ASCII characters, characters and formatting found in ancient Greek texts (and other archaic languages). Its aim is to be not merely a romanization of the Greek alphabet, but to represent faithfully a wide variety of source texts -- including formatting as well rare or idiosyncratic characters.
Beta coefficient The Beta coefficient is a key parameter in the Capital asset pricing model (CAPM). It measures the part of the asset's statistical variance that cannot be mitigated by the diversification provided by the portfolio of many risky assets, because it is correlated with the return of the other assets that are in the portfolio.
Beta Cephei variable Beta Cephei variables are variable stars which exhibit variations in their brightness due to pulsations of the stars' surfaces. The point of maximum brightness roughly corresponds to the maximum contraction of the star.
Beta Colony Beta Colony is an important planet (although rarely the setting) in Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series the Vorkosigan Saga. The planet's biome is almost entirely desert, and the colony itself exists primarily underground.
Beta decay In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay in which a beta particle (an electron or a positron) is emitted. In the case of electron emission, it is referred to as "beta minus" (βâ’), while in the case of a positron emission as "beta plus" (β+).
Beta diversity Beta diversity (β-diversity) is a measure of biodiversity which works by comparing the species diversity between ecosystems or along environmental gradients. This involves comparing the number of taxa that are unique to each of the ecosystems.
Beta Delphini Beta Delphini, also known as Beta Del, is a multiple star in the constellation Delphinus. As a practical joke, the astronomer Niccolò Cacciatore gave it the name Rotanev, which is a reversal of his Latinized family name, Venator.
Beta Ethniki The Beta Ethniki (Greek: Î’' Εθνικη or ΔεύτεĎη Εθνική ΚατηγοĎία; Second National Division) is the second highest professional football league in Greece. At present, sixteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away.
Beta Flight Beta Flight is a fictional superhero team in the Marvel Comics universe. Along with Gamma Flight, Beta Flight is one of the "minor leagues" of the Canadian team, Alpha Flight, operated by Department H.
Beta Gamma Sigma Beta Gamma Sigma or ΒΓΣ is an honor society for business students and scholars. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, it has about 560,000 members, selected from 456 chapters in AACSB-accredited business schools.
Beta Group According to some rumors, Beta Group (also known as Spetsgruppa B) was created within the First Chief Directorate of the KGB with similar duties to those of Alpha Group, although for operations in foreign theatres. Not known if it still exists or was merged with other Spetsnaz units within the KGB, like Vympel.
Beta hairpin The beta hairpin (or beta-beta unit) structural motif is the simplest protein motif involving two beta strands. The motif consists of two strands that are adjacent in primary sequence oriented in an antiparallel arrangement (where the N-terminus of one sheet is adjacent to the C-terminus of the next) and linked by a short loop of two to five amino acids.
Beta helix A beta helix is a protein structure formed by the association of parallel beta strands in a helical pattern with either two or three faces. The structure is stabilized by inter-strand hydrogen bonds, protein-protein interactions, and sometimes bound metal ions.
Beta Lambda Zeta Beta Lambda Zeta or BΛZ, is a social fraternity at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. Founded in 1927 in the college's Stuart Hall, the fraternity centers around brotherhood, love/loyalty and zeal.
Beta Lupi Beta Lupi (β Lup / β Lup) is a Class B2III, third-magnitude star in the constellation Lupus. It is given the Chinese proper name Kekouan, meaning "Cavalry Officer", which is a name it shares with Kappa Centauri.
Beta Lyrae variable Beta Lyrae variables are a class of close binary stars. Their total brightness is variable because the two component stars orbit each other, and in this orbit one component periodically passes in front of the other one, thereby blocking its light.
Beta movement Beta movement is a perceptual illusion, described by Max Wertheimer in his 1912 Experimental Studies on the Seeing of Motion, whereby two or more still images are combined by the brain into surmised motion. This is often erroneously referred to as the phi phenomenon, which is a different, related illusion.
Beta Mentor A Beta Mentor is a person under contract (NDA) with Microsoft Beta of which provides extra support to others in the beta - whether it be newsgroup posts, a website knowledge base, or other such things to help others test the product.
Beta oxidation Beta oxidation is the process by which fatty acids, in the form of Acyl-CoA molecules, are broken down in the mitochondria to generate Acetyl-CoA, the entry molecule for the Krebs Cycle. Once inside the mitochondria, the β-oxidation of fatty acids occurs via four recurring steps:
Beta particle Beta particles are high-energy, high-speed electrons or positrons emitted by certain types of radioactive nuclei such as potassium-40. The beta particles emitted are a form of ionizing radiation also known as beta rays.
Beta plane In geophysical fluid dynamics, an approximation whereby the Coriolis parameter, f, is set to vary linearly in space is called a beta plane approximation. On a rotating sphere such as the earth, f varies with the sine of latitude; a linear approximation to this variability about a given latitude (in the sense of a Taylor series expansion) can be visualized as a tangent plane touching the surface of the sphere at this latitude.
Beta Phi Mu Beta Phi Mu (also: ΒΦΜ or βφμ) is the international honor society for library & information science and information technology. Founded by a group of librarians and library educators, the society's express purpose is to recognize and encourage "superior academic achievement" among library and information studies students.
Beta reader A beta reader (or betareader, or beta) is a person who reads a work of fiction with a critical eye, with the aim of improving grammar, spelling, characterization, and general style of a story prior to its release to the general public.
Beta Ray Bill Beta Ray Bill is a fictional alien superhero in the Marvel Universe created by Walt Simonson as a brief rival, then friend and ally to Thor. A noble and heroic warrior, he is one of the few beings counted worthy of wielding Thor's hammer, Mjolnir.
Beta secretase β-secretase — also called BACE1 (β-site of APP cleaving enzyme) or memapsin-2 — is an aspartic-acid protease important in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and in the formation of myelin sheaths in peripheral nerve cells. The transmembrane protein, contains two active site aspartate residues in its extracellular Protein domain and may function as a dimer.
Beta sheet The β sheet (also β-pleated sheet) is the second form of regular secondary structure in proteins — the first is the alpha helix — consisting of beta strands connected laterally by three or more hydrogen bonds, forming a generally twisted, pleated sheet. A beta strand (also β-strand) is a stretch of amino acids typically 5-10 amino acids long whose peptide backbones are almost fully extended.
Beta Scorpii Beta Scorpii (β Sco / β Scorpii) is a star system in the constellation Scorpius. It also has the traditional names Acrab, Akrab or El Acrab(Arabic:العقرب), as well as Graffias, a name it shares with Xi Scorpii.
Beta Sigma Phi Beta Sigma Phi (ΒΣΦ) is an international non-academic sorority founded in 1931 by Walter Ross. Started to assist women during the Great Depression, it has grown to the largest women's friendship network in the world, with 200,000 members in 30 countries.
Beta Theta Pi Beta Theta Pi (Î’ÎÎ ) is a college social fraternity founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad. Beta, as it is nicknamed, was the first college fraternity to be founded west of the Allegheny Mountains and has over 120 chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada.
Beta Trianguli Beta Trianguli (β Tri / β Trianguli) is the brightest star in the constellation Triangulum, sometimes called by the traditional Latin name Deltotum or the Greek Deltotron, as the constellation Triangulum resembled an upper-case Greek letter delta (Δ) to the ancient Greeks.
Beta Tucanae Beta Tucanae (β Tuc / β Tucanae) is a group of six stars which appear to be at least loosely bound into a system in the constellation Tucana. Three of the stars are luminous enough to have been given their own Bayer designations, β¹ Tucanae through β³ Tucanae.
Best Before 1984 Best Before 1984 is a compilation of Crass' singles and other tracks, released in 1986, including lyrics and a booklet ("...In Which Crass Voluntarily 'Blow Their Own'") which details the history of the band in their own words.
Best Coding Practices Best coding practices can be broken into many levels based on the coding language, the platform, the target environment and so forth. Using best practices for a given situation greatly reduces the probability of introducing errors into your applications, regardless of which software development model is being used to create that application.
Best Current Practice A Best Current Practice (BCP) means that a certain manner of proceeding is in general the most logical choice -- a de facto standard of sorts. This expression is often used in the context of computer programs and their implementation, as well as that of network protocols and their specifications.
Best effort delivery Best effort delivery describes a network service in which the network does not provide any guarantees that data is delivered or that a user given a guaranteed quality of service level or a certain priority. In a best effort network all users obtain best effort service, meaning that they obtain unspecified variable bit rate and delivery time, depending on the current traffic load.
Best evidence rule The best evidence rule is a common law rule of evidence which can be traced back at least as far as the 18th century. In Omychund v Barker (1745) 1 Atk, 21, 49; 26 ER 15, 33, Lord Harwicke stated that no evidence was admissible unless it was "the best that the nature of the case will allow".
Best Execution Best Execution refers to the obligation of a brokerage firm executing orders on behalf of customers to ensure that the prices those orders receive reflect the optimal mix of price improvement, speed and likelihood of execution. Brokers with customer orders are obligated to send orders to venues with the optimal "best execution stats.
Best Flow Products Founded in 1958, Best Flow Products is a wholly owned subsidiary of National Oilwell Varco. The company manufactures and distributes a range of pressure control devices for the oil and gas industry including adjustable choke valves and hydraulic stepping actuators.
Best Foot Forward Best Foot Forward (1943) is a film version of the hit 1941 Broadway musical comedy. The film was released by MGM, directed by Edward Buzzell, and starring Lucille Ball, William Gaxton, Virginia Weidler, June Allyson, and Tommy Dix.
Best Friend (song) "Best Friend" is an R&B song written by Keith Crouch, and Glenn McKinney for Brandy's self-titled debut studio album, Brandy (1994). It also was produced by Krouch, and released as the album's third single in January 1995 (see 1995 in music).
Best Friends Animal Society The Best Friends Animal Society is the largest animal rescue sanctuary in the United States. Located in Southern Utah near the town of Kanab, the "no kill" facility houses approximately 1,500 abused and abandoned dogs, cats, horses, burros, goats, rabbits, and other domestic animals that come from shelters throughout the country and also internationally.
Best Gold (Toshiko Akiyoshi) Best Gold, Toshiko Akiyoshi '89~'96 is a compilation album released by Nippon Crown Records. It contains tracks taken from the first 7 Nippon Crown releases of jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in small combo settings.
Best hits live ~ Save the Children SPEED Live 2003 Best hits live ~ Save the Children SPEED Live 2003 was Japanese J-pop girlband, SPEED's collection of live songs recorded during one of the concert they performed in 2003. This album was released on February 25, 2004.
Best in Show (Grinspoon) Best in Show is a compilation of Australian band Grinspoon's best ofs, and was released to coincide with the ten year anniversary of the band. The first song, 'Sweet As Sugar', was recorded for the purposes of the best of and appropriately is a return to the classic style of the band that was abandoned for their latest album, Thrills, Kills & Sunday Pills.
Best I Can Best I Can is a progressive rock song by the Canadian trio Rush that is featured on their 1975 release, Fly by Night. It differs from many other Rush songs in their post-debut era, as it has little of the classical influence that defines many of Rush's other works.
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Soundtrack The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas film soundtrack was released along with the film in July 1982. In addition to the score of Carol Hall songs that had also appeared on the stage soundtrack, the film soundtrack included two Dolly Parton compositions: "Sneakin' Around", which she performed as a duet with costar Burt Reynolds and a reworking of her 1974 classic "I Will Always Love You", the latter of which topped the U.
Best Maid Products Best Maid Products is an American manufacturer of condiments, which sells products under the brand names Best Maid and Del-Dixi. It was founded in 1926 by Mildred Dalton and her husband Jessie Dalton under the name Mrs.
Best of all possible worlds The phrase "the best of all possible worlds" (French: le meilleur des mondes possibles) was coined by the German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz in his 1710 work Essais de Théodicée sur la bonté de Dieu, la liberté de l'homme et l'origine du mal (Theodicy). It is the central argument in Leibniz's theodicy, or his attempt to solve the problem of evil.
Best of both worlds (saying) In a decision making process with two seemingly mutually exclusive or at least contradictatory influences, the finding of an option which satisfies both driving forces, may be said to be a solution that is the best of both worlds. We start off with two criteria for success and assumptions are made dictating that any gain with respect to one is offset to some extent by a loss with respect to the other.
Best of Baltimore Best of Baltimore is a series of awards from--and the name of an annual issue of--the Baltimore City Paper in which various local businesses, attractions, and aspects of Baltimore, Maryland are highlighted. Many local eating places proudly display their award certificate from past years on their wall.
Best of Both Worlds (Midnight Oil album) Best of Both Worlds is a DVD-Video release of two significant concerts performed by Australian rock band Midnight Oil. The featured concerts are Oils on the Water (from 1985) and Saturday night at the Capitol (1982).
Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection Best of Joan Baez: The Millennium Collection was Universal's Joan Baez installment in their Twentieth Century Masters series. The compilation focuses on Baez' A&M recordings, with the bulk of material coming from her Come from the Shadows and Diamonds & Rust albums.
Best of the Best 4: Without Warning Best of the Best 4: Without Warning is a 1998 direct-to-video martial arts movie starring Phillip Rhee and Ernie Hudson, belonging to the Best of the Best series. It is the sequel to Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back.
Best of the Cowboy Junkies Best of the Cowboy Junkies is a 2001 greatest hits compilation of Cowboy Junkies songs recorded for RCA Records. It was compiled by the label without the band's authorization or approval, and most Internet fansites advise that the album should consequently be boycotted by fans.
Best of the Power Rangers: Songs from the TV Series (album) Best of the Power Rangers: Songs from the TV Series was an album released by Disney in 2003. It contains, amongst older (and rare at times) material recorded for Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo by Ron Wasserman, many new remixes and cover song variations of theme songs, and new songs recorded for the release by different artists.
Best of the Web Directory Best of the Web Directory is a general web directory providing content rich, well-designed websites categorized topically and regionally. Headquartered in Uniondale, New York, BOTW also maintains offices in Orange, Texas and Boston, Massachusetts.
Best of the West Best of the West was a sitcom airing on ABC from September 1981 through August 1982. The Old West spoof featured the misadventures of Sam Best, a Civil War veteran (played by Joel Higgins) who becomes a marshal in Copper Creek after accidentally scaring off an incompetent gunfighter called the Calico Kid.
Best of Tata Young Best of Tata Young () is a 2006 greatest hits album by Thai people pop singer Tata Young. It is a career-spanning, two-disc album, covering her years as a teen star at GMM Grammy (Amita Tata Young, 1,000,000 Copies Celebration, 6.
Best of The Anti-Nowhere League Best of The Anti-Nowhere League is the first compilation album by English punk rock band the Anti-Nowhere League. This album contains the full 12’’ of Out On The Waterfront and four tracks that were absent from the Live in Yugoslavia album.
Best of The Wildhearts After The Wildhearts split with the East West recording label, East West released this compilation album, unendorsed by the band. It was notable for including the UK CD debut of Beautiful Me, Beautiful You and 29 x The Pain '96.
Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise Best of Toadies: Live from Paradise is the final album by Toadies. It is a live album (recorded just prior to the band's demise in 2001) that was released as a limited edition in March of 2002 on Aezra Records/Orpheus Music.
Best Of (Christina Milian album) Best Of is the first compilation album from R&B singer Christina Milian. The album includes her hit singles and songs that she hand picked herself from her first three studio albums, Christina Milian, It's About Time, and So Amazin', though, only one track, Say I, was chosen from So Amazin, possibly due to the fact that it is her lowest selling album.
Best Of The Simpsons The Australian version of the Best of the Simpsons series was started in September 2005 after popular demand of the reprinting of the original Simpsons Comics issues from the 1990's. The publisher, Otter Press, decided to start these collector's editions at issue #32, because that was the first issue ever printed in Australia.
Best practicable environmental option The Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) (Twelfth Report, FEB 1988, Cm 310), is a set of procedures adopted by Great Britain with the goal of managing waste and other environmental concerns. According to the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution, BPEO "emphasises the protection and conservation of the environment across land, air and water.
Best practice Best Practice is a management idea which asserts that there is a technique, method, process, activity, incentive or reward that is more effective at delivering a particular outcome than any other technique, method, process, etc. The idea is that with proper processes, checks, and testing, a project can be rolled out and completed with fewer problems and unforeseen complications.
Best Pal Best Pal (born February 12, 1988 in Ramona, California - died November 24, 1998 in Ramona, California) was a champion racehorse, who to this day holds the record for purses of any California-bred racehorse, earning his owners, the Golden Eagle Farm, US$5.6 million over his lifetime.
Best Party of Hawaii The Best Party of Hawaii was a legally recognized political party in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It was founded by Mayor of Honolulu Frank Fasi in order to run for Governor of Hawaii in 1994 against Democrat Benjamin J.
Best Reason to Buy the Sun Best Reason to Buy the Sun is a 2005 (see 2005 in music) album from the Benevento-Russo Duo. Made up of only Joe Russo and Marco Benevento, playing only Keyboards and Drums, the Duo's debut studio recording is remenisent of Medeski, Martin & Wood or late Phish, to such a degree that Mike Gordon, previously of Phish, toured with the Duo following the release of the album.
Best science book ever On October 19, 2006 the Royal Institution of Great Britain named The Periodic Table, by Primo Levi, the best science book ever. After taking nominations from many scientist in various disciplines, authors, and other notable people (such as the Archbishop of Canterbury) the Royal Institution concocted a shortlist of books for consideration.
Best Seller Best Seller is a 1987 movie written by Larry Cohen and starring Brian Dennehy and James Woods. The plot concerns a career hitman, played by Woods, who wants to turn his life story into a book, to be authored by Dennehy's character.
Best Silver (Toshiko Akiyoshi) Best Silver, Toshiko Akiyoshi '89~'96 is a compilation album released by Nippon Crown Records. It contains tracks taken from the first 7 Nippon Crown releases of jazz pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi in small combo settings.
Best-selling albums in the United States since Nielsen SoundScan tracking began This is a Top ten best-selling albums of sound scan era in the United States according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales data for Billboard on March 1, 1991.
Best-selling singles worldwide The world's best-selling single cannot be listed officially, since there is no international body to count global record sales. Historical data before the 1980s and from developing countries are also incomplete.
Best! Morning Musume 1 is the first "Best Of" compilation from J-pop Idol group Morning Musume, and was released January 31, 2001. It is currently the largest selling album of their career and sold a total of 2,259,510 copies.
Best, worst and average case In computer science, best, worst and average cases of a given algorithm express what the resource usage is at least, at most and on average, respectively. Usually the resource being considered is running time, but it could also be memory or other resource.
Bestbreeder from 1997 to 2000 Bestbreeder From 1997 to 2000 is the 2003 compilation CD from Finnish metal band Children of Bodom. Although the title (confusingly) claims that the latest tracks are from 2000, there are also a few roughly mixed tracks off 2001's Follow the Reaper.
Bestial beast The Bestial beast (besta fera) is a Brazilian version of a centaur. The name can be translated either as bestial beast or ferocious beast and is often employed in a figured sense to refer to anyone that is excedingly angered.
Bestial Devastation Bestial Devastation is the EP released by Sepultura in 1985 through Cogumelo Records. The vocals on the song "The Curse" were done by, at that time, a friend of the band and, despite the belief of some, were done without the use of any studio equipment.
Bestial Machinery (Discography Volume 1) Bestial Machinery (Discography Volume 1) is a double-CD anthology by the American cybergrind band Agoraphobic Nosebleed (ANb for short). The double CD contains all of the material the group recorded prior to their Relapse Records full length album Honky Reduction, much of which was only released on vinyl 7" EP or compilations.
Bestseller A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and booktrade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and specialties (number one best selling new cookbook, novel, nonfiction, etc.
Bestseller (music) A bestseller in music is a song or album listed at or near the top of a hits list or chart such as the Billboard charts produced by Billboard magazine which published its first hit parade in 1940. These lists are usually based on sales.
Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds Brass Band The Bestwood Welfare Black Diamonds Brass Band, colloquially the Bestwood Black Diamonds (or even the Bestwood Band), is an old and well-known brass band based in the village of Bestwood in the north of Nottingham.
Bet exchange A betting exchange is a p2p gambling website acting as a broker between parties for the placement of bets. The concept is similar to that of a stock exchange or a futures exchange, where in this case the commodity being traded is a bet, rather than a stock or futures contract.
Bet El Bet El is a religious Orthodox Israeli settlement and local council in the Binyamin region of the Northern West Bank (Samaria). It is located in the hills north of Jerusalem just to the east of the Arab town of Ramallah.
Bet on the Saint Bet on the Saint is the title of an unpublished novel by Fleming Lee (but credited to Leslie Charteris), featuring the character of criminal-turned-detective Simon Templar (alias "The Saint") who had been created by Charteris in 1928.
Bet She'an (Hebrew: בֵּית שְ××ָן ; unofficially also spelled Beit Shean, Beth Shean; official Israeli Arabic بيت شان Bayt Ĺ Än; Arabic بيسان ) is a city in the North District in Israel. The new Bet She'an was founded in 1949, a short time after the establishment of the State of Israel.
Bet Shean Valley Regional Council The Bet Shean Valley Regional Council is a regional council in northern Israel that encompasses most of the settlements in the Bet Shean Valley. The territory of the regional council is bounded by the Jezreel Valley in the west, in the north by the Lower Galilee, to the east by the Jordan River, and the south by the Jordan Valley and Samaria.
Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin' "Bet'cha Gonna Need My Lovin'" is the first single from the 1984 album Heart Don't Lie, the third album by American singer La Toya Jackson. The song was released on 7" and 12" singles without a B-side track, and peaked at #25 (Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks) and #55 (Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play).
Bet-Car Records Bet-Car Records was a record label founded by jazz singer Betty Carter in 1970 to release her own recordings after her negative experiences with other recording companies. In 1983 Bet-Car also began to serve as her production company under the name Bet-Car Productions.
Beta (climbing) Beta is climbing jargon that designates information about a climb. In rock climbing this may include information about a climb's difficulty, crux, style, length, quality of rock, ease to protect, required equipment, and specific information about hand or foot holds.
Beta (film) Beta (Hindi: बेटा, Urdu: بیٹا, translation: Son) is a 1992 Bollywood movie directed by Indra Kumar. The film featured the pairing of Madhuri Dixit with Anil Kapoor, who were previously paired in Tezaab and Parinda.
Beta (Magic: The Gathering) Limited Edition Beta (or just Beta for short) was the second part, after revisions, of the first print run of the first Magic: The Gathering set. It was released only a few months after Limited Edition Alpha's publication to correct some minor problems in the rules and to make up for the fact that the first run had completely sold out.
Beta Alpha Psi BAΨ (Beta Alpha Psi) is an honorary organization for accounting, finance and information systems students and professionals. Its primary objective is to encourage and recognize academic and professional excellence in the financial information field.
Beta Aquarii (β Aqr / β Aquarii) is the brightests star in the constellation Aquarius. It also has the traditional name Sadalsuud, which derives from an Arabic expression سعد السعŮŘŻ sacd as-sucĹ«d, meaning "luck of lucks".
Beta Arietis Beta Arietis (β Ari / β Arietis) is a star in the constellation Aries, it is the Ram's second horn. It also has the traditional name Sharatan (or Sheratan or Sheratim), and the Flamsteed designation 6 Arietis.
Beta barium borate Beta barium borate (β-barium borate, BBO or β-BaB2O4) is a crystal frequently used for frequency mixing and other nonlinear optics applications. It has a wide transmission range, from approximately 200 nanometres to beyond 3 micrometres.
Beta barrel A beta barrel is a protein fold containing a series of beta sheets, typically arranged in an antiparallel fashion. Beta barrels can be monomers, dimers, or trimers with 8-22 beta strands forming the barrel boundary.
Beta blocker Beta blockers (sometimes written as β-blockers) are a class of drugs used for various indications, but particularly for the management of cardiac arrhythmias and cardioprotection after myocardial infarction. Whilst once first-line treatment for hypertension, their role was downgraded in June 2006 in the United Kingdom to fourth-line as they perform less well than other drugs, particularly in the elderly, and there is increasing evidence that the most frequently used beta-blockers at usual doses carry an unacceptable risk of provoking type 2 diabetes.
Beta BASIC Beta BASIC was a BASIC interpreter for the Sinclair Research ZX Spectrum microcomputer, written by Dr Andy Wright and sold by his one-man software house BetaSoft. BetaSoft also produced a regular newsletter/magazine, BetaNews, which was one of the main fora of the time for advanced Spectrum BASIC programmers.
Beta code Beta Code is a method of representing, using only ASCII characters, characters and formatting found in ancient Greek texts (and other archaic languages). Its aim is to be not merely a romanization of the Greek alphabet, but to represent faithfully a wide variety of source texts -- including formatting as well rare or idiosyncratic characters.
Beta coefficient The Beta coefficient is a key parameter in the Capital asset pricing model (CAPM). It measures the part of the asset's statistical variance that cannot be mitigated by the diversification provided by the portfolio of many risky assets, because it is correlated with the return of the other assets that are in the portfolio.
Beta Cephei variable Beta Cephei variables are variable stars which exhibit variations in their brightness due to pulsations of the stars' surfaces. The point of maximum brightness roughly corresponds to the maximum contraction of the star.
Beta Colony Beta Colony is an important planet (although rarely the setting) in Lois McMaster Bujold's science fiction series the Vorkosigan Saga. The planet's biome is almost entirely desert, and the colony itself exists primarily underground.
Beta decay In nuclear physics, beta decay is a type of radioactive decay in which a beta particle (an electron or a positron) is emitted. In the case of electron emission, it is referred to as "beta minus" (βâ’), while in the case of a positron emission as "beta plus" (β+).
Beta diversity Beta diversity (β-diversity) is a measure of biodiversity which works by comparing the species diversity between ecosystems or along environmental gradients. This involves comparing the number of taxa that are unique to each of the ecosystems.
Beta Delphini Beta Delphini, also known as Beta Del, is a multiple star in the constellation Delphinus. As a practical joke, the astronomer Niccolò Cacciatore gave it the name Rotanev, which is a reversal of his Latinized family name, Venator.
Beta Ethniki The Beta Ethniki (Greek: Î’' Εθνικη or ΔεύτεĎη Εθνική ΚατηγοĎία; Second National Division) is the second highest professional football league in Greece. At present, sixteen clubs compete in the league, playing each other twice, once at home and once away.
Beta Flight Beta Flight is a fictional superhero team in the Marvel Comics universe. Along with Gamma Flight, Beta Flight is one of the "minor leagues" of the Canadian team, Alpha Flight, operated by Department H.
Beta Gamma Sigma Beta Gamma Sigma or ΒΓΣ is an honor society for business students and scholars. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, it has about 560,000 members, selected from 456 chapters in AACSB-accredited business schools.
Beta Group According to some rumors, Beta Group (also known as Spetsgruppa B) was created within the First Chief Directorate of the KGB with similar duties to those of Alpha Group, although for operations in foreign theatres. Not known if it still exists or was merged with other Spetsnaz units within the KGB, like Vympel.
Beta hairpin The beta hairpin (or beta-beta unit) structural motif is the simplest protein motif involving two beta strands. The motif consists of two strands that are adjacent in primary sequence oriented in an antiparallel arrangement (where the N-terminus of one sheet is adjacent to the C-terminus of the next) and linked by a short loop of two to five amino acids.
Beta helix A beta helix is a protein structure formed by the association of parallel beta strands in a helical pattern with either two or three faces. The structure is stabilized by inter-strand hydrogen bonds, protein-protein interactions, and sometimes bound metal ions.
Beta Lambda Zeta Beta Lambda Zeta or BΛZ, is a social fraternity at Emory & Henry College in Emory, Virginia. Founded in 1927 in the college's Stuart Hall, the fraternity centers around brotherhood, love/loyalty and zeal.
Beta Lupi Beta Lupi (β Lup / β Lup) is a Class B2III, third-magnitude star in the constellation Lupus. It is given the Chinese proper name Kekouan, meaning "Cavalry Officer", which is a name it shares with Kappa Centauri.
Beta Lyrae variable Beta Lyrae variables are a class of close binary stars. Their total brightness is variable because the two component stars orbit each other, and in this orbit one component periodically passes in front of the other one, thereby blocking its light.
Beta movement Beta movement is a perceptual illusion, described by Max Wertheimer in his 1912 Experimental Studies on the Seeing of Motion, whereby two or more still images are combined by the brain into surmised motion. This is often erroneously referred to as the phi phenomenon, which is a different, related illusion.
Beta Mentor A Beta Mentor is a person under contract (NDA) with Microsoft Beta of which provides extra support to others in the beta - whether it be newsgroup posts, a website knowledge base, or other such things to help others test the product.
Beta oxidation Beta oxidation is the process by which fatty acids, in the form of Acyl-CoA molecules, are broken down in the mitochondria to generate Acetyl-CoA, the entry molecule for the Krebs Cycle. Once inside the mitochondria, the β-oxidation of fatty acids occurs via four recurring steps:
Beta particle Beta particles are high-energy, high-speed electrons or positrons emitted by certain types of radioactive nuclei such as potassium-40. The beta particles emitted are a form of ionizing radiation also known as beta rays.
Beta plane In geophysical fluid dynamics, an approximation whereby the Coriolis parameter, f, is set to vary linearly in space is called a beta plane approximation. On a rotating sphere such as the earth, f varies with the sine of latitude; a linear approximation to this variability about a given latitude (in the sense of a Taylor series expansion) can be visualized as a tangent plane touching the surface of the sphere at this latitude.
Beta Phi Mu Beta Phi Mu (also: ΒΦΜ or βφμ) is the international honor society for library & information science and information technology. Founded by a group of librarians and library educators, the society's express purpose is to recognize and encourage "superior academic achievement" among library and information studies students.
Beta reader A beta reader (or betareader, or beta) is a person who reads a work of fiction with a critical eye, with the aim of improving grammar, spelling, characterization, and general style of a story prior to its release to the general public.
Beta Ray Bill Beta Ray Bill is a fictional alien superhero in the Marvel Universe created by Walt Simonson as a brief rival, then friend and ally to Thor. A noble and heroic warrior, he is one of the few beings counted worthy of wielding Thor's hammer, Mjolnir.
Beta secretase β-secretase — also called BACE1 (β-site of APP cleaving enzyme) or memapsin-2 — is an aspartic-acid protease important in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, and in the formation of myelin sheaths in peripheral nerve cells. The transmembrane protein, contains two active site aspartate residues in its extracellular Protein domain and may function as a dimer.
Beta sheet The β sheet (also β-pleated sheet) is the second form of regular secondary structure in proteins — the first is the alpha helix — consisting of beta strands connected laterally by three or more hydrogen bonds, forming a generally twisted, pleated sheet. A beta strand (also β-strand) is a stretch of amino acids typically 5-10 amino acids long whose peptide backbones are almost fully extended.
Beta Scorpii Beta Scorpii (β Sco / β Scorpii) is a star system in the constellation Scorpius. It also has the traditional names Acrab, Akrab or El Acrab(Arabic:العقرب), as well as Graffias, a name it shares with Xi Scorpii.
Beta Sigma Phi Beta Sigma Phi (ΒΣΦ) is an international non-academic sorority founded in 1931 by Walter Ross. Started to assist women during the Great Depression, it has grown to the largest women's friendship network in the world, with 200,000 members in 30 countries.
Beta Theta Pi Beta Theta Pi (Î’ÎÎ ) is a college social fraternity founded at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, USA, where it is part of the Miami Triad. Beta, as it is nicknamed, was the first college fraternity to be founded west of the Allegheny Mountains and has over 120 chapters and colonies in the United States and Canada.
Beta Trianguli Beta Trianguli (β Tri / β Trianguli) is the brightest star in the constellation Triangulum, sometimes called by the traditional Latin name Deltotum or the Greek Deltotron, as the constellation Triangulum resembled an upper-case Greek letter delta (Δ) to the ancient Greeks.
Beta Tucanae Beta Tucanae (β Tuc / β Tucanae) is a group of six stars which appear to be at least loosely bound into a system in the constellation Tucana. Three of the stars are luminous enough to have been given their own Bayer designations, β¹ Tucanae through β³ Tucanae.
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