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Evolutionary educational psychology Evolutionary educational psychology is the study of the relation between inherent folk knowledge and abilities and accompanying inferential and attributional biases as these influence academic learning in evolutionarily novel cultural contexts, such as schools and the industrial workplace. The fundamental premises and principles of this discipline are presented below.
Evolutionary game theory Evolutionary game theory (EGT) is the application of population genetics-inspired models of change in gene frequency in populations to game theory. It differs from classical game theory by focusing on the dynamics of strategy change more than the properties of strategy equilibria.
Evolutionary graph theory An area lying at the intersection of graph theory, probability theory, and mathematical biology, evolutionary graph theory is an approach to studying how topology affects evolution of a population. That the underlying topology can substantially affect the results of the evolutionary process is seen most clearly in Lieberman, Hauert and Nowak (2005).
Evolutionary Humanism The book "New Bottles for New Wine" by Julian Huxley, 1957, contains a collection of his essays beginning with "Transhumanism" and ending with "Evolutionary Humanism". In the latter essay, Huxley called for a new religion compatible with science.
Evolutionary landscape In evolutionary theory, an evolutionary landscape (or fitness landscape) refers to an imaginary multidimensional parameter space that organisms (or arguably, individual cells or even whole clades) occupy. The ordinate (or 'y') axis is usually taken to be fitness of the entity in question; if the the landscape may be described as 'flat' if most changes in the immediate mutational neighbourhood are of negligible effect on fitness.
Evolutionary music Evolutionary music is the audio counterpart to Evolutionary art, whereby music is created using an evolutionary algorithm. Evolutionary sound synthesis is a related technique for generating sounds or synthesizer instruments.
Evolutionary musicology Evolutionary musicology is a subfield of biomusicology, promoted in the book The Origins of Music — The foundational volume of evolutionary musicology. Chapters cover vocal communication in non-human animal species, theories of the evolution of human music, and cross-cultural human universals in musical ability and processing.
Evolutionary neuroscience Evolutionary neuroscience is an emerging field of scientific research premised on the hypothesis that the principles of evolution will help elucidate the adaptational difference between humans and animals in aspects of neurological structure and capacity.
Evolutionary progress Three billion years ago, life on Earth consisted of single-celled organisms, but now there is a tremendous variety of complex multi-celled creatures. It may seem obvious that there is progress in evolution, but the topic has inspired much controversy.
Evolutionary psychology Evolutionary psychology (abbreviated ev-psych or EP) is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain "useful" mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, i.e.
Evolutionary Principle The evolutionary principle is a largely psychological doctrine formulated by anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss which roughly states that when a certain species is removed from the habitat which it evolved in, or that habitat changes significantly within a brief period, the said species will develop aberrant and maladaptive behavior. The evolutionary principle is important in neo-Tribalist thinking.
Evolutionary radiation Evolutionary radiation is a term used by biologists and palaeontologists to describe a dramatic and rapid (in geological terms) increase in the taxonomic diversity of a particular group of organisms. Typically, this diversification reveals a trend from a small number of similar ecological niches to a wide range of dissimilar ones.
Evolutionary Rapid Development Evolutionary Rapid Development or ERD is a software engineering technique developed by the Software Productivity Consortium, a technology development and integration agent for the Information Technology Office of DARPA.
Evolutionary self-organization Evolutionary self-organization or holigent self-organization is the spontaneous internal organization of a system. This process is accompanied by an increase in systemic complexity, resulting in an emergent property that is distinctly different from any of the constituent parts.
Evolutionary suicide Evolutionary suicide is an evolutionary mechanism where adaptation at the level of the individual results in a situation where the entire population goes extinct. This process is different from group selection, and arises where individual fitness is coupled with the fitness of the population.
Evolutionary Significant Unit An Evolutionary Significant Unit (ESU) is a group that is considered distinct for purposes of conservation under the Endangered Species Act. This term can apply to any species, subspecies, geographic race, or population.
Evolutionary taxonomy Evolutionary taxonomy or evolutionary systematics seeks to classify organisms using a combination of phylogenetic relationship and overall similarity. It differs from strict cladism where all taxa in a classification always should include all descendants of a single ancestral node.
Evolutionary theory and the political left Evolutionary theory and the political left have had a sometimes wary relationship with one another. Some on the political left, especially Marxists and communists, have been critical of aspects of the theory of evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).
Evolutionary Technologies International Evolutionary Technologies International (ETI) was the first company to offer a commercial solution for ETL processes. Originally a research project at the Microelectronics and Computer Corporation (MCC) in Austin, Texas, ETI was spun off as a private company by co-founders Katherine Hammer and Robin Curle in 1990.
Evolutionism Evolutionism, from the Latin evolutio, unrolling, refers to theories that certain things develop or change as natural (unplanned) outgrowths of those that existed before, in contrast to beliefs that these things are fixed and immutable. An evolutionist is a proponent of such a theory.
Evolva Evolva is an innovative third-person action game, released in 2000. The player leads a team of 4 "GenoHunters" exploring a planet; each of the GenoHunters can develop new abilities by altering their DNA from the foes they have killed.
Evolvability Evolvability is a concept that relates to the ability of a particular genotype to evolve new adaptive changes. For instance, the class of mutator genotypes is sometimes selectively favoured relative to more conservative genotypes because its members can produce new mutations more quickly, and hence evolve faster.
Evolvability (computer science) Evolvability is a recent framework of computational learning introduced by Leslie Valiant in his paper of the same name. The aim of this theory is to model biological evolution and categorize which types of mechanisms are evolvable.
Evolved antenna Evolved antennas are antennas designed fully or substantially by an automatic design procedure mimicking Darwinian evolution. The first evolved antenna designs appeared in the mid-1990s from the work of Michielssen, Altshuler, Linden, Haupt, and Rahmat-Samii.
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program was a United States government, primarily a Department of Defense–sponsored effort to develop at least one family of space launch vehicles, that would meet the long term needs of the military and fulfill commercial and government need for cost-efficient and reliable access to earth orbit.
Evolver (software) Evolver is a software package that allows users to solve a wide variety of optimization problems using a genetic algorithm. It was the first commercially available genetic algorithm package for personal computers.
Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia chronicles Megadeth's experience recording the 1994 release Youthanasia, including constructing their own recording studio inside of a warehouse. The video is hosted by Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine, who explains the writing, recording, mixing, and mastering process.
Evolves Evolves is a popular custom map for the computer game StarCraft. It is played with four to eight players, usually in two teams, and has developed into several different variants, notably: Evolves 2005, Air Evolves, and Djevolves.
Evolving the Alien Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life (2002, second edition published as What Does a Martian Look Like? The Science of Extraterrestrial Life) is a book about xenobiology by biologist Jack Cohen and mathematician Ian Stewart.
Evon Zartman Vogt Ranch House The Evon Zartman Vogt Ranch House was constructed in 1915, amidst the scenic red and white sandstone canyon country in the foothills of the Zuni Mountains, one mile southeast of Ramah, New Mexico. It has been on the National Historic Register since the late 1970s.
Evonne Goolagong Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley AO MBE (born July 31 1951, in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia) was one of the world's leading female tennis players in the 1970s and early-1980s. She won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles (four Australian Open, two Wimbledon and one French Open), six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.
Evox Rifa Group Evox Rifa Group is a prominent global manufacturer of capacitors, specializing in film and paper capacitors as well as electrolytic capacitors. Their headquarters are based in Finland, and the company has a worldwide sales and distribution network.
Evrard Louis de Limburg Stirum Evrard Louis François-Xavier Gaëtan Toussaint Marie Joseph Ghislain, Count de Limburg Stirum, born in Huldenberg on 31 Oct 1927, son of Thierry François-Xavier Marie Joseph Ghislain, Count de Limburg Stirum, and Marie-Immaculée Princess de Croy.
Evremond de Saint-Alary Count Evremond de Saint-Alary (1868-1941) was a leading owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in France. An Englishman who inherited considerable wealth and a title, as a young man in his twenties Saint-Alary became involved in horse racing and in the early 1890s acquired Haras de Saint Pair du Mont, a horse breeding farm at Le Cadran near Cambremer in Calvados, Normandy.
Evripidis Mpakirtzis Evripidis Mpakirtzis (ΕυĎιπίδης ΜπακιĎτζής) (1895 - 1947) was Prime Minister of Greece from March 10, 1944 to April 18, 1944. He was head of the Political Committee of National Liberation, a government of resistance-held territories during World War II.
Evropesma Evropesma (or ЕвропеŃĐĽĐ°, Serbia's version of the name) or Europjesma (Đ•ŃропŃеŃĐĽĐ° {Montenegro's version of the name}) was a pop festival in Serbia and Montenegro which ran from 2004 to 2006. The winning song represents the country in the Eurovision Song Contest.
EVA (benchmark) EVA is a continuously running benchmark project for assessing the quality of protein structure prediction and secondary structure prediction methods. Methods for predicting both secondary structure and tertiary structure - including homology modeling, protein threading, and contact order prediction - are compared to results from each week's newly solved protein structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank.
EVA Air EVA Air (長榮čŞç©ş Changrong Hangkong) is an airline based at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan. It operates passenger flights to over 40 international destinations, as well as dedicated cargo services.
EVA Conferences The Electronic Information, the Visual Arts & Beyond conferences (EVA Conferences) are a series of interdisciplinary conferences in Europe and around the world for people interested in the application of information technology to the cultural field. Started in London (UK), there are now conferences in Berlin (Germany), Florence (Italy), Moscow (Russia), Vienna (Austria) and other major cities.
EVE Online EVE Online is a player-driven persistent-world massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) set in space. It is developed by the Icelandic company CCP Games; it was published from May to December 2003 by Simon & Schuster Interactive,CCP Games Press Release: New Release Date For EVE Online: The Second Genesis Announced after which CCP purchased the rights back and began to self-publish via a digital distribution scheme.
EVER Monaco EVER Monaco is annual exhibition and conference event showcasing the latest renewable energy technology with a focus on vehicle design. "EVER" is a (somewhat flawed) acronym for "ecologic vehicles and renewable energies.
EVERYDAY AT THE BUS STOP (single) Tomoko Kawase's first single under Tommy february6, name that is associated with her birthday (February 6), and the first single that was done independent of The Brilliant Green. Some editions come with a promotional DVD.
EVI The enhanced vegetation index (EVI) is an 'optimized' index designed to enhance the vegetation signal with improved sensitivity in high biomass regions and improved vegetation monitoring through a de-coupling of the canopy background signal and a reduction in atmosphere influences. EVI is computed following this equation
EVI-GENORET The project EVI-GENORET aims at building through a comprehensive and systematic research strategy the basis for deciphering, understanding and integrating the function of major genes involved in retinal development, maintenance, physiology and degeneration. This proposal is of a multidisciplinary nature involving gene expression, proteomic, bioinformatics including comparative genomics, and population genetics as illustrated: It will provide possibly the most coordinated and focused approach ever to the functional genomics of the retina in development, health and disease.
EVLT EVLT (Endovenous laser therapy) is a minimally invasive image-guided technique in which a catheter bearing a laser fiber is inserted under ultrasound guidance into the great saphenous vein (GSV) through a small puncture at the level of the knee. (Note: small saphenous vein (SSV) reflux has been limited due to laser fiber size requirements and the higher prevalence of anomalous anatomical presentations of the SSV compared to the GSV.
Ew-too ewtoo, short for Elsewhere Too, was the first publicly available code base for Internet talkers and was written by Simon "Burble" Marsh in 1992. It followed the demise of the previous internet talker, Cheeseplants House which had been closed down some months earlier.
Ewa Aulin Ewa Aulin (born 13 February 1950 Landskrona, Skåne län, Sweden) is a Swedish actress and one time winner of Miss Teen Sweden. She appeared in a number of American and Italian films in the 1960s and 1970s, most notably playing the title character in Candy where the supporting cast included John Huston, Ringo Starr, Walter Matthau, Richard Burton and Marlon Brando.
Ewa Hedkvist Petersen Ewa Hedkvist Petersen (born 15 January 1952 in Arvidsjaur, Lapland) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.
Ewa Janik Ewa Janik (born December 19, 1948 in Częstochowa) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 6077 votes in 28 Częstochowa district, candidating from Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej list.
Ewa Lipska Ewa Lipska, born October 8, 1945, in KrakĂłw is a Polish poet from the generation of the Polish "New Wave." Collections of her verse have been translated into English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German and Hungarian.
Ewa Malik Ewa Malik (born January 11, 1961 in Sosnowiec) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 16537 votes in 32 Sosnowiec district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Ewa Podles Ewa PodleĹ› (last name pronounced PODE-lesh) was born April 26 1952 in Warsaw, Poland. She is an internationally celebrated contralto with a very wide vocal range (up to soprano high C) and great vocal agility.
Ewald Cebula Edward Cebula (also known as Ewald; born March 22 in Świętochłowice, 1917; died February 1 in Chorzów, 2004) was a Polish football player and defender. He played in five matches for the Poland national team as well as one match representing Poland at the Olympic Games.
Ewald Dytko Ewald (Edward) Jan Dytko (October 18, 1914 - June 13, 1993) was an interwar Polish soccer player of Upper Silesian origin, who represented the non-existent today team of DÄ…b Katowice, also in 1935-39 played in Polish National Team.
Ewald Hering Ewald Hering (August 5, 1834 - January 26, 1918) was a German physiologist who did much research into color vision and spatial perception. Hering disagreed with the leading theory developed mostly by Thomas Young and Hermann von Helmholtz.
Ewald Mataré Ewald Wilhelm Hubert Mataré (25 February 1887 in Burtscheid, Aachen - 28 March 1965 in Büderich) was a German painter and sculptor, who dealt with, among other things, the figures of men and animals in a stylized form.
Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin (22 March, 1890 – 9 April, 1945) was a lawyer, a conservative politician, and the owner of an estate in Pomerania, northeast of Berlin. He was also a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany, a member of the July 20 Plot.
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (born 1922 in Schmenzin, Pomerania (now Smęcino near Koszalin in Poland)), sometimes known simply as Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist or Ewald von Kleist, is a former Wehrmacht officer and resistance fighter, active in the Third Reich against Adolf Hitler. He was involved in the July 20 Plot.
Ewale a Mbedi Ewale a Mbedi was the eponymous ancestor of the Duala people of Cameroon (named for a variant spelling of his name, Dwala). According to the oral histories of the Duala and related Sawa peoples of the Cameroon coast, Ewale hailed from a place called Piti.
Ewan Aitken Rev Ewan Aitken is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and an elected Labour Party councillor in the City of Edinburgh. On 22 August 2006, he was elected leader of the ruling Labour Group on the City of Edinburgh Council and as such leader of the Council.
Ewan Bailey Ewan Bailey is an actor, writer and voice artist located in Central London, best known for writing and performing in The Sunday Format, BBC Radio 4's satire of British Sunday newspapers, Funland, BBC Three's darker than dark comedy set in the English seaside town of Blackpool, HBO's recent epic series Rome and the recent, highly acclaimed bio-pic of "Kenneth Williams" - "Fantabulosa".
Ewan Birney Ewan Birney is leader of the Birney Research Group at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) outside Cambridge, UK. The group is known for its widely used Ensembl genome browser, and for its research on e.
Ewan Cameron (Vitamin C) Ewan Cameron (July 31, 1922 - March 21, 1991) was a medical doctor born in Glasgow, Scotland who worked with Linus Pauling on Vitamin C research. He received his medical degree from the University of Glasgow in 1944, and immediately joined the British Army, where he served as a medical officer in Burma for three years.
Ewart Astill (William) Ewart Astill (born March 1, 1888, Ratby, Leicestershire, England; died February 10, 1948, Stoneygate, Leicester, England) was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire teacm from 1922 to about 1935. He was never a bowler of Geary's class - thus was never picked for a home Test or Ashes tour - but for the best part of three decades he was a vital member of a generally struggling Leicestershire team.
Ewart Oakeshott Ewart Oakeshott (25 May 1916 — 30 September 2002) was a British illustrator, collector, and amateur historian who wrote prodigiously on medieval arms and armour. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, a Founder Member of the Arms and Armour Society, and the Founder of the Oakeshott Institute.
Ewart's sign Ewart's sign is a set of findings on physical examination in people with large collections of fluid around their heart (pericardial effusions). Dullness to percussion, egophony, and bronchial breath sounds may be appreciated at the tip of the left scapula when the effusion is large enough to compress the left lower lobe of the lung, causing consolidation or atelectasis.
Ewell Ross McCright Ewell Ross McCright, (4 December 1917 - 24 April 1990) of Benton, Saline County, Arkansas was a Captain in the United States Air Force during World War II who was famous for recording a secret journal detailing information about fellow prisoners of war while held captive in a German prison camp. For his actions, McCright was awarded the Legion of Merit posthumously in 2004.
Ewen Bain Ewen Bain was a Scottish cartoonist, whose most notable creation was the Angus Og comic strip, a stereotypical depiction of the quintessential 20th century Highlander, which ran in the Glasgow-based newspaper the Daily Record, and its sister title The Sunday Mail. He also regularly contributed political cartoons, often of a pro-Scottish independence nature, to these, and other, newspapers.
Ewen Cameron of Lochiel Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (February, 1629 - February, 1719 Scottish] [[Scottish highlands|highland chieftain, was the eldest son of John Cameron and the grandson of Alan Cameron, the head of the Clan Cameron.
Ewen Henderson Henderson, (James) Ewen (1934–2000), ceramic artist, was born on 3 January 1934 at Cheddleton Hospital, Staffordshire, the second son and younger child of David Henderson (c.1900–1953), doctor of medicine, and (Beatrice) Mary Stewart (c.
Ewen MacDougall EĂłghan MacDubhgall (Anglicized: Ewen MacDougall, Ewen of Argyll or Ewen of Lorne) was a 13th century Scottish nobleman and warrior who was styled "King of the Isles", "Lord of Argyll". He was the son of Donnchadh, son of Somhairle mac Gille Brighde.
Ewen Southby-Tailyour Major Ewen Southby-Tailyour OBE RM is an author, sailor, ex-Marine who served for 32 years in the Royal Marines retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel specialising in (and often commanding) amphibious vessels from all the NATO countries. He has held various appointments in four Commando units.
Ewenny Ewenny () is a village on the Ewenny River in the Vale of Glamorgan, in the south of Wales. Over the years the village has grown into the neighbouring village of Corntown to such an extent that there is no longer a clear boundary between the two.
Ewens's sampling formula In population genetics, Ewens's sampling formula, introduced by Warren Ewens, states that under certain conditions (specified below), if a random sample of n gametes is taken from a population and classified according to the gene at a particular locus then the probability that there are a1 alleles represented once in the sample, and a2 alleles represented twice, and so on, is
Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University (Korean: 이화여ěžëŚ€í•™ęµ, Hanja: 梨花女ĺ大ĺ¸ć ˇ) is a private women's university in central Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the city's largest institutions of higher learning, the world's largest female educational institute and one of the best-known universities in South Korea.
Ewhurst, East Sussex Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England; it is centred on the village of Ewhurst Green, which is located 10 miles (16km) north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. Ewhurst Green contains a pub, but not much else.
Ewido Networks Ewido Networks is a software company based in Germany best known for creating Ewido Anti-Spyware. Ewido Anti-Spyware is known for its ability to remove malware, like spyware, trojans, adware, dialers, and worms.
Ewife Ewife is a term most often referred to in MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft, Everquest and Star Wars Galaxies. In simple terms it means wife but because these games are played online, the term became "ewife".
Ewige Blumenkraft Ewige Blumenkraft (German: "forever flower power" or "flower power forever") is given in Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! Trilogy as a slogan or password of the Illuminati.
Ewin L. Davis Ewin Lamar Davis was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on February 5, 1876 in Bedford County, Tennessee.
Ewine van Dishoeck Ewine van Dishoeck (born June 13 1955, Leiden) is a Dutch astronomer and chemist. She is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics and the director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics at the Leiden University.
Ewing High School (New Jersey) Ewing High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Ewing Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Ewing Public Schools.
Ewing Island Ewing Island () is an ice-covered, dome-shaped island 8 miles in diameter, lying 15 miles northeast of Cape Collier, off the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered from the air on November 7, 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), under Ronne, who named it for Dr.
Ewing v. California Ewing v. California, , is one of two cases upholding a sentence imposed under California's three strikes law against a challenge that it constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
Ewloe Ewloe (pronounced "Yoo-low") is a small town in north Wales, contiguous with Hawarden and Buckley, near to Queensferry, bordering the town of Shotton and the Flintshire/Cheshire border. The A55 Expressway passes through the town.
Ewoks (soundtrack) Ewoks is a soundtrack album released by Varèse Sarabande in 1986. The LP release was a compilation of the music from Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, the two Ewok adventure films from the mid-1980's.
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) is a made-for-TV movie set in the Star Wars galaxy. A sequel to The Ewok Adventure, it focuses on Cindel Towani, the little girl from the first film, who, after being orphaned, joins the Ewoks in protecting their village and defeating the evil marauders who have taken control of the Endor moon.
Ewonde a Kwane Ewonde a Kwane was a Duala ruler of the Bonambela/Akwa lineage who lived in Douala on the Wouri River (modern Cameroon). Ewonde was the son of the powerful chief Kwane a Ngie (known in British records as Angua or Quan).
Ewostatewos Ewosáąatewos (Ge'ez ኤዎáµáŚŁá‰´á‹Žáµ ʾĒwĹŤsáąÄtÄ“wĹŤs, also á‹®áµáŚŁá‰´á‹Žáµ YĹŤsáąÄtÄ“wĹŤs, Eustathius, July 15, 1273 – September 15, 1352) was an important religious leader of the Ethiopian Church. He was a forceful advocate for the Ethiopian form of observing the Sabbath.
Ewout Holst Ewout Holst (born October 8, 1978 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from The Netherlands, who was disqualified in the heats of the 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He gained his first selection for the Dutch Team for the European SC Championships 1998 in Sheffield.
Ewout van Asbeck Willem Ewout van Asbeck (born August 5, 1956 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch National Team that finished sixth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. His brother Peter was also part of the Holland squad, that competed in California.
Ewuare Oba Ewuare was the greatest warrior legend and the most outstanding king in the history of Benin Empire. “The title Ewuare (Oworuare), meaning it is cool or the trouble has ceased” and as a result the war is over.
EWatch eWatch, acquired by PR Newswire in 2000, was founded in 1995 as an automated service to monitor Web sites, chat rooms, Usenet groups, Web publications, online service forums and investor message boards for mentions of a specific organization, issue, product or service. eWatch also monitors for mentions of an organization’s peers and/or competition, and includes audience numbers to help communications professionals determine the impact of their media relations campaigns.
EWI The EWI (an acronym for Electronic Wind Instrument) is an electronic musical instrument developed by the Akai Electronic Musical Instruments Corporation of Japan. The early models consisted of two parts: a wind controller and a synthesizer.
EWRS Early Warning and Response System is a part of the network for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases. The system allows for immediate exchange of views on risk assessment and risk management crucial for timely public health action.
EWSD EWSD (Elektronisches Wählsystem Digital in German, Electronic Digital Switching System in English) is one of the most widely installed telephone switch systems in the world. It is manufactured by Siemens AG, who claims that EWSD switches perform switching for over 160 million subscriber lines in more than 100.
Ex (relationship) In social relationships, an ex (plural exes) is someone with whom a person was once associated. As a prefix, ex- can refer to a variety of different relationships; for example, one might refer to a music group's ex-guitarist.
Ex aequo et bono The phrase ex aequo et bono means "according to the right and good". In the context of arbitration, it refers to the power of the arbitrators to dispense with consideration of the law and consider solely what they consider to be fair and equitable in the case at hand.
Ex Cathedra Choir and Orchestra Ex Cathedra is a professional musical ensemble based in Birmingham, England, consisting of an orchestra, choir and consort, that specialises in Baroque and Early Music performed vocally or on period instruments.
Ex Congreso Nacional The Former National Congress Building (ex Congreso Nacional) is the former home of the Chilean Congress. Congress met in this building in central Santiago until Salvador Allende's socialist government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's military coup d'Ă©tat on September 11, 1973.
Evolutionary game theory Evolutionary game theory (EGT) is the application of population genetics-inspired models of change in gene frequency in populations to game theory. It differs from classical game theory by focusing on the dynamics of strategy change more than the properties of strategy equilibria.
Evolutionary graph theory An area lying at the intersection of graph theory, probability theory, and mathematical biology, evolutionary graph theory is an approach to studying how topology affects evolution of a population. That the underlying topology can substantially affect the results of the evolutionary process is seen most clearly in Lieberman, Hauert and Nowak (2005).
Evolutionary Humanism The book "New Bottles for New Wine" by Julian Huxley, 1957, contains a collection of his essays beginning with "Transhumanism" and ending with "Evolutionary Humanism". In the latter essay, Huxley called for a new religion compatible with science.
Evolutionary landscape In evolutionary theory, an evolutionary landscape (or fitness landscape) refers to an imaginary multidimensional parameter space that organisms (or arguably, individual cells or even whole clades) occupy. The ordinate (or 'y') axis is usually taken to be fitness of the entity in question; if the the landscape may be described as 'flat' if most changes in the immediate mutational neighbourhood are of negligible effect on fitness.
Evolutionary music Evolutionary music is the audio counterpart to Evolutionary art, whereby music is created using an evolutionary algorithm. Evolutionary sound synthesis is a related technique for generating sounds or synthesizer instruments.
Evolutionary musicology Evolutionary musicology is a subfield of biomusicology, promoted in the book The Origins of Music — The foundational volume of evolutionary musicology. Chapters cover vocal communication in non-human animal species, theories of the evolution of human music, and cross-cultural human universals in musical ability and processing.
Evolutionary neuroscience Evolutionary neuroscience is an emerging field of scientific research premised on the hypothesis that the principles of evolution will help elucidate the adaptational difference between humans and animals in aspects of neurological structure and capacity.
Evolutionary progress Three billion years ago, life on Earth consisted of single-celled organisms, but now there is a tremendous variety of complex multi-celled creatures. It may seem obvious that there is progress in evolution, but the topic has inspired much controversy.
Evolutionary psychology Evolutionary psychology (abbreviated ev-psych or EP) is a theoretical approach to psychology that attempts to explain "useful" mental and psychological traits—such as memory, perception, or language—as adaptations, i.e.
Evolutionary Principle The evolutionary principle is a largely psychological doctrine formulated by anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss which roughly states that when a certain species is removed from the habitat which it evolved in, or that habitat changes significantly within a brief period, the said species will develop aberrant and maladaptive behavior. The evolutionary principle is important in neo-Tribalist thinking.
Evolutionary radiation Evolutionary radiation is a term used by biologists and palaeontologists to describe a dramatic and rapid (in geological terms) increase in the taxonomic diversity of a particular group of organisms. Typically, this diversification reveals a trend from a small number of similar ecological niches to a wide range of dissimilar ones.
Evolutionary Rapid Development Evolutionary Rapid Development or ERD is a software engineering technique developed by the Software Productivity Consortium, a technology development and integration agent for the Information Technology Office of DARPA.
Evolutionary self-organization Evolutionary self-organization or holigent self-organization is the spontaneous internal organization of a system. This process is accompanied by an increase in systemic complexity, resulting in an emergent property that is distinctly different from any of the constituent parts.
Evolutionary suicide Evolutionary suicide is an evolutionary mechanism where adaptation at the level of the individual results in a situation where the entire population goes extinct. This process is different from group selection, and arises where individual fitness is coupled with the fitness of the population.
Evolutionary Significant Unit An Evolutionary Significant Unit (ESU) is a group that is considered distinct for purposes of conservation under the Endangered Species Act. This term can apply to any species, subspecies, geographic race, or population.
Evolutionary taxonomy Evolutionary taxonomy or evolutionary systematics seeks to classify organisms using a combination of phylogenetic relationship and overall similarity. It differs from strict cladism where all taxa in a classification always should include all descendants of a single ancestral node.
Evolutionary theory and the political left Evolutionary theory and the political left have had a sometimes wary relationship with one another. Some on the political left, especially Marxists and communists, have been critical of aspects of the theory of evolution by natural selection (Darwinism).
Evolutionary Technologies International Evolutionary Technologies International (ETI) was the first company to offer a commercial solution for ETL processes. Originally a research project at the Microelectronics and Computer Corporation (MCC) in Austin, Texas, ETI was spun off as a private company by co-founders Katherine Hammer and Robin Curle in 1990.
Evolutionism Evolutionism, from the Latin evolutio, unrolling, refers to theories that certain things develop or change as natural (unplanned) outgrowths of those that existed before, in contrast to beliefs that these things are fixed and immutable. An evolutionist is a proponent of such a theory.
Evolva Evolva is an innovative third-person action game, released in 2000. The player leads a team of 4 "GenoHunters" exploring a planet; each of the GenoHunters can develop new abilities by altering their DNA from the foes they have killed.
Evolvability Evolvability is a concept that relates to the ability of a particular genotype to evolve new adaptive changes. For instance, the class of mutator genotypes is sometimes selectively favoured relative to more conservative genotypes because its members can produce new mutations more quickly, and hence evolve faster.
Evolvability (computer science) Evolvability is a recent framework of computational learning introduced by Leslie Valiant in his paper of the same name. The aim of this theory is to model biological evolution and categorize which types of mechanisms are evolvable.
Evolved antenna Evolved antennas are antennas designed fully or substantially by an automatic design procedure mimicking Darwinian evolution. The first evolved antenna designs appeared in the mid-1990s from the work of Michielssen, Altshuler, Linden, Haupt, and Rahmat-Samii.
Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle The Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program was a United States government, primarily a Department of Defense–sponsored effort to develop at least one family of space launch vehicles, that would meet the long term needs of the military and fulfill commercial and government need for cost-efficient and reliable access to earth orbit.
Evolver (software) Evolver is a software package that allows users to solve a wide variety of optimization problems using a genetic algorithm. It was the first commercially available genetic algorithm package for personal computers.
Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia chronicles Megadeth's experience recording the 1994 release Youthanasia, including constructing their own recording studio inside of a warehouse. The video is hosted by Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine, who explains the writing, recording, mixing, and mastering process.
Evolves Evolves is a popular custom map for the computer game StarCraft. It is played with four to eight players, usually in two teams, and has developed into several different variants, notably: Evolves 2005, Air Evolves, and Djevolves.
Evolving the Alien Evolving the Alien: The Science of Extraterrestrial Life (2002, second edition published as What Does a Martian Look Like? The Science of Extraterrestrial Life) is a book about xenobiology by biologist Jack Cohen and mathematician Ian Stewart.
Evon Zartman Vogt Ranch House The Evon Zartman Vogt Ranch House was constructed in 1915, amidst the scenic red and white sandstone canyon country in the foothills of the Zuni Mountains, one mile southeast of Ramah, New Mexico. It has been on the National Historic Register since the late 1970s.
Evonne Goolagong Evonne Fay Goolagong Cawley AO MBE (born July 31 1951, in Griffith, New South Wales, Australia) was one of the world's leading female tennis players in the 1970s and early-1980s. She won 14 Grand Slam titles: seven in singles (four Australian Open, two Wimbledon and one French Open), six in women's doubles, and one in mixed doubles.
Evox Rifa Group Evox Rifa Group is a prominent global manufacturer of capacitors, specializing in film and paper capacitors as well as electrolytic capacitors. Their headquarters are based in Finland, and the company has a worldwide sales and distribution network.
Evrard Louis de Limburg Stirum Evrard Louis François-Xavier Gaëtan Toussaint Marie Joseph Ghislain, Count de Limburg Stirum, born in Huldenberg on 31 Oct 1927, son of Thierry François-Xavier Marie Joseph Ghislain, Count de Limburg Stirum, and Marie-Immaculée Princess de Croy.
Evremond de Saint-Alary Count Evremond de Saint-Alary (1868-1941) was a leading owner and breeder of Thoroughbred racehorses in France. An Englishman who inherited considerable wealth and a title, as a young man in his twenties Saint-Alary became involved in horse racing and in the early 1890s acquired Haras de Saint Pair du Mont, a horse breeding farm at Le Cadran near Cambremer in Calvados, Normandy.
Evripidis Mpakirtzis Evripidis Mpakirtzis (ΕυĎιπίδης ΜπακιĎτζής) (1895 - 1947) was Prime Minister of Greece from March 10, 1944 to April 18, 1944. He was head of the Political Committee of National Liberation, a government of resistance-held territories during World War II.
Evropesma Evropesma (or ЕвропеŃĐĽĐ°, Serbia's version of the name) or Europjesma (Đ•ŃропŃеŃĐĽĐ° {Montenegro's version of the name}) was a pop festival in Serbia and Montenegro which ran from 2004 to 2006. The winning song represents the country in the Eurovision Song Contest.
EVA (benchmark) EVA is a continuously running benchmark project for assessing the quality of protein structure prediction and secondary structure prediction methods. Methods for predicting both secondary structure and tertiary structure - including homology modeling, protein threading, and contact order prediction - are compared to results from each week's newly solved protein structures deposited in the Protein Data Bank.
EVA Air EVA Air (長榮čŞç©ş Changrong Hangkong) is an airline based at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport near Taipei, Taiwan. It operates passenger flights to over 40 international destinations, as well as dedicated cargo services.
EVA Conferences The Electronic Information, the Visual Arts & Beyond conferences (EVA Conferences) are a series of interdisciplinary conferences in Europe and around the world for people interested in the application of information technology to the cultural field. Started in London (UK), there are now conferences in Berlin (Germany), Florence (Italy), Moscow (Russia), Vienna (Austria) and other major cities.
EVE Online EVE Online is a player-driven persistent-world massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) set in space. It is developed by the Icelandic company CCP Games; it was published from May to December 2003 by Simon & Schuster Interactive,CCP Games Press Release: New Release Date For EVE Online: The Second Genesis Announced after which CCP purchased the rights back and began to self-publish via a digital distribution scheme.
EVER Monaco EVER Monaco is annual exhibition and conference event showcasing the latest renewable energy technology with a focus on vehicle design. "EVER" is a (somewhat flawed) acronym for "ecologic vehicles and renewable energies.
EVERYDAY AT THE BUS STOP (single) Tomoko Kawase's first single under Tommy february6, name that is associated with her birthday (February 6), and the first single that was done independent of The Brilliant Green. Some editions come with a promotional DVD.
EVI The enhanced vegetation index (EVI) is an 'optimized' index designed to enhance the vegetation signal with improved sensitivity in high biomass regions and improved vegetation monitoring through a de-coupling of the canopy background signal and a reduction in atmosphere influences. EVI is computed following this equation
EVI-GENORET The project EVI-GENORET aims at building through a comprehensive and systematic research strategy the basis for deciphering, understanding and integrating the function of major genes involved in retinal development, maintenance, physiology and degeneration. This proposal is of a multidisciplinary nature involving gene expression, proteomic, bioinformatics including comparative genomics, and population genetics as illustrated: It will provide possibly the most coordinated and focused approach ever to the functional genomics of the retina in development, health and disease.
EVLT EVLT (Endovenous laser therapy) is a minimally invasive image-guided technique in which a catheter bearing a laser fiber is inserted under ultrasound guidance into the great saphenous vein (GSV) through a small puncture at the level of the knee. (Note: small saphenous vein (SSV) reflux has been limited due to laser fiber size requirements and the higher prevalence of anomalous anatomical presentations of the SSV compared to the GSV.
Ew-too ewtoo, short for Elsewhere Too, was the first publicly available code base for Internet talkers and was written by Simon "Burble" Marsh in 1992. It followed the demise of the previous internet talker, Cheeseplants House which had been closed down some months earlier.
Ewa Aulin Ewa Aulin (born 13 February 1950 Landskrona, Skåne län, Sweden) is a Swedish actress and one time winner of Miss Teen Sweden. She appeared in a number of American and Italian films in the 1960s and 1970s, most notably playing the title character in Candy where the supporting cast included John Huston, Ringo Starr, Walter Matthau, Richard Burton and Marlon Brando.
Ewa Hedkvist Petersen Ewa Hedkvist Petersen (born 15 January 1952 in Arvidsjaur, Lapland) is a Swedish politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Sweden, which is part of the Party of European Socialists, and sits on the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism.
Ewa Janik Ewa Janik (born December 19, 1948 in Częstochowa) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 6077 votes in 28 Częstochowa district, candidating from Sojusz Lewicy Demokratycznej list.
Ewa Lipska Ewa Lipska, born October 8, 1945, in KrakĂłw is a Polish poet from the generation of the Polish "New Wave." Collections of her verse have been translated into English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German and Hungarian.
Ewa Malik Ewa Malik (born January 11, 1961 in Sosnowiec) is a Polish politician. She was elected to Sejm on September 25, 2005 getting 16537 votes in 32 Sosnowiec district, candidating from Prawo i Sprawiedliwość list.
Ewa Podles Ewa PodleĹ› (last name pronounced PODE-lesh) was born April 26 1952 in Warsaw, Poland. She is an internationally celebrated contralto with a very wide vocal range (up to soprano high C) and great vocal agility.
Ewald Cebula Edward Cebula (also known as Ewald; born March 22 in Świętochłowice, 1917; died February 1 in Chorzów, 2004) was a Polish football player and defender. He played in five matches for the Poland national team as well as one match representing Poland at the Olympic Games.
Ewald Dytko Ewald (Edward) Jan Dytko (October 18, 1914 - June 13, 1993) was an interwar Polish soccer player of Upper Silesian origin, who represented the non-existent today team of DÄ…b Katowice, also in 1935-39 played in Polish National Team.
Ewald Hering Ewald Hering (August 5, 1834 - January 26, 1918) was a German physiologist who did much research into color vision and spatial perception. Hering disagreed with the leading theory developed mostly by Thomas Young and Hermann von Helmholtz.
Ewald Mataré Ewald Wilhelm Hubert Mataré (25 February 1887 in Burtscheid, Aachen - 28 March 1965 in Büderich) was a German painter and sculptor, who dealt with, among other things, the figures of men and animals in a stylized form.
Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin Ewald von Kleist-Schmenzin (22 March, 1890 – 9 April, 1945) was a lawyer, a conservative politician, and the owner of an estate in Pomerania, northeast of Berlin. He was also a resistance fighter in Nazi Germany, a member of the July 20 Plot.
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (born 1922 in Schmenzin, Pomerania (now Smęcino near Koszalin in Poland)), sometimes known simply as Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist or Ewald von Kleist, is a former Wehrmacht officer and resistance fighter, active in the Third Reich against Adolf Hitler. He was involved in the July 20 Plot.
Ewale a Mbedi Ewale a Mbedi was the eponymous ancestor of the Duala people of Cameroon (named for a variant spelling of his name, Dwala). According to the oral histories of the Duala and related Sawa peoples of the Cameroon coast, Ewale hailed from a place called Piti.
Ewan Aitken Rev Ewan Aitken is an ordained minister of the Church of Scotland and an elected Labour Party councillor in the City of Edinburgh. On 22 August 2006, he was elected leader of the ruling Labour Group on the City of Edinburgh Council and as such leader of the Council.
Ewan Bailey Ewan Bailey is an actor, writer and voice artist located in Central London, best known for writing and performing in The Sunday Format, BBC Radio 4's satire of British Sunday newspapers, Funland, BBC Three's darker than dark comedy set in the English seaside town of Blackpool, HBO's recent epic series Rome and the recent, highly acclaimed bio-pic of "Kenneth Williams" - "Fantabulosa".
Ewan Birney Ewan Birney is leader of the Birney Research Group at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) outside Cambridge, UK. The group is known for its widely used Ensembl genome browser, and for its research on e.
Ewan Cameron (Vitamin C) Ewan Cameron (July 31, 1922 - March 21, 1991) was a medical doctor born in Glasgow, Scotland who worked with Linus Pauling on Vitamin C research. He received his medical degree from the University of Glasgow in 1944, and immediately joined the British Army, where he served as a medical officer in Burma for three years.
Ewart Astill (William) Ewart Astill (born March 1, 1888, Ratby, Leicestershire, England; died February 10, 1948, Stoneygate, Leicester, England) was, along with George Geary, the mainstay of the Leicestershire teacm from 1922 to about 1935. He was never a bowler of Geary's class - thus was never picked for a home Test or Ashes tour - but for the best part of three decades he was a vital member of a generally struggling Leicestershire team.
Ewart Oakeshott Ewart Oakeshott (25 May 1916 — 30 September 2002) was a British illustrator, collector, and amateur historian who wrote prodigiously on medieval arms and armour. He was a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, a Founder Member of the Arms and Armour Society, and the Founder of the Oakeshott Institute.
Ewart's sign Ewart's sign is a set of findings on physical examination in people with large collections of fluid around their heart (pericardial effusions). Dullness to percussion, egophony, and bronchial breath sounds may be appreciated at the tip of the left scapula when the effusion is large enough to compress the left lower lobe of the lung, causing consolidation or atelectasis.
Ewell Ross McCright Ewell Ross McCright, (4 December 1917 - 24 April 1990) of Benton, Saline County, Arkansas was a Captain in the United States Air Force during World War II who was famous for recording a secret journal detailing information about fellow prisoners of war while held captive in a German prison camp. For his actions, McCright was awarded the Legion of Merit posthumously in 2004.
Ewen Bain Ewen Bain was a Scottish cartoonist, whose most notable creation was the Angus Og comic strip, a stereotypical depiction of the quintessential 20th century Highlander, which ran in the Glasgow-based newspaper the Daily Record, and its sister title The Sunday Mail. He also regularly contributed political cartoons, often of a pro-Scottish independence nature, to these, and other, newspapers.
Ewen Cameron of Lochiel Sir Ewen Cameron of Lochiel (February, 1629 - February, 1719 Scottish] [[Scottish highlands|highland chieftain, was the eldest son of John Cameron and the grandson of Alan Cameron, the head of the Clan Cameron.
Ewen Henderson Henderson, (James) Ewen (1934–2000), ceramic artist, was born on 3 January 1934 at Cheddleton Hospital, Staffordshire, the second son and younger child of David Henderson (c.1900–1953), doctor of medicine, and (Beatrice) Mary Stewart (c.
Ewen MacDougall EĂłghan MacDubhgall (Anglicized: Ewen MacDougall, Ewen of Argyll or Ewen of Lorne) was a 13th century Scottish nobleman and warrior who was styled "King of the Isles", "Lord of Argyll". He was the son of Donnchadh, son of Somhairle mac Gille Brighde.
Ewen Southby-Tailyour Major Ewen Southby-Tailyour OBE RM is an author, sailor, ex-Marine who served for 32 years in the Royal Marines retiring with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel specialising in (and often commanding) amphibious vessels from all the NATO countries. He has held various appointments in four Commando units.
Ewenny Ewenny () is a village on the Ewenny River in the Vale of Glamorgan, in the south of Wales. Over the years the village has grown into the neighbouring village of Corntown to such an extent that there is no longer a clear boundary between the two.
Ewens's sampling formula In population genetics, Ewens's sampling formula, introduced by Warren Ewens, states that under certain conditions (specified below), if a random sample of n gametes is taken from a population and classified according to the gene at a particular locus then the probability that there are a1 alleles represented once in the sample, and a2 alleles represented twice, and so on, is
Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University (Korean: 이화여ěžëŚ€í•™ęµ, Hanja: 梨花女ĺ大ĺ¸ć ˇ) is a private women's university in central Seoul, South Korea. It is one of the city's largest institutions of higher learning, the world's largest female educational institute and one of the best-known universities in South Korea.
Ewhurst, East Sussex Ewhurst is a civil parish in the Rother District of East Sussex, England; it is centred on the village of Ewhurst Green, which is located 10 miles (16km) north of Hastings in the valley of the River Rother. Ewhurst Green contains a pub, but not much else.
Ewido Networks Ewido Networks is a software company based in Germany best known for creating Ewido Anti-Spyware. Ewido Anti-Spyware is known for its ability to remove malware, like spyware, trojans, adware, dialers, and worms.
Ewife Ewife is a term most often referred to in MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft, Everquest and Star Wars Galaxies. In simple terms it means wife but because these games are played online, the term became "ewife".
Ewige Blumenkraft Ewige Blumenkraft (German: "forever flower power" or "flower power forever") is given in Robert Shea and Robert Anton Wilson's Illuminatus! Trilogy as a slogan or password of the Illuminati.
Ewin L. Davis Ewin Lamar Davis was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee. He was born on February 5, 1876 in Bedford County, Tennessee.
Ewine van Dishoeck Ewine van Dishoeck (born June 13 1955, Leiden) is a Dutch astronomer and chemist. She is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics and the director of the Raymond and Beverly Sackler Laboratory for Astrophysics at the Leiden University.
Ewing High School (New Jersey) Ewing High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Ewing Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Ewing Public Schools.
Ewing Island Ewing Island () is an ice-covered, dome-shaped island 8 miles in diameter, lying 15 miles northeast of Cape Collier, off the east coast of Palmer Land. It was discovered from the air on November 7, 1947 by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition (RARE), under Ronne, who named it for Dr.
Ewing v. California Ewing v. California, , is one of two cases upholding a sentence imposed under California's three strikes law against a challenge that it constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment.
Ewloe Ewloe (pronounced "Yoo-low") is a small town in north Wales, contiguous with Hawarden and Buckley, near to Queensferry, bordering the town of Shotton and the Flintshire/Cheshire border. The A55 Expressway passes through the town.
Ewoks (soundtrack) Ewoks is a soundtrack album released by Varèse Sarabande in 1986. The LP release was a compilation of the music from Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, the two Ewok adventure films from the mid-1980's.
Ewoks: The Battle for Endor Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985) is a made-for-TV movie set in the Star Wars galaxy. A sequel to The Ewok Adventure, it focuses on Cindel Towani, the little girl from the first film, who, after being orphaned, joins the Ewoks in protecting their village and defeating the evil marauders who have taken control of the Endor moon.
Ewonde a Kwane Ewonde a Kwane was a Duala ruler of the Bonambela/Akwa lineage who lived in Douala on the Wouri River (modern Cameroon). Ewonde was the son of the powerful chief Kwane a Ngie (known in British records as Angua or Quan).
Ewostatewos Ewosáąatewos (Ge'ez ኤዎáµáŚŁá‰´á‹Žáµ ʾĒwĹŤsáąÄtÄ“wĹŤs, also á‹®áµáŚŁá‰´á‹Žáµ YĹŤsáąÄtÄ“wĹŤs, Eustathius, July 15, 1273 – September 15, 1352) was an important religious leader of the Ethiopian Church. He was a forceful advocate for the Ethiopian form of observing the Sabbath.
Ewout Holst Ewout Holst (born October 8, 1978 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former freestyle and butterfly swimmer from The Netherlands, who was disqualified in the heats of the 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He gained his first selection for the Dutch Team for the European SC Championships 1998 in Sheffield.
Ewout van Asbeck Willem Ewout van Asbeck (born August 5, 1956 in Den Haag, Zuid-Holland) is a former field hockey player from The Netherlands, who was a member of the Dutch National Team that finished sixth in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. His brother Peter was also part of the Holland squad, that competed in California.
Ewuare Oba Ewuare was the greatest warrior legend and the most outstanding king in the history of Benin Empire. “The title Ewuare (Oworuare), meaning it is cool or the trouble has ceased” and as a result the war is over.
EWatch eWatch, acquired by PR Newswire in 2000, was founded in 1995 as an automated service to monitor Web sites, chat rooms, Usenet groups, Web publications, online service forums and investor message boards for mentions of a specific organization, issue, product or service. eWatch also monitors for mentions of an organization’s peers and/or competition, and includes audience numbers to help communications professionals determine the impact of their media relations campaigns.
EWI The EWI (an acronym for Electronic Wind Instrument) is an electronic musical instrument developed by the Akai Electronic Musical Instruments Corporation of Japan. The early models consisted of two parts: a wind controller and a synthesizer.
EWRS Early Warning and Response System is a part of the network for the epidemiological surveillance and control of communicable diseases. The system allows for immediate exchange of views on risk assessment and risk management crucial for timely public health action.
EWSD EWSD (Elektronisches Wählsystem Digital in German, Electronic Digital Switching System in English) is one of the most widely installed telephone switch systems in the world. It is manufactured by Siemens AG, who claims that EWSD switches perform switching for over 160 million subscriber lines in more than 100.
Ex (relationship) In social relationships, an ex (plural exes) is someone with whom a person was once associated. As a prefix, ex- can refer to a variety of different relationships; for example, one might refer to a music group's ex-guitarist.
Ex aequo et bono The phrase ex aequo et bono means "according to the right and good". In the context of arbitration, it refers to the power of the arbitrators to dispense with consideration of the law and consider solely what they consider to be fair and equitable in the case at hand.
Ex Cathedra Choir and Orchestra Ex Cathedra is a professional musical ensemble based in Birmingham, England, consisting of an orchestra, choir and consort, that specialises in Baroque and Early Music performed vocally or on period instruments.
Ex Congreso Nacional The Former National Congress Building (ex Congreso Nacional) is the former home of the Chilean Congress. Congress met in this building in central Santiago until Salvador Allende's socialist government was overthrown by Augusto Pinochet's military coup d'Ă©tat on September 11, 1973.
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