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Ley de Obediencia Debida Ley de Obediencia Debida (Spanish, Law of Due Obedience) was a law passed by the National Congress of Argentina after the end of the military dictatorship of the Proceso de ReorganizaciĂłn Nacional (which started with a coup d'Ă©tat in 1976 and ended in 1983). Formally, this law is referred to by number (Law No.
Ley de Punto Final Ley de Punto Final (Spanish, roughly translated Full Stop Law) was a law passed by the National Congress of Argentina after the end of the military dictatorship of the Proceso de ReorganizaciĂłn Nacional (which started with a coup d'Ă©tat in 1976 and ended in 1983). Formally, this law is referred to by number (Law No.
Ley Hill Ley Hill is a Chiltern village on the Bucks/Herts border near the town of Chesham in the south-east England. It is part of the civil parish of Latimer, and comes under Chiltern District Council in the County of Buckinghamshire.
Ley line Ley lines are hypothetical alignments of a number of places of geographical interest, such as ancient monuments and megaliths. Their existence was suggested in 1921 by the amateur archaeologist Alfred Watkins, whose book The Old Straight Track brought the alignments to the attention of the wider public.
Leyak In the folklore of Bali, the Leyak (in Indonesian, people called it 'Leak' (le-ak)—the K is not written or spoken) is a Balinese supernatural being in the form of a flying head with entrails (heart, lung, liver, etc) still attached. Leyaks are said to fly about trying to find a pregnant woman in order to suck her baby's blood (some versions state that they eat the newborn child).
Leyci Wightman Leyci Wightman is a 10 year old actress, singer, and dancer from South Tyneside, England. She is currently playing the part of Debbie Wilkinson in the acclaimed Billy Elliot the Musical at the Victoria Palace in London.
Leyden, Colorado Leyden, Colorado is a small unincorporated community lying west of Arvada at the junction of West 82nd Avenue and Quaker Streets. It is a historic company town established by the Leyden Coal Company in 1902, housing the miners of the Leyden Coal Mine nearby to the west.
Leyenda Leyenda (Asturias) is a work of classical music written by the Spanish composer Isaac Albéniz. Originally written for piano in G minor, it was Francisco Tárrega who transcribed it for guitar and put it in its most recognizable key, E minor.
Leyendas Leyendas is a fantasy and science fiction convention focusing on all kinds of comics, cartoons, anime/manga and other popular forms of art, as well as card, strategy and role-playing games, held annually in Rosario, Argentina, since 1999. It is generally held in autumn (April or May in the southern hemisphere), though it has been celebrated twice in the spring.
Leyes de Burgos The document known as the Leyes de Burgos was promulgated on January 27, 1512 in Burgos, Spain. It enumerated a number of laws for the government of the indigenous peoples of the recently discovered New World.
Leyla Harrison Leyla Harrison is a fictional character in two episodes of the long-running television program The X-Files. In her first episode, "Alone" (first aired May 6 2001), the young, eager agent is transferred into the X-Files from the accounting office, where she has spent years piecing together and memorizing the details of Mulder and Scully's adventures from their expense reports.
Leyla Qasim Leyla Qasim (1952 in Xaneqîn - December 5, 1974 in Baghdad) (Arabic: لیلا قاسم) was a Kurdish activist against the Iraqi Ba'ath regime who was executed in Baghdad. She is known as a national martyr among the Kurds.
Leyla Saz Leyla Saz, also called Leyla Hanimefendi or Leyla Saz Hanimefendi in her time (the title "Hanımefendi" denoting a meaning similar to that of the British nobility term "Lady"; she adopted the surname "Saz" in the frame of the 1934 Law on Family Names in Turkey) is a Turkish composer, poet and writer. Apart from being a notable composer in the tradition of Turkish classical music, she is also, through her memoirs written towards the end of her life, one of the primary first-hand sources available to historians on the Ottoman harem, in the late-19th century context of that institution.
Leyla Zana Leyla Zana (born May 3, 1961), is a female Kurdish politician in Turkey, who was imprisoned for speaking Kurdish in the Turkish Parliament after taking her parliamentary oath and for her political actions which were considered against the unity of Turkey. She was awarded the 1995 Sakharov Prize by the European Parliament, but was unable to collect it until her release in 2004.
Leyland Leyland is a town in the borough of South Ribble, Lancashire, United Kingdom, approximately 6 miles south of Preston. Population of the entire South Ribble area is 103,900 (Source 2001 Census), with approximately 40,000 residents of Leyand and its divisions.
Leyland Atlantean The Leyland Atlantean was a double-decker bus built by Leyland in the United Kingdom from 1958 to 1986. It pioneered the design of rear-engined, front entrance double deck buses in the UK, allowing for the introduction of 'one person operated' buses, dispensing the need for a conductor.
Leyland National The Leyland National was a British single-deck bus built in large quantities between 1972 and 1985. It was developed as a joint project between two UK nationalised industries - the National Bus Company and British Leyland.
Leyland P76 The Leyland P76 was a large car produced by Leyland Australia, the Australian subsidiary of British Leyland. It was intended to provide the company with a rival to large local models like the Ford Falcon, the Holden Kingswood, and the Chrysler Valiant.
Leyland railway station Leyland railway station serves the town of Leyland in Lancashire, England. It was formerly "Golden Hill", the name of the street and area in which the station is based, but was re-named Leyland soon after opening.
Leyland Swift The Swift was a midibus chassis built by Leyland from 1987, sharing many components with the Roadrunner light truck but with the engine relocated to behind the front axle which was itself set back to permit a passenger entrance in the front overhang. Mechanically a 6-cylinder Cummins turbo-diesel powerplant was standard with the choice of synchromesh or Allison automatic gearboxes.
Leyland Tiger The Leyland Tiger was a mid-engined bus and coach chassis which was built between 1981 and 1991 to replace the Leyland Leopard. It was provoked by Volvo's best-selling B58 and the fact Leyland was about to undergo a complete model renewal, which was much-needed.
Leyland Titan The Leyland Titan was a chassis with a front-mounted engine designed to carry double-decker bus bodywork. It was built mainly for the UK market between 1927 and 1942, and then between 1945 and 1970 after World War II.
Leyland Victory Mk2 Leyland Victory Mk2 is a front-engine double-decker bus chassis built by Leyland between 1978 and 1981. Like its competitor Dennis Jubilant, it was specifically designed for contemporary operating environment (hilly roads and "one-man-operation" with a farebox fitted for fare collection) in Hong Kong.
Leyna Nguyen Leyna Nguyen (born 1969) is a Vietnamese-American television anchor and reporter from Los Angeles, California. She has anchored at KCAL-TV in Los Angeles since December 1997 and previously worked for KCRA in Sacramento, California and WRDW-TV in Augusta, Georgia.
Leysin Leysin is a municipality in Switzerland in the canton of Vaud, located in the district of Aigle. It is a sunny alpine resort village at the eastern end of Lake Geneva in proximity to Montreux, Lausanne and Geneva.
Leysin American School Leysin American School (also called LAS or Leysin) is a proprietary, for profit, co-educational independent boarding school focusing on university preparation for grades 9-12 (as well as optional PG and 13th grades) in the Alpine resort village of Leysin, Vaud, Switzerland, Two hours east of Geneva, Vaud.
Leyte State University Leyte State University was formerly named the Visayas State College of Agriculture (ViSCA) in Baybay, Leyte, Philippines. It continues to specialize in agricultural research and education, including work in jatropha propagation and development of a dwarf macapuno coconut.
Leyton (UK Parliament constituency) Leyton was a parliamentary constituency, centred on the town of Leyton in North-East London. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
Leyton F.C. Leyton Football Club are an English association football club based in Leyton, east London. The first team to go by the name was founded in 1868, and the current club, which began playing in 1997, won a High Court action in 2002 in support of its claim to be a continuation of the original team, making it the second oldest existing club in London (Cray Wanderers F.
Leyton Grange Leyton Grange (Leyton east London) is the second most deprived area of London Borough of Waltham Forest It include an estate that consists of a 10-storey tower and ten 4-storey courts owned by Forest Homes. It is near to the New Covent Garden Market.
Leytonstone High Road railway station Leytonstone High Road railway station is a train station in Leytonstone, London in the London Borough of Waltham Forest, on the Gospel Oak to Barking line, between Leyton Midland Road and Wanstead Park. It has two platforms (W and E) elevated approximately 20 feet above ground level.
Leytonstone tube station Leytonstone tube station is on the Central Line of the London Underground, on the boundary of Zones 3 and 4. Towards London the next station is Leyton, while going east from Leytonstone, the line divides into two branches.
Lezayre Lezayre ("garden of the island") is a parish in the Sheading of Ayre and lies central and north in the Isle of Man. The parish stretches from Michael and Ballaugh on the sea in the west and the mountains of Lonan and Maughold in the east.
Lezginka Lezginka or Lezghinka is a folk dance popular among many people in the Caucasus Mountains. It derives its names from the Lezgin people; nevertheless, Azerbaijanis, Circassians, Abkhazians, Mountain Jews, Caucasian Avars and many other tribes have their own versions.
Lezgins The Lezgins, also called the Lezgin, Lezgi, Lezgis, Lezgs, and Lezgians are an ethnic group who live mainly in southern Dagestan and northern Azerbaijan who speak the Lezgi language. The term still strikes a chord in the hearts of most Russians for their fame in resisting Russian conquest for more than half of the 19th century.
Lezgishvili Lezgishvili is the name of one of the biggest branches of Georgian Jews. The family name Lezgishvili (which is densely mixed with the family name of Allahyarovs) can be encountered in the US, Israel, Russia, Azerbaijan and Germany.
LEAF Project The LEAF Project (Linux Embedded Appliance Firewall) is a collection of Linux distributions that began as a fork from the The Linux Router Project (LRP) "linux-on-a-floppy" distribution. Most users of these distributions are primarily interested in router and firewall functionality, particularly as combined with the convenience of major features of general Linux distributions such as shells, packet filtering, SSH servers, DNS services, file servers, webmin and the like.
LEAP - International Academy In Fall of 1994, Saint Paul Public School started the Limited English Achievement Program (LEAP) as a school completely dedicated to English language learners (ELL) aged 16 to 24 years. In 2005, the school's name was changed to "International Academy - LEAP" to reflect a more direct meaning for the school.
LEAP financial instrument LEAP is an acronym for Long Term Equity AnticiPation Security, a financial instrument more or less identical to a regular option except it has a much longer term before expiration. LEAPs are available on approximately 450 equities and 10 indexes.
LECA Lightweight Expanded Clay Aggregate, also known as fired clay pebble and grow rocks or Hydrocorns, has a low thermal conductivity coefficient. That is, LECA has good heat insulation and is considered heatproof.
LECOP The LECOP was a bond issued by Argentine national government to replace the PatacĂłn, which was issued by provincial governments. LECOP (sometimes written as a common word, Lecop), stands for Letra de CancelaciĂłn de Obligaciones Provinciales ("Letter of Cancellation of Provincial Obligations").
LED throwie A LED throwie is a small LED attached to a coin battery and magnet (usually with conductive epoxy or electrical tape), used for the purpose of creating non-destructive graffiti and light displays. They were devised by the Graffiti Research Lab as a new kind of graffiti art to be used on ferromagnetic surfaces.
LEES The Laboratory for Electromagnetic and Electronic Systems (LEES) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) provides the theoretical basis, and component, circuit and system technologies required to develop advanced electrical energy applications. LEES research areas include electronic circuits, components and systems, power electronics and control, micro and macro electromechanics, electromagnetics, continuum mechanics (the interaction of fields with fluids and other deformable media), high voltage engineering and dielectric physics, manufacturing and process control, and energy economics.
LEGO Batman (video game) LEGO Batman is an adventure video game developed by Traveller's Tales. It will be similar to the LEGO Star Wars series, in that it will both be a game based on a licensed property and have environments, objects and creatures made out of LEGO.
LEGRI The Low Energy Gamma-Ray Imager (LEGRI) is a payload for the first mission of the Spanish MINISAT platform. The objective of LEGRI is to demonstrate the viability of HgI2 detectors for space astronomy, providing imaging and spectroscopical capabilities in the 10-100 keV range.
LEO (website) LEO (meaning link everything online) is an internet site run by the computer science department of the Technische Universität München in Munich, Germany. It is well known for its software archive which mirrors several important open-source servers and its free online dictionaries.
LEO computer The British LEO I (Lyons Electronic Office I) computer, ran its first business application in 1951. The computer, modeled closely on the Cambridge EDSAC, was the first computer used for commercial business applications.
LEOP In Spacecraft Operations, The Launch and Early Orbit Phase is one of the most critical phases of a mission. Spacecraft operations engineers take control of the satellite after it separates from the launch vehicle up to the time when the satellite is safely positioned in its final orbit.
LEPrecon LEPrecon is the reconnaissance division of the Lower Elements Police (LEP) in the fictional Artemis Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer. In the underground world of the fairies, most reconnaissance entails tracking down fairies who wander where they shouldn't, particularly away from the secret fairy civilization of Haven and onto the surface of the Earth.
LEURRE LEURRE is a project on building and controlling mixed societies composed of animals and artificial agents sponsored by the European community. The LEURRE project showed for the first time that social interaction between animals and robots allows for creating non-natural behaviors in the animal society.
LEVA The Law Enforcement & Emergency Services Video Association is a non-profit organization committed to improving the quality of video training and promoting the use of state-of-the-art, effective equipment in the law enforcement and emergency services community.
LEVIATHAN (cipher) LEVIATHAN is a stream cipher submitted to NESSIE by Scott Fluhrer and David McGrew. It is a seekable stream cipher, which means that the user may efficiently skip forward to any part of the keystream, much like CTR mode or Salsa20, but unlike those ciphers generating contiguous blocks of the keystream is made especially efficient by LEVIATHAN's unique tree structure based stream generation.
LEWIS Surname DNA Project The LEWIS Surname DNA Project, one of the larger DNA surname projects with over 170 participants, was created in 2003 as a nonprofit organization to develop a collection of Lewis family groups who descend from various male Lewis ancestors. DNA analysis of the Y chromosome, carried exclusively by males, provides a tool for identifying participants who share a common male ancestor.
LEXX LEXX is a science fantasy TV series that follows the adventures of a group of mismatched individuals aboard the LEXX, "the most powerful destructive force in the two universes" from which the show takes its name. The LEXX is a living spacecraft, shaped like a dragonfly.
LFE LFE, an abbreviation for Low-Frequency Effects, is commonly used in describing an audio track contained within a motion picture sound mix. The signal from this track, ranging from 10 Hz to 120 Hz, is normally sent to a subwoofer, known as the Low Frequency Emitter.
LFM Productions LFM Productions is a independent record label founded in 2002 By Ian Imhof. The label's roster includes The Love Lights, The All Nighters and The Trutones and has worked in the past with Manifesto, The Chellovecks, The Valiant Glamour, The Cherry Skulls and Savage Henry.
Lg action sports world tour The LG Action Sports World Tour is the global professional action sports circuit, featuring skateboarding, inline skating, freeskiing, BMX and freestyle motocross. The Tour culminates in the LG Action Sports World Championships in October.
LG KG800 (Chocolate) LG KG800 is a GSM Tri-Band mobile phone manufactured and sold by LG Electronics. The KG800 is a 'slider' style phone that reveals heat-sensitive touch buttons on its face, which activate upon sliding the phone open.
LG.Philips LCD LG.Philips LCD (hangul:엘지필립스엘씨디, LG필립스LCD) was formed as a joint venture by the Korean electronics company LG Electronics and the Dutch company Koninklijke Philips Electronics in 1999 to manufacture active matrix liquid crystal displays (LCDs).
LGB (Lehmann Gross Bahn) LGB is the standard acronym for Lehmann Gross Bahn - the "Lehmann Big Train" in German. Made by Ernst Paul Lehmann Patentwerk in Nuremberg, Germany, since 1968, it is the most popular garden railway model in Europe, although there are also many models of U.
LGBT comic book characters In recent years, mainstream comic book publishers have portrayed more of their characters, both protagonists and supporting, as being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgendered (LGBT). Both male and female gay comic book characters are represented, as are imaginary persons from all walks of life, economic, social, and ethnic.
LGBT characters in the Star Trek universe The question of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) characters in the Star Trek universe has been a subject of debate since at least the planning stages of Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987. That year, in response to a question from a fan at a science fiction convention, series creator Gene Roddenberry said that there would be gay characters in the upcoming new series.
LGBT literature LGBT or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Literature is an all encompassing term for literature produced by people who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender or involving characters, plot lines or themes concerning this community.
LGBT movements in the United States LGBT movements in the United States comprise an interwoven history of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender social and political movements in the United States of America, beginning in the early 20th century. They have been influential worldwide in achieving social progress for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and transsexual people.
LGBT rights opposition LGBT rights opposition refers to various movements or attitudes which oppose the extension of certain rights to lesbian and gay people, and by extension to bisexuals, and transsexuals. The specific rights that are opposed may include rights to social equality, marriage, adoption, and freedom from discrimination on the basis of sexual behaviour, sexual orientation or sexual identity.
LGBT social movements LGBT social movements share related goals of social acceptance of homosexuality or transgenderism. LGBT refers to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, and their movements include the Gay and Lesbian Rights Movement, Gay Liberation, lesbian feminism, the queer movement and transgender activism.
LGBT symbols Like many other organizations and communities, members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered (GLBT) community have adopted certain symbols by which they are identified and by which they demonstrate unity, pride, shared values, and allegiance to one another.
LGBT Student Movement The origin of the LGBT student movement can be linked to other progressive and activist movements from the mid-Twentieth Century. The civil rights movement, women's rights movement all have the similarity of Identity politics linking them to modern LGBT movements.
LGBT Youth Scotland LGBT Youth Scotland is an organisation dedicated to the inclusion of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) young people in the life of Scotland. It was established in November 1989 as the Stonewall Youth Project by members of the LGBT community in Edinburgh.
LGM-118A Peacekeeper The LGM-118A Peacekeeper was a land-based ICBM deployed by the United States starting in 1986. Under the START II treaty, which never entered into force, the missile was to be removed from the US nuclear arsenal in 2005, leaving the LGM-30 Minuteman as the only type of land-based ICBM in the US arsenal.
LGP-30 The LGP-30, standing for Librascope General Purpose and then Librascope General Precision, was an early "off the shelf" computer manufactured by the Librascope company of Glendale, California (a division of General Precision Inc.), and sold and serviced by the Royal Precision Electronic Computer Company, a joint venture with the Royal McBee division of the Royal Typewriter Company.
LGV Barreau Picard The LGV Barreau Picard is a proposed high-speed railway line running between Paris and Calais, via Amiens, in France. It would used by TGV trains operated by SNCF, the French national railway company, and Eurostar trains heading for the Channel Tunnel.
LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire The LGV Bretagne-Pays de la Loire is a proposed French high-speed rail line which is scheduled to enter service around 2012. Running between Le Mans and Rennes, it would be serviced by TGV trains operated by SNCF, the French national railway company.
LGV Méditerranée The LGV Méditerranée is a French high speed railway line of approximately 250 km length, which entered service in June, 2001. Running between Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence and Marseille, it connects the regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur and Languedoc-Roussillon to the LGV Rhône-Alpes, and therefore to Lyon and the north of France.
LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur The LGV Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, also referred to as the LGV PACA and LGV Côte d'Azur, is a high speed rail project intended to extend the LGV Méditerranée towards the Côte d'Azur. Operations are set to begin around 2020.
LGV signalling LGV signalling, or in-cab signalling on lignes Ă  grande vitesse (high-speed railway lines based on the French TGV system), differs considerably from signalling on conventional railway lines. Because TGV trains travel too fast for their operators to see and react to traditional lineside signals, an automated system called TVM (Transmission Voie-Machine, or track-to-train transmission) is used for signalling on LGVs.
LGV Sud Europe Atlantique The LGV Sud Europe Atlantique (LGV SEA), also known as the LGV Sud-Ouest, is a proposed high-speed railway line running between Tours and Bordeaux, in France. If built, it would be used by TGV trains operated by SNCF, the French national railway company.
LGX Report LGX Report is one of a family of web-based business intelligence applications created by LogiXML, Inc. LGX Report is used to design and generate web-based reports based on a wide range of data sources, such as databases like Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, MySQL, Cache and Oracle, as well other data sources accessible through ODBC.
Lh'owon Lh'owon: Planet in the computer game series the Marathon Trilogy by Bungie Software. Described as being located 97 light years from the center of the Milky Way it is first introduced in Marathon 2: Durandal and is the ancient homeworld of the S'pht.
Lhakpa Tsamchoe Lhakpa Tsamchoe (born 1972) is an Indian actress of Tibetan descent. She is the first Tibetan woman ever to break into mainstream film; most famous for starring alongside Brad Pitt and David Thewlis in the 1997 Hollywood blockbuster Seven Years in Tibet, in which she played a Tibetan tailor and wife of Austrian mountaineer, Peter Aufschnaider.
Lhanbryde Lhanbryde (Gaelic: Lann Brìghde) is a village in Moray, Scotland, four miles east of Elgin. Previously bisected by the A96, it was bypassed in the early 1990s and now lies to the north of this busy trunk road.
Lhasa Apso The Lhasa Apso is a small breed of dog originally from Tibet. They were used as watchdogs inside Tibetan monasteries for over 1200 years, for which they are uniquely suited with keen intelligence, acute hearing, and instincts for identifying friends from strangers.
Lhasa Hotel Lhasa Hotel is one of the modern accommodation settlments built in the holy city of Lhasa, Tibet. Completed in Sepetember 1985 it is located near Norbulingka in the western suburbs of the city and is the flagship of CITS's installations in Tibet.
Lheidli T'enneh Lheidli T'enneh is the Indian band whose traditional territory includes the city of Prince George, British Columbia. The name means "People of the Confluence" in the Carrier language and refers to the fact that the Nechako River enters the Fraser River at Prince George.
Lhermitte's sign Lhermitte's Sign is an electrical sensation that runs down the back and into the legs, and is produced by bending the neck forward. It can be caused by a number of conditions, including multiple sclerosis, conditions that cause compression of the spinal cord in the neck (cervical spondylosis, cervical disc herniation, cervical spinal cord tumor, Chiari I malformation), as well as radiation myelopathy, and subacute combined degeneration (caused by vitamin B12 deficiency)
Lhorong County Lhorong County, (Tibetan: ལྷོ་རོང་རྫོང་ Wylie lho rong rdzong) is a county of the Chamdo Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region. The county covers an area of 8108 square kilometers and has a population of 36,000.
Lhota Lhota is a popular name of Czech villages, founded during the Middle-age colonization in Bohemia, Moravia and Slovakia. It is assumed that most of them were founded in the 13th century and the first half of the 14th century.
LHA-6 The LHA-6 will be the first in a new class of amphibious assault ships to replace the Tarawa class. Based on the USS Makin Island (LHD-8), the LHA-6 will be a gas-turbine powered ship supporting a Marine Expeditionary Brigade with launch capacity V-22 Osprey tilt-rotor planes, helicopters, and F-35B V/STOL strike fighters.
LHC@home LHC@home is a distributed computing project using the BOINC framework, run by CERN in Switzerland. It is considered an effort "to help build the Large Hadron Collider", a CERN project to create a large particle accelerator which will become active in 2007.
LHCb The LHCb (standing for "Large Hadron Collider beauty") experiment is one of five particle physics detector experiments being constructed on the Large Hadron Collider accelerator at CERN. LHCb is a specialist b-physics experiment, particularly aimed at measuring the parameters of CP violation in the interactions of b-hadrons (heavy particles containing a bottom quark).
LHD (hull classification symbol) LHD, for Landing Helicopter Dock, is the US Navy hull classification symbol for multipurpose amphibious assault ships of the Wasp class. They are the newest amphibious assault ships of the US Navy and are the largest of their kind in the world.
LHRH receptor The luteinizing hormone releasing hormone receptor is 60 kDa G protein-coupled receptor resides primarily in the pituitary and is responsible for eliciting the actions of LHRH after its release from the hypothalamus. Upon activation, the LHRHr stimulates tyrosine phosphatase and elicits the release of LH from the pituitary.
Li & Fung Li & Fung (Trading) Limited is a premier global trading group managing the supply chain for high-volume, time-sensitive consumer goods. Garments make up a large part of the Li & Fung business which also covers the sourcing of hardgoods such as fashion accessories, furnishings, gifts, handicrafts, home products, promotional merchandise, toys, sporting goods and travel goods.
Li (Confucian) Li (禮)is a classical Chinese ideograph which finds its most extensive use in Confucian and post-Confucian Chinese philosophy. Just like other ideographs of the Chinese lexicon, li encompasses not a definitive object but rather a somewhat abstract idea; as such, it is translated in a number of different ways.
Li (surname) Li is a common transliteration of several Chinese family names, including that of 李 (pinyin: Lǐ), the most common Chinese family name. Alternate Romanizations include Lai (Cantonese), Le (Vietnam), Lee (Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea), Lei (Macau), Lie (Indonesia), and Ly (Vietnam).
Li Ban Li Ban (李班) (288-334), courtesy name Shiwen (世文), Posthumous name initially Crown Prince Li (戾太子), later Emperor Ai of Cheng (Han) (成(漢)哀帝), was briefly an emperor of the Chinese/Di state Cheng Han.
Li Cairong Li Cairong (李彩容 Lǐ Cǎiróng or Li2 Cai3 Rong2, November 12, 1885? - May 10, 2005) was a Chinese supercentenarian, claimed to be the oldest living human being and the third-oldest person ever recorded, behind Jeanne Calment and Shigechiyo Izumi.
Li Cunxin Li Cunxin (born 1961) was born into a poor family in Li Commune near the city of Qingdao in the Shandong province of China. At the age of eleven, he was selected by Madame Mao's cultural advisers to become a student of The Beijing Dance Academy.
Li Dashi Li Dashi (, 570-628), born in Anyang, Henan, was a Chinese historian, and an officer during the Sui and Tang dynasties. He began the History of Northern Dynasties and History of Southern Dynasties, which were completed by his son, Li Yanshou.
Li Datong Li Datong was the Managing Editor of Freezing Point, a section of China Youth Daily. He was fired, and his popular column closed, because of a published letter condemning censorship and government intrusion into the press in China.

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