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Nurse Matilda The Nurse Matilda books were written by Malaya-born British children's author Christianna Brand (1907 - 1988). They consist of three books: Nurse Matilda (1964), Nurse Matilda Goes to Town (1967) and Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital (1974).
Nurse practitioner A nurse practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse who has completed advanced education (generally a minimum of a master's degree) and training in the diagnosis and management of common medical conditions, including chronic illnesses. Nurse practitioners provide a broad range of health care services.
Nurse registry A nurse registry, nursing registry, or register of nurses is a list of nurses who are legally licensed to practice nursing. The register is maintained by the licensing body designated by law to regulate the profession.
Nurse sharks Nurse sharks are cosmopolitan carpet sharks belonging to the family Ginglymostomatidae. Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, the family comprises three genera each with one species.
Nurse with Wound Nurse With Wound or NWW is a British music band, formed in 1978 by Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak. Their early recordings, all made quickly, were heavily influenced by free improvisation and Krautrock and were generally considered industrial music, despite the objections of the group.
Nurse with Wound list The Nurse with Wound list is a list of musicians and bands which accompianied Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella, the first album by Nurse With Wound. The list was expanded with Nurse With Wound's second album, To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl.
Nursehound The nursehound, Scyliorhinus stellaris, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found from the northeast Atlantic from the Shetlands, southern Scandinavia and the British Isles to Morocco, including the Mediterranean between latitudes 64° N and 12° N, at depths down to 400 m. Its length is up to 1.
Nursery maid A nursery maid is a female servant in an elite household. In the 21st Century, the position is largely defunct, owing to the relatively small number of households who maintain large staffs with the traditional hierarchy.
Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem taught to young children, originally in the nursery. Learning such verse assists in the development of vocabulary, and several examples deal with rudimentary counting skills.
Nursery school A nursery school or preschool is a facility providing preschool education or school for the education of very young children, preceding formal compulsory education. It is generally considered part of early childhood education.
Nursery web spider Nursery web spiders are spiders of the family Pisauridae. They resemble wolf spiders (family Lycosidae), but they carry their egg sacs by means of their jaws and pedipalps (instead of attaching them to their spinnerets).
Nurseryfish The nurseryfishes or forehead brooders are a family (Kurtidae) of fish that are notable for carrying their egg clusters on hooks protruding from the forehead (supraoccipital) of the males. The family consists of just two species in the single genus Kurtus.
Nursing Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. Modern definitions of nursing define it as a science and an art that focuses on promoting quality of life as defined by persons and families, throughout their life experiences from birth to care at the end of life.
Nursing agency A Nursing Agency (also known as Nurses Agency or Nurses Registry) is a business that provides nurses and usually health care assistants (such as Certified Nursing Assistants) to people who need the services of healthcare professionals. Nurses are normally engaged by the agency on temporary contracts and make themselves available for hire by hospitals, care homes and other providers of care for help during busy periods or to cover for staff absences.
Nursing and Health Care Management The Nursing and Health Care Management Program (or NHCM for short) at the University of Pennsylvania is a Joint-Degree Program offered through the School of Nursing and the Wharton School of Business. Students graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Economics (BSE) from the Wharton School and a Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the Nursing School.
Nursing assistant skills Nursing assistant skills are the set of learned tasks used in helping residents or patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) and providing bedside care--including basic nursing procedures--under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
Nursing diagnosis A nursing diagnosis is a standardized statement about the health of a client (who can be an individual, a family, or a community) for the purpose of providing nursing care. Nursing diagnoses are developed during the course of performing the nursing assessments.
Nursing Diagnosis A Nursing Diagnosis is a functional description of a patient's state of being, symptom, or reaction to a circumstance such as a disease process. It is distinct from Medical Diagnosis which is a description of the physical pathology.
Nursing home A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. Residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.
Nursing in the United Kingdom Nursing in the United Kingdom has a long history, but in its current form probably dates back to the era of Florence Nightingale, who initiated schools of nursing and registration in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th century. During the latter part of the 20th century, increases in autonomy and professional status changed the nursing role from "handmaiden" to the doctor to independent practitioners.
Nursing informatics Nursing Informatics is a specialty of Health care informatics which deals with the support of nursing by information systems in delivery, documentation, administration and evaluation of patient care and prevention of diseases.
Nursing pin A nursing pin is a type of badge, usually made of metal such as gold or silver, which is worn by nurses to identify the nursing school from which they were graduated. They are traditionally presented to the newly–graduated nurses by the faculty at a pinning ceremony as a symbolic welcome into the profession.
Nursing research Nursing research is the term used to describe the evidence used to support nursing practice. Nursing, as an evidence based area of practice, has been developing since the time of Florence Nightingale to the present day, where many nurses now work as researchers based in universities as well as in the health care setting.
Nursing Standard Nursing Standard is a weekly journal which publishes original research and clinical articles relevant to the practice of nursing. It also publishes a news section and a range of opinion pieces on topical issues.
Nursing theory Nursing theory is the term given to the body of knowledge that is used to support nursing practice. In their professional education nurses will study a range of interconnected subjects which can be applied to the practice setting.
Nursing unit A nursing unit is an area in a hospital or other health care delivery setting where patients with similar needs are grouped to facilitate the delivery of care by health care professionals trained in that specialty. Typically a nurse manager or matron is in charge of the unit.
Nursling Nursling is a village in the county of Hampshire in the UK, situated about 6Â kilometres north-west of the city of Southampton. Formerly called Nhutscelle (in an 8th-century life of Saint Boniface), then Nutshalling until the mid-19th century, it has now been absorbed into the suburbs of Southampton, although it is not officially part of the city (remaining part of the Test Valley borough).
Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh: НұрŃұлтан ÓбіŃұлы Назарбаев [NĂ»rsĂ»ltan Ă„bĂ®shĂ»lâ Nazarbayev]; Russian: ĐťŃŃ€ŃŃлтан ĐбиŃёвич Назарбаев) (born 6 July 1940 in Chemolgan, Kazakhstan) has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the Fall of the Soviet Union and the nation's independence in 1991. He served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR from 1984 to 1989, serving under Dinmukhamed Kunayev, the First Secretary of the Kazakh Communist Party.
Nurturant parent model The nurturant parent model envisions a family model where children are expected to explore their surroundings with protection from their parents. This model believes that children inherently know what they need and should be allowed to explore.
Nuruddin ar-Raniri Nuruddin ibn Ali ar-Raniri (also transliterated Nur ud-Din ar-Raniri, d. 1658) was an Islamic scholar from Gujarat, India, who worked for several years in the court of the sultan of Aceh in what is now Indonesia.
Nuruddin Farah Nuruddin Farah (born 1945) is a Somali novelist particularly concerned with women's liberation in postcolonial Somalia. Born in Baidoa, Italian Somaliland (temporarily under British control), Farah is the son of a merchant father and poet mother.
Nurul Amin Nurul Amin (Bengali: নূরŕ§ŕ¦˛ আমীন Urdu: نŮرالامین ) (July 15, 1893 - October 2, 1974) a prominent Bengali leader of the Muslim League, served as Chief Minister of East Pakistan, Prime Minister and Vice President of Pakistan.
Nurul Islam Professor Nurul Islam was successively Professor of Economics, Dhaka University, Director of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (later Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies), Deputy Chairman of the first Planning Commission of Bangladesh. From 1975 onwards he was a Fellow at St.
Nurungji Nurungji (Hangul: ë„룽지) is a traditional Korean food consisting of [rice. After boiling and serving rice, a thin crust of scorched rice (called "nurungji") will usually be left in the bottom of the pot.
Nurzhan Kermenbayev Nurzhan Kermenbayev (Kaz:Нұржан Керменбаев) (born February 171989 in Satpayev, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh singer who rose to popularity after winning (Contestant NO.360513) SuperStar KZ 3, the Kazakh version of Pop Idol.
Nushagak River The Nushagak River is a river in southwest Alaska, at about 60°50' North 154° West. It begins in the Alaska Range and flows southwest 450 km (280 miles) to Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay, east of Dillingham, Alaska.
Nusle Bridge Nusle Bridge is a viaduct in Prague, that spans Nusle valley and connecting Pankrác district and south-eastern part with central part of town. 6-lane highway is on the surface and Prague Metro Line C inside the bridge.
Nusrat Bhutto Begum Nusrat Bhutto (Urdu: بیگم نصرت بھٹ٠) former first lady of Pakistan, widow of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto who is also a former Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Urdu: نصرت ŮŘŞŘ ŘąŮ„ŰŚ خان) (October 13, 1948 - August 16, 1997), a world-renowned Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis, a mystical offshoot of Islam. Ustad Nusrat is credited with taking this traditional musical art form to an international level and creating a new generation of Qawwali lovers both in Pakistan and around the world.
Nusrat Hussain Nusrat Hussain (Urdu: نصرت Řسین) started in the music industry with Vital Signs, and he even appeared in the "Dil Dil Pakistan" video. When Salman Ahmed ,a member of the band (but who was not in the band when the Dil Dil Pakistan video was released), went his separate way.
Nusrat Jehan Academy Nusrat Jehan Academy is an educational complex of elementary, junior and senior high schools, which is located in the city of Rabwah in Pakistan. The school is a property of Masjid-e-Aqsa, which belongs to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Nusretiye Clock Tower Nusretiye Clock Tower, aka Tophane Clock Tower, is a clock tower situated in Tophane, a neighborhood in BeyoÄźlu district of Ä°stanbul, Turkey next to Nusretiye Mosque and Tophane Kiosk at the European waterfront of Bosphorus. It was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Mejid I (1823-1861), and constructed by the renowned Armenian architect Garabet Amira Balyan in 1848.
Nusselt number The Nusselt number is a dimensionless number that measures the enhancement of heat transfer from a surface that occurs in a 'real' situation, compared to the heat transferred if just conduction occurred. Typically it is used to measure the enhancement of heat transfer when convection takes place.
Nussenzweig v. DiCorcia Nussenzweig v. DiCorcia is a New York County, New York Supreme Court case allowing the display, publication and sale (at least in limited editions) of "street photographs" without the consent of the subjects of those photographs.
Nut (climbing) In rock climbing, a nut (or chock or chockstone) is a metal wedge threaded on a wire, used for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock. Nuts come in a variety of sizes and styles, and several different brands are made by competing manufacturers.
Nut (instrumental) The nut of a string instrument is a small strip or block of hard material forming a transition between the strings' playing length and the tuning machines on the headstock, or the tuning pegs in the pegbox at the upper end of the fingerboard. Along with the bridge, the nut defines the vibrating lengths of the open strings.
Nut allergy Nut allergy is a type of food allergy. It is a hypersensitivity to dietary substances from tree nuts causing an overreaction of the immune system which may lead to severe physical symptoms for millions of people National Institutes of Health, NIAID Allergy Statistics 2005 http://www.
Nut Goodie Nut Goodie is a candy bar manufactured by Pearson's candy company of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is a concoction of chocolate, maple, and peanuts and is distantly related in construction to Pearson's Bun candy bars.
Nut roll Nut roll is an Eastern European pastry of yeast bread similar to a strudel, with one or more fillings. It is also known as: Potica (sometimes also Povitica, depending on the region) in Slovenian; or Povitica, OrehnjaÄŤa, or MakovnjaÄŤa in Croatian.
Nutcracker (bird) The nutcrackers (Nucifraga) are a genus of two species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. One, the Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), occurs in Europe and Asia, the other, Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), in western North America.
Nutfield railway station Nutfield railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Nutfield, Surrey, Surrey. It is about a mile south of Nutfield in South Nutfield, a settlement which was non-existent before the coming of the railway.
Nutford House Nutford House was built in 1916 and was acquired by the University of London in 1949, after which it was expanded to take in five terraced houses in Brown Street, known as the Annexe and one house in Seymour Place. Accommodation is provided for 199 men and women students in 157 single and 21 twin rooms.
Nutch Nutch is an effort to build an open source search engine based on Lucene Java for the search and index component. The fetcher ("robot" or "web crawler") has been written from scratch solely for this project.
Nutkinland Nutkinland was an online community and comedy website which grew out of the message boards for "Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News" (on the web from 1999-2001). Because Nutkinland was known to have no official rules save for a ban on illegal content, its was perceived as an alternative to Eric Noah's message board and its successor, EN World; for most of its existence "NKL" was a sub-community of users who wanted to discuss taboo subject matter in a comparitively unmoderated forum or simply flame one another.
Nutley Lane Nutley Lane, Dublin, Ireland is a road leading westwards from the Merrion Road at St. Vincent's Hospital and the Merrion Centre uphill past Elm Park golf club to the N11 Stillorgan Road at Montrose, the headquarters of the national broadcaster RTÉ .
Nutley Public Schools Nutley Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students from Nutley, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The district spent $9,959 per student for the 2004-2005 school year.
Nutmeg (moth) The Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii), also known as the Clover Cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe although in the north of its range it is a summer migrant, not being able to survive the cold winters.
Nutmeg liver Nutmeg liver is the pathological appearance of the liver caused by chronic passive congestion of the liver secondary to right heart failure. The liver appears "speckled" like a nutmeg, from the dilated, congested central veins (dark spots) and paler, unaffected surrounding liver tissue.
Nutmegger Nutmegger is a nickname for people from the state of Connecticut. The official name for Connecticut is 'the Constitution State', as voted in 1958 by the Connecticut state legislature; however 'The Nutmeg State' is also an unofficial name for the state, hence the nickname 'nutmegger'.
Nutrament A nutritional vitamin drink supplied by Novartis Labs, Nutrament was originally distributed by Mead Johnson & Company, beginning in 1960. Current flavors on the market are vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, coconut, banana, cappucino, and eggnog.
NutraSweet NutraSweet is the company that makes and sells aspartame, an artificial sugar substitute. NutraSweet® is also the brand name for the sweetener aspartame, which was approved by the United States' Food and Drug Administration for human consumption in 1981.
Nutrexpa Nutrexpa is one of the most important business groups in Spain in the food sector. The company is headquartered in Barcelona, and it was set up in the 1940s with a view to producing food which was "tasty and highly nutritious".
Nutrient A nutrient is either a chemical element or compound used in an organism's metabolism or physiology. Six nutrient groups exist and are broadly classified into those providing energy, and those used as components in the body or cellular structures.
Nutrient systems Nutrient Systems (nutrient premixes) integrate functional ingredients from vitamins, minerals, amino acids, nucleotides and nutraceuticals. These mixes are very cost-saving and beneficial to manufacturers, researchers and developers in the food and pharmaceutical industries worldwide.
Nutrigenomics Nutrigenomics is the application of the sciences of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics to human nutrition, especially the relationship between nutrition and health. Nutrition and health research is focused on the prevention of disease by optimizing and maintaining cellular, tissue, organ and whole-body homeostasis .
Nutripathy Nutripathy is a form of alternative medicine that considers the pH of the body to be the most important indicator of health. Proponents of nutripathy state that a simple urine or saliva pH test will determine the pH of an individual's body and thus the risk of disease to that individual.
Nutrisoya Nutrisoya Foods was founded in 1992. It is the producer of Natur-a brand soy beverages and rice beverages found on supermarket shelves and in health-food stores throughout Canada, the Caribbean and a growing number of U.
Nutrition Nutrition science studies the relationship between diet and states of health and disease. Dieticians are Health professionals who are specialized in this area of expertise, highly trained to provide safe, evidence-based dietary advice and interventions.
Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico or NAP is a Federal assistance nutritional program provided by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) solely to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States. It provides over $1 billion dollars in benefits to just over 1 million island residents.
Nutritional facts The nutritional facts label (also known as the nutrition information panel, and various other slight variations) is a label required on most pre-packaged foods in North America, United Kingdom and other countries.
Nutritional facts of some popular hamburgers In recent years, particularly in the United States, fast food restaurants have been chastised for the low nutritional value and high fat and calorie content of their meals, the most popular of which are hamburgers. This table provides some basic nutritional information from popular menu items from major American hamburger chains.
Nutritional information about the apple This table shows nutritional information about the apple. The figures are based on raw apples, with skin and are from the United States Department of Agriculture National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 15 (August 2002)
Nuts & Milk Nuts & Milk is a platform-style puzzle game developed and published by Japanese software developer Hudson Soft in 1984. The game was released initially on the MSX cassette game console and later to the Nintendo Entertainment System in both Japan and North America.
Nuts about Caramel Nuts About Caramel was a Cadbury's manufactered chocolate. It ran until 2004, when it was replaced with Dairy Milk With Caramel, because Cadbury's wanted to make more varieties of their flagship Dairy Milk brand.
Nuts in May Nuts in May (aka Play for Today: Nuts in May) is a 1976 film written and directed by Mike Leigh, originally broadcast as part of the BBC's Play for Today series. It is the comical story of a nature-loving and rather self-righteous couple's exhausting battle to enjoy what they perceive to be the idyllic camping holiday.
Nuts4Nuts Nuts4Nuts is a company that runs a line of street vendors in New York City, New York, and the Santiago Metropolitan Region in Chile. Cartworkers peddle hot nuts, offering bags of almonds, cashews, and peanuts for sale, often at prices between one and two dollars.
Nutshell (Bury St Edmunds pub) The Nutshell in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England is thought to be the smallest pub in Britain, although this claim is challenged by several others, including the Smiths Arms at Godmanstone. Whatever the truth of its claim, the pub is certainly diminutive, there being very little room for more than ten or fifteen customers to drink at any one time.
Nuttall's Oak Nuttall's Oak (Quercus texana Buckley) is a fast growing large deciduous Oak tree native to North America from the lower Mississippi river valley from SE Missouri to Southern Louisiana and East through Mississippi to Central Alabama. It has sharp pointed leaves somewhat similar to Georgia Oak (Quercus georgiana) or Pin Oak (Quercus palustris).
Nuttallanthus Nuttallanthus is a genus of three species of herbaceous annuals and perennials that was traditionally placed in the foxglove family Scrophulariaceae. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae.
Nutting Associates Nutting Associates is an early arcade game manufacturer from Mountain View, California, formed in 1968 by Bill Nutting. They introduced a number of mechanical coin-operated games, starting with a quiz game known as Computer Quiz, and moving on to more common fair like shooting games.
Nutty Squirrels The Nutty Squirrels were a scat singing imitation of The Chipmunks that had a Top 40 hit in late 1959 with the song "Uh-Oh". The Squirrels actually preceded the Chipmunks on television in an animated cartoon, but with much less success.
Nutwood Nutwood is the name of the fictional town inhabited by Rupert Bear and his friends, which include Bill Badger, Algy Pug and Edward Trunk (an elephant). The small town is located in an idyllic English countryside.
Nuuanu Pali Nuuanu Pali is a section of the windward cliff (pali in Hawaiian) of the Koolau mountain located at the head of Nuuanu Valley on the island of Oahu. Today, it offers one of the best panoramic views of the windward (northeast) coast of Oahu.
Nuumamonja: Time and Space Adventures Nuumamonja: Time and Space Adventures (Jikuu Bouken Nuumamonjaa) is an anime OVA based on Chrono Trigger. It was released in Japan in 1996 and is believed to have been played at trade shows during the game's initial release.
Nuvo Newsweekly Nuvo Newsweekly is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Indianapolis, Indiana metropolitan area. It features news, film and theatre reviews, and is heavily loaded with classifieds and other advertisements.
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana(also known as NVNV)(Telugu: ŕ°¨ŕ±ŕ°µŕ±Ťŕ°µŕ±Šŕ°¸ŕ±Ťŕ°¤ŕ°ľŕ°¨ŕ°‚టే నేవొద్దంటానా) is a 2005 Telugu movie. The movie stars Tamil actors Siddharth Narayan and Trisha Krishnan in the pivotal roles.
Nuwakot District Nuwakot district, a part of Bagmati zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Bidur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,121 sq km and has a population (2001) of 288,478.
Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya (Sinhala නුවරඑළිය Tamil நŕŻŕ®µŕ®°ŕŻ‡ŕ®˛ŕ®żŕ®Żŕ®ľ)(pronounced approximately ), meaning outer Nuwara referring to the ancient capital of Maha Nuwara, is a town in Sri Lanka. It is at an altitude of 1,990 m (6,128 ft) in the central highlands, and is overlooked by Pidurutalagala, the highest mountain in Sri Lanka.
Nuxálk language Nuxálk (also Bella Coola) is a Salishan language spoken in the vicinity of the Canadian town Bella Coola, British Columbia by approximately 20-30 elders. Until recently, the language was also called Bella Coola, but the native designation Nuxálk is now preferred.
Nuxálk Nation The Nuxálk Nation (pronounced //) (also referred to as the Nuxalk (no accent-mark), or Bella Coola) are a First Nation in Canada, living in the area in and around Bella Coola, British Columbia. Their language is also called Nuxálk.
Nuyorican Nuyorican is a blending of the phrases "New York" and "Puerto Rican" and refers to the members or culture of the Puerto Rican diaspora located in or around New York State especially the New York City metropolitan area with a major hub of over 500,000 Puerto Ricans living in Northern New Jersey, or of their descendants (especially those raised or still living in the New York area). The term Nuyorican is also sometimes used to refer to the Spanish spoken by New York Puerto Ricans.
Nuyorican Movement The Nuyorican Movement is an intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Rican or of Puerto Rican descent, who live in or near New York City, and either call themselves or are known as "Nuyoricans".
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Nuyorican Poets Café is a non-profit organization and landmark in Alphabet City, Manhattan. It is a bastion of the Nuyorican art movement in New York City, USA, and has become an acclaimed forum for innovative poetry, music, hip hop, video, visual arts, comedy and theatre.
Nuyorican Productions Nuyorican Productions is a production company owned by famous Singer/Songwriter/Actress/Designer/Director/Entrepeuner Jennifer Lopez, which was once co-owned by her ex-husband Chris Judd. The production compnay is worth an estimated 100 million dollars in NET Worth Stocks.
Nuytsland Nature Reserve Nuytsland Nature Reserve is a protected area of Western Australia. Nominally located at 32Âş 18' S 125Âş 52' E, it has an area of 625,344 hectares, and takes in over 500 kilometers of coastline from Cape Pasley to Red Rocks Point.
NU Venture Challenge The NU Venture Challenge is Northwestern University's first university-wide entrepreneurship competition. The student-run competition is a platform for entrepreneurial students to experience first-hand the process of cultivating a business idea from scratch.
NUbuntu nUbuntu or Network Ubuntu is a project to take the existing Ubuntu distribution and remaster it as a LiveCD and Full Install with tools needed for penetration-testing servers and networks. The main idea is to keep Ubuntu's ease of use and mix it with popular penetration testing tools.
NUCMC NUCMC is the abbreviation for the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. It is a national-level program based at the Library of Congress which seeks to promote free access to the documentary heritage of the United States.
NUMAlink NUMAlink is a high-speed low-latency switched fabric computer bus used as a shared memory computer cluster processor interconnection in Silicon Graphics computer systems. NUMAlink was developed by SGI for their Origin and Onyx systems.
NUOC NUOC is the Nottingham University Orienteering Club, affiliated to the University of Nottingham Students' Union. NUOC organises transport and entry to numerous orienteering events, including competing in national events such as the two day BUSA event.
Nurse practitioner A nurse practitioner (NP) is a registered nurse who has completed advanced education (generally a minimum of a master's degree) and training in the diagnosis and management of common medical conditions, including chronic illnesses. Nurse practitioners provide a broad range of health care services.
Nurse registry A nurse registry, nursing registry, or register of nurses is a list of nurses who are legally licensed to practice nursing. The register is maintained by the licensing body designated by law to regulate the profession.
Nurse sharks Nurse sharks are cosmopolitan carpet sharks belonging to the family Ginglymostomatidae. Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, the family comprises three genera each with one species.
Nurse with Wound Nurse With Wound or NWW is a British music band, formed in 1978 by Steven Stapleton, John Fothergill and Heman Pathak. Their early recordings, all made quickly, were heavily influenced by free improvisation and Krautrock and were generally considered industrial music, despite the objections of the group.
Nurse with Wound list The Nurse with Wound list is a list of musicians and bands which accompianied Chance Meeting on a Dissecting Table of a Sewing Machine and an Umbrella, the first album by Nurse With Wound. The list was expanded with Nurse With Wound's second album, To the Quiet Men from a Tiny Girl.
Nursehound The nursehound, Scyliorhinus stellaris, is a cat shark of the family Scyliorhinidae found from the northeast Atlantic from the Shetlands, southern Scandinavia and the British Isles to Morocco, including the Mediterranean between latitudes 64° N and 12° N, at depths down to 400 m. Its length is up to 1.
Nursery maid A nursery maid is a female servant in an elite household. In the 21st Century, the position is largely defunct, owing to the relatively small number of households who maintain large staffs with the traditional hierarchy.
Nursery rhyme A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem taught to young children, originally in the nursery. Learning such verse assists in the development of vocabulary, and several examples deal with rudimentary counting skills.
Nursery school A nursery school or preschool is a facility providing preschool education or school for the education of very young children, preceding formal compulsory education. It is generally considered part of early childhood education.
Nursery web spider Nursery web spiders are spiders of the family Pisauridae. They resemble wolf spiders (family Lycosidae), but they carry their egg sacs by means of their jaws and pedipalps (instead of attaching them to their spinnerets).
Nurseryfish The nurseryfishes or forehead brooders are a family (Kurtidae) of fish that are notable for carrying their egg clusters on hooks protruding from the forehead (supraoccipital) of the males. The family consists of just two species in the single genus Kurtus.
Nursing Nursing is a profession focused on assisting individuals, families, and communities in attaining, re-attaining, and maintaining optimal health and functioning. Modern definitions of nursing define it as a science and an art that focuses on promoting quality of life as defined by persons and families, throughout their life experiences from birth to care at the end of life.
Nursing agency A Nursing Agency (also known as Nurses Agency or Nurses Registry) is a business that provides nurses and usually health care assistants (such as Certified Nursing Assistants) to people who need the services of healthcare professionals. Nurses are normally engaged by the agency on temporary contracts and make themselves available for hire by hospitals, care homes and other providers of care for help during busy periods or to cover for staff absences.
Nursing and Health Care Management The Nursing and Health Care Management Program (or NHCM for short) at the University of Pennsylvania is a Joint-Degree Program offered through the School of Nursing and the Wharton School of Business. Students graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Economics (BSE) from the Wharton School and a Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the Nursing School.
Nursing assistant skills Nursing assistant skills are the set of learned tasks used in helping residents or patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) and providing bedside care--including basic nursing procedures--under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
Nursing diagnosis A nursing diagnosis is a standardized statement about the health of a client (who can be an individual, a family, or a community) for the purpose of providing nursing care. Nursing diagnoses are developed during the course of performing the nursing assessments.
Nursing Diagnosis A Nursing Diagnosis is a functional description of a patient's state of being, symptom, or reaction to a circumstance such as a disease process. It is distinct from Medical Diagnosis which is a description of the physical pathology.
Nursing home A nursing home or skilled nursing facility (SNF) is a place of residence for people who require constant nursing care and have significant deficiencies with activities of daily living. Residents include the elderly and younger adults with physical disabilities.
Nursing in the United Kingdom Nursing in the United Kingdom has a long history, but in its current form probably dates back to the era of Florence Nightingale, who initiated schools of nursing and registration in the latter part of the 19th and early 20th century. During the latter part of the 20th century, increases in autonomy and professional status changed the nursing role from "handmaiden" to the doctor to independent practitioners.
Nursing informatics Nursing Informatics is a specialty of Health care informatics which deals with the support of nursing by information systems in delivery, documentation, administration and evaluation of patient care and prevention of diseases.
Nursing pin A nursing pin is a type of badge, usually made of metal such as gold or silver, which is worn by nurses to identify the nursing school from which they were graduated. They are traditionally presented to the newly–graduated nurses by the faculty at a pinning ceremony as a symbolic welcome into the profession.
Nursing research Nursing research is the term used to describe the evidence used to support nursing practice. Nursing, as an evidence based area of practice, has been developing since the time of Florence Nightingale to the present day, where many nurses now work as researchers based in universities as well as in the health care setting.
Nursing Standard Nursing Standard is a weekly journal which publishes original research and clinical articles relevant to the practice of nursing. It also publishes a news section and a range of opinion pieces on topical issues.
Nursing theory Nursing theory is the term given to the body of knowledge that is used to support nursing practice. In their professional education nurses will study a range of interconnected subjects which can be applied to the practice setting.
Nursing unit A nursing unit is an area in a hospital or other health care delivery setting where patients with similar needs are grouped to facilitate the delivery of care by health care professionals trained in that specialty. Typically a nurse manager or matron is in charge of the unit.
Nursling Nursling is a village in the county of Hampshire in the UK, situated about 6Â kilometres north-west of the city of Southampton. Formerly called Nhutscelle (in an 8th-century life of Saint Boniface), then Nutshalling until the mid-19th century, it has now been absorbed into the suburbs of Southampton, although it is not officially part of the city (remaining part of the Test Valley borough).
Nursultan Nazarbayev Nursultan Abishuly Nazarbayev (Kazakh: НұрŃұлтан ÓбіŃұлы Назарбаев [NĂ»rsĂ»ltan Ă„bĂ®shĂ»lâ Nazarbayev]; Russian: ĐťŃŃ€ŃŃлтан ĐбиŃёвич Назарбаев) (born 6 July 1940 in Chemolgan, Kazakhstan) has served as the President of Kazakhstan since the Fall of the Soviet Union and the nation's independence in 1991. He served as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Kazakh SSR from 1984 to 1989, serving under Dinmukhamed Kunayev, the First Secretary of the Kazakh Communist Party.
Nurturant parent model The nurturant parent model envisions a family model where children are expected to explore their surroundings with protection from their parents. This model believes that children inherently know what they need and should be allowed to explore.
Nuruddin ar-Raniri Nuruddin ibn Ali ar-Raniri (also transliterated Nur ud-Din ar-Raniri, d. 1658) was an Islamic scholar from Gujarat, India, who worked for several years in the court of the sultan of Aceh in what is now Indonesia.
Nuruddin Farah Nuruddin Farah (born 1945) is a Somali novelist particularly concerned with women's liberation in postcolonial Somalia. Born in Baidoa, Italian Somaliland (temporarily under British control), Farah is the son of a merchant father and poet mother.
Nurul Amin Nurul Amin (Bengali: নূরŕ§ŕ¦˛ আমীন Urdu: نŮرالامین ) (July 15, 1893 - October 2, 1974) a prominent Bengali leader of the Muslim League, served as Chief Minister of East Pakistan, Prime Minister and Vice President of Pakistan.
Nurul Islam Professor Nurul Islam was successively Professor of Economics, Dhaka University, Director of the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (later Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies), Deputy Chairman of the first Planning Commission of Bangladesh. From 1975 onwards he was a Fellow at St.
Nurungji Nurungji (Hangul: ë„룽지) is a traditional Korean food consisting of [rice. After boiling and serving rice, a thin crust of scorched rice (called "nurungji") will usually be left in the bottom of the pot.
Nurzhan Kermenbayev Nurzhan Kermenbayev (Kaz:Нұржан Керменбаев) (born February 171989 in Satpayev, Kazakhstan) is a Kazakh singer who rose to popularity after winning (Contestant NO.360513) SuperStar KZ 3, the Kazakh version of Pop Idol.
Nushagak River The Nushagak River is a river in southwest Alaska, at about 60°50' North 154° West. It begins in the Alaska Range and flows southwest 450 km (280 miles) to Nushagak Bay, an inlet of Bristol Bay, east of Dillingham, Alaska.
Nusle Bridge Nusle Bridge is a viaduct in Prague, that spans Nusle valley and connecting Pankrác district and south-eastern part with central part of town. 6-lane highway is on the surface and Prague Metro Line C inside the bridge.
Nusrat Bhutto Begum Nusrat Bhutto (Urdu: بیگم نصرت بھٹ٠) former first lady of Pakistan, widow of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and mother of Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Chairperson Benazir Bhutto who is also a former Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan (Urdu: نصرت ŮŘŞŘ ŘąŮ„ŰŚ خان) (October 13, 1948 - August 16, 1997), a world-renowned Pakistani musician, was primarily a singer of Qawwali, the devotional music of the Sufis, a mystical offshoot of Islam. Ustad Nusrat is credited with taking this traditional musical art form to an international level and creating a new generation of Qawwali lovers both in Pakistan and around the world.
Nusrat Hussain Nusrat Hussain (Urdu: نصرت Řسین) started in the music industry with Vital Signs, and he even appeared in the "Dil Dil Pakistan" video. When Salman Ahmed ,a member of the band (but who was not in the band when the Dil Dil Pakistan video was released), went his separate way.
Nusrat Jehan Academy Nusrat Jehan Academy is an educational complex of elementary, junior and senior high schools, which is located in the city of Rabwah in Pakistan. The school is a property of Masjid-e-Aqsa, which belongs to the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community.
Nusretiye Clock Tower Nusretiye Clock Tower, aka Tophane Clock Tower, is a clock tower situated in Tophane, a neighborhood in BeyoÄźlu district of Ä°stanbul, Turkey next to Nusretiye Mosque and Tophane Kiosk at the European waterfront of Bosphorus. It was ordered by the Ottoman sultan Abdul Mejid I (1823-1861), and constructed by the renowned Armenian architect Garabet Amira Balyan in 1848.
Nusselt number The Nusselt number is a dimensionless number that measures the enhancement of heat transfer from a surface that occurs in a 'real' situation, compared to the heat transferred if just conduction occurred. Typically it is used to measure the enhancement of heat transfer when convection takes place.
Nussenzweig v. DiCorcia Nussenzweig v. DiCorcia is a New York County, New York Supreme Court case allowing the display, publication and sale (at least in limited editions) of "street photographs" without the consent of the subjects of those photographs.
Nut (climbing) In rock climbing, a nut (or chock or chockstone) is a metal wedge threaded on a wire, used for protection by wedging it into a crack in the rock. Nuts come in a variety of sizes and styles, and several different brands are made by competing manufacturers.
Nut (instrumental) The nut of a string instrument is a small strip or block of hard material forming a transition between the strings' playing length and the tuning machines on the headstock, or the tuning pegs in the pegbox at the upper end of the fingerboard. Along with the bridge, the nut defines the vibrating lengths of the open strings.
Nut allergy Nut allergy is a type of food allergy. It is a hypersensitivity to dietary substances from tree nuts causing an overreaction of the immune system which may lead to severe physical symptoms for millions of people National Institutes of Health, NIAID Allergy Statistics 2005 http://www.
Nut Goodie Nut Goodie is a candy bar manufactured by Pearson's candy company of Saint Paul, Minnesota. It is a concoction of chocolate, maple, and peanuts and is distantly related in construction to Pearson's Bun candy bars.
Nut roll Nut roll is an Eastern European pastry of yeast bread similar to a strudel, with one or more fillings. It is also known as: Potica (sometimes also Povitica, depending on the region) in Slovenian; or Povitica, OrehnjaÄŤa, or MakovnjaÄŤa in Croatian.
Nutcracker (bird) The nutcrackers (Nucifraga) are a genus of two species of passerine bird, in the family Corvidae, related to the jays and crows. One, the Spotted Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), occurs in Europe and Asia, the other, Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana), in western North America.
Nutfield railway station Nutfield railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Nutfield, Surrey, Surrey. It is about a mile south of Nutfield in South Nutfield, a settlement which was non-existent before the coming of the railway.
Nutford House Nutford House was built in 1916 and was acquired by the University of London in 1949, after which it was expanded to take in five terraced houses in Brown Street, known as the Annexe and one house in Seymour Place. Accommodation is provided for 199 men and women students in 157 single and 21 twin rooms.
Nutch Nutch is an effort to build an open source search engine based on Lucene Java for the search and index component. The fetcher ("robot" or "web crawler") has been written from scratch solely for this project.
Nutkinland Nutkinland was an online community and comedy website which grew out of the message boards for "Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News" (on the web from 1999-2001). Because Nutkinland was known to have no official rules save for a ban on illegal content, its was perceived as an alternative to Eric Noah's message board and its successor, EN World; for most of its existence "NKL" was a sub-community of users who wanted to discuss taboo subject matter in a comparitively unmoderated forum or simply flame one another.
Nutley Lane Nutley Lane, Dublin, Ireland is a road leading westwards from the Merrion Road at St. Vincent's Hospital and the Merrion Centre uphill past Elm Park golf club to the N11 Stillorgan Road at Montrose, the headquarters of the national broadcaster RTÉ .
Nutley Public Schools Nutley Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students from Nutley, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The district spent $9,959 per student for the 2004-2005 school year.
Nutmeg (moth) The Nutmeg (Discestra trifolii), also known as the Clover Cutworm, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found throughout Europe although in the north of its range it is a summer migrant, not being able to survive the cold winters.
Nutmeg liver Nutmeg liver is the pathological appearance of the liver caused by chronic passive congestion of the liver secondary to right heart failure. The liver appears "speckled" like a nutmeg, from the dilated, congested central veins (dark spots) and paler, unaffected surrounding liver tissue.
Nutmegger Nutmegger is a nickname for people from the state of Connecticut. The official name for Connecticut is 'the Constitution State', as voted in 1958 by the Connecticut state legislature; however 'The Nutmeg State' is also an unofficial name for the state, hence the nickname 'nutmegger'.
Nutrament A nutritional vitamin drink supplied by Novartis Labs, Nutrament was originally distributed by Mead Johnson & Company, beginning in 1960. Current flavors on the market are vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, coconut, banana, cappucino, and eggnog.
NutraSweet NutraSweet is the company that makes and sells aspartame, an artificial sugar substitute. NutraSweet® is also the brand name for the sweetener aspartame, which was approved by the United States' Food and Drug Administration for human consumption in 1981.
Nutrexpa Nutrexpa is one of the most important business groups in Spain in the food sector. The company is headquartered in Barcelona, and it was set up in the 1940s with a view to producing food which was "tasty and highly nutritious".
Nutrient A nutrient is either a chemical element or compound used in an organism's metabolism or physiology. Six nutrient groups exist and are broadly classified into those providing energy, and those used as components in the body or cellular structures.
Nutrient systems Nutrient Systems (nutrient premixes) integrate functional ingredients from vitamins, minerals, amino acids, nucleotides and nutraceuticals. These mixes are very cost-saving and beneficial to manufacturers, researchers and developers in the food and pharmaceutical industries worldwide.
Nutrigenomics Nutrigenomics is the application of the sciences of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics to human nutrition, especially the relationship between nutrition and health. Nutrition and health research is focused on the prevention of disease by optimizing and maintaining cellular, tissue, organ and whole-body homeostasis .
Nutripathy Nutripathy is a form of alternative medicine that considers the pH of the body to be the most important indicator of health. Proponents of nutripathy state that a simple urine or saliva pH test will determine the pH of an individual's body and thus the risk of disease to that individual.
Nutrisoya Nutrisoya Foods was founded in 1992. It is the producer of Natur-a brand soy beverages and rice beverages found on supermarket shelves and in health-food stores throughout Canada, the Caribbean and a growing number of U.
Nutrition Nutrition science studies the relationship between diet and states of health and disease. Dieticians are Health professionals who are specialized in this area of expertise, highly trained to provide safe, evidence-based dietary advice and interventions.
Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico Nutrition Assistance for Puerto Rico or NAP is a Federal assistance nutritional program provided by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) solely to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, a territory of the United States. It provides over $1 billion dollars in benefits to just over 1 million island residents.
Nutritional facts The nutritional facts label (also known as the nutrition information panel, and various other slight variations) is a label required on most pre-packaged foods in North America, United Kingdom and other countries.
Nutritional facts of some popular hamburgers In recent years, particularly in the United States, fast food restaurants have been chastised for the low nutritional value and high fat and calorie content of their meals, the most popular of which are hamburgers. This table provides some basic nutritional information from popular menu items from major American hamburger chains.
Nutritional information about the apple This table shows nutritional information about the apple. The figures are based on raw apples, with skin and are from the United States Department of Agriculture National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 15 (August 2002)
Nuts & Milk Nuts & Milk is a platform-style puzzle game developed and published by Japanese software developer Hudson Soft in 1984. The game was released initially on the MSX cassette game console and later to the Nintendo Entertainment System in both Japan and North America.
Nuts about Caramel Nuts About Caramel was a Cadbury's manufactered chocolate. It ran until 2004, when it was replaced with Dairy Milk With Caramel, because Cadbury's wanted to make more varieties of their flagship Dairy Milk brand.
Nuts in May Nuts in May (aka Play for Today: Nuts in May) is a 1976 film written and directed by Mike Leigh, originally broadcast as part of the BBC's Play for Today series. It is the comical story of a nature-loving and rather self-righteous couple's exhausting battle to enjoy what they perceive to be the idyllic camping holiday.
Nuts4Nuts Nuts4Nuts is a company that runs a line of street vendors in New York City, New York, and the Santiago Metropolitan Region in Chile. Cartworkers peddle hot nuts, offering bags of almonds, cashews, and peanuts for sale, often at prices between one and two dollars.
Nutshell (Bury St Edmunds pub) The Nutshell in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, England is thought to be the smallest pub in Britain, although this claim is challenged by several others, including the Smiths Arms at Godmanstone. Whatever the truth of its claim, the pub is certainly diminutive, there being very little room for more than ten or fifteen customers to drink at any one time.
Nuttall's Oak Nuttall's Oak (Quercus texana Buckley) is a fast growing large deciduous Oak tree native to North America from the lower Mississippi river valley from SE Missouri to Southern Louisiana and East through Mississippi to Central Alabama. It has sharp pointed leaves somewhat similar to Georgia Oak (Quercus georgiana) or Pin Oak (Quercus palustris).
Nuttallanthus Nuttallanthus is a genus of three species of herbaceous annuals and perennials that was traditionally placed in the foxglove family Scrophulariaceae. Due to new genetic research, it has now been placed in the vastly expanded family Plantaginaceae.
Nutting Associates Nutting Associates is an early arcade game manufacturer from Mountain View, California, formed in 1968 by Bill Nutting. They introduced a number of mechanical coin-operated games, starting with a quiz game known as Computer Quiz, and moving on to more common fair like shooting games.
Nutty Squirrels The Nutty Squirrels were a scat singing imitation of The Chipmunks that had a Top 40 hit in late 1959 with the song "Uh-Oh". The Squirrels actually preceded the Chipmunks on television in an animated cartoon, but with much less success.
Nutwood Nutwood is the name of the fictional town inhabited by Rupert Bear and his friends, which include Bill Badger, Algy Pug and Edward Trunk (an elephant). The small town is located in an idyllic English countryside.
Nuuanu Pali Nuuanu Pali is a section of the windward cliff (pali in Hawaiian) of the Koolau mountain located at the head of Nuuanu Valley on the island of Oahu. Today, it offers one of the best panoramic views of the windward (northeast) coast of Oahu.
Nuumamonja: Time and Space Adventures Nuumamonja: Time and Space Adventures (Jikuu Bouken Nuumamonjaa) is an anime OVA based on Chrono Trigger. It was released in Japan in 1996 and is believed to have been played at trade shows during the game's initial release.
Nuvo Newsweekly Nuvo Newsweekly is an alternative weekly newspaper serving the Indianapolis, Indiana metropolitan area. It features news, film and theatre reviews, and is heavily loaded with classifieds and other advertisements.
Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana(also known as NVNV)(Telugu: ŕ°¨ŕ±ŕ°µŕ±Ťŕ°µŕ±Šŕ°¸ŕ±Ťŕ°¤ŕ°ľŕ°¨ŕ°‚టే నేవొద్దంటానా) is a 2005 Telugu movie. The movie stars Tamil actors Siddharth Narayan and Trisha Krishnan in the pivotal roles.
Nuwakot District Nuwakot district, a part of Bagmati zone, is one of the seventy-five districts of Nepal, a landlocked country of South Asia. The district, with Bidur as its district headquarters, covers an area of 1,121 sq km and has a population (2001) of 288,478.
Nuwara Eliya Nuwara Eliya (Sinhala නුවරඑළිය Tamil நŕŻŕ®µŕ®°ŕŻ‡ŕ®˛ŕ®żŕ®Żŕ®ľ)(pronounced approximately ), meaning outer Nuwara referring to the ancient capital of Maha Nuwara, is a town in Sri Lanka. It is at an altitude of 1,990 m (6,128 ft) in the central highlands, and is overlooked by Pidurutalagala, the highest mountain in Sri Lanka.
Nuxálk language Nuxálk (also Bella Coola) is a Salishan language spoken in the vicinity of the Canadian town Bella Coola, British Columbia by approximately 20-30 elders. Until recently, the language was also called Bella Coola, but the native designation Nuxálk is now preferred.
Nuxálk Nation The Nuxálk Nation (pronounced //) (also referred to as the Nuxalk (no accent-mark), or Bella Coola) are a First Nation in Canada, living in the area in and around Bella Coola, British Columbia. Their language is also called Nuxálk.
Nuyorican Nuyorican is a blending of the phrases "New York" and "Puerto Rican" and refers to the members or culture of the Puerto Rican diaspora located in or around New York State especially the New York City metropolitan area with a major hub of over 500,000 Puerto Ricans living in Northern New Jersey, or of their descendants (especially those raised or still living in the New York area). The term Nuyorican is also sometimes used to refer to the Spanish spoken by New York Puerto Ricans.
Nuyorican Movement The Nuyorican Movement is an intellectual movement involving poets, writers, musicians and artists who are Puerto Rican or of Puerto Rican descent, who live in or near New York City, and either call themselves or are known as "Nuyoricans".
Nuyorican Poets Cafe Nuyorican Poets Café is a non-profit organization and landmark in Alphabet City, Manhattan. It is a bastion of the Nuyorican art movement in New York City, USA, and has become an acclaimed forum for innovative poetry, music, hip hop, video, visual arts, comedy and theatre.
Nuyorican Productions Nuyorican Productions is a production company owned by famous Singer/Songwriter/Actress/Designer/Director/Entrepeuner Jennifer Lopez, which was once co-owned by her ex-husband Chris Judd. The production compnay is worth an estimated 100 million dollars in NET Worth Stocks.
Nuytsland Nature Reserve Nuytsland Nature Reserve is a protected area of Western Australia. Nominally located at 32Âş 18' S 125Âş 52' E, it has an area of 625,344 hectares, and takes in over 500 kilometers of coastline from Cape Pasley to Red Rocks Point.
NU Venture Challenge The NU Venture Challenge is Northwestern University's first university-wide entrepreneurship competition. The student-run competition is a platform for entrepreneurial students to experience first-hand the process of cultivating a business idea from scratch.
NUbuntu nUbuntu or Network Ubuntu is a project to take the existing Ubuntu distribution and remaster it as a LiveCD and Full Install with tools needed for penetration-testing servers and networks. The main idea is to keep Ubuntu's ease of use and mix it with popular penetration testing tools.
NUCMC NUCMC is the abbreviation for the National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections. It is a national-level program based at the Library of Congress which seeks to promote free access to the documentary heritage of the United States.
NUMAlink NUMAlink is a high-speed low-latency switched fabric computer bus used as a shared memory computer cluster processor interconnection in Silicon Graphics computer systems. NUMAlink was developed by SGI for their Origin and Onyx systems.
NUOC NUOC is the Nottingham University Orienteering Club, affiliated to the University of Nottingham Students' Union. NUOC organises transport and entry to numerous orienteering events, including competing in national events such as the two day BUSA event.
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