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Oxfam Australia Oxfam Australia is the Australian affiliate of Oxfam International. It is a non-government aid organisation working in partnership with people in developing countries to promote and assist sustainable development, while also at times providing humanitarian relief, and becoming increasingly involved in advocacy.
Oxfam bookshops Oxfam is the largest retailer of second hand books in Europe, selling around 12 million per year. Most of Oxfam's 750 charity shops around the UK sell books, and around 100 of these are specialist bookshops or book and music shops.
Oxfam Canada Oxfam Canada, founded in 1963, is an international development agency based in Ottawa, Canada working with over 100 partner organizations in Africa and the Americas. It works with partner organizations to tackle the root causes of poverty, injustice and inequality, helping to create self-reliant and sustainable communities.
Oxfam Hong Kong A member of the international non-government organization Oxfam, Oxfam Hong Kong started in 1987 to support first projects in China (Guangdong)It began development work in Hong Kong in 1996 and starting from 2000, It has advocated fair wage for out-sourced workers in Hong Kong. In 2003 it established Yiu Keong Education Memorial Fund to assist SARS victims.
Oxford "-er" The Oxford "-er" is a colloquial, sometimes facetious, abbreviation, prevalent at Oxford University from about 1875, which is thought to have been borrowed from the slang of Rugby School. The term was defined by the New Zealand-born lexicographer Eric Partridge in his Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (several editions 1937–61).
Oxford (electoral district) Oxford is a federal and provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 1935. It will elect a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the next provincial election.
Oxford and Cambridge Cup The Oxford and Cambridge Cup was donated in 1893 by Old Blues of Oxford and Cambridge Universities for competition between Eights at the Australian Universities Boat Race. The original boat race was conducted over a 4 1/2 mile 'Thames Putney Mortlake' course.
Oxford and Cherwell Valley College, Banbury Oxford and Cherwell Valley College is a college is the Neithrop ward of Banbury, Oxfordshire. Formerly called the "North Oxfordshire College", it caters for students studying a wide variety of subjects and at many different ages.
Oxford Academy (California) Oxford Academy College Preparatory School is a college preparatory school serving 7th-12th grade in Cypress, California. It is renowned for its excellent test scores, currently the highest in the Anaheim Union High School District.
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary, previously entitled the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English, is a popular dictionary published by the Oxford University Press. It is a monolingual learner's dictionary, aimed at advanced learners of English as a second language all over the world.
Oxford Annotated Bible The Oxford Annotated Bible (OAB) is a study Bible published by the Oxford University Press (OUP). The notes and the study material feature in-depth academic research from non-denominational perspectives, with contributors from mainline Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Jewish traditions.
Oxford bags Oxford bags were a loose-fitting baggy form of trousers favoured by members of the University of Oxford, especially undergraduates, in England during the early 20th century from the 1920s to around the 1950s. The style had a more general influence outside the University, including in America, but has been out of fashion since then.
Oxford Blood Oxford Blood (published 1985) by Antonia Fraser, begins with reporter Jemima Shore making a television documentary at Oxford University. Most prominent among the undergraduates is Lord Saffron, a wealthy, twenty-year-old heir to a former (British) Foreign Secretary.
Oxford Book of Carols The Oxford Book of Carols is an influential carol anthology first published in 1928, edited by Percy Dearmer, Ralph Vaughan Williams and Martin Shaw. Thoroughly revised as the New Oxford Book of Carols in 1992, the original still has value in its own right, and is still in print.
Oxford Book of English Madrigals The Oxford Book of English Madrigals was edited by Philip Ledger, and published in 1978 by the Oxford University Press. It gave words and full music for some 60 of the madrigals and songs of the English Madrigal School.
Oxford Book of English Verse The Oxford Book of English Verse most commonly means the Oxford Book of English Verse 1250-1900 edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch, an anthology of English poetry that had a very substantial influence on popular taste and perception of poetry for at least a generation. It was published by Oxford University Press in 1900; in its india-paper form it was carried widely around the British Empire and in war as a 'knapsack book'.
Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse was a poetry anthology edited by Philip Larkin, and published in 1973 by Oxford University Press with ISBN 0-19-812137-7. Larkin writes in the short Preface that the selection is wide rather than deep; and also notes that for the post-1914 period it is more a collection of poems, than of poets.
Oxford Bookstore and Stationery Company The Oxford Bookstore and Stationery Company was established in 1920 by the Crimlani family, a Sindhi business house who were pioneers in book wholesaling in India. It has no connection with Oxford University Press.
Oxford Branch (New Zealand) The Oxford Branch was a branch line railway that formed part of New Zealand's national rail network. It was located in the Canterbury region of the South Island, and ran roughly parallel with the Eyreton Branch that was located some ten kilometres south.
Oxford Canal The Oxford Canal is a 78 mile (130 km) long narrow canal in central England linking Oxford with Coventry via Banbury and Rugby. It connects with the River Thames at Oxford, to the Grand Union Canal at the villages of Braunston and Napton-on-the-Hill, and to the Coventry Canal at Hawkesbury Junction just outside Coventry.
Oxford Capacity Analysis The Oxford Capacity Analysis (OCA), also known as the American Personality Analysis, is a personality test that is given for free by the Church of Scientology. The OCA test is offered by the Church of Scientology online, at its local churches, and sometimes at local fairs, carnivals, and in other public settings.
Oxford Cavaliers The Oxford Cavaliers are a member of the British Collegiate American Football League (BCAFL)'s Southern Conference-Central Division, representing players from the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University. The Cavs have been one of the Southern Conference's better teams over the past several seasons (six winning seasons in their past eight), which included their only BCAFL title in 2001 and two trips to the College Bowl.
Oxford Cavaliers (Rugby) The Oxford Cavaliers rugby league team was one of the eight founder members of the Rugby League Conference. This league now has well over sixty teams across England and Wales, and will include Scottish teams from 2007.
Oxford Centre One Oxford Centre is one of the major distinctive and recognizable features of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania skyline. Although it is mainly identified by its main tower, it is actually a complex of six "buildings," all of matching glass and steel design.
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies The Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, founded in 1997, is an independent academy for the study of Hindu culture, religion, languages, literature, philosophy, history, arts and society. The Centre is a Recognised Independent Centre of Oxford University.
Oxford Circle, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Oxford Circle is the name of a much used traffic circle in the lower Northeast section of Philadelphia, PA. It is made up of the intersection of Oxford Avenue, Cheltenham Avenue, Castor Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard.
Oxford Circus tube station Oxford Circus Tube Station is the London Underground station serving Oxford Circus at the junction of Regent Street and Oxford Street, with entrances on all four corners of the intersection. The station is an interchange between the Central, Victoria and Bakerloo Lines.
Oxford Classical Texts Oxford Classical Texts (OCT's), or Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, is a series of books published by Oxford University Press. It contains many of the best-known texts of ancient Greek and Latin literature, such as Homer's Odyssey and Virgil's Aeneid, in the original language with a textual apparatus.
Oxford Clay Oxford Clay is a Jurassic marine sedimentary rock underlying much of South East England, from as far west as Dorset and as far north as Yorkshire. The Oxford Clay is argillaceous (consists of clay) and is of Callovian to lower Oxfordian age.
Oxford College of Emory University Oxford College is an intimate, two-year residential college specializing in the foundations of liberal arts education, and is one of nine divisions of Emory University. The college is located on Emory University's original 1836 campus in Oxford, Georgia, 38 miles east of the main Atlanta campus and is the birthplace of Emory University.
Oxford Contemporary Music Oxford Contemporary Music (OCM, formerly Oxford Festival of Contemporary Music) is a new music promoter in the south of England. OCM promotes over 30 events each year (including some events outside of Oxford city) from October to June, with a programme ranging from art rock and free jazz to music theatre, world music, film installations, and contemporary classical music.
Oxford Development Oxford Development Company is a real estate firm based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania providing real estate development, construction management, property management, and leasing services. Under the same family ownership since its inception, Oxford has broadened its concentration in recent years beyond simply portfolio development to expand into related business areas.
Oxford Dictionary of English The Oxford Dictionary of English (formerly The New Oxford Dictionary of English, often abbreviated to NODE) is a single-volume English language dictionary first published in 1998 by the Oxford University Press. This dictionary is not based on the Oxford English Dictionary and should not be mistaken for a new or updated version of the OED.
Oxford Electric Bell The Oxford Electric Bell or Clarendon Dry Pile is located in the foyer of the Clarendon Laboratory at the University of Oxford. It was purchased by Robert Walker, who was Professor of Physics at Oxford from 1839 to 1865.
Oxford English Corpus The Oxford English Corpus is a collection of English language texts used by the makers of the Oxford English Dictionary and by Oxford University Press's language research programme. It is the largest corpus of its kind, containing over one billion words.
Oxford English Dictionary The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is a dictionary published by the Oxford University Press (OUP), and is generally regarded as the most comprehensive and scholarly dictionary of the English language. As of November 30, 2005 it included about 301,100 main entries, comprising over 350 million printed characters.
Oxford Falls Grammar School Oxford Falls Grammar School is a co-ed independent K-12 Christian school in Oxford Falls, Sydney, NSW, Australia. The school is focused on excellence in education and is set on ten acres of landscaped grounds on Sydney’s northern beaches.
Oxford Finance Oxford Finance Corporation provides debt financing to emerging life sciences companies worldwide. The company is often characterized as a "venture lender" due to its close collaboration with the venture capital community.
Oxford Franciscan school The Oxford Franciscan school was the name given to a group of scholastic philosophers that, in the context of the Renaissance of the 12th century, gave special contribution to the development of science and scientific methodology during the High Middle Ages. This group includes such names as Robert Grosseteste, Roger Bacon, Duns Scotus and William of Ockham.
Oxford Furnace, New Jersey Oxford Furnace was a furnace used for smelting iron located in Oxford Township, in Warren County, New Jersey, United States. Built in 1741, it was the third furnace in Colonial New Jersey and the first constructed at a site where iron ore was mined.
Oxford Futures Oxford Futures, Inc is a commodity broker and introducing brokerage firm with its business model focused on delivering to clientele service, support and integrity. Primary business is has been futures and commodity option contracts to individual, and “retail” traders.
Oxford Health Alliance The Oxford Health Alliance (OxHA) is a charitable organisation based in London, UK, and with a global network of participants. Its aim is to reduce the global impact of the epidemic of four major chronic diseases – diabetes, heart disease, lung diseases and some cancers – which are caused by three risk factors: tobacco use, and poor diet and lack of physical activity that lead to obesity.
Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union The Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union, usually known as OICCU, was the second university Christian Union and is the University of Oxford's most prominent student Christian organisation. It was formed in 1879.
Oxford Internet Institute The Oxford Internet Institute (OII) is a multi-disciplinary institute based at the University of Oxford in England, and housed in Balliol College, Oxford. It is devoted to the study of the societal implications of the Internet, with an aim to shape research, policy and practice in the UK, Europe and around the world.
Oxford Lieder Festival The Oxford Lieder Festival is one of the UK's largest song festivals. In addition to the annual festival which is usually in October, there are regular Song Evenings throughout the year, and a growing programme of educational events.
Oxford Manifesto The Oxford Manifesto, drawn up in 1947 by representatives from nineteen Liberal political parties at Wadham College in Oxford, is a document which describes the basic political principles of the Liberal International.
Oxford Movement The Oxford Movement was a loose affiliation of High Church Anglicans, most of them members of the University of Oxford, who sought to demonstrate that the Church of England was a direct descendant of the Christian church established by the Apostles. It was also known as the Tractarian Movement after its series of publications, Tracts for the Times (1833–1841); the Tractarians were also called Puseyites (usually disparagingly) after one of their leaders, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Regius Professor of Hebrew at Christ Church, Oxford.
Oxford Parliament (1258) The Oxford Parliament (1258), also known as the "Mad Parliament" and the "First English Parliament", assembled during the reign of Henry III of England. It was established by Simon de Montfort.
Oxford Professor of Poetry The chair of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford is an unusual academic appointment, now held for a term of five years, and chosen through an election open to all "members of Congregation" (loosely, all former students of Oxford University who received a degree other than an honorary degree). It carries an obligation to lecture, but is in effect a part-time position.
Oxford Road Show Oxford Road Show was a pop music magazine show, similar in style to Top of the Pops, broadcast on BBC2 from the BBC's New Broadcasting House, Manchester between 1981 and 1985. The show was presented as addressing issues for young adults by young adults.
Oxford spelling Oxford spelling (or Oxford English spelling) is the spelling used in the editorial practice of the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) and other English language dictionaries based on the OED, for example the Concise Oxford English Dictionary. It can be marked with the language tag en-GB-oed.
Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery The Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery meets annually, currently at St. Catherine's College, Oxford, to discuss issues of concern to those, academics and non-academics alike, whose principal professional concern or interest is food, taken in its broadest sense.
Oxford to Bicester Line The Oxford to Bicester Line is a short branch line linking Oxford and Bicester in Oxfordshire, England. The line continues beyond to Bicester to Bletchley, but this section of track has been out of use for many years.
Oxford transmitting station The Oxford transmitting station is a broadcasting and telecommunications facility, situated on land 129.5 m (425 ft) above Ordnance Datum (mean sea level) to the north east of the city of Oxford, in Oxfordshire, England ().
Oxford Text Archive Oxford Text Archive (OTA) is an archive of electronic texts and other literary and language resources which have been created, collected and distributed for the purpose of research into literary and linguistic topics. The OTA was founded by Lou Burnard of Oxford University Computing Services in 1976, and is thought to be the oldest archive of academic textual resources in electronic form.
Oxford Township, Butler County, Ohio Oxford Township, also known as the College Township, is one of thirteen civil townships in the county and is located in the northwestern corner of Butler County, where it meets Preble County, Ohio, and Union County, Indiana. The city of Oxford and Miami University are located here.
Oxford Township, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania Oxford Township, also know as Dublin Township is a defunct township that was located in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The borough ceased to exist and was incorporated into the City of Philadelphia following the passage of the Act of Consolidation, 1854.
Oxford UCCE and Oxford University in 2005 Oxford UCCE started their 2005 first-class season with a weak draw against a Gloucestershire side that opted to use the game as batting practice. Their second first-class game, against Derbyshire, Oxford UCCE did well in the first innings, dismissing their visitors cheaply and building up a large lead.
Oxford Union The Oxford Union Society, commonly referred to simply as the Oxford Union, is a private debating society in the city of Oxford, whose membership is drawn primarily but not exclusively from the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1823
Oxford University Asia-Pacific Society The Oxford University Asia-Pacific Society (OUAPS), more often known simply as APS, is the largest Asian student body in the University of Oxford. It was founded in 1999 through the merger of Asia-Pacific Affairs Society (APAS) and Oxford University Pacific Rim Society (PacRim).
Oxford University Conservative Association The Oxford University Conservative Association (OUCA) is a student political organization founded in 1924 whose members are drawn from Oxford University. Amongst its alumni are many significant Conservative Party figures, including Cabinet ministers and Prime Ministers, and former Presidents include Margaret Thatcher, Edward Heath, William Hague, Lord Rees-Mogg and Nick Robinson.
Oxford University Cricket Club Oxford University Cricket Club (now subsumed into the Oxford Universities Centre of Cricketing Excellence) is a first-class cricket team, representing the University of Oxford. It plays its home games at theUniversity Parks in Oxford, England.
Oxford University Democratic Socialist Club The Oxford University Democratic Socialist Club (OUDSC) was a splinter group from Oxford University Labour Club (OULC), formed in 1940 after disafilliation by the national Labour Party of OULC over its opposition to the Second World War and its support for the Soviet Union. Its first Chair was Tony Crosland, and its first Treasurer Roy Jenkins.
Oxford University Film Foundation The Oxford University Film Foundation (originally known as the Oxford Film Foundation) was founded in 1981 by Michael Hoffman, Peter Schwabach and Rick Stevenson. Its first production was the 1982 feature film Privileged, starring Hugh Grant, James Wilby, Imogen Stubbs and Mark Williams.
Oxford University Handball Club Oxford University Handball Club (OUHaC) was founded in 2001 and has since established itself as one of England's most successful handball clubs. The men's team won the British Student Championships in 2004, 2005 and 2006.
Oxford University Liberal Democrats Oxford University Liberal Democrats (OULD) is the student branch of the Liberal Democrats for students at both the University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University. It is the successor to the Oxford Student Liberal Society — itself the successor to the Oxford University Liberal Club — and Oxford University Social Democrats, which merged on the creation of the Lib Dems in 1988.
Oxford University Museum of Natural History The Oxford University Museum of Natural History, sometimes known simply as the Oxford University Museum, is a museum displaying many of the University of Oxford's natural history specimens, located on Parks Road in Oxford, England. It also contains a lecture theatre which is used by the University's Chemistry, Zoology and Mathematics departments, and provides the only access into the adjoining Pitt Rivers Museum.
Oxford University Newman Society The Oxford University Newman Society is arguably Oxford University's oldest student society, and certainly its oldest Catholic society. Founded as the Catholic Club in 1878, it was not until 1888 that the club was renamed the Newman Society as a tribute to John Henry Cardinal Newman, who had done a vast amount to advance the cause of Catholicism at Oxford, both as an Anglican striving to recover Anglicanism's Catholic roots, and subsequently as a convert to Catholicism.
Oxford University Park Farm Oxford University Park Farm at Northmoor, Oxfordshire, UK was a breeding centre for animals that were used in experiments, mainly at Oxford University. It had the dubious honour of being the most raided breeding centre in the UK.
Oxford University Press Oxford University Press (OUP) is a highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England. It has branches all over the world including India, Pakistan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Nigeria and the Republic of South Africa.
Oxford University Rowing Clubs Oxford University Rowing Clubs is the confederation of OUBC, OUWBC, OULRC and OUWLRC. It is the body which has authority over the conduct of all College crews, and is responsible for organising inter-collegiate contests.
Oxford University Scout and Guide Group The Oxford University Scout and Guide Group (OUSGG) is the oldest student Scout and Guide club in the United Kingdom, being originally founded in 1919. When Rover Scouts were part of Scouting in the UK, the Group included a Rover Crew, the 13th Oxford.
Oxford University Society of Change Ringers The Oxford University Society of Change Ringers is the official society dedicated to change ringing in Oxford University. Its objects are to promote the art of change ringing in the university and to ring for Sunday services in Oxford during full term.
Oxford University Student Union The Oxford University Student Union is the official student union of the University of Oxford, representing the interests of its members to the university and the outside world. It is better known in Oxford by its acronym, OUSU (OW-zoo, IPA pronounciation: ).
Oxford Wits The Oxford Wits, a term coined later, were an identifiable group of literary and intellectual aesthetes and dandies, present as undergraduates at the University of Oxford in England in the first half of the 1920s.
Oxford-Burcot Commission The first Commission concerned with the management of the River Thames was the Oxford-Burcot Commission, appointed by Act of Parliament of 1605 by James I to make the stretch of river from Burcot to Oxford navigable. The Commission took responsibility for the management of the River Thames between Oxford and Burcot.
Oxford-Cambridge Arc The Oxford-Cambridge Arc is a notional arc of agricultural and urban land at about 75km (about 50 miles) radius of London. It runs between the two English university towns of Oxford and Cambridge via Milton Keynes and other important settlements in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, at the northern rim of the London commuter belt.
Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English English-French The Oxford-Hachette French-English/English-French Dictionary is one of the most comprehensive and recent bilingual French-English/English-French dictionaries. It was the first such dictionary to be written using a computerized corpus and it contains 555,000 translations as well as 360,000 words and expressions.
Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway The Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton railway was a company authorised on 4th August 1845 to construct a railway line from the Oxford & Rugby railway at Wolvercot Junction to Worcester, Stourbridge, Dudley, and Wolverhampton, with a branch to the Grand Junction Railway at Bushbury.
Oxfordian theory The Oxfordian theory of Shakespearean authorship holds that Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, wrote the plays conventionally attributed to William Shakespeare. Oxford is presently the most popular of several anti-Stratfordian candidates for the actual author of Shakespeare's poems and plays.
Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board The Oxfordshire Blue Plaques Board, established in 1999, is administered by the Oxford Civic Society. It oversees the installation of blue plaques to commemorate famous residents on historic buildings in the county of Oxfordshire, England.
Oxfordshire County Cricket Club Oxfordshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the Minor Counties in the English domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Oxfordshire and playing in the Minor Counties Championship and the MCCA Knockout Trophy.
Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust The Oxfordshire Historic Churches Trust (OHCT) provides financial support with repairs to churches, without regard to their denomination, in Oxfordshire, England. It also aims to encourage interest in Oxfordshire churches and to undertake fundraising.
Oxfordshire Senior Football League The Oxfordshire Senior Football League is a football competition based in Oxfordshire, England. The league has four divisions, the Premier Division and Division One for clubs' first teams, and Divisions 2A and 2B for reserve sides.
Oxgang An Oxgang (Scottish Gaelic: Damh-imir, Latin: bovate) is an old Scottish land measurement. It averaged around 20 acres (English), but was based on land fertility and cultivation, and could be as low as 15 English acres.
Oxhill, Warwickshire Oxhill is a village in South Warwickshire, England, off the A422 road between Stratford-upon-Avon and Banbury. It lies in the administrative district of Stratford-upon-Avon in the area known as the Vale of the Red Horse.
Oxibendazole Oxibendazole is used to protect against roundworms, strongyles, threadworms, pinworms and lungworm infestations in horses and some domestic pets. It is usually white to yellowish in appearance, and may take the form of a powder or a tablet.
OxiClean OxiClean is a cleaning product marketed through infomercials (most featuring Billy Mays) as a "miracle cleanser," ostensibly a miracle "oxygen" chemical. In reality, it is sodium percarbonate (C2H8Na4O12), a detergent and bleaching agent which produces hydrogen peroxide when dissolved in water.
Oxidase An oxidase is any enzyme that catalyzes an oxidation/reduction reaction involving molecular oxygen (O2) as the electron acceptor. In these reactions, oxygen is reduced to water (H2O) or hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).
Oxidase test The oxidase test is a test used in microbiology to determine if a bacterium produces certain cytochrome c oxidases. It uses disks impregnated with a reagent such as N,N,N′,N′-Tetramethyl-p-phenylenediamine (TMPD) or N,N-Dimethyl-p-phenylenediamine (DMPD), which is also a redox indicator.
Oxidation number The oxidation number of an element in a molecule or complex is the charge that it would have if all the ligands were removed along with the electron pairs that were shared with the central atom"Oxidation number" from the IUPAC Gold Book (PDF file). It is used in the inorganic nomenclature of inorganic compounds.
Oxidation state In chemistry, the oxidation state is an indicator of the degree of oxidation of an atom in a chemical compound. The formal oxidation state is the hypothetical charge that an atom would have if all bonds to atoms of different elements were 100% ionic.
Oxidative addition Oxidative addition and reductive elimination are two important classes of reactions in organometallic chemistry. Their relationship is shown below where y represents the number of ligands on the metal and n is the oxidation state of the metal.
Oxidative folding Oxidative folding can occur only in a protein that may be unfolded conformationally by reducing its disulfide bond(s). In such proteins, the oxidation of its disulfide bond(s) is coupled to its conformational folding.
Oxidative phosphorylation Oxidative phosphorylation is the terminal process of cellular respiration in eukaryotes. During oxidative phosphorylation electrons are transferred from NADH or FADH2 — created in glycolysis, fatty acid metabolism and the Krebs cycle — to molecular oxygen, via a series of protein complexes located in the inner mitochondrial membrane.
Oxidoreductase In biochemistry, an oxidoreductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the transfer of electrons from one molecule (the oxidant, also called the hydrogen donor or electron acceptor) to another (the reductant, also called the hydrogen acceptor or electron donor). For example, an enzyme that catalyzed this reaction would be an oxidoreductase:
Oxime An oxime is one in a class of chemical compounds with the general formula R1R2CNOH, where R1 is an organic side chain and R2 is either hydrogen, forming an aldoxime, or another organic group, forming a ketoxime.
Oxinium Oxinium is the brand name of a material used for artificial joint replacements manufactured by the reconstructive orthopaedics division of medical devices company Smith & Nephew. It consists of a zirconium alloy metal substrate that transitions into a ceramic zirconium oxide outer surface.
Oxisol Oxisols are an order in USA soil taxonomy, best known for their occurrence in tropical rain forest, 15-25 degrees north and south of the Equator. Some oxisols have been previously classified as laterite soils.
Oxjam Oxjam is a UK wide music event organised by the charity Oxfam scheduled for October 2006. Oxjam will be made up of hundreds of gigs, concerts, club nights and festivals of varying scale with events taking place all over the UK.

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