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Positional plagiocephaly Positional plagiocephaly, also known as deformational plagiocephaly or flathead syndrome, is a condition most commonly found in infants and is characterized by a flat spot on the back or one side of the head caused by remaining in one position for too long.
Positiva Records Positiva Records is a subsidiary of EMI and is one of the leading dance music labels in the UK. The most successful releases on this label are Lola's Theme by Shapeshifters, Flashdance by Deep Dish, Need To Feel Loved by Reflekt feat.
Positive accounting Positive accounting is the branch of academic research in accounting that focuses on explaining and predicting observed accounting practices. This contrasts with normative accounting, that focuses on prescribing "optimal" accounting practices.
Positive action group Positive Action Group political pressure group formed on the Isle of Man] in November 2006. They see that there should be three ‘core principles’ applying to the system of Government in the [[Isle of Man, namely open accountable government, rigorous control of public finances, and a fairer society for all.
Positive and negative (NLP) The term "positive" is often used generally to mean "desirable" or "beneficial", and "negative" is usually used to mean "undesirable" of "bad". But in neuro-linguistic programming it also has a specific technical meaning, in the phrases positive intent and stated in the positive.
Positive and negative sets In measure theory, given a measurable space (X,Σ) and a signed measure μ on it, a set A ∈ Σ is called a positive set for μ if every Σ-measurable subset of A has nonnegative measure; that is, for every E ⊆ A that satisfies E ∈ Σ, one has μ(E) ≥ 0.
Positive Deviance Positive Deviance is an approach to Behavioural Change Communication (BCC) based on the idea that even though poverty is often the root-cause of ill health, in any community there will usually be some families that manage to stay healthy, or raise healthy kids, despite their poverty. The approach consists of helping the community identify the families or individuals that are "positive deviants" (poor but still healthy), and finding out what they do differently from the other families.
Positive Disintegration The Theory of Positive Disintegration (TPD) by Kazimierz Dabrowski describes a theory of personality and personality development. Unlike mainstream psychology, Dabrowski's theoretical framework views psychological tension, anxiety, and depression as necessary for growth.
Positive element In mathematics, especially functional analysis, a hermitian element A of a C*-algebra is a positive element if it is normal and its spectrum consists of positive real numbers. Equivalently, A has a hermitian square root, that is an element B of the C*-algebra satisfying B*=B and B2=A.
Positive end-expiratory pressure Positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) is a term used in mechanical ventilation to denote the amount of pressure above atmospheric pressure present in the airway at the end of the expiratory cycle. The equivalent in a spontaneously breathing patient is CPAP.
Positive energy theorem In general relativity, the positive energy theorem states that, assuming the dominant energy condition, the mass of an asymptotically flat spacetime is non-negative; furthermore, the mass is zero only for Minkowski spacetime.
Positive environmentalism Positive environmentalism is a term used to refer to a pro-technology, pro-progress view of protecting the world's environment. The term came into usage in UK politics after it was used on BBC News by Alex Singleton, Director-General of the Globalisation Institute.
Positive Emitter Coupled Logic Positive Emitter Coupled Logic, or PECL, is a further development of the emitter coupled logic (ECL) technology and requires a positive 5V supply instead of a negative -5V supply. The Low Voltage Positive Emitter Coupled Logic (LVPECL) is an improved version of PECL to meet today's low voltage requirements.
Positive feedback Positive feedback is a feedback system in which the system responds to the perturbation in the same direction as the perturbation (It is sometimes referred to as cumulative causation). In contrast, a system that responds to the perturbation in the opposite direction is called a negative feedback system.
Positive Futures Network Positive Futures Network is "an independent, nonprofit organization supporting people’s active engagement in creating a just, sustainable, and compassionate world." Founded by David Korten in 1996, the Positive Futures Network is the publisher of YES!
Positive Infinity Positive Infinity are an alternative, metal, punk, emo band from Miami, Florida. While they are a full featured studio band, Positive Infinity are generally considered to be the solo project of Living Corban's former vocalist and guitarist, Jonathan Roberts.
Positive law Positive law is a legal term having more than one meaning. In a general legal sense, positive law is man-made law, that is, law established by governmental authority, especially that which has been codified into a written form (statutory law).
Positive non-interventionism Positive non-interventionism is the economic policy of Hong Kong rasied by Charles Philip Haddon-Cave in 1980 (or by John James Cowperthwaite in 1971). It is seen as a type of laissez-faire policy carried out today.
Positive obligations Positive obligations in human rights law denote a State's obligation to engage in an activity to secure the effective enjoyment of a fundamental right, as opposed to the classical negative obligation to merely abstain from human rights violations.
Positive organ A positive organ (or portable organ) was a medieval chamber organ that could be carried from place to place without being taken to pieces. When played, it was placed on a table or stool, and it required—besides a performer—a person to operate the bellows.
Positive political theory Positive political theory or explanatory political theory is the study of politics using formal methods such as set theory, statistical analysis, and game theory. In particular, the individuals/parties/nations involved in a given interaction are modeled as rational agents guided by self-interest; based on this assumption, the interactions can be then predicted using formal methods.
Positive predictive value The positive predictive value is the proportion of patients with positive test results who are correctly diagnosed. It is considered the physician's gold standard, as it reflects the probability that a positive test reflects the underlying condition being tested for.
Positive pressure Positive pressure is a pressure within a system that is greater than the environment that surrounds that system. Consequently if there is any leak from the positively pressured system it will ingress into the surrounding environment.
Positive pressure ventilation Positive Pressure ventilators help patients with respiratory problems to breathe easier. They use high pressure gas at the opening of the patients lungs in order to mobilize oxygen flow down the pressure gradient, and into the patient's lungs.
Positive regulation Positive regulation is used for promoters which have low affinity for RNA polymerase. This means the promoter region is far away from the DNA coding sequence so it needs help from something else to attract the RNA polymerase in order to be transcribed.
Positive relative accommodation Positive relative accommodation (PRA) is a measure of the maximum ability to stimulate accommodation while maintaining clear, single binocular vision This measurement is typically obtained by an ophthalmologist] or [[optometrist during an eye examination using a phoropter. After the patient's distance correction is established, he or she is instructed to view small letters on a card 40 cm from the eyes.
Positive statement In economics, a positive statement is a statement about what is and that contains no indication of approval or disapproval. A positive statement can be factually incorrect: "The moon is made of green cheese" is false, but a positive statement, as it is a statement about what exists.
Positive streamer A positive streamer is the bit of a lightning bolt that rises from the ground before the lightning strikes, often determining the path of the cloud-to-ground lightning. It is essentially composed of a column of ionized air formed by the flow of electrons down into the ground target.
Positive temperature coefficient Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) refers to materials that experience an increase in electrical resistance when their temperature is raised. Materials which have useful engineering applications usually show a relatively rapid increase with temperature, i.
Positive youth development Positive youth development, or PYD, is a common neologism that summarizes the intentional efforts of other youth, adults, communities, government agencies, and schools to provide opportunities for youth to enhance their interests, skills, and abilities into their adulthoods. PYD is an increasingly popular policy, curricular, and programmatic approach that allows schools and youth organizations to infuse youth development principles throughout their programs, while supporting their educative or community development goals.
Positive-definite matrix In linear algebra, a positive-definite matrix is a Hermitian matrix which in many ways is analogous to a positive real number. The notion is closely related to a positive-definite symmetric bilinear form (or a sesquilinear form in the complex case).
Positively Fourth Street Fair The Positively Fourth Street Fair, usually known simply as the Fourth Street Fair, is an event held the third Saturday of July every year on Fourth Street in Detroit, Michigan. The festival is known for its hippy subculture atmosphere and live music.
Positivism Positivism is a philosophy developed by Auguste Comte (widely regarded as the first true sociologist) in the middle of the 19th century that stated that the only authentic knowledge is scientific knowledge, and that such knowledge can only come from positive affirmation of theories through strict scientific method. This view is sometimes referred to as a scientist ideology, and is often shared by technocrats who believe in the necessary progress through scientific progress, and by naturalists, who argue that any method for gaining knowledge should be limited to natural, physical, and material approaches.
Positivist calendar The positivist calendar was a calendar reform proposal by Auguste Comte in 1849. After revising the earlier work of Marco Mastrofini, Comte's proposed calendar was a solar calendar which had 13 months of 28 days, and an additional festival day commemorating the dead, totalling 365 days.
Positivist school In criminology, the Positivist School has attempted to find scientific objectivity for the measurement and quantification of criminal behaviour. As the scientific method became the major paradigm in the search for all knowledge, the Classical School's social philosophy was replaced by the quest for scientific laws that would be discovered by experts.
Positivity Positivity is the first single off the album A New Morning by Suede, released on September 16, 2002 on Columbia Records. The single is a big departure from the sleazy rock characteristic of the previous two albums, and has a far more warm and acoustic sound to it.
Positivity effect In psychology and cognitive science, the positivity effect is the tendency of people, when evaluating the causes of the behaviors of a person they like, to attribute positive behaviors to the person's inherent disposition and negative behaviors to situations surrounding the behaviors. The positivity effect is the inverse of the negativity effect, which is found when people evaluate the causes of the behaviors of a person they dislike.
Positron emission Positron emission is a type of beta decay, sometimes referred to as "beta plus" (β+). In beta plus decay, a proton is converted, via the weak force, to a neutron, a positron (also known as the "beta plus particle", the antimatter counterpart of an electron), and a neutrino.
Positronic brain A positronic brain is a fictional technological device, originally conceived by science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Its role is to serve as a central computer for a robot, and, in some unspecified way, to provide it with a form of consciousness recognisable to humans.
Positronium Positronium (Ps) is a quasi-stable system consisting of an electron and its anti-particle, a positron, bound together into an "exotic atom". The orbit of the two particles and the set of energy levels is similar to that of the hydrogen atom (electron and proton).
Posleen Posleen are a fictional alien race, created by the Sci-Fi author John Ringo for his Legacy of the Aldenata series of books. The Posleen are a race of genetically engineered reptilian centaurs, supposedly designed by the long lost race - the Aldenata - to be the ultimate warriors.
Posljednja volja Posljednja volja or The Last Will is a 2001 Croatian film directed by Zoran Sudar and produced by Vicenco Blagaić. It is comedy about a tour guide in small Dalmatian town, played by Goran Višnjić, who inherited millions from a distant relative in USA only to find himself pursued by professional killers.
Posobie dlya konchayushchikh: Volos Zlata Пocoбие для кoнчaющих: Boлoc Злata was the second of two CD compilations released to mark Coil's first performance in Russia. The title loosely translates to "A Guide For Finishers: A Hair Of Gold".
Posobie dlya nachinayuschih: Glas Sérebra Пocoбие для нaчинaющих: Глac Cépeбpa was one of two CD compilations released to mark Coil's first performance in Russia. The title loosely translates to "A Guide For Beginners: A Silver Voice".
Pospolite ruszenie Pospolite ruszenie (common movement, also referred to with the French term levée en masse by some non-Polish historians), is an anachronistic Polish term to describe the mobilisation of armed forces, especially in the times of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The tradition of moblisation of part of population for war existed from before the 13th century to the 19th century.
Posse (1993 film) Posse is a 1993 Western movie directed by Mario Van Peebles starring Stephen Baldwin, Mario Van Peebles, Billy Zane, Tone Loc, Tom Lister, Jr., Reginald VelJohnson, Big Daddy Kane, Blair Underwood, Isaac Hayes, Richard Jordan, Paul Bartel, Pam Grier, Nipsey Russell, and Salli Richardson.
Posse comitatus (common law) In common law, posse comitatus (Latin, "county force", meaning a sort of local militia) referred to the authority wielded by the county sheriff to conscript any able-bodied male over the age of fifteen to assist him in keeping the peace or to pursue and arrest a felon; compare hue and cry. It is the law enforcement equivalent of summoning the militia for military purposes.
Posse Comitatus (U.S. movement) The Posse Comitatus (from the Latin phrase meaning "to be able to attend") is a loosely-organized radical social movement that opposes the United States federal government and believes in radical localism. There is no single national group, and local units are autonomous.
Posse Comitatus Act The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law () passed on 1878-06-18 after the end of Reconstruction. The Act was intended to prohibit Federal troops from supervising elections in former Confederate states.
Posse Foundation The Posse Foundation is a non-profit organization that identifies, recruits, and trains student leaders from public high schools to form multicultural teams called "Posses" of ten to twelve Posse scholars. These teams are then prepared, through an intensive eight-month Pre-Collegiate Training Program, for enrollment at top-tier universities nationwide to pursue their academics and to help promote cross-cultural communication on college campuses.
Posse on Broadway "Posse on Broadway" is a popular rap song first recorded by Sir Mix-A-Lot on on his 1988 album, "Swass." The Broadway mentioned in the song was commonly assumed to be Broadway in New York City, though it actually refers to the Seattle street of the same name in the Capitol Hill district (Mix being a Seattle native).
Possessed (1947 film) Possessed is a 1947 film noir which tells the story of a woman who walks the streets of Los Angeles, calling for a man named "David". Taken to a mental hospital, the story of her obsession for the man named David is told in flashbacks.
Possessed (2000 film) Possessed is the name of a 2000 Showtime original movie starring Timothy Dalton, based on actual events which inspired the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty. In the movie, Dalton plays Father William S.
Possession (linguistics) Possession, in the context of linguistics, is an asymmetric relationship between two constituents, the referent of one of which (the possessor) possesses (owns, rules over, has as a part, has as a relative, etc.) the referent of the other.
Possession (song) Possession is the first single from Sarah McLachlan's album Fumbling Towards Ecstasy. The song appears twice on the album as the first track and as a hidden track: a solo piano version following the last track "Fumbling Towards Ecstasy".
Possession (video game) Possession is an upcoming video game for the seventh generation video game consoles. In the game the player plays as a man turned into an intelligent zombie via exposure to experimental chemicals from a laboratory into which he had broken.
Possession Islands The Possession Islands are a group of small islands and rocks extending over an area of about 7 miles, lying in the western part of the Ross Sea, 5 miles southeast of Cape McCormick, Victoria Land. The Possession Islands were named by Captain James Clark Ross, Royal Navy, in commemoration of the planting of the British flag here on January 12, 1841.
Possession proceedings In Law, possession proceedings are proceedings in a court of law due to a dispute over possession of a physical asset. These are common in divorce issues where both parties cannot decide on which of the two will receive possession of a particular object of value.
Possession Street Possession Street (水坑口街) is a street in Sheung Wan, from Queen's Road West to Hollywood Road, on the Hong Kong Island in Hong Kong. The street marks the boundary of Queen's Road West and Queen's Road Central.
Possessive adjective A possessive adjective, also called a possessive determiner or possessive article, is a part of speech that modifies a noun by attributing ownership to someone or something (with some exceptions noted below). It is grammatically a determiner rather than an adjective because it cannot co-occur with another determiner such as an article or a demonstrative, but it can co-occur with adjectives.
Possessive antecedent In English grammar, a pronoun has a possessive antecedent if its antecedent (the noun that it refers to) appears in a possessive case; for example, in the following sentence, Winston Churchill is a possessive antecedent, serving as it does as the antecedent for the pronoun him:
Possessive case The Possessive case of a language is a grammatical case used to indicate a relationship of possession. It is not the same as the genitive case, which can express a wider range of relationships, though the two have similar meanings in many languages.
Possessive suffix In linguistics, a possessive suffix is a suffix attached to a noun to indicate its possessor, much in the manner of possessive adjectives. Possessive suffixes do not exist in all languages; they do exist in some Uralic,Semitic, and Indo-European languages.
Possibilism (geography) Possibilism in cultural geography is the theory that the environment sets certain constraints or limitations, but culture is otherwise determined by people. The Possibilist school of thought would believe that desert cultures would have similarities due to living in environments that have similar limitations, but they would also have important differences due to being different peoples.
Possibility theory Possibility theory is a mathematical theory for dealing with certain types of uncertainty and is an alternative to probability theory. Professor Lotfi Zadeh first introduced possibility theory in 1978 as an extension of his theory of fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic.
Possible world In philosophy and logic, the concept of possible worlds is used to express modal claims. In philosophy, the term "modality" covers such notions as "possibility", "necessity", and "contingency".
Possible Worlds (play) Possible Worlds, written by John Mighton, is an unusual play. Part murder mystery, part science-fiction, and part mathematical philosophy, it follows the multiple parallel lives of the mysterious George Barber.
Possil railway station Possil railway station was situated in the north of Glasgow, Scotland and served the Possilpark and Parkhouse areas of the city. Part of the Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire Railway, it served as the terminus for passenger services, but allowed for through services for the transport of freight.
Possum A possum is any of about 63 small to medium-sized arboreal marsupial species native to Australia, New Guinea and Sulawesi. The name derives from their resemblance to the opossums of the Americas and, unlike most names applied to Australian fauna in the early years of European colonisation, happens to be accurate: the opossums of America are distant relatives.
Possum (song) Possum is one of the earlier Phish songs written by former frontman and guitarist Jeff Holdsworth. After Holdsworth's departure from the group in 1986, Mike Gordon, the bassist, took over the job of singing the lyrics.
Possum Dixon Possum Dixon (1989-1999) was an American alternative rock band. Fronted by singer/songwriter/bassist Rob Zabrecky, literate songs about love lost and slacker life in Los Angeles and a penchant for unpredictable performances set them apart from the herd of other rock and roll hopefuls.
Possum Lodge Possum Lodge is a club located in the fictional town of Possum Lake, Ontario, Canada (which according to Red Green, is exactly sixty Beer Stores north of Toronto) and seen on the comedy television series The Red Green Show. The official motto of Possum Lodge is the pseudo-Latin phrase Quando omni flunkus moritati.
Post (route) A post is a moderate to deep passing route in American football in which a receiver runs 7-10 yards from the line of scrimmage straight down the field, then cuts toward the middle of the field (towards the facing goalposts, hence the name) at a 45 degree angle.
Post and lintel Post and lintel is a simple construction technique, also called "post and beam", where a horizontal member (the lintel) is supported by two vertical posts at either end. This very simple form is commonly used to support windows and doors.
Post anesthesia care unit A post anesthesia care unit, often abbreviated PACU, is a vital part of hospitals, ambulatory care centers, and other medical facilities. It is an area designed to provide care for patients recovering from anesthesia, whether it be general anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia, or local anesthesia.
Post box A post box (United Kingdom and others, also written postbox), or mailbox (United States, Canada and others) is a physical box used to collect outgoing mail, that is mail that is to be sent to a destination. Post box can also refer to a letter box for incoming mail.
Post carbon Post carbon refers to a view of the world after the decline of oil production (see peak oil). It is seen as being a world centred around local communities where each community is sustainable and to some degree self-sufficient.
Post correspondence problem The Post correspondence problem is an undecidable decision problem that was introduced by Emil Post in 1946. Because it is simpler than the halting problem and the Entscheidungsproblem it is often used in proofs of undecidability.
Post count A post count is the number of posts (replies and new threads) made by a user on an Internet forum. Posts made in forums designated for off-topic discussion are sometimes not counted in post counts, so it is a more "accurate" measurement of their contributions to the forum.
Post Danmark Post Danmark A/S is the company responsible for the Danish postal service. Established in 1995 following political liberalization efforts, it has taken over the mail delivery duties of the governmental department Postvæsenet (established in 1624); it was turned into a public limited company in 2002.
Post Diaspora Post Diaspora (PD) is the dating scheme used by most of the planets in David Weber's Honor Harrington science fiction series. Most planets also use a local calendar based upon the orbit of the planet around its star, which often uses the date of landing on the planet as its beginning year.
Post earnings announcement drift The post earnings announcement drift anomaly means the tendency for stocks to earn abnormally high returns in the three quarters following a positive earnings announcement, and to earn abnormally low returns in the three quarters following a negative earnings announcement.
Post excavation In archaeology once the archaeological record of given site has been excavated, or collected from surface surveys, it is necessary to gain as much data as possible and organize it into a coherent body of information. This process is known as post excavation analysis, and is normally the most time-consuming part of the archaeological investigation.
Post harvest freshness Vegetable and fruit produce, once harvested, is subject to an active process of decay. Numerous biochemical processes (postharvest physiology) are continuously changing the original composition of the crop until it becomes no longer marketable.
Post hoc ergo propter hoc Post hoc ergo propter hoc, Latin for "after this, therefore because of this", is a logical fallacy (of the questionable cause variety) which assumes or asserts that if one event happens after another, then the first must be the cause of the second. It is often shortened to simply post hoc and is also sometimes referred to as false cause, multicollinearity, or coincidental correlation.
Post horn The Post horn (also posthorn, post-horn, or coach horn) is a valveless cylindrical brass instrument used to signal the arrival or departure of a postrider or mail coach. It is associated with the postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Post Horn Gallop The Post Horn Gallop is Leicester City Football Club's Own tune that they play out to every home match over the PA System. The post horn is played by Henry Shipley of Syston, Leicestershire, now in his 80s, who has played at matches since 1941.
Post church A post church is a church building which predates the stave churches and differ in that the corner posts do not reside on a sill but instead have posts dug into the earth. Posts are the vertical, roof-bearing timbers that were placed in the excavated post holes type of construction is often believed to be an intermediate form between a palisade construction and a stave construction.
Post Christian Post Christian is a term used to describe a person or a society that is not rooted in the language and assumptions of Christianity, but that may have previously been in an environment of ubiquitous Christianity (Christendom). A post-Christian world then is one where Christianity is no longer the dominant civil religion, but one has changed to embrace values, culture, and worldviews that are not necessarily Christian.
Post Inferno Soundtrack Post Inferno Soundtrack is a William Johansson album released in 2005. It were only pressed in a limited edition and it is noted as the first album where William Johansson took a step away from the general synth genre and a step closer to the synth-minimalist genre.
Post mill The post mill is the earliest type of windmill. The defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single post, on which it can be turned to bring the sails into the wind.
Post Magazine Post Magazine first appeared on Saturday 25 July 1840, just seven months after the introduction of the Penny Post and was the first publication anywhere in the world to be sent by post - hence its name. It is a magazine aimed at the UK's general insurance industry.
Post Momentary Affliction Post Momentary Affliction is the fourth release and third studio album of Christian Metal band Mortifciation, released in 1993. The album goes back to Mortification's thrash roots, but with the death metal elements still showing.
Post Music Post Music (named most likely as a satire of the "post-___" labels given to music in the 21st century) is a type of music wherein those making it elect to essentially disregard all traditional musical elements and instead follow instinctive musical ideas. "Music" of this type is often marked by an acute lack of structure, and is often played by musicians who have little or, in some cases, no proficiency on their instrument.
Post office A post office is a facility authorized by a postal system for the posting, receipt, sortation, handling, transmission or delivery of mail. Post offices offer mail-related services such as post office boxes, postage and packaging supplies.
Post Office (novel) Post Office is a 1971 novel written by Charles Bukowski. In the same way that Ham On Rye can be said to be an autobiographical account of Bukowski's childhood, then Post Office may be said to be an autobiographical account of Bukowski's later years.
Post Office circulars From the introduction of the Penny Black by the British postal system, Post Office Circulars have been sent out from the main office, (originally in Edinburgh), to give information and examples of the new postage stamps which were coming into general use.
Post Office Ltd. Post Office Ltd (Welsh: Cyrchwr Codau Post) is a retail post office company in the United Kingdom that provides a wide range of products including postage stamps, welfare and banking to the public through its nationwide network of post office branches.
Post Office Protocol In computing, local e-mail clients use the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3), an application-layer Internet standard protocol, to retrieve e-mail from a remote server over a TCP/IP connection. Nearly all subscribers to individual Internet service provider e-mail accounts access their e-mail with client software that uses POP3.
Post Office Savings Bank, Singapore The Post Office Savings Bank (abbreviation: POSB; Chinese: 邮政储蓄银行) was a major public bank in Singapore until its acquisition by DBS Bank in November 1998. In March 1990, it was renamed POSBank, a name retained by DBS Bank as a brandname for its consumer banking services.

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