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Preševo Valley The Preševo Valley (Serbian: Прешевска Долина or Preševska Dolina; Albanian: Lugina e Preshevës) is a geographical region in the south of Serbia, in Serbia's Pčinja District, at the eastern border crossing with the Republic of Macedonia, now commonly used to avoid entrance into Kosovo.
Preševo Valley conflict The Preševo Valley] conflict was a struggle between the [[Yugoslavia|Yugoslav] federal government and an [[Albanians|Albanian separatist organisation Liberation Army of Preševo, Medveđa and Bujanovac (UCPMB), created with the aim of annexing this area of southern Central Serbia to Kosovo.
Prem Chand Gupta Prem Chand Gupta (born February 3, 1950) is the Minister of State for Company Affairs of India. He is a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and is an elected Member of Parliament representing the state of Bihar in the Rajya Sabha.
Prem Krishen Prem Krishen is the son of the late actor Premnath and Bina Rai. He followed in his parents' footsteps briefly by starring in the big hit Dulhan Wohi Jo Piya Man Bhaye (1977) and in some television serials, but soon became producer.
Prem Nath Dogra Prem Nath Dogra was a leader from Jammu and Kashmir who worked for total integration of the state with India . He formed Praja Parishad party in 1947 along with Balraj Madhok and opposed policies of Shaikh Abdullah .
Prem Nazir Abdul Khader(April 7, 1926 - January 16, 1989), popularly known as Prem Nazir was an actor in Malayalam films. He achieved a Guinness record for acting in the largest number of films (around one hundred and ten films) with the same heroine, SheelaThe Hindu.
Prem panicker Prem Panicker is a well known Indian cricket journalist. He is now the editor for India Abroad, the largest Indian-American newspaper based in New York and spends his free time covering cricket and other issues of Indian interest (http://prempanix.
Prem Singh Prem Singh is a Fijian politician and a member of the National Federation Party (NFP). An Indo-Fijian, he won the Nadi Open constituency in the election of 2001, becoming the only candidate of his party to win a parliamentary seat.
Prem Tinsulanonda General Prem Tinsulanonda (, born August 26 1920) is a former Thai military officer and was Prime Minister of Thailand from 1980 to 1988. He now serves as the chief advisor of the king of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Prem Tinsulanonda International School Prem Tinsulanonda International School is a K-12 International school which opened in August 2001 in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand. The campus is 90 acres, and the student body numbers over 400 with over 36 nationalities represented.
Prema Sai Baba Prema Sai Baba will be the male reincarnation of Shakti in the 21st century according to the prediction by the Indian guru Sathya Sai Baba. Sathya Sai Baba first mentioned Prema Sai Baba in a discourse on July 6, 1963 in which he stated that he is the second of three avatars, the first avatar being Shirdi Sai Baba and the future avatar being Prema Sai Baba Sathya Sai Baba, Shiva Shakthi Gurupoornima discourse, on July 6th 1963.
Premack principle In operant conditioning, the Premack principle (also known as the differential probability principle), developed by David Premack states that a commonly occurring action (one more desirable for the actor) can be used effectively as a reinforcer for a less commonly occurring one (that is, one less desirable for the actor). A common example used to illustrate this principle is a parent requiring a child to clean his or her room before he or she can watch television.
Premarin Premarin is a naturally occurring mixture of estrogens and subtile progestagens isolated from mare's urine (PREgnant MARes' urINe) made by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals. Premarin is indicated for the treatment of mild to severe vasomotor symptoms of the menopause, prevention of osteoporosis, and treatment of vaginal and vulvar atrophy.
Premasiri Khemadasa Premasiri Khemadasa, known to the lovers of music in Sri Lanka as “Khemadasa Master” is undoubtedly the most influential composer in Sri Lankan cinema. The innovativeness and expressiveness of his music has helped immensely to sculpt the body of Sri Lankan music.
Premature atrial contraction Premature atrial contractions (PACs) are a type of premature heart beat or irregular heart beat or arrhythmia which start in the upper two chambers of the heart, or atria. These aren't serious, and they frequently go away on their own.
Premature ejaculation Premature ejaculation (PE), also known as rapid ejaculation, premature climax, early ejaculation, or by the Latin term ejaculatio praecox, is the most common sexual problem in men, affecting 20%-30% of men. It is characterized by a lack of voluntary control over ejaculation.
Premcor Premcor (formerly ) was a Fortune 500 oil refinery group based in Greenwich, Connecticut. It operated four refineries, which are located in Port Arthur, Texas; Memphis, Tennessee; Lima, Ohio; and Delaware City, Delaware with a combined crude oil volume processing capacity of approximately 800,000 barrels per day.
Premeditated murder Premeditated murder is the crime of wrongfully causing the death of another human being (also known as murder) after rationally considering the timing or method of doing so, in order to either increase the likelihood of success, or to evade detection or apprehension.
Premeditated Murder (film) Premeditated Murder (Serbian Cyrillic: Убиство с предумишљајем) is a 1995 Serbian film directed by Gorčin Stojanović starring Branka Katić and Nebojša Glogovac. It is based on a novel by Slobodan Selenić.
Premiata Forneria Marconi Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) is an Italian progressive rock band that achieved a high level of popularity in the 1970s, with success in both the British and American charts. While they had many Italian contemporaries, such as Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Area, Perigeo, and Le Orme, they were the only Italian band of their genre to become highly successful outside of their home country.
Premier (car) Premier Automobiles was an Indian automaker which flourished in the so called 'sudhakar' period from the 1950s till the early 1990s when India was closed to the world and imports. The company was in 1944 as a result of successful negotations with Chrysler Corporation in 1939, resulting in licenses to build a Plymouth car and a Dodge truck, sold under the Dodge, Plymouth, DeSoto, and Fargo names) starting around 1949.
Premier Architecte du Roi The Premier Architecte du Roi was, under the Ancien Régime, the direct assistant to the general director of the building industries, arts and manufactures of France and, consequently, number 2 of the Bâtiments du Roi, forming part of the Secretary of State of the Maison du Roi.
Premier Cruise Line Premier Cruise Line was a cruise line that operated from 1983 to 2000. It was at one time the official cruise line of Walt Disney World and used the trademark "The Big Red Boat" based on the color scheme of some of its ships.
Premier Dairies Premier Dairies was a milk production and distribution company established in the 1960s in Dublin, Ireland. It was formed through the merger of four predecessors: Dublin Dairies, Merville, Tel-El-Kebir (TEK), and the milk production operations of Hughes Brothers.
Premier Holidays Premier Holidays is an independent travel agency, established in 1937, currently based in Cambridge, England. It specialises in organising holidays to America, the Channel Islands and destinations further afield such as the Far East and Sri Lanka.
Premier IA The Premier IA is a light aircraft designed and built by Ratheon. Unlike it's earlier aircraft such as the Beechcraft King Air and Hawker series, the Premier 1A is constructed with high-strength composite, carbon fiber/epoxy honeycomb fuselage, completely produced by computer-controlled, automated machines.
Premier Manager Premier Manager is the name of a football management video game series started in 1992. Published by Gremlin Interactive, it was first developed by Realms of Fantasy, later passed to Spanish company Dinamic Software.
Premier Media Group Premier Media Group is a 50/50 joint venture of News Corporation and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited. It owns Australian subscription TV channels Fox Sports 1, 2 and 3, Fox Sports News Channel, How To Channel and Fuel TV.
Premier Mid Sussex Youth & Minor Football League The Premier Mid Sussex Youth & Minor Football League is a football league that contains youth's football clubs ranging from under 9s to under 16s. The league offers children and teenagers that want to play league football the opportunity to do so.
Premier of British Columbia The Premier of British Columbia is the first minister, head of government, and de facto chief executive for the Canadian province of British Columbia. Until the early 1970s the title Prime Minister of British Columbia was often used.
Premier of New Brunswick The Premier of New Brunswick (fr: Premier ministre du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the first minister for the Canadian province of New Brunswick. They are the province's head of government and de facto chief executive.
Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador The Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador is the first minister for the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. He or she is appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor of Newfoundland and Labrador, as representative of the Queen in Right of Newfoundland and Labrador, as the province's head of government.
Premier of Nova Scotia The Premier of Nova Scotia is the first minister for the Canadian province of Nova Scotia who presides over the Executive Council of Nova Scotia. Following the Westminster system, the premier is normally the leader of the political party which has the most seats in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly who is called upon by the Lieutenant Governor to form a government.
Premier of Quebec The Premier of Quebec (in French Premier ministre du Québec, sometimes literally translated as Prime Minister of Quebec) is the first minister for the Canadian province of Quebec. The Premier is the province's head of government and its title is Premier and President of the Executive Council.
Premier of the Kingdom of Viti In 1871, Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, the Vunivalu (Warlord/Paramount Chief) of Bau, succeeded in unifying the previously warring tribes throughout the Fiji Islands by establishing the Kingdom of Viti, with the support of foreigners. Cakobau proceeded to set up a constitutional monarchy, in which both the legislature and the executive were dominated by foreigners.
Premier of the People's Republic of China The Premier of the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 总理 pinyin: zŏnglĭ), sometimes referred to as the "Prime Minister", is the Chairman of the State Council of the People's Republic of China and head of Central People's Government. The Premier is formally approved by the National People's Congress upon the nomination of the President.
Premier of the Republic of China The President of the Executive Yuan (行政院長), colloquially referred to as the Premier (閣揆), is the head of the Executive Yuan, the executive branch of the Republic of China, which currently administers Taiwan. The premier is appointed by the President of the Republic of China.
Premier of the Soviet Union Premier of the Soviet Union is the commonly used English term for the offices of Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR (Председатель Совета Народных Комиссаров СССР; Predsedatel' Soveta Narodnykh Komissarov SSSR) (1923-1946) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the USSR (Председатель Совета Министров СССР; Predsedatel' Soveta Ministrov SSSR) (1946-1991), who was the head of government in the Soviet Union.
Premier of Western Australia The Premier of Western Australia is the head of the executive government in the Australian State of Western Australia. He or she performs the same functions in Western Australia as the Prime Minister of Australia does at the national level.
Premier of Yukon The Premier of Yukon (or unofficially, the Premier of the Yukon) is the first minister for the Canadian territory of Yukon. They are the territory's head of government and de facto chief executive, although their powers are considerably smaller than that of a provincial premier.
Premier Range The Premier Range is a group of mountains within the Cariboo Mountains of east-central British Columbia, Canada. The range (also known as the Premier Group) is bounded by the Raush River and the North Thompson River on the south and west and the Fraser River and its tributaries to the east and north.
Premier Travel Inn Premier Travel Inn originally opened under the Travel Inn brand name in 1987, it has been owned by Whitbread during its entire operation and was set up to compete with the Travelodge brand which was at the time owned by Granada.
Premiere Ligapokal The Premiere Ligapokal (previously DFB-Ligapokal), or German League Cup, is a German football competition that takes place before the start of the Bundesliga season, featuring the top teams of the previous Bundesliga season and the winners of the German Cup in Germany. The cup changed its name to that of its sponsor, Premiere (a German pay television network), in 2005.
Premiers of the Australian states The Premiers of the Australian states are the heads of the executive governments in the six states of the Commonwealth of Australia. They perform the same functions at the state level as the Prime Minister of Australia performs at the national level.
Premiership-Football League gulf In English football, the Premiership-Football League gulf is a term used to describe a perceived increase in the difference between clubs from the FA Premier League and the Football League since the formation of the Premier League.
Premindra Singh Bhagat Premindra Singh Bhagat (14 October 1918-23 May 1975) was an Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Premio Eugenio Espejo The president of the Republic of Ecuador confers the National Prize, Premio Eugenio Espejo, in fulfillment of the Decrees 677 and 699, approved by the National Congress of Ecuador in August of 1975 and September of 1997. These Decrees established the 9th of August as the "Day of the National Culture", and instructs the President to award the Prize every two years.
Premio Lydia Tesio The Premio Lydia Tesio is a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at the Capannelle Racecourse, Rome in October.
Premio Nacional de Literatura The Premio Nacional de Literatura is a Spanish language title that in the English language translates as National Prize of Literature or National Literay Prize. Several Spanish-speaking countries offer a Premio Nacional de Literatura such as the:
Premio Omelas The Premio Omelas (Omelas Prize) is an award dedicated to stories written in Italian that pertain to both human rights and science fiction. Both short stories and novels are eligible for the prize, which is offered in conjunction with Amnesty International.
Premio Parioli The Premio Parioli is a Group 3 flat horse race in Italy for three-year-old thoroughbred colts run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at the Capannelle Racecourse, Rome in late April / early May.
Premio Presidente della Repubblica The Premio Presidente della Repubblica is a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy for four-year-old and above thoroughbreds run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at the Capannelle Racecourse, Rome in May.
Premio Quevedos The Premio iberoamericano de Humor Gráfico Quevedos (English: Spanish American Quevedos Award of Graphical Humour), Premio Quevedos in short, is decerned every second year by the University of Alcalá on behalf of the Spanish ministry of Education and Culture.
Premio Roma The Premio Roma is a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy for three-year-old and above thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at the Capannelle Racecourse, Rome in November.
Premio Vittorio di Capua The Premio Vittorio di Capua is a Group 1 flat horse race in Italy for three-year-old and above thoroughbred colts and fillies run over a distance of 1,600 metres (approximately 1 mile) at the San Siro Racecourse, Milan in October.
Premios TVyNovelas The TVyNovelas Awards (in Spanish Premios TVyNovelas) is an annual award show produced by Televisa and the magazine TVyNovelas where the best productions of Mexican television are honored, especially telenovelas. Telenovelas get awards in different categories: Best Telenovela of the Year, Best Lead Actor, Best Lead Actress, Best Theme Song.
Premise (argument) In discourse, a premise (also "premiss" in British usage) is a claim which is part of a reason or objection. It is a statement presumed true within the context of the discourse for the purposes of arguing to a conclusion.
Premise (mathematics) In mathematics and logic, premises are the formulas on which a step of a logical argument depends to obtain a consequence of those premises. Premises may be justified either as instances of axioms of an axiomatic system, or as consequences of previous steps of the argument, or as theorems, lemmas, or corollaries that have been established as part of a larger theory, or as assumptions to be discharged later as in natural deduction.
Premises Premises are land and buildings together considered as a property. This usage arose from property owners finding the word in their title deeds, where it originally correctly meant "the aforementioned; what this document is about", from Latin prae-missus = "placed before".
Premislas II of Poland Premislas II (also given in English and Latin as Premyslas or Premislaus, Polish Przemysł or less properly Przemysław) (14 October 1257 – 8 February 1296) was the Duke of Poznań, Greater Poland, Kraków and Pomerelia, and then King of Poland from 1295 until his death.
Premium Blend Premium Blend is a television show on the American cable television channel Comedy Central. The program features a well-known stand up comedian as an emcee who introduces four or five lesser known comedians looking for a big break on television.
Premium Economy Premium Economy is a travel class offered on some airlines as a form of upgrade to the Economy class, typically by offering better seats at 38" seat pitch (offering more legroom), leg rest, personal entertainment and dedicated cabin crews. Some airlines also offer lounge service and more luggage allowance, but in return for higher fares.
Premium Financing Premium Financing involves the lending of funds to a person or company to cover the cost of an insurance premium. Premium finance loans are often provided by third party finance entity known as a Premium Financing Company; however insurance companies and brokerages occasionally provide premium financing services.
Premium Outlets The term Premium Outlets and Premium Outlet Shopping are registered trademarks of Chelsea Property Group (a subsidiary of Simon Property Group) and is used to denote its upscale outlet shopping centers. These outlet centers typically have 70–120 stores and are comprised of retailers who are primarily manufacturers of designer apparel, shoes, sportswear, home furnishings, and specialty items that are sold direct to the public at substantial savings.
Premium Standard Farms Formed in 1988, Premium Standard Farms, Inc (PSF) () was founded with the aim of creating a standardized method for which to produce premium pork. To accomplish this goal, the company decided to pursue full vertical integration –the first in the United States to do so.
Premium television Premium television (sometimes pay television in North America) generally refers to a class of commercial-free television services which are available for subscription through cable and satellite television for fees much higher than traditional, packaged cable networks or specialty services.
Premium-rate telephone number Premium-rate telephone numbers are telephone numbers for telephone calls during which certain services are provided, and for which prices higher than normal are charged. Unlike a normal call, part of the call charge is paid to the service provider, thus enabling businesses to be funded via the calls.
Premodernity In an historical context, Premodernity is the period in Western civilization that came after Ancient history and before Modernity, which is usually recognized to have begun in the mid-1400s, marked by the invention of the printing press and the introduction of movable type in Europe. Premodernity is thought to have begun about 500; thus it spans almost 1000 years.
Premonstratensian The Norbertines, also known as the Premonstratensians (OPraem) and in England, as the White Canons (from the color of their habit), are a Christian religious order of Augustinian canons founded at Prémontré near Laon in 1120 by Saint Norbert, afterwards archbishop of Magdeburg. Norbertine priests are designated by O Praem following their name.
Premonstratensian Church (Košice) The Premonstratensian church (Slovak: Premonštrátny kostol ), initially Jesuistical church (Slovak: Jezuitský kostol ), is the most valuable Baroque object of Košice, with the most beautiful interior of that period.
Premorbid anxiety Premorbid anxiety, in medical parlance, means anxiety that existed prior to or preceded (and therefore may have contributed to) the onset of a different illness or other medically significant condition or event.
Premorbid depression Premorbid depression, in medical parlance, means depression that existed prior to or preceded (and therefore may have contributed to) the onset of a different illness or other medically significant condition or event.
Premotor cortex The premotor cortex is an area of motor cortex in the frontal lobe of the brain, located in front of the primary motor cortex and behind the prefrontal cortex. It is responsible for sensory guidance of movement and control of proximal and trunk muscles of the body, and is more or less equivalent with Brodmann area 6.
Premovement neuronal activity Premovement neuronal activity in neurophysiological literature refers to neuronal modulations that occur in neuronal firing rates before a subject produces movements. In a typical monkey experiment, an animal is required to withhold the movement until it receives a trigger stimulus.
Premoving Premoving in Internet chess is when you tell your client your move, even before your opponent has finished his/her move. This will make your move apply as close as possible to instant, after you've got the turn.
PremPlus PremPlus or Premiership Plus is Sky Sports' first and only pay per view channel, which is dedicated to airing live and interactive Premiership football from the Premier League. The main presenter on PremPlus is Marcus Buckland with former Arsenal manager George Graham, providing punditry.
Prenasalized consonant Prenasalized stops are phonetic sequences of nasal plus plosive that behave phonologically like single consonant. That is, like affricates, the reasons for considering these sequences to be single consonants is in their behavior, not in their actual composition.
Prenatal care Prenatal care refers to the medical care recommended for women before and during pregnancy. The aim of good prenatal care is to detect any potential problems early, to prevent them if possible (through recommendations on adequate nutrition, exercise, vitamin intake etc), and to direct the woman to appropriate specialists, hospitals, etc.
Prenatal diagnosis Prenatal diagnosis is the diagnosis of disease or condition in a fetus or embryo before it is born. The aim is to detect birth defects such as neural tube defects, chromosome abnormalities, genetic diseases and other conditions.
Prenatal hormones and sexual orientation The hormonal theory of sexuality holds that, just as exposure to certain hormones plays a role in fetal sex differentiation, such exposure also influences the sexual orientation that emerges later in the adult. Fetal hormones may be seen as the primary determiner of adult sexual orientation, or a co-factor with genes and/or environmental and social conditions.
Prendeur A prendeur, a French term, is a labourer working as part of an early Middle Age share cropping system known as complant, a precursor to the métayage system. Under this system, the prendeur would cultivate land owned by a bailleur.
Preng Jakova Preng Jakova (27 June 1917 in Shkodër - 16 September 1969) was an Albanian composer, and studied clarinet at the Conservatory "Santa Cecilia" of Rome. He composed the operas Mirka in 1958 and Scanderberg in 1968, for which he is known as the creator of the Albanian national opera.
Prenocephale Prenocephale was a small pachycephalosaur from Late Cretaceous Mongolia, and was similar in many ways to its close relative, Homalocephale. Prenocephale probably weighed around 130 kilograms and was around 2 meters to 3 meters long.
Prentice Alvin The third book in Orson Scott Card's series The Tales of Alvin Maker, Prentice Alvin (1989) is set in an alternative history of North America where the people inhabiting the New World have a variety of powers known as 'knacks'. It was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1989 and the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1990.
Prentiss Mellen Prentiss Mellen (October 11, 1764 – December 31, 1840, was a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Sterling, Massachusetts, on October 11, 1764; graduated from Harvard University in 1784; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1788 and commenced practice in Sterling and Bridgewater, Massachusetts, and in Dover, New Hampshire; moved to Biddeford, Maine (until 1820 a district of Massachusetts), around 1791 and practiced law; settled in Portland, Maine, around 1806; member, Massachusetts executive council 1808-1809, 1817; presidential elector in 1817; trustee of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1817-1836; elected to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Eli P. Ashmun and served from June 5, 1818, to May 15, 1820, when he resigned; upon the admission of the State of Maine into the Union in 1820 became chief justice of the supreme court of that State and served until his resignation in 1834; member and chairman of the commission to revise and codify the public statutes of Maine i
Prenuptial agreement A prenuptial agreement or antenuptial agreement, commonly abbreviated to prenup or prenupt, is a contract entered into by two people prior to marriage or civil union. The content of a prenuptial agreement can vary widely, but commonly includes provisions for the division of property should the couple divorce and any rights to spousal support during or after the dissolution of marriage.
Prenylation Prenylation or isoprenylation or lipidation is the addition of hydrophobic molecules to a protein. It is usually assumed that prenyl groups facilitate attachment to cell membranes, similar to lipid anchor like the GPI anchor, though direct evidence is missing.
Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad () "Transfiguration Square" is a Moscow Metro station on the Sokolnicheskaya Line. It is a pillar-trispan (or sorokonozhka) design, with green marble pillars and tiled walls, dating to the height of that style's popularity in 1965.
Preobrazhenskoye Cemetery Preobrazhenka Cemetery (Russian: Преображенка, Преображенское кладбище, English: Transfiguration Cemetery) is a cemetery in the northern part of Moscow long associated with Old Believers. It was inaugurated by a Fedoseevtsy merchant in 1777 as a plague quarantine disguising the Bespopovtsy monastery.
Preobrazhenskoye, Kamchatka Oblast Preobrazhenskoye (Cyrillic: Преображенское) is a village on Mednyi Island in the Komandorski Islands east of Russia. The village was founded in the 1800s by Aleut (Unangan) settlers from Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands.
Preobrazhensky regiment Preobrazhensky regiment (Преображенский полк in Russian) was one of the oldest regiments of the Russian army. It was formed by Peter the Great in the late 17th century from among the ‘droll regiments’ (потешные полки, or poteshniye polki) during his military games in a village of Preobrazhenskoye (now, a locality in Moscow).
Preon star A preon star is a hypothetical compact star made of preons, a group of theoretical subatomic particles that may compose quarks and leptons. Preon stars would be expected to have huge densities, exceeding 1020 g/cm³ — intermediate between neutron stars and black holes.
Preorder Economy A preorder economy is a type of proposed future economy where the exact demand for goods is known ahead of time, before any material production takes place. It has been discussed within the framework of ecological economics.
Preorder tree walk In Computer Science, pre-order tree walk refers to the algorithm that traverses a tree in such a manner that the node at the top of each subtree is printed before the values in its left subtree and the right subtree.
Preotact Preotact® is a pharmaceutical form of parathyroid hormone (H05AA03) manufactured using a strain of Escherichia coli modified by recombinant DNA technology. Preotact is used in the treatment of osteoporosis in postmenopausal women at high risk of osteoporotic fractures.
Prep-to-pro "Prep-to-pro", or "the Jump", is a term given to basketball players who enter the NBA directly following the graduation of high school. It has been the subject of much controversy, as many feel that players who enter the league straight from high school are not as prepared for the rigorous NBA season as college athletes.
Prepa Tec Campus Santa Catarina Campus Santa Catarina of ITESM is a high school for grades 10-12 inaugurated in 1996, it is the most popular elite Private High School choices among San Pedro's teenagers. It was created mainly to serve San Pedro Garza Garcia area.
Preparation for the Gospel Προπαρασκευη Ευαγγελικη ('Preparation for the Gospel'), commonly known by its Latin title Praeparatio evangelica, was a work by Eusebius which attempts to prove the excellence of Christianity over every pagan religion and philosophy. The Praeparatio consists of fifteen books which have been completely preserved.
Preparatory school (UK) A preparatory school, or prep school in the United Kingdom, and previously in the British Empire and so the Commonwealth in current English usage, is an independent school designed to prepare a student for fee-paying, secondary independent school. Whilst many prep schools prepare their students for entry to a range of senior schools, some are closely associated with a single school, as Colet Court is with St Paul's School.
Prepared guitar A prepared guitar is a guitar which has had its timbre altered by placing various objects on or between the instrument's strings, including other extended techniques. This practice is sometimes called tabletop guitar, because many prepared guitarists do not hold the instrument in the usual manner, but instead place the guitar on a table in order to manipulate it.

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