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Pate's Grammar School Pate's Grammar School is a voluntary aided, selective grammar school in the Hesters Way area of Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom catering for pupils aged 11 to 18. It was granted Language College status in 2001, is a Beacon school, and in February 2006 was one of the first in the country to be awarded 'extra special status' – that is, both Language College and Science College status.
Patea River The Patea River is located in Taranaki in the North Island of New Zealand. It runs for 105 kilometres from the eastern slopes of Mount Taranaki, passing east through Stratford before swinging south and reaching the South Taranaki Bight near the town of Patea.
Patellar surface of femur The articular surface of the lower end of the femur occupies the anterior, inferior, and posterior surfaces of the condyles. Its front part is named the patellar surface and articulates with the atella; it presents a median groove which extends downward to the intercondyloid fossa and two convexities, the lateral of which is broader, more prominent, and extends farther upward than the medial.
Paten A paten, or diskos, is a small plate, usually made of silver or gold, used to hold Eucharistic hosts. It is generally used as a service item, while the reserved hosts are stored in the Tabernacle in a ciborium.
Patent A patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to a patentee (the inventor or assignee) for a fixed period of time in exchange for the regulated, public disclosure of certain details of a device, method, process or composition of matter (substance) (known as an invention) which is new, inventive, and useful or industrially applicable.
Patent application A patent application is a request pending at a patent office for the grant of a patent for the invention described and claimed by that application. An application consists of a description of the invention (the patent specification), together with official forms and correspondence relating to the application.
Patent attorney A patent attorney is an attorney who has the specialized qualifications necessary for representing clients in obtaining patents and acting in all matters and procedures relating to patent law and practice, such as filing an opposition. The term is used differently in different countries, and thus may or may not require the same legal qualifications as a general legal practitioner.
Patent Bending Patent Bending is a reality television series based on actually building some of the weird, fantastical ideas inventors have patented over the last century. Once physically realised, the flaws in these ideas tend to be humourously obvious and explain the ideas' lack of commercial success.
Patent Busting Project The Patent Busting Project is an EFF initiative launched April 19, 2004 to challenge patents that the EFF claim are illegitimate and suppress innovation or limit online expression. The initiative involves two phases: documenting the damage caused by these patents, and submitting challenges to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
Patent classification A patent classification is a way the examiners of patent offices or other people arrange documents, such as patent applications, disclosing inventions according to the technical features of the inventions. They arrange documents using a patent classification so that they can quickly find a document disclosing the invention identical or similar to the invention for which a patent is claimed.
Patent Commons The Patent Commons Project was launched on November 15, 2005 by the Open Source Development Labs (OSDL). The core of the project is an online patent commons reference library aggregating and documenting information about patent-related pledges and other legal solutions directed at the open-source software community.
Patent Cooperation Treaty The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its 135 Contracting States.
Patent examiner A patent examiner or patent clerk is an employee, usually a civil servant, working within a patent office. Major employers of patent examiners are the European Patent Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the Japan Patent Office.
Patent infringement A patent provides the proprietor of that patent with the right to exclude others from utilizing the invention claimed in that patent. Should a person utilize that invention, without the permission of the patent proprietor, they may infringe that patent.
Patent leather Patent leather is leather that has been given a high gloss, shiny finish. The original process was developed by Newark, New Jersey-based inventor Seth Boyden in 1818 with commercial manufacture beginning September 20, 1819.
Patent Law Treaty The Patent Law Treaty (PLT) is a patent law multilateral treaty concluded on June 1, 2000 in Geneva, Switzerland, by 53 States and one intergovernmental organization, the European Patent Organisation. Its aim is to harmonize formal procedures such as the requirements to obtain a filing date for a patent application, the form and content of a patent application, and representation.
Patent medicine Patent medicine is the term given to various medical compounds sold under a variety of names and labels, though they were for the most part actually trademarked medicines, not patented. In ancient times, such medicine was called nostrum remedium, "our remedy" in Latin, hence the name "nostrum,"that is also used for such medicines; it is a medicine whose efficacy is questionable and whose ingredients are usually kept secret.
Patent model A patent model was a scratch-built miniature model no larger than 12" by 12" by 12" that showed how an invention works. It was one of the most interesting early features of the United States patent system.
Patent of Toleration Patent of toleration is a series of ecclesiastical reforms that were carried out by the Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II of Austria. The Patent extended religious freedom to non-Catholic Christians living in Habsburg lands, including: Lutherans, Calvinists, and the Greek Orthodox.
Patent pool In intellectual property (IP) law, a patent pool is a consortium of at least two companies agreeing to cross-license patents and other IP rights relating to a particular technology. The creation of a patent pool can save patentees and licensees time and money.
Patent prosecution Patent prosecution describes the interaction between an applicant, or their representative, and a patent office with regard to a patent, or an application for a patent. Broadly, patent prosecution can be split into pre-grant prosecution, which involves negotiation with a patent office for the grant of a patent, and post-grant prosecution, which involves issues such as post-grant amendment and opposition.
Patent retaliation Patent retaliation clauses are included in several free software licenses, including version 3 of the GNU General Public License. The goal of the clause is to discourage the licensee (the user/recipient of the software) from suing the licensor (the provider/author of the software) for patent infringement, by immediately terminating the license upon the initiation of such a lawsuit.
Patent scientist A patent scientist or patent engineer is a patent law professional that is typically involved in preparing and prosecuting patent applications. The terms are usually applied to patent professionals with scientific or engineering backgrounds that do not possess either attorney or patent agent qualifications, but still work with patent applications.
Patent slip The Patent slip was invented by Scotsman Thomas Morton in 1818 as a cheaper alternative to a dry dock for ship repair. It consisted of an inclined plane, which extended well into the water and wooden cradle onto which a ship was floated.
Patent theatre The patent theatres were the theatres that were licensed to perform "spoken drama" after the English Restoration of Charles II in 1660. Other theatres were prohibited from performing such "serious" drama, but were permitted to show comedy, pantomime or melodrama.
Patent troll Patent troll is a derogatory term used to describe a patent owner, frequently a small company, which enforces patent rights against accused infringers, but does not manufacture products or supply services based on the patents in question.Alexander Poltorak, , ipfrontline.
Patent watch In patent law, a patent watch is a process for monitoring newly issued patents on a periodic basis to see if any of these patents might be of interest. Patent watches may for instance be performed on a quarterly basis.
Patent-leather beetle The patent-leather beetle (Odontotaenius disjunctus) is a beetle in the family Passalidae which can grow to just over an inch-and-a-half long. They are shiny black and have many long grooves on their elytra (outer wings).
Patentability Within the context of a national or multilateral body of law, an invention is patentable if it meets the relevant legal conditions to be granted a patent. By extension, patentability also refers to the substantive conditions that must be met for a patent to be held valid.
Patentable subject matter In most patent laws, patentable subject matter (or statutory subject matter) is the requirement that an invention, for which patent protection is sought, is of a kind of subject matter that is, by law, allowed patent protection.
Patently unreasonable In Canadian law, patently unreasonable or the patent unreasonableness test is a standard of review used by a court when performing judicial review of administrative decisions. It is the highest of three standards of review, those being correctness, unreasonableness, and patent unreasonableness.
Patents County Court In the legal system of Courts of England and Wales, the Patents County Court (PCC) in London is an alternative venue to the Patents Court of the High Court for bringing legal cases involving certain matters concerning patents, registered designs and, more recently, trade marks, including Community trade marks and designsThe Community Trade Mark (Designation of Community Trade Mark Courts) Regulations 2005 SI No. 440 and The Community Designs (Designation of Community Design Courts) Regulations 2005 SI No.
Pater Moeskroen Pater Moeskroen is a Dutch Folkband with the best of both worlds : In the summer they are touring across the country to play on festivals and big party's. In the winter the band is playing in theaters throughout Holland.
Patericon Patericon or paterikon (), a short form for πατεριχόν βιβλίον ("father's book") is a genre of Byzantine literature of religious character, which were collections of sayings of saints, martyrs and hierarchs, and tales about them.
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Paternal effect A paternal effect, in genetics, is the phenomenon when for the evolutionizing “new” characters paternal contribution exceeds the maternal one. Evolution of the character can be caused by any type of selection—natural, sexual or artificial.
Paternal mtDNA transmission In genetics, paternal mtDNA transmission and paternal mtDNA inheritance refer to the incidence of paternal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) being passed on to offspring. Paternal mtDNA inheritance is observed in a small number of species, but in the vast majority, mtDNA is believed to be passed unchangedThe mtDNA is passed from mother to offspring unchanged except for the occasional genetic mutation, the rate of which is unknown but is sometimes estimated as once every 600 generations (see Mitochondrial DNA Mutation Rates).
Paternal rights and abortion The paternal rights and abortion issue is an extension of both the abortion debate and the fathers' rights movement. Men, it is argued, should share equal rights with women in the decision of whether or not a pregnancy is to be carried to term, requiring that the biological father either consent to or be informed before his wife or girlfriend undergoes an abortion.
Paternalism Paternalism refers usually to an attitude or a policy stemming from the hierarchic pattern of a family based on patriarchy, that is, there is a figurehead (the father, pater in Latin) that makes decisions on behalf of others (the "children") for their own good, even if this is contrary to their wishes.
Paternity fraud Paternity fraud, the term, came into common use in the late 1990s describing the act of falsely naming a man to be the biological father of a child when the mother knows (or suspects) that he is not the biological father, particularly for child support purposes. In many jurisdictions, the husband of the mother of a child is held to be the father.
Paterno-Buchi reaction The Paterno-Buchi reaction is a photochemical reaction in organic chemistry combining an alkene and a compound with carbonyl functionality. The product of the reaction is a 4-membered oxygen containing ring known as an oxetane.
Paternoster A paternoster or paternoster lift is an elevator which consists of a chain of open compartments (each usually designed for two persons) that move slowly in a loop up and down inside a building without stopping. Passengers who are agile enough can step on or off at any floor they like.
Paternoster lake A Paternoster lake is one of a series of glacial lakes connected by a single stream or a braided stream system. Paternosters occur in alpine valleys, climbing one after the other to the valley's head, called a corrie, which often contains a cirque lake.
Paternoster Press Paternoster Press is a British Christian publishing house which was founded by Harold Mudditt in 1936. Mudditt was a Bank of England clerk who decided to move into publishing after seeing the many publishers based on London's Paternoster Row during his lunch hours; the firm was named after the street, rather than being due to any Roman Catholic connections.
Paternoster, Western Cape Paternoster is a small fishing village on the western coast of the Western Cape Province of South Africa sitting alongside Paternoster Bay. The name comes from a type of fishing tackle, or, according to the home page of a local group, the name of a Dutch merchant vessel that was wrecked in the bay "three centuries ago".
Paternoville Paternoville is the name given to the tent city that sprang up in anticipation of the 2005 Penn State/Ohio State football game at Beaver Stadium on October 8th, 2005. Students began camping out a week before the game and eventually filled all the space in front of Gate A.
Pateros High School Pateros High School (9-12) is the only secondary school in the small town of Pateros, Washington. Pateros High School is part of the Pateros School District, one of only three schools in the United States to have been selected as a National Blue Ribbon Award Winning School.
Paterson (NJT station) Paterson Station is a New Jersey Transit Main Line rail station located in Paterson, New Jersey. The station, which is on an elevated viaduct, has entrances on Market Street and Ward Street, and is located where Market Street, 16th Avenue, Park Avenue, Ward Street, Memorial Drive, and Railroad Avenue all come together.
Paterson Ewen Paterson Ewen (1925-2002) (variant name William Paterson Ewen) was an important Canadian painter, born in 1925 in Montreal, Quebec. He attended McGill University from 1946-47 where he studied geology, and fine arts with John Lyman.
Paterson Plank Road Paterson Plank Road is a road in northern New Jersey, with a history dating back two hundred years, that was the main road connecting Paterson and the Hudson River waterfront. Paterson Plank Road has largely been superseded by Route 3.
Paterson Public Schools The Paterson Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth garde from Paterson, New Jersey, United States. Paterson, which is an Abbott District, serves all of the city of Paterson.
Paterson railway station, New South Wales Paterson is a railway station on the CityRail network that serves Paterson, New South Wales, Australia. The town Paterson is located approximately 55km northwest of Newcastle, a port that is approximately 200km north of Sydney.
Patge Gregori Patge Gregori (English: "Page Gregori") is, in Catalan tradition, the most powerful page to the Three Magi or Three Kings who bring gifts to the children on the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany (the night of January 5-6). He has wide open eyes (the Catalan expression for this, "ulls com taronges", literally means "eyes like oranges"), and ears that can hear everything for miles around.
Path (computing) A path is the general form of a file or directory name, giving a file's name and its unique location in a file system. Paths point to their location using a string of characters signifying directories, separated by a delimiting character, most commonly the slash "/" or backslash character "", though some operating systems may use a different delimiter.
Path (graph theory) In graph theory, a path in a graph is a sequence of vertices such that from each of its vertices there is an edge to the next vertex in the sequence. The first vertex is called the start vertex and the last vertex is called the end vertex.
Path 15 Path 15 is the name of a major north-south power transmission corridor in California. It makes up the Pacific AC Intertie and along with the Pacific Intertie running to the east, it forms an important intertie with the hydroelectric plants to the north and the fossil plants to the south.
Path 26 Path 26 is a set of three 500 kV power lines that is Southern California Edison's (SCE) intertie with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to the north. Since PG&E's power grid and SCE's grid both have interconnections to elsewhere in the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest respectively, Path 26 is a southern extension of Path 15 and Path 66,and a crucial link in between the two regions' grids.
Path 66 Path 66 is the name of a 500 kV power line that was built by Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) in the early 1990s and completed (energized) in 1993. It is the northern half of one of the three 500 kV lines that makes up the Pacific AC Intertie which is the AC portion of a greater project linking power grids in the Southwest with the grids in the Pacific Northwest (for more info see Path 15 and for the DC portion of the project, see Pacific Intertie).
Path analysis (computing) In Internet website analytics, path analysis is process of determining a sequence of pages visited in a visitor session prior to some desired event, such as the visitor purchasing an item or requesting a newsletter. The precise order of pages visited may or may not be important and may or may not be specified.
Path analysis (statistics) In statistics, path analysis is a type of multiple regression analysis. The term path analysis has been used to refer to the analysis of causal models when single indicators are employed for each of the variables in the model.
Path cover Given a directed graph G=(V,E), a vertex-disjoint path cover is a set of vertex-disjoint directed paths such that every vertex v in V belongs to exactly one path. Note that a path cover may include paths of length 0 (a single vertex).
Path dependence Path-dependence is a phrase used to mean one of two things (Pierson 2004). Some authors use path-dependence to mean simply "history matters" - a broad conception - whilst others use it to mean that institutions are self reinforcing - a narrow conception.
Path Head Watermill Path Head Mill is a water mill situated in Summerhill, Blaydon, Tyne and Wear where the Vale Mill Trust has been restoring the site to include a water mill, a joiner's water power workshop and visitor's centre since 1994/95. The mill is open every day except Mondays (but they do open on Bank Holiday Mondays).
Path integral formulation The path integral formulation of quantum mechanics is a description of quantum theory which generalizes the action principle of classical mechanics. It replaces the classical notion of a single, unique history for a system with a sum, or functional integral, over an infinity of possible histories to compute a quantum amplitude.
Path length In chemistry, the path length is defined as the distance that light (UV/VIS) travels through a sample in an analytical cell. Typically, a sample cell is made of quartz, glass, or a plastic rhombic cuvette with a volume typically ranging from 0.
Path of Enlightenment In the role-playing game Vampire: The Masquerade from White Wolf Game Studios, a Path of Enlightenment is a set of behavioral and ethical guidelines. Newly-created vampires automatically begin with the Path of Humanity, which is conventional human morality.
Path of least resistance The path of least resistance describes the physical or metaphorical pathway which provides the least [to forward motion by a given object or entity, among a set of alternative paths. The concept is often used to describe why an object or entity takes a given path.
Path of Light In the Eberron campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Path of Light is a lawful neutral religion followed by the kalashtar of Adar. Followers revere a positive energy they call il-Yannah ("the Great Light").
Path of the Fury Path of the Fury is a stand-alone science fiction novel by David Weber, in three books of 34 chapters. It centers around former elite commando Alicia DeVries's quest to attain revenge on the interstellar pirates who killed her family.
Path profile In telecommunication, a path profile is a graphic representation of the physical features of a propagation path in the vertical plane containing both endpoints of the path, showing the surface of the Earth and including trees, buildings, and other features that may obstruct the radio signal.
Path quality analysis Path quality analysis: In a communications path, an analysis that (a) includes the overall evaluation of the component quality measures, the individual link quality measures, and the aggregate path quality measures, and (b) is performed by evaluating communications parameters, such as bit error ratio, signal-plus-noise-plus-distortion to noise-plus-distortion ratio, and spectral distortion.
Path vector protocol A path vector protocol is a computer network routing protocol in which it maintains the path that update information takes as it diffuses through the network. Updates which have looped through the network and returned to the same node are easily detected and discarded.
Path-goal model In organizational studies, the path-goal model is a leadership theory that states that a leader's function is to clear the path toward the goal of the group, by meeting the needs of subordinates. The model was developed jointly by Martin Evans and Robert House.
Patha Bhavana Patha Bhavana (Bangla: পাঠ ভবন) is a renowned institution of primary and secondary education in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India. Founded by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore in 1901, starting with only five students, the school is characterized by its philosophy of learning with the heart in closeness to nature without any superficial barriers between teachers and students, as opposed to the strict, repetitive and the rote learning system that was mainstream during Tagore's childhood, much to his dismay.
Pathari Pathari is a formerly princely state of India, administratively under the Bhopal Agency subdivision of the Central India Agency. The state covered an area of 78 square kilometers and had a population of 6,293 in 1892.
Patharia Patharia is a town and a nagar panchayat (country subdivision) in Damoh district in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. During World War II, the town served as the training camp for what would become Wingate's Chindits.
Pathétique Sonata in popular culture Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata Opus 13 in C minor, often called the "Pathétique," is one of the best known works of this composer. Since it is so familiar, and so memorable, it has frequently been incorporated into works of popular culture.
Pathe News Pathe Newsreels were produced from 1910 until mid-1956, when the newsreels in general stopped production. They were shown theatrically, silent at first with title cards mentioning the action on the screen and then with voice over narration, which was added in the early 1930s.
Pather Panchali Pather Panchali (Bengali: পথের পাঁচালী Pôther Pãchali, aka Song of the Little Road), released in 1955, is the first film of director Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy. The film depicts a boy's childhood in the Indian countryside in the 1950s.
Pathet The pathet (Javanese spelling; also patet) is an organizing concept in gamelan music. It is difficult to explain, but is similar to the melody types, that is, for example, modes, ragas, or maqamat, of other musics.
Pathet Lao Pathet Lao (Laotian ປະເທດລາວ, "Land of Laos") was a communist, nationalist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid 20th century. The group was ultimately successful in achieving paramount power in Laos, following a civil war or insurgent revolution lasting from the 1950s to 1975.
Pathetic fallacy In literary criticism, the pathetic fallacy is the description of inanimate natural objects in a manner that endows them with human feelings, thoughts and sensations. Pathetic in this usage is related to empathy (capability of feeling), and not intended to be derogatory.
Pathetique The adjective Pathétique, from the French, denoted a feeling of passion and sorrow in Ancient Greek, and was used by several composers as a name for works they deemed passionate and sorrowful. Well-known examples are:
Pathfinder (Star Trek) Pathfinder is a term occasionally used to describe the first ship in a given class of starship, and is used to describe the USS Galaxy in the Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual. The term has also been adopted by fans, and is used occasionally in place of the term 'prototype'.
Pathfinder class survey ship The Pathfinder / T-AGS 60 Class of Oceanographic Survey Ships are owned by Military Sealift Command and operated by Horizon Lines, LLC for the Naval Oceanographic Office("NAVO"). They have entirely civilian crews with scientists from NAVO Depending on area of operation, they occasionally have a Force Protection] detachment (usually [[United States Navy Reserve|Navy Reserve).
Pathfinder Dam Pathfinder Dam is a cyclopean dam, located on the North Platte river, approximately 47 miles south-west of Casper, Wyoming. It was originally constructed during the years 1905-1909, and has been modified several times since then.
Pathfinder March The Pathfinder March is an annual 46-mile (74 kilometre) long-distance walk in Cambridgeshire, England. The walk, which typically draws between three- and five-hundred participants, commemorates the role of the Royal Air Force Pathfinder Force in the Second World War.
Pathfinder Mural The Pathfinder Mural is a work of art formerly located at 410 West Street in the New York City neighborhood known as the West Village. It was conceived of by artist Mike Alewitz in 1988 and painted as a collaboration among eighty artists from twenty nations,http://www.
Pathfinder Nuclear Generating Station The Pathfinder Atomic Power Plant, a nuclear power plant built by Northern States Power Company near Sioux Falls, is considered the world's first all-nuclear power plant. After only one year's operation, however, it was converted to a conventional power plant because of technical problems.
Pathfinder Scouts Association The Pathfinder Scouts Association is an independent Traditional Scouting Association in the United Kingdom. The Association runs along the lines of Baden-Powell, upholding the traditions and practice set out by him in Scouting for Boys.
Pathfinder tendency The Pathfinder tendency is the unofficial name of a group of historically Trotskyist organizations that have now adopted positions of political convergence with the Cuban Communist Party and the Frente Sandinista de LiberaciĂłn Nacional. Today, each of the tendency's international sections is known as the Communist League, together with the Socialist Workers Party of the United States.
Pathfinder.com Pathfinder was one of the first Internet portals, initially created as Time Warner's entry onto the internet. It was supposed to be an all emcompassing site that brought the best content from all of Time Warner under one banner.
Pathfinders (military) During World War II, the pathfinders were a group of volunteers selected within the Airborne units who were specially trained to operate navigation aids to guide the main airborne body to the drop zones. The pathfinder teams (sticks) were made up of a group of eight to twelve pathfinders and a group of six bodyguards whose job was to defend the pathfinders while they set up their equipment.
Pathi Pathi (Tamil :பதி - "The place where God is") is the name asserted to the primary centres of congregational worship for the South Indian religion of Ayyavazhi, having a relatively large structure like that of a temple. They are five in number.
Pathinenkilkanakku Pathinenkilkanakku () is a collection of eighteen poetic works created during the 'post Sangam period' (between 100 - 500 CE). The poems of this collection differ from the earlier works under the Pathinenmaelkanakku collection , which are the oldest surviving Tamil Poetry.
Pathkiller Pathkiller, (1749 to January 1827), was the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, fought in the Revolutionary War for Britain and in the wars against American frontiersmen from 1783 through 1794. Pathkiller, a "fullblood," unacculturated Cherokee, became principal chief in 1811 and was the last individual from a conservative background to hold that office.
Pathloss Pathloss is a term used in radio communications to denote the radio wave propagation losses taking place on a signal's path from the transmitter to the receiver. The value of the radio link's pathloss is one of the main input parameters for the design of radio communications equipment.
PathMinder PathMinder is file manager software, or DOS shell originally designed for use under Microsoft's MS-DOS disk operating system. Published by Westlake Data Corporation of Austin, Texas, and designed by Albert Nurick and Brittain Fraley, it was first released on 30 September 1984 and became fairly popular.
Pathogenic theory of homosexuality The Pathogenic hypothesis of homosexuality, or the gay germ hypothesis, argues that a pathogenic cause of homosexuality is pointed to by the reduced number of offspring produced by homosexuality, meaning evolution would strongly select against it, by the low identical twin concordance for homosexuality, which further argues against genetic influence, and by analogue with diseases that alter brain structure and behavior, such as narcolepsy, which are suspected of being triggered by viral infection. It is inaccurate to refer to this hypothesis as a theory, as a theory represents a well-tested and verified hypothesis that has withstood all currently possibly scientific scrutiny and inquiry.
Pathogenic theory of schizophrenia The pathogenic theory of schizophrenia, also called the germ theory of schizophrenia, is a pathogenic theory of disease in which it is thought that a proximal cause of certain cases of schizophrenia is the interaction of the developing fetus with pathogens such as viruses, or with antibodies from the mother created in response to these pathogens (in particular, Interleukin 8).Brown AS, Hooton J, Schaefer CA, Zhang H, Petkova E, Babulas V, Perrin M, Gorman JM, Susser ES.

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