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Trusts (conflict) In Conflict of Laws, the Hague Convention on the Law Applicable to Trusts and on Their Recognition was concluded on 1 July 1985 and entered into force 1 January 1992. The Convention aims to harmonise not only the municipal law definitions of a trust both within the USA and outside the USA, but also the Conflict rules for resolving problems in the choice of the lex causae.
Trusts and estates The law of trusts and estates is generally considered the body of law which governs the management of personal affairs and the disposition of property of an individual in anticipation of the event of such person's incapacity or death, also known as the law of successions in civil law. Its techniques are also used to fulfil the wishes of philanthropic bequests or gifts through the creation, maintenance and supervision of charitable trusts.
Trustworthy Computing The term Trustworthy Computing (TwC) has been applied to computing systems that are inherently secure, available and reliable. The Committee on Information Systems Trustworthiness’ publication, Trust in Cyberspace, defines such a system as one which:
Trustworthy Computing Security Development Lifecycle The Trustworthy Computing Security Development Lifecycle is a Software Development Process used and proposed by Microsoft to reduce software maintenance costs and increase reliability of software concerning software security related bugs. It is based on the classical Spiral Model.
Trusty John Trusty John, Faithful John, Faithful Johannes, or John the True is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 6, and by Joseph Jacobs in his European Folk and Fairy Tales. Andrew Lang included it in The Blue Fairy Book.
Truten Truten (, which may be translated as Drone) was a Russian weekly satirical magazine, published by Nikolay Novikov from May 1 of 1769 to April 27 of 1770 in Petersburg. In 1769, there were 36 issues of the magazine and 17 - in 1770.
Truth Common dictionary definitions of truth mention some form of accord with fact or reality. There is no single definition of truth about which the majority of scholars agree, and numerous theories of truth continue to be widely debated.
Truth & Beauty: The Lost Pieces Volume Two [& Beauty: The Lost Pieces Volume Two (1999) is an album by the American ambient] musician [[Steve Roach. Like the first Lost Pieces, this album is a collection of pieces that were either temporally lost in Steve Roach’s archive of recording or released on limited edition, multi artist compilations.
Truth & Justice Truth & Justice is a superhero-based independently published role-playing game created by Chad Underkoffler and published by Atomic Sock Monkey Press. The game allows players to take the role of superheroes and supervillains.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like body assembled in South Africa after the end of Apartheid. Anybody who felt they had been a victim of violence could come forward and be heard at the TRC.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Peru) The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) (in Spanish: ComisiĂłn de la Verdad y ReconciliaciĂłn (CVR)) was established in June 2001 to examine atrocities committed in the 1980s and 1990s, when Peru was plagued by the worst political violence in the history of the republic. Its work was formally concluded in August 2003, when presented its final report to President Alejandro Toledo.
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (Sierra Leone) The Sierra Leone Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established as a condition of the Lomé Peace Accord with the assistance of the international community. It was signed by President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah and RUF leader Foday Sankoh on July 7, 1999.
Truth Behind the Nightmare: Battle in the Forest of Sorrow Truth Behind the Nightmare: Battle in the Forest of Sorrow (Japanese: 「悪夢ă®çśźĺ®źă€€ĺ†ăŤă®ćŁ®ă®ć¦ă„」 - Akumu no Shinjitsu Nageki no Muri no Tatakai) is the one hundredth episode of the anime series InuYasha. It was first broadcasted in Japan on February 10, 2003.
Truth commission A truth commission or truth and reconciliation commission is a commission tasked with discovering and revealing past wrongdoing by a government, in the hope of resolving conflict left over from the past. They are, under various names, occasionally set up by states emerging from periods of internal unrest, civil war, or dictatorship.
Truth drug A truth drug (or truth serum) is a drug used for the purposes of obtaining accurate information from an unwilling subject, most often by a police, intelligence, or military organization on a prisoner. Effective truth drugs are mostly fictional, though some drugs have been shown to be effective in lowering the resistance (but sometimes also reliability) of an interrogated person.
Truth Decay (American) HOUSTON BAND: Truth Decay was an early to late 90's artrock band from Houston, Texas. Bassist/songwriter Ralf Armin, himself an essential contributor to several Houston Noise Bands and experimental hard-rock groups such as Culturcide, The Pain Teens, and a sometime member of Really Red, founded the band with drummer Frank Garrymartin after they left the Pain Teens.
Truth function In mathematical logic, a truth function is a function from a set of truth-values to truth-values. Classically the domain and range of a truth function are {truth,falsehood}, but generally they may have any number of truth-values, including an infinity of them.
Truth in Lending Act The Truth in Lending Act (TILA) is a United States federal law designed to protect consumers in credit transactions by requiring clear disclosure of key terms of the lending arrangement and all costs. The statute is contained in title I of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, as amended (15 USC 1601 et seq.
Truth in Savings Act The Truth in Savings Act (also known by the acronym TISA) is a United States federal law that was passed on December 19, 1991. It was part of the larger Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 and is implemented by Regulation DD.
Truth in Science Truth in Science is a United Kingdom conservative Christian organisation which promotes "teach the controversy", a strategy to get Intelligent Design and other pseudo-scientific "alternative views" taught alongside evolution in school science lessons.
Truth in Sentencing Truth in Sentencing (or TIS) is a collection of different but related ideas about justice and fairness in the sentencing of criminals. Unlike earlier and better-known debates about what constitutes just sentencing, TIS is relatively unconcerned with what is fair for the criminal (e.
Truth Is "Truth Is" is the second hit single released by the music artist, Fantasia, from her debut album Free Yourself. Truth Is was not a huge success on the Billboard Hot 100 where it peaked at number 21, but it was an enormous success on the US R&B charts.
Truth maintenance system A truth maintenance system, or TMS, is a knowledge representation method for representing both beliefs and their dependencies. The name truth maintenance is due to the ability of these systems to restore consistency.
Truth Martini Truth Martini is an independent professional wrestler who works primarily out of Michigan, though based in the Detroit area, competes in one of the many Michigan based wrestling venues. One, is the All World Wrestling League based in Williamston, MI.
Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences was an American quiz show, originally hosted on radio by Ralph Edwards from 1940 to 1957, and later on television by Edwards himself from 1950 to 1951, Jack Bailey from 1954 to 1955, Bob Barker from 1956 to 1975, Bob Hilton from 1977 to 1978 and Larry Anderson in 1987. The show ran on CBS, NBC and also in syndication.
Truth or Doubt (Japanese television program) Truth or Doubt (Japanese: ă‚«ăźăłă‚°ă€ă‚¦ă, Kamingu Dauto; Wasei-eigo: Coming Doubt) was a Japanese quiz TV show copyrighted by Nippon Television Network. It started on April 3, 2004 and was broken off on March 29, 2005.
Truth predicate In formal theories of truth, a truth predicate is a fundamental concept based on the sentences of a formal language as interpreted logically. That is, it formalizes the concept that is normally expressed by saying that a sentence, statement, or idea "is true.
Truth table A truth table is a mathematical table used in logic — specifically in connection with boolean algebra, boolean functions, and propositional calculus — to compute the functional values of logical expressions on each of their functional arguments, that is, on each combination of values taken by their logical variables. In particular, truth tables can be used to tell whether a propositional expression is true for all legitimate input values, that is, logically valid.
Truth to materials Truth to materials is a tenet of modern architecture (as opposed to postmodern architecture), which holds that any material should be used where it is most appropriate and its nature should not be hidden. Concrete, therefore, should not be painted and the means of its construction should be celebrated – by, for instance, not sanding away marks left by timber shuttering (béton brut).
Truth-conditional semantics Truth-conditional semantics is the name for an approach to semantics of natural language that sees the meaning of a sentence being the same as, or reducible to, the truth conditions of that sentence. This approach to semantics is principally associated with Donald Davidson, and carries out for the semantics of natural language what Tarski's semantic theory of truth achieves for the semantics of logic.
Truth-value link The principle of truth-value links is a concept in metaphysics discussed in debates between philosophical realism and anti-realism. Philosophers who appeal to truth-value links in order to explain how individuals can come to understand parts of the world that are apparently cognitively inaccessible (the past, the feelings of others, etc.
Truth, Love & a Little Malice: An autobiography Truth, Love and a Little Malice (published in 2002) is the title of the autobiography of Khushwant Singh, a famous Indian writer, journalist and columnist who is also a qualified Barrister from the Kings College, London. Apart from tracing his story and immediate family history, it deals in depth with his relations with political dignitaries.
Truthbearer Truthbearer is a term used by philosophers and linguists to designate the sorts of things that may be either true or false. The term may be applied to propositions, sentences, statements, ideas, beliefs, and judgments, but not people or things.
Truthdig Truthdig is an online Web magazine that provides a mix of long-form articles, interviews, and blog-like commentary on current events, delivered from a progressive point-of-view. The site is built around major "digs" led by authorities in their fields, who write multi-faceted pieces about contemporary, often controversial, topics.
Trutnov Open Air Music Festival Trutnov Open Air Music Festival is one of the biggest music festivals in the Czech RepublicIts origins go back to 1987] when it was founded on the tradition of [[Prague underground (movement)|Underground culture in the city of Trutnov. Since the Velvet Revolution the festival is held annually and attendance has risen from 1,800 in 1990 to 20,000 in 1995
Truxton (arcade game) Truxton (Tatsujin in Japan) is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game developed by Toaplan in 1988. Like many other shooters, the game is set in space, where the player takes control of a small spaceship across several planets.
Truxton Bowl The Truxton Bowl is a Chinese porcelain punch bowl made for Captain Thomas Truxton in 1794. Captain Truxton is noted for his command of the frigate Constellation during the Quasi-War with France in 1798 to 1800.
Truxtun class cruiser The Truxtun class cruiser was a nuclear-powered class of single-ended guided missile cruisers (their missile armament was installed only aft, unlike "double-ended" cruisers with missile armament installed both forward and aft) based on a heavily modified version of the Belknap class. Truxtun was the third class of nuclear cruisers to operate in the United States Navy, after the Long Beach and Bainbridge classes, and was powered by the same D2G reactors as the Bainbridge class.
Try A try (at goal) is the major way of scoring points in rugby league and rugby union. A try is scored when a player grounds the ball in the opposition's in-goal area (on or behind the try line), or alternatively touching the goalposts and ground at the same time.
Try (song) "Try" is a pop song written by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado and Brian West for Furtado's second studio album Folklore (2003). It is produced by West and was released as the second single from the album in February 2004.
Try a Little Tenderness "Try a Little Tenderness" is a song written by Jimmy Campbell, Reginald Connelly, and Harry Woods, and recorded separately by both Ruth Etting and Bing Crosby in 1933. Subsequent recordings were made by such recording artists as Jimmy Durante, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine and Percy Sledge.
Try A Little Something New "Try A Little Something New" is a song from the Welcome to Pooh Corner Cable TV series which premiered in 1983 on the Disney Channel (which was also that channel's inaugural season). The song was written by the Academy Award winning songwriting duo of Richard M.
Try Again "Try Again" by Aaliyah, was the second single from the Romeo Must Die soundtrack and written for the motion picture of the same name. The single was successful in both the American charts and the international charts.
Try Bennett Try Bennett Grant (born August 5 1975) is a Costa Rican football player, who currently plays winger and forward for Deportivo Saprissa of the Costa Rican first division. Benneth has played almost his entire career for Saprissa, with brief stints with C.
Try Honesty Try Honesty is the first single released from the Canadian punk rock music group Billy Talent's debut self-titled album. Try Honesty is typically considered to be the band's most popular song from their debut album.
Try It Baby "Try It Baby" is a slow bluesy ballad recorded by American soul singer Marvin Gaye, released on the Tamla label in 1964. It was written and produced by Motown head honcho Berry Gordy, and talked of a woman who was "moving up" and "leaving (her man) behind".
Try It on My Own "Try It on My Own" is a 2003 single released by American R&B singer Whitney Houston. It is about overcoming doubts or fears so a person can reach the point in their life where they can "try it on their own".
Try Me Records Try Me Records was a record label founded by James Brown in 1963 under the auspices of Syd Nathan's King Records. It released singles by several acts associated with Brown, including his band The Poets, Johnny and Bill (Johnny Terry and Bill Hollings, both members of The Famous Flames), and Tammy Montgomery, who went on to record for Motown as Tammi Terrell.
Try Not to Breathe: Interpretation of Lyrics The lyrics of "Try Not to Breathe" are written as a monologue held by an old person explaining to someone that the time has come to die. The following quotes from the song bring out some of the main themes:
Try Some, Buy Some "Try Some, Buy Some" is a song written by George Harrison and released on his Living in the Material World in 1973. It was initially recorded by Ronnie Spector in 1971 and co-produced by Phil Spector, Harrison re-used the same backing track for his own version.
Try Whistling This "Try Whistling This" is a solo album released in 1998 by New Zealand singer/songwriter Neil Finn. The Japanese version of the album has a bonus track called "Tokyo", which also appears on the UK release of the single, Sinner.
Tryad Tryad (also t r y ^ d, t r y Δ d) is an Internet musical group that formed in January 2005 (not to be confused with an earlier band of the same name). They are among the first music groups to publish all their works under Creative Commons licenses, and are an example of remix culture.
Tryal Rocks Tryal Rocks, sometimes spelled Trial Rocks or Tryall Rocks, formerly known as Ritchie's Reef or the Greyhound's Shoal, is a reef of rock located in the Indian Ocean off the northwest coast of Australia, about 16 kilometres (10 mi) northwest of the outer edge of the Montebello Islands group. It is named for the Tryall, the first known shipwreck in Australian waters, which sunk after striking the then-uncharted rocks in 1622.
Tryall The Tryall (also spelt Tryal and Trial ) was a British East India Company owned East Indiaman captained by John Brooke which was wrecked off the north-west coast of Western Australia in 1622. Its crew were the first Englishmen to sight Australia and the wreck is Australia's oldest shipwreck except for perhaps the Mahogany Ship.
Tryambak Vasekar Tryambak Vasekar was born on November 13, 1918 in a small place 'Vasa' in the Parbhani district of the state of Maharashtra, India. His journey towards becoming a legend in the Marathwada region is itself quite laudable.
Tryavna Tryavna (Трявна) is a town in central Bulgaria, situated in the north slopes of the Balkan range, on the Tryavna river valley, near Gabrovo. It is famous for its textile industry and typical National Revival architecture, featuring 140 cultural monuments, museums and expositions.
Tryavna Peak Tryavna Peak (Vrah Tryavna ) is a peak rising to 300 m in the Delchev Ridge of the Tangra Mountains of eastern Livingston Island, Antarctica. The peak surmounts Sopot Ice Piedmont to the north and northwest, and Pautalia Glacier to the south by southwest.
Tryfon Tzanetis Tryfon Tzanetis (Greek: ΤĎύφων Τζανετής) was a Greek football player and coach. Born in 1918, he was a best known as a forward for AEK Athens FC during the 1930s and 1940s, partnering Kleanthis Maropoulos in AEK's front line.
Trygonorrhina The genus Trygonorrhina, commonly known as Banjo Rays or Fiddler Rays, can be separated into two species : The Eastern Fiddler Ray and the Southern Fiddler Ray. They are found on the South and East coasts of Australia.
Trygve Fossum Trygve Fossum is a Norwegian computer architect at Intel, having been transferred there from DEC's Alpha project where he was one of the chief architects/designers (before that he worked on the VAX 9000). At Intel he has worked with the Itanium 64-bit processor design.
Trygve Haavelmo Trygve Magnus Haavelmo (13 December 1911 – 28 July 1999), born in Skedsmo, Norway, was an influential economist with main research interests centered on the fields of econometrics and economics theory. During World War II he worked with Nortraship in the Statistical Department in New York City.
Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum Trygve Magnus Slagsvold Vedum (born 1 December, 1978 in Hamar) is a Norwegian politician representing the Centre Party. He is currently a representative of Hedmark in the Storting, he was first elected in 2005.
Trygve Nygaard Trygve Nygaard (born 19 August 1975) is a Norwegian football midfielder who currently plays for Norwegian Premier League team Viking. He joined the team in 1999 from FK Haugesund, for whom he played two seasons in the Norwegian Premier League.
Tryin' to Get the Feeling Tryin' to Get the Feeling was the third studio album released by Barry Manilow in 1975. It sported the self-titled track "Tryin' to Get the Feeling Again", with other hits including "New York City Rhythm", "Bandstand Boogie" (the theme from the long-running ABC series American Bandstand), and "I Write the Songs.
Trying to save Piggy Sneed Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is a collection of short works by John Irving, first published by Arcade Publishing in 1996. It features twelve writing pieces divided into three sections: Memoirs, Fiction, and Homage.
Trying to Save Piggy Sneed (collection) Trying to Save Piggy Sneed is a collection of short works by John Irving, first published by Arcade Publishing in 1996. It features twelve writing pieces divided into three sections: Memoirs, Fiction, and Homage.
Trym Torson Trym Torson (born Kai Johnny Mosaker), or just simply "Trym" is a Norwegian drummer, currently playing with Zyklon. He started playing in the viking metal band Enslaved and was later invited to play in black metal band Emperor.
Tryon County, New York Tryon County, New York was a county in New York, part of the Province of New York, named after Governor William Tryon. In 1784 the county was renamed Montgomery County, New York after General Richard Montgomery.
Tryon County, North Carolina Tryon County is a former county located in the state of North Carolina. It was formed in 1768 from the part of Mecklenburg County west of the Catawba River, though the legislative act that created it did not become effective until April 10, 1769.
Tryon Resolves The Tryon Resolves were a revolutionary list of grievances with the British Government predating the Declaration of Independence in the American Revolution. They were drafted in response to the Battle of Lexington.
Tryout Tryout is a term referring to a legitimate theatre show being tried out of town first for possible revisions and evaluation before heading to Broadway or the West End. The Shubert Theatre (New Haven) is a famous example of a theatre traditionally specializing in such tryouts for Broadway.
Trypanosoma Trypanosoma is a notable genus of trypanosomes, a monophyletic group of unicellular parasitic protozoa. The name is derived from the Greek trypaĂ´ (boring) and soma (body) because of the way the organisms move.
Trypanosomiasis Trypanosomiasis is the name of the several diseases in vertebrates caused by parasitic protozoan trypanosomes of the genus Trypanosoma. The disease may also be called trypanosomosis but there is no greater authority for either; both terms are widely used in publication.
Tryphon, Respicius, and Nympha Saints Tryphon (Trypho), Respicius, and Nympha (Ninfa) were martyrs whose feast was observed in the Catholic Church on November 10. Tryphon is said to have been born at Kampsade (Lampsakon) in Phrygia, near Apamea, and as a boy took care of geese.
Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller Tryphosa Bates-Batcheller (1876–1952) was an American socialite, club woman and concert singer. She is often mentioned in the same context as Florence Foster Jenkins: both are apt to be criticised as people who were publicly tolerated and even celebrated as singers, as a result of their wealth and social position, despite a lack of talent.
Trypsinization In a cell culture, cells frequently are stuck to their medium, and therefore their plate. Trypsin, an enzyme commonly found in the digestive tract, can be used to "eat" away the proteins that cause cells to stick to each other and therefore allow better observation and experimentation to be conducted.
Tryptamine Substitutions to the tryptamine molecule give rise to a group of compounds collectively known as tryptamines. The most well-known tryptamines are serotonin, an important neurotransmitter, and melatonin, a hormone involved in regulating the sleep-wake cycle.
Tryptase Tryptase is the most abundant secretory granule-derived serine proteinase contained in mast cells that has recently been used as a marker for mast cell activation. It is involved with allergenic response and is suspected to act as a mitogen for fibroblast lines.
Tryptophan hydroxylase Tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH or TH) is an enzyme () involved in the synthesis of the neurotransmitter serotonin. It is responsible for addition of the -OH group to the 5 position to form the amino acid 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP), which is then converted to serotonin by decarboxylation.
Tryptophan repressor Tryptophan repressor is a dimeric protein (2 x 12,500 Mr) which regulates transcription of at least 5 genes; When the amino acid tryptophan is plentiful in the cell, it binds to the protein, which then binds in turn to these 5 DNA sequences, shutting off the genes.
Trys Milijonai Trys Milijonai ("Three Million") is a Lithuanian song by a journalist, TV talk show host and singer Marijonas MikutaviÄŤius (et al), popularly regarded in Lithuania as the sports' anthem and the unofficial Lithuanian Olympic team anthem.
Tryst with destiny Tryst with Destiny was a speech made by Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of the Republic of India. The speech was made to the Indian Constituent Assembly, on the eve of India's independence, towards midnight on August 14, 1947.
Tryvann Tryvann is a small lake in Nordmarka, the forest area just north of Oslo city, near the Holmenkollen ski jump. By the water lies a cabin called Tryvannstua, in which there is a café regularly open both during summer and winter.
TryvannstĂĄrnet TryvannstĂĄrnet is the name of the 118 metre high TV Tower of Oslo, located 588 metres above mean sea level near the Tryvann lake. TryvannstĂĄrnet was built in 1962 and has an observation deck in a height of 60 metres, from which you have at clear weather conditions a sight until the Swedish frontier.
Trywork A trywork, located aft of the fore-mast, is the most distinguishing feature of a whaling ship. In two cast-iron trypots set into this furnace of brick, iron and wood, oil was rendered from the blubber of whales, much as grease is rendered from frying bacon.
Trzebnica County Trzebnica County (in Polish powiat trzebnicki ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Lower Silesian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1 January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998.
TR Araña TR Araña (Spanish for "route tracing spider"), popularly known as Arturito (a Spanish play on R2-D2), also known as Geo-Radar, is a device created by Manuel Salinas, a Chilean inventor, that was reported to be able to analyze the composition of the ground remotely, to depths of up to 50 meters. It is widely believed by the scientific community to be a fraud, however there has not hitherto been a through independent investigation to prove such claims.
TR-1 Temp The TR-1 Temp was a mobile theatre ballistic missile developed and deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-12 Scaleboard and carried the industrial designation 9M76.
TR-55 The TR-55, released in 1955, was Sony's first transistor radio, and the first to be made in Japan. The use of transistors rather than vacuum tubes allowed the device to be much smaller than earlier radios, and allowed them to be the first truly portable radio from Japan.
TR-85 TR-85 is a Romanian main battle tank. It is a drastically modified version of the Soviet T-55 with a new turret, a new MAN German diesel engine (the same engine as on the Leopard 1) tank, and a completely redesigned suspension, stabilised main armament, muzzle reference system and thermal sleeve and laser and thermal acquisition system.
TRAC (programming language) TRAC (for Text Reckoning And Compiling) is a programming language developed in the early 1960s by Calvin Mooers (1919-1994). It was one of three "first languages" recommended by Ted Nelson in Computer Lib.
TRACE TRACE, or the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer is a NASA space telescope designed to investigate the connections between fine-scale magnetic fields and the associated plasma structures on the Sun by providing high resolution images and observation of the solar photosphere and transition region to the corona.
TRACKER Network UK The TRACKER's stolen vehicle recovery system is operated by all of the UK's 52 police forces. Police aircraft and several police vehicles in each force are fitted with police tracking computers, which pick up silent land based radio signals emitted from the stolen vehicle.
TRAIL TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL), in the field of cell biology, is a ligand molecule which induces the process of cell death called apoptosis. It is a type II transmembrane protein with homology to other members of the tumor necrosis factor family.
TRANZ 330 The TRANZ 330 is a popular point-of-sale devices manufactured by VeriFone in 1985. The most common application for these units is bank and credit card processing, however, as a general purpose computer, they can perform other novel functions.
TREC Genomics The TREC Genomics track is a workshop held under the auspices of NIST for the purpose of evaluating systems for information retrieval and related technologies in the genomics domain. The TREC Genomics track has taken place annually since 2003, with some modifications to the task set every year; tasks have included information retrieval, document classification, GeneRIF prediction, and question answering.
TREVI TREVI was an intergovernmental network - or forum - of national officials from ministries of justice and the interior in the European Community created during the European Council Summit in Rome, 1-2 December 1975. It ceased to exist when it was integrated in the so-called Third Pillar of the European Union by the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992.
TRIAC A TRIAC, or TRIode for Alternating Current is an electronic component approximately equivalent to two silicon-controlled rectifiers (SCRs/thyristors) joined in inverse parallel (paralleled but with the polarity reversed) and with their gates connected together. This results in a bidirectional electronic switch which can conduct current in either direction when it is triggered (turned on).
TRIC Tools, Inc. TRIC Tools, Inc., headquartered in Alameda, California, is an infrastructure and environmental technology company that designs, produces and sells proprietary tools and systems for the "non-invasive" rehabilitation and replacement of sewer, water, gas and other difficult to access underground pipes.
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