Pantagruel
The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
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Pantagruel, the second book (in chronological order of the narrative) of
Rabelais's great work, but the first to be written and published (1532). Pantagruel is presented as the son of
Gargantua and Badebec, daughter of the king of Amaurotes of Utopia (a reference to Sir T.
More's work). The book describes his fantastic birth and childhood, his tour of the French universities, and his military exploits in Utopia. The narrative, which is continued in three further books, provides occasion for abundant satire directed against monks and schoolmen, the papacy, and the magistrature
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Interference excision in spread spectrum communications using adaptive positive time-frequency analysis.(Research Article)
Magazine article from: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...quadratic chirp interferences for single and multicomponent interference cases. The...system. Most interference suppression...with narrowband interferences [1-5...for narrowband interference excision, the...
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Interference: Operators Making Advances In Fight.
Magazine article from: Via Satellite; 6/1/2008; 700+ words
; By Greg Berlocher Satellite interference costs commercial operators and...personnel costs and the price of interference detection systems. Many different...headway in the fight. Satellite interference is a fact of life for operators...
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DTV interference issues loom: as stations move to full power, problems among stations are expected to increase. (Technology).(digital television signals)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Broadcasting & Cable; 6/24/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...air with full-power DTV signals, interference issues like that being experienced...power signals, we'll see a lot of interference to NTSC, and it may be worse than...request asking the FCC for relief from interference that its signal is getting from the...
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Examine the RNA Interference in the Post-Genomic Era: Markets and Technologies.
Business Wire; 11/13/2008; 700+ words
; ...is available in its catalogue. RNA Interference in the Post-Genomic Era: Markets...reportlinker.com/p096546/RNA-Interference-in-the-Post- Genomic-Era...status of current and emerging RNA interference (RNAi) technologies and products...
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TensorComm Announces Interference Analysis for Wireless Networks.
PR Newswire; 9/13/2006; 700+ words
; Industry Leader in Interference Cancellation Technology (ICT(TM)) Detects High Levels of Interference on Commercial Networks DENVER, Sept...wireless technology company and pioneer in interference cancellation, announced today its Interference...
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Interference resolution: Insights from a meta-analysis of neuroimaging tasks
Magazine article from: Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...purported to require the resolution of interference. The tasks included the Stroop, flanker...the detection and/or resolution of interference. Individual task analyses reveal differential...among the processing stages at which interference may be resolved may explain regional...
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RF Interference is a Major Unrecognized Threat for Wi-Fi Networks.
Business Wire; 10/18/2006; 700+ words
; ...Managing the RF Environment and Curtailing Interference on WLANs GERMANTOWN, Md. -- Please...The corrected release reads: RF INTERFERENCE IS A MAJOR UNRECOGNIZED THREAT FOR...understand and address the challenge of RF interference. "The air is the new wire," says...
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Interference in the 3G cards? RF interference from laptops could wreak havoc for PC card users particularly those with older or less-expensive computers.(Technology)
Magazine article from: Wireless Week; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...mess? The root of that problem --RF interference--no longer wreaks havoc with TV...that exists in coaxial cable. But RF interference remains an issue for laptop users looking...1XEV-DO, EDGE or UMTS. Although RF interference isn't a new problem, it is an issue...
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Preparing tortious interference claims. (includes related article on discovery and litigation of cases involving business fraud)
Magazine article from: Trial; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...their valued employees. "Tortious interference" is an umbrella term that encompasses...relationships. Early cases of tortious interference involved the use of violence, fraud...jurisdictions recognize claims for intentional interference with contracts, terminable-at...
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Elimination of the Interference from Aminoglycoside Antibiotics in the Pyrogallol Red-Molybdate Protein Dye-Binding Assay
Magazine article from: Clinical Chemistry; 9/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...3). The assay is sensitive to interference from aminoglycoside antibiotics, and the extent of interference varies with different PRM reagents...assays are sensitive to aminoglycoside interference, whereas the Cobas Fara and Roche...
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interference
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
interference in physics, the effect produced by...other ways interfere with each other. Interference is observed in both sound waves and...those of visible light and radio. Interference in Sound Waves When two sound waves...
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RNA Interference
Book article from: Genetics
RNA Interference RNA interference is a process in which translation of some of a cell's messenger...destruction of) matching double-stranded RNA sequences. RNA interference is believed to protect the cell against viruses and other threats...
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Interference
Book article from: Science of Everyday Things
INTERFERENCE CONCEPT When two or more waves interact...they interfere with one another. But interference is not necessarily bad: waves may...original ones. Even so, destructive interference may have positive effects: without...
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interference filter
Book article from: A Dictionary of Astronomy
interference filter A type of filter that uses the effect of interference of light to limit the wavelengths that pass through it. Ordinary filters are coloured, but interference filters consist of very thin multiple layers of...
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interference figure
Book article from: A Dictionary of Earth Sciences
interference figure In crossed-polar mineral optics...isogyres’. There are two kinds of interference figures: uniaxial and biaxial. When centred, the uniaxial interference figure resembles a black cross with coloured...
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