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saturated fat
saturated fat any solid fat that is an ester of glycerol and a saturated fatty acid . The molecules of a saturated fat have only single bonds between carbon atoms; if double bonds are present in the fatty acid portion of the molecule, the fat is said to be unsaturated. Unsaturated fats general... Read more
phosphorylation
phosphorylation chemical process in which a phosphate group is added to an organic molecule. In living cells phosphorylation is associated with respiration , which takes place in the cell's mitochondria, and photosynthesis, which takes place in the chloroplasts. The energy released during metaboli... Read more
data processing
data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a business. In automatic or electronic data processing the ... Read more
lithography
lithography , type of planographic or surface printing. It is distinguished from letterpress (relief) printing and from intaglio printing (in which the design is cut or etched into the plate). Lithography is used both as an art process and as a commercial printing process. In commercial printing t... Read more
amalgamation process
amalgamation process , in particular, a method to extract gold and silver from ores. The ore is crushed and treated with mercury , in which the metal dissolves. The amalgam is heated and the mercury evaporates, leaving pure gold or silver. The process has been criticized as an environmental and occ... Read more
aging
aging in biology, cumulative changes in an organism, organ, tissue, or cell leading to a decrease in functional capacity. In humans, aging is associated with degenerative changes in the skin, bones, heart, blood vessels, lungs, nerves, and other organs and tissues. The branch of medicine that deals... Read more
Hastings
Hastings city (1996 pop. 58,495), SE North Island, New Zealand, close to Napier. It has extensive food-processing industries, including meatpacking, canning, and dairy processing. ... Read more
smelting
smelting in metallurgy, any process of melting or fusion, especially to extract a metal from its ore. Smelting processes vary in detail depending on the nature of the ore and the metal involved, but they are typified in the use of the blast furnace . ... Read more
distillation
distillation process used to separate the substances composing a mixture. It involves a change of state, as of liquid to gas, and subsequent condensation . The process was probably first used in the production of intoxicating beverages. Today, refined methods of distillation are used in many indus... Read more
polymerase chain reaction
polymerase chain reaction (PCR), laboratory process in which a particular DNA segment from a mixture of DNA chains is rapidly replicated, producing a large, readily analyzed sample of a piece of DNA; the process is sometimes called DNA amplification. The Process In PCR, DNA (see nucleic ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "levels of processing"

SIC 7374 Computer Processing and Data Preparation and Processing Services
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...Snapshot Serving a diverse array of industries, data processing services allow companies to outsource some or all...management process, be it payroll, electronic transaction processing, or some other task. Data processing firms offer specialized knowledge and technologies...such data in-house. As a ... Read more
SIC 3571 Electronic Computers
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...machines that: Store the processing program or programs and...without human intervention, a processing program that requires them...logical decision during the processing run. Included in this industry...computers or a central processing unit for the purpose of...shook already-declining ... Read more
Nuclear Waste
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Public Health ...which consists of any waste arising from the separation and processing of uranium to fabricate nuclear fuel, from nuclear reactors...radiation hazard of mill tailings is due mainly to the elevated levels of radium and high emanation rates of radon gas. Low-level...removal of radionuclides from drinking water, ... Read more
Montgomery: Economy
Encyclopedia entry from: Cities of the United States ...the local, state, and federal levels plays a major role in Montgomery...Alabama makes it an important processing and shipping center for cotton...are metal fabrication, food processing, lumber processing, and furniture production... Read more
Reaction Time
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Aging ...get exact processing times for each stage of mental processing. As a result, psychologists frequently study peripheral or sensorimotor processing by combining input (encoding) and output (response execution) times. The central processing stages of memory retrieval, decision-making, and response ... Read more
machine code
Book article from: World Encyclopedia machine code In computing, instructions that the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer can execute, without the need for translation. Machine-code statements are written in a binary-coded... Read more
Potassium
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine ...reduce abnormally high sodium levels and raise potassium levels to normal, which was entirely...essential to the efficient processing of foods in the body; without...modern processing and high levels of salt added to most processed foods. Cooking and processing destroy potassium, and ... Read more
SIC 7377 Computer Rental and Leasing
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries ...in renting or leasing computers and related data processing equipment on the customers' site, whether or not...manufacturing and leasing computers and related data processing equipment. Establishments primarily engaged in finance leasing of computers and related data processing equipment are classified ... Read more
Driving, Alcohol, and Drugs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior ...exponentially with increasing BAC levels. By the time BAC levels exceed 0.2 grams alcohol...eventually by increasing alcohol levels. However, the examination...suggests that information-processing errors are common in the...impairment even seen at alcohol levels below 0.02 percent ... Read more
Phenylketonuria
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health: Infancy through Adolescence ...which involve above normal (elevated) levels of phenylalanine in the blood. The primary...high phenylalanine concentrations (or levels) in the blood and brain. Above normal levels of phenylalanine are toxic to the cells...The liver is the body's chief protein-processing center. Proteins are one of ... Read more

Dictionary entries related to "levels of processing"

data processing
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing data processing ( DP ) A term used predominantly in...While it is hard to generalize, data-processing applications may be characterized as...research and sales forecasting, order processing, investment analysis, financial modeling... Read more
structured systems analysis
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing ...representations . The dataflow diagrams show the various processing elements in the system, and the dataflows between these processing elements and the major stores of data within the system. The processing elements are described in nonprocedural terms, typically using natural language, and a ... Read more
Lisp
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Lisp / lisp / (also LISP ) • n. a high-level computer programming language devised for list processing. Read more
radioactive waste
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology ...atomic nuclei). These wastes are produced in the mining and processing of radioactive ores, the normal running of nuclear power stations...before it can be disposed of. Intermediate-level waste (e.g. processing plant sludge and reactor components) is solidified, mixed... Read more
line finder
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing line finder An image-processing procedure that detects abrupt changes in intensity in gray-level images . Line finders...linear structure. They may operate on the raw data or they may take the output after processing with edge detectors . Read more
Minamata disease
Book article from: A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition Minamata disease Poisoning by organic mercury compounds, named after Minamata Bay in Japan, where fish contained high levels of organic mercury compounds after waste water from mercury processing was passed into the estuary (between 1953–6). Read more
edge detector
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing edge detector In gray-level image processing , images of typical scenes contain large areas of gradual intensity change...features. Many different forms of edge detectors have been developed in image processing, including the Laplacian operator . Read more
hierarchical communication system
Book article from: A Dictionary of Computing ...which in turn link to the bank's main data processing center. 2. A logical organization of communication facilities, in which the lowest levels deal with the physical network while higher levels deal with the communication between specific... Read more
Air Conditioning
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...successful efforts to control humidity levels indoors. Systems were custom designed...atmospheric conditions for industrial processing. One of the first comfort air conditioning...heat of large glass windows, high levels of interior lighting, numerous occupants... Read more
Intelligence, Military and Strategic
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Military and strategic intelligence includes the collecting, processing, analyzing, evaluating, integrating, and interpreting openly...is used in formulating policy on national and international levels. The intelligence community in the United States consists of... Read more

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Optimizing network storage processing performance: programmable multi-processors and high-speed I/O enable new levels of flexibility and performance for network storage systems.(Storage Networking)
Newspaper article from: Computer Technology Review; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...generation storage processing requirements, a...multi-processors with high levels of I/O and memory...in enabling new levels of performance and...challenges today: * Processing performance * Flexibility...another chip. Higher levels of on-chip integration...improving overall ... Read more
Absence of high-level vancomycin resistance in enterococci isolated from meat-processing facilities. (Dispatches).
Magazine article from: Emerging Infectious Diseases; 11/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...isolated from packaging areas of meat-processing facilities that produce ready-to-eat...any enterococci isolated from 12 meat-processing plants. ********** Since 1989, vancomycin-resista...be found in the environment of food-processing facilities, including those producing... Read more
FDA-cleared sterilants and high level disinfectants with general claims for processing reusable medical and dental devices.
Magazine article from: Healthcare Purchasing News; 7/1/2003; 700+ words ; FDA-cleared sterilants and high level disinfectants with general claims for processing reusable medical and dental devices MANUFACTURER ACTIVE INGREDIENT(S) Cidex OPA Solution Advanced 0.55% ortho-phthaldehyde Sterilization... Read more
Processing humidity levels influence survival of bacteria.
Newspaper article from: Microbial Update International; 4/1/2002; 481 words ; ...the thermal inactivation of potential pathogens during processing and the growth of surviving pathogens during product storage...processed patties were evaluated. Researchers found that processing humidity affected the survivors of the bacteria. More...the patties cooked at low humidity than at high humidity ... Read more
Processing humidity levels influence bacteria survival in processed products.
Newspaper article from: Microbial Update International; 8/1/2003; 517 words ; ...thermal inactivation of potential pathogens during the processing and growth of surviving pathogens during product storage...Listeria in the processed patties. Researchers found that processing humidity affected the survivors of the bacteria. More...the patties cooked at low humidity than at high humidity ... Read more
Processing humidity levels influence bacteria survival.
Newspaper article from: Microbial Update International; 12/1/2004; 510 words ; ...thermal inactivation of potential pathogens during the processing and growth of surviving pathogens is essential in evaluating...Listeria in the processed patties. Scientists found that processing humidity affected the survivors of the bacteria. More...the patties cooked at low humidity than at high-humidity ... Read more
PMA co-sponsors high-level event in October: Mobile Imaging Summit brings imaging, information processing, and telecommunications industries together.
Newspaper article from: Digital Imaging Digest; 9/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...carriers like Sprint, Nextel, and Verizon); and the information processing/PC industry (companies like Apple, Adobe, and HP), says Alexis...think in terms of those three industries--imaging, information processing, and telecommunications--coming together, there is an enormous... Read more
Topically applied vitamin C enhances the MRNA level of collagens I and III, their processing enzymes and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1 in the human dermis.(Vitamin C)(messenger ribonucleic acid)(Report)
Magazine article from: Life Extension; 5/1/2009; 342 words ; Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is a cofactor required for the function of several hydroxylases and monooxygenases. It is not synthesized in humans and some other animal species and has to be provided by diet or pharmacologic means. Its absence is responsible for scurvy, a condition related in its Read more
Effects of anagrams with single or multiple solutions, level-of-processing, and generation on implicit memory.
Magazine article from: North American Journal of Psychology; 12/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...proposed to classify tests along the continuum between data-driven and conceptually-driven processing using three criteria. (1) Level-of-processing (LOP) effect: LOP has always affected explicit memory tests and conceptual implicit memory tests... Read more
Playing politics: provinces continue to debate levels of government involvement in recycling collection and processing.(CANADIAN MARKET REPORT)
Magazine article from: Recycling Today; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...material collected), we are currently refusing spot loads, says Aguettaz. He foresees the price perhaps bouncing back to current levels ($130-$135 per toll) by summer, but nowhere near the $150 to $170 per ton the recycled commodity used to attract. China is the... Read more