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monitor
monitor any of various dragonlike, mostly tropical lizards. A monitor lizard has a heavy body, long head and neck, long tail that comes to a whiplike end, and strong legs with sharp claws. Its slender, forked tongue is protrusible. Monitors range in size from the 8-in. (20-cm) short-tailed species... Read more |
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Monitor lizards
Monitor Lizards Biology of monitors Species of monitors Monitors and people Resources Monitor lizards include 60 living species of large lizards in the genus Varanus, family Varanidae. Monitors inhabit tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. Monitors are among the... Read more |
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John Lorimer Worden
Worden, John Lorimer (1818–1897) U.S. naval officer. Born in Westchester County, New York, John Worden entered the navy as a midshipman in 1834. His career followed a normal pattern until the beginning of the Civil War. He was captured by Confederate authorities while returning from... Read more |
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monitor (ship)
monitor type of turreted warship (no longer used) carrying heavy guns, having little draft, and lying low in the water. Monitors were so called from the first of the class, the Monitor, built for the Union navy in the U.S. Civil War by John Ericsson . Launched in Jan., 1862, the Monitor was... Read more |
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Electronic fetal monitoring
Electronic fetal monitoring Definition Electronic fetal monitoring (EFM) involves the use of an electronic fetal heart rate (FHR) monitor to record the baby's heart rate. Elastic belts are used to hold sensors against the pregnant woman's abdomen. The sensors are connected... Read more |
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Environmental monitoring
Ecological Monitoring Monitoring, research and indicators Monitoring addresses important issues State-of-the-environment reporting and social action Resources The goal of ecological monitoring is to provide information about changes to the structure and function of ecosystems for use in... Read more |
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artificial selection
artificial selection The modification of species by selective breeding. Animals or plants with desirable characteristics are interbred with the aim of altering the genotype and producing a new strain of the organism for a specific purpose. For example, sheep are bred by means of artificial selection... Read more |
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Coping
Coping TYPES OF COPING SOCIAL SUPPORT AND COPING CONCLUSION BIBLIOGRAPHY The stresses inherent in the daily challenges of life create a need for continuous monitoring and adjustment. Coping is the behavioral, cognitive, and emotional process of managing a stressful or threatening situation... Read more |
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User Interface
User Interfaces How do we make computers communicate with humans? The first computers, developed in the 1940s, were no more than huge boxes filled with complex electronics. The computer operators used binary code and primitive peripheral devices, such as punched card readers,... Read more |
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