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Fractures
Fractures Definition A fracture is a complete or incomplete break in a bone resulting from the application of excessive force. Description A fracture usually results from traumatic injury to a bone, causing the continuity of bone tissues or bony cartilage to be disrupted or ... Read more |
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Adverse possession
ADVERSE POSSESSION A method of gaining legal title to real property by the actual, open, hostile, and continuous possession of it to the exclusion of its true owner for the period prescribed by state law. personal property may also be acquired by adverse possession. Adverse possession is similar... Read more |
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Constituent Assembly
CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY The All-Russian Constituent Assembly, which opened and closed on January 5, 1918, was elected to draft a constitution for the new Russian state. Prior to 1917, most oppositionist parties agreed that a democratically elected assembly should determine Russia's political future.... Read more |
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Ureterostomy
Ureterostomy, cutaneous Definition A cutaneous ureterostomy, also called ureterocutaneostomy, is a surgical procedure that detaches one or both ureters from the bladder, and brings them to the surface of the abdomen with the formation of an opening (stoma) to allow passage... Read more |
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micropyle
micropyle 1. A small opening in the surface of a plant ovule through which the pollen tube passes prior to fertilization. It results from the incomplete covering of the nucellus by the integuments. It remains as an opening in the testa of most seeds through which water is absorbed. 2. A small pore... Read more |
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spiracle
spiracle 1. A small paired opening that occurs on each side of the head in cartilaginous fish. It is the reduced first gill slit, its small size resulting from adaptations of the skeleton for the firm attachment of the jaws. In modern teleosts (bony fish) the spiracle is closed up. In tetrapods the... Read more |
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Avalon Peninsula
Avalonian orogeny An episode of mountain building, named after the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland, that occurred about 650–500 Ma ago (Cambrian to Ordovician) as a result of rifting (see RIFT) and volcanicity associated with the opening of the Atlantic. Its rocks are found intermittently... Read more |
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Horseshoe Bend
Horseshoe Bend a turn on the Tallapoosa River, near Dadeville, E central Ala., site of a battle on Mar. 27, 1814, in which the Creeks, led by chief William Weatherford , were significantly defeated by a militia under the command of Andrew Jackson. As a result, large parts of Alabama and Georgia... Read more |
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osteomyelitis
osteomyelitis , infection of the bone and bone marrow. Direct infection of bone usually occurs through open fractures, penetrating wounds, or surgical operations. Infecting microorganisms may also reach the bone via the bloodstream, the most common means of bone infection in children. Osteomyelitis... Read more |
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Styria Open Women's Tennis Results
Following are the results from the Dollar Styria Open women's tennis tournament on Wednesday in Maria Lankowitz, Austria (prefix number denotes seeding): First round:6-Henriete... |
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Results at Styria Open Tennis Tournament
Following are the results at the Styria Open tennis tournament at Maria Lankowitz, Austria, on Friday (prefix number denotes seeding): Singles quarter-finals:5-Barbara... |
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Results of Styria Open Women's Tennis
Following are the first round results of the Styria Open women's tennis tournament at Maria Lankowitz, Austria, on Monday (prefix number denotes seeding): Maria Andrea Sanchez Lorenzo... |
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Quarter-final Results of Women's Styria Open Tennis
Following are quarter-final results at the women's Styria Open tennis tournament in Maria Lankowitz on Friday (prefix number denotes seeding): Meike Babel, Germany, bt Gala Leon-Garcia... |
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Styria Open Results
AP Online 07-13-1998 MARIA LANKOWITZ, Austria (AP) _ Results Sunday of the StyriaOpen:Singles Championship Patty Schnyder (1), Switzerland, def. Gala Leon Garcia (5),Spain, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3. Copyright 1998 The Associated Press All Rights Reserved. |
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Impact of wind power plants on black grouse, Lyrurus tetrix in Alpine regions
...Within the province of Styria between 30 and 40 locations...only experiences from Styria (Austria) (Zeiler...with lower altitudes open ridges with alpine meadows...and 1 900 m a.s. in Styria (Austria). The study...time. Therefore our results ... |
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Haider dominates Vienna poll today
...suffered defeats in state elections in Styria and Burgenland last year. It is now looking...appears certain to be reelected, but the result of the election will be scrutinized closely...and invoking antisemitic rhetoric. In an open letter to Austrian President Thomas ... |
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Fast forward to slow food
...horrified by plans for McDonald's to open beside the Spanish Steps in Rome; he...15th-century technique for preserving Styria cabbage that was abandoned in the 1970s...in Italy for its yellow colour, which results from the grass diet of our cows. Terra... |
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ELECTRICITY: GREEN LIGHT FOR AUSTRIA'S VERBUND AND ENERGIEALLIANZ TO FORM...
...therefore a difficult one to penetrate. The result is that foreign competitors in Austria...controlled jointly by EdF and the Land of Styria. Energie AG Oberosterreich, which belongs...market and to improve the range of sources open to small distributors. Verbund has also... |
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COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: COR ADDS ITS VOICE TO ENLARGEMENT PROCESS.
...itself to the institutional questions left open after the IGC held in Amsterdam in the...and the Implications for Regulation' - Results of the Public Consultation on the Green...drafted by Waltraud Klasnic, Governor of Styria, Austria, Goran Farm, Vice-mayor... |