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ACU
ACU is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below: Abilene Christian University, a private Christian university located in Abilene, Texas.Achutupo Airport, an airport in in Achutupo, Panama with the IATA airport code "ACU".American Conservative Union, a large political l..
Acuas
Acuas was one of the first representants of Manicheism in the Christian Orient. Presumably a Mesopotamian, he introduced this religion into Eleutheropolis in Palestine. The Manichaeans were sometimes called after him Acuanitae. St. Epiphanius calls him a veteranus, or an ex-soldier of the empire, an..
Acueducto de los Milagros
Roman aqueduct at Mérida, Spain ..
Acuff-Rose Music
Acuff-Rose Music was an American music publishing firm headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Acuff-Rose was formed by country music performer Roy Acuff and Fred Rose, a major Nashville music-industry figure who had a respected ability as a talent scout. Many country performers had been badly cheat..
Acuíferos Guácimo y Pococí Protected Zone
Acuíferos Guácimo y Pococí Protected Zone ..
Acuity
Acuity may refer to: Visual acuity, the behavioral ability to resolve fine image detailsAcuity Insurance, an insurance company with headquarters in Sheboygan, Wisconsin This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you..
Acuity Insurance
Acuity Insurance is an insurance company with headquarters in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The company is listed as the 80th largest insurer in the United States. [link] Company history The company began as the Mutual Auto Insurance Company of the Town of Herman in 1925 (in the unincorporate..
Acular
Acular is the popular brand name of ketorolac tromethamine ophthalmic solution. It is used as an eye-drop painkiller for localized eye injuries, etc. Contents 1 Manufacturers2 See also3 External Links4 References Manufacturers SYNTEX (U.S.A.) L.L.C., Palo Alto, California, ..
Aculeata
The name Aculeata is used to refer to a monophyletic lineage of the order Hymenoptera, though it has no formal rank in modern classifications, and is now only used informally. The word "Aculeata" is a reference to the defining feature of the group, which is the modification of the ovipositor into ..
Aculeola
Aculeola (De Buen, 1959) is a genus of dogfish shark similar to but distinct from the genus Centroscyllium. There is only one known species, Aculeola nigra (De Buen, 1959) in this genus. The type specimen is from Chile and is in the National Natural History Museum of Chile in Santiago. References..
Aculepeira
Aculepeira is a spider genus in the Araneidae family. Species Aculepeira aculifera (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) (USA to Guatemala)Aculepeira albovittata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) (Paraguay, Argentina)Aculepeira angeloi Álvares, Loyola & De Maria, 2005 (Brazil)Aculepeira apa Levi, 1991 (Paragu..
Aculepeira ceropegia
The oak spider (Aculepeira ceropegia) is easy to identify due to its unique marking in the form of an oak leaf. Female spiders grow up to 14mm, males only up to 8mm. Name Ceropegia is a genus of succulent plants with about 200 species. References Roberts, M.J. (1995): Collins Field Guide: Spide..
Acumen Fund
Acumen Fund is a global non-profit venture fund serving the four billion people living on less than $4 a day. The aim is to create a blueprint for building financially sustainable and scalable organizations that deliver affordable, critical goods and services that improve the lives of the poor. Acu..
Acumen Nation
Acumen Nation is an industrial rock band based in Chicago, Illinois. Formed in the late 1980s as Acumen by Jason Novak and Jamie Duffy (originally as a four-piece with Jason's brother Ethan Novak as drummer), the band released several cassette demos before self-releasing the CD demo "Transmissions ..
Acuminite
Acuminite (or Acuminit or Acuminita) Sr[AlF4(OH)(H2O)] is a mineral of strontium, aluminium, fluorine, oxygen, and hydrogen. Its name comes from the Latin word acumen, meaning "spear point". Its Mohs scale rating is 4 to 5. External links [Mindat.org][Webmineral data]..
Acunol
Acunol is an oral, prescription only acne medication available in tablet form. ..
Acupoint therapy
Acupoint Therapy is an extension of Willy Penzel's APM system (Akupunkt Massage), and it involves the stimulation of acupuncture points or meridians with a therapy stick. This differs from acupuncture which uses needles, or acupressure or shiatsu which uses massage. Evidence for the clinical efficac..
Acupressure
Acupressure (a portmanteau of "acupuncture" and "pressure") is a traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) technique based on the same ideas as acupuncture. Acupressure involves placing physical pressure by hand, elbow, or with the aid of various devices on different acupuncture points on the surface of th..
Acupuncture
Acupuncture (from Lat. acus, "needle" (noun), and pungere, "prick" (verb) or in Standard Mandarin, zhēn jiǔ (針灸) is a technique of inserting and manipulating needles into "acupuncture points" on the body. According to acupunctural teachings this will restore health and well-being. The definiti..
Acupuncture detoxification
Acupuncture is widely used as an adjunct treatment for drug and alcohol addiction. A five-point auricular (outer ear) protocol was developed and taught by Michael Smith, MD of Lincoln Memorial Hospital in the Bronx, NY, during the cocaine plague of the 1970s. The protocol is disseminated through th..
Acupuncture point
Acupuncture points (also called "acupoints or tsubo") are anatomical locations on the body that are the focus of acupuncture, acupressure, sonopuncture, and laser acupuncture treatments. There are several hundred acupuncture points that are distributed along the meridians as well as numerous other ..
Acura
Acura is a brand name used by the Japanese car manufacturer Honda in the US, Canada and Hong Kong since March 1986 to market luxury automobiles and near-luxury vehicles. The brand was introduced to Mexico in 2004 and the Chinese market in 2006. It is also planned to extend Acura to the Japanese do..
Acurazine
Acurazine is an informational website for Acura enthusiasts and is dedicated exclusively to the Acura CL, Acura RL, Acura TL, Acura TSX, and Acura RDX. External links [Acurazine] ..
Acura CL
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Acura Classic
The Acura Classic is a WTA Tour affiliated professional tennis tournament for women, held every summer at the La Costa Resort and Spa in Carlsbad, California. It is classified on the WTA Tour as a Tier I tournament beginning in 2004. The tournament is known for its strong player fields, location i..
Acura CSX
The Acura CSX is an Acura badged version of the Japanese 2006 Honda Civic that replaces the Acura EL. It is essentially a luxury version of the Honda Civic. It is only available in Canada. Like the EL, it is built in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. Notable feature improvements over the Civic EX inclu..
Acura EL
The Acura EL was a compact car developed by Honda and sold only in Canada as an entry-level model. The car had two different generations, and was sold from 1997 to 2005. All ELs were built at Honda's Alliston, Ontario, Canada plant (home of the Civic), and also the first Acura built in Canada. ..
Acura Integra
''This article is about the North American-market Honda Integra. For more information, see that article. The Acura Integra, sold as a Honda in most of the world, was a small, sporty vehicle sold primarily as a hatchback. It was Acura's smallest, least expensive model, designed to offer a competitor..
Acura Legend
Honda Legend manufactured for japanese market The Acura Legend, sold as the Honda Legend outside the U.S., Canada, and parts of China, was a sporty luxury vehicle sold from 1986 to 1995 as both a sedan and a coupé. It was one of the first vehicles sold under the Acura nameplate, and was th..
Acura MDX
The Acura MDX (Honda MDX in Japan and Australia) is a mid-size SUV built by Honda of Canada Manufacturing Ltd. in Alliston, Ontario, Canada. It was introduced in late 2000 as a 2001 model, replacing the slow-selling SLX, based on the Isuzu Trooper. In 2003, the MDX went on sale in Japan. It compet..
Acura RD-X
The Acura RD-X is a concept car and crossover SUV by Honda produced under the Acura brand. It debuted at the 2005 North American International Auto Show. Autoblog (as cited in "References") expects Honda to offer to the United States public a very similar vehicle by the beginning of 2006, which will..
Acura RDX
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Acura RL
The Acura RL is the top-of-the-line sedan in the range of Honda's North American luxury brand Acura. It is a rebadged version of the fourth-generation Honda Legend and replaced the Acura Legend in 1996. All Acura RLs are built in Saitama, Japan. The very first Acura RL rolled off the assembly lin..
Acura RSX
This article is about the automobile. For other uses of RSX, see RSX (disambiguation). The Acura RSX is an automobile sold by Honda Motor Corporation. In the North America and Hong Kong, the vehicle was marketed as the replacement for the Acura-badged version of the Integra, however Honda continues..
Acura SLX
The Acura SLX was a lightly upgraded Isuzu Trooper sold by Acura as a luxury sport utility vehicle beginning in 1996, released at the same time as the Lexus LX. It is only sold in the US. The SLX sold poorly and was discontinued after 1999. It is said that sales were affected by bad press when the..
Acura TL
The Acura TL is a mid-size luxury car from Honda's luxury Acura marque. It was introduced in 1996 to supplant the Acura Vigor and was a rebadged Japan-market Honda Inspire sedan until the third-generation version. It is Acura's best-selling car. Contents 1 1996 (1G TL)2 19993 2000..
Acura TSX
The Acura TSX is a mid-size near luxury car manufactured by Honda, introduced in 2004 to compete with the Volvo S40, Mercedes-Benz C-Class and Lexus IS. Although slightly longer than those three, it is exclusively sold in North America under the Acura name. It fills the gap in the Acura lineup si..
Acura Vigor
Honda Vigor(1993) manufactured for japanese market The Acura Vigor was Acura's mid-size sedan sold from 1992 to 1995. History Production began in 1991 and the vehicle went on sale as a 1992 model in June of that year, slotting between the Integra and the Legend. A 2.5 L longitudinally mount..
Acurenam
Acurenam (or Akurenam) is a town located on mainland Equatorial Guinea. ..
Acushnet, Massachusetts
Acushnet is a town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 10,161 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 History2 Geography3 Demographics4 See also History Acushnet was first settled in 1659. Interestingly, it has been included as a part of three separat..
Acushnet Center, Massachusetts
Acushnet Center is a census-designated place and village located in the town of Acushnet in Bristol County, Massachusetts. The population was 3,171 at the 2000 census. Geography Acushnet Center is located at [41°40′57″N, 70°54′21″W] (41.682487, -70.905947)[Geographic refere..
Acushnet Company
The Acushnet Company is a sporting goods company that focuses primarily on golf-related products. Contents 1 History2 Brands2.1 Titleist2.2 FootJoy2.3 Cobra2.4 Pinnacle2.5 Scotty Cameron3 External links History Founded in Acushnet, Massachusetts by Philli..
Acushnet River
The Acushnet River is the largest river feeding into the Buzzards Bay watershed in southeastern Massachusetts. The name "Acushnet" comes from the Wampanoag "Cushnea," meaning "as far as the waters," originally designating the fact that the tribe which sold the land to the Puritans inhabited the lan..
Acusilaus
Acusilaus or Akousilaos of Argos, son of Cabas or Scabras, was a Greek logographer and mythographer who flourished around 500 BC but whose work survives only in fragments and summaries of individual points. It is not known whether Acusilaus was of Peloponnesian or Boeotian Argos. Possibly there wer..
Acuson
Acuson Corporation is a sonography equipment company specializing in obstetric ultrasounds. Founded in 1983, Acuson pioneered many aspects related to medical imagery including work on 3D ultrasounds. In 2000, Acuson was acquired by Siemens Medical Engineering group for approximately $700 million. ..
Acustimantico
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Acustimulation
There are very few or no other articles that link to this one.Please help [[help:link|introduce links]] in articles on [related topics]. After links have been created, remove this message.This article has been tagged since June 2006. } A treatment for symptoms such as nausea and vomiting..
Acutance
In photography, acutance is used to describe the edge contrast of an image. Acutance can be more specifically defined as the amplitude of the derivative of brightness with respect to space. Due to the nature of the human visual system, an image with higher acutance appears sharper even though an i..
Acute
Acute may refer to: Acute anglesAcute programming languageAcute accentAcute (medical) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended artic..
Acute (medical)
In medicine, an acute disease is a disease with either or both of: a rapid onset;a short course (as opposed to a chronic course). This adjective is part of the definition of several diseases and is, therefore, incorporated in their name, for instance, severe acute respiratory syndrome, acute leukem..
Acute abdomen
The term acute abdomen refers to an emergency situation in medicine, namely an acute onset of symptoms and signs around the abdomen, indicating severe underlying disease. Urgent and specific treatment is needed and may be life-saving. This treatment will be, in many cases but not always, an operatio..
Acute accent
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Acute coronary syndrome
The acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is the development of chest pain of cardiac nature, often but not exclusively associated with an abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG). It is the most common presentation of myocardial infarction (heart attack), and investigations are aimed at confirming this pathology. ..
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis
Acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) is an immune mediated disease of brain. It usually occurs following a viral infection or vaccination, but it may also appear spontaneously. There are multiple inflammatory cell deposits in the brain, particularly in the section called white matter. Alth..
Acute facial nerve paralysis
Acute facial nerve paralysis is a common problem that involves the paralysis of any structures innervated by the facial nerve. The pathway of the facial nerve is long and relatively convoluted, and so there are a number of causes that may result in facial nerve paralysis. The most common is Bell's p..
Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis
Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (also known as Sweets syndrome) is a dermatological condition characterized by large, rapidly extending, erythematous, tender plaques on the upper body. These are usually accompanied by fever and dermal infiltration of neutrophilic leukocytes. References PMID 1..
Acute HIV infection
Acute HIV-1 infection is one of the more sinister types of infection as Doctors, familiar with more serious symptoms of the disease, misdiagnose the HIV Infection as another illness such as the flu. According to [Medicine], "Acute HIV-1 infection presents in 40 - 90 % of cases as a transie..
Acute HIV Infection
Acute HIV Infection happens about 2-4 weeks after the HIV virus is caught. The victim can catch the flu, infectious mononucleosis, or swollen lymph nodes. The victim usually does not experience any symptoms, but symptoms can be fever, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, aching muscles, mouth and..
Acute intermittent porphyria
Acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) is a rare metabolic disorder that is characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme, porphobilinogen deaminase (PBG-D), also known as uroporphyrinogen I-synthase. This enzyme deficiency results in the accumulation of porphyrins or porphyrin. Additional factors must ..
Acute leukemia
Acute leukemia may refer to: Acute myelogenous leukemiaAcute lymphoblastic leukemiaBlast crisis of chronic myelogenous leukemia Note that in many countries, the word is usually spelt leukaemia. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same titl..
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), also known as acute lymphocytic leukemia, is a cancer of the white blood cells, characterised by the overproduction and continuous multiplication of malignant and immature white blood cells (referred to as lymphoblasts) in the bone marrow. It is a hematological m..
Acute medicine
Acute medicine is that part of internal medicine concerned with the immediate and early specialist management of adult patients with a wide range of medical conditions who present in hospital as emergencies. ..
Acute Miasm R's associates
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Acute myeloid leukemia
Acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), also known as acute myeloid leukemia, is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells. The median age of patients with AML is 70; it is rare among children. Myeloid leukemias are characterized as "acute" or "chronic" based on how quickly they progress if not treate..
Acute pancreatitis
Acute pancreatitis is a rapidly-onset inflammation of the pancreas. Depending on its severity, it can have severe complications and high mortality despite treatment. While mild cases settle with conservative measures or endoscopy, severe cases require surgery (often more than one intervention) to c..
Acute pericarditis
Acute pericarditis is an inflammation of the sac surrounding the heart --- the pericardium --- usually lasting < 6 weeks. It is by far the most common condition affecting the pericardium. Contents 1 Causes2 Symptoms and Signs2.1 Complications3 Diagnostic tests, imaging4 ..
Acute phase protein
Acute-phase proteins are a class of proteins that are synthetized in the liver in response to inflammation. This response is called the acute-phase reaction. Inflammatory cells and red blood cells In response to injury, local inflammatory cells (neutrophil granulocytes and macrophages) secrete..
Acute promyelocytic leukemia
Acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL; AML with t(15;17)(q22;q12) PML/RARα and variants; FAB subtype M3) is a subtype of acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. In APL, there is an abnormal accumulation of immature granulocytes called promyelocytes. The disease char..
Acute renal failure
Acute renal failure (ARF) is a rapid loss of renal function due to damage to the kidneys, resulting in retention of nitrogenous (urea and creatinine) and non-nitrogenous waste products that are normally excreted by the kidney. Depending on the severity and duration of the renal dysfunction, this ..
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), also known as respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) or adult respiratory distress syndrome (in contrast with IRDS) is a serious reaction to various forms of injuries to the lung. This is the most important disorder resulting in increased permeability pulmo..
Acute Riot
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Acute stress reaction
Acute stress reaction is a psychological condition arising in response to a terrifying event. "Acute Stress Response", was first described by Walter Cannon in the 1920s as a theory that animals react to threats with a general discharge of the sympathetic nervous system. The response was later reco..
Acute toxicity
Acute Toxicity is a property of a substance that has toxic effects on a living organism, when that organism is exposed to a lethal dose of a substance once. In other words, basically a short term version of chronic toxicity. ..
Acute tubular necrosis
Acute tubular necrosis or (ATN) is a medical condition involving the death of tubular cells that form the tubule that transports urine to the ureters while reabsorbing 99% of the water (and highly concentrating the salts and metabolic byproducts). Tubular cells continually replace themselves and if..
Acute uric acid nephropathy
Acute uric acid nephropathy (AUAN), also known as acute urate nephropathy, is a rapidly progressive reduction in kidney function (renal insufficiency) that is caused by high levels of uric acid in the urine. Contents 1 Causes2 Pathophysiology3 Diagnosis4 Prevention5 Treat..
Acuvue
The Acuvue® brand of contact lenses is among the world's most popular brands of disposable contact lenses. They are made by Vistakon, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. The line includes Acuvue, Acuvue 2, Acuvue 2 Colors, 1-Day Acuvue, Acuvue Bifocal, Acuvue ..
A Cumberland District
The A Cumberland District is a high school conference of the Virginia High School League which draws its members from the western part of Southwest Virginia. The schools in the Cumberland District compete in A Region D with the schools of the A Black Diamond District and the A Lonesome Pine District..
A Cup of Coffee
A Cup of Coffee is a book in Arabic written by Abdullah AbdulRahman. The book is divided into three volumes, and contains many interviews with the older generation of the United Arab Emirates. ..
A Cup of Tea?
A Cup of Tea? is Kick Bong's only album thus far. It is the psybient project of producer Frank Jousselin. Track list Voice of resurrectionProgress in happinessLittle fairyDarkeionCosmic fluteHeavy machineMagical senseTraceStrange voicesA fresh air in my head External Links [A Cup of Tea? on..
A Curious Feeling
A Curious Feeling is the debut solo album from Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks. It was released in 1979 on Charisma Records. The album is based on the book Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Track listing All tracks written by Tony BanksFrom the Undertow 2:45Lucky Me 4:23The Lie 4:58After the Li..
A Current Affair
A Current Affair can refer to: A Current Affair (Australian TV series)A Current Affair (US TV series) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to t..
A Current Affair (Australian TV series)
For the American television program of the same name, see A Current Affair (US) A Current Affair (or "ACA") is an Australian television current affairs programme, broadcast on the Nine Network. The program airs nationally at 6:30pm weeknights in all capital cities. Like its main rival broadcast on ..
A Current Affair (US TV series)
A Current Affair logo A Current Affair was a television newsmagazine that ran from 1986 to 1996 before reappearing in 2005. The show was produced by 20th Century Fox (and long based at Fox's New York flagship WNYW) and aired on most Fox Television Stations. The logo of the show is a distin..
A Curtain of Green
A Curtain of Green was the first collection of short stories written by Eudora Welty. In these stories Welty looks at the state of Mississippi through the eyes of its inhabitants, the common people, both black and white, and presents a realistic view of the racial relations that existed at the time...
Łańcut
Łańcut castle Łańcut is a town in south-eastern Poland, with 18,000 inhabitants (1998). Situated in the Subcarpathian Voivodship (since 1999), it is the capital of Łańcut County. It received its city charter in 1367. In 1772 it became part of the Habsburg Monarchy where it remained unt..
Łańcut County
Łańcut County (in Polish powiat łańcucki ) is a unit of territorial administration and local government in the Subcarpathian Voivodship in Poland, created on 1st January 1999 as a result of the Local Government Reorganization Act of 1998. Łańcut County Communes Administrative division: 7 ..
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