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H-reflex
The H-reflex is a reflectory reaction of muscles after electrical stimulation of sensory fibers (Ia afferents stemming from muscle spindles) in their innervating nerves (for example, those located behind the knee). It was first described by Paul Hoffmann (hence the name) in 1910. H-reflex is anal..
H. R. Ellis Davidson
Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson is a British antiquarian and academic, writing in particular on Norse mythology. Gods and Myths of Northern Europe (Penguin Books, 1964) is considered one of the most thorough and reputable sources on Icelandic, Norse and Germanic mythology. Davidson uses literary, his..
H. Reid
H. Reid (1925-1992) rail photographer, author and historian, best known for writing The Virginian Railway (1961, Kalmbach) Harold A. Reid (better known by his pen name H. Reid) (1925–1992) was an American writer, photographer, and historian. Reid is best known for his lifelong love of ra..
HRE
HRE is a three-letter abbreviation which may represent any of the following: Harare International Airport (IATA airport code: HRE)Holy Roman EmpireHoly Roman EmperorHormone response elementHre people and language of VietnamHRE, a level of the hardness of metallic materials on the Rockwell scale ..
Hrefnesholt
Hrefnesholt is a location in Beowulf where the Geatish king Hæþcyn had taken the Swedish queen and the young princes Onela and Ohthere. The Swedish king Ongenþeow arrived to save them and killed Hæþcyn. The Geatish force was, however, reinforced by Hygelac, whereupon the Swedes sought refuge in..
Hreidmar
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Hreiðars þáttr
Hreiðars þáttr heimska or the Tale of Hreiðarr the Stupid is one of the short tales of Icelanders. It tells of Hreiðarr, an apparently retarded Icelandic man who travels to Norway in the time of the joint rule of the kings Magnús góði and Haraldr harðráði. Hreiðarr befriends Magnús with..
Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson
Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson, born November 19, 1970, is the CEO of Kaupthing Bank. He graduated from the University of Iceland in 1994 with a degree in business administration. Later the same year he joined the Asset Management Division of Kaupthing (later to become Kaupthing Bank after merger with ..
Hreljin
Hreljin }} --> Hreljin is a village in western Croatia, just northwest of Kraljevica. ..
HRESULT
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Hretha
Hretha is often separated from Hrethmonath, the third month of the Anglo-Saxon calendar, corresponding to March, as reported by Bede, writing in De Tempore Ratione 725 ("On the Reckoning of Time"), Ch. xv, "The English months": "In olden times the English people— for it did not seem fitting ..
Hrethgir
Hrethgir is the name for humans given by Thinking Machines in Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Legends of Dune trilogy. It can be considered derogatory, and is used only by the Titans and thinking machines. It is unclear who coined the term but the main possibilities are Erasmus, Omnius or one ..
Hreða
Hreða is an obscure Anglo-Saxon goddess, whose function is unknown to us today. In the Anglo-Saxon calendar, Hreðmonað is named after her. According to Grimm in Teutonic Mythology, her name may be related to Old High German hruod and Old Norse hróðr, "glory". We may infer from these facts that ..
Hreðavatn
Hreðavatn is a lake in the west of Iceland. It is situated near Route 1 (the Ring Road) between Borgarnes and the pass of Holtavörtuheiði. Nearby is the university faculty of Bifröst and the Grábrók craters as well as the volcano Baula. The surface of the lake is 1.14 km², it lies 56 m a..
Hreðel
Hreðel, Proto-Norse *Hrōþilaz or *Hrōþila [link], was the king of the Geats, in Beowulf. He was the maternal grand-son or maternal nephew of Swerting and he had three sons Hæþcyn, Herebeald and Hygelac. He also had a daughter who married Ecgþeow and had the son Beowulf. Hreðel di..
Hærens Jegerkommando
--> Hærens Jegerkommando (en. Army Ranger Command) (HJK) is the armed forces competence center for ranger, airborne and counter terrorist duty in the Norwegian Army. HJK is located 30 km. north of Elverum in the south east Norway, in Camp Rena, which received its first active units in 1997 a..
Høre stave church
Høre stave church (Høre Stavkyrkje) is a stave church located at Ryfoss in Vang municipality, Valdres, Norway. It was built in 1180 and rebuilt around 1820. It is the second church on this location, the previous church was a post church (a church with earth-bound posts standing directly on the g..
H₂-receptor antagonist
An H2-receptor antagonist, often shortened to H2 antagonist, is a drug used to block the action of histamine on parietal cells in the stomach, decreasing acid production by these cells. These drugs are used in the treatment of dyspepsia, however their use has waned since the advent of the more effec..
H₂ receptor
H2 receptors positively coupled to adenylate cyclase via Gs. It is a potent stimulant of cAMP[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_AMP]] production. It increases the intracellular Ca2+ concentrations and release Ca2+ from intracellular stores. The drug Betazole is an example of a Histamine H2 recep..
H₃ receptor
H3 receptors are expressed in the central nervous system and, to a lesser extent, the peripheral nervous system, where they act as autoreceptors in presynaptic histaminergic neurons, and control histamine turnover[#endnote_abbott] by "feedback inhibition of histamine synthesis and release a..
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