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That is like the ansible universe in Ursula K. LeGuin's early Hainish novels. Since I needed to use exactly that rule set, why not use the word — an excellent word — which I apply in the same way we all say 'robot,' an invented word that has entered the language, [and thereby] pay tribute to the writer from whose works I learned the word. [10]
The term "ansible" was coined by Ursula K. Le Guin in her 1966 novel Rocannon's World, [4] and refers to fictional instantaneous communication systems.[5] [6]The Ansible tool was developed by Michael DeHaan, the author of the provisioning server application Cobbler and co-author of the Fedora Unified Network Controller (Func) framework for remote administration.
A typical sleep system call takes a time value as a parameter, specifying the minimum amount of time that the process is to sleep before resuming execution. The parameter typically specifies seconds, although some operating systems provide finer resolution, such as milliseconds or microseconds.
The Brazilian study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine last year, found that the inability to balance on one leg for 10 seconds translated to an 84 percent higher risk of death ...
A new study found that 20% of participants were unable to perform a 10-second single-leg balance test. Researchers suggest balance may be a stronger indicator of our overall health than ever ...
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The Brazilian study, published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine earlier this year, found that the inability to balance on one leg for 10 seconds translated to an 84 percent higher risk of ...
Reaction time test, Karolinska Sleepiness Scale (KSS), [29] Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT), [30] Multiple Sleep Latency Test (MSLT). [31] Electrooculogram (EOG) EOG is a technique for measuring the resting potential of the retina in the human eye. [32] Eye-video test: Measures eyes blinking and eye movements to detect microsleep events ...