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  2. Conversion therapy - Wikipedia

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    Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression to align with heterosexual and cisgender norms. [1]

  3. Legality of conversion therapy - Wikipedia

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    Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.As of December 2023, twenty-eight countries have bans on conversion therapy, fourteen of them ban the practice by any person: Belgium, [1] Canada, Cyprus, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal and Spain; seven ban its ...

  4. Conversion of units - Wikipedia

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    Conversion of units is the conversion of the unit of measurement in which a quantity is expressed, typically through a multiplicative conversion factor that changes the unit without changing the quantity. This is also often loosely taken to include replacement of a quantity with a corresponding quantity that describes the same physical property ...

  5. Gauss (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The gauss is the unit of magnetic flux density B in the system of Gaussian units and is equal to Mx /cm 2 or g / Bi /s 2, while the oersted is the unit of H -field. One tesla (T) corresponds to 10 4 gauss, and one ampere (A) per metre corresponds to 4π × 103 oersted. The units for magnetic flux Φ, which is the integral of magnetic B ...

  6. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    Sv. ≡ 1 J/kg [44] = 1 Sv = 1 J/kg = 1 m 2 ⋅s 2. Although the definitions for sievert (Sv) and gray (Gy) would seem to indicate that they measure the same quantities, this is not the case. The effect of receiving a certain dose of radiation (given as Gy) is variable and depends on many factors, thus a new unit was needed to denote the ...

  7. Tamil units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    The Tamil units of measurement is a system of measurements that was traditionally used in ancient Tamil -speaking parts of South India. These ancient measurement systems spanned systems of counting, distances, volumes, time, weight as well as tools used to do so. While modern India uses the metric system International System of Units (Tamil ...

  8. Image sensor format - Wikipedia

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    In digital photography, the image sensor format is the shape and size of the image sensor. The image sensor format of a digital camera determines the angle of view of a particular lens when used with a particular sensor. Because the image sensors in many digital cameras are smaller than the 24 mm × 36 mm image area of full-frame 35 mm cameras ...

  9. List of U.S. jurisdictions banning conversion therapy - Wikipedia

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    On October 13, 2016, the Miami City Commission voted 32 in favor of banning the use of conversion therapy on minors. [124][125] The ban was sponsored by Commissioner Francis Suarez and took effect that same day. 6. [126] West Palm Beach, Florida. November 7, 2016.