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A retrieval lanyard is a nylon webbing lanyard used to raise and lower workers into confined spaces, such as storage tanks. An activation lanyard is a lanyard used to fire an artillery piece or arm the fuze on a bomb leaving an aircraft. [5] A deactivation lanyard is a dead man's switch, where pulling a lanyard free will disable a dangerous device.
With a beaver’s tail, webbed feet, and a duck’s bill, platypuses are one of the world’s strangest-looking creatures. They are such an unusual mammal that the first scientists to study them ...
This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...
The pygmy mammoth is an example of insular dwarfism, a case of Foster's rule, its unusually small body size an adaptation to the limited resources of its island home.. A biological rule or biological law is a generalized law, principle, or rule of thumb formulated to describe patterns observed in living organisms.
From Boeing's turbulence and a catastrophic hurricane, to Donald Trump's election victory, "Sunday Morning" host Jane Pauley looks back at key events of a year that was monumental.
In today's puzzle, there are eight theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the top-half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word:
In the 'disengage' style MARDs, a small but simple hook attached to the pilot chute allows for the RSL to include a lanyard that is engaged with the hook. During main canopy jettison, the RSL opens the container, and the included lanyard pulls the hook, which extracts the reserve deployment bag and begins the rest of the reserve deployment.
Relational database concepts of computer science and Information retrieval concepts of digital libraries are important for understanding biological databases. Biological database design, development, and long-term management is a core area of the discipline of bioinformatics. [3]