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  2. Elk Hair Caddis - Wikipedia

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    Troth created the pattern and first fished it in 1957 on Loyalsock Creek in eastern Pennsylvania. The fly was inspired by several palmered flies Troth like to fish and G. E. M. Skues' Little Red Sedge fly which featured a hair wing. Originally tied to imitate the Green Caddis hatch, the Elk Hair Caddis has since been tied in a variety of wing ...

  3. Hair plate - Wikipedia

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    Hair-plates are proprioceptors [1] and provide information to the nervous system about the positional and movement state of the body and legs. Hair plate neurons come in two flavors, one that responds phasically (rapidly adapting) and another that responds tonically (slowly adapting) to transient or maintained deflections of the hairs.

  4. Sims' position - Wikipedia

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    The Sims position, or left lateral Sims position, named after the gynaecologist J. Marion Sims, is usually used for rectal examination, treatments, enemas, and examining patients for vaginal wall prolapse. [1] [2] The Sims Position is described as in the person lying on the left side, left hip and lower extremity straight, and right hip and ...

  5. Klann linkage - Wikipedia

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    Underwater walking robot, using Klann leg linkages in laser-cut and anodised aluminium. [1] The Klann linkage is a planar mechanism designed to simulate the gait of legged animal and function as a wheel replacement, a leg mechanism. The linkage consists of the frame, a crank, two grounded rockers, and two couplers all connected by pivot joints.

  6. Glider (Conway's Game of Life) - Wikipedia

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    The c/4 period is clearly visible as "stacks" of cells that remain alive for successive generations. The glider is a pattern that travels across the board in Conway's Game of Life . It was first discovered by Richard K. Guy in 1969, while John Conway's group was attempting to track the evolution of the R- pentomino .

  7. Wikipedia : WikiProject Red Link Recovery/Exceptions

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    The list below contains automatic suggestions for red link fixes that project members have decided are incorrect. It is used to filter newly created lists of suggestions to make sure they are not suggested again.

  8. Sliders (TV series) - Wikipedia

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    Sliders is an American science fiction and fantasy television series created by Robert K. Weiss and Tracy Tormé.It was broadcast for five seasons between 1995 and 2000. The series follows a group of travelers as they use a wormhole to "slide" between parallel universes.

  9. Red-eared slider - Wikipedia

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    Red-eared sliders are popular pets around the world. The red-eared slider gets its name from the small, red stripe around its ears, or where its ears would be, and from its ability to slide quickly off rocks and logs into the water. This species was previously known as Troost's turtle in honor of an American herpetologist Gerard Troost.