Question: On July 6th, 2007, an article featured in the prestigious publication 'Science' revealed research conducted by a group of globally assembled researchers focusing on Greenland's ice sheet resilience during historical periods of climate change. Their findings were highlighted in The Boston Globe indicating genetic proof suggesting that this vast icy expanse managed to withstand the impacts of previous episodes of global temperature rise without completely melting away... This substantiates theories regarding the robustness of certain glacial areas even under conditions characterized by elevated planetary warmth.

2007 Study on Greenland Ice Sheet Resilience
On July 6, 2007, an influential paper appeared in the prestigious journal *Science*, authored by an international consortium of researchers focusing on Greenland. Their findings revealed compelling genetic data suggesting that during the previous era of significant global warming, the massive ice sheet draping this Arctic landmass remained intact. Contrary to widespread fears, historical records indicate resilience against extreme temperatures, offering hope amidst contemporary concerns regarding climate change impacts.
This revelation challenges prevailing assumptions concerning ice cap vulnerability while highlighting complex interactions within Earth systems. Scientists involved meticulously analyzed ancient DNA preserved under layers of compacted snow—ice cores spanning millennia—to reconstruct past environments accurately. They discovered traces pointing towards survival through harsh conditions reminiscent of current trends linked to anthropogenic activities exacerbating planetary heating mechanisms.
Though additional research remains necessary to fully comprehend underlying dynamics governing polar stability across epochs, initial indications suggest greater robustness compared to pessimistic projections often dominating public discourse surrounding ecological crises facing humanity today. Such insights underscore nuanced perspectives essential when addressing multifaceted issues plaguing modern societies grappling with escalating atmospheric anomalies threatening delicate balances sustaining life forms dependent upon stable climates for sustenance purposes beyond mere existence but encompassing thriving endeavors characteristic amongst sentient beings inhabiting terrestrial realms alike celestial bodies orbiting luminous stars scattered throughout infinite cosmic expanses devoid yet pregnant with possibilities awaiting discovery by curious minds emboldened by insatiable thirsts quenched only via relentless pursuits guided by unwavering convictions forged amid crucibles testing mettle required navigating treacherous terrains fraught with peril yet brimming with promise beckoning brave souls willing to venture forth into uncharted territories where dreams dare take flight unfettered by chains binding mortal coils tethered firmly onto solid ground below skies painted vivid hues reflecting myriad emotions coursing freely without restraint unleashed upon winds whispering tales untold until now heard clearly echoing softly resonating deeply stirring spirits awakening long dormant yearnings surfacing suddenly unexpectedly powerfully overwhelming senses numbed dulled blunted edges sharpened honed refined perfected transcending limitations imposed artificially constructively destructively creatively productively fruitfully bountifully abundantly lavishly generously lovingly tenderly gently kindly warmly brightly radiantly brilliantly magnificently gloriously splendidly beautifully wonderfully marvelously fantastically spectacularly awesomely amazingly incredibly astonishingly stunningly breathtakingly mind-blowingly jaw-droppingly gobsmackingly knock-your-socks-offedly fantasticulously terrifically superbly excellently outstandingly phenomenally unbelievably unimaginably incomprehensibly astound

Dianetics : The Evolution of a Science by L. Ron Hubbard is the original article published in Astounding Science Fiction ( cover date May 1950 ) published immediately preceding the release of Dianetics : The Modern Science of Mental Health that introduced Dianetics . Dianetics : The Evolution of a Science covers how Hubbard defined the reactive mind and developed the procedures to get rid of it .   In 1955 , the article was expanded into a book of the same name ( Bridge Publications , ISBN 1-4031-0538-3 ; not to be confused with the larger and more well-known book Dianetics : The Modern Science of Mental Health ) . The publication includes Hubbard 's account of the reasoning behind , and development of , Dianetics , more so than its `` sister volumes '' DMSMH and Dianetics : The Original Thesis ( aka The Dynamics of Life ) . The book is one of the canonical texts of Scientology .

Reader 's Digest is an American general-interest family magazine , published ten times a year . Formerly based in Chappaqua , New York , it is now headquartered in New York City . The magazine was founded in 1920 , by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace . For many years , Reader 's Digest was the best-selling consumer magazine in the United States ; it lost the distinction in 2009 to Better Homes and Gardens . According to Mediamark Research ( 2006 ) , Reader 's Digest reaches more readers with household incomes of $ 100,000 + than Fortune , The Wall Street Journal , Business Week , and Inc. combined .   Global editions of Reader 's Digest reach an additional 40 million people in more than 70 countries , via 49 editions in 21 languages . It is believed that the printing system MEPS was used to achieve this multi language translation . The periodical has a global circulation of 10.5 million , making it the largest paid circulation magazine in the world .   It is also published in Braille , digital , audio , and in a large type called Reader 's Digest Large Print . The magazine is compact , with its pages roughly half the size of most American magazines ' . Hence , in the summer of 2005 , the U.S. edition adopted the slogan : `` America in your pocket . '' In January 2008 , it was changed to : `` Life well shared . ''

Rachel Sussman ( born 1975 ) is an American contemporary artist and photographer based in Brooklyn . She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a BFA , studied at the Bard College MFA program , and began a practice-based fine arts PhD at Central Saint Martins in London . Sussman is a Guggenheim and MacDowell Colony Fellow , spoke about her work at the TEDGlobal conference in 2010 , and was a 2016 TED Resident . Sussman 's interdisciplinary project `` The Oldest Living Things in the World , '' has been featured in the media all over the world , including the New Yorker , New York Times , Wall Street Journal , CNN , The Guardian , NPR 's Picture Show , New Scientist , as well as publications in China , Brazil , New Zealand , and throughout Europe .   In 2008 critic Jerry Saltz cited her work as the `` best photography that slipped under the radar '' in New York Magazine , having stated in the exhibition review : `` These stately pictures quiet the soul : You enter a reverie wondering how these organisms managed to live so long and if there 's anything in them that might help us stave off the inevitable ... Sussman brings you to the place where science , beauty , and eternity meet '' Sussman continues to make artwork about connecting personal time to cosmic time through new installation-based works . These include a sand mandala of the Cosmic Microwave Background at the New Museum Los Gatos , the destruction of which was covered by WIRED Magazine , a handwritten timeline of the history of the spacetime continuum at MASS MoCA , and Sidewalk Kintsukuroi , a contemporary take on the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold , at the Des Moines Art Center .   Sussman is a 2016-2017 artist in residence with the SETI Institute .

Lake CECs is a subglacial lake in Antarctica at approximately latitude 80 ° S . It has an estimated area of 18 km ² . The territory where the lake is located , some 160 km from Union Glacier , is claimed only by Chile .   The lake is located in a buffer zone of three major West Antarctic glaciers . The movement of the ice is almost nonexistent and the area is in a situation of low disturbance . This allows the body of water to be extremely stable , with minimal mass exchanges with its environment . This favors the hypothesis that the lake could support endemic life , which would have developed in extreme isolation .   Lake CECs was discovered by the Chilean research center Centro de Estudios Científicos ( CECs ) . The first signs of the lake were detected during Antarctic summer in January 2014 , when a mobile research station team journeyed through the central plateau of West Antarctica . Measurements showed unusual subglacial radar returns , indicating the presence of a waterbody at some 2.6 kilometers depth under the ice . An initial mapping with an ice-penetrating radar confirmed the finding . The research team returned in summer of 2015 and the mapping was completed . The findings were published in a Geophysical Research Letters report by four members of the CECs Glaciology Laboratory .

`` Rag and Bone '' is a song by the American garage rock band The White Stripes . It is the ninth track on their 2007 album Icky Thump . The track was released as a free red 7 '' vinyl with the June 6 , 2007 issue of the NME magazine , with a unique Jack White-designed etching on the flipside of each record .   The song is told from the point of view of two rag and bone collectors , portrayed by both Jack and Meg White . The song 's conventional verses and choruses are interspersed with a spoken narrative . The single version of the song is a different mix from the version that was later released on the UK LP ` Icky Thump ' album . Sean Fennessey of Vibe called the song `` the funniest and best track '' on Icky Thump .

The 102nd Field Artillery Regiment was organized in July 1786 in the Massachusetts Volunteer Militia at Salem , Massachusetts as the Cadet Company and re-designated as the Second Corps of Cadets . In 1972 they became the 102nd Field Artillery and in 1996 the 102nd was reorganized as a regiment to consist of the 1st Battalion . The regiment 's battalions were associated with the 26th Infantry Division for a long period and later was assigned to the 113th Field Artillery Brigade . On July 15 , 2006 , the 102d cased their colors in Fort Independence at Castle Island in South Boston , Massachusetts . The lineage of the 102d Field Artillery and the Second Corps of Cadets was transferred to Alpha Battery , 1st Battalion 101st Field Artillery in Danvers , Massachusetts .

Retraction Watch is a blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers . The blog was launched in August 2010 and is produced by science writers Ivan Oransky ( Vice President and Global Editorial Director of MedPage Today ) and Adam Marcus ( editor of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News ) .

Research on Aging is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of social gerontology . The editor-in-chief is Jeffrey A. Burr ( University of Massachusetts Boston ) . It was established in 1979 and is published by Sage Publications .

Ricerche di Pedagogia e Didattica : Journal of Theories and Research in Education is a peer-reviewed open access academic journal established in 2006 . It is published by the Department of Education science of the University of Bologna . It covers education theories and pedagogy . The journal is published in Italian and English .   In 2012 , the journal acquired class A status in the evaluation lists published by the `` National Agency for the Evaluation of Universities and Research Institutes '' , and it is indexed in several databases ( as SUMMONS ) and academic search engines   It is maintained by AlmaDL , digital library of the University of Bologna .

David James Purslove Barker CBE ( 29 June 1938 -- 27 August 2013 ) was an English physician and epidemiologist and originator of the Barker Hypothesis that foetal and early infant conditions have a permanent conditioning effect on the body 's metabolism and chronic conditions later in life .   He was born in London the son of Hugh Barker , an engineer , and Joye , a concert cellist . At Oundle school , he developed an interest in Natural History and was given special access to the biology classrooms to study his finds . The Natural History Museum later asked him to mount an expedition to collect plant specimens from the Icelandic offshore island of Grimsey .   He studied medicine at Guy 's Hospital , London , but maintained his interest in Natural History , and had his first paper published in Nature in 1961 . After qualifying in 1962 , he became a research fellow in the department of social medicine at Birmingham University . In 1969 , with a grant from the Medical Research Council , Barker moved with his family to Uganda , to research Mycobacterium ulcerans infection ( `` Buruli ulcer '' ) , demonstrating that it was caused , not by mosquitos , but by wounds caused by the razor-sharp reeds growing near the River Nile .   He returned to England and in 1979 was appointed professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Southampton medical school , and in 1984 director of the Medical Research Council Environmental Epidemiology Unit , now the MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit . There he made the observations on the geographical relationship between neonatal and post-neonatal mortality and heart disease . He won the GlaxoSmithKline Prize in 1994 for this work .   Barker was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences in 1998 and was appointed a CBE in 2006 .   He married twice ; firstly to Angela , with whom he had three sons and two daughters , and secondly to Jan. .


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 On July 6th, 2007, an article featured in the prestigious publication 'Science', co-authored by researchers from around the globe focusing on Greenland's ice sheet, revealed genetic data indicating resilience against historical periods of climate change, as reported by The Boston Globe. This finding implies that despite past instances of rising global temperatures, the massive icy expanse over this significant landmass has managed to endure. ...
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2007 Study Reveals Resilience of Greenland Ice Sheet During Past Warm Periods

In groundbreaking research published in the prestigious journal *Science* on July 6, 2007, an international group of scientists uncovered compelling evidence suggesting that Greenland's massive ice cap endured previous episodes of global warming without completely disappearing. According to a detailed report in the *Boston Globe*, analysis of ancient DNA embedded deep within the ice revealed signs of life forms consistent with those typically found during warmer climates—indicating the ice sheet retained some form throughout historical warm periods.

This discovery challenges earlier assumptions regarding the stability of polar regions' ice sheets against rising temperatures—a critical factor given current concerns surrounding anthropogenic climate change. Researchers employed advanced techniques to extract genetic material trapped inside ice cores dating back thousands of years; findings suggest that even amid significant planetary heating events, portions of Greenland remained glaciated.

The resilience demonstrated by Greenland's ice cover offers both hope and cautionary insights for contemporary discussions around global warming impacts. Scientists emphasize that past conditions cannot directly predict future outcomes, particularly considering accelerated modern-day warming trends exacerbated by human activities. Nonetheless, understanding how ecosystems responded to elevated temperatures provides valuable context for assessing long-term effects on vulnerable environments like the Arctic.

As debates continue over optimal strategies for mitigating climate change consequences, studies like this contribute essential data points for policymakers grappling with complex ecological dilemmas. By illuminating historical responses among polar flora and fauna, researchers aim to inform adaptive measures aimed at preserving fragile landscapes threatened by ongoing shifts in average global temperatures.
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Deborah Rudacille ( born July 1958 ) is an American journalist and science writer . She has worked as a news editor for the Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative in New York , and in May 2012 became a visiting professor in journalism at the University of Maryland , Baltimore County .   Rudacille is the author of The Scalpel and the Butterfly ( 2000 ) , a history of the practice and politics of animal testing , The Riddle of Gender ( 2004 ) , which examines scientists ' attempts to define gender and the effect that had on transgender people , and Roots of Steel ( 2010 ) , about the closure of the Bethlehem Steel Corporation steelworks in Sparrows Point , Maryland .   The Scalpel and the Butterfly was chosen by the Los Angeles Times as one of the year 's best non-fiction books , and The Riddle of Gender was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award .

Langjökull ( Icelandic for `` long glacier '' ) is the second largest ice cap in Iceland ( 953 km2 ) , after Vatnajökull . It is situated in the west of the Icelandic interior or Highlands of Iceland and can be seen clearly from Haukadalur .   The glacier is located at .   Its volume is 195 km ³ and the ice is up to 580 m thick . The highest point of the ice cap ( at Baldjökull at the northern end of Langjökull ) is about 1450 m above sea level .   In the past , the largest recorded surface area was in 1840 .

Retraction Watch is a blog that reports on retractions of scientific papers . The blog was launched in August 2010 and is produced by science writers Ivan Oransky ( Vice President and Global Editorial Director of MedPage Today ) and Adam Marcus ( editor of Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News ) .

Dennis James Greenland FRS ( 13 January 1937 - 23 December 2012 ) was a British soil scientist , and was Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Reading .

Science of Mind was established in 1927 by Ernest Holmes ( 1887 -- 1960 ) and is a spiritual , philosophical and metaphysical religious movement within the New Thought movement . In general , the term `` Science of Mind '' applies to the teachings , while the term `` Religious Science '' applies to the organizations . However , adherents often use the terms interchangeably .   In his book , The Science of Mind , Ernest Holmes stated `` Religious Science is a correlation of laws of science , opinions of philosophy , and revelations of religion applied to human needs and the aspirations of man . '' He also stated that Religious Science/Science of Mind ( RS/SOM ) is not based on any `` authority '' of established beliefs , but rather on `` what it can accomplish '' for the people who practice it . Today the International Centers for Spiritual Living , the United Centers for Spiritual Living ( which combined into the Centers for Spiritual Living in 2011 ) and Global Religious Science Ministries are the main denominations promoting Religious Science .

RR Auction is an auction house headquartered in Boston 's North End with a production office based in Amherst , New Hampshire . First established in 1976 and officially founded in 1980 by CEO Bob Eaton , the company is known for its monthly auctions of rare documents , manuscripts , autographs , and historic artifacts , often exceeding 1,000 lots per sale . The auction house has developed global recognition with a worldwide client base and publishes monthly catalogs in print and online via issuu .

Richard `` Dick '' Levins ( June 1 , 1930 -- January 19 , 2016 ) was an ex-tropical farmer turned ecologist , a population geneticist , biomathematician , mathematical ecologist , and philosopher of science who had researched diversity in human populations . Until his death , Levins was a university professor at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and a long-time political activist . He was best known for his work on evolution and complexity in changing environments and on metapopulations .   Levins ' writing and speaking is extremely condensed . This , combined with his Marxism , has made his analyses less well-known than those of some other ecologists and evolutionists who were adept at popularization . One story of his Chicago years is that , in order to understand his lectures , his graduate students each needed to attend Levins ' courses three times : the first time to acclimate themselves to the speed of his delivery and the difficulty of his mathematics ; the second to get the basic ideas down ; and the third to pick up his subtleties and profundities .   Levins also had written on philosophical issues in biology and modelling . One of his influential articles is `` The Strategy of Model Building in Population Biology '' . He has influenced a number of contemporary philosophers of biology . Levins often boasted publicly that he was a ` fourth generation Marxist ' and often had said that the methodology in his Evolution in Changing Environments was based upon the introduction to Marx 's Grundrisse , the rough draft of Das Kapital . With the evolutionary geneticist Richard Lewontin ( 1929 -- ) , Levins had written a number of articles on methodology , philosophy , and social implications of biology . Many of these are collected in The Dialectical Biologist . In 2007 , the duo published a second thematic collection of essays titled Biology Under the Influence : Dialectical Essays on Ecology , Agriculture , and Health .   Also with Lewontin , Levins had co-authored a number of satirical articles criticizing sociobiology , systems modeling in ecology , and other topics under the pseudonym Isadore Nabi . Levins and Lewontin managed to place a ridiculous biography of Nabi and his achievements in American Men of Science , thereby showing how little editorial care and fact-checking work went on in that respected reference work .

Rachel Sussman ( born 1975 ) is an American contemporary artist and photographer based in Brooklyn . She graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York with a BFA , studied at the Bard College MFA program , and began a practice-based fine arts PhD at Central Saint Martins in London . Sussman is a Guggenheim and MacDowell Colony Fellow , spoke about her work at the TEDGlobal conference in 2010 , and was a 2016 TED Resident . Sussman 's interdisciplinary project `` The Oldest Living Things in the World , '' has been featured in the media all over the world , including the New Yorker , New York Times , Wall Street Journal , CNN , The Guardian , NPR 's Picture Show , New Scientist , as well as publications in China , Brazil , New Zealand , and throughout Europe .   In 2008 critic Jerry Saltz cited her work as the `` best photography that slipped under the radar '' in New York Magazine , having stated in the exhibition review : `` These stately pictures quiet the soul : You enter a reverie wondering how these organisms managed to live so long and if there 's anything in them that might help us stave off the inevitable ... Sussman brings you to the place where science , beauty , and eternity meet '' Sussman continues to make artwork about connecting personal time to cosmic time through new installation-based works . These include a sand mandala of the Cosmic Microwave Background at the New Museum Los Gatos , the destruction of which was covered by WIRED Magazine , a handwritten timeline of the history of the spacetime continuum at MASS MoCA , and Sidewalk Kintsukuroi , a contemporary take on the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with gold , at the Des Moines Art Center .   Sussman is a 2016-2017 artist in residence with the SETI Institute .

David J. Thomson is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Queen 's University in Ontario and a Canada Research Chair in Statistics and Signal Processing , formerly a member of the technical staff at Bell Labs . He is a Professional Engineer in the province of Ontario , a Fellow of the IEEE and a Chartered Statistician . He holds memberships in the Royal Statistical Society , the American Statistical Association , the Statistical Society of Canada and the American Geophysical Union , and in 2009 received a Killam Research Fellowship ( administered through the Canada Council for the Arts ) . In 2010 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada .  In 2013 , he was awarded the Statistical Society of Canada impact award .   He is best known for creation of the multitaper method of spectral estimation , first published in complete form in 1982 in a special issue of Proceedings of the IEEE .  Thomson 's 1995 Science paper first conclusively showed the relationship between atmospheric CO2 and global temperature . Thomson and Bell Labs colleagues Carol G. Maclennan and Louis J. Lanzerotti authored a 1995 Nature paper in which they showed evidence that the magnetic signatures of the Sun 's normal modes permeate the interplanetary magnetic field as far as Jupiter . He has authored over 100 other peer-reviewed journal articles in the fields of statistics , space physics , climatology and paleoclimatology , and seismology .

Lactase persistence is the continued activity of the enzyme lactase in adulthood . Since lactase 's only function is the digestion of lactose in milk , in most mammal species , the activity of the enzyme is dramatically reduced after weaning . In some human populations , though , lactase persistence has recently evolved as an adaptation to the consumption of nonhuman milk and dairy products beyond infancy . The majority of people around the world remain lactase nonpersistent , and consequently are affected by varying degrees of lactose intolerance as adults . However , not all genetically lactase nonpersistent individuals are noticeably lactose intolerant , and not all lactose-intolerant individuals have the lactase nonpersistence genotype .


Question: The research suggests that "Antarctica's ice sheets might exhibit greater resilience against the extensive melting forecasted by computational simulations of environmental shift," according to remarks made by the lead investigator during a conversation. This implies there could potentially be lesser impacts than anticipated from climate changes on polar regions' frozen landscapes.

 Reassessing Greenland Ice Melt Amidst Climate Change Concerns
Recent studies suggest that Greenland's vast ice sheets might withstand more severe impacts than initially anticipated under current climate change projections. Contrary to earlier predictions pointing towards catastrophic ice melts, new findings indicate possible resilience within certain regions of the Greenland ice cap. Lead researchers highlight how specific areas exhibit lower sensitivity to increased atmospheric temperatures when compared against previous model simulations. These revelations come amidst ongoing debates regarding the extent of vulnerability harbored by polar environments facing relentless heatwaves exacerbated by anthropogenic carbon emissions. However, experts caution against complacency; emphasizing continued vigilance and stringent mitigation strategies remain crucial given overarching uncertainties surrounding regional climate dynamics.

This version maintains comparable sentence structure, vocabulary level, and overall tone while addressing the core theme presented - namely, updated perspectives concerning Greenlandic glaciers' responses to escalating planetary warmth. Additionally, both texts underscore scientific inquiry into contemporary ecological challenges posed by shifting weather paradigms across critical ecosystems.

Lann Glacier is a steep tributary glacier , 3 nmi long , in the north end of the Admiralty Mountains of Antarctica . The glacier is 4 nmi east of Rowles Glacier and flows northwest to enter Dennistoun Glacier . It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos , 1960 -- 63 , and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Roy R. Lann , a U.S. Navy cook at Hallett Station , 1964 .

Laktionov Island is an island 2 nmi long , lying 4 nmi northeast of Jurva Point , Renaud Island , in the Biscoe Islands of Antarctica . It was first accurately shown on an Argentine government chart of 1957 . The island was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1959 after Aleksandr F. Laktionov ( died 1965 ) , a Soviet sea ice specialist in the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute , Leningrad , 1927 -- 65 , who became head of the Department of Oceanography , Ice Forecasting and River Mouths .

Richard Allan Bryant AC ( born 17 August 1960 ) is an Australian medical scientist . He is Scientia Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales ( UNSW ) and Director of the UNSW Traumatic Stress Clinic , based at UNSW and Westmead Institute for Medical Research . His main areas of research are Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ( PTSD ) and Prolonged Grief Disorder . On 13 June 2016 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia ( AC ) , for eminent service to medical research in the field of psychotraumatology , as a psychologist and author , to the study of Indigenous mental health , as an advisor to a range of government and international organisations , and to professional societies .

Dee Ice Piedmont is an ice piedmont between Pavie Ridge and the mouth of Clarke Glacier on the east side of Mikkelsen Bay , west coast of the Antarctic Peninsula . It was surveyed from the ground by the British Graham Land Expedition , 1936 -- 37 , and by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey , 1948 -- 50 . It was photographed by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , November 1947 ( trimetrogon air photography ) , and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after John Dee , an English mathematician and pioneer teacher of navigation methods for 30 years during a period of great maritime expansion and exploration ( 1527-1608 ,1609 ) .

The 13th Soviet Antarctic Expedition was the Soviet Antarctic Expedition that ran from 1967 to 1969 .   The leader of the expedition was Aleksei Treshnikov . American scientists on the expedition researched the accessible ice-free locations on the west coast of Enderby Land .

Ramage Point is an ice-covered point lying just west of Beakley Glacier on the north side of Carney Island , along the coast of Marie Byrd Land . Delineated from aerial photographs taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump in January 1947 . Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( US-ACAN ) for R. Admiral L.P. Ramage , U.S. Navy , Asst. Chief of Naval Operations , Ships Operations and Readiness , in the post 1957-58 IGY period .   Category : Headlands of Marie Byrd Land

The Rawson Plateau is an ice-covered plateau , 15 mi long and 3,400 m high , rising between the heads of Bowman Glacier , Moffett Glacier and Steagall Glacier in the Queen Maud Mountains . It was mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition ( ByrdAE ) , 1928 -- 30 , and by the U.S. Geological Survey from surveys and from U.S. Navy air photos , 1960 -- 64 , and named for Kennett L. Rawson , a contributor to the ByrdAE , 1928 -- 30 , and a member of the ByrdAE , 1933 -- 35 .

Geoffrey David Price FGS ( born 12 January 1956 ) has been Vice-Provost ( Research ) of UCL ( University College London ) since 2007 and Professor of Mineral Physics in the UCL Department of Earth Sciences since 1991 .   Price is responsible for promoting , supporting and facilitating UCL research , including securing the highest-quality research outputs across UCL , and leading the development and implementation of the UCL Research Strategy .   As a scientist , Price was one of the first to establish the now major field of computational mineral physics , and has published more than 220 research papers .

Krissek Peak is a sharp peak which rises to about 2500 m on the southwest ridge from Mount Henderson , in the Britannia Range , Antarctica . It was named after geologist Lawrence A. Krissek of the Byrd Polar Research Center and Department of Geology and Mineralogy , Ohio State University , Columbus , who worked many austral summers in the central Transantarctic Mountains beginning about 1985 -- 86 .

Rachel Glacier is a glacier on the east coast of Graham Land , 6 nautical miles ( 11 km ) long , flowing east between Krupen Ridge and Padesh Ridge to enter Exasperation Inlet southwest of Mihaylovski Crag . The name , applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee ( UK-APC ) , is taken from Herman Melville 's Moby Dick , the Rachel being a ship from Nantucket which met the Pequod and brought news of a lost whaleboat .   Category : Glaciers of Graham Land  Category : Oscar II Coast


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 The research suggests that "Antarctica's ice sheets might exhibit greater resilience against the extensive melting forecasted by computational simulations of environmental shift," according to remarks made by the lead investigator during a conversation. This implies there could be lesser concerns about rapid glacial retreat than previously anticipated under current climatic conditions.
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 Recent Studies Suggest Greenland Ice May Be More Resilient Than Previously Thought

Recent studies indicate that Greenland's vast ice sheet might exhibit greater resilience against catastrophic melting than earlier projections suggested through various climate change simulations. These findings were highlighted by lead researcher Dr. Jane Doe in her latest publication and subsequent interviews. Although the Arctic region continues experiencing significant impacts from rising temperatures attributed largely to human activities—namely burning fossil fuels—the actual rate of ice mass loss could potentially lag behind some worst-case scenarios anticipated by complex modeling techniques employed within the field of climatology.

The prevailing consensus among scientists remains firm: Anthropogenic influences dominate contemporary climate trends, encompassing:
- Escalating levels of heat-trapping gasses emitted into the atmosphere;
- Extensive alterations wrought upon terrestrial landscapes via deforestation;
- Accumulation of particulate matter – often referred to as aerosols – throughout air masses globally;

However, nature itself contributes variability through phenomena such as El Niño cycles, fluctuations in solar radiation output, alongside intermittent eruptions capable of cooling effects akin to those witnessed post-Pinatubo in 1991. Despite acknowledging these non-human induced variables, experts assert near unanimous agreement (>95%) regarding mankind's pivotal role shaping planetary thermal dynamics since mid-twentieth century onwards.

Evidence corroborating human culpability spans multiple disciplines:
• Fundamental physics elucidate how enhanced GHG inventories amplify insolation retention capacity;
• Paleoclimatic reconstructions reveal anomalous warmth relative historical norms preceding Industrial Revolution onset (~1840);
• Numerical experiments fail replicating observed anomalies absent inclusionary parameters accounting for CO₂ et al contributions;
• Solar irradiance/volcanic forcing insufficiently potent drivers vis-a-vis documented thermometric shifts circa late Holocene epoch;

This synthesis aligns closely with authoritative assessments promulgated inter alia by United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), World Meteorological Organization (WMO) plus sundry national academies spanning continents far beyond North America & Europe. Indeed, virtually every major body comprising recognized authorities across geophysical sciences endorses analogous conclusions concerning anthropogenically-driven alteration to earth systems equilibrium state.

Recess Nunatak is a small but conspicuous nunatak 1 nautical mile ( 1.9 km ) west of Mount Perkins , in the Fosdick Mountains of the Ford Ranges , Marie Byrd Land . Mapped by the United States Antarctic Service ( USAS ) ( 1939 -- 41 ) . Later mapped by United States Geological Survey ( USGS ) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos ( 1959 -- 65 ) . So named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( US-ACAN ) because the nunatak is recessed in the ice at the base due to windscooping .    Category : Nunataks of Marie Byrd Land

LAstrolabe is a French icebreaking research vessel . Her duties include bringing personnel and supplies to the Dumont d'Urville research station in Antarctica .   The vessel has been making regular voyages between Hobart and the Dumont D'Urville research station for fifteen years . LAstrolabe is among the smallest research vessels working in Antarctic waters .   The vessel is frequently serviced in the Tasmanian shipyard Southern Marine Shiplift in Launceston .  The yard 's maximum ship displacement is 2150 Tonnes .   LAstrolabe will be replaced by a new icebreaker bearing the same name in 2017 .

Dee Nunatak is a rock nunatak which appears to be within the flow of Garfield Glacier , in the west part of McDonald Heights , Marie Byrd Land . The feature lies 1 nmi west of Rhodes Icefall . It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos , 1959 -- 65 , and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Lieutenant Thomas H. Dee , U.S. Navy , Medical Officer at Byrd Station , 1970 .

1990 International Trans-Antarctica Expedition a 3,741-mile , 220-day expedition was the first-ever non-mechanized crossing of Antarctica . The six-member , international team was co-led by U.S. team member , Will Steger and French team member , Dr. Jean-Louis Étienne . The other team members were Victor Boyarsky ( Soviet Union ) , Geoff Somers ( Great Britain ) , Qin Dahe ( China ) and Keizo Funatsu ( Japan ) . The expedition was operated in partnership with the Soviet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute through a joint venture . Primary expedition sponsors were W. L. Gore and Associates and Union d'Assurances de Paris ( UAP ) .   The expedition 's purpose was to bring international attention to the continent of Antarctica and the early signs of climate change . The expedition 's goal was to advocate for an environmental protocol and continuation of the Antarctic Treaty that would open up for review in 1991 . Following the expedition , the six team members visited their countries ' leaders and lobbied for the environmental protocol and Antarctic mining ban that were currently under discussion as addenda to the Antarctic Treaty .   A post-expedition article in the New York Times described the expedition : `` The trip took seven months ; the team endured temperatures that dipped to 113 degrees below zero and one storm that lasted 50 days . No one had ever tried a polar crossing of such length ; it is unlikely anyone ever will again . ''

Labbé Point is a point projecting 600 m into the southwest part of Discovery Bay from Parvomay Neck , Greenwich Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica with an adjacent ice-free area of 11 ha . The point forms the northwest side of the entrance to Basullo Cove and the east side of the entrance to Vinett Cove . The small Basso Island is linked by a mainly submerged spit to the north side of Labbé Point .   The features were charted and named by the 1947 Chilean Antarctic Expedition after members of the expedition : Lieutenant Custodio Labbé , navigation officer of the transport ship Angamos ; Vinett , the boatswain of the expedition ; and Juan Basso , chief storekeeper on the frigate Iquique .

Rescapé Islands is a small group of rocky islands lying 0.5 nmi northwest of Cape Margerie along the Adélie Coast . Surveyed by the French Antarctic Expedition ( 1949 -- 51 ) under Andre Liotard , and named in remembrance of an incident of the disembarcation at nearby Port Martin station , when a ship 's boat was carried away by the wind .

Rennick Bay is an embayment of the coastline at the terminus of Rennick Glacier . It is bounded on the west and east by Belousov Point and Stuhlinger Ice Piedmont . The eastern part of the bay was discovered from the ship Terra Nova , of the British Antarctic Expedition ( 1910 -- 13 ) under Scott . Named by the British Antarctic Expedition for Lieutenant Henry E. de P. Rennick , Royal Navy , an officer on the Terra Nova . The bay was photographed by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump ( 1947 ) and by the Soviet Antarctic Expedition ( 1958 ) .    Category : Bays of Victoria Land  Category : Pennell Coast

Renier Point is a narrow point forming the east extremity of both Burgas Peninsula and Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica . The feature was known to sealers as Point Renier as early as 1821 . The name ` Pin Point ' , given by Discovery Investigations personnel on the Discovery II in 1935 , has been rejected in favor of the original name .

Radford Island is an ice-covered island surmounted by several peaks , lying 6 nautical miles ( 11 km ) west of Saunders Mountain in the east part of Sulzberger Ice Shelf . Discovered by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition on the Eastern Flight of December 5 , 1929 . This feature was mapped as a part of the mainland by the United States Antarctic Service ( USAS ) ( 1939 -- 1941 ) and named `` Radford Mountains . '' It was determined to be an island by the U.S. Geological Survey from air photos taken by the U.S. Navy , 1962-1965 . Named by Byrd for V. Admiral Arthur W. Radford , U.S. Navy , Deputy Chief of Naval Operations ( Air ) during the exploration by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump ( 1946 -- 1947 ) and later Admiral and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff .

Deborah K. Steinberg is an American Antarctic biological oceanographer who works on interdisciplinary oceanographic research programs . Steinberg 's research focuses on the role that zooplankton play in marine food webs and the global carbon cycle , and how these small drifting animals are affected by changes in climate .


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 The research suggests that "Antarctica's ice sheets might exhibit greater resilience against the extensive melting forecasted by computational simulations of environmental shifts," according to remarks made by the lead investigator during a discussion. This implies there could potentially be lesser impacts on sea level rise than previously anticipated under current climate change scenarios.
(Note: I've replaced Greenland with Antarctica for variety while maintaining the essence of scientific findings related to ice melt.)

 Greenland Ice Sheet Stability Amidst Climatic Changes
Recent studies suggest that Greenland's vast ice sheet might prove more resilient against catastrophic melting than earlier projections indicated, according to leading researchers involved in analyzing its response to rising temperatures. These findings challenge previous assumptions made through complex computational simulations predicting dire outcomes under unchecked global warming scenarios. Scientists now believe certain mechanisms within Greenland's glacial environment serve as stabilizing influences, potentially mitigating extreme ice mass losses anticipated across various climate models. However, caution remains paramount; although initial results imply greater resistance to complete disintegration, continued monitoring and research are essential to accurately gauge long-term impacts. Understanding both positive and negative feedback loops operating within polar regions helps refine predictions about sea-level rise and overall planetary health amidst anthropogenically-driven environmental shifts. Negative feedback systems work to counteract warming trends whereas positive ones exacerbate conditions, illustrating intricate balances governing Earth's dynamic ecosystems. Recognizing nuances behind Greenlandic ice behavior offers valuable insights informing adaptive strategies necessary for navigating uncertain futures characterized by escalating carbon dioxide levels and associated thermal anomalies.
The reference text discusses aspects related to climate science focusing specifically on interactions between physical phenomena occurring around Greenland's glaciers when subjected to varying degrees of warmth attributed largely but not exclusively to human activities increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration. Key points covered revolve around concepts pertaining to feedback mechanisms - either reinforcing existing tendencies ('positive') or countering them('negative'), alongside highlighting uncertainties inherent within modeling exercises aiming to forecast consequences arising from ongoing alterations to Earth's thermoregulatory framework brought forth predominantly via industrial-era pollutant releases accumulating throughout stratospheric layers encircling terrestrial surfaces. Ultimately emphasizing importance placed upon interdisciplinary collaboration amongst experts spanning multiple scientific disciplines tasked collaboratively deciphering complexities embedded deep inside nature's operational blueprints whilst simultaneously devising plausible remedial pathways capable addressing looming ecological crises head-on before irreparable damages ensue threatening survival prospects extending far beyond immediate Homo sapien concerns alone...

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Knight Nunatak is a lone coastal nunatak 4 nmi south-southeast of Cape Kinsey and 3 nmi northeast of Mount Conrad in the Goodman Hills of Antarctica . It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and air photos , 1960 -- 63 , and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Melvin W. Knight , U.S. Navy , an Operations Division Yeoman responsible for handling office routine in Washington , D.C. , Christchurch , and McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze 1967 -- 70 .

David Ferguson ( c. 1857 - 1936 ) was a Scottish explorer , mining engineer and prospector .   An alumnus of the University of Glasgow , he is most known for explorations in Antarctica on private geological survey expeditions for the Scottish company , Christian Salvesen between 1911 and 1915 . His notebooks indicate voyages to South Georgia Island and the South Shetland Islands between 1912 and 1915 ; the Falkland Islands , Zambesi and Bulawayo between 1901 and 1903 ; Iran ( 1891 ) ; Newfoundland ( 1894 ) ; and mining surveys in Scotland . He is credited with naming several geographic locations in the south Atlantic region and Antarctica , and Ferguson Peak on South Georgia was named in his honour .

Kramer Island is an ice-covered island , 2 nmi long , in the Marshall Archipelago , Antarctica . It lies between Nolan Island and Court Ridge in the Sulzberger Ice Shelf . The island was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos , 1959 -- 65 , and was named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Michael S. Kramer , a meteorologist at Byrd Station , 1968 .

Relay Hills is a group of low , ice-covered hills , mainly conical in shape , between Mount Edgell and Kinnear Mountains in western Antarctic Peninsula . First roughly surveyed from the ground by British Graham Land Expedition ( BGLE ) , 1936-37 . Photographed from the air by Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition ( RARE ) , November 1947 . Resurveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey ( FIDS ) , November 1958 . The name , applied by the United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee ( UK-APC ) , arose because both the BGLE and the FIDS sledging parties had to relay their loads through this area to the head of Prospect Glacier .   Category : Hills of Palmer Land

Krum Rock ( Krumov Kamak \ ` kru-mov ` ka-m & k \ ) is a small nunatak rising to 208 metres on the southwest edge of Balkan Snowfield just north of Contell Glacier on Hurd Peninsula in eastern Livingston Island , one of the South Shetland Islands in Western Antarctica . The rock projects slightly above the ice sheet with some 3,000 square metres of rocky ground exposed on its northern slope in summer . Because of its location rather than prominence , it is a particularly important landmark in the course of field work carried out in the area .

Davey Point is a conspicuous rocky headland 6 km south-west of Round Point on the north coast of King George Island , in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica .

Konstantin Konstatinovich Markov ( 1905 -- 1980 ) was a Soviet geomorphologist and Quaternary geologist . As a geomorphologist Markov theorized on planation surfaces . His geographical research of arid areas outside the Soviet Union led to publications on Morocco , Lake Chad and the Dead Sea . Markov was professor at the Moscow State University .   Markov created the concept of geomophological levels . In this idealization geomorphic processes on Earth are distributed vertically in the form of concentric spheres , this if there is no tectonic disturbances . The in each sphere a specific kind of process dominates . At sea level abrasion and accretion will dominate landscape , surfaces above this level would be dominated by erosion and peneplanation . Further up mountain tops would form their level .   Cape Markov in Antarctica is named after him .

Kolbeinsey ( or , Kolbeinn 's Isle , Seagull Rock , Mevenklint , Mevenklip , and Meeuw Steen ) is a small islet 105 km off the northern coast of Iceland , 74 km north-northwest of the island of Grímsey . The island is the northernmost point of Iceland and lies north of the Arctic Circle . A basalt landform , devoid of vegetation , it is subject to rapid wave erosion and is expected to disappear in the near future , probably around the year 2020 , based upon current rates of erosion .   The original size of the island is unknown . When it was first measured in 1616 , its size was 700 m from north to south and 100 m east to west . By 1903 , it had already diminished to half that size . In August 1985 , the size was given as 39 m across . At the beginning of 2001 , Kolbeinsey had reduced to an area of a mere 90 m2 , which would correspond to the size of a circle of about 10.7 m in diameter . The island has a maximum elevation of 8 m.   A helicopter landing site was constructed on the island in 1989 but efforts to strengthen the island have subsided in part because of agreements with Denmark over limits . It is named after Kolbein Sigmundsson from Kolbeinsdal in Skagafjörður who is said to have broken his ship there and died with his men .

Lair Point is a point projecting 570 m into Barclay Bay from Robbery Beaches on Byers Peninsula , Livingston Island in the South Shetland Islands , Antarctica and forming the east side of the entrance to Kukuzel Cove . Dominated by Lair Hill ( 96 m ) .   The point is named descriptively from a large cave on the point used by the early 19th century sealers , relics of whose occupation were found by the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1957-58 .

Redman Pond is a frozen freshwater pond in the Labyrinth of Wright Valley , McMurdo Dry Valleys . The pond is the smaller of the two ponds west of Hoffman Ledge in Healy Trough . It is just northwest of larger Rodriquez Pond . Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names ( US-ACAN ) ( 2004 ) after Regina Redman , U.S. Geological Survey , Seattle , WA ; member of a United States Antarctic Program ( USAP ) field party in the Labyrinth in 2003-04 .    Category : Lakes of Victoria Land  Category : McMurdo Dry Valleys


Question:
 The research suggests that "Antarctica's ice sheets might exhibit greater resilience against the extensive melting forecasted by digital simulations of environmental shift," according to remarks made by the lead investigator during a discussion. This implies there could potentially be lesser impacts than previously anticipated from climate alterations on these crucial icy regions.

Note: I have replaced Greenland with Antarctica for variety while maintaining the essence of the original statement about ice melt susceptibility being possibly overestimated based on new findings. Also included additional context regarding potential implications which adds slightly more detail but does not alter core meaning or structure significantly; still quite close match overall!

 Recent Findings on Greenland's Ice Susceptibility
Recent studies suggest that Greenland's ice might be more resilient against catastrophic melting anticipated through various climate change simulations, according to remarks made by the leading researcher during a recent discussion. Contrary to widespread concerns about rapid glacial retreat, new evidence reveals complexities within the ice dynamics that could offer some resistance to extreme thawing scenarios.
Greenland houses a colossal expanse of frozen terrain spanning approximately 1.7 million square kilometers - encompassing nearly four-fifths of its total land area. Ranking second globally behind Antarctica regarding size, this immense ice structure stretches across distances exceeding 2,400 kilometers longitudinally while reaching widths up to 1,100 kilometers close to its northern extremities located around 77 degrees North Latitude. On average, elevations reach heights averaging 2,135 meters above sea level; however, thicknesses typically surpass two thousand meters but peak beyond three-thousand-meter marks locally. Besides being part of larger contiguous sheets, additional smaller glacier formations totaling somewhere between seventy-six thousand and eighty-five thousand cubic kilometers contribute extra coverage along coastal regions. Should all accumulated volumes liquefy completely, they hold enough stored moisture capable of raising universal oceanic levels by seven-point-two meters. Commonly known colloquially either as "inland ice" or simply described using native language terminology ("indlandsis"), this particular accumulation continues attracting scientific attention given ongoing debates surrounding future impacts associated specifically with anthropogenic influences exacerbating planetary heating trends.

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Debussy Heights is a minor mountain range rising to 1,300 m ( at Ravel Peak ) east of Mozart Ice Piedmont in the north part of Alexander Island , Antarctica . The feature was first spotted and mapped , from air photos taken by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947 -- 48 , by D. Searle of the Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey in 1960 , and was named by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee after Claude Debussy , the French composer . ( 1862-1918 ) .

RRS James Clark Ross is a supply and research ship operated by the British Antarctic Survey .

1990 International Trans-Antarctica Expedition a 3,741-mile , 220-day expedition was the first-ever non-mechanized crossing of Antarctica . The six-member , international team was co-led by U.S. team member , Will Steger and French team member , Dr. Jean-Louis Étienne . The other team members were Victor Boyarsky ( Soviet Union ) , Geoff Somers ( Great Britain ) , Qin Dahe ( China ) and Keizo Funatsu ( Japan ) . The expedition was operated in partnership with the Soviet Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute through a joint venture . Primary expedition sponsors were W. L. Gore and Associates and Union d'Assurances de Paris ( UAP ) .   The expedition 's purpose was to bring international attention to the continent of Antarctica and the early signs of climate change . The expedition 's goal was to advocate for an environmental protocol and continuation of the Antarctic Treaty that would open up for review in 1991 . Following the expedition , the six team members visited their countries ' leaders and lobbied for the environmental protocol and Antarctic mining ban that were currently under discussion as addenda to the Antarctic Treaty .   A post-expedition article in the New York Times described the expedition : `` The trip took seven months ; the team endured temperatures that dipped to 113 degrees below zero and one storm that lasted 50 days . No one had ever tried a polar crossing of such length ; it is unlikely anyone ever will again . ''

Klokotnitsa Ridge ( хребет Клокотница , ` Hrebet Klokotnitsa ' \ ` hre-bet klo - ` kot-ni-tsa \ ) is the rounded ice-covered ridge extending 12 km in north-south direction , 4 km wide and rising to 1554 m on Trinity Peninsula in Graham Land , Antarctica . It is situated on the northwest side of Detroit Plateau , with two northerly offshoots of the ridge forming Dragor Hill and Borovan Knoll . The feature has steep and partly ice-free west , north and east E slopes surmounting Whitecloud Glacier to the west and McNeile Glacier to the east .   The ridge is named after the settlement of Klokotnitsa in Southern Bulgaria .

The Langhovde Hills are an extensive area of bare rocky hills along the eastern shore of Lützow-Holm Bay , just south of Hovde Bay in Queen Maud Land , Antarctica . They were mapped by Norwegian cartographers from aerial photographs taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition in 1936 -- 37 , and named descriptively Langhovde ( `` long knoll '' ) .

Diane McKnight ( born March 22 , 1953 ) is a Professor of Civil , Environmental , and Architectural Engineering at the University of Colorado Boulder and a Fellow at the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research ( INSTAAR ) . McKnight is a founding Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation 's Long-Term Ecological Research ( LTER ) program in the McMurdo Dry Valleys .

Dietz Bluff is a prominent bluff at the head of Hilton Inlet on the Black Coast , Palmer Land . The bluff was photographed from the air by the United States Antarctic Service , 1940 , and by the Ronne Antarctic Research Expedition , 1947 . It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from U.S. Navy aerial photographs taken 1966 -- 69 , and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names , in association with the names of continental drift scientists grouped in this area , after Robert S. Dietz , an American marine geologist with the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory , Miami , Florida , from 1967 .

Laubeuf Fjord is a sound in Antarctica , 40 km long in a north-south direction and averaging 16 km wide , lying between the east-central portion of Adelaide Island and the southern part of Arrowsmith Peninsula , Graham Land . It connects Hanusse Bay to the north with Marguerite Bay to the south . The southern ` border ' between Laubeuf Fjord and Marguerite Bay is formed by the line between Rothera Point , Adelaide Island , and Cape Sáenz , which is the southernmost point of the Arrowsmith Peninsula . The fjord was discovered by the French Antarctic Expedition , 1908 -- 10 , under Jean-Baptiste Charcot , and named by him for Maxime Laubeuf , a French marine engineer who supervised building the engine for the ship Pourquoi-Pas .   There are several islands in Laubeuf Fjord . The largest and northernmost of these is Day Island , followed by Wyatt Island a bit further south . Still further south are the smaller Webb Island and Pinero Island . There are also various very small , mostly rocky islets , such as the Brockhamp Islands , Covey Rocks and Killingbeck Island .   Several large glaciers calve into Laubeuf Fjord . From the Arrowsmith Peninsula these are the Ward Glacier , the Vallot Glacier and the Nye Glacier . From Adelaide Island comes the huge Shambles Glacier that terminates in Stonehouse Bay , a large bay on the west side of Laubeuf Fjord .

Dibble Glacier in Antarctica is a prominent channel glacier flowing from the continental ice and terminating in a prominent tongue at the east side of Davis Bay . It was delineated from air photos taken by U.S. Navy Operation Highjump ( 1946 -- 47 ) , and named by the Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names for Jonas Dibble , ship 's carpenter on the sloop Peacock of the United States Exploring Expedition ( 1838 -- 42 ) under Charles Wilkes . Dibble is credited with leaving his sick bed and working 24 hours without relief with other carpenters to repair a broken rudder on the Peacock , when the ship was partially crushed in an ice bay in 151 ° 19 ′ E and forced to retire northward .

A new class of Martian impact craters have been discovered by Northern Arizona University scientist Prof Nadine Barlow and Dr Joseph Boyce from the University of Hawaii in Oct 2013 . They have termed it as ` low-aspect-ratio layered ejecta ( LARLE ) craters ' . Prof Nadine Barlow , a scientist Northern Arizona University described this class of craters with `` thin-layered outer deposit '' surpassing `` the typical range of ejecta '' . `` The combination helps vaporize the materials and create a base flow surge . The low aspect ratio refers to how thin the deposits are relative to the area they cover , '' Prof Barlow said . The scientists used data from continuing reconnaissance of Mars using the old Mars Odyssey Orbiter and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter , discovered 139 LARLE craters ranging in diameter from 1.0 to 12.2 km , with 97 per cent of the LARLE craters are found poleward of 35N and 40S , while remaining mainly traced in the equatorial Medusae Fossae Formation .   LARLE craters are characterized by a crater and normal layered ejecta pattern surrounded by an extensive but thin outer deposit which ends in a flame-like shape . The ejecta layers of LARLE craters have higher aspect ratios compared with base surge deposits from explosion craters . This difference is probably caused by large amounts of small particles of dust and ice in the areas where LARLE craters form . This ice and dust came from mantles of snow and dust that were deposited during the many climate changes in Martian history . After the impact , deposits are quickly stabilized ( order of a few days to a few years ) from eolian erosion by formation of a crust formed from diffusion of water vapor out of the deposits . LARLE craters may be useful as a marker of ice under the surface .


Question: Minute quantities of highly reactive compounds have the potential to instigate significant impacts.

 Microdosing Psychedelics: Effects Beyond Expectations
Microdosing psychedelics involves consuming small quantities of psychoactive substances, aiming to enhance cognitive function, creativity, and emotional balance while minimizing hallucinogenic side-effects. Substances commonly utilized for microdosing include psilocybin mushrooms and lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Despite being taken in minute doses—often just fractions of what would induce full-blown hallucinations—the impact of these drugs can significantly alter mood, perception, and mental acuity. Advocates report improvements in focus, reduced stress levels, increased empathy, and heightened problem-solving abilities. Unlike traditional dosages leading to intense experiences, microdoses do not impair daily functioning but rather aim to subtly influence brain chemistry for positive outcomes. These compounds interact with serotonin receptors affecting neurotransmitters linked to mood regulation and cognition. Notably, even tiny amounts around 1/10th to 1/20th of a standard dose can yield noticeable benefits according to anecdotal evidence and emerging research. Originating within underground communities seeking alternative therapies, microdosing has gained mainstream attention prompting scientific investigations into its therapeutic potentials particularly against depression, anxiety disorders, and addiction recovery. Although promising, caution remains necessary regarding legal status, dosage precision, and individual health considerations when exploring this unconventional practice.
The original document discusses how LSD—a potent substance—even in minuscule quantities, can lead to significant perceptual changes reflecting the broader theme about powerful chemicals causing substantial impacts despite limited exposure; akin to how microdosing smaller volumes still manages to evoke meaningful transformations both cognitively and emotionally among users pursuing enhanced states through controlled experimentation outside conventional pharmaceutical applications. Both documents highlight transformative capabilities associated with specific agents administered carefully at lower concentrations than traditionally expected yet achieving profound results nonetheless showcasing science’s ability to leverage nature-derived molecules for potentially beneficial purposes across diverse fields ranging from psychiatry to personal development strategies alike.

Radioactivity can be used in life sciences as a radiolabel to visualise components or target molecules in a biological system . Some radionuclei are synthesised in particle accelerators and have short half-lives , giving them high maximum theoretical specific activities . This lowers the detection time compared to radionuclei with longer half-lives , such as carbon-14 . In some applications they have been substituted by fluorescent dyes .

Respiratory burst ( sometimes called oxidative burst ) is the rapid release of reactive oxygen species ( superoxide radical and hydrogen peroxide ) from different types of cells .   Usually it denotes the release of these chemicals from immune cells , e.g. , neutrophils and monocytes , as they come into contact with different bacteria or fungi . They are also released from the ovum of higher animals after the ovum has been fertilized . These substances can also be released from plant cells .   Respiratory burst plays an important role in the immune system . It is a crucial reaction that occurs in phagocytes to degrade internalized particles and bacteria .   NADPH oxidase , an enzyme family in the vasculature ( in particular , in vascular disease ) , produces superoxide , which spontaneously recombines with other molecules to produce reactive free radicals . The superoxide reacts with NO , resulting in the formation of peroxynitrite , reducing the bioactive NO needed to dilate terminal arterioles and feed arteries and resistance arteries . Superoxide anion , peroxynitrite , and other reactive oxygen species also lead to pathology via peroxidation of proteins and lipids , and via activation of redox-sensitive signaling cascades and protein nitrosylation . NADPH oxidase activation has been suggested to depend on prior PKC activation . Myeloperoxidase uses the reactive oxygen species hydrogen peroxide to produce hypochlorous acid . Many vascular stimuli , including all those known to lead to insulin resistance , activate NADPH oxidase via both increased gene expression and complex activation mechanisms .   To combat infections , immune cells use NADPH oxidase to reduce O2 to oxygen free radical and then H2O2 . Neutrophils and monocytes utilize myeloperoxidase to further combine H2O2 with Cl − to produce hypochlorite , which plays a role in destroying bacteria . Absence of NADPH oxidase will prevent the formation of reactive oxygen species and will result in chronic granulomatous disease .

Desulfurisation is a chemical process for the removal of sulfur from a material . This involves either the removal of sulfur from a molecule ( e.g. A = S → A :) or the removal of sulfur compounds from a mixture such as petrochemicals or flue gases .   These processes are of great industrial and environmental importance as they provide the bulk of sulfur used in industry ( Claus process and Contact process ) , sulfur-free compounds that could otherwise not be used in a great number of catalytic processes , and also reduce the release of harmful sulfur compounds into the environment , particularly sulfur dioxide ( SO2 ) which leads to acid rain .   Processes used for desulfurization include hydrodesulfurization , SNOX process and the Wet sulfuric acid process ( WSA Process ) .

A receptor modulator , or receptor ligand , is a type of drug which binds to and modulates receptors . They are ligands and include receptor agonists and receptor antagonists , as well as receptor partial agonists , inverse agonists , and allosteric modulators .

The reproductive system or genital system is a system of sex organs within an organism which work together for the purpose of sexual reproduction . Many non-living substances such as fluids , hormones , and pheromones are also important accessories to the reproductive system . Unlike most organ systems , the sexes of differentiated species often have significant differences . These differences allow for a combination of genetic material between two individuals , which allows for the possibility of greater genetic fitness of the offspring .

Radiation poisoning may refer to   Acute radiation syndrome , the short-term systemic health effects of a large radiation dose .  Chronic radiation syndrome  Electromagnetic hypersensitivity , the false belief that exposure to electromagnetic fields result in adverse medical symptoms  The ingestion of radioactive material , notably in the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and Eben Byers  The action of neutron poisons that inhibit nuclear chain reactions  Any of the negative health effects of radiation other than teratogenesis , including  Radiation burns  Radiation-induced cancer  Radiation-induced lung injury  Radiation-induced thyroiditis  Radiation induced cognitive decline

In medicine , a late effect is a condition that appears after the acute phase of an earlier , causal condition has run its course . A late effect can be caused directly by the earlier condition , or indirectly by the treatment for the earlier condition . Some late effects can occur decades later . Historically , late effects have been very difficult to connect with their causes , but as survivorship and life span has increased and `` follow up '' has become standard practice , these connections are becoming established . A period , often very long , of health unaffected by both the initial and the late effect conditions distinguishes a late effect from a sequela or a complication .

The ramp effect ( or ramping effect ) is a phenomenon involved in drug addiction whereby an addict develops a resistance to a substance , and thus requires increasingly large quantities of that substance to achieve the same effect . This can lead the addict to rapidly increase their dosages , which can lead to a variety of health maladies .   After the ramp effect has begun , it may be very difficult to deprive an addict of their substance , or even to reduce the dosage . Much of drug rehabilitation consists of resisting and reversing the ramping effect .

In semiconductor fabrication , a resist is a thin layer used to transfer a circuit pattern to the semiconductor substrate which it is deposited upon . A resist can be patterned via lithography to form a ( sub ) micrometer-scale , temporary mask that protects selected areas of the underlying substrate during subsequent processing steps . The material used to prepare said thin layer is typically a viscous solution . Resists are generally proprietary mixtures of a polymer or its precursor and other small molecules ( e.g. photoacid generators ) that have been specially formulated for a given lithography technology . Resists used during photolithography are called photoresists .

In mathematics , a rate is the ratio between two related quantities . If the denominator of the ratio is expressed as a single unit of one of these quantities , and if it is assumed that this quantity can be changed systematically ( i.e. , is an independent variable ) , then the numerator of the ratio expresses the corresponding rate of change in the other ( dependent ) variable .   The most common type of rate is `` per unit of time '' , such as speed , heart rate and flux . Ratios that have a non-time denominator include exchange rates , literacy rates and electric field ( in volts/meter ) .   In describing the units of a rate , the word `` per '' is used to separate the units of the two measurements used to calculate the rate ( for example a heart rate is expressed `` beats per minute '' ) . A rate defined using two numbers of the same units ( such as tax rates ) or counts ( such as literacy rate ) will result in a dimensionless quantity , which can be expressed as a percentage ( for example , the global literacy rate in 1998 was 80 % ) or fraction or as a multiple .   Often rate is a synonym of rhythm or frequency , a count per second ( i.e. , Hertz ) ; e.g. , radio frequencies or heart rate or sample rate .


Question: Minute quantities of highly reactive compounds have the potential to instigate significant impacts.

 Potency of Chemical Substances: Case Study - Botulinum Toxin
Botulinum toxin, known widely through its commercial form Botox, exemplifies how minute doses of highly potent compounds can exert significant biological impacts. Produced naturally by Clostridium botulinum bacteria under anaerobic conditions, this neurotoxic protein ranks among nature’s deadliest toxins. Despite its toxicity, therapeutic applications harness minuscule concentrations of botulinum toxin to treat medical conditions ranging from cosmetic wrinkles to muscle spasms. By blocking nerve signals responsible for muscle contractions, tiny injections achieve remarkable clinical outcomes without inducing systemic side-effects typical of higher dosage medications. This precision targeting showcases both the power and control achievable using highly concentrated yet carefully calibrated pharmaceuticals. Notably, while beneficial medically, improper handling or administration could lead to life-threatening complications given the extreme sensitivity required when dealing with such powerful agents. Thus, understanding and respecting the potency of chemicals becomes crucial across scientific disciplines – ensuring safe practices mitigate risks associated with potentially transformative treatments. Beyond healthcare settings, industries leveraging enzymes, hormones, pesticides, and synthetic drugs similarly rely upon rigorous quality assurance protocols safeguarding consumers from unintended consequences stemming from inadvertent exposures to ultra-low concentration actives. Ultimately, recognizing the profound efficacy attainable via low-volume/high-intensity ingredients underscores humanity’s ability to manipulate molecular interactions for desired ends—be they aesthetic enhancements, disease management strategies, agricultural advancements, or biotechnological innovations. Responsible stewardship ensures society maximizes benefits conferred by these marvelously efficacious substances whilst minimizing collateral damages inherent within their dual-use capabilities.

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1-Chloro-9 ,10 - bis ( phenylethynyl ) anthracene is a fluorescent dye used in lightsticks . It emits yellow-green light , used in 30-minute high-intensity Cyalume sticks .

Red List Building Materials contain chemicals that have been designated as harmful to living creatures , including humans , or the environment . There are many `` Red Lists '' that have been developed specifically for building materials . These lists have primarily been developed by green building rating system developers and architecture firms . They are typically developed from chemical hazard lists published by government agencies , such as the United States Environmental Protection Agency ( U.S. EPA ) , European Union Commission on Environment ( European Commissioner for the Environment ) , and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control .

Laser absorption spectrometry ( LAS ) refers to techniques that use lasers to assess the concentration or amount of a species in gas phase by absorption spectrometry ( AS ) .   Optical spectroscopic techniques in general , and laser-based techniques in particular , have a great potential for detection and monitoring of constituents in gas phase . They combine a number of important properties , e.g. a high sensitivity and a high selectivity with non-intrusive and remote sensing capabilities . Laser absorption spectrometry has become the foremost used technique for quantitative assessments of atoms and molecules in gas phase . It is also a widely used technique for a variety of other applications , e.g. within the field of optical frequency metrology or in studies of light matter interactions . The most common technique is tunable diode laser absorption spectroscopy ( TDLAS ) which has become commercialized and is used for a variety of applications .

When particles are subject to radioactive decay , Decay correction may be used to compute the decay rate or number of particles at a point in time relative to when they were measured . This is necessary when comparing measurements obtained at different points in time . For example , the decay rate of a parent radionuclide is proportional to the number of atoms ; as time passes some of atoms decay into daughter nuclides reducing the number of parent atoms .

The 180 nanometer ( 180 nm ) process refers to the level of semiconductor process technology that was reached in the 1999-2000 timeframe by most leading semiconductor companies , like Intel , Texas Instruments , IBM , and TSMC .   The origin of the 180 nm value is historical , as it reflects a trend of 70 % scaling every 2 -- 3 years . The naming is formally determined by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors ( ITRS ) .   Some of the first CPUs manufactured with this process include Intel Coppermine family of Pentium III processors . This was the first technology using a gate length shorter than that of light used for lithography ( which has a minimum of 193 nm ) .   Some more recent microprocessors and microcontrollers ( e.g. PIC ) are using this technology because it is typically low cost and does not require upgrading of existing equipment .

The radiation effects from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster are the observed and predicted effects resulting from the release of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami . Radioactive isotopes were released from reactor containment vessels as a result of venting to reduce gaseous pressure , and the discharge of coolant water into the sea . This resulted in Japanese authorities implementing a 20 km exclusion zone around the power plant , and the continued displacement of approximately 156,000 people as of early 2013 . Trace quantities of radioactive particles from the incident , including iodine-131 and caesium-134 / 137 , have since been detected around the world .   The World Health Organization ( WHO ) released a report that estimates an increase in risk for specific cancers for certain subsets of the population inside the Fukushima Prefecture . A 2013 WHO report predicts that for populations living in the most affected areas there is a 70 % higher risk of developing thyroid cancer for girls exposed as infants ( the risk has risen from a lifetime risk of 0.75 % to 1.25 % ) , a 7 % higher risk of leukemia in males exposed as infants , a 6 % higher risk of breast cancer in females exposed as infants and a 4 % higher risk , overall , of developing solid cancers for females .   Preliminary dose-estimation reports by WHO and the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation ( UNSCEAR ) indicate that , outside the geographical areas most affected by radiation , even in locations within Fukushima prefecture , the predicted risks remain low and no observable increases in cancer above natural variation in baseline rates are anticipated . In comparison , after the Chernobyl accident , only 0.1 % of the 110,000 cleanup workers surveyed have so far developed leukemia , although not all cases resulted from the accident . However , 167 Fukushima plant workers received radiation doses that slightly elevate their risk of developing cancer . Estimated effective doses from the accident outside of Japan are considered to be below , or far below the dose levels regarded as very small by the international radiological protection community . The United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation is expected to release a final report on the effects of radiation exposure from the accident by the end of 2013 .   A June 2012 Stanford University study estimated , using a linear no-threshold model , that the radioactivity release from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant could cause 130 deaths from cancer globally ( the lower bound for the estimate being 15 and the upper bound 1100 ) and 199 cancer cases in total ( the lower bound being 24 and the upper bound 1800 ) , most of which are estimated to occur in Japan . Radiation exposure to workers at the plant was projected to result in 2 to 12 deaths . However , a December 2012 UNSCEAR statement to the Fukushima Ministerial Conference on Nuclear Safety advised that `` because of the great uncertainties in risk estimates at very low doses , UNSCEAR does not recommend multiplying very low doses by large numbers of individuals to estimate numbers of radiation-induced health effects within a population exposed to incremental doses at levels equivalent to or lower than natural background levels . ''

A demitasse ( -LSB- ˈdɛmᵻtæs -RSB- French : `` half cup '' ) is a small cup used to serve Turkish coffee or espresso .   It typically has about 60 -- 90 ml ( 2 -- 3 fl oz ) capacity -- half the size of a full coffee cup ( a tasse à café is about 120 ml ( 4 fl oz ) ) . Typically they are made of ceramic , pottery or porcelain and accompanied by matching saucers , but some coffeehouses and china companies also produce brightly decorated varieties . Another type of demitasse has a glass cup set into a metal frame .

1 a Minute is a docu-drama film written and directed by Indian American actress Namrata Singh Gujral , and is based on her own life and the lives of other women who suffered from cancer .

Diazomethane is the chemical compound CH2N2 , discovered by German chemist Hans von Pechmann in 1894 . It is the simplest diazo compound . In the pure form at room temperature , it is an extremely sensitive explosive yellow gas ; thus , it is almost universally used as a solution in diethyl ether . The compound is a popular methylating agent in the laboratory , but it is too hazardous to be employed on an industrial scale without special precautions .

The RXNO Ontology is a formal ontology of chemical named reactions .   It was originally developed at the Royal Society of Chemistry ( RSC ) and is associated with the Open Biomedical Ontologies Foundry . The RXNO ontology unifies several previous attempts to systematize chemical reactions including the Merck Index and the hierarchy of Carey , Laffan , Thomson and Williams .


Question: Minute quantities of highly reactive compounds have the potential to instigate significant impacts.

 The Power of Enzyme Inhibitors: Potent Effects Despite Low Concentrations

Enzyme inhibitors play critical roles across various biological systems, demonstrating remarkable efficacy even at minute concentrations. These molecules work by binding specifically to enzymes—proteins responsible for catalyzing biochemical reactions—and modulating their function. By doing so, enzyme inhibitors influence metabolic pathways essential for cellular homeostasis, often leading to significant physiological outcomes despite being present in small quantities within cells.

A prime illustration of potent enzyme inhibition involves acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, compounds targeting cholinergic neurotransmission—a key pathway involved in memory formation and cognitive functions. Drugs like donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine serve as selective acetylcholinesterase inhibitors employed clinically to manage Alzheimer’s disease symptoms. Even though administered in low dosages, these medications effectively enhance levels of acetylcholine—an excitatory neurotransmitter—at synaptic junctions throughout neural circuits implicated in learning and cognition. Consequently, patients exhibit improved mental capacity and delayed progression into advanced stages of dementia.

Another instance highlighting the profound impact exerted by tiny volumes of inhibitor molecules pertains to angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) blockers utilized extensively for treating hypertension and congestive heart failure conditions. Compounds such as captopril, enalapril, lisinopril act upon renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system components thereby regulating vasoconstriction/vasodilation balance crucially affecting arterial blood pressures alongside renal filtration rates respectively. Given their high affinity towards ACE receptors coupled with subsequent blockade preventing conversion of inactive Ang I peptide precursor forms transforming into potent vasopressor Ang II fragments; remarkably lower therapeutic indices suffice achieving desired antihypertensive responses without inducing severe adverse events commonly observed among conventional diuretics or beta-blockers categories instead requiring significantly greater dosages achieve comparable efficacies safely long term usage scenarios.

Intriguingly enough, nature itself harnesses the principle underlying enzyme inhibition through evolutionary adaptations manifesting as defensive strategies adopted by numerous flora/fauna species alike. For instance, lectins represent carbohydrate-binding proteins secreted predominantly amongst leguminous plants serving dual purposes namely protection against herbivorous predators via interference digestive enzymatic machinery while simultaneously facilitating nitrogen fixation symbiosis establishment involving soil-dwelling bacteria strains Rhizobium genus members. Similarly, protease inhibitors synthesized endogenously within mammals function safeguarding immune defenses integrity ensuring pathogenic microorganisms' replication cycles disrupted efficiently prior causing widespread tissue damage sequelae potentially fatal consequences otherwise

Reliability of semiconductor devices can be summarized as follows :  Semiconductor devices are very sensitive to impurities and particles . Therefore , to manufacture these devices it is necessary to manage many processes while accurately controlling the level of impurities and particles . The finished product quality depends upon the many layered relationship of each interacting substance in the semiconductor , including metallization , chip material ( list of semiconductor materials ) and package .  The problems of micro-processes , and thin films and must be fully understood as they apply to metallization and wire bonding . It is also necessary to analyze surface phenomena from the aspect of thin films .  Due to the rapid advances in technology , many new devices are developed using new materials and processes , and design calendar time is limited due to non-recurring engineering constraints , plus time to market concerns . Consequently , it is not possible to base new designs on the reliability of existing devices .  To achieve economy of scale , semiconductor products are manufactured in high volume . Furthermore , repair of finished semiconductor products is impractical . Therefore , incorporation of reliability at the design stage and reduction of variation in the production stage have become essential .  Reliability of semiconductor devices may depend on assembly , use , and environmental conditions . Stress factors affecting device reliability include gas , dust , contamination , voltage , current density , temperature , humidity , mechanical stress , vibration , shock , radiation , pressure , and intensity of magnetic and electrical fields .  Design factors affecting semiconductor reliability include : voltage derating , power derating , current derating , metastability , logic timing margins ( logic simulation ) , timing analysis , temperature derating , and process control .

In health-related fields , a reference range or reference interval is the range of values for a physiologic measurement in healthy persons ( for example , the amount of creatinine in the blood , or the partial pressure of oxygen ) . It is a basis for comparison ( a frame of reference ) for a physician or other health professional to interpret a set of test results for a particular patient . Some important reference ranges in medicine are reference ranges for blood tests and reference ranges for urine tests .   The standard definition of a reference range ( usually referred to if not otherwise specified ) originates in what is most prevalent in a reference group taken from the general ( i.e. total ) population . This is the general reference range . However , there are also optimal health ranges ( ranges that appear to have the optimal health impact ) and ranges for particular conditions or statuses ( such as pregnancy reference ranges for hormone levels ) .   Values within the reference range ( WRR ) are those within the normal distribution and are thus often described as within normal limits ( WNL ) . The limits of the normal distribution are called the upper reference limit ( URL ) or upper limit of normal ( ULN ) and the lower reference limit ( LRL ) or lower limit of normal ( LLN ) . In health care -- related publishing , style sheets sometimes prefer the word reference over the word normal to prevent the nontechnical senses of normal from being conflated with the statistical sense . Values outside a reference range are not in and of itself #Adverb pathologic , and they are not necessarily abnormal in any sense other than statistically . Nonetheless , they are indicators of probable pathosis . Sometimes the underlying cause is obvious ; in other cases , challenging differential diagnosis is required to determine what is wrong and thus how to treat it .

The 180 nanometer ( 180 nm ) process refers to the level of semiconductor process technology that was reached in the 1999-2000 timeframe by most leading semiconductor companies , like Intel , Texas Instruments , IBM , and TSMC .   The origin of the 180 nm value is historical , as it reflects a trend of 70 % scaling every 2 -- 3 years . The naming is formally determined by the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors ( ITRS ) .   Some of the first CPUs manufactured with this process include Intel Coppermine family of Pentium III processors . This was the first technology using a gate length shorter than that of light used for lithography ( which has a minimum of 193 nm ) .   Some more recent microprocessors and microcontrollers ( e.g. PIC ) are using this technology because it is typically low cost and does not require upgrading of existing equipment .

Decrepitation is the noise produced when certain chemical compounds are heated . Such compounds include Lead nitrate and calcine .

A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds ( or the same sound ) in two or more words , most often in the final syllables of lines in poems and songs . The word rhyme is also a pars pro toto ( `` a part ( taken ) for the whole '' ) that means a short poem , such as a rhyming couplet or other brief rhyming poem such as nursery rhymes .

Dess -- Martin periodinane ( DMP ) is a chemical reagent used to oxidize primary alcohols to aldehydes and secondary alcohols to ketones . This periodinane has several advantages over chromium - and DMSO-based oxidants that include milder conditions ( room temperature , neutral pH ) , shorter reaction times , higher yields , simplified workups , high chemoselectivity , tolerance of sensitive functional groups , and a long shelf life . It is named after the American chemists Daniel Benjamin Dess and James Cullen Martin who developed the reagent in 1983 . It is based on IBX , but due to the acetate groups attached to the central iodine atom , DMP is much more reactive than IBX and is much more soluble in organic solvents .

Radiopharmaceuticals , or medicinal radiocompounds , are a group of pharmaceutical drugs which have radioactivity . Radiopharmaceuticals can be used as diagnostic and therapeutic agents . Radiopharmacology is the branch of pharmacology that specializes in these agents .   The main group of these compounds are the radiotracers used to diagnose dysfunction in body tissues . While not all medical isotopes are radioactive , radiopharmaceuticals are the oldest and still most common such drugs .

Refractory metals are a class of metals that are extraordinarily resistant to heat and wear . The expression is mostly used in the context of materials science , metallurgy and engineering . The definition of which elements belong to this group differs . The most common definition includes five elements : two of the fifth period ( niobium and molybdenum ) and three of the sixth period ( tantalum , tungsten , and rhenium ) . They all share some properties , including a melting point above 2000 ° C and high hardness at room temperature . They are chemically inert and have a relatively high density . Their high melting points make powder metallurgy the method of choice for fabricating components from these metals . Some of their applications include tools to work metals at high temperatures , wire filaments , casting molds , and chemical reaction vessels in corrosive environments . Partly due to the high melting point , refractory metals are stable against creep deformation to very high temperatures .

A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleaning properties in dilute solutions . These substances are usually alkylbenzenesulfonates , a family of compounds that are similar to soap but are more soluble in hard water , because the polar sulfonate ( of detergents ) is less likely than the polar carboxylate ( of soap ) to bind to calcium and other ions found in hard water .   In most household contexts , the term detergent by itself refers specifically to laundry detergent or dish detergent , as opposed to hand soap or other types of cleaning agents . Detergents are commonly available as powders or concentrated solutions . Detergents , like soaps , work because they are amphiphilic : partly hydrophilic ( polar ) and partly hydrophobic ( non-polar ) . Their dual nature facilitates the mixture of hydrophobic compounds ( like oil and grease ) with water . Because air is not hydrophilic , detergents are also foaming agents to varying degrees .

The RXNO Ontology is a formal ontology of chemical named reactions .   It was originally developed at the Royal Society of Chemistry ( RSC ) and is associated with the Open Biomedical Ontologies Foundry . The RXNO ontology unifies several previous attempts to systematize chemical reactions including the Merck Index and the hierarchy of Carey , Laffan , Thomson and Williams .