Millions of people pass through the gates of Disney’s entertainment parks each year. What makes these places an almost universal attraction? What makes foreign kings and queens and other important people want to visit these Disney parks? Well,one reason is the way they’re treated once they ...
The moon, like Earth, is a sphere, and it is always half-illuminated by the sun. As the moon travels around Earth, we see more or less of the illuminated half. Moon phases describe how much of the moon's disk is illuminated from our perspective. New moon: The moon is between Earth...
The yellowish planet's magnitude 1.1 dot will set with the stars of Aquarius as February begins, but the planet will soon become harder to see against an increasingly bright sky. Following a hard-to-observe close conjunction with brighter Mercury above the western horizon on Feb. 24-25, ...
Bulk; magnitude; body; size. Mass The principal part; the main body. Mass A large body of individuals, especially persons. The mass of spectators didn't see the infraction on the field. A mass of ships converged on the beaches of Dunkirk. Mass (in the plural) The lower classes of per...
Myth #1: It's the sun. While it is true that varying intensity of energy from the sun has driven long-term climate changes like ice ages in the distant past, the sun can not explain the recent spike in warming. Over tens and hundreds of thousands of years, the Earth's tilt and orbi...
It is a celebration that reenacts the Last Supper, involves the consecration of the bread and wine, and includes the participation of the faithful through receiving Holy Communion. On the other hand, liturgical services that are not Mass might focus on different aspects of faith, such as the...
(2010a), and observed that the energy used to manufacture specific battery subcomponents is more than 1 order of magnitude larger in the study by Majeau-Bettez et al. In trying to explain the cause, Dunn et al. (2012) found that studies which use a more detailed “process level” ...
Greater than usual or expected, as in quantity, magnitude, cost, or degree “A high price has to be paid for the happy marriage with the four healthy children” (Doris Lessing). High Favorable He has a high opinion of himself. High Of great force or violence High winds. High (Informal...
Within the forest, there is the unique Kranzberg Forest Roof (KROOF) experiment on an area of 0.5 ha [31]. The KROOF experiment was originally designed as a drought stress experiment. In addition to water retention by roofs, a canopy crane had been installed at the KROOF experimental site...
Although the choice of donor does not influence the efficacy of FMT to treat Clostridium difficile infections (currently the only FDA approved use of FMT [20]), it is unknown how critical donor selection is to treat diseases and disorders with more complex host-microbiota interaction, such as ...