wiktionarypar factor A factor , a Latin word meaning who which acts , may refer to In commerce Factor agent , a person who acts for another, notably a mercantile and or colonial agent Factor Scotland , a person or firm managing a Scottish estate Factors of production , a resource used in the production of goods and services Factoring finance , an entity providing commercial finance services Max Factor , a cosmetics company founded by Max Factor, Sr. In science An enzyme , proteins that catalyze chemical ... to affect an experiment see design of experiments Sun protection factor , a unit describing reduction in transmitted ultraviolet light Factor B and factor D , peptides involved in the alternate pathway ... non trivial divisors A coefficient , a multiplicative factor in an expression, usually a number A von Neumann algebra with a trivial center Factor graph theory , a spanning subgraph Any finite contiguous subsequence of a Word mathematics word In statistics Factor analysis is the study of how factors ... technology Authentication factor , a piece of information used to verify a person s identity for security purposes Factor programming language , a concatenative stack oriented programming language A substring , a subsequence of consecutive symbols in a string In television The O Reilly Factor , an American talk show hosted by Bill O Reilly on Fox News The Krypton Factor , a British game show hosted by Gordon Burns, formerly on ITV The Krypton Factor US game show The Krypton Factor US game show American version People Max Factor, Sr. , a Polish American businessman and cosmetician Max Factor, Jr. , son of the above, born Francis Factor John Factor , a Prohibition era gangster Organizations FACTOR , the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records disambig ar ca Factor cs Faktor da Faktor de Faktor es Factor eu Faktore argipena fr Facteur io Faktoro it Fattori nl Factor ja no Faktor pl Faktor ro Factor ru simple Factor sk Faktor fi Faktori sv Faktor uk ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Notability date May 2008 Factor T is a book first published in 1956 written by the Polish writer, philosopher, filmmaker, composer and poet Stefan Themerson . ref cite journal last Wisdom first J. O. authorlink John Wisdom year 1958 month May title Review journal The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science volume 9 issue 33 pages 84 85 url http www.jstor.org sici?sici 0007 0882 195805 9 3A33 3C84 3AFT 3E2.0.CO 3B2 F accessdate 2008 05 14 doi 10.1093 bjps IX.33.84 ref Factor T is based upon Themerson s theory that the eternal tragedy factor T of humanity is found in the conflict between the urge to satisfy certain desires and the aversion against the actions required for such a satisfaction. References reflist philo book stub Category 1956 books Category Polish non fiction books nl Factor T ... more details
FACTOR the Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent on Records is a private non profit organization, ... dedicated to providing assistance toward the growth and development of the Canadian independent recording industry from http www.factor.ca whatisfactor.html their website . Founded in 1982 , FACTOR has been administering public money since 1986 . From an inaugural budget of 200,000 Canadian dollar CAD , they now distribute over 11.5 million dollars annually. The merit based approach of monetary distribution used by FACTOR and Canadian music video funding organization VideoFACT , is not without critics. In 2009, the organizations came under public scrutiny when a letter written by Unfamiliar Records founder Greg Ipp was republished on the internet ref http www.thedailyswarm.com swarm open letter canadas music industry grant system why does metric mstrkrft and well funded mediocrity get all support ref in turn promoting the idea that bigger image based bands shouldn t be getting such a huge amount of those finite funds as it leaves relatively little, if any, funding for the smaller up and coming bands. ref http www.exclaim.ca articles generalarticlesynopsfullart.aspx?csid1 134&csid2 844&fid1 39899 ref Notable recording artists who have received FACTOR grants include Alexisonfire Jann Arden Bedouin Soundclash Blue Rodeo Dave Borins Boy Canadian band BOY Jason Collett The Dears K naan Mark Sultan Metric band Metric Michael Kulas Moneen Propaghandi Protest The Hero Sam Roberts The Trews Wolf Parade Woodpigeon band Woodpigeon Xavier Rudd References reflist External links http www.factor.ca The FACTOR website Canada stub Category Canadian music industry ... more details
Infobox television show name The It Factor image caption show name 2 genre Reality television format creator developer writer director creative director presenter starring judges voices narrated theme music composer opentheme endtheme composer country United States language English language English num seasons 2 num episodes list episodes executive producer producer editor location cinematography camera runtime 30 minutes company distributor channel Bravo US TV channel Bravo picture format audio format first run first aired Start date 2002 1 6 last aired End date 2003 3 31 status Ended preceded by followed by related website production website The It Factor is a reality television show that aired on the Bravo US TV network Bravo network. It followed actors trying to lead successful careers. The show lasted for two seasons. The first season profiled actors in New York City and the second season profiled actors in Los Angeles . Notable actors who appeared on the show include Oscar nominee Jeremy Renner , model actress LisaRaye , Michaela Conlin who went on to become a regular on the TV series Bones TV series Bones , and Godfrey comedian Godfrey who became a spokesman for 7 Up . External links imdb title 0307762 The It Factor imdb title 0348510 The It Factor Los Angeles DEFAULTSORT It Factor Category 2000s American television series Category 2002 American television series debuts Category 2003 American television series endings Category American reality television series Category Bravo U.S. television series US reality tv stub ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Highest Law Type studio Artist Ritual Carnage Cover Ritual Carnage The Highest Law.jpeg Released 1998 Recorded Genre Thrash metal Length 31 27 Label Osmose Productions Producer Reviews Last album This album The Highest Law br 1998 Next album Every Nerve Alive br 2000 The Highest Law is the debut album by the Japanese thrash metal band Ritual Carnage . It was released in 1998 by Osmose Productions . Track listing Servant of the Black 3 47 The Unjust 2 48 Succumb to the Beast 2 19 The Highest Law 2 53 Master 2 50 Domain of Death 2 07 Chaos and Mayhem 3 31 Damnator 2 30 Metal Forces 2 38 Attack 2 37 Death Metal 3 32 Cover Onslaught band Onslaught DEFAULTSORT Highest Law, The Category 1998 debut albums Category Debut albums Category Albums with cover art by Wes Benscoter 1990s metal album stub pl The Highest Law ... more details
Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name The Highest Heights Cover Lovebugs The Highest Heights.jpg Caption Artist Lovebugs band Lovebugs from Album The Highest Heights A side B side Released 20 March 2009 Format Digital download, CD single Recorded 2008 Genre Pop rock , Soft rock Length 3 49 Label Warner Music Group Warner Gadget Writer Adrian Sieber, Thomas Rechberger, Florian Senn Producer Richard Rainey Certification Chart position Last single This single Next single Misc Infobox ESC entry See Wikipedia WikiProject Eurovision Song Contest song flagicon Switzerland The Highest Heights image caption year 2009 country Switzerland artist Lovebugs band Lovebugs as with language English languages composer Adrian Sieber, br Thomas Rechberger, br Florian Senn lyricist Adrian Sieber, br Thomas Rechberger, br Florian Senn place points place semi 14th points semi 15 prev Era stupendo prev link Era stupendo next Il pleut de l or next link Il pleut de l or The Highest Heights is a song by the Lovebugs band Lovebugs and was the Switzerland Swiss entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2009 , held in Moscow , Russia . ref cite web url http www.esctoday.com news read 13341 title Switzerland Lovebugs to sing The highest heights last Jiandani first Sanjay date 2009 02 23 publisher ESCToday accessdate 2009 02 23 ref ref cite web url http www.oikotimes.com v2 index.php?file articles&id 5194 title Switzerland The Highest Heights by Lovebugs in Moscow last Costa first Nelson date 2009 02 ... Lovebugs&titel The Highest Heights&cat s Swedish Singles Chart ref align center 57 align left Swiss Singles Chart ref http swisscharts.com showitem.asp?interpret Lovebugs&titel The Highest Heights&cat ... center 81 References Reflist 2000s song stub Switzerland stub 2009 Eurovision Songs DEFAULTSORT Highest Heights Category Eurovision songs of 2009 Category Eurovision songs of Switzerland sq The Highest Heights sv The Highest Heights tr The Highest Heights ... more details
Doctorwhobook title The Highest Science series Virgin New Adventures number 11 featuring Seventh Doctor br Bernice Summerfield Bernice cover Highest Science.jpg writer Gareth Roberts writer Gareth Roberts publisher Virgin Books isbn ISBN 0 426 20377 1 pages date February 1993 preceding Transit Doctor Who Transit following The Pit Doctor Who The Pit The Highest Science is an original novel written by Gareth Roberts writer Gareth Roberts and based on the long running United Kingdom British science fiction on television science fiction television series Doctor Who . It features the Seventh Doctor and Bernice Summerfield Bernice and the first appearance of the recurring monsters, the List of Doctor Who monsters and aliens Chelonian Chelonians . A prelude to the novel, also penned by Roberts, appeared in Doctor Who Magazine 196. DWspinoff The novel was going to be adapted into the 2009 Doctor Who Easter special, making this story, like Human Nature Doctor Who novel Human Nature , an early version of a canon fiction canonical television story the concept was continually altered, however, resulting in Planet of the Dead . The Chelonians were mentioned onscreen in the episode The Pandorica Opens as one of the Doctor s enemy species who have banded together to defeat him, suggesting that the events of the novel like those of the television acknowledged novel The Monsters Inside have in fact happened. Publisher s Summary Sakkrat. Many legends speak of this world, home of an ancient empire destroyed by its own greatest achievement the Highest Science, the pinnacle of technological discovery ... and Zamper , they walk on all fours. External links http www.drwhoguide.com whona11p.htm The Highest Science Prelude Doctor Who RG id who na11 title The Highest Science http members.lycos.co.uk cloisterlibrary highscie.htm The Cloister Library The Highest Science TardisLibrary id 344 Reviews OG review id na 11 title The Highest Science DWRG id highest title The Highest Science DEFAULTSORT Highest ... more details
Infobox film name The Highest Bid image image size caption director William Russell American actor William Russell producer writer Arthur Henry Gooden Story br J. Edward Hungerford Scenario narrator starring William Russell br Charlotte Burton music cinematography editing distributor Mutual Film released July 16, 1916 runtime country FilmUS language Silent film br English intertitle s The Highest Bid is a 1916 American silent film silent drama film directed by and starring William Russell American actor William Russell and Charlotte Burton . Cast Charlotte Burton as Elsie Burleigh William Russell as Oliver Strong William S. Hooser as Uncle Jerry Harry Keenan as Addison Grey Marie Van Tassell as Elsie s mother External links imdb title id 0157755 DEFAULTSORT Highest Bid, The Category 1916 films Category 1910s drama films Category American drama films Category American silent feature films Category Black and white films silent drama film stub ... more details
The Highest Tide A Novel is a 2005 Young Adult literature young adult novel by author Jim Lynch writer Jim Lynch . Plot cleanup section date June 2010 Miles O Malley is a 13 year old boy from Skookumchuck Bay in southern Washington in love with his 18 year old babysitter, Angie Stagner, daughter of the local judge and his neighbor. His parents are unhappy and want a divorce, which has consequences for Miles. The only person who believes in Miles is the local professor, who cares a lot for the boy and is intrigued by his knowledge of Puget Sound. Miles also enjoys visiting his neighbor Florence, an old woman with advanced Parkinson s disease who was once a professional psychic. Although she informs Miles of a very high tide coming in that September, all of her previous readings were wrong, so the correctness of this is called into doubt. After Miles discovers a very rare sea animal, a Giant Squid, washed up on the shore, he is struck by fame, which he has trouble handling. Every headline in the local newspapers includes his name, people want to meet him, and he is overwhelmed by the thought of the whole situation, as he was just doing what he loved. His parents, who never thought much of their son or the ocean, are embarrassed by all the publicity, feeling like they do not really know Miles. A series of strange events tie the story together and odd things are happening in the Puget Sound. This is a summer that will change Miles forever. External links http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f c a 2005 09 18 RVGJUEKC5I1.DTL San Francisco Chronicle review of The Highest Tide http entertainment.timesonline.co.uk tol arts and entertainment books article567017.ece The Times review of The Highest Tide DEFAULTSORT Highest Tide Category 2005 novels Category American young adult novels ... more details
unreferenced date September 2011 Infobox film name The Highest Honor image image size caption director Peter Maxwell br Seiji Maruyama producer John McCallum actor John McCallum br Lee Robinson director Lee Robinson writer based on starring music cinematography editing distributor prod. company released 1983 runtime country Film Australia language English br Japanese budget The Highest Honor is a 1983 Japanese Australian film about Operation Jaywick and Operation Rimau by Z Special Unit during World War II . The same story inspired the mini series The Heroes mini series Heroes 1988 and Heroes 2 mini series Heroes 2 The Return 1991 . Cast John Howard Australian actor John Howard as Capt. R.C. Page Stuart Wilson as Lt. Gen. Ivan Lyon Michael Aitkens Vincent Ball Craig Ballard as Lt. B. Raymond James Belton as Lt. H.R. Ross Steve Bisley as A.B. W.G. Falls Tony Bonner as Lt. W.G. Carey Alan Cassell as Lt. Ted Carse Warren Coleman as Leading Seaman K.P. Cain Diane Craig as Mrs. Page Slim DeGrey as Leading Stoker J.P. McDowell George Duff as Cpl. A.G. Campbell Tim Elston as Sgt. D.P. Gooley Takuya Fujioka as Matsumoto Ken Goodlet as Bill Reynolds John Griffiths as Sgt. C.B. Cameron Riki Harada as Sgt. Imai Michael Harrs as Lt Cpl. J.T. Hardy Mark Hembrow as Able Seaman F.W. Marsh Noel Hodda as Able Seaman M.M. Berryman Harold Hopkins actor Harold Hopkins as Cpl. C.M. Stewart Andrew Inglis as Able Seaman A.M. Jones Kin ya Kita ji as Tachibana H sei Komatsu as Yabe Veronica Lang as Mrs. Lyon John Ley as Lt. A.I. Sargent George Mallaby as Lt. Cmdr. Don Davidson Hu Yin Mong as Lu Ran Shi Atsuo Nakamura as Minoru Tamiya Y Numazaki as Capt. Nomura Neil Redfern as WO2 A. Warren Jiro Sakagami as Kimura Tar Shigaki as Hayakawa Trevor Sommers as Sub. Lt. J.G. Riggs Mizuho Suzuki as Maj .... R.B. Fletcher References reflist External links imdb title id 0084071 title The Highest Honor CinemaofAustralia DEFAULTSORT Highest Honor, The Category 1983 films Category Australian films Category ... more details
Infobox Film name Altissima pressione image Altissima pressione.jpg image size caption director Enzo Trapani producer writer Fulvio Palmieri narrator starring music Ennio Morricone cinematography Mario Montuori editor Luciano Anconetani , Gabriella Vitale distributor released September 2 1965 runtime 97 minutes country flag Italy language Italian language Italian budget Altissima pressione Highest Pressure is a Italian films of 1965 1965 Italy Italian musical film directed by Enzo Trapani . Cast Dino ... Roberto Gianni Morandi Rosemary Dexter ... Serenella Fabrizio Capucci Lucio Dalla Nicola Di Bari Micaela Esdra ... Lia Lilly Bistrattin ... Gianna Anna Maria Checchi ... Laura L a Nanni ... Daniela Maria Grazia Spina ... Presentatrice Gianluca Amadio ... Sandro Mauro Bronchi ... Fausto Roberto Palmieri ... Gigi Mimmo Poli ... Il salumiere External links imdb title id 0058899 title Altissima pressione CinemaofItaly Category 1965 films Category Italian films Category Italian language films Category 1960s musical films musical film stub 1960s Italy film stub it Altissima pressione ... more details
wiktionary common uncommon Common may refer to COMMON , the largest association of users of mid range IBM computers Common horse , a British Thoroughbred racehorse Common liturgy , a part of certain Christian liturgy Commoner , someone does not hold a title of peerage Common land , land which other people have certain traditional rights graze livestock or collect firewood Lingua franca or common language, shared by speakers of different mother tongues Vernacular , the common but not scientific name of a plant or animal Massachusetts The Common , a nickname of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts COMMON, a Fortran statement a translation of tum ah , a biblical term for ritual impurity, used by some common English translations of the bible Dol Common, a character in The Alchemist play The Alchemist play by Ben Jonson People Common entertainer born 1972 , American hip hop artist, actor and poet Boston Common , a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts. See also lookfrom Common Commons disambiguation Come On disambiguation Common good disambig no Common pt Common desambigua o ... more details
About a computer users group Common disambiguation Common Primary sources date March 2009 infobox Organization name COMMON image CommonLogo.PNG image border size 250px caption The logo of the organization ... to lead Common iSeries user group conference Search 400, September 13, 2006 ref language English ... 11 num volunteers 1,000 budget website http www.common.org www.common.org remarks COMMON is the largest ... experience. Financial problems The Late 2000s recession had a severe effect on COMMON activities. IT professionals ... in COMMON changing from two conferences per year to one. ref Morgan, Timothy Prickett http www.itjungle.com ... 27, 2008 ref Attendance at COMMON s technical events, which increased throughout the 1980s and 1990s ... iseries common board reveals financial situation at meeting of members COMMON board ... Resources COMMON s Annual Meeting and Exposition, the premier IBM System i educational and networking ... Business Technology magazine website Events COMMON s 2008 Annual Meeting and Exposition ref COMMON ... 2008 directions index.html Common.org about COMMON directions 2008 ref COMMON Focus, three days of educational ... Common.org about COMMON focus 2008 ref One day Seminars on leading edge topics, held in partnership with Local User Groups throughout North America. ref http www.common.org seminars Common.org COMMON Seminars ref Web based Education, including Webcast s. ref http www.common.org webcasts Common Webcast info ref and Webinar s. ref http www.common.org webinars index.html Common Webinar info ref Networking and membership directory of all COMMON members. COMMON.CONNECT , the bi monthly professional journal of COMMON. COMMON Connector , the monthly e newsletter from COMMON. IBM Certification discounts. COMMON Online Networking community through iSociety. ref name IBMiSociety COMMON Career Center ... www.itjungle.com tfh tfh042406 story07.html Common User Group Starts Midrange Career Center IT Jungle ... all employees to take advantage of Common s resources. Individual the named individual is entitled ... more details
Load factor may refer to Load factor aeronautics , the ratio of the lift of an aircraft to its weight Load factor computer science , the ratio of the number of records to the number of addresses within a data structure Load factor electrical , the average power divided by the peak power over a period of time Passenger load factor , the ratio of revenue passenger miles to available seat miles of a particular transportation operation i.e. a flight Loss factor real estate Load factor real estate , the percentage of the building s area or space that are dedicated to the common areas of the building. Disambig ... more details
with any factor. This is the most common form of factor analysis. There is no prior theory and one uses ... PCA The most common form of factor analysis, PCA seeks a linear combination of variables such that the maximum ... of the data. Commonfactor analysis , also called principal factor analysis PFA or principal axis factoring ... the variance in a measured variable explained by a factor on both a unique and common contributions ... & Boehm Kaufman, M.R. title Four common misconceptions in exploratory factor analysis In Statistical ... as possible to identify each variable with a single factor. This is the most common rotation option ... is considered and commonfactor analysis the common variance is considered . Note that principal component analysis and commonfactor analysis differ in terms of their conceptual underpinnings. The factors ... whereas the factors produced by commonfactor analysis are conceptualized as being latent ... with communalities the variance accounted for by more than one variable in commonfactor ... ref Velicer, W. F. Jackson, D. N. 1990 . Component analysis versus commonfactor analysis Some ...Factor analysis is a statistics statistical method used to describe variance variability among observed .... Factor analysis searches for such joint variations in response to unobserved latent variable s. The observed ... variables can be used later to reduce the set of variables in a dataset. Factor analysis originated .... Factor analysis is related to principal component analysis PCA , but the two are not identical. Latent variable model s, including factor analysis, use regression modelling techniques to test hypotheses ... math and math F Q T F math , the criteria for being factors and factor loadings still hold. Hence a set of factors and factor loadings is identical only up to orthogonal transformations. Example The following ... some common pair of values for verbal and mathematical intelligences is some Constant mathematics ..., are posited by the theory to be the same for all intelligence level pairs, and are called factor loadings ... more details
About the American television show other uses Fear factor disambiguation cleanup date June 2011 Infobox television show name Fear Factor image Image Fear factor logo.jpg 250px format Reality Show Reality ... Renews Fear Factor, Syndication Deal Looms ref creator Endemol USA executive producer Matt Kunitz , David ... website http www.fearfactorcasting.com Fear Factor is an United States American sports stunt dare ... USA and NBC adapted it to the American market in 2001, they changed the name to Fear Factor . The show ..., Fear Factor faced tough competition with the TV ratings champion, Fox Broadcasting Company Fox s talent ... from the NBC lineup a few weeks later. NBC then canceled Fear Factor in May. The network began ... 2009 ref ref cite web author New, Monday, January 9th 9 8c url http www.nbc.com Fear Factor title Fear Factor NBC Official Site publisher Nbc.com date accessdate 2012 01 04 ref In 2004, Fear Factor became the first network reality show to be syndicated. Over its six seasons, Fear Factor earned NBC ... Entertainment Weekly in a May 31, 2011 report that Fear Factor will be revived for a new season ... duties. ref http insidetv.ew.com 2011 06 02 nbc reviving fear factor NBC Reviving Fear Factor ... idUSTRE75S7CL20110629 Joe Rogan returning as Fear Factor host , Reuters, June 28, 2011 ref The revival ... Fear Factor 1034757.aspx Exclusive Joe Rogan to Return as Fear Factor Host TV Guide. Last Accessed ... 2011 10 19 fear factor photos Fear Factor explosive first photos and premiere date revealed ..., but this is one most commonly used cquote I m Joe Rogan, and this is Fear Factor . The stunts you are about .... Only once in the history of Fear Factor did the 50,000 top prize go unclaimed in an episode ... on a typical episode of Fear Factor is as follows First stunt The first stunt is designed to physically ... the contestants or teams. The three most common types of stunts in the second round are eating stunts ... for performing the worst. In later episodes, a common but not always used rule was that no one ... more details
wiktionary X factor X factor x factor x factor X factor may refer to X Factor comics , a 1986 American Marvel Comics comic book series, a spin off of the X Men franchise X Factor professional wrestling , a 2001 professional wrestling stable in the World Wrestling Federation WWF Ex Factor , a 1998 song by American hip hop artist, Lauryn Hill The Ex Factor , episode 36 of the 2003 American teen drama television series, The O.C. The X Factor album The X Factor album , a 1995 album by English heavy metal band, Iron Maiden The X factor , nickname of Dante Hall , American football player The X Factor ... phone cards In television The X Factor TV series The X Factor TV series , a television music competition ... to The X Factor UK The X Factor UK The X Factor, XSeer Al Najah , pan Arab version X Factor Albania X Factor Armenia X Factor Armenia The X Factor Australia The X Factor Australia X Factor Belgium X Factor Belgium X Factor Bulgaria X Factor Bulgaria El factor X Colombia El Factor X Colombia X Factor Czech Republic X Factor Czech Republic X Factor Denmark X Factor Denmark X Factor Finland X Factor Finland X Factor France X Factor France X Factor Germany X Factor Germany The X Factor Greece The X Factor Greece X Factor Hungary X faktor Hungary X Factor Iceland X Factor Iceland X Factor India X Factor India X Factor Indonesia X Factor Indonesia X Factor Italy X Factor Italy X Factor Kazakhstan X Factor Kazakhstan X Factor Netherlands X Factor Netherlands The X Factor New Zealand The X Factor New Zealand X Factor Norway X Factor Norway X Factor Poland X Factor Poland Faktor A Faktor A Russia Factor X Spain Factor X Spain The X Factor Ukraine The X Factor Ukraine The X Factor U.S. The X Factor U.S. See also Factor X disambiguation disambig da X Factor flertydig de X Factor es Factor X fr X Factor it X Factor disambigua nl X Factor ja X pt X Factor desambigua o fi X Factor sv X Factor ... more details
Cleanup date November 2009 A conversion factor changes something to a different version or form. A factor is something that brings results or a cause, while conversion is an action of changing the version of a thing. In mathematics , specifically algebra , a conversion factor is used to convert a measured quantity to a different unit of measure without changing the relative amount. To accomplish this, a ratio fraction is established that equals one 1 . In the ratio, the conversion factor is a multiplier that, when applied to the larger unit, converts the larger unit into the smaller unit, by multiplication with the measured amount. 24 hrs 1 day 1 or 43,560 square feet 1 acre 1 3 days 3 24 hours 72 hours conversion factor is 24 Note If a b, then a b 1 and b a 1 Days are converted, to hours, by multiplying the days by the conversion factor as 24. The conversion can be reversed by dividing, the hours, by 24 to get days however, the reciprocal 1 24 could be considered the reverse conversion factor for an hours to days conversion, where 1 24 0.0416666666667. Hence, the term conversion factor is the multiplier which yields the result, not a divisor from that viewpoint. To yield hours, the conversion factor is 24, not 1 24, so hours days 24 multiplying by the factor . Common conversion factors for water and wastewater For water treatment or reservoir s, there are several conversion factors which are commonly used Since 1 day 24 hours 1440 minutes, therefore 15 minutes 1 day 1440 minutes 15 1440 0.010416667 0.01 days. 1 million gallons per day MGD 3.069 acre feet per day ac ft day 1.55 cubic feet per second cfs 694 gallons per minute gpm 1 gallon 3785 milliliters 3.785 liters 8.34 pounds of water. Examples of conversions 55 gallons of water 8.34 pound 1 gallon 458.7 pounds. a hose running 20 gpm for 1 day 1440 minutes 1 day 28,800 gallons day. a one ton truck can carry 2000 pounds 1 gallon 8.34 pounds 240 gallons water . See also Conversion of units Category Measurement ... more details
K factor or K factor may refer to K factor actuarial K factor aerospace K factor centrifugation K factor engineering K factor fire protection k factor graph theory k factor graph theory K factor marketing K factor crude oil refining K factor sheet metal K factor telecommunications Elo rating system K Factor , a producer remixer based in Washington, DC The K Factor , a fictional TV show from British television show Harry Hill s TV Burp spoofing the X Factor A K factor is used to calculate when heating oil must be delivered disambiguation ... more details
s of factor V are associated with venous thrombosis . They are the most common hereditary causes for thrombophilia a tendency to form blood clot s . The most common one of these, factor V Leiden , is due ...About the blood coagulation protein the software company Factor 5 PBB geneid 2153 Factor V pronounced factor five is a protein of the coagulation system, rarely referred to as proaccelerin or labile factor ... mutations most notably factor V Leiden predispose for thrombosis . Genetics The gene for factor V is located ... multicopper oxidases , and is homologous to coagulation factor VIII. The gene spans 70 kb, consists ... Factor V circulates in plasma as a single chain molecule with a plasma half life of about 12 hours. However, half lives up to 36 hours have been reported. Factor V is able to bind to activated platelet s and is activated by thrombin . On activation, factor V is spliced in two chains heavy and light ... to each other by calcium in biology calcium . Factor V is active as a cofactor of the thrombinase complex. The activated factor X FXa enzyme requires calcium and activated factor V to convert prothrombin to thrombin on the cell surface membrane. Factor Va is degraded by protein C activated protein C ... its own activation. Role in disease Various hereditary disorders of factor V are known. Deficiency is associated ... prothrombotic factor V mutations factor V Leiden, factor V Cambridge, factor V Hong Kong make it resistant ... the rate of thrombin generation. Bleeding worksheet History Until the discovery of factor V, coagulation ... name Stormorken cite journal author Stormorken H authorlink Helge Stormorken title The discovery of factor V a tricky clotting factor journal J. Thromb. Haemost. volume 1 issue 2 pages 206 13 year 2003 pmid 12871488 doi 10.1046 j.1538 7836.2003.00043.x ref The suggestion that an additional factor ... found that the missing factor, which he labeled V I IV having been used in Morawitz model , had particular ... of a previously unknown clotting factor journal Lancet volume 1 pages 446 51 doi 10.1016 S0140 6736 ... more details
The impact factor , often abbreviated IF , is a measure reflecting the average number of citation s to articles ... with higher impact factors deemed to be more important than those with lower ones. The impact factor ... in Thomson Reuters Journal Citation Reports . Calculation In a given year, the impact factor of a journal ... academic impact factor title Introducing the Impact Factor format work accessdate 2009 08 26 ref For example, if a journal has an impact factor of 3 in 2008, then its papers published in 2006 and 2007 received 3 citations each on average in 2008. The 2008 impact factor of a journal would be calculated .... 2008 impact factor A B . Note that 2008 impact factors are actually published in 2009 they cannot ... journals, which are indexed from their first published issue, will receive an impact factor after ... with a volume other than the first volume will not get an impact factor until they have been ... year, affecting the count. The impact factor relates to a specific time period it is possible ... impact factor. ref name newJCR cite web url http www.thomsonreuters.com content press room sci 350008 ... by impact factor, if desired by discipline, such as organic chemistry or psychiatry . Use The IF is used ... Numerous criticisms have been made of the use of an impact factor, including the more general ... factor, policies that alter it, and its incorrect application. ref name EASE cite web url http www.ease.org.uk ... statement on impact factors work accessdate 2009 03 25 ref Validity The impact factor is highly ... pages 52 62 doi 10.1111 j.1467 9574.2008.00408.x ref The impact factor could not be reproduced in an independent ... factor refers to the average number of citations per paper, but this is not a normal distribution . It is rather ... , the impact factor therefore is not a valid representation of this distribution and unfit for citation ... in the case of low impact factor journals &mdash many of the citations to a certain article are made ... factor. ref name garfield98 cite journal author Eugene Garfield year 1998 month June title The Impact ... more details
PBB geneid 2158 Factor IX or Christmas factor EC number 3.4.21.22 is one of the serine protease s of the coagulation ... this exact factor, leading to hemophilia . ref name PMD12997790 cite journal last1 Biggs ... The blood coagulation and Protein C pathway. left Factor IX is produced as a zymogen , an inactive ... by factor XI a of the contact pathway or factor VII a of the tissue factor pathway to produce a two ... author Di Scipio RG, Kurachi K, Davie EW title Activation of human factor IX Christmas factor journal ... url pmc 372679 ref ref name pmid9331959 cite journal author Taran LD title Factor IX of the blood ... month July pmid 9331959 doi url ref When activated into factor IXa , in the presence of Ca sup 2 sup , membrane phospholipids, and a Factor VIII cofactor, it hydrolyses one arginine isoleucine bond in factor X to form factor Xa. Factor IX is inhibited by antithrombin . ref name pmid659613 Factor IX ... of factor IX have an age dependent phenotype. ref name pmid7662969 cite journal author Boland EJ ... factor IX gene expression in normal and transgenic mice journal Blood volume 86 issue 6 pages 2198 205 year 1995 pmid 7662969 ref Domain architecture Factor VII Factors VII , IX, and Factor X X all play key roles in blood coagulation and also share a common domain architecture. ref name pmid11723140 ... growth factor like domain in factor IX and factor X represents an important recognition motif for binding to tissue factor journal J. Biol. Chem. volume 277 issue 5 pages 3622 31 year 2002 month February pmid 11723140 doi 10.1074 jbc.M111202200 url ref The factor IX protein is composed of four protein ... terminal trypsin like peptidase domain which carries out the catalytic cleavage. Image Factor IX.png thumb Human factor IX protein domain architecture where each protein domain is represented by a coloured ... for binding Tissue factor . ref name pmid11723140 Wilkinson et al . conclude that residues 88 to 109 of the second EGF domain mediate binding to platelets and assembly of the Factor X activating complex ... more details
F factor may refer to F factor conversion factor , a conversion unit used in diagnostic radiology Fertility factor , a sequence of bacterial DNA disambig ... more details
tissue factor TF pathway and the intrinsic pathway. These pathways converge to a common point, the formation ...otheruses PBB geneid 2159 Factor X , also known by the eponym Stuart Prower factor or as prothrombinase ... serine endopeptidase protease group S1 . Physiology Factor X is synthesized in the liver and requires vitamin K for its synthesis. Factor X is activated into factor Xa by both factor IX with its cofactor, factor VIII in a complex known as intrinsic Xase and factor VII with its cofactor, tissue factor a complex known as extrinsic Xase . It is therefore the first member of the final common pathway ... when factor Xa is complexed with activated factor V co factor V in the prothrombinase complex. Factor Xa is inactivated by protein Z dependent protease inhibitor ZPI , a serine protease inhibitor serpin . The affinity of this protein for factor Xa is increased 1000 fold by the presence of protein Z , while it does not require protein Z for inactivation of factor XI . Defects in protein Z lead to increased factor Xa activity and a propensity for thrombosis. The half life of factor X is 40 45 hours. Structure of Factor Xa The first crystal structure of human factor Xa was deposited in May 1993. Till now total 191 crystal structures of factor Xa with various inhibitors have been deposited in the protein data bank. The active site of factor Xa is divided into four sub pockets as S1, S2 ... binding domains, namely the hydrophobic box , the cationic hole and the water site. Factor Xa inhibitors ... Presentation on Direct Factor Xa Inhibitors ref Genetics The human factor X gene is located on the thirteenth chromosome 13q34 . Role in disease Inborn deficiency of factor X is very uncommon ... blood loss. Apart from congenital deficiency, low factor X levels may occur occasionally in a number of disease states. For example, factor X deficiency may be seen in amyloidosis , where factor X is adsorbed to the amyloid fibrils in the vasculature. Deficiency of vitamin K or antagonism ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 For any complex number written in polar form such as r e sup i sup , the phase factor is the exponential part, i.e. e sup i sup . As such, the term phase factor is similar to the term phasor , although the former term is more common in quantum mechanics. This phase factor is itself a complex number of absolute value 1. The variable appearing in such an expression is generally referred to as the phase . Multiplying the equation of a plane wave A e sup i k r t sup by a phase factor phase shift shifts the phase of the wave by math text e i theta A text e i left mathbf k cdot mathbf r omega t right A text e i left mathbf k cdot mathbf r omega t theta right math . In quantum mechanics , a phase factor is a complex coefficient e sup i sup that multiplies a Bra ket notation ket math psi rangle math or Bra ket notation bra math langle phi math . It does not, in itself, have any physical meaning, since the introduction of a phase factor does not change the expectation values of a Hermitian operator . That is, the values of math langle phi A phi rangle math and math langle phi e i theta A e i theta phi rangle math are the same. ref harvtxt Messiah 1999 p 296 ref However, differences in phase factors between two interacting quantum state s can sometimes be measurable such as in the Berry phase and this can have important consequences. In optics , the phase factor is an important quantity in the treatment of Interference wave propagation interference . See also Berry phase Bra ket notation Euler s formula Phasor Plane wave Notes reflist References citation last Messiah first Albert authorlink Albert Messiah title Quantum Mechanics publisher Dover year 1999 isbn 0 486 40924 4 DEFAULTSORT Phase Factor Category Quantum mechanics Category Information theory Category Quantum information science Category Notation zh ... more details
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