ASP

popular name for several species of viper, one of which, the European asp (Vipera aspis), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra (Naja haja). It is believed that the asp Cleopatra used to commit suicide was either that cobra or the horned viper (Cerastes cornutus) of N Africa.

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books on: Asp  - 3613 results

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French Women Playwrights before the Twentieth Century: A Checklist
Book by Cecilia Beach; Greenwood Press, 1994
Subjects: French Drama--Women Authors--Bibliography, Women And Literature--France--Bibliography
...22-10-41. 9 BN 8 Yth 42251, ASP 16 Y 2575, TF . To conclude, I would...Archives Nationales, censorship archives. ASP Bibliotheque Nationale, Departement des...universelle, 1980. BN EL 8 Y 10880, ASP 16 Y 4111, AV . ACHALME Lucy...
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Autism and Creativity: Is There a Link between Autism in Men and Exceptional Ability?
Book by Michael Fitzgerald; Brunner-Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Creative Ability, Genius And Mental Illness, Savant Syndrome
...high-functioning autism/Aspergers syndrome (HFA/ ASP) enhance creativity. 13 Certainly, the...feature of this syndrome. People with HFA/ASP have an extraordinary capacity to focus...of engineering and mathematics with HFA/ASP. An enormous capacity for curiosity and...
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The Jews in Sicily - Vol. 5
Book by Shlomo Simonsohn; Brill, 1997
Subjects: Cairo Genizah, Jews--Italy--Sicily--History--Sources, Sicily (Italy)--Ethnic Relations--History--Sources
...Libro Rosso. Palermo, Archivio di Stato (ASP) Conservatoria di Registro, reg. 20, 21...trustee 2576a Palermo, 1440 Source: ASP, Conservatoria di Registro, reg. 845, c...V 2576b Palermo, 1440-41 Source: ASP, Conservatoria di Registro, reg. 845, c...
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Seneca Thanksgiving Rituals
Book by Wallace L. Chafe; U. S. Government Printing Office, 1961
Subjects: Folklore, Indians Of North America, Seneca Indians--Rites And Ceremonies, Seneca Language--Texts
...The following abbreviations are used: asp., aspect attr., attributive augment...rt. - ityohkw - 3.12, 6.8 group, crowd Asp. suff.: - h desc. Subj. pref.: - k...with reference to a religious gathering Asp. suff.: - punc. Obj. pref.: - kwa - we...
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New England in U.S. Government Publications, 1789-1849: An Annotated Bibliography
Book by Suzanne M. Clark; Greenwood Press, 1998
Subjects: Government Publications--United States--Bibliography, New England--History--Sources--Bibliography
...for example, would use Mil.aff.584 23-1 ASP 020 to refer to the American State Papers...Public Lands , Vol. I Doc. 36 p. 79 . ASP 028 . Petition of Connecticut charter landowners...N.H. . Also printed as Misc.103 5-2 ASP 037 entry 60 . 38. "Fracas in the...
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Psychometric Properties and Construct Validity of a Spanish Language Scale for Screening Antisocial Personality
Journal article by Corina Benjet, Guilherme Borges, Fernando A. Wagner, Maria Elena Medina-Mora; Social Behavior and Personality, Vol. 30, 2002
...Elena Medina-Mora Antisocial personality (ASP) has been an active area of study due to...Antisocial Personality) for identifying ASP following DSM-IV criteria and the preliminary...rationale for doing so is that people with ASP are characterized as lacking respect for...
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Aberrant Self-Promotion or Subclinical Psychopathy in a Swedish General Population
Journal article by Tonya M.I. Pethman, Soly I. Erlandsson; The Psychological Record, Vol. 52, 2002
Subjects: Good and evil--Psychological aspects, Psychology, Pathological--Testing, Sociopathic personality--Diagnosis
...instrument for assessing Aberrant Self-Promotion (ASP), a previously proposed personality profile...investigated the occurence and frequency of ASP in an American student population using...was replicated. Contrary to expectations, ASP was found to be more common in Sweden (12...
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Semantic Processing in Alcoholics with and without Antisocial Symptomatology *
Journal article by Natalie A. Ceballos, Sara Jo Nixon, Julia A. Phillips, Rick Tivis; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 64, 2003
Subjects: Alcoholics--Health aspects, Alcoholics--Psychological aspects, Antisocial behavior--Demographic aspects, Mental illness--Research
...frequency of comorbid antisocial personality (ASP) symptomatology in chronic alcoholics, a...Reiger et al., 1990). Both alcoholism and ASP have been associated with deficits of performance...alcoholics and individuals with a history of ASP often exhibit similar patterns of frontal...
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Alcohol Dependence and Conduct Disorder among Navajo Indians(*)
Journal article by Stephen J. Kunitz, K. Ruben Gabriel, Jerrold E. Levy, Eric Henderson, Kathleen Lampert, Joanne Mccloskey, Gilbert Quintero, Scott Russell, Alan Vince; Journal of Studies on Alcohol, Vol. 60, 1999
Subjects: Alcoholism--Psychological aspects, Deviant behavior--Research, Navajos--Health aspects
...the criteria for antisocial personality (ASP) disorder (Hesselbrock et al., 1985; Ross...Area Study the odds ratio for people with ASP having alcohol dependence was 21, higher...men who would have met the criteria for ASP. There were not enough women drinkers in...
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Letter to the Editor
Journal article; Journal of Psychiatry & Neuroscience : JPN, Vol. 25, 2000
...Chlorpromazine induces abnormal skin pigmentation (ASP) in areas exposed to sunlight.1 The prevalence of ASP in chronically hospitalized psychiatric patients...et al2 noted that 6 of their 13 patients with ASP were not receiving chlorpromazine at the time...
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Finding the Value Proposition in the Asp Business Model
Magazine article by K. C. Truby; The CPA Journal, Vol. 72, March 2002
Subjects: Application service providers, CPAs, Market potential, United States
Finding the Value Proposition in the Asp Business Model by K. C. Truby The Internet...technology. Application service providers (ASP) can be a cost-effec tive solution to this software problem. The ASP Model An ASP offers or "rents" business...
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A Region Poised for (More) Growth
Magazine article by Karen Asp; The Scientist, January 2008
Subjects: Business growth, Economic development, Life sciences, Marketing, Nonprofit organizations, Quality of life, Science, Technological change
A Region Poised for (More) Growth by Karen Asp The Greater Philadelphia region is gunning hard for the life sciences industry - and for good reason. After the region hosted...
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The Application Service Provider Option
Magazine article by Ken Burstiner, Frank Decandido; The CPA Journal, Vol. 73, January 2003
Subjects: Advantages, Application service providers, CPAs, Disadvantages, United States
...Frank Decandido An Application Service Provider (ASP) is defined by the ASP Industry Consortium (IDC) as "a business that delivers...accessing the system or the connection time. Using an ASP has many advantages as well as disadvantages (see the...
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Getting What You Pay for from ASPs
Magazine article by Mary Johnston Turner; Business Communications Review, Vol. 30, July 2000
Subjects: Application service providers, Computer software industry--Analysis, Internet services--Services, Management information systems--Management, Online services--Services, Outsourcing--Services, Software, Software industry--Analysis
...Mary Johnston Turner Before you depend on an ASP, find out who the ASP depends on. A wide range of businesses are considering...rather than as a traditional one-time purchase. The ASP option is attractive to fast-growing firms that often...
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ASPs: Helpful or Hype-Ful?
Magazine article by Joanie Wexler; Business Communications Review, Vol. 30, September 2000
Subjects: Application service providers, Computer services industry--Forecasts and trends, Information technology services, Information technology services industry--Forecasts and trends, Internet services--Forecasts and trends, Online services--Forecasts and trends, Remote access (Computers), Web site hosting services, Web sites (World Wide Web)--Services, Web sites--Services
...nearly everyone is calling themselves an ASP these days. But is the "application rental...engulfing the application service provider (ASP) arena has grown deafening. But who are...to Nayisite, Inc. (www.navisite.com), an ASP in Andover, MA, to host and manage the Microsoft...
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Backtrack Ends in Huge ASP Tax Hike; PERSONAL FINANCE
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), April 7, 2007
Subjects: Internet services--Taxation, Online services--Taxation, Pensions, Personal finance--Taxation, Taxation
Backtrack Ends in Huge ASP Tax Hike; PERSONAL FINANCE. Byline...were lobbying for a lower taxation rate for ASP death benefits. Before April 2006, you had...backtracking resulting in huge tax charges on ASP funds. Despite the lobbying, last months...
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Parkinson Holds on to ASP Lead
Newspaper article; Tweed Daily News (Tweed Heads, Australia), July 6, 2009
Subjects: Internet services, Online services
Parkinson Holds on to ASP Lead. Byline: BOB ANTHONY COOLANGATTAS...Parkison remains in the lead of the 2009 ASP World Tour despite bowing out in the semi...Jeffreys Bay." The next stop on the 2009 ASP World Tour will be the Billabong Pro Jeffreys...
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The Razz Movie Reviews: Biting Hit, or Just a Pain in the Asp?
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 18, 2006
Subjects: Motion pictures--Movie reviews, Snakes on a Plane (Motion picture)
The Razz Movie Reviews: Biting Hit, or Just a Pain in the Asp? Byline: ALAN MORRISON SNAKES ON A PLANE 15 SNAKES On A Plane is a phenomenon. Its...suggests. If so, Ill give the filmmakers a big anaconda hug. If not, they can kiss my asp.
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ASP-KILLER; Faustino Comes off Bench to Bury Boro
Newspaper article by Brian Madley; The People (London, England), February 11, 1996
ASP-KILLER; Faustino Comes off Bench to Bury Boro. by Brian Madley FAUSTINO Asprilla arrived in England at 11 oclock...
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Asp He Cost Keegan the Title?
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), March 6, 1996
Asp He Cost Keegan the Title? MIRROR SPORTS experts give their views on the big title run-in. They answer these questions...
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Asp
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ASP popular name for several species of viper , one of which, the European asp ( Vipera aspis ), is native to S Europe. It is also a name for the Egyptian cobra ( Naja haja ). It is believed that the asp Cleopatra used to commit suicide was either that cobra or...
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Viper
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...N Asia. It feeds on small mammals and lizards and hibernates in winter. Its venom is rarely fatal to humans. The asp viper, or asp ( V. aspis ), is a smaller species inhabiting S Europe. The greatest variety of vipers is found in Africa. The brightly...
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Tanzania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Zanzibars government and leader of its dominant Afro-Shirazi party (ASP), became Tanzanias first vice president. Although formally united...organizations had offices in Dar-es-Salaam. In 1977, TANU and Zanzibars ASP merged to form the Party of the Revolution (CCM). A new constitution...
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Zanzibar , Semi-Autonomous Archipelago and Island, Tanzania
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...principally represented the Arabs, and the Afro-Shirazi party (ASP), whose followers were Africans. In 1957 popularly elected representatives...John Okello. A republic was declared, with Abeid Karume of the ASP as its president and as head of the Revolutionary Council (the...
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Middleton, Thomas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...pageants and masques. See his works ed. by A. H. Bullen (8 vol., 1885 86); bibliography by S. J. Steen (1985); studies by C. Asp (1974) and A. L. Kistner (1984); B. Vickers, Shakespeare, Co-Author (2003). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia...
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