ERG

ûrg, unit of work or energy in the cgs system of units, which is based on the metric system; it is the work done or energy expended by a force of 1 dyne acting through a distance of 1 centimeter. In terms of the joule, the unit of work or energy in the mks system, 1 erg equals 0.0000001 joule.

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books on: Erg  - 789 results

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Competition and Variation in Natural Languages: The Case for Case
Book by Mengistu Amberber, Helen De Hoop; Elsevier, 2005
Subjects: Grammar, Comparative And General--Case
...Acc Nom/Acc Nom/Dat Dat/Nom Dat/Nom Nom/Dat Nom/Dat Dat/Nom Nom/Obl Nom/Nom Dat/Nom Basque Erg/Abs Erg/Abs Erg/Abs Erg/Abs Erg/Abs Erg/Abs Erg/Abs Erg/Abs Erg/Dat Erg/Dat Erg/Dat Erg/Dat Dat/Abs Abs...
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Karl Marx
Book by Allen W. Wood; Routledge, 2004
Subjects: Marx, Karl--1818-1883
...Dialectics of Nature , 21, 35, 156, 165-8, 186, 260-1, 267, 269, 320. 16 MEW Erg. 1:575, CW 3:333; MEW Erg. 1:581, CW 3:339. 17 MEW Erg. 1:577-9, CW 3:336-7. 18 MEW Erg. 1:578, CW 3:336-7. 19 MEW Erg...
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On Reconstructing Grammar: Comparative Cariban Morphosyntax
Book by Spike Gildea; Oxford University Press, 1998
Subjects: Cariban Languages--Grammar, Comparative--Case Studies, Reconstruction (Linguistics)--Case Studies
...ya-nikon that like 1-help-Univ-2-Erg-Coll Like that you all help me. p. 102...innape i-kupN- pN to-ya that hear-3Refl-Erg-Coll on.account.of true 3-make-Past 3Coll-Erg On account of hearing that, they believed...
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The Crosslinguistic Study of Language Acquisition - Vol. 3
Book by Dan Isaac Slobin; Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1985
Subjects: Language Acquisition
...simultaneously with or shortly after the DAT. 15 The ERG has two variants: - m after vowel-final...mo=a= q + u=a cicunia- K:74 dog-ERG deceive:3S:3O:AOR kitty-NOM The...deceived the kitty. Adlt Gn NOM av + l=i ; ERG av + l=ma * kal-ma=m da * kac-ma...
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Unexploded Ordnance: A Critical Review of Risk Assessment Methods
Book by Jacqueline Macdonald, Debra Knopman, J. R. Lockwood, Gary Cecchine, Henry Willis; Rand, 2004
Subjects: Explosive Ordnance Disposal, Hazardous Substances--Risk Assessment--United States, Military Base Closures--United States, Military Bases--United States
...stakeholders, the External Review Group ERG , to participate in system development...Defense Fund. The ERPS design team surveyed ERG members about their key priorities for the...with the group. From the beginning, the ERG meetings were contentious. This was in...
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A Synthesized Model of Markov Chain and Erg Theory for Behavior Forecast in Collaborative Prototyping
Journal article by Wei-Lun Chang, Soe-Tsyr Yuan; JITTA : Journal of Information Technology Theory and Application, Vol. 9, 2008
Subjects: Collaboration, Consumer behavior, Forecasting techniques, Markov analysis, Prototypes, Studies
A Synthesized Model of Markov Chain and Erg Theory for Behavior Forecast in Collaborative...notions of collaborative prototyping and ERG theory. Collaborative prototyping process...optimal product specification. Furthermore, ERG theory, proposed by Alderfer in 1969...
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Compound Case Markers in Australian Languages [1
Journal article by Fritz Schweiger; Vol. 39, 2000
Subjects: Australia--Languages, Grammar, Comparative and general--Case
...find matyumpa kangaroo, matyumpathu kangaroo + ERG, and matyumpathuLANGUAGE CHARACTER NOT REPRODUCIBLE...CHARACTER NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCIIka-rlu man-ERG PRES emu shoot-NONPAST water-LOC -ERG The man at the waterhole is shooting the emu...
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Chromosome Segment Duplications in Neurospora Crassa and Their Effects on Repeat-induced Point Mutation and Meiotic Silencing by Unpaired DNA
Journal article by Meenal Vyas, C. Ravindran, Durgadas P. Kasbekar; Genetics, Vol. 172, 2006
Subjects: Deoxyribonucleic acid--DNA, Genes, Genetics, Genotype & phenotype, Mutation
...of RIP in a small fragment carrying the erg-3 gene (NouBissi et al. 2000, 2001...screens, the frequency of RIP-induced erg-3 mutant progeny was scored in crosses that were heterozygous for the duplicated erg-3 gene fragment and that did or did not...
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A Role for Sterol Levels in Oxygen Sensing in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Journal article by Brandon S. J Davies, Jasper Rine; Genetics, Vol. 174, 2006
Subjects: Binding sites, Cells, DNA-Binding Proteins, ECM22 protein, S cerevisiae, Ergosterol, Gene expression, HAP1 protein, S cerevisiae, Heme, MOT3 protein, S cerevisiae, Oxygen, Proteins, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Steroid Isomerases, Sterols, Trans-Activators, Transcription Factors, UPC2 protein, S cerevisiae, Yeast, delta(8)-delta(7)-sterol isomerase, heme a
...Although binding of Upc2p and Ecm22p at other ERG genes has not been tested directly, the...In addition to binding the promoters of ERG genes, Upc2p binds a similar sequence in...different times. Ecm22p is more abundant at ERG promoters under normal laboratory growth...
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Dominant Suppression of Repeat-induced Point Mutation in Neurospora Crassa by a Variant Catalytic Subunit of DNA Polymerase-[Zeta
Journal article by Ranjan Tamuli, Durgadas P. Kasbekar; Vol. 178, 2008
Subjects: DNA polymerase, DNA polymerase zeta, DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase, Dissection, Genetic engineering, Genotype & phenotype, Industrial research, Scholarships & fellowships
...wild isolates with strains of the opposite mating type bearing the transgene Dp(erg-3), which duplicates a segment of the erg-3 gene. Crosses of the Dp(erg-3) strains with most wild isolates yielded RIPinduced erg-3 mutant progeny...
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magazine articles on: Erg  - 59 results

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ERG Smart Cards Fit the Bill
Magazine article by Evelyn Duffy; Business Asia, Vol. 7, October 25, 1999
Subjects: ERG Transit Systems--Contracts, Joint ventures--Evaluation, Smart cards--Usage, Technology--Economic aspects, Transportation equipment industry--Contracts
...Unisys Corporation. ERGs automated fare collection...software division, ERG Transit Systems...coming out of Perth. ERG and its alliance partners...revenue leakage. ERGs trump card for the...In April, the same ERG-Motorola alliance...99 financial year, ERGs group revenue totalled...
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Smart Business Sees ERG Hit Paydirt in Asia
Magazine article; Business Asia, Vol. 8, May 19, 2000
Subjects: ERG Group--Finance, Plastic transaction card industry--Finance, Telecommunications equipment industry--Finance
Smart business sees ERG hit paydirt in Asia Best Use of Australian Technology in Asia Perth-based ERG Group has narrowly beaten its competitors to...category in this years Business Asia Awards. ERG, which faced tough competition from other...
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National Service Frameworks--patient and Public Involvement
Magazine article by Christine Hogg; Consumer Policy Review, Vol. 12, March 2002
Subjects: Health care, Patients, Standards, Studies, United Kingdom
...organisations. Members of ERGs The Mental Health ERG had members from national...but many lay members on ERGs were not informed of this...members on the Older Peoples ERG claimed this on behalf...individuals on the Mental Health ERGs were given a fee in addition...
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Eastern Research Group
Magazine article; Public Management, Vol. 82, January 2000
Subjects: Community development corporations--Services, Eastern Research Inc.--Services
...Smart Growth strategies. ERG believes that its comprehensive...are a few examples of ERGs products and services...Opportunity Assessment: ERG offers municipal managers...integrated approach. ERGs training courses teach...Brownfields Redevelopment: ERG assists local governments...
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Forging Innovative Community Solutions
Magazine article; PM. Public Management, Vol. 82, January 2000
Subjects: Community action, Corporate profiles, Eastern Research Group, Economics, Environment, Local government, Organizations, State government, Sustainable development
...Smart Growth strategies. ERG believes that its comprehensive...are a few examples of ERGs products and services...Opportunity Assessment: ERG offers municipal managers...integrated approach. ERGs training courses teach...Brownfields Redevelopment: ERG assists local governments...
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newspaper articles on: Erg  - 50 results

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THE JOURNEY FROM HELL; Ped Miners P Trapped Mi P Tra Rapped Ers Ners Rs Rescued after Re Res Esc Scued Afte Ed Af Aft Fte Ter Ays Buried Y 69 Day Da Buri Ys Ed Underground G D Erg Rgro Round
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 14, 2010
...Tra Rapped Ers Ners Rs Rescued after Re Res Esc Scued Afte Ed Af Aft Fte Ter Ays Buried Y 69 Day Da Buri Ys Ed Underground G D Erg Rgro Round. ONE BY ONE, the miners trapped for 69 days in a dungeon that could have been their tomb far beneath the Chilean...
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EU Will Crack Down on Cost of Mobile Phone Text Messages; INTERNATIONAL
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), July 16, 2008
Subjects: European Union. European Commission, Text messaging--Laws, regulations and rules
...survey by the European Regulators Group (ERG) shows that the average cost of a roaming...be heavily overpriced." The head of the ERG, Daniel Pataki, also head of the Hungarian...market made by national regulators, the ERG found that roaming prices for sending text...
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Poor Laura
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 7, 2009
...sent to a private contractor, ERG, a consulting firm hired by...fact, weve discovered that ERG recently won a $30 million...Division. The contract is ERGs third similar EPA climate change award in 10 years, ERG boasts on its Web site. Under...
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Highcross Twin Schemes Meet in and out of Centre Needs
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), March 25, 2010
...specialists, Executive Resource Group (ERG) on a five-year lease. The company previously...look-k ing for a longer-term solution. ERG managing director, John Morse, said the...accommodation provided a blank canvas, enabling ERG to fit it out to reflect the image of the...
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Hidden Depths of Sahara; ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), August 31, 2004
...is covered by sand alone. The western Sahara has prominent sand deserts at El Djouf, Erg Iguidi and Erg Chech, but the biggest sandy areas are the Great Erg of Algeria and the Fezzan basin in Libya. The sand in these areas may be as shallow as...
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encyclopedia articles on: Erg  - 8 results

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Erg
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ERG urg, unit of work or energy in the cgs system of units, which is based on...centimeter. In terms of the joule , the unit of work or energy in the mks system, 1 erg equals 0.0000001 joule. ____________________ Copyright...
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Algeria
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rocks, with little vegetation; there are also large areas of sand dunes in the north (the Great Western Erg) and east (the Great Eastern Erg). Important oases include Touggourt, Biskra , Chenachane, In Zize, and Tin Rerhoh. In addition to...
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Cgs System
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of length, the gram of mass, and the second of time as its fundamental units. Other cgs units are the dyne of force and the erg of work or energy. The units of the cgs system are generally much smaller than the comparable units of the mks system...
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Work
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...horsepower is an expenditure of 33,000 foot-pounds per minute. Some of the units used to measure work are the foot-pound, the erg , and the joule . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission...
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Star
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...a radius of about 7 O 10 10 cm, a surface temperature of about 6,000 degrees Celsius, and a luminosity of about 4 O 10 33 erg/sec. More than 90% of all stars have masses between one tenth and 50 times that of the sun. Other stellar quantities vary...
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