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10 unusual facts about Micro


Encapsulation

Micro-encapsulation, in material science, the coating of microscopic particles with another material

Encasement

Encasement differs from encapsulation in that it is a long-term solution; the materials are thicker, applied from 7 to 40 mils depending upon surface conditions, building use and desired warranty, are impact resistant and can allow for mechanical fasteners to be adhered to the surface.

Micro-inequity

Originally the papers were named the “Saturn’s Rings Phenomenon” because the planet Saturn is surrounded by rings which are made just of tiny bits of ice and sand—but these rings partially obscure the planet.

Micro-MBA

The term Micro-MBA refers to the traditional Master of Business Administration (MBA) programme.

Micro-Mousterian

The Micro-Mousterian or Micromousterian is a name given by Alfred Rust and Henri Fleisch to a Palaeolithic industry of small stone tools.

Micro-Phonies

Before they leave the studio, they have a run-in with an Italian baritone singer/violinist (Gino Corrado), and end up destroying his glasses and violin before the encounter is over.

Larry then eyes a collection of records, hastily selects the "Lucia Sextet," and announces it as the "Sextet from Lucy".

Micro-series

Singer Alicia Keys was selected by Dove and MTV to star in their "real beauty" micro-series called Fresh Takes.

With the advent of the digital video recording (DVR), advertisers are trying to create brand messages that defeat the fast-forward button.

Micro-Space

Payload integration for this satellite group is being handled by Morehead State University, involving Dr. Ben Malphrus (Space Science Center director) and professor Bob Twiggs.


Aeronautical Development Establishment

In the field of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles major projects were initiated namely the Missile Target ULKA, Mini Remotely Piloted Vehicle Kapothaka, Reusable target system Lakshya, Reconnaissance and Surveillance UAV Nishant, Laser guided kits for bombs, cruise vehicles, micro air vehicles, long endurance UAVs Rustom1 and Rustom-H and more recently studies related to unmanned combat aerial vehicles have been initiated.

Alex Chandon

Chandon was once known primarily for specialising in straight-to-video micro-budget horror films, but his latest projects, especially Borderline (2006), featuring music by The Dark Poets, show a more mature side to his work.

Allan Hahn

In 2000, Hahn recognised the increasing importance that technology was playing in sport science and he played a major role in the AIS being accepted as a major partner in the CRC for Micro technology.

ATP-binding motif

An ATP binding site is a protein micro-environment where ATP is captured and hydrolyzed to ADP, releasing energy that is utilized by the protein to "do work" by changing the protein shape and/or making the enzyme catalytically active.

Bell System

Agere Systems, incorporated on August 1, 2000, the former Micro Electronics subsidiary of Lucent was then spun off in 2002 and acquired by LSI in 2007

Bryghuset Møn

Bryghuset Møn is a micro-brewery in the town of Stege on the Danish island of Møn.

Colin Windsor

Four computer models for the ZX81 micro-computer, C.G. Windsor, 1983, ISBN 978-0-9509197-0-6

Cortical remapping

To better understand this phenomenon in the brain, they used micro-electrodes to micromap the monkey’s cortical map of its hand.

Doremi Labs

In 2004, Doremi and Texas Instruments (TI), manufacturer of DLP digital micro-mirror imaging devices (DMDs), demonstrated cinema quality digital playback using TI's new 2K DMDs and a V1 DVR at IBC.

Dysfunctional family

"Helicopter parenting" (parents who micro-manage their children's lives and/or relationships among siblings—especially minor conflicts)

Eupolybothrus cavernicolus

It has been dubbed the cyber-centipede as it is the first eukaryotic species for which, in addition to the traditional morphological description, scientists have provided a transcriptomic profile, DNA barcoding data, detailed anatomical X-ray microtomography (micro-CT), and a movie of the living specimen.

Frozen Synapse

The expansion also includes a new soundtrack for the game and a chiptune album by artist ensnare (Paul Taylor's musician pseudonym) called Impeccable Micro, both available in MP3 and FLAC formats.

Global Business Assist

The focus of the micro-development is in several countries including Sudan (especially the Darfur region, Uganda, India, Kenya, and Kosovo.

Iqbal Quadir

Quadir's vision of a large-scale commercial project led him to organize a global consortium involving Telenor, Norway’s leading telecommunications company; an affiliate of micro-credit pioneer Grameen Bank in Bangladesh (winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize); Marubeni Corp. in Japan; Asian Development Bank in the Philippines; Commonwealth Development Corp. in the United Kingdom; and International Finance Corp. and Gonofone in the United States.

Izon Science

:* Particle-based drug delivery systems (e.g. liposomes, nano- and micro- bubbles, polymers, "Smart" drug delivery particles, etc)

Jaime Imitola

Jaime Imitola and Evan Y. Snyder to denote the regenerative (micro-enviroments) areas created after CNS damage and the ability to visualize these areas by using stem cells expressing reporter genes (i.e LacZ).

Kids the Light of our Lives

Timothy David Martyn Cox (1979-) an alleged paedophile, ran the forum from his bedroom at his parents' farm in Buxhall, Suffolk, where he also worked at the family's micro brewery.

MBASIC

MBASIC is also the name of a commercial BASIC compiler for the Microchip Technology PIC microcontroller family developed by Basic Micro, Inc., unrelated to the CP/M interpreter.

Michele Aerden

Professor Muhammad Yunus (micro credits) Dr Bertrand Piccard (ballooner) Madame WU Yi, (vice-President China Republic of people) Michelle Bachelet (President of Chilli)etc.

Micro combined heat and power

Sopogy produces a micro Concentrated solar system (microCSP) system based on parabolic trough which can be installed above building or homes, the heat can be used for water heating or solar air conditioning, a steam turbine can also be installed to produce electricity.

A factory in Heinsberg, Germany for the production of SOFC based micro-CHP units started in June 2009 to produce 10,000 two-kilowatt units per year.

Microbridge

Microbridge is a software stack that allows for communication between an Android mobile phone and an Arduino micro controller using the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) interface.

Microculture

Kate Fox considered that "the social micro-climate of the racecourse is characterized by a unique combination of disinhibition and exceptional good manners".

Nick McCave

Nick McCave's research looks at perturbations in the deep oceans, using evidence from micro-fossils combined with carbon dating, to obtain information on pre-historical climate change.

Nick Tredennick

Harry L. ("Nick") Tredennick is an American manager, inventor, VLSI design engineer and author who was involved in the development for Motorola's MC68000 and for IBM's Micro/370 microprocessors.

Nutrition in the American Slave System

Due to diseases related to specific nutritional deficiencies in diet, which were prevalent among the American slave population it is possible that the slave victims were fed diets with adequate micro-nutrients but very few calories.

Once Upon a Time in Bolivia

The film is set against a backdrop of the 2003 Bolivian gas conflict and was shot in the slums of El Alto and on El Altiplano in La Paz, Bolivia on a micro budget, using primarily non-professional actors.

Panasonic Leica DG 25mm lens

The 46mm thread lets a Micro Four Thirds user share filters between it, the Panasonic 14mm, Panasonic Lumix 20mm, Panasonic Leica 45mm, Panasonic 45-175mm, Olympus 12mm and Olympus 60mm Macro lenses.

Panasonic Lumix G 14mm lens

The 46mm thread lets a Micro Four Thirds user share filters between it, the Panasonic 20mm, Panasonic Leica 25mm, Panasonic Leica 45mm lenses, and the Olympus 12mm.

Phil Hester

Phillip Doyce Hester (born 1955), former chief technology officer of Advanced Micro Devices

Reverse phase

Reverse phase protein lysate microarray, a micro-cell lysate dot-blot that allows measurement of protein expression levels

Richard H. Stern

Since 1982 he has been Legal Editor and a member of the Board of Editors of IEEE Micro, a magazine published by the IEEE Computer Society, and author of the magazine's Micro Law column, and has written a number of articles in the fields.

River Boyd

A micro-moth, Pammene trauniana, can be found - also dippers, kingfishers, buzzards, otters, bats and damselflies.

Ron Sakolsky

He has also authored books and internet texts on pirate and community radio that have been a significant contribution to the pirate radio and micro-broadcasting movement.

São José do Barreiro

São José do Barreiro (São José in Portuguese means Saint Joseph) is a municipality/county in the microrregion of Bananal in the eastern part of the state of São Paulo in Brazil bordering with state of Rio de Janeiro to the north and south.

Self-parking system

The basic components of such a system are a rear-mounted camera, servo-motors for turning the steering column and activating brakes, and a micro-computer based control system to perform the parking maneuver.

Simón de Roxas Clemente y Rubio

For almost two years he travelled about the Granada, Jeréz de la Frontera and Sanlúcar areas collecting samples of wild and cultivated plants, observing agricultural practices, noting soil characteristics, micro-climates, and the adaptation of the flora to their natural environment.

Sleep box

In 2010s, micro hotel term has been used for the type of hotel (not to be confused with the American hotel chain Microtel).

Small Enterprise Assistance Funds

Oliver Kosturanov, Macedonia
He is SEAF’s Director General for Macedonia, actively involved in managing the SEAF Macedonia Fund, the Small Investment Fund (SIF), the Micro Investment Fund (MIF) and SEAF South Balkan Fund’s activities in Macedonia.

Sound Blaster

This actually stood for Digital Sound Processor, rather than the more common digital signal processor, and was really a simple micro-controller from the Intel MCS-51 family (supplied by Intel and Matra MHS, among others).

Squeaky Wheel Media

The digital agency also develops in-house projects such as a micro-site, "Love For The Cup", which was built during the 2010 FIFA World Cup, analyzed Twitter feeds and would determine a winner of a match-up based on how much they were tweeted about.

Tadateru Konoe

In 1994, he was lecturer on Micro study on International Relief Organizations at the Graduate School of Toyo Eiwa University, in Tokyo, Japan, and he is a lecturer, panelist, commentator, and speaker at various academic and other forums on topics including humanitarian aid, IHL, disasters, development, and bio-ethics.

The Computer Paper

Similar in style to American regional magazines such as Computer Currents, Micro Times and Computer User, The Computer Paper was printed on newsprint on a monthly basis and was distributed free to readers as it was entirely advertising supported.

The Creeping Terror

Although Robert Silliphant is the credited writer, the original story was written by his younger brother, Allan Silliphant, who went on to produce, write and direct the 3-D adult feature film The Stewardesses (1969) (under the name Al Silliman Jr.), the only micro-budget film of the 1960s or 1970s to become the #1 film on the weekly Variety box-office chart (it finally grossed over $140,000,000 in 2011 U.S. dollars).

The Nobelity Project

The film looks at solutions to the problems of the previous film and at those who are making a difference, including the Bangladeshi creator of the micro-loan system Muhammad Yunus, Thailand's premier family planner Mechai Viravaidya,and The Miracle Foundation, among many others.

U.S. Military connector specifications

Often referred to as a Micro-D connector system, the connector is suited to a multitude of systems where weight, miniaturization or signal transmission integrity are paramount, such as missiles and their guidance systems, aerospace avionics, radars, shoulder-launched weapon systems, advanced soldier technology systems, military Global Positioning Systems, satellites, medical devices and down-hole drilling tools.

Vlasina

The region consists of fours smaller, micro-regions: Crna Trava, Znepolje, Lužnica and Vlasotince.

Zvi Hashin

In 2012, he won the Benjamin Franklin Medal in Mechanical Engineering, for his research on Micro-mechanics of failure of Fibre-reinforced plastic.