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unusual facts about bead



Ariyankuppam

According to Wheeler, Arikamedu was a Tamil fishing village which was formerly a major port dedicated to bead making and trading with Roman traders.

Ariyankuppam (Arikamedu) was an ancient Indian fishing village which was formerly a major port dedicated to bead making and trading with Roman traders.

Bead sort

Bead sort is a natural sorting algorithm, developed by Joshua J. Arulanandham, Cristian S. Calude and Michael J. Dinneen in 2002, and published in The Bulletin of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science.

Catalytic bead sensor

A catalytic bead sensor is a type of sensor that is used for gas detection.

CQC-6

Emerson has used exotic handle materials such as decorative hardwoods, abalone shell, and mother-of-pearl on these dress variants; these models often feature polished hardware as opposed to the bead blasted bolsters on the tactical models.

Dzi bead

Another desirable effect is something called "Nāga skin" which refers to tiny circular weathering marks on the surface of the bead that resemble scales.

The antique Pyu and Phumtek beads of Burma are also similar in some ways to dzi: they share some of the dzi bead patterns, but instead of agate, the Phumtek are generally made from petrified opalized palm wood, while Pyu beads are often made of red or orange carnelian with some thin white alkali-etched lines.

Glasperlenspiel Music Festival

The annual Glasperlenspiel Music Festival (Glass Bead Game Festival) is a joint project of Eesti Kontsert and Estonian Record Productions since 1995.

Percy Everett

Baden-Powell conferred the six-bead Wood Badge onto Everett, which he passed on in 1948 to Gilwell Park's Camp Chief John Thurman, to be worn as badge of office by the person responsible for leader training.

Pride of India

:* Melia azedarach - Also known as chinaberry, Persian lilac, white cedar, Texas umbrella, bead-tree, Cape lilac, Ceylon cedar, bead-tree or Cape lilac

Rudraksha

The seed is borne by several species of Elaeocarpus, with E. ganitrus being the principal species used in the making of a bead chain or mala.

Sim's Park, Coonoor

The garden as some rare economic trees like Rudraksh- bead tree, Cinnamomum, Queensland karry pine, a handsome ornamental tree and graceful trees like Araucaria, Quercus, Phoenix, Magnolia, Pine, Turpentine, Tree ferns, Camellia this is all are as many attractions in this park.

Who Needs the Peace Corps?

The lyrics of "Who Needs the Peace Corps?" mock hippies and people who follow the hippie fashion (such as wearing beads, leather bands and long hair, or "smoking dope") without caring about the social reflections and political views of the concept.

Xmap

xMAP (Multi-Analyte Profiling) technology is a multiplex assay format, patented by Luminex Corporation, using a panel of microspheres internally doped with two fluorescent dyes to produce up to 100 different bead identities that can be used in various applications - from HLA genotyping by oligonucleotide probe hybridization to serological profiling e.g. antibody diversity profiling, antibody identification or histocompatibility screen etc


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