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• Passive radar — systems (also referred to as passive coherent location and passive covert radar) encompass a class of radar systems that detect and track objects by processing reflections from non cooperative sources of illumination in the environment, such as… …   Wikipedia

• Passive transport — means moving biochemicals and other atomic or molecular substances across membranes. Unlike active transport, this process does not involve chemical energy, because, unlike in an active transport, the transport across membrane is always coupled… …   Wikipedia

• Passive smoking — is the involuntary inhalation of smoke from tobacco products. It occurs when tobacco smoke permeates any environment, causing its inhalation by all people within that environment. Such smoke is called secondhand smoke (SHS) or environmental… …   Wikipedia

• U.S. Carrier Group tactics — Naval tactics have played a crucial role in modern battles and wars. The presence of land, changing water depths, weather, detection and electronic warfare, the speed at which actual combat occurs and other factors especially air power render… …   Wikipedia

• M113 Armored Personnel Carrier variants — A huge number of M113 Armored Personnel Carrier variants have been created, ranging from infantry carriers to nuclear missile carriers. The M113 Armored Personnel Carrier has become one of the most prolific armored vehicles of the second half of… …   Wikipedia

• M113 Armored Personnel Carrier — Infobox Weapon name=M113A3 caption= origin= United States type= Armored personnel carrier is vehicle= yes service= 1960–present used by= Numerous nations, see text wars= Vietnam War, Gulf War, others designer= design date= manufacturer= unit cost …   Wikipedia

• Energy carrier — An energy carrier is a substance or phenomenon that can be used to produce mechanical work or heat or to operate chemical or physical processes (ISO 13600).It is any system or substance that contains energy for conversion as usable energy later… …   Wikipedia

• Illustrious class aircraft carrier — The Illustrious class was a class of aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that were some of the most important British warships in World War II (WWII). They were laid down in the late 1930s as part of the rearmament of British forces in response to …   Wikipedia

• Altman, Sidney — born May 7, 1939, Montreal, Que., Can. Canadian born U.S. molecular biologist. He studied at MIT and the University of Colorado and has taught at Yale University since 1971. Working independently, Altman and Thomas Cech discovered that RNA,… …   Universalium

• Infection — The growth of a parasitic organism within the body. (A parasitic organism is one that lives on or in another organism and draws its nourishment therefrom.) A person with an infection has another organism (a germ ) growing within him, drawing its… …   Medical dictionary

• STS-85 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 85 insignia = Sts 85 patch.png shuttle = Discovery launch pad = 39 A, KSC launch = August 7, 1997, 9:41AM CDT landing = August 19, 1997, 6:08AM CDT, KSC, Runway 33 duration = 11 days, 20 h, 28 min, 7 s… …   Wikipedia