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  2. Backcasting - Wikipedia

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    Backcasting is a planning method that starts with defining a desirable future and then works backwards to identify policies and programs that will connect that specified future to the present. [1] The fundamentals of the method were outlined by John B. Robinson from the University of Waterloo in 1990. [ 2 ]

  3. High- and low-level - Wikipedia

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    The instruction "write a creative poem on love" is a high-level instruction. The instruction "tighten the tendons in the dominant wrist to grip the pen" is a low-level description of an activity within that. "Wikipedia is an encyclopedia" is a high-level description compared to "Wikipedia is a collection of textual articles on many topics".

  4. Specific activity - Wikipedia

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    Specific activity (symbol a) is the activity per unit mass of a radionuclide and is a physical property of that radionuclide. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is usually given in units of becquerel per kilogram (Bq/kg), but another commonly used unit of specific activity is the curie per gram (Ci/g).

  5. NYT ‘Connections’ Hints and Answers Today, Saturday, March 9

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    We mean it. Read no further until you really want some clues or you've completely given up and want the answers ASAP. Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ hints and answers for #272 on ...

  6. Inverse agonist - Wikipedia

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    A neutral antagonist has no activity in the absence of an agonist or inverse agonist but can block the activity of either; [1] they are in fact sometimes called blockers (examples include alpha blockers, beta blockers, and calcium channel blockers). Inverse agonists have opposite actions to those of agonists but the effects of both of these can ...

  7. Binary opposition - Wikipedia

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    A binary opposition (also binary system) is a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning.Binary opposition is the system of language and/or thought by which two theoretical opposites are strictly defined and set off against one another. [1]

  8. Paradoxical reaction - Wikipedia

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    The paradoxical effect or Eagle effect (named after Harry Eagle, who first described it) refers to an observation of an increase in survivors, seen when testing the activity of an antimicrobial agent. [5] Initially when an antibiotic agent is added to a culture media, the number of bacteria that survive drops, as one would expect. But after ...

  9. Viewer's guide to the new College Football Playoff

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    First-round players to watch, keys to the game. For the first time ever, there will be College Football Playoff games on campuses. Notre Dame-Indiana will get things started on Friday night before ...