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  2. Pashmina (material) - Wikipedia

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    to full- sized shawl measuring 40 in x 80 in (100 cm x 200 cm), large shawls measuring 45 in x 90 in (114 cm x 228 cm), and XL shawls measuring 54 in x 108 in (137 cm x 274 cm). [20] A craze for pashmina shawls, known as shahmina in Kashmir, in the mid-1990s resulted in high demand for the raw material, so demand exceeded supply. When these ...

  3. Bloom's 2 sigma problem - Wikipedia

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    Mastery learning is an educational philosophy first proposed by Bloom in 1968 [8] based on the premise that students must achieve a level of mastery (e.g., 90% on a knowledge test) in prerequisite knowledge before moving forward to learn subsequent information on a topic. [9]

  4. Equating - Wikipedia

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    In practice, though, scaling is often implemented separately for different tests and then the scales subsequently equated. A distinction is often made between two methods of equating; common person and common item equating. Common person equating involves the administration of two tests to a common group of persons. The mean and standard ...

  5. Kashmir shawl - Wikipedia

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    Kashmir shawls thereby came to play different roles in the two societies: a status symbol for Indian men, and a luxury garment for European noblewomen. [1] In Vanity Fair , Jos Sedley returns from Bengal with a "white Cashmere shawl", an indication that it was an original, as imitations were generally patterned. [ 11 ]

  6. Changthangi - Wikipedia

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    Both sexes are horned; the horns are large and twisted, and may reach a length of 55 cm. [3]: 369 The ears are small and upright. [8]: 81 The coat consists of an outer coat of long hair, and a thick undercoat of fine pashmina; [8]: 81 it is commonly white, but can also be black, brown or grey. The skin is white or pale brown.

  7. Step-growth polymerization - Wikipedia

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    The easiest way to visualize the mechanism of a step-growth polymerization is a group of people reaching out to hold their hands to form a human chain—each person has two hands (= reactive sites). There also is the possibility to have more than two reactive sites on a monomer: In this case branched polymers production take place.

  8. Pashmina (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Pashmina is the fine variant of spun cashmere wool. Pashmina may also refer to: Pashmina (graphic novel), a 2017 novel by Nidhi Chanani; Pashmina goat or changthani, the source of Pashmina wool; Pashmina shawl, a popular garment and variant of the Kashmir shawl; Pashmina - Dhaage Mohabbat Ke, a 2023 Indian romantic drama television series

  9. List of multiple discoveries - Wikipedia

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    1896: Two proofs of the prime number theorem (the asymptotic law of the distribution of prime numbers) were obtained independently by Jacques Hadamard and Charles de la Vallée-Poussin and appeared the same year. 1896: Radioactivity was discovered independently by Henri Becquerel and Silvanus Thompson. [51]