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  2. University of Houston System - Wikipedia

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    Philip G. Hoffman, first chancellor of UH System. The University of Houston, founded in 1927, entered the state system of higher education in 1963. The evolvement of a multi-institution University of Houston System came from a recommendation in May 1968 which called for the creation of a university near NASA's Manned Spacecraft Center to offer upper-division and graduate-level programs. [11]

  3. University of Houston - Wikipedia

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    The University of Houston (/ ˈ h juː s t ən / ⓘ; HEW-stən) is a public research university in Houston, Texas, United States.It was established in 1927 as Houston Junior College, a coeducational institution and one of multiple junior colleges formed in the first decades of the 20th century.

  4. Backchannel (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    A non-lexical backchannel is a vocalized sound that has little or no referential meaning but still verbalizes the listener's attention, and that frequently co-occurs with gestures. In English, sounds like uh-huh and hmm serve this role. Non-lexical backchannels generally come from a limited set of sounds not otherwise widely used in content ...

  5. List of University of Houston people - Wikipedia

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    Chair, UH Mechanical Engineering Department; Director of Applied Research Hub, Texas Center for Superconductivity: Leon Thomsen: Earth and atmospheric sciences UH professor of geophysics, proposed Thomsen parameters to characterize transversely isotropic materials Adam Thrasher: Health and Human Performance Author of Space Moose [354] [355 ...

  6. University of Houston College of Medicine - Wikipedia

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    As of 2022, students attend class in the new dedicated UH College of Medicine building that has opened. Previously, students attend courses in the Health 2 building, on the 8th and 9th floors. "The three-story, 130,000-square-foot building is being constructed on 43-acres and will feature modern classroom and meeting spaces, state-of-the-art ...

  7. Speech disfluency - Wikipedia

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    A disfluence or nonfluence is a non-pathological hesitance when speaking, the use of fillers (“like” or “uh”), or the repetition of a word or phrase. This needs to be distinguished from a fluency disorder like stuttering with an interruption of fluency of speech, accompanied by "excessive tension, speaking avoidance, struggle behaviors, and secondary mannerism".

  8. Glossary of biology - Wikipedia

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    This glossary of biology terms is a list of definitions of fundamental terms and concepts used in biology, the study of life and of living organisms.It is intended as introductory material for novices; for more specific and technical definitions from sub-disciplines and related fields, see Glossary of cell biology, Glossary of genetics, Glossary of evolutionary biology, Glossary of ecology ...

  9. UH - Wikipedia

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