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  2. 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".

  3. 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 ]

  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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    The opposite of "specific" 4. They can all share the same first word. Related: 300 Trivia Questions and Answers to Jumpstart Your Fun Game Night. Ready for the answers?

  6. Inverse agonist - Wikipedia

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    An example of a receptor site that possesses basal activity and for which inverse agonists have been identified is the GABA A receptors.Agonists for GABA A receptors (such as muscimol) create a relaxant effect, whereas inverse agonists have agitation effects (for example, Ro15-4513) or even convulsive and anxiogenic effects (certain beta-carbolines).

  7. Everything which is not forbidden is allowed - Wikipedia

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    The opposite principle "everything which is not allowed is forbidden" states that an action can only be taken if it is specifically allowed. A senior English judge, Sir John Laws , stated the principles as: "For the individual citizen, everything which is not forbidden is allowed; but for public bodies, and notably government, everything which ...

  8. Optical rotation - Wikipedia

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    Optical activity is reciprocal, i.e. it is the same for opposite directions of wave propagation through an optically active medium, for example, clockwise polarization rotation from the point of view of an observer.

  9. Pay-to-play - Wikipedia

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    The opposite of a pay-to-play system is one that is "fair and open"; the New Jersey Pay-to-Play Act specifically sets out bid processes that are or are not considered fair and open, depending upon who has contributed what to whom. [37]