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1Cognitive advantages to bilingualism — Historically, bilingualism was thought to be detrimental to a child s cognitive and linguistic abilities. However, more recent evidence suggests that bilingualism can actually bestow a set of cognitive benefits, and it may enhance literacy.… …
2The Sixth Day and Other Tales — Infobox Book name = The Sixth Day and Other Tales title orig = Vizio di forma and Storie naturali translator = Raymond Rosenthal image caption = Hardback cover published by Summit Books. author = Primo Levi illustrator = country = United States… …
3ownership-specific advantages — property rights or intangible assets, including patents , trademarks , organizational and marketing expertise, production technology, and management and general organizational abilities, that form the basis for a company s advantage over other… …
4Brazing — This article is about the metal joining process. For the cooking technique, see braising. Brazing practice Brazing is a metal joining process whereby a filler metal is heated above and distributed between two or more close fitting parts by… …
5Dreadnought — For other uses, see Dreadnought (disambiguation). The oldest remaining dreadnought, USS Texas, was launched in 1912 and is now a museum ship. The dreadnought was the predominant type of 20th century battleship. The first of the kind, the… …
6chess — chess1 /ches/, n. a game played by two persons, each with 16 pieces, on a chessboard. [1150 1200; ME < OF esches, pl. of eschec CHECK1] chess2 /ches/, n., pl. chess, chesses. one of the planks forming the roadway of a floating bridge. [1425 75;… …
7Diskless node — A diskless node (or diskless workstation) is a workstation or personal computer without disk drives, which employs network booting to load its operating system from a server. (A computer may also be said to act as a diskless node, if its disks… …
8Debit card — Personal finance Credit and debt Pawnbroker Student loan Employment contract Salary Wage Empl …
9Solar power satellite — A solar power satellite, or SPS or Powersat, as originally proposed would be a satellite built in high Earth orbit that uses microwave power transmission to beam solar power to a very large antenna on Earth. Advantages of placing the solar… …
10Rebreather — A fully closed circuit electronic rebreather (Ambient Pressure Diving Inspiration) Acronym CCUBA (Closed Circuit Underwater Breathing Apparatus); CCR (Closed circuit rebreather), SCR (Semi closed rebreather) Uses Breathing set …
