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41Quality Standards Illustrated — The eighth edition of the Quality Standards (QSI) (published by the Architectural Woodwork Institute) is a major revision in a line of Standards extending back to 1961. This is a voluntary standard, not legislated. A feature of QSI is the… …
42Instituto Pedro Nunes — (IPN) is a non profit private organization for innovation and technology transfer based in Coimbra, Portugal. It is named after the Portuguese 16th century mathematician and professor Pedro Nunes, who lived in the city of Coimbra and worked for… …
43Redefining the Library in the Digital Age — ▪ 2008 Introduction George M. Eberhart By 2007 most libraries in the developed world had an online catalog, a Web site, dozens of public access computers, and electronic resources that their patrons could use around the clock from home. Many… …
44Porsche Design Group — HistoryPorsche Design Group ( Porsche Lizenz und Handelsgesellschaft mbH Co. KG ), based in Bietigheim Bissingen, Germany, was founded in November 2003 by as a majority owned subsidiary of Porsche AG to combine Porsche AG’s and Porsche Design… …
45Extended producer responsibility — (EPR) is a strategy designed to promote the integration of environmental costs associated with products throughout their life cycles into the market price of the products (OECD 1999).Extended producer responsibility imposes accountability over… …
46Amalgam (dentistry) — For other uses, see Amalgam (disambiguation). Amalgam filling on first molar Amalgam is an alloy containing mercury. The amalgam used as material for dental fillings is a mixture of mercury (50%), silver ( 22 32% ), tin ( 14%), copper ( 8%), and… …
47Muji — Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd. Kabushiki gaisha Ryōhin Keikaku 株式会社良品計画 Type Public (TYO: 7453) Industry Manufactur …
48Anarchism in China — Part of the Politics series on Anarchism …
49Straumann — Infobox Company border= 0 cellpadding= 0 cellspacing= 0 style= float:right; empty cells:show; width:250px; margin left:1em; background color:transparent; company name = Straumann company slogan = Simply doing more company type = Public foundation …
50Slow reading — is the intentional reduction in the speed of reading, carried out to increase comprehension or pleasure. The concept appears to have originated in the study of philosophy and literature as a technique to more fully comprehend and appreciate a… …
