Priapism
When normal erection occurs, the sides and the bottom of the penis, the corpora cavernosa and the corpus spongiosum, respectively, become engorged with blood so that the penis enlarges, hardens, and assumes an erect position. The major symptom of priapism is pain and tenderness
Ashton, Sir Frederick (william Mallandaine)
Ashton joined
Gentile Da Fabriano,
An early signed work by Gentile has stylistic affinities with Lombard painting and suggests that he was trained in the Lombard school. In 1409 Gentile was commissioned to
Nicetas Of Remesiana
After becoming bishop of Remesiana (later the Serbian village of Bela Palanka, near the town of Ni
Irish Moss
Also called �Carrageen� (Chondrus crispus), species of red algae, a small, tufted seaweed with thin fronds from 5 to 25 cm (2 to 10 inches) long, that grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic coast of the British Isles, Europe, and North America. The name is also used loosely for several other red seaweeds found associated with Chondrus. Other names descriptive of its appearance are pearl moss,
Metamorphic Rock, Albite-epidote-hornfels facies
Rocks of the albite-epidote-hornfels facies are characteristically found as the outer zones of contact aureoles where the thermal episode fades out and the rocks pass into their regional grade of metamorphism. The mineral assemblages are quite similar to those found in regional greenschist-facies metamorphism, except for the presence of low-pressure phases
Austin, John
English jurist whose writings, especially The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832), advocated a definition of law as a species of command and sought to distinguish positive law from morality. He had little influence during his lifetime outside the circle of Utilitarian supporters of Jeremy
Ob River, Climate and hydrology
The Ob basin has short, warm summers and long, cold winters. Average January temperatures range from -18 �F (-28 �C) on the shores of the Kara Sea to 3 �F (-16 �C) in the upper reaches of the Irtysh. July temperatures for the same locations, respectively, range from 40 �F (4 �C) to above 68 �F (20 �C). The absolute maximum temperature, in the arid south, is 104 �F (40 �C), and the minimum, in the Altai Mountains, is -76 �F (-60 �C). Rainfall, which
Ob River, Climate and hydrology
The Ob basin has short, warm summers and long, cold winters. Average January temperatures range from -18 �F (-28 �C) on the shores of the Kara Sea to 3 �F (-16 �C) in the upper reaches of the Irtysh. July temperatures for the same locations, respectively, range from 40 �F (4 �C) to above 68 �F (20 �C). The absolute maximum temperature, in the arid south, is 104 �F (40 �C), and the minimum, in the Altai Mountains, is -76 �F (-60 �C). Rainfall, which
Ob River, Climate and hydrology
The Ob basin has short, warm summers and long, cold winters. Average January temperatures range from -18 �F (-28 �C) on the shores of the Kara Sea to 3 �F (-16 �C) in the upper reaches of the Irtysh. July temperatures for the same locations, respectively, range from 40 �F (4 �C) to above 68 �F (20 �C). The absolute maximum temperature, in the arid south, is 104 �F (40 �C), and the minimum, in the Altai Mountains, is -76 �F (-60 �C). Rainfall, which
Wu-chou
Formerly �(1913 - 46) Ts'ang-wu, �Pinyin �Wuzhou, or Cangwu, � city on the eastern border of the Kwangsi Chuang autonomous ch'� (district), southern China. Wu-chou is situated at the confluence of the Hsi River with its northern tributary, the Kuei River. The city occupies a location of strategic and economic importance because it dominates the principal route between Kwangsi and southwest China as well as the Canton area along
Wu-chou
Formerly �(1913 - 46) Ts'ang-wu, �Pinyin �Wuzhou, or Cangwu, � city on the eastern border of the Kwangsi Chuang autonomous ch'� (district), southern China. Wu-chou is situated at the confluence of the Hsi River with its northern tributary, the Kuei River. The city occupies a location of strategic and economic importance because it dominates the principal route between Kwangsi and southwest China as well as the Canton area along
Wu-chou
Formerly �(1913 - 46) Ts'ang-wu, �Pinyin �Wuzhou, or Cangwu, � city on the eastern border of the Kwangsi Chuang autonomous ch'� (district), southern China. Wu-chou is situated at the confluence of the Hsi River with its northern tributary, the Kuei River. The city occupies a location of strategic and economic importance because it dominates the principal route between Kwangsi and southwest China as well as the Canton area along
Wren-babbler
Any of about 20 species of small Asian birds belonging to the babbler family Timaliidae (order Passeriformes). They are 10 to 15 centimetres (4 to 6 inches) long, rather short-tailed, and have a rather short and straight bill. These features differentiate wren-babblers from the closely related scimitar-babblers. Wren-babblers occur chiefly in southern Asia. An example is the streaked
Malay Peninsula
Also called �the Kra Peninsula, � in Southeast Asia, a long, narrow appendix of the mainland extending south for a distance of about 700 miles (1,127 km) through the Isthmus of Kra to Cape Balai, southernmost point of the Asian continent; its maximum width is 200 miles (322 km). It lies between the Andaman Sea of the Indian Ocean and the Strait of Malacca (west), the Singapore Strait (south), and the Gulf of Thailand and the South
Arabia, History Of, The rise of Islam
After Muhammad's entry into Mecca the tribes linked with Quraysh came to negotiate with him and to accept Islam; this meant little more than giving up their local deities and worshiping Allah alone. They had to pay the tax, but this was not novel because the tribal chiefs had already been taxed to protect the Meccan haram. Many tribesmen probably waited to join the winner.
Aerospace Industry, Commercial heavy aircraft
The need for large-scale air transportation has been central to commercial aircraft manufacturing. As one of the world's most vital industries, airlines are key to many aspects of the world economy, from international business and tourism to routine movement of people and goods ranging from massive machinery to agricultural products and personal items. The United
Arts, South Asian, North India
The most common vocal form in North Indian classical music at the present time is the khyal, a Muslim word meaning �imagination.� The khyal is contrasted with the dhruvapada (now known as dhrupad), which means �fixed words.� The two forms existed side by side in the Islamic period, and it is only in the last century or two that khyal has achieved ascendancy. There are two types of
Tasmania, Education
School attendance is compulsory for children between the ages of 6 and 16. Government-supported schools include infant, primary (some with preschool facilities), area, district, and high schools (nonselective, comprehensive, mostly coeducational), together with matriculation colleges (secondary colleges that prepare students in their final one or two years for the
Tasmania, Education
Rodent native to Eurasia but introduced worldwide through association with humans. Highly adaptive, the house mouse has both behavioral and physiological traits - such as the ability to survive in buildings and aboard ships, a tendency to move into agricultural fields and leave when the habitat changes, and a rapid rate of reproduction - that allow
Tasmania, Education
Rodent native to Eurasia but introduced worldwide through association with humans. Highly adaptive, the house mouse has both behavioral and physiological traits - such as the ability to survive in buildings and aboard ships, a tendency to move into agricultural fields and leave when the habitat changes, and a rapid rate of reproduction - that allow
Tasmania, Education
Rodent native to Eurasia but introduced worldwide through association with humans. Highly adaptive, the house mouse has both behavioral and physiological traits - such as the ability to survive in buildings and aboard ships, a tendency to move into agricultural fields and leave when the habitat changes, and a rapid rate of reproduction - that allow
Quantum Electrodynamics
�(QED),� quantum theory of the interactions of charged particles with the electromagnetic field. It describes mathematically not only all interactions of light with matter but also those of charged particles with one another. QED is a relativistic theory in that Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity is built into each of its equations. Because the behaviour
Port Dickson
Town, south-central West Malaysia (Malaya), on the Strait of Malacca. The port, now in decline, was used extensively during the late 19th century to export the tin mined in the foothills of the state. Now chiefly a seaside resort with a fishing village, it is connected by rail with the inland entrep�t of Seremban, 17 miles (27 km) northeast. Oil refineries are concentrated along the
Performing Arts, Britain.
Some of the best films of the year
Belafonte, Harry
Belafonte's parents were emigrants from the Caribbean islands of Martinique and Jamaica, and he lived with his mother during her 1935 - 40 return to Jamaica. He left high school to serve in the U.S. Navy in the mid-1940s; after returning to New York City he studied
Al Wahibah Dunes
Arabic �Ramlat Al Wahibah, � sandy desert, east-central Oman. It fronts the Arabian Sea on the southeast and stretches along the coast for more than 100 miles (160 km). The desert consists of honey-coloured dunes that are dark red at their base and rise to heights of 230 feet (70 m). The sands are crisscrossed with tracks and routes for vehicles. There is very little surface water, but underground water traditionally
Bark Painting
Also called �Tapa, or Bark Cloth, � nonwoven fabric decorated with figurative and abstract designs usually applied by scratching or by painting. The basic clothlike material, produced from the inner bark, or bast, of certain trees (see bast fibre), is made by stripping off the bast, soaking it, and beating it to make the fibres interlace and to reduce thickness. The most popular material is the inner bark
La Farge, John
Royal Cortissoz, John La Farge: A Memoir and a Study (1911; reissued 1971); Henry Adams et al., John La Farge (1987).
Ginsberg, (irwin) Allen
American poet (b. June 3, 1926, Newark, N.J.--d. April 5, 1997, New York, N.Y.), was the poet laureate of the cultural movement in the 1950s whose members were known as the Beat Generation, disaffected antiestablishment writers whose lifestyle embraced alienation, nonconformity, and, often, drug use. His influence on art, music, and politics lasted throughout the following four decades, and such varied
Macdonagh, Donagh
MacDonagh was the son of Thomas MacDonagh, a poet and leader of the Easter Rising (1916). After attending the National University of Ireland, Dublin, MacDonagh practiced law (1936 - 46) and was a district judge (1946 - 68). His varied literary career includes comedies such
