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- (from the article "Social Protection") The problem of sex trafficking took centre stage with the release of a UN report estimating that "hundreds of thousands of child prostitutes" had been lured or forced into the ...
- sex-linked character
- (from the article "consanguinity") ...is observed and its mode of inheritance are described as dominant. Conversely, if the trait is observed only when both alleles are identical, it is recessive. A third mode of ...
- sexagesimal number system
- (from the article "mathematics") ...system of numerals followed an additive decimal (base-10) principle similar to that of the Egyptians. But the Old Babylonian system converted this into a place-value system with the base of ...
- sexism
- (from the article "constitutional law") While applying the principle of equality in cases of sex discrimination and discrimination against children born out of wedlock, European courts often have gone beyond the doctrines of the U.S. ...
- Sext
- (from the article "divine office") ...hours. Matins, the lengthiest, originally said at a night hour, is now appropriately said at any hour of the day. Lauds and Vespers are the solemn morning and evening prayers ...
- Sextant
- (from the article "World War II") Sextant, the conference of Nov. 22-27, 1943, for which Churchill, Roosevelt, and Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo, was, on Roosevelt's insistence, devoted mainly to discussing plans for a British-U.S.-Chinese operation ...
- sextant
- instrument for determining the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the Sun, the Moon, or a star, used in celestial navigation to determine latitude and longitude. ... [1 Related Articles]
- sextarius
- (from the article "measurement system") The principal Roman capacity measures were the hemina, sextarius, modius, and amphora for dry products and the
- sextet
- (from the article "chamber music") ...combinations for strings alone began to play important but relatively smaller roles in the field: the string trio (violin, viola, cello), string quintet (quartet plus a second viola), and string ...
- sexton
- church custodian charged with keeping the church and parish buildings prepared for meetings, caring for church equipment, and performing related minor duties such as ringing the bell and digging graves. ...
- Sexton, Anne
- American poet whose work is noted for its confessional intensity. [2 Related Articles]
- Sextus Empiricus
- ancient Greek philosopher-historian who produced the only extant comprehensive account of Greek Skepticism in his Outlines of Pyrrhonism and Against the Dogmatists. [9 Related Articles]
- sexual abuse
- (from the article "Computers and Information Systems") ...than 700 suspects worldwide were under scrutiny. The adults were said to have used an Internet chat room called "Kids the Light of Our Lives," which showed images of children ...
- sexual attractant
- (from the article "pheromone") ...to signal the presence of danger. A wounded minnow has been shown to release a chemical from specialized epidermal cells that elicits a dispersal response from the school. Pheromones play ...
- sexual behaviour, human
- any activity-solitary, between two persons, or in a group-that induces sexual arousal. There are two major determinants of human sexual behaviour: the inherited sexual response patterns that have evolved as ... [22 Related Articles]
- sexual dichromatism
- (from the article "Life Sciences") Birds have always been noted for sexual dichromatism (differences in colouring between males and females), with males characteristically being the more brightly coloured. Sexual dichromatism is particularly dramatic in tropical ...
- sexual differentiation
- (from the article "sex") Differentiation between the sexes exists, therefore, as the primary difference represented by the distinction between eggs and sperm, by differences represented by nature of the reproductive glands and their associated ...
- sexual dimorphism
- (from the article "sex") Animals and plants, apart from microscopic kinds of life, consist of enormous numbers of cells coordinated in various ways to form a single organism, and each consists of many different ...
- sexual display
- (from the article "dress") Male sexual display at its most blatant can be seen in parts of Papua New Guinea, where the men wear penis sheaths (usually made from a dried gourd) that may ...
- sexual dysfunction
- the inability of a person to experience sexual arousal or to achieve sexual satisfaction under appropriate circumstances, as a result of either physical disorder or, more commonly, psychological problems. The ... [3 Related Articles]
- sexual harassment
- (from the article "Law, Crime, and Law Enforcement") ...that had been inaccessible to persons with diminished ambulatory abilities. In Pennsylvania State Police v. Suders, the court developed guidelines for assessing allegations of sexual harassment. The baseline for its ...
- sexual imprinting
- (from the article "animal behaviour") ...type of behaviour involved. Some animals imprinted to animals of another species will mate with members of their own species but, if given a choice, will prefer the animal to ...
- sexual intercourse
- reproductive act in which the male reproductive organ (in humans and other higher animals) enters the female reproductive tract. If the reproductive act is complete, sperm cells are passed from ... [17 Related Articles]
- sexual motivation
- (from the article "libido") concept originated by Sigmund Freud to signify the instinctual physiological or psychic energy associated with sexual urges and, in his later writings, with all constructive human activity. In the latter ...
- Sexual Offences Act
- (from the article "Wolfenden Report") ...therefore recommended that private homosexual liaisons between consenting adults be removed from the domain of criminal law. Legislation implementing these recommendations was enacted in the Sexual Offences Act (1967).
- sexual offense
- (from the article "sexual-predator law") ...of serious sex offenders, who would be detained as much for their predicted future dangerousness as for the specific crime they committed. The impetus for these laws was the widespread ...
- sexual precocity
- (from the article "adrenal gland") ...In female infants this results in masculinization with pseudohermaphroditism (anomalous development of genital organs), whereas in male infants it results in premature sexual development (sexual precocity).congenital adrenal hyperplasia
- sexual reproduction
- (from the article "algae") Sexual reproduction is characterized by the process of meiosis, in which progeny cells receive half of their genetic information from each parent cell. Sexual reproduction is usually regulated by environmental ...
- sexual response
- (from the article "sexual behaviour, human") Sexual response follows a pattern of sequential stages or phases when sexual activity is continued. First, there is the excitement phase marked by increase in pulse and blood pressure, an ...
- sexual revolution
- (from the article "United States") ...changes in morals and manners since the 1920s. Young people, college students in particular, rebelled against what they viewed as the repressed, conformist society of their parents. They advocated a ...
- sexual selection
- (from the article "avoidance behaviour") Male hormones (androgens) cause the performance of new mobbing calls in the breeding season by many male passerine birds (e.g., chaffinch) and also some other birds (e.g., farmyard cock); it ...
- sexual system
- (from the article "Linnaeus, Carolus") A few days after arriving in the Dutch town of Harderwijk in May 1735, Linnaeus completed his examinations and received his medical degree following the submission of a thesis he ...
- sexual-predator law
- statute that mandates lengthy periods of preventive detention for habitual sexual offenders and sexual psychopaths beyond their criminal sentences. Sexual-predator laws became popular in the United States in the 1990s, ... [3 Related Articles]
- sexuality
- (from the article "sexuality") the quality or state of being sexual. See sex.
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- sexually transmitted disease
- any disease (such as syphilis, gonorrhea, AIDS, or a genital form of herpes simplex) that is usually or often transmitted from person to person by direct sexual contact. It may ... [6 Related Articles]
- Sexualwissenschaft, Institut fur
- (from the article "sexual behaviour, human") ...however, the foundations had been laid for the more extensive statistical studies that were conducted before World War II in the United States. Of the two major organizations for sex ...
- Seybold, John Warren
- American printing innovator and electronic publishing pioneer (b. March 8, 1916, Newburgh, Ind.-d. March 14, 2004, Haverford, Pa.), revolutionized the publishing industry by computerizing typesetting techniques with the development of ...
- Seybouse, Wadi
- river of northeastern Algeria, rising as the Wadi Cherf at the eastern edge of the Setif plains just east of Ain Beida. Meandering north to Guelma, the river turns abruptly ...
- Seychelles
- island republic in the western Indian Ocean, consisting of about 115 islands. Situated between latitude 4° and 11° S and longitude 46° and 56° E, the major islands of Seychelles ... [21 Related Articles]
- Seychelles owl
- (from the article "owl") ...alba) and the short-eared owl (Asio flammeus), are among the most widely distributed birds; others, such as the Palau owl (Pyrroglaux podargina) and the Seychelles owl (Otus insularis), are endemic ...
- Seychelles People's Progressive Front
- (from the article "Seychelles") ...of the scheduled October balloting. The opposition protest was aimed at a proposal to ban political parties or religious groups from owning radio stations. In the election Michel's ruling party, ...
- Seychelles, flag of
- national flag consisting of blue, yellow, red, white, and green rays extending from the lower hoist corner of the flag to its upper and fly edges. The flag's width-to-length ratio ...
- Seychelles-Mauritius Plateau
- submarine plateau, made up of a very shallow, extensive ridge in the Indian Ocean that forms a crescent through the Seychelles and Amirante islands. The ridge extends from latitude 4° ...
- Seydlitz, Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von
- Prussian cavalry commander who contributed greatly to Frederick II the Great's victories during the Seven Years' War (1756-63) and made the Prussian cavalry into a force superior to any of ...
- Seydoux, Jacques
- (from the article "international relations") ...1924. It called for a grand loan to Germany and the resumption of reparations payments, but made the latter contingent on French withdrawal from the Ruhr and restoration of German ...
- Seyfeddin, Omer
- short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest modern Turkish authors. [1 Related Articles]
- Seyfert galaxy
- any of a class of galaxies known to have active nuclei. Such galaxies were named for the American astronomer Carl K. Seyfert, who first called attention to them in 1944. ... [1 Related Articles]
- Seyfert, Carl K.
- (from the article "Seyfert galaxy") any of a class of galaxies known to have active nuclei. Such galaxies were named for the American astronomer Carl K. Seyfert, who first called attention to them in 1944. ...
- seyfiye
- (from the article "Ottoman Empire") ...(mulkiye), institution, personally led by the sultan, which provided the leadership and direction for the other institutions as well as for the entire Ottoman system; the military (seyfiye or askeriye) ...
- Seyfried, Ignaz Xaver, Ritter (knight) von
- Austrian musician who composed more than 100 stage works and much instrumental and church music that was extremely popular in his own time, although it is almost entirely absent from ...
- Seyhan River
- (from the article "Turkey") ...coast bounded by the Taurus Mountains, numerous rivers descend rapidly to the sea, including the short Aksu, Kopru, and Manavgat and the longer Goksu. Two much larger rivers-the Seyhan and ...
- Seyhi, Sinan
- poet who was one of the most important figures in early Ottoman literature.
- Seylac
- town and port, extreme northwest Somalia, on the Gulf of Aden; Seylac also falls under the jurisdiction of the Republic of Somaliland (a self-declared independent state without international recognition that ... [1 Related Articles]
- Seymour
- town, central Victoria, Australia, on the Goulburn River. Founded in 1837 and proclaimed a town in 1841, it was named after Edward Adolphus Seymour, 12th Duke of Somerset and first ...
- Seymour
- town (township), New Haven county, southwestern Connecticut, U.S. It lies along the Naugatuck River near New Haven. The area was settled about 1678 as part of Derby on land purchased ...
- Seymour Island
- one of the smaller (area 1 sq mi [3 sq km]) of the Galapagos Islands, in the eastern Pacific Ocean directly north of Baltra Island, about 600 mi (965 km) ...
- Seymour Island
- island in the Weddell Sea, lying off the coast of and near the northern tip of Graham Land (Antarctic Peninsula). Seymour Island is 13 miles (21 km) long and from ... [1 Related Articles]
- Seymour Narrows
- (from the article "explosive") So far as is known, the largest commercial, nonnuclear blast in North America was made on April 5, 1958, in Seymour Narrows, which lies between Vancouver Island and the mainland ...
- Seymour, David
- Polish-born American photojournalist who is best known for his empathetic pictures of people, especially children.
- Seymour, Horatio
- governor of New York and Democratic candidate for president in 1868. [2 Related Articles]
- Seymour, Lynn
- Canadian prima ballerina.
- Seymour, Thomas Seymour, Baron
- lord high admiral of England from 1547 to 1549. His political intrigues led to his execution for treason and thereby contributed to the downfall in 1549 of his elder brother, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Seymour, William J.
- (from the article "Los Angeles") ...began receiving many Protestants and some Jews in the late 19th century. Small sects proliferated in the 1920s. While most were short-lived and had narrow appeal, at least one gained ...
- Seymouria
- extinct genus of terrestrial tetrapod found as fossils in Permian rocks (251 million to 299 million years old) in North America and named for fossil deposits near Seymour, Texas. Seymouria ...
- Seyne-sur-Mer, La
- town, southwestern suburb of Toulon, Var departement, Provence-Alpes-Cote-d'Azur region, southeastern France. La Seyne is a shipbuilding centre manufacturing specialized vessels such as container ships and liquid natural gas carriers. It ...
- Seyrig, Delphine
- French actress celebrated for her mysterious beauty and distinctive characterizations.
- Seyss-Inquart, Arthur
- Austrian Nazi leader who was chancellor of Austria during the Anschluss (annexation of Austria by Germany in 1938). [4 Related Articles]
- Sezer, Ahmet Necdet
- (from the article "Turkey") Area: 783,562 sq km (302,535 sq mi) | Population (2007 est.): 73,884,000 | Capital: Ankara | Chief of state: Presidents Ahmet Necdet Sezer and, from August 28, Abdullah Gul | ...
- Sfantu Gheorghe
- town, capital of Covasna judet (county), east-central Romania, on the Olt River. Occupied in the Middle Ages by Szekler settlers brought in to guard the eastern frontier of Transylvania, the ... [1 Related Articles]
- Sfatul Tarii
- (from the article "Moldova") ...for the Moldavians, about 400,000 in number, settled east of the Dniester. A move toward complete independence was encouraged by events in Ukraine, and in November 1917 a council known ...
- Sfax
- major port town situated in east-central Tunisia on the northern shore of the Gulf of Gabes. The town was built on the site of two small settlements of antiquity, Taparura ... [1 Related Articles]
- Sfintu Gheorghe
- (from the article "Danube River") The river splits into three channels-the Chilia, which carries 63 percent of the total runoff; the Sulina, which accounts for 16 percent; and the Sfantu Gheorghe (St. George), which carries ...
- Sforza Family
- Italian family, first named Attendoli, that produced two famous soldiers of fortune and founded a dynasty that ruled Milan for almost a century. [3 Related Articles]
- Sforza, Ascanio
- (from the article "Bramante, Donato") In 1488 Bramante, along with a number of other architects, was asked by Cardinal Ascanio Sforza, brother of Ludovico Sforza and bishop of Pavia, to draw up a new plan ...
- Sforza, Carlo, Conte
- Italian diplomat and statesman, an exile during the Fascist era, who became a major figure in post-World War II foreign affairs. [1 Related Articles]
- Sforza, Francesco
- condottiere who played a crucial role in 15th-century Italian politics and, as duke of Milan, founded a dynasty that ruled for nearly a century. [7 Related Articles]
- Sforza, Francesco
- (from the article "Pescara, Fernando Francesco de Avalos, marchese di") ...arrested Morone, marched on Milan, and forced the Milanese to swear allegiance to the emperor, demanding the surrender of the citadels of Milan and Cremona (southeast of Milan). The duke ...
- Sforza, Galeazzo Maria
- (from the article "Sforza Family") Francesco's eldest son, Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-76), succeeded his father in 1466. Though traditionally characterized as despotic, extravagant, and dissolute, Galeazzo Maria was apparently a capable ruler who took an ...
- Sforza, Gian Galeazzo, II
- (from the article "Sforza, Ludovico") When Galeazzo was murdered, however, in 1476, leaving the duchy to his seven-year-old son, Gian Galeazzo, Ludovico first revealed his appetite for power, plotting to win the regency from the ...
- Sforza, Giovanni
- (from the article "Borgia, Lucrezia") ...Spanish nobles. But after her father became pope in 1492, he sought an alliance with the Sforza family of Milan against the Aragonese dynasty of Naples. Accordingly, Lucrezia was in ...
- Sforza, Ludovico
- Italian Renaissance regent (1480-94) and duke of Milan (1494-98), a ruthless prince and diplomatist and a patron of Leonardo da Vinci and other artists. [3 Related Articles]
- Sforza, Massimiliano
- (from the article "Charles V") After defeating Duca Massimiliano Sforza at Marignano in 1515, the reigning Valois, Francis I, compelled him, in the Treaty of Noyon, to renounce his claim to the Duchy of Milan. ...
- Sforza, Muzio Attendolo
- soldier of fortune who played an important role in the wars of his period and whose son Francesco became duke of Milan. [3 Related Articles]
- Sforzesco Castle
- in Milan, castle built in the 15th century by Francesco Sforza and now home of a fine art collection. Collections of the Castello Sforzesco include those of the Museum of ... [2 Related Articles]
- sfumato
- (from Italian sfumare, "to tone down" or "to evaporate like smoke"), in painting or drawing, the fine shading that produces soft, imperceptible transitions between colours and tones. It is used ... [5 Related Articles]
- SG series cable
- (from the article "telecommunications media") ...is rigid coaxial cable, which was favoured for telephone transmission until it was supplanted by optical fibres in the 1980s. A state-of-the-art rigid coaxial telephone cable is the transatlantic SG ...
- sgabello
- (from the article "furniture") A type of chair called a sgabello was much favoured at this time in Italy. The seat was a small wooden slab, generally octagonal, supported at front and back by ...
- Sgam-po-pa
- (from the article "Bka'-brgyud-pa") ...adept, or ascetic) Naropa. Mar-pa's chief disciple was Mi-la ras-pa (Milarepa), who is revered as the greatest poet-saint in Tibetan history. Mi-la ras-pa in turn transmitted the teachings to Sgam-po-pa, ...
- Sgambati, Giovanni
- pianist, conductor, and composer who promoted a revival of instrumental and symphonic music in Italy during the second half of the 19th century.
- Sgaw language
- (from the article "Karen languages") ...(Burma) and on the borders of Thailand. The Karen languages are usually divided into three groups: northern (including Taungthu), central (including Bwe and Geba), and southern (including Pwo and Sgaw); ...
- SGI
- American manufacturer of high-performance computer workstations, supercomputers, and advanced graphics software with headquarters in Mountain View, California. [1 Related Articles]
- SGML
- an international computer standard for the definition of markup languages; that is, it is a metalanguage. Markup consists of notations called "tags," which specify the function of a piece of ... [3 Related Articles]
- sgra-synan
- (from the article "Central Asian arts") ...(great conch shell) made of brass and extending many feet. The dung-chen with a deep haunting wail accentuates the macabre that is so much a part of 'cham. The Tibetan ...
- sgraffito
- (Italian: "scratched"), in the visual arts, a technique used in painting, pottery, and glass, which consists of putting down a preliminary surface, covering it with another, and then scratching the ... [1 Related Articles]
- sgraffito ware
- (from the article "mezza majolica") ...true majolica, or tin-glazed earthenware. In German it is sometimes known as halb-fayence ("half faience"). Both terms are misnomers; the ware is more correctly classified as sgraffito. That is, it ...
- Sgrena, Giuliana
- (from the article "Italy") In early March Italians learned on television of the release of Giuliana Sgrena, an Italian woman journalist who had been kidnapped a month earlier in Iraq and taken hostage. Their ...
- Sha River
- (from the article "Fukien") ...district. The second source stream of the Min, the Fu-t'un, is also called the Shao-wu for the chief city of the region; it flows down the eastern slopes of the ...
- sha'ir
- (Arabic: "poet"), in Arabic literature, poet who in pre-Islamic times was a tribal dignitary whose poetic utterances were deemed supernaturally inspired by such spirits as jinn and shaitans. As such, ... [2 Related Articles]
- Sha'nabi, Mount Ash-
- mountain (5,066 feet [1,544 m]) that is the highest in Tunisia. It is part of a spur of the Tebessa (Tabassah) Mountains, which are part of the Saharan Atlas Mountains. ... [2 Related Articles]
- Sha'rani, ash-
- Egyptian scholar and mystic who founded an Islamic order of Sufism.
- Sha'rawiyah, ash-
- (from the article "Sha'rani, ash-") Sha'rani founded a Sufi order known as ash-Sha'rawiyah and attempted to select the best elements from the diverse and often conflicting world of the Sufis and the 'ulama' for its ...
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