The first hurricane warning service was set up in the 1870s from Cuba with the work of Father Benito Vi?es. After his passing, hurricane warning services were assumed by the United States Signal Corp ...
The practice of using names to identify tropical cyclones goes back many years, with systems named after places or things they hit before the formal start of naming. The system currently used provides ...
In the North Atlantic basin, subtropical cyclones were initially named from the NATO phonetic alphabet list in the early to mid-1970s. In the intervening years of 1975–2001, subtropical storms were e ...
Tropical cyclones are classified into three main groups, based on intensity: tropical depressions, tropical storms, and a third group of more intense storms, whose name depends on the region. For exam ...
Main articles: Tropical cyclone basins and Regional Specialized Meteorological CenterBasins and WMO Monitoring InstitutionsBasin Responsible RSMCs and TCWCsNorth Atlantic National Hurricane Center (Un ...
National identification numberElectronic Product Code (EPC)Stock Keeping Unit (SKU)Part numberUniversally Unique IdentifierNumbering schemeTrack TraceNational identification number Main article: Nati ...
Ottoman architecture was influenced by Persian, Byzantine Greek and Islamic architectures. During the Rise period the early or first Ottoman architecture period, Ottoman art was in search of new ideas ...
During the Tanzimat period (1839–1876), the government's series of constitutional reforms led to a fairly modern conscripted army, banking system reforms, the decriminalisation of homosexuality, the ...
Main article: Names of the Ottoman EmpireThe word "Ottoman" is a historical anglicisation of the name of Osman I, the founder of the Empire and of the ruling House of Osman (also known as the Ottoman ...
The social stigma associated with mental disorders is a widespread problem. The US Surgeon General stated in 1999 that: "Powerful and pervasive, stigma prevents people from acknowledging their own men ...
Prevention is currently a very small part of the spend of mental health systems. For instance the 2009 UK Department of Health analysis of prevention expenditure does not include any apparent spend on ...
Main article: Classification of mental disordersThe definition and classification of mental disorders is a key issue for researchers as well as service providers and those who may be diagnosed. For a ...
Schizophrenia has great human and economic costs. It results in a decreased life expectancy by 10–25 years. This is primarily because of its association with obesity, poor diet, sedentary lifestyles, ...
Individuals with schizophrenia may experience hallucinations (most reported are hearing voices), delusions (often bizarre or persecutory in nature), and disorganized thinking and speech. The last may ...
Burton's book consists mostly of a collection of opinions of a multitude of writers, grouped under quaint and old-fashioned divisions; in a solemn tone Burton endeavoured to prove indisputable facts b ...
