The nerve-muscle junction features a connection, or synapse, between an axon terminal and a group of muscle fibres. A space between the neural and muscular tissue is called the synaptic space. When a nerve impulse is transmitted to the axon terminal, it causes a neurotransmitter to be released from small sacs, called synaptic vesicles, within the terminal, or knob. The neurotransmitter causes sodium ions to be transferred to the muscle fibres which, in turn, contract. The neurons are covered by an insulating, lipid-based coating, called the myelin sheath, which prevents stray neural signals from passing to other neurons or to other tissues. Research Nerve-Muscle Interface
The Heckler and Koch G41 is a German light machine-gun. It is an improved HK33, produced from 1983, specifically for the NATO standard 5.56 mm cartridge. It incorporates the low-noise bolt closing device first used on the PSG 1 sniping rifle. It uses the standard NATO magazine interface, accepting M16 and similar magazines and has NATO standard sight mounts for day or night optical sights. It comes in two models, one with a fixed and the other with a folding stock. The rate of fire is 850 rounds per minute. Research Heckler and Koch G41
The OpTex Watch Cam is a fully functional standard Casio style Digital watch, re-engineered to contain an ultra-miniature monochrome PALcamera viewing through an almost invisibleaperture. Flesh coloured cable carries the information from the strap of the watch to the body-worn batterypack and interface unit. Together with the internal microphone, the Watch Cam system provides the ultimate in covert close quarters video monitoring. It can be connected to a video recorder or an optional microwave transmitter. Research OpTex Watch Cam
1vs Personal Internet Engine is both a Web and offline browser and a search engine for the IBMPC. The Web browser has a site structure viewer, page property checker, and dead link finder. The offline browser has a fast, multithread download processor, an easy and useful interface, and the ability to switch the specified download. The search engine can search for words, images, links, and HTML objects. Research 1vs Personal Internet Engine
Adobe GoLive 4.0 is an HTMLdesign program. The program operates on the paradigm that layout is king. It gives you as much control over the presentation of your site as possible at the cost, however, of usability. GoLive goes out of its way to protect you from the standard nomenclature and concepts of typical Web-page design. For instance, you can place layout grids for all your elements, from text to graphics, and use layers and tables to make sure that the layout is maintained. The program creates the actual code automatically in the background, and while the resulting pages appear as you laid them out, they will not be very dynamic. Other programs would do well to emulate a number of exceptional features in GoLive. Features such as Java and JavaScript support, database integration, and XML code, considered extras in other programs, are fully integrated with this program and its interface. And GoLive includes a QuickTime editor so not only can you incorporate movies into your pages, you can also coordinate them with HTML-based pages
popping up on cue in separate frames. For all its nods to graphic design, GoLive gives you access to the HTML source code in its own editor, and the Outline view treats the text like object-oriented coding. This feature is helpful if you've got object-oriented training, but not if you're accustomed only to more typical HTML coding standards. The program's interface is clean, thanks to a clever, context-sensitive Inspector that keeps open only the window being worked on. A tabbed palette contains icons for most elements, and you can drag and drop them into your design. Access to some of the most basic tools, however, is unnecessarily convoluted. Adobe GoLive 4.0 creates an environment well-suited for graphic designers, but it's likely to present a significant challenge to those versed in traditional HTML coding. Used as a vertical application with other Adobe products, it makes a great deal of sense, but be prepared to buy into that family-of-products philosophy and perhaps into the Mac platform, as well. Research Adobe GoLive 4.0
AmiBroker is a computer program for the PC that helps you study and predict market trends and maintain a portfolio of shares. It incorporates a powerful set of technical analysis tools, an OLE automation interface with a rich command set, and several options for importing quotation data. It has a clean and user-friendly interface. This version has a new tool for automatic download of quotes from the Internet, and new options for data import. Research AmiBroker
ArcItUp by BroadGun Software is a computer document management system providing fast, easy archival and retrieval of documents over networks, intranets and the internet. ArcItUp provides a simple to use interface. Simply print or email a document to archive it. As ArcItUp is web-based you simply search for or view a document via an Internet Browser. Because you can print to an archive you don't need to worry about the format or source of your document - if you can print it then you can archive it. Features include keyword and full-text indexing; document query, retrieval and viewing; customisable access control; batch submission; and support for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocols for document security. Research ArcItUp
ASHE is a tool to help analyse binary data files under the Windows operating system. ASHE (A Scripted Hex Editor) is an easy-to-use file manipulation utility. It allows the user to locate and modify data in a file, quickly and easily. Once the structure of a file has been identified, routine changes to the file can be scripted using the integrated scripting engine. Features include an easy-to-use graphical interface, and easy-to-understand display that allows for simplified searching, and the ability to edit data in your files. It has a powerful scripting engine, and the script files can be shared with other ASHE users. Research ASHE
AWStats is a free http server log file analysis tool written in Perl. AWStats is very complicated to configure and operate, and the reports are produced in text requiring further processing by other software tools to produce management reports. Like some other http server reporting tools, AWStats seeks to make assumptions about human visitors to a web site and the duration of visits, even though this information is entirely guess work and not reliable, though is desired by management marketing departments. AWStats can be run remotely through a web site via a CGIinterface, which is a popular feature with managers of very small web sites on shared hosting, but does provide potential security issues. Research AWStats
In telecommunications, BRI (Basic Rate Interface) is a consumer grade ISDN line consisting of 2 64K bearer channels and one 16K delta (controller) channel. Research BRI
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