A state of wakefulness in which an individual has an increased propensity to fall asleep. (Carl D. Boethel, Anas Al-Sadi, James A. Barker, Residual Sleepiness in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Differential Diagnosis, Evaluation, and Possible Causes, Sleep Medicine Clinics, Volume 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 571-582, ISSN 1556-407X, ISBN 9780323261289, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsmc.2013.07.003. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1556407X13000623))
The setting after an armed conflict, during a social, political, and economic transition phase, wherein post-conflict communities may deal with destroyed infrastructure, degraded lands, as well as returning refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and ex-combatants. (LandVoc)
Navigation covers a wide range of issues, including the design, construction, equipment, and operation of vessels, as well as the qualifications and training of crew members, navigation aids, traffic management, pollution prevention, and liability and compensation for maritime accidents. (FAOLEX. 2025. Glossary https://www.fao.org/faolex/)
Therapeutic practices which are not currently considered an integral part of conventional medical practice. (https://www.cabi.org/cabthesaurus/mtwdk.exe?k=default&l=60&w=14527&n=1&s=5&t=2)
Note
Therapies are considered as complementary when used in addition to conventional treatments and as alternative when used instead of conventional treatments.
A set of interventions designed to provide access to food to vulnerable and food insecure populations. Generally included are instruments like food transfers, vouchers and cash transfers to ensure access to food of a given quantity, quality or value. (WFP. 2010. Revolution: From Food Aid to Food Assistance. https://docs.wfp.org/stellent/groups/public/documents/newsroom/wfp228797.pdf)
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The term ''food aid'' normally implies internationally-funded food aid, while ''food assistance'' is internally funded.
The Couette flow consists of the flow of a fluid between two surfaces moving at different velocities, which may be two concentric cylinders with different angular velocities, or two parallel planes with different linear velocities. (Mongiovì, Maria Stella & Jou, David & Sciacca, Michele. (2017). Non-equilibrium thermodynamics, heat transport and thermal waves in laminar and turbulent superfluid helium. Physics Reports. 726. 10.1016/j.physrep.2017.10.004.)
Grazing by housed livestock for a proportion of the time e.g. grazing by day but housed by night (RAMIRAN Glossary of terms on livestock and manure management 2011)
Color vision is defined as the ability to discriminate among stimuli on the basis of their hue, independently of any other stimulus property (such as brightness or polarization). (T.W. Cronin,
1.08 - Visual Ecology,
Editor(s): Richard H. Masland, Thomas D. Albright, Thomas D. Albright, Richard H. Masland, Peter Dallos, Donata Oertel, Stuart Firestein, Gary K. Beauchamp, M. Catherine Bushnell, Allan I. Basbaum, Jon H. Kaas, Esther P. Gardner,
The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference,
Academic Press,
2008,
Pages 211-245,
ISBN 9780123708809,
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