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  Prisms
A refracting prism is a convenient geometry to illustrate dispersion and the use of the angle of minimum deviation provides a good way to measure the index of refraction of a material.
Reflecting prisms are used for erecting or otherwise changing the orientation of an image and make use of total internal reflection instead of refraction.
The angle of minimum deviation for a prism may be calculated from the prism equation.
hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu /hbase/geoopt/prism.html   (284 words)

  
 CANOE -- JAM! Music - Pop Encyclopedia - Prism
The idea of Prism got its start in the early 1970's when Jim Vallance and Bruce Fairbairn met at the University of British Columbia in the school's music program; they decided to join forces and formed a project called Sunshyne.
Small had his own vision of where Prism should be headed and it didn't mesh with the rest of the band; within months of recording their 1981 album, 'Small Change', band members were leaving in droves.
Prism as an entity recorded one more album in 1983 and then split up altogether.
jam.canoe.ca /Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/P/Prism.html   (1115 words)

  
 PRISM - Probabilistic Symbolic Model Checker
PRISM is a probabilistic model checker being developed at the University of Birmingham.
PRISM is written in C++ and Java, using the CUDD package of Fabio Somenzi to implement BDDs and MTBDDs.
PRISM has been developed primarily in the School of Computer Science at the University of Birmingham.
www.cs.bham.ac.uk /~dxp/prism   (529 words)

  
 The Prism Partnership - Hospitality Technology, Marketing Consultants
Prism is the leading hospitality technology and marketing consulting firm serving the hospitality industry, with specific expertise in Property Systems, Distribution Systems, Customer Relationship Management, Marketing Research and Telecommunications.
Prism also utilizes a group of specialist subcontractors as needed in support of your initiatives.
Prism customizes the team around each specific engagement according to the needs of the client and the engagement.
www.theprismpartnership.com   (229 words)

  
 The Prism Coffeehouse
Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, The Prism is a smoke-and-alcohol-free listening room, presenting uniquely intimate concerts of acoustic, folkloric and traditional roots music from around the world.
Originally founded in 1966, The Prism is one of the very few "college coffeehouses" of the 1960's era still operating in its original location.
A venue with an educational mission, The Prism specializes in demonstrating how various overseas traditions came to the New World and mingled here, particularly in the southeastern United States, to create new and different idioms.
www.theprism.org   (187 words)

  
 index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
PRISM is a proposal to the EU for funding under the Fifth Framework Programme.
PRISM has been favourably evaluated and is currently in the phase of contract negotiation.
PRISM will greatly enhance the efficiency of earth system modelling in Europe and it will pave the way for the establishment of a European Climate Computing Facility.
www.knmi.nl /euroclivar/prism   (160 words)

  
 The Prism Coffeehouse :: History
he Prism was originally founded by a group of UVA students in 1966 as an off-grounds escape from the rigid conformity of the pre-coed University of Virginia.
Prism concerts are presented in a casual yet focused living-room atmosphere, free of smoke and alcohol and with minimum distraction from the music onstage.
The majority of proceeds from Prism ticket sales are remitted directly to the artists, while the remainder enables the Prism to continue presenting concerts in the most effective manner possible to all concerned.
www.theprism.org /history.html   (911 words)

  
 PRISM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The theoretical background of PRISM system is distribution semantics for parameterized logic programs and EM learning of their parameters from observations [Sato 95, Sato 01c].
The PRISM system is comprised of two subsystems, one for learning and the other for execution, just like a human being has an artery and a vein.
PRISM is built on top of B-Prolog (version 6.6) and runs on Windows or Linux (for the moment, we do not have a plan for other platforms).
sato-www.cs.titech.ac.jp /prism   (2173 words)

  
 PRISM Home: Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurements   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
PRISM scientists plan to use synthetic aperture radar carried on ground level rovers to map the polar ice sheets and the bedrock.
PRISM scientists will also be developing a wireless communication system that operates in harsh polar environments to allow the rover and radars to communicate with one another as well as transmit near-real-time data back to other researchers and educators in distant locations.
PRISM (Polar Radar for Ice Sheet Measurement) is based at the University of Kansas Center for Research, Information and Telecommunications Technology Center (ITTC) in Lawrence, Kansas.
ku-prism.org   (778 words)

  
 Prism Science & Technology, LLC
PRISM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY, LLC was founded on the basic premise that a consultant must effectively serve the needs of the client.
In support of this principle, we strive not only to serve our clients, but to serve them in a professional manner which earns their respect, trust, and appreciation, resulting in strong, long-term relationships.
Prism provides unparalleled service by understanding our clients' objectives and formulating strategies that are tailored to specifically address the issue with particular attention to cost-efficiency.
www.prismscitech.com   (160 words)

  
 xmlhack: Elsevier proposes PRISM module for RSS 1.0   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Tony Hammond from Elsevier has announced a PRISM module for RSS 1.0, and provided some example data feeds, including one for Nature.
PRISM, Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata, defines a vocabulary for syndicating, aggregating, post-processing and multi-purposing magazine, news, catalog, book, and mainstream journal content.
See the PRISM group's homepage at http://www.prismstandard.org for more on this standard, which is g...
www.xmlhack.com /read.php?item=2025   (144 words)

  
 Prism Capital » A Full-Spectrum Approach
Prism Capital combines a wealth of experience with a comprehensive approach to understanding what is unique about your business.
Prism provides advice based on both industry experience and capital structure expertise, an uncommon combination in the middle markets we serve.
Prism's Operating Advisory Board (an outstanding group of operating executives who bring extraordinary contacts and resources), creates greater efficiencies in evaluating transactions and enable us to further contribute post-close.
www.prismfund.com   (166 words)

  
 SCAS FAQs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
PRISM is uniquely designed and constantly updated to map climate in the most difficult situations, including high mountains, rain shadows, temperature inversions, coastal regions, and other complex climatic regimes.
PRISM derived data sets have been and are being used in applications of climatology, hydrology, natural resources, global climate change, land use, planning, relocation, education, and geography.
PRISM climate mapping projects are being conducted in the United States, Canada, China, Mongolia, Europe, Pacific Islands, and elsewhere.
www.ocs.oregonstate.edu /prism/faq.phtml   (779 words)

  
 PRISM Homepage
The objective is to present the different metadata that are under definition in PRISM and ESMF, identify ways of working to become or remain compatible, and identify areas of collaboration.
PRISM is organised as a distributed network of expertise to help share the development, maintenance and support of standards and state-of-the-art software tools.
PRISM was initially funded as a project under the European Union's Framework Programme V (2001-2004) and the maintenance of the existing set of software tools is now ensured by multi-institute funding via the PRISM Support Initiative (PSI).
prism.enes.org   (160 words)

  
 PRISM Quartet (saxophone quartet)
Most recently, PRISM has been presented to critical acclaim as soloists with orchestras nationwide, including the Cleveland, Dallas, and Detroit Symphony Orchestras, performing William Bolcom's Concerto Grosso, commissioned by the Quartet in 2000.
Founded in 1984, the PRISM Quartet has served as Artists-in-Residence at Settlement Music School and the Free Library of Philadelphia since 1994.
PRISM has recorded for Koch International Classics and Innova and may be heard weekly in the featured music to the new PBS series, "NOW with Bill Moyers."
www.prismquartet.com   (182 words)

  
 Prism PMU Foals
Prism is a not for profit horse placement service that specializes in PMU foals and horses.
Prism purchased this handsome W Farm Belgian boy in 2002.
Prism Horses is NOT affiliated with any other rescue or horse service, PMU or otherwise.
www.prismpmufoals.com   (895 words)

  
 PRISM Specifications
PRISM Version 1.2 was first available as a single document.
PRISM provides a framework for the interchange and preservation of content and metadata, a collection of elements to describe that content, and a set of controlled vocabularies listing the values for those elements.
The PRISM Aggregator DTD specifies a standard format for publishers to use for delivery of content to web sites and to aggregators and syndicators.
www.prismstandard.org /specifications   (909 words)

  
 PRaxis - The Public Relations Resource Centre: PRism
Those articles appearing in the refereed section have been checked by two independent academic referees, using a blind review process, to assess their contribution to the international body of scholarly knowledge on public relations and related communication research.
PRism is listed on the Australian Government Department of Education, Science, and Training's register of refereed journals (available at http://www.dest.gov.au/highered/research/herdc.htm#journals), and indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (http://www.doaj.org/) and in Bowker's Ulrich's Periodicals Directory (http://www.ulrichsweb.com/ulrichsweb/).
We chose the name PRism for the journal in the sense of a transparent medium that refracts ideas and disperses them as widely as possible for all to enjoy in the multiplicity of their many colours and attributes.
praxis.massey.ac.nz /prism.html   (150 words)

  
 FMCSA - Performance and Registration Information Systems Management (PRISM) - Federal Motor Carrier Safety ...
The PRISM pilot demonstration project was developed through a cooperative agreement between the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (Former FHWA, OMC) and the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT).
Implement PRISM - Following the award of a PRISM Grant, the State is responsible for ensuring the program is implemented in their State according to the procedures, time lines, and costs identified in their Implementation Plan.
Funds for PRISM grants are typically established for a two-year period.
www.fmcsa.dot.gov /factsfigs/prism.htm   (1814 words)

  
 PACIFIC REGIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEM
One goal of PRISM is to collect and present MDG data.
In October and November the PRISM team will be assisting National Statistics Offices to install and use a MS Access-based database.
PRISM now includes a series of tables, maps and graphs illustrating progress within the region toward achieving the Millennium Development Goals.
www.spc.int /prism   (297 words)

  
 Prism Lighting Services [about PIL]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Prism Inflatable Light (PIL) is characterized by a supporting structure in synthetic fabric and an air-inflated cylinder, which raises the light source up to 4.5 meters (15 feet) high and provides excellent illumination over the area.
The whole structure can be easily made to function by a single person, in conditions of complete darkness, in less than 3 minutes, making it possible to illuminate areas from 3,000 to 10,000 sq meters (3600 to 12000 sq yards).
Prism Consulting Services, Inc. dba Prism Lighting Services is the official licensee to manufacture and sell the "international patented" PIL tower in the following countries - U.S.A., Canada, Mexico, Japan, Caribbean Islands and all the countries in Africa and South America.
www.prismlighting.net /about_pil.html   (330 words)

  
 Prism Retail Inventory Store Management Software - Guiding retailers like you in decisions pertaining to inventory, ...
Prism is by far the easiest to operate and most affordable software system that specializes in retail Footwear, Pedorthic, Athletic and Apparel stores.
The Prism software system is solely owned and operated by the original founders who have extensive backgrounds in the retail footwear industry.
The management at Prism feels this gives them the ability to quickly respond to the current and future needs of their retail clients.
www.prism2000.net   (297 words)

  
 Preservation Risk Management for Web Resources: Virtual Remote Control in Cornell's Project Prism
Cornell's Project Prism is exploring technologies and tools to assess the lifestyle and habits of the Web that research libraries and other entities can monitor and use to develop retention policies for online resources.
Project Prism's approach begins with characterizing the nature of preservation risks in the Web environment, develops a risk management methodology for establishing a preservation monitoring and evaluation program, and leads to the creation of management tools and policies for virtual remote control.
Cornell University's Project Prism is a joint research effort by the Computer Science Department and the University Library to support libraries and archives as they extend their role from custodians of physical artifacts to managers of selected digital objects distributed over the network.
www.dlib.org /dlib/january02/kenney/01kenney.html   (6380 words)

  
 PRISM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
PRISM's close collaboration with industrial partners has the objective of promoting the development of new materials science and technological innovation at the non-traditional intersection of several disciplines leading to the rapid and timely technology transfer and commercial application of emerging technologies.
PRISM is committed to providing the enhanced intellectual and technological resources needed by industry to compete successfully in the world market.
Organizations providing unrestricted support to PRISM research and activities on a level of $15,000 to $50,000, or more per year, depending on the degree of interactions and nature of the organization, or who enter large-scale partnerships with PRISM funded by a third party, or through SBIR/STTR projects, are eligible to join as Industrial Affiliates.
prism.princeton.edu /industry.html   (585 words)

  
 Dichroic prism - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
A dichroic prism is a prism that splits light into two beams of differing wavelength (colour).
They are usually constructed of one or more glass prisms with dichroic optical coatings that selectively reflect or transmit light depending on the light's wavelength.
A trichroic prism assembly is a combination of two dichroic prisms which are used to split an image into red, green and blue components so they can be separately detected on three CCD arrays.
education.music.us /D/Dichroic-prism.htm   (438 words)

  
 Welcome to Prism - A complete printing software solution centre
Prism is an international reseller outside of the USA for the Enterprise 32 system, and we welcome your enquiries.
Prism is a Leader in management information systems for the printing industry.
Prism USA Holdings invited its users to the second User Conference at The Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas Nevada from 12 - 14 June.
www.prism-world.com   (307 words)

  
 PRISM Financial Strategies - Helping businesses solve their cash and cash flow problems   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
As a financial services consultant, PRISM has access to funding sources and service providers of all kinds throughout the country.
We can negotiate the best possible terms for the strategy we and you together determine is appropriate for your individual situation.
The uniquely broad spectrum of services PRISM offers will give you options no other company we know of can provide.
www.prism-strategies.com   (416 words)

  
 Prism - secure electronic payment across wired and wireless networks
Prism is a trusted transactions company that develops secure transaction technology through the integration and support of transaction products, solutions and services.
Prism and MIC to launch prepaid airtime vending for mineworkers
Prism Holdings and the Mineworkers Investment Company (MIC) are pioneering a new service offering ai....
www.prism.co.za   (219 words)

  
 GraphPad Prism 4: Scientific graphing, curve fitting and statistics.
GraphPad Prism is a powerful combination of basic biostatistics, curve fitting and scientific graphing in one comprehensive program.
Because it helps you organize, analyze and graph repeated experiments; pick appropriate statistical tests; and interpret the results, Prism is ideally suited to data plotting and analysis applications in the life sciences.
If you want to explore Prism in more depth, download a free 30 day trial version and work though some of our detailed step-by-step examples.
www.graphpad.com /prism/Prism.htm   (238 words)

  
 Home Page Prism Inks Inc.
Prism Inks' technical team has been developing quality inks since 1992.
Prism takes pride in being a customer driven company.
Prism Inks has a state of the art 30,000 square feet manufacturing facility in
www.prisminks.com   (177 words)

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