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  2. BD (company) - Wikipedia

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    The company was founded in 1897 in New York City by Maxwell Becton and Fairleigh S. Dickinson.It later moved its headquarters to New Jersey. In 2004, BD agreed to pay out US$100 million to settle allegations from competitor Retractable Technologies that it had engaged in anti-competitive behavior to prevent the distribution of Retractable's syringes, which are designed to prevent needlestick ...

  3. Broadbent's filter model of attention - Wikipedia

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    Broadbent's filter model. Donald Broadbent based the development of the filter model from findings by Kennith Craik, who took an engineering approach to cognitive processes. Cherry and Broadbent were concerned with the issue of selective attention. [ 1 ] Broadbent was the first to describe the human attentional processing system using an ...

  4. Smith & Wesson Model 57 - Wikipedia

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    Feed system. 6-round cylinder. Sights. Red insert front; adjustable rear. The Smith & Wesson Model 57 is an 'N' frame (large), double-action revolver with a six round cylinder, chambered for the .41 Magnum cartridge, and designed and manufactured by the Smith & Wesson firearms company. The gun was designed as a weapon for law enforcement agencies.

  5. Attention - Wikipedia

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    This model inherits all properties of the spotlight model (i.e., the focus, the fringe, and the margin), but it has the added property of changing in size. This size-change mechanism was inspired by the zoom lens one might find on a camera, and any change in size can be described by a trade-off in the efficiency of processing. [ 26 ]

  6. Anderson impurity model - Wikipedia

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    The Anderson impurity model, named after Philip Warren Anderson, is a Hamiltonian that is used to describe magnetic impurities embedded in metals. [1] It is often applied to the description of Kondo effect -type problems, [2] such as heavy fermion systems [3] and Kondo insulators [citation needed]. In its simplest form, the model contains a ...

  7. Consciousness - Wikipedia

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    Using 'awareness', however, as a definition or synonym of consciousness is not a simple matter: If awareness of the environment . . . is the criterion of consciousness, then even the protozoans are conscious. If awareness of awareness is required, then it is doubtful whether the great apes and human infants are conscious. [26]

  8. Tesla Model 3 - Wikipedia

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    The Tesla Model 3 is a battery electric mid-size sedan with a fastback body style built by Tesla, Inc., introduced in 2017. The vehicle is marketed as being more affordable to more people than previous models made by Tesla. The Model 3 was the world's top-selling plug-in electric car for three years, from 2018 to 2020, before the Tesla Model Y ...

  9. Remington Model Four - Wikipedia

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    Feed system. 4-round box mag [ 2 ] Sights. Ramped front, adjustable rear [ 2 ] The Remington Model Four is a semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Remington Arms from 1981 to 1987. It features a gas-operated action with a gloss-finished walnut stock. Unlike most Remington rifles, the Model Four spells out the number and is marketed as the Model ...