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WS Communes
WS, Ws, or ws may refer to: Businesses and organizations * Ware Shoals Railroad (reporting mark WS), South Carolina, United States * WestJet (IATA airline code WS) * Society of Writers to His Majesty's Signet, in post-nomial abbreviation * Williams Street, the production arm for Cartoon Network’s nighttime programming block, Adult Swim * Warm Showers, a non-profit hospitality exchange network for world cyclists. * Williams-Sonoma, Inc., American kitchenware and home furnishings retailer. * Wikisource, an online digital library of free-content textual sources on a wiki Places * WS postcode area, West Midlands, UK * Samoa (ISO 3166-1 country code WS) * Winschoten railway station, the Netherlands, station code * Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States Science and technology * .ws, the Internet country code top-level domain for Samoa * ws:// WebSocket protocol prefix in a URI * Watt second (Ws) or Joule, a unit of energy * Web service, software system designed to support mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ware Shoals Railroad
The Ware Shoals Railroad was a shortline connecting the town of Ware Shoals, South Carolina, to the Southern Railway and Piedmont and Northern Railway (later Seaboard Coast Line) at Shoals Junction, South Carolina, a distance of . History The train carried goods to and from the textile mill located in Ware Shoals, South Carolina, but its main use was the transportation of coal. The railroad was built in 1905 by the Southern Railway, which supplied locomotives to operate the line with during the steam era. By the late 1950s, the railroad dieselized with a single ex-Southern General Electric 44-ton locomotive, numbered 1955. The railroad ceased operations in 1985 when the textile mill Textile manufacturing or textile engineering is a major industry. It is largely based on the conversion of fibre into yarn, then yarn into fabric. These are then dyed or printed, fabricated into cloth which is then converted into useful good ... begin to curtail operations. Trackage was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watt Second
The joule ( , or ; symbol: J) is the unit of energy in the International System of Units (SI). In terms of SI base units, one joule corresponds to one kilogram- metre squared per second squared One joule is equal to the amount of work done when a force of one newton displaces a body through a distance of one metre in the direction of that force. It is also the energy dissipated as heat when an electric current of one ampere passes through a resistance of one ohm for one second. It is named after the English physicist James Prescott Joule (1818–1889). Definition According to the International Bureau of Weights and Measures the joule is defined as "the work done when the point of application of 1 MKS unit of force ewtonmoves a distance of 1 metre in the direction of the force." In terms of SI base units and in terms of SI derived units with special names, the joule is defined as One joule is also equivalent to any of the following: * The work required to move an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academic Term
An academic term (or simply term) is a portion of an academic year during which an educational institution holds Class (education), classes. The school timetable, schedules adopted vary widely. Common terms such as semester, trimester, and quarter are used to denote terms of specific durations. In most countries, the academic year begins in late summer or early autumn and ends during the following spring or summer. Description An academic year is the time during which an educational institution holds Class (education), classes. An academic term is a portion of the academic year. The school timetable, schedules adopted vary widely. Types ''Semester'', ''trimester'' and ''quarter'' are all types of academic terms (the last two being mainly confined to American English), each differentiated by their duration as described below: * Semester () originally German, where it referred to a university session of six months, adopted into American usage in the early 19th century as a half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Series (other)
The World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball. It may also refer to: Baseball and softball Professional baseball * Triple-A World Series, a contest in Minor League Baseball * Junior World Series, a former championship in Minor League Baseball, played from 1904–1975 * Caribbean World Series * Negro World Series, a post-season baseball tournament which was held from 1924–1927 and from 1942–1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues, matching the mid-western winners against their east coast counterparts Amateur baseball and softball * College World Series, Men's College World Series, an annual baseball tournament held in Omaha, Nebraska that is the culmination of the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship, which determines the NCAA Division I college baseball champion * Women's College World Series, the final portion of the NCAA Division I Softball Championship for college softball in the United States * Pony League World Series, a baseball tournam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Series
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball (MLB). It has been contested since between the champion teams of the American League (AL) and the National League (NL). The winning team, determined through a best-of-seven playoff (except in 1903 and from 1919–1921, when a best-of-nine format was used), is awarded the Commissioner's Trophy. The series is traditionally played in October, although before expansion of the regular-season schedule from 154 to 162 games the event occasionally started in late September (most recently in ) and the entire series took place early in that month due to the World War I "Work or Fight" order forcing an early end to that year's regular season, while some more recent editions have been contested into November due to in-season delays and expansion of earlier postseason rounds. Because the series is played in the fall or autumn season in North America, it is often referred to as the Fall Classic. Before the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Sailing
World Sailing is the international sports governing body for sailing (sport), sailing; it is recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC). History The creation of the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) began in 1904, when Major Brooke Heckstall-Smith AINA, then Secretary of the Yacht Racing Association (now the Royal Yachting Association) wrote to the Yacht Club de France, pointing out the desirability of holding a conference for the purpose of devising an International Rule of Measurement for Racing Yachts acceptable to all European countries. As a result, an International Conference of Yacht Measurement was held in London in January and June 1906, at which the Metre Rule was developed. This group went on to adopt a formal Constitution after a meeting at the Yacht Club de France in Paris on 14 October 1907 which is seen as the formation date of the International Yacht Racing Union. On 5 August 1996, the IYRU chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WonderSwan
The is a handheld game console released in Japan by Bandai. Developed in collaboration with Gunpei Yokoi's company Koto Laboratory, it was the final piece of hardware Yokoi worked on before his death in 1997. Launched in March 1999 during the sixth generation of video game consoles, the WonderSwan was followed by two upgraded models, the WonderSwan Color and SwanCrystal, before Bandai discontinued the line in 2003. Throughout its lifespan, no version of the WonderSwan was officially released outside Japan. Powered by a 16-bit processor, the WonderSwan was designed as both a more powerful and affordable alternative to its 8-bit competitors, Nintendo's Game Boy Color and SNK's Neo Geo Pocket Color, while offering notably long battery life from a single AA battery. Later iterations improved the handheld’s display, introducing color for enhanced visual quality. One of its distinguishing features was its dual-orientation design, allowing gameplay in both vertical and horizontal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Williams Syndrome
Williams syndrome (WS), also Williams–Beuren syndrome (WBS), is a genetic disorder that affects many parts of the body. Facial features frequently include a broad forehead, underdeveloped chin, short nose, and full cheeks. Mild to moderate intellectual disability is observed, particularly challenges with visual spatial tasks such as drawing. Verbal skills are relatively unaffected. Many people have an outgoing personality, a happy disposition, an openness to engaging with other people, increased empathy and decreased aggression. Medical issues with teeth, heart problems (especially supravalvular aortic stenosis), and periods of hypercalcemia, high blood calcium are common. Williams syndrome is caused by a genetic abnormality, specifically a Deletion (genetics), deletion of about 27 genes from the long arm of one of the two chromosome 7s. Typically, this occurs as a random event during the formation of the egg or sperm from which a person develops. In a small number of cases, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Striping
White striping (abbreviated WS) is a condition in poultry where white fat deposits replace muscle in stripes along muscle fibers. It is considered a type of myopathy, primarily of the Pectoralis major muscle. There does not appear to be direct harm to birds specifically from white striping. However, some scientists and animal welfare groups have called its presence indicative of the industry's use of fast-growing birds, who have higher rates of health issues and welfare concerns such as hock burns. Using fast-growing birds is linked to overall higher rates of white striping. Prevalence Over the last decade, the rates of white striping have increased substantially. In 2012, multiple studies averaged around 5% of birds showing signs of white striping. In 2018 and 2019, studies averaged above at least 90%. In 2021, one group found that it showed up around 99% of all farmed birds in the US, with 70% being moderate to severe. The condition is not limited to the United States. In I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Syndrome
Werner syndrome (WS) or Werner's syndrome, also known as "adult progeria",James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). Saunders. . is a rare autosomal recessive disorder which is characterized by the appearance of premature aging. Werner syndrome is named after the German scientist Otto Werner. He identified the syndrome in four siblings observed with premature aging, which he explored as the subject of his dissertation of 1904. It has a global incidence rate of less than 1 in 100,000 live births (although incidence in Japan and Sardinia is higher, affecting 1 in 20,000–40,000 and 1 in 50,000, respectively). 1,300 cases had been reported as of 2006. Affected individuals typically grow and develop normally until puberty; the mean age of diagnosis is twenty-four, often realized when the adolescent growth spurt is not observed. The youngest person diagnosed was six years old. The median and mean ages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Web Service
A web service (WS) is either: * a service offered by an electronic device to another electronic device, communicating with each other via the Internet, or * a server running on a computer device, listening for requests at a particular port over a network, serving web documents (HTML, JSON, XML, images). In a web service, a web technology such as HTTP is used for transferring machine-readable file formats such as XML and JSON. In practice, a web service commonly provides an object-oriented web-based interface to a database server, utilized for example by another web server, or by a mobile app, that provides a user interface to the end-user. Many organizations that provide data in formatted HTML pages will also provide that data on their server as XML or JSON, often through a Web service to allow syndication. Another application offered to the end-user may be a mashup, where a Web server consumes several Web services at different machines and compiles the content into one user int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WebSocket
WebSocket is a computer communications protocol, providing a full-duplex, simultaneous two-way communication channel over a single Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection. The WebSocket protocol was standardized by the Internet Engineering Task Force, IETF as in 2011. The current specification allowing web applications to use this protocol is known as ''WebSockets''. It is a living standard maintained by the Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group, WHATWG and a successor to ''The WebSocket API'' from the World Wide Web Consortium, W3C. WebSocket is distinct from HTTP used to serve most webpages. Although they are different, states that WebSocket "is designed to work over HTTP ports 443 and 80 as well as to support HTTP proxies and intermediaries", thus making it compatible with HTTP. To achieve compatibility, the WebSocket Handshake (computing), handshake uses the HTTP/1.1 Upgrade header, HTTP Upgrade header to change from the HTTP protocol to the WebSocket pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
