Naming Explosion

Naming explosion is a period in early language development when children rapidly expand their vocabulary, particularly by learning many new nouns for people, objects, and events. This growth reflects increasingly efficient word learning: children use social cues, object features, and prior knowledge to fast-map a new word to its likely referent, often applying principles such as mutual exclusivity. In psychology, studying the naming explosion helps researchers understand how attention, memory, categorization, and social interaction support language acquisition. Its timing and pace can also inform developmental assessments and research on individual differences in typical and atypical language development.

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Research and Development of High-performance Explosives

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2016

Developmental testing of high explosives for military applications involves small-scale formulation, safety testing, and finally detonation performance tests to verify theoretical calculations. This paper will share typical development tests associated with the measurement of detonation velocity and detonation pressure.

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JoVE Journal - Chemistry

Minimum Burning Pressures of Water-based Emulsion Explosives

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2017

We present an apparatus based on hot-wire ignition in a pressurized enclosure and an associated methodology to measure the minimum pressure required to induce sustained combustion in water-based emulsion explosives. This method improves product characterization to allow one to use them more safely during pumping and mixing operations.

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JoVE Core - Organic Chemistry

Naming Enantiomers

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2023

The naming of enantiomers employs the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog rules that involve assigning priorities to different substituent groups at a chiral center. Each enantiomer, being a distinct molecule, is assigned a unique name by the Cahn–Ingold–Prelog (CIP) rules, also called the R–S system. The prefix R- or S- attached to the chiral centers in an enantiomer is dependent on the spatial arrangement of the four substituents on the chiral center. The R–S system essentially comprises three steps:...

Coulomb Explosion Imaging as a Tool to Distinguish Between Stereoisomers

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2017

For small chiral species, Coulomb Explosion Imaging provides a new approach to determine the handedness of individual molecules.

Naming Skeletal Muscles

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2024

The naming of the approximately 700 muscles in the human body is based on a set of criteria designed to provide descriptive information about each muscle, making it easier to identify and remember them. The key factors used in naming muscles include: Region of the Body: Certain muscles in the body are classified based on their location or association with a specific area. For example, the temporalis muscle is in the head region, whereas the brachialis is in the arm. Position and Depth:...

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