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  2. Snellen chart - Wikipedia

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    Snellen chart is used to estimate visual acuity (last three rows are 20/15, 20/13 and 20/10) A Snellen chart is an eye chart that can be used to measure visual acuity. Snellen charts are named after the Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen who developed the chart in 1862 as a measurement tool for the acuity formula developed by his professor ...

  3. Unemployment - Wikipedia

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    Unemployment, according to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development), is people above a specified age (usually 15) [2] not being in paid employment or self-employment but currently available for work during the reference period. [3] Unemployment is measured by the unemployment rate, which is the number of people who are ...

  4. Acuity International - Wikipedia

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    Acuity International, formerly Caliburn International LLC, is a professional services provider headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with approximately 2,800 employees. They offer occupational health, disaster response and recovery, global health services, program and construction management, munitions response and demilitarization services, global security services, and base and critical ...

  5. Janet Yellen - Wikipedia

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    Recorded March 23, 2023. Janet Louise Yellen (born August 13, 1946) is an American economist serving as the 78th United States secretary of the treasury since January 26, 2021. She previously served as the 15th chair of the Federal Reserve from 2014 to 2018. She is the first woman to hold either post, and has also led the White House Council of ...

  6. Multisensory integration - Wikipedia

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    Multisensory integration, also known as multimodal integration, is the study of how information from the different sensory modalities (such as sight, sound, touch, smell, self-motion, and taste) may be integrated by the nervous system. [1] A coherent representation of objects combining modalities enables animals to have meaningful perceptual ...

  7. Unemployment in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The steady employment gains in recent months suggest a rough answer. The unemployment rate has been 7.9 percent, 7.8 percent and 7.8 percent for the past three months, while the labor force participation rate has been 63.8 percent, 63.6 percent and 63.6 percent. Meanwhile, job gains have averaged 151,000.

  8. Stereoscopic acuity - Wikipedia

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    A second peg, below it, can be moved back and forth until it is just detectably nearer than the fixed one. Stereoacuity is defined as the minimum angle detectable, calculated as the difference between the angles subtended by both positions, A and B. Stereoacuity is possible due to binocular disparity, i.e., the difference in their binocular ...

  9. SC - Wikipedia

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    SC (complexity), a complexity class in computer science, named after Stephen Cook. sc.exe, a "Service Control" utility for managing Microsoft Windows services. sc (spreadsheet calculator), a text-based Unix spreadsheet program. PC/SC, specification for smart-card integration into computers.