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2 days ago · Alcoholism is the continued drinking of alcohol despite it causing problems. Some definitions require evidence of dependence and withdrawal. [15] Problematic use of alcohol has been mentioned in the earliest historical records, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated there were 283 million people with alcohol use disorders worldwide as of ...
15 hours ago · The second-tallest structure in the world is the 679-metre-tall (2,227 ft) Merdeka 118 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while the third-tallest self-supporting structure and the tallest tower in the world is the Tokyo Skytree (634 m or 2,080 ft). The tallest guyed structure is the KRDK-TV mast in North Dakota, U.S. at 630 metres (2,060 ft).
2 days ago · Fujian [a] is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capital is Fuzhou and its largest city by population is Quanzhou, other notable cities include the port city of Xiamen and Zhangzhou.
3 days ago · Today, Dalian is a financial, shipping, and logistics center for East Asia. The city has a significant history of use by foreign powers for its ports. Dalian was previously known as "Dalniy" [7] ( Russian: Дальний; Dal'nii ), "Dairen" ( Japanese: 大連 ), and "Lüda" or "Luta" (Chinese: 旅大; pinyin: Lǚdà ).
1 day ago · Linux ( / ˈlɪnʊks / LIN-uuks) [11] is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, [12] an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. [13] [14] [15] Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution (distro), which includes the kernel and supporting system software and ...
2 days ago · Definition as trigonometry: the Jacobi ellipse. Plot of the Jacobi ellipse ( x2 + y2 / b2 = 1, b real) and the twelve Jacobi elliptic functions pq ( u, m) for particular values of angle φ and parameter b. The solid curve is the ellipse, with m = 1 − 1/ b2 and u = F ( φ, m) where F (·,·) is the elliptic integral of the first kind (with ...
3 days ago · — Qiu Jin (邱 进), Deputy Minister for National Security: Study and implement the anti-spy law with the overall national security concept as a guide, People's Daily (February 12, 2015) During January 2017, the FBI arrested Candace Claiborne, a State Department employee who had previously worked in the American Embassy in Beijing between 2009 and 2012. In April 2019 Claiborne pleaded guilty ...
