ALZ (file Format)
Alz or ALZ may refer to: * Alzheimer's disease (shorthand "ALZ" used by Alzheimer's Association) *Alz, a river in Bavaria, Germany *ALZip, a computer archive and compression utility *Alitak Seaplane Base, a seaplane base with the IATA code ALZ * ALZ (steelworks), Belgian steelworks *Alur language Alur (Dho-Alur ̟ɔ.a.lur is a Western Nilotic language spoken in the southern West Nile region of Uganda and the northeastern Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: Républi ... (ISO 639-3 language code ''alz'') *The Armée de Liberation de Zgharta (ALZ), Lebanese political party and militia {{disambig ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alzheimer's Disease
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegeneration, neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens. It is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in short-term memory, remembering recent events. As the disease advances, symptoms can include primary progressive aphasia, problems with language, Orientation (mental), disorientation (including easily getting lost), mood swings, loss of motivation, self-neglect, and challenging behaviour, behavioral issues. As a person's condition declines, they often withdraw from family and society. Gradually, bodily functions are lost, ultimately leading to death. Although the speed of progression can vary, the typical life expectancy following diagnosis is three to nine years. The cause of Alzheimer's disease is poorly understood. There are many environmental and genetic risk factors associated with its development. The strongest genetic risk factor is from an alle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ALZip
ALZip is an archive and compression utility from ESTsoft for Microsoft Windows. ALZip is a file compression program that can unzip 40 different zip file archives. ALZip can zip files into 8 different archives such as ZIP, EGG, TAR and others. Since ALZip version 8, the newly developed EGG format can be used, which supports Unicode and other features. History Originally ALZip was developed in 1999 as an internal application at the South Korean software company ESTsoft in response to employee frustration with using the English interface in WinZip. The Korean interface was immediately well received and later that year, ALZip was publicly released as freeware. In just over a year, ALZip became the most popular zip program in Korea and by December 2001, was the top downloaded softwareMaeilkyungjae IT Internet (2001-12-03) in the country. By 2004, it had reached a 70% market share in South Korea. The popularity of the software and the ALZ archive format played a large role in earning ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alitak Seaplane Base
Alitak Seaplane Base is a public use seaplane base located in Alitak, Lazy Bay, in the Kodiak Island Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is privately owned by Columbia Ward Fisheries. Scheduled passenger service to Kodiak, Alaska, is subsidized by the United States Department of Transportation via the Essential Air Service program. Facilities and aircraft Alitak Seaplane Base has one seaplane landing area designated NE/SW with a water surface measuring 10,000 by 1,000 feet (3,048 x 305 m). For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2006, the airport had 50 air taxi aircraft operations, an average of 4 per month. Airline and destinations The following airline offers scheduled passenger service: Statistics Climate See also * List of airports in Alaska References Other sources * Essential Air Service documentsDocket DOT-OST-2000-6945 from the U.S. Department of Transportation: *Order 2005-3-4 (March 3, 2005) selecting Servant Air, Inc. to provide essentia ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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ALZ (steelworks)
ALZ (''Allegheny-Longdoz'') is a stainless steel producer based in Genk in Limburg province, Flanders, Belgium. In 2001 the company was merged with French stainless steel producer ''Ugine'' and in 2006 became part of the ArcelorMittal group as part of the stainless steel division. History ALZ was founded as a vertically integrated stainless steel producer in 1960 as an equal holding between Espérance-Longdoz (Belgium) (controlled by ''Evence Coppée'') and Allegheny Ludlum (USA).The Belgian economy in the twentieth century, p.171 In 1970 Espérance-Longdoz (''Société Métallurgique d'Espérance Longdoz'') became part of Cockerill-Ougrée-Providence, and ALZ became a Cockerill subsidiary; Allegheny Ludlum disposed of its shares, and in 1971 Cockerill had a 90% stake of the shares. In 1979/80 the Cockerill group was restructure due to financial problems, and also disposed of its shares; German steel company Klöckner became a shareholder, in 1981 the other Flanders-based stee ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Alur Language
Alur (Dho-Alur ̟ɔ.a.lur is a Western Nilotic language spoken in the southern West Nile region of Uganda and the northeastern Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo The Democratic Republic of the Congo (french: République démocratique du Congo (RDC), colloquially "La RDC" ), informally Congo-Kinshasa, DR Congo, the DRC, the DROC, or the Congo, and formerly and also colloquially Zaire, is a country in .... The language's subdialects are Jokot, Jonam/Lo-Naam (mainly spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo), Mambisa and Wanyoro. Phonology Vowels Alur has 9 vowels. Consonants Alur has 23 consonants. Grammar Alur has an SVO word order. Orthography The Alur language has no officially accepted orthography. However, informal conventions have been established in written materials and road signs. First, there is usually no written tonal distinction. Second, the phonemic distinction between /ŋ/ and /ng/ is occasionally reflected in the o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |