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SBF Media Group
SBF may refer to: Organizations Academic * Brazilian Physical Society (''Sociedade Brasileira de Física'') * Faculty of Political Science, Ankara University (''Ankara Üniversitesi Siyasal Bilgiler Fakültesi''), Turkey * Société botanique de France, French botanical society * Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, Franciscan Bible researchers based in Jerusalem Athletic * Seychelles Basketball Federation, organiser of the Seychelles Basketball League * Stix, Baer and Fuller F.C., a soccer team Other organizations * Saint Barbara Foundation, a mine clearance organization in Germany * SBF Visa Group, Italian amusement ride manufacturer * Scottish Building Federation * Singapore Business Federation * , predecessor to Euronext Paris * Springboard Foundation, Philippine charity * Stix Baer & Fuller, former store chain, St. Louis, Missouri, US Science and technology * Short backfire antenna * Simulated body fluid * Surface brightness fluctuation, in astrophysics Transportation * Sar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazilian Physical Society
The Brazilian Physical Society'' pt, Sociedade Brasileira de Física, SBF) is a non-profit organization of physicists and physics teachers, affiliated with the Brazilian Society for the Progress of Science ( Sociedade Brasileira para o Progresso da Ciência - SBPC). Its main missions are to promote the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in physics and science; to defend academic freedom, as well as the interests and rights of professionals in physics, and to contribute to initiatives and public policies aiming to improve the training and harnessing of physics teachers and physicists to help the scientific and technological development of Brazil. History and activities The SBF was founded on July 14, 1966. The founding act took place during the XVIII Annual Meeting of the SBPC in Blumenau (Santa Catarina - SC) and was led by José Goldemberg, at the time the secretary of the Physics Commission of the SBPC Meeting. The SBF’s first president was Oscar Sala. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stix Baer & Fuller
__NOTOC__ Stix, Baer and Fuller (sometimes called "Stix" or SBF or the Grand-Leader) was a department store chain in St. Louis, Missouri that operated from 1892 to 1984. Founders and History Originally called the Grand-Leader, the original central downtown store was located on the north side of Washington Avenue between Sixth and Seventh street and by 1920 had grown to encompass the entire city block. The store was founded in 1892 by Charles Stix, brothers Julius Baer and Sigmond Baer, and Aaron Fuller. It was a public company, with its stock traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company was a longtime member of the American Merchandising Companies ("AMC"), a trade association of important, locally owned department stores across the United States. For many years the company was known as the leading high-end fashion store in the St. Louis Metropolitan Area, although a smaller competitor, Scruggs, Vandervoort and Barney, also vied for that position. In 1937 Arthur B. Baer (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Bankman-Fried
Samuel Benjamin Bankman-Fried (born March 6, 1992), also known by the initialism SBF, is an American suspected fraudster, entrepreneur, investor, and former billionaire. Bankman-Fried was the founder and CEO of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX and associated trading firm Alameda Research, both of which experienced a high-profile collapse resulting in chapter 11 bankruptcy in late 2022. Prior to FTX's collapse, Bankman-Fried was ranked the 41st richest American in the ''Forbes 400'', and the 60th richest person in world by ''The World's Billionaires''. His net worth peaked at $26 billion. By November 11, 2022, amid the bankruptcy of FTX, the ''Bloomberg Billionaires Index'' considered his net worth to have been reduced to zero. Before his wealth had evaporated, Bankman-Fried was a major donor to political campaigns, donating mostly to Democratic candidates (while unverifiably claiming to have channeled "dark money" to Republican candidates) and claimed that he planned to spend p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grumman XSBF
The Grumman XSBF, also known by the company designation G-14, was an American biplane scout bomber developed by Grumman Aircraft for the United States Navy during the 1930s. Derived from Grumman's successful " Fifi" fighter, the aircraft was developed at a time when the biplane was giving way to the monoplane. In competition against other aircraft it proved to possess inferior performance in its intended role, and did not enter production. The sole prototype went on to serve as a liaison aircraft, as well as being used in experiments by NACA, before being destroyed in a crash in 1939. Design and development In late 1934, the U.S. Navy's Bureau of Aeronautics (BuAer) issued a specification for new scout bomber and torpedo bomber designs.Dann 1996, p.20. Eight companies submitted 10 designs in response, evenly split between monoplanes and biplanes.Doll 1992, p.4. Grumman, having successfully provided the FF and F2F fighters to the Navy, along with the SF scout, submitted an ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairchild SBF
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver is a dive bomber developed by Curtiss-Wright during World War II. As a carrier-based bomber with the United States Navy (USN), in Pacific theaters, it supplemented and replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless. A few survivors are extant. Initially poor handling characteristics and late modifications caused lengthy delays to production and deployment, to the extent that it was investigated by the Truman Committee, which turned in a scathing report. This contributed to the decline of Curtiss as a company. Neither pilots nor aircraft carrier skippers seemed to like it.Ethell 1995, p. 221. Nevertheless, the type was faster than the Dauntless, and by the end of the Pacific War, the Helldiver had become the main dive bomber and attack aircraft on USN carriers.Ethell 1995, p. 221. By the time a land-based variant, known as the A-25 Shrike, became available in late 1943, the Western Allied air forces had abandoned dedicated dive-bombers. A majority of A-25s deli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Budeaux Ferry Road Railway Station
St Budeaux Ferry Road railway station is a suburban station in St Budeaux, Plymouth, England. It is from via Box and Plymouth Millbay. It is served by Great Western Railway services during the rush hours and late morning/early afternoon only. The vast majority of services pass through non-stop due to the proximity of : the entrances to the two stations are directly opposite each other. To the west, the line singles and crosses into Cornwall on the Royal Albert Bridge. The station is unstaffed with step-free access to both platforms. History The station was opened by the Great Western Railway on 1 June 1904 as St Budeaux Platform, and was later renamed St Budeaux Ferry Road to avoid confusion with the London and South Western Railway station. The reason for the separate stations is due to the two railways taking different routes into the city. A junction was laid between the two lines during World War II and the London and South Western Railway line between Victoria Road a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Small Block Ford
The Ford small-block (aka Windsor V8) is a series of 90° overhead valve small block V8 automobile engines manufactured by the Ford Motor Company from July 1961 to December 2000. Designed as a successor to the Ford Y-block engine, it was first installed in the 1962 model year Ford Fairlane and Mercury Meteor. Originally produced with a displacement of , it eventually increased to , but was most commonly sold (from 1968-2000) with a displacement of 302 cu in (later marketed as 5.0 L). This engine was installed in several of the company's most famous products, notably the Mustang, as well as the Mercury Cougar, Ford Torino, Ford Granada (North America), Ford Granada, Mercury Monarch, Ford LTD (Americas), Ford LTD, Mercury Marquis and Ford F-150 pickup. For the 1991 model year, Ford began phasing in their new Ford Modular engine, Modular V8 engine to replace the small-block, beginning with the Lincoln Town Car and continuing through the 1990s. The 2001 Ford Explorer, Explo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sardeh Band Airport
Sardeh Band Airport ( ps, د سردې بند هوايي ډګر; ) is an airport located at the town of Sardeh Band, and about north of the Russian-built dam called Sardeh Band Dam (built in 1967) on the eastern edge of Andar District, Ghazni Province, Afghanistan. The airfield lies in a valley northwest of lake Mota Khan, near the border with Paktika Province. Though the airstrip is still evident against the surrounding desert, it has not been maintained since Russian military Forces withdrew from Afghanistan and there are no structures to support it. During the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, the airstrip was used in a limited capacity by U.S. Special Operations Forces. Facilities The airport resides at an elevation of above mean sea level. It has one runway designated 02/20 with a gravel surface measuring . Incidents On 12 June 2002 a Lockheed MC-130H Hercules was participating in a night exfiltration mission to remove U.S. Army Special Forces troops from the area when it trie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surface Brightness Fluctuation
Surface brightness fluctuation (SBF) is a secondary distance indicator used to estimate distances to galaxies. It is useful to 100 Mpc (parsec). The method measures the variance in a galaxy's light distribution arising from fluctuations in the numbers of and luminosities of individual stars per resolution element. The SBF technique uses the fact that galaxies are made up of a finite number of stars. The number of stars in any small patch of a galaxy will vary from point to point, creating a noise-like fluctuation in its surface brightness. While the various stars present in a galaxy will cover an enormous range of luminosity, the SBF can be characterized as having an average brightness. A galaxy twice as far away appears twice as smooth as a result of the averaging. Older elliptical galaxies have fairly consistent stellar populations, thus it closely approximates a standard candle. In practice, corrections are required to account for variations in age or metallicity from galax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simulated Body Fluid
A simulated body fluid (SBF) is a solution with an ion concentration close to that of human blood plasma, kept under mild conditions of pH and identical physiological temperature. SBF was first introduced by Kokubo et al. in order to evaluate the changes on a surface of a bioactive glass ceramic. Later, cell culture media (such as DMEM, MEM, α-MEM, etc.), in combination with some methodologies adopted in cell culture, were proposed as an alternative to conventional SBF in assessing the bioactivity of materials. Applications Surface modification of metallic implants For an artificial material to bond to living bone, the formation of bonelike apatite layer on the surface of an implant is of significant importance. The SBF can be used as an in vitro testing method to study the formation of apatite layer on the surface of implants so as to predict their in vivo bone bioactivity. The consumption of calcium and phosphate ions, present in the SBF solution, results in the spontaneous gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Short Backfire Antenna
A short backfire antenna (or short back-fire, SBA, SBF or SBFA) is a type of a directional antenna, characterized by high gain, relatively small size, and narrow band. It has a shape of a disc with a straight edge, with a vertical pillar with a dipole acting as the driven element in roughly the middle and a conductive disc at the top acting as a sub-reflector. The bottom disc has the diameter of two wavelengths, and its collar (edge) is quarter the wavelength tall. The center pillar consists of two coaxial tubes (their diameter has to be carefully chosen to give the desired impedance), with a quarter-wavelength slot cut into the outer tube This structure behaves like a resonant cavity, resulting in a substantial gain in small space. Short backfire antennas are used in some satellites, and in high-frequency (short-wavelength) communication equipment (often for communication with satellites) on ships and other applications where rugged construction is an advantage. They are al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springboard Foundation
Springboard Foundation (SBF) is a non-government organization based in the Philippines that aids children. Overview SBF is headed by John Milne, Chairman of the Board and Annette Helbig, President and CEO. It was registered last November 15, 2002 at the Philippine Security and Exchange Commission as a non-stock and non-profit corporation by five incorporators, whose aim is to provide a positive and caring environment for poor Filipino children. This fund raising foundation in Parañaque has five Board of Trustees. The foundation consists only of one regular staff, one project-based staff, one part-time staff and several volunteers at present. Membership fees and donations from individuals and from corporations are its main source of income. One of the main goals of SBF is to address the high volume of out of school youth in the Philippines by building schools and day care centres as well as provide scholarship programs to deserving and qualified candidates. Malnutrition is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
