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CNS Neuroscience
CNS may refer to: Science and medicine * Central nervous system * Clinical nurse specialist * Coagulase-negative staphylococcus * Connectedness to nature scale * Conserved non-coding sequence of DNA * Crigler–Najjar syndrome * Crystallography and NMR system, a software library * Color Naming System Military * CNS (chemical weapon), a mixture of chloroacetophenone, chloropicrin and chloroform * Chief of the Naval Staff (other), in several countries * Former Republic of China Navy, Taiwanese navy ship prefix Education * Cicero-North Syracuse High School, New York, US * City of Norwich School, England * Computation and Neural Systems, a Caltech program Organisations * Canadian Nuclear Society * Chinese Nuclear Society * Congress of Neurological Surgeons * Corporation for National Service, later the Corporation for National and Community Service, commonly known as AmeriCorps * Council for National Security, military junta of Thailand in 2006 * Cuban National Series, basebal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Nervous System
The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting primarily of the brain, spinal cord and retina. The CNS is so named because the brain integrates the received information and coordinates and influences the activity of all parts of the bodies of bilateria, bilaterally symmetric and triploblastic animals—that is, all multicellular animals except sponges and Coelenterata, diploblasts. It is a structure composed of nervous tissue positioned along the Anatomical_terms_of_location#Rostral,_cranial,_and_caudal, rostral (nose end) to caudal (tail end) axis of the body and may have an enlarged section at the rostral end which is a brain. Only arthropods, cephalopods and vertebrates have a true brain, though precursor structures exist in onychophorans, gastropods and lancelets. The rest of this article exclusively discusses the vertebrate central nervous system, which is radically distinct from all other animals. Overview In vertebrates, the brain and spinal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AmeriCorps
AmeriCorps ( ; officially the Corporation for National and Community Service or CNCS) is an Independent agencies of the United States government, independent agency of the United States government that engages more than five million Americans in service through a variety of stipended volunteer work programs in many sectors. These programs include AmeriCorps VISTA, National Civilian Community Corps, AmeriCorps NCCC, AmeriCorps State and National, AmeriCorps Seniors, the Volunteer Generation Fund, and other national service initiatives. The agency's mission is "to improve lives, strengthen communities, and foster civic engagement through service and volunteering". It was created by the National and Community Service Trust Act of 1993.Bill Text, 103rd Congress (1993-1994), H.R.2010.EAS [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper Nuclear Station
Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS) is a boiling water reactor (BWR) type nuclear power plant located on a site near Brownville, Nebraska between Missouri River mile markers 532.9 and 532.5, on Nebraska's border with Missouri. It is the largest single-unit electrical generator in Nebraska. Description CNS is owned and operated by the Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD), a political subdivision of the state of Nebraska. The facility is named after Humboldt natives Guy Cooper Jr., and Guy Cooper Sr. The senior Cooper's father, O. A. Cooper, built the first electrical plant in Humboldt in 1890; the two Guy Coopers served a total of 27 years on the board of NPPD and its predecessor agency, Consumers Public Power District. CNS was first put into operation in July 1974 and generates approximately 800 megawatts (MWe) of electricity. The plant consists of a General Electric BWR/4 series reactor plant and a Westinghouse turbine generator. The plant has a Mark I containment system ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese National Standards
The National Standards of the Republic of China (CNS; ) is the national standard of Taiwan, officially the Republic of China. These standards were established in 1946, and administered by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection ("BSMI") of the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Taiwan. These standards are divided into 26 numbered categories. Applying the National Standards is voluntary unless authorities in charge cite any parts of the standards as laws and regulations. By the end of 2003, more than 15000 national standards have been issued. Although the Republic of China was removed in 1950 from the International Organization for Standardization The International Organization for Standardization (ISO ; ; ) is an independent, non-governmental, international standard development organization composed of representatives from the national standards organizations of member countries. M ... (ISO) for failure to pay membership dues accordingly, there are still many Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag
(CNS), more commonly known as simply Chateau Neuf, is a Norwegian folk music band that is experimenting with different musical styles. The band was formed in 1994 at the University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ..., and consists of some nineteen odd instrumental players and vocalists. They have become famous in the folk scene for combining traditional Norwegian folk tunes with modern sentiments from genres such as jazz, swing, classical, and rock. Discography Albums *''Spell'' (1995) *''Gamle Guro'' (1996) *''Tjuvgods'' (1997), was also released under the title ''Stolen Goods'' for the North American audience *''Curing Norwegian Stiffness'' (2001) Singles & EPs *''Gubben Garberg'' (1995) *''Halling Fra Numedal'' (1997) References External links Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairns International Airport
Cairns Airport is an international airport in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Formerly operated by the Cairns Port Authority, the airport was sold by the Queensland Government in December 2008 to a private consortium. It is the seventh busiest airport in Australia. The airport is located north northwest of Cairns or north of the Cairns central business district, in the suburb of Aeroglen. The airport lies between Mount Whitfield to the west and Trinity Bay to the east. The airport has direct flights to 10 international and 35 domestic destinations and many general aviation flights including a number of helicopter operators. Flights are operated to all major Australian cities and tourist destinations, regional communities in Far North Queensland, and a number of international destinations in the Asia-Pacific region with connections to the rest of the world. The airport formed the main base for Australian Airlines prior to its ceasing of operations in June 2006 (the airport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copley News Service
Copley Press was a privately held newspaper business, founded in Illinois but later based in La Jolla, California. Its flagship paper was ''The San Diego Union-Tribune''. History Founder Ira Clifton Copley launched Copley Press c. 1905, eventually amassing over two dozen papers. After selling the Western Utility Corporation, Copley purchased twenty-four newspapers in Southern California for $7.5 million. He managed these publishing holdings as Copley Press, Inc. and was its first president, serving until 1942. Copley Press purchased Springfield's ''Illinois State Journal'' in 1927. In 1942, Copley bought the ''Journals Democratic-oriented competitor, the ''Illinois State Register'', promising that the ''Register'' could keep its independent editorial voice. The two papers were merged in 1974 into ''The State Journal-Register''. In 1928, Copley bought the ''San Diego Union'' and ''San Diego Tribune'', which eventually became the company's flagship publications. Later that yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNSNews
The Media Research Center (MRC) is an American conservative content analysis and media watchdog group based in Herndon, Virginia, and founded in 1987 by L. Brent Bozell III. The nonprofit MRC has received financial support primarily from Robert Mercer, but with several other conservative-leaning sources, including the Bradley, Scaife, Olin, Castle Rock and JM foundations, as well as ExxonMobil. It has been described as "one of the most active and best-funded, and yet least known" arms of the modern conservative movement in the United States. Foundation and funding Bozell and a group of other American conservatives founded MRC on October 1, 1987. Their initial budget was at US$339,000. Prior to founding the MRC, Bozell was the chairman of the National Conservative Political Action Committee; he resigned from that position a month before establishing MRC. A wealthy donor whose name has been kept anonymous helped set up the MRC. The MRC has received financial support from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
City News Service
City News Service, Inc. is a regional news agency covering Southern California. City News Service clients include local and regional newspapers, broadcasters and websites. History The company was founded in 1928 by Marvin Willard and Welland Gordon to provide both national wire services and local news outlets with local stories, including coverage of Hollywood and city government. Florabelle Muir, an LA gossip columnist, purchased the service from its founder(s) in the early 1940s. In the early 1950s, Fletcher Bowron, the former mayor of Los Angeles The mayor of Los Angeles is the head of the executive branch of the government of Los Angeles and the chief executive of Los Angeles. The office is officially Non-partisan democracy, nonpartisan, a change made in the 1909 charter; previously, ... and Joe Quinn, the United Press bureau chief in Los Angeles, who later served as deputy mayor of Los Angeles, purchased the company. Bowron tired of the news business and decided t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
China News Service
China News Service (CNS; ) is the second largest state news agency in China, after Xinhua News Agency. China News Service was formerly run by the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, which was absorbed into the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 2018. Its operations have traditionally been directed at overseas Chinese worldwide and residents of Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. History CNS was established in 1952 as a successor to the CCP's International News Agency. It has news offices and stations in every province in mainland China, as well as in Hong Kong and Macau. CNS also has news offices in foreign countries, including the United States, Japan, France, Thailand, New Zealand, and Australia. According to the Jamestown Foundation, CNS is "the CCP's main propaganda organ targeting overseas Chinese." In 1990, CNS personnel were dispatched to the U.S. to found SinoVision and '' The China Press'' to counter negative perceptio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catholic News Service
Catholic News Service (CNS) is an American news agency owned by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) that reports on the Catholic Church. The agency's domestic (United States) service shut down on 30 December 2022, but CNS continues to function and provide reports concerning world events and Catholic news. The news agency's domestic distribution platform and archives were acquired by '' Our Sunday Visitor'' and used to launch OSV News. History CNS was established in 1920 as the National Catholic Welfare Council (NCWC) Press Department. In the 1960s it became the National Catholic News Service; it later dropped "National" from its name in 1986 to indicate its intention to provide worldwide coverage. It is now owned by the USCCB, the NCWC's successor. From 2004 to 2016, Tony Spence led CNS as its director and editor-in-chief. He was removed in April 2016 after a number of Catholics criticized his posts on Twitter that favored LGBT rights. In February 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cartoon Network Studios
Cartoon Network Studios Inc. (abbreviated as CNS or CN Studios) is an American animation studio owned by the Warner Bros. Television Group division of Warner Bros. Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio is the production arm of Cartoon Network, and was founded in 1994 as a division of Hanna-Barbera. The studio primarily produces and develops animated programs and shorts for Cartoon Network and Cartoonito (American programming block), Cartoonito, and has also developed properties for Adult Swim and Max (streaming service), Max. The studio has produced dozens of shows, including ''Dexter's Laboratory'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'' (and The Powerpuff Girls Movie, its film adaptation), ''Johnny Bravo'', ''Time Squad'', ''Samurai Jack'', ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', ''Camp Lazlo'', ''Ben 10'', ''Chowder (TV series), Chowder'', ''The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack'', ''Adventure Time'', ''Generator Rex,'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
