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POUND, weight. There are two kinds of weights, namely, the troy, and the avoirdupois. The pound avoirdupois is greater than the troy pound, in the proportion of seven thousand to five thousand seven hundred and sixty. The troy pound contains twelve ounces, that of avoirdupois sixteen ounces.

POUND, Eng. law. A place enclosed to keep strayed animals in. 5 Pick. 514; 4 Pick. 258; 9 Pick. 14.

POUND, money. The sum of twenty shillings. Previous to the establishment of the federal currency,, the different states made use of the pound in computing money; it was of different value in the several states.
     2. Pound sterling, is a denomination of money of Great Britain. It is of the value of a sovereign. (q.v.) In calculating the rates of duties, the pound sterling shall be considered and taken as of the value of four dollars and eighty cents. Apt of March 3, 1833.
     3. The pound sterling of Ireland is to be computed, in calculating said duties, at four dollars and ten cents. Id.
     4. The pound of the British provinces Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Canada, is to be so computed at four dollars. Act of May, 22, 1846.

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Second, as the ADPLS method, which has a much larger time step, is much faster than the LBF model, the proposed method will be faster than the LBF model.

A novel adaptive level set segmentation method

As one LBF official told The Daily Star, the fighting "had little to do with sports." Indeed, it appears trouble was sparked within the Riyadi camp itself, which has a relatively mixed clubhouse and fan-base.

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LBF is controlled precisely via a regulated pulse duration.

Fraunhofer ILT develops ultra-precise laser machining process for aspherical optics

Tribune News Network Doha IN line with its vision to exchange knowledge and literature as well as promote affinity between the Islamic world and surrounding communities, the Muhammad Bin Hamad Al-Thani Center for Muslim Contributions to Civilization (CMCC), part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University's (HBKU) College of Islamic Studies (CIS), recently showcased its publications at the London Book Fair (LBF) 2018.

Scholarly works showcased by HBKU's CIS at London Book Fair

The Lahore Biennale Foundation (LBF) and other partners held the event.

Lahore Biennale wins accolades on last day

The local binary fitting (LBF) model, as one of the effective active contour models, is used to fit the local regions gray information by a Gauss kernel function to improve the segmentation results of the CT images with noise and intensity inhomogeneity [13].

Juxta-Vascular Pulmonary Nodule Segmentation in PET-CT Imaging Based on an LBF Active Contour Model with Information Entropy and Joint Vector

Ten fire engines and 72 firefighters were sent to Regent Park at around 6.10am, according to theLondon Fire Brigade(LBF).

London Zoo fire: 72 firefighters battle blaze near petting enclosure as zoo staff move animals to safety; Zoo staff moved animals to safety although one Aardvark is still missing

LBF will pay a distribution of USD0.0250 per share, down from the USD0.0310 per share paid out last; DHG will pay USD0.0690 per share, unchanged from before; KMM will pay USD0.0350 per share, same as the earlier payment; KTF will pay a distribution of USD0.0600 per share, unchanged from the previous distribution; KST will pay USD0.0420 per share, increased from the previous USD0.0400 per share; and KSM will pay a distribution of USD0.0525 per share, compared to the earlier payment of USD0.0575.

Six Deutsche closed-end funds announce distributions for August 2017

The larger benthic foraminifera (LBF) of the Patala and Drazinda formations Indus Basin, Pakistan have been revaluated in the three significant localities of the Indus Basin, Pakistan including the famous Thal section of Davies 1927 in Kohat, Nammal Gorge section in Salt Range and Zinda Pir and Rakhi Nala sections in Sulaiman Range.

Eocene larger benthic foraminifera of the Indus Basin, Pakistan: new developments

Aerojet Rocketdyne propulsion aboard the Atlas V included an RL10A-4-2 upper-stage engine that provided 22,300 lbf thrust; five solid rocket boosters that offered an average of 250,000 lbf of thrust each; eight retro-rockets for the Centaur separation from the Atlas common core booster; and 12 MR-106 monopropellant hydrazine thrusters on the Atlas V Centaur upper stage that provided roll, pitch and yaw control, as well as settling burns for the upper-stage main engines.

Aerojet Rocketdyne Propulsion plays role in Juno mission

For example, Thermotron's most common 8000 lbf shaker model needs three inverters, each with an 85A RMS rating.

Optimising electrical characteristics

Sharjah: The Sharjah Book Authority (SBA) concluded its participation at the 45th edition of the London Book Fair (LBF 2016) - the world's biggest publishing trade fair - on Thursday.