| Air Profile Recorder |
| Air Profile Recorder (APR), a narrow-beam recording RADAR altimeter designed to provide topographic profiles for use in the mapping of wilderness areas. The instrument employs a 3.2 cm pulse transmitter that... |
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| Alberta Research Council |
| The Alberta Research Council, the oldest provincial research organization, was established by order-in-council as the Scientific and Industrial Research Council of Alberta in 1921. Instrumental in founding the... |
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| Bioethics |
| The word bioethics is formed from the Greek word for life (bios) and the traditional word for the systematic study of right conduct (ethics). Bioethics is one of society's attempts to manage new and far-reaching... |
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| British Columbia Research Council |
| British Columbia Research Council, formerly a nonprofit society incorporated in 1944 to provide facilities for technological research and industrial development in BC. BC Research, a technical wing of the council,... |
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| Canadarm |
| Canadarm is the name given to the Shuttle Remote Manipulator System (RMS), Canada's contribution to the US space shuttle program. It is a remote-controlled manipulator attached to the shuttle and used in space for... |