• Half-Life: Alyx is a 2020 virtual reality (VR) first-person shooter game developed and published by Valve. (wikipedia.org)
  • Half-Life: Alyx is coming in March 2020. (hiveworkshop.com)
  • Half-Life: Alyx entered production using Valve's new Source 2 engine in 2016, with the largest team in Valve's history, including members of Campo Santo, a studio Valve acquired in 2018. (wikipedia.org)
  • Unfortunately, that time came seven months later in December 2018, when Louisa returned to the hospital, after a donor was found. (bch.org.uk)
  • Half-Life at 20 is, with some caveats laid out below, still a stunning videogame, and I'm very surprised to find myself arguing, holds up better in 2018 than Half-Life 2. (rockpapershotgun.com)
  • Set five years before Half-Life 2 (2004), players control Alyx Vance on a mission to seize a superweapon belonging to the alien Combine. (wikipedia.org)
  • Half-Life: Alyx received acclaim for its graphics, voice acting, narrative, and atmosphere, and has been cited as VR's first killer app. (wikipedia.org)
  • Half-Life: Alyx is a virtual reality game (VR) that supports all SteamVR-compatible VR headsets, which include the Valve Index, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift, Oculus Quest and all Windows Mixed Reality headsets. (wikipedia.org)
  • Half-Life: Alyx also supports user mods via the Steam Workshop. (wikipedia.org)
  • The designer David Speyrer said Alyx was not an episodic game or side story, but "the next part of the Half-Life story", around the same length as Half-Life 2. (wikipedia.org)
  • The half life time of Iodine 131 is about 8 days. (fukushima-diary.com)
  • Regarding releases to air and water leakage from Fukushima, the main radionuclide from among the many kinds of fission products in the fuel was volatile iodine-131, which has a half-life of 8 days. (world-nuclear.org)
  • After the hydrogen explosion in unit 1 on 12 March, some radioactive caesium and iodine were detected in the vicinity of the plant, having been released via the venting. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Considerable amounts of xenon-133 and iodine-131 were vented, but most of the caesium-137 (14 out of 15 PBq total) along with most of the Cs-134 apparently came from unit 2 on or after 15 March - the only one of the four units which did not suffer a hydrogen explosion demolishing its superstructure. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Also ten times more iodine is attributed to unit 2 than unit 1, while unit 3 produced half as much as unit 1. (world-nuclear.org)
  • The official bodies representing the two groups have now settled on the annus as their definition of the year, allowing both groups' data on the half-lives of radioactive elements to be pooled. (newscientist.com)
  • That's when the Task Group on Isotope Data in Geosciences (TGIG), which drew members from both the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), tried to update the half-lives of radioactive elements, used by geologists to date specimens. (newscientist.com)
  • American scientists have also been raising concerns that marine life and ocean currents could carry harmful radioactive isotopes-also called radionuclides-across the entire Pacific Ocean. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • We are also eternally grateful to the thoughtful family, who made the heart-wrenching decision to donate their child's liver and give our daughter another chance to live a healthy life. (bch.org.uk)
  • The newborn period, which is the first 28 days of life, is the most vulnerable time in a child's life, and accounts for almost half (46%) of the total deaths in children under five years of age [8]. (who.int)
  • In a report yesterday (pdf), researchers at Imperial College London proposed a way of doing this: impose more extreme social distancing measures every time admissions to intensive care units (ICUs) start to spike, and relax them each time admissions fall. (technologyreview.com)
  • Most newborn intensive care units (NICUs) have a follow-up program to closely monitor babies who have had this condition until they are at least 3 years old. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Valve made several attempts to develop further Half-Life games, but could not settle on a direction. (wikipedia.org)
  • For example, in 2022, 2,2 E+12 Bq of tritium was released from Olkiluoto units, and 1,54 E+13 Bq of tritium was released from Loviisa units in Finland. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • N-16 has a half-life of only 7 seconds but produces high-energy gamma radiation during decay. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Data at the end of May (with most I-131 gone by decay) showed that about half of the 20 km evacuation zone and a similar area to the northwest, about 1000 km 2 in total, would give an annual dose of 20 mSv to March 2012. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Valve's debut title wins more than 50 game-of-the-year awards on its way to being named "Best PC Game Ever" by PC Gamer, and launches a franchise with more than eight million retail units sold worldwide. (steampowered.com)
  • The intense, real-time gameplay of Half-Life 2 is made possible only by Source®, Valve's new proprietary engine technology. (steampowered.com)
  • In this system, the time interval between 100 million years ago and 90 million years ago- which both fall in the Cretaceous geologic period- would be written 10 My. (newscientist.com)
  • Brooks Hanson , its deputy editor for physical sciences, says that the journal has distinguished between age and time span for almost 20 years and that a switch would confuse readers. (newscientist.com)
  • GE plunged 8% on Monday, to the lowest level in five and a half years, after the company announced the restructuring and diminished financial targets. (cnn.com)
  • Among other units on the chopping block, GE reiterated a desire to sell the light bulb business that has symbolized the company for 125 years. (cnn.com)
  • ratios of disability adjusted life years (DALYs) per amount of randomised evidence. (bmj.com)
  • Her elementary-school years can become a time of enormous satisfaction and excitement. (healthychildren.org)
  • I got into housing three years ago and it came at a time I really needed it," Crazyboy says. (mtroyal.ca)
  • I've had another UT800 for several years which was a warranty replacement within the first couple months of that initial purchase due to greatly diminished battery life. (trisports.com)
  • The replacement was great and met or exceeded the stated battery life through several years of use. (trisports.com)
  • It has a half-life of 12,3 years. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • He thought he was going to see his little brother for the first time in 13 years. (motherjones.com)
  • I've been re-playing the game for the first time in many years to find out. (rockpapershotgun.com)
  • Back in 2015, when Half-Life 2 had just turned a mere 10 years old, I went back to replay it and found myself enormously surprised by how much I'd forgotten. (rockpapershotgun.com)
  • But Guan says his life is much improved since he moved from a crowded old courtyard in the city center four years ago. (nhpr.org)
  • Across all age groups, adults aged ≥65 years accounted for 62.9% (95% CI = 60.1%-65.7%) of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations, 61.3% (95% CI = 54.7%-67.6%) of intensive care unit admissions, and 87.9% (95% CI = 80.5%-93.2%) of in-hospital deaths associated with COVID-19 hospitalizations. (cdc.gov)
  • Almost 75% of people with the condition are older than 55 years, and over half are female. (medscape.com)
  • The goal is to help local governments take action to protect the most vulnerable, The Times' Hannah Fry and Phil Willon report. (latimes.com)
  • Keep track of the time and amount of each dose, and remind you when it's time for the next one. (diabetes.org)
  • Some smart pens can offer different dose calculator therapy modes, including for those on fixed doses with a sliding scale, or meal doses based on the size and timing of the meal-making it easier for you! (diabetes.org)
  • An instant dose of 100-250 mSv can slightly increase the risk of later developing cancer, but if this dose is spread over time there is less risk of any effect. (world-nuclear.org)
  • She will spend more time with her peers, both in and out of school. (healthychildren.org)
  • For six days, half the study's participants endured cruel and dehumanizing abuse at the hands of their peers. (minnpost.com)
  • Corporations make a tremendous amount of profit from individual consumers giving their time, energy data and money," Armstrong tells Beet.TV. (beet.tv)
  • Hazzard tells TIME that he believes racism was at play. (time.com)
  • Sinikka Virtanen , senior inspector at Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland (Stuk) tells Helsinki Times. (helsinkitimes.fi)
  • That's when Jonathan decided that he was going to take on the Birmingham Half Marathon to raise money for the Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity, and to raise awareness for the importance of organ donation. (bch.org.uk)
  • Miranda Williams, Public Fundraising Manager at Birmingham Children's Hospital Charity, said: "We're so proud of Jonathan for completing the Birmingham Half Marathon and raising such a fantastic amount for our charity. (bch.org.uk)
  • It's always so heart-warming to hear how experiences at our hospital can inspire parents to take on challenges like the Birmingham Half Marathon to help give something back. (bch.org.uk)
  • January 12, 2013, I ran the Disney half marathon. (cdc.gov)
  • We understand now that my Disney half marathon training is what prepared my heart for the real life marathon I was to endure. (cdc.gov)
  • I recently purchased another UT800 and from day 1, battery life was well below stated and less than half of the old light in the same use cases. (trisports.com)
  • Garmin, admirably sent me a warranty replacement but unfortunately it has the same poor battery life. (trisports.com)
  • Caesium is soluble and can be taken into the body, but does not concentrate in any particular organs, and has a biological half-life of about 70 days. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Has participated in another investigational study within the following time period: 30 days, 5 half-lives or twice the duration of the biological effect of the investigational product (whichever is longer or based on local regulations) before the Screening Visit. (who.int)
  • To celebrate this, the previous games in the Half-Life Series are currently free to play for Steam users, from now until the day it launches. (hiveworkshop.com)
  • For example, initiating breastfeeding within the first hour of life, as recommended by WHO[5&6], increases the likelihood of exclusive breastfeeding and reduces the chance of newborn illness or death [7]. (who.int)
  • Renne points out that with other units, such as for temperature or length, no distinction is made between relative and absolute versions. (newscientist.com)
  • We specialize in time-critical, temperature-sensitive, classified shipping, no matter how big or small the items. (mnx.com)
  • The answer for both time or temperature-critical shipments. (mnx.com)
  • Many people with diabetes have a hard time correctly calculating insulin doses. (diabetes.org)
  • It is mainly excreted by the kidney, and its half-life is 3-4 times longer than that of insulin. (medscape.com)
  • Choose between a one-time donation or recurring monthly gifts. (diabetes.org)
  • Recognizing the demand for a major VR game, they experimented with prototypes using their various intellectual properties such as Portal, and found Half-Life to be best suited for VR. (wikipedia.org)
  • Contestants must re-texture a SD unit model found in-game (Warcraft 3 Classic), recreating the unit into a peaceful NPC version. (hiveworkshop.com)
  • By the time I found out she'd already scored, I gave her both barrels. (mirror.co.uk)
  • Without social distancing of the whole population, they found, even the best mitigation strategy-which means isolation or quarantine of the sick, the old, and those who have been exposed, plus school closures-would still lead to a surge of critically ill people eight times bigger than the US or UK system can cope with. (technologyreview.com)
  • One 1972 study of 1,400 patients transported to area hospitals by Freedom House over two months found the paramedics delivered the correct care to critical patients 89% of the time. (time.com)
  • By contrast, the study found police and volunteer ambulance services delivered the right care only 38% and 13% of the time, respectively. (time.com)
  • Experts have found that a lack of proper maintenance can cut the life span of your system by nearly half. (absolutefix.com)
  • By testing for resistance to second-line drugs, which was not routinely done in many places at that time, they found XDR TB in all regions tested. (cdc.gov)
  • Indeed, the year is a slippery unit. (newscientist.com)
  • The task group, however, opted for the tropical year (also known as the solar year), the length of time between one equinox or solstice and the same equinox or solstice the following year. (newscientist.com)
  • By cutting the dividend in half, GE will save more than $4 billion per year. (cnn.com)
  • That's roughly half of the goal GE had less than a year ago. (cnn.com)
  • The number of trials published each year increased over time. (bmj.com)
  • CHANHASSEN, Minn. (BRAIN) - Life Time Group Holdings, the parent of bike events including the Leadville 100, the Sea Otter Classic and Unbound Gravel, reports that revenue in its "other" category was up 25.7% in the first half of the year. (bicycleretailer.com)
  • For a year and a half, all I did was search and make phone calls. (sunjournal.com)
  • The deceased are Parvin Khatun, 24, second wife of Bellal Gazi, and her one-and-a-half-year old daughter Rupa Khatun of Uttar Ekshara village. (thedailystar.net)
  • Christmas is usually a joyful time to spend with family but last year, over 180 children spent at least one night of the festive period in hospital. (bch.org.uk)
  • The other main radionuclide is caesium-137, which has a 30-year half-life. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Cs-134 is also produced and dispersed, and it has a 2-year half-life. (world-nuclear.org)
  • Units were evacuated because of flooding after heavy rainstorms last year. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Stanford University's alumni magazine has a fascinating article in its July/August issue about the infamous 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, a psychological study of prison life that went horribly wrong. (minnpost.com)
  • The 'instant slums' remark was made by Norman Alton, director of the authority in 1971, as he looked over the half-completed project. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The second, the only unit of time recognised by the international system of units , (SI) is measured by the metronomic oscillations of caesium atoms. (newscientist.com)
  • Plus, her costs have been literally cut in half. (mtroyal.ca)
  • These drugs were literally irreplaceable-and time was running out. (mnx.com)
  • Nevertheless, three and a half decades after the film's release one appears. (lu.se)
  • Here I was looking at proper real-life places, mundanity filled with excitement, and it seemed so impossibly exciting. (rockpapershotgun.com)
  • Getting my hands on it, Half-Life immediately rewarded this excitement with what would become a notorious and genre-redefining opening sequence. (rockpapershotgun.com)
  • 4 Its burden of disease per million people is estimated to be five times higher than that of established market economies. (bmj.com)
  • Most people in life are taught not to take any risks. (beet.tv)
  • At that time, people did not have the freedom to choose their homes," Qi says. (nhpr.org)
  • Creating a Linux port for Apple's Macs is a full time job, and Martin says that it's not viable without financial support. (macrumors.com)
  • Survival times and half-lives of influenza viruses on plastic and human skin. (cdc.gov)
  • A, B) Survival times (A) and half-lives (B) of various subtypes of influenza viruses on a plastic surface ( Table 1 ). (cdc.gov)
  • C, D) Survival times (C) and half-lives (D) of various subtypes of influenza viruses on the surface of human skin ( Table 2 ). (cdc.gov)
  • E, F) Survival times (E) and half-lives (F) of various recombinant viruses on plastic surfaces ( Table 3 ). (cdc.gov)
  • G, H) Survival times (G) and half-lives H) of various recombinant viruses on the surface of human skin ( Table 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Survival time is defined as the time until virus on the surface is no longer detected. (cdc.gov)
  • Once children enter school, parents spend less than half as much time with them as they did before. (healthychildren.org)
  • In some countries, less than half the available equipment is usable at any time, representing in some instances a loss of several thousand million dollars. (who.int)
  • Less than half of babies with lower-grade bleeding have long-term problems. (medlineplus.gov)
  • On Monday afternoon, Parvin was beaten up by Bellal as she sought money for buying milk for their kid, said the UP member, also general secretary of Alunia union unit of Awami League. (thedailystar.net)
  • They had bad news: Damien had attempted to kill himself in the segregation unit that afternoon, and had been sent to the hospital, unconscious. (motherjones.com)
  • Under the new plan, about half of senior execs' compensation will come from stock rewards, compared with only 20% now. (cnn.com)
  • His letter described the extreme isolation and other brutalities in the prison's Management Control Unit (MCU), which he called a "prison within a prison. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • This lack of emergency care hit home for Peter Safar, an Austrian-born anesthesiologist at the University of Pittsburgh and a pioneer of CPR who helped to develop the modern hospital Intensive Care Unit (ICU). (time.com)
  • The housing authority says it's making the best of a bad situation - dilapidated units, reduced federal funding and lack of space. (chicagotribune.com)
  • Inadequate needs assessment, uncoordinated activities of various stakeholders, and a lack of norms, standards and locally adapted methodologies often lead to inappropriate location and design of facilities, substandard construction and unduly high unit costs. (who.int)
  • With lack of exercise, knee OA worsens over time and the joint becomes more unstable," Sean M. Drake, MD , a medical director of complex primary care at Henry Ford Health in Detroit, said. (medscape.com)
  • Maybe you can adjust your BOINC Manager to lower the percentage of work doing Rosetta, or reduce the time spent on each job. (bakerlab.org)
  • Boinc will adjust its work requests based on the history of a given host, but it takes some time. (bakerlab.org)
  • The initial BOINC estimates are way off, about 4 hours that I recall (I run the 24-hour work units). (bakerlab.org)
  • Program quadratic function into a t-83, percent proportions, math activity, how to find foci of a circle, hrw modern biology 1999 access code, trigonometry work sheet, radical equation solver, pictures of real life uses of parabola. (softmath.com)
  • We were absolutely amazed by the skills, empathy, team work and results that the liver team and Paediatric Intensive Care Unit delivered. (bch.org.uk)
  • The money will help to ensure we can continue to provide the life-saving work and expert care children like Louisa need. (bch.org.uk)
  • When she was 14, in 1956, she began doing volunteer social work in the Lower East Side, where for the first time she met community organizers. (prisonlegalnews.org)
  • I do a lot of work in solitary-confinement units, on the psychological effects of supermax prisons. (minnpost.com)
  • This is the first in a series of extended profiles on the lives and careers of scholars who work on East-Central Europe. (cornell.edu)
  • Everyone belonged to work units, and that is what determined your work and life. (nhpr.org)
  • Even in the least restrictive of the Imperial College scenarios, we're shut in more than half the time. (technologyreview.com)
  • When snow is measured in feet-not inches-and airports are shut down for days, how can lifesaving drugs make it to their patients around the world on time? (mnx.com)
  • For those for whom clarity about geological time is important, it is a huge step backwards," he says. (newscientist.com)
  • Here are some highlights from the first half of the panel, edited and condensed for clarity. (latimes.com)
  • Since 1995, fewer cases of measles, rubella, and mumps have been reported than at any time since nationwide disease reporting began, and elimination of indigenous transmission appears feasible. (cdc.gov)
  • The music i need made is Half-Life themed. (hiveworkshop.com)
  • But it looks to me that since the end of Tiger's time with Butch -- who said his emphasis was maintaining the swing changes Tiger had made -- the plan has become less clear. (golfdigest.com)
  • It was this life-changing experience and seeing how our fantastic staff made Christmas magical for patients that inspired her dad, Jonathan Elford, to fundraise for us by running two half marathons, raising £700. (bch.org.uk)
  • The power button is made of a rubber-like material which degrades over time and eventually breaks off. (trisports.com)
  • But to mark the study's 40th anniversary, Stanford alum (and Bloomberg Businessweek deputy editor) Romesh Ratnesar went back to several of the experiment's key participants and asked them for their recollections of what happened during those six days in the basement of the Stanford psychology building and how it changed their lives. (minnpost.com)
  • Back then, when the 78-unit complex was put at the end of an unlit, unpaved, dead-end street, a housing official warned that the neighborhood could become 'instant slums. (chicagotribune.com)
  • The previous Half-Life game, Episode Two, was released in 2007 and ended on a cliffhanger. (wikipedia.org)
  • The game includes traditional Half-Life elements such as exploration, puzzles, combat, and story. (wikipedia.org)
  • 1998. HALF-LIFE sends a shock through the game industry with its combination of pounding action and continuous, immersive storytelling. (steampowered.com)
  • I don't say "Tiger, I think you have the best game of all time," which is what I believe. (golfdigest.com)
  • The "big time sink" will be GPU support, which is necessary to make the port happen. (macrumors.com)
  • Parents thus need to be more efficient, more vigilant, and still very much involved in their children's lives in or-der to monitor, guide, and support them effectively. (healthychildren.org)
  • In the process her teacher can become a source of support and an important role model in her life. (healthychildren.org)
  • 10th grade math problems games, online 'time domain' graphing calculator, pre algebra formulas sheet. (softmath.com)
  • To generate the standard curve, serial ten-fold dilutions of the pBactin-231 vector containing the cDNA amplified fragment were employed, β-actin mRNAs were quantified by Real-Time RT-PCR using the SYBR ® Green I fluorogenic dye and data analyzed using the iCycle iQ system software. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Station has its own very powerful reactor complex, life supporting system, labs complex, etc. (moddb.com)
  • I probably wouldn't consider this light again, even though I like having an integrated system of Garmin head unit, radar and headlight. (trisports.com)
  • The units you study will vary depending on your language choices. (bath.ac.uk)
  • If you visit us daily or weekly or even just once a month, now is a great time to make your monthly contribution. (democracynow.org)
  • Official announcement and links: News - Play Now For Free - Half-Life Series To be clear, they are free to play. (hiveworkshop.com)
  • One method to study the dynamics of CoP adjustments is the entropic half-life (EnHL), which measures the short-term correlations of a time series at different time scales. (frontiersin.org)
  • Changes in the EnHL of CoP time series suggest neuromuscular adaptations in the control of posture. (frontiersin.org)
  • By taking the suspense, challenge and visceral charge of the original, and adding startling new realism and responsiveness, Half-Life 2 opens the door to a world where the player's presence affects everything around them, from the physical environment to the behaviors even the emotions of both friends and enemies. (steampowered.com)
  • I forgive myself a little more easily when discovering just how much I've forgotten about the original Half-Life, what with the additional decade. (rockpapershotgun.com)
  • Debbie Crazyboy of the Piikani First Nation is an education student who will graduate this June and lives in a family unit with her three daughters. (mtroyal.ca)
  • Bachelor of Education student Debbie Crazyboy lives in a family unit with her three daughters. (mtroyal.ca)
  • You'll spend less time looking for things, you'll get value from your own data. (beet.tv)
  • Bellal used to spend most of his time with Jahirunnesa while Parvin often remained starved or half-fed. (thedailystar.net)
  • Having never had to spend any time in hospitals before, Jonathan and his family didn't know what to expect. (bch.org.uk)
  • Your comfort and safety are our top priorities, which is why you can expect our team of highly qualified technicians to get the job done right the first time, every time. (absolutefix.com)
  • At dinnertime, he demanded a vegetarian bag from the Special Operations Response Team (SORT), the SWAT-like tactical squad that was patrolling the unit. (motherjones.com)
  • Lang's development team faced financial problems and left the project by 1970 with buildings half-finished. (chicagotribune.com)
  • I am lucky to be alive, and thriving, and grateful for the ICU team that saved my life, but reminded that more has to be done to educate families, nurses, and doctors to recognize the early signs of sepsis so that patients do not have to suffer what I did. (cdc.gov)
  • You'll also choose from a wide range of optional units that will allow you to focus on areas you are most interested in. (bath.ac.uk)
  • Archaeological evidence indicates that most Bushmen migrated southward from an unknown location to the Kalahari desert areas within this time range. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The reference range of C-peptide is 0.8-3.1 ng/mL (conventional units), or 0.26-1.03 nmol/L (SI). (medscape.com)
  • Garmin says the 200 lumens mode provides 6 hours of lighting time. (trisports.com)
  • The old light is always good for 3-4 hours, even with more time at higher output settings, so a substantial difference. (trisports.com)
  • The advent of new technologies such as the Real-Time PCR allows rapid and exact measurement of copy number of molecules present in the sample [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)