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- initialism analytical chemistry Dynamic Vapour Sorption (a technique used to determine amorphous content of a material).
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Wyeth discussed the future of experimental depression drug Pristiq, formerly known as DVS-233, a medication that was expected to pick up the slack for blockbuster drug Effexor, which logged global sales of $3.8 billion in 2005.
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The microdisks are glued onto a silicon chip, using a polymer known as DVS-BCB.
IEEE Spectrum 2010
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MP3: Simpsons episode with "DVS" audio captioning for blind people.
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The Prime Minister of England gets some cheap DVS and the Russians get a stupid toy button.
So Hillary Clinton gave Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a large plastic button with the word "overcharge" on it. Ann Althouse 2009
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The Prime Minister of England gets some cheap DVS and the Russians get a stupid toy button.
So Hillary Clinton gave Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a large plastic button with the word "overcharge" on it. Ann Althouse 2009
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Sick of seeing big budgets choke the creative freedom of young directors, Welnowski — the technical wiz behind the pioneering animation/live-action kids' TV series LazyTown — built his own half-million-dollar mobile studio, outfitting the 4x4's cargo bay with a DVS Clipster recorder, 24-inch monitor, and MacBook Pro with Final Cut.
A One-Man Film Studio Delivers Hi-Def Footage to Indie Auteurs Everywhere 2008
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DVS stands for Descriptive Video Services, and it's the audio equivalent of closed captioning for the deaf.
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In this episode, Homer pretends to smoke a joint at one point and the DVS description of his action only says
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Here's a large MP3 of the DVS version of The Simpsons "Rapture" episode from May 8th right click to download.
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Just imagining the DVS-track for the "Passion of the Christ" gives me the creeps.
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