laterality, in biological psychology, the development of specialized functioning in each hemisphere of the brain or in the side of the body which each controls. The most obvious example of laterality is handedness, which is the tendency to use one hand or the other to perform activities. It is the

hemispheric integration, the process by which countries in the Americas liberalized their trade regimes in the 1990s and 2000s in order to establish a hemispherewide free-trade area. However, formal negotiations concerning a proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), which lasted from 1998 to

sundial: Another early device was the hemispherical sundial, or hemicycle, attributed to the Greek astronomer Aristarchus of Samos about 280 bce. Made of stone or wood, the instrument consisted of a cubical block into which a hemispherical opening was cut. To this block a pointer or style was fixed with one…

acoustics: Acoustic problems: …the auditorium is flat, a hemispherical wave will result. Absorption of the diffracted wave by the floor or audience near the bottom of the hemisphere will result in even greater absorption, so that the resulting intensity level will fall off at twice the theoretical rate, at about 12 decibels for…

pentatonic scale: , c–d–f–g–a–c′), the hemitonic form (with semitones; e.g., c–e–f–g–b–c′) occurring less frequently.

tahr, (genus Hemitragus), any of three wary and sure-footed wild goatlike mammals of the family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla), native to Asia. Tahrs live in herds and frequent steep, often wooded mountainsides. They range in shoulder height from 60 to 106 cm (24 to 42 inches), depending on the

tahr: The Nilgiri tahr, or Nilgiri ibex (H. hylocrius, or, by some classifications, Nilgiritragus hylocrius), of southern India, is dark brown with a grizzled saddle-shaped patch on its back; its body size is comparable to that of the Himalayan species. The Arabian tahr (H. jayakari) is the…

tahr: The Arabian tahr (H. jayakari) is the smallest of the three species; an adult male weighs about 40 kg (90 pounds), while females are 17–20 kg (37–44 pounds). It is gray brown (females and subadult males) or blonde (fully adult males), with a brittle, relatively short…

tahr: The Himalayan tahr (Hemitragus jemlahicus), found from Kashmir to Sikkim, is reddish brown to dark brown. The male has a full mane covering the neck and forequarters. An adult male can weigh up to 120–140 kg (260–310 pounds), while females weigh about 60 kg (130 pounds).…

sculpin: Some, such as the sea raven (Hemitripterus americanus), are of use as bait for lobster pots, and some are of negative importance as consumers of valuable shrimp and young salmon and trout.

Uttarakhand: Pilgrimage centres: … shrine and pilgrimage site is Hemkund Sahib. Perched at an elevation above 13,000 feet (4,000 meters) in north-central Uttarakhand, the shrine honours the 10th Guru of Sikh religion, Gobind Singh. It marks the place where the Guru spent years in meditation.

Tomas Tranströmer: His next volumes, Hemligheter på vägen (1958; “Secrets Along the Way”), Den halvfärdiga himlen (1962; “The Half-Finished Heaven”), and Klanger och spår (1966; “Resonances and Tracks”), are composed in a more-personal style, with plainer diction and personal perspective more in evidence. In those and later books, Tranströmer’s poetic…

hemlock, (genus Tsuga), any of about 14 species of coniferous evergreen trees comprising the genus Tsuga of the family Pinaceae, native to North America and central and eastern Asia. Some are important timber trees, and many are popular ornamentals. Other plants commonly called hemlock include

Sir Angus Wilson: His first novel, Hemlock and After (1952), is regarded by some critics as his best. Before that he had already been noticed by the reading public with the stories collected as The Wrong Set (1949) and Such Darling Dodos (1950). Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1956) and The Old Men at…

hemlock: The western hemlock (T. heterophylla), also known as hemlock fir and Prince Albert’s fir, is a timber tree often 60 metres (200 feet) tall, with a trunk 1.8 to 3 metres (6 to 10 feet) in diameter. Its wood is superior to that of all other…

John Henry Twachtman: , Hemlock Pool (c. 1902). Like the work of other American Impressionists, including William Merritt Chase and Childe Hassam, Twachtman’s mature art had a strong regionalist appeal. He composed many of his strongest paintings in the landscape surrounding his home in Greenwich, Connecticut. Twachtman was a…

hemlock: The eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) of North America, also called Canadian hemlock and hemlock spruce, usually is 18 to 30 metres (about 60 to 100 feet) tall and has a trunk 1.2 metres (4 feet) in diameter. Its dark green leaves have grooves on the upper…

Kjartan Fløgstad: …of essays and short fictions, Den hemmelege jubel (1970; “The Secret Enthusiasm”), Fløgstad defended literature, art, and the imagination against their opponents on both the political right and left. Fangliner (1972; “Mooring Lines”) is a collection of short stories that takes a hard, unsentimental look at the lives of fishermen…

Belgian literature: Prose: They include Kristien Hemmerechts, who wrote about loss and sexual tensions in an understated manner, the more philosophical Patricia de Martelaere, and the inventive Koen Peeters. Such authors as Tom Lanoye and Stefan Hertmans made their mark in more than one genre. Lanoye was a performing poet…

John Heminge was an English actor who, with Henry Condell, prepared and oversaw the First Folio (1623), a collection of Shakespeare’s plays. Heminge was an integral and prosperous member of the theatrical company that eventually became the King’s Men in 1603. Though not an exceptional actor, he

Jamaica: Sports and recreation: …Atlanta in 1996 the hurdler Deon Hemmings won Jamaica’s first gold medal in a women’s event. At the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, sprinter Usain Bolt set new records and took the gold medal in the 100-metre and 200-metre sprints. He repeated those feats at the London 2012 Games and the…

John Heminge was an English actor who, with Henry Condell, prepared and oversaw the First Folio (1623), a collection of Shakespeare’s plays. Heminge was an integral and prosperous member of the theatrical company that eventually became the King’s Men in 1603. Though not an exceptional actor, he

primate: Placenta: In the second type (hemochorial), found in tarsiers, monkeys, and apes, the relationship is much more intimate, there being no cell layers separating the two circulations so that serum proteins can easily pass. In haplorrhines the endometrium becomes highly vascularised about two weeks after ovulation, in preparation for the…

hemochromatosis, inborn metabolic defect characterized by an increased absorption of iron, which accumulates in body tissues. The clinical manifestations include skin pigmentation, diabetes mellitus, enlargement of the spleen and liver, cirrhosis, heart failure, arthritis, and general weakness and

hemochromogen, compound of the iron-containing pigment heme with a protein or other substance. The hemochromogens include hemoglobin, found in red blood cells, and the cytochromes, which are widely distributed compounds important to oxidation processes in animals and plants. More specifically,

circulatory system: Body fluids: …the blood-vessel walls; where a hemocoel (a blood-containing body cavity) exists, however, blood rather than coelomic fluid occupies the cavity. The composition of blood may vary from what is little more than the environmental water containing small amounts of dissolved nutrients and gases to the highly complex tissue containing many…

circulatory system: Body fluids: …the blood-vessel walls; where a hemocoel (a blood-containing body cavity) exists, however, blood rather than coelomic fluid occupies the cavity. The composition of blood may vary from what is little more than the environmental water containing small amounts of dissolved nutrients and gases to the highly complex tissue containing many…

coloration: Hemocyanins: Copper-containing proteins called hemocyanins occur notably in the blood of larger crustaceans and of gastropod and cephalopod mollusks. Hemocyanins are colourless in the reduced, or deoxygenated, state and blue when exposed to air or to oxygen dissolved in the blood. Hemocyanins serve as respiratory…

circulatory system: Blood: …a number of cells (hemocytes) arising from the embryonic mesoderm. Many different types of hemocytes have been described in different species, but they have been studied most extensively in insects, in which four major types and functions have been suggested: (1) phagocytic cells that ingest foreign particles and parasites…

hemocytoblast, generalized stem cell, from which, according to the monophyletic theory of blood cell formation, all blood cells form, including both erythrocytes and leukocytes. The cell resembles a lymphocyte and has a large nucleus; its cytoplasm contains granules that stain with a

dialysis, in medicine, the process of removing blood from a patient whose kidney functioning is faulty, purifying that blood by dialysis, and returning it to the patient’s bloodstream. The artificial kidney, or hemodialyzer, is a machine that provides a means for removing certain undesirable

cardiovascular disease: Hemodynamic disorders: Hypertensive heart disease is discussed in the section Acquired heart disease.

hemoglobin, iron-containing protein in the blood of many animals—in the red blood cells (erythrocytes) of vertebrates—that transports oxygen to the tissues. Hemoglobin forms an unstable reversible bond with oxygen. In the oxygenated state, it is called oxyhemoglobin and is bright red; in the

blood disease: Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies: Normal adult hemoglobin (Hb A) consists of globin containing two pairs of polypeptide chains, alpha (α) and beta (β). A minor fraction of normal adult hemoglobin consists of Hb A2, which contains α- and delta- (δ-) chains. A different hemoglobin (Hb F) is present in fetal life and…

blood disease: Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies: … (hemoglobin H) or γ4 (hemoglobin Bart). These tetramers are ineffective in delivering oxygen and are unstable. Inheritance of deficiency of a pair of genes from both parents results in intrauterine fetal death or severe disease of the newborn.

hemoglobinopathy: Hemoglobin C (Hb C) is relatively common among African blacks living north of the Niger River and is found in 2–3 percent of blacks in the United States. Hemoglobin C disease (occurring when the variant Hb C gene is inherited from both parents) produces such…

hemoglobinopathy: Hemoglobin D is found mainly in people of Afghan, Pakistani, and northwestern Indian descent, but it also occurs in those of European ancestry. Hemoglobin D disease (two genes for Hb D) may produce mild hemolytic anemia. Hemoglobin E is widespread in Southeast Asia, being found…

hemoglobinopathy: Hemoglobin E is widespread in Southeast Asia, being found especially among Thai, Cambodian, Laotian, Malaysian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, and Burmese peoples. Hemoglobin E disease (two genes for Hb E) may result in a mild microcytic (small red blood cell) anemia. Hemoglobin E–thalassemia disease (one gene for…

blood disease: Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies: Thus, sickle-thalassemia and Hb E-thalassemia are relatively common.

blood disease: Thalassemia and hemoglobinopathies: A different hemoglobin (Hb F) is present in fetal life and possesses a pair of the same α-chains as does Hb A, but the second set contains gamma- (γ-) chains. In normal hemoglobin the order in which the amino acids follow one another in the polypeptide chain is…

hemoglobinopathy: Hemoglobin H, found in many groups in the Old World (e.g., Chinese, Thai, Malayans, Greeks, Italians), has almost always been identified in combination with thalassemia; symptoms resemble those of thalassemia.

race: Modern scientific explanations of human biological variation: The sickle cell trait (hemoglobin S), for example, is found chiefly in those regions of the tropical world where malaria is endemic. Hemoglobin S in its heterozygous form (inherited from one parent only) confers some immunity to those people who carry it, although it brings a deadly disease (sickle…

blood transfusion: Blood substitutes: …oxygen therapeutics include agents called hemoglobin-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs), which are made by genetically or chemically engineering hemoglobin isolated from the red blood cells of humans or bovines. HBOCs do not require refrigeration, are compatible with all blood types, and efficiently distribute oxygen to tissues. A primary concern associated with…

John Scott Haldane: …widely used devices were the hemoglobinometer, an apparatus for the analysis of blood gas, and an apparatus for the analysis of mixtures of gases.

hemoglobinopathy, any of a group of disorders caused by the presence of variant hemoglobin in the red blood cells. Variant-hemoglobin disorders occur geographically throughout the Old World in a beltlike area roughly the same as that of malaria. The presence of variant hemoglobin in moderate

blackwater fever, rare, yet dangerous, complication of malaria. It occurs almost exclusively with infection from the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Symptoms of blackwater fever include a rapid pulse, high fever and chills, extreme prostration, a rapidly developing anemia, and the passage of urine

insect: Digestive system: …by the circulatory fluid, or hemolymph, to the organs.

hemolysis, breakdown or destruction of red blood cells so that the contained oxygen-carrying pigment hemoglobin is freed into the surrounding medium. Hemolysis occurs normally in a small percentage of red blood cells as a means of removing aged cells from the bloodstream and freeing heme for iron

blood disease: Hemolytic anemias: Destruction of red cells at a rate substantially greater than normal, if not compensated for by accelerated red cell production, causes hemolytic anemia. Increased red cell destruction is recognized by demonstrating increased quantities of the pigmentary products of their destruction, such as bilirubin…

digestive system disease: Jaundice: The first type, unconjugated, or hemolytic, jaundice, appears when the amount of bilirubin produced from hemoglobin by the destruction of red blood cells or muscle tissue (myoglobin) exceeds the normal capacity of the liver to transport it or when the ability of the liver to conjugate normal amounts…

blood group: Historical background: …signs and symptoms of a hemolytic transfusion reaction. Denis was arrested after a fatality, and the procedure of transfusing the blood of other animals into humans was prohibited, by an act of the Chamber of Deputies in 1668, unless sanctioned by the Faculty of Medicine of Paris. Ten years later,…

German E. coli outbreak of 2011: About 900 cases involved hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS), in which infection of the gastrointestinal tract by toxin-producing bacteria results in the destruction of red blood cells. Kidney failure, a frequent complication of HUS, was the primary cause of death during the outbreak.

Aleksandar Hemon is a Bosnian American writer known for his short stories and novels that explore issues of exile, identity, and home through characters drawn from Hemon’s own experience as an immigrant. Hemon was raised in Sarajevo, where his father was an engineer and his mother was an

Louis Hémon was a French author of Maria Chapdelaine, the best-known novel of French Canadian pioneer life. After a few years in England as a journalist and sportswriter, Hémon went to Canada in 1911 and, while working as a farmhand, completed Maria Chapdelaine. The book is a realistic presentation

carillon: …17th century with the founders François and Pierre Hémony of the Netherlands. They were the first to tune the bells with precision, especially with regard to a bell’s inner tuning (i.e., of the partial tones that make up a bell’s complex sound), and thus to put fully into practice the…

carillon: …with the founders François and Pierre Hémony of the Netherlands. They were the first to tune the bells with precision, especially with regard to a bell’s inner tuning (i.e., of the partial tones that make up a bell’s complex sound), and thus to put fully into practice the results of…

hemophilia, hereditary bleeding disorder caused by a deficiency of a substance necessary for blood clotting (coagulation). In hemophilia A, the missing substance is factor VIII. The increased tendency to bleeding usually becomes noticeable early in life and may lead to severe anemia or even death.

blood disease: Hemophilia: …most common form of hemophilia, hemophilia A, is caused by the absence of the coagulation protein factor VIII (antihemophilic globulin). Of persons with hemophilia, approximately 85 percent have factor VIII deficiency. The next most common form of hemophilia, hemophilia B, is due to deficiency of factor IX (plasma thromboplastin component,…

blood disease: Hemophilia: …most common form of hemophilia, hemophilia B, is due to deficiency of factor IX (plasma thromboplastin component, or PTC). Both factor VIII deficiency and factor IX deficiency have signs and symptoms that are indistinguishable. Spontaneous bleeding into joints, giving rise to severe chronic arthritis, is a common problem among persons…

Haemophilus, genus of bacteria that, though often coccobacillus, vary widely in shape in the family Pasteurellaceae. Haemophilus are gram-negative, aerobic or facultative anaerobic, and nonmotile and require a growth factor that is found in blood. They are minute in size, H. influenzae measuring

cephalosporin: …have proven effective against gonorrhea, Haemophilus influenzae, and the abscesses caused by Bacteroides fragilis. The ability of many cephalosporin derivatives to penetrate the cerebral spinal fluid makes them effective in treating meningitis.

whooping cough: …is caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis.

Sir William Maddock Bayliss: …the development of an improved hemopiezometer (a device for measuring blood pressure). Observation of intestinal movements led to their discovery of the peristaltic wave, a rhythmic contraction that forces forward the contents of the intestine.

hemothorax: …cavity, the condition is called hemopneumothorax. This condition generally is caused by a penetrating chest wound or occasionally by rupture of the lung or esophagus. Surgical exploration is often required.

blood cell formation, continuous process by which the cellular constituents of blood are replenished as needed. Blood cells are divided into three groups: the red blood cells (erythrocytes), the white blood cells (leukocytes), and the blood platelets (thrombocytes). The white blood cells are

cytochrome: Hemoproteins are proteins linked to a nonprotein, iron-bearing component. It is the iron (heme) group attached to the protein that can undergo reversible oxidation and reduction reactions, thereby functioning as electron carriers within the mitochondria (the organelles that produce energy for the cell through cellular…

tuberculosis: The course of tuberculosis: …to cough up blood (hemoptysis). Tubercular lesions may spread extensively in the lung, causing large areas of destruction, cavities, and scarring. The amount of lung tissue available for the exchange of gases in respiration decreases, and if untreated the patient will die from failure of ventilation and general toxemia…

hemorrhage, Escape of blood from blood vessels into surrounding tissue. When a vessel is injured, hemorrhage continues as long as the vessel remains open and the pressure in it exceeds the pressure outside of it. Normally, coagulation closes the vessel and stops the bleeding. Uncontrolled

Ebola: …a severe and often fatal viral hemorrhagic fever. Outbreaks in primates—including gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans—and domestic pigs have been recorded. The disease is characterized by extreme fever, rash, and profuse hemorrhaging. In humans, ebolaviruses cause fatality

nutritional disease: Vitamin K: …against a condition known as hemorrhagic disease of the newborn. Vitamin K deficiency is rare in adults, except in syndromes with poor fat absorption, in liver disease, or during treatment with certain anticoagulant drugs, which interfere with vitamin K metabolism. Bleeding due to vitamin K deficiency may be seen in…

viral hemorrhagic fever, any of a variety of highly fatal viral diseases that are characterized by massive external or internal bleeding or bleeding into the skin. Other symptoms vary by the type of viral hemorrhagic fever but often include fever, malaise, muscle aches, vomiting, and shock. Most

hantavirus: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: …first group is known as hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS). These illnesses typically develop within 1 to 2 weeks of exposure (sometimes later) and are characterized by acute fever, severe headache, blurred vision, and nausea. Severe forms, such as those involving Dobrava virus or Hantaan virus, can result in…

joint disease: Hemorrhagic joint diseases: Hemarthrosis (bleeding into the joints) is a major complication of hemorrhagic disorders. Aside from the life-threatening episodes of bleeding, it constitutes the principal disability arising from the hemophilias. Most persons with these clotting defects are affected and usually within the first years…

hantavirus: Hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome: …illnesses to be characterized was Korean hemorrhagic fever (also called hemorrhagic nephroso-nephritis), recognized during the Korean War (1950–53). Korean hemorrhagic fever is fatal in 5 to 15 percent of cases. It is caused by the Hantaan virus and is carried by the striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius), a type of…

hematoma: An intracerebral hematoma (also called intraparenchymal hematoma or hemorrhagic stroke) occurs when blood pools within the tissues of the brain; trauma and high blood pressure are common causes.

Osler-Rendu-Weber disease, hereditary disorder characterized by bleeding from local capillary malformations. In Osler-Rendu-Weber disease, capillaries in the fingertips and around the oral and nasal cavities are enlarged and have unusually thin walls; they are easily broken by accidental bumping or

hemorrhoid, mass formed by distension of the network of veins under the mucous membrane that lines the anal channel or under the skin lining the external portion of the anus. A form of varicose vein, a hemorrhoid may develop from anal infection or from increase in intra-abdominal pressure, such as

respiratory disease: Immunologic conditions: …accumulation of the iron-containing substance hemosiderin in the lung tissues. The lung may also be involved in a variety of ways in the disease known as systemic lupus erythematosus, which is also believed to have an immunologic basis. Pleural effusions may occur, and the lung parenchyma may be involved. These…

bleeding and blood clotting: Significance of hemostasis: The evolution of high-pressure blood circulation in vertebrates has brought with it the risk of bleeding after injury to tissues. Mechanisms to prevent bleeding (i.e., hemostatic mechanisms) are essential to maintain the closed blood-circulatory system. Normal hemostasis is the responsibility of a complex system…

surgery: Present-day surgery: …achieved by use of the hemostat, a clamp with ratchets that grasps blood vessels or tissue; after application of hemostats, suture materials are tied around the bleeding vessels. Absorbent sterile napkins called sponges, made of a variety of natural and synthetic materials, are used for drying the field. Bleeding may…

hemothorax, collection of a bloody fluid in the pleural cavity, between the membrane lining the thoracic cage and the membrane covering the lung. Hemothorax may result from injury or surgery, especially when there has been damage to the larger blood vessels of the chest wall. Other disorders that

venom: Hemotoxins affect the blood or blood vessels: some destroy the lining of the smaller blood vessels and allow blood to seep into the tissues, producing local or widespread hemorrhages, while others render the blood less coagulable or cause abnormally rapid clotting, leading to circulatory collapse…

coloration: Hemovanadin: Pale-green pigment, hemovanadin, is found within the blood cells (vanadocytes) of sea squirts (Tunicata) belonging to the families Ascidiidae and Perophoridae. The biochemical function of hemovanadin, a strong reducing agent, is unknown.

artemisinin: mosquitoes—contain insoluble iron called hemozoin. Hemozoin is formed within schizonts as they feed on hemoglobin in the cytoplasm of human red blood cells. Artemisinin contains a peroxide group that reacts with hemozoin, and this reaction is suspected to result in the production of radicals that attack parasite proteins, thereby…

hemp, (Cannabis sativa), plant of the family Cannabaceae cultivated for its bast fibre or its edible seeds. Hemp is sometimes confused with the cannabis plants that serve as sources of the drug marijuana and the drug preparation hashish. Although all three products—hemp, marijuana, and

broomrape: Major species: Hemp broomrape (Orobanche ramosa), also known as branched broomrape, is a noxious pest around the world and can cause significant losses if crops are heavily infested. Especially common in tomatoes, hemp broomrape can parasitize a variety of vegetable crops, and its tiny seeds are usually…

Indian hemp, (species Apocynum cannabinum), North American plant of the dogbane family Apocynaceae (order Gentianales). It is a branched perennial that grows up to 1.5 m (5 feet) tall and has smooth opposite leaves and small greenish white flowers. Indians used the fibres from the stem to make

Cannabaceae, the hemp family (order Rosales), containing about 11 genera and about 170 species of plants. Its members are distributed nearly worldwide, many occurring throughout temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere. Older authorities included the two genera Cannabis and Humulus in the

stagecraft: Flying systems: …into two types: rope-set, or hemp, systems and counterweight systems. The rope-set system normally has three or more ropes attached to a metal pipe, called a batten, above the stage. The ropes pass over loft blocks on the grid above the stage. Then, at the side of the stage house,…

Carl Gustav Hempel was a German-born American philosopher, formerly a member of the Berlin school of logical positivism, a group that viewed logical and mathematical statements as revealing only the basic structure of language, but not essentially descriptive of the physical world. Hempel attended

Hempstead, town (township), Nassau county, New York, U.S. Situated in the west-central part of Long Island, it comprises 22 incorporated villages and 34 unincorporated communities. The city of Long Beach fronts the Atlantic Ocean just south of Hempstead town. The land tract was purchased from the

Mineola, village, mainly in North Hempstead town (township) with a small section in Hempstead town, and seat (1898) of Nassau county, Long Island, southeastern New York, U.S. It was settled in the 17th century by English and Dutch inhabitants of Connecticut who crossed Long Island Sound; it was

Hemsterhuis, Franciscus was a Dutch philosopher and aesthetician whose works influenced the German Romantic thinkers Johann Gottfried von Herder, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, and Friedrich Holderlin. He sought to coordinate Rationalism and sensationalism, holding that all things in the perceptible

Chris Hemsworth is an Australian actor who came to fame for his role as Thor in several Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. Hemsworth’s mother was an English teacher and his father a social-services counselor; his two brothers, Luke Hemsworth and Liam Hemsworth, also became actors. The family moved

Chris Hemsworth is an Australian actor who came to fame for his role as Thor in several Marvel Cinematic Universe movies. Hemsworth’s mother was an English teacher and his father a social-services counselor; his two brothers, Luke Hemsworth and Liam Hemsworth, also became actors. The family moved

Akbar: Early life: …places, including Delhi itself, to Hemu, a Hindu minister who claimed the throne for himself. But on November 5, 1556, a Mughal force defeated Hemu at the Second Battle of Panipat (near present-day Panipat, Haryana state, India), which commanded the route to Delhi, thus ensuring Akbar’s succession.

China: 5th millennium bce: …Yangtze River (Chang Jiang), the Hemudu site in northern Zhejiang has yielded caldrons, cups, bowls, and pot supports made of porous, charcoal-tempered black pottery. The site is remarkable for its wooden and bone farming tools, the bird designs carved on bone and ivory, the superior carpentry of its pile dwellings…

chicken: Natural history: …or roosters) and females (hens) are known for their fleshy combs, lobed wattles hanging below the bill, and high-arched tails. In some roosters, the tail can extend more than 30 cm (12 inches) in length.

Peter Carl Fabergé: …first egg, known as the Hen Egg, which Alexander III commissioned as a gift for his wife, Empress Maria Fyodorovna. The Hen Egg was an extravagant extension of the tradition of exchanging decorated eggs for Russian Orthodox Easter. Its unadorned white enamel shell housed a yellow-gold yolk, which opened to…

sea hen, fish, a species of lumpsucker