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Halteres (ancient Greece) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Halteres Associates, LLC, provides strategic and tactical consulting services to bioscience organizations in the areas of diagnostics, therapeutics, medical devices, and life science research. We assist these organizations in the following areas:
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halteres – in ancient Greek athletics, lead or stone weights used by athletes in jumping events; used to increase jump distance, athletes held these telephone receiver or dumb bell shaped weights in their hands, ran forward, jumped swinging the weights, and released the halteres behind him at the end of the jump;
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located at the base of the halteres. The planes of vibration of the two halteres are orthogonal, each forming an angle of about 45 degrees with the axis of the insect. Halteres thus act as a balancing and guidance system...
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These halteres were made of stone or lead and weighed 2–9 kg, which we calculate would increase a 3-metre jump by at least 17 cm, indicating that their purpose was to boost the performance of pentathletes. Halteres may therefore be the earliest passive tool that was devised to enhance human-powered locomotion.
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The Drosophila microRNA iab-4 causes a dominant homeotic transformation of halteres to wings; Genes & Dev., December 15, 2005; 19(24): 2947 - 2952. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF];
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English: Halteres from ancient Greece, used for the long jump in the Olympic Games. Currently located in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. ... 2008-05-09 19:26 Portum 3008×2000× (2347191 bytes) {{Information |Description= Halteres from ancient Greece, used for the long jump in the Olympic Games.
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