MCS
Encyclopedia
Medicine
- Multiple chemical sensitivityMultiple chemical sensitivityMultiple chemical sensitivity is a chronic medical condition characterized by symptoms the affected person attributes to exposure to low levels of chemicals. Commonly suspected substances include smoke, pesticides, plastics, synthetic fabrics, scented products, petroleum products and paints...
, idiopathic environmental intolerance - Minimally conscious stateMinimally conscious stateMinimally Conscious State is a disorder of consciousness distinct from Persistent vegetative state and Locked-in syndrome. Unlike persistent vegetative state, patients with MCS have partial preservation of conscious awareness. MCS is a relatively new category of disorders of consciousness. The...
, a disorder of consciousness - Motor cortex stimulation, a neurosurgical procedure for neuromodulation in certain painstates or movement-disorders, see Neuropathy
Science
- Membrane contact siteMembrane contact siteMembrane contact sites are areas within a cell where the membranes of two organelles are arranged in close proximity . These sites are thought to be important in the transport of small molecules such as lipids between organelles, and offer an alternative to the classical mechanism of lipid...
s, areas within cells where two organelles are held closely together - Mercalli-Cancani-Sieberg scale, a historical scale used to assess earthquake intensity scale
- Mesoscale convective systemMesoscale Convective SystemA mesoscale convective system is a complex of thunderstorms that becomes organized on a scale larger than the individual thunderstorms but smaller than extratropical cyclones, and normally persists for several hours or more...
, a complex of thunderstorms - Multiple cloning siteMultiple cloning siteA multiple cloning site , also called a polylinker, is a short segment of DNA which contains many restriction sites - a standard feature of engineered plasmids. Restriction sites within an MCS are typically unique, occurring only once within a given plasmid. MCSs are commonly used during...
, the region of restriction enzyme sites in a plasmid - Monte Carlo simulation, a class of mathematic computational algorithms
Computing and telecommunications
- Matrix cable systemMatrix cable systemMCS or Matrix Cable System is a submarine telecommunications cable linking Indonesia and Singapore with a 2nd phase to Australia.Constructed by tyco It has landing points in:*Pantai Mutiara, Jakarta, Indonesia...
, submarine communications cable connecting Indonesia to Singapore - Media Convergence ServerMedia Convergence ServerA Media Convergence Server is a proprietary hardware product sold by Cisco Systems. These are usually rebranded servers made by HP and IBM. The goal of Media Convergence Servers is to provide a standard hardware platform for Cisco's Unified Communications products such as Cisco Unified...
, a proprietary hardware product by Cisco Systems - Modulation and coding scheme, used in the telecommunications industry to optimize traffic
- Multi categories securityMulti categories securityMulti Categories Security is an access control method in Security-Enhanced Linux that uses categories attached to objects and granted to subjects at the operating system level. The current implementation in Fedora Core 5 is advisory because there is nothing stopping a process from increasing its...
, an access control method used in Security-Enhanced Linux - Multinational Character SetMultinational Character SetThe Multinational Character Set is a character encoding created by Digital Equipment Corporation for use in the popular VT220 terminal. It was an 8-bit extension of ASCII that added accented characters, currency symbols, and other character glyphs missing from 7-bit ASCII...
, a character encoding used in VT220 terminals
Organizations and companies
- Marcus CorporationMarcus CorporationThe Marcus Corporation is a publicly held company headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The company operates two principal divisions: Marcus Theatres and Marcus Hotels and Resorts. One of the company's principal assets, Baymont Motels, was sold to La Quinta Corporation in 2003...
(NSYE: MCS), a company that owns and runs theatres, hotels and resorts - Marine Conservation SocietyMarine Conservation SocietyThe Marine Conservation Society a UK charity for the protection of the seas around the United Kingdom, and for the protection of their shores and wildlife.According to their website MCS's Vision is:Their website also states:...
, a charity based in the UK - Methodist Church in SingaporeMethodist Church in SingaporeThe Methodist Church in Singapore is the church that Methodists in Singapore belong to. The Church has 44 churches island-wide with more than 38,000 members, making it one of the largest Protestant denominations in Singapore. Its current bishop and head of the Church is Bishop Dr Robert M...
Schools
- Maesteg Comprehensive SchoolMaesteg Comprehensive SchoolYsgol Maesteg School is a comprehensive school situated in the town of Maesteg in the South Wales Valleys of south-eastern Wales. It is also known as just Maesteg School.. As from February 2008 the school's official name was changed from Maesteg Comprehensive School to Ysgol Maesteg School...
, Maesteg, Wales - Magdalen College School, OxfordMagdalen College School, OxfordMagdalen College School is an independent school for boys aged 7 to 18 and girls in the sixth form, located on The Plain in Oxford, England. It was founded as part of Magdalen College, Oxford by William Waynflete in 1480....
, England - Maine Coast SemesterMaine Coast SemesterChewonki Semester School formerly known as Maine Coast Semester, founded in 1988, is a semester-long, environmental education program for high school juniors run by the Chewonki Foundation and located in Wiscasset, Maine. The founding director was S. Scott Andrews, who currently teaches history...
, a program run by the Chewonki Foundation in Wiscasset, Maine, USA - Malahide Community School, Dublin, Ireland
- Manhattan Country SchoolManhattan Country SchoolManhattan Country School is a private coeducational PreK-8 school with its main location in Manhattan and a farm in Roxbury, New York. Founded in 1966, it is distinctive because of its multicultural and progressive educational philosophy, the diversity of its student body, its sliding scale tuition...
, Manhattan, New York, USA - Maryknoll Convent SchoolMaryknoll Convent SchoolMaryknoll Convent School is a Roman Catholic girls' school with primary and secondary sections at Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. It was founded by the American Maryknoll Sisters in Hong Kong in 1925 at Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong. MCS is well-known for its distinguished academic results and school traditions...
, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong - Mater Carmeli SchoolMater Carmeli SchoolMater Carmeli School - Novaliches, located at Sacred Heart Village, Novaliches, Quezon City, is a private Catholic educational institution owned and managed by the Carmelite Missionaries. It was founded in 1986 on a piece of property adjacent to the Novitiate House of the Carmelite Missionaries in...
, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines - Melbourne Continuation SchoolMelbourne Continuation SchoolThe Melbourne Continuation School was Victoria's first state secondary school, which was established in 1905 from the initiative of Director of Education, Frank Tate. The school was founded on the old National Model School in Spring Street, with principal Joseph Hocking. The opening of the school...
, Melbourne, Australia - Mellon College of ScienceMellon College of ScienceThe Mellon College of Science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA houses the Chemistry, Mathematical Sciences, Physics, and Biological Sciences departments...
, at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA - Merchiston Castle SchoolMerchiston Castle SchoolMerchiston Castle School is an independent school for boys in the village of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland. It has about 480 pupils and is open to boys between the ages of 8 and 18 as either boarders or day pupils; day pupils make up 35% of the school....
, Colinton, Edinburgh, Scotland - Military College of SignalsMilitary College of SignalsMilitary College of Signals is a military school located at Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan, it is an affiliate of the National University of Sciences and Technology.-Courses offered:...
, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan - Mount Carmel SchoolMount Carmel SchoolMount Carmel School was established in South Delhi, India on July 10, 1972, with twelve students. With a second branch in Dwarka it has now grown to total over 3000 students. Offering courses in science, commerce and humanities, the co-educational institution is affiliated to the Central Board of...
, New Delhi, India
Other
- Management control systemManagement control systemA management control systems is a system which gathers and uses information to evaluate the performance of different organizational resources like human, physical, financial and also the organization as a whole considering the organizational strategies. Finally, MCS influences the behavior of...
, a means of evaluating the performance of different organizational resources - Michigan Central StationMichigan Central StationMichigan Central Station , built in mid-1912 through 1913 for the Michigan Central Railroad, was Detroit, Michigan's passenger rail depot from its opening in 1913 after the previous Michigan Central Station burned, until the cessation of Amtrak service on January 6, 1988...
, a former rail station depot in Detroit, Michigan, USA - Millennium Cohort StudyMillennium Cohort StudyThe Millennium Cohort Study is a longitudinal survey conducted by the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the University of London, following the lives of a sample of about 19,000 babies born in the UK in the year 2000–2001.-History:...
, a longitudinal study in the UK - Motion City SoundtrackMotion City SoundtrackMotion City Soundtrack is an American rock band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, formed in 1997. The band consists of founding members Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain , along with keyboardist and moog synthesist Jesse Johnson, bassist and backing vocalist Matthew Taylor, and drummer, percussionist and...
, an American rock band - Music Construction SetMusic Construction SetMusic Construction Set is a music composition notation program. It was originally developed in 1984 for the Apple II, and quickly ported to other systems of the era. It was designed and developed by Will Harvey and published by Electronic Arts...
, a music composition program for 8-bit era computers