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| HM (patient) |
A memory impaired patient known as HM (a pseudonym used to keep his identity confidential) has been widely studied since the late 1950s and has been very important in the development of theories that explain the link between brain function and memory, and in the development of cognitive neuropsychology, a branch of psychology that studies brain injury to infer normal psychological function. (references) |
| HM Bark Endeavour |
HM Bark Endeavour was a small 18th century British sailing ship, famous for being the vessel commanded by Lt. (later Captain) James Cook, on his first voyage of discovery to the Pacific Ocean. (references) |
| HM Coastal Motor Boat 4 |
HM Coastal Motor Boat 4 was one of a large series of small fast shallow draught vessels used during World War One. She was designed by Thornycrofts of Hampden, England, ordered in January, 1916, built by them and delivered that summer. (references) |
| HM Coastguard |
Her Majesty's Coastguard is the agency of the government of the United Kingdom concerned with co-ordinating rescue at sea. (references) |
| HM Fort Roughs |
HM Fort Roughs was one of several World War II installations that were designed by Guy Maunsell and known collectively as His Majesty's Forts. There were two types of fort, British Army forts that consisted of several connected towers built on location and Royal Navy forts which were built on barges in a dock and then towed by tugboats into position. HM Fort Roughs was of the latter category. (references) |
| HM Land Registry |
Her Majesty's Land Registry, commonly referred to as the Land Registry, is a British Governmental organisation created in 1862. Land Registry is responsible for publicly recording legal interests in land in the England and Wales and reports to the Department for Constitutional Affairs and to the Lord Chancellor's office. It is now an executive agency. (references) |
| HM Melbourne Assessment Prison |
The HM Melbourne Assessment Prison is an Australian prison located in Spencer Street, Melbourne, Victoria. The prison is also known by the nickname 'The Map'. Previously known as the Melbourne Remand Centre, the Melbourne Assessment Prison was originally built to accommodate Melbourne's remand prisoners. (references) |
| HM Nautical Almanac Office |
The HM Nautical Almanac Office (HMNAO), now part of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, near Abingdon in Oxfordshire, was established in 1832 on the site of the Royal Greenwich Observatory, where the Nautical Almanac had been published since 1767. (references) |
| HM Prison Ararat |
HM Prison Ararat is located in Ararat, Victoria, Australia. (references) |
| HM Prison Barwon |
HM Prison Barwon is a maximum security Australian prison located on Bacchus Marsh Road, 6 km from the township of Lara, (near Geelong), Victoria, Australia. Barwon provides accommodation and services for maximum security mainstream prisoners including a 20-bed facility for high security prisoners and a 60-bed facility for maximum security protection prisoners. Barwon was built to cater for demand due to the recent closures of HM Prison Geelong in 1991 and HM Prison Pentridge in 1997. A campus of the Gordon Institute of TAFE operates at the prison providing corrections education. (references) |
| HM Prison Beechworth |
HM Prison Beechworth was a medium security Australian prison located in Beechworth, Victoria, Australia. (references) |
| HM Prison Fairlea |
HM Prison Fairlea was an Australian female prison located on Yarra Bend Drive in suburb of Fairfield, Victoria, Australia. It was built on the site of the Yarra Bend Lunatic Asylum, with remnants of the walls and gates being used in the layout of the prison. (references) |
| HM Prison Geelong |
HM Prison Geelong was a maximum security Australia prison located on the corner of Myers Street and Swanston Street in Geelong, Victoria, Australia. The prison was built in stages from 1849 to 1864. Its panopticon design is based on Pentonville Prison in England. The prison was officially closed in 1991 and prisoners were moved to the newly built HM Prison Barwon in Lara. (references) |
| HM Prison Langi Kal Kal |
HM Prison Langi Kal Kal is an Australian prison located at Trawalla, near Beaufort, Victoria, Australia. The prison is a minimum security prison farm and all inmates are required to work at this prison. (references) |
| HM Prison Loddon |
HM Prison Loddon is an Australian medium security prison, located in Central Victoria, Australia, approximately four kilometres from the centre of Castlemaine and about one and a half hours from Melbourne. (references) |
| HM Prison Morwell River |
HM Prison Morwell River, opened in 1964, was a prison located in Victoria, Australia. (references) |
| HM Prison Pentridge |
HM Prison Pentridge was an Australian prison built in 1850 and located in Coburg, Victoria. The prison officially closed on May 1 1997. (references) |
| HM Prison Risdon |
HM Prison Risdon is a prison facility located in Risdon Vale, Tasmania, Australia. The prison is nicknamed The Pink Palace. The prison was opened in 1960 when male prisoners moved from the Campbell Street Gaol in central Hobart. Female prisoners were moved to the Risdon complex three years later. (references) |
| HM Prison Sale |
HM Prison Sale is located in Sale, Victoria, Australia. (references) |
| HM Railway Inspectorate |
HM Railway Inspectorate (HMRI: his/her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate) is the British government body responsible for overseeing safety on Britain's railways, tramways, trolley bus and other guided transport systems. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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