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Theater standard and American audio company founded in 1983 by George Lucas
THX Ltd. is an American audio company based in the San Francisco Bay Area, known for its suite of digital high fidelity audiovisual reproduction standards for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, car audio systems, video game consoles, and video games. The THX trailer that precedes compliant films is based on the Deep Note, with a distinctive glissando up from a rumbling low pitch. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: THXA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Thx 4 the msg: Assessing the Impact of Texting on Student Engagement and PersistenceInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Advances in Carbon Management TechnologiesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Actinide chalcogenides and pnictides. III. Optical-phonon frequency determination in UX and ThX compounds by neutron scatteringCited 83 times
- Go sideways: Deep NoteA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Home cinemaA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Actinide chalcogenides and pnictides. III. Optical-phonon frequency determination in UX and ThX compounds by neutron scattering
ThX – a next-generation probe for the early detection of amyloid aggregates
Reactions of Thorium Atoms with Polyhalomethanes: Infrared Spectra of the CH2=ThX2, HC÷ThX3, and XC÷ThX3 Molecules
Unravelling the Hydration Structure of ThX4 (X = Br, Cl) Water Solutions by Molecular Dynamics Simulations and X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy
From “Oh, you’re Chinese . . . ” to “No bats, thx!”: Racialized Experiences of Australian-Based Chinese Queer Women in the Mobile Dating Context
Thermophysical properties and oxygen transport in (Thx,Pu1−x)O2
Synthesis of nido-B11H14- and Alkyl Derivatives via Systematic Cage Enlargement of the Decaborane(14) System: Crystal Structure of 7-Thx-B11H13-
Elastic properties of thorium ceramics ThX (X = C, N, O, P, As, Sb, S, Se)
🆕 Influential since 2022
Thx 4 the msg: Assessing the Impact of Texting on Student Engagement and Persistence
Bond Dissociation Energies and Electronic Calculations on the Actinide Halides ThX and UX (X = Cl, Br, I)
Stabilization of Pu(IV) in PuBr4(OPCy3)2 and Comparisons with Structurally Similar ThX4(OPR3)2 (R = Cy, Ph) Molecules
Superionic Transition-Induced Diffusional Creep Behavior Transitions in Nanocrystalline (U1 − x, Thx)O2 Nuclear Fuels
Structural and optical properties of composite phosphor Thx(MoO4)2/Bi2(1-x)Mo2O9; (1≥x≥0) doped with Ho3+/Yb3+ as a multifunctional materials
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕Advances in Carbon Management TechnologiesSubhas K. Sikdar · 2020
- 📕Chapter 19 Concentrated solar energy driven multi-generation systems based on the organic Rankine cycle technologyNishith Desai · 2020
The Book of Ballads · 1854
The Book of BalladsTheodore Martin , William Edmondstoune Aytoun · 1854
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