Peak

Peak, The Peak or PEAKS may refer to:

Science

Peak electricity usage times or peak demand, see Energy demand management

Peak (geometry), an (n-3)-dimensional element of a polytope

The highest, or sometimes the highest and lowest (see peak-to-peak), points on a varying waveform

Peak (pharmacology) or when a drug reaches its maximum plasma concentrations

Peak experience, psychological term for a euphoric mental state

Geography and geology

Hubbert peak theory or peak oil, a theory that oil production worldwide is expected to reach a maximum level after which it will decline

A mountain peak, see summit

More specifically, a pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point

More specifically, a pyramidal peak, a mountaintop that has been sculpted by erosion to form a point

Technology

A nickname used to refer to the British Rail Class 44 diesel locomotives, and also classes 45 and 46

The highest corner of a four-sided, fore-aft sail

Computing

BIAS Peak, a professional audio editing program on the Apple platform

Twin Peaks

Twin Peaks is an American television serial drama created by Mark Frost and David Lynch. It follows an investigation headed by FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) into the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in the fictional town of Twin Peaks, Washington. Its pilot episode was broadcast on April 8, 1990, on ABC. Seven more episodes were produced, and the series was renewed for a second season that aired until June 10, 1991.

Twin Peaks explores the gulf between the veneer of small-town respectability and the seedier life beneath. As the series progresses, the inner darkness of characters who initially appeared innocent is revealed, and they are seen to lead double lives. Its unsettling tone and supernatural features are consistent with horror films, but its campy, melodramatic portrayal of quirky characters engaged in dubious activities parodies of American soap operas. Like much of Lynch's work, the show represents an earnest moral inquiry distinguished by both offbeat humor and surrealism.

Twin

Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy. Twins can either be monozygotic ("identical"), meaning that they can develop from just one zygote that will then split and form two embryos, or dizygotic ("fraternal"), meaning that they can develop from two different eggs; each are fertilized by separate sperm cells.

In contrast, a fetus which develops alone in the womb is called a singleton, and the general term for one offspring of a multiple birth is multiple.

Statistics

The twin birth rate in the United States rose 76% from 1980 through 2009, from 18.9 to 33.3 per 1,000 births. The Yoruba have the highest rate of twinning in the world, at 45–50 twin sets (or 90–100 twins) per 1,000 live births, possibly because of high consumption of a specific type of yam containing a natural phytoestrogen which may stimulate the ovaries to release an egg from each side.

In Central Africa there are 18–30 twin sets (or 36–60 twins) per 1,000 live births. In Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, the lowest rates are found; only 6 to 9 twin sets per 1,000 live births. North America and Europe have intermediate rates of 9 to 16 twin sets per 1,000 live births.

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