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Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly of 1897
The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly of 1897 (Asamblea Nacional Constituyente 1896–1897) was convened by General Eloy Alfaro after the Liberal Revolution of 1895, decreeing the Constitution of 14 January 1897 and naming him constitutional president.
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly of 1929
The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly of 1929 (Asamblea Constituyente de 1928-1929) met in Quito under President Isidro Ayora, drafted the 1929 constitution, and made Ecuador the first Latin American country to grant women the vote.
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly of 1978–1979
The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly of 1978–1979 was a constitution-making process in which no elected assembly met; jurist commissions and a 1978 referendum produced Ecuador's 18th Constitution.
Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly of 2007–2008
The Ecuadorian Constituent Assembly of 2007–2008 (Asamblea Constituyente de Ecuador de 2007 y 2008) was a 130-member elected body holding full constituent power in Ecuador from November 2007 to October 2008.
Ecuadorian Constituent Congress of 1830
The Ecuadorian Constituent Congress of 1830 met in Riobamba after Ecuador separated from Gran Colombia, produced the country's first constitution, and elected Juan José Flores as its first president.
Ecuadorian Constitution of 1830
The Ecuadorian Constitution of 1830 (Constitución del Estado del Ecuador), also called the Floreana constitution, was Ecuador's first, sanctioned at Riobamba in September 1830 after separation from Gran Colombia.
Ecuadorian Constitution of 1861
The Ecuadorian Constitution of 1861 was the seventh constitution of Ecuador, promulgated in Quito on 10 April 1861 under Gabriel García Moreno, introducing direct and secret suffrage and replacing departments with provinces.
Ecuadorian Constitution of 1897
The Ecuadorian Constitution of 1897, adopted under General Eloy Alfaro after the Liberal Revolution, was Ecuador's first liberal charter, introducing religious tolerance and abolishing the death penalty.
Ecuadorian Constitution of 1929
The Ecuadorian Constitution of 1929 (Constitución Política de la República del Ecuador) was the thirteenth constitution of Ecuador, promulgated under President Isidro Ayora, and made Ecuador the first Latin American country to grant women the vote.
Ecuadorian Constitution of 1979
Drafted by a military government commission and approved by voters, the Ecuadorian Constitution of 1979 returned the country to democratic rule, entering into force on 10 August 1979.
Ecuadorian Constitution of 2008
The Ecuadorian Constitution of 2008 is Ecuador's fundamental law, adopted in 2008 and the first constitution in the world to recognize enforceable rights of nature.
Ecuadorian hermit crab
The Ecuadorian hermit crab, also known as Coenobita compressus, is a semi-terrestrial land hermit crab living on sandy Pacific beaches from southern Mexico to Ecuador and northern Peru.
Ecuadorian Liberal Revolution
The Ecuadorian Liberal Revolution (Revolución Liberal), begun in Guayaquil in 1895 under General Eloy Alfaro, governed Ecuador until 1912, separating church and state and building the trans-Andean railroad.
Ecuadorian May Revolution of 1944
The Ecuadorian May Revolution of 1944, known as La Gloriosa, was the armed uprising of 28 May 1944 that deposed President Carlos Alberto Arroyo del Río.
Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party
The Ecuadorian Radical Liberal Party (Partido Liberal Radical Ecuatoriano, PLRE) is a liberal political party that carried out the 1895 Liberal Revolution, bringing Eloy Alfaro to power.
Ecuadorian sucre
The Ecuadorian sucre was Ecuador's national currency from 1884 until dollarization in 2000, when it was replaced by the US dollar at 25,000 sucres per dollar.
Ecuadorian War of Independence
The Ecuadorian War of Independence (Guerra de Independencia de Ecuador) was the conflict by which the Real Audiencia of Quito broke from Spanish rule, from 1809 to 1822.
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1859–1860
The Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1859–1860 was an armed conflict between Peru and Ecuador that began with a Peruvian naval blockade and ended with the Treaty of Mapasingue.
Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941
The Ecuadorian–Peruvian War of 1941, known as the Guerra del 41, was an undeclared war over Amazonian territory that Peru won, occupying Ecuador's El Oro province.
Eculizumab
Eculizumab (Soliris) is a humanized anti-C5 monoclonal antibody, the first approved complement inhibitor (FDA 2007), treating PNH, aHUS, gMG, and NMOSD; it blocks C5 cleavage to C5a/C5b, requires meningococcal vaccination, and has biosimilars Epysqli and Bkemv.
Ecumene
Ecumene (Greek oikoumene, "inhabited"): the permanently inhabited land of the Earth in geography, and in classical usage the known inhabited world of the Greeks and Romans, later adopted by Rome and the Christian church.
Ecumenical council
Ecumenical council: a formal assembly of bishops for the whole church issuing authoritative doctrine and discipline. Orthodox recognize seven (325 to 787); Western canon law counts 21; the first was Nicaea, 325, convoked by Constantine.
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
The Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, also known as the Archbishop of Constantinople, is the first among equals of Eastern Orthodox patriarchs, seated in Istanbul since the sixth century.
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο Κωνσταντινουπόλεως)
The Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο Κωνσταντινουπόλεως) is the autocephalous Orthodox see seated in Istanbul, whose archbishop, Patriarch Bartholomew since 1991, is honored as first among equals.
Ecumenism
Ecumenism, or the Ecumenical Movement, is the movement seeking visible unity among the divided Christian churches, formally named by Vatican II in 1964 and commonly dated to the 1910 Edinburgh conference.
Ecumenopolis
Ecumenopolis: a planet-wide continuous city, coined by Greek planner Constantinos Doxiadis in 1967 within his ekistics theory; projected as the inevitable final stage of urbanization, later critiqued as infeasible and adopted in science fiction.
ECV trial
ECV trial (NCT04346823), Sevoflurane and Success of External Cephalic Version: a phase 4 randomized trial by King Saud University testing 1% inhaled sevoflurane versus no intervention to raise ECV success in 40 women at 36-40 weeks.
ECV-304
ECV-304 (CVCL_2029), a human cell line described in 1990 as spontaneously transformed umbilical vein endothelial cells but shown in 1999 to be a T24 bladder carcinoma derivative; ICLAC-00117, still used in endothelial and vasculogenic mimicry studies.
ECW One Night Stand (2005)
ECW One Night Stand 2005, WWE's June 12, 2005 ECW reunion pay-per-view at the Hammerstein Ballroom, New York, before 2,500 fans; a nostalgia event whose success led to ECW's 2006 relaunch as a WWE brand.
ECW One Night Stand (2006)
ECW One Night Stand 2006 was a WWE pay-per-view held June 11, 2006 at the Hammerstein Ballroom, the second ECW reunion show and launchpad for the relaunched ECW brand on Sci Fi. Rob Van Dam beat John Cena for the WWE Championship before 2,460 fans with about 304,000 buys.