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A cascade is a type of waterfall or a series of waterfalls. Cascade may also refer to:

Ecology

• Trophic cascade, when predators in a food web suppress their prey, releasing the next lower trophic level from predation
• Cascade effect (ecology), the triggering of series of secondary extinctions

Technology

• Ablation cascade, a possible catastrophic orbital event (see Kessler syndrome)
• Biochemical cascade, a consecutive series of chemical reactions
  • Coagulation cascade, the process by which the body clots blood
  • Complement cascade or Complement system, a biochemical cascade in the immune system
  • MAPK cascade, a process in the action of cancer genes
• Cascade reaction, a consecutive series of chemical reactions within a molecule
• Cascading classifiers, a multistage classification scheme
• Electron cascade or Electron avalanche, a process in physics
• Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
• Information cascade, an economic theory
• Cascading failure, a failure in a system of interconnected parts
• Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes
• Cascade connection, in systems theory, the connection of the output of one system to the input of another
  • cascade amplifier, cascade connected amplifier circuits
• Cascading rollback, multiple failure after a database rollback
• Cascade storage system
• Fractional cascading, a data structuring technique for speeding up binary searches
• Cascade (software), a software configuration management tool suite
• Cascade failure, the failure of one pylon on an overhead power line causing further pylons to fall

Places

Australia

• Cascade National Park, a national park in New South Wales
• The Cascades, a waterfall in Gloucester National Park

Canada

• Cascade Mountain (Alberta), a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park
• Cascade, British Columbia, aka Cascade Falls, a ghost town

Jamaica

Cascade, Jamaica, a village

Norfolk Island

• Cascade, Norfolk Island, a site considered by some to be a settlement, in the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island.

North America

• Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America
• Cascade Volcanoes, a grouping of volcanoes on the west coast of North America

Seychelles

• Cascade, Seychelles, a district in the Republic of Seychelles

United States

Communities

• Cascade, Colorado, an unincorporated town in El Paso County
  • Cascade-Chipita Park, Colorado, a census-designated place
• Cascade, Idaho, a city in Valley County
• Cascade, Iowa, a city in Dubuque County and Jones County
• Cascade, Montana, a town in Cascade County
• Cascade, New Hampshire, a village within the town of Gorham and the city of Berlin
• Cascade, Seattle, Washington, a small neighborhood abutting downtown Seattle
• Cascade, Wisconsin, a village in Sheboygan County
• Cascade-Fairwood, Washington, a census-designated place in King County
• Cascade Locks, Oregon, a city in Hood River County
• Cascade Township, Michigan, a charter township of Kent County
• Cascade Township, Minnesota, in Olmsted County
• Cascade Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County
• Cascade Valley, Washington, a census-designated place in Grant County

Other U.S. locations

• Cascade Highway (Washington), a portion of U.S. Route 2 through the northern Cascades in Washington
• Cascade Highway (Oregon), a portion of Oregon Route 213 running from Silverton to Stayton in Oregon
• Cascade Lakes, a collection of lakes in Oregon
• Cascade Mountain (New York), a mountain in Essex County of New York
• Cascade Park, a Lorain County Metropark in Elyria, Ohio
• Cascade Pass, a mountain pass in Washington
• Cascade Tunnel, a railroad tunnel near Everett, Washington
• Shasta Cascade, a region of northern California

Organizations

• Boise Cascade, an American pulp and paper company
• Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit organization and advocacy group, Seattle, Washington
• Cascade Brewery, a brewer in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Cascade College, a private college in Portland, Oregon
• Cascade Communications, a manufacturer of communications equipment
• Cascade Investments LLC, a private investments and holding company owned by Bill Gates
• Cascade Limited, a subsidiary of Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), a Hong Kong telecommunications company
• Cascade Lacrosse, a sports manufacturer
• Cascade Collegiate Conference, a sports conference in the western United States
• Open CASCADE, a software development company with head office in France

Music

• Cascade, an album by Scottish band Capercaillie
• Cascade, an album by Irish band Abaddon Incarnate
• "Cascade" (song), a single by Future Sound of London
• Cascade (band), a Japanese Visual Kei band
• former name for German dance group Cascada
• Alias of the DJ duo Transa
• album by Peter Murphy "Cascade"

Other

• Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator
• Cascade (juggling), a juggling pattern
• Resonance cascade, the event that started "The Black Mesa Incident" in the Half-Life game series.
• Cascade virus, a computer virus
• USS Cascade (AD-16), a United States Navy destroyer tender
• A variety of hops found in North America
• Kemble's Cascade, a pattern of stars
• Cascade (detergent), a brand name of detergent by Procter & Gamble
• A variety of Seibel grapes
• Superencryption, or Cascading encryption, when an encrypted message is encrypted again
• Golden Cascade, a breed of duck
• Discrete dynamical system, a term in mathematics

See also

• Cascade Falls (disambiguation)

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CASCADE is an European Network of Excellence in research, risk assessment, and education concerning endocrine-disrupting chemicals in food. A Network of Excellence is a multi-partner project funded by FP6 aiming at strengthening scientific and technological excellence on a particular research topic. CASCADE aim to fill gaps of scientific knowledge and to increase public awareness and promote balanced decisions among consumers and policy makers regarding food.

Scientific research
The research within the network will specifically address the effects and interactions of mixtures of chemical contaminants in food. Whole food extracts will be screened for toxic substances and their effects on cell systems will be studied. Mechanistic information regarding disease development caused by chemical exposures will be provided. All these efforts will make quantitative and qualitative health risk assessment more efficient and accurate than it is presently. The network also aims to identify new biological markers of exposure. Finally, CASCADE is working to standardise test methods and develop models that may lower the cost of the toxicological testing and decrease the need for animal testing of chemicals in the future.

Finance and organisation
CASCADE is financed by the European Union 6th Framework Programme (FP6). More than 200 senior scientists, post docs and PhD students are working within CASCADE. The annual budget for the network is approximately 2.9 million euro.

Project details
EC Contract number: FOOD-CT-2004-506319
Duration: 5 years from February 2004 to January 2009.
Coordinator: Professor Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden.
Website: www.cascadenet.org

A cascade is

• a small splashing waterfall that tumbles down a mountainside in a series of steps.
• a series of musical notes.
• a series of events which follow each other rapidly, each of which triggers the next.

Cascade may also mean:

Contents 1 Places 1.1 North America 1.1.1 Canada 1.1.2 United States 1.2 Seychelles 1.3 Australia 2 Technology 3 Organizations 4 Music 5 Other 6 Other pages

Places

North America

• Cascade Range, a mountain range on the west coast of North America
• Cascade Volcanoes, a grouping of volcanoes on the west coast of North America

Canada

• Cascade Mountain (Alberta), a mountain located in the Bow River Valley of Banff National Park
• Cascade, British Columbia, aka Cascade Falls, a ghost town

United States

Communities

• Cascade, Colorado, an unincorporated town in El Paso County
  • Cascade-Chipita Park, Colorado, a census-designated place
• Cascade, Idaho, a city in Valley County
• Cascade, Iowa, a city in Dubuque County and Jones County
• Cascade, Montana, a town in Cascade County
• Cascade, New Hampshire, a village within the town of Gorham and the city of Berlin
• Cascade, Seattle, Washington, a small neighborhood abutting downtown Seattle
• Cascade, Wisconsin, a village in Sheboygan County
• Cascade-Fairwood, Washington, a census-designated place in King County
• Cascade Locks, Oregon, a city in Hood River County
• Cascade Township, Michigan, a charter township of Kent County
• Cascade Township, Minnesota, in Olmsted County
• Cascade Township, Pennsylvania, in Lycoming County
• Cascade Valley, Washington, a census-designated place in Grant County

Other U.S. locations

• Cascade Highway (Washington), a portion of U.S. Route 2 through the northern Cascades in Washington
• Cascade Highway (Oregon), a portion of Oregon Route 213 running from Silverton to Stayton in Oregon
• Cascade Lakes, a collection of lakes in Oregon
• Cascade Mountain (New York), a mountain in Essex County of New York
• Cascade Park, a Lorain County Metropark in Elyria, Ohio
• Cascade Pass, a mountain pass in Washington
• Cascade Tunnel, a railroad tunnel near Everett, Washington
• Shasta Cascade, a region of northern California

Seychelles

• Cascade, Seychelles, a district in the Republic of Seychelles

Australia

• Cascade National Park, a national park in New South Wales

WALES, UK

Cascade, Rhymney Valley,

Technology

• Ablation cascade, a possible catastrophic orbital event
• Biochemical cascade, a consecutive series of chemical reactions
  • Complement cascade or Complement system, a biochemical cascade in the immune system
  • MAPK cascade, a process in the action of cancer genes
• Cascade reaction, a consecutive series of chemical reactions within a molecule
• Electron cascade or Electron avalanche, a process in physics
  • Quantum cascade laser, a unipolar semiconductor laser
• Event cascade, a problem in event-driven computer programming
• Informational cascade, an economic theory
• Cascading failure, a failure in a system of interconnected parts
• Cascade (chemical engineering), a series of chemical processes
• Cascading rollback, multiple failure after a database rollback
• Cascading Style Sheets specifying the appearance of web information
• Fractional cascading, a data structuring technique for speeding up binary searches

Organizations

• Boise Cascade, an American pulp and paper company
• Cascade Bicycle Club, a non-profit organization and advocacy group, Seattle, Washington
• Cascade Brewery, a brewer in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
• Cascade College, a private college in Portland, Oregon
• Cascade Communications, a manufacturer of communications equipment
• Cascade Corporation, a manufacturer of Material Handling Equipment located in Portland, OR
• Cascade Investments LLC, a private investments and holding company owned by Bill Gates
• Cascade Limited, a subsidiary of Pacific Century Cyberworks (PCCW), a Hong Kong telecommunications company
• Cascade Lacrosse, a sports manufacturer
• Cascade Collegiate Conference, a sports conference in the western United States
• Open CASCADE, a software development company with head office in France
• CASCADE, an EU-funded research project, targeting health risks in food

Music

• Cascade (album), an album by folk rock band Capercaillie
• "Cascade" (song), a single by Future Sound of London
• Cascade (band), a Japanese Visual Kei band
• Another name for German dance group Cascada

Other

• Cascade Club and Spa[Cascade Club and Spa], premium health club based in Bangkok Thailand
• Cascade converter, a type of motor-generator
• Cascade (juggling), a juggling pattern
• Resonance cascade, the event that started "The Black Mesa Incident" in the Half-Life game series.
• Cascade virus, a computer virus
• USS Cascade (AD-16), a United States Navy destroyer tender
• A variety of hops found in North America
• Kemble's Cascade, a pattern of stars
• A brand name of detergent by Procter & Gamble
• A variety of Seibel grapes
• Superencryption, or Cascading encryption, when an encrypted message is encrypted again

Other pages

• Cascades (disambiguation)
• Cascade Falls