Exposition: Characters and setting are established and the conflict, or problem, is introduced. Rising action: The conflict begins to affect the characters, complicating their lives. Climax: The conflict is faced during the main, most dramatic event of the story.
Nerve conduction velocity. A nerve conduction study (NCS) is a medical diagnostic test commonly used to evaluate the function, especially the ability of electrical conduction, of the motor and sensory nerves of the human body.
Emblem of the NICS. The National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) is a U.S. system for determining if prospective firearms or explosives buyers' name and birth year match those of a person who is not eligible to buy.