It's in that spirit that we reassessed our list of the 25 most head-turning college campuses in the country, in the process switching out some otherwise deserving notables (sorry Columbia) for some even better looking, heretofore overlooked gems.
The Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) defines COPD as follows: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common, preventable, and treatable disease that is characterized by persistent respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation that is due to airway and/or alveolar abnormalities usually caused by significant exposure to noxious particles or gases.
So, PVD is a coating, while plating is... well, a plating. Gold-plated metal is usually steel with real gold plated over it. A layer of gold, measured in microns (the thickness varies of course) is plated to metal to offer the look of gold at a lower cost.