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• AT4
  ...oduces a large back blast, a significant problem when operating the weapon in urban environments. ...sweden">http://www.svenskafreds.se/english/vapenexport.pdf</ref><li> [[War in Afghanistan (2001-present)|Afghanistan War]]<ref name="amnestysweden"/><li>
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• Naloxone
  ...<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bosack|first1=Robert|title=Anesthesia Complications in the Dental Office|date=2015|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118828625| ...be given until the desired effect is reached.<!-- <ref name=AHFS2015/> --> In those with previous heart disease, further heart problems have occurred.<re
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• Sodium nitrite
  ...s used as a [[colour retention agent|color fixative]] and [[preservative]] in meats and fish. ...in [[water]] and is [[hygroscopic]]. It is also slowly oxidized by oxygen in the air to [[sodium nitrate]], NaNO₃. The compound is a strong o
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...tant Campylobacter species and the withdrawal of fluoroquinolones from use in poultry: a public health success story. | journal = Clin Infect Dis | volum ...r a variety of different brand names and is also available for limited use in [[veterinary medicine]].
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• Fluoxetine
  '''Fluoxetine''' (trade names: '''Prozac''', '''Sarafem''', or in combination with [[olanzapine]] as '''[[Symbyax]]''') is an [[antidepressan ...ion]] (including pediatric depression), [[obsessive-compulsive disorder]] (in both adult and pediatric populations), [[bulimia nervosa]], [[panic disorde
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• Nitrous oxide
  | SolubleOther = soluble in [[alcohol]], [[ether]], [[sulfuric acid]] ...ept for [[California]] allow nitrous oxide as an [[anesthetic]]. Also used in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]]. -->
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• Mercury (element)
  Mercury occurs in deposits throughout the world mostly as [[cinnabar]] ([[mercuric sulfide]]) ...ration]]. It is used in lighting: electricity passed through mercury vapor in a phosphor tube produces short-wave [[ultraviolet light]] which then causes
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• Zidovudine
  ...nt in [[Combivir]] and [[Trizivir]], among others. Zidovudine is included in the [[World Health Organization]]'s "[[WHO Model List of Essential Medicine ...for cancer. These efforts eventually culminated in the "[[War on Cancer]]" in the 1970s.
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• Morphine
  ...city|damage]] (due to [[acetaminophen]] or [[paracetemol]] (APAP; Tylenol) in many morphine preparations) *[[Respiratory acidosis]] or an abnormal decrease in the [[pH]] of the [[blood]]
  87 KB (12,376 words) - 16:51, 27 September 2010
• Liliaceae
  ...lintonia, Medeola, Prosartes, Scoliopus, Tricyrtis''), and flower arranged in threes. Several have bulbs, while others have [[rhizome]]s. Shade-dwelling ...]]ous if eaten and may cause serious complications, such as renal failure, in household pets, especially cats.
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• Temazepam
  ...tional Abuse: Intravenous (IV), Intramuscular (IM), Insufflated, Sprinkled in ethanol, smoked ...ref>{{cite journal |author=Fuccella LM |title=Bioavailability of temazepam in soft gelatin capsules |journal=Br J Clin Pharmacol |volume=8 |issue=1 |page
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• William Robertson Smith
  ...book ''Religion of the Semites'', which is considered a foundational text in the comparative study of religion. ...tm trial for heresy] in the 1870s, following the publication of an article in the ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.
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• Harry Ashmore
  ...(standing on the right) with other Planetary Society enthusiasts sometime in the 1970's]] ...tzer Prize]] for his editorials in 1957 on the school integration conflict in [[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]], [[Arkansas]].
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• Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
  ...uary 2 | year=2004| title=Venerable tomes go digital| journal=The National Law Journal| pages=P8}}</ref> ...t the original three-volume work, published one volume at a time beginning in 1768.
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...ritannica'' became the first encyclopaedia to adopt "continuous revision", in which the encyclopaedia is continually reprinted and every article updated ...up> edition, ''Index'' preface}}</ref> Although publication has been based in the United States since 1901, the ''Britannica'' has maintained [[American
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• Propædia
  ...pread criticism, the ''Britannica'' restored the Index as a two-volume set in 1985. The core of the ''Propædia'' is its '''Outline of Knowledge''', whi ...ch major discipline, a "roadmap" for a student who wishes to learn a field in its entirety. Finally, the ''Propædia'' serves as an expanded Table of Co
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  ...www.angelicum.net/html/in_memoriam_mortimer_j__adler.html Ralph McInerny, "In Memoriam Mortimer J. Adler," Crisis magazine, 2001]</ref> ....html?res=9A0DE2DC1738F933A25751C1A960948260 Charles A. Wagner] was editor-in-chief and [[Whittaker Chambers]] an associate editor).<ref>
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...me "supplements" (3rd–6th) or undergone drastic re-organizations (15th). In recent years, digital versions of the ''Britannica'' have been developed, b ...[[Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences|Cyclopedia]]'' in 1728, which went through multiple editions and awakened publishers to the e
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• Catholic Encyclopedia
  ...ted States]]. The first volume appeared in March 1907 and it was completed in April 1914. It was designed "to give its readers full and authoritative inf ...ncyclopedia's Editorial Board also served as the directors of the company. In 1912 the company's name was changed to The Encyclopedia Press. Publication
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• Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
  ...; and it does claim to be a 'complete account of all things' - to contain, in epitome, all that was known at the time it was written. ...ia'' contributed to the popularization and legitimization of [[Platonism]] in the Arabic world.<ref name="ency-borges">"George Sales observes that this u
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