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• USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
  ...caliber]] Mark 30 Mod 65, 1 x Mark 52-2 Mod 3 director, 1 x Mark 26-3 fire-control radar<br/>2 x .50-[[caliber]] (12.7-[[millimeter]]) [[machine gun]]s<br/>1 ...ssioning|decommissioned]] on 24 July 1946 and placed in reserve at [[Naval Air Station Alameda]] in [[Alameda, California|Alameda]], [[California]].
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• USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)
  ...8-[[caliber]] Mark 12-1 [[gun mount]]; Mark 57 M4 director; Mark 4 M4 fire control radar; 2 x .50-caliber (12.7-[[millimeter]] [[machine gun]]s; 1 x [[Mark 10 ...bruary 1960, used one [[ton]] of [[concrete]] patch material that had been air-dropped to her to assist the [[Japan]]ese training ship ''Toyama Maru'' in
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• Dust
  ...ocal environment.<ref name="hesskosa">Kathleen Hess-Kosa, (2002), ''Indoor Air Quality: sampling methodologies'', page 216. CRC Press.</ref> ...es, occupants seal even the smallest air gaps, and eliminate outside fresh air circulating inside the house. So it is essential to manage dust and airflow
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• Textile preservation
  ...that arise, such as the fact that many historic homes do not have climate control, and rely strongly on natural light to display their furnishings, both of w ...o the textiles, and should be avoided if at all possible: high-efficiency air filters should be installed throughout the building to reduce the presence
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• Engineered cementitious composite
  ...lightweight ECC has superior compressive and tensile strength, crack-width control, and damage tolerance. Applications include floating homes, barges, and can ...tains nearly 800 m3 of ECC material. The tensile ductility and tight crack control behavior of ECC led to a 40 % reduction in material used during constructio
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• Pervious concrete
  ...e is traditionally used in [[parking lot|parking areas]], areas with light traffic, residential [[street]]s, pedestrian [[sidewalk|walkways]], and [[greenhous ...Agency]] (EPA) for providing [[first flush]] [[water pollution|pollution]] control and [[stormwater]] management.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/npdes/pubs/porouspa.
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• Chipseal
  ...United States, chip seals are typically used on rural roads carrying lower traffic volumes, and the process is often referred to as "asphaltic surface treatme ...use safety and environmental problems such as cracked windshields, loss-of-control crashes (especially for motorcyclists and bicyclists), and deposition of fo
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• Permeable paving
  ...ark]]s and [[Road surface|pavement]]s that allow the movement of water and air around the paving material. Although some porous paving materials appear n ...ecology and thriving cities, with the living tree canopy above, the city's traffic on the ground, and living tree roots below.
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• Concrete
  ...f natural aggregates, while a number of manufactured aggregates, including air-cooled [[blast furnace]] slag and [[bottom ash]] are also permitted. ...bility. However, entrained air is a trade-off with strength, as each 1% of air may result in 5% decrease in compressive strength.
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• Confined space
  ...specific to general industry), but they are still required to identify and control confined space hazards. • Assessment and control of risks.
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• Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations
  [[Medical treatment]]s are exempt, as are injuries arising from [[road traffic accident]]s<ref>''R (on the application of Aineto) v. HM Coroner for Bright ...e support system|life support equipment]], including [[control panel]]s, [[Air hose|hose]]s and breathing apparatus, that puts a [[Underwater diving|diver
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• Air safety
  [[Image:Controlled impact demonstration dummies.jpg|thumb|right|NASA air safety experiment ([[Controlled Impact Demonstration|CID project]])]] ...d in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]].
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• Construction site safety
  ...t the hazards and risks are unknown, it is that they are very difficult to control in a constantly changing work environment. ...t completely exclude non-workers. Road construction sites must often allow traffic to pass through. This places non-workers at some degree of risk.
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• British Columbia Safety Council
  ...n industrial safety to support war production, the Council was involved in traffic safety issues by the early 1950s. The Council introduced the Defensive Driv ...ndary Bay Airport]] in [[Delta, British Columbia|Delta]]. Their Class 1-3, Air Brake Courses and Motorcycle Rider Training Program provided professional,
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• Pressure sensor
  [[Image:Pressuresensor.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Digital air pressure sensor]] Pressure sensors are used for control and monitoring in thousands of everyday applications. Pressure sensors can
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• Sulfuric acid
  Sulfuric acid can be produced in the laboratory by burning sulfur in air and dissolving the gas produced in a hydrogen peroxide solution. ...(II) sulfate]], {{chem|FeSO|4}}, which was oxidized by further heating in air to form [[iron(III) sulfate]], {{chem|Fe|2|(SO|4|)|3}}, which, when heated
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• List of eponymous laws
  *[[Augustine's laws]] - on air force management. Named for [[Norman Augustine]]. ...beral in what you accept from others. Derived from RFC 761 ([[Transmission Control Protocol]], 1980) in which [[Jon Postel]] summarized earlier communications
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• Cannabinoid
  ...ntent increases as THC degrades in storage, and with exposure to light and air. It is only mildly psychoactive. Its affinity to the CB₂ recepto ...s the plant's cannabinoid profile. [[Selective breeding]] has been used to control the genetics of plants and modify the cannabinoid profile. For example, str
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• Fentanyl
  ...ed [[clandestine chemistry|clandestinely]] and identified in the U.S. drug traffic. The biological effects of the fentanyls are similar to those of [[heroin]] [[United States Air Force]] [[United States Air Force Pararescue|Pararescue]] uses lollipops with fentanyl.<ref>{{cite web
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• History of general anesthesia
  ...[[physiology]] which led to the development of general anesthesia and the control of pain. ...hed his research in ''[[Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air]]'', a six-volume work.<ref name=Priestley1775/> The recent discoveries abo
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