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• GNU Free Documentation License
  ...text of the GFDL. See [[:wikipedia:en:GNU Free Documentation License|"GNU Free Documentation License" on Wikipedia]] for an encyclopedia article about the == GNU Free Documentation License ==
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• Fallout shelter
  ...with area over 600 m² to have an NBC shelter, and Norway, which requires all buildings with an area over 1000 m² to have a shelter.<ref>[http://www.lov ...monofilament fishing line, and aluminum foil. Plans are in the reference [[Media:nuclear_war_survival_skills.pdf| "Nuclear War Survival Skills" by Cresson K
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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...in upon itself. A massive shock wave and ball of flaming gas was hurled in all directions.<ref>Eric Hammel (1985): ''The Root: The Marines in Beirut, Augu ...]], placed in proximity to a conventional explosive such as [[primacord]], all of which are readily available on the retail market. Despite the lack of so
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• Type 91 torpedo
  Immediately all the torpedo units changed to ''the first tactic'', the gears and flaps are ...u]] (Lucky Crane)'', led by squadron leader Lt Cmdr Shimazaki, and averted all four torpedoes. Large USS Lexington CV-2 was attacked by 3 units of total f
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...practice |url= http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/antibiotics.html|format=Free full text |first1=WJ |issn=0094-3509}}</ref> Additionally, antibiotics have In most countries, all formulations require a prescription.
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• Metformin
  | molecular_weight = 129.164 g/mol ([[free base (chemistry)|free]])<br />165.63 g/mol ([[hydrochloride|HCl]]) ...n.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2009-12-13}}</ref> or do not recommend it at all, except for women with [[glucose intolerance]].<ref name="pmid18308833">{{v
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• Activated carbon
  ...ate is thus an important factor. These carbons are therefore preferred for all [[adsorption]] of gases and vapours as their rate of diffusion are faster. ...austion of a carbon bed can only be recommended if it has been shown to be free of chemical interactions with adsorbates and if an experimental correlation
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• Aspirin
  ...ammatory drugs]] (NSAIDs), not all of which are salicylates, although they all have similar effects and most have inhibition of the enzyme [[cyclooxygenas ...the trademark is owned by [[Bayer]], using a uniform chemical formula for all markets, but adapting the packaging and physical aspects for each.<ref>{{Ci
  78 KB (10,918 words) - 16:52, 27 September 2010
• Cortisol
  ...is may be to furnish more copper for ceruloplasmin synthesis or release of free copper. Cortisol has an opposite effect on alpha [[aminoisobuteric acid]] t ...corticosteroid binding globulin]] ('''CBG'''), and [[serum albumin]]. Only free cortisol is available to receptors. {{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}
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• Airspeed Oxford
  ...Approach]] Training. By the end of 1944, American types were available and all had been returned to the Royal Air Force by the end of the year. A small nu ..., they were also used for communications and aerial photography, they were all withdrawn by 1956.<ref name="ab-others" />
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...lopedia" /> In 1974, the 15th edition adopted a third goal: to systematise all human knowledge.<ref name="propedia_preface" /> The history of the ''Britan ...the world's most respected authorities in their fields. A general index of all articles was included for the first time in the 7th edition, a practice mai
  94 KB (12,721 words) - 13:31, 19 September 2010
• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...ns of the ''Britannica'' have been developed, both online and on [[optical media]]. Since the early 1930s, the ''Britannica'' has developed several "spin-of ...publishers to the enormous profit potential of encyclopedias. Although not all encyclopedias succeeded commercially, their elements sometimes inspired fut
  61 KB (8,890 words) - 13:32, 19 September 2010
• Paper
  ...ed rags and start a new era for the production of newsprint and eventually all paper out of pulped wood. ...lps are also known as [[wood-free paper]]s. Not to be confused with [[tree-free paper]].
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• Parylene
  Parylene C and to a lesser extent AF-4, SF, HT (all the same polymer) are used for coating printed circuit boards (PCBs) and me ...ocess did not require a solvent and resulted in chemically resistant films free from pinholes. Union Carbide commercialized a parylene coating system in 19
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• Polymer nanocomposite
  ...orientation of the [[dispersed phase]], and the compounding strategies for all MPS, including PNC, are similar. ...ess additional choice of the [[axial ratio]], the curvature, and the '''“all-sweeping” hydrodynamic-related rotation''', and they can be modified chem
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• Biopolymer
  ...starch]], [[chitin]], [[protein]]s, [[peptide]]s, [[DNA]] and [[RNA]] are all examples of biopolymers, in which the [[monomer]]ic units, respectively, ar ...olymer and the most common organic compound on Earth. About 33 percent of all plant matter is cellulose. E.G. The cellulose content of cotton is ~ 90 per
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• Polypropylene
  ...curs at the [[tertiary carbon]] atom present in every [[repeat unit]]. A [[free radical]] is formed here, and then reacts further with [[oxygen]], followed ...onomer molecules to a specific regular orientation, either isotactic, when all methyl groups are positioned at the same side with respect to the backbone
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• Particle size distribution
  λ: Gas mean free path [[Mean free path]] (cm) ..." particles below that size, is universally used in presenting PSD data of all kinds.
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• Double layer (interfacial)
  ...second layer is loosely associated with the object, because it is made of free ions which move in the fluid under the influence of [[Electromagnetism|elec ...[[coagulation (milk)|coagulation]] into butter. DLs exist in practically all [[heterogeneous]] fluid-based systems, such as blood, paints, inks, ceramic
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• Ruthenium
  ...it has an atypical configuration in its outermost electron shells: whereas all other group-8 elements have 2 electrons in the outermost shell, in rutheniu Though naturally occurring platinum, containing all six [[platinum group metal]]s, was used for a long time by [[pre-Columbian]
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