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• Dexamethasone
  ...thor=van de Beek D, de Gans J, McIntyre P, Prasad K |title=Corticosteroids for acute bacterial meningitis |journal=Cochrane Database Syst Rev |volume= |is Dexamethasone is the treatment for the very rare disorder of [[glucocorticoid resistance]].<ref>{{cite journal
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• Ketamine
  {{For|the functional group referred to as ketimine|imine}} ...f its pharmacology and its use in pediatric anesthesia |journal=Anesthesia Progress |volume=46 |issue=1 |pages=10–20 |year=1999 |pmid=10551055 |pmc=2148883}}
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• Nitrous oxide
  | Legal_status = <!-- All U.S. states except for [[California]] allow nitrous oxide as an [[anesthetic]]. Also used in the [ ...slightly sweet odor and taste. It is used in [[surgery]] and [[dentistry]] for its [[Anesthesia|anesthetic]] and [[analgesic]] effects. It is known as "la
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• Poison ivy
  ...y to produce [[urushiol]], a skin irritant that causes an itching [[rash]] for most people (technically known as [[urushiol-induced contact dermatitis]]), ...bstantial supports send out lateral branches that may at first be mistaken for tree limbs. Global warming and climate change are expected to expand its ra
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• Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition
  ..., but the outdated nature of some of its content makes its use as a source for modern scholarship problematic. Some articles have special value and inter ...n marketing methods also assisted sales. Some 11% of the contributors were American, and a New York office was established to run that side of the enterprise.{
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  | image = {{Double image|center|Spine of Americanized Encyclopaedia Britannica.jpg|49|Americanized Encyclop | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899)
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• Cyclopaedia, or an Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences
  ...tions, Preparations, and Uses, of Things Natural and Artificial; the Rise, Progress, and State of Things Ecclesiastical, Civil, Military, and Commercial: with ...Scott was employed by the booksellers to select such articles as were fit for the press and to supply others, but he left before the job was finished. Th
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• Ceramic materials
  ...ed ceramics, include silicon carbide and tungsten carbide. Both are valued for their abrasion resistance, and hence find use in applications such as the w ...s called "throwing"), [[Slipcasting|slip casting]], [[tape casting]] (used for making very thin ceramic capacitors, etc.), injection moulding, dry pressin
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• Electroactive polymers
  ...ore than any ceramic actuator. Another one of the most common applications for EAPs is in the field of [[robotics]] in the development of artificial muscl ...able to swim on its own, moving its tail using an EAP [[muscle]]. But the progress in practical development is not satisfactory, probably due to misleading in
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• Depleted uranium
  ...anium-235|U-235]], and 0.0055 percent [[uranium-234|U-234]]. U-235 is used for [[Nuclear fission|fission]] in [[nuclear reactor]]s and [[nuclear weapon]]s ...uk/2003/apr/25/internationaleducationnews.armstrade Gulf troops face tests for cancer] ''guardian.co.uk'' 25 April 2003, Retrieved February 3, 2009</ref>
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• Textiles of Mexico
  [[File:RuginProgressTeotitlan.JPG|thumb|300px|Rug in progress in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca]] ...s in Mexico|indigenous people]], whose communities are concentrated in the center and south of the country in states such as [[Mexico State]], [[Oaxaca]] and
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• Steel
  ...on the [[steel grade|grade]]. Carbon is the most common alloying material for iron, but various other alloying elements are used, such as [[manganese]], ...form of [[pearlite]], named after its resemblance to [[mother of pearl]]. For steels that have more than 0.8% carbon the cooled structure takes the form
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• Cancer
  ...(7.6&nbsp;million).<ref name="American Cancer Society">{{cite web | last =American Cancer Society | authorlink =Reuters | title =Report sees 7.6&nbsp;million ...nd division, protection against [[programmed cell death]], loss of respect for normal tissue boundaries, and the ability to become established in diverse
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• Air safety
  ...o be examined and licensed, for accidents to be properly investigated, and for the establishment of safety rules and navigation aids, under the Aeronautic ...le), which remains the worst year on record at an accident rate of about 1 for every {{convert|1000000|mi|km}} flown. Based on the current numbers flying,
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• Needlestick injury
  ...ger than a needlestick. In turn, a needlestick injury may also pose a risk for a patient if the injured health professional carries HBV, HCV or HIV. Needl ...cians appear especially at risk;<ref name=chalupa/> an investigation among American surgeons indicates that almost every surgeon experienced at least one such
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• Chromium
  ...cesses. Although trivalent chromium (Cr(III)) is required in trace amounts for [[sugar]] and [[lipid]] [[metabolism]], few cases have been reported where Chromium is remarkable for its magnetic properties: it is the only elemental solid which shows [[antif
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• Cadmium
  ...s toxic, one [[enzyme]], a [[carbonic anhydrase]] with cadmium as reactive center has been discovered. Naturally occurring cadmium is composed of 8 [[isotope]]s. For two of them, natural [[radioactivity]] was observed, and three others are p
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• Lead
  ...resistant to corrosion it is extensively used in building construction – for example in the external coverings of roofing joints. ...mber of other metals such as [[calcium]]. All [[isotope]]s of lead, except for lead-204, can be found in the end products of the [[radioactive decay]] of
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• Electronic health record
  ...d created in hospitals and ambulatory environments that is the data source for the EHR.<ref>Habib JL. [http://dbt.consultantlive.com/display/article/11456 ...1997. Of Forms, Containers, and the Electronic Medical Record: Some Tools for a Sociology of the Formal. Science, Technology, & Human Values 22(4):403–
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• Henry's law
  ...'of that gas'' above the liquid. Henry's law has since been shown to apply for a wide range of dilute solutions, not merely those of gases. Some values for ''k''_H for gases dissolved in [[water (molecule)|water]] at 298&nbsp;[[kelvin|K]] incl
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