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• Mk 19 grenade launcher
  {{Cleanup|date=October 2009}} ...he [[Blowback (arms)|blowback]] principle, which uses the chamber pressure from each fired round to load and re-cock the weapon. The Mk 19 is able to
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• Otobreda 76 mm
  {{multiple issues|cleanup=April 2010|copyedit=April 2010|expand=April 2010|unreferenced=April 2010|up ...mm ''Super Rapid'' as mounted in a stealth cupola (to reduce [[Radar cross-section]]) onboard the Norwegian ''Fridtjof Nansen''.
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• Metronidazole
  {{Cleanup|date=April 2010}}{{Refimprove|date=December 2009}} {{Unreferenced section|date=February 2010}}
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• Ketamine
  {{Cleanup|date=March 2010}} ...gency surgery when the patient's fluid volume status is unknown (''e.g.'', from traffic accidents). Ketamine can be used in [[podiatry]] and other minor su
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• Activated carbon
  ...absorbing properties of the material. Activated carbon is usually derived from [[charcoal]]. Activated carbon is carbon produced from carbonaceous source materials like nutshells, [[peat]], [[wood]], [[coir]]
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• Cortisol
  {{Cleanup-jargon|date=March 2010}} ...s]]. The pattern is not present at birth (estimates of when it starts vary from two weeks to 9 months).<ref>{{Cite journal|author=de Weerth C, Zijl R, Buit
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...by Davy, that inhalation of nitrous oxide could relieve a conscious person from pain, another 44 years would elapse before doctors attempted to use it for ...ncy Colton]] and [[John Mankey Riggs]], demonstrated insensitivity to pain from a [[dental extraction]] in December 1844.<ref name="Discovery of Wells">{{c
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• Paracetamol
  | image2= Paracetamol-from-xtal-3D-balls.png ...x.html ''Control of Pain in Adults with Cancer'' Sign Guidelines '''106''' Section 6.1 and 7.1.1].</ref> The onset of analgesia is approximately 11 minutes af
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• Carbon grid
  {{Cleanup|date=June 2009}} ...it’s chemistry altered by environmental factors like [[chloride]] attack from deicing salts, [[carbonation]], etc.. ACI and PCI (American Concrete Insti
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• Powdered milk
  ...ly made by [[spray drying]]<ref>"Milk Powder" by K.N. Pearce, Food Science Section, New Zealand Dairy Research Institute.[http://www.nzic.org.nz/ChemProcesses {{Cleanup-section|date=June 2010}}<!-- tone problems -->
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• MasterFormat
  ...in the construction industry. It provides a master list of divisions, and section numbers and titles within each division, to follow in organizing informatio ...0 (post 2004) divisions. Each division contains a number of sections. Each section is divided into three parts—"general," "products," and "execution." Each
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• Tile
  ...ved from the [[French Language|French]] word ''tuile'', which is, in turn, from the [[Latin Language|Latin]] word ''tegula'', meaning a roof tile composed ...from simple square tiles to complex [[mosaic]]s. Tiles are most often made from [[ceramic]], with a hard [[ceramic glaze|glaze]] finish, but other material
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• Artificial stone
  ...cial stone''' is a name for various kinds of synthetic stone products used from the 18th century through the early 21st century. They were used in building ...ed by Mrs Eleanor Coade (Elinor Coade, 1733–1821), and sold commercially from 1769 to 1833. Later, in 1844, [[Frederick Ransome]] created a Patent Silice
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• Asbestos
  [[Image:Blue asbestos.jpg|thumb|Blue asbestos (crocidolite) from [[Wittenoom, Western Australia]]. The ruler is 1 cm.]] ...ch 2003 amending Council Directive 83/477/EEC on the protection of workers from the risks related to exposure to asbestos at work |publisher=Publications O
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• Occupational hygiene
  {{Cleanup|date=January 2010}} ...S) define that "Occupational Hygiene is about the prevention of ill-health from work, through recognizing, evaluating and controlling the risks".<ref>[http
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• National Council for Occupational Safety and Health
  {{Cleanup|date=June 2007}} ...ion related to the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health are Section 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14.
  5 KB (814 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Electronic health record
  {{Cleanup-rewrite|date=August 2009}} {{Expand section|date=June 2010}}
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• Acid–base reaction
  ...oxygen]]'', which in fact he named from Greek words meaning "acid-former" (from the [[Greek language|Greek]] οξυς (''oxys'') meaning "acid" or "sharp" ...emical composition of [[organic acid]]s. This finished the doctrinal shift from oxygen-based acids to hydrogen-based acids, started by Davy. According to L
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• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug
  {{Cleanup|date=December 2008}} The term "nonsteroidal" is used to distinguish these drugs from [[steroids]], which - among a broad range of other effects - have a similar
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• Trichloroethylene
  ...the early 1970s, most trichloroethylene was produced in a two-step process from [[acetylene]]. First, acetylene was treated with chlorine using a [[iron(II Today, however, most trichloroethylene is produced from [[ethylene]]. First, ethylene is chlorinated over a [[iron(III) chloride|fe
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