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• USS Roy O. Hale (DE-336)
  |Ship out of service= ...[[convoys]]. Post-war, she provided [[radar picket]] duty services as part of the [[Distant Early Warning Line]].
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• 2 cm FlaK 30
  |origin={{flag|Nazi Germany}} |used_by=[[Nazi Germany]], [[Finland]]
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...lklands War]] <br>[[South African Border War]]<br>[[United States invasion of Panama]] <br>[[Gulf War]] <br>[[Somali Civil War]] <br>[[Operation Medak Po ...Gun''', or "Ma Deuce" is a [[heavy machine gun]] designed towards the end of [[World War I]] by [[John Browning]]. It is very similar in design to John
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• Ordnance QF 2 pounder
  ...ion=The QF 2 pounder in Batey ha-Osef Museum, Israel. Note the folded legs of the carriage. ...>{{flag|Australia}}<br>{{flag|Belgium}}<br>{{flag|Ireland}}<br>{{flag|Nazi Germany}}
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• Aspirin
  ...tances binds [[platelet]] molecules together to create a patch over damage of the walls within blood vessels. Because the platelet patch can become too l ...f Acute Myocardial Infarction in Elderly Medicare Beneficiaries : Patterns of Use and Outcomes| journal = Circulation| year = 1995|pmid = 7586250}}</ref>
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• Simvastatin
  ...disease]]. Simvastatin is a synthetic derivate of a fermentation product of ''[[Aspergillus terreus]]''. ...s discovery encouraged scientists worldwide to find an effective inhibitor of this enzyme.
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• Zidovudine
  ...used for the treatment of HIV/AIDS. It is an [[analog (chemistry)|analog]] of [[thymidine]]. ...Model List of Essential Medicines|Essential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.<ref name="essentialWH
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• Morphine
  *[[Cardiac arrest]], cessation of [[Cardiac cycle|heartbeat]], or [[heart failure]] *[[Flushing (physiology)|Flushing]] of the [[face]]
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• Diazepam
  ...09F.SGM}}</ref> The pharmacological action of diazepam enhances the effect of the neurotransmitter GABA by binding to the benzodiazepine site on the [[GA ...s-2008"/> Diazepam also has abuse potential and can cause serious problems of addiction. Urgent action by National Governments to improve prescribing pra
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• Taxus baccata
  ...] and southwest [[Asia]].<ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref> It is the tree orig ...th the leaf bases twisted to align the leaves in two flat rows either side of the stem, except on erect leading shoots where the spiral arrangement is mo
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• Material safety data sheet
  ...regarding the properties of a particular substance. An important component of [[product stewardship]] and [[workplace safety]], it is intended to provide There is also a duty to properly label substances on the basis of physico-chemical, health and/or environmental risk. Labels can include haza
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• Polyvinyl butyral
  ...of PVB is tough and ductile, so brittle cracks will not pass from one side of the laminate to the other. ...colored sheets, such as for the blue or green "shade band" at the top edge of many automobile windshields. PVB Interlayers can also be purchased in diffe
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• National Centre for the Evaluation of Photoprotection
  CNEP is a research center for durability prediction and failures analysis of plastics (polymer) materials.<br /> The increasing use of [[plastics]] in daily life and for high tech applications points out the ne
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• Polyethylene terephthalate
  ...sup>−1</sup>,<ref name="Lange_16ed">{{cite book|title = Lange's handbook of chemistry|edition = 16|editor = McGraw-Hill|year = 2005|isbn = 0071432205|p ..., or the obsolete PETP or PET-P), is a [[thermoplastic]] [[polymer]] resin of the [[polyester]] family and is used in [[synthetic fiber]]s; beverage, foo
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• Petroleum
  ...t used in the treatise ''De Natura Fossilium'', published in 1546 by the [[Germany|German]] mineralogist [[Georg Bauer]], also known as Georgius Agricola.<ref ...aries depending on the subsurface conditions, and on the [[phase diagram]] of the petroleum mixture.<ref name="Hyne 2001">Hyne (2001), pp. 1–4.</ref>
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• Asphalt
  [[File:Asphalt base.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A layer of [[asphalt concrete]] paving.]] ...te and identify all the different molecules of asphalt, because the number of molecules with different chemical structure is extremely large".<ref name="
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• Coffea
  {{About|the biology of coffee|the beverage|Coffee}} |image2_caption = Mature fruit of a ''Coffea'' species
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• Textile
  A '''textile''' is a flexible material consisting of a network of natural or artificial [[fibre]]s often referred to as thread or [[yarn]]. Y ...g, spreading, crocheting, or bonding. ''Cloth'' refers to a finished piece of fabric that can be used for a purpose such as covering a bed.
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• Scagliola
  ...21 inches) by Ferndinando Enrico Hugford (1695–1771), featuring the arms of [[Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane|Fane]] impaling Stanhope</sub>]] ...nation of materials and technique provides a complex texture, and richness of color not available in natural veined marbles.
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• Architectural metals
  ...a greater understanding of the performance and limits of the various types of metals used in buildings. ...de scale throughout human history. Water pipes were frequently constructed of lead, until its health hazards were publicized in the late 19th century.
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