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• 1983 Beirut barracks bombing
  ...component parts, a gas-enhanced device can be a very lethal weapon. These devices are similar to fuel-air or [[thermobaric]] weapons, explaining the large bl ...le and explosives were prepared in the Bekaa Valley which was under Syrian control.<ref name=Jaber>Jaber, Hala. ''Hezbollah : born with a vengeance,'' New Yo
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• The Colony (TV series)
  ...ond, Vermont. He fixes, makes and hacks electronics, fabricates mechanical devices, and welds. His other talents include building structures out of natural ma | Andre and the marauders arrive at the warehouse instructed to take control.
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• United States 40 mm grenades
  ...2's marks in the IR spectrum, while the XM1065 shows up on thermal imaging devices. ...tridge used primarily for training in the use of the '''XM674/M674''' riot control cartridge mentioned later in this article.<ref>United States, 1983. p. 27</
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• M242 Bushmaster
  ...2,000 mean rounds between failure (MRBF), much higher than many comparable devices. The M242 weapon system has both electrical and manual fire control and can be operated electrically or manually. In doing so, the gunner can c
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• Mark 14 torpedo
  ...ing increased, making the torpedo heavier overall. Also, two depth testing devices used by NTS to verify results were both off by the same amount in the same ...inally conceded the Mark 14 ran deep, and six weeks later, "that its depth-control mechanism had been 'improperly designed and tested'".<ref name="Blair, p.27
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• Meroka CIWS
  ...ships|turret]] while the turret is directed by [[radar]], optronic thermal control system. ...fications included an [[Israel]]i designed IR tracker and other electronic devices of Spanish design (Indra).
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• Samson Remote Controlled Weapon Station
  ...t enables a variety of devices to be operated automatically or by [[remote control]], including [[5.56 mm]], [[7.62 mm]], and [[12.7 mm]] [[machine gun]]s, [[
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• Sentry gun
  ...d ''[[Half_life_2|Half-Life 2]]'', many levels involve destruction or even control of sentry guns. ''[[Portal_(video_game)|Portal]]'', also made by the creato ...y guns with rotors allowing them to fly like small helicopters. All sentry devices in the game are able to be hacked or bribed by the player to serve himself.
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...USS ''Iowa'']]. After the 1950s, GCFSs were integrated with missile [[fire-control system]]s and other ship sensors. ...vOrdAndGunV2">{{cite book|title =NAVAL ORDNANCE AND GUNNERY, VOLUME 2 FIRE CONTROL, NAVPERS 10798-A|publisher =U.S. Navy, Bureau of Naval Personnel|date =1958
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• Type 91 torpedo
  |steering=gyrocompass guided vertical rudder control system, gyroscope guided anti-rolling controller system * An angular acceleration control system ([[PID controller]]) to control rolling movements, which was highly advanced and the biggest breakthrough i
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• Alternator
  ...rotor. Automotive alternators invariably use a rotor winding, which allows control of the alternator generated voltage by varying the current in the rotor fie ...uce 300 amperes. Very old automobiles with minimal lighting and electronic devices may have only a 30 ampere alternator. Typical passenger car and light truck
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• Carbamazepine
  In 1971, Drs. Takezaki and Hanaoka first used carbamazepine to control mania in patients refractory to antipsychotics ([[Lithium pharmacology|Lith ...p/> Carbamazepine also increases the metabolism of the hormones in [[birth control pill]]s and can reduce their effectiveness, potentially leading to unexpect
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• Nitrous oxide
  ...0-04-21|publisher=John Wiley and Sons|isbn=9780471899808}}</ref> The first devices used in dentistry to administer the gas, known as Nitrous Oxide inhalers, w ...Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Center for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Public
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• Mercury (element)
  ...tions of mercury into the environment agreed to install maximum achievable control technologies (MACT). In March 2005 EPA rule<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.e ...cfm?ID=782|title=Two States Pass First-time Bans on Mercury Blood Pressure Devices|date=June 2, 2003|publisher=Health Care Without Harm|accessdate=May 1, 2007
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• The World Factbook
  ...icting Kashmir have the India–[[Pakistan]] border drawn at the [[Line of Control]], but the region of [[Aksai Chin|Kashmir administered by China]] drawn in ...d Factbook for Android] - optimized CIA World Factbook version for Android Devices
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• Ceramic materials
  One of the most widely used of these is the varistor. These are devices that exhibit the property that resistance drops sharply at a certain [[thre ...ance, and do not appreciably degrade from use, making them virtually ideal devices for this application.
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• Electroactive polymers
  ...h. The first challenge was held at the Electroactive Polymer Actuators and Devices Conference in 2005<ref name=ElectrochemistryEncyclopedia></ref>. Another ma ...low electromechanical coupling. They are however ideal for the bio-mimetic devices.
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• Polymer nanocomposite
  ...of matter at its nano level and exploits them to create novel structures, devices and systems for a variety of different uses. Particles having sizes less th ...role of them is to protect the drugs from destruction in blood stream, to control the delivery with a well-defined release kinetics, and in ideal cases, o pr
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• Viscometer
  These devices also are known as glass capillary viscometers or '''Ostwald viscometers''', ...e number of rotations to distance traveled, allowing smaller more portable devices. This type of device is also suitable for ship board use.
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• Biopolymer
  Stupp, S.I and Braun, P.V., "Role of Proteins in Microstructural Control: Biomaterials, Ceramics & Semiconductors", Science, Vol. 277, p. 1242 (1997 ...obvious sutures but also bone fracture plates, ligament and tendon repair devices;
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