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• USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374)
  |Ship namesake=[[Absecon Inlet]], on the coast of [[New Jersey]] (previous name retained) |Ship out of service=
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• 12"/50 caliber gun (Argentina)
  |caption=a main gun of the battleship [[ARA Moreno]] during its construction, sometime between 191 ...e main armament for the [[Argentine Navy]]’s dreadnought [[battleship]]s of the ''[[Rivadavia class battleship|Rivadavia]]'' class.
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• Carl Gustav recoilless rifle
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• Hispano-Suiza HS.404
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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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• Nagant M1895
  <!-- Service history --> |wars= [[Russo-Japanese War]], [[World War I]], [[Russian Revolution of 1917]], [[Russian Civil War]], [[Winter War]], [[World War II]], [[Chinese
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• Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon
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• Hydroelectric
  ...l 2006.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The [[Three Gorges Dam]] in China, the [[List of the largest hydroelectric power stations|largest hydro-electric power stati ...approximately 20% of the world's electricity, and accounted for about 88% of electricity from renewable sources.<ref name="REN21-2006">[http://www.ren21
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• Quinine
  | pregnancy_category = C <small>([[United States of America|USA]])</small>, D <small>([[Australia|Au]])</small> ...nti-inflammatory]] properties and a bitter taste. It is a [[stereoisomer]] of [[quinidine]] which, unlike quinine, is an [[anti-arrhythmic]]. Quinine con
  27 KB (3,844 words) - 15:41, 27 September 2010
• Valproic acid
  ...bilizer|mood-stabilizing]] [[medication|drug]], primarily in the treatment of [[epilepsy]], [[bipolar disorder]], and, less commonly, [[major depressive ...[[histone deacetylase inhibitor]] and is under investigation for treatment of HIV and various cancers.
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• Locoweed
  ...ia]]. The term locoweed usually refers only to the North American species of ''Oxytropis'' and ''Astragalus'', but this article includes the other speci ...ill seek it out. Livestock poisoned by chronic ingestion of large amounts of swainsonine develop a medical condition known as '''locoism''' (also '''swa
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• Petroleum
  ...fined and separated, most easily by [[boiling point]], into a large number of consumer products, from [[petrol]] and [[kerosene]] to [[asphalt]] and chem ...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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• Depleted uranium
  [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716085611/http://www ...shed from DU produced as a byproduct of uranium enrichment by the presence of [[uranium-236|U-236]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.un.org/News/Press/do
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• Jojoba
  ...| title = A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert | publisher = University of California Press | date = 2000 | pages = 256–257 | isbn = 0-520-21980-5 } [[Image:Simmondsia_chinensis_male_flower.jpg|left|thumb|Close-up of male jojoba flowers.]]
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• Bamboo
  |diversity_link = Taxonomy of the Bambuseae See the full '''[[Taxonomy of the Bambuseae]]'''.}}
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• AHI Roofing
  |locations = <!--# of locations--> '''AHI Roofing''' is a [[manufacturer]] of stone chip coated [[metal roof]] tiles based in [[Auckland]], [[New Zealand
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• Emergency management
  ...he institutions for [[civil defense]] or within the conventional structure of the [[emergency service]]s. However, emergency management actually starts a ...anagement context. This focuses on the mitigation and preparedness aspects of the emergency cycle (see below).
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...eacher]]s or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for people. ...d as their founders. A few institutions were named by the founder in honor of a parent, child, spouse, or other close family member.
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• List of atlases
  This is a list of [[atlas]]es, each a collection of maps, some including statistical data for the regions represented: {{main|List of atlases}}
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• Angiotensin
  ...r drugs that lower blood pressure. Angiotensin also stimulates the release of [[aldosterone]] from the [[adrenal cortex]]. Aldosterone promotes sodium re ...te journal |author=Basso N, Terragno NA |title=History about the discovery of the renin-angiotensin system |journal=Hypertension |volume=38 |issue=6 |pag
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