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• Quartermaster Corps (United States Army)
  * general supply (except for ammunition and medical supplies) ** aerial delivery (parachute packing, air item maintenance, heavy and light equipment parachute drop, rigging and sling loading.)
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• USS Blair (DE-147)
  ...emoved and DAQ HFDF ([[High Frequency Direction Finding]], or "Huff Duff") equipment was installed. Departing Charleston on 14 November, ''Blair'' reached [[New ...es]], to transfer her commanding officer to [[USS Livermore (DD-429)]] for medical treatment. He re-embarked as the two ships were catching up with their task
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...nsive conversion to a [[radar picket]] ship, receiving sophisticated radar equipment. ...nd, but remained in dockyard hands at Charleston for final installation of equipment and further tests until 22 March. She then proceeded, via Norfolk, Virginia
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• USS Vance (DE-387)
  ...board, ''Vance'' on occasion would take on board men from other ships for medical treatment. ...olved the addition of: improved air-search radar, extensive communications equipment, and complete facilities for fighter-direction operations. It also entailed
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• USS Bering Strait (AVP-34)
  ...'Bering Strait'' underwent a [[shipyard]] availability and then loaded the equipment of Rescue Squadron 3 (VH-3), which had been substituted for VH-2. ...a distress call during its return from a bombing mission over the Japanese home islands. The Superfortress ditched alongside at 12:38 hours, and ''Bering S
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• USCGC Casco (WAVP-370)
  ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta ...from [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], which was her [[home port]] throughout her period of service in the Coast Guard. She served as
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• USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)
  ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta ...oston, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], which would remain her [[home port]] until December 1952, and was redesignated WAVP-385 during her time t
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• USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)
  ...a [[balloon]] shelter added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta ...sferred to [[Honolulu, Hawaii|Honolulu]], [[Hawaii]], which remained her [[home port]] for the rest of her Coast Guard career, and continued her ocean stat
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• USCGC Cook Inlet (WAVP-384)
  ...a [[balloon shelter]] added aft and having [[oceanography|oceanographic]] equipment, an oceanographic [[winch]], and a [[hydrography|hydrographic]] winch insta ''Cook Inlet''{{'}}s [[home port]] was [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], [[Maine]], throughout her entire C
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• USS Lipan (AT-85)
  ...sful support of [[World War II]] and the [[Korean War]], her crew returned home proudly displaying two [[battle stars]] for World War II and four [[battle ...[New Hebrides]] and arrived [[Espiritu Santo]] on 2 October. She towed war equipment and supplies from Espiritu Santo to the new base at [[Guadalcanal]] until 2
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• The Colony (TV series)
  ...immediate aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]] to provide care in makeshift medical units. ...34-year-old marine biologist. Amy is certified in providing CPR and other medical assistance. She is believed to have been interested in marine biology while
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• Ketamine
  ...of Essential Medicines|Essential Drugs List]]", which is a list of minimum medical needs for a basic health care system.<ref name="essentialWHO">{{Cite web ==Medical use==
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• Mercury (element)
  ...nstead of mercury. Mercury thermometers are still occasionally used in the medical field because they are more accurate than alcohol thermometers, though both ...In 2002, the [[U.S. Senate]] passed legislation to phase out the sale of [[Medical prescription|non-prescription]] mercury thermometers. In 2003, [[Washington
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• Morphine
  ...ith integral needle for immediate use. From WWII. On display at the [[Army Medical Services Museum]].]] ...thdrawal symptoms and/or recent needle marks and/or surrender of injecting equipment and/or unused drug at the intake appointment to begin the methadone mainten
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• Polypropylene
  ...nery]], plastic parts and reusable containers of various types, laboratory equipment, [[loudspeakers]], automotive components, and [[polymer banknote]]s. An [[a Many plastic items for medical or laboratory use can be made from polypropylene because it can withstand t
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• Technical textile
  Technical textiles include textiles for automotive applications, medical textiles (e.g., implants), geotextiles (reinforcement of embankments), agro ...tes of technical textiles are about 4% per year greater than the growth of home and apparel textiles, which are growing at a rate of 1% per year.
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• Hemp
  ...es]], [[biodegradable plastic]]s, [[construction]], health food, fuel, and medical purposes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ecofibre.com.au/facts.html|title=Eco |url=http://www.worldpantry.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce/ExecMacro/livingharvest/home.d2w/report
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• Wood
  ...creates less smoke and burns longer. Adding a woodstove or fireplace to a home is often felt to add ambiance and warmth.<ref>[http://www.epa.gov/woodstove ...lable food packaging, rubber tire replacement applications, anti-bacterial medical agents, and high strength fabrics or composites.<ref>http://www.forintek.ca
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• White cane
  ...er an accident and was uncomfortable with the amount of traffic around his home, painted his walking stick white to be more easily visible.{{Citation neede *[[Cane (medical device)]]
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• Indoor air quality
  ...cleaning supplies, pesticides, building materials and furnishings, office equipment such as copiers and printers, [[correction fluid]]s and carbonless copy pap ...aerosolized water that may enter nearby ventilation intakes. Outbreaks in medical facilities and nursing homes, where patients are immuno-suppressed and immu
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