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• Cortisol
  ...r the immune cells may be even higher than the set point for physiological processes. It reflects [[leukocyte]] redistribution to lymph nodes, [[bone marrow]], ;Memory:
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• Mercury (element)
  ...ed to have unrecorded production of mercury from copper [[electrowinning]] processes and by recovery from effluents. ...|format=PDF|author=Leopold, B. R.|year=2002|title=Chapter 3: Manufacturing Processes Involving Mercury. ''Use and Release of Mercury in the United States''|publ
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• Morphine
  ...he life cycle of the plant. Past the optimum point for extraction, various processes in the plant produce [[codeine]], [[thebaine]], and in some cases low quant ...al method of gathering latex from the scored, unripe pods of the poppy, or processes using poppy straw, the dried pods and stems of the plant, the most widespre
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• Diazepam
  Benzodiazepines such as diazepam impair learning and memory via their action on benzodiazepine receptors, which causes a dysfunction in ...9 }}</ref> Benzodiazepine drugs including diazepam increase the inhibitory processes in the cerebral cortex.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Zakusov VV | coauthor
  78 KB (10,295 words) - 16:51, 27 September 2010
• Ceramic materials
  ...d other variations. (See also Ceramic forming techniques. Details of these processes are described in the two books listed below.) A few methods use a hybrid be ...the [[magnetic core]]s of electrical [[transformer]]s and [[magnetic core memory]].
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• Polymer nanocomposite
  The basic concept of this method is to exploit '''wetting processes'''. A polymer melt or solution is brought into contact with the pores locat ...s on nanopolymers and even some observations like freezing of films due to memory effects in the visco-elastic eigenmodels of the films, and finite effects o
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• Shape memory polymer
  ...10.1002/1521-3773(20020617)41:12<2034::AID-ANIE2034>3.0.CO;2-M|title=Shape-memory polymers|journal=Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. |volume=41|pages=2034–2057|year=20 ==Properties of shape memory polymers==
  21 KB (2,974 words) - 10:09, 20 September 2010
• Polypropylene
  ...not melt in the dishwasher, and do not melt during industrial hot filling processes. For this reason, most plastic tubs for dairy products are polypropylene se ...pacts very well without breaking, retains its original shape, and exhibits memory form characteristics which allow it to return to its original shape in a sh
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• Polymer
  ...uch as [[proteins]] and [[nucleic acids]] play crucial roles in biological processes. A variety of other natural polymers exist, such as [[cellulose]], which is ...ein biosynthesis|synthesis of proteins]] involves multiple enzyme-mediated processes to [[Transcription (genetics)|transcribe]] genetic information from the DNA
  45 KB (6,501 words) - 10:11, 20 September 2010
• Metal
  ...chemical reactivity they require [[electrolysis|electrolytic]] extraction processes. The alloys of aluminium, titanium and magnesium are valued for their high ...ches to complete a circuit when it flows over the switch contacts. [[Shape memory alloy]] is used for applications such as pipes, fasteners and vascular [[st
  24 KB (3,311 words) - 10:13, 20 September 2010
• Martensite
  ...have since been found in many other practical materials, including [[shape memory alloy]]s and [[Zirconia|transformation-toughened ceramics]]. ...whereas martensite is usually formed by fast cooling rates. Since chemical processes (the attainment of equilibrium) [[activation energy|accelerate]] at higher
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• Ruthenium
  ...erground and submerged structures, and for electrolytic cells for chemical processes such as [[Chlorine production|generating chlorine]] from salt water.<ref>{{ ...ub>2</sub>S from [[oil refinery|oil refineries]] and from other industrial processes.<ref>{{cite book|title = Innovations in Mineral and Coal Processing|first1
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• Ergonomics
  ...tive ergonomics]]: is concerned with mental processes, such as perception, memory, reasoning, and motor response, as they affect interactions among humans an ...echnical systems, including their organizational structures, policies, and processes.(Relevant topics include communication, crew resource management, work desi
  28 KB (4,034 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Benzene
  ...ucation,'' '''35''' (1958), 21–23</ref> If one takes the anecdote as the memory of a real event, circumstances mentioned in the story suggest that it must Four chemical processes contribute to industrial benzene production: [[catalytic reforming]], [[tol
  45 KB (6,444 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Activity-centered ergonomics
  ...m the physiology of labor, [[cognitive psychology]] ([[Memory (psychology)|memory]] [[attention]], [[collection]] [[learning]] ...) and the psycho-physiology ...kes movements activates the controls, manages (consciously or not) thought processes, communicate with others, organizes his actions etc..
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• Emergency management
  ...rne - is based on existing emergency management organizational systems and processes: the Federal Response Plan (FRP) and the Incident Command System (ICS). Th ...ikely to accept more mitigative changes when a recent disaster is in fresh memory.
  50 KB (7,069 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Lead poisoning
  ...heavy metal]] [[lead]] in the body. Lead interferes with a variety of body processes and is toxic to many organs and tissues including the [[cardiovascular|hear ...children; the main symptoms in adults are headache, [[abdominal pain]], [[memory loss]], [[kidney failure]], male reproductive problems, and weakness, pain,
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• Lead
  Metallic lead that results from the roasting and blast furnace processes still contains significant contaminants of arsenic, antimony, bismuth, zinc ...adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1985JAP....58.2371H|title = Josephson 4 K-bit cache memory design for a prototype signal processor.|author=Henkels, W. H.; Geppert, L.
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• List of eponymous adjectives in English
  ...ology (as in ''[[Aeolian Islands]]''); also '''Eolian''' (as in ''[[Eolian processes]]'') *'''Proustian'''—[[Marcel Proust]] (as in ''[[Proustian memory]]'')
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• List of eponymous laws
  ...on pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor."<ref name="Campbell-1976"> Campbell, Donald T., ...rises to meet income." In computers: Programs expand to fill all available memory.
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