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• USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)
  In January 1956, ''Bering Strait'' evacuated an injured seaman in need of medical assistance from the [[merchant ship]] ''Madaket''. ...l/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-b/avp34.htm Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Bering Strait (AVP
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• USS Tucumcari (PGH-2)
  ...eet units and vertical replenishment from helicopters. The latter included medical evacuation operations and the transfers of cargo and fuel. ...7 November 1973 and transferred to the Naval Ship and Research Development Center at [[Annapolis, Maryland]]. She was subsequently used as a test hulk for st
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• Praziquantel
  ...effective in a single dose.<ref name="SCP">{{Cite web | author= The Carter Center| title="Schistosomiasis Control Program" | url=http://www.cartercenter.org/ ...owsiness]], [[somnolence]], [[fatigue (physical)|fatigue]], and [[Vertigo (medical)|vertigo]] have also been seen. Almost all patients with cerebral [[cystice
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• Vancomycin
  ...is involved in covalent substrate [[amino acid]] binding at each reaction center of gramicidin S synthetase |journal=J. Biol. Chem. |volume=266 |issue=34 |p ...had experienced ototoxicity, and subsequently through case reports in the medical literature. However, as the use of vancomycin increased with the spread of
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• Mercury (element)
  ...hinese.<ref>{{cite web|title=Mercury — Element of the ancients|publisher=Center for Environmental Health Sciences, [[Dartmouth College]]| url=http://www.da ...nstead of mercury. Mercury thermometers are still occasionally used in the medical field because they are more accurate than alcohol thermometers, though both
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• Radiant barrier
  *Thermo-lite (medical) ...Roof Constructions, by Danny Parker and John Sherwin, Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), FSEC-PF-337-98 [http://www.fsec.ucf.edu/en/publications/html/FSEC-p
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• Conductive polymer
  ...ous sp² hybridized carbon centers. One valence electron on each center resides in a p_z orbital, which is orthogonal to the other three ...ned Antenna Window Materials Study], Army Materials and Mechanics Research Center, 1972</ref> The conductivity of Markite ranges from as low as distilled wat
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• Depleted uranium
  .... Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and contain The actual acute and chronic toxicity of DU is also a point of medical controversy. Multiple studies using cultured cells and laboratory rodents
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• Manganese
  ...clear Physics A|volume = 729|pages = 3–128| publisher = Atomic Mass Data Center|year = 2003|doi=10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001}}</ref> [[File:Arginase.jpeg|thumb|right|400px|Reactive center of arginase with boronic acid [[Enzyme inhibitor|inhibitor]]. The manganese
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• Asbestos
  ...re related to ship building. In the [[Hampton Roads]] area, a shipbuilding center, [[mesothelioma]] occurrence is seven times the national rate.<ref>Burke, B ...the U.S.<ref name="qsqlui" /> The term [[Mesothelioma]] was first used in medical literature in 1931; its association with asbestos was first noted sometime
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• Air safety
  ...n. In 1991 the aviation industry decided to set up [[Volcanic Ash Advisory Center]]s (VAACs), one for each of 9 regions of the world, acting as liaisons betw * [http://eccairs-www.jrc.it/ European Co-ordination Center for Aircraft Incident Reporting Systems] (ECCAIRS)
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• Arsenic
  ...ear Physics A| volume = 729| pages = 3–128| publisher = Atomic Mass Data Center| year = 2003| doi=10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001}}</ref> As of 2003, at le ===Medical use===
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• Lead poisoning
  ...num''', '''saturnism''', [[Devon colic]], or '''painter's colic''') is a medical condition caused by increased levels of the [[Heavy metal (chemistry)|heavy Lead poisoning can cause a variety of [[symptom]]s and [[medical sign|signs]] which vary depending on the individual and the duration of lea
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• Lead
  ...lear Physics A|volume = 729| pages = 3–128| publisher = Atomic Mass Data Center| year = 2003| doi = 10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2003.11.001}}</ref> <center>
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• Sulfuric acid
  | 10% || 1.07 || align=center | ~1 || dilute sulfuric acid | 29-32% || 1.25–1.28 || align=center | 4.2–5 || battery acid<br/>(used in [[Lead–acid battery|lead–acid ba
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• List of eponymous medical signs
  '''Eponymous [[medical sign]]s''' are those that are named after a person or persons, usually the ...Stokes (physician)|William Stokes]] || palliative care || [[respiratory center]] damage || || fluctuation between [[apnoea]] and [[tachypnoea]]
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  | [[Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences]], Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India ...1901 by the oil baron and philanthropist as the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
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• List of parasites of humans
  ...</ref><ref>Bennett, Nicholas John [[State University of New York]] Upstate Medical University ...wske, Joseph; Khan, Asad A [[Louisiana State University]] Health Science Center; King, John W; Cross, J Thomas [http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/9720
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• Lymphatic system
  ...ntering a foreign antigen. The selection of B cells occurs in the germinal center of the lymph nodes. Medical Dictionary |publisher= MedicineNet.com|date= }}</ref>
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• Salvia divinorum
  Medical experts, as well as accident and emergency rooms, have not been reporting c ...chers from the [[University of California]] and California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute conducted a survey of 500 salvia users which identified
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