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• J. Gordon Melton
  | residence = [[Santa Barbara, California]] | work_institution = [[University of California, Santa Barbara]]
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• Polystyrene
  Polystyrene is a [[thermoplastic]] substance, which is in solid (glassy) state at room temperature, but flows if heated above its [[g Solid polystyrene is used, for example, in disposable [[cutlery]], plastic models, CD and DVD cases, and smoke detecto
  36 KB (5,017 words) - 10:14, 20 September 2010
• Strobilanthes callosus
  ...ORT UC-NRLF [[ANKOLA]] HIGH FOREST BLOCKS XXIV & XXV"/>, sometimes spelled in English as '''Karvy'''<ref name="Nature lovers on the Karvy trail; Times of ...2000"/>. The genus has around 250 species, of which at least 46 are found in India. Most of these species show an unusual flowering behaviour, varying f
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• Indoor air quality
  ...nd source control are the primary methods for improving indoor air quality in most buildings. ...ly simple tests for radon gas, but these tests are not commonly done, even in areas of known systematic hazards. Radon is a heavy gas and thus will tend
  30 KB (4,388 words) - 21:31, 20 September 2010
• Laser safety
  ...control the risk of injury, various specifications, for example ANSI Z136 in the US and IEC 60825 internationally, define "classes" of laser depending o ...action of a second, faster than the blink of an eye. Sufficiently powerful in the visible to near infrared laser radiation (400-1400 [[1 E-9 m|nm]]) will
  40 KB (6,222 words) - 21:31, 20 September 2010
• Cancer
  ...cent tissues), and sometimes ''[[metastasis]]'' (spread to other locations in the body via lymph or blood). These three malignant properties of cancers d ...5 }}</ref> Cancer caused about 13% of [[causes of death|all human deaths]] in 2007<ref name="WHO">{{cite web | last =WHO | authorlink =World Health Organ
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• Occupational fatality
  ...cupational deaths” or “work-related deaths/fatalities” and can occur in any [[industry]] or [[employment|occupation]]. ...er since 1994. Still, in 2007, 5,488 people died in work-related incidents in the [[United States]]<ref>“Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries Summary
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• Work–life balance
  ...United Kingdom</ref> In the [[United States]], this phrase was first used in 1986. ...that expects more and more from their employees yet offers little security in return.
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• Implications of nanotechnology
  ...sks which were previously inaccessible due to physical restrictions, which in turn may reduce labor, land, or maintenance requirements placed on humans. ...ated exclusion of engineered nanoparticles from certified organic produce in Australia and the UK <ref>Paull, John (2010) , [http://orgprints.org/16786/
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• Migration and Health Research Center
  ...etween the [[University of California, Berkeley]], and the [[University of California, Davis]] that promotes research and knowledge of [[immigration|migrant]] he ...ing of a Memorandum of Agreement on September 9, 2009 in [[Sacramento]], [[California]]<ref>[http://hia.berkeley.edu/simh.shtml], MAHRC Information Page.</ref>.
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• SENSOR-Pesticides
  ...ort to all participating states. It also provides funding to some states, in conjunction with the [[US Environmental Protection Agency]] (US EPA). ...roposed the SENSOR program to track pesticide poisonings. Because workers in many industries are at risk for pesticide exposure, and public concern exis
  27 KB (3,757 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Emergency management
  ...anizational level after the current level's resources have been exhausted. In the private sector, emergency management is sometimes referred to as [[busi ...Reduction|disaster risk reduction]], particularly for emergency management in a development management context. This focuses on the mitigation and prepar
  50 KB (7,069 words) - 21:33, 20 September 2010
• Personal health record
  ...personal health record” is not new. The earliest mention of the term was in an article indexed by [[PubMed]] dated June 1978;<ref name=FIRST>{{cite jou ...ears, several formal definitions of the term have been proposed by various organizations.<ref name=CFH>[http://www.connectingforhealth.org/resources/final_phwg_repo
  45 KB (6,263 words) - 21:37, 20 September 2010
• Electronic health record
  ...health-care records in enterprise-wide systems|local computerized records in a specific health-care organization|Electronic medical record}} [[Image:VistA Img.png|thumb|300px|Sample view of an electronic health record based on images]]
  57 KB (8,295 words) - 21:37, 20 September 2010
• Cannabis (drug)
  ...the hemp plant Cannabis sativa...is the most commonly abused illicit drug in the United States"[http://www.drugabuse.gov/Infofacts/marijuana.html] --> ...= http://www.idmu.co.uk/can.htm | title = Types of ''Cannabis'' Available in the United Kingdom (UK) | author = Matthew J. Atha (Independent Drug Monito
  72 KB (10,341 words) - 22:11, 21 September 2010
• Militant
  ...sive [[organization]] against invaders grew out of the Anglo-Saxon "fyrd". In times of crisis, the [[militiaman]] left his [[civilian]] duties and became ...nce or pacifistic methods. A ''militant'' can, but not necessarily, engage in [[violence]] as part of a claimed struggle against oppression. ''Militant''
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• History of terrorism
  ...pponents.”<ref name="Hoffman-1998-p32">Hoffman (1998), p. 32, See review in The [[New York Times]][http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/h/hoffman-terrori ...se of "systematic use of terror as a policy" was first recorded in English in 1798.<ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/terrorism]</ref>
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• Leaderless resistance
  ...om cell''' structure, is a [[Rebellion|political resistance]] [[strategy]] in which small, independent groups ([[covert cell]]s) challenge an established ...a movement’s role model instills motivation, ideas and assumed sympathy in the minds of potential agitators who lend further authority to the figurehe
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• Terrorism
  ...niversally agreed, legally binding, criminal law [[definition of terrorism#In international law|definition of terrorism]].<ref>Angus Martyn, [http://www. ...nclude acts of [[Law|unlawful]] violence and war. The history of terrorist organizations suggests that they do not select terrorism for its political effectiveness.
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• Guerrilla warfare
  ...illa warfare''' is a form of [[irregular warfare]] and refers to conflicts in which a small group of [[combatant]]s including, but not limited to, armed The term means "little war" in [[Spanish language|Spanish]], and the word, ''guerrilla'', has been used to
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