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• Rat Terrier
  ...major canine organizations. Common throughout America on [[family farm]]s in the 1920s and 30s, they are generally considered a rare breed<ref name=Sipe ...s. Today, some breeders prefer a natural, undocked tail, which is accepted in the breed standards.
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...me "supplements" (3rd–6th) or undergone drastic re-organizations (15th). In recent years, digital versions of the ''Britannica'' have been developed, b ...[[Cyclopaedia, or Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences|Cyclopedia]]'' in 1728, which went through multiple editions and awakened publishers to the e
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• Depleted uranium
  ...rs |accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38' ...>]]. Civilian uses include counterweights in aircraft, radiation shielding in medical [[radiation therapy]] and industrial [[radiography]] equipment, and
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• Textiles of Mexico
  [[File:RuginProgressTeotitlan.JPG|thumb|300px|Rug in progress in Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca]] ...es also changed radically. Fabric was produced exclusively in workshops or in the home until the era of [[Porfirio Díaz]] (1880s to 1910), when the mech
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• 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
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• Safety climate
  ...Traditionally, ‘lagging indicators’ have been used to identify trends in accidents that are occurring within the workplace. Lagging indicators inclu However, in recent years an increasing body of evidence suggests that more attention sh
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• 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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• Air safety
  ...ailures through regulation, education and training. It can also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air t ...tion]]. Of particular significance was the [[United States government role in civil aviation|Air Commerce Act 1926]], which required pilots and aircraft
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• Occupational hygiene
  ...f anticipating, recognizing, evaluating and controlling [[health]] hazards in the working environment with the objective of protecting worker health and ...s and refers to "[[Employment|Work]]", "[[Workplace]]" and "Place of Work" in general. ''Environmental Hygiene'' addresses similar issues to ''Occupatio
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• Ergonomics
  ...the profession that applies theory, principles, data and methods to design in order to optimize human well-being and overall system performance.}} ...ployed to fulfill the two goals of health and productivity. It is relevant in the design of such things as safe furniture and easy-to-use interfaces to m
  28 KB (4,034 words) - 20:33, 20 September 2010
• Committee on Data for Science and Technology
  ...ittee on Data for Science and Technology''' ('''CODATA''') was established in 1966 as an interdisciplinary committee of the ''[[International Council for ...CODATA set was published in 1973, later in 1986, 1998, 2002 and the fifth in 2006.
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• Knovel
  '''Knovel''' is a privately held company, founded in 1999, that provides [[science]] and [[engineering]] reference resources by vert ...al Abstract Service/American Chemical Society]]. He applied his experience in the development of information products for applied scientists and engineer
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• Internet and terrorism
  ...orist Organisation’s listed by the U.S. Department of State website have established an online presence of some form. ...h primarily occurred due to evidence recovered from [[Al Qaeda]] computers in Afghanistan, that indicate the Internet was being used to collect intellige
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• Insurgency
  [[File:Vcfightersboat.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Viet Cong]] insurgents in the mid-1960s]] ...rd English Dictionary]] second edition 1989 "insurgent B. n. One who rises in revolt against constituted authority; a rebel who is not recognized as a be
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• Definitions of terrorism
  ...lly charged.<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 ...o differences of opinion between various members about the use of violence in the context of conflicts over national liberation and self-determination."<
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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
  ...ategy]] in which small, independent groups ([[covert cell]]s) challenge an established adversary such as a government. Leaderless resistance can encompass anythin ...ular leader makes pronouncements and activists may respond but there is no established contact between the two levels of organization.
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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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• Islam and violence
  ...ainst women ostensibly supported by Islam's tenets, references to violence in the [[Qur'an]], and acts of terrorisms motivated and/or justified by Islam. ...n-copenhagen-protest-reprinting-of-danish-cartoons.html Bloomberg: Muslims in Copenhagen Protest Reprinting of Danish Cartoons<!-- Bot generated title --
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• Outlaw motorcycle club
  ...ker Protest Run 6.jpg|thumb|220px|Various outlaw motorcycle clubs gathered in Australia to protest new laws against them.]] ...) is a type of [[motorcycle club]] that is part of a subculture with roots in the post-[[WWII]] USA, centered on [[Types of motorcycles#Cruiser|cruiser]]
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