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• United States Navy Hospital Corpsman
  Still, there existed pressure to reform the enlisted component of the Navy's medical department - medicin ...here were no competent trained personnel to perform first aid aboard these vessels. The Purser-Corpsman was trained in [[anatomy]], [[physiology]], [[pharmacy
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• USS Wilhoite (DE-397)
  ...destroyer escort protection against [[submarine]] and air attack for Navy vessels and [[convoy]]s. ...esults. After turning the convoy over to [[United Kingdom|British]] escort vessels once she had passed through the [[Strait of Gibraltar]], ''Wilhoite'' retur
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• USPO1,740,737
  ...ion of water has all been evaporated, the whistle ceases to blow until the pressure has once more been sufficiently built up to send down another portion of wa ...nd pressure relief valves, except, that I have indicated at 23, a suitable pressure relief device, and at 22 a suitable charging opening and plug.
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  ...t weapon, in which role it was commonly employed by [[United States Navy]] vessels. Base ring mounts with integral hoists had a nominal rate of fire of 15&nbs ...his chamber is about {{convert|1500|psi|MPa|abbr=on}}. During recoil, the pressure rises to about {{convert|2200|psi|MPa|abbr=on}}.<ref name="NavOrdAndGunV1"/
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• Dahlgren gun
  ...nd concentrating more weight of metal in the gun breech where the greatest pressure of expanding propellant gases needed to be met to keep the gun from burstin ...tly as primary and secondary armaments on river gunboats and similar small vessels. Some 24-pounder boat howitzers were apparently rifled, but some contempor
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...lanks, a large [[blank-firing adapter]] (BFA) must be used to keep the gas pressure high enough to allow the action to cycle. The adapter is very distinctive, * Secondary weapon for anti-boat defense on large naval vessels (corvettes, frigates, destroyers, cruisers, etc).
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• RBL 7 inch Armstrong gun
  ...ck after loading. A metal cup on the front of the block, together with the pressure of the screw behind it, provided "obturation" and sealed the breech to prev ...ll charges, and therefore their projectiles would do no injury to ironclad vessels, but their shells would no doubt be most destructive to wooden ships." : th
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• Aspirin
  ...molecules together to create a patch over damage of the walls within blood vessels. Because the platelet patch can become too large and also block blood flow, ...e for persons in high- and low-risk groups and did not depend on the blood pressure. The Collaboration suggested [[statin]]s as the alternative and more effect
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• Enalapril
  ...chronic [[heart failure]]. ACE raises blood pressure by constricting blood vessels. ACE inhibitors like enalapril prevent this effect. Enalapril has been show Enalapril is a treatment for high blood pressure that works by modulating the [[renin-angiotensin system|renin-angiotensin-a
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• Sodium nitroprusside
  ...cium available to bind with calmodulin. Vascular smooth muscle relaxes and vessels dilate. ...situations where cardiac output is normal, the effect is to reduce [[blood pressure]].
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• Dopamine
  ...s system]], producing effects such as increased [[heart rate]] and [[blood pressure]]. However, because dopamine cannot cross the [[blood-brain barrier]], dopa ...s]] of the hypothalamus is secreted into the hypothalamo-hypophysial blood vessels of the [[median eminence]], which supply the [[pituitary gland]]. The lacto
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• Ibuprofen
  ...ilator, having been shown to dilate coronary arteries and some other blood vessels. Ibuprofen is a ''core'' medicine in the [[World Health Organization]]'s " ...e useful in the treatment of severe [[orthostatic hypotension]] (low blood pressure when standing up).<ref name="PostgradMed1982-Zawada">{{Cite journal|last=Za
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• Epinephrine
  ...<ref>{{cite pmid|6278965}}</ref>. It increases heart rate, contracts blood vessels, dilates air passages and participates in the [[fight-or-flight response]] ...the patient, administration of adrenaline may ''raise'' or ''lower'' blood pressure, depending whether or not the net increase or decrease in peripheral resist
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• Aconitum
  ...self. The fall in blood-pressure is not due to any direct influence on the vessels. The respiration becomes slower owing to a paralytic action on the respirat ...ing is mainly supportive. All patients require close monitoring of [[blood pressure]] and [[cardiac rhythm]]. Gastrointestinal decontamination with [[activated
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• Homeostasis
  ...s [[blood clotting]] in response to a break or tear in the lining of blood vessels. Another example is the release of [[oxytocin]] to intensify the contractio ...ure to fall back to its normal range. The opposite would happen when blood pressure decreases, and would cause [[vasoconstriction]].
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• Red eye (medicine)
  ...opacities, corneal staining, abnormal pupil size, and abnormal intraocular pressure. ===Abnormal intraocular pressure===
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• Polymer nanocomposite
  ...s or other artificial means. The examples are skin, bone, cartilage, blood vessels and may be even organs. This technique involves providing a scaffold on whi ==Size and pressure effects on nanopolymers==
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• Styrene-butadiene
  ...tances, the reaction is via free radical polymerization. Pressure reaction vessels are required and usually charged with the two monomers, a free radical acid
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• Bitumen
  Vessels for the heating of bitumen or bituminous compounds are usually subject to s ...the bottom of the ocean or lake where they lived. Under the [[heat]] and [[pressure]] of burial deep in the earth, the remains were transformed into materials
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• Gunpowder
  ...c wave. Ignition of the powder packed behind a bullet must generate enough pressure to force it from the muzzle at high speed, but not enough to rupture the [[ ...bulk volume properties that approximated black powder in terms of chamber pressure when used in firearms, but had significantly reduced amounts of smoke and c
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