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• Arthur B. Guise Medal
  ...of the science and technology of fire protection engineering and is named in memory of the achievements of Arthur Guise <ref>Society of Fire Protection * [[Margret Law]] (1994)
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• Chromium
  ...is Nicolas Vauquelin]] in the mineral [[crocoite]] (''[[lead chromate]]'') in 1797. Crocoite was used as a pigment, and after the discovery that the mine ...lete removal from the diet has caused [[chromium deficiency]]. It is toxic in larger amounts. [[Hexavalent chromium]] (Cr(VI)) is toxic and [[carcinogeni
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• Construction site safety
  ...rous land-based work sector in [[Europe]], after the [[fishing industry]]. In the [[European Union]], the fatal accident rate is nearly 13 workers per 10 ...f Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Safety and Health Statistics Program. 2002. Nonfatal (OSHA recordable) injuries and illnesses. Industry incidence rate
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• Cadmium
  ...Hermann, both in Germany, as an impurity in [[zinc carbonate]]<ref>Cadmium in Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1 ...declines have been due to competing technologies, cadmium’s [[toxicity]] in certain forms and concentration and resulting regulations <ref name="Refere
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• Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974
  ...sion with respect to the employment medical advisory service; to amend the law relating to building regulations, and the Building (Scotland) Act 1959; and ...two years. Further, the '''Act''' provides a critical interface with the [[law of the European Union]] on workplace health and safety.
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• Michael H. Belzer
  ...versity]]. He is the author of ''Sweatshops on Wheels: Winners and Losers in Trucking Deregulation'' ([[Oxford University Press]], 2000). Along with Gr ...t amounts to barely more than the minimum wage. [This book] is eye-opening in its appraisal of what the trucking industry has become."{{Citation needed|d
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• Lead poisoning
  ...Symptoms include abdominal pain, headache, [[anemia]], irritability, and in severe cases [[seizure]]s, [[coma]], and [[death]]. ...e policies (e.g. laws that ban lead in products or reduce allowable levels in water or soil).
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• Mining
  ...ut| the extraction of geological materials from the Earth|the municipality in [[Austria]]|Mining, Austria|the siege tactic|Mining (military)|name of the ...cumference and second deepest [[open-pit mining|open pit]] [[copper]] mine in the world.]]
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• Electromagnetic field
  ...electrically charged objects]]. It affects the behavior of charged objects in the vicinity of the field. The electromagnetic field extends indefinitely t ...etic field is described by [[Maxwell's equations]] and the [[Lorentz force law]].
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• 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 ...ed systems; however, current usage usually implies an electronic resource. In recent years, several formal definitions of the term have been proposed by
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• Electronic health record
  ...health-care records in enterprise-wide systems|local computerized records in a specific health-care organization|Electronic medical record}} ...e-wide information systems. Such records may include a whole range of data in comprehensive or summary form, including [[demographics]], medical history,
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• John Howard (public health administrator)
  |years_active = 2002-2008, 2009-Present ...rdinator to respond to the health effects of the [[September 11 attacks]]. In this role Howard advocated for rescue workers, introducing a program to pro
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• Panasonic Corporation
  ...saka|Kadoma]], [[Osaka Prefecture|Osaka]], [[Japan]]. Its main business is in [[electronics]] manufacturing and it produces products under a variety of n ...ation services. Panasonic was ranked the 89th-largest company in the world in 2009 by the Forbes Global 2000 and is among the [[Worldwide Top 20 Semicond
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• Henry's law
  ...e gas laws in chemistry|the chemist|William Henry (chemist)|all other uses|Law (disambiguation)}} ...the [[gas laws]], formulated by [[William Henry (chemist)|William Henry]] in 1803. It states that:
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• Acid dissociation constant
  ...eak acid]], donates a proton (hydrogen ion, highlighted in green) to water in an equilibrium reaction to give the [[acetate]] ion and the [[hydronium]] i ...for a chemical reaction known as [[Dissociation (chemistry)|dissociation]] in the context of [[acid-base reactions]]. The equilibrium can be written symb
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• Henderson–Hasselbalch equation
  ...[buffer solution]] and finding the [[Chemical equilibrium|equilibrium]] pH in [[acid-base reaction theories|acid-base reactions]] (it is widely used to c In these equations, <math>\mbox{A}^-</math> denotes the ionic form of the rele
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• Equilibrium chemistry
  ...rst=N.|title=Physical and Chemical Equilibrium for Chemical Engineers|year=2002|isbn=978-0-471-07170-9}}</ref> This principle, applied to mixtures at equil ...hange, but the rate of change is negligibly slow, the system is said to be in a [[metastable]] state. The equation of chemical equilibrium can be express
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• Bond valence method
  ...the [[valence bond theory]] in [[quantum chemistry]]) is a popular method in coordination chemistry to estimate the [[oxidation state]]s of atoms. The individual bond valences in turn are calculated from the observed bond lengths.
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• List of phobias
  ...e hypersensitivity to a stimulus, usually sensory (e.g., [[photophobia]]). In common usage they also form words that describe dislike or hatred of a part ...m The A- Z of Fear], an October 30, 1998 ''[[BBC News]]'' unsigned article in the "Entertainment" section</ref>
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• List of colleges and universities named after people
  ...e credited as their founders. A few institutions were named by the founder in honor of a parent, child, spouse, or other close family member. | University was established by the Aga Khan in 1983 as part of the [[Aga Khan Development Network]].<ref>[http://www.aku.e
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