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• Diazepam
  ...of addiction. Urgent action by National Governments to improve prescribing practices has been recommended.<ref name="Dièye-2006"/><ref name="Atack-2005"/> ...r= 2003 | month= | title= Better Than Prozac | pages= 47–59 | location= New York | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn= 0-19-515130-5 }}</ref> Ben
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• J. Gordon Melton
  | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|9|19|mf=y}} | field = [[religion]], [[new religious movements]]
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• William Robertson Smith
  ...n University]] at fifteen, before transferring to [[New College, Edinburgh|New College]], [[Edinburgh]], to train for the ministry, in 1866. After graduat ...ce, some half-informed reader or transcriber was not unlikely to give it a new title of his own devising, which was handed down thereafter as if it had be
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• Propædia
  ...nk = Mortimer J. Adler | title = "Circle of Learning" | encyclopedia = The New Encyclopædia Britannica, 15th edition | year = 2007 | publisher = [[Encycl ...opology of religion|Religious&nbsp;Life]]:&nbsp;Institutions&nbsp;and&nbsp;Practices || rowspan="2" align="center" | [[Wilfred Cantwell Smith|Wilfred<BR >Cantwe
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  | birth_place = [[New York, New York]], [[United States]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|6|28|1902|12|28}}
  52 KB (8,236 words) - 12:32, 19 September 2010
• Metallurgy
  {{See also|Chalcolithic|Bronze Age|Iron Age|Metallurgy in Pre-Columbian America|Metallurgy in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica ...prehistoric]] times, the ultimate beginnings cannot be clearly defined and new discoveries are continuous and ongoing.
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• Building insulation materials
  * R-value will diminish slightly with age, though the degradation of [[R-value (insulation)|R-value]] stops once an e ...ting oil usage by increasing building code insulation requirements for all new housing. At the same time, [[Owens Corning]] fiberglass lobbied intensively
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• Textiles of Mexico
  ...After the [[Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire]], the Spanish introduced new fibers such as [[silk]] and [[wool]] as well as the European foot treadle [ ...duced on traditional [[Loom#Back strap loom|backstrap looms]] wide enough. New techniques and materials were introduced. Spanish modes of dress, itself a
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• Dimension stone
  ...with statistics), and the latest (Issue 31) Dimension Stone Advocate News (new "building green" developments and demand statistics); see below. The most ...major ceramic tile suppliers, Italy and Spain, have been losing markets to new entrants Brazil and China. The same thing has been happening with dimensio
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• Concrete
  ...the restrictions of stone and brick material and allowed for revolutionary new designs both in terms of structural complexity and dimension.<ref>{{Cite bo <blockquote>Concrete, as the Romans knew it, was a new and revolutionary material. Laid in the shape of [[arch]]es, [[Vault (archi
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• Cancer
  ...| year=2007 | url =http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/cancerstats/incidence/age/ | accessdate =2007-06-25 }}</ref> Cancer caused about 13% of [[causes of d ...| language = | publisher = McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division | location = New York | year = 2002 | page = 5| isbn = 978-0-07-137050-9 | url = http://book
  94 KB (13,321 words) - 20:32, 20 September 2010
• Nosocomial infection
  ...thor=Lautenbach E |chapter=Chapter 14. Impact of Changes in Antibiotic Use Practices on Nosocomial Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance—''Clostridium diffi Another growing disease, especially prevalent in [[New York City]] hospitals, is the drug-resistant Gram-negative germ, [[Klebsiel
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• Occupational fatality
  ...site organization, staffing and scheduling issues, unworkable policies and practices and workplace culture can all play a role in occupational fatalities. In an Although all workers are at risk for occupational fatalities, elderly workers age 65 and older are roughly three times more likely to die at work<ref>“Cens
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• Ergonomics
  ...bers/area1/links/link61.asp Top 10 Emerging Practice Areas To Watch in the New Millenium<!-- PLEASE NOTE that "Millenium" is deliberately spelled incorrec ...Ergonomics|participatory design]], community ergonomics, cooperative work, new work programs, virtual organizations, telework, and quality management.
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• Occupational safety and health
  Occupational health psychology (OHP), a related discipline, is a relatively new field that combines elements of occupational health and safety, [[industri ...es and tasks’, Journal of Occupational Health & Safety – Australia and New Zealand)
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• Mine Safety and Health Administration
  ...l mines and prohibited operators from employing children under 12 years of age. ....google.com/books?id=Vv--PfedzLAC&pg=PA549 "Safety First" Underground: The New Bureau Of Mines And Its Life Saving Campaign In The Coal Fields] |journal=[
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• Hexavalent chromium
  ...id=80174 Chromium 6 testing continues in Davenport, Cemex changes business practices] Santa Cruz Sentinel 9 Oct 2008</ref> The case highlights the possible rel ...sociated Press (February 12, 2009)]. "Oregon: Possible Chemical Exposure". New York Times. Retrieved on February 12, 2009.</ref>
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• Mining
  ...f mining operations. Safety has long been a concern as well, though modern practices have improved safety in mines significantly. ...//www.peaceparks.org/story.php?mid=168&pid=148].</ref> Mines of a similar age in [[Hungary]] are believed to be sites where [[Neanderthal]]s may have min
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• Noise-induced hearing loss
  ...of male miners have hearing loss by the age of 50.<ref name=occu/> By the age of 60, this number goes up to 70%.<ref name=occu/> The following is a list ...gnesium-therapy">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12170143 Magnesium: a New Therapy for Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss]. Department of Ot
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• Mining accident
  ...l=http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/11/world/asia/11coal.html?_r=1 | work=The New York Times | title=Graft in China Covers Up Toll of Coal Mines | first=Shar ===New Zealand===
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