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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  ...cal analog ballistic computer that provided quick and accurate near [[real-time]] firing solutions which could automatically control one or more gun mounts The MK 37 was the first of a series of evolutionary improvements in gun fire control systems.
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• Type 91 torpedo
  Here is the list of the series of Type 91 aerial torpedoes, production models.<ref>p.24, Ichikawa, Hidehik But the Type 91 aerial torpedo project members did not regard it as a series of Type 91 aerial torpedo. It would have been the largest aerial torpedo in
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• Ciprofloxacin
  ...fluoroquinolones for the treatment of community-acquired pneumonia: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. | journal = CMAJ | volume = 179 | issue = ...-lactam antibiotics for the treatment of acute bacterial sinusitis: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. | journal = CMAJ | volume = 178 | issue =
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• Methylene blue
  ====Sulfide analysis==== It is, or was at one time, a common prank among college students in biomedical fields to spike someon
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• Fluoxetine
  ...ollaboration between Bryan Molloy and Robert Rathbun. It was known at that time that the [[antihistamine]] [[diphenhydramine]] shows some antidepressant-li ...to be the most potent and selective inhibitor of serotonin reuptake of the series.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Wong D, Horng J, Bymaster F, Hauser K, Molloy B
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• Mercury (element)
  Since it is below hydrogen in the [[reactivity series]] of metals, mercury does not react with most acids, such as dilute [[sulfu ...small amount of mercury can "eat through" a large amount of aluminium over time, by progressively forming amalgam and relinquishing the aluminium as oxide.
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• Temazepam
  ...rison between the central effects of camazepam and temazepam. Computerized analysis of sleep recordings. |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=72–6 |journal=Neuropsycho ...ethargy]], impairment of [[memory]] and [[learning]], increased [[reaction time]] and impairment of motor functions (including [[coordination]] problems),<
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• J. Gordon Melton
  | known_for = ''Religious Leaders of America''<br>''Prime-Time Religion''<br>''The Encyclopedia of American Religions'' ...veyed some 800 religious groups known to exist in the United States at the time and led to the development of a classification system that has come to be w
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• William Robertson Smith
  ...- {{Ven|id=SMT883WR|name=Smith, William Robertson}} --> It was during this time that he wrote ''The Old Testament in the Jewish Church'' (1881) and ''The P ...ient [[Jewish]] religious life which pioneered the use of sociology in the analysis of religious phenomena. He was Professor of Arabic there with the full titl
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• Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...Articles are aimed at educated adults, and written by about 100&nbsp;full-time editors and more than 4,000&nbsp;expert contributors. It is regarded as the ...n their fields. A general index of all articles was included for the first time in the 7th edition, a practice maintained until 1974. The first English-bor
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• Mortimer J. Adler
  Adler took a long time in his own life to make up his mind about [[Theology|theological]] issues. ...ture that tell us what we naturally need, we can reason our way to a whole series of prescriptive truths, all categorical.
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• History of the Encyclopædia Britannica
  ...the intellectual ferment of the [[Scottish Enlightenment]] and thought the time ripe for a new encyclopedia "compiled upon a new plan". ...on the 3rd edition of the ''Britannica'' and published at nearly the same time (1788–1798), together with an analogous supplement (1803), by the Scottis
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• Encyclopedia of the Brethren of Purity
  ...account of all things' - to contain, in epitome, all that was known at the time it was written. .... The identification of the authors, or possibly one author, the place and time of writing and propagation of their works, the nature of the secret brother
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• Biopolymer
  ...anhydride mixture and cast into films from solutions of 90% formic acid. A series of films with a range of acetyl content were then exposed to buffered amyla ...th the characterization of cellulose. Cellulose was isolated for the first time some 150 years ago. Cellulose differs in some respects from other polysacch
  68 KB (9,959 words) - 09:10, 20 September 2010
• Nanocellulose
  ...iscous) under normal conditions, but flow (become thin, less viscous) over time when shaken, agitated, or otherwise stressed. This property is known as [[t Although a combination of microscopic techniques with image analysis can provide information on nanocellulose fibril widths, it is more difficul
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• Particle size distribution
  ...determined. The most easily understood method of determination is [[sieve analysis]], where powder is separated on sieves of different sizes. Thus, the PSD i ...particular ideal mid-range particle size is being sought, while cumulative analysis is used where the amount of "under-size" or "over-size" must be controlled.
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• Depleted uranium
  ...n their [[nuclear weapon]]s and [[nuclear power]] programs. It was at this time that depleted uranium was first stored as an unusable waste product ([[uran ...and leaks and are repainted and repaired as necessary. The estimated life time of the steel cylinders is measured in decades.<ref>[http://www.ieer.org/sda
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• Metallic bond
  ...tion reactions of the metals became well understood in the electrochemical series. A picture emerged of metals as positive ions held together by an ocean of The advent of [[X-ray diffraction]] and [[thermal analysis]] (initially DTA) made it possible to study the structure of crystalline so
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• Bamboo textiles
  ...ater Margin|Suikoden]], holding a bamboo hat. From [[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]]'s series of woodblock prints illustrating the 108 Suikoden.]] ...one-time planting for bamboo and little care and maintenance needed. In a time when land use is under enormous pressure, bamboo’s high yield per hectare
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• History of clothing and textiles
  ...,000 years ago, evidence that humans began wearing clothing at around this time.<ref name="Stoneking">{{cite web |url= http://www.current-biology.com/conte ...existed. Geographically, the Silk Road or Silk Route is an interconnected series of ancient trade routes between [[Chang'an]] (today's [[Xi'an]]) in China,
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