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• Bamboo
  ...n rodent populations, leading to increases in disease and famine in nearby human populations. For example, there are devastating consequences when the ''[[M ...be taken care of in cultivation because of their potential for aggressive behavior. They spread mainly through their [[root]]s and/or [[rhizomes]], which can
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• Fever
  A wide range for [[Normal human body temperature|normal temperatures]] has been found.<ref name=CC09>{{cite ..., W. H., Johnson, R. W. Broussard, S. R. (2003) "Cytokine-induced sickness behavior". Brain Behav Immun. 17 Suppl 1: S112-118 {{PMID|12615196}}</ref>
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• Herbert William Heinrich
  ...ok |author=Hollnagel, Erik |title=Safer Complex Industrial Environments: A Human Factors Approach | publisher=CRC Press|year=2009 |isbn=1420092480 |oclc= |d Heinrich's work is the basis for the theory of [[Behavior-based safety]], which holds that as many as 95 percent of all workplace acc
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• Safety climate
  ...easures that precede or predict safety outcomes and indicate the impact of human, organizational and managerial factors on safety performance. ...(the study of social problems) and anthropology (the comparative study of human societies and cultures and their development).<ref>See, Schein (1988).</ref
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• Cancer
  ...date =2007-06-25 }}</ref> Cancer caused about 13% of [[causes of death|all human deaths]] in 2007<ref name="WHO">{{cite web | last =WHO | authorlink =World ...hor = Kinzler, Kenneth W.; Vogelstein, Bert | title = The genetic basis of human cancer | edition = 2nd, illustrated, revised| language = | publisher = McGr
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• Work–life balance
  According to James Campbell Quick, a professor of organizational behavior at the University of Texas-Arlington, "The average tenure of presidents at ...are, the more likely their [[sixth grade]] teachers were to report problem behavior.” [http://www.abcnews.go.com/health] The findings are the results of the
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• Implications of nanotechnology
  ...roved manufacturing methods, water purification systems, energy systems, [[Human enhancement|physical enhancement]], [[nanomedicine]], better food productio * interactive ‘smart’ appliances; and increased human performance through convergent technologies<ref>http://www.ostp.gov/NSTC/ht
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• Work–life balance (United States)
  ....cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre1995080400.] In the publication ''Type A Behavior and Your Heart'', [[cardiologist]]s Meyer Friedman and Ray H. Rosenman wro [[Category:Organizational studies and human resource management]]
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• Beryllium
  ...>2</sub>SO₄, but not in nitric as this forms the oxide and this behavior is similar to that of aluminium metal. Beryllium, again similarly to alumin ...nvironmental Medicine: Beryllium Toxicity] U.S. [[Department of Health and Human Services]]
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• Behavior-based safety
  ....<ref>Staff. “How Does Behavioral Safety work?” Cambridge Center for Behavior Studies. ...Safety from the Consumer’s Perspective: Determining Who Really Provides Behavior safety.” Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies.
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• Wildfire
  ...ld.html}}</ref> Wildfires can cause extensive damage, both to property and human life, but they also have various beneficial effects on wilderness areas. So ...e.msu.edu/emergency/pubs/wildfire_e2882a.pdf|title= Understanding Wildfire Behavior in Michigan|journal=Wildfire Series (in Extension Bulletin)|volume=E2882|da
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• Lead poisoning
  ...children, causing potentially permanent [[learning disorder|learning]] and behavior disorders. Symptoms include abdominal pain, headache, [[anemia]], irritabi ...kidney failure, irritability, [[lethargy]], [[learning disabilities]], and behavior problems.<ref name="Pearce07-EurNeurol"/> Children may also experience [[h
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• Electromagnetic field
  ...oduced by [[electric charge|electrically charged objects]]. It affects the behavior of charged objects in the vicinity of the field. The electromagnetic field The behavior of the electromagnetic field can be resolved into four different parts of a
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• Wildfire suppression
  Protection of human life, both firefighters and civilians, is first priority. When arriving on ...according to importance and/or value. These include but are not limited to human health and safety, construction cost, ecological impacts, social and legal
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• Electric shock
  ...pertextbook.com/facts/2000/JackHsu.shtml Electric Current Needed to Kill a Human]</ref> If the voltage is less than 200V, then the human skin, more precisely the [[stratum corneum]], is the main contributor to th
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• List of eponymous laws
  * [[Fitts' law]] — A principle of human movement published in 1954 by [[Paul Fitts]] which predicts the time requir ...vity (psychology)|reactivity]] whereby subjects improve an aspect of their behavior being experimentally measured simply in response to the fact that they are
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• List of prizes named after people
  | Awarded to "people who ensure the long-term survival of the human race by removing themselves from the gene pool in a sublimely idiotic fashi | Human rights
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• List of dog diseases
  ...and spread by ticks of the genus ''[[Dermacentor]]''. Signs are similar to human disease, including anorexia, fever, and [[thrombocytopenia]].<ref>{{cite we ...utaneous and visceral forms. The dog is considered to be the reservoir for human disease in the Americas.<ref>{{cite web | title = Leishmaniasis in Dogs | p
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• List of fictional diseases
  ...ytos virus was a deadly and highly contagious virus that only attacked non-human species. It could spread via a number of avenues, including [[Waterborne di ...in the body, it is anaerobic, and causes the victim to exhibit zombie-like behavior. Outside the body, it [[Sporulation|sporulates]] into dust. If an infected
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• Lymphopoiesis
  ...dult where all lymphocytes originate in the bone marrow.<ref>''Textbook of Human Development and Histology'', p.176</ref> *The progenitor CLP of the mouse or the progenitor MLP of the human differentiates into lymphocytes by first becoming a lymphoblast (Medical Im
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