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• Dry-Pack Canning in Canning Jars
  ...d in glass canning jars using oxygen absorbers. It is best to use quart or half gallon jars rather than pint jars or smaller. ...foods may keep longer when dry packed but will probably not have the shelf life of unprocessed, low moisture, low fat foods. These include cornmeal, pearl
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• Fallout shelter
  ...ising the use of fallout shelters appeared in the September, 1961 issue of Life magazine.)<ref>[http://www.em.doe.gov/Publications/timeline_sep1961.aspx DO ...amount of any quantity of material capable of cutting gamma ray effects in half. Shields that reduce gamma ray intensity by 50% (1/2) include 1&nbsp;cm (0.
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• USS Neunzer (DE-150)
  ...a stern shot which tore the DE apart and sent her down with heavy loss of life. ...in the line within range began firing. At 1844, after more than ten and a half hours of attacks, [[U-546]] rolled under for her last dive. Thirty-three of
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• USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)
  |Ship image=[[Image:USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378).jpg|300px|USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)]] |Ship caption=USCGC ''Half Moon'' (WAVP-378, later WHEC-378) sometime between 1949 and the Coast Guard
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• USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
  ''Barataria'' began life as the [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barn ...''Bering Strait'' (WHEC-382)]], and [[USCGC Half Moon (WHEC-378)|USCGC ''Half Moon'' (WHEC-378)]] -- in forming Coast Guard Squadron Three. All five cutt
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• USCGC Dexter (WAVP-385)
  ...[[Caribbean Sea]], [[West Africa]], and [[North Africa]] during the first half of [[World War II]]. Converted into an [[Amphibious warfare|amphibious forc ...burg'', which was flooding, on 4 November 1947. ''Dexter'' transferred a [[life raft]] and [[damage control]] [[timber]]s to ''Louisburg'' and escorted her
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• USCGC Gresham (WAVP-387)
  ''Gresham'' began life as the [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barn ...USCGC ''Barataria'' (WHEC-381)]], and [[USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)|USCGC ''Half Moon'' (WHEC-378)]]; like ''Gresham'', they all were former Navy ''Barnegat
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• USCGC Bering Strait (WAVP-382)
  ''Bering Strait'' began life as the [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barn ...USCGC ''Barataria'' (WHEC-381)]], and [[USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)|USCGC ''Half Moon'' (WHEC-378)]]; like ''Bering Strait'' and ''Gresham'', they all were
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• USCGC Yakutat (WAVP-380)
  ''Yakutat'' began life as the [[United States Navy]] [[Barnegat class small seaplane tender|''Barn ...USCGC ''Barataria'' (WHEC-381)]], and [[USCGC Half Moon (WAVP-378)|USCGC ''Half Moon'' (WHEC-378)]]; like ''Yakutat'' and ''Gresham'', they all were former
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• Barnegat class seaplane tender
  ...II. The motor torpedo boat tenders served in the Pacific during the latter half of the war, while the seaplane tenders saw service in virtually every theat ...ng second lives postwar. One became a specialized [[flagship]] late in her life. Some became [[oceanography|oceanographic]] and [[hydrography|hydrographic]
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• The Colony (TV series)
  ...Los Angeles, and follows ten cast members in an environment that simulates life after a global catastrophe.<ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Allen |url=ht ...homa City, whose natural inclinations allow her to remain calm in extreme, life-threatening situations; thus, she has found herself most at home working in
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• Nag missile
  ...of 0.77 and a CEP of 0.9 metres, and has a 10-year maintenance-free shelf-life. ...ssile to hit targets was validated. Nag missile hit a target at a range of half a kilometers in just 3 seconds.<ref>[http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national
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• 5"/38 caliber gun
  ...unts lacking integral hoists: 12 – 15 rounds per minute}}</ref> Useful life expectancy was 4600 effective full charges (EFC) per barrel.<ref>Naval Weap ...of the mount. In enclosed mounts, he stood on a platform that was located half way up the back bulkhead of the enclosure. There was a hatch on the top of
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• Bofors 40 mm
  ...production, eventually reducing the overall time needed to build a gun by half. In U.S. Army service, the Bofors was known as the '''40&nbsp;mm Automatic ...url=http://www.casr.ca/id-mcdv-midlife2.htm|title=The Kingston Class: 'Mid-Life' or Move Over for the MCDV?|accessdate=February 19, 2007|publisher=[[Canadi
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• GAU-8 Avenger
  ...n weight. The shells also have plastic [[driving band]]s to improve barrel life. They are imposing to examine and handle, measuring {{convert|11.4|in|mm}} ...ystem itself. However, this constant rate of fire would shorten the barrel life considerably and require added barrel inspections and result in shorter int
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• M2 Browning machine gun
  ...ere used, such as the M45 [[Quadmount]] used on the US [[M3 Half-track|M16 half-track]] carrier. Twin or quad-mount .50 M2 guns normally used alternating ...</ref> or perforate the hull plates and fuel tanks of a German [[SdKfz 251|half-track]] or [[Leichter Panzerspahwagen|light armored car]].<ref name="Barnes
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• Sentry gun
  ...me)|Portal]]'', also made by the creators of the [[Half-Life_(series)|Half-Life game series]] prominently features sentry guns that deliver humorous dialog ...ist of Combine combat technology in Half-Life 2#Turret|Sentry guns in Half-Life 2]]
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• Ship gun fire-control systems
  During their long service life, rangekeepers were updated often as technology advanced and by World War II ...r aboard the {{USS|Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.|DD-850|6}} is protected with one-half inch of armor plate and weighs 16 tons.<ref>[http://www.flickr.com/photos/p
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• Alternator
  ...imes give the frequency in terms of alternations per minute, counting each half-cycle as one ''alternation''; so 12,000 alternations per minute corresponds ...an a DC generator, and the [[slip ring]]s allow for greatly extended brush life. The stronger construction of automotive alternators allows them to use a s
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• Quinine
  | elimination_half-life = ~18 hours ...pelled before it is completely absorbed; this can be corrected by giving a half dose again.
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• Mefloquine
  | elimination_half-life = 2 to 4 weeks ...ournal | volume = 327 | issue = 8 | year = 2003}}</ref> A [[This American Life]] broadcast entitled "Contents Unknown" tells the story of an American who
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• Lidocaine
  | elimination_half-life = 1.5–2 hours ...subsequently to the inactive [[glycine xylidide]]. MEGX has a longer half life than lidocaine but also is a less potent sodium channel blocker. <ref>{{cit
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• Allopurinol
  | elimination_half-life = 2 hours (oxypurinol 18-30 hours) ...| title = Therapeutic effects of xanthine oxidase inhibitors: renaissance half a century after the discovery of allopurinol | journal = Pharmacol. Rev. |
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• Naloxone
  | elimination_half-life = 1–1.5 h .../books?id=slyLreFkHuIC&pg=PA476}}</ref> The effects of naloxone last about half an hour to an hour.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Bosack|first1=Robert|title=Anesth
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• Carbamazepine
  | elimination_half-life = 25–65 hours ...3A4 activity increases, speeding up drug clearance and shortening the half-life. Autoinduction will continue with subsequent increases in dose but will usu
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• Phenobarbital
  | elimination_half-life = 53 to 118 hours ...se range for epilepsy is 60–320&nbsp;mg/day; its very long active [[half-life]] means that for some patients, doses do not have to be taken every day, pa
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• Albendazole
  | elimination_half-life = About 8.5 hours ...n]] and [[phenobarbital]] lower the plasmatic concentration and the [[half life]] of albendazole.<ref name="pmid12021623">{{cite journal
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• Praziquantel
  | elimination_half-life= 0.8 to 1.5 hours (Main Metabolites 4 to 5 hours) ...ly impaired liver function (Child Pugh classes B ll///d C), the serum half-life is increased to 3 to 8 hours. Praziquantel and its metabolites are mainly e
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• Erythromycin
  | elimination_half-life = 1.5 hours ...otein synthesis and subsequently structure/function processes critical for life or replication are inhibited<ref name="ReferenceA"/>. Erythromycin interfer
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• Clofazimine
  | elimination_half-life = 70 days Clofazimine has a very long half life of about 70 days. [[Autopsy|Autopsies]] performed on clofazimine patients h
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• Rifampicin
  |elimination_half-life = 6 to 7 hours The [[half-life]] of rifampicin ranges from 1.5 to 5 hours, though hepatic impairment will
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• Isoniazid
  | elimination_half-life = 0.5-1.6h (fast acetylators), 2-5h (slow acetylators) ...patients metabolize the drug more quickly than others. Hence, the [[half-life]] is [[Bimodal distribution|bimodal]] with peaks at 1 hour and 3 hours in t
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• Cycloserine
  half-life = 10 hrs (normal renal function)
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• Fluconazole
  | elimination_half-life = 30 hours (range 20-50 hours) ...&nbsp;mg per day.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} The [[elimination half-life]] of fluconazole follows zero order kinetics, and only 10% of elimination i
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• Flucytosine
  | elimination_half-life=2.4 to 4.8 hours ...s eliminated renally. In normal patients flucytosine has reportedly a half-life of 2.5 to 6 hours. In patients with impaired renal function higher serum le
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• Potassium iodide
  ...5 to 7 days following administration, in keeping with the much longer half-life of this isotope and its greater danger to the thyroid.<ref>Iobenguane Sulfa ...rom nuclear weapons, and the effects can still be measured. Today, nearly half (44.8%) the survivors of Nagasaki studied have identifiable thyroid disease
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• Aciclovir
  | elimination_half-life = 2.2–20 hours ...ribution rate, only 30% is protein-bound in plasma. The [[elimination half-life]] of aciclovir is approximately 3 hours. It is renally excreted, partly by
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• Didanosine
  | elimination_half-life = 1.5 hours ...should be administered on an empty stomach.<ref name="Videxpi" /> The half-life in plasma is only 1.5 hours,<ref name="Videxpi" /> but in the intracellular
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• Stavudine
  | elimination_half-life = 0.8-1.5 hours (in adults) ...f of stavudine is actively secreted unchanged into the urine and the other half is eliminated through endogenic pathways.
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• Ribavirin
  | elimination_half-life=12 days - Multiple Dose; 120-170 hours - Single Dose ...s, but very long-term kinetics are dominated by the kinetics of RBCs (half-life 40 days). RBCs store ribavirin for the lifetime of the cells, releasing it
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• Codeine
  | elimination_half-life = 2.5&ndash;3 h ...and activates codeine into morphine, which then undergoes glucuronidation. Life-threatening intoxication, including respiratory depression requiring intuba
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• 4-Aminosalicylic acid
  | elimination_half-life = ...half.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Boman G|title=Serum concentration and half-life of rifampicin after simultaneous oral administration of aminosalicylic acid
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• Ciprofloxacin
  | elimination_half-life = 4 hours ...FDA 81532304, R.1" /> Biotransformation is hepatic. The [[elimination half life]] is 4 hours.<ref name=ctcos/>
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• Sodium thiopental
  | elimination_half-life = 5.5<ref>{{cite journal |author=Russo H, Brès J, Duboin MP, Roquefeuil B ...hetic plane, and because of its 11.5–26 hour [[Biological half-life|half-life]], consciousness would take a long time to return.<ref>{{cite journal |auth
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• Azithromycin
  | elimination_half-life = 68 hours Azithromycin's half-life allows a large single dose to be administered and yet maintain bacteriostat
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• Metformin
  | elimination_half-life = 6.2 hours ...lin.<ref name= fifty>{{vcite journal |editor=Campbell IW|title=Metformin—life begins at 50: A symposium held on the occasion of the 43rd Annual Meeting o
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• Valproic acid
  | elimination_half-life = 9–16 h ...can we see the forest for the trees? | journal = [[Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences]] | year =2007 | pmid = 17514356 | volume = 64 | pages = 2090 | do
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• Fluoxetine
  | elimination_half-life = 1-3 days (acute); 4-6 days (chronic); Active metabolite Norfluoxetine 4-1 ...an antidepressant drug: twenty years since its first publication |journal=Life Sci |volume=57 |issue=5 |pages=411–41 |year=1995 |pmid=7623609 |doi=10.10
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• Activated carbon
  ...uce the chlorine level of a flowing stream from 5 ppm to 3.5 ppm. A lower half-value length indicates superior performance. |title=Warts and all: straight talking advice on life's embarrassing problems
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• Aspirin
  | elimination_half-life = 300–650&nbsp;mg dose: 3.1–3.2 h<br />1 g dose: 5 h<br />2 g dose: 9 h ...1, 1901), pp: 527-546.</ref> The popularity of aspirin grew over the first half of the twentieth century, spurred by its supposed effectiveness in the wake
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