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  • [[Image:fallout shelter.jpg|thumb|A sign pointing to an old fallout shelter in New York City.]] .... Many such shelters were constructed as [[civil defense]] measures during the Cold War.
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  • {{Infobox Military rating |issued_by= [[United States Navy]]
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  • ...ioid overdose antidote Naloxone over counter 'will save lives' | publisher=The Guardian | date=29 January 2016 | author=Melissa Davey}}</ref> .../books?id=Rn51BwAAQBAJ&pg=PA191}}</ref> Multiple doses may be required, as the duration of action of most opioids is greater than that of naloxone.<ref na
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  • ...ough further chemical treatment often enhances the absorbing properties of the material. Activated carbon is usually derived from [[charcoal]]. ...oal]] and [[Pitch (resin)|petroleum pitch]]. It can be produced by one of the following processes:
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  • | SolubleOther = soluble in [[alcohol]], [[ether]], [[sulfuric acid]] ...[California]] allow nitrous oxide as an [[anesthetic]]. Also used in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Australia]]. -->
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  • ...fect of the neurotransmitter GABA by binding to the benzodiazepine site on the [[GABAA receptor|GABA<sub>A</sub> receptor]] leading to [[central nervous s ...[[paradoxical effects]] such as excitement, rage or worsening of seizures in epileptics. Benzodiazepines also can cause or worsen [[Major depression|dep
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  • | image_caption = New American edition of the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' (1899) | country = United Kingdom (1768–1900)<br>United States (1901–present)
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  • ...listing the staff members, advisors and contributors to all three parts of the ''Britannica''. ==The Outline of Knowledge==
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  • ...to produce [[ceramic]]s, but many different ceramic materials are now used in domestic, industrial and building products. ...morphous solid (non-crystalline). However, glass involves several steps of the ceramic process and its mechanical properties behave similarly to ceramic m
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  • ...s first used in the treatise ''De Natura Fossilium'', published in 1546 by the [[Germany|German]] mineralogist [[Georg Bauer]], also known as Georgius Agr ...es depending on the subsurface conditions, and on the [[phase diagram]] of the petroleum mixture.<ref name="Hyne 2001">Hyne (2001), pp. 1–4.</ref>
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  • [[File:30mm DU slug.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The DU penetrator of a [[30 mm]] round<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060716 ...|accessdate= |author= |date= |year= |publisher= UN |pages= }}</ref> In the past, DU has been called '''Q-metal''', '''depletalloy''', and '''D-38'''.
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  • ...leloading]] rifles and pistols in FFFG granulation size. [[Quarter (United States coin)|Coin]] (diameter 24 mm) for comparison.]] ...ern firearms do not use the traditional gunpowder (black powder) described in this article, but instead use [[smokeless powder]]. [[Antique]] firearms or
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  • ...ican Gas Light Company and the Downer Company (to which Gesner had granted the right) were allowed to call their lamp oil ''kerosene''.<ref>{{Cite book | title = The golden flood: an informal history of America's first oil field
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  • ...by the United States military as an anaesthetic agent, most likely for use in surgery but possibly also for use as a non-lethal incapacitating agent.<ref
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  • ...n also be applied in the context of campaigns that inform the public as to the safety of [[air travel]]. ===United States===
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  • ...lds such as engineering, biology, chemistry, computing, materials science, military applications, and communications. ...sks which were previously inaccessible due to physical restrictions, which in turn may reduce labor, land, or maintenance requirements placed on humans.
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  • ...zational level after the current level's resources have been exhausted. In the private sector, emergency management is sometimes referred to as [[business ...gement context. This focuses on the mitigation and preparedness aspects of the emergency cycle (see below).
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  • <!-- THIS ARTICLE WAS STARTED AND IS KEPT IN BRITISH SPELLING --> ...he occurrence of arsenic in drinking water is problematic in some parts of the world.
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  • ...|ɪ|l|i|əm}} {{respell|bə|RIL|ee-əm}}) is the [[chemical element]] with the symbol '''Be''' and [[atomic number]] 4. ...on, make it in many ways an ideal aerospace material, and it has been used in rocket nozzles and is a significant component of planned space telescopes.
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  • ...s of nature (the others are [[gravitation]], the [[weak interaction]], and the [[strong interaction]]). ...with the electromagnetic field is described by [[Maxwell's equations]] and the [[Lorentz force law]].
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  • ...eterans Sound Alarm Over Burn-Pit Exposure"] article by James Risen in ''[[The New York Times]]'' August 6, 2010, accessed August 7, 2010</ref> ...domain as the work of an employee of the United States government while in the performance of their duties, accessed August 7, 2010</ref>
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  • ...cal leader]]s, and respected [[teacher]]s or other leaders associated with the institution. This is a list of [[higher education]] institutions named for ==Institutions named for people associated with the institution==
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  • .... The etymology is generally referenced in the article about the person or the place name. *[[Abernathy, Texas]] &ndash; Monroe Abernathy (one of the developers of the town)
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  • ...ssdate=2010-07-28}}</ref> In addition, it is a synthetic strong agonist at the [[mu opioid receptor|μ-opioid]] receptors. Historically it has been used t ...sp;milligrams per kilogram in monkeys, and an undetermined LD<sub>50</sub> in humans.
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  • ...s Tincture''' was a [[pharmaceutical]] drug, now obsolete. It was invented in 1834 by Dr [[Carl Warburg]]. Warburg's [[Tincture]] was well-known in the [[Victorian era]] as a medicine for [[fevers]], especially tropical fevers, including malaria. It was consi
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  • The [[chemical compound]] '''trichloroethylene''' is a [[chlorine|chlorinated]] ...d as a volatile [[anesthetic]] and as an inhaled obstetrical [[analgesic]] in millions of patients.
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  • | caption = Four of the restaurants in The Dalles affected by the attack | location = [[The Dalles, Oregon|The Dalles]], [[Oregon]], United States
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  • | caption = [[George Tiller]] gives a mock [[consultation]] in 1997 in the setting of his clinic, Women’s Health Care – [[Wichita, Kansas]], which ...{Cite news |last1=Finger |first1=Stan |last2=Rodriguez |first2=Joe |work=[[The Wichita Eagle]] |date=2009-05-31 |title=Wichita abortion provider George Ti
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  • ...n Afghanistan]], the [[War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]] and the [[War in North-West Pakistan|Waziristan War]] .../www.pajhwok.com/viewstory.asp?lng=eng&id=36208 Taliban have opened office in Waziristan (Pakistan)].</ref>
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  • {{For|other individuals of the same name|William Patrick (disambiguation)}} ...iologist]] and former [[Biological warfare|bioweaponeer]] for the [[United States Army|U.S. Army]].
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  • ...und that Iraq was not producing nor planning to produce WMD at the time of the invasion. ...gree was obtained in 1970, a [[Doctor of Philosophy]] in microbiology from the [[University of Notre Dame]].
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  • ...Hatfill later sued the government for ruining his reputation, a case which the government settled for [[US$]]5.8 million.<ref>{{cite news |title=Scientist Is Paid Millions by U.S. in Anthrax Suit
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  • ...of biodefense strategy for the U.S. government, and has repeatedly advised the [[U.S. Congress]] and other governments on biotechnology issues. He is Chie ...[Soviet Union]] (in present day [[Kazakhstan]]) and grew up in [[Almaty]], the republic's former capital.
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  • ...d Captain in the [[United States Navy]]. Martin is a recognized expert in the fields of [[infectious diseases]] and [[bioterrorism]]. ...Center San Diego]]. And he completed an Infectious Disease Fellowship at the [[National Naval Medical Center]] between 1991 and 1993.
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  • {{Infobox Military Unit |caption= '''The USAMRIID Logo'''
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  • ...about outbreaks of [[Ebola]] virus in Africa and [[Reston, Virginia]] and the US government's response to them. ...1124fnp1.asp “The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston”], Review in the ''[[Pittsburgh Post Gazette]]'', Sunday, November 24, 2002.</ref> manner.
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  • ..., [[NBC News]], ''[[New York Post]]'', ''[[National Enquirer]]'', [[United States Senate|Senators]] [[Tom Daschle]] and [[Patrick Leahy]] ...The ensuing investigation became "one of the largest and most complex in the history of law enforcement."<ref>http://www.fbi.gov/anthrax/amerithraxlinks
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  • ...bioterrorist]] attack or other bio-agent incident. The LRN was established in 1999. ...f Military Medicine|Textbooks of Military Medicine]]), [[Washington, DC]]: The [[Borden Institute]], pg 457.</ref>:
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  • ...by terror suspect]</ref><ref>[http://www.voltairenet.org/article30425.html The Confessions of Luis Posada Carriles]</ref> ...8, 2009, the [[United States Attorney]] filed a superseding indictment in the case. Mr. Posada-Carriles' jury trial had been set for February 26, 2010 bu
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  • ...of a [[Gram stain]] of the bacterium ''Bacillus anthracis'', the cause of the anthrax disease ...animals. There are effective vaccines against anthrax, and some forms of the disease respond well to antibiotic treatment.
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  • [[Image:Margarine.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Margarine in a tub]] ...f butter. Margarine is an ingredient in the preparation of many foods and, in recipes and colloquially, is sometimes called '''oleo''', short for '''oleo
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