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This is an image of a mercury bulb thermometer. The temperature is measured by reading the number next to the thin black line that goes partly up the yellow tube.
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Image courtesy of Wikipedia Creative Commons
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Gonzalo López de Haro (bef. 1788 – 1823) was a Spanish explorer, notable for his expeditions in the Pacific Northwest in the late 18th century.
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WATER QUALITY IMPROVEMENT FROM MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN AGRICULTURAL WATERSHEDS
Location: Agroecosystems Management Research Unit
Project Number: 3625-13000-009-00
Start Date: Apr 23, 2007
End Date: Apr 17, 2012
This project describes Watershed Assessment Studies (WAS) to be conducted in two Iowa watersheds that are ben... | <urn:uuid:ba4390b9-1347-417d-8f3d-9e02f82b0ea2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://seprl.ars.usda.gov/research/projects/projects.htm?ACCN_NO=411795 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.890806 | 649 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Two sets of images have already come to dominate outsiders’ understanding of this month’s events in Tibet, where a pro-independence movement has seen some 40 protests of greater intensity and extent than in some four decades.
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- 1530s, interjection expressing various emotions, a common Indo-European word (e.g. Old French ô;, oh; Latin o, oh; Greek o; Old Church Slavonic and Lithuanian o; Gothic, Dutch, German o; Old Irish a; Sanskrit a), but not found in Old English, which translated Latin oh with la or eala.
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The use of animals in medical research became firmly established in 1865, with the publication of An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine by Claude Bernard.1 This scientific discourse laid the groundwork for the study of comparative physiology between animals and humans. Half a century later, the animal m... | <urn:uuid:839a1551-5c57-4923-9c6c-705d647d2a9b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/dementia/content/article/10168/2039315?_EXT_4_comsort=nf | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943676 | 1,074 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Volume 15, Number 2—February 2009
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Zambia
Clinical relevance of nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) isolated from 180 chronically ill patients and 385 healthy controls in Zambia was evaluated to examine the contribution of these isolates to tuberculosis (TB)–like disease. The proportion of NTM... | <urn:uuid:d0410f25-5c71-49c3-a2eb-5bf5554c9518> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/15/2/08-0006_article.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933281 | 6,831 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Children and the Media
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Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:37:21 PM by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Cesar Chavez is being honored throughout the United States for his contribution to the cause of the minority in the United States and his work in helping create the United Farm Workers.
Chaves who was born in Arizona grew up with h... | <urn:uuid:c70fba7c-73c0-4b22-ac2f-5e4c4dfdb7d2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://newsessentials.wordpress.com/2011/03/31/today-is-cesar-chavez-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98449 | 272 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Many people falsely assume that only New Testament believers are saved by grace whereas Old Testament believers were saved by their obedience to the law of Moses and not by grace. The truth is that both the Old and New Testaments clearly teach that everyone who is saved, throughout all history, is saved the same way: b... | <urn:uuid:31073f08-6d65-4c02-b810-6798b7735f25> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oneplace.com/(A(sX8zYXAGPg2S5G4ODJEnqJV5IhrqxeeddvJZk51t6Uwv7BeDBnQLbZVsn4e7u05_STD81GH7e90yolAl-fFqtpz3VqV3PicGGbmRYsQEPOmfhS2mu_vv2FA3b6Wgq4pQo1KigXqx31SZZBaLj_JQYptQn4KEBduEH6cUP53MoegJoB460))/ministries/bible-answer-man/read/articles/how-were-old-testament-saints-saved-8405.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967226 | 509 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Turning the Tables
Global trends in public agricultural investments
Published: Dec 07, 2009
The 20th century witnessed unprecedented growth in agricultural productivity spurred by technological change and predicated on the commitments of governments to invest in agricultural research and development (R&D) and supportin... | <urn:uuid:52d47b50-380a-4ce8-bca2-b2d825e184a3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oxfamamerica.org/publications/turning-the-tables | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96944 | 223 | 2.96875 | 3 |
The Mayo Clinic has developed a list of symptons of serious conditions that should not be ignored.
A list of 10 Health Signs that Should Not Be Ignored
1/ Shortness of breath – If your having trouble catching your breath, gasping or wheezing, and you haven’t been doing any strenuous exercise it’s time to see a doctor.
... | <urn:uuid:8ae49705-e1cc-4111-9fc6-408b8275d618> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.riseandshine.com/tag/medical-attention/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899956 | 930 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Many people watched IBM’s Watson computing system defeat former champions on a special series of “Jeopardy!” matches broadcast last month. Last week, five Members of Congress from both parties got a chance to match their “Jeopardy!” skills against a simulated version of Watson. It was a terrific display of bipartisansh... | <urn:uuid:ca4426de-bea2-4184-8c32-49bf0e3e67b4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_92/-203907-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945836 | 713 | 3 | 3 |
Early and Recent History and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Representative Citizens
In writing this chapter I shall endeavor to confine myself strictly to the story of the first permanent white settlers of Greene county, leaving to others the interesting account of the few white men who were in this region from to... | <urn:uuid:2fc81892-172b-4585-9e18-3a2806906946> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thelibrary.org/lochist/history/paspres/ch5pt1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982112 | 5,547 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Paula Lillard, director of a Montessori school ranging in age from 18 months to fifteen years, provides a clear and cogent introduction to the Montessori program for the elementary and later years. In detailed accounts, Lillard shows how children acquire the skills to answer their own questions, learn to manage freedom... | <urn:uuid:76d69b73-9773-4eae-9532-0c322f4553da> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.randomhouse.com/book/101548/montessori-today-by-paula-polk-lillard/9780805210613 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913361 | 274 | 2.921875 | 3 |
The Convent of Our Lady of Seidnaya (also spelled Saidnaya or Sayidnaya) is a major pilgrimage destination 20 miles north of Damascus in Syria. Founded in the 6th century, the convent is famed for its miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary.
The monastery of Seidnaya was founded in 547 AD. According to legend, the Virgin Ma... | <urn:uuid:de32f0b1-0432-4cf4-9eb1-a85ebb26389f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sacred-destinations.com/syria/seidnaya | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943829 | 1,195 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The procedure for the division of decimals is very similar to the division of
whole numbers. Make the divisor into a whole number by multiplying both it and
the dividend by the same number (such as 10, 100, 1000 etc.). An easy way to do
this is to move the decimal point to the right end of the divisor and move the deci... | <urn:uuid:cf8c7954-c6a4-4c2f-95c9-d91e627a8826> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aaamath.com/B/g66r_dx1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.81138 | 226 | 3.765625 | 4 |
How do you decide what to call a variable? Many conflicting constraints come to bear on this question. I want to communicate my intent fully through my names, which often suggests long names. I’d like the names to be short to simplify code formatting. Names will be read many times for each time they are typed, so the n... | <urn:uuid:6a7be0a1-2998-4609-8c7b-52b6e62609ce> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sourcemaking.com/implementation-patterns/role-suggesting-name | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920932 | 723 | 2.78125 | 3 |
In 1998, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added folic acid to the list of vitamins and minerals added to the nation's food supply. The intent was to prevent devastating neural tube birth defects, which previously afflicted as many as 1 in 1,000 newborns.
The Role of Folic Acid in Fetal Development
Studies from th... | <urn:uuid:aa9acfb3-f03a-49a5-a555-a47dccc9855a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/EMIHC267/8059/23515/250746.html?d=dmtContent | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933952 | 536 | 3.40625 | 3 |
by wpengine on January 20, 2011
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palindrome: A word, phrase, verse, or sentence that reads the same backward or forward. For example: A man, a plan, a canal, Panama! | <urn:uuid:ca975311-1dc3-468a-89b1-b4a0c3980113> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.palindromelist.net/Maps-DNA-and-spam/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.817849 | 81 | 2.71875 | 3 |
May 30, 2007 A novel analysis of water flow in the Southern Ocean surrounding the Antarctic is revealing previously hidden structures that are crucial in controlling the transport of drifting plants and animals as well as the distribution of nutrients and pollutants that affect ocean life.
Researchers at the University... | <urn:uuid:a617d7d9-03ae-4460-b1b6-476b11e81815> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/05/070529154256.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939436 | 323 | 4 | 4 |
Not surprisingly, wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular spectator sports at the Paralympics. It is a fast-paced team game that attracts competitive athletes with physical disabilities that prevent them from running, jumping, and pivoting. Not all athletes who play wheelchair basketball require the use of a w... | <urn:uuid:b727ee99-495a-4cef-94fe-67bb7c45f293> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.swsa.ca/index.php/sports/basketball | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955956 | 919 | 2.921875 | 3 |
A millennium (plural millennia or millenniums) is a period of time equal to one thousand years. It derives from the Latin mille, thousand, and annus, year. It is often, but not necessarily, related to a particular dating system.
Sometimes, it is used specifically for periods of thousand years that begin at the starting... | <urn:uuid:80818ce7-0649-4081-8f7a-3e3cf4eaaca1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93779 | 2,226 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Inheritance from builtin list and override of methods.
fredrik at pythonware.com
Mon Nov 27 15:58:25 CET 2006
Michalis Giannakidis wrote:
>> "obj[index] = value" maps to "obj.__setitem__(index, value)". reading
>> the documentation might help; start here:
> In this documentation page it also says:
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Broccoli Compound May Supress Growth of Breast Cancer Cells
Sulforaphane is a chemical compound abundant in green vegetables such as broccoli and brussel sprouts. Previous research has shown that sulforaphane can inhibit the growth of cancerous tumors in animals, and can induce apoptosis, or programmed cell death, in c... | <urn:uuid:92313d79-3523-4a15-9031-5308f2b2a2ea> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=827 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925713 | 382 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Don't let dit names get your French-Canadian research off-track.
Don't worry if you run across French
ancestors who seem to have two last names with the word dit (pronounced
“dee”) in the middle, as in Jacques Demet dit Beaulieu. The second
surname is called a dit name (dit is French for “called” or “said”).
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The economic debacle of 2008 brought the modern economic system to the brink of total collapse. In fact, there was a brief period of weeks in September and October of 2008 when the most powerful people in the world were unsure what was going to happen. The incredible shock and general mayhen that swept through the mark... | <urn:uuid:aa5e694f-737b-40bf-9f36-1b840d4ba692> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://moneybol.com/federal-reserve-and-regulators-work-together-for-financial-reform/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963516 | 635 | 2.75 | 3 |
PSE Success Story:
Scientists Develop Green Method to Produce Propylene Oxide
Propylene oxide is commonly used in the manufacturing of plastics and propylene glycols for
paints, household detergents and automotive brake fluids.
The current production of propylene oxide
creates a significant amount of by-products
that a... | <urn:uuid:e8d5ce54-1747-47bd-ad4c-03d2053781c9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://web.anl.gov/pse/Publications/success_stories/archives/2010/propylene_oxide.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903675 | 566 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Six years ago the dominant mantra sounded, “End welfare as we have known it.” Progressive and religious voices, however, challenged this slogan, seeking to replace it with “end poverty as we have known it.” What has the welfare reform legislation of 1996 done to poverty? How could we end poverty as we have known it? Ur... | <urn:uuid:6c13e411-4591-4442-8ddf-3daebdf11747> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.americamagazine.org/issue/culture/look-and-see | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954766 | 1,325 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Pedal cars for children first appeared in the late 1880s, when Karl Benz introduced his three-wheel Patent Motorwagen for adults. By the early 1900s, pedal cars were widespread, especially in the United States, England, France, and Australia.
One of the first companies to make three-wheel velocipedes for children was W... | <urn:uuid:5a85224c-04aa-4fd4-916b-9c6e9f1a51f0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.collectorsweekly.com/model-cars/pedal-cars | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974481 | 1,732 | 3 | 3 |
The Timeline Of The Middle Ages By Nelly
Created by nellys on Sep 17, 2008
Last updated: 11/16/09 at 04:02 PM
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In Wittenberg Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the Catholic Church. Martin Luther was concerned about certain practices in... | <urn:uuid:39492b6c-cb59-431f-9c97-2a7cb714c61e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dipity.com/nellys/Fall_Of_Rome_Timeline/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992326 | 1,008 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Although Turkey late last year indicated its concern about the threat of ballistic missiles by agreeing to host part of NATO's new missile defense shield, Ankara now appears to be moving past this defensive posture towards something more robust.
As Today's Zaman recently reported, officials in Ankara have said that Tur... | <urn:uuid:c39745b9-ceb8-4179-84b0-6277213ae6f8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.eurasianet.org/taxonomy/term/2322?page=11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962968 | 2,333 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Clinical Trials for Halitosis
Clinical trials are research studies conducted in an effort to improve overall patient health and care.
Each trial involves running supervised tests to determine the effectiveness and safety of new drugs, procedures and/or devices with the aim of answering scientific questions about a dise... | <urn:uuid:2cf55c9c-497b-4a8f-a58c-bac541eaa428> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/h/halitosis/trials.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944818 | 386 | 2.734375 | 3 |
|Category||Postal administration unit|
|Found in||Postcode areas|
|Number||~1,500 (as of 2013)|
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MAILADDR(7) Linux User's Manual MAILADDR(7) NAME mailaddr - mail addressing description DESCRIPTION This manual page gives a brief introduction to SMTP mail addresses, as used on the Internet. These addresses are in the general format user@domain where a domain is a hierarchical dot-separated list of subdomains. These ... | <urn:uuid:6dfc3ae0-3235-4941-a106-2fb273a70bee> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://hep.itp.tuwien.ac.at/cgi-bin/dwww?type=runman&location=mailaddr/7 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.875226 | 804 | 3.484375 | 3 |
This follow up to our previous series continues debunking even more supposed contradictions in the Bible.
The book of Leviticus discusses many of the sacrifices performed by the Levitical priests. In some places, it seems to claim that a particular offering could remove sins.
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Native American Heritage Month: Recommended Reading
How to celebrate Native American Heritage Month? One of the best ways is simply by reading. There are so many books out there about American Indians, but figuring out which ones can best inform us about Native American history and heritage is no small task. Many books... | <urn:uuid:bbb11f30-f020-487c-a51e-f9d5418d5e30> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/article/native-american-heritage-month:-recommended-reading-145495 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931419 | 1,016 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Donskoy Monastery (Moscow)
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BARCELONA — He recently circumnavigated the globe in his solar-powered boat, but Raphaël Domjan’s mission is far from over.
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Alcohol and cancer: the evidence
This page explains how we know that alcohol causes cancer. There is an overview of the scientific evidence and further links so you can find out more if you wish.
A note about measurements
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Definition of Sequester
Sequester: 1. In medicine, to set apart, detach or separate a small portion of tissue from the rest. May be naturally occurring or iatrogenic. 2. In bone, for a piece of dead bone to separate from the sound bone. 3. In biochemistry, to isolate a constituent of a system by chelation or other mean... | <urn:uuid:d1fd0c46-8fbc-4a05-95ca-a09dd68fdb80> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=31422 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.872496 | 145 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Young adult (psychology)
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New traffic sensor gives extra time to cyclists
Intersector system uses microwaves to distinguish between cars and bikes
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If we assumed that he created other animals in similar fashion what would geneticists expect to be different in their code than if they evolved?
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The most characteristic and comprehensive theme in all American history is that of the westward movement. From the time of the first feeble landings at Quebec, at Plymouth, and at Jamestown, the history of our country has been characterized by a steady westward surge of the population, reaching out eagerly for new land... | <urn:uuid:af9889e1-6178-47c0-b740-2f5304a4c2c5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.library.wisc.edu/etext/wireader/WER0443.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979831 | 4,755 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Using computers is as much a part of our daily activities as driving a car or using a microwave oven. But, unlike cars or ovens, computers become out of date' at an astounding rate, usually with only three years of use. The problem is that computers have toxic components. A typical processor and monitor contain five to... | <urn:uuid:c20a1be6-b4d2-41a8-8c88-c7247e7c56fc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.maine.gov/dep/waste/recycle/computerrecy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920364 | 1,020 | 3.296875 | 3 |
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'Test Kitchen' Chefs Talk The Science Of Savory
Originally published on Tue October 16, 2012 2:22 pm
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Bug parents have it easy. Instead of suffering the starving cries of their babies like bird and mammal mommies do, new research indicates that insects merely need a whiff of their kids to gauge what little ones need. The new findings reveal a novel way for offspring to communicate hunger.
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Excitation systems provide a powerful force on generator availability and dynamic performance. It is responsible in ensuring quality of reactive power and generator voltage, which means energy delivered to consumers are of high-quality.
The key functions of excitation systems include:
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Here Fido – Fetch!Posted: May 25, 2012
And you guessed it, the topic for today is the boomerang. Some boomerang facts you might not have known:
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May 1, 2010 Lung cancer patients whose tumors over-express a cell surface molecule called CXCR4 do significantly worse than those who do not, Canadian researchers have found. Their work, reported at the 2nd European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva, highlights the exciting possibility that the molecule could soon becom... | <urn:uuid:262fafac-b37a-4c61-b7d7-913f15160b49> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100429111008.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962754 | 598 | 2.671875 | 3 |
China will attempt to land an exploratory craft on the moon for the first time in 2013, state media reported, according to the telegraph.com.
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06/13/2008 - People say the Chinese internet is mostly an entertainment network. But looking at what happened online during the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake reveals a Chinese internet with a depth and soul and much, much more.
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Nov. 6, 2012 Scientists for the first time have evidence showing how a widely used type of "targeted" cancer drug can be dangerous to the heart.
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Henry A Bent was well-known as a chemistry lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, North Caroline State University in the 1960-70s. So famous in these quarters, that he is known for Bent’s Rule
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Keep friends, family and yourself safe during grilling season by following these food safe tips.
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Most human beings hate to lose. Some young kids take it especially hard. Yet losing some, like winning some, is a part of life. It's an important lesson for your child to learn, and it builds resilience and good sportsmanship.
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The Mississippi river is drying up and some shipping companies are worried that the drought of 1988 may be repeated, a time when the river dried up so much that barge traffic came to a standstill. In 1988 the shipping industry lost $1 billion, a number that would be far higher in 2012 and could be reached in as little ... | <urn:uuid:ac89f384-5de1-49ad-b502-69d278318470> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.inquisitr.com/289033/mississippi-river-is-drying-up-as-massive-drought-continues/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955625 | 394 | 3.09375 | 3 |
RNA Triphosphatase Comes in Two Flavors
RNA triphosphatase is an essential mRNA processing enzyme that catalyzes the first step in mRNA cap formation. The RNA triphosphatases are not conserved among eukarya and fall into at least 2 mechanistically and structurally distinct families:
- the divalent cation-dependent RNA ... | <urn:uuid:492eeee4-2783-4fc5-aaaf-3481bebc7ee1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mskcc.org/research/lab/stewart-shuman/mrna-cap-formation-structure-and-mechanism-yeast-rna-triphosphatase?glossary=on | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00021-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910209 | 1,878 | 2.875 | 3 |
Now, telemedicine to control epidemics during natural disastersDecember 2nd, 2007 - 12:06 pm ICT by admin
Washington, December 2 (ANI): A satellite network can play a significant role in the efficient monitoring of health situations and epidemics in the event of natural disasters like earthquake.
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CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION - The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History
The CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION (incorporated February 5, 1921) is an independent, not-for-profit academic medical center engaged in patient care, research, and education. In 2005, it was the second-largest private medical group practice in America, in... | <urn:uuid:6ffc63dc-9110-4aed-a1f0-250b625d4048> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CCF1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928664 | 1,391 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Sharia Law for Non-Muslims – Chapter 2
May 31, 2010
What is Sharia?
Sharia law is Islamic law. Sharia is the basis for every demand that Muslims make on our society. When schools are asked to give up a room for Islamic prayer, that is asking us to implement Sharia law. When a Muslim wears a head scarf, that is in obedi... | <urn:uuid:adba6122-2fb8-4a80-9e32-4356f4766c77> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thehizbuttahrirwatch.wordpress.com/category/islamic-theology/articles-on-shari-ah/sharia-law-for-non-muslims/2-definition/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950946 | 2,192 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Possible long-term side effects of treatments for rhabdomyosarcoma
Because more children with rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) are surviving longer, it is now possible to look at the long-term effects of their treatment. It's important to discuss what these possible effects might be with your child's medical team before starting... | <urn:uuid:fdf6ef74-da10-41db-bb46-f5a086ee5c46> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cancer.org/cancer/rhabdomyosarcoma/detailedguide/rhabdomyosarcoma-after-long-term-side-effects | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957142 | 999 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The split was co-ordinated by the American section, the Socialist Workers Party, and included the British section under Gerry Healy and the French Parti Communiste Internationaliste (PCI). Small groups in various other countries, notably Nahuel Moreno's group in Argentina, also joined.
The grouping's founding statement... | <urn:uuid:227e61cb-a5d0-4a0d-97d4-92ebde952eb7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.fact-index.com/i/in/international_committee_of_the_fourth_international.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95915 | 527 | 2.53125 | 3 |
As mentioned in Chapter 4, Integrated Development Environments for Python, PythonWin is a framework that exposes much of the Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC) to Python. MFC is a C++ framework that provides an object-based model of the Windows GUI API, as well as a number of services useful to applications.
The term P... | <urn:uuid:9ba073c6-730b-46c6-98aa-96766654aa12> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.onlamp.com/lpt/a/217 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.82786 | 5,108 | 3.265625 | 3 |
PALO ALTO – Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is fascinating. So is the 19-page annual letter that describes the work of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropy. But for someone as smart as Gates, who can afford to hire experts on any subject under the sun, some of his foundation’s strateg... | <urn:uuid:f4f0b977-0f92-44d2-9a67-ed885a147958> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/re-booting-ddt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952494 | 1,264 | 3.078125 | 3 |
At 49 million birds a year, Minnesota's domestic turkey industry is the largest in the nation.
But what about another turkey with even deeper roots in the state? Well, that one's doing pretty well, too.
By any measure, the wild turkey has made a remarkable comeback in Minnesota, scratching its way back from being kille... | <urn:uuid:91230fc7-c2d8-4c63-ba9f-18620960bdd0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.twincities.com/ci_11074566 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971081 | 1,146 | 3.296875 | 3 |
What is Assistive Technology? Assistive technology (AT) is anything that helps a child to perform a skill or participate in an activity. For example, AT can be anything from a simple device such as wristwatch with larger numbers to something more complex such as a computer with specialized software. According to the In... | <urn:uuid:2239cf15-1531-4483-89ad-0f18f5c6b60f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ctserc.org/s/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1059%3Aa-family-guide-to-assistive-technology-in-connecticut&catid=3%3Anewsflash&Itemid=110&2fa6f942252db2ec6c621fe255459617=ddcc1d4301527bcdf9911b1828da2751 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92835 | 290 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Page:The English Constitution (1894).djvu/233
THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
inconsistent with the necessary pre-requisites of parliamentary government as they have been just laid down.
Under the voluntary system, the crisis of politics is not the election of the member, but the making the constituency. President-making is alre... | <urn:uuid:24bfb879-af5b-4251-b8e1-ade5d135b06e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_English_Constitution_(1894).djvu/233 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977873 | 383 | 2.6875 | 3 |
It's about time, teachers, to honor our presidents, especially those born in Feb. I've got 2 craftivities that will brighten your classroom and engage your students.
#1: Presidential Silhouettes and Weaving
For every student you will need 1 sheet each of red, white and blue 9"x12" construction paper. You will also need... | <urn:uuid:7e14b6ae-1a95-4a37-adb2-911c2a3a8167> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://itsabouttimeteachers.blogspot.com/2012/02/presidents-day-craftivities.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934723 | 814 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Chapter 1: Frame Rate
All videos are made up from a sequence of still images - like photos - played very quickly. Your brain is fooled into filling in the gaps and thinks it is seeing real movement.
If we show 15 still pictures per second, we call that 15 Frames per Second (fps). That's actually about the rate that our... | <urn:uuid:1f7030af-3673-4c70-bd81-be4e37195afe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://teach-ict.com/imedia/unit6/digital_video_theory/imedia_chapter1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949212 | 386 | 3.609375 | 4 |
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
Boileau was born in the rue de Jérusalem, in Paris, France. He was brought up to the law, but devoted to letters, associating himself with La Fontaine, Racine, and Molière. He is the author of Satires and Epistles, L'Art poétique and Le Lutrin, in which he attacked and empl... | <urn:uuid:4699378e-376f-41d0-a1ab-30236d50b987> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.artandpopularculture.com/Boileau | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97795 | 2,220 | 2.9375 | 3 |
A newborn baby's physiology is not the same as that of an older baby, a child or an adult. It takes time for this new body to settle into life outside the womb and to become fully efficient. During this settling period some babies display all kinds of color changes, spots, blotches, swellings and secretions, many of wh... | <urn:uuid:52d975e9-bd19-452f-bfad-7b6b34f52271> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.parents.com/baby/care/newborn/newborn-novelties/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958775 | 656 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Emblem of Laos
|Emblem of Laos|
|Armiger||Lao People's Democratic Republic|
|Motto||ສັນຕິພາບ ເອກະລາດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ
"Peace, Independence, Democracy"
"Unity and Prosperity"
The national emblem of Laos shows the national shrine Pha That Luang. A dam is pictured which as a symbol of power generation at the reservoir Nam Ngun,... | <urn:uuid:f9e916d7-9912-4d33-8d9d-ee5b50102ab4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Laos | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.867776 | 611 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Author(s): J. Madejski & J. Grabczyk
Fast and accurate measurement of the profiles of surfaces of rail head, switches,
and wheels features an indispensable element of the technological process of their
manufacturing and maintenance.
Rails are the crucial elements of the track, so
requirements regarding their mechanical... | <urn:uuid:7642c650-bed5-461f-9679-823babcee68e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://library.witpress.com/pages/PaperInfo.asp?PaperID=6780 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88611 | 225 | 2.765625 | 3 |
In this chapter we will discuss the details of the client/server communication in MySQL. The goal is to give you the ability to look at a binary dump of the client/server communication and be able to understand what happened. This chapter can also be helpful if you are trying to write a MySQL proxy server, a security a... | <urn:uuid:b8383629-6d87-4372-b806-03067f43918e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.codewalkers.com/c/a/Server-Administration/Client-Server-Communication/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920389 | 795 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Wisteria is one of the showiest deciduous vines grown in the home flower bed. The twining vines allow the wisteria to grow upwards of 25 feet or more. The purple-pink spring blooms often hang down in clusters 12 to 18 inches long. Grown on a trellis, arch, or over a doorway, the wisteria in bloom can make a person stop... | <urn:uuid:98eb0449-cbfe-4f8a-ba38-f183fabe7e59> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gardenguides.com/80156-root-wisteria-vine.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918562 | 518 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Decimal Assessment Questions
Grade Levels: 3 - 5
- How many tenths are needed to make one? (10) How many hundredths are needed to make one? (100) How many thousandths are needed to make one? (1,000)
- What is the pattern in the following series? 0.001, 0.01, 0.1, 1.0, 10, 100, 1,000. (The number increases by a factor o... | <urn:uuid:06cbe0b9-eebc-47de-8fdf-72fad72c15aa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.teachervision.fen.com/decimals/activity/3170.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915226 | 610 | 3.921875 | 4 |
Through the Geographic Information Systems - Cartographic Specialist program you can become a proficient GIS practitioner, visual designer and communicator - creating a variety of customized maps and other products for the many users of geographic information.
Please note: this program is 10 months duration.
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Somewhere between 4 and 5.5 million people in the UK live in fuel poverty – defined broadly as a situation where a household spends more than 10% of its income on fuel costs. Will existing fuel poverty policies reduce this number and, if not, what are the alternatives?
Two new reports prepared by the IPPR and NEA for J... | <urn:uuid:dc44cb70-50c4-4d6c-91df-09da8499f929> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jrf.org.uk/blog/2011/10/fuel-poverty-what-can-we-do | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951207 | 583 | 3.046875 | 3 |
"Demerara land of trenches,
October 19, 2001
Giving out most awful stenches.
Land of every biting beast
Making human flesh its feast..."
wrote one exasperated civil servant in the century before the last. At its inception, Guyana's capital had a fairly unsavoury reputation, although that was to change during the course... | <urn:uuid:fe98120d-06ec-43b5-9870-2ad208b587d6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news/ns11019.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986828 | 986 | 2.875 | 3 |
Is there zero chance to reach zero waste?
TerraCycle loves to find recycling opportunities in strange places, and we’ve been largely consumer-facing since we launched the Drink Pouch Brigade with Capri Sun and Honest Kids in 2007. Our business-to-consumer programs have been successful for such varied groups (including ... | <urn:uuid:e2ba0a71-d836-478b-92ad-032170882c47> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.packagingdigest.com/blog/Green_Terratory/41858-Is_there_zero_chance_to_reach_zero_waste_.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964913 | 588 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Special Collections and University Archives, W.E.B. Du Bois Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Archibald MacLeish Papers
A native of Illinois, Archibald MacLeish was the son of a merchant father and a mother who was a college professor. His mother's conviction to civic duties was a driving force behind Archib... | <urn:uuid:207b2b9f-df0e-46ce-b688-16db7f58c987> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/umass/mums494_bioghist.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988058 | 717 | 2.890625 | 3 |
NASA's newest Mars rover Curiosity is taking its first tentative drives across the Martian surface and leaving tracks that have been spotted all the way from space in a spectacular photo snapped by an orbiting spacecraft.
The new view of Curiosity's tracks from space was captured by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter a... | <urn:uuid:ab3fbaff-55c9-4f9b-b6bd-442d0d9e253b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ca.news.yahoo.com/stunning-mars-photo-shows-curiosity-rovers-tracks-space-195711349.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944405 | 622 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Depletion of oil reserves and the associated effects on climate change have prompted a re-examination of the use of plant biomass as a sustainable source of organic carbon for the large-scale production of chemicals and materials. While initial emphasis has been placed on biofuel production from edible plant sugars, th... | <urn:uuid:4b91fd63-b39e-4995-920a-8f3a013b67e5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://synbio.org.uk/component/content/article/2330-plants-biofactories-for-a-sustainable-future.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912059 | 335 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Pulmonary emboli are pieces of blood clots that break off from clots in the legs (and sometimes other parts of the body) and travel through the circulatory system to the lungs. Pulmonary emboli can block blood flow to the lungs, which in turn can prevent sufficient oxygen from getting to the tissues. They can cause sho... | <urn:uuid:033d7172-4ef0-4e54-a891-f991a0c3923c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://annals.org/article.aspx?articleID=714660 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958379 | 210 | 3.625 | 4 |
Many industrial control systems use a device that changes one form of energy to another; this device is called a transducer. Typical transducers convert mechanical, magnetic, thermal, electrical, optical, and chemical variations into electrical voltages and currents. Then, these voltages and currents are used, either d... | <urn:uuid:9f2c3d8b-8945-40bf-882a-651d8d312779> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ecmweb.com/content/basics-solid-state-devices-0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920318 | 1,329 | 3.796875 | 4 |
The following news release is being issued by the U.S. T2K collaboration at the Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). The experiment has found evidence for a new type of transformation between neutrinos, ghostlike elementary particles that zip through the Earth at a rate of 400 billion per second. Scienti... | <urn:uuid:c59448bb-dd66-412d-8ca9-262a11df5a99> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=11295 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00022-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89193 | 1,430 | 3.171875 | 3 |