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Cool Roofs Cool the Planet
September 11, 2006
There's an important, although little-known, advantage to cool roofs: They help cool the planet.
The Summer 2006 heat wave resulted in dramatic increases in both A/C electric bills and homeowners’ interest in cool roofs.As Home Energy readers know, cool roofs can reduce A/C... |
Homeopathy is based on the observation that substances that are capable of causing disorders of the mind or body in healthy people can be used in dilute form as medicines to treat similar disorders in someone who is ill, whatever the cause of the illness. Allium cepa derived from onions can be taken as an example. Cont... |
In this article I will describe a basic aspect of homeopathy’s spiritual understanding of health and disease: the view that disease arises from a fixed adaptation to a past situation that no longer exists in the present.
Homeopaths view health and disease as states of being that are either appropriate for the situation... |
World Aids Day
December 1st is World AIDS Day, which was established to increase awareness and education and remind the world that much more can be done in the fight against HIV. This World AIDS Day is all about encouraging individuals to Act Aware. This means finding out the facts about HIV and using this knowledge to... |
Presidential religious lives are, for the most part, rather unremarkable--just like the majority of Americans they represent. As the 2012 presidential race, and especially the Republican nomination, dominate the news, the religion of the sometimes-frontrunner Mitt Romney continues to be an issue for many Republican vot... |
Today is the first-ever International Day of the Girl. This is a day to celebrate the fact that it is girls who will change the world; that the empowerment of girls holds the key to development and security for families, communities and societies worldwide.
Child marriage is one of the most shocking and disturbing prac... |
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other verotoxin toxin strains acquired the toxin gene by laboratory
genetic engineering. There has been serious discussion in the literature
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Construction (NAICS 23)
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Starting this week, pregnant women in Duplin County, N.C., and Queens, N.Y., will be getting letters and phone calls asking them to be part of the National Children’s Study. This first-ever effort, 10 years in the making, will follow thousands of children from the womb to age 20, with the ... |
Cyclohexane overview Transcript
Cyclohexane is a chemical that is mostly used really as a feedstock for other chemicals. The feedstocks for cyclohexane, there’s really one, its benzene. Cyclohexane production is mostly based on the catalytic hydrogenation of benzene because of its simplicity and high efficiency.
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Because many rural poor live in areas far away from markets, we investigate whether better road access could help improve their livelihood and reduce rural poverty. We use three waves of a primary panel survey at the household level conducted in 18 remote natural villages in China to study how road access shapes farmer... |
We work to reduce our environmental impact and use natural resources efficiently through the adoption of management systems for the main environmental aspects of our activities.
- We pump underground water to keep our quarries in good condition and use water to transform our minerals. The Group encourages the operation... |
NASA Cyber Attacks On The Increase: Report
According to NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration), in recent years, it has become an increasingly popular target for high-tech hackers.
In 2007 and 2008, China was suspected to have hacked into NASA satellites, though no formal evidence linking China to the... |
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Time To Stop Just Saying No
Last reviewed and revised on June 17, 2011
By Michael Craig Miller, M.D.
Harvard Medical School
Just say no? It turns out that such an approach to treating addictions never made much sense. What scientists have learned about the biology of addiction should help the... |
In May 2003, the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC) defined the following categories for blood pressure, based on extensive reviews of scientific literature. The figures are updated periodically to keep pace with new research.
The biggest change is t... |
The Soul of a New Hand Tool
Hand levels are one of the standard tools in the kits of house builders, plumbers, and many other tradespeople. Until 1990, all levels were bubble-type spirit levels. But in that year, a California carpenter, Andy Butler, and some Silicon Valley engineers patented a new level that depended o... |
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Andrew Jackson's Mouth/Barton Letter/Spybook (#804)
This episode has not aired in the past few months on Iowa Public Television.
How is this fragment connected a political protest in the 19th century? 16:03
What does this little black book reveal about spying on the home front during World War I? 18:34
What does this l... |
THE HOLOCAUST JUST GOT MORE SHOCKING
By Eric Lichtbau, The New York Times, March 1, 2013
Thirteen years ago, researchers at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum began the grim task of documenting all the ghettos, slave labor sites, concentration camps and killing factories that the Nazis set up throughout Europe... |
Knowledge drives action
24 August 2012 | News story
The ground-breaking work of IUCN’s six commissions is highlighted in the latest issue of the journal S.A.P.I.EN.S.
Set up as “networks of expert volunteers entrusted to develop and advance the institutional knowledge, experience and objectives of IUCN”, the Commission... |
On a bright, airy classroom on the West Side, six youngsters are grooving to Miles Davis, their feet gently tapping, their bodies swaying a bit as they savor the trumpet sighs wafting out of a portable stereo system. Meanwhile, at the tony Symphony Center downtown, a much larger group of kids is hanging on to every not... |
Many years ago, the Philistines and the Israelites were going to fight each other in a war. The Philistines were on one mountain and the Israelites were on another mountain. The valley of E'-lah was in between them.
The Israelites were God's choosen people, but the Philistines had a secret weapon--his name was Goliath.... |
March 22, 2012
Looking into Anne Frank’s unblinking eyes
Is the image of Anne Frank heading in the same commercial direction as Edvard Munch’s “The Scream”?
Munch’s Expressionist painting, once an iconic representation of horror, for years has been available as a party inflatable, an action figure mask, even a bobblehe... |
Diver A is lowered 28 feet below the surface of the ocean. She swims down another 6 feet. What integer expresses her position compared to the ocean's surface?
Find the curve's unit tangent vector. Also, find the length of the indicated portion of the curve. r(t) = (t)i + (2/3)t^(3/2)k, 0 less than or equal to t less th... |
EARTH, The. Arabic arz ارض
Muhammad taught his followers that hust as there are seven heavens [HEAVEN.] on above another, so there are seven earths one beneath another, the distance between each of these regions being five hundred years’ journey. (Mishkat, book xxiv c I part 3)
In the Qur’an the earth is said to be str... |
This is one in a series of vignettes celebrating history. The series name comes from the state motto, Ad astra per aspera: To the stars through difficulties.
Her Indian name was Windagamen. It meant Sweetness. Her white name was Anna.
She was a Lenape Delaware Indian who married Moses Grinter, and when she died in 1905... |
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/National Pest Management Association NPMA) - Signs of spring often include flowers sprouting out of the ground, leaves emergin... |
Look out for Asteroid 2012 DA14.
It is heading toward Earth at 17,450 miles per hour, according to NASA, and the tug of our planet's gravitational field will cause it to accelerate when it gets here.
But it's not going to strike us, when it passes by on Feb. 15. NASA is adamant about this.
"It's orbit is very well-know... |
Given that SAD is so tied to the seasons and to sunlight in particular, you might predict that people who live in places with cold, dark winters would be more likely than people living in sunny climes to experience SAD. You'd be right.
For example, the rate of SAD in New Hampshire has been estimated at 10%, whereas les... |
5 Wolf Cubs
Narrator: Once upon a time, in the middle of the jungle, there was great silence. Suddenly, the tiger roared furiously. (roaring) That night, he was watching a group of campers, and specially a little boy who made him really hungry.
Tiger: Hmmm… I have to eat that little boy… he looks so delicious!
Narrator... |
Those of us with responsibility for the health of canine athletes need to continually read and evaluate new scientific studies to ensure that we are taking the most appropriate care of our performance dogs. This article provides evidence through a number of recent studies to suggest that veterinarians and owners workin... |
The debate in Washington has been focused for months on income tax rates. But the way politicians and media frame the issue of the Bush tax rates is at odds with one of the fundamental principles of the income tax system, and it unnecessarily warps public understanding of what’s on the table.
Facing record deficits and... |
With the recent landing of the Curiosity rover on Mars, interest in our planetary neighbor has never been greater. And why not? Mars has long been believed the most viable planet to support life, and if we ever send mankind to another planet, it makes sense that we see what's next door.
The purpose of the Curiosity mis... |
WILLIAMSPORT, Md. (AP) — If Scott Bragunier has his way, cannon tubes that sat for more than a century on Doubleday Hill, a spot in Riverview Cemetery named for Union Gen. Abner Doubleday, will be returned to the same spot by spring.
The cannon tubes — the barrels of a cannon — were procured for the town in 1896 to hon... |
URGENT - Japan Earthquake Tsunami Threat
(CNN)--The 7.3 magnitude earthquake that struck off the east coast of Japan on Friday hasn't created a widespread threat of a tsunami in the Pacific, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The agency said its forecast was based on historical earthquake and tsunami data... |
Chicago (CNN) - New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows more people are moving downtown.
The report defined downtowns as within a two-mile radius of a city hall, and the 2010 census shows 16 million people were living downtown. That's about six percent of the 258 million metro-area dwellers.
Chicago saw the biggest ... |
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I, Robot: Paraplegics Get An Assist
Originally published on Wed November 14, 2012 9:41 am
A robotic suit that gives the wearer superhuman powers sounds like the stuff of science fiction. But technology like that is making the leap from fantasy to reality.
Th... |
What: Aloe vera, a succulent related to the Lily, long used for its ability to heal wounds, burns, and dry skin, as well as treat bug bites, sunburn, and bee stings. The gel from the Aloe plant provides a protective layer said to inhibit infection, soothe, and heal. When cut or broken the plant heals itself rapidly, th... |
In the federal courts, disclosure requires parties to automatically share routine evidentiary information that would otherwise be available during discovery. Disclosure comes in three stages. First, at the beginning of the suit, each party must disclose:
- • Basic information about each witness the party plans to call
... |
International trade law: an overview
International trade is “the exchange of goods [or] services” “between nations.” Black’s Law Dictionary 285, 1529 (8th ed. 2004).
Sources of international trade law
Constitutional, federal, and international laws govern international trade between the United States and foreign nation... |
Lawrence County, Missouri is located in southwest Missouri which is also referred to as the Ozarks. The county was organized February 14, 1845, although settlers first began moving into the territory as early as 1831. The county was named after Captain James Lawrence who was killed in the War of 1812. The county seat i... |
Behavioural (or "behavioral") theory in psychology is a very substantial field: follow the links to the left or right for introductions to some of its more detailed contributions impinging on how people learn in the real world. How I have the effrontery to produce a single page on it amazes even me, whatever my reserva... |
Estonian Aviation Museum (EAM) was founded by a private initiative for public use and it has to meet the founder-assigned tasks and objectives, it has to fulfil a special mission:
- Estonian Aviation Museum must become an innovative technical centre of interest to balance the prevailing tendency in our society toward h... |
There are several problems with TE modules used in waste heat recovery applications. First, the TE modules themselves are not very efficient; although some heat energy gets converted into electricity, still much of it is wasted. The next problems have to do with construction of the module itself and durability in its d... |
Definition of Cires
1. cire [n] - See also: cire
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Definition of Indigo bird
1. Noun. Small deep blue North American bunting.
Generic synonyms: Bunting
Group relationships: Genus Passerina, Passerina
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From Irish Pedigrees; or the Origin and Stem of the Irish Nation by John O'Hart
THE chiefs and clans of Brefney and the territories they possessed in the twelfth century, are, according to O'Dugan, as follows:—
1. O'Ruairc or O'Rourke;
2. O'Raghallaigh or O'Reilly: these were the princes of the territory of Brefney.
3.... |
What are infectious diseases?
Infectious diseases are contracted due to microscopic organisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi and animal parasites) that invade the body’s natural barriers and immune system to create a wide range of symptoms – from undetectable to severe.
Who are infectious disease specialists and what do the... |
What is optometry?
Optometry focuses on the study of vision and eye health
. An optometrist conducts eye examinations, prescribes corrective lenses, and diagnoses and prescribes treatment for eye conditions.
Optometrists should not be confused with ophthalmologists, who are medical doctors trained to perform corrective... |
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Earth from Space: The Tibesti Mountains
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The Tibesti Mountains, located mostly in Chad with the northern slopes extending into Libya, are captured in this image, acquired on March 4, 2012 by Envisat’s MERIS instrument. The mountains’ highest peak is Emi Koussi – pictured here as a circular structure in ... |
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(Jul 02, 2008) Twenty-eight years after acceding to the United Nations Convention on Refugees, on June 5, 2008, Nicaragua approved the Law on Protection of Refugees. The legislature passed the Law by a nearly unanimous vote. The Law mandates the creation of a National... |
(WVLT) -- With November being Diabetes Awareness Month, it's important for everyone to be aware of the risks associated with the disease and how to prevent it.
Type two diabetes can often be prevented with a gradual weight loss plan and proper diet. That's why we talked with Molly Gee, a registered dietitcian for educa... |
Alcohol and Pregnancy
The risks involved with alcohol use during pregnancy:Alcohol consumption by the mother is a leading cause of preventable birth defects in the fetus and is the only cause of mental retardation that is completely preventable. Everything a mother drinks also goes to the fetus. Alcohol is broken down ... |
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Animals have emotions and feelings. In some respects, animals have basic physical and mental health needs which are similar to our own. They include food, shelter, and in many cases, privacy for breeding as well as general peace and quiet for just doing
'their own thing'.
In the wild, much ... |
The instruction will be influenced by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Principles and Standards for School Mathematics, Liping Ma’s Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics, the National Research Council report Knowing and Learning Mathematics for Teaching, and other such sources. Early in the week pa... |
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There are different ways to weave spheres in chainmaille. You can weave triangles and stitch them together or make reductions of increasing frequency to get something fairly spherical, or ... |
Culture and Religion
The culture of the Maldives is influenced by different visitors who arrived in Maldives throughout the times. However, acting as a melting point the Maldives assimilated these influences and has created a unique cultural identity. Archaeological evidence suggests the existence Hinduism and Buddhism... |
10 times as many prostate cancers in 2021?
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Canadian researchers say there could be as many as 267,329 new cases of prostate cancer diagnosed each year by 2021. That would be 10 times as many as in 2009 (25,355 cases).
Researchers in the department of radiation oncology at the Sunny... |
Inspired by Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, pupils embark on mini adventures around the gallery. They explore artworks to discover real and imaginary animals and then create their own fantastical puppet creatures.
Maurice Sendak’s “Where the Wild Things Are”, is read to the children and the opposing concept... |
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Comparing 'Cousin Kate' and 'The seduction', two poems about pregnancy.
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GCSE Comparative poetry essay
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Each school system is required by the Code of Maryland Regulations to provide school psychological services. (COMAR 13A.05.05.04. 04) The School Psychology Program is a comprehensive continuum of services and activities based on psychological principles. The goal of the program is to prevent or remediate educational, e... |
At the bottom of the code page is a text area where you can enter the URL for a Web accessible dataset and a browse button for selecting a dataset on your computer. Either way, the dataset will be read in using read.table with header=T and stored in a dataframe called X. The dataframe, X, will then be attached so you c... |
Welcome to the Learning Centre
Here you'll find all of the Maths on Track support materials - Practice sheets (answers), videos and Wee Red Box flash cards.
The support materials are separated into four levels (as per Curriculum for Excellence).
Choose a level to find everything you'll need to improve numeracy and ment... |
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Early America school system ( after the war about the time of Jefferson)actually took only the best of the best and the others were required to become trade apprentices. So Preachers, doctors, lawyers were hand picked and the rest were sent to shop class. Just imagine if we did that today. ... |
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Epidemiology, Molecular Epidemiology and Evolution of Bovine Respiratory Syncytial Virus
Facultad de Medicina Veterinaria y Zootecnia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito Exterior, Ciudad Universitaria, Delegación Coyoacán, México D.F. 04510, Mexico
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Interaction Rating: Moderate Be cautious with this combination.
Talk with your health provider.
Bisphosphonate medications and phosphate salts can both lower calcium levels in the body. Taking large amounts of phosphate salts might cause calcium levels to become too low.
The adequate intakes (AI) for in... |
John P. Cunha, DO, is a U.S. board-certified Emergency Medicine Physician. Dr. Cunha's educational background includes a BS in Biology from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and a DO from the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences in Kansas City, MO. He completed residency training in Emergency M... |
Maternal and Child Health: Delivering a better life
Over half a million women die in pregnancy and childbirth every year - that's one death every minute. The child left behind is then 4 times more likely to die prematurely. Of these deaths, 99 per cent are in developing countries.
As global students we have the duty to... |
Osteomalacia has a pathogenesis similar to that of rickets but it is seen in mature bones. Because bones mature at different rates, both rickets and osteomalacia can be seen in the same animal. Osteomalacia is characterized by an accumulation of excessive unmineralized osteoid on trabecular surfaces.
Affected animals a... |
During the fall campaign, California's attention was focused on the presidential race and Gov. Jerry Brown's tax measure. But in a historic, largely overlooked environmental shift, the state's voters also triggered a multibillion-dollar tidal wave of new green spending.
By overwhelmingly passing Proposition 39, voters ... |
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Certificates applying the history of South and West Russia; Certificates applying the history of West Russia; materials of the National historical archives of Belarus; monographs by V.V. Kalnin (which deal with Mir castle) and by A.N.... |
MIT team finds that the ratio of component atoms is vital to performance.
There are many ways to define power, but Manuel Castells, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Technology and Society, defines power as the ability to make people think the way you want them to think--or to convince those who disagree that they ca... |
We accept Line, Pattern, Texture, Color, etc. as "Elements Of Art", and it was our purpose to make "Words" be one as well. Therefore, lettering would not "advertise" or "define" an idea. This time, lettering would be thought of as the major element in the composition. It might be a background, as shape makers or as exc... |
Contamination is the presence of an unwanted foreign substance or material (a contaminant) in the body, food supply, physical environment or natural environment. Contaminants range from toxins, pathogens and poisons to pollutants and radioactive waste.
In the natural environment, contamination can occur in land (ground... |
About the Photographer
One of the pioneers of Pop Art, Andy Warhol is known for destabilizing the division between consumer culture and fine art and for undermining conventional notions of originality. Iconic works such as his silkscreen reproductions of Campbell's soup cans and sculptural replicas of retail packaging—... |
Nearly 6 million American children have food allergies, some life-threatening. Keeping them safe after diagnosis can be a very serious challenge.
In a new study published in the journal Pediatrics, researchers tracked 512 pre-school aged children who were diagnosed with or were at risk for having an allergy to milk or ... |
Mold needs two things to survive and spread: moisture and food. Because it's susceptible to moisture, traditional paper-faced drywall is mold's favorite sandwich, with two outer faces of paper as the bread and the gypsum stuck in the middle as baloney. Gypsum is a mineral, and though mold cannot digest it, the cellulos... |
Looking for a health-promoting snack? Enjoy a handful of mild nutty tasting sunflower seeds with their firm but tender texture to take care of your hunger and get a wealth of nutrition at the same time. The various health benefits of sunflower seeds can be attributed to the high levels of polyunsaturated and monounsatu... |
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According to Mormonism, the atonement is "the great sacrifice [Jesus] made to pay for our sins and overcome death." Jesus was the only person able to atone for sin because he was sinless. Oddly enough, Gospel Principles, addressing why Jesus could atone for sins, lacks any reference to his ... |
Margaret Atwood novelist/poet
The United States has promoted individualism so much that the responsibilities of giving to a community, and vice versa, have been trampled by rampant individualism. Canada hasn't gone in that direction of extreme individualism: my mortgage; my bank account; no pies when I hurt my leg, and... |
That’s because the same ingredients in decongestants that help relieve the nasal swelling associated with congestion also affect other blood vessels in the body, causing blood pressure and heart rate to rise – a potentially dangerous situation for those with high blood pressure. Unfortunately, just 10 percent of those ... |
When your child's birthdate barely meets the cutoff for starting kindergarten, you may wonder whether it's better to enroll them, or wait a year. Unfortunately, there's no easy answer. You'll have to weigh the evidence, based on your child's personality. To be eligible for kindergarten, a child must turn five by a cert... |
Overcoming perceived GIS resource limitations
This module (Teaching with GIS) is designed to highlight GIS concepts that may be added to many geoscience topics and exercises. In particular, we focus on using GIS at the level of introductory geoscience; however, many of the exercises and concepts may be applied in upper... |
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Novel maskless e-beam technique a promising tool for engineering metallic nanostructures
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Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places, and Pursuits
ing in informal environments. First, the assessm... |
HARVARD -Amy Stoller of Littleton Road ran and grabbed her camera last week. She was able to take a couple of snaps before the creature spotted in her yard skittered away.
"I guess it's good I didn't go out into the yard for a better picture," said Stoller.
The animal appears to be a bobcat. The Massachusetts Division ... |
When Georges Braque visited Pablo Picasso's studio in 1907, he likened viewing Picasso’s latest work to drinking kerosene. This incendiary approach was to set the contemporary art world alight.
In 1900, at around the time of his 19th birthday, Pablo Picasso went to Paris to visit the Universal Exhibition and to have hi... |
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) refers to a condition in which high blood pressure exists within the vessels of the lungs. Normally, venous (low oxygen) blood returns from the body to the right side of the heart where it is pumped to lungs via the pulmonary arteries. Breathing brings oxygen to venous blood in the lungs, tu... |
Florida’s Popular Land Conservation Program Diminished
If you have hiked in state preserves from Apalachicola to the Keys or kayaked some of Florida’s unique springs, you’ve enjoyed the beauty of Florida Forever. This program and its predecessor, Preservation 2000, have protected 2.4 million acres of Florida’s most pri... |
Why Poverty Persists
"Changes in family structure - notably a doubling of the percent of families headed by a single woman - can account for a 3.7 percentage point increase in poverty rates, more than the entire rise in the poverty rate from 10.7 percent to 12.8 percent since 1980."
Over the past 45 years, the United S... |
The ecliptic is the geometric plane that contains the orbit of the Earth. The orbits of most planets in the Solar System lie very close to it. Seen from the Earth, this is a bisecting great circle, superimposed upon the celestial sphere, which contains the different points of the Sun's path, relative to the background ... |
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Geriatric dentistry deals with special knowledge, attitudes and technical skills required in the provision o... |
HISTORY FEBRUARY 8, 2013
"Inaugural Parade," March 22, 1933
In 1930, four years after Edmund Wilson first arrived at The New Republic, the desk-bound literary critic declared his intention to become the magazine's roving reporter. It took his colleagues by surprise. "I doubt whether he had been west of Pittsburgh befor... |
In recognition of the importance of preservation efforts, this periodic series features historic buildings on the UI campus.
A little more than a decade after it was built 100 years ago, the UI
Observatory became the site of a scientific development considered revolutionary
in its day.
Joel Stebbins, a professor at the... |
AS SURVIVORS along the coasts devastated by the tsunami on 26 December start to clear the debris, the world's attention is turning to how these communities are going to rebuild their towns and villages. When the unthinkable happens again, will they be any better prepared?
"When you think of the hundreds of millions of ... |
AN ILLUSION device that makes one object look like another could one day be used to camouflage military planes or create "holes" in solid walls.
The idea builds on the optical properties of so-called metamaterials, which can bend light in almost any direction. In 2006, researchers used this idea to create an "invisibil... |
The CRCT is designed to measure how well students acquire the skills and knowledge described in the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS) and the Quality Core Curriculum (QCC). The assessments yield information on academic achievement at the student, class, school, system, and state levels. This information is used to di... |
A User's Guide to Electrical PPE: Based on NFPA 70E®
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Analyze risks and work smart! Every electrician on the job needs the User's Guide to Electrical PPE.
This full-color manual to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is a "must" for the practicing electrical contractor or electrician. Based on NFPA 70E... |
The Brown Hare
This comprehensive, indispensable guide to the Brown Hare covers all aspects of the biology, ecology and conservation of the species, and is complete with colour photos, illustrations and maps. It contains detailed information on the status and distribution of the species as well as field signs, social a... |
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