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- Foot and mouth disease
slaughter of many animals. Symptoms In cattle, foot-and-mouth disease is characterized by high fever that declines rapidly after two or three days; blisters inside the mouth that lead to excessive secretion of stringy or foamy saliva and to drooling; and blisters on the feet that may rupture and cause lameness. Adult animals may suffer weight loss from which they do not recover for several months, and in cows, milk production can decline significantly. Though most animals eventually recover from FMD, the disease can lead to myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and death, especially in newborn animals. Some infected animals remain
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- Foreskin
to protect the highly sensitive nerves of the ridged band and to a lesser extent the glans. The muscle fibres are intertwined like a tiny rope to close off the preputal opening to keep out contamination. Like most other human body parts, the coverage of the glans by the prepuce is a highly-variable characteristic, as some men have abundant overhang when flaccid, while others don't have complete glans coverage. The muscle fibres keep the foreskin close to the glans penis but render the foreskin highly elastic.[1] There exists a condition called phimosis, in which the prepuce cannot be fully retracted. It
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- Francis of Assisi
threats and then with corporal chastisement. After a final interview in the presence of the bishop, Francis renounced all expectations from his father, laying aside even the garments received from him, and for a while was a homeless wanderer in the hills around Assisi. Returning to the town, where he spent two years at this time, he restored several ruined churches, among them the little chapel of St. Mary of the Angels, just outside the town, which became later his favorite abode. The beginning of the Brotherhood At the end of this period (according to Jordanus, in 1209), a sermon which
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- Eindhoven
slightly over 200,000 inhabitants in 2001. Much of its growth is due to Philips and DAF. Today, Eindhoven serves as a focal point of technology in the south of the Netherlands. The students from the Eindhoven University of Technology and a number of undergraduate schools give Eindhoven a young population. A prime example of the industrial heritage of Eindhoven is the renovated White Lady (Dutch: Witte Dame), a former Philips factory and the Brown Gentleman (Dutch: Bruine Heer), a former Philips office building both located on the Emmasingel. The White Lady was architected by D. Roosenburg and constructed in 1920-1921. It
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- Encephalopathy
Encephalopathy Encephalopathy refers to any of several brain diseases. The most famous ones is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, also known as BSE. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 What is Encephalopathy? 2 Is there any treatment? 3 What is the prognosis? What is Encephalopathy? Encephalopathy is a term for any diffuse disease of the brain that alters brain function or structure. Encephalopathy may be caused by infectious agent (bacteria, virus, or prion), metabolic or mitochondrial dysfunction, brain tumor or increased pressure in the skull, prolonged exposure to toxic elements (including solvents, drugs, radiation, paints, industrial chemicals,
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- Evangelion List of Angels
SEELE. 3rd Angel - Sachiel First angel to attack Tokyo 3. Defeated by Berserker Eva Unit 01. 4th Angel - Samshel Second angel to attack Tokyo 3. Electrowhip attack. Defeated by Shinji in Eva Unit 01. 5th Angel - Ramiel Diamond shaped. Attempted to drill into NERV HQ. Had energy beam attack. Defeated by Shinji in Eva Unit 01 with the Positron cannon as Rei held off the attack. Afterwards Unit 00 was rebuilt with blue armour instead of orange. 6th Angel - Gaghiel The only angel to be fought at sea. Defeated by Asuka and Shinji in Eva Unit 02.
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- Doe Maar
had two older front men: as Henny Vrienten sings, he was 32 at the time and Ernst Janz was of a similar age. However, they were good looking in their own way and what's more, their songs were unusually raw, honest, direct. (of course, everybody says that about the artists they admire -- you won't hear somebody saying 'they were a bunch of lying hypocrites' -- but perhaps somebody else can expand a bit by some text analysis) Of course, the feedback function of any hype could have played a role: once Doe Maar were recognised (consciously or unconsciously) as a
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- Diabetes mellitus
5.5 long term -- chronic problems 6 Public Health, Policy and Health Economics 7 History 8 References Etymology "Diabetes" is a Greek word meaning "a passer through; a siphon". "Mellitus" comes from the Greek word "sweet". Apparently, the Greeks named it thus because the excessive amounts of urine that a diabetic (when in a hyperglycemic state) would excrete attracted flies and bees because of the glucose content. The ancient Chinese would test for diabetes by observing whether ants were attracted to a person's urine. Passing abnormal amounts of urine can be a symptom of several diseases (most commonly of the kidneys),
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- Diarrhea
(potential to infect others) Diarrhea in institutions (Hospitals, child care, mental health institutes, geriatric and convalescent homes etc). Since most people will ignore very minor diarrhea, a patient who actually presents to a doctor is likely to have diarrhoea that is more severe than usual. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Acute Diarrhea 2 Chronic Diarrhea 3 Infective diarrhoea 4 Non infective diarrhoea 5 Chronic inflammatory diseases 6 Other important causes 7 Treatment of diarrhea Acute Diarrhea This may defined as diarrhea that lasts less than 2 weeks. This can nearly always be presumed to be infective although this proven in a
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- Diabetes dictionary
Cerebrovascular disease - Damage to the blood vessels in the brain, resulting in a stroke. People with diabetes are at higher risk of cerebrovascular disease. Charcot foot - A foot complication associated with diabetic neuropathy that results in destruction of joints and soft tissue. Also called "Charcot's joint" and "neuropathic arthropathy." Chemical Diabetes - is a term that is no longer used. See: Impaired glucose tolerance. Chlorpropamide - A pill taken to lower the level of glucose (sugar) in the blood. Only some people with noninsulin-dependent diabetes take these pills. See also: Oral hypoglycemic agents One of the sulfonylureas. Cholesterol Chronic
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- Disease resistance in fruit and vegetables
its major gene resistance to woolly apple aphid. Since early this century this resistance has been used to develop woolly aphid resistant rootstocks such as MM.106 and M.793. Muc
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h later it was shown that the cultivar was also very resistant to collar rot and a useful breeding parent for this resistance. Resistance and immunity Some plants can tolerate the presence of large numbers of insects without being severely affected. This is not very satisfactory however as insects will still cause damage, and in fact further breeding and population expansion of the pest species is supported. Other varieties are less attractive to
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- 1989
A strike forces financially-troubled Eastern Airlines into bankruptcy. March 14 - Gun control: President George H. W. Bush bans the importation of assault rifles into the United States. March 18 - In Egypt, a 4,400-year-old mummy is found in the Pyramid of Cheops. March 23 - Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann announce cold fusion at the University of Utah. March 23 - A 1,000-foot diameter Near-Earth asteroid misses the Earth by 400,000 miles. March 24 - The Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska April 7 - Soviet submarine Komsomolets sinks in the Barents Sea April 15 - Hillsborough disaster, one of
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- 2003 in Canada
blackout hits Ontario, Quebec and northeast of the United States September 23 - The Ward Hunt Ice Shelf, 443 square kilometres in size, in the Arctic fractures, releasing all water within a freshwater lake it contained. October 2 - Ontario Election. Dalton McGuinty's Liberals defeats Ernie Eves's Tories. October 5 - Maher Arar freed from jail in Syria October 21 - Newfoundland and Labrador election: Premier Roger Grimes's Liberals are defeated by Danny Williams's Conservatives October 23 - Israeli airline El Al Jet is diverted twice, first to Montreal then to Hamilton, Ontario, to allow some passengers off. A threat was
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- Agent Smith
their own destruction - a direct parallel to the creation of AI by humankind. An Agent of The System According to Morpheus, the tutor of the protagonist Neo, Smith is an artificial intelligence manifested in the artificial world - and thus has extraordinary powers to manipulate its surroundings, although he is still limited by being "based on a world that is built on rules." Like all Agents in the Matrix, he was originally programmed to keep order within the system by terminating troublesome programs and human avatars which would otherwise bring instability to the simulated reality. To expedite such tasks, he
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- Keystroke logging
means to obtain passwords or encryption keys and thus bypassing other security measures. Keystroke logging can be achieved by both hardware and software means. Commercially available systems include devices which are attached to the keyboard cable (and thus are instantly installable, but visible if the user makes a thorough inspection) and also devices which can be installed in keyboards (and are thus invisible, but require some basic knowledge of soldering to install). Writing software applications for keylogging is trivial, and like any computer program can be distributed as a trojan horse or as part of a virus or worm. The FBI
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- Kerosene lamp
size of the flame can be controlled by adjusting how much of the wick sticks out of the top of the fuel tank. This is usually done by means of a small knob. If the wick is turned up too high it usually produces smoke. The flame is usually protected by some kind of glass screen or shade, to prevent the flame from being blown out. This type of lamp produces only a dim orange light and is not much brighter than a candle, and they can also be quite smelly. Wick lamps are rarely used today, but were popular before
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- Kevin Brown
tied for the league lead in victories and was the first since Ferguson Jenkins in 1974 to win 20 games in a Ranger uniform. Brown became a free agent following the strike settlement in 1994 and signed with the Baltimore Orioles for a season, posting a 10-9 record with 117 strikeouts and a 3.60 ERA. Following the 1995 season, Brown again became a free agent, signing with the Florida Marlins. In his first season with the Marlins, backed by a remarkable team, Brown posted a 17-11 record with 159 strikeouts and an amazing 1.89 ERA, the best of his career. In
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- Kikuchi disease
Kikuchi disease Kikuchi disease (histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis) is a rare, non-cancerous enlargement of the lymph nodes: the diagnosis can be confirmed by lymph node biopsy. Kikuchi disease has been reported in association with infections with Epstein-Barr virus, human herpesvirus 6, toxoplasmosis, and human T-cell leukemia lymphoma virus 1. For other causes of lymph node enlargement see lymphadenopathy. This article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by fixing it.
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- Kuru epidemic
and Gajdusek also traveled there in 1957 to study disease patterns in primitive and isolated populations (Gajdusek, 1996). Lindenbaum, Zigas, and Gajdusek were all crucial to explaining the marked, specific properties of Kuru to the rest of the world. The Kuru epidemic reached its height in the 1960’s. Between 1957 and 1968, over 1,100 of the South Fore died from Kuru. The vast majority of victims among the South Fore were women. In fact, eight times more women than men contracted the disease. It later affected small children and the elderly at a high rate as well. It is currently believed
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- Vegeta
Burter, Guldo and Recoome) after Vegeta, Frieza catches up with Vegeta. After a long fight, Frieza kills Vegeta as Krillin, Gohan and Goku stand by in horror. Vegeta dies slowly, pouring his heart out to Goku as the only other pure-blooded Saiyan left alive. Goku makes a moving speech after Vegeta's death, and buries him. Vegeta reappears when a wish is made on the Dragonballs to bring back some people who were killed by Frieza. He is accidentally revived, and brought to Earth, but not before he sees that Goku has transformed into the legendary Super Saiyan warrior that Saiyan legend
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