hypotension
hypotension Condition in which
blood pressure is abnormally low. It is commonly seen after heavy blood loss or excessive fluid loss due to prolonged vomiting or diarrhoea. It also occurs in many serious illnesses. Temporary hypotension may cause sweating, dizziness, and fainting. See also
hypertension
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Libby and the nuclear hourglass.(Stamps International)
Magazine article from: Chemistry International; 11/1/2008; ; 536 words
; ...issued by Monaco in 2004 to honor Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980), the American...this discovery. In addition to Libby's likeness, the stamp shows...first and middle names as Frank Willard (instead of Willard Frank...
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Using radiocarbon dating and paleontological extraction techniques in the analysis of a human skull in an unusual context.(Case Note)
Magazine article from: Forensic Science Communications; 10/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...dating is based on the work of Nobel Laureate Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980) (Libby 1946), which was inspired by the research of...Korff (Korff and Danforth 1939). Although Libby initially kept his findings secret because he...
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Winners of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...Perutz, United Kingdom; John Crowley Kendrew, United Kingdom. 1961 -- Melvin Calvin, United States. 1960 -- Willard Frank Libby, United States. 1959 -- Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Czechoslovakia. 1958 -- Frederick Sanger, United Kingdom. 1957...
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GIRL SCOUTS HONOR MUSIC ADVOCATE.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); 10/28/2001; 700+ words
; ...Lifesavers Award last year and previous winner of the Fox Kids Hero Award. The subject of her winning essay was Willard Frank Libby, the 1960 Nobel Prize recipient honored for his radiocarbon dating of prehistoric objects. The teen is interested...
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Speaking out A Coetzee sampler; U. of C. laureates
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/3/2003; 699 words
; ...Nobel winners with U. of C. ties include Enrico Fermi (physics, 1938); Bertrand Russell (literature, 1950) Willard Frank Libby (chemistry, 1960); James Dewey Watson (physiology or medicine, 1962); Maria Goeppert-Mayer (physics...
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureates.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/9/2002; 700+ words
; ...Perutz, United Kingdom; John Crowley Kendrew, United Kingdom. 1961 -- Melvin Calvin, United States. 1960 -- Willard Frank Libby, United States. 1959 -- Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Czechoslovakia. 1958 -- Frederick Sanger, United Kingdom. 1957...
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Nobel callings // The university's ranks yield 61 winners of the prestigious prize
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 10/6/1991; 700+ words
; ...Physics, 1957, with Chen Ning Yang Yuan T. Lee, Chemistry, 1986, with Dudley Herschbach and John Polanyi Willard Frank Libby, Chemistry, 1960 Harry M. Markowitz, Economic Sciences, 1990, with Merton H. Miller and William Sharp Albert...
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WINNERS OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/8/2003; 700+ words
; ...Perutz, United Kingdom; John Crowley Kendrew, United Kingdom. 1961 -- Melvin Calvin, United States. 1960 -- Willard Frank Libby, United States. 1959 -- Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Czechoslovakia. 1958 -- Frederick Sanger, United Kingdom. 1957...
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NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY LAUREATES
News Wire article from: United Press International; 10/9/2002; 700+ words
; ...Perutz, United Kingdom; John Crowley Kendrew, United Kingdom. 1961 -- Melvin Calvin, United States. 1960 -- Willard Frank Libby, United States. 1959 -- Jaroslav Heyrovsky, Czechoslovakia. 1958 -- Frederick Sanger, United Kingdom. 1957...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/17/1999; 448 words
; ...Walter Greenwood, novelist and playwright, 1903; Stanley Raymond (Ray) Noble, composer and conductor, 1903; Willard Frank Libby, chemist, 1908. Deaths: Pope Gregory VIII, 1187; Sir William Gascoigne, Lord Chief Justice, 1413; Thomas...
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Willard Frank Libby
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Willard Frank Libby The American chemist Willard Frank Libby (1908-1980) pioneered in radiocarbon dating, for which he received the Nobel Prize. Willard Libby, a farmer's son, was born on December 17, 1908, at Grand Valley, Colorado...
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Libby, Willard Frank
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Libby, Willard Frank (1908–80) US chemist. From 1941 to 1945, he worked on the separation of isotopes for the atomic bomb. In 1960, Libby received the 1960 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his development of carbon dating .
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Libby, Willard F. (1908-1980)
Book article from: World of Earth Science
...States and the former Soviet Union, Libby advocated that every home have...shelter in case of nuclear war. Libby, however, was a strong proponent...detriments for the human race. Willard Frank Libby was born to Ora Edward and Eva...
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Radioactive Dating
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...organic materials, was developed by Willard Frank Libby, who received the Nobel Prize...carbon is radioactive carbon-14. Libby found that the amount of carbon...the environment for metabolism. Libby, and his team of researchers...
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Archaeology
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...history of archaeology was the development of radiocarbon or C-14 dating in the late 1940s by American chemist Willard Frank Libby (1908 – 1980). Instead of relying solely on theories and hypotheses to date a site, scientists could...
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