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unit (math.) indivisible whole regarded as the base of number XVI; single individual XVII; quantity serving as a standard of measurement XVIII. f. L.
ūnus ONE, prob. after
digit.
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Relationship between health status and psychological distress among the inhabitants in a methylmercury-polluted area in Japan.(Minamata disease in those near Yatsushiro Sea)
Magazine article from: Archives of Environmental Health; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...with high intake of seafood from the Yatsushiro Sea, which was heavily polluted by...The majority of residents along the Yatsushiro seacoast (approximately 200,000 people...fishing villages situated along the Yatsushiro seacoast. Both are north of Minamata...
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Yatsushiro Mill paper machines sold to China.(Japan)
Magazine article from: Solutions - for People, Processes and Paper; 3/1/2002; 307 words
; The No. 2 and No. 3 paper machines at Yatsushiro mill, idle since September 1999 and December 1997, respectively, have been sold to a Chinese paper company. The dismantling and transfer began last November and will be completed by September 2002.
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Face crushing on Kyushu.(construction of railroad tunnel in Japan)
Magazine article from: World Tunnelling; 4/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...end of the island. From Kitakyushu to Yatsushiro, the line is a conventional twin...even by Japanese standards. From Yatsushiro south to Kagoshima, however, the going...circumstances, the section from Kitakyushu to Yatsushiro would be built first as a natural extension...
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JAPAN GOVT TENDER - NETWORK SYSTEM (3).
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 12/27/2001; 589 words
; ...ASIA PULSE TENDER ***** YATSUSHIRO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY TO PROCURE...General, Administration Bureau, Yatsushiro National College of Technology (2...March, 2002 (5) Delivery place : Yatsushiro National College of Technology (6...
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JAPAN GOVT TENDER - GENOME ANALYSIS SYSTEM.
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 7/21/2000; 592 words
; *** Asia Pulse Tender *** YATSUSHIRO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY...General, Administration Bureau, Yatsushiro National College of Technology...February, 2001 (5) Delivery place : Yatsushiro National College of Technology...
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JAPAN GOVT TENDER - COMPUTER SYSTEM (3).
News Wire article from: AsiaPulse News; 6/24/2002; 590 words
; *** Asia Pulse Tender *** YATSUSHIRO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY...General, Administration Bureau, Yatsushiro National College of Technology...March, 2003 (5) Rent place : Yatsushiro National College of Technology...
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Researchers from General Hospital, Division of Cardiology publish new studies and findings in the area of enzyme research.
Newspaper article from: Heart Disease Weekly; 8/10/2008; 700+ words
; ...adipocytes.' According to a study from Yatsushiro, Japan, "Type 1 plasminogen activator...contact K. Sakamoto, Health Insurance Yatsushiro General Hospital, Division of Cardiology, Yatsushiro, Japan. The publisher of the Circulation...
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Korean mask missing for 400 years appears to be in Japan.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 10/20/2007; 620 words
; ...Korean Peninsula from 1592 to 1598, the Yatsushiro Municipal Museum in Kumamoto requested...a historical record on the city of Yatsushiro, where the mask was found, Konishi...Society plans to visit the museum in Yatsushiro next Monday to determine whether the...
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Research from Hiroshima University provides new data about ocean research.
Newspaper article from: China Weekly News; 12/23/2008; 700+ words
; ...zooplankton were studied at eight stations in Yatsushiro Bay, Japan, monthly from May 2002...determine the trophic interactions in Yatsushiro Bay," wrote M. Hayashi and colleagues...Production Rates of Net Zooplankton in Yatsushiro Bay, Japan. Journal of Oceanography...
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Football: Dangerous cult of the celebrity football fan
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 12/24/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...Apparently, while teaching in Asahara's home town of Yatsushiro some years ago, Gary ran a "Welcome to Nottinghamshire...Consequently, Gary thinks it unlikely that anyone living in Yatsushiro at that time, including Asahara, could have been anything...
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Yatsushiro
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Yatsushiro , city (1990 pop. 108,135), Kumamoto prefecture, W Kyushu, Japan, on Yatsushiro Bay and the Kuma River estuary. It is a major commercial center and fishing port producing cement, paper, and rayon.
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Ito, Toyo
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...the ITM Building, Matsuyama (1991–3), the Old People's Home, Yatsushiro, Kumamoto (1992–4), and the Fire Station, also in Yatsushiro (1992–5—in which influences from Le Corbusier are overt...
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