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P.D. James
P. D. J AMES Born: August 3, 1920 Oxford, England English author Although British author P. D. James writes in the tradition of the British crime storyteller, because her stories also explore relationships, motivations (reasons for behavior), and... Read more |
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Progressive supranuclear palsy
Progressive supranuclear palsy Definition Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a rare degenerative disorder that causes serious and permanent deficits in movement and cognitive function. Description Progressive supranuclear palsy is also known as Steele-Richardson-Olszewski syndrome,... Read more |
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Antiparkinson agents
Antiparkinson drugs Definition Antiparkinson drugs are medicines used to reduce the symptoms of Parkinson's disease . Purpose Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement. In PD, cells in a part of the brain called the substantia nigra die off. The normal... Read more |
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Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Definition Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is an inherited condition caused by a defect or defects in the gene that codes for the enzyme, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD). It can cause hemolytic anemia, varying in severity from... Read more |
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Pallidotomy
Pallidotomy Definition Pallidotomy is the destruction of a small region of the brain, the globus pallidus internus, in order to treat some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Purpose The symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) include rigidity, slowed movements, and... Read more |
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Personality disorders
Personality disorders Definition Personality disorders (PD) are a group of psychiatric conditions characterized by experience and behavior patterns that cause serious problems with respect to any two of the following: thinking, mood, personal relations, and the control of impulses. Description Most... Read more |
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palladium
palladium [Gr. Pallas, goddess of wisdom], metallic chemical element; symbol Pd; at. no. 46; at. wt. 106.42; m.p. 1,554°C; b.p. 2,970°C; sp. gr. 12.02 at 20°C; valence +2, +3, or +4. Palladium is a lustrous silver-white metal with a face-centered cubic crystalline structure. Directly... Read more |
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People's Democracy
People's Democracy (PD), a grouping formed at Queen's University, Belfast, in response to...Londonderry which sharply escalated the developing Northern Ireland conflict. PD won 4 per cent of the vote in the Northern Ireland general election of... |
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palladium
palladium (symbol Pd) Shiny silver-white metallic element of the transition elements. It was discovered (1803) by the English chemist William... |
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Progressive Democrats
...1989, when they entered into a coalition government led by Charles Haughey and dominated by Fianna Fáil. In January 1992 the PD ministers helped to force Haughey into resignation; and later that year they removed their support from his successor, Albert... |
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PD
PD • abbr. ∎ Police Department: the Chicago PD. ∎ public domain: PD software. |
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pd • abbr. paid. |
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Pd • symb. the chemical element palladium. |
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ch. pd
ch. pd charges paid |
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palladium
pal·la·di·um1 / pəˈlādēəm/ • n. the chemical element of atomic number 46, a rare silvery-white metal resembling platinum. (Symbol: Pd) pal·la·di·um2 • n. (pl. -di·a / -dēə/ ) archaic a safeguard or source of protection. |
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PD Ports wins ASDAa[euro](tm)s UK Container Carrier Award 2011; PD Ports wins...
M2 PRESSWIRE-February 21, 2011-: PD Ports wins ASDAa[euro](tm)s UK Container Carrier Award 2011; PD Ports wins ASDA Award second year in a row...2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS RDATE:18022011 PD Ports has been recognised at the ASDA Carrier... |
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PD News
...approaches, it's time to start planning your fall PD activities. We have another great selection of courses...course descriptions or a complete schedule of upcoming PD seminars, consult your fall 2008 PD brochure or visit our website at www.icabc-pd... |
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Impeding PD-1
...immune dysfunction. Programmed death I (PD-1), an inhibitory receptor on immune...Medicine, and colleagues discovered that the PD-1 pathway could also be exploited by pathogens...choriomeningrtis virus (LCMV), Ahmed found PD-1 upregulated in functionally-impaired... |
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PD Drives From Panasonic Industrial Company Included in Selected IBM PC 365...
...announced today that IBM is now shipping the 6X PD/CD-ROM drive in PC 365 models of their...Shipments of IBM's PC 365 Model 14U with PD began Nov 1, 1996. IBM, Compaq, NEC...leaders who have shown their commitment to PD, by installing the PD as a component ... |
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PD 360 Making a Name in Scholastic Administrator Magazine.
...Independent School District explained how PD 360 is giving them the online professional...district with a small budget, Balko used PD 360 to keep their teachers up to date on...transition to online professional development, PD 360 will continue to provide the practical... |
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PD 360 Version 4.0 is the Teacher Professional Development Solution.
...a new introductory video of the all new PD 360 4.0. On December 10, 2010, School Improvement Network (SINET) will launch PD 360 version 4.0athe cutting-edge, online...professional development quick and easy. New to PD 360 is the application bar, featuring nine... |
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PD readies new edition to take on News-Herald. (Plain Dealer to publish...
PD readies new edition to take on News-Herald...Geauga and eastern Cuyahoga counties. The PD is planning to premiere a daily zoned edition...To support the new edition, a staff of 10 PD reporters will be housed in a new bureau in... |
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PD Optical Disk Standard approved by ECMA.
...communication systems, has approved the PD Optical Disk Standard. Proposal number...December 12, 1995 in Nice, France. The PD system is a phase change, rewritable...Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., PD/CD-ROM is being marketed in the U... |
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PANASONIC PD ships in new line of Quantex desktop systems; PD Series systems...
...has integrated the revolutionary Panasonic PD drive in Quantex s new line of Pentium desktop systems. PD is a dual-function, single drive that stores...shipping an internal version of the Panasonic PD as standard equipment on its new PD Series... |
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PD-1 tempers Tregs in chronic HCV infection.(commentaries)(Hepatitis C...
...Liver-infiltrating Tregs express high levels of PD-1 While Tregs have been shown to be prevalent...measuring the level of programmed death-1 (PD-1) expression on intrahepatic Tregs (5). PD-1 is a 288-amino acid type I transmembrane... |
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