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Return on investment
Return on Investment (ROI) Return on investment (ROI) is a financial ratio intended to measure the benefit obtained from an investment. Time is usually of the essence in this measurement because it takes time for an investment to realize a benefit. An ROI calculation can be illustrated by the... Read more |
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Cardiovascular diseases
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES Cardiovascular disease is a general diagnostic category consisting of several separate diseases of the heart and circulatory system. Cardiovascular diseases have been the major health problem and the leading cause of death in the United States for several decades. Despite... Read more |
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Emissions trading
Emissions Trading Emissions trading brings the rules of the marketplace to environmental regulation. For example, a government trying to control acid rain might set a limit of ten metric tons on emissions of sulfur dioxide SO2 (which causes acid rain) in a particular year. If there are 1,000... Read more |
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Hengelo
Hengelo (Hoboken) A Middle Devensian interstadial dating from about 40 000 years BP, when estimated July temperatures in the Netherlands were about 10°C. Together with the Moershoofd and Denekamp interstadials, the Hengelo is equivalent to the Upton Warren Interstadial of the British Isles.... Read more |
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Peritoneovenous shunt
Peritoneovenous shunt Definition A peritoneovenous shunt refers to the surgical insertion of a shunting tube to achieve the continuous emptying of ascitic fluid into the venous system. Purpose Ascites is a serious medical disorder characterized by the pathological accumulation of fluid in the... Read more |
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Pulmonary Embolism
Pulmonary Embolism Definition Pulmonary embolism is an obstruction of a blood vessel in the lungs, usually due to a blood clot, which blocks a coronary artery. Description Pulmonary embolism is a fairly common condition that can be fatal. According to the American Heart Association, an... Read more |
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pneumonia
pneumonia , acute infection of one or both lungs that can be caused by a bacterium, usually Streptococcus pneumoniae (also called pneumococcus; see streptococcus ), or by a virus, fungus, or other organism. The causal organisms reach the lungs through the respiratory passages. Usually an upper... Read more |
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Dow Jones Average
Dow Jones Average indicators used to measure and report value changes in representative stock groupings on the New York stock exchange . There are four different averages—industrial stocks, transportation stocks, utility stocks, and a composite average of all three. The index was started in... Read more |
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Pesticides
Pesticides Pesticides are chemicals that kill pests, and are categorized by the types of pests they kill. For example, insecticides kill insects, herbicides kill weeds, bactericides kill bacteria, fungicides kill fungi, and algicides kill algae. Approximately 90 percent of all pesticides used... Read more |
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Chlamydial Pneumonia
Chlamydial Pneumonia Definition Chlamydial pneumonia refers to one of several types of pneumonia that can be caused by various types of the bacteria known as Chlamydia. Description Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs. The air sacs (alveoli) and/or the tissues of the lungs become swollen,... Read more |
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World AIDS Day is reminder of disease's toll, medical achievements
...disease that is still a death sentence...virus that causes AIDS. The...infection rate by 40 percent...the last year data were...roughly 50,000 people living...Health's latest figures...the city's ... |
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Researchers take new path to flu vaccines
...any given year. But if...more will still come down...Philadelphia's Wistar Institute, Ertl is leading a $10.1 million...farmer's son with...the flu kills an estimated 20,000 to ... |
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Crashes, fires, and falls.
...but mishaps still kill one American...in the U.S. in 1996...though the U.S. had 142...nearly 75 years, despite...in the U.S., and a...for almost 40 million emergency...s ... |
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Last bad flu season killed nearly 65,000; will this season be worse?
...it might kill or hospitalize...think it's clear this...the U.S. government's leading flu expert...average of 36,000 deaths...strains tend to cause much more...though that ... |
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Experts Not Ready to Predict Flu Severity
...it might kill or hospitalize...think it's clear this...government's leading flu expert...this year's death toll...average of 36,000 deaths...strains tend to cause much more...though that ... |
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Asking the doctor to come clean
...doctor if he's washed his...next. Each year, about 2...annually and kill more than 20,000 people a...among the top 10 causes of death...and that's a lot, whether...including pneumonia), ... |
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Last similar change in flu strain killed nearly 65,000; will this season be...
...it might kill or hospitalize...think it's clear this...the U.S. government's leading flu expert...average of 36,000 deaths...strains tend to cause much more...though that ... |
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Last flu change, nearly 65,000 die; Experts are wondering if this season's...
...it might kill or hospitalize...think it's clear this...government's leading flu expert...this year's death toll...average of 36,000 deaths...strains tend to cause much more...though that ... |
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Severity of winter flu season still a question mark Early outbreak, deaths of...
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 "Deseret News (Salt Lake City)")
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65,000 died of flu in '98-99
...it might kill or hospitalize...think it's clear this...government's leading flu expert...this year's death toll...average of 36,000 deaths...strains tend to cause much more...though that ... |
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