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- Tooth (14790 bytes)
11: ...''mesial'' (toward the midline), ''distal'' (away from the midline), ''occlusal'' (the top surface), '...
42: ...ath the old one, pushing it out of the jaw. Apart from this another 8-12 teeth grow. This set can last...
70: [[Image:Dental x-ray.jpg|right|frame|[[X-ray]]s can reveal if a person has any cavi...
77: ...asons, and because it is thought mercury may seep from fillings into the circulation over time, a cera...
84: ...o increase the flow of saliva. Unsweetened (sugar free) [[chewing gum]] stimulates saliva production, ... - People's Republic of China (40848 bytes)
1: ...y, it remains a one-party [[authoritarian]] state from its true communist days.
15: ...time in a century, and there was development of infrastructure, industry, healthcare, and education, w...
19: ...r. Mao remained head of the Party but was removed from day to day management of economic affairs which...
23: ...ut) and a much wider range of personal rights and freedoms for average Chinese as evidence of the succ...
27: ...ost Chinese dissidents living abroad, many people from Hong Kong or Taiwan, ethnic minorities like Tib... - Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (16156 bytes)
11: ...ccur when healthy animals consume tainted tissues from others with the disease. In the brain these pro...
14: ...nd bone meal]], a high-protein substance obtained from the remnants of butchered animals, including co...
18: ...r, 148 occurred in the [[United Kingdom]], 6 in [[France]], and one in Italy. Three cases of vCJD occu...
19: ...h all affected individuals contracted it. Disease incidence also appears to correlate with slaughtering pract...
21: ...dic" CJD may have actually contracted the disease from tainted beef. So far nothing is known about the... - Totem pole (20143 bytes)
1: ...''Totem poles''' are monumental sculptures carved from great trees, typically [[Western Redcedar]], by...
6: ...aida]] people of the [[Queen Charlotte Islands]], from whence it spread outward to the [[Tsimshian]] a...
8: ...families and clans. As the fur trade declined the incidence of poverty on the coast increased. Christian miss...
10: ... forth in many new and traditional media, ranging from tourist trinkets to masterful works in wood, st...
12: ...aditional styles, although some artists have felt free to include modern subject matter or use nontrad... - Hernando de Soto (explorer) (19418 bytes)
2: ...d'Avila (Pedrarias), [[Nicaragua]] and was with [[Francisco Pizarro]] in [[Peru]]. Later, de Soto led ...
5: ...e commander of an equestrian unit and went with [[Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba]] on his discovery an...
6: ... an ex-officer of Davila, had tried to break away from him. De Soto denunciated the treason and defeat...
11: ...arrested, DeSoto often visited him in jail, and a friendship between the two men emerged.
13: - Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
1: ...practical importance because it influences [[high-frequency]] (HF) (3–30[[MHz]]) [[radio propaga...
6: ...d to as the ionosphere. In a plasma, the negative free electrons and the positive ions are attracted t...
8: ...[[recombination]] begins to take place in which a free electron is "captured" by a positive ion if it ...
10: ...t. The local winter [[hemisphere]] is tipped away from the Sun, thus there is less received solar radi...
14: ... e profile.gif|right|thumb|350px|Electron density from solar ionization during the day and night durin... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: ...ry|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognised [[sovereignty|sovereign]] nation. ...
4: ... it is also much reduced in the [[Caribbean Sea]] from days of yore. Seaborne piracy against transport...
8: ...ecue|barbacoa]]'' elsewhere). These were used by French hunters called ''boucaniers''. These hunters...
10: ... corrupted into the English '''freebooters''' and French '''flibustiers'''. It came back into English...
14: ...rived from the European word, which in turn comes from the mediaeval Latin ''cursa'', "raid, expeditio... - Tobacco smoking (36030 bytes)
10: ...ter or match. One of the most common favors asked from a stranger is for a light; it is also done as a...
15: ...ury]], tobacco smoking was brought to Europe, and from there spread to the rest of the world.
17: ...rtrayed in advertising as part of a glamorous carefree lifestyle. This image continued to be prevalent...
37: ... he was usually seen to have a cigar clamped, was frequently remarked upon by the press and public.
39: ...ins. However, the practice of ingesting the smoke from a smoldering leaf generates an enormous number ... - Lung cancer (15648 bytes)
21: ...of the cancer may be fragile, leading to bleeding from the cancer into the airway. This blood may subs...
60: ... prevent. An estimated 80% of lung cancers result from smoking due to the hundreds of known carcinogen...
62: ...g|Passive smoking]]—the inhalation of smoke from another's smoking—has recently been ident...
91: ...A radiation dose of 40 [[Gray (unit)|Gy]] in many fractions is commonly used with curative intent, and...
94: [[Interventional radiology#Procedures|Radiofrequency ablation]] is increasing in popularity for... - Mosquito (10897 bytes)
15: .... The females of most mosquito species suck blood from other animals. Size varies but is rarely greate...
25: ... blood to get the necessary protein. Males differ from females, with mouth parts not suitable for bloo...
46: ... [[monsoon]] season in tropical climates when the incidence of mosquitoes increase manyfold. The buzzing nois...
62: ... since computer speakers aren't designed for high frequency sounds (15-20 KHz range) - Uranium (27752 bytes)
165: *beta (tetragonal) stable from 667.7 °C to 774.8 °C
166: *gamma (body-centered cubic) from 774.8 °C to melting point - this is the mos...
170: ...up>233</sup>U isotope is also fissile and is made from <sup>232</sup>[[thorium]] by [[neutron]] bombar...
184: ...natural uranium, because the [[mineral]] material from which they are made is typically high in uraniu...
191: ... was found to be [[radioactivity|radioactive]] by French physicist [[Henri Becquerel]] in [[1896]], wh... - Boxer (dog) (3980 bytes)
56: ...need the early training to keep their high energy from wearing the owner (and the owner's shoes) out.
59: ...test their breeding stock before breeding and the incidence is slowly decreasing.
61: ....jpg|thumb|left|Fawn boxer doing [[dog agility]] Aframe with uncropped ears flying]] - Tooth enamel (32458 bytes)
6: ...framework support and other mechanisms {{ref|cate_framework}}.
11: ... rod, the crystal?s orientation diverges slightly from long axis {{ref|ross_diverges}}.
13: ...one to fracture and usually is avoided {{ref|cate_fracture}}.
23: ... first layer is formed, the ameloblasts move away from the dentin, allowing for the development of Tom...
25: ... that the ameloblasts have changed their function from production as in the secretory stage to transpo... - Cargo ship (2532 bytes)
3: ...sort of [[ship]] that carries goods and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carrier...
11: Before the middle of the [[19th century]], the incidence of [[piracy]] resulted in most cargo ships being ...
15: ...he goods carried aboard the ship for hire, while "freight" refers to the compensation the ship receive... - Testosterone (11221 bytes)
45: '''Testosterone''' is a [[steroid]] [[hormone]] from the [[androgen]] group. It is the principal [[m...
49: ...ts of the testosterone in women are also produced from [[estradiol]] by reverse [[aromatase|aromatizat...
57: ...http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip Art]]] Free testosterone (T) is transported into the [[cyto...
61: ...morphic]] areas of the brain by estradiol derived from testosterone programs later male sexual behavio...
67: ...pendent on the levels and duration of circulating free testosterone. - Cat (30067 bytes)
18: ...ats to keep [[mouse|mice]] and other rodents away from their grain. Currently, the cat is one of the...
25: ...uch exceptional genetic mutation.) When angry or frightened, a cat will lay its ears back, to accompa...
37: ...ng membrane]], which is a thin cover which closes from the side and appears when the cat's eyelid open...
45: ...ling brown liquid. Indoor cats will also benefit from being provided with a [[scratching post]] so th...
52: ...possibility of infection (or, rarely, [[rabies]]) from a cat bite. Cats ravage [[ecosystem]]s where th... - Tobacco (28162 bytes)
14: ... whose roots are unclear; it is thought to derive from the [[Native American]] word "tabago," for a Y-...
16: ...f of a cigar or three cigarettes; however, only a fraction of the nicotine contained in these products...
26: ...e Americans]], and also soon led to the use of [[African slaves]] for cheap labor.
28: ... the colony's first black slaves as well as women from England in [[1619]].
39: ...ed with branches to protect the young plants from frost damage. These plants were left to grow until a... - Ancient Indian science and technology (21581 bytes)
28: ...ear conception of the abstract number as distinct from the numerical quantity of objects or spatial ex...
32: ...ician in Arabic is called ''Hindsa'' which means "from India."
38: ...ology]], like casting of a [[horoscope]]. Apart from this linkage of astronomy with [[astrology]] in...
47: ...e concept of [[atom]] in ancient India is derived from the classification of material world in five ba...
49: From ancient times, Indian philosophers believed tha... - Mosquitoes (10897 bytes)
15: .... The females of most mosquito species suck blood from other animals. Size varies but is rarely greate...
25: ... blood to get the necessary protein. Males differ from females, with mouth parts not suitable for bloo...
46: ... [[monsoon]] season in tropical climates when the incidence of mosquitoes increase manyfold. The buzzing nois...
62: ... since computer speakers aren't designed for high frequency sounds (15-20 KHz range) - Pre-experimental science (6447 bytes)
1: ...ccount of the development of (natural) philosophy from ancient times until recent times can be found i...
6: ... lighter elements a natural tendency to move away from it. (Aether was what [[Astronomical object|cele...
8: ...ory. His laws of [[movement]] hypothesized that [[friction]] was an omni-present phenomenon - that any...
15: ... friction is not an inherent property of objects; friction ''seems'' omni-present because we live in a...
19: ...ily detectable amount from the modern theory of refraction. He essentially used his "experiment" as an...
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