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Any nonzero polynomial may be decomposed, in a unique way, as a sum of quantics of what degrees?
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Different
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"text": "In mathematics, a homogeneous polynomial, sometimes called quantic in older texts, is a polynomial whose nonzero terms all have the same degree. For example, is a homogeneous polynomial of degree 5, in two variables; the sum of the exponents in each term is always 5. The polynomial"
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"text": "Any nonzero polynomial may be decomposed, in a unique way, as a sum of homogeneous polynomials of different degrees, which are called the homogeneous components of the polynomial. R d . {\\displaystyle R_ {d}.}"
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Mediouna and Casablanca are in what direction of Berrechid Province?
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East
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"text": "It adjoins the Atlantic Ocean to the north, the city of Casablanca to the east, the rural commune of Ouled Azzouz to the south, and Berrechid Province to the west."
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"text": "Mediouna is a town and municipality in Médiouna Province of the Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco. It lies along National Route 9, 18.6 kilometres (11.6 mi) southeast of downtown Casablanca."
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"text": "Casablanca is considered the economic and business center of Morocco, although the national political capital is Rabat . The leading Moroccan companies and many international corporations doing business in the country have their headquarters and main industrial facilities in Casablanca."
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Seventy percent of the total volume of what liquid found inside cells is water?
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Cytosol
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"text": "Most of the cytosol is water, which makes up about 70% of the total volume of a typical cell. The pH of the intracellular fluid is 7.4. while human cytosolic pH ranges between 7.0–7.4, and is usually higher if a cell is growing."
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"text": "The cytosol, also known as cytoplasmic matrix or groundplasm,[2] is one of the liquids found inside cells (intracellular fluid (ICF)).[3] It is separated into compartments by membranes. For example, the mitochondrial matrix separates the mitochondrion into many compartments."
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One of the most important philosophers in the history of Western civilization, who founded the Peripatetic school, was the boyhood tutor of which ruler?
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Aristotle tutored Alexander the Great.
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"text": "Aristotle was the boyhood tutor of Alexander the Great, who later sent him plants and animals from parts of his new empire. Aristotle's father, Nicomachus, was a soldier of King Amyntas of Macedonia. From his eighteenth to his thirty-seventh year, Aristotle lived in Athens, as a metic and student of Plato."
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"text": "He was one of the most important philosophers in the history of Western civilization. It is said that Aristotle wrote many books, but only a much smaller number survive."
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"text": "The Peripatetic school, founded by Aristotle, was actually known simply as the Peripatos. Aristotle's school came to be so named because of the peripatoi (\"walkways\", some covered or with colonnades) of the Lyceum where the members met."
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The basket hilt is a development of the quillons, added to the hilt of what bladed melee weapon intended for cutting or thrusting that is longer than a knife or dagger?
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Sword
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"text": "A sword is a bladed melee weapon intended for cutting or thrusting that is longer than a knife or dagger, consisting of a long blade attached to a hilt. The precise definition of the term varies with the historical epoch or the geographic region under consideration. The blade can be straight or curved."
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"text": "The basket hilt is a development of the quillonsadded to swords' crossguards since the Late Middle Ages. In modern times, this variety of sword is also sometimes referred to as the broadsword. [1][2]"
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What would the FBI classify the villain of a slasher film as if they strike three or more victims?
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Serial killer
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"text": "This category is for listing fictional characters who are explicitly identified as being a serial killer; define FBI as \"a person who murders three or more individuals in similar fashion, over a period of time\"; typically to act out violent, antisocial urges."
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"text": "A slasher film is a subgenre of horror films involving a killer murdering a group of people, usually by use of bladed tools."
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Crozon and Llŷn are both names of what?
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Peninsulas
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"text": "The Llŷn Peninsula ( Welsh: Penrhyn Llŷn or Pen Llŷn, Welsh pronunciation: [ɬɨːn]) extends 30 miles (50 km) into the Irish Sea from North West Wales, south west of the Isle of Anglesey. It is part of the historic county of Caernarfonshire, and historic region and local authority area of Gwynedd."
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"text": "The pointe de Pen-Hir ( Breton - Beg Penn Hir) is a promontory of the Crozon peninsula in Brittany, to the south-west of Camaret-sur-Mer. On a clear day there are views to the Pointe du Raz and the islands of Sein and Ouessant and to Pointe Saint-Mathieu."
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People whose most prominent god's son was named Bældæg also believed what inhabited the landscape besides gods?
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Elves, nicor, and dragons
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"text": "Mone - the Old English for 'moon', a god in related religions, and brother of the sun goddess. Bældæg, son of Woden, mentioned in the king-list of Bernicia, possibly identified with Baldur by Snorri. Seaxneat, patron deity of the Saxons. Wecta, mentioned in multiple king-lists, possible cognate of Vegdeg, a son of Woden."
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"text": "The most prominent of these deities was probably Woden; other prominent gods included Thunor and Tiw. There was also a belief in a variety of other supernatural entities which inhabited the landscape, including elves, nicor, and dragons."
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What drug that is used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure is sold under the brand name Entresto?
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Valsartan
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"text": "Valsartan is used to treat high blood pressure, heart failure, and to reduce death for people with left ventricular dysfunction after having had a heart attack. It is a reasonable initial treatment for high blood pressure as are ACE inhibitors, calcium-channel blockers, and thiazide diuretics."
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"text": "Sacubitril/valsartan, sold under the brand name Entresto among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication for use in heart failure. It consists of the neprilysin inhibitor sacubitril and the angiotensin receptor blocker valsartan."
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Who is an Indian Film actor who appears in Hindi and Marathi films that plays Waseem?
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Rajesh
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"text": "Rajesh Shringarpure is an Indian film actor who appears in Hindi and Marathi films. Rajesh is best known for his negative role in Sarkar Raj. He also played an important role in Murder 3. He is known for his brawny looks."
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"text": "In 2012, Rajesh played Waseem, a Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent in the John Stockwell-directed Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden, which recently premiered in the US prior to the US presidential elections"
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Staghorn sumacs which have leaves up to two feet in length are native to what part of North America?
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Eastern
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"text": "The tallest Staghorn Sumac, Rhus typhina, is in Alabama. It stands 61 feet tall and is 20 feet wide. Most cultivated Sumacs grow to 15 to 25 feet high with a spread that is equal to or greater than its height. Staghorn Sumac leaves are up to two feet in length."
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"text": "Rhus typhina, the staghorn sumac, is a species of flowering plant in the family Anacardiaceae, native to eastern North America. It is primarily found in southeastern Canada, the northeastern and midwestern United States, and the Appalachian Mountains, but it is widely cultivated as an ornamental throughout the temperate world."
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The mouth is found at, or right below, the anterior end of the animal in all what, whose defining characteristic is the vertebral column?
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Vertebrates
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"text": "In all vertebrates, the mouth is found at, or right below, the anterior end of the animal, while the anus opens to the exterior before the end of the body. The remaining part of the body continuing after the anus forms a tail with vertebrae and spinal cord, but no gut."
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"text": "The vertebral column, also known as the backbone or spine, is part of the axial skeleton. The vertebral column is the defining characteristic of a vertebrate in which the notochord (a flexible rod of uniform composition) found in all chordates has been replaced by a segmented series of bone: vertebrae separated by intervertebral discs."
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What is commonly referring to a large bay that Corinth and Kandalaksha are both types of?
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Gulf.
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"text": "Shore of the bay in Kiy Island. The Onega Bay ( Russian: Онежская губа, Онежский залив) is located in the Republic of Karelia and Arkhangelsk Oblast in Northwestern Russia, west of the city of Arkhangelsk. It is the southernmost of four large bays and gulfs of the White Sea, the others being the Dvina Bay, the Mezen Bay, and the Kandalaksha Gulf."
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"text": "Sometimes the difference between a gulf and a bay is not very clear. A gulf ( Russian: залив) is commonly referring to a large bay that is an arm of an ocean or sea . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gulfs of Russia. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total."
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"text": "Gulf of Corinth, which extends into Greece from the Mediterranean Sea. Gulf of Finland, between the southern coast of Finland and the northern coast of Estonia in the Baltic Sea. It leads to the port of St. Petersburg, Russia"
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What has been investigated in detail and is used in kinetic energy penetrators?
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Uranium is used in both kinetic energy penetrators and has been investigated in detail
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"text": "Uranium dioxide is oxidized in contact with oxygen to the triuranium octaoxide . The electrochemistry of uranium dioxide has been investigated in detail as the galvanic corrosion of uranium dioxide controls the rate at which used nuclear fuel dissolves."
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"text": "Depleted uranium ( 238 U) is used in kinetic energy penetrators and armor plating. Uranium is used as a colorant in uranium glass, producing lemon yellow to green colors. Uranium glass fluoresces green in ultraviolet light. It was also used for tinting and shading in early photography ."
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Oxidoreductases is a family of what thing that cholesterol:oxygen oxidoreductase is a class of?
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Enzymes
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"text": "This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-OH group of donor with oxygen as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is cholesterol:oxygen oxidoreductase."
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"text": "This enzyme belongs to the family of oxidoreductases, specifically those acting on the CH-CH group of donor with NAD+ or NADP+ as acceptor. The systematic name of this enzyme class is 4,4-dimethyl-5alpha-cholesta-8,24-dien-3beta-ol:NADP+ Delta14-oxidoreductase."
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A new category of polymers that can potentially be used for material applications beyond the limits of conventional polymers are called what, which in chemistry deals with subtle interactions, and consequently control over the processes involved can require great precision?
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Supramolecular
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"text": "Supramolecular chemistry deals with subtle interactions, and consequently control over the processes involved can require great precision. In particular, non-covalent bonds have low energies and often no activation energyfor formation."
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"text": "Supramolecular polymers are a new category of polymers that can potentially be used for material applications beyond the limits of conventional polymers. By definition, supramolecular polymers are polymeric arrays of monomeric units that are connected by reversible and highly directional secondary interactions–that is, non-covalent bonds."
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What treatise published in 1753 did Ernst Gombrich described as a "grim campaign against the fashionable taste"?
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The Analysis of Beauty is a book written by the 18th-century artist and writer William Hogarth, published in 1753.
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"text": "The Analysis of Beauty formed the intellectual centerpiece of what the historian Ernst Gombrich described as Hogarth's \"grim campaign against the fashionable taste\", which Hogarth himself described as his \"War with the Connoisseurs\". In The Analysis of Beauty Hogarth implements six principles that independently affect beauty."
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"text": "The Analysis of Beauty is a book written by the 18th-century artist and writer William Hogarth, published in 1753, which describes Hogarth's theories of visual beauty and grace in a manner accessible to the common man of his day."
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The casquehead what, which Corytophanidae is a family of, typically have well-developed head crests in the shape of a casque helmet?
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Lizard
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"text": "Corytophanidae is a family of iguanian lizards, also called casquehead lizards or helmeted lizards, endemic to the New World. Nine species of casquehead lizards from three genera are recognized. Corytophanids are found from Mexico, through Central America, and as far south as Ecuador ."
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"text": "The casquehead lizards are moderately sized lizards, with laterally compressed bodies, and typically have well-developed head crests in the shape of a casque helmet. This crest is a sexually dimorphic characteristic in males of Basiliscus, but is present in both sexes of Corytophanes and Laemanctus."
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Which squirrel is more prolific the red giant flying squirrel or the red squirrel?
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The red squirrel has three young a litter compared to the giant red squirrels usual one.
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"text": "Like other flying squirrels, the red giant flying squirrel is mostly nocturnal and able to glide (not actually fly like a bat) long distances between trees by spreading out its patagium, skin between its limbs. It is a herbivore and the female has one, infrequently two, young per litter."
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"text": "Up to two litters a year per female are possible. Each litter averages three young, called kits.[12] Gestation is about 38 to 39 days. The young are looked after by the mother alone and are born helpless, blind, and deaf. They weigh between 10 and 15 g. Their body is covered by hair at 21 days, their eyes and ears open after three to four weeks, and they develop all their teeth by 42 days. Juvenile red squirrels can eat solids around 40 days following birth"
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Out of the 8 planetary objects in the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, which is the closest to the Sun?
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Mercury
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"text": "The Solar System is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly. Of the objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest are the eight planets, with the remainder being smaller objects, the dwarf planets and small Solar System bodies."
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"text": "There are eight planets in the Solar System. From closest to farthest from the Sun, they are: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The first four planets are called terrestrial planets. They are mostly made of rock and metal, and they are mostly solid. The last four planets are called gas giants."
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Where did Plato flee when the Romans conquered Hellenistic Greece and Macedonia?
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Plato was not alive when the Romans conquered Hellenistic Greece and Macedonia.
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"text": "Hellenistic Greece and Macedonia fell to the Roman Empire in 146 BC. The Jews living in Roman Greece had a different experience than those of Judaea Province. The New Testament describes Greek Jews as a separate community from the Jews of Judaea, and the Jews of Greece did not participate in the First Jewish-Roman War or later conflicts."
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"text": "Plato (428/427 or 424/423 – 348/347 BC) was an Athenian philosopher during the Classical period in Ancient Greece, founder of the Platonist school of thought and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world."
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The Type 88 75 mm AA gun and the Type 99 88 mm AA gun were both used by what country?
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Japan.
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"text": "The Type 88 75 mm AA gun was based on an exhaustive evaluation by the Army Technical Bureau of several existing overseas designs, amalgamating some of the best features from each design (especially from the World War I -vintage British Vickers QF 3 inch 20 cwt AA gun) into a new, Japanese design."
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"text": "The Type 99 88 mm AA gun was primarily deployed in defense of the Japanese home islands against Allied air raids and against the perceived threat of Allied invasion. ^ Chant, Artillery of World War II."
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What is one designated landmark of Montgomery Street in the city that once had a famous earthquake?
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The Genella Building.
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"text": "Three San Francisco Designated Landmarks along Montgomery Street: the Golden Era Building (left), the Genella Building (center), and the Belli Building (right). The Transamerica Pyramid, not a Designated Landmark, is in the background"
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"text": "Although the impact of the earthquake on San Francisco was the most famous, the earthquake also inflicted considerable damage on several other cities. These include San Jose and Santa Rosa, the entire downtown of which was essentially destroyed."
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The Tanakh contains what, of which there are two kinds of in the Bible?
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Prophecies
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"text": "There are two kinds of Bible prophecies. Some are conditional, that is, they include the possibility that the punishment can be avoided based on the hearers changing their ways. An example of this is found in the Book of Daniel."
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"text": "The Tanakh contains prophecies from various Hebrew prophets (55 in total) who communicated messages from God to the nation of Israel, and later the population of Judea and elsewhere. Experience of prophecy in the Torah and the rest of Tanakh was not restricted to Jews. Nor was the prophetic experience restricted to the Hebrew language."
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The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display is also called what, which Nightwish, Lordi, Sabaton and Green Day are also known for their vivid examples of in concert?
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Pyrotechnics
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"text": "Nightwish, Lordi, Sabaton and Green Day are also known for their vivid pyrotechnics in concert. Many professional wrestlers have also used pyrotechnics as part of their entrances to the ring. Modern pyrotechnics are, in general, divided into categories based upon the type of effect produced or manufacturing method. The most common categories are:"
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"text": "The most common use of a firework is as part of a fireworks display (also called a fireworks show or pyrotechnics), a display of the effects produced by firework devices. Fireworks take many forms to produce the four primary effects: noise, light, smoke, and floating materials ( confetti for example)."
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What silvery-white metal that is soft enough to be cut with a knife is the major cation inside animal cells?
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Potassium
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"text": "Potassium is a silvery-white metal that is soft enough to be cut with a knife with little force. Potassium metal reacts rapidly with atmospheric oxygen to form flaky white potassium peroxide in only seconds of exposure."
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"text": "Characteristic concentrations of potassium in model organisms are: 30-300mM in E. coli, 300mM in budding yeast, 100mM in mammalian cell and 4mM in blood plasma. Potassium is the major cation (positive ions) inside animal cells, while sodium is the major cation outside animal cells."
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What relay center in the thalamus for the visual pathway comes after the anterior visual pathway?
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The lateral geniculate nucleus.
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"text": "The lateral geniculate nucleus ( LGN; also called the lateral geniculate body or lateral geniculate complex) is a relay center in the thalamus for the visual pathway. It is a small, ovoid, ventral projection of the thalamus where the thalamus connects with the optic nerve."
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"text": "The visual association cortex. These are divided into anterior and posterior pathways. The anterior visual pathway refers to structures involved in vision before the lateral geniculate nucleus. The posterior visual pathway refers to structures after this point. Light entering the eye is refracted as it passes through the cornea."
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St.Philomena's Forane Church is part of what church under the leadership of the Pope and the Curia in Rome?
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The Catholic Church
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"text": "The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope and the Curia in Rome .There are over 19.9 million Catholics in India, which represents around 1.55% of the total population and the Catholic Church is the largest Christian Church in India."
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"text": "This is a list of Catholic churches in India . The list of churches in this article contains churches from Catholic denominations. The information below is verifiable. This section does not include the minor basilicas . St.Philomena's Forane Church & St. Chavara Pilgrim Centre, Koonammavu, Cochin, Kerala."
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The United States collaborated with the Italian Mafia during what conflict where The Government of Vichy France was the collaborationist ruling regime or government in Nazi-occupied France?
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World War 2
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"text": "The Government of Vichy France was the collaborationist ruling regime or government in Nazi-occupied France during the Second World War."
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"text": "The United States government collaborated with the Italian Mafia during World War II and afterwards on several occasions. During the early days of World War II, the U.S. Office of Naval Intelligence suspected that Italian and German agents were entering the United States through New York, and that these facilities were susceptible to sabotage."
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Camp Witley and CFB Wainwrightare both associated with what country?
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Canada
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"text": "/ 52.82806°N 110.90444°W / 52.82806; -110.90444 Canadian Forces Base Wainwright, commonly referred to as CFB Wainwright is a Canadian Forces Base located in Denwood, Alberta, adjacent to the town of Wainwright ."
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"text": "Camp Witley was one of three facilities in the Aldershot Command area established by the Canadian Army; the others being Bordon and Bramshott (nr. Liphook ). Wilfred Owen penned a prelude to his ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ whilst stationed at the camp."
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What company named a ship made by the M Ship Company as the Most Innovative New Product in the General Technology category?
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San Diego-based CONNECT named the M80 Stiletto as the Most Innovative New Product for 2006 in the General Technology category
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"text": "The M80 is produced by American marine engineering contractor, the M Ship Company, as an experimental testbed ship for The Pentagon ’s Office of Force Transformation. It is notable for its innovative Pentamaran hull design and advanced carbon fiber composite construction."
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"text": "The Stiletto was selected by Time magazine as one of the Best Inventions of 2006 and one of two inventions in the Armed Forces category.[4] San Diego-based CONNECT named the M80 Stiletto as the Most Innovative New Product for 2006 in the General Technology category."
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What country, whose mountain ranges are located along the borders to neighbouring Austria, Slovakia, Germany and Poland, is a member of NATO, EU, OECD, OSCE and CoE?
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The Czech Republic
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"text": "All Czech mountain ranges are located along the borders to neighbouring Austria, Slovakia, Poland and Germany . The information was obtained from \"Mountains in Czech Republic over one thousand meters above sea“ and \"Peakclimber“."
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"text": "The Czech Republic is a member of NATO, EU, OECD, OSCE and CoE . The Czech Republic is a developed country with an advanced, high income social market economy. It is a welfare state with a European social model, universal health care, and tuition-free university education."
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The Sino-Burmese wars involved a participant that later fought in World War 2 and was supported by what country?
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The United States
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"text": "There have been several Sino-Burmese wars —wars between China and Burma (Myanmar)—in history: This article includes a list of related items that share the same name (or similar names). If an internal link incorrectly led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article."
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"text": "It was part of the South-East Asian theatre of World War II and primarily involved forces of the Allies; the British Empire and the Republic of China, with support from the United States."
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Who are responsible for inventory, product and supply rotation, and menu tasting and may be responsible for scheduling the kitchen staff, or substituting when the head chef is off-duty?
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Sous-chef.
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"text": "The sous-chef works under executive chef or head chef. This person may be responsible for scheduling the kitchen staff, or substituting when the head chef is off-duty. Also, he or she will fill in for or assist a chef de partie (line cook) when needed."
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"text": "Under the oversight of the sous-chef, downtime should be used for prepping, cleaning and other kitchen duties. They are responsible for inventory, product and supply rotation, and menu tasting. Sous-chefs need to be responsive and have the ability to improvise when a problem arises while the restaurant is busy."
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Imperial Valley is in what state that the San Andreas Fault runs through?
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California
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"text": "The San Andreas Fault is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 kilometers (750 mi) through California. It forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate, and its motion is right-lateral strike-slip (horizontal)."
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"text": "It affected Imperial Valley in Southern California and Mexicali Valley in northern Baja California. The earthquake had a relatively shallow hypocenter and caused property damage in the United States estimated at US$30 million. The irrigation systems in the Imperial Valley were badly affected, but no deaths occurred."
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Guanine nucleotide-binding, GTP-binding and Complement control are all types of what?
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Proteins
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"text": "Complement control protein are proteins that interact with components of the complement system . The complement system is tightly regulated by a network of proteins known as \"regulators of complement activation (RCA)\" that help distinguish target cells as \"self\" or \"non-self.\""
},
{
"text": "Beta and gamma subunits of G-protein are shown by blue and red, respectively. G proteins, also known as guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, are a family of proteins that act as molecular switches inside cells, and are involved in transmitting signals from a variety of stimuli outside a cell to its interior."
},
{
"text": "RHEB also known as Ras homolog enriched in brain (RHEB) is a GTP-binding protein that is ubiquitously expressed in humans and other mammals. The protein is largely involved in the mTOR pathway and the regulation of the cell cycle."
}
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d5db6c220dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The diisopropyl ester of axodicarboxylic acid is often used in what organic reaction that converts an alcohol into a variety of functional groups?
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Diisopropyl azodicarboxylate is often used in the Mitsunobu reaction.
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"text": "The Mitsunobu reaction is an organic reaction that converts an alcohol into a variety of functional groups, such as an ester, using triphenylphosphine and an azodicarboxylate such as diethyl azodicarboxylate (DEAD) or diisopropyl azodicarboxylate (DIAD)."
},
{
"text": "?) Diisopropyl azodicarboxylate ( DIAD) is the diisopropyl ester of azodicarboxylic acid. It is used as a reagent in the production of many organic compounds. It is often used in the Mitsunobu reaction, where it serves as an oxidizer of triphenylphosphine to triphenylphosphine oxide."
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d5db6c4a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What happened to the character that Robinson played as omnisexual?
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He was exiled to Deep Space Nine.
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"text": "Robinson's initial performance as Garak received scrutiny as his portrayal was interpreted as Garak being homosexual or bisexual. Robinson denied that his portrayal was intended to portray Garak as homosexual and implied that he was omnisexual. As a result of the controversy, Robinson removed the particular characteristic from Garak."
},
{
"text": "Garak was exiled to the space station that became known as Deep Space Nine and established a tailoring business there."
}
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d5db6c720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The violet solid that dissolves in water upon addition of a reducing agent has what element found in family of salts?
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Chromium.
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"text": "Chromium (III) acetate, commonly known as basic chromium acetate, describes a family of salts where the cation has the formula [Cr 3 O (O 2 CCH 3) 6 (OH 2) 3] +. The trichromium cation is encountered with a variety of anions, such as chloride and nitrate."
},
{
"text": "Three chromium (III) sulfates are well characterized: Anhydrous chromium (III) sulfate, Cr 2 (SO 4) 3, (CAS #10101-53-8) is a violet solid that dissolves in water upon addition of a reducing agent, which generates chromium (II) sulfates."
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Hun Hunahpu is a figure in the mythology of what culture which also contained a death god named Hun-Came?
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Mayan
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"text": "The first among the Maya death gods ruling Xibalba were Hun-Came (\"One Death\") and Vucub-Came (\"Seven Death\"), though Hun-Came is the senior of the two."
},
{
"text": "Hun Hunahpu (pronounced [hunhunaxˈpu] ), or 'Head- Apu I' (a calendrical name) is a figure in Mayan mythology. According to Popol Vuh he was the father of the Maya Hero Twins, Head-Apu and Xbalanque. As their shared calendrical day name suggests, Head-Apu I was the father of Head-Apu."
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What double-edge straight sword often appeared in scriptures of the religion that refers to the six sense bases?
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Khanda.
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"text": "The khanda is a double-edge straight sword originating from the Indian subcontinent. It is often featured in religious iconography, theatre and art depicting the ancient history of India. It is a common weapon in Indian martial arts. Khanda often appears in Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Hindu scriptures and art."
},
{
"text": "In Buddhism, the six sense bases (Pali: saḷāyatana; Skt.: ṣaḍāyatana) refer to the five physical sense organs (cf. receptive field) (belonging to the eye, ear, nose, tongue, body), the mind (referred to as the sixth sense base) and their associated objects (visual forms, sounds, odors, flavors, touch and mental objects)."
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What group did a bishop in Callinicum, in 388 and supersessionism and tahrif target?
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Jews
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"text": "One example of these acts comes from a historical account relating to Ambrose, the bishop of Milan. In 388, then-Roman Emperor Theodosius the Great was informed that a bishop in Callinicum led his followers in the destruction and burning of a local synagogue."
},
{
"text": "The Christian doctrine of supersessionism, and the Islamic doctrine of tahrif, both exemplify the formation of religious identity by appropriating and adapting Jewish texts while defining Judaism as an enemy. It is often a precursor to racist antisemitism, and has been described as theological or religious antisemitism ."
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Who designed the higher-performance alternative to the Disk II, where the top and bottom heads are on opposite sides of the spindle?
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Apple.
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"text": "FileWare floppy disk drives and diskettes were designed by Apple Computer as a higher-performance alternative to the Disk II and Disk III floppy systems used on the Apple II and Apple III personal computers."
},
{
"text": "Apple was concerned about head wear, and instead designed the FileWare drive such that the top and bottom heads are on opposite sides of the spindle, and each is opposed by a pressure pad. Since there is only one actuator to move the heads, when one head is near the spindle, the other is near the outer rim of the disk."
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The capital of Mahishmati in present-day Madhya Pradesh what seen in what epic as a Kingdom?
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The Mahabharata epic.
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"text": "In the Mahabharata epic, the Heheya Kingdom (also known as Haihaya, Haiheya, Heiheya, etc.) is one of the kingdoms ruled by kings in the central and western India. It was ruled by the powerful Kartavirya Arjuna , who even defeated Ravana. Its capital was Mahishmati on the banks of river Narmada in present-day Madhya Pradesh."
},
{
"text": "Its capital was Mahishmati on the banks of river Narmada in present-day Madhya Pradesh. They conquered many other kingdoms of India. However, the enmity with the warrior-type Bhargavas resulted in their demise."
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In the area that contains the volcanoes Pomerape and Parinacota, what kinds of storms does its southern section have?
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Sandstorms.
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"text": "Its most prominent summit is the Ollagüe (Ullawi) volcano on the border with Chile. The southern section, characterized by volcanic activity and by having sandstorms and fog, taking into account Licancabur, which is 5,920 meters high (but only two thirds of the northeastern slope of the volcano belong to Bolivia up to 5415 meters)."
},
{
"text": "It contains the volcanoes Pomerape and Parinacota (called Payachata collectively) the latter being a dormant volcano with a cone of snow similar to Mount Fuji in Japan. The central section, situated between Uyuni and Coipasa. Its most prominent summit is the Ollagüe (Ullawi) volcano on the border with Chile."
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What could potentially motivate your attorney to go the "extra mile" to win your court case?
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Ensuring that the client wins their case ensure that the attorney receives maximum payment for their services.
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"text": "A contingent fee, or contingency fee, is an attorney fee that is made contingent on the outcome of a case. A typical contingent fee in a tort case is normally one third to forty percent of the recovery, but the attorney does not recover a fee unless money is recovered for the client."
},
{
"text": "The English rule provides that the party who loses in court pays the other party's legal costs. The English rule contrasts with the American rule, under which each party is generally responsible to pay its own attorneys' fees, unless a statute or contract provides for that assessment."
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d5db6e3e0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The western border of the blue-tailed skink includes what states?
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Minnesota, Missouri and eastern Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
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"text": "The western border is in Minnesota, Missouri and eastern Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. P. fasciatus tends to be most abundant on the coastal plain in the southeastern United States and along the Gulf Coast."
},
{
"text": "The species is endemic to North America. It is one of the most common lizards in the eastern U.S. and one of the seven native species of lizards in Canada . Other common names for P. fasciatus include blue-tailed skink (for juveniles) and red-headed skink (for adults)."
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The Canadian Highway 39 and Queen Elizabeth II Highway are both found in what region?
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Alberta.
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"text": "Alberta Provincial Highway No. 39, commonly referred to as Highway 39, is an east–west highway in central Alberta, Canada. It extends from Highway 22, approximately 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Drayton Valley, to Leduc where it ends at Highway 2."
},
{
"text": "Alberta Provincial Highway No. 2, commonly referred to as Highway 2 or the Queen Elizabeth II Highway, is a major highway in Alberta that stretches from the Canada–United States border through Calgary and Edmonton to Grande Prairie."
}
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The national government of the United States is what kind of government that comprises of the House of Representatives and the Senate?
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Bicameral.
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"text": "The federal government of the United States ( U.S. federal government) is the national government of the United States, a federal republic in North America, composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories and several island possessions."
},
{
"text": "It is bicameral, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate . The congress consists of three senate political groups, contains 535 seats. The House currently consists of 435 voting members, each of whom represents a congressional district."
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What can only support two way connectivity that is a specification describing how out-of-band data is delivered to a cable set-top box?
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DOCSIS
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"text": "DOCSIS Set-top Gateway (or DSG) is a specification describing how out-of-band data is delivered to a cable set-top box. Cable set-top boxes need a reliable source of out of band data for information such as program guides, channel lineups, and updated code images."
},
{
"text": "The original DOCSIS protocol supports only two way connectivity. A cable modem that is unable to acquire an upstream channel will give up and resume scanning for new channels."
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d5db6ede0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The American M2 Bradley and the YPR-765 pri are both types of what vehicle?
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Fighting vehicles.
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"text": "The M2 Bradley, or Bradley IFV, is an American infantry fighting vehicle that is a member of the Bradley Fighting Vehicle family. It is manufactured by BAE Systems Land & Armaments, which was formerly United Defense ."
},
{
"text": "YPR-765 pri ( pantser-rups-infanterie) — basic infantry fighting vehicle with a 25-mm KBA-B02 cannon and a coaxial FN MAG machine gun in a turret (EWS - Enclosed Weapon Station); crew of three plus seven passengers (normally only five carried); outward-facing bench seats in the rear compartment."
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Directed edges in a graph with no directed cycles may be called what?
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Arcs
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"text": "Example of a directed acyclic graph. In mathematics, particularly graph theory, and computer science, a directed acyclic graph ( DAG or dag / ˈdæɡ / ( listen)) is a directed graph with no directed cycles."
},
{
"text": "In mathematics, and more specifically in graph theory, a directed graph (or digraph) is a graph that is made up of a set of vertices connected by directed edges often called arcs . A simple directed graph."
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What type of armored tank division did the country that ordered, organized, and condoned the Herero and Namaqua genocides have?
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A panzer division.
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"text": "A panzer division is one of the armored (tank) divisions in the Wehrmacht of Nazi Germany during World War II. Panzer divisions were the key element of German success in the blitzkrieg operations of the early years of World War II."
},
{
"text": "The governments of the German Empire and Nazi Germany ordered, organized and condoned a substantial number of war crimes, first in the Herero and Namaqua genocide and then in the First and Second World Wars. The most notable of these is the Holocaust in which millions of Jews and Romani were systematically murdered."
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What type of moth lives in pitch pine-bear oak communities and bear oak?
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Barrens dagger moth.
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"text": "Pupae do not seem to overwinter more than once . Barrens dagger moth habitat is often described as sandy, xeric, and open oak-dominated communities. Rare moths that occur in pitch pine-bear oak communities, including barrens dagger moth, were associated with early successional habitat patches in southeastern Massachusetts."
},
{
"text": "Bear oak, and possibly other oaks, are the host plants for barrens dagger moth larvae. According to a fact sheet published by the New York Natural Heritage Program, larvae feed on bur oak ( Q. macrocarpa ), post oak, chestnut oak ( Q. prinus ), and probably black oak, and adults likely eat honeydew from sucking insects and tree sap."
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Narsarsuaq Airport is in a country whose Government operates how many airports?
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13
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"text": "Owned by the Government of Greenland, it operates 13 airports, all of which can accommodate fixed-wing STOL operations year-round, and two can handle airliners. It also operates a large, countrywide network of 43 heliports, of which 8 are primary heliports, while the rest are considered helistops."
},
{
"text": "Narsarsuaq Airport ( Greenlandic: Mittarfik Narsarsuaq) ( IATA: UAK, ICAO: BGBW) is an airport located in Narsarsuaq, a settlement in the Kujalleq municipality in southern Greenland. Along with Kangerlussuaq Airport, it is one of two airports in Greenland capable of serving large airliners."
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Who owns Kaby and Comet lake?
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Intel
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"text": "As with previous Intel processors (such as the 8088, Banias, Dothan, Conroe, Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, and Skylake ), Kaby Lake's development was led by Intel's Israeli team, based in Haifa."
},
{
"text": "Comet Lake is Intel 's codename for its 10th generation Core microprocessors. They are manufactured using Intel's third 14 nm Skylake process refinement, succeeding the Whiskey Lake U-series mobile processor and Coffee Lake desktop processor families."
}
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Acanthoscurria geniculata and Grammostola pulchripes are both types of what?
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Tarantula
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"text": "One of the larger species of tarantula, the Chaco golden knee ( Grammostola pulchripes ), formerly known by Grammostola aureostriata, can be expected to reach between 20–22 cm (8.5 in). The former (and very commonly used) species name, aureostriata, is derived from Latin aureus \"golden\" and striatus \"striped\"."
},
{
"text": "The Brazilian whiteknee tarantula ( Acanthoscurria geniculata) is a species of tarantula from Brazil that is commonly kept as a pet. A. geniculata is native to the Amazon basin of northern Brazil."
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What are the main meat ingredients of the Italian variety of a ground meat rolled into a small ball?
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Beef and/or pork and sometimes poultry or sausage.
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"text": "The main ingredients of an Italian meatball are beef and/or pork and sometimes poultry or sausage, salt, black pepper, chopped garlic, olive oil, Romano cheese, eggs, bread crumbs, and parsley, mixed and rolled by hand to a golf ball size."
},
{
"text": "A meatball is ground meat rolled into a small ball, sometimes along with other ingredients, such as bread crumbs, minced onion, eggs, butter, and seasoning. Meatballs are cooked by frying, baking, steaming, or braising in sauce. There are many types of meatballs using different types of meats and spices."
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Mékrou and Chari are both names of what?
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Rivers
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"text": "The Benin–Niger border is 277 km (172 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Burkina Faso in the west to the tripoint with Nigeria in the east. The starts at the tripoint with Burkina Faso in the Mékrou River, following this river in a north-eastwards direction before reaching the Niger river."
},
{
"text": "Lake Chad is mainly in the far west of Chad, bordering on northeastern Nigeria . The Chari River, fed by its tributary the Logone, provides over 90% of the lake's water, with a small amount coming from the Yobe River in Nigeria / Niger. Despite high levels of evaporation, the lake is fresh water."
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What would the building at YTNK where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from an aircraft be called?
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An airport terminal
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"text": "For other uses, see Terminal (disambiguation). An airport terminal is a building at an airport where passengers transfer between ground transportation and the facilities that allow them to board and disembark from an aircraft . Within the terminal, passengers purchase tickets, transfer their luggage, and go through security."
},
{
"text": "/ 19.63444°S 134.18333°E / -19.63444; 134.18333 Tennant Creek Airport ( IATA: TCA, ICAO: YTNK) is a small regional airport located near Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia ."
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Unlike real forces such as electromagnetic forces, pseudo forces do not originate from what?
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Physical interactions between objects
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"text": "A fictitious force (also called a pseudo force, d'Alembert force, or inertial force) is a force that appears to act on a mass whose motion is described using a non-inertial frame of reference, such as an accelerating or rotating reference frame."
},
{
"text": "The Lagrangian approach to fictitious forces is introduced. Unlike real forces such as electromagnetic forces, fictitious forces do not originate from physical interactions between objects."
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In the 720 yards wide river that traverses portions of Lenoir County in NC, what kinds of bodies of water is it fed by?
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Fresh water branches and creeks.
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"text": "It flows in an easterly direction from its origin approximately 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Kinston, North Carolina and traverses portions of Lenoir County, Jones County and Craven County prior to emptying into the Neuse River at New Bern, North Carolina."
},
{
"text": "The river measures 720 yards (660 m) at its widest point and is fed by numerous fresh water branches and creeks along its length. US Geologic Survey team measuring water flow on the Trent River."
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On the show Green Green Grass, the characters played by David Ross, Ivan Kaye, Peter Heppelthwaite and Ella Kenion work where?
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They work on Winterdown Farm in Shropshire.
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"text": "The household is led by Boycie and Marlene, as played by John Challis and Sue Holderness. They have one child, Tyler, as played by Jack Doolan. They employ four members of staff, Elgin, Bryan, Jed and Imelda Cakeworthy, as played by David Ross, Ivan Kaye, Peter Heppelthwaite and Ella Kenion ."
},
{
"text": "The Green Green Grass centres on the fictional Boyce family and their employees, who live or work on Winterdown Farm in Shropshire. The household is led by Boycie and Marlene, as played by John Challis and Sue Holderness. They have one child, Tyler, as played by Jack Doolan."
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The drug Interceptor which is antiparasitic falls under what broader category of drugs along with antifungals and antibiotics?
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They fall under the category of antimicrobial drugs.
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"text": "Milbemycin oxime (trade name Interceptor, marketed by Elanco) is a veterinary drug from the group of milbemycins, used as a broad spectrum antiparasitic. It is active against worms ( anthelmintic) and mites ( miticide ). Like avermectins, milbemycins are products of fermentation by Streptomyces species."
},
{
"text": "Antiparasitics are one of the antimicrobial drugs which include antibiotics that target bacteria, and antifungals that target fungi. They may be administered orally, intravenously or topically."
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d5db71e00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The region of Aosta Valley and the Province of Parma can both be found in what European country?
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Italy.
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"text": "A province of the Italian Republic is composed of many municipalities ( comune ). Usually several provinces together form a region; the region of Aosta Valley is the sole exception—it is not subdivided into provinces, and provincial functions are exercised by the region."
},
{
"text": "The Province of Parma ( Italian: Provincia di Parma) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its largest town and capital is the city of Parma . It is made up of 47 comuni."
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The 23 genera and 59 species of Mustelidae are part of what order?
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Carnivora
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"text": "The 23 genera and 59 species of Mustelidae are split into 8 subfamilies: Guloninae, martens and wolverines; Helictidinae, ferret-badgers; Ictonychinae, African polecats and grisons; Lutrinae, otters; Melinae, Eurasian badgers; Mellivorinae, the honey badger; Mustelinae, weasels and minks; and Taxidiinae, the American badger."
},
{
"text": "Mustelids ( / ˈmʌstɪlɪdz /) are a diverse group and form the largest family in the order Carnivora, suborder Caniformia. They comprise about 56–60 species across eight subfamilies."
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Lucan is a type of priority where what is the hypothesis favored by most experts?
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Marcan
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"text": "The hypothesis favored by most experts is Marcan priority, whereby Mark was composed first, and Matthew and Luke each used Mark, incorporating much of it, with adaptations, into their own gospels. A leading alternative hypothesis is Marcan posteriority, with Mark having been formed primarily by extracting what Matthew and Luke shared in common."
},
{
"text": "Lucan priority has been revived in recent decades in the complex form of the Jerusalem school theory, which also places Mark in the middle. Here, Mark uses Luke, then Matthew uses Mark but not Luke, while all three Synoptics draw from a hypothetical Greek translation of an earlier Hebrew work."
}
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The founding legends of the Goryeo royal family is a mythical account of the ancestral family of what person achieved unification of the Later Three Kingdoms in 936?
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It was based on Wang Geon.
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{
"text": "The founding legends of the Goryeo royal family is a mythical account of the ancestral family of Wang Geon, who united the Korean Peninsula during the Later Three Kingdoms period and founded the Goryeo dynasty of Korea."
},
{
"text": "Taejo of Goryeo, also known as Taejo Wang Geon (Wang Kǒn), was the founder of the Goryeo dynasty, which ruled Korea from the 10th to the 14th century. Wang Geon was born in 877 to a powerful maritime merchant family based in Songak as the eldest son of Wang Ryung. He traced his ancestry to a noble Goguryeo clan Taejo, achieving unification of the Later Three Kingdoms in 936."
}
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Which salt composed of the sodium cation and the azanide anion can be prepared by the reaction of sodium with ammonia gas?
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Sodium amide.
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"text": "Sodium amide can be prepared by the reaction of sodium with ammonia gas, but it is usually prepared by the reaction in liquid ammonia using iron (III) nitrate as a catalyst. The reaction is fastest at the boiling point of the ammonia, c. −33 °C."
},
{
"text": "Sodium amide, commonly called sodamide (systematic name sodium azanide ), is the inorganic compound with the formula NaNH 2. It is a salt composed of the sodium cation and the azanide anion."
}
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St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica and the cathedral which covers the Archdiocese of Southwark are both types of what?
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Churches.
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text
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[
{
"text": "For the Cathedral Basilica in Kumasi, Ghana, see St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica, Kumasi. St. Peter's Cathedral Basilica, is a church located at 196 Dufferin Avenue in London, Ontario, Canada for the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of London ."
},
{
"text": "The cathedral is the Mother Church of the Roman Catholic Province of Southwark which covers the Archdiocese of Southwark (all of London south of the River Thames including Kent and north Surrey) and the Dioceses of Arundel and Brighton, Portsmouth, and Plymouth."
}
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d5db73980dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Which is the simplest of the aldehydes with the formula CH 2 O and is colorless gas with a strong smell?
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Formaldehyde.
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"text": "Formaldehyde (or Methanal) is a chemical compound . It is a colorless gas with a strong smell. It is flammable and toxic. It is the simplest aldehyde. Its main application is as a disinfectant. It is a biocide, this means it can kill most bacteria and fungi."
},
{
"text": "Formaldehyde is a naiturally occurring organic compoond wi the formula CH 2 O (H-CHO). It is the simplest o the aldehydes (R-CHO) an is an aa kent bi its seestematic name methanal. The common name o this substance comes frae its seemilarity an relation tae formic acid ."
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The Kalmyks, a people of Mongol origin who are primarily of Buddhist faith might practice what other religion?
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They are Muslims as well.
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"text": "The republic is home to the Kalmyks, a people of Mongol origin who are primarily of Buddhist faith. The capital of the republic is the city of Elista, which has gained an international reputation for international chess competitions . The republic is located in Southern Russia, lying north of the North Caucasus."
},
{
"text": "Although Sart Kalmyks are Muslims, Kalmyks elsewhere, by and large, remain faithful to the Gelugpa Order of Tibetan Buddhism. In Kalmykia, for example, the Gelugpa Order with the assistance of the government has constructed numerous Buddhist temples. In addition, the Kalmyk people recognize Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama as their spiritual leader and Erdne Ombadykow, a Kalmyk American, as the supreme lama of the Kalmyk people. The Dalai Lama has visited Elista on a number of occasions."
}
] |
d5db74380dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What African country that has almost equal numbers of Muslims and Christians, who tend to live in the north and south of the country, respectively, borders Chat in the northeast?
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Nigeria or the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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"text": "In Nigeria, there are almost equal numbers of Muslims and Christians. Most of the Christians live in the south, and most of the Muslims live in the north. Contrary to some beliefs, the Nigerian civil war was not only attributed to religious intolerance."
},
{
"text": "Nigeria ( / naɪˈdʒɪəriə / ( listen) ), officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It borders Niger in the north, Chad in the northeast, Cameroon in the east, and Benin in the west. Its southern coast is on the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean."
}
] |
d5db74600dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The far side of what a battered, densely cratered appearance with few maria and always faces away from Earth?
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The Moon.
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"text": "The two hemispheres of the Moon have distinctly different appearances, with the near side covered in multiple, large maria (Latin for 'seas,' since the earliest astronomers incorrectly thought that these plains were seas of lunar water ). The far side has a battered, densely cratered appearance with few maria."
},
{
"text": "For other uses, see Dark side of the Moon. The far side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that always faces away from Earth, as opposed to the opposite near side. Compared to the near side, the far side's terrain is rugged, with a multitude of impact craters and relatively few flat and dark lunar maria (\"seas\")."
}
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What is the Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) and how many employees does it have?
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The Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) is the organization that owns and maintains the Kansas Turnpike.The Kansas Turnpike Authority employs over 400 people who are charged with maintaining, preserving, and redesigning the 236-mile roadway and improving its function as a vital corridor to move people and goods in Kansas.
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"text": "The Kansas Turnpike Authority employs over 400 people who are charged with maintaining, preserving, and redesigning the 236-mile roadway and improving its function as a vital corridor to move people and goods in Kansas. These employees are led by KTA's Chief Executive Officer, who reports to the Authority board, and a nine-member leadership team."
},
{
"text": "The Kansas Turnpike Authority (KTA) is the organization that owns and maintains the Kansas Turnpike.. KTA is headed by a board of five members, two of which are appointed by the governor of the state. In addition, the Chairman of the Kansas Senate Transportation Committee as well as a member of the Kansas House Transportation Committee also serve on the board.."
}
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d5db75000dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Which country located on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe had a war which was one of the first using modern technologies such as telegraphs?
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Crimea is on the northern coast of the Black Sea and was one of the first using modern technologies such as telegraphs.
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"text": "Крим; Anakuhi:Lang-crh; Anakuhi:Lang-grc) is a peninsula located on the northern coast of the Black Sea in Eastern Europe that is almost completely surrounded by both the Black Sea and the smaller Sea of Azov to the northeast. The status of Crimea is disputed."
},
{
"text": "The Crimean War was one of the first conflicts in which the military used modern technologies such as explosive naval shells, railways, and telegraphs. The war was one of the first to be documented extensively in written reports and in photographs."
}
] |
d5db75280dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What 1.3 lb bustard is sometimes separated by authorities into a separate genus called Heterotetrax?
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Little brown bustard.
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"text": "The smallest species is the little brown bustard ( Eupodotis humilis ), which is around 40 cm (16 in) long and weighs around 600 g (1.3 lb) on average. In most bustards, males are substantially larger than females, often about 30% longer and sometimes more than twice the weight."
},
{
"text": "It contains the five species, all restricted to Africa. Species in the genera Afrotis and Lophotis are sometimes included in this genus; however some authorities separate the Karoo korhaan, Rüpell's Korhaan and little brown bustard as a separate genus Heterotetrax."
}
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The varieties are typically classified into several groups: Wu, Min, Xiang, Gan, Hakka and Yue and what, which is spoken fluently by almost the entire Taiwanese population?
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Mandarin
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"text": "Mandarin is spoken fluently by almost the entire Taiwanese population, except for some elderly people who were educated under Japanese rule. In the capital Taipei, where there is a high concentration of Mainlanders whose native variety is not Hokkien, Mandarin is used in greater frequency and fluency than other parts of Taiwan."
},
{
"text": "The varieties are typically classified into several groups: Mandarin, Wu, Min, Xiang, Gan, Hakka and Yue, though some varieties remain unclassified. These groups are neither clades nor individual languages defined by mutual intelligibility, but reflect common phonological developments from Middle Chinese ."
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What type of root is known as meipen in Welsh, and brassica napus that is usually called swedes in English?
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A turnip.
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"text": "The name turnip is also used in parts of Northern and Midland England, the West Country (particularly Cornwall ), Ireland, the Isle of Man, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada. In Wales, according to region, it is variously known as meipen, rwden, or erfinen in Welsh, and as swede or turnip in English."
},
{
"text": "Brassica napus and B. napobrassica are mostly called swedes (a shortening of Swedish turnip) in England, especially in the South, and in most dialects of the Commonwealth. Rutabaga, from the Swedish rotabagga, for \"root bag\" is mostly used in North America, in the United States and some parts of Canada."
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d5db75960dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Horizon class ships, as well as D651 and D620 are all part of what navy?
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French Navy
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"text": "Forbin (D620) is a large anti-air frigate of the French Navy, lead ship of the Horizon class. Her first task is protecting aircraft carriers, capital ships or civilian ships from supersonic missile attacks; her complement of medium-range anti-air missiles allows her to support the defences of another ship under attack and avoid their saturation."
},
{
"text": "Normandie (D651) is an Aquitaine -class frigate of the French Navy. The Aquitaine class were developed from the FREMM multipurpose frigate program. Original plans were for 17 FREMM hulls to replace the nine D'Estienne d'Orves -class avisos and nine anti-submarine (ASW) frigates of the Tourville and Georges Leygues classes."
},
{
"text": "- PAAMS air-defence system. The Horizon class is a class of air-defence destroyers in service with the French Navy and the Italian Navy, designated as destroyers using NATO classification. The programme started as the Common New Generation Frigate (CNGF), a multi-national collaboration to produce a new generation of air-defence frigates."
}
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d5db75be0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What are both Khammouane Limestone and Dong Ampham?
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National Biodiversity Conservation Areas.
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"text": "The Phou Hin Poun National Biodiversity Conservation Area, formerly known as the Khammouane Limestone National Biodiversity Conservation Area, is one of 21 National Biodiversity Conservation Areas of the Lao People's Democratic Republic."
},
{
"text": "Dong Ampham National Biodiversity Conservation Area is an extensive protected area which covers a significant part of Attapeu Province and Sekong Province in the southeast corner of Laos on the border with Vietnam. It covers the northeastern part of Attapeu Province and southeastern part of Sekong Province."
}
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d5db76040dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What family do the majority of species found in South and Central America that is known as the corvids in common English belong to?
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Corvidae.
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"text": "The majority of the species are found in tropical South and Central America and in southern Asia, with fewer than 10 species each in Africa and Australasia. The genus Corvus has re-entered Australia in relatively recent geological prehistory, with five species and one subspecies there."
},
{
"text": "Corvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs, and nutcrackers. In common English, they are known as the crow family, or, more technically, corvids."
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d5db762c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Leeds City Council is in what type of borough?
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A metropolitan borough
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"text": "The secretariat for the city region is based within Leeds City Council. The Leeds City Region Enterprise Zone promotes development in four sites along the A63 East Leeds Link Road."
},
{
"text": "The constituency covers the north western part of the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds, West Yorkshire. It stretches from Yeadon in the north west and Otley in the north east to Headingley in the south in terms of major settlements."
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d5db76a40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Guardia Real Marroquí and The Ribs are both names of what?
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Military units
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"text": "The Moroccan Royal Guard ( Arabic: الحرس الملكي المغربي , French: Garde royale marocaine, Spanish: Guardia Real Marroquí) is officially part of the Royal Moroccan Army. However it is under the direct operational control of the Royal Military Household of His Majesty the King."
},
{
"text": "The Ribs - 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards. They were the first Infantry to officially serve on board navy ships as Marines THEM – Special Air Service (Relates to the hush-hush nature of most of their work, where it wouldn't be prudent to mention their name), coined by Auld Sapper."
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d5db76cc0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What are both an oikonym or an exonym?
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Names.
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"text": "An oeconym, also econym, or oikonym (from Greek: οἶκος, oikos, 'house, dwelling' and ὄνομα, onoma, 'name') is a specific type of toponym that designates a proper name of a house or any other residential building, and in the broader sense, the term also refers to the proper name of any inhabited settlement, like village, town or city."
},
{
"text": "An exonym (from Greek: éxō, 'outer'; also known as xenonym) is a common, external name for a geographical place, group of people, individual person, or a language/dialect, that is used only outside that particular place, group, or linguistic community."
}
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d5db76f40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Who was particularly critical of the work of the American psychologist who was a professor of psychology at Harvard University for 16 years?
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Chomsky was particularly critical of this person's work.
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"text": "He created or co-created the universal grammar theory, the generative grammar theory, the Chomsky hierarchy, and the minimalist program. Chomsky also played a pivotal role in the decline of linguistic behaviorism, and was particularly critical of the work of B. F. Skinner ."
},
{
"text": "Burrhus Frederic Skinner (March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990) was an American psychologist, behaviourist, author, inventor, and social philosopher.[2][3][4][5] He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University from 1958 until his retirement in 1974.[6]Considering free will to be an illusion, Skinner saw human action as dependent on consequences of previous actions, a theory he would articulate as the principle of reinforcement:"
}
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d5db771c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What scientific word do the Melanesian scrubfowl and Tongan megapode share in their scientific name?
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They share the word Megapodius.
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"text": "The Melanesian megapode or Melanesian scrubfowl ( Megapodius eremita) is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found in Bismarck Archipelago ( Papua New Guinea) and the Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest ."
},
{
"text": "The Tongan megapode ( Megapodius pritchardii) is a species of bird in the megapode family, Megapodiidae, currently endemic to Tonga. The species is also known as the Polynesian megapode, and as the Niuafo'ou megapode after the island of Niuafo'ou to which it was restricted for many years."
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d5db77440dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What white crystalline double sulfate forms a solid solution of with potassium alum?
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Ammonium alum
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"text": "Ammonium alum is made from aluminium hydroxide, sulfuric acid and ammonium sulfate. It forms a solid solution with potassium alum. Pyrolysis leaves alumina. Such alumina is used in the production of grinding powders and as precursors to synthetic gems."
},
{
"text": "Ammonium aluminium sulfate, also known as ammonium alum or just alum (though there are many different substances also called \"alum\"), is a white crystalline double sulfate usually encountered as the dodecahydrate, formula (NH4)Al(SO4)2·12H2O. It is used in small amounts in a variety of niche applications. The dodecahydrate occurs naturally as the rare mineral tschermigite.[1]"
}
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d5db776c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What is the name of both the team from Washington and Connecticut in the NCAA Division I?
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Huskies.
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"text": "The Washington Huskies football team represents the University of Washington in college football. Washington competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference."
},
{
"text": "The UConn Huskies (or Connecticut Huskies) are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs. The school is a member of the NCAA 's Division I and the Big East Conference."
}
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In Heracles Chariot Racing, why is a player unlikely to be able to elect the use of a quadriga arrangement?
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Because Heracles Chariot Racing contains horseless chariot races, and in quadriga, a four-horse abreast arrangement is used.
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"text": "The four-horse abreast arrangement in quadriga is distinct from the more common four-in-hand array of two horses in the front and two horses in the back. Quadriga was raced in the Ancient Olympic Games and other contests."
},
{
"text": "Players control Heracles or one of a number of characters from Greek mythology (such as Poseidon, Medusa and the Minotaur) in a series of horseless chariot races for the honor of being crowned the Champion Charioteer without a horse."
}
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d5db77e40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What has "administrative supervision over all courts and the personnel thereof" that Kataas-taasang Hukuman; is one of?
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Supreme Court.
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{
"text": "It is presided over by a Chief Justice and is made of fifteen (15) Justices, including the Chief Justice. It follows the Constitution, the Supreme Court has \"administrative supervision over all courts and the personnel thereof\"."
},
{
"text": "The Supreme Court ( Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman; colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema) is the highest court in the Philippines."
}
] |
d5db78520dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The topic subfield of Computer Science that studies how a computer processes visual information to have them interpret what they see deals with a field in which many methods are based on what?
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Statistics, optimization or geometry
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{
"text": "For example, many methods in computer vision are based on statistics, optimization or geometry."
},
{
"text": "Computer vision is the subfield of Computer Science that studies how a computer processes visual information to have them interpret what they see. Unlike Computer Graphics which generates images using computers, Computer Vision takes visual information from the real world and uses algorithms to make predictions and explain what is in the image."
}
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d5db787a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other U.S. state except which state that is the second-largest U.S. state by both area and population?
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It's second to Texas in number of counties.
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"text": "The Georgia Constitution grants cities and counties a significant amount of home rule authority. Georgia is divided into 159 counties, more than any other U.S. state except Texas. Among all counties, 149 of them are governed by a committee made of between three and eleven commissioners. The other 10 counties are overseen by a single commissioner."
},
{
"text": "Texas is a state in the South Central region of the United States. It is the second-largest U.S. state by both area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Texas is nicknamed the Lone Star State for its former status as an independent republic and as a reminder of the state's struggle for independence from Mexico."
}
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d5db78ca0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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According to the Vedanta school of what, a philosophy that encompasses the philosophies, world views and teachings that emerged in ancient India, ananda is that state of sublime delight when the jiva becomes free from all sins, all doubts, all desires, all actions, all pains, all sufferings and also from all physical and mental ordinary pleasures?
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Hindu philosophy
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"text": "Hindu philosophy encompasses the philosophies, world views and teachings that emerged in ancient India. These include six systems ( shad-darśana) – Sankhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta. In Indian tradition, the word used for philosophy is Darshana. This word comes from the Sanskrit root drish (to see, to experience)."
},
{
"text": "According to the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy, ananda is that state of sublime delight when the jiva becomes free from all sins, all doubts, all desires, all actions, all pains, all sufferings and also from all physical and mental ordinary pleasures."
}
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When the condition, which includes the cause of 87% of strokes effects, the small bowel, what is it called?
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mesenteric ischemia
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"text": "Ischemic strokes are caused by interruption of the blood supply to the brain, while hemorrhagic strokes result from the rupture of a blood vessel or an abnormal vascular structure. About 87% of strokes are ischemic, the rest being hemorrhagic."
},
{
"text": "Ischemia of the small bowel is called mesenteric ischemia . Brain ischemia is insufficient blood flow to the brain, and can be acute or chronic. Acute ischemic stroke is a neurologic emergency that may be reversible if treated rapidly. Chronic ischemia of the brain may result in a form of dementia called vascular dementia."
}
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Endospores of what, which needs oxygen to sporulate, are highly resilient, surviving extremes of temperature, low-nutrient environments, and harsh chemical treatment over decades or centuries?
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Bacillus anthracis
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text
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[
{
"text": "Bacillus anthracis needs oxygen to sporulate; this constraint has important consequences for epidemiology and control. In vivo, B. anthracis produces a polypeptide (polyglutamic acid) capsule that kills it from phagocytosis. The genera Bacillus and Clostridium constitute the family Bacillaceae."
},
{
"text": "B. anthracis endospores, in particular, are highly resilient, surviving extremes of temperature, low-nutrient environments, and harsh chemical treatment over decades or centuries. The endospore is a dehydrated cell with thick walls and additional layers that form inside the cell membrane."
}
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What is the area of land where precipitation collects and drains in North America directing to different bodies of water?
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watersheds
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"text": "Watersheds of North America are large drainage basins which drain to separate oceans, seas, gulfs, or endorheic basins. There are six generally recognized hydrological continental divides which divide the continent into seven principal drainage basins spanning three oceans ( Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific) and one endorheic basin."
},
{
"text": "Wikimedia Commons has media related to Drainage basins of Asia. Drainage basins of Asia, areas of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water."
}
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d5db79740dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What requires a contractual trust agreement or deed and is entrusted to a person or legal entity?
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A trust.
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text
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{
"text": "The trust is governed by the terms under which it was created. In most jurisdictions, this requires a contractual trust agreement or deed. It is possible for a single individual to assume the role of more than one of these parties, and for multiple individuals to share a single role."
},
{
"text": "For the monopolistic business, see Trust (business). For other uses of the word \"trust\", see Trust (disambiguation). A trust is a legal relationship in which the legal title to property is entrusted to a person or legal entity with a fiduciary duty to hold and use it for another's benefit."
}
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d5db799c0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Analgesia is the term for what condition that the inhaled Methoxyflurane tries to accomplish?
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Relief from pain.
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text
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"text": "Methoxyflurane, sold under the brand name Penthrox among others, is an inhaled medication primarily used to reduce pain following trauma. It may also be used for short episodes of pain as a result of medical procedures. Onset of pain relief is rapid and of a short duration. Use is only recommended with direct medical supervision."
},
{
"text": "An analgesic or painkiller is any member of the group of drugs used to achieve analgesia, relief from pain . Analgesic drugs act in various ways on the peripheral and central nervous systems. They are distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily affect, and in some instances completely eliminate, sensation."
}
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d5db79c40dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Vegetal and stem are both types of what?
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Cells.
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"text": "A somatic cell (from Ancient Greek σῶμα sôma, meaning \"body\"), or vegetal cell, is any biological cell forming the body of an organism; that is, in a multicellular organism, any cell other than a gamete, germ cell, gametocyte or undifferentiated stem cell."
},
{
"text": "Such cells are one of the various classes of induced stem cells . Adult stem cell research has been focused on uncovering the general molecular mechanisms that control their self-renewal and differentiation. The Notch pathway has been known to developmental biologists for decades."
}
] |
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