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  2. Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council ...

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    Chevron U.S.A., Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 467 U.S. 837 (1984), was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that set forth the legal test used when U.S. federal courts must defer to a government agency's interpretation of a law or statute. [1] The decision articulated a doctrine known as "Chevron deference". [2]

  3. Natural Resources Defense Council - Wikipedia

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    The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a United States–based 501(c)(3) non-profit international environmental advocacy group, with its headquarters in New York City and offices in Washington, D.C., San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Bozeman, India, and Beijing. [1]

  4. Area 25 (Nevada National Security Site) - Wikipedia

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    It was built in support of Project Rover to test prototype nuclear rocket engines. The complex includes three test stands, the Engine Maintenance, Assembly, and Disassembly (E-MAD) facility, the Reactor Maintenance, Assembly, and Disassembly (R-MAD) facility, a control point/technical operations complex, an administrative area and a radioactive ...

  5. Ground-glass opacity - Wikipedia

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    Inflammation and fibrosis can also cause diffuse GGOs. Pneumocystis pneumonia, an infection typically seen in immunocompromised (e.g. patients with AIDS) or immunosuppressed individuals, is a classic cause of diffuse GGOs. Many viral pneumonias and idiopathic interstitial pneumonias can also lead to a diffuse GGO pattern.

  6. Complex regional pain syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS Type 1 and Type 2), sometimes referred to by the hyponyms Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) or Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy (RND), is a rare and severe form of neuroinflammatory and dysautonomic disorder causing chronic pain, neurovascular, and neuropathic symptoms.

  7. Acute respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The 'best PEEP' used to be defined as 'some' cm H 2 O above the lower inflection point (LIP) in the sigmoidal pressure-volume relationship curve of the lung. Recent research has shown that the LIP-point pressure is no better than any pressure above it, as recruitment of collapsed alveoli—and, more importantly, the overdistension of aerated ...

  8. Neglected tropical diseases - Wikipedia

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    Scabies (also sometimes known as the seven-year itch) is a contagious human skin infestation by the tiny (0.2–0.45 mm) mite Sarcoptes scabiei, variety hominis. The word is from Latin: scabere, lit. 'to scratch'. The most common symptoms are severe itchiness and a pimple -like rash. Occasionally, tiny burrows may appear on the skin. In a first-ever infection, the infected person usually ...

  9. U.S. policy toward authoritarian governments - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. government supported President Ngo Dinh Diem throughout Diem's time in power until Diem was assassinated by the U.S. [25] Soviet Union: Joseph Stalin: 1941–1945 The Soviet Union and USA formed an alliance during World War II to combat Nazi Germany. The end of the war led to the Cold War between the two superpowers. [26] Yemen: Ali ...