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  2. Thermoregulation - Wikipedia

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    The average difference between oral and axillary temperatures of Indian children aged 6–12 was found to be only 0.1 °C (standard deviation 0.2 °C), [51] and the mean difference in Maltese children aged 4–14 between oral and axillary temperature was 0.56 °C, while the mean difference between rectal and axillary temperature for children ...

  3. Avian influenza - Wikipedia

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    The loss of birds due to HPAI and culling in Vietnam led to an average loss of 2.3 months of production and US$69–108 for households where many have an income of $2 a day or less. [98] The loss of food security for vulnerable households can be seen in the stunting of children under five in Egypt.

  4. Orders of magnitude (temperature) - Wikipedia

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    1 K at the Boomerang Nebula, the coldest natural environment known; 1.5 K, melting point of overbound helium; 2.19 K, lambda point of overbound superfluid helium; 2.725 K, cosmic microwave background; 4.1 K, superconductivity point of mercury; 4.22 K, boiling point of bound helium; 5.19 K, critical temperature of helium; 7.2 K ...

  5. Boston Children's Hospital - Wikipedia

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    Boston Children's Hospital (formerly known as Children's Hospital Boston until 2013) [1] is the main pediatric training and research hospital of Harvard Medical School, Harvard University. [2] It is a nationally ranked, freestanding acute care children's hospital located at the centre of Harvard Longwood Medical and Academic Area in Boston ...

  6. Tooth decay - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] Complications may include inflammation of the tissue around the tooth, tooth loss and infection or abscess formation. [1] [3] Tooth regeneration is an ongoing stem cell–based field of study that aims to find methods to reverse the effects of decay; current methods are based on easing symptoms.

  7. Ancient Greek - Wikipedia

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    Ancient Greek (Ἑλληνῐκή, Hellēnikḗ; [hellɛːnikɛ́ː]) [1] includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek ( c. 1400–1200 BC ), Dark Ages ( c. 1200–800 BC ), the Archaic or Epic period ...

  8. Vitamin C - Wikipedia

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    However, taking a vitamin C supplement on a regular basis did reduce the average duration of the illness by 8% in adults and 14% in children, and also reduced the severity of colds. [117] Vitamin C taken on a regular basis reduced the duration of severe symptoms but had no effect on the duration of mild symptoms. [118]

  9. Pharmaceutical industry - Wikipedia

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    During the years 1940–1955, the rate of decline in the U.S. death rate accelerated from 2% per year to 8% per year, then returned to the historical rate of 2% per year. The dramatic decline in the immediate post-war years has been attributed to the rapid development of new treatments and vaccines for infectious disease that occurred during ...