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  2. Fever - Wikipedia

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    On the other hand, a "normal" temperature may be a fever, if it is unusually high for that person; for example, medically frail elderly people have a decreased ability to generate body heat, so a "normal" temperature of 37.3 °C (99.1 °F) may represent a clinically significant fever.

  3. Hibernation - Wikipedia

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    Northern bat hibernating in Norway Bats hibernating in a silver mine. Hibernation is a state of minimal activity and metabolic depression undergone by some animal species. . Hibernation is a seasonal heterothermy characterized by low body-temperature, slow breathing and heart-rate, and low metaboli

  4. Cold wave - Wikipedia

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    The cold wave was especially fierce from December 26–27 and the low temperature on December 26 was (0.32 °F, −17.60 °C), while the high temperature was (9.86 °F, −12.30 °C). That day Incheon recorded a high temperature of (9.14 °F, −12.70 °C), this was the 3rd lowest high temperature recorded during winter.

  5. Helicobacter pylori - Wikipedia

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    The many virulence factors of H. pylori include its flagella, the production of urease, adhesins, serine protease HtrA (high temperature requirement A), and the major exotoxins CagA and VacA. [30] [73] The presence of VacA and CagA are associated with more advanced outcomes. [74] CagA is an oncoprotein associated with the development of gastric ...

  6. Hives - Wikipedia

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    Hives, also known as urticaria, is a kind of skin rash with red and/or flesh-colored, raised, itchy bumps. [1] Hives may burn or sting. [2] The patches of rash may appear on different body parts, [2] with variable duration from minutes to days, and do not leave any long-lasting skin change. [2]

  7. COVID-19 testing - Wikipedia

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    Other techniques include a CT scan, checking for elevated body temperature, checking for low blood oxygen level, and detection by trained dogs. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] Detection of the virus

  8. Greenland shark - Wikipedia

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    The Greenland shark prefers cold water temperatures (-1.1 to 7.4 °C) and deep water (100 to 1,200 m). [27] As an ectotherm living in a just-above-freezing environment, this species is sluggish and slow-moving, with the lowest swim speed and tail-beat frequency for its size across all fish species, which most likely correlates with its very ...

  9. Pittsburgh - Wikipedia

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    Summers are hot and winters are moderately cold with wide variations in temperature. Despite this, it has one of the most pleasant summer climates between medium and large cities in the U.S. [ 69 ] [ 70 ] [ 71 ] The city lies in the USDA plant hardiness zone 6b except along the rivers where the zone is 7a. [ 72 ]