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  2. Infant respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    IRDS affects about 1% of newborns and is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. [5] Data have shown the choice of elective caesarean sections to strikingly increase the incidence of respiratory distress in term infants; dating back to 1995, the UK first documented 2,000 annual caesarean section births requiring ...

  3. Acute respiratory distress syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Adult diagnosis is based on a PaO 2 /FiO 2 ratio (ratio of partial pressure arterial oxygen and fraction of inspired oxygen) of less than 300 mm Hg despite a positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) of more than 5 cm H 2 O. [1] Cardiogenic pulmonary edema, as the cause, must be excluded. [4]

  4. N.E.R.D.S. - Wikipedia

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    N.E.R.D.S. is a children's pentalogy written by Michael Buckley and illustrated by Ethen Beavers.The series tells the story of a fictional spy agency and its agents—children who have their "nerdy" characteristics upgraded into a tool that they can use to fight crime.

  5. Oxygen toxicity - Wikipedia

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    The cause is not fully understood, but evidence suggests that raised oxygen levels at the lens may be caused by deterioration of the vitreous humour due to age, and this causes degradation of lens crystallins by cross-linking, forming aggregates capable of scattering light. This may be an end-state development of the more commonly observed ...

  6. Date rolling - Wikipedia

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    Modified following business day: the payment date is rolled to the next business day unless doing so would cause the payment to be in the next calendar month, in which case the payment date is rolled to the previous business day. Many institutions have month-end accounting procedures that necessitate this.

  7. Nerds (candy) - Wikipedia

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    Nerds is an American candy launched in 1983 [1] by the Sunmark Corporation under the brand name Willy Wonka Candy Company. [2] Nerds are now made by the Ferrara Candy Company, a subsidiary of Ferrero Group. but is still distributed internationally by Nestlé.

  8. 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]

  9. Election to the Throne of Greece (1822–1832) - Wikipedia

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    The concept of restoring Greece's independence and transforming it into a kingdom was not a novel one. During the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792, Empress Catherine II endeavored to establish her second grandson, Grand Duke Constantine Pavlovich, as the ruler of a restored Byzantine Empire in the so-called "Greek Plan". [5]