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  2. Metabolic equivalent of task - Wikipedia

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    The metabolic equivalent of task (MET) is the objective measure of the ratio of the rate at which a person expends energy, relative to the mass of that person, while performing some specific physical activity compared to a reference, currently set by convention at an absolute 3.5 mL of oxygen per kg per minute, which is the energy expended when sitting quietly by a reference individual, chosen ...

  3. Cooking weights and measures - Wikipedia

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    * In the UK, teaspoons and tablespoons are formally ⁠ 1 / 160 ⁠ and ⁠ 1 / 40 ⁠ of an imperial pint (3·55 mL and 14·21 mL), respectively. In Canada, a teaspoon is historically 1 ⁄ 6 imperial fluid ounce (4.74 mL) and a tablespoon is 1 ⁄ 2 imperial fl oz (14.21 mL). In both Britain and Canada, cooking utensils commonly come in 5 mL ...

  4. Reference ranges for blood tests - Wikipedia

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    9.2, [41] 11 [5] 17, [5] 20 [41] μmol/L Magnesium: 1.5, [23] 1.7 [42] 2.0, [23] 2.3 [42] mEq/L or mg/dL: See hypomagnesemia or hypermagnesemia: 0.6, [43] 0.7 [5] 0. ...

  5. Cup (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The cup is a cooking measure of volume, commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes.In the US, it is traditionally equal to one-half US pint (236.6 ml). Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit, standard measuring cups may be used, with a metric cup commonly being rounded up to 240 millilitres (legal cup), but 250 ml is also used depending on the ...

  6. Human nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Monosaccharides contain one sugar unit, disaccharides two, and polysaccharides three or more. Monosaccharides include glucose , fructose and galactose . [ 17 ] Disaccharides include sucrose , lactose , and maltose ; purified sucrose , for instance, is used as table sugar. [ 18 ]

  7. Malnutrition - Wikipedia

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    Experts agree that homemade ORS preparations should include one liter (34 oz.) of clean water and 6 teaspoons of sugar; however, they disagree about whether they should contain half a teaspoon of table salt or a full teaspoon. Most sources recommend using half a teaspoon of salt per liter of water.

  8. Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

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    Sign Units Used in 1 percent (%), 1 g% [6] 1 g/dL = 1 cg/mL = 10 g/L = 1 g/100 mL: US, Australia, [6] [7] Canada [8] 1 per mille (‰) [a]: 1 g/L = 1 mg/mL = 100 mg/1 ...

  9. White blood cell - Wikipedia

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    The name "white blood cell" derives from the physical appearance of a blood sample after centrifugation.White cells are found in the buffy coat, a thin, typically white layer of nucleated cells between the sedimented red blood cells and the blood plasma.