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  2. Hyperbolic growth - Wikipedia

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    The hyperbolic growth of the world population and quadratic-hyperbolic growth of the world GDP observed till the 1970s have been correlated by Andrey Korotayev and his colleagues to a non-linear second order positive feedback between the demographic growth and technological development, described by a chain of causation: technological growth ...

  3. Frailty syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Frailty can have various symptoms including muscle weakness (reduced grip strength), slower walking speed, exhaustion, unintentional weight loss, and frequent falls. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Older people with certain medical conditions such as diabetes , heart disease and dementia , are also more likely to have frailty.

  4. Grayscale - Wikipedia

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    The intensity of a pixel is expressed within a given range between a minimum and a maximum, inclusive. This range is represented in an abstract way as a range from 0 (or 0%) (total absence, black) and 1 (or 100%) (total presence, white), with any fractional values in between.

  5. Scale factor (computer science) - Wikipedia

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    Being integers between 0 and 255, these all can be represented precisely with 8 bits. Scaling these by 1 ⁄ 16 is the same as dividing by 16, which is the same as shifting the bits 4 places to the right. In this case, scaling is done by inserting a binary point between the first 4 bits and last 4 bits of each number.

  6. Diabetes - Wikipedia

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    It is recommended that this option be considered in those who are unable to get both their weight and blood sugar under control. [150] A pancreas transplant is occasionally considered for people with type 1 diabetes who have severe complications of their disease, including end stage kidney disease requiring kidney transplantation. [151]

  7. Mammal - Wikipedia

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    A mammal (from Latin mamma 'breast') [1] is a vertebrate animal of the class Mammalia (/ m ə ˈ m eɪ l i. ə /).Mammals are characterised by the presence of milk-producing mammary glands for feeding their young, a broad neocortex region of the brain, fur or hair, and three middle ear bones.

  8. Internet of things - Wikipedia

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    In order to program and control the flow of information in the Internet of things, a predicted architectural direction is being called BPM Everywhere which is a blending of traditional process management with process mining and special capabilities to automate the control of large numbers of coordinated devices. [citation needed]

  9. Neoliberalism - Wikipedia

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    The policies included a 300% tax increase, unregulated prices and privatizing two-hundred and fifty state-owned entities. [143] The policies of de Soto led to the immediate suffering of poor Peruvians who saw unregulated prices increase rapidly. [143] Those living in poverty saw prices increase so much that they could no longer afford food. [143]