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  • conferences provide an important channel for the exchange of information among ... reactions and critiques. This exchange of ideas distinguishes the conference ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology ... derived associations. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96 ...
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  • An academy (Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of higher learning ... The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded ...
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  • The Platonic Academy originated as Plato's school of philosophy ... Scholars distinguish the Old Academy (Plato and his immediate successors ...
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  • Homo heidelbergensis ("Heidelberg Man") is the name given ... de Atapuerca in Spain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101 ...
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  • Forensic science (often shortened to forensics) is the application ... Forensic scientists utilize principles and techniques from such fields ...
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  • Monera, in some systems of biological classification, is a kingdom ... and Eucarya]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S ...
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  • Open access publishing is a form of publishing that allows users free ... or less, such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Many ...
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  • Impact factor, often abbreviated IF, is a measure of citations in ... Impact factor was devised by Eugene Garfield, the founder of the Institute ...
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  • The Thar Desert, also known as the Great Indian Desert, encompasses ... The Thar Desert's name derives from the word t'hul, the ...
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  • Radiolaria is a diverse grouping of amoeboid protozoa that produce ... #039;s Radiolaria. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 94: ...
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  • Hemichordata is a small phylum of worm-shaped, marine invertebrates ... deuterostome phyla.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA ...
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  • evolution in plants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 97 ... mutable loci in maize. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. V. ...
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  • whose inventions and discoveries in the fields of electromagnetism ... details]—Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (1967 ...
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  • and historian widely regarded as the modern founder of the scholarly ... Scholem is best known for his collection of lectures, Major Trends ...
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  • In botany, the term evergreen refers to a tree, shrub, or other plant ... of coevolution] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • and statistical mechanics. He introduced the "phase rule," which ... Josiah Willard Gibbs was the only son and the fourth of five children ...
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  • Megabat is the common name for any of the largely herbivorous Old ... superorder Archonta.] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • for his astronomical discoveries, including the rings of the planet Saturn ... Born in The Hague, Christiaan Huygens was the second son of Constantijn ...
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  • online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows ... the January 2007 The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, is ...
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  • Geckos are small to average sized lizards belonging to the family ... in gecko setae." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • Capuchin monkey is the common name for the tropical New World monkeys ... Hardly a stranger]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 ...
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  • fish), are marine invertebrates belonging to the kingdom animalia, phylum Echinodermata ... Characteristics of sea stars include that they exhibit a superficially ...
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  • act as biological catalysts in regulating the rate of chemical reactions ... cleaving ribozymes.] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97(11 ...
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  • important role in biochemical processes. At the pH levels of the human body ... hexokinase.] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 74(9 ...
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  • The Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) is the National Library ... The Library holds over ten million books, three hundred fifty thousands ...
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  • variation." Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences 95: ... variation." Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences 95: ...
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  • A spermatozoon or spermatozoan (pl. spermatozoa), from the ancient ... function in sperm. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100(25). ...
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  • American sociologist, who spent most of his career teaching at Columbia ... Jewish immigrant family. Educated in the South Philadelphia High School ...
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  • A nudibranch is any of the soft-bodied, shell-less marine gastropods ... and fascinating shapes have added greatly to the wonder of nature. However ...
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  • invertebrates." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA ... invertebrates." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA ...
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  • 2005, Bedford, Massachusetts U.S.) was one of the twentieth century's ... Mayr's theories on speciation remain the leading view of how ...
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  • Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 – September 28, 1953) was ... galactic nebulae], Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Volume ...
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  • was an Australian neurophysiologist who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology ... in Natural Theology, a sweeping view of the scientific understanding ...
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  • from undivided India, who contributed to the foundations of experimental ... He is also considered the father of Bengali science fiction. ...
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  • was an Indian physicist, who was awarded the 1930 Nobel Prize in Physics ... near Porasakudi Village and Mangudi in the Tanjore district. His father ...
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  • The Platte River is an approximately 310 mile (499 km) long river ... , with a drainage basin of some 86000|sqmi|km2|0|sp=us , a large portion ...
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  • unpleasantness, pain is a critical component of the human body's defense ... experience of pain. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 100 ...
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  • In biology, transcription is the cellular process of synthesizing ... TATA-binding protein]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • to mathematics and physics. One of the world's greatest mathematicians ... Lagrange was of French and Italian descent, and was baptized Giuseppe ...
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  • A caterpillar is the larval stage of a member of the order Lepidoptera ... in larval Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA ...
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  • Greenhouse gases (GHGs) is the name given to a number of gases present ... of natural sinks] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2007 ...
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  • The Eocene epoch (56-34 million years ago) is a major division of ... European continent. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • Snail is the common name applied to most members of the mollusk class ... a terrestrial mollusc. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 78(1 ...
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  • Gamma rays (γ rays) is the popular name applied to gamma radiation ... By comparison, visible light occupies the middle range of the electromagnetic ...
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  • The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (Devanāgarī: ... and technology-oriented institute of higher education established ...
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  • The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC or HCUA 1934–1975 ... While the committee was charged with finding subversive activities ...
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  • infectious viral particule) and is a type of infectious agent made only ... The functionality of a protein is dependent upon its ability to fold ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology ... conscious access. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Vol ...
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  • The Sierra Nevada (Spanish for "snowy mountain range") is ... The Sierra Nevada, home to the largest trees in the world--the Giant ...
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  • Dravidian peoples refers to the peoples that natively speak languages ... The origins of the Dravidian people and language has been difficult ...
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  • water-soluble vitamin required for a number of metabolic processes in living ... in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA ...
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  • Sewage treatment, or domestic wastewater treatment, is the process ... , or collected and transported via a network of pipes and pump stations to ...
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  • :This article focuses on modern scientific research on the age of Earth. ... Modern geologists and geophysicists consider the age of Earth to be ...
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  • produces a three-dimensional image or map of functional processes in the ... hexokinase. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA ...
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  • United States journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in ... and hominid speech. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 96(4 ...
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  • from ambient air.] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ... use of fire in Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Early ...
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  • Islam in India constitutes the second-most practiced religion after ... impact. Indeed, Islam has become woven into the very fabric of Indian civilization ...
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  • quot; or "mason") describes the large scale motions of Earth ... crustal magnetism. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102:14970–14975 ...
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  • The Ebionites (from Hebrew; אביונים, Ebyonim, "the poor ... Scholarly knowledge of the Ebionites is limited and fragmentary, deriving ...
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  • metazoan phylum.] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 ... sex in the Placozoa]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 ...
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  • executive dysfunction occasioning symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity ... decades of research]Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • Frog is the common name for any of the members of the amphibian order ... risk trade-offs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 92: ...
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  • The term chiral is used to describe an object that is not superposable ... a pristine meteorite]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Retrieved ...
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  • A lichen is a composite organism composed of a fungus (the mycobiont ... The body (thallus) of most lichens is quite different from that of ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... which male members predominate in positions of power. The term "patriarchy ...
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  • Denisovans are an extinct hominid group more closely related to the ... 000 years ago?]. "Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" ...
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  • eggs lack a tough protective membrane around the embryo. The term "amphibian ... living amphibians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • Fullerenes are a family of carbon allotropes (other allotropes of ... nanocomposite paper, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 ...
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  • of human evolution. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104 ... admixture in Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 108 ...
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  • Deuterium (chemical symbol D or ²H) is a stable isotope of hydrogen ... Scientists have developed a variety of applications for deuterium ...
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  • |image_name = Portrait of Milton Friedman.jpg ... intellectual who made major contributions to the fields of macroeconomics, ...
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  • of the ants]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ... of ant ancestors]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • Game theory is a branch of applied mathematics comprising a family ... The 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics recognized the work of three men ...
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  • Turtle is any aquatic or terrestrial reptile of the order Testudines ... affinities of turtles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA ...
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  • aircraft that obtains thrust by reaction to the ejection of fast-moving fluid ... In chemically powered rockets, the combustion of propellant produces ...
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  • Emu is the common name for a large flightless Australian bird, Dromaius ... The emu is common over most of mainland Australia, although it avoids ...
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  • century Gujarati literature, and was one of several Gujarati writers and ... Manilal's writings belong to the Pandit Yuga, or "Scholar ...
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  • researcher. Pauling is widely regarded as the premier chemist of the twentieth ... of cancer cells in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2006. ...
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  • Ultrasound is cyclic sound pressure with a frequency greater than ... Disorders; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]. Care ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Psychology ... resonance study. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA ...
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  • Magnolia is the common name and genus name for a large group of deciduous ... Magnolia species are native to the Western Hemisphere (eastern North ...
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  • military official and politician during the late Qing Dynasty and the ... Yuan is criticized in Chinese culture for taking advantage of both ...
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  • ::Note: This page is about the species Hippopotamus amphibius. ... Cetartiodactyla," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 ...
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  • galactic nebulae] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 15 ... Interstellar Space] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 15 ...
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  • Irrigation is an artificial application of water to the soil, usually ... in the Peruvian Andes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Sociology ... intercourse in exchange for remuneration. The legal status of prostitution ...
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  • physicist, cosmologist, author, and Director of Research at the Centre for ... Despite being diagnosed with a rare early-onset slow-progressing form ...
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  • Intelligent design (ID) is the view that it is possible to infer from ... by chance. ID focuses on just those sorts of complex patterns that in human ...
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  • Fasting refers to the act of willingly abstaining from the consumption ... from calorie intake] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • Albatrosses are large seabirds in the biological family Diomedeidae ... Albatrosses range widely in the Southern Ocean (South Pole Ocean or ...
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  • physicist, best known for his role as the director of the Manhattan ... After the war, he was a chief advisor to the newly created United ...
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  • ca. June 18, 1928) was a Norwegian explorer of polar regions. Amundsen interacted ... 23, 2007 from PNAS Proceedings of The National Academy of Sciences ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... The Yupik or, in the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik ...
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  • Category:Politics and social sciences Category:Anthropology ... was two-way]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...
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  • was a German mathematician and scientist of profound genius who contributed ... with strong convictions, but was tolerant of those with other views. His ...
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  • Elephant is the common name for any of the large land mammals comprising ... in an Asian elephant]. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 ...
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  • Cycads (division Cycadophyta) are an ancient group of seed plants ... from conifers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 97: ...
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  • Behavior (American English) or behaviour (British English) is the ... being human: Morality] Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107 ...
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  • Maryland is a state located on the East Coast of the United States ... It was the seventh state to ratify the United States Constitution ...
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