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  • written to be performed by such a group. The string quartet is one of the ... The quartet became popular in the beginning of the Classical period ...
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  • The flatworms are a phylum, Platyhelminthes, of relatively simple ... about 25,000 known species, flatworms are the largest phylum of acoelomates ...
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  • known as Abu Sufyan, was a leading man of the Quraish of Mecca and arch ... between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims. The lateness of his conversion ...
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  • of functional group that contain nitrogen as the key atom. Structurally amines ... As displayed in the images below, primary amines arise when one of ...
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  • Mosasaur is any of the various extinct, marine reptiles comprising ... indicating a wide distribution in the oceans. Although dominant for ...
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  • insects, as well as ticks (arachnids). It is the most common active ingredient ... In addition to being a nuisance, the bites of a number of insects ...
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  • act as biological catalysts in regulating the rate of chemical reactions ... Unraveling the mystery of the ribozyme not only has scientific interest ...
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  • it can be a source of neutrons. In addition, the isotope polonium-210 has been ... neutrons, it was converted to bismuth-210, the parent of polonium. This procedure ...
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  • : This article is about the chemical element lithium. number=3 | symbol ... Lithium (chemical symbol Li, atomic number 3) is the lightest solid ...
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  • leader as a modernist composer to influence the likes of Arnold Schoenberg ... in Leipzig, where he was music director of the university until 1908, and ...
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  • 1860-61 and Secretary of War through most of the American Civil War and Reconstruction ... Stanton was born in Steubenville, Ohio, the eldest of the four children ...
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  • (? - 208) was a renowned physician during the Eastern Han Dynasty and Three ... Hua Tuo also developed acupuncture and devised the Wuqinxi (五禽戲 ...
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  • :For other meanings of the abbreviation Pr, see PR. number=59 | symbol ... silvery metallic element that is a member of the lanthanide series of chemical ...
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  • The thermoelectric effect is a phenomenon by which a temperature difference ... or to heat them or cook them. Because the direction of heating and cooling ...
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  • titanium. It is obtained chiefly from the silicate mineral zircon and ... The purified metal is primarily used by the nuclear industry to form ...
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  • The idea behind child welfare programs is that, in certain circumstances ... in a situation of danger, either in the form of neglect or abuse, ...
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  • language. Phonemes that are established by the use of minimal pairs, such ... each other in a given language. For example, the English k sounds in the words ...
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  • of a ring containing several ether groups. The most common crown ethers are ... Crown ethers strongly bind certain cations, forming complexes. The ...
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  • An epoxide is a cyclic ether with only three ring atoms. The simplest ... as polyethylene oxide, which is commercially the most important form of polyether. ...
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  • who traveled on foot from China to India in the early Tang period and studied ... Xuanzang’s detailed account of his travels, Journey to the West ...
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