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  • Ship motions

    Ship motions

    This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (May 2022 ) (Le

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  • Alfred Hershey

    Alfred Hershey

    Alfred Day Hershey (December 4, 1908 – May 22, 1997) was an American Nobel Prize–winning bacteriologist and geneticist.Alfred HersheyBornAlfred Day Hershey(1908-12-04 ) December 4, 1908Owosso, Mich

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  • Lithocholic acid

    Lithocholic acid

    Lithocholic acid, also known as 3α-hydroxy-5β-cholan-24-oic acid or LCA, is a bile acid that acts as a detergent to solubilize fats for absorption. Bacterial action in the colon produces LCA from c

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  • Heat shock

    Heat shock

    The heat shock response (HSR) is a cell stress response that increases the number of molecular chaperones to combat the negative effects on proteins caused by stressors such as increased temperatur

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  • Equivalent dose

    Equivalent dose

    Equivalent dose (symbol H) is a dose quantity representing the stochastic health effects of low levels of ionizing radiation on the human body which represents the probability of radiation-induced

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  • Strontium titanate

    Strontium titanate

    Strontium titanate is an oxide of strontium and titanium with the chemical formula SrTiO3. At room temperature, it is a centrosymmetric paraelectric material with a perovskite structure. At low tem

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  • Committed dose

    Committed dose

    The committed dose in radiological protection is a measure of the stochastic health risk due to an intake of radioactive material into the human body. Stochastic in this context is defined as the p

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  • Muricholic acid

    Muricholic acid

    Muricholic acids are a group of bile acids found as some of the main forms in mice, which gives them their name, and at low concentrations in other species.The two principal forms, α- and β-muricho

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  • Radiation shielding

    Radiation shielding

    Radiation protection, also known as radiological protection, is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "The protection of people from harmful effects of exposure to ionizing ra

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  • Glycocholic acid

    Glycocholic acid

    Glycocholic acid, or cholylglycine, is a crystalline bile acid involved in the emulsification of fats. It occurs as a sodium salt in the bile of mammals. It is a conjugate of cholic acid with glyci

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