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The Romans did not use numerals to indicate fractions but instead used words to indicate parts of a whole.
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People with alcoholism are at a much greater risk of malnutrition than are other people and usually exhibit low levels of most vitamins (especially folic acid). This is because alcohol often takes the place of 50% of their daily intake of calories, with little nutritional value contained in it.
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Dogs have been used in studies to detect various cancers in human subjects. They have been trained to sniff breath samples from humans that were collected by having them breathe into special tubes. These people included 55 lung cancer patients, 31 breast cancer patients, and 83 cancer-free patients. The dogs detected 54 of the 55 lung cancer patients as having cancer, detected 28 of the 31 breast cancer patients, and gave only three false-positive results (detecting cancer in people who didn't have it).
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Medication errors are more common among seriously ill patients than with those with minor conditions.
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Coca-Cola originally used coca leaves and caffeine from the African kola nut. It was advertised as a therapeutic agent and "pickerupper." Eventually, its formulation was changed, and the coca leaves were removed because of the effects of regulation on cocaine-related products.
The tundra at the base of the Torngat mountains in Labrador consists primarily of low-growing mosses
Continuous variation in a natural population
Base Pairing in DNA Is Complementary
Natural capital degradation
Uranus's southern hemisphere in approximate natural colour (left) and in shorter wavelengths (r
This chart illustrates the “drip down” model of government. In this, politics is formed by the soc