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Author Question: The number 5.320 102 in conventional notation is A) 532.0. B) 53.20. C) 5.320. D) 0.5320. E) ... (Read 1833 times) |
The horizontal fraction bar was introduced by the Arabs.
On average, someone in the United States has a stroke about every 40 seconds. This is about 795,000 people per year.
For high blood pressure (hypertension), a new class of drug, called a vasopeptidase blocker (inhibitor), has been developed. It decreases blood pressure by simultaneously dilating the peripheral arteries and increasing the body's loss of salt.
There are more nerve cells in one human brain than there are stars in the Milky Way.
The use of salicylates dates back 2,500 years to Hippocrates's recommendation of willow bark (from which a salicylate is derived) as an aid to the pains of childbirth. However, overdosage of salicylates can harm body fluids, electrolytes, the CNS, the GI tract, the ears, the lungs, the blood, the liver, and the kidneys and cause coma or death.