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  • 21Map projection — A medieval depiction of the Ecumene (1482, Johannes Schnitzer, engraver), constructed after the coordinates in Ptolemy s Geography and using his second map projection A map projection is any method of representing the surface of a sphere or other …

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  • 22Analog sound vs. digital sound — Analog sound versus digital sound compares the two ways in which sound is recorded and stored. Actual sound waves consist of continuous variations in air pressure. Representations of these signals can be recorded in either digital or analog… …

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  • 23André Kertész — Infobox Person name = André Kertész image size = caption = André Kertész in New York, 1982 birth name = Andor Kertész birth date = July 2, 1894 birth place = Budapest, Hungary death date = September 28, 1985 (aged 91) death place = New York City …

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  • 24Efraim Karsh — ( he. אפרים קארש; born 1953) is Professor and Head of Mediterranean Studies at King s College London. An historian of the Middle East, and a best selling author, he is regarded as the most vocal critic of the New Historians, a group of Israeli… …

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  • 25Epiretinal membrane — Infobox Disease Name = Epiretinal membrane Caption = DiseasesDB = 31161 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|362.56 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = oph eMedicineTopic = 396 MeshID = D019773 [ Macular pucker. Most cases of Epiretinal membrane are… …

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  • 26Ingres, J.-A.-D — ▪ French painter Introduction in full  Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres  born August 29, 1780, Montauban, France died January 14, 1867, Paris  painter and icon of cultural conservatism in 19th century France. Ingres became the principal proponent of …

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  • 27flashback, drug related —    Also known as flashback phenomenon. The introduction of the term flashback is attributed to the American psychiatrist Mardi Jon Horowitz (b. 1934). Horowitz used the term in 1969 to denote a return of hallucinations, *illusions, or * sensory… …

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  • 28Rhombicuboctahedron — The rhombicuboctahedron, or small rhombicuboctahedron, is an Archimedean solid with eight triangular and eighteen square faces. There are 24 identical vertices, with one triangle and three squares meeting at each. Note that six of the squares… …

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  • 29Delirium — This article is about the mental state and medical condition. For other uses, see Delirium (disambiguation). Delirium Classification and external resources ICD 10 F05 ICD 9 …

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  • 30Micropsia — An illustration depicting the symptoms of micropsia from Lewis Carroll s 1865 novel Alice s Adventures in Wonderland. ICD 10 H …

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