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71Vomiting — Emesis redirects here. For the butterfly genus, see Emesis (genus). Heaving redirects here. For the up and down motion, see Heave. Puke redirects here. For the district in Albania, see Pukë District. For the town in Albania, see Pukë. Vomiting …
72Committed dose equivalent (CDE) — Committed dose equivalent is the dose to a specific organ or tissue that is received from an intake of radioactive material by an individual during the 50 year period following the intake. The CDE is expressed in rem or sieverts (Sv). References… …
73Collective dose — is a measure of the total amount of effective dose multiplied by the size of the exposed population. Collective dose is usually measured in units of person rem or person sieverts, or man rem or man sievert. References European Nuclear Society… …
74Cumulative dose — is the total dose resulting from repeated exposures of ionizing radiation to an occupationally exposed worker to the same portion of the body, or to the whole body, over a period of time. References USNRC Glossary See also Radioactivity Radiation …
75Deep-dose equivalent — The Deep dose equivalent (DDE) is the external whole body exposure dose equivalent at a tissue depth of 1 cm (1000 mg/cm2). References USNRC glossary See also Radioactivity Radiation poisoning Ionizing radiation Total effective dose equivalent… …
76David A. Schauer — CDR DA Schauer, MSC, USN (retired) Radiation Specialist (1984 to 2004) Born 22 September 1961 (1961 09 22) (age 50) Elmer, New Jersey …
77plant — plantable, adj. plantless, adj. plantlike, adj. /plant, plahnt/, n. 1. any member of the kingdom Plantae, comprising multicellular organisms that typically produce their own food from inorganic matter by the process of photosynthesis and that… …
78radioactivity — /ray dee oh ak tiv i tee/, n. Physics, Chem. the phenomenon, exhibited by and being a property of certain elements, of spontaneously emitting radiation resulting from changes in the nuclei of atoms of the element. Also called activity. [1895… …
79geomagnetic field — Magnetic field associated with the Earth. It is essentially dipolar (i.e., it has two poles, the northern and southern magnetic poles) on the Earth s surface. Away from the surface, the field becomes distorted. Most geomagnetists explain the… …
80Nobel Prizes — ▪ 2009 Introduction Prize for Peace The 2008 Nobel Prize for Peace was awarded to Martti Ahtisaari, former president (1994–2000) of Finland, for his work over more than 30 years in settling international disputes, many involving ethnic,… …
