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11human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness …
12National missile defense — This article is about systems to shield an entire country. For the ground based US missile defense system, see Ground Based Midcourse Defense. A Payload Launch Vehicle (PLV) carrying a prototype exoatmospheric kill vehicle is launched from Meck… …
13Solar inverter — Internal view of a solar inverter. A solar inverter or PV inverter is a critical component in a Photovoltaic system. It performs the conversion of the variable DC output of the Photovoltaic (PV) modules into a utility frequency AC current that… …
14Game clock — A game clock consists of two adjacent clocks and buttons to stop one clock while starting the other, such that the two component clocks never run simultaneously. Game clocks are used in two player games where the players move in turn. The purpose …
15Mir — This article is about the Soviet/Russian space station. For other uses, see Mir (disambiguation). Mir …
16Magic smoke — Smoke released from an electronic component An integrated circuit rendered u …
17Metro Transit (Halifax) — Founded 1979 Headquarters 200 Ilsley Avenue, Dartmouth, Nova Sco …
18STS-124 — Infobox Space mission mission name = STS 124 insignia = STS 124 patch.svg shuttle = Discovery launch pad = LC 39A launch = May 31, 2008, 5:02:12 p.m. EDTcite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/mission pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions/sts124/main/index.html… …
19Stars and planetary systems in fiction — The planetary systems of stars other than the Sun and the Solar System are a staple element in much science fiction. Contents 1 Overview 1.1 The brightest stars …
20Tuberculosis in China — Tuberculosis is a major public health problem in China. China has the world s second largest tuberculosis epidemic (after India), but progress in tuberculosis control was slow during the 1990s. Detection of tuberculosis had stagnated at around… …
