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  2. High-speed rail - Wikipedia

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    An incompatible system has been developed at Southwest Jiaotong University in Chengdu, the design uses high-temperature super conducting magnets, which the university has been researching since 2000, and is capable of 620 km/h (390 mph). A prototype was demonstrated in January 2021 on a 165 m (180 yd) test track.

  3. Crowdfunding - Wikipedia

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    Crowdfunding for Cairo University The Egyptian national leader, Mustafa Kamel , launched an initiative for public subscription in favor of establishing the first Egyptian university, and published an advertisement in Al-Ahram newspaper in October 1906 calling on Egyptians to fulfill the nation's debt and not procrastinate with it.

  4. Cryptography - Wikipedia

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    Before the modern era, cryptography focused on message confidentiality (i.e., encryption)—conversion of messages from a comprehensible form into an incomprehensible one and back again at the other end, rendering it unreadable by interceptors or eavesdroppers without secret knowledge (namely the key needed for decryption of that message).

  5. Zambia - Wikipedia

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    The Zambian Defence Force (ZDF) consists of the Zambia Army (ZA), the Zambia Air Force (ZAF), and the Zambian National Service (ZNS). The ZDF is designed primarily against external threats. In 2019, Zambia signed the UN treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons .

  6. Compost - Wikipedia

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    When turning compost that has not gone through phases where temperatures above 50 °C (122 °F) are reached, a mouth mask and gloves must be worn to protect from diseases that can be contracted from handling compost, including: [25] Aspergillosis; Farmer's lung; Histoplasmosis – a fungus that grows in guano and bird droppings; Legionnaires ...

  7. Chiropractic - Wikipedia

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    Although initially keeping chiropractic a family secret, in 1898 Palmer began teaching it to a few students at his new Palmer School of Chiropractic. [21] One student, his son Bartlett Joshua (B. J.) Palmer , became committed to promoting chiropractic, took over the Palmer School in 1906, and rapidly expanded its enrollment.

  8. Industrial and organizational psychology - Wikipedia

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    I-O psychologists must adhere to professional standards in personnel selection efforts. SIOP (e.g., Principles for validation and use of personnel selection procedures [58]) and APA together with the National Council on Measurement in Education (e.g., Standards for educational and psychological testing [59] are sources of those standards.

  9. Sexual and reproductive health - Wikipedia

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    A study [48] conducted at Oxford University in 2015 concluded that despite giving participants early antiviral medications , they still cost an estimated $256 billion over 2 decades. HIV testing done at modest rates could reduce HIV infections by 21%, HIV retention by 54%, and HIV mortality rates by 64%, with a cost-effectiveness ratio of ...