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    The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA, pronounced /ˈʌnrə/ UN-rə) is a UN agency that supports the relief...
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    Myopia (redirect from Near-sighted)
    duochrome test. The near work hypothesis, also referred to as the "use-abuse theory" states that spending time involved in near work strains the intraocular...
    89 KB (9,445 words) - 20:07, 4 November 2024
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    The near field and far field are regions of the electromagnetic (EM) field around an object, such as a transmitting antenna, or the result of radiation...
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    The Near East is a transcontinental region around the East Mediterranean encompassing parts of West Asia, the Balkans, and North Africa; it also includes...
    58 KB (7,250 words) - 15:29, 20 October 2024
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    Own Families. The term "near-death experience" was used by John C. Lilly in 1972. The term was popularized in 1975 by the work of psychiatrist Raymond...
    72 KB (8,379 words) - 02:15, 3 November 2024
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    In science, work is the energy transferred to or from an object via the application of force along a displacement. In its simplest form, for a constant...
    49 KB (7,947 words) - 16:53, 10 November 2024
  • Ginder, (February 22, 1983 – June 27, 2021), better known by the pseudonyms Near and Byuu, was a programmer who specialized in emulation of video game console...
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    Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is a spectroscopic method that uses the near-infrared region of the electromagnetic spectrum (from 780 nm to 2500 nm)...
    32 KB (3,798 words) - 19:16, 2 November 2024
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    Robert Near (born October 6, 1980) is a Canadian ice hockey executive, and commissioner of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He previously worked at Adidas...
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    Near-field communication (NFC) is a set of communication protocols that enables communication between two electronic devices over a distance of 4 cm (1+1⁄2 in)...
    80 KB (7,515 words) - 17:32, 22 October 2024
  • In solid-state physics, the work function (sometimes spelled workfunction) is the minimum thermodynamic work (i.e., energy) needed to remove an electron...
    31 KB (3,657 words) - 12:42, 24 May 2024
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    most common types of refractive error are near-sightedness, far-sightedness, astigmatism, and presbyopia. Near-sightedness results in far away objects being...
    37 KB (3,867 words) - 16:57, 5 November 2024
  • merging. See templates for discussion to help reach a consensus. › Nearables (also nearable technology) is a term for a type of smart object, invented by Estimote...
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    In this, range of accommodation will be normal, but after excessive near work accommodative power will decrease. In paralysis of accommodation, amplitude...
    40 KB (4,956 words) - 18:21, 26 October 2024
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    She would also meet and work with the female singer in The Weavers, Ronnie Gilbert.[citation needed] After high school, Near enrolled in the Theatre Arts...
    25 KB (2,947 words) - 22:51, 24 September 2024
  • The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology is a 2005 non-fiction book about artificial intelligence and the future of humanity by inventor...
    26 KB (3,130 words) - 20:47, 1 November 2024
  • next work day becomes a day off. An official public holiday cannot replace a regular day off. Each year the government can modify working weeks near public...
    86 KB (9,669 words) - 06:06, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Near Eastern archaeology
    Near Eastern archaeology is a regional branch of the wider, global discipline of archaeology. It refers generally to the excavation and study of artifacts...
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    Monsters at Work is an American animated sitcom developed by Bobs Gannaway that premiered on Disney+ on July 7, 2021, as part of Pixar's Monsters, Inc...
    87 KB (5,365 words) - 01:35, 2 November 2024
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    living. Nearing was born in Morris Run, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, the heart of the state's coal country. Nearing's grandfather, Winfield Scott Nearing, had...
    64 KB (8,935 words) - 09:45, 6 November 2024
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