Successful inter-human allotransplants have a relatively long history; the operative skills were present long before the necessities for post-operative survival were discovered. Rejection and the side effects of preventing rejection (especially infection and nephropathy) were, are, and may always be the key problem. Several apocryphal accounts of transplants exist well prior to the scientific understanding and advancements that would be necessary for them to have actually occurred. The Chinese physician Pien Ch-iao reportedly exchange ...

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Organ transplant, Organ transplant - Types of Transplant, Organ transplant - Autograft, Organ transplant - Allograft, Organ transplant - Xenograft, Organ transplant - Major Organs and Tissues Transplanted, Organ transplant - Solid Organs, Organ transplant - Tissues Cells and Fluids, Organ transplant - Types of Donor, Organ transplant - Living, Organ transplant - Deceased formerly cadaveric, Organ transplant - Special Types, Organ transplant - Split Liver Transplants, Organ transplant - Domino Transplants, Organ transplant - History, Organ transplant - Recent Developments, Organ transplant - Steroid-Free Immunosuppression, Organ transplant - Calcineurin-Inhibitor-Free Immunosuppression, Organ transplant - Paired-Donor Exchange, Organ transplant - Notable people having had organ transplants

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Organized community groups seek accountability from elected officials and increased direct representation within decision-making bodies. Where good-faith negotiations fail, these constituency-led organizations seek to pressure the decision-makers through a variety of means, including picketing, boycotting, sit-ins, petitioning, and electoral politics. Community organizing is usually focused on more than just resolving specific issues. Organizing is the business of building a power structure that involves all community members, ...

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Community organizing, Community organizing - Common Aspects of Organized Communities, Community organizing - History of Community Organizing in the United States, Community organizing - 1880 to 1900, Community organizing - 1900 to 1940, Community organizing - 1940 to 1960, Community organizing - 1960 to Present, Community organizing - Organizations, Community organizing - Notable community organizers

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Exodus International's first scandal occurred in 1979 when Michael Bussee (one of the co-founding members who had helped organize the 1976 conference that led to Exodus' inception) left the group to be with Gary Cooper, also a co-organizer of that conference and a staff member at the local Exodus ministry where they both worked. Later they held a life commitment ceremony. Their story is one of the focuses of the documentary One Nation Under God (1993), directed by Teodoro Maniaci and Francine Rzeznik. < ...

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Exodus organization, Exodus organization - Controversy, Exodus organization - Paulk Affair, Exodus organization - Exodus today, Exodus organization - Sources

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Many organic chemicals form peroxides in presence of atmospheric oxygen and sometimes ultraviolet light; a typical example is the diethyl ether peroxide. As they combine unstably bound oxygen together with hydrogen and carbon in the same molecule, organic peroxides catch fire easily and burn rapidly and intensely. The same applies to organic materials contaminated with organic peroxides. Since peroxides can form spontaneously in some materials, some caution must be exercised with such "peroxide forming materials". In addition, many li ...

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Organic peroxide, Organic peroxide - Occurrence and use, Organic peroxide - Safety, Organic peroxide - Synthesis

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Between 1937 and 1946 local clubs of distributive education students were formed to fulfill the need of cooperative education students to belong, to develop socially, and to be a part of a group. In 1944 the state clubs in the area then designated as the Southern Region, announced that they had joined together under the common name of the Distributors' Club. This association was announced at that year' ...

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DECA Organization, DECA Organization - History, DECA Organization - Structure, DECA Organization - Sources, DECA Organization - External link

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The largest tree in circumference is the Árbol del Tule, a Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum), having a circumference of 35.87 m (diameter of 11.42 m) (37.5 ft) at 1.5 m above ground level. The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the world's largest tree in terms of total volume and mass. They grow to an average height of 70–85 m (230–280 ft) and 5–7 m (16–23 ft) in diameter. Specimens have been reported to be 93.6 m (307 ft) in height and (not the same individual) 8.85 m (29 ft) in diameter; the la ...

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Largest organism, Largest organism - Living animals, Largest organism - Mammals Mammalia, Largest organism - Birds, Largest organism - Reptiles, Largest organism - Fish, Largest organism - Cnidaria, Largest organism - Invertebrates, Largest organism - Crustaceans, Largest organism - Extinct animals, Largest organism - Complete skeletons, Largest organism - Incomplete skeletons, Largest organism - Other groups, Largest organism - Plants, Largest organism - Other kingdoms

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Astroturfing — the term is wordplay based on "grassroots" efforts — is an American term used pejoratively to describe formal public relations projects which deliberately seek to engineer the impression of spontaneous and populist reactions to a politician, product, service, event, etc. by many diverse and distributed individuals acting of their own volition, when such reaction does not in fact actually exist. Corporations have been known to "astroturf", but are not the only entities alleged to have done so. In recent years, ...

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Front organization, Front organization - Principal users of front entities, Front organization - Primary spheres of influence of front entities, Front organization - Fronts in organized crime, Front organization - Fronts for intelligence agencies, Front organization - Fronts for religious organizations, Front organization - Fronts for banned paramilitary organizations, Front organization - Fronts for extremist political organizations, Front organization - Corporate front groups, Front organization - Astroturfing

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There are several different elite fighting units within Cobra, each of which is trained in different types of combat. During the many power struggles within the Cobra organization, they are usually leveraged against each other. In the animated series, Cobra troops were usually portrayed as ineffectual bumblers. In the comics they were more formidable foes. From Hasbro's perspective, each new type of troop was an opportunity to release another collectible action figure, as each of the teams had different costumes. The original Cobra so ...

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Cobra Organization, Cobra Organization - Prominent Members, Cobra Organization - Troops, Cobra Organization - Bases, Cobra Organization - Mercenaries, Cobra Organization - Cobra-La

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Peroxides can be synthesized in the laboratory in a number of ways: peroxy acids by oxidation of carboxylic acids with hydrogen peroxide peroxy acids by oxidation and hydrolysis of Grignard reagents peroxides by photooxidation of dienes peroxides by oxymercuration of alkenes followed by reaction with a hydroperoxide peroxy acids by reaction of alkyl halid ...

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Organic peroxide, Organic peroxide - Occurrence and use, Organic peroxide - Safety, Organic peroxide - Synthesis

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The following list summarizes and classifies the instances of self-organization found in different disciplines. As the list grows, it becomes increasingly difficult to determine whether these phenomena are all fundamentally the same process, or the same label applied to several different processes. Self-organization, despite its intuitive simplicity as a concept, has proven notoriously difficult to define and pin down formally or mathematically, and it is entirely possible that any precise definition might not include all the ...

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Self-organization, Self-organization - Overview, Self-organization - History of the idea, Self-organization - Examples, Self-organization - Self-organization in physics, Self-organization - Self-organization in chemistry, Self-organization - Self-organization in biology, Self-organization - Self-organization in mathematics and computer science, Self-organization - Self-organization in human society

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Since the mid 1970s, a relatively new field in ethics, bioethics, has emerged at the forefront of modern clinical science. Many philosophical arguments against organ donation stem from this field. Generally, these arguments fall into two camps: teleological and deontological ethical considerations. Organ donation - Deontological Issues. Pioneered by such giants as Paul Ramsey and Leon Kass, few modern bioethicists disagree on the moral status of organ donation. Certain groups, like the Christ ...

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Organ donation, Organ donation - Organ Shortfall, Organ donation - Political issues, Organ donation - Safety issues, Organ donation - Bioethical Issues in Organ Donation, Organ donation - Deontological Issues, Organ donation - Teleological Issues

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Organ transplant - Solid Organs. Heart (Deceased-donor only) Lung (Deceased-donor and Living-Donor) En bloc Heart/Lung (Deceased-donor only) Liver (Deceased-donor and Living-Donor) Kidney (Deceased-donor and Living-Donor) Pancreas (Deceased-donor and rarely Living-Donor) Small bowel (Small Intestine) (Deceased-donor and Living-Donor) Kidney-Pancreas (Sometimes simultaneous, sometimes in separate procedures) (Deceased-d ...

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Organ transplant, Organ transplant - Types of Transplant, Organ transplant - Autograft, Organ transplant - Allograft, Organ transplant - Xenograft, Organ transplant - Major Organs and Tissues Transplanted, Organ transplant - Solid Organs, Organ transplant - Tissues Cells and Fluids, Organ transplant - Types of Donor, Organ transplant - Living, Organ transplant - Deceased formerly cadaveric, Organ transplant - Special Types, Organ transplant - Split Liver Transplants, Organ transplant - Domino Transplants, Organ transplant - History, Organ transplant - Recent Developments, Organ transplant - Steroid-Free Immunosuppression, Organ transplant - Calcineurin-Inhibitor-Free Immunosuppression, Organ transplant - Paired-Donor Exchange, Organ transplant - Notable people having had organ transplants

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The Navigators was founded in 1933 by Dawson Trotman, out of his experiences mentoring US Navy sailor Les Spencer. 135 men became Christians on Les Spencer's ship before it was sunk at Pearl Harbor. By the end of World War II, thousands of men on ships and bases around the world were learning the principles of spiritual multiplication. Since then The Navigators has grown into a worldwide organization with representation in most countries of the world. It acquired its current location at Glen Eyrie through Billy Graham's contacting Tro ...

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The Navigators organization, The Navigators organization - History, The Navigators organization - Glen Eyrie's use today

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Definition and meaning of Graphic Organizer

Graphic Organizer

Graphic organizers are diagrams used to arrange information in a meaningful fashion.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

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Definition and meaning of Graphic Organizers

Graphic Organizers

Graphic organizers are diagrams used to arrange items in a meaningful fashion.

(Source: The Social Studies Center at Texas University )

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