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Where did thalassotherapy originate?

Score: 4.6/5 (46 votes) Thalassotherapy (from the Greek word thalassa, meaning “sea”) is the medical use of seawater as a form of therapy – the properties of seawater are commonly believed to have beneficial effects upon the pores of the skin – and this liquid form of life-enhancement was developed ...

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education insights

Whats in american cheese?

Score: 4.5/5 (31 votes) American cheese has a laundry list of ingredients you're required to decipher: cheddar cheese (listed as including milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), whey, water, protein concentrate, milk, sodium citrate, calcium phosphate, milkfat, gelatin, salt, sodium phosphate, l...

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culture and society

How poisonous is laburnum?

Score: 4.3/5 (56 votes) All parts of the plant are poisonous, although mortality is very rare. Symptoms of laburnum poisoning may include intense sleepiness, vomiting, convulsive movements, coma, slight frothing at the mouth and unequally dilated pupils. ... The main toxin in the plant is cytisine, ...

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data and analysis

What was the first megacity?

Score: 4.7/5 (51 votes) New York City and Tokyo were the first known megacities, both reaching an urban conglomeration of over 10 million by the 1950s.What is the biggest megacity?Tokyo (Japan) is currently the largest 'megacity' in the world with 37.4 million inhabitants. In 2100 it will ...

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policy and governance

Can binary cross entropy be negative?

Score: 4.8/5 (39 votes) It's never negative, and it's 0 only when y and ˆy are the same. Note that minimizing cross entropy is the same as minimizing the KL divergence from ˆy to y.What does negative binary cross entropy loss mean?When binary cross entropy predictions are negative, it is b...

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health

Should i pull nail out of tire?

Score: 4.8/5 (33 votes) Don't pull the nail out. Drive your vehicle to a good tire dealership. DO NOT let them just “plug: the tire. If the nail is quite large, they should run a small plug thru the hole after nail is removed, but they MUST dismount the tire from the wheel and place a small pat...

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culture and society

How to calculate cost of subcontracted work?

Score: 4.3/5 (1 votes) The subcontracting costs are based on the gross input of the end items. The costs are calculated by multiplying the end item quantity displayed in the Ordered Quantity field of the Purchase Order Lines (tdpur4101m000) session by the subcontracting rate factor and the subcontra...

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data and analysis

Should you put a tooth in milk?

Score: 4.1/5 (62 votes) The tooth must stay moist at all times, either in your mouth or, if it can't be replaced in the socket, put it in milk, in your mouth next to your cheek, or in an emergency tooth preservation kit (such as Save-a-Tooth®). Don't use regular tap water; root surface cel...

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health

How guns are deactivated?

Score: 4.3/5 (45 votes) The deactivation may have been accomplished by various means such as (but not limited to) welding of the chamber, cutting the barrel/chamber/breech, plugging the barrel, welding the bolt to the chamber, or some combination of these actions which rendered the firearm incapable...

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global affairs

How does a pulsometer watch work?

Score: 4.8/5 (18 votes) A pulsometer scale is usually calibrated to 15 or 30 heartbeats (or pulsations). Start the chronograph timer and count the beats until you get to the number the scale is calibrated for. Stop the time and you will read the heart rate in beats per minute. ... Pulsometer scales ...

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