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2 hours ago · Hydrogen sulfide is a chemical compound with the formula H 2 S.It is a colorless chalcogen-hydride gas, and is poisonous, corrosive, and flammable, with trace amounts in ambient atmosphere having a characteristic foul odor of rotten eggs.
5 days ago · Based on these studies, we provide an overview of the use of hypothermia as a neuroprotective intervention in adults, and relate the observed treatment effects to knowledge derived from experimental studies which directly examine the cerebral physiological effects of hypothermia.
1 day ago · The Portuguese Empire ( Portuguese: Império Português, European Portuguese: [ĩˈpɛ.ɾju puɾ.tuˈɣeʃ] ), also known as the Portuguese Overseas ( Ultramar Português) or the Portuguese Colonial Empire ( Império Colonial Português ), was composed of the overseas colonies, factories, and later overseas territories, governed by the Kingdom ...
1 day ago · Sudden immersion into freezing water typically causes death within minutes, either from cardiac arrest, uncontrollable breathing of water, or cold shock (not, as commonly believed, from hypothermia); almost all of those in the water died of cardiac arrest or other bodily reactions to freezing water within 15–30 minutes.
- Collision with iceberg on 14 April
- 1,490–1,635
- 14–15 April 1912; 111 years ago
5 days ago · If the cold challenge is greater than your combined heat production and heat retention, then you are susceptible to a cold illness such as hypothermia. or frostbite. Cold Challenge—Negative Factors. Temperature. Body wetness from rain, sweat, water. Wind (see Windchill Index, page 288) Heat Retention—Positive Factors.
5 days ago · Their ears, tail, and paws are more exposed to the environment than other parts of the body, and the blood vessels in their ears are more susceptible to the ever-changing outside conditions than in...
2 days ago · Friedrich August von Hayek CH FBA ( / ˈhaɪək / HY-ək, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈʔaʊɡʊst fɔn ˈhaɪɛk] ⓘ; 8 May 1899 – 23 March 1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian-British polymath, whose areas of interest included economics, political philosophy, psychology, and intellectual history.
