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  2. 2-Ethylhexyl salicylate - Wikipedia

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    2-Ethylhexyl salicylate also known as octisalate or octyl salicylate, is an organic compound used as an ingredient in sunscreens and cosmetics to absorb UVB (ultraviolet) rays from the sun. [1] It is an ester formed by the condensation of salicylic acid with 2-ethylhexanol. It is a colorless oily liquid with a slight floral odor.

  3. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The top grade, A, is given here for performance that exceeds the mean by more than 1.5 standard deviations, a B for performance between 0.5 and 1.5 standard deviations above the mean, and so on. [17] Regardless of the absolute performance of the students, the best score in the group receives a top grade and the worst score receives a failing grade.

  4. Naproxen - Wikipedia

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    Naproxen's medical uses are related to its mechanism of action as an anti-inflammatory compound. [11] Naproxen is used to treat a variety of inflammatory conditions and symptoms that are due to excessive inflammation, such as pain and fever (naproxen has fever-reducing, or antipyretic, properties in addition to its anti-inflammatory activity). [11]

  5. Microsoft Word - Wikipedia

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    Microsoft Word is a word processing program developed by Microsoft.It was first released on October 25, 1983, [12] under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems. [13] [14] [15] Subsequent versions were later written for several other platforms including: IBM PCs running DOS (1983), Apple Macintosh running the Classic Mac OS (1985), AT&T UNIX PC (1985), Atari ST (1988), OS/2 (1989 ...

  6. Dale–Chall readability formula - Wikipedia

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    The Dale–Chall readability formula is a readability test that provides a numeric gauge of the comprehension difficulty that readers come upon when reading a text. It uses a list of 3000 words that groups of fourth-grade American students could reliably understand, considering any word not on that list to be difficult.

  7. Latin honors - Wikipedia

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    cum laude (English: / k u m ˈ l aʊ d eɪ /), meaning "with praise", typically awarded to graduates in the top 20%, 25%, or 33% of their class, depending on the institution. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] magna cum laude ( / ˈ m æ ɡ n ə / ), meaning "with great praise", typically awarded to graduates in the top 5%, 10%, or 15% of their class, depending on ...

  8. List of file signatures - Wikipedia

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    Header file of a .hdr/.img pair in NIfTI format, used extensively in biomedical imaging. 52 41 46 36 34: RAF64: 0 Report Builder file from Digital Metaphors: 56 49 53 33: VIS3: 0 Resource file Visionaire 3.x Engine: 4D 53 48 7C 42 53 48 7C: MSH| BSH| 0 hl7 Health Level Seven (HL7) Standard for electronic data exchange : 70 77 72 64 61 74 61 ...

  9. PDF - Wikipedia

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    Portable Document Format (PDF), standardized as ISO 32000, is a file format developed by Adobe in 1992 to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.