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  2. Vocal cords - Wikipedia

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    Vocal folds (open) Vocal folds (speaking) In humans, the vocal cords, also known as vocal folds, are folds of throat tissues that are key in creating sounds through vocalization.

  3. Mathematics - Wikipedia

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    Examples of unexpected applications of mathematical theories can be found in many areas of mathematics. A notable example is the prime factorization of natural numbers that was discovered more than 2,000 years before its common use for secure internet communications through the RSA cryptosystem . [ 127 ]

  4. Sampling (statistics) - Wikipedia

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    For example, an interviewer may be told to sample 200 females and 300 males between the age of 45 and 60. It is this second step which makes the technique one of non-probability sampling. In quota sampling the selection of the sample is non-random. For example, interviewers might be tempted to interview those who look most helpful.

  5. Woman - Wikipedia

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    For example, discrimination against women has lowered female life expectancy in some parts of Asia so that men there live longer than women. [ 79 ] The difference in life expectancy are believed to be partly due to biological advantages and partly due to gendered behavioral differences between men and women.

  6. Chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. [1] It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions: their composition, structure, properties, behavior and the changes they undergo during reactions with other substances.

  7. Anthropology - Wikipedia

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    Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including archaic humans. [1]