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  2. Fearmongering - Wikipedia

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    Social agents of all kinds are often using fearmongering as a tactic in the competition for attention, as illustrated by the examples below. [3] [5] Fearmongering can have strong psychological effects, which may be intended or unintended. One hypothesized effect is mean world syndrome in which people perceive the world as more dangerous than it ...

  3. Inducer - Wikipedia

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    In molecular biology, an inducer is a molecule that regulates gene expression. [1] An inducer functions in two ways; namely: By disabling repressors.The gene is expressed because an inducer binds to the repressor.

  4. If, for example, the Sun were replaced by a black hole of equal mass, the orbits of the planets would be essentially unaffected. A stellar mass black hole can pull in a substantial inflow of surrounding matter, but only if the star from which it formed was already doing so. [10]

  5. List of cytochrome P450 modulators - Wikipedia

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    "INHIBITORS, INDUCERS AND SUBSTRATES OF CYTOCHROME P450 ISOZYMES". "The Life Raft Group: Long List of Inhibitors and Inducers of CYP3A4 and CYP2D6". "DRUGBANK Online: Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors". "MEDICATIONS METABOLIZED BY CYTOCHROME P450 3A4" (PDF)

  6. Voodoo death - Wikipedia

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    Citing examples of extraordinary deaths (and their extraneous circumstances) in aboriginal societies, Cannon posited that fear of supernatural consequences to broken societal taboos caused some deaths witnessed among the natives. What Cannon described has since been termed "bone-pointing syndrome", wherein an individual receives some sort of ...

  7. List of mass panic cases - Wikipedia

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    Irish Fright (1688) – In England and parts of Wales in December 1688 during the Glorious Revolution, false reports that Irish soldiers were burning and massacring English towns prompted a mass panic in at least 19 counties, with thousands of people arming themselves and preparing to resist non-existent groups of marauding Irishmen. [9]

  8. Elicitor - Wikipedia

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    An example is chitosan which is found in insects, fungi and the shells of crustaceans. Chitosan is used in agriculture as a natural biocontrol agent, to improve plant health and increase crop yields. Chitosan is used in agriculture as a natural biocontrol agent, to improve plant health and increase crop yields.

  9. Ideasthesia - Wikipedia

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    Ideasthesia (alternative spelling ideaesthesia) is a neuropsychological phenomenon in which activations of concepts (inducers) evoke perception-like sensory experiences (concurrents). The name comes from the Ancient Greek ἰδέα (idéa) and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis), meaning 'sensing concepts' or