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  2. Pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    Regular aerobic exercise during pregnancy appears to improve (or maintain) physical fitness. [128] Physical exercise during pregnancy appears to decrease the need for C-section [129] and reduce time in labor, [130] and even vigorous exercise carries no significant risks to babies [131] while providing significant health benefits to the mother ...

  3. Decompression practice - Wikipedia

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    The surface interval (SI) or surface interval time (SIT) is the time spent by a diver at surface pressure after a dive during which inert gas which was still present at the end of the dive is further eliminated from the tissues. [6] This continues until the tissues are at equilibrium with the surface pressures. This may take several hours.

  4. Human - Wikipedia

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    [10] [11] The word human can refer to all members of the Homo genus. [12] The name Homo sapiens means 'wise man' or 'knowledgeable man'. [ 13 ] There is disagreement if certain extinct members of the genus, namely Neanderthals , should be included as a separate species of humans or as a subspecies of H. sapiens .

  5. Space Shuttle - Wikipedia

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    II–112–113 The entire underside of the orbiter vehicle, as well as the other hottest surfaces, were protected with tiles of high-temperature reusable surface insulation, made of borosilicate glass-coated silica fibers that trapped heat in air pockets and redirected it out. Areas on the upper parts of the orbiter vehicle were coated in tiles ...

  6. Bird - Wikipedia

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    The first classification of birds was developed by Francis Willughby and John Ray in their 1676 volume Ornithologiae. [9] Carl Linnaeus modified that work in 1758 to devise the taxonomic classification system currently in use. [10] Birds are categorised as the biological class Aves in Linnaean taxonomy.

  7. Crimea - Wikipedia

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    In English, the omission of the definite article ("Crimea" rather than "the Crimea") became common during the later 20th century. [citation needed]The spelling "Crimea" is from the Italian form, la Crimea, since at least the 17th century [3] and the "Crimean peninsula" becomes current during the 18th century, gradually replacing the classical name of Tauric Peninsula in the course of the 19th ...

  8. Namibia - Wikipedia

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    Namibia (/ n ə ˈ m ɪ b i ə / ⓘ [17] [18]), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa.Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean.It shares land borders with Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the east and south.

  9. Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Pakistan is the 33rd-largest country by area. Bounded by the Arabian Sea on the south, the Gulf of Oman on the southwest, and the Sir Creek on the southeast, it shares land borders with India to the east ; Afghanistan to the west ; Iran to the southwest ; and China to the northeast .