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In patients with established cardiovascular disease prior to enrollment to the study, 8.8% experience cardiovascular events compared to 3% of patients in the placebo arm. In patients without established past medical cardiovascular disease, only 2.2% had a cardiovascular events which was lower than patients with past medical history significant for cardiovascular events and were randomized to placebo arm. 

Office of US. Foreign Disaster Assistance. 1999. Disaster history Significant data on major disasters worldwide, 1900-present. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C. 

Once production commences, data such as reservoir pressure, cumulative production, GOR, water cut and fluid contact movement are collected, and may be used to history match the simulation model. This entails adjusting the reservoir model to fit the observed data. The updated model may then be used for a more accurate prediction of future performance. This procedure is cyclic, and a full field reservoir simulation model will be updated whenever a significant amount of new data becomes available (say, every two to five years). 

The next significant development in the history of the geomebic phase is due to Mead and Truhlar [10]. The early workers [1-3] concenbated mainly on the specboscopic consequences of localized non-adiabatic coupling between the upper and lower adiabatic elecbonic eigenstates, while one now speaks... 

Nomenclature is the compilation of descriptions of things and technical terms in a special field of knowledge, the vocabulary ofa technical language. In the history of chemistry, a systematic nomenclature became significant only rather late. In the early times of alchemy, the properties of the substance or its appearance played a major role in giving a compound a name. Libavius was the first person who tried to fix some kind of nomenclature in Alckeinia in 1,597. In essence, he gave names to chemical equipment and processes (methods, names that are often still valid in our times. 

The DIIS method is not without cost. A history of Fock matrices must be maintained and appropriate memory allocated. In addition, the computational cost of generating anew Fock matrix is significant. Also, in very rare cases, the solution found by this method is very different from that found in other ways. 

Chemical analysis of the metal can serve various purposes. For the determination of the metal-alloy composition, a variety of techniques has been used. In the past, wet-chemical analysis was often employed, but the significant size of the sample needed was a primary drawback. Nondestmctive, energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectrometry is often used when no high precision is needed. However, this technique only allows a surface analysis, and significant surface phenomena such as preferential enrichments and depletions, which often occur in objects having a burial history, can cause serious errors. For more precise quantitative analyses samples have to be removed from below the surface to be analyzed by means of atomic absorption (82), spectrographic techniques (78,83), etc. 

Vapors emitted from the materials of closed storage and exhibit cases have been a frequent source of pollution problems. Oak wood, which in the past was often used for the constmction of such cases, emits a significant amount of organic acid vapors, including formic and acetic acids, which have caused corrosion of metal objects, as well as shell and mineral specimens in natural history collections. Plywood and particle board, especially those with a urea—formaldehyde adhesive, similarly often emit appreciable amounts of corrosive vapors. Sealing of these materials has proven to be not sufficiently rehable to prevent the problem, and generally thek use for these purposes is not considered acceptable practice. 

Relaxations of a-PVDF have been investigated by various methods including dielectric, dynamic mechanical, nmr, dilatometric, and piezoelectric and reviewed (3). Significant relaxation ranges are seen in the loss-modulus curve of the dynamic mechanical spectmm for a-PVDF at about 100°C (a ), 50°C (a ), —38° C (P), and —70° C (y). PVDF relaxation temperatures are rather complex because the behavior of PVDF varies with thermal or mechanical history and with the testing methodology (131). 

A toxic component of braken fern, perhaps either quercetin (105) or ptaquiloside, a glucoside (106), has a mixed history of carcinogenicity. It is sometimes impHcated in an increased incidence of bladder cancer in animals and esophageal cancer in humans. Multiple other dietary components seem to either promote or interfere with its action, and the significance of braken fern in human carcinogenesis remains unproven. 

Anisotropy in metals and composite materials is common as a result of manufacturing history. Anisotropic materials often display significantly different results when tested along different planes. This appHes to indentation hardness tests as well as any other test. 

The economics of naphthalene recovery from coal tar can vary significantly, depending on the particular processiag operation used. A significant factor is the cost of the coal tar. As the price of fuel oil increases, the value of coal tar also increases. The price history of naphthalene from 1975 to 1993 is given in Table 7. 

The use of PC—ABS blends has grown significantly in the early 1990s. These blends exhibit excellent properties, particularly low temperature ductihty, reduced notch sensitivity, and ease of melt fabrication. The blend morphology (229), ABS composition, thermal history (215), PC content and molecular weight (300), processing conditions, etc, all affect the mechanical behavior of PC—ABS blends. These blends have been most frequently used in automotive and other engineering appHcations. 

Although vitreous siUca is a simple, single-component glass, its properties can vary significantly, depending on thermal history, the type and concentration of defects, and impurities. Vitreous siUca can, however, be one of the purest commercially available glassy materials. In synthetic vitreous sihcas, for example, total metal contamination is typically measured ia the 50—100 ppb range. Even at such a low level of impurities, differences ia properties, such as uv-transmission, are observed for various siUcas. 

Pyridine carboxamide [98-92-0] (nicotinamide) (1) and 3-pyridine carboxylic acid [59-67-6] (nicotinic acid) (2) have a rich history and their early significance stems not from their importance as a vitamin but rather as products derived from the oxidation of nicotine. In 1867, Huber prepared nicotinic acid from the potassium dichromate oxidation of nicotine. Many years later, Engler prepared nicotinamide. Workers at the turn of the twentieth century isolated nicotinic acid from several natural sources. In 1894, Su2uki isolated nicotinic acid from rice bran, and in 1912 Funk isolated the same substance from yeast (1). 

World capacity and demand for tetrachloroethylene were approximately 1100 and 845 thousand metric tons ia 1974, respectively. Although demand iacreased iato the mid-1980s, siace then demand for tetrachloroethylene has decreased significantly as a result of the phaseout of chlorofluorocarbons, the use of more efficient dry-cleaning equipment, and iacreased reclamation of waste solvent. World capacity and demand as of 1988 are provided ia Table 2 Several United States manufacturers have shut down faciUties ia the last fifteen years. Current manufacturers and their capacities are Hsted ia Table 3. United States production and sales history is shown ia Table 4. 

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