The Common Cold Unit (CCU) or Common Cold Research Unit (CCRU) was a unit of the British Medical Research Council which undertook laboratory and epidemiological...
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The common cold or the cold is a viral infectious disease of the upper respiratory tract that primarily affects the respiratory mucosa of the nose, throat...
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Hélio Gelli Pereira (section Common Cold Unit)
back to Britain in 1951 to work at the Medical Research Council's Common Cold Unit at Harvard Hospital in Salisbury. He worked under Christopher Andrewes...
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virologist who was the director of the Common Cold Unit, which investigated viruses that caused common colds. He discovered the first human coronavirus...
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Compañía de las Cervecerías Unidas, a Chilean drinks and beer company Common Cold Unit Confederation of Canadian Unions, a labour union central in Canada...
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The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the...
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Coronavirus (section Common cold)
and David Tyrrell working at the Common Cold Unit of the British Medical Research Council collected a unique common cold virus designated B814 in 1961....
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and, in 1957, the Microbiological Research Establishment (MRE). The Common Cold Unit (CCU) was sometimes confused with the MRE, with which it occasionally...
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Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature...
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Military organization (redirect from Military unit)
and police tactical unit, are an internal security service common in most of the world, but uncommon in countries with English common law histories where...
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relations, embodied communication and more-than-human agency at the Common Cold Unit 1946–90". Cultural Geographies. 19 (3): 281–301. doi:10.1177/1474474011422029...
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tension of the Cold War led to a re-evaluation of these deployments and a move further west, behind RAF fighter forces, to RAF Greenham Common, RAF Brize...
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computer. Fan coil units circulate hot or cold water through a coil in order to condition a space. The unit gets its hot or cold water from a central...
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body transparent: the impact of NMR and MRI; Research in general practice; Drugs in psychiatric practice; The MRC Common Cold Unit. Wellcome Trust. v t e...
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Research in General Practice; Drugs in Psychiatric Practice; The MRC Common Cold Unit, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine...
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century, UNIT has transformed into a secret society called the Unitatus, pledged to defend the Earth against alien threats, first seen in Parkin's Cold Fusion...
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heat of fire, etc. Military personnel of the Unit referred to Yoshimura as a "scientific devil" and a "cold-blooded animal" due to his strictness and involvement...
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high-pressure common rail system in 1995. Modern common rail systems, although working on the same principle, are governed by an engine control unit, which opens...
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apparatuses for all residential units in January 1957, setting the deadline for enforcement to January 1, 1962. Typically, cold water flats did not have built-in...
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Research in General Practice; Drugs in Psychiatric Practice; The MRC Common Cold Unit, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine...
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for cold chain systems has grown. The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated vaccinations, have caused vastly increased need. Cold chains are common in the...
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Air conditioning (redirect from Cold air machine)
producing heat. The outdoor condenser unit also switches roles to serve as the evaporator and discharges cold air (colder than the ambient outdoor air). Most...
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Hypothermia (redirect from Cold weather injuries)
per unit mass, and other things being equal should have one more layer of clothing than adults in similar conditions, and the time they spend in cold environments...
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Refrigerator (section Residential units)
auto-refrigeration. This cold and partially vaporized refrigerant continues through the coils or tubes of the evaporator unit. A fan blows air from the...
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7–99.5 °F) being considered normal. The common cold and the common flu are caused by viruses, not exposure to cold temperatures. However, low temperatures...
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Research in General Practice; Drugs in Psychiatric Practice; The MRC Common Cold Unit, Wellcome Witnesses to Contemporary Medicine, History of Modern Biomedicine...
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RAF Bentwaters (redirect from Bentwater Cold War Museum)
new host unit at Bentwaters in September 1951. The 81st, in various designations, remained at RAF Bentwaters for over 40 years during the Cold War era...
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Scandinavian mile (category Units of length)
A Scandinavian mile (Norwegian and Swedish: mil, [miːl]) is a unit of length common in Norway and Sweden, but not Denmark. Today, it is standardised as...
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falling through thin ice, cold shock response is perhaps the most common cause of death. Also, the abrupt contact with very cold water may cause involuntary...
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Cold-formed steel (CFS) is the common term for steel products shaped by cold-working processes carried out near room temperature, such as rolling, pressing...
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