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SI unit

(Science: chemistry, physics) An international system of units of measurement in which the fundamental units are standardised.

Examples include: metre, kilometre, ampere, gray, joule, sievert, becquerel.

Origin: Fr. Le Systeme International d'Unites A unit of measurement using a particular scale, e.g. centimetres, kilograms.


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Re: sterilization in microwave oven

... only lead to trouble!!!! There is a FDA approved technique for thermal disinfection of contact lenses and this is used by thermal disinfection unit makers when designing their thermal disinfection units for adequate contact lens disinfection. These units do not boil the lenses as is commonly ...

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by brzezinski2
Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:32 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: sterilization in microwave oven
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... with NS. First off, natural slection does not require all traits, or even all traits under selective pressure, to be one inheritable as a discret unit as i said ns is about traits already being present being passed on as the quote above shows if a trait appears in an off spring which is not present ...

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by robsabba
Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:37 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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Natural selection is proven wrong

... with NS. First off, natural slection does not require all traits, or even all traits under selective pressure, to be one inheritable as a discret unit as i said ns is about traits already being present being passed on as the quote above shows if a trait appears in an off spring which is not present ...

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by gamila
Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:39 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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... with NS. First off, natural slection does not require all traits, or even all traits under selective pressure, to be one inheritable as a discret unit. Quantitative traits, (under multiple gene control, like height in humans) can be put under selective pressure, just as qualitative traits that ...

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by robsabba
Thu Aug 27, 2009 2:48 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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... - ie with new traits- can evolve from something it is not ie it does not have the traits What I meant is that traits are not inherited as a unit. One does not either inherit a trait as manifested in a parent or not inherit a trait. Genes are what is inherited and it is they that dictate ...

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by robsabba
Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:21 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Natural selection is proven wrong
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