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GC: n S: SDir – https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1471492213001554 (last access: last access: 15 August 2024); SL – https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-349-16334-2_6 (last access: 15 August 2024). N: 1. – culicine (n): another word for culex (in British English). culex (n): any mosquito of the genus Culex, such as C. pipiens, the common mosquito (in British
GC: n S: UNESCO – http://www.unescocenterforpeace.org/programs/builders-of-the-universe-program-bup/imun/(last access: 25 August 2015); UNICEF – http://www.unicef.org/policyanalysis/index_51636.html (last access: 25 August 2015). N: Cultural exchange programs expose students to people from different cultural, religious, geographic and socio-economic backgrounds and in so doing provide the opportunity for students to develop a greater understanding of diversity
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GC: n S: NHS – http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cushings-syndrome/Pages/Introduction.aspx (last access: 1 June 2017); MEDLP – https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000410.htm (last access: 7 March 2018). N: 1. – Cushing (pn): Harvey Williams Cushing was an American neurosurgeon (1869 – 1939). – syndrome (n): “A number of symptoms occurring together,” 1540s, from medical Latin, from Greek syndrome
GC: n S: http://www.divorce.com.sg/page4.html (last access:28 February 2013) N: A category of property typically excluded in liability policies. Items considered to be in the care, custody, and control of the insured are typically not covered by liability policies because they either belong to the insured and are therefore better covered
GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/en/sc/ctc/docs/2013/2013-05-24_ITU-Session%20I.pdf (last access: 6 November 2014); INFOSEC – http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/cyberterrorism-distinct-from-cybercrime/ (last access: 4 November 2014). N: 1. From cyber + terrorism. Cyber, as an element in word formation, ultimately from cybernetics. It enjoyed explosive use with the rise of the Internet early 1990s. One researcher (Nagel)
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GC: n S: WHO – https://bit.ly/2WhCgO3 (last access: 2 June 2019); MEDNT – https://bit.ly/2C4YW5h (last access: 2 June 2019). N: 1. “incapacity of distinguishing or perceiving sounds,” late 14c., defnesse, from deaf + -ness. 2. Deafness, partial or total inability to hear. The two principal types of deafness are conduction
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GC: n S: UN – http://www.un.org/en/decolonization/ (last access: 11 December 2014) N: 1. 1853 in political sense, American English, from de- + colonization. Earlier as a medical term. 2. It is the process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country. 3. Décolonisation was used by a french writer
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