An outbreak of hantavirus disease occurred in 1993 in the United States, primarily in the Four Corners region of Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. Before 1993, hantaviruses that cause disease in humans, native to rodents, were known to spread mainly in Asia and Europe and to cause hemorrhagic
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The Annex SL is a section of the ISO/IEC Directives part 1 that prescribes how ISO Management System Standard (MSS) standards should be written. The aim of Annex SL is to enhance the consistency and alignment of MSS by providing a unifying and agreed-upon high level structure, identical core text
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From March 2012 to May 2014, the Salvadoran government, the Catholic Church, and the country's two largest criminal gangs — Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the 18th Street gang (Barrio 18) — came to a truce, known in El Salvador simply as the Gang Truce (Spanish: tregua entre pandillas), to lower the
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Australian cuisine is the food and cooking practices of Australia and its inhabitants. Australia has absorbed culinary contributions and adaptations from various cultures around the world, including British, European, Asian, and Middle Eastern. Indigenous Australians have occupied Australia for
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The adaptive market hypothesis, as proposed by Andrew Lo, is an attempt to reconcile economic theories based on the efficient market hypothesis (which implies that markets are efficient) with behavioral economics, by applying the principles of evolution to financial interactions: competition,
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Algorithmic trading is a method of executing orders using automated pre-programmed trading instructions accounting for variables such as time, price, and volume. This type of trading attempts to leverage the speed and computational resources of computers relative to human traders. In the
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During 2022 and 2023 there were food crises in several regions as indicated by rising food prices. In 2022, the world experienced significant food price inflation along with major food shortages in several regions. Sub-Saharan Africa, Iran, Sri Lanka, Sudan and Iraq were most affected. Prices of
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Traditional African religions have shared notable relationships with other religions, cultures, and traditions. Throughout the history, they are often noted for having one of the oldest presence in the world, and also applauded for their tolerance to other religions. == Hinduism == Like Hinduism,
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This article is a summary of the 2000s in science and technology. == Science == Using the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe, scientists studying the universe measured that its age is 13.77 billion years; "solidly supported" that it has been expanding and cooling since the Big Bang; and
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This is a summary of 1960 in music in the United Kingdom, including the official charts from that year. == Events == 29 March – The 5th Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Royal Festival Hall, London, is won by France with the song "Tom Pillibi", sung by Jacqueline Boyer. The UK is placed second
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America’s Infrastructure Alliance (AIA) was an American trade association whose stated mission was lobbying for increased federal investment in the national transportation system. The alliance appears to have ended in 2018 as its web site was closed and it has not filed and financial fillings since
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Azuria Water Solutions, formerly known as Aegion Corporation, is an American multinational company involved in the construction, maintenance, protection, rehabilitation, engineering and design of infrastructure projects for a wide range of industries, including oil and gas
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