absorption
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With funding from FAPESP, the team examined how ongoing use of omeprazole influenced the absorption of key minerals in rats.
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By studying the shape of those dips, they were able to determine properties such as absorption and thermal effects.
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Damascus "understands integration as absorption, yet Kurds see it as joining the new state with their own identity and priorities", Civiroglu said.
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"However, a gyroscopic system can be controlled in a way that maintains high energy absorption, even as wave frequencies vary."
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In fact, elephant whiskers are almost blade-like, with a porous architecture similar to sheep horns, which helps with shock absorption while eating.
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