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Caries-related parameters included root canal fillings, apical rarefactions and caries lesions.

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In reaching these heights of fancy, however, the movie achieves, to use one of Glaisher’s own words, “rarefaction.”

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To investigate how mean tag sequence prevalence changes with increasing sequencing depth across environments, we calculated the average mean tag sequence prevalence across three replicate rarefactions.

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Here is art that turns confectionery into both rarefaction and panache.

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The compressions and rarefactions are rapidly transmitted through the air from the original source as a  wave, making sound.

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