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  2. Hand - Wikipedia

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    A hand is a prehensile, multi-fingered appendage located at the end of the forearm or forelimb of primates such as humans, chimpanzees, monkeys, and lemurs.A few other vertebrates such as the koala (which has two opposable thumbs on each "hand" and fingerprints extremely similar to human fingerprints) are often described as having "hands" instead of paws on their front limbs.

  3. 2024 CrowdStrike incident - Wikipedia

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    On 19 July at 04:09 UTC, CrowdStrike distributed a faulty configuration update for its Falcon sensor software running on Windows PCs and servers. A modification to a configuration file which was responsible for screening named pipes, Channel File 291, caused an out-of-bounds memory read [14] in the Windows sensor client that resulted in an invalid page fault.

  4. X-ray astronomy - Wikipedia

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    X-rays start at ~0.008 nm and extend across the electromagnetic spectrum to ~8 nm, over which the Earth's atmosphere is opaque.. X-ray astronomy is an observational branch of astronomy which deals with the study of X-ray observation and detection from astronomical objects.

  5. Projectional radiography - Wikipedia

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    Projectional radiography, also known as conventional radiography, [1] is a form of radiography and medical imaging that produces two-dimensional images by X-ray radiation.The image acquisition is generally performed by radiographers, and the images are often examined by radiologists.

  6. Fleming's right-hand rule - Wikipedia

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    The current in the wire can have two possible directions. Fleming's right-hand rule gives which direction the current flows. The right hand is held with the thumb, index finger and middle finger mutually perpendicular to each other (at right angles), as shown in the diagram. [1]

  7. X-ray notation - Wikipedia

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    X-ray notation is a method of labeling atomic orbitals that grew out of X-ray science. Also known as IUPAC notation , it was adopted by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in 1991 as a simplification of the older Siegbahn notation . [1]

  8. Abdominal x-ray - Wikipedia

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    [1] Foreign body in the alimentary tract; can be identified if it is radiodense. [1] Suspected abdominal mass [1] In suspected intussusception, an abdominal x-ray does not exclude intussusception but is useful in the differential diagnosis to exclude perforation or obstruction. [1] Yet, CT scan is the best alternative for diagnosing intra ...

  9. Proper right and proper left - Wikipedia

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    The "proper right" hand of a figure is the hand that would be regarded by that figure as its right hand. [1] In a frontal representation, that appears on the left as the viewer sees it, creating the potential for ambiguity if the hand is just described as the "right hand".