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Q853	How LCD Monitors Work	Liquid-crystal display	They are available in a wider range of screen sizes than CRT and plasma displays , and since they do not use phosphors, they do not suffer image burn-in .	00
Q853	How LCD Monitors Work	Liquid-crystal display	LCDs are, however, susceptible to image persistence .	00
Q853	How LCD Monitors Work	Liquid-crystal display	The LCD screen is more energy efficient and can be disposed of more safely than a CRT.	00
Q853	How LCD Monitors Work	Liquid-crystal display	Its low electrical power consumption enables it to be used in battery -powered electronic equipment.	00
Q853	How LCD Monitors Work	Liquid-crystal display	It is an electronically modulated optical device made up of any number of segments filled with liquid crystals and arrayed in front of a light source ( backlight ) or reflector to produce images in color or monochrome .	00
Q853	How LCD Monitors Work	Liquid-crystal display	Liquid crystals were first discovered in 1888.	00
Q853	How LCD Monitors Work	Liquid-crystal display	By 2008, worldwide sales of televisions with LCD screens exceeded annual sales of CRT units; the CRT became obsolete for most purposes.	00
Q854	how many rooms in borgata hotel	The Borgata	The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is a luxury hotel , casino , and spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey , United States .	00
Q854	how many rooms in borgata hotel	The Borgata	It is owned by Marina District Development , a joint venture between Boyd Gaming and a divesture trust established by MGM Resorts International .	00
Q854	how many rooms in borgata hotel	The Borgata	The $1.1 billion casino hotel features 2,002 rooms and is the largest hotel in New Jersey .	11
Q854	how many rooms in borgata hotel	The Borgata	The Borgata opened in July 2003 as a Las Vegas-style megaresort and is the top-grossing casino in Atlantic City.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	A bottle of high potency B-complex vitamin supplement pills.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	A vitamin ( or ) is an organic compound required by an organism as a vital nutrient in limited amounts.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	An organic chemical compound (or related set of compounds) is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Thus, the term is conditional both on the circumstances and on the particular organism.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	For example, ascorbic acid ( vitamin C ) is a vitamin for humans, but not for most other animals, and biotin and vitamin D are required in the human diet only in certain circumstances.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	By convention, the term vitamin includes neither other essential nutrients , such as dietary minerals , essential fatty acids , or essential amino acids (which are needed in larger amounts than vitamins) nor the large number of other nutrients that promote health but are otherwise required less often.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Thirteen vitamins are universally recognized at present.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Vitamins are classified by their biological and chemical activity, not their structure.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Thus, each "vitamin" refers to a number of vitamer compounds that all show the biological activity associated with a particular vitamin.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Such a set of chemicals is grouped under an alphabetized vitamin "generic descriptor" title, such as " vitamin A ", which includes the compounds retinal , retinol , and four known carotenoids .	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Vitamers by definition are convertible to the active form of the vitamin in the body, and are sometimes inter-convertible to one another, as well.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Some have hormone-like functions as regulators of mineral metabolism (such as vitamin D), or regulators of cell and tissue growth and differentiation (such as some forms of vitamin A ).	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Others function as antioxidants (e.g., vitamin E and sometimes vitamin C ).	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	The largest number of vitamins (such as B complex vitamins) function as precursors for enzyme cofactors , that help enzymes in their work as catalysts in metabolism .	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	In this role, vitamins may be tightly bound to enzymes as part of prosthetic groups : For example, biotin is part of enzymes involved in making fatty acids .	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Vitamins may also be less tightly bound to enzyme catalysts as coenzymes , detachable molecules that function to carry chemical groups or electrons between molecules.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	For example, folic acid may carry methyl , formyl , and methylene groups in the cell.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Although these roles in assisting enzyme-substrate reactions are vitamins' best-known function, the other vitamin functions are equally important.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	Until the mid-1930s, when the first commercial yeast-extract vitamin B complex and semi-synthetic vitamin C supplement tablets were sold, vitamins were obtained solely through food intake, and changes in diet (which, for example, could occur during a particular growing season) usually greatly altered the types and amounts of vitamins ingested.	00
Q856	how many classes of vitamins	Vitamin	However, vitamins have been produced as commodity chemicals and made widely available as inexpensive semisynthetic and synthetic-source multivitamin dietary and food supplements and additives, since the middle of the 20th century.	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	World Muslim population by percentage ( Pew Research Center , 2009)	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	World Muslim population in millions	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	Islam is the world's second largest religion after Christianity .	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	According to a 2010 study, Islam has 1.62 billion adherents, making up over 23% of the world population.	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	Islam is the predominant religion in the Middle East , in Sahel , in the Horn of Africa and northern Africa , and in some parts of Asia.	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	Large communities of Muslims are also found in China , the Balkans , and Russia .	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	Other parts of the world host large Muslim immigrant communities; in Western Europe , for instance, Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity, where it represents 6% of the total population.	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	According to the Pew Research Center in 2010 there were 49 Muslim-majority countries.	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in South and Southeast Asia, with over 1 billion adherents.	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	The largest Muslim country is Indonesia , home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.0%), India (10.9%), and Bangladesh (9.2%).	11
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries .	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities.	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	A study conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2010 and released January 2011 found that there are 1.62 billion Muslims around the world.	00
Q859	what country has the most muslims in the world	Islam by country	The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria .	00
Q860	how do people use the land of rhode island	Rhode Island	Rhode Island ( or ), officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States .	00
Q860	how do people use the land of rhode island	Rhode Island	Rhode Island is the smallest in area , the eighth least populous , but the second most densely populated of the 50 US states behind New Jersey .	00
Q860	how do people use the land of rhode island	Rhode Island	Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, and it shares a water boundary with New York's Long Island to the southwest.	00
Q860	how do people use the land of rhode island	Rhode Island	Rhode Island was the first of the 13 original colonies to declare independence from British rule, declaring itself independent on May 4, 1776, two months before any other colony.	00
Q860	how do people use the land of rhode island	Rhode Island	The State was also the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the United States Constitution .	00
Q860	how do people use the land of rhode island	Rhode Island	Rhode Island's official nickname is "The Ocean State", a reference to the State's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays and inlets that amount to about 14% of its total area.	00
Q860	how do people use the land of rhode island	Rhode Island	Its land area is , but its total area is significantly larger.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	Dubai ( ; ', ) is a city in the United Arab Emirates , located within the emirate of the same name.	11
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	The emirate of Dubai is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and is one of the seven emirates that make up the country.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	It has the largest population in the UAE (2,106,177) and the second-largest land territory by area (4,114 km2) after Abu Dhabi .	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the national capital, are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature .	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads up the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area .	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	Dubai is nowadays often misperceived as a country or city-state and, in some cases, the UAE as a whole has been described as 'Dubai'.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	The earliest mention of Dubai is in 1095 AD, and the earliest recorded settlement in the region dates from 1799.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	The Sheikhdom of Dubai was formally established in 1833 by Sheikh Maktoum bin Butti Al-Maktoum when he persuaded around 800 members of his tribe of the Bani Yas , living in what was then the Second Saudi State and now part of Saudi Arabia , to follow him to the Dubai Creek by the Abu Falasa clan of the Bani Yas.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	It remained under the tribe's control when the United Kingdom assumed protection of the Sheikhdom in 1892 and joined the nascent United Arab Emirates upon independence in 1971 as the country's second emirate.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	Its strategic geographic location made the town an important trading hub and by the beginning of the 20th century, Dubai was already an important regional port.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	Today, Dubai has emerged as a cosmopolitan metropolis that has grown steadily to become a global city and a business and cultural hub of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	Although Dubai's economy was historically built on the oil industry , the emirate's Western-style model of business drives its economy with the main revenues now coming from tourism , real estate, and financial services.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	Dubai has recently attracted world attention through many innovative large construction projects and sports events.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	The city has become symbolic for its skyscrapers and high-rise buildings , such as the world's tallest Burj Khalifa , in addition to ambitious development projects including man-made islands , hotels , and some of the largest shopping malls in the region and the world.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	This increased attention has also highlighted labor and human rights issues concerning the city's largely South Asian paid workforce.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	Dubai's property market experienced a major deterioration in 2008–2009 as a result of the worldwide economic downturn following the financial crisis of 2007-2008 .	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	However, Dubai has made a steady and gradual recovery with help coming from neighboring emirates.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	The handful of new projects that are in the pipeline have been able to help Dubai real estate make a comeback.	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	As of 2012, Dubai is the 22nd most expensive city in the world, and the most expensive city in the Middle East, surpassing Israel 's Tel Aviv (31st).	00
Q861	what country is dubai in	Dubai	Dubai has also been rated as one of the best places to live in the Middle East, including by US American global consulting firm Mercer who rated the city as the best place to live in the Middle East in 2011.	00
Q862	how many colleges are in illinois	List of colleges and universities in Illinois	The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Illinois .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Surface of the Atlantic ocean meeting the Earth's planetary boundary layer and troposphere .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Waves on an ocean coast .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	This animation uses Earth science data from a variety of sensors on NASA Earth observing satellites to measure physical oceanography parameters such as ocean currents, ocean winds, sea surface height and sea surface temperature.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	An ocean (; the World Ocean of classical antiquity ) is a body of saline water that composes a large part of a planet 's hydrosphere .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	In the context of Earth , it refers to one or all of the major divisions of the planet's World Ocean – they are, in descending order of area, the Pacific , Atlantic , Indian , Southern (Antarctic) , and Arctic Oceans.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	The word " sea " is often used interchangeably with "ocean", but strictly speaking a sea is a body of saline water (possibly a division of the World Ocean) partly or fully enclosed by land.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Earth is the only planet known to have an ocean (or any large amounts of open liquid water).	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Approximately 72% of the planet's surface (~3.6x108 km2) is covered by saline water that is customarily divided into several principal oceans and smaller seas, with the ocean covering approximately 71% of the Earth's surface.	11
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	In terms of the hydrosphere of the Earth, the ocean contains 97% of the Earth's water.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Oceanographers have stated that out of 97%, only 5% of the ocean as a whole on Earth has been explored.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Because it is the principal component of Earth's hydrosphere, the world ocean is integral to all known life , forms part of the carbon cycle , and influences climate and weather patterns.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	The total volume is approximately 1.3 billion cubic kilometres (310 million cu mi) with an average depth of .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	It is the habitat of 230,000 known species , although much of the ocean's depths remain unexplored and it is estimated that over two million marine species exist.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	The origin of Earth's oceans is still unknown, but oceans are believed to have formed in the Hadean period and may have been the impetus for the emergence of life .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Extraterrestrial oceans may be composed of a wide range of elements and compounds .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	The only confirmed large stable bodies of extraterrestrial surface liquids are the lakes of Titan , although there is evidence for the existence of oceans elsewhere in the Solar System .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Early in their geologic histories, Mars and Venus are theorized to have had large water oceans.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	The Mars ocean hypothesis suggests that nearly a third of the surface of Mars was once covered by water, though the water on Mars is no longer oceanic, and a runaway greenhouse effect may have boiled away the global ocean of Venus.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Compounds such as salts and ammonia dissolved in water lower its freezing point, so that water might exist in large quantities in extraterrestrial environments as brine or convecting ice .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Unconfirmed oceans are speculated beneath the surface of many dwarf planets and natural satellites; notably, the ocean of Europa is believed to have over twice the water volume of Earth.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	The Solar System's gas giant planets are also believed to possess liquid atmospheric layers of yet to be confirmed compositions.	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Oceans may also exist on exoplanets and exomoons , including surface oceans of liquid water within a circumstellar habitable zone .	00
Q863	how much of earth is covered ocean water	Ocean	Ocean planets are a hypothetical type of planet with a surface completely covered with liquid.	00
Q866	how did elvis presley contribute to the popularity of rock and roll?	Elvis Presley	Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor.	00
Q866	how did elvis presley contribute to the popularity of rock and roll?	Elvis Presley	A cultural icon , he is commonly known by the single name Elvis.	00
Q866	how did elvis presley contribute to the popularity of rock and roll?	Elvis Presley	One of the most popular musicians of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or "the King".	00

Q853

How LCD Monitors Work

Liquid-crystal display

They are available in a wider range of screen sizes than CRT and plasma displays , and since they do not use phosphors, they do not suffer image burn-in .

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Q853

How LCD Monitors Work

Liquid-crystal display

LCDs are, however, susceptible to image persistence .

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Q853

How LCD Monitors Work

Liquid-crystal display

The LCD screen is more energy efficient and can be disposed of more safely than a CRT.

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Q853

How LCD Monitors Work

Liquid-crystal display

Its low electrical power consumption enables it to be used in battery -powered electronic equipment.

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Q853

How LCD Monitors Work

Liquid-crystal display

It is an electronically modulated optical device made up of any number of segments filled with liquid crystals and arrayed in front of a light source ( backlight ) or reflector to produce images in color or monochrome .

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Q853

How LCD Monitors Work

Liquid-crystal display

Liquid crystals were first discovered in 1888.

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Q853

How LCD Monitors Work

Liquid-crystal display

By 2008, worldwide sales of televisions with LCD screens exceeded annual sales of CRT units; the CRT became obsolete for most purposes.

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Q854

how many rooms in borgata hotel

The Borgata

The Borgata Hotel Casino and Spa is a luxury hotel , casino , and spa in Atlantic City, New Jersey , United States .

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Q854

how many rooms in borgata hotel

The Borgata

It is owned by Marina District Development , a joint venture between Boyd Gaming and a divesture trust established by MGM Resorts International .

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Q854

how many rooms in borgata hotel

The Borgata

The $1.1 billion casino hotel features 2,002 rooms and is the largest hotel in New Jersey .

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Q854

how many rooms in borgata hotel

The Borgata

The Borgata opened in July 2003 as a Las Vegas-style megaresort and is the top-grossing casino in Atlantic City.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

A bottle of high potency B-complex vitamin supplement pills.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

A vitamin ( or ) is an organic compound required by an organism as a vital nutrient in limited amounts.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

An organic chemical compound (or related set of compounds) is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Thus, the term is conditional both on the circumstances and on the particular organism.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

For example, ascorbic acid ( vitamin C ) is a vitamin for humans, but not for most other animals, and biotin and vitamin D are required in the human diet only in certain circumstances.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

By convention, the term vitamin includes neither other essential nutrients , such as dietary minerals , essential fatty acids , or essential amino acids (which are needed in larger amounts than vitamins) nor the large number of other nutrients that promote health but are otherwise required less often.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Thirteen vitamins are universally recognized at present.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Vitamins are classified by their biological and chemical activity, not their structure.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Thus, each "vitamin" refers to a number of vitamer compounds that all show the biological activity associated with a particular vitamin.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Such a set of chemicals is grouped under an alphabetized vitamin "generic descriptor" title, such as " vitamin A ", which includes the compounds retinal , retinol , and four known carotenoids .

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Vitamers by definition are convertible to the active form of the vitamin in the body, and are sometimes inter-convertible to one another, as well.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Vitamins have diverse biochemical functions.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Some have hormone-like functions as regulators of mineral metabolism (such as vitamin D), or regulators of cell and tissue growth and differentiation (such as some forms of vitamin A ).

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Others function as antioxidants (e.g., vitamin E and sometimes vitamin C ).

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

The largest number of vitamins (such as B complex vitamins) function as precursors for enzyme cofactors , that help enzymes in their work as catalysts in metabolism .

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

In this role, vitamins may be tightly bound to enzymes as part of prosthetic groups : For example, biotin is part of enzymes involved in making fatty acids .

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Vitamins may also be less tightly bound to enzyme catalysts as coenzymes , detachable molecules that function to carry chemical groups or electrons between molecules.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

For example, folic acid may carry methyl , formyl , and methylene groups in the cell.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Although these roles in assisting enzyme-substrate reactions are vitamins' best-known function, the other vitamin functions are equally important.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

Until the mid-1930s, when the first commercial yeast-extract vitamin B complex and semi-synthetic vitamin C supplement tablets were sold, vitamins were obtained solely through food intake, and changes in diet (which, for example, could occur during a particular growing season) usually greatly altered the types and amounts of vitamins ingested.

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Q856

how many classes of vitamins

Vitamin

However, vitamins have been produced as commodity chemicals and made widely available as inexpensive semisynthetic and synthetic-source multivitamin dietary and food supplements and additives, since the middle of the 20th century.

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

World Muslim population by percentage ( Pew Research Center , 2009)

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

World Muslim population in millions

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

Islam is the world's second largest religion after Christianity .

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

According to a 2010 study, Islam has 1.62 billion adherents, making up over 23% of the world population.

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

Islam is the predominant religion in the Middle East , in Sahel , in the Horn of Africa and northern Africa , and in some parts of Asia.

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

Large communities of Muslims are also found in China , the Balkans , and Russia .

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

Other parts of the world host large Muslim immigrant communities; in Western Europe , for instance, Islam is the second largest religion after Christianity, where it represents 6% of the total population.

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

According to the Pew Research Center in 2010 there were 49 Muslim-majority countries.

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

Around 62% of the world's Muslims live in South and Southeast Asia, with over 1 billion adherents.

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

The largest Muslim country is Indonesia , home to 12.7% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.0%), India (10.9%), and Bangladesh (9.2%).

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

About 20% of Muslims live in Arab countries .

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

In the Middle East, the non-Arab countries of Turkey and Iran are the largest Muslim-majority countries; in Africa, Egypt and Nigeria have the most populous Muslim communities.

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

A study conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2010 and released January 2011 found that there are 1.62 billion Muslims around the world.

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Q859

what country has the most muslims in the world

Islam by country

The study found more Muslims in the United Kingdom than in Lebanon and more in China than in Syria .

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Q860

how do people use the land of rhode island

Rhode Island

Rhode Island ( or ), officially the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, is a state in the New England region of the United States .

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Q860

how do people use the land of rhode island

Rhode Island

Rhode Island is the smallest in area , the eighth least populous , but the second most densely populated of the 50 US states behind New Jersey .

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Q860

how do people use the land of rhode island

Rhode Island

Rhode Island is bordered by Connecticut to the west and Massachusetts to the north and east, and it shares a water boundary with New York's Long Island to the southwest.

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Q860

how do people use the land of rhode island

Rhode Island

Rhode Island was the first of the 13 original colonies to declare independence from British rule, declaring itself independent on May 4, 1776, two months before any other colony.

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Q860

how do people use the land of rhode island

Rhode Island

The State was also the last of the thirteen original colonies to ratify the United States Constitution .

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Q860

how do people use the land of rhode island

Rhode Island

Rhode Island's official nickname is "The Ocean State", a reference to the State's geography, since Rhode Island has several large bays and inlets that amount to about 14% of its total area.

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Q860

how do people use the land of rhode island

Rhode Island

Its land area is , but its total area is significantly larger.

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

Dubai ( ; ', ) is a city in the United Arab Emirates , located within the emirate of the same name.

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

The emirate of Dubai is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and is one of the seven emirates that make up the country.

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

It has the largest population in the UAE (2,106,177) and the second-largest land territory by area (4,114 km2) after Abu Dhabi .

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

Dubai and Abu Dhabi, the national capital, are the only two emirates to have veto power over critical matters of national importance in the country's legislature .

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

The city of Dubai is located on the emirate's northern coastline and heads up the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area .

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

Dubai is nowadays often misperceived as a country or city-state and, in some cases, the UAE as a whole has been described as 'Dubai'.

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

The earliest mention of Dubai is in 1095 AD, and the earliest recorded settlement in the region dates from 1799.

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

The Sheikhdom of Dubai was formally established in 1833 by Sheikh Maktoum bin Butti Al-Maktoum when he persuaded around 800 members of his tribe of the Bani Yas , living in what was then the Second Saudi State and now part of Saudi Arabia , to follow him to the Dubai Creek by the Abu Falasa clan of the Bani Yas.

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

It remained under the tribe's control when the United Kingdom assumed protection of the Sheikhdom in 1892 and joined the nascent United Arab Emirates upon independence in 1971 as the country's second emirate.

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

Its strategic geographic location made the town an important trading hub and by the beginning of the 20th century, Dubai was already an important regional port.

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Q861

what country is dubai in

Dubai

Today, Dubai has emerged as a cosmopolitan metropolis that has grown steadily to become a global city and a business and cultural hub of the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region.

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Dubai

Although Dubai's economy was historically built on the oil industry , the emirate's Western-style model of business drives its economy with the main revenues now coming from tourism , real estate, and financial services.

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Dubai

Dubai has recently attracted world attention through many innovative large construction projects and sports events.

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Dubai

The city has become symbolic for its skyscrapers and high-rise buildings , such as the world's tallest Burj Khalifa , in addition to ambitious development projects including man-made islands , hotels , and some of the largest shopping malls in the region and the world.

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Dubai

This increased attention has also highlighted labor and human rights issues concerning the city's largely South Asian paid workforce.

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Dubai

Dubai's property market experienced a major deterioration in 2008–2009 as a result of the worldwide economic downturn following the financial crisis of 2007-2008 .

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Dubai

However, Dubai has made a steady and gradual recovery with help coming from neighboring emirates.

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Dubai

The handful of new projects that are in the pipeline have been able to help Dubai real estate make a comeback.

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Dubai

As of 2012, Dubai is the 22nd most expensive city in the world, and the most expensive city in the Middle East, surpassing Israel 's Tel Aviv (31st).

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Dubai has also been rated as one of the best places to live in the Middle East, including by US American global consulting firm Mercer who rated the city as the best place to live in the Middle East in 2011.

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List of colleges and universities in Illinois

The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Illinois .

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