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Diabetes - Common metabolic diseases of the body's endocrine glands are: (1) Pancreas , Islet cell of the Langerhans, diabetes mellitus. (2) Thyroid ' hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism. (3) Parathyroid , hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism. (4) Pituitary , diabetes insipidus, hyperpituitarism, hypopituitarism, hypophysitis. (5) Adrenal hyperfunction of adrenal cortex (Cushing's disease), hypofunction of adrenal gland (Addison's disease), adrenal medulla hyperfunction. (6) Gonads , ovaries, testes.
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Cholesterol - A constellation of conditions that place people at high risk for coronary artery disease. These conditions include type 2 diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, and a poor lipid profile with elevated LDL ("bad") cholesterol, low HDL ("good") cholesterol, elevated triglycerides. All of these conditions are associated with high blood insulin levels. The fundamental defect in the metabolic syndrome is insulin resistance in both adipose tissue and muscle. Drugs that decrease insulin resistance also usually lower blood pressure and improve the lipid profile.
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Cancer - (MEH-tuh-BAH-lik THAYR-uh-pee) Treatment to correct changes in metabolism that can be caused by disease.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: antiandrogen therapy, antiangiogenesis therapy, antihormone therapy, concurrent therapy, cryotherapy, family therapy, gene therapy, Gerson therapy, immunosuppressive therapy, local therapy, massage therapy, metronomic therapy, myelosuppressive therapy, palliative therapy, physical therapy, placebo therapy, respiratory therapy, salvage therapy, sham therapy, steroid therapy, systemic therapy, Therapy
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Cancer - (MEH-tuh-BAH-lik tipe) In alternative medicine, a theory that people fall into one of three groups (protein, carbohydrate, or mixed type) based on the main type of food that their bodies need to stay healthy.
National Cancer Institute - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Aerobic, aerobic metabolism, aerobic respiration, carbohydrate, cell respiration, metabolite, oxidative metabolism, respirator, ventilator
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Cancer - (meh-TA-boh-lite) A substance made or used when the body breaks down food, drugs or chemicals, or its own tissue (for example, fat or muscle tissue). This process, called metabolism, makes energy and the materials needed for growth, reproduction, and maintaining health. It also helps get rid of toxic substances.
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Food Biotechnology - A low-molecular-weight biological compound that is usually synthesized enzymically.
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Telecommunications - A certificate, issued to a signatory authority, that displays all co-signature requirements for its signatory certificates. [After X9.45]
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: attribute certificate, authorization certificate, Certificate, certificate hold, certificate information, certificate management, certificate revocation list, certificate serial number, certificate user, certification authority (CA), certification body (CB), certification path, CRL, cross certification, device certificate, end certificate, end entity, intermediate certificates, key pair updating, off-line authentication certificate, public key certificate, Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), signatory certificate, sponsor certificate
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Perl - A "character" that is not supposed to be treated normally. Which characters are to be treated specially as metacharacters varies greatly from context to context. Your "shell" will have certain metacharacters, double-quoted Perl strings have other metacharacters, and "regular expression" patterns have all the double-quote metacharacters plus some extra ones of their own.
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E-Discovery - Metadata is information about a particular data set which may describe, for example, how, when, and by whom it was received, created, accessed, and/or modified and how it is formatted. Some metadata, such as file dates and sizes, can easily be seen by users; other metadata can be hidden or embedded and unavailable to computer users who are not technically adept. Metadata is generally not reproduced in full form when a document is printed. (Typically referred to by the less informative shorthand phrase "data about data," it describes the content, quality, condition, history, and other characteristics of the data.)
Renew Data - Cite This Source - This Definition - Structured information about an electronic file that is embedded in the file, but not normally visible when viewing a printed or on screen rendition of the document, that describes the characteristics, origins, usage and validity of other electronic files. Metadata has become an important component of discovery following the e-Discovery Amendments. Metadata can be characterized as application metadata or system metadata. Application metadata is information not visible on the printed page, but embedded in the document file, remaining with the file if it is copied. Microsoft Office routinely embeds many different types of metadata in word processing, spreadsheets and other applications. The same is true of other computer applications as well. Important types of metadata that may be embedded in Microsoft Office files includes: title, subject, author, comments, revision number, last print date, creation date, last save time, total editing time. Some documents may also include prior revisions and comments embedded in the metadata. System metadata is not embedded in the file, and instead is stored externally on the computer file system. System metadata does not remain with a file when it is copied. System metadata may include a file name, size, location, path, creation date and modification date. While application metadata can be modified, it is very difficult to modify system metadata. Some application metadata can be viewed as properties within an application or with third party metadata viewers. Analyzing the full range of application metadata, or system metadata, requires the services of a computer forensics expert.
Lexbe LC. - Cite This Source - This Definition - Metadata is information about a particular data set or document which describes how, when and by whom it was collected, created, accessed, modified and how it is formatted. Can be altered intentionally or inadvertently. Can be extracted when native files are converted to image. Some metadata, such as file dates and sizes, can easily be seen by users; other metadata can be hidden or embedded and unavailable to computer users who are not technically adept. Metadata is generally not reproduced in full form wh
AmDoc - Cite This Source - This Definition - Metadata is information about a particular data set which may describe, for example, how, when, and by whom it was received, created, accessed, and/or modified and how it is formatted. Some metadata, such as file dates and sizes, can easily be seen by users; other metadata can be hidden or embedded and unavailable to computer users who are not technically adept. Metadata is generally not reproduced in full form when a document is printed. (Typically referred to by the less informative shorthand phrase dat
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SharePoint - The properties associated with a document. Metadata can be system-defined, such as file size or modified date, or user-defined, such as author or title.
Microsoft - Cite This Source - This Definition - Data about data. This is often seen in the form of column values in a SharePoint library or list, but can take many other forms.
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Lotus Domino - Data that describes the characteristics of data; descriptive data
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Records Management - Information on the definition, structure, and usage of data within a system or organization. See also data dictionary and documentation.
State of Utah - Cite This Source - This Definition - data that describes other data, such as data-set that describes the structure, attributes, processing operations, changes, access history, and the like of a database or file structure [metadata is an essential ingredient to maintain and display the structure, content, and context of any permanent record; metadata must be migrated (or transferred) inextricably tied to its related content information, from generation to generation of systems if a record is to retain its evidential integrity].
Tennessee State Library and Archives - Cite This Source - This Definition - Structured information that describes, explains, locates, or otherwise makes it easier to retrieve, use, or manage an information resource
See also contextual information.
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Enterprise Search - Metadata is often described as "data about data". It typically augments the full text of a document to help with recall, precision, creating filters, and working with navigators.
FAST - Cite This Source - This Definition - Browse Related Terms: Contextual Insight, Deep navigators, Dynamic drill-down, Navigation, Navigators, Result-side (shallow) navigators, Results-based binning, Results clustering, Results transformation, Search Profile
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E-Discovery - Meta-data is data about data. Meta-data captures data elements or attributes (name, size, date, type, etc.), data about records or data structures (length, fields, columns, etc.) and data about data (where it is located, how it is associated, ownership, etc.).
ZoomCopy.com - Cite This Source - This Definition - Electronic information about a file that travels with the electronic file (file properties, Microsoft software, and OS meta-data).
AmDoc - Cite This Source - This Definition - Data about data; resides in the shadows of a document and usually includes information such as, author, recipient, creation date, modified date, etc.
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SEO / Search Marketing - a meta tag hidden in the HTML that describes the page's content. Should be relatively short; around 12 to 20 words is suggested. The meta description provides an opportunity to influence how your Web page is described in the search results, but it will not improve your search rankings. Make sure your meta description reflects the page content or you may be accused of spamming.
SEO Glossary.com - Cite This Source - This Definition - The meta description tag is typically a sentence or two of content which describes the content of the page. A good meta description tag should: be relevant and unique to the page; reinforce the page title; and focus on including offers and secondary keywords and phrases to help add context to the page title. Relevant meta description tags may appear in search results as part of the page description below the page title. The code for a meta description tag looks like this <meta name="Description" content="Your meta description here. " / > See also: Free meta tag generator - offers a free formatting tool and advice on creating meta description tags.
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SEO / Search Marketing - a meta tag hidden in the HTML that lists keywords relevant to the page's content. Because search engine spammers have abused this tag so much, this tag provides little to no benefit to your search rankings. Of the major search engines, only Yahoo! still pays any attention to the meta keywords tag.
SEO Glossary.com - Cite This Source - This Definition - The meta keywords tag is a tag which can be used to highlight keywords and keyword phrases which the page is targeting. The code for a meta keyword tag looks like this <meta name="Keywords" content="keyword phrase, another keyword, yep another, maybe one more "> Many people spammed meta keyword tags and searchers typically never see the tag, so most search engines do not place much (if any) weight on it. Many SEO professionals no longer use meta keywords tags. See also: Free meta tag generator - offers a free formatting tool and advice on creating meta description tags.
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Water - Middle layer of a thermally stratified lake or reservoir with a rapid temperature decrease with depth. See stratification and thermocline.
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