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Near point

near point

That point in conjugate focus with the retina when the eye exerts maximal accommodation.

Synonym: punctum proximum.


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Re: Question About Common Descent

... sufficient to expect those chemical reactions to have arisen at more than just one spot on the planet. I haven't found any clarification on this point in any of the biology books available to me. In the link below I have been compiling and sorting out all that I can find that pertains to origins ...

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by GaryGaulin
Wed Sep 09, 2009 11:19 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Question About Common Descent
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Views: 30

Re: sterilization in microwave oven

... lens disinfection. These units do not boil the lenses as is commonly believed. They all work at much lower levels of temperature than the boiling point of saline. Often around 70 to 80C. Some of them would have worked around 90C for a few minutes as I described to achieve adequate disinfection. ...

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by brzezinski2
Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:32 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: sterilization in microwave oven
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Views: 10200

Re: Question About Common Descent

... sufficient to expect those chemical reactions to have arisen at more than just one spot on the planet. I haven't found any clarification on this point in any of the biology books available to me. The evidence from phylogenetic analysis infers that the earliest organisms took part in a considerable ...

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by robsabba
Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:10 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Question About Common Descent
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Views: 30

Question About Common Descent

... sufficient to expect those chemical reactions to have arisen at more than just one spot on the planet. I haven't found any clarification on this point in any of the biology books available to me.

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by bobc2
Fri Sep 04, 2009 5:46 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Question About Common Descent
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Views: 30

sterilization in microwave oven

I do not agree fully with what is above, but I think that there are a few points that are woth mentioning: - what you are describing (92ÂșC for 2min) is closer to pasteurisation than sterilisation. What happens is that you kill most of the microorganism, and since ...

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by canalon
Thu Sep 03, 2009 3:14 pm
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: sterilization in microwave oven
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Views: 10200
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