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kudlik

(ˈkuːdlɪk)

Canadian an Inuit soapstone seal-oil lamp

[Inuktitut]

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Kudlik et al., "Assessment of antioxidative activity of alkaloids from Huperzia selago and Diphasiastrum complanatum using in vitro systems," Folia Neuropathologica, vol.

The Sources of Reactive Oxygen Species and Its Possible Role in the Pathogenesis of Parkinson's Disease

Wojciech Kudlik, Sports Director, Ministry of Sports of the Government of Poland who was present at this match was very impressed by the efforts made by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Poland in galvanizing the Sri Lankan expatriate community to take part and come up with positive results at the initial game.

The Sri Lanka Mission in Warsaw promote Cricket in Poland

1 February 2012 - Russian mortgage lender DeltaCredit intends to sell bonds aggregating RUB25bn (USD827m/EUR629m) this year, the bank's financial head Yelena Kudlik said as quoted by Prime news agency today.

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As reminded by historian Catherine Kudlik, at this time being a disabled man was a badge of honor, not a stigma, because they "sustained their injuries in the patriotic and sacrificial act of serving their country, thereby investing their disability with an honorable quality." While this attitude didn't always carry over to civilians (who were perceived as receiving welfare as opposed to earning benefits), it very likely influenced Swearingen to want to serve his state even more.

Adventitiously blind, advantageously political: John Eldred Swearingen and social definitions of disability in progressive-era South Carolina

Two Inuit would require the meat from a seal every 4 - 5 days, and the seal fat would fuel the kudlik.

Tony Manik provided the steel kudlik. Aleesuk Eckalook provided the seal fat.

Heat flux was calculated for human bodies, kudliks (seal oil lamps), and geothermal sources at temperature differentials as high as 45[degrees]C from ambient, for both the unlined large iglu and the small iglu, which was lined with caribou skins on the inside.

On a calcule le flux thermique pour les corps, les kudliks (lampes a l'huile de phoque) et les sources geothermiques a des differences de temperature allant jusqu'a 45 [degrees]C au-dessus de la temperature ambiante, et ce, pour le grand igloo nu et pour le petit qui, lui, etait tapisse de peaux de caribou sur les parois internes.

Shelter characteristics of traditional-styled Inuit snow houses

The visits bring Arctic artifacts, such as muskox horn hammers, bone snow goggles, stone ulus, seal mitts, and kudliks, to Grade 2 classrooms around the Calgary area.