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The eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – which range from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015 – ...

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What Is Social and Emotional Development? There are five major social and emotional “issues” that teens deal with during their adolescent years. These include: Establishing an identity. This has been ...

Acellular cementum (AC) on the tooth root surface is essential for periodontal attachment. Here, the authors identify the origin and molecular identity of AC-forming cementoblasts arising from ...

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