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  2. Critical hit - Wikipedia

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    In many role-playing games and video games, a critical hit (or crit) is a chance that a successful attack will deal more damage than a normal blow.. The concept of critical hits originates from wargames and role-playing games, as a way to simulate luck, and crossed over into video games in the 1986 JRPG Dragon Quest, set at a fixed rate of 1/64 (~1.56%).

  3. Safety-critical system - Wikipedia

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    A safety-critical system [2] or life-critical system is a system whose failure or malfunction may result in one (or more) of the following outcomes: [3] [4] death or serious injury to people. loss or severe damage to equipment/property. environmental harm.

  4. Failure mode and effects analysis - Wikipedia

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    Failure mode and effects analysis ( FMEA; often written with "failure modes" in plural) is the process of reviewing as many components, assemblies, and subsystems as possible to identify potential failure modes in a system and their causes and effects. For each component, the failure modes and their resulting effects on the rest of the system ...

  5. Creatinine Clearance Blood Test: Purpose, Procedure, Results

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    A creatinine test, also called a serum creatinine test, is a way for doctors to measure how well your kidneys are working. Creatinine is a waste product from the normal breakdown of muscle tissue ...

  6. Demyelination: What Is It and Why Does It Happen? - Healthline

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    Vaccines. Takeaway. Demyelination refers to damage to the myelin around nerves. Myelin coats many nerves in the body, but in can be worn down or damaged over time. Nerves send and receive messages ...

  7. What Is a Blood Urea Nitrogen Test? - WebMD

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    Your result will be a number that measures how much BUN is in your blood. The range considered normal is 7-20 milligrams per deciliter. (A milligram is a very tiny amount —with over 28,000 ...

  8. Cardiac Troponin Test: A test that detects a heart attack - WebMD

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    The cardiac troponin test detects damage to the heart muscle. Troponin is a protein that appears in the blood only when the heart muscle is damaged, as in a heart attack. There are other causes of ...

  9. High Bilirubin Levels: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment

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    With moderately high bilirubin, you may only have jaundice, which is a yellowish color in your eyes and skin. Jaundice is the main sign of high bilirubin levels. Other general signs of illnesses ...