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101Nuclear pharmacy — involves the preparation of radioactive materials that will be used to diagnose and treat specific diseases. It was the first pharmacy specialty established in 1978 by the Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties. Nuclear pharmacy seeks to improve and …
102ApothéCure Inc. — ApothéCure Inc. is a Dallas, Texas based compounding pharmacy that specializes in custom compounded formulas and nutritional supplements for both patients and physicians. The business began pharmacy operations in 1991. ApothéCure is a sister… …
103Polybutylene — Other names polybutene 1, poly(1 butene), PB 1 Identifiers …
104Fingerprint (computing) — In computer science, a fingerprinting algorithm is a procedure that maps an arbitrarily large data item (such as a computer file) to a much shorter bit string, its fingerprint, that uniquely identifies the original data for all practical… …
105North American Indian languages — Introduction those languages that are indigenous to the United States and subarctic Canada and that are spoken north of the Mexican border. A number of language groups within this area, however, extend as far south as Central America. The… …
106Prescription — A physician s order for the preparation and administration of a drug or device for a patient. A prescription has several parts. They include the superscription or heading with the symbol “R” or “Rx”, which stands for the word recipe (meaning, in… …
107Discounting — For discounting in the sense of downplaying or dismissing, see Minimisation (psychology). For the band of the same name, see Discount (band). See also: Discounts and allowances Discounting is a financial mechanism in which a debtor obtains the… …
108Annual Percentage Yield - APY — The effective annual rate of return taking into account the effect of compounding interest. APY is calculated by: The resultant percentage number assumes that funds will remain in the investment vehicle for a full 365 days. The APY is similar in… …
109Effective Annual Interest Rate — An investment s annual rate of interest when compounding occurs more often than once a year. Calculated as the following: Consider a stated annual rate of 10%. Compounded yearly, this rate will turn $1000 into $1100. However, if compounding… …
110Periodic Interest Rate — The interest rate charged on a loan or realized on an investment over a specific period of time. Most interest rates are quoted on an annual basis. If the interest on the loan or investment compounds more frequent than annually, the annual… …
