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First Aid
Emergency care or treatment given to a person who suddenly becomes ill or injured before full medical services become available.
Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Financial assistance provided by the government to indigent families with dependent children who meet certain requirements as defined by the Social Security Act, Title IV, in the U.S.
Year introduced: 1978(1975)
Psychological First Aid
Early psychosocial intervention approach used during or after traumatic life events as disasters, accidents, terrorist attacks causing negative effects on individual and/or society. It focuses on determining basic physical and mental needs of individuals in major events.
Year introduced: 2022
Food Assistance
Food or financial assistance for food given to those in need.
Year introduced: 2013
Audiovisual Aids
Auditory and visual instructional materials.
Year introduced: 1996
Social Security
Government sponsored social insurance programs.
Year introduced: AID TO THE BLIND & AID TO THE TOTALLY DISABLED were see under PUBLIC ASSISTANCE 1968-1977
Insemination, Artificial, Heterologous
Human artificial insemination in which the semen used is that of a man other than the woman's husband.
Year introduced: 1991(1975)
Hearing Aids
Wearable sound-amplifying devices that are intended to compensate for impaired hearing. These generic devices include air-conduction hearing aids and bone-conduction hearing aids. (UMDNS, 1999)
APOBEC Deaminases
A family of conserved cytidine deaminases that catalyze the DEAMINATION of CYTIDINE to URIDINE. They are characterized by N and C-terminal zinc-dependent catalytic domains and have important functions in RNA EDITING; EPIGENTIC PROCESSES; and the INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE against viruses.
Year introduced: 2017
Sensory Aids
Devices and materials used to extend the functioning of the senses, most often including materials adapted for those having visual or hearing impairments and also includes materials that have been translated from one sensory mode to another. (ERIC https://eric.ed.gov/?qt=braille and ti=Sensory+Aids accessed 12/31/2020)
Year introduced: 1974(1973)
International Cooperation
The interaction of persons or groups of persons representing various nations in the pursuit of a common goal or interest.
Financing, Government
Federal, state, or local government organized methods of financial assistance.
Year introduced: 1968
Dimenhydrinate
A drug combination that contains diphenhydramine and theophylline. It is used for treating VERTIGO, MOTION SICKNESS, and NAUSEA associated with PREGNANCY.
Decision Support Techniques
Mathematical or statistical procedures used as aids in making a decision. They are frequently used in medical decision-making.
Year introduced: 1991
AICDA (activation-induced cytidine deaminase) [Supplementary Concept]
required enzyme for several crucial steps of B cell terminal differentiation
Date introduced: November 6, 2001
Material Safety Data Sheets
Information or data used to ensure the safe handling and disposal of substances in the workplace. Such information includes physical properties (i.e. melting, boiling, flashing points), as well as data on toxicity, health effects, reactivity, storage, disposal, first-aid, protective equipment, and spill-handling procedures.
Year introduced: 2014
Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration
Conducting a fine needle biopsy with the aid of ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY.
Image-Guided Biopsy
Conducting a biopsy procedure with the aid of a MEDICAL IMAGING modality.
Tobacco Use Cessation Devices
Devices or delivery systems used to aid in ending a TOBACCO habit.
Year introduced: 2019(1968)
Lipid-Linked Proteins
Proteins that are covalently-linked to lipid molecules or hydrophobic molecules such as those that contain prenyl groups. The lipid moieties aid in the association of the proteins with CELL MEMBRANES.
Year introduced: 2011