OCT 19, basic medical science: gamma rays

 

a) Reprise of material posted on October 19 in previous years ...

2020: Toronto ravines, Taylor Creek (photo-collage)  
2021: Carolina lowcountry, wildlife revisited 1 (photo-collage)

2022: Canadiana, seniors' hockey (poem) 
2023: decorative touches, abstract quilts (fabric art)

To access the details of any item in slide format, type its title, as displayed above in red font (e.g. ... seniors' hockey), into one of the two search bars at the the top of your blog-page. Underneath the slide(s) for each entertaining delight that you discover, you will find a clickable link that lets you easily explore a more widespread collection of wonderments (verse, photos, wordplay, song-lyrics etc.) on the topic of your choice. 

b) Today's Offering (Oct 19, 2024):

Authors' Note:   In measuring ionizing radiation such as gamma rays with an instrument such as a  dosimeter, terms such as exposure-rate, flux, and fluence relate to the strength of the source. With regard to possible harm to humans and other biologic creatures, the absorbed dose is more important. The many different units involved in scientific descriptions may, in fact, detract from comprehension by non-experts. A simple rule of thumb, adopted by most professional societies, is to keep exposure "as low as reasonably achievable", as summarized in the acronymic slogan ALARA.

Readers can enjoy our whole collection of verses on "basic medical science" by clicking HERE.

Authors' Note: 

(FUD-ee-dud-ee, or as a possibility here, fud-ee-DUD-ee); another example of a (re)duplication.

Readers willing to go down an internet rabbit-hole can easily get to a collection of more than a dozen other  SHORT VERSES  in which we have dealt with specific reduplications. 

If interested, readers can also discover three fairly lengthy PATTER-SONGS about this fascinating linguistic phenomenon. These songs form an important part of our cycle of 9 songs about "Word Pairs".