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Deutsch: Umweltaktivitätenpläne / Español: Planes de Actividades Ambientales / Português: Planos de Atividades Ambientais / Français: Plans d'activités environnementales / Italiano: Piani di Attività Ambientali /

Activity Plans are Written procedures in a school's asbestos-management plan that detail the steps a Local Education Agency (LEA) will follow in performing the initial and additional

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Deutsch: Akut / Español: Agudo / Português: Agudo / Français: Aigu / Italiano: Acuto /

An Acute is used to describe disease where symptoms are readily evident. Treatment is generally required.

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Deutsch: Akuter Effekt / Español: Efecto Agudo / Português: Efeito Agudo / Français: Effet Aigu / Italiano: Effetto Acuto /

An Acute Effect is an adverse effect on any living Organism which results in severe symptoms that develop rapidly; symptoms often subside after the Exposure stops.

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An Acute Exposure is a single exposure to a toxic substance which may result in

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An Acute Health Effect is an immediate (i.e. within hours or days) effect that may result from exposure to certain drinking water contaminants (e.g., pathogens).

An Acute Toxicity is the ability of a substance to cause severe biological harm or death soon after a single Exposure or dose. Also, any poisonous effect resulting from a single short

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Deutsch: Anpassung / Español: Adaptación / Português: Adaptação / Français: Adaptation / Italiano: Adattamento /

The term adaptation may refer to any one of the following:

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Deutsch: Adaptive Radiation / Español: Radiación Adaptativa / Português: Radiação Adaptativa / Français: Radiation Adaptative / Italiano: Radiazione Adattativa /

Adaptive radiation is the process in which numerous new species evolve to fill vacant and new ecological niches in changed environments, usually after a mass extinction.

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An adaptive sampling strategy is a sampling strategy that allows modification of sampling design and analysis to adapt to changing objectives or to changing circumstances.

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Adaptive trait --->adaptation