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  • As to the remedy for the symptoms after they have appeared, satisfactory results have been obtained by replacing the sufferers in a compressed air chamber ( "recompression"), when the gas is again dissolved by the body fluids, and then slowly

    Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various

  • Is there any way of getting the full 1080p with no recompression version somewere?

    Canon EOS5DmkII, One night in Beijing. on Vimeo 2010

  • The graphical procedure of Casagrande constructs a connecting point of the recompression (RCL) with the virgin compression line (VCL) that defines the pre-compression stress (Fig. 5).

    Soil compaction 2008

  • Extras include a diving recompression chamber, cinema, gymnasium and a sky-lit "sky lounge" that doubles as a recording studio.

    Most Expensive Yachts 2006 ©... 2006

  • In the mid-range, the $52.5 million Meduse measures nearly 200 feet and comes with a diving recompression chamber, cinema, gymnasium and a sky-lit "sky lounge" that doubles as a recording studio.

    Most Expensive Yachts 2006 Neal Santelmann 2006

  • With a little more recompression, we probably could've seen what Ralph, Booster, Adam, Rip Hunter, Casey the Cop, Air Wave and the Frogmen were up to.

    Archive 2006-07-01 Douglas Wolk 2006

  • I left the originals in wmv format because otherwise i would have had to do a recompression, which would have resulted in same size or even larger files in most cases, and degrade the quality noticeably. jim

    Ken Miller Webcast Archived - The Panda's Thumb 2006

  • With a little more recompression, we probably could've seen what Ralph, Booster, Adam, Rip Hunter, Casey the Cop, Air Wave and the Frogmen were up to.

    Week 9: In Paradise, Everybody Speaks English Douglas Wolk 2006

  • But what I want you to do right now is imagine yourself 400 feet underwater, with all this high-tech gear on your back, you're in a remote reef off Papua, New Guinea, thousands of miles from the nearest recompression chamber, and you're completely surrounded by sharks.

    Richard Pyle dives the reef's Twilight Zone 2004

  • But what I want you to do right now is imagine yourself 400 feet underwater, with all this high-tech gear on your back, you're in a remote reef off Papua, New Guinea, thousands of miles from the nearest recompression chamber, and you're completely surrounded by sharks.

    Richard Pyle dives the reef's Twilight Zone 2004

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