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Dells Area Health Center Avera Health(health)
Divine Providence Health Center Avera Health(health)
rh factor(medicine)
factor P(medicine)
One factor APT(finance)
RH factor(dictionary)
Factor V(health)
q-factor(medicine)
factor IV(medicine)

Pinworm (health) and q-factor (medicine)


Pinworm (health)


A parasite, Enterobius vermicularis, that can cause intense itching around the anus.





q-factor (medicine)


q-factor
<radiobiology> Ratio of power produced by fusion to power put into the reactor to heat the plasma and drive the magnetic fields.

Q = 1 is the definition of scientific breakeven, where power out = power in. Economical fusion will require Q significantly greater than 1. Fortunately Q increases dramatically as the plasma parameters approach the Lawson criterion for ignition. Power to drive the magnetic fields is frequently ignored in discussions of Q, with the justification that a steady-state, continuous-output fusion reactor will have superconducting magnet coils.