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  Plain Old XML - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Plain Old XML (POX) is a term used to describe basic XML, sometimes mixed in with other, blendable specifications like XML Namespaces, Dublin Core, XInclude and XLink.
POX is different from REST in that the latter refers to a style for communication protocols, while the former only refers to an information format style.
REST could be seen as POX over HTTP with some pecularities.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Plain_Old_XML   (165 words)

  
 Avian Pox
Avian pox is a mild to severe, slow developing disease of birds caused by an avipoxvirus and three common strains have been identified.
Avian pox has been diagnosed in upland game birds, songbirds (mourning doves and finches), marine birds, pet birds (canaries and parrots), chickens, turkeys, occasionally raptors and rarely in waterfowl.
Avian pox occurs in 2 forms, cutaneous (dry) and diphtheritic (wet).
www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-26362--,00.html   (1072 words)

  
 SHEEP AND GOAT POX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Sheep and goat pox (SGP) is an acute to chronic disease of sheep and goats characterized by generalized pox lesions throughout the skin and mucous membranes, a persistent fever, lymphadenitis, and often a focal viral pneumonia with lesions distributed uniformly throughout the lungs.
Pox lesions with a transudate, representing the vesicular stage of the lesion, may be noted, but rarely is there any gross vesicle in the skin.
Pox lesions in the lungs may be severe and extensive; the lesions are focal and uniformly distributed throughout the lungs as the result of hematogenous infection (Fig.
www.vet.uga.edu /vpp/gray_book/FAD/sgp.htm   (2272 words)

  
 Pox
Pox viruses are excreted by saliva, nasal and the lachrymal fluid.
For the pox infection to take, minute lesions or injuries need to be present (from pigeons pecking each other or the bite of a mosquito) into which the pathogen bearing dust can penetrate.
Pox can be confused with canker, but canker usually never develops on the bare skin only in mucus areas.
www.wingswest.net /pigeons/health/pox.html   (416 words)

  
 POX: Genius, Madness, and the Mysteries of Syphilis - Home
Pox is free of judgment, but the reader can't help but feel that safe sex never seemed a better idea.
Pox: Genius, Madness and the Mysteries of Syphilis claims that Ulysses, Joyce’s most famous work, is in part an account of the night he was infected, although the author’s family has rejected the theory as “absurd”.
POX breaks new ground by casting syphilis --up to a point--as a romantic pathogen, as tuberculosis was long seen to be.
www.poxhistory.com   (5284 words)

  
 Chicken Pox Party?
Furthermore, once chicken pox took hold in a community, it could be passed to those at risk for severe infection: infants, pregnant women, and patients with cancer, for example.
The chicken pox vaccine (known as Varivax) is given as a single injection to children aged 1 to 12.
As these immunized children join the older children who are already immune to chicken pox because they were infected, the chicken pox rite of passage may become a thing of the past.
webmd.com /content/article/44/1739_50887.htm?...   (592 words)

  
 Chicken Pox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
see, pox diseases are a complex of viral diseases in domestic animals and men, marked mainly by eruptions of the skin and mucous membranes.
Pox virus are the group of viruses responsible for small pox in humans and a wide range of pox diseases in animals.
Chicken pox in humans is also called varicella and is caused by a herpes virus.
www.newton.dep.anl.gov /askasci/bio99/bio99900.htm   (254 words)

  
 AGA - Disease cards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The lesions of goat pox are not restricted to the skin, but also may affect any of the internal organs, in particular the gastrointestinal tract from the mouth and tongue to the anus, and the respiratory tract.
Goat pox is usually identified by the clinical signs that constitute the skin lesions, the gross pathology of the disease and the host species affected.
Pox lesions: on mucous membranes of the eyes, mouth, nose, pharynx, epiglottis, trachea, on the rumenal and abomasal mucosae, and on the muzzle, nares, in the vulva, prepuce, testicles, udder, and teats
www.fao.org /ag/againfo/subjects/en/health/diseases-cards/sgp.html   (4918 words)

  
 Chicken pox during pregnancy
If you do contract chicken pox, you'll have a detailed ultrasound at 18 to 20 weeks to look for signs of defects or other problems and at least one follow-up sonogram later to see how your baby is doing.
If you develop chicken pox five to 21 days before your baby is born, he might develop chicken pox days after birth, but because of the antibodies he received from you, it's much less likely to be serious.
The most risky time to come down with chicken pox is between five days before giving birth and two days after delivery, because then your baby is exposed to the virus but doesn't have had time to receive antibodies from you before birth.
www.babycenter.com /refcap/pregnancy/prenatalhealth/9329.html   (1791 words)

  
 Kids Information - Chicken Pox
Chicken pox is a rash illness that is caused by a virus.
Yes, chicken pox is very contagious, but once a person has had a severe case of it once in their lifetime, they are immune to it in the future.
Chicken pox is an airborne virus, meaning that your child doesn't have to drink after another child with the illness in order to catch it.
www.kidsfirstinternet.org /infochickenpox.htm   (641 words)

  
 Pox - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The vesicular rash sores caused by pox diseases
POX as an abbreviation for Plain Old XML
This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pox   (97 words)

  
 CARP POX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Carp Pox should be differentiated from other viral and non viral eruptions with a microscope.
Carp Pox and certain cancers cannot be differentiated by pathologists in every case.
Carp Pox occurs in warm water [Georgia summers] with regularity, so it could be stated that warm water is a cure in some cases.
www.koivet.com /plants/library/carp_pox.htm   (290 words)

  
 Chicken pox FAQ
While you want to encourage fluids in the child with chicken pox, be sure not give the child anything that is too salty or acidic such as orange juice if these lesions are present in the mouth.
Because the virus that causes herpes zoster is the chicken pox virus, persons with active herpes zoster are at risk for transmitting chicken pox.
Those with chicken pox transmit the virus most effectively by respiratory means (sneezing, runny nose, saliva, etc.) However, unlike chicken pox, those with herpes zoster do not transmit the virus by respiratory means.
parenting.ivillage.com /tp/tphealth/0,,41zc-p,00.html   (2150 words)

  
 Gadget: POX Handheld Game
POX gives you two pieces of documentation: a booklet describing the PCU and the various menu and gameplay functions available in the software, plus a quick reference card describing just about all the known POX body parts and functions.
Aside from opponent POX, the Arena levels contain pieces of terrain and landmarks that exist solely as movement obstacles, as well as pods that contain both hazards (such as additional opponents, bombs, a disease) or rewards (such as currency or healing).
While the stock science fiction backstory is surprisingly effective in establishing the POX universe, and the game system makes for a suitably addictive experience, perhaps the most interesting aspect of POX is that it seems to be the first generation of a whole new gaming genre: the electronic card deck.
www.streettech.com /archives_gadget/pox.html   (1018 words)

  
 Chicken Pox
Chicken pox, also called varicella, is an extremely infectious disease that produces an itchy, blistery rash that lasts about a week.
Chicken pox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, a member of the herpes virus family.
Chicken pox is usually only contagious until all the sores have scabbed over, usually about six to seven days after the sores appear.
www.hmc.psu.edu /healthinfo/c/chickenpox.htm   (843 words)

  
 FamilyFun: Health Encyclopedia: Chicken Pox - and More Family Fun
Also known as varicella, chicken pox is a highly contagious viral disease characterized by fever (usually mild) and a rash (sometimes severe) consisting of tiny blisters or vesicles.
Chicken pox itself is usually mild, but it can become severe in newborns and children whose immune systems have been weakened by cancer, cancer treatments, AIDS, or immunosuppressive therapy to prevent rejection of transplanted organs.
There is no need to take drastic measures to prevent chicken pox in a healthy child; in fact, since the disease is much worse in older children and adults than in preschoolers, many parents feel that it is better to get it over with.
familyfun.go.com /parenting/child/health/childhealth/dony79enc_chickpox   (994 words)

  
 Chicken Pox: News: UI Health Care
The current chicken pox vaccine is recommended for children between ages 1 and 2 but required only in some states.
The chicken pox virus itself is the second-largest known virus in the world and is about half the size of the smallpox virus.
Of the 70 genes contained in chicken pox, only a few of the genes are important for the ability of the virus to infect people.
www.uihealthcare.com /news/news/2003/06/02chickenpox.html   (882 words)

  
 Chicken Pox
Varicella, or chicken pox, is one of the most common infectious diseases.
In addition to being widespread, Chicken Pox is also one of the most communicable of all common infectious diseases, affecting nearly 95 percent of all people before adulthood.
Chicken pox is the itchiest when it is first forming; however, it is very important to prevent scratching that can cause scaring.
www.prairiepublic.org /features/healthworks/kids/contagious.htm   (350 words)

  
 USGS National Wildlife Health Center - Avian Pox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Avian pox is a slowly developing disease of birds caused by several different strains of avipoxvirus.
In diphtheritic pox, the growths form in the mouth, throat, trachea and lungs resulting in difficulty breathing or swallowing.
The cutaneous form of pox causes warty growths on unfeathered skin, sometimes in large clusters.
www.nwhc.usgs.gov /disease_information/other_diseases/avian_pox.jsp   (426 words)

  
 CHICKEN POX (Varicella) Vaccine
Chicken pox causes a rash, itching, tiredness and fever.
Children between 19 months and their 13th birthday: All children who have not had chicken pox or the vaccine should be vaccinated before their 13th birthday.
Chicken pox vaccine may be given at the same time as other vaccines.
parenting.ivillage.com /baby/bhealth/0,,8pjt-1,00.html   (295 words)

  
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Before small pox was eradicated in 1977, it was one of the most infectious and deadly diseases in the world, afflicting millions of people each year regardless of age, race, or socioeconomic status.
The vaccinia virus, used as a live vaccine against small pox, is a relatively avirulent virus that is similar to cow pox, but its origins are not clearly understood.
The last case of small pox was reported in Bangladesh in 1975, and the last case of variola minor occured in Somalia in 1977.
www.stanford.edu /group/virus/pox/history.html   (1342 words)

  
 Viral Poultry Diseases
Avian pox is caused by a virus of which there are at least three different strains or types; fowl pox virus, pigeon pox virus and canary pox virus.
Wet pox is associated with the oral cavity and the upper respiratory tract, particularly the larynx and trachea.
Fowl pox is readily diagnosed on the basis of flock history and presence of typical lesions.
www.msstate.edu /dept/poultry/disviral.htm   (2755 words)

  
 Chicken pox - Implications of Chickenpox - DrGreene.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
chicken pox or varicellavârand180;esel´e, infectious disease usually occurring in childhood.
Chicken pox is a common, usually self-limited, infection caused by the varicella virus.
Chicken pox is highly infectious and is spread by droplets through the air and via contact.
hyperdetails.com /hpdt/chicken-pox.htm   (420 words)

  
 Poxviridae
All human pox viruses are in the Chordopoxovirinae subfamily, and most of them belong to either the Orthopoxvirus (variola, vaccinia, cow pox) or the Parapoxvirus (Orf virus) genus.
In the case of small pox, the virus is found in lesions in the upper respiratory tract, which can be transmitted to others in droplet secretions, and in skin lesions.
People who are infected with small pox are generally immune to the disease for the rest of their lives.
www.stanford.edu /group/virus/pox/pox.html   (453 words)

  
 Chicken Pox   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Because chicken pox is a fairly mild disease in children, parents have been known to purposely expose their non-immune....
Chicken pox is a rash illness caused by a virus, and usually occurs in childhood.
Chicken pox is a viral infection that causes a rash on the surface of the skin and mucous membranes.
www.health-nexus.com /chicken_pox.htm   (233 words)

  
 you've got POX
Pox would have set Perth's comics scene on edge if it actually had much of one.
But the Pox Girls were happy to settle for kind words from Dan Clowes, Chris Ware, and glowing writeups in Comics Edge, Comics Quarterly, Submedia Magazine and The Comics Journal.
So we find the Perth Pox Girls to be a meeting not only of minds but of media's different degrees.
www.qdcomic.com /artists/pox.htm   (543 words)

  
 Berkeley Parents Network: Varicella (Chicken Pox) Vaccine
I also never had chicken pox growing up, so I looked into getting the vaccine a few years ago - the first step before getting the vaccine, even if you think you never had chicken pox, is to get tested for the antibodies.
In addition, the rate of "shingles" (a painful reactivation of chicken pox) appears to be lower in vaccinated children.
I have chosen to postpone the chicken pox vaccine for my little one based on a conversation I had with an MD/PhD at UCSF whose speciality is childhood vaccines.
parents.berkeley.edu /advice/health/varicella.html   (2312 words)

  
 Squirrel Pox
Squirrel pox, or squirrel fibroma is a viral disease which produces multiple tumors on the skin of gray and fox squirrels.
It belongs to the pox group of viruses which produce rabbit fibromatosis, rabbit myxomatosis, hare fibromatosis and some deer fibromas.
The microscopic lesions of squirrel pox virus in the gray squirrel are similar to those reported from Shope's rabbit fibroma virus in the cottontail.
www.michigan.gov /dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12150_12220-27274--,00.html   (440 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Pox Spino Powers Of Strength: Red: Toys & Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
POX is a one-player game for kids ages 8 years and older.
Using mouse-sized, radio-controlled "POX Containment Units" with three-inch LCD screens, the goal of the player is to save the earth from the spread of an alien DNA by firing off more toxic strains of the spores via heads, torsos, and tails and across three different-colored species: Spino, Cycro and Plasmo.
The youngsters like the "sneaky" aspect to this game, not realizing that this is educational in itself, in that they are developing and honing their strategy skills, which is an added bonus to parents and to the children themselves.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005NWQ5/netsurferdigest   (1370 words)

  
 The chicken pox vaccine (0-12 months)
This shot may seem unnecessary to you because childhood chicken pox (also known as varicella) is usually a mild illness.
Although the chicken pox vaccine was only approved in the United States in 1995, it has been tested in children for 30 years.
About 10 percent of adults who had chicken pox earlier in life get this rash of extremely painful and disfiguring blisters on the face, chest, or abdomen.
www.babycenter.com /refcap/baby/babyills/babyvaccine/1725.html   (1456 words)

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