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Chinese amphibious wheeled armoured fighting vehicle family
The Type 08 is a Chinese family of modern eight-wheeled, amphibious, modular armored vehicles developed by Norinco for infantry fire support, battlefield logistics, and quick reaction operations. Developed in the early 2000s, the vehicle family were produced for more than 6,000 hulls and widely deployed by the People's Liberation Army Ground Force and People's Liberation Army Marine Corps. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Type 08A 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 DiabetesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: A Brief History of TimeThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Semiempirical GGA‐type density functional constructed with a long‐range dispersion correctionCited 30,873 times
- Go sideways: Type 05 amphibious fighting vehicleA closely related topic
- Go sideways: WZ-551A closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Semiempirical GGA‐type density functional constructed with a long‐range dispersion correction
Intensive blood-glucose control with sulphonylureas or insulin compared with conventional treatment and risk of complications in patients with type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 33)
Self—Consistent Molecular Orbital Methods. XII. Further Extensions of Gaussian—Type Basis Sets for Use in Molecular Orbital Studies of Organic Molecules
Reduction in the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes with Lifestyle Intervention or Metformin
Empagliflozin, Cardiovascular Outcomes, and Mortality in Type 2 Diabetes
Self-Consistent Molecular-Orbital Methods. IX. An Extended Gaussian-Type Basis for Molecular-Orbital Studies of Organic Molecules
Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Changes in Lifestyle among Subjects with Impaired Glucose Tolerance
Self-consistent molecular orbital methods. XXIII. A polarization-type basis set for second-row elements
🆕 Influential since 2022
Effects of Semaglutide on Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes
Management of Hyperglycemia in Type 2 Diabetes, 2022. A Consensus Report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
Global incidence, prevalence, and mortality of type 1 diabetes in 2021 with projection to 2040: a modelling study
Type 2 diabetes
Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes, 2022. A consensus report by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD)
📚 Books worth reading
A Brief History of TimeStephen Hawking · 1988
BelovedToni Morrison · 1987
CellStephen King · 2006
Hard LuckJeff Kinney · 2013
Me Before YouJojo Moyes · 2012
World War ZMax Brooks · 2006
EinsteinWalter Isaacson · 2007
The Underground RailroadColson Whitehead · 2000
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