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Yalow
U.S. medical physicist. Born in New York City, she received a PhD in physics from the Univ. of Illinois. She developed the technique of radioimmunoassay (RIA) by combining techniques from radioisotope tracing and immunology. RIA proved a very sensitive and simple way to measure tiny concentrations of biological substances or drugs in blood or other body fluids. She originally applied RIA to study blood insulin levels in diabetes mellitus (1959), but the method soon found hundreds of other applications. In 1976 she became the first woman awarded the Albert Lasker Prize, and in 1977 she shared a Nobel Prize with A. Schally and R. Guillemin.


Yao
Various Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting S Tanzania, N Mozambique, and S Malawi. In the colonial era the Yao were prominent as slave traders. They were never completely united but lived as small groups ruled by chiefs. By 1900 they had come under German, Portuguese, or British rule. Today numbering 2.2 million, the Yao practice slash-and-burn horticulture. Most are Muslims.

In Chinese mythology, one of three legendary emperors, along with Shun and Da Yu, of the golden age of antiquity (c.24th cent. BC). All three were exalted by Confucius as models of virtue, righteousness, and unselfish devotion.

Various Bantu-speaking peoples inhabiting S Tanzania, N Mozambique, and S Malawi. In the colonial era the Yao were prominent as slave traders. They were never completely united but lived as small groups ruled by chiefs. By 1900 they had come under German, Portuguese, or British rule. Today numbering 2.2 million, the Yao practice slash-and-burn horticulture. Most are Muslims.

In Chinese mythology, one of three legendary emperors, along with Shun and Da Yu, of the golden age of antiquity (c.24th cent. BC). All three were exalted by Confucius as models of virtue, righteousness, and unselfish devotion.


Aso
Volcanic mountain, central Kyushu island, Japan. The highest of its five peaks is about 5,223 ft (1,592 m) tall. It has one of the largest active craters in the world, measuring 71 mi (114 km) in circumference; its caldera marks the original crater and contains an active volcano and hot springs. The crater is inhabited; its pastures are used for cattle raising and dairy farming.


baboon
Any of five species of robust monkeys (genus Papio, or Chaeropithecus) of Arabia and sub-Saharan Africa. Baboons have a large head, cheek pouches, and a long, doglike muzzle. They walk on all fours, carrying the tail in a characteristic arch. They weigh 30-90 lbs (14-40 kg) and are about 20-45 in. (50-115 cm) long, excluding the tail (18-28 in., or 45-70 cm, long). Found mainly in drier savanna and rocky areas, they feed on a variety of plants and animals. Highly intelligent, they travel in large noisy troops, communicating by calls. They may destroy crops, and their enormous canine teeth and powerful limbs make them dangerous ...

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