In part it states:
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.in +0.8i
-.ev 2
-.ll 5.5i
+.ll -0.8i
It appeared that our original hypothesis
based on the high percentage of Lumbagan Legionnaires
among the afflicted had led us down a blind alley
leading us to the following amazing formulation
of the relationship between medical research,
technology, population, standard of living and the Empire Plague:
-.ll 6.5i
-.ev
.in
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.NF
-likelihood civ + mil + uw t_level + (iron + oil + rad * 2) / 10 + 100
- of = -------------- * -------------------------------------------
- plague 999 r_level + effic + mobil + 100
+Likelihood of plague outbreak (in percent) is
+ civ + mil + uw t_level + (iron + oil + rad * 2) / 10 + 100
+max (0, -------------- * ------------------------------------------- - 1)
+ 999 r_level + effic + mobil + 100
.FI
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Later formulations of this relationship show great similarity