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The way women are represented in the media has been criticized as perpetuating negative gender stereotypes. The exploitation of women in mass media refers to the criticisms that are levied against the use or objectification of women in the mass media, when such use or portrayal aims at increasing the appeal of media or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_equality |
However, the earliest known performance is in the form of William Davenant's adaptation The Rivals in 1664. The earliest known production of the straight Shakespearean/Fletcher text was in The Old Vic on 28 March 1928, directed by Andrew Leigh. Additional information (attribution): attributed to Shakespeare and Fletche... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_Shakespeare's_plays |
Namak Lake (Persian: دریاچه نمک, romanized: Daryâče-ye Namak, i.e., salt lake) is a salt lake in Iran. It is located approximately 100 km (62 mi) east of the city of Qom and 60 km (37 mi) of Kashan at an elevation of 790 metres (2,590 ft) above sea level. The lake is a remnant of the Paratethys sea, which started to dr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namak_Lake |
Despite achieving the results of treatment, stains can return within an initial couple of months of treatment. Various methods may be employed to prolong the treatment results, such as: Brush or flush out mouth with water after eating and drinking Floss to remove plaque and biofilms between the teeth Take special care ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_bleaching |
To move the project forward, TriMet downsized the plan and abandoned the line's Clark County and North Portland segments up to the Rose Quarter. That July, the Oregon House of Representatives approved a $750 million transportation package, which included $375 million for the scaled-back line. The funding was annulled b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX_light_rail |
Submissive positions are often ceremonial and dictated by culture. They may be performed as a mutual sign of respect between equals or as a sign of submission to a higher-ranking individual or to a ceremonial object. Bowing is the lowering of the head and torso towards the person or object of reverence, often briefly. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_position |
Foragers communicate their floral findings in order to recruit other worker bees of the hive to forage in the same area. The factors that determine recruiting success are not completely known but probably include evaluations of the quality of nectar and/or pollen brought in. There are two main hypotheses to explain how... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bee_learning_and_communication |
Introduced in 1953, the cereal has undergone several name changes, starting out as "Sugar Smacks". In the 1980s, it was renamed "Honey Smacks" in order to downplay its sugar content, even though the sugar content stayed the same. In the early 1990s, the word "Honey" was dropped from the name and the product was then si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey_Smacks |
The Pimax Vision 8K X is a variant of the Pimax 8K that solves the cable bandwidth limitation by using the highest data transmission mode with HBC with Displayport 1.4a, thus allowing native 4K resolution per eye, without the visual compromise from upscaling a 5K signal. The total native resolution of a Pimax Vision 8K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pimax |
In 1949, Crayola introduced the "Crayola No. 48" containing 48 color crayons in a non-hangable floor box. Further expansion took place in 1958 with the introduction of the 64-color pack that included the company's first crayon sharpener built into the box. The 64-color box was called "a watershed" moment in the history... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayola |
Weather forecasting is the application of science and technology to predict the conditions of the atmosphere for a given location and time. People have attempted to predict the weather informally for millennia and formally since the 19th century. Weather forecasts are made by collecting quantitative data about the curr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_bulletin |
Bruce Thomas Draine (born November 19, 1947 in Kolkata) is an American astrophysicist. He is Professor of Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton University.He attended Swarthmore College from 1965 to 1969. He served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Ghana from 1969–71, where he taught secondary school physics and mathematics. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_T._Draine |
In 1984, 008 Australia's first CNG-fuelled bus entered service. From the success of the trial gas buses, two O305s (270/1) were converted to LPG operation in the early 1980s, a CNG-fuelled O305G was ordered and entered service in 1987 as 009. In the early 1990s 26 O305s were converted to CNG. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_O305 |
Safford's discovery in 1866 was published in the appendix of an obscure paper. Sixteen years later, on November 5, 1882, Edouard Stephan discovered the same object, but was unaware of Safford's earlier discovery. Wolfgang Steinicke's version of the catalog lists Safford as the discoverer. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_140 |
As the pilar cyst wall is the thickest and most durable of the many varieties of cysts, it can be grabbed with forceps and pulled out of the small incision. This method is best performed on cysts larger than a pea that have formed a thick enough wall to be easily identified after the sac is emptied. Small cysts have th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichilemmal_cyst |
(§9)For Diodorus, the future battle was either impossible or necessary. Aristotle added a third term, contingency, which saves logic while in the same time leaving place for indetermination in reality. What is necessary is not that there will or that there will not be a battle tomorrow, but the dichotomy itself is nece... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_future_contingents |
Metro: Last Light, along with other THQ properties and studios, went to auction on January 22, 2013. GameStop temporarily removed the game from its store to prevent customers from being misled by the game's uncertain release. The auction did not affect the progress of the game's development significantly. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro:_Last_Light |
As long ago as 1917, naturalist William Beebe declared that "another continent of life remains to be discovered, not upon the Earth, but one to two hundred feet above it, extending over thousands of square miles." A true exploration of this habitat only began in the 1980s, when scientists developed methods to reach the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_forests |
In May 1998, Canada requested consultations before the WTO and the European Commission concerning France's 1996 prohibition of the importation and sale of all forms of asbestos. Canada said that the French measures contravened provisions of the Agreements on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and on Technical Barriers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_asbestos |
Formally: ∀ γ ∈ Γ ∑ i ∈ N ν i ( γ ) = c o n s t . {\displaystyle \forall \gamma \ \in \Gamma \ \sum _{i\in \mathrm {N} }\nu \ _{i}(\gamma \ )=const.} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_game_theory |
Block 1 always contains the 16-bit program identifier. The first 11 bits (bits 15–5) of block 2 are also the same in all groups. The first 4 bits (bits 15–11) of block 2 are the "group type code", which describe the interpretation of the remaining data. Each group type comes "A" and "B" variants, distinguished by the f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Data_System |
Some plants that were to be tested in APH include Dwarf Wheat and Arabidopsis. In December 2017 hundreds of seeds were delivered to ISS for growth in the VEGGIE system.In 2018 the Veggie-3 experiment at the ISS, was tested with plant pillows and root mats. One of the goals is to grow food for crew consumption. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants_in_space |
Atari Japan president Hideyuki Nakajima was then promoted as vice president of Nakamura Manufacturing. In 1976, Bushnell sent Nakamura Breakout, which Nakamura saw as a sure-fire hit — to his disappointment, his company was only allowed to distribute the game and was forbidden from exclusive manufacturing rights. Nakam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaya_Nakamura_(businessman) |
As well as being traded for money, a number of artifacts can be worn so that they provide certain benefits and detriments (for example, increasing a stalker's resistance to gunfire while also contaminating him with small amounts of radiation) although certain rarer artifacts provide benefits without any negative effect... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Ray_Engine |
"Antonio Ceraso of Pennsylvania State University placed the flag's conception within a larger framework—"the formation of a communal ethos...the 09 F9 tribe"—and posed the question: "Would five striped colors arranged into a flag constitute an anti-circumvention device under the DMCA? "The flag inspired Jeff Thompson, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_flag |
The purpose is to obtain justly intoned major thirds (with a frequency ratio equal to 5: 4). It was described by Pietro Aron in his Toscanello de la Musica of 1523, by saying the major thirds should be tuned to be "sonorous and just, as united as possible." Later theorists Gioseffo Zarlino and Francisco de Salinas desc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter-comma_meantone |
CSAIL's research activities are organized around a number of semi-autonomous research groups, each of which is headed by one or more professors or research scientists. These groups are divided up into seven general areas of research: Artificial intelligence Computational biology Graphics and vision Language and learnin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory |
Why there is an instantaneous conservation is the subject of which is the correct interpretation of quantum mechanics. Speculative theories of quantum gravity that combine general relativity with quantum mechanics have their own associated paradoxes that are generally accepted to be artifacts of the lack of a consisten... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_paradox |
Semi-automatic transmissions are mechanically the same as a conventional manual transmission, but do not have a manually-operated clutch mechanism; instead facilitating the driver, by using automation system to control the clutch. These systems still require the driver's input and involvement for manually changing gear... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerator_pedal |
Almost all mountains in the list are located in the Himalaya and Karakoram ranges to the south and west of the Tibetan plateau. All peaks 7,000 m (23,000 ft) or higher are located in East, Central or South Asia in a rectangle edged by Noshaq (7,492 m or 24,580 ft) on the Afghanistan–Pakistan border in the west, Jengish... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest_mountains_on_Earth |
: 149 The company's core staff would eventually include body fabricator Mike Saggers, welder Harry Ross, and mechanic Chuck Richardson. : 26–28 Over the course of a few short years Sadler produced a series of sports racing cars, open-wheeled Formula Junior and Formula Libre cars, and go-karts. He built the first rear m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Sadler_(engineer) |
The term "harmonics" originated as the Ancient Greek word harmonikos, meaning "skilled in music". In physical eigenvalue problems, it began to mean waves whose frequencies are integer multiples of one another, as are the frequencies of the harmonics of music notes, but the term has been generalized beyond its original ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract_harmonic_analysis |
Since the rate of nuclear reactions in these shells is very sensitively dependent on pressure, the added pressure results in a large release of energy, and the core is pushed back the other way. This in turn adds greater pressure on the other side, and we find that the core begins to oscillate. It has been shown that m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar_kick |
All standalone TiVo systems have coax/RF-in and an internal cable-ready tuner, analog video input—composite/RCA, and S-Video—for use with an external cable box or satellite receiver. The TiVo unit can use a serial cable or IR blasters to control the external receiver. They have coax/RF, composite/RCA, and S-Video outpu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiVo_digital_video_recorders |
In September 1980, Catrett (respondent-plaintiff) sued fifteen asbestos manufacturers and distributors—including Celotex (petitioner-defendant)—in United States District Court for the District of Columbia, on the basis of evidence alleging that her husband, Louis H. Catrett, died in 1979 of health effects of exposure t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celotex_Corp._v._Catrett |
ear-coverts Small covert feathers located behind a bird's eye, in one to four rows, which cover the ear opening (bird ears have no external features) and may aid in the acuity of bird hearing. egg Also defined: eggshell; yolk; albumen; chalaza. The organic vessel containing the zygote, in which birds develop until hatc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_bird_terms |
Feedback and failure are seen as opportunities to increase ability, signaling the "need to pay attention, invest effort, apply time to practice, and master the new learning opportunity".Grit, the combination of determination and perseverance, is related to a growth mindset. Keown and Bourke discussed the importance of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth_mindset |
Doctors of Osteopathic Medicine may also seek board certification via the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine must have a primary board certification in Neurology & Psychiatry, Internal Medicine, or Family Practice from the American Osteopathic Association and complete an AOA appr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction_medicine |
Atomic force microscopy (AFM) is commonly used to directly measure the magnitude of depletion forces. This method uses the deflection of a very small cantilever contacting a sample which is measured by a laser. The force required to cause a certain amount of beam deflection can be determined from the change in angle of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depletion_force |
An important feature of the site is ability to cite literature for assertions (e.g. "The Stroop task measures executive control") and to discuss their validity. It contributes to NeuroLex and the Neuroscience Information Framework, allows programmatic access to the database, and is built around semantic web technologie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroinformatics |
The East-Side-Tower is a planned residential high-rise building composed of upscale and exclusive condominium units. It is right next to the Warschauer Brücke. The property owner and project developer is city.bauten Gesellschaft für Projektentwicklung und -management mbH, and the blueprints are by nps tschoban voss GbR... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediaspree |
However, there are probably complex internal processes behind this relationship. In 1813, Schopenhauer wrote about this, that the Moon illusion is "purely intellectual or cerebral and not optical or sensuous." The brain takes the sense data that is given to it from the eye and it apprehends a large Moon because "our in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_Illusion |
It has a large circular field-of-view combined with high spectral (R ≥ 200 000), spatial ≃ 0.2″), and temporal resolution (several frames per second) Rapid Oscillations in the Solar Atmosphere (ROSA)The Rapid Oscillations in the Solar Atmosphere (ROSA) instrument is a single-controlled system of 6 imaging fast-readout ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunn_Solar_Telescope |
Suppose that the agents in domain A can choose a rule from two alternative options: A1 and A2; similarly, agents in domain B can choose a rule from either B1 or B2. For simplicity, let us assume that all agents in each domain have an identical payoff function ui = u(i ∈ C) or vj = v(j ∈ D) defined on binary choice sets... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_complementarity |
The lever mechanism first appeared around 5,000 years ago in the Near East, where it was used in a simple balance scale, and to move large objects in ancient Egyptian technology. The lever was also used in the shadoof water-lifting device, the first crane machine, which appeared in Mesopotamia circa 3000 BC, and then i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_engineering |
It does demonstrate, however, that the free media in an open society are particularly vulnerable to exploitation and manipulation by ruthless terrorist organisations. One notable example of the relationship between terror groups and the media was the release of the Osama bin Laden audio and video recordings. These tape... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_and_social_media |
This way of living and the home has been noted as highly similar to the contemporary family and their dwellings. By the end of the 17th century, the house layout was transformed to become employment-free, enforcing these ideas for the future. This came in favour for the industrial revolution, gaining large-scale factor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House |
Fellows and Associates have the right to describe themselves as an actuary. There were about 9500 Fellows in the institute. They bear the letters FIA after their names; Honorary Fellows were voted on by the Council if it feels are appears to be able to render assistance in promoting the objects of the institute and who... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Actuaries |
One survey found that one-fourth of LGB adults have experienced victimization related to their sexual orientation, and another found that as many as 90% of LGBTQ+ youth report hearing prejudiced remarks at school. Similarly, up to 60% of African Americans report experiencing distal stressors throughout their lives, ran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_stress |
Economic policies based on sharia were introduced throughout the gunpowder empires, which led to their commercial expansion. Chiefly the Ottoman Empire and Mughal India underwent substantial increases in per capita income and population, and a sustained pace of technological innovation. A significant event was the crea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_economics |
Phred's approach to base calling and calculating quality scores was outlined by Ewing et al.. To determine quality scores, Phred first calculates several parameters related to peak shape and peak resolution at each base. Phred then uses these parameters to look up a corresponding quality score in huge lookup tables. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phred_quality_score |
Top Panel — Used to build the bridge girders. There are 7 panel points on each top panel; it is 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) long, 2' 13⁄8" wide, 1' 95⁄8" high (1930 mm × 645 mm × 549 mm), weight 385 lb (175 kg). Bay (same as above) Bottom Panel — Used as a brace for bridge girders. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_Girder_Bridge |
It communicates the agency's position on a matter, but does not commit the FDA to an enforcement action. For that reason, the FDA does not consider a warning letter a final action on which it can be sued.The FDA expects most individuals, firms, and government establishments to voluntarily comply with the law. When the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDA_warning_letter |
The Pythagorean theorem allows us to calculate easily how far a satellite is visible at such a great height. It can be determined that a satellite in a 1,500-kilometer (930 mi) orbit rises and sets when the horizontal distance is 4,600 kilometers (2,900 mi). However, the atmosphere causes this figure to vary slightly. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_balloon |
The firms will have to provide some of the project financing "out of their own pocket" and thus incur some of the investment risk. This will provide the bank with the necessary guarantee that the borrower has personal stakes in the success of the investment, and ensures the borrower stands to wear the loss if the proje... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_rationing |
One copy of the Code calls it a ṣimdat šarrim, "royal decree", which denotes a kind of enforced legislation.However, the arguments against this view are strong. Firstly, it would make a very unusual code—Reuven Yaron called the designation "Code" a "persistent misnomer". Vital areas of society and commerce are omitted. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi |
On this view, there are no 'universal' methodological rules but there are local rules of scientific reasoning that should be followed. The use of the phrase 'opportunism' comes from Einstein which denotes an inquirer who changes their beliefs and techniques to fit the situation at hand, rather than pre-judge individual... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistemological_anarchism |
Ernst studied history, archaeology and classics at the University of Cologne, University of London, and Ruhr University Bochum. He wrote his dissertation on the aesthetic history of collections and work as an assistant at the Studienstiftung. He held positions in Leipzig, Kassel, Rome, Cologne, Weimar, Bochum, Paderbor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Ernst_(media_theorist) |
(ISSN 0185-6200) 2011. Ludwig Wittgenstein, Nur die Erfahrung des gegewärtigen augenblickes hat Realität’... / Sólo la experiencia del momento actual es real’..., Hat es Sinn zu sagen "zwei Menschen hätten denselben Körper?... / ¿Tiene sentido decir que dos personas tienen el mismo cuerpo?....Dokos. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesús_Padilla_Gálvez |
Pretreatment of water by filtration or reducing the load of the system could delay the failure of the system by bioclogging. Slow sand filter system also suffers from bioclogging. Besides the countermeasures mentioned above, cleaning or backwashing sand may be operated to remove biofilm and recover the permeability of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioclogging |
The safe borrowers have a high probability of repaying their loan, so even a modest interest rate, relative to their expected return, is likely to result in an unprofitable contract. It is due to these borrower adverse selection risks that banks may utilise credit rationing when approving lending, which is mostly to re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_rationing |
The default filesystem is ext4, and the Ubuntu One client, which interfaces with Canonical's new online storage system, is installed by default. It introduced Grub 2 beta as its default bootloader. It also replaced Add/Remove Programs (gnome-app-install) with Ubuntu Software Center, while Canonical stated their intenti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_version_history |
Pasture is typically grazed throughout the summer, in contrast to meadow which is ungrazed or used for grazing only after being mown to make hay or other forms of conserved grass for animal fodder which can be used to feed the stock outside the growing season. "The composition of lowland grasslands in Wales, as in many... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_use_in_Wales |
Unlike humans, however, Nim was unable to make use of significant grammar or context. Other attempts to teach great apes language have met with varying degrees of success, and whether the communication the apes achieve can be equated to human language is controversial.One hotly debated issue is whether the biological c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_development |
The functional capacity is when all functional units work together to determine the maximal capacity. Functional capacity is overall determined by the structural design. Once the design is optimized in terms of biological materials, then the structure must be taken into account. The structure of an organ determines the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmorphosis |
The impact of same-sex marriage legalization could then be inferred by comparing this estimated counterfactual to the observed data across time, thereby enabling inferences to be interpreted causally. By virtue of this design, the researchers were able to establish that the association persisted at least into the mediu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_among_LGBT_youth |
Alexander has taught and had appointments at Duke University Medical Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, University of Massachusetts Medical School, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana–Farber Cancer Institute et al.While practicing medicine in Lynchburg at the Lynchburg General... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben_Alexander_(author) |
Due to low polarizability, large charge delocalization, and high conformational flexibility, PFAA salts are potentially useful ionic liquids. Several PFAA salts, including those of −, possess melting points as low as 273 K or colder. Walden Plots, which are created by plotting the logarithm of conductivity against the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyfluoroalkoxyaluminates |
If a convex quadrilateral has the consecutive sides a, b, c, d and the diagonals p, q, then its area K satisfies K ≤ 1 4 ( a + c ) ( b + d ) {\displaystyle K\leq {\tfrac {1}{4}}(a+c)(b+d)} with equality only for a rectangle. K ≤ 1 4 ( a 2 + b 2 + c 2 + d 2 ) {\displaystyle K\leq {\tfrac {1}{4}}(a^{2}+b^{2}+c^{2}+d^{2})... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossed_quadrilateral |
Consider the Dirichlet problem for the wave equation describing a string attached between walls with one end attached permanently and the other moving with the constant velocity i.e. the d'Alembert equation on the triangular region of the Cartesian product of the space and the time: ∂ 2 ∂ t 2 u ( x , t ) − ∂ 2 ∂ x 2 u ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirichlet's_problem |
Since the topological vector space definition of Cauchy sequence requires only that there be a continuous "subtraction" operation, it can just as well be stated in the context of a topological group: A sequence ( x k ) {\displaystyle (x_{k})} in a topological group G {\displaystyle G} is a Cauchy sequence if for every ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_Cauchy_sequence |
Donovan's other innovation was replacing safety pins with plastic snaps on the sides of diapers. First sold in 1949 at Saks Fifth Avenue's flagship store in New York City, patents were later issued in 1951 to Donovan who later sold the rights to the waterproof diaper for $1 million.1947 Transistor In electronics, a tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_inventions_(1946–1991) |
Although called the nitrogen "cycle" by hobbyists, in aquaria the cycle is not complete: nitrogen must be added (usually indirectly through food) and nitrates must be removed at the end. Nitrogen bound up in plant matter is removed when the plant grows too large. Hobbyist aquaria typically do not have the requisite bac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishkeeping |
Python scripting and various plugin modules are supported, e.g. CAM, Robotics, Meshing and FEM. form•Z (AutoDesSys, Inc.) is a general purpose solid/surface 3D modeler. Its primary use is for modeling, but it also features photo realistic rendering and object-centric animation support. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_3D_computer_graphics_software |
47, XYY syndrome (simply known as XYY syndrome) is caused by the presence of a single extra copy of the Y chromosome in each of a male's cells. 47, XYY males have one X chromosome and two Y chromosomes, for a total of 47 chromosomes per cell. Researchers have found that an extra copy of the Y chromosome is associated w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_chromosome |
Walpole lived in Number 10 until 1742. Although he had accepted it on behalf of future First Lords of the Treasury, it would be 21 years before any of his successors chose to live there; the five who followed Walpole preferred their own homes. This was the pattern until the beginning of the 20th century. Of the 31 Firs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_Downing_Street |
A section of the Chicago Lakefront Trail, an 18-mile multi-use path along the city's Lake Michigan shoreline, runs through the park's eastern edge. The trail runs adjacent to Lake Shore Drive from Randolph Drive to Balbo Drive, then along the very edge of the seawall around the Shedd Aquarium. An underpass carries the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant_Park_(Chicago) |
These ‘flap’ methods of packing the bioreactor within fascia, or wrapping it in tissue is effective, though somewhat random due to the non-directed vascularization these methods incur. The axial vascular bundle (AVB) strategy requires that an artery and vein are inserted in an in vitro bioreactor to transport growth fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_vivo_bioreactor |
Sodium coceth sulfate is a semisynthetic detergent-like compound derived from fatty acids obtained from coconut oil, modified using ethylene oxide (oxirane). It is a milder foaming agent found in baby cleansers, gels, and cleaners. == References == | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_coceth_sulfate |
The CVPIA was enacted to increase the population and improve the health of the Central Valley's anadromous fish and increase the acreage and health of wetlands used by migratory birds and other resident wildlife both of which suffered as a result of the construction of the CVP. The RWSP focuses on the health of wetland... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refuge_Water_Supply_Program |
A later retrospective comparison of Plan 9, Sprite and a third contemporary distributed research operating system, Amoeba, found that the environments they build are tightly coupled within the OS, making communication with external services difficult. Such systems suffer from the radical departure from the UNIX model,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_9_from_Bell_Labs |
The complete wall sections are then raised and put in place, temporary braces added and the bottom plates nailed through the subfloor to the floor framing members. The braces should have their larger dimension on the vertical and should permit adjustment of the vertical position of the wall.Once the assembled sections ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-frame_construction |
WAC efforts are usually driven principally by one of two theories: writing to learn or on learning to write in disciplinary discourses, sometimes also called writing in the disciplines. Though both may be used together, one of the two theories generally guides any given writing assignment and, often, any given WAC cour... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writing_across_the_curriculum |
TeXShop (for macOS), TeXworks (for Linux, macOS and Windows) and WinShell (for Windows) are similar tools and provide an integrated development environment (IDE) for working with LaTeX or TeX. For KDE/Qt, Kile provides such an IDE. Texmaker is the Pure Qt equivalent of Kile, with a user interface that is nearly the sam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeX |
From 1984 to 2004, he worked in several physics laboratories of the Pierre and Marie Curie University. In 1999, he was appointed director of research at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique. In 2004 he joined the Center for Research in Applied Epistemology of the École Polytechnique (CREA). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serge_Galam |
Victims and victim-bullies are associated with a higher risk of suicide attempts. The place where youth live also appears to differentiate their bullying experiences such that those living in more urban areas who reported both being bullied and bullying others appear to show higher risk of suicidal ideation and suicide... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullying_culture |
Williams proceeded to make massive cash withdrawals from the account, depositing the money in his own personal account and spending much of it; he also wired money to personal bank accounts he had in Belize and Louisiana. Williams was convicted of four counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, three counts of m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honest_services_fraud |
After much careful thought he produced the weighted accumulator, a cast-iron cylinder fitted with a plunger supporting a very heavy weight. The plunger would slowly be raised, drawing in water, until the downward force of the weight was sufficient to force the water below it into pipes at great pressure. The accumulato... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Armstrong,_1st_Baron_Armstrong |
The major components of amalgam are silver, tin and copper. Other metals and small amounts of minor elements such as zinc, mercury, palladium, platinum and indium are also present. Earlier versions of dental amalgams, known as 'conventional' amalgams consisted of at least 65 wt% silver, 29 wt% tin, and less than 6 wt% ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_fillings |
As he drove home from the airport he heard the story on WTOP news radio.Jim Bishop, the DOE's press spokesman, was livid. He accused Kintner of deliberately leaking the story in order to influence upcoming appropriations decisions. He then phoned Gottlieb to make the same accusations. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princeton_Large_Torus |
One portion of the study was dedicated to using stable isotope analysis on individuals to reveal any dietary differences related to class. The authors used stable isotope analysis on a total of 25 individuals and five animals to aid in their understanding of social differences at these sites. Six of the individuals cam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval_bioarchaeology |
However, under stressed growing conditions such as drought, elevated temperature or salt-induced oxidative stress, the plants' physiological status is superior if it has the normal synthesis capacity.Seeds are lipid-rich, to provide energy for germination and early growth. Tocochromanols protect the seed lipids from ox... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervitaminosis_E |
International human rights groups criticised the government's actions and called for the release of Mahmudur Rahman and the four bloggers. Protesting were Human Rights Watch, the International Federation of Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organization Against Torture (OMCT), which also asked the government to guarant... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmudur_Rahman |
The hierarchy methods are as follows: Avoid Allocation by Sub-Division - this method attempts to disaggregate the unit process into smaller sub-processes in order to separate the production of the product from the production of the co-product. Avoid Allocation through System Expansion (or substitution) - this method at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Cycle_Assessment |
The Hunt for Red October introduced Tom Clancy's writing style, which included technical details about weaponry, submarines, espionage, and the military. The accurate nature of Clancy's writing was well known among the American military such that Clancy remarked in a 1986 interview: "When I met Navy Secretary John Lehm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunt_for_Red_October |
He reported that he had also found at Mousehole two other women, some ten or twelve years younger than Pentreath, who could not speak Cornish readily, but who understood it. Pentreath, who died in 1777, is popularly claimed to be the last native speaker of Cornish. Notwithstanding her customary words, "My ny vynnav kew... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_speaker_of_the_Cornish_language |
Paclitaxel is synthesised using Penicillium raistrickii and plant cell fermentation. Fungi can synthesize other mitotic inhibitors including vinblastine, vincristine, podophyllotoxin, griseofulvin, aurantiamine, oxaline, and neoxaline.11,11'-Dideoxyverticillin A, an isolate of marine Penicillium, was used to create doz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicinal_mushroom |
food labels describe food energy in calories can be traced to Nicolas Clément-Desormes' lectures of 1819–1824. Clément-Desormes was a successful young industrialist who was owner or partner in several chemical companies, including one that made sugar from beets. He was sought after as an industrial consultant. Some spe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Clément |
As of yet there is no reconstruction of the Vallum. Nearly 2000-year-old Roman boxing gloves were uncovered at Vindolanda in 2017 by the Vindolanda Trust experts led by Dr Andrew Birley. According to the Guardian, being similar in style and function to the full-hand modern boxing gloves, these two gloves found at Vindo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vindolanda |
Ajwain, ajowan (), or Trachyspermum ammi—also known as ajowan caraway, omam (in Tamil), thymol seeds, bishop's weed, or carom—is an annual herb in the family Apiaceae. Both the leaves and the seed‑like fruit (often mistakenly called seeds) of the plant are consumed by humans. The name "bishop's weed" also is a common n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajwain |
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