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When on parade, Private Derby wears a coat of scarlet with Lincoln green and gold facings, the whole emblazoned with the Regiment's main Battle Honours. Also on his coat is to be found a replica of his India Mutiny Medal. In addition, he now wears the General Service Medal 1962 with the clasp Northern Ireland as he has... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_mascot |
The squadron remained in Egypt predominantly as an Internal Security force until it redeployed to Cyprus in January 1956.In August 1977 the Queen, Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, approved the awarding of a Standard to the squadron in recognition of 25 years service.During the 1980s, 27 Squadron was based at RAF Leu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._27_Squadron_RAF_Regiment |
In the 2008 publication Knowledge of God Plantinga presented a formulation of the argument that solely focused on semantic epiphenomenalism instead of the former four jointly exhaustive categories.Plantinga stated that from a materialist's point of view a belief will be a neuronal event. In this conception a belief wil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_argument_against_naturalism |
The gas discovery stimulated the development of industry in East Central Indiana. The Ball Corporation opened in Muncie, using the cheap fuel to make glass. Other manufacturers also moved into the area, including the Kokomo Rubber Company; Hemmingray Bottle and Insulating Glass Company; and Maring, Hart, and Company. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_gas_boom |
Trains cannot collide with each other if they are not permitted to occupy the same section of track at the same time, so railway lines are divided into sections known as blocks. In normal circumstances, only one train is permitted in each block at a time. This principle forms the basis of most railway safety systems. B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_signaling |
The exoplanet is only slightly larger than Earth, with a radius 1.27–1.33 times that of Earth. Its mass is not known but it is likely to have a similar composition to Earth, giving it a mass of about 2.29–2.72 times the mass of the Earth. Kepler-186e orbits an M-dwarf star with about 4% of the Sun's luminosity with an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-186e |
Nevertheless, the reasoning of these even-exponent proofs differs from their odd-exponent counterparts. Dirichlet's proof for n = 14 was published in 1832, before Lamé's 1839 proof for n = 7.All proofs for specific exponents used Fermat's technique of infinite descent, either in its original form, or in the form of des... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat's_conjecture |
ECT is used, where possible, with informed consent in treatment-resistant major depressive disorder, treatment-resistant catatonia, prolonged or severe mania, and in conditions where "there is a need for rapid, definitive response because of the severity of a psychiatric or medical condition (e.g., when illness is char... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroconvulsive_therapy |
In shallow coastal waters, the Ekman spiral is normally not fully formed and the wind events that cause upwelling episodes are typically rather short. This leads to many variations in the extent of upwelling, but the ideas are still generally applicable. Ekman transport is similarly at work in equatorial upwelling, whe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekman_suction |
1110 Ma dyke swarms in Angola are absent in Siberia but coincide with the Umkondo LIP on the Kalahari Craton and magmatic event in the Bundelkhand Craton in India, the Amazonian Craton in South America, and the Keweenawan Rift in Laurentia (although the latter was located far from the other continental blocks). A serie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congo_craton |
The Creative Commons offer licenses, applicable to all by copyright governed works including software, which allow a developer to define "freeware" in a legal safe and internationally law domains respecting way. The typical freeware use case "share" can be further refined with Creative Commons restriction clauses like ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware |
{\displaystyle \Gamma _{8}'=\left\{(x_{i})\in \mathbb {Z} ^{8}:{{\textstyle \sum _{i}}x_{i}}\equiv 0({\mbox{mod }}2)\right\}\cup \left\{(x_{i})\in (\mathbb {Z} +{\tfrac {1}{2}})^{8}:{{\textstyle \sum _{i}}x_{i}}\equiv 1({\mbox{mod }}2)\right\}.} The lattices Γ8 and Γ′8 are isomorphic and one may pass from one to the ot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E8_lattice |
Arline Geronimus faced significant pushback for the weathering hypothesis, including from members of the medical community who believed there was a genetic or evolutionary explanation for racial differences in health outcomes. There was some early criticism regarding the quality of her data, though the evidence of weat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_hypothesis |
Endodontic files and reamers are surgical instruments used by dentists when performing root canal treatment. These tools are used to clean and shape the root canal, with the concept being to perform complete chemomechanical debridement of the root canal to the length of the apical foramen. Preparing the canal in this w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endodontic_files_and_reamers |
A dual paddle key is required for iambic sending, which also requires an iambic keyer. But any single- or dual-paddle key can be used non-iambicly, without squeezing, and there were electronic keyers made which did not have iambic functions. Iambic keying or squeeze keying reduces the key strokes or hand movements nece... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telegraph_key |
In the past, uppercase K has been used instead of lowercase k to indicate 1024 instead of 1000. However, this usage was never consistently applied. On the other hand, for external storage systems (such as optical discs), the SI prefixes are commonly used with their decimal values (powers of 10). Many attempts have soug... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_of_information |
Several Australian schools have instituted bans on Prime energy drinks, as a health risk to students due to its high caffeine levels. ABC News noted that the Food Standards Australia New Zealand legal limit for caffeine was 32 mg per 100 ml, while Prime contains around 56 mg per 100 ml. A sports dietician, who describe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Hydration |
At dusk on May 1, the artillery of the three armies of the Central Powers opened fire on the Russian positions. By the morning of May 2, the shelling of the Gorlice sector took on the character of a hurricane. The head of the Russian 61st Infantry Division, Major General P. Simansky, noted: “Despite the well-known diff... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorlice_breakthrough |
Nunavut covers 1,836,993.78 km2 (709,267.26 sq mi) of land and 160,930 km2 (62,137 sq mi) of water in Northern Canada. The territory includes part of the mainland, most of the Arctic Archipelago, and all of the islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay, and Ungava Bay, including the Belcher Islands, all of which were part of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut |
Investigators determined that she had been sexually assaulted before her death. For 38 years, her case remained open but unsolved. Then, after the suspect in the murder of Kim Bryant was identified as Johnny Blake Peterson, investigators requested a direct comparison of DNA recovered from Diana Hanson to that of the no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Othram |
Its fall and the victory of the proletariat are equally inevitable. Thanks to various processes overseen by capitalism, such as urbanisation, the working class, the proletariat, should grow in numbers and develop class consciousness, in time realising that they can and must change the system. Marx believed that if the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Marx |
Microsoft also reportedly considered an alarm function for SPOT-based smartwatches that would activate in the event of theft.SPOT relied on the .NET Micro Framework for the creation and management of embedded device firmware. This technology would later be used for the Windows SideShow feature introduced in Windows Vis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart_Personal_Objects_Technology |
More precisely, the two streets of the intersection are not treated symmetrically: one names the street that the address is on, then gives a nearby cross street, and then specifies the address relative to the cross street. What this means is that a building can have more than one address depending on which cross street... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_addressing_system |
The respondents had all been victims of numerous forms of sexual assault. Of the victim sub-sample, 10.4% had been raped by husbands or de facto husbands, with a further 2.3% raped by estranged husbands/de factos.In 2002 Basile published research intended to address the lack of a nationally probability sample to-date t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marital_rape |
The Poser criteria for diagnosis are: One or two roughly symmetrical large plaques. Plaques are greater than 2 cm diameter. No other lesions are present and there are no abnormalities of the peripheral nervous system. Results of adrenal function studies and serum very long chain fatty acids are normal. Pathological ana... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuse_myelinoclastic_sclerosis |
⊞ Win+X opens Quick Links menu and grants access to several frequently used features of Windows, such as accessing desktop or File Explorer. With Windows 8.1 update, it includes a shortcut to shut down or restart the computer. ⊞ Win+Z or right click opens the command bar for Metro-style apps. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_key |
Father, Dear Father (1974–1985) – produced by Tom Meehan Friends and Neighbours – Pat Simpson and Valerie Miller-Brown (later Jim Williams and Bella Mariani) as the Duffs, David Horner and Gillian Lomberg as the Loaders; and Frank Graham The Goode Life (1969–1971) Leave It to Van der Merwe Life with Dexter (1967–1969) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springbok_Radio |
The first building then known as Clothworkers Building, largely paid for by The Worshipful Company of Clothworkers was built 1878-80, modest in size, of red brick with Spinkwell stone dressings, it contained a lecture theatre, museum and weaving sheds. The next phase of (1881–85) was partially funded by Sir Edward Bain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Waterhouse |
In enzymology, an L-2-hydroxyglutarate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.99.2) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction (S)-2-hydroxyglutarate + acceptor ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } 2-oxoglutarate + reduced acceptorThus, the two substrates of this enzyme are (S)-2-hydroxyglutarate and acceptor, whereas its two p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-2-hydroxyglutarate_dehydrogenase |
depending upon mouth configuration, etc. The end correction is the difference between the acoustic length and the physical length above the mouth. The end correction is a function of diameter whereas the ratio of acoustic length to physical length is a function of scale. These calculations are useful in whistle design ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_whistle |
Some of the simplest reactive transport problems can be solved analytically. Where equilibrium sorption is described by a linear distribution coefficient, for example, the sorbing solute's velocity is retarded relative to that of a nonreactive tracer; the relative velocities can be described with a retardation factor. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_transport_modeling_in_porous_media |
It reopened on August 25, 1966. The construction of the second tube at Allegheny Mountain cost $12 million (equivalent to $77.7 million in 2021). In 1965, the turnpike commission announced plans to build second tubes at the Tuscarora, Kittatinny, and Blue Mountain tunnels while a 13.5-mile (21.7 km) bypass of the Rays ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Turnpike |
Although there was a newfound relationship between editors and authors, thoughtful editing did not end.Copy editors were employed at various publishing houses, magazines, journals, and by private authors seeking revisions to their work. Some copy editors were even employed by public relations and advertising firms who ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copy_editing |
The original lock canal plan called for a two-step set of locks at Sosa Hill and a long Sosa Lake extending to Pedro Miguel. In late 1907, it was decided to move the Sosa Hill locks further inland to Miraflores, mostly because the new site provided a more stable construction foundation. The resulting small lake Miraflo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Panama_Canal |
While used water is returned to the system for downstream uses, it has usually been degraded in some way, mainly due to thermal or chemical pollution, and the natural flow has been altered which does not factor into an assessment if only the quantity of water is considered. Water is consumed when it is removed complete... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water-energy_nexus |
After receipt of his doctorate, Döpel became Robert W. Pohl's teaching assistant at the University of Göttingen. He also worked with the Physics Nobel Laureate Johannes Stark on canal rays, at the private laboratory of Rudolf Freihern von Hirsch zu Planegg, just west of Munich.In 1929, Döpel became a teaching assistant... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Döpel |
The new installment was initially codenamed Anno 3. Due to a dispute between Sunflowers and the developer of the first Anno games, Max Design, Related Designs was not able to access the program code for Anno 1503, and thus had no technical basis. Therefore, the studio had to develop the new title from scratch. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_1701 |
In artificial intelligence, symbolic artificial intelligence is the term for the collection of all methods in artificial intelligence research that are based on high-level symbolic (human-readable) representations of problems, logic and search. Symbolic AI used tools such as logic programming, production rules, semanti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolic_artificial_intelligence |
Here, ∇ 2 ψ = − ζ , ∂ ζ ∂ t = ∇ 2 ζ , ζ = − f ( ψ , t ) {\displaystyle \nabla ^{2}\psi =-\zeta ,\quad {\frac {\partial \zeta }{\partial t}}=\nabla ^{2}\zeta ,\quad \zeta =-f(\psi ,t)} . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltrami_flow |
We choose to go to the Moon. We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_propaganda |
These otoconia add to the weight and inertia of the membrane and enhance the sense of gravity and motion. With the head erect, the otolithic membrane bears directly down on the hair cells and stimulation is minimal. However, when the head is tilted, the otolithic membrane sags and bends the stereocilia, stimulating the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vestibular_organ |
The radiated alpha particles pass through an ionization chamber, an air-filled space between two electrodes, which allows a small, constant electric current to pass between the capacitor plates due to the radiation ionizing the air space between. Any smoke that enters the chamber blocks/absorbs some of the alpha partic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americium-241 |
They can be permanently mounted on eaves and patio roofs, or portable and self-supporting. They can operate on electricity, propane, bottled butane (small units), or natural gas. The latter can be plumbed into permanent locations or attached to 'quick-connect' outlets. Modular outdoor fire pits and portable fire bowls ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden_furniture |
Cimetidine undergoes relatively little metabolism, with 56 to 85% excreted unchanged. It is metabolized in the liver into cimetidine sulfoxide, hydroxycimetidine, and guanyl urea cimetidine. The major metabolite of cimetidine is the sulfoxide, which accounts for about 30% of excreted material. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimetidine |
Antinous is an obsolete constellation no longer in use by astronomers, having been merged into Aquila, which it bordered to the north. The constellation was created by the emperor Hadrian in 132. Antinous was a beautiful youth loved by Hadrian, and also his erotic lover. Cassius Dio, having access to Hadrian's diary no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antinous_(constellation) |
While there are many formats for a lesson plan, most lesson plans contain some or all of these elements, typically in this order: Title of the lesson Time required to complete the lesson List of required materials List of objectives, which may be behavioral objectives (what the student can do at lesson completion) or k... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesson_plan |
In computer science, references are data types that refer to an object elsewhere in memory and are used to construct a wide variety of data structures, such as linked lists. Generally, a reference is a value that enables a program to directly access the particular data item. Most programming languages support some form... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference |
Bruss is fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, elected member of the Tönissteiner Kreis e.V., Germany, and member of the International Statistical Institute. In 2004 he received the Jacques Deruyts Prize (period 2000–2004) for distinguished contributions to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Thomas_Bruss |
The contemporary style garden has gained popularity in the UK in the last ten years. This is partly due to the increase of modern housing with small gardens as well as the cultural shift towards contemporary design. This style of garden can be defined by the use "clean" design lines, with focus on hard landscaping mate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residential_garden |
A sparsely populated vector y {\displaystyle y} holding N {\displaystyle N} non-empty elements can be represented by two densely populated vectors of length N {\displaystyle N} ; x {\displaystyle x} containing the non-empty elements of y {\displaystyle y} , and i d x {\displaystyle idx} giving the index in y {\displays... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatter_(vector_addressing) |
Cancer can arise in bone tissue, and bones are also a common site for other cancers to spread (metastasise) to. Cancers that arise in bone are called "primary" cancers, although such cancers are rare. Metastases within bone are "secondary" cancers, with the most common being breast cancer, lung cancer, prostate cancer,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancellous_bone |
Caring in intimate relationships is the practice of providing care and support to an intimate relationship partner. Caregiving behaviours are aimed at reducing the partner's distress and supporting their coping efforts in situations of either threat or challenge. Caregiving may include emotional support (expressions of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caring_in_intimate_relationships |
In November 2011, one of the five adult cheetahs that starred in the film had died from an unusual kidney failure. The Toyota Free State Cheetahs, founded in 1895, is a South African rugby union team that participates in the annual Currie Cup tournament. They have a cheetah running at high speed as their emblem. The Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_cheetah |
For example, the passenger in the second seat of the third bus on the second ferry (address 2-3-2) would raise the 2nd odd prime (5) to 49, which is the result of the 3rd odd prime (7) being raised to the power of his seat number (2). This room number would have over thirty decimal digits. The interleaving method can b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert's_paradox |
In males, this process of spermatogenesis is slightly different to that of female oogenesis but does have a comparative ‘germ-line nest/cyst’. Male germ-line stem cells divide asymmetrically to give one stem cell and a spermatogonia cell (unspecialised male germ cell) that undergoes mitotic proliferation to form primar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ_cell_nest |
{\displaystyle h_{K+_{p}L}^{p}=h_{K}^{p}+h_{L}^{p}.} By the Minkowski inequality, the function hK+pL is again positive homogeneous and convex and hence the support function of a compact convex set. This definition is fundamental in the Lp Brunn-Minkowski theory. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski_difference |
Most health insurance plans in the United States cover the cost of vaccines, and Vaccines for Children Program may be able to help those who do not have coverage. State law requires vaccinations for school children, but offer exemptions for medical reasons and sometimes for religious or philosophical reasons. All fifty... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measles_vaccine |
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest types of literature and has existed in the form of legends, mythic tal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_stories |
The genotoxic effect of the N-nitroso compounds can be attributed to the formation of reactive electrophilic species in the metabolism. The spontaneous decomposition of N-nitroso-ureas in the aqueous medium of the metabolism, here for example of 1-methylnitrosourea (3), produces diazonium or carbenium ions, respectivel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Nitrosamides |
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay is an assay that utilizes the principle of antibody-antigen recognition to test for the presence of certain substances. The three main types of ELISA tests which are indirect ELISA, sandwich ELISA, and competitive ELISA all rely on the fact that antibodies have an affinity for only one... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomolecular_engineering |
Cash prizes were available for succeeding with all three elements of the challenge. An estimated 20,000 competitors at Fitness Expos over a 7-year run from 2004 to 2010 tested their hands at the GNC Grip Gauntlet. As to the stature of the Gauntlet, Gillingham is quoted as saying in 2008: "If you think this challenge is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNC_Grip_Gauntlet |
The Roman Emperor Claudius (10 BCE – 54 CE) is known to have compiled an Etruscan-Latin dictionary, now lost. One substantial bilingual dictionary was the Mahāvyutpatti. The Mahāvyutpatti (Wylie: Bye-brtag-tu rtogs-par byed-pa chen-po), The Great Volume of Precise Understanding or Essential Etymology, was compiled in T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilingual_dictionary |
The purpose of the live streams is to help educate the public about the behaviors of several different animals and to entertain those who might not be able to travel to a zoo.The other notable zoos that have webcams are the National Zoo, Woodland Park Zoo, Houston Zoo, and Atlanta Zoo. Additionally, the Smithsonian Nat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_observation |
After the kana have been input, they are either left as they are, or converted into kanji (Chinese characters). The Japanese language has many homophones, and conversion of a kana spelling (representing the pronunciation) into a kanji (representing the standard written form of the word) is often a one-to-many process. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flick_input |
Quantitative comparison of rank abundance curves of different communities can be done using RADanalysis package in R. This package uses the max rank normalization method in which a rank abundance distribution is made by normalization of rank abundance curves of communities to the same number of ranks and then normalize... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank_abundance_curve |
The Last Supper is the final meal that, in the Gospel accounts, Jesus shared with his apostles in Jerusalem before his crucifixion. The Last Supper is commemorated by Christians especially on Holy Thursday. The Last Supper provides the scriptural basis for the Eucharist, also known as "Holy Communion" or "The Lord's Su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystical_Supper |
They show optical range nuclear continuum emission, narrow and occasionally broad emission lines, occasionally strong nuclear X-ray emission and sometimes a weak small-scale radio jet. Originally they were divided into two types known as Seyfert 1 and 2: Seyfert 1s show strong broad emission lines while Seyfert 2s do n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Galactic_Nuclei |
It was also their first computer to lay the electronics flat, on a printed circuit card, instead of on-end like the cordwood block electronics modules, (Burndy packs). The CP-823/U Computing System, Serial A1, (Univac 1830), A-NEW MOD3 was delivered to the Naval Air Development Center, Johnsville, Pa in 1965. It consis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP-823/U |
This work was directly relevant to the opinions laid out in the Perspective; the authors' failure to disclose this clinical work manifestly impacted editorial consideration of the manuscript.Michael W. Deem, an American bioengineering professor at Rice University and his doctoral advisor was involved in the research, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/He_Jiankui_affair |
It follows that the operator on S {\displaystyle {\mathcal {S}}} defined by T f ( x ) = f ^ ^ ( − x ) {\displaystyle Tf(x)={\widehat {\widehat {f}}}(-x)} commutes with both Q (and P). On the other hand, T H 0 = H 0 {\displaystyle TH_{0}=H_{0}} and since g ( x ) = f ( x ) − f ( a ) H 0 ( x ) / H 0 ( a ) x − a {\displays... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaplectic_representation |
The website's offices are located in San Francisco.Goodreads was founded in December 2006 and launched in January 2007 by Otis Chandler and Elizabeth Khuri Chandler. In December 2007, the site had 650,000 members and 10,000,000 books had been added. By July 2012, the site reported 10 million members, 20 million monthly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodreads |
They encompass commercial, religious, secular, and sports-related themes, allowing individuals to showcase affiliations or support for various causes, regions, or groups. While they are widely used in the United States to display political support during elections, their prevalence is comparatively lower in countries l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_stickers |
Early electronic computers such as Colossus made use of punched tape, a long strip of paper on which data was represented by a series of holes, a technology now obsolete. Electronic data storage, which is used in modern computers, dates from World War II, when a form of delay-line memory was developed to remove the clu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IT_systems |
CPA is used as an antiandrogen monotherapy and means of androgen deprivation therapy in the palliative treatment of prostate cancer in men. It is used at very high doses by mouth or by intramuscular injection to treat this disease. Antiandrogens do not cure prostate cancer, but can significantly extend life in men with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyproterone_acetate |
LTR retrotransposons came about later than non-LTR retrotransposons, possibly from an ancestral non-LTR retrotransposon acquiring an integrase from a DNA transposon. Retroviruses gained additional properties to their virus envelopes by taking the relevant genes from other viruses using the power of LTR retrotransposon.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_interspersed_element |
missile launchers to punish "naughty" beings. He resides in a death fortress on Neptune along with a number of Neptunians that act as slave labor for the toy factory.In Bender's Big Score, he assisted Earth's population in reclaiming their planet after it was purchased by the devious Scammers, forcing his Neptunian elv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Santa |
Some rare clocks use a form of striking known as "Roman Striking" invented by Joseph Knibb, in which a large bell or lower tone is sounded to represent "five", and a small bell or high tone is sounded to represent "one". For example, four o'clock would be sounded as a high tone followed by a low tone, whereas the hour ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striking_clock |
This common residential service consists of two 120 volt wires and one neutral wire. A Blondel compliant meter for such a service would need two elements (and a five jaw socket to accept such a meter), but the 2S meter is a single element meter. The 2S meter includes one potential measuring device (a coil or a voltmete... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondel's_theorem |
Cutlery (also referred to as silverware, flatware, or tableware), includes any hand implement used in preparing, serving, and especially eating food in Western culture. A person who makes or sells cutlery is called a cutler. The city of Sheffield in England has been famous for the production of cutlery since the 17th c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic_cutlery |
The Whitney embedding theorem states that n = 2 m {\displaystyle n=2m} is enough, and is the best possible linear bound. For example, the real projective space R P m {\displaystyle RP^{m}} of dimension m {\displaystyle m} , where m {\displaystyle m} is a power of two, requires n = 2 m {\displaystyle n=2m} for an embedd... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_embedding |
Lupins are often found growing with Castilleja (Indian paintbrush) which uses lupins as a host and confers lupinine and other alkaloids to itself. This works in tandem with the increase in nitrogen fixation to increase parasitic reproduction rates and potentially reduce herbivory activity; however, studies have shown m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupinine |
The low price of reaching millions worldwide, and the possibility of selling to or hearing from those people at the same moment when they were reached, promised to overturn established business dogma in advertising, mail-order sales, customer relationship management, and many more areas. The web was a new killer app—it... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_com_bubble |
Violations of the tax code involving income tax evasion constitute membership in the unreported economy.Because tax evasion or participation in a black market activity is illegal, participants attempt to hide their behavior from the government or regulatory authority. Cash is the preferred medium of exchange in illegal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden_economy |
Secular humanism is synonymous with the contemporary humanist movement. Marxist humanism: one of several rival schools of Marxist thought that accepts basic humanistic tenets such as secularism and naturalism, but differs from other strands of humanism because of its vague stance on democracy and rejection of free will... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_humanism |
The general steps to prepare a complementary DNA (cDNA) library for sequencing are described below, but often vary between platforms. RNA Isolation: RNA is isolated from tissue and mixed with Deoxyribonuclease (DNase). DNase reduces the amount of genomic DNA. The amount of RNA degradation is checked with gel and capill... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA-Seq |
Nissan uses the S-Hybrid (stylized in all caps as "S-HYBRID") brand for their micro hybrid system. The S-Hybrid system is entirely contained within the engine compartment and does not require a traction battery. Vehicles with the S-Hybrid system are equipped with an Energy Control (ECO) motor, which serves as the gasol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro_HEV |
Wallis collaborated with NASA's Langley Laboratory on a design study for a variable-sweep fighter. Although it used the pivot mechanism he had developed, NASA also insisted on implementing a conventional horizontal stabiliser to ease the issues of trim and manoeuvrability. Although it was no longer the wing-controlled ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable-sweep_wing |
RV Kairei (かいれい) is a deep sea research vessel that served as the support ship for Kaikō, and for its replacement ROV, Kaikō7000II. It now serves as the support ship for ABISMO. Kairei uses ABISMO to conduct surveys and observations of oceanic plateaus, abyssal plains, oceanic basins, submarine volcanoes, hydrothermal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABISMO |
LILI-128 is an LFSR based synchronous stream cipher with a 128-bit key. On 13 November 2000, LILI-128 was presented at the NESSIE workshop. It is designed to be simple to implement in both software and hardware. In 2007, LILI-128 was totally broken by using a notebook running MATLAB in 1.61 hours. == References == | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LILI-128 |
With almost 150 tracks in use, the United Kingdom has the second-largest network of rail trails in Europe after Germany. The development of rail trails in the United Kingdom grew after a major programme of railway line closures in the 1960s known as the Beeching cuts. The scheme, named after Dr. Richard Beeching, the t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_trail |
A video spread on social media depicted two police officers smashing a man in a red sweatshirt's head into a taxi window. The Civilian Complaint Review Board is currently looking into four incidents, including the altercation with the man in the red sweatshirt. An NYPD investigation is ongoing.Kai Cenat is scheduled to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Union_Square_riot |
Svartsoppa is a traditional Swedish soup, whose main ingredient is goose and, sometimes, pig's blood, and is made in Skåne, the southernmost region of Sweden. The other ingredients typically include vinegar, port wine or cognac and spices such as cloves, ginger and allspice. The soup is served warm with boiled pieces o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_soup |
The problem statement will be used to gain project support and approval from stakeholders. As such, it must be action-oriented. More importantly, the problem statement must be written clearly and accurately in order to deliver successful results. A poorly crafted or incorrect problem statement will lead to a faulty sol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_statement |
January 2003 Proofpoint Systems, Inc. founded by Jim Hill in Los Altos, CA April 2003 Secures first engagement with US Navy November 2004 Moves R&D operations to Denver, Colorado February 2005 US Navy selects Proofpoint Systems for development of Human Performance Center April 2005 Receives Award of Excellence from Int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofpoint_Systems,_Inc. |
Operating amateur radio at sea is known as 'maritime mobile', as is signified by the suffix '/MM' on the call. Operating amateur radio from a vehicle is known as 'Mobile', as is signified by the suffix '/M' on the call. A popular pastime for portable operation is the Summits on the Air programme, part of which involves... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_operation_(amateur_radio) |
However, the Soviets denied that that the ambassador or other members of the embassy staff had been involved and insisted that the information obtained on Western scientific advances had been "insignificant" given the Soviets' rapid technological progress.The 13 detainees were sequestered at the Rockcliffe Barracks, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellock–Taschereau_Commission |
The Nikon Coolpix P1000 is a superzoom digital bridge camera produced by Nikon, released on September 6, 2018. It has a 125× optical zoom, its focal range going from 24 mm to 3000 mm 35 mm equivalent focal length. As of September 2022, it is the greatest-zooming bridge camera available, surpassing its predecessor, the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikon_Coolpix_P1000 |
Fans also created petitions urging Ubisoft to change their stance. Additionally, former Assassin's Creed game designer Patrice Désilets commented that Amancio's reasoning was valid, but that Ubisoft should put in the effort to let players have gender options.Amidst the community response, Insomniac Games published a vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassin's_Creed_Unity |
This is due to lattice relaxation which causes a Franck-Condon shift in the energy. This shift accounts for the difference between a tight-binding calculation of these energy differences and the experimentally measured energies.Another way in which the presence of dangling bonds affects the optical properties of a mate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangling_bond |
The origins of Liszt's improvisation in an earlier tradition of playing variations on a theme were mastered and epitomized by Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Ludwig van Beethoven. Notable improvisational musicians from the modern era include Keith Jarrett, an improvisational jazz pianist and multi-i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvisation |
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