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The earliest floats, including most Japanese glass fishing floats, were handmade by a glassblower. Recycled glass, especially old sake bottles in Japan, was typically used and air bubbles/imperfections in the glass are a result of the rapid recycling process. After being blown, floats were removed from the blowpipe and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_float |
Nevertheless, slow data speeds in the GSM and CDMA areas which had 1 and 2G technology, prevented the economic download of music data through networks in comparison with media sites to a computer. So operators, which tended to subsidize phones with data capabilities focused more on ringtone, SMS, and picture phones tha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_music |
The prefrontal leucotomy, a precursor to lobotomy, was performed by cutting a trephine hole into the skull, inserting an instrument, and destroying parts of the brain. This was later made unnecessary by the development of the orbital transit lobotomy where a spike was inserted through the eye-sockets. Trepanation is a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burr_hole |
Van Schmus, Wood 1967; Sears, Dodd 1988; Brearley, Jones 1998; Weisberg 2006The modern groups 'V' and 'O' were named by Van Schmus in 1969 as divisions of Type 3, as 'subclass C3V' and 'C3O'. Wasson then added C2M in 1974; since then, C2Ms have generally been shortened to simply 'CM', as have the other groups. After We... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CM_chondrite |
The CDC, WHO, USPSTF, AASLD, and ACOG recommend screening people at high risk for hepatitis C infection. These populations include people who are: Adults in the United States born between 1945 and 1965 Blood or organ donors. Born to HCV-positive mothers HIV-positive Incarcerated, or who have been in the past Intranasal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_viral_hepatitis |
These included a 1787 life portrait of George Washington ($55), and a 1785 life portrait of Benjamin Franklin, both by Charles Willson Peale; Peale's 1795 Staircase Group, a double portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian ($175); and The Artist in His Museum, Peale's 1822 self-portrait standing on the second floor of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Harrison_Jr. |
Mustafa I (; Ottoman Turkish: مصطفى اول; c. 1600, in Constantinople – 20 January 1639, in Constantinople), called Mustafa the Saint (Veli Mustafa) during his second reign, and called Mustafa the Mad (Deli Mustafa) by historians, was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 22 November 1617 to 26 February 1618, and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustafa_I |
These DAPs communicate using the Common Distributed Application Protocol or CDAP, exchanging structured data in the form of objects. These objects are structured in a Resource Information Base or RIB, which provides a naming schema and a logical organization to them. CDAP provides six basic operations on a remote DAP's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recursive_InterNetwork_Architecture |
Creating AGI is a primary goal of some artificial intelligence research and of companies such as OpenAI, DeepMind, and Anthropic. AGI is a common topic in science fiction and futures studies. The timeline for AGI development remains a subject of ongoing debate among researchers and experts. Some argue that it may be po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGI_(computer_science) |
Bedford J-street, between 14th and 18th street - Removed in 2022. Michigan City 10th Street and 11th Street - This rail line is being moved as of February 27, 2022. The stretch of track running down 11th. Street will be doubled and the grade-separated.New Albany: E 15th street - After about 10 years, this route will be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_running_train |
MobiCon was tested by a team of Researchers including Seungwoo Kang and S. Sitharama Iyengar on two platforms – standard C/C++ over Linux and open C/C++ over S60 SDK and Symbian OS.The prototype processor included eight featured extraction using kiss_fft, a fast Fourier transform library to derive frequency-domain feat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song_(KAIST)_–_Iyengar_(LSU)_MobiCon_Middleware_Computing_Platform |
When participants in a conversation come from different cultural backgrounds they may not recognize these subtle cues in one another's speech, leading to misunderstanding. This very idea of misunderstanding, contextualization, and culture, has been widely explored using Gumperz's framework of Interactional sociolinguis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactional_sociolinguistics |
In Austria the Klosterneuburger Mostwaage (KMW) scale is used. The scale is divided into Klosterneuburger Zuckergrade (°KMW), and very similar to the Oechsle scale (1° KMW =~ 5° Oe). However, the KMW measures the exact sugar content of the must. The Baumé scale is occasionally used in France and by U.S. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oechsle_scale |
An increasing number of women choose this. At the same time the average waiting time for undergoing the procedure is two-years which is much longer than recommended.For low-grade, unilateral stage-IA cancers, only the involved ovary (which must be unruptured) and Fallopian tube will be removed. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovarian_cancer |
Also, only for translation and creative writing, a newly coined term, 그녀 geu-nyeo (literally, "that woman"), is used aphoristically to refer to a female third person. A gender-neutral third person is covered by the demonstrative 그 geu (originally "that"). For a larger list of Korean pronouns, see wikt:Category:Korean p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_grammar |
Standard gauge railways in North America and China must use special well cars to lower the center of gravity, fit within the loading gauge and in China allow double stack trains to run under specially heightened overhead lines. 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) broad gauge used in India enables trains to carry standard shipping con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-stack_rail_transport |
Upwelling brings nutrient-rich water to the surface, stimulating abundant growth of phytoplankton, which then settles to the bottom (a phenomenon known as the biological pump). Thus, there is a lot of organic material in the sediments, and all the oxygen is used up in its consumption. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsurface_bacteria |
The origin of microbes on Earth, tracing back to the beginning of life more than 3.5 billion years ago, indicates that microbe-microbe interactions have continuously evolved and diversified over time, long before plants started to colonize land 450 million years ago. Therefore, it is likely that both intra- and inter-k... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary_history_of_plants |
: 450–453 The figure depicts the spreading of the wave function from the collision point. However, observation of the position of the first particle allows us to determine precisely the position of the second particle no matter how far the pair have separated. Likewise, measuring the momentum of the first particle allo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein's_thought_experiments |
A 2012 review found that A. paniculata extracts could inhibit expression of several cytochrome C enzymes and thus interfere with metabolism of other pharmaceuticals. A 2019 review finds that A. paniculata compounds have poor solubility and relatively low potency, and that a semi-synthetic injectable derivative can caus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrographis_paniculata |
As the placode continues to deepen, the opening to the surface ectoderm constricts and the lens cells bud off from the embryo's skin to form a sphere of cells known as the "lens vesicle". When the embryo is about 10mm long the lens vesicle has completely separated from the skin of the embryo. The embryo then sends sign... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lens_(vertebrate_anatomy) |
In the photos on the right, an antenna on the sensor transmits data to a communication device attached to a nearby utility pole. The communication device gets power from the 240 volt utility line in a residential neighborhood. The device has two antennas. One antenna collects data from the sensors, and the other antenn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_powerline_sensor |
In the field of informetrics research, there are many outstanding contributors in the discipline with a solid knowledge of quantitative research methods. In the early 20th century, several scientists contributed empirical applications that have become the three basic laws of informetrics, Bradford's law, Lotka's law, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informetrics |
In mid-2014, John T. Treace invited a number of orthopaedic surgeon designers to Memphis, Tennessee, tasking them to identify the most problematic area of foot and ankle surgery. Each of the five physicians in the group identified the same condition as their top concern, bunions, due to the unreliable nature of traditi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treace_Medical_Concepts |
Rubber bumpers, Crumple zones, and safe launch practices can be utilized to minimize damage or injury caused by a falling rocket. Another possible recovery system involves simply using the rocket's fins to slow its descent and is sometimes called backward sliding. By increasing fin size, more drag is generated. If the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_rocket |
In the field of lithic reduction, a burin (from the French burin, meaning "cold chisel" or modern engraving burin) is a type of handheld lithic flake with a chisel-like edge which prehistoric humans used for engraving or for carving wood or bone. In archaeology, burin use is often associated with "burin spalls", which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burin_(lithic_flake) |
Other non-numeric methods are sometimes used to award a match. High Score: Bally/Midway, Williams and Stern Pinball machines award 1–3 free games if a player gets on the high score list. Typically, one or two credits are awarded for a 1st–4th place listing, and three for the Grand Champion.When a free game is won, Will... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinball_machines |
Tropy does not seek to be photo editing software, a citation manager, a writing platform, or an online exhibit platform. Tropy seeks to address the challenges of the now-common experience of researchers photographing objects in archives. Tropy allows users to group a collection of photos into a single document, apply m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropy |
Hot, condensed aerosol fire-extinguishing agents act on both physical and chemical levels. They leverage four methods to extinguish fires, for they act on the four elements of what is known as the fire tetrahedron. These four means of fire extinction are: Reduction or isolation of fuel Reduction or isolation of oxygen ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed_aerosol_fire_suppression |
In exchange, the film's production studio, Paramount Pictures, included a 60-second Diet Pepsi advertisement on all Top Gun VHS tapes. The resulting cross-promotion was the first of its kind, and after it set record videocassette sales, it was described as "the beginning of a trend" by the Los Angeles Times.In the late... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_Pepsi |
× violaceaDuring the Victorian era the flower (which in all but a few species lasts only one day) was very popular, and many hybrids were created using the winged-stem passion flower (P. alata), the blue passion flower (P. caerulea) and other tropical species. Many cool-growing Passiflora from the Andes Mountains can b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passion_Flower |
Western scholars often do not make a distinction between people of the third gender and males; they are often lumped together. The scholars usually use gender roles as a way to explain sexual relations between the third gender and males. For example, when analyzing the non-normative sex gender categories in Theravada B... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_sex |
Or you may bake this bisk in a patty-pan or dish. Sometimes use sparagus and interlarded bacon. For the paste of this dish, take three quarts of flour, and three quarters of a pound of butter, boil the butter in fair water, and make up the paste hot and quick. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battalia_pie |
There are some symbols in Unicode which resemble those used for oktas. However, some okta symbols lack a similar-looking Unicode character. The use of Unicode to render oktas depends on whether a font with these characters is installed; Unicode symbols may be difficult to work with in software that does not render thes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okta |
A line-level attenuator in the preamp or a power attenuator after the power amplifier uses electrical resistance to reduce the amplitude of the signal that reaches the speaker, reducing the volume of the output. A line-level attenuator has lower power handling, such as a 1/2-watt potentiometer or voltage divider and co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attenuator_(electronics) |
In that instant, he let slip the arrow from his hand and it dropped and hit him in the hoof, killing him instantly. This, however, is open to controversy, because Pholus shared the "civilized centaur" form with Chiron in some art images, and thus would have been immortal. Ironically, Chiron, the master of the healing a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiron |
11β-Methoxyestradiol (11β-MeOE2; developmental code name RU-2504) is a synthetic steroidal estrogen which was never marketed. It has about 86% of the relative binding affinity of estradiol for the estrogen receptor. 11β-MeOE2 is structurally related to moxestrol (11β-methoxy-17α-ethynylestradiol). 11β-MeOE2 and moxestr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11β-Methoxyestradiol |
Later in life, licking ceases to be a cleaning function and forms a ritualized gesture indicating friendliness. : 124–125 When stressed, a dog might lick the air, its own lips, or drop down and lick its paws or body. : 126 Lip-licking and sniffing are also recognized as calming signals. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_communication |
In science, a British first class honours (3 years) is not equivalent to an Australian first class honours (1 year research postgraduate programme that requires a completed undergraduate (pass) degree with a high grade-point average). In scientific research, it is commonly accepted that an Australian postgraduate honou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postgraduate_education |
Social status has been found to have a strong connection with self-esteem. An adolescent's self-esteem is very fragile during early years and is heavily impacted by peer opinion. If a child is comfortable with who they are and self-confident they are less likely to become envious of others' material objects, because th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy |
The plane touched down 610 meters (670 yd) from the usual touchdown point after a steep descent. CVR recordings showed that the captain had been sleeping and had woken up just minutes before the landing. His lack of alertness made the plane land very quickly and steeply and it ran off the end of the tabletop runway. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot_error |
BID is a pro-apoptotic Bcl-2 protein containing only the BH3 domain. In response to apoptotic signaling, BID interacts with another Bcl-2 family protein, Bax, leading to the insertion of Bax into organelle membranes, primarily the outer mitochondrial membrane. Bax is believed to interact with, and induce the opening of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BH3_interacting_domain_death_agonist |
Possibly the earliest affirmation of the maxim of reciprocity, reflecting the ancient Egyptian goddess Ma'at, appears in the story of "The Eloquent Peasant", which dates to the Middle Kingdom (c. 2040–1650 BCE): "Now this is the command: Do to the doer to make him do." This proverb embodies the do ut des principle. A L... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule |
Traceability confirms that the requirement set satisfies the need (no more - and no less than what is required). To the above some add Externally Observable, that is, the requirement specifies a characteristic of the product that is externally observable or experienced by the user. Such advocates argue that requirement... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requirement |
Further because coastal sites were common, there was also the likelihood of older drift wood was used for fuel with age already built in. Accordingly, in the early 1990s scientists began a taxonomic identification of wood charcoal based on anatomical characteristics by comparison to a reference collection of known wood... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon_dating_in_Hawaii |
A student in Russia or Ukraine has to complete a thesis and then defend it in front of their department. Sometimes the defense meeting is made up of the learning institute's professionals and sometimes the students peers are allowed to view or join in. After the presentation and defense of the thesis, the final conclus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis |
Analysis of the frequency of search terms may indicate economic, social and health trends. Data about the frequency of use of search terms on Google can be openly inquired via Google Trends and have been shown to correlate with flu outbreaks and unemployment levels, and provide the information faster than traditional r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_search |
Travis replaced Denniston as the operational head of Bletchley Park in February 1942, although both took the title of Deputy Director. This may have happened because in October 1941 four senior cryptanalysts, Alan Turing, Gordon Welchman, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, and Stuart Milner-Barry had written directly to Chu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Travis |
Sexual assault', or 'Section 3125. Aggravated indecent assault', respectively. Furthermore, mental disability can render a person incapable of consenting to sexual intercourse, deviate sexual intercourse, or aggravated indecent assault, thus making an actor who engages in these acts with a mentally disabled complainant... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_consent_in_law |
Children with PXA may experience seizures as a symptom of their disease. However, any person undergoing brain surgery is at risk of developing epileptic seizures. Medication is administered to minimize or prevent seizure activity. Additionally, after surgery, parents should be informed of the risk of seizures, and educ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleomorphic_xanthoastrocytoma |
Attempting to write a ↑↑ b {\displaystyle a\uparrow \uparrow b} using the familiar superscript notation gives a power tower. For example: a ↑↑ 4 = a ↑ ( a ↑ ( a ↑ a ) ) = a a a a {\displaystyle a\uparrow \uparrow 4=a\uparrow (a\uparrow (a\uparrow a))=a^{a^{a^{a}}}} If b is a variable (or is too large), the power tower ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth's_up-arrow_notation |
A version of the script which uses no diacritics at all, similar to Jawi, is known as Gundhul (ڮونڎول; ꦒꦸꦤ꧀ꦝꦸꦭ꧀) meaning 'bare/bald' in Javanese. Within sentences and context, to a fluent speaker, the base letters often indicate the correct word and the underlying vowel which renders the diacritics unnecessary. This v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegon_script |
The Klein quartic is the projective variety over the complex numbers C defined by the quartic polynomial x3y + y3z + z3x = 0.It is a compact Riemann surface of genus g = 3, and is the only such surface for which the size of the conformal automorphism group attains the maximum of 84(g−1). This bound is due to the Hurwit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSL(2,7) |
In computing, a visual programming language (visual programming system, VPL, or, VPS) or block coding is a programming language that lets users create programs by manipulating program elements graphically rather than by specifying them textually. A VPL allows programming with visual expressions, spatial arrangements of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_programming_language |
BBC Arabic found almost one hundred images and videos from Libya shared on Facebook and YouTube, in violation of their companies' guidelines. The UK Foreign Office said it took the allegations extremely seriously and is concerned about the impact the recent violence is having on the civilian population.In 2017, a Faceb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook_content_management_controversies |
they are equally matched except for the actual controlling part. For a novice player the difference (i.e. experience, not taking into account the actual skill) between a human opponent and a computer controlled opponent may be near nil, however for a skilled player the lack of human intelligence is usually easily notic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_Deathmatch |
Many 4G phones were also unveiled at the show, including the LG Revolution, Samsung Infuse 4G, HTC Thunderbolt, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Motorola CLIQ 2, Motorola Droid Bionic, and Motorola Atrix 4G. In a push towards mobile devices, Microsoft demonstrated an early version of the next release of the Windows operating ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Electronics_Show |
"Lakemont" (32 nm) The name Lakemont has been used in reference to the processor core in multiple Quark-series processors. : 4: 42 "Clanton" (The L2 cache column shows the size of the L1 cache. )"Silver Butte" "Mint Valley" "Atlas Peak" | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quark |
LaTeX was created in the early 1980s by Leslie Lamport when he was working at SRI. He needed to write TeX macros for his own use and thought that with a little extra effort, he could make a general package usable by others. Peter Gordon, an editor at Addison-Wesley, convinced him to write a LaTeX user's manual for publ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaTeX |
Conversely Partha Dasgupta, in a 2021 report on the economics of biodiversity commissioned by the British Treasury, argued that biodiversity is collapsing faster than at any time in human history as a result of the demands of contemporary human civilization, which "far exceed nature's capacity to supply us with the goo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_growth |
Dimethyl adipate is prepared by esterification of adipic acid with methanol. Less conventional routes include the hydroesterification of butadiene and the carbonylation of 1,4-dimethoxy-2-butene.It reacts with concentrated ammonia to give the diamide (CH2CH2C(O)NH2)2. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethyl_adipate |
It can make some snow sublimate, leaving the top inch or so less dense. When the sun approaches its lowest point in the sky, the temperature drops and hoar frost forms on the top layer. Buried under the snow of following years, the coarse-grained hoar frost compresses into lighter layers than the winter snow. As a resu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_core_dating |
This list is a sample of the test methods available. Note that the IP designation still exists in the specification of these test methods. IP 2: Petroleum products and hydrocarbon solvents - Determination of aniline point and mixed aniline point IP 4: Petroleum products - Determination of ash (ISO 6245:2001) IP 10: Det... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_Petroleum |
According to AVPR: Science of the Xenomorph, a behind-the-scenes documentary on Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, it is theorized that facehuggers may implant a viral agent that "commands" the host's cells to grow the chestburster, as opposed to an implanted embryo. This is an alternate explanation to horizontal gene trans... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenomorph |
Not much is known of the use of sinicuichi (alternate spelling sinicuiche) among the Aztecs. R. Gordon Wasson identified the flower on the statue of Xochipilli and suggested from its placement with other entheogens that it was probably used in a ritualistic context. Multiple alkaloids have been isolated from the plant;... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aztec_entheogenic_complex |
Active inference applies the techniques of approximate Bayesian inference to infer the causes of sensory data from a 'generative' model of how that data is caused and then uses these inferences to guide action. Bayes' rule characterizes the probabilistically optimal inversion of such a causal model, but applying it is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_energy_principle |
The form used in the Roman Rite in the preceding period included anointing of seven parts of the body (though that of the loins was generally omitted in English-speaking countries), while saying (in Latin): "Through this holy anointing, may the Lord pardon you whatever sins/faults you have committed by... ." The sense ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_unction |
The Design and Construction of the building in its share of Structural Engineering was conducted by the construction company CONSULCRETO, led by Engineer Jose Francisco Paredes and architectural design of the park was designed by Arch. Luciano Duron. The artist prepared a giant fiberglass mold in the Mexican capital, w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_at_El_Picacho |
The 3D Print Canal House is a three-year, publicly accessible "Research & Design by Doing" project in which an international team of partners from various sectors works together on 3D printing a canal house in Amsterdam.By building the house, all parties research the possibilities of 3D printing architecture and form c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_Print_Canal_House |
Children may be described as "RADs", "Radkids" or "Radishes" and dire predictions may be made as to their supposedly violent futures if they are not treated with attachment therapy. The Mayo Clinic, a well known U.S. non-profit medical practice and medical research group, cautions against consulting with mental health ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive_Attachment_Disorder |
Horses may also be branded on their hooves, but this is not a permanent mark, so needs to be redone about every six months. In the military, some brands indicated the horses' army and squadron numbers. These identification numbers were used on British army horses so dead horses on the battlefield could be identified. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock_branding |
Sun earned a bachelor's degree in 1982 in electrical and electronic engineering, and a master's degree in automatic control in 1984, both from the University of Science and Technology of China. She completed a Ph.D. in electrical engineering systems at the University of Southern California in 1989.After completing her ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jing_Sun |
Roles envisaged for the W.11 included passenger transport, air ambulance, and aerial crane. In September 1945 the design was modified to meet a requirement from Pest Control, Ltd., for use as a crop sprayer ("Spraying Mantis") in Africa for the groundnut scheme. Two aircraft were ordered under Air Ministry Specificatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cierva_Air_Horse |
These Shiga toxins bind GB3 receptors, globotriaosylceramide, which are present in renal tissue more than any other tissue and are also found in central nervous system neurons and other tissue. The typical pathophysiology of HUS involves the binding of Shiga-toxin to the globotriaosylceramide (Gb3; also called ceramide... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemolytic-uremic_syndrome |
Rosneft will pay CVP a bonus of $1.1 billion, paid out in two installments: $440 million within ten days after the establishment of the joint venture, and the rest after Rosneft makes the final decision on the project. In addition, Rosneft will issue a $1.5 billion loan to CVP for five years. The loan will be provided ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orinoco_Belt |
In object-oriented design, a pattern is a named description of a problem and solution that can be applied in new contexts; ideally, a pattern advises us on how to apply its solution in varying circumstances and considers the forces and trade-offs. Many patterns, given a specific category of problem, guide the assignmen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRASP_(object-oriented_design) |
These conditions must be physically realizable and stable without instabilities such as static instability. Also, the space and time scales of the motion must be compatible with the assumed balance;(2) specify a certain reference state, such as distribution of temperature, potential temperature, or geopotential height;... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential_vorticity_unit |
This provided the basis for modern military bands in Finland. In the 1600s, a four-member band was added to the ranks of an army regiment on the basis of the Hautboist model in Europe. In the early 1700s, there was a period of repression of Finnish military music, which would only improve later on in the century. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_band |
In March 2014, van Eck was awarded the 2013 Descartes-Huygens Prize by the Frech Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques.In December 2014, van Eck was appointed a Chevalier (Knight) of the Ordre National du Mérite by the President of France. She was awarded the Grand Prix du Rayonnement de la Littérature et Culture... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_van_Eck |
The association's flag consists of a large white "V" (an inverted chevron) separating a blue triangle above from two red triangles on either side. The length of the top side of the blue triangle is the same as the width of the flag ("width" is the vertical dimension when flying from a flagpole). The flag's proportions ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Vexillological_Association |
Toll-like receptors (TLRs) are a class of proteins that play a key role in the innate immune system. They are single-pass membrane-spanning receptors usually expressed on sentinel cells such as macrophages and dendritic cells, that recognize structurally conserved molecules derived from microbes. Once these microbes ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toll-like_receptors |
Seasonal flu can infect only cells with receptor type a2-6 which are typically located in the nose and throat but H1N1/09 can also infect cells with receptor type a2-3. This may explain why some patients experience severe respiratory symptoms. (The H5N1 virus is also able to infect cells deep in the lungs with receptor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel_H1N1_flu |
The fierce Christological disputes of the period saw the Monophysites, who rejected the human nature of Christ, objecting to the depiction of his body on the cross, and this influenced the use of the empty cross, especially in Byzantine-controlled areas such as Ravenna, where several of the Emperors had Monophysite sym... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crux_gemmata |
However, the "obscure theory" on which his diet is based and the reliance on complicated fasting regimens and nutritional supplements means that this diet "is not a healthy way to lose weight." It has also been proposed that acid causes rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis, and that an alkaline diet can be used to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkaline_diet |
SIGMA Force deals with mysterious nanotechnology that may have been mastered by an ancient Native American tribe with input from the Manasseh. The team attempts to track down a lost map, journeying to Fort Knox and the grave of Meriwether Lewis. Rollins refers to secret codes used by Thomas Jefferson and Lewis. The cod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Rollins |
It is sometimes necessary for a car to be equipped with a second, or auxiliary, radiator to increase the cooling capacity, when the size of the original radiator cannot be increased. The second radiator is plumbed in series with the main radiator in the circuit. This was the case when the Audi 100 was first turbocharge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_pump_(engine_cooling) |
The following exogenous events would shift the short-run aggregate supply curve to the right. As a result, the price level would drop and real GDP would increase. An exogenous decrease in the wage rate An increase in the physical capital stock Technological progress — improvements in our knowledge of how to transform c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AD–AS_model |
Many statistical learning algorithms can be expressed in such a form (for example, the well-known ridge regression). The tradeoff between ( a ) {\displaystyle (a)} and ( b ) {\displaystyle (b)} in (2) is geometrically more intuitive with Tikhonov regularization in RKHS. We can consider a sequence of { F γ } {\displayst... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learnable_function_class |
Most heterosporous plants there are two kinds of sporangia, termed microsporangia and megasporangia. Sporangia can be terminal (on the tips) or lateral (placed along the side) of stems or associated with leaves. In ferns, sporangia are typically found on the abaxial surface (underside) of the leaf and are densely aggre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporangium |
Treatment of gastrointestinal infection in humans involves fluid rehydration, electrolyte replacement, and management of any pain. As of January 2015, nitazoxanide is the only drug approved for the treatment of cryptosporidiosis in immunocompetent hosts. Paromomycin may alleviate some of the diarrhoeal symptoms and is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosporidium_parvum |
The Presidency of the Council of Ministers (Portuguese: Presidência do Conselho de Ministros) is the cabinet department of the Government of Portugal. Its mission is to provide support to the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister and the other members of the cabinet organically integrated in the department. It is al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_the_Council_of_Ministers_(Portugal) |
While heartburn is present in over 80% of GERD cases, it occurs in only 20% of LPR cases. Throat clearing shows the opposite prevalence pattern, occurring in approximately 87% of LPR cases and in fewer than 5% of GERD cases. Unlike GERD, LPR also poses a risk for bronchitis or pneumonitis as reflux of stomach acid to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laryngopharyngeal_reflux |
Uninhibited bladder is usually due to damage to the brain from a stroke or brain tumor. This can cause reduced sensation of bladder fullness, low capacity bladder and urinary incontinence. Unlike other forms of neurogenic bladder, it does not lead to high bladder pressures that can cause kidney damage. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurogenic_bladder |
Historically, the "shuttle" effect is the main cause of degradation in a Li–S battery. The lithium polysulfide Li2Sx (6≤x≤8) is highly soluble in the common electrolytes used for Li–S batteries. They are formed and leaked from the cathode and they diffuse to the anode, where they are reduced to short-chain polysulfides... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium–sulfur_battery |
Monocytes, the largest type of white blood cell, share the "vacuum cleaner" (phagocytosis) function of neutrophils, but are much longer lived as they have an extra role: they present pieces of pathogens to T cells so that the pathogens may be recognized again and killed. This causes an antibody response to be mounted. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_blood_cells |
The Bolivian veins and the 4500 year old workings of Cornwall and Devon, England, are concentrated in high temperature quartz veins and pegmatites associated with granitic intrusives. The veins commonly contain tourmaline, topaz, fluorite, apatite, wolframite, molybdenite, and arsenopyrite. The mineral occurs extensive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_ore |
Paramount channels MTV, Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. ceased transmission on 1 August 2023. The channels continue to operate on other providers in Australia and New Zealand, and Foxtel continues to carry Paramount's music video networks. Audio only channels includes ABC NewsRadio, ABC Radio National, ABC Local Radio station... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxtel_Go |
Still, a single fluid design needs a considerable size to permit breeding.In a breeder configuration, extensive fuel processing was specified to remove fission products from the fuel salt. : 181 In a converter configuration fuel processing requirement was simplified to reduce plant cost. The trade-off was the requireme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid_fluoride_thorium_reactor |
Meglumine antimoniate is a medicine used to treat leishmaniasis. This includes visceral, mucocutaneous, and cutaneous leishmaniasis. It is given by injection into a muscle or into the area infected.Side effects include loss of appetite, nausea, abdominal pain, cough, feeling tired, muscle pain, irregular heartbeat, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meglumine_antimoniate |
The Chamorro Time Zone, formerly the Guam Time Zone, is a United States time zone which observes standard time ten hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC+10:00). The clock time in this zone is based on the mean solar time of the 150th meridian east of the Greenwich Observatory. The zone includes the U.S. territ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamorro_Time_Zone |
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