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In 1902, Mendeleev wrote that those elements should be put in a new group 0; he said this idea was consistent with what Ramsay suggested to him and referred to Errera as to the first person to suggest the idea. Mendeleev himself added these elements to the table as group 0 in 1902, without disturbing the basic concept ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_periodic_table |
Home console A console game is played on a home console, a specialized electronic device that connects to a common television set or composite video monitor. Home consoles are specifically designed to play games using a dedicated hardware environment, giving developers a concrete hardware target for development and ass... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game |
COM interfaces have bindings in several languages, such as C, C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, Python and several of the scripting languages implemented on the Windows platform. All access to components is done through the methods of the interfaces. This allows techniques such as inter-process, or even inter-computer program... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Component_Object_Model |
So it's an absolute lie that has killed thousands of kids. Because the mothers who heard that lie, many of them didn't have their kids take either pertussis or measles vaccine, and their children are dead today. And so the people who go and engage in those anti-vaccine efforts—you know, they, they kill children. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MMR_vaccine_and_autism |
Roman temples were among the most important and richest buildings in Roman culture, though only a few survive in any sort of complete state. Their construction and maintenance was a major part of ancient Roman religion, and all towns of any importance had at least one main temple, as well as smaller shrines. The main r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Roman_architecture |
Students attend live online classes and have more communication with teachers, via e-mail, phone, and online conferences.In all cases, the school assigns a state-certified teacher to assist the coach and student. The cost to a sponsoring agency depends on the teacher-student ratio selected. Stride offered the Commonwea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stride,_Inc. |
A key observation is that the speed of the ant at a given time t > 0 {\displaystyle t>0} is its speed relative to the rope, i.e. α {\displaystyle \alpha } , plus the speed of the rope at the point where the ant is. The target-point moves with speed v {\displaystyle v} , so at time t {\displaystyle t} it is at x = c + v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_on_a_rubber_rope |
The amount of light gathered—and hence the dimmest object that can be seen—depends on the real aperture size, so an interferometer would offer little improvement as the image is dim (the thinned-array curse). The combined effects of limited aperture area and atmospheric turbulence generally limits interferometers to ob... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar_interferometer |
However, the bat-and-ball sports played in the United States, Europe, or elsewhere in the world prior to 1845 did not resemble the standard of modern-day rules as to which baseball has continuously used ever since the mid-19th century. In 1845, Alexander Cartwright wrote the official and codified set of regulated rules... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_United_States_inventions_(before_1890) |
Infrared homing systems can be decoyed with flares and other infrared countermeasures. Acoustic homing and detection systems used for ships are also susceptible to countermeasures. United States warships use Masker and PRAIRIE (propeller AIR Ingestion and Emission) systems to create small air bubbles around a ship's hu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_attack |
They can be in the form of groundbreakings, world record attempts, dedications, press conferences, or organized protests. By staging and managing these types of events, the organizations attempt to gain some form of control over what is reported in the media. Successful publicity stunts have news value, offer photo, vi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publicity_stunts |
Louis encephalitis, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. The cause of his death was later determined using information from his necropsy report provided by the Freedom of Information Act. This disease is non-existent in wild orcas because they don't spend enough time on the surface for mosquitoes to bite them. However, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_captive_orcas |
1809: Gay-Lussac's Law of combining volumes, stating an integer relationship between the volumes of reactants and products in the chemical reactions of gases. 1811: Avogadro hypothesizes that equal volumes of different gases (at same temperature and pressure) contain equal numbers of particles, now known as Avogadro's ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amount_of_substance |
Because spiny mice are highly prevalent throughout Africa and rodents are known to be carriers of disease, an investigation into whether spiny mice may carry disease was done in Egypt in 1912. In this investigation it was determined that Acomys harbored only a tenth of the number of fleas that wild rats do and is thus ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiny_mouse |
An anesthetic vaporizer (American English) or anaesthetic vaporiser (British English) is a device generally attached to an anesthetic machine which delivers a given concentration of a volatile anesthetic agent. It works by controlling the vaporization of anesthetic agents from liquid, and then accurately controlling th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthetic_vaporizer |
There are two transition functions: f1 corresponds to adding the next input item, and f2 corresponds to not adding it. The corresponding filter functions are: h1 verifies that the weight with the next input item is at most the knapsack capacity; h2 always returns True. The value function g(s) returns s2. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully_polynomial-time_approximation_scheme |
Witchcraft in Kazakhstan is closely intertwined with the country's cultural and spiritual heritage, influenced by its historical shamanistic traditions and indigenous beliefs. These practices involve interactions with spirits, ancestral beings, and nature deities. Kazakh witchcraft encompasses rituals, divination, heal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_witchcraft |
About 25–50% of hepatic adenomas cause pain in the right upper quadrant or epigastric region of the abdomen. Since hepatic adenomas can be large (8–15 cm), patients may notice a palpable mass. However, hepatic adenomas are usually asymptomatic, and may be discovered incidentally on imaging ordered for some unrelated re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver_adenoma |
Node-RED has gained significant traction in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and edge computing sectors. Node-RED's open-source nature and large community have led to the creation of over 4000 connectors supporting a wide range of data sources and protocols such as Modbus, OPC-UA, Siemens S7, and MQTT. Several ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node-RED |
Louisiana pine snakes originally occurred in at least 9 Louisiana parishes and 14 Texas counties, coinciding with a disjunctive portion of the longleaf pine ecosystem west of the Mississippi River. They are now found in only four Louisiana parishes, and at most, five Texas counties. In Texas, recent records confirm the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_pinesnake |
Under natural conditions, recovery can take 2–10 years or even longer depending on the nature and degree of the disturbance and the relative maturity of the marsh involved. Marshes in their pioneer stages of development will recover more rapidly than mature marshes as they are often first to colonize the land. It is im... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_marsh |
Or when creating a marketing campaign, there is a chance to analyze how well the campaign is working by monitoring a funnel that brings users from the initial event all the way to purchasing a product.Funnel analysis helps determine the point in which users are dropping off. The next step is to understand why they're d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funnel_analysis |
At his own expense, of 200,000 livres, he built a test canal, only two feet wide, and on the 9 November 1665 he opened the flow successfully. When the canal was authorized the next year, this test rigole would become the Rigole de la plaine. He also built on his property in Bonrepos a model of the canal with locks, tun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_du_Midi |
This was the largest evacuation in Germany since the Second World War. Later, it was successfully defused on 3 September.On 8 April 2018, a 1.8-tonne bomb was defused in Paderborn, which caused the evacuation of more than 26,000 people. On 24 May 2018, a 550 lb (250 kg) bomb was defused in Dresden after the initial att... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unexploded_munitions |
Early details released by Sony and Evolution Studios show high-quality rendered video sequences. Many gaming enthusiasts and members of the press became sceptical as to the source of the material shown, with most people suspecting the footage to be pre-rendered as opposed to real-time in-game footage. In March 2006, sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MotorStorm_(video_game) |
The photosensitive fiber is translated by an interferometrically controlled airbearing borne carriage. The interfering UV beams are focused onto the fiber, and as the fiber moves, the fringes move along the fiber by translating mirrors in an interferometer. As the mirrors have a limited range, they must be reset every ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bragg_grating |
1992), Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. v. Connectix Corporation 203 F.3d 596 (2000), and Sony Computer Entertainment America v. Bleem 214 F.3d 1022 (2000), have had the opposite effect, which has ruled that emulators, developed through clean room design, are legal. The Librarian of Congress, under the Digital Millenn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_emulation |
For the theory to be confirmed, Vosshall stated there must be further studies on mammalian receptors. Bill Hansson, an insect olfaction specialist, raised the question of whether deuterium could affect hydrogen bonds between the odorant and receptor.In 2013, Turin and coworkers confirmed Vosshall and Keller's experimen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration_theory_of_olfaction |
The Nuclear Technology Development Center (Portuguese: Centro de Desenvolvimento da Tecnologia Nuclear; CDTN) is a nuclear research institute of CNEN. It originated in the Engineering School of the Federal University of Minas Gerais, and was created in 1952 with the name of Institute of Radioactive Researches (IPR). It... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Nuclear_Energy_Commission |
For Cartesian coordinates, when four TOAs are available and the TOT is needed, Bancroft's or another closed-form (direct) algorithm are options, even if the stations are moving. When the four stations are stationary and the TOT is not needed, extension of Fang's algorithm (based on DTOAs) to three dimensions is an opti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-range_multilateration |
This mechanism enables the detection of single bit errors, because if one bit gets flipped due to line noise, there will be an incorrect number of ones in the received data. In the two examples above, Bob's calculated parity value matches the parity bit in its received value, indicating there are no single bit errors. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_parity |
The Greeks observed that the charged amber buttons could attract light objects such as hair. They also found that if they rubbed the amber for long enough, they could even get an electric spark to jump, but there is also a claim that no mention of electric sparks appeared until late 17th century. This property derives ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_charge |
1959, shares GT-304 engine with Firebird II), Turbo Titan II (c. 1962, shares GT-305 engine with Firebird III), and Turbo Titan III (1965, GT-309 engine); in addition, the GM Bison gas turbine truck was shown at the 1964 World's Fair. Emissions and fuel economy (1970s/80s)As a result of the U.S. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_Turbine |
Photoinitiators are compounds that upon radiation of light decompose into reactive species that activate polymerization of specific functional groups on the oligomers. An example of a mixture that undergoes cross-linking when exposed to light is shown below. The mixture consists of monomeric styrene and oligomeric acry... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_activated_resin |
This first version, however, was also criticized for lacking items such as a spell-checker and support for creating HTML tables. Adobe acquired Ceneca in October 1995 for US$15 million.Adobe PageMill 2.0, which was introduced in early 1997, corrected these issues with a package that, according to one review, "adds more... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_PageMill |
Generally measurement of reflection haze is confined to high gloss paints and coatings and highly polished metals. Although there has been some degree of success using this measurement method for films it has proven unreliable due to variability caused by changes in the film thickness (internal refraction variations) a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haze_(optics) |
A number of shot timer apps can also be downloaded for smartphones, although they are generally less reliable than dedicated standalone units. Traditional mobile phones and tablets lack the necessary style and quality of microphone to pick up gunshots; especially in a gun range where there are multiple shooters or at a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_timer |
Agricultural policies have contributed to meeting the goals related to increasing, diversifying, and improving agricultural production.Agricultural policies aimed at reducing poverty include India's Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, which offers crop insurance to farmers to protect them from weather-related uncertainti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_policy |
While there isn't a consensus on naming, as both adaptive and responsive could be used to represent the same behavior, what is commonly called responsive design uses fewer page layouts than standard adaptive design, typically (in nearly all cases) only one. Adaptive design is considered less future-proof and a far less... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_web_design |
In 2007 Stroud Valleys Arts Space gave Davy and Kristin permission to create performance work for their annual Site Festival in Stroud. Davy and Kristin thus created and performed Silent Movie, a multimedia performance that mixes projections and live acting. The plot, which recounts a love story between a couple, is ev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy_and_Kristin_McGuire |
In all cases the helicase is composed of six polypeptides that wrap around only one strand of the DNA being replicated. The two polymerases are bound to the helicase heximer. In eukaryotes the helicase wraps around the leading strand, and in prokaryotes it wraps around the lagging strand.As helicase unwinds DNA at the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_replication |
When C {\displaystyle C} is the varied variable, α {\displaystyle \alpha } ranges from 0.048 {\displaystyle 0.048} to 0.19 {\displaystyle 0.19} depending on the model modality. This corresponds to the β = 0.28 {\displaystyle \beta =0.28} from the Chinchilla scaling paper. Given fixed computing budget, optimal model par... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural_scaling_law |
Atropine – The process of intubation can cause massive stimulation to vagus nerve, causing bradycardia (low heart rate). The people who are at increased risk of bradycardia are neonates and children. This does not happen in adults because sympathetic stimulation overpowers the vagal response. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_sequence_induction |
There, only chiefs were allowed to engage in Kula exchange. In hierarchical areas, individuals can earn their own kitomu shells, whereas in less hierarchical areas, they are always subject to the claims of matrilineal kin. And lastly, in the hierarchical areas, Kula necklaces and bracelets are saved for external exchan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inalienable_possessions |
Otherwise the statements made about stability will have little to no reliability because they would not have information to back up the claim. Following this strategy, an ecosystem which oscillates cyclically around a fixed point, such as the one delineated by the predator-prey equations, would be described as persiste... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_inertia |
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also called Lou Gehrig's disease, is a motor neuron disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. The disease causes motor neurons to degenerate, which eventually leads to neuron death and muscular degeneration. Hundreds of mutations in the Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1) gene h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_silencing |
Hard ways hop pays 30:1 (e.g., 3 and 3 on the hop, same as a bet on 2 or 12). The true odds are 17:1 and 35:1, resulting in a house edge of 11.11% and 13.89% respectively. When presented, hop bets are located at the center of the craps layout with the other proposition bets. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating_craps |
Therefore, the use of already popular metals in a multilayer structure prove to be solution for plasmonic integration. Surface plasmons can play a role in surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and in explaining anomalies in diffraction from metal gratings (Wood's anomaly), among other things. Surface plasmon resonance is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasmon |
Since the Apollo Program, there has been at least one independent investigation into the validity of the NASA claim. Leonard D. Jaffe, a Surveyor program scientist and custodian of the Surveyor 3 parts brought back from the Moon, stated in a letter to the Planetary Society that a member of his staff reported that a "br... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reports_of_Streptococcus_mitis_on_the_Moon |
Bedřich Smetana incorporated the polka in his opera The Bartered Bride (Czech: Prodaná nevěsta) and in particular, Act 1.While the polka is Bohemian in origin, most dance music composers in Vienna (the capital of the vast Habsburg Austro-Hungarian Empire, which was the cultural centre for music from all over the empire... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polka_music |
The FDA concluded that the two RCTs submitted "did not provide credible evidence of efficacy. "Hemispherx Biopharma performed additional analyses on their data and submitted a new NDA to the FDA in 2012. After reviewing the data, the FDA did not approve the application citing "insufficient safety and efficacy data".Rin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic_fatigue_syndrome_treatment |
Orthoptists specialize in diagnosis and management of eye movement and coordination problems, misalignment of the visual axis, convergence and accommodation problems, and conditions such as amblyopia, strabismus, and binocular vision disorders, as outlined by the International Orthoptic Association. They may assist oph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_care_professional |
Given the Zak transform of a function, the function can be reconstructed using the following formula: f ( t ) = ∫ 0 1 Z ( t , w ) d w . {\displaystyle f(t)=\int _{0}^{1}Z(t,w)\,dw.} | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak_transform |
In the fall, however, individuals of both sexes will congregate in the same roost in a behavior known as "swarming". Like several other bat species, males of this species exhibit homosexual behaviors, with male bats mating indiscriminately with torpid, roosting bats, regardless of sex.Although copulation occurs in the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_brown_bat |
Although much of the everyday mainstream news is drawn from the Australian Associated Press, all the privately owned media outlets still compete with each other for exclusive pop culture news. Rural and regional media is dominated by Australian Community Media, with significant holdings in all states and territories. D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_consolidation |
The website awarded a score of 9/10. The game sold over 1.6 million copies on both iOS and Android.Pocket Gamer gave Motorsport Manager Mobile 3, released in July 2018, a 4.5/5 score and a positive review, saying the changes between 2 and 3 were significant. In February 2020, Tech Radar named Motorsport Manager Mobile ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorsport_Manager |
West Berliners initially could not visit East Berlin or East Germany at all. All crossing points were closed to them between 26 August 1961 and 17 December 1963. In 1963, negotiations between East and West resulted in a limited possibility for visits during the Christmas season that year (Passierscheinregelung). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_border_crossings |
The MKH was one of the hottest intervals of the entire Phanerozoic eon, with OAE1c occurring during a particularly warm time known as the Amadeus Thermal Maximum; these conditions were prime for generating anoxic waters. Orbital forcing is considered the most likely cause of OAE1c, as most geochemical changes observed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amadeus_Event |
Through this study, the virus was found to undergo a specialized mode of viral transport, assembly and sensory neuron egress. Recent techniques in lithography have made these chambers a more appealing model system. New microfluidic approaches have been established to create compartmentalized devices as these by using s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campenot_chamber |
Prevalence of postterm pregnancy may vary between countries due to different population characteristics or medical management. Factors include number of first-time pregnancies, genetic predisposition, timing of ultrasound assessment, and Caesarean section rates, etc. The incidence is approximately 7%. Postterm pregnanc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postdate_pregnancy |
Players of miniature wargames tend to be more extroverted than players of board wargames and computer wargames. Players of miniature wargames are obliged to meet in person and play in the same room around a table, whereas board wargames can be played via correspondence and computer wargames can be played online; theref... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miniature_wargame |
One of the first motion platforms, the Sanders Teacher, was created in 1910. This was a model aircraft connected to the ground by a universal joint. When wind was present, the pilot in training was able to use the aircraft's control surfaces to move the model in the three rotational degrees of freedom pitch, roll and y... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_simulator |
Advantages include faster recovery from anaesthesia, reduced incidence of postoperative nausea and vomiting, and absence of a trigger for malignant hyperthermia. At present, TCI is not permitted in the United States, but a syringe pump delivering a specific rate of medication is commonly used instead.Other medications ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_anesthesia |
He uses instanton gauge theory, the geometrization theorem of 3-manifolds, and subsequent work of Greg Kuperberg on the complexity of knottedness detection. The connect-sum decomposition of 3-manifolds is also implemented in Regina, has exponential run-time and is based on a similar algorithm to the 3-sphere recognitio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic_topology |
The Parflange F37 system is used to connect haydraulic tubes, pipes and components without welding. Depending on pipe and flange size, the F37 system is approved for pressure ratings up to 420 bar (6000 psi, respectively 42 MPa). It is commonly used in shipbuilding, offshore and heavy machinery industry for moving and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parflange_F37 |
Unlike the University of Santo Tomas which has an undisputed foundation date, the true foundation year of the University of San Carlos had been a subject of several debates. Contrary to the position of the University of Santo Tomas, the University of San Carlos claims that it is older by 16 years by tracing its roots t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispute_over_the_oldest_school_in_the_Philippines |
This problem is exacerbated due to the high fat content of eels. Construction of dams and other irrigation facilities seriously decreases habitat availability and diversity for the eels. Dredging can affect migration, population distribution and prey availability. Overfishing or excessive harvesting of juveniles can al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_eel |
De Brouwer stepped down from CEO of Scanadu in April 2016 and became a co-founder (along with his wife, Sam de Brouwer) and the original CEO of doc.ai., a Palo Alto, CA-based artificial intelligence company with a focus on digital healthcare, including an app to help patients manage and analyze health data. In 2020, he... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_De_Brouwer |
Clausius states what he calls the “theorem respecting the equivalence-values of the transformations” or what is now known as the second law of thermodynamics, as such: The algebraic sum of all the transformations occurring in a cyclical process can only be positive, or, as an extreme case, equal to nothing. Quantitativ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disgregation |
A more detailed explanation is best considered in terms of the paths of the Sun and Moon on the celestial sphere, as shown in the first diagram. This shows the abstract sphere surrounding the Earth at the center. The Earth is oriented so that its axis is vertical. The Sun is, by definition, always seen on the ecliptic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_standstill |
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Denver, Colorado. On August 17, 2006, the Appeals Court upheld the FDA's ban of ephedra alkaloids, finding that the 133,000 page administrative record compiled by the FDA supported the agency's finding that ephedra alkaloids posed an unreasonable risk to consumers. Nutraceutica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephedra_(medicine) |
Gerund (gerúndio): equivalent to English "(is) doing". Used to actually show/describe ongoing action. Personal infinitive (infinitivo pessoal): "(for me) to do", an infinitive which inflects according to its subject; a rare feature that Portuguese shares with Galician.The moods are used roughly as follows: Indicative (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_verb_conjugation |
But it can be rewritten as a standard form AAA-1 syllogism by first substituting the synonymous term "humans" for "people" and then by reducing the complementary term "immortal" in the first premise using the immediate inference known as obversion (that is, the statement "No humans are immortal." is equivalent to the s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallacy_of_four_terms |
Perpetrators use social media networks, videoconferences, pornographic video sharing websites, dating pages, online chat rooms, apps, dark web sites, and other platforms.This type of sex trafficking has surged since the advent of the Digital Age and the development of online payment systems and cryptocurrencies that hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_trafficking |
According to Speyer, "Vendors need to identify and characterize influencers inside their market. This requires a comprehensive influencer identification program and the establishment of criteria for ranking influencer impact on the decision process." Influencers can play a variety of roles at different times in a decis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influencer_marketing |
Solar wind-mediated galactic cosmic ray changes, which may affect cloud cover.The solar cycle variation of 0.1% has small but detectable effects on the Earth's climate. Camp and Tung suggest that solar irradiance correlates with a variation of 0.18 K ±0.08 K (0.32 °F ±0.14 °F) in measured average global temperature bet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycles_of_sunspot_activity |
Most of the artists of the New Objectivity did not travel widely, and stylistic tendencies were related to geography. While the classicists were based mostly in Munich, the verists worked mainly in Berlin (Grosz, Dix, Schlichter, and Schad); Dresden (Dix, Hans Grundig, Wilhelm Lachnit and others); and Karlsruhe (Karl H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Objectivity |
One set of plates to which the Book of Mormon refers was "sealed up" in the sense that they were written in a language that could not be read.Smith may have understood the sealing to be a supernatural or spiritual sealing "by the power of God" (2 Nephi 27:10), an idea supported by a reference in the Book of Mormon to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_plates |
The capsule itself appears as a thin white sheet of white matter.The external capsule is a route for cholinergic fibers from the basal forebrain to the cerebral cortex. The putamen separates the external capsule from the internal capsule medially and the claustrum separates it from the extreme capsule laterally. But th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External_capsule |
Another method of disengagement is through disregard or misrepresentation of the consequences of action. When someone decides to pursue an activity harmful to others for personal advantage, or as a result of impact by social stimulus, they generally either minimize the harm they have caused or attempt to avoid facing i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_disengagement |
In his normal life, he is a quiet programmer for the "respectable software company" Meta Cortex, while in private, he is a computer hacker who penetrates computer systems illicitly and steals information under his hacker alias "Neo". He also sells illegal untraceable computer systems and hacking programs along with con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo_(The_Matrix) |
CACTUS (Converted Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope Using Solar-2) was a ground-based, Air Cherenkov Telescope (ACT) located outside Daggett, California, near Barstow. It was originally a solar power plant called Solar Two, but was converted to an observatory starting in 2001. The first astronomical observations started ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CACTUS |
The earliest rocket launchers documented in imperial China consisted of arrows modified by the attachment of a rocket motor to the shaft a few inches behind the arrowhead. The rocket was propelled by the burning of the black powder in the motor; these should not be confused with early fire arrows, which were convention... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket_launcher |
In particular, Symonds' memoirs, written over a four-year period, from 1889 to 1893, form one of the earliest known works of self-conscious homosexual autobiography in English. The recently decoded autobiographies of Anne Lister are an earlier example in English. Another friend of Ives was the English socialist poet Ed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_movements |
Although the term appears to have been coined in the early 1950s, mushroom clouds generated by explosions were being described centuries before the atomic era. A contemporary aquatint by an unknown artist of the 1782 Franco-Spanish attack on Gibraltar shows one of the attacking force's floating batteries exploding with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushroom_cloud |
To measure brand salience, for example, researchers place products on a shelf in a supermarket, giving each brand equal shelf space. Consumers are shown photographs of the shelf display and ask consumers to name the brands noticed. The speed at which consumers nominate a given brand is an indicator of brand's visual sa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_awareness |
A large portion of the eagle's skull is dedicated to sight because it is essential for their survival. Eagles eyes are flat and wide toward the back to maximize the image that is formed within the eye. At the back of the eye there's a layer of photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) called the retina that transmit visual ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagle_eye |
"The river is flooding. "The suffix "sya" has a large number of uses and does not necessarily denote anticausativity (or even intransitivity). However, in most cases it denotes either passive voice or one of the subclasses of reflexivity (anticausativity, reciprocity, etc.) There is a class of verbs (deponent verbs, от... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anticausative_verb |
By contrast, noninvasive dermal anesthesia can be established in 5–15 min without distorting underlying tissues by lidocaine iontophoresis, where a direct electric current facilitates dermal penetration of positively charged lidocaine molecules when placed under the positive electrode.One study concluded that the ionto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Needle_stick |
Epyc CPUs use a multi-chip-module design to enable higher yields for a CPU than traditional monolithic dies. First gen Epyc CPUs are composed of four 14 nm compute dies, each with up to 8 cores. Cores are symmetrically disabled on dies to create lower binned products with fewer cores but the same I/O and memory footpri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD_EPYC |
In addition there were separate sector lights, two of which marked particular shoals or sandbanks, while another indicated the main channel along the Humber. Initially oil-lit, the lighthouse was converted to electricity in 1941 to enable the light to be lit briefly (as and when requested by allied ships and convoys) a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurn_Head |
This includes appropriate collection and handling of user data, the protection of data from unauthorized access and modification and the safe storage of data.E-mental health has been gaining momentum in the academic research as well as practical arenas in a wide variety of disciplines such as psychology, clinical socia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber_Doctor |
The Texas Severe Storms Association (TESSA) is a national non-profit organization founded in 1993 by storm chaser Martin Lisius. Kim George currently serves as chairperson after Martin Lisius stepped down in 2015. The organization’s mission is to bring together both professional meteorologists and weather enthusiasts i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Severe_Storms_Association |
Most have redundant systems, so that the failure of one system will cause automatic change-over to one or more standby systems. The monitoring and redundancy requirements in some instrument landing systems (ILS) can be very strict. The general philosophy followed is that no signal is preferable to a poor signal. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omni-directional_range |
The rover has a 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) long robotic arm with a cross-shaped turret holding five devices that can spin through a 350° turning range. The arm makes use of three joints to extend it forward and to stow it again while driving. It has a mass of 30 kg (66 lb) and its diameter, including the tools mounted on it, i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Descent_Imager |
: 47 Ratios between isotopes are generally compared to a standard. For example, sulfur has four stable isotopes, of which the two most common are 32S and 34S. : 98 The ratio of their concentrations, R=34S/32S, is reported as δ 34 S = 1000 ( R R s − 1 ) , {\displaystyle \delta {}^{34}\mathrm {S} =1000\left({\frac {R}{R_... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geochemistry |
He argues its real social value lies in shaming: For one brief moment, the perp loses the city's protective anonymity and feels, like Hester Prynne, the moral claustrophobia of a righteous community. Puritans can argue that this is good for the perp's soul, but let's not pretend we're doing it for his benefit. The perp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perp_walk |
RSA-190 has 190 decimal digits (629 bits), and was factored on November 8, 2010, by I. A. Popovyan from Moscow State University, Russia, and A. Timofeev from CWI, Netherlands. RSA-190 = 1907556405060696491061450432646028861081179759533184460647975622318915025587 184175754054976155121593293492260464152630093238509246603... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSA_numbers |
Brent Wahba, an engineer with a background in Lean at GM and Delphi Automotive, also saw that root cause thinking had not yet penetrated the culture of sales and marketing management. His book "The Fluff Cycle," criticized business writers in sales and marketing. He observed that traditional "best practices" approach a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_process_engineering |
The American Heart Association website says, "You may have what's called 'white coat hypertension'; that means your blood pressure goes up when you're at the doctor's surgery. Monitoring at home will help you measure your true blood pressure and can provide your doctor with a log of blood pressure measurements over tim... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehypertension |
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