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Garrow's Law is a British period legal drama about the 18th-century lawyer William Garrow. The series debuted on 1 November 2009 on BBC One and BBC HD. A second series was announced on 7 July 2010 and was broadcast from 14 November 2010. A third series consisting of four episodes was commissioned and was aired from 13 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrow's_Law |
The simplest algorithm to find a topological sort is frequently used and is known as list scheduling. Conceptually, it repeatedly selects a source of the dependency graph, appends it to the current instruction schedule and removes it from the graph. This may cause other vertices to be sources, which will then also be c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instruction_scheduling |
However, the rabbit-fly is not part of the stimulus meaning of 'Rabbit' for the linguist. Thus, even for the most observational occasion sentences, it is not possible to equate the intuitive notion of synonymy with stimulus synonymy. From this, Quine concludes that we cannot make sense of our intuitive notions of meani... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_ascent |
Settle Hydro and Torrs Hydro are two reverse screw micro hydro schemes operating in England. The screw works well as a generator at low heads, commonly found in English rivers, including the Thames, powering Windsor Castle.In 2017, the first reverse screw hydropower in the United States opened in Meriden, Connecticut. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archimedes_screw |
In the 20th century's first half, antirealism was mainly logical positivism, which sought to exclude unobservable aspects of reality from scientific theory. Since the 1950s, antirealism is more modest, usually instrumentalism, permitting talk of unobservable aspects, but ultimately discarding the very question of reali... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-symmetric_interpretations |
Cornell University had built a series of synchrotrons since the 1940s. The 10 GeV synchrotron in operation during the 1970s had conducted a number of experiments, but it ran at much lower energy than the 20 GeV linear accelerator at SLAC. As late as October 1974, Cornell planned to upgrade the synchrotron to reach ener... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLEO_(particle_detector) |
The driving force of this rebirth movement were Slovak writers and politicians who called themselves Štúrovci, the followers of Ľudovít Štúr. As the Slovak nobility was Magyarized and most Slovaks were merely farmers or priests, this movement failed to attract much attention. Nonetheless, the campaign was successful as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-Slavism |
In a 1996 review of the first edition in the International Journal of Primatology, Lisa Gould spoke favorably of the book, citing passages about lemur descriptions from the 17th and 18th centuries that she found entertaining and informative. She was particularly fascinated with Chapter four, "The Extinct Lemurs", and t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemurs_of_Madagascar_(book) |
Furthermore, those who reported an unequal balance of power reported that they felt the person who was less dependent on the relationship had more power. In 1994 a study of 413 heterosexual American adults found correlations between the power balance between the partners and the emotional involvement of them to be both... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_interest |
The following considerations apply under either definition: The set Xi is called the ith domain of R. Under the first definition, the relation does not uniquely determine a given sequence of domains. In the case where R is a binary relation, X1 is also called simply the domain or set of departure of R, and X2 is also c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-ary_relations |
A pernette or stilt is a prop to support pottery in a kiln so that pottery does not touch each other or kiln's floor. In archaeology, they may be upside-down fired clay tripods, leaving characteristic marks at the bottoms of the pottery/porcelain. They expose the bottom of the fired piece to the full heat.Other types o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiln_furniture |
800 mm gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways built to a track gauge of 800 mm (2 ft 7+1⁄2 in). Whilst this gauge is uncommon amongst adhesion railways, some of the world's best known rack railways are built to it. Six of these are in Switzerland, including the world's steepest rack line (the Pilatus Railway) and the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/800_mm_gauge_railways |
A nearly close-packed hexagonal array of oxides centers provides relatively little free volume for Li+ ions to migrate within. For this reason, the ionic conductivity of Li+ is relatively low at ambient temperature. The details of the lithiation of FePO4 and the delithiation of LiFePO4 have been examined. Two phases of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiFePO4 |
Haploinsufficiency of the TBX1 gene (T-box transcription factor TBX1) is thought to be the cause of some of the symptoms observed. Point mutations in this gene have also been observed in individuals with DiGeorge syndrome. TBX1 is part of the T-box family of genes which have an important role in tissue and organ format... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiGeorge_Syndrome |
This instrument contains a suite of sensors that measured the physical and electrical properties of Titan's atmosphere. Accelerometers measured forces in all three axes as the probe descended through the atmosphere. With the aerodynamic properties of the probe already known, it was possible to determine the density of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huygens_Probe |
FreQ Nasty has widely been considered a pioneer in breakbeat music since the genre's initial rise in popularity. FreQ Nasty began his career in 1998 on the UK label Botchit & Scarper, where he forged his sound of ragga, hip-hop, dancehall, and heavy basslines at the apex London's 1990s dance music revolution. Of his ea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freq_Nasty |
Bob Seidel of CBS said companies (especially in countries other than the US) might use cheaper tuners, and people would need new television antennas for proper reception. Circuit City Chairman Alan McCollough opposed converter boxes, saying people should just buy digital TVs, and television networks should offer only w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_adapter |
Dawson received the James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics in 1977 and the Aneesur Rahman Prize for Computational Physics in 1994; both are the highest honors bestowed by the American Physical Society's plasma physics and computational physics divisions, respectively. He was named California Scientist of the Year... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_M._Dawson |
Double-entry bookkeeping, also known as double-entry accounting, is a method of bookkeeping that relies on a two-sided accounting entry to maintain financial information. Every entry to an account requires a corresponding and opposite entry to a different account. The double-entry system has two equal and corresponding... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_aspect |
Some teams propose dry venting of carbon dioxide (CO2) gas and sand, occurring between the ice and the underlying bedrock. It is known that a CO2 ice slab is virtually transparent to solar radiation where 72% of solar energy incident at 60 degrees off vertical will reach the bottom of a 1 m thick layer. In addition, se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geysers_on_Mars |
The cylinder is the power-producing element of the steam engine powering a steam locomotive. The cylinder is made pressure-tight with end covers and a piston; a valve distributes the steam to the ends of the cylinder. Cylinders were initially cast iron, but later made of steel. The cylinder casting includes other featu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_(locomotive) |
Chainsaw chaps are a component of chainsaw safety clothing. They are made of strong materials like kevlar and protect the legs from injury. A similar style, though of different materials, is sold to hunters and other outdoor sportsmen for protection from rattlesnake bites. Outside of snake country, bird hunters often w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaps |
In 1867 the main spring was rented by the Czech businessman of Italian-German origin Heinrich K. Mattoni who began to bottle the water in glass bottles and export it worldwide. In 1873 he had enough money to buy the spa and the surrounding land. Before he died in 1910, he managed to build a new colonnade which roofed t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyselka_Spa |
It is vital to the reef's life because it provides the coral with nutrients; it is also responsible for the color. The process is called bleaching because when the algae is ejected from the coral reef the animal loses its pigment. Zooxanthella densities are continually changing; bleaching is an extreme example of what ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coral_reefs_of_Kiribati |
In 1826, German writer August Kopisch and his friend Ernst Fries, a German painter, visited the cave and recorded their visit in the Kopisch's Entdeckung der blauen Grotte auf der Insel Capri in 1838. In 1842 Danish choreographer August Bournonville set the second act of his ballet Napoli in the Blue Grotto. In this fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Grotto_(Capri) |
As the Poisson bracket is already proportional to s k c {\displaystyle s_{k}^{c}} only the identity part of the holonomy h s k {\displaystyle h_{s_{k}}} outside the bracket contributes. Finally we have that the holonomy around α i j {\displaystyle \alpha _{ij}} ; the identity term doesn't contribute as the Poisson brac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian_constraint_of_LQG |
Both of these phenomena can entrain a diver and cause a rapid change of depth, disorientation or impact with the environment. Tidal currents, races and bores Local wind can induce a current which can cause problems for the unwary diver, such as making the return swim difficult or impossible. The direction and strength ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_hazards |
The twelfth flotilla commanded by Captain Stirling on the destroyer leader Faulknor was following behind the First Battle Squadron. This had fallen behind the main fleet because damage to Marlborough had reduced her speed, so the destroyers were now some 10 miles behind Jellicoe. The flotilla had thirteen 'M' class des... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_action_at_the_Battle_of_Jutland |
The extent of dichromatism of material can be quantified by the Kreft's dichromaticity index (DI). It is defined as the difference in hue angle (Δhab) between the colour of the sample at the dilution, where the chroma (colour saturation) is maximal and the colour of four times more diluted (or thinner) and four times m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichromatism |
The plan involved upgrading signals on the system's five most heavily used physical lines, as well as accelerating the deployment of ISIM-B to all subway lines that did not already have either automatic train supervision or CBTC.By 2023, CBTC projects on the entire Crosstown, Lexington Avenue, Archer Avenue IND, and Qu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signaling_of_the_New_York_City_Subway |
After exposure to light, a cysteine residue in the FAD binding pocket of WC-1 covalently bonds to FAD resulting in FAD changing its hydrogen bonding partner. This leads to other structural changes within WC-1 that eventually lead to the release of an alpha helix on the surface of WC-1, exposing a protein-protein intera... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Collar-2 |
The United States Department of State established the Global Shale Gas Initiative to persuade governments around the world to give concessions to the major oil and gas companies to set up fracking operations. A document United States diplomatic cables leak published by WikiLeaks show that, as part of this project, U.S.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracture |
Most providers would recommend testing for autoantibodies in any patient presenting with a DKA episode, and this thought process should be followed especially in patients who do not fit a classic type 1 diabetes picture of a young patient with classical diabetic symptoms. In order to get a full Aβ diagnosis presence of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketosis-prone_diabetes |
The delay in absorption after oral ingestion may account for the popular belief that cocaine bioavailability from the stomach is lower than after insufflation. Compared with ingestion, the faster absorption of insufflated cocaine results in quicker attainment of maximum drug effects. Snorting cocaine produces maximum p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine_trafficking |
Nude weddings, also known as naked marriages, are weddings that may include the couple, bridal parties, and/or guests in the nude. Participants may be committed to the nudist lifestyle or want a different kind of wedding. The wedding couple may be nude while the guests may come nude or dressed, or with the couple and a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nude_wedding |
Alignments of random points in a plane refers to the study of the relative positions of point that are randomly placed in a planar region. For example, how closely can we expect to find three points lying on a straight line? Studies have shown that such near-alignments occur by chance with greater frequency than one mi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alignment_of_random_points |
These "DirecTiVo" recorders record the incoming satellite MPEG-2 digital stream directly to hard disk without conversion. Because of this and the fact that they have two tuners, DirecTiVos are able to record two programs at once. In addition, the lack of digital conversion allows recorded video to be of the same qualit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TiVo |
Nucleic-acid-based tests amplify and detect one or more of several target sequences located in specific HIV genes, such as HIV-I GAG, HIV-II GAG, HIV-env, or the HIV-pol. Since these tests are relatively expensive, the blood is screened by first pooling some 8–24 samples and testing these together; if the pool tests po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_Testing |
The B61 can be set for airburst or groundburst detonation, and by free fall, retarded free fall or laydown delivery through the use of a parachute to slow down the weapon during release from the delivery aircraft. Only the Mod 0 to 10 versions of the B61 are equipped with a parachute retarder (currently a 24-ft (7.3 m)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B61_nuclear_bomb |
If a person can generate enough income to meet their needs from sources other than their primary occupation, they have achieved financial independence, regardless of age, existing wealth, or current salary. For example, if a 25-year-old has $1000 in expenses per month, and assets that generate $1000 or more per month, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_independence |
German defensive tactics had been based on the publication Exerzier-Reglement für die Infanterie of 1906 (Drill Regulations for the Infantry), which expected defensive warfare to be short periods between offensives. On the Somme front, the construction plan ordered by Falkenhayn in January 1915 had been completed. Barb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eingreif_division |
But medium-warm, medium-salty water can be denser than both fresher, colder water and saltier, warmer water; in other words, the equation of state for seawater is monotonic, but non-linear. See diagram. Cabbeling may also occur in fresh water, since pure water is densest at about 4 °C (39 °F). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabbeling |
In 2006, artist Matt Bray said, "I do not wish to be considered a Stuckist, as I find some of there (sic) antics unnecessary. The Stuckists are however the first and most famous Remodernist group, so for that, and for bringing this particular manifesto to my attention; I thank them." In May 2007, with punk singer Adam ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remodernism |
In 1919, an American monthly magazine Popular Science touted a new type of Christmas-tree stand. The stand featured a broad, cone-shaped base that included an inlet for water and the Christmas tree trunk. Water placed in the galvanized iron shell would give considerable weight to the stand to steady the tree. Once the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree_stand |
The title of doctor (docteur) can also be used by medical and pharmaceutical practitioners who hold a doctor's State diploma (diplôme d'État de docteur, distinct from the doctorat d'État mentioned above). The diploma is a first-degree. A guidelines with good practices and legal analysis has been published in 2018 by As... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inaugural_dissertation |
In the past, data on the lengths of individuals longer than 6 meters were repeatedly mentioned in the literature, and all of them today can no longer be verified and cause serious doubts, in particular, in Fearn & Sambono (2000). The most extreme information comes from Worell, who reported in 1954 second-hand about an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_scrub_python |
The trade-off is the speed. For a typical residential lawn (1/4 acre lot), it will take hours to finish. Some products also have issues with the tines becoming clogged with soil, which can slow down the operation even more. However, a well-made manual aerator offers advantages such as ease of use, selective aeration, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn_aerator |
The plans were completed near the end of October in 1865 and put on public display at the Palais Augarten in December. Another panel of experts examined the plans and gave their approval in February, 1866. On May 25 that year, the plans were presented to the City Council for final approval and after a long debate, the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Vienna_Mountain_Spring_Pipeline |
Larry Gostin, a professor of public health law, said initial CDC and WHO guidance had given the public the wrong impression that masks do not work, even though scientific evidence to the contrary was already available. The confusing changing advice from discouraging to recommending public masking has led to decreasing ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_masks_during_the_COVID-19_pandemic |
The scarab was linked to Khepri ("he who has come into being"), the god of the rising sun. The ancients believed that the dung beetle was only male-sexed, and reproduced by depositing semen into a dung ball. The supposed self-creation of the beetle resembles that of Khepri, who creates himself out of nothing. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dung_Beetles |
This process will make the Sun large enough to render Earth uninhabitable approximately five billion years from the present. After this, the Sun will shed its outer layers and become a dense type of cooling star known as a white dwarf, and no longer produce energy by fusion, but still glow and give off heat from its pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_atmosphere |
If someone with covid positive is too close to you, you can see this in the application and take precautions. It also counts how many people you have come into contact with who are covid positive.United KingdomThe NHS COVID-19 contact tracing app for England and Wales was released on 24 September 2020. The NHS app uses... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_tracing_app |
According to historian Liam Kennedy, the idea of 'Irish slavery' was popular within the nineteenth-century Irish independence movement Young Ireland. Young Irelander John Mitchel was particularly vocal in his claim that the Irish had been enslaved, although he was a supporter of the Atlantic slave trade.An Irish Times ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_slaves_myth |
Commonly used terms to refer to the three separate but related groups are abstract expressionism, post-painterly abstraction, and lyrical abstraction. Some of the artists made works in all three eras, that relate to all of the three styles. Color field pioneers such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Clyfford Still, Barn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Field |
Moreover, the median test can only be used for quantitative data.It is crucial to note, however, that the null hypothesis verified by the Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney U (and so the Kruskal–Wallis test) is not about medians. The test is sensitive also to differences in scale parameters and symmetry. As a consequence, if the Wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mood_test |
Sophisticated algorithms are used to compensate for the aging and temperature stability of the oscillator while the GPSDO is in holdover.The use of Selective Availability (SA) prior to May 2000 restricted the accuracy of GPS signals available for civilian use and in turn presented challenges to the accuracy of GPSDO de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GPS_disciplined_oscillator |
For type sum, the identity object is the void type, which stores no information and it is impossible to address an inhabitant. The concept of monoidal category does not presume that values of such aggregate types can be taken apart; on the contrary, it provides a framework that unifies classical and quantum information... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoidal_category_of_endofunctors |
Let X n {\displaystyle X_{n}} and T n {\displaystyle T_{n}} be as defined in the previous statement. Defining a new stochastic process Y t := X n {\displaystyle Y_{t}:=X_{n}} for t ∈ ={}&\Pr(\tau _{n+1}\leq t,X_{n+1}=j\mid X_{n}=i)\\={}&\Pr(X_{n+1}=j\mid X_{n}=i)(1-e^{-\lambda _{i}t}),{\text{ for all }}n\geq 1,t\geq 0,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-Markov_process |
Surgical For adrenal carcinomas, the most effective treatment is surgery, although this is not feasible for many patients, and the overall prognosis of the disease is poor. Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and hormonal therapy may also be employed in the treatment of this disease. A 2018 Cochrane Systematic review comp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenocortical_tumor |
The temperature profiles through dynamic insulation taking into account the decrease in surface temperature with increasing air flow is shown in Fig 4. Table 2 Temperature drop across air film thermal resistance As the operative temperature of a room is a combination of the air temperature and the mean temperature of a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_insulation |
The prevalence of checkpoint inhibitor induced colitis varies depending on the regimen of immunotherapy. The incidence is 0.7 – 1.6% for anti-programmed cell death protein 1 (PD1) agents, 5.7 – 9.1% for anti-cytotoxic T-lymphocyte associated protein 4 (CTLA-4), and about 13.6% for combination therapy. The risk associat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkpoint_inhibitor_induced_colitis |
Known inhibitors of APE1 include 7-nitroindole-2-carboxylic acid (NCA) and lucanthone. Both of these structures possess rings attached to short chains, which appear similar to the deoxyribose sugar ring without a base attached and phosphodiester bond in DNA. Further, both contain many H-bond acceptors which may interac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP_endonuclease |
This created the Brezhnev Doctrine, which gave the Soviet Union its own right to intervene against counterrevolutionary behaviour. Fearing that this might apply to them, China provoked and engaged in conflict with the Soviets. Such conflicts forced the Soviets to scale back aggressiveness and "repair image in the wake... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkage_policy |
In the 1920s, scientists believed folate deficiency and anemia were the same condition. In 1931, researcher Lucy Wills made a key observation that led to the identification of folate as the nutrient required to prevent anemia during pregnancy. Wills demonstrated that anemia could be reversed with brewer's yeast. In the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitamin_B9 |
Some viruses also use cDNA to turn their viral RNA into mRNA (viral RNA → cDNA → mRNA). The mRNA is used to make viral proteins to take over the host cell. An example of this first step from viral RNA to cDNA can be seen in the HIV cycle of infection. Here, the host cell membrane becomes attached to the virus’ lipid en... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complementary_DNA |
In computer science, an event (also called event semaphore) is a type of synchronization mechanism that is used to indicate to waiting processes when a particular condition has become true. An event is an abstract data type with a boolean state and the following operations: wait - when executed, causes the suspension o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event_(synchronization_primitive) |
After the successful test of the RDS-37, KB-11 employees (Sakharov, Zeldovich, and Dovidenko) performed a preliminary calculation and, on February 2, 1956, they handed over to N. I. Pavlov, a note with the parameters for charges of 150 Mt (628 PJ) and the possibility of increasing the power to 1 gigaton of TNT (4.2 EJ)... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomb |
A handful of outside consultants, like Raymond Loewy at Studebaker, occasionally sold their designs to American producers. Sometimes the designs even reached production without drastic changes by the body engineers, who at that point largely controlled the shape of cars. One such design consultant was Howard "Dutch" Da... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_Clipper |
"Ankenbrandt and his communications officers" and which was approved by the USAF Chief of Staff on November 21, 1947. The "Radar Fence Plan (code named Project SUPREMACY)" was to be complete by 1953 with 411 radar stations and 18 control centers in the continental United States. Air Defense Command (ADC) rejected Supre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lashup_Radar_Network |
"Chicken Pot Pie" is an unreleased parody song written by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It was written as a parody of "Live and Let Die" by Paul McCartney and Wings; however, Yankovic voluntarily decided not to release it after McCartney declined to support the parody, as he felt it conflicted with his vegetarianism and condone... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicken_Pot_Pie |
Several different topical treatments (i.e. substances applied directly to the ulcer) have been reported, with variable outcomes. They are usually administered by enema and may be helpful for short term management of acute symptoms in SRUS. They are thought to work by reducing inflammation and physically forming a barri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_rectal_ulcer_syndrome |
Compensated pathogenic deviations refer to amino acid residues in a protein sequence that are pathogenic in one species but are wild type residues in the functionally equivalent protein in another species. Although the amino acid residue is pathogenic in the first species, it is not so in the second species because its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutation_event |
This may be as a result of: Contact by an opponent (called down by contact) where the opponent tackles the runner by pushing him, grasping him and pulling him to the ground, sliding into his legs, or touching him in any manner prior to any part of the runner other than his hands or feet touching the ground. Unlike the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football_rules |
Similar flasks in mainland Europe were found to marginally exceed the contamination limits during testing, and additional monitoring procedures were put into place. In order to reduce the risk, current UK flask wagons are fitted with a lockable cover to ensure any surface contamination remains within the container, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_of_nuclear_materials |
Crewed flights have landed on the Moon and have been planned, from time to time, for Mars, Venus and Mercury. While many scientists appreciate the knowledge value that uncrewed flights provide, the value of crewed missions is more controversial. Science fiction writers propose a number of benefits, including the mining... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_mission |
Hansma's approach determines the f-number that will give the maximum possible sharpness; Peterson's approach determines the minimum f-number that will give the desired sharpness in the final image, and yields a maximum depth of field for which the desired sharpness can be achieved. In combination, the two methods can b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_of_focus |
In the poem, written as a dialogue between the author and a blackbird, the bird symbolizes nature, which, per author, is the main inspiration behind art. In Imastaser's time, artistic inspiration was usually attributed to divine reasons.As a hymnologist, Imastaser wrote several important sharakans (hymns): Tagh Harutea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hovhannes_Imastaser |
Non-stop decay (NSD) is a cellular pathway that identifies and degrades aberrant mRNA transcripts that do not contain a proper stop codon. Stop codons are signals in messenger RNA that signal for synthesis of proteins to end. Aberrant transcripts are identified during translation when the ribosome translates into the p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-stop_decay |
The Agamas are a collection of Sanskrit, Tamil, and Grantha scriptures chiefly constituting the methods of temple construction and creation of idols, worship means of deities, philosophical doctrines, meditative practices, attainment of sixfold desires, and four kinds of yoga.Elaborate rules are laid out in the Agamas ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Geometry |
Studies demonstrate that the removal of this accumulated ethanol does not immediately restore fermentative activity, and they provide evidence that the decline in metabolic rate is due to physiological changes (including possible ethanol damage) rather than to the presence of ethanol. Several potential causes for the d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethanol_fermentation |
It is estimated that 2-3% of infertile men have AR gene mutations. It's also estimated that MAIS is responsible for 40% of male infertility.Examples of MAIS phenotypes include isolated infertility (oligospermia or azoospermia), mild gynecomastia in young adulthood, decreased secondary terminal hair, high pitched voice,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mild_androgen_insensitivity_syndrome |
The low occurrence is due to vitreous china’s fragility when exposed to blunt force from crockery and other kitchen items. Instead, plastic and steel are examples of more common kitchen fixture materials. Vitreous china can also be used for more aesthetic purposes. Items applied with a vitreous china enamel for this pu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitreous_china |
The concept of autogynephilia has been criticized for implicitly assuming that cisgender women do not experience sexual desire mediated by their own gender identity. Research on autogynephilia in cisgender women shows that cisgender women commonly endorse items on adapted versions of Blanchard's autogynephilia scales.M... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanchard's_transsexualism_typology |
"German gaming magazine Power Play gave the DOS version of Centerfold Squares an overall score of 6%, being heavily critical of the game and calling it "a "look-at-my-EGA-digitized-boobs"-game of the stupidest sort"; they furthermore said it was 'boring', and called it "as exciting as a government meeting. "Spanish gam... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centerfold_Squares |
B-1A The B-1A was the original B-1 design with variable engine intakes and Mach 2.2 top speed. Four prototypes were built; no production units were manufactured. B-1B The B-1B is a revised B-1 design with reduced radar signature and a top speed of Mach 1.25. It is optimized for low-level penetration. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B-1_bomber |
This method allows the quick calculation of binomial coefficients without the need for fractions or multiplications. For instance, by looking at row number 5 of the triangle, one can quickly read off that ( x + y ) 5 = 1 _ x 5 + 5 _ x 4 y + 10 _ x 3 y 2 + 10 _ x 2 y 3 + 5 _ x y 4 + 1 _ y 5 . {\displaystyle (x+y)^{5}={\... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binomial_coefficient |
Al-Ti-B alloys are the most common grain refiner for Al alloys; however, novel refiners such as Al3Sc have been suggested. One common technique is to induce a very small fraction of the melt to solidify at a much higher temperature than the rest; this will generate seed crystals that act as a template when the rest of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grain_refining |
During the First Chechen War most of the Chechen fighters had been trained in the Soviet armed forces. They were divided into combat groups consisting of 15 to 20 personnel, subdivided into three or four-man fire teams. A fire team consisted of an antitank gunner, usually armed with a Russian made RPG-7s or RPG-18s, a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_warfare |
SCK CEN (the Belgian Nuclear Research Centre), until 2020 shortened as SCK•CEN, is the Belgian nuclear research centre located in Mol, Belgium, more specifically near the township of Donk. SCK CEN is a global leader in the field of nuclear research, services, and education. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCK_CEN |
It divides the embedding vector into multiple partitions and learns the local interaction patterns from data instead of using fixed special patterns as in ComplEx or SimplE models. This enables MEI to achieve optimal efficiency--expressiveness trade-off, not just being fully expressive. Previous models such as TuckER, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_graph_embedding |
The effects of aerodynamic heating on the temperature of the skin, and subsequent heat transfer into the structure, the cabin, the equipment bays and the electrical, hydraulic and fuel systems, have to be incorporated in the design of supersonic and hypersonic aircraft and missiles. One of the main concerns caused by a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerodynamic_heating |
(This cannot be done in three-dimensional space without the surface intersecting itself.) Equivalently, gluing a disk along the boundary of the Möbius strip gives the projective plane. Topologically, it has Euler characteristic 1, hence a demigenus (non-orientable genus, Euler genus) of 1. Since the Möbius strip, in tu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_projective_plane |
The incoming water balance components into the root zone (R) are: Inf – Infiltration of water through the soil surface into the root zone Cap – Capillary rise of water from the transition zoneThe outgoing water balance components from the surface reservoir (R) are: Era – Actual evaporation or evapotranspiration from th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_hydrology |
Other organisms that can contribute to the deterioration of feathers include fungi. The high keratin content of feathers makes them susceptible to keratinophilic, or keratin loving, fungi. Some of these fungi, like Chrysosporium keratinophilum, can eventually completely consume and destroy feathers. Others, like Asperg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation_and_restoration_of_feathers |
Actin and closely related proteins are present in all organisms, suggesting the common ancestor of all life on Earth had actin. Actin is one of the most conserved proteins throughout the evolution of eukaryotes. The sequences of actin proteins from animals and amoebae are 80% identical despite being separated by approx... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_actin |
The browser then requests the resources referred to by this file (images, css), and finally renders the page once it has received enough information. Page rendering usually starts before all resources have downloaded; some resources not critical to the layout of the page (such as images) can follow on afterwards. JNLP ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Web_Start |
In the context of digital platforms, ecosystems are collections of economic actors not controlled by the platform owner, yet who add value in ways that go beyond being a regular user. A common example is the community of independent developers who create applications for a platform, such as the many developers (both in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_economy |
An object with small inertial mass will accelerate more than an object with large inertial mass when acted upon by the same force. One says the body of greater mass has greater inertia. Active gravitational mass is a measure of the strength of an object's gravitational flux (gravitational flux is equal to the surface i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Units_of_mass |
Twin sisters Mary Lockett Hutson Nelson (1884–1982) and Sophie Palmer Hutson Rollins (1884–1983) were the first women to complete the civil engineering program (in 1903) at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M University) in College Station, Texas. However, their official degrees were awarded... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_and_Sophie_Hutson |
< b − 1 b k {\displaystyle {\frac {b-1}{b^{k! }}}<{\frac {b-1}{b^{k}}}} , for all k (except for when n=1). Therefore, ∑ k = n + 1 ∞ b − 1 b k ! | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximation_exponent |
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