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The Sony Ericsson W850, released in Q2 2006, has a TFT 240×320 display packed in a 116 gram slider body. It was released in two colours (Precious Black and Golden White) and is capable of showing eight lines of text on its two inch display. It also has a fixed internal antenna.The software also comes equipped with basi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Ericsson_W850i |
The usefulness of lithium cobalt oxide as an intercalation electrode was discovered in 1980 by an Oxford University research group led by John B. Goodenough and Tokyo University's Koichi Mizushima.The compound is now used as the cathode in some rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, with particle sizes ranging from nanome... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiCoO2 |
In a competing proposal to the NSF, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), with the University of Iowa, the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Argonne National Laboratory, had suggested improving the existing world-class Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory at MIT. On September 5... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_High_Magnetic_Field_Laboratory |
The abelianization of the fundamental group can be identified with the first homology group of the space. A special case of the Hurewicz theorem asserts that the first singular homology group H 1 ( X ) {\displaystyle H_{1}(X)} is, colloquially speaking, the closest approximation to the fundamental group by means of an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_homotopy_group |
Their solution to the hurdles presented by cloaking issues are dielectrics. These nonconducting materials (dielectrics) are used for a carpet cloak, which serves as an optical cloaking device. According to the lead investigator: We have come up with a new solution to the problem of invisibility based on the use of diel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloak_of_Invisibility |
Homospermidine synthase (EC 2.5.1.44) is an enzyme with systematic name putrescine:putrescine 4-aminobutyltransferase (ammonia-forming). This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction (1) 2 putrescine ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } sym-homospermidine + NH3 + H+ (2) putrescine + spermidine ⇌ {\displaystyle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homospermidine_synthase |
Aggressive behavior in dogs is often rooted in fear. It is thought that a dog may go into a state of self-protection when it feels threatened. Some dogs may also become overstimulated or feel frustrated when they cannot get to the stimuli, which causes anxiety or fear. The dog may divert their anger toward their owner ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displaced_aggression |
One UI was designed as part of a goal to make Samsung's hardware and software "work together in perfect harmony" and provide a more "natural" experience on large-screen smartphones. One UI displays most of the features that were in the Samsung Experience UX. A prominent design pattern in many of Samsung's system applic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_UI |
Special fares for students and schoolchildren. This scheme was completed on 1 August 2014 with the new Personalised Child Leap Card for children 16 to 18 years of age. This card expires on the child's 19th birthday. Children from the age of 4 to the age of 15 use an Anonymous Child Leap Card. In August 2018, University... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFI_Leap_Card |
For example, the BH2NH3+ cation has a natural charge of +0.687 on boron. Depending on the nature of the ligands around the central boron, this positive charge can be localized on the boron center or delocalized across the entire molecule. In some cases, pi-donating ligands arranged in the plane of the boron's empty p o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borenium_ion |
References to the number seven in Islamic knowledge and practice include: Seven ayat in surat al-Fatiha, the first book of the holy Qur'an Seven circumambulations of Muslim pilgrims around the Kaaba in Mecca during the Hajj and the Umrah Seven walks between Al-Safa and Al-Marwah performed Muslim pilgrims during the Haj... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbolism_of_the_number_7 |
MORE, which stands for MAC independent Opportunistic Routing, is an opportunistic routing protocol designed for wireless mesh networks. The protocol removes the dependency that other opportunistic routing protocols, such as ExOR and SOAR have on the MAC layer. Both of these protocols make use of a scheduler, to co-ordi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MORE_protocol |
The left colon is associated with a similar anatomic configuration of peritoneal folds; the splenic peritoneal fold is contiguous with the left lateral paracolic peritoneal fold at the splenic flexure. Division of the latter similarly allows for the separation of the left colon and associated mesentery off the underlyi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoid_mesocolon |
Because they are actively growing, indeterminate nodules manifest zones which demarcate different stages of development/symbiosis: Zone I—the active meristem. This is where new nodule tissue is formed which will later differentiate into the other zones of the nodule. Zone II—the infection zone. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_nodules |
If W {\displaystyle W} is a subspace of V {\displaystyle V} then the quotient space V / W {\displaystyle V/W} is a vector space in its own right, and so has a dual. By the first isomorphism theorem, a functional f: V → F {\displaystyle f:V\to F} factors through V / W {\displaystyle V/W} if and only if W {\displaystyle ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_space |
On February 28, 2013, NASA was forced to switch to the backup computer due to an issue with the then active computer's flash memory which resulted in the computer continuously rebooting in a loop. The backup computer was turned on in safe mode and was converted to operational status on March 19, 2013.On March 18, 2013,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Mars_Science_Laboratory |
Malcolm W. Martin Memorial Park is a park on the east side of the Mississippi River in East St. Louis, Illinois, directly across from the Gateway Arch and the city of St. Louis, Missouri. Its major feature is the Gateway Geyser, a fountain that lifts water up to 630 feet (192 m). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Geyser |
De Rationis Sectione sought to resolve a simple problem: Given two straight lines and a point in each, draw through a third given point a straight line cutting the two fixed lines such that the parts intercepted between the given points in them and the points of intersection with this third line may have a given ratio. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Conic_Sections |
The initrd allows driver modules to be loaded directly from memory, without reliance upon other devices (e.g. a hard disk) and the drivers that are needed to access them (e.g. a SATA driver). This split of some drivers statically compiled into the kernel and other drivers loaded from initrd allows for a smaller kernel.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_user_space |
The Chinese government in 2007 approved an application for Geographical Indication Products status for Yongfeng chili sauce, specifying the ingredients and their proportions for industrial production. These are: 50% fresh Yongfeng red pepper, bell pepper, horn pepper 7% wheat flour 3.5% glutinous rice flour 2.5% soybea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yongfeng_chili_sauce |
The vehicle could not balance on 3 struts, and slowly fell sideways on the landing pad. When the side of the vehicle struck the concrete pad, the main liquid oxygen tank cracked open and leaked LOX onto the pad. This LOX contacted a small amount of glowing material on the base heat shield, and started a fire. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_Clipper |
The grade grade(I,M) of an ideal I on a finitely-generated module M over a Noetherian ring is the length of a maximal M-regular sequence in I. This is also called the depth of I on M 2. The grade grade(M) of a module M over a ring R is grade(Ann M,R), which for a finitely generated module over a Noetherian ring is the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_commutative_algebra |
Over the decades since Janov's first book on the subject, there have been several reports and critiques relating to primal therapy in books and peer-reviewed journals. Janov initiated from the outset small-scale research using questionnaires and measures of EEG, body temperature, blood pressure, and pulse from his pati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primal_therapy |
The name comes from the Old English word bodkin or bodekin, a type of sharp, pointed dagger. Arrows of the long bodkin type were used by the Vikings and continued to be used throughout the Middle Ages. The bodkin point eventually fell out of use during the 16th and 17th centuries, as armour largely ceased to be worn an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodkin_point |
The Smartstream D2.0 makes 186 PS (183 hp; 137 kW) at 4,000 rpm and 42.5 kg⋅m (307 lb⋅ft; 417 N⋅m) of torque between 2,000 and 2,750 rpm. Applications Hyundai Tucson (NX4) (2020–present) Kia Sportage (NQ5) (2021–present) | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyundai_Smartstream_engine |
Potential minimal pairs include those shown in the table below. In addition, where a vowel is nasalized because it is adjacent to a nasal consonant, it often retains its nasalization in related forms where the consonant is no longer nasal. For example, the nasal /m/ of máthair ('mother') is replaced by nonnasal /w/ in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_phonology |
In the latter, it is replaced by the Nazca booby (Sula granti), which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of masked booby. Nesting takes place in colonies, generally on islands and atolls far from the mainland and close to deep water required for foraging. Territorial when breeding, the masked booby performs agonisti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sula_dactylatra |
The Steering Committee wished to formally set up a foundation, and following research chose to establish the foundation in Germany. On 16 February 2011, a fundraising drive was announced to raise the €50,000 needed to create a German foundation. The required amount was raised in eight days.After clearing legal requirem... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Document_Foundation |
INSERT – inserts one string into the middle of another (Note: There is no dollar sign after INSERT, unlike other string operators such as STR$, LEFT$, RIGHT$, etc.) INST – similar to INSERT, but overwrites rather than inserting. (Note: As with INSERT, there is no dollar sign after INST.) PLACE – searches for one string... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simons'_BASIC |
DIPEA consists of a central nitrogen atom that is bonded to an ethyl group and two isopropyl groups. A lone pair of electrons resides on the nitrogen atom, which can react with electrophiles. However, the three alkyl groups on the nitrogen atom create steric hindrance, so only small electrophiles such as protons can re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N,N-Diisopropylethylamine |
Being overweight or fat is having more body fat than is optimally healthy. Being overweight is especially common where food supplies are plentiful and lifestyles are sedentary. As of 2003, excess weight reached epidemic proportions globally, with more than 1 billion adults being either overweight or obese. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overweight |
In Argentina, education is free since 1949 in every public university, not only for Argentine students, but also for international students willing to study in Argentina. Free education is financed by the Ministry of Education.In Bangladesh, article 17 of Constitution of Bangladesh provides that all children receive fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_education |
The word tumulus is Latin for 'mound' or 'small hill', which is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *teuh2- with extended zero grade *tum-, 'to bulge, swell' also found in tomb, tumor, tumescent, thumb, thigh, and thousand. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burial_mounds |
Experimental observation of solar neutrinos and atmospheric neutrinos provided evidence for neutrino oscillations, implying that neutrinos have masses. Data from the LSND experiment at Los Alamos National Laboratory are controversial since they are not compatible with the oscillation parameters measured by other neutri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MiniBooNE |
The facial nerve also supplies parasympathetic fibers to the submandibular gland and sublingual glands via chorda tympani. Parasympathetic innervation serves to increase the flow of saliva from these glands. It also supplies parasympathetic innervation to the nasal mucosa and the lacrimal gland via the pterygopalatine ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranial_nerve_VII |
Thus, the biodegradability of the plasticizer determines the biodegradability of the starch blend. Biodegradable starch blends include starch/polylactic acid, starch/polycaprolactone, and starch/polybutylene-adipate-co-terephthalate. Others blends such as starch/polyolefin are not biodegradable. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compostable_plastic |
Integrated (also called a "self-loader", "snatcher", "quick pick" or "repo truck"): boom and wheel-lift integrated into one unit. Used in light-duty trucks to repossess vehicles or move illegally-parked vehicles. Most have controls for the apparatus inside the cab of the tow truck to make quick pickup possible without ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tow_truck |
Aulocystidae is a family of sponges belonging to the order Lychniscosida.Genera: †Adaverina Klaamann, 1969 †Adetopora Sokolov, 1955 †Aulostegites Lejeune & Pel, 1973 †Cystitrypanopora Jia, 1977 Lychnocystis Reiswig, 2002 Neoaulocystis Zhuravleva, 1962 †Pachyphragma Watkins, 1959 †Plexituba Stainbrook, 1946 †Pseudoromin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aulocystidae |
Earlier distinctions have been made between weblining—the process of charging customers different prices based on profile information --- and internet or digital redlining, with digital redlining being focused not on pricing but access. As early as 2002 the Gale Encyclopedia of E-Commerce puts forth the distinction mor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_redlining |
The university sector leaders in supported employment in the 1980s included Parents for Positive Futures which were women and men (e.g., Kathy Hayduke), women CEOs of non-profit organizations (who also were parents of children with disabilities, Josephine Scro), women state and NGO management (e.g., Sheila Harrigan, fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supported_employment |
Forward signaling between ephrin-A and EphA, along the anterior-posterior axis, has been found to inhibit retinal axon branch formation posterior to a terminal zone. The forward signaling also promotes pruning of the axons that have reached into the terminal zone. However, it remains unclear whether the retraction mech... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptic_pruning |
The first attribute is that being an appreneur is extremely niche specific. While entrepreneurs span all markets, industries and business models, appreneurs are 100% focused on the app industry.Another key attribute is that appreneurship eschews conventional wisdom, which says that if you want to make a business profit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appreneur |
Each of these statewide studies, conducted between 2009 and 2012, found that corps members often help their students achieve academic gains at rates equal to or larger than those for students of more veteran teachers. The findings show that TFA teachers are in general more effective, according to student exam scores, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racial_achievement_gap_in_the_United_States |
In Albania as well, nerënxa or portokalli i hidhur is used commonly in spoon sweets. In Malta, bitter oranges are known as larinġ tal-bakkaljaw, and are used for marmalade and as root-stock for other citrus trees. The Maltese soft drink Kinnie is also made from bitter oranges. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seville_orange |
The ideas used are almost always directed toward bringing wealth, health, good luck, longevity, even immortality to the owner of an artifact, frequently as a wish expressed in a kind of coded form by the giver of a gift. Probably the most popular decoration is the Shou character, a symbol of happiness and longevity, il... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff_bottle |
Operation Purple is a U.S. DEA driven international chemical control initiative designed to reduce the illicit manufacture of cocaine in the Andean Region, identifying rogue firms and suspect individuals; gathering intelligence on diversion methods, trafficking trends, and shipping routes; and taking administrative, ci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine_chemistry |
90% of natural habitat remains intact, except for the vicinity of Utqiaġvik, Alaska and the oil fields of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and Kuparuk which are expanding along the coast and may in future spread into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, which is the only major protected area on this coast (see Arctic Refuge drillin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_coastal_tundra |
Diarrhea (or diarrhoea in British English) is the condition of having three or more loose or liquid bowel movements per day. This condition can be a symptom of injury, disease or foodborne illness and is usually accompanied by abdominal pain. There are other conditions which involve some but not all of the symptoms of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_feces |
Note that total order is not equivalent to FIFO order, which requires that if a process sent message 1 before it sent message 2, then all participants must receive message 1 before receiving message 2. It is also not equivalent to "causal order", where if message 2 "depends on" or "occurs after" message 1 then all part... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_broadcast |
Positioning depends on how the public perceives a product and distinguishes it from that of competitors. An organization must be aware of its competitors' marketing strategies and pricing and also be reactive to any changes made. Rivalry among competitors tends to be cutthroat and industry profitability is low while ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_entrant |
Squirrels have brought down the high-tech NASDAQ stock market twice and were responsible for a spate of power outages at the University of Alabama. To sharpen their teeth, squirrels will often chew on tree branches or even the occasional live power line. Rubber or plastic plates, or freely rotating sleeves ("squirrel g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_Squirrel |
Structured Sparsity regularization can be applied in the context of multiple kernel learning. Multiple kernel learning refers to a set of machine learning methods that use a predefined set of kernels and learn an optimal linear or non-linear combination of kernels as part of the algorithm. In the algorithms mentioned a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured_sparsity_regularization |
The function ℘ ( z , τ ) = ℘ ( z , 1 , ω 2 / ω 1 ) {\displaystyle \wp (z,\tau )=\wp (z,1,\omega _{2}/\omega _{1})} can be represented by Jacobi's theta functions: where q = e π i τ {\displaystyle q=e^{\pi i\tau }} is the nome and τ {\displaystyle \tau } is the period ratio ( τ ∈ H ) {\displaystyle (\tau \in \mathbb {H}... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weierstrass's_elliptic_functions |
The 1973 oil crisis is a direct consequence of the US production peak in late 1960 and the beginning of 1971 (and shortages, especially for heating oil, started from there). The "embargo" as described below is the "practical name" given to the crisis. For the main Arab producers, the "embargo" allowed them to show to "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970s_energy_crisis |
The 2002 publication of The Battle of Maida 1806: Fifteen Minutes of Glory, appeared to have brought the issue of column versus line to a satisfactory conclusion: "The contemporary sources are... the best evidence and their conclusion is clear: General Compère's brigade formed into line to attack Kempt's Light Battalio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_revisionist |
Neurofibromas have been subdivided into two broad categories: dermal and plexiform. Dermal neurofibromas are associated with a single peripheral nerve, while plexiform neurofibromas are associated with multiple nerve bundles. According to the World Health Organization classification system, dermal and plexiform neurofi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitary_neurofibroma |
Besides the ability to drive the predator away, mobbing also draws attention to the predator, making stealth attacks impossible. Mobbing plays a critical role in the identification of predators and inter-generational learning about predator identification. Reintroduction of species is often unsuccessful, because the es... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobbing_behavior |
It does not regulate the candy industry. Popeye Cigarettes marketed using the Popeye character were sold for a while and had red tips (to look like a lit cigarette) before being renamed candy sticks and being manufactured without the red tip. Most candy cigarettes continue to be manufactured in the United States, with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy_cigarette |
Opponents note that tourism to look at live animals contributes much more to the local economy than trophy hunting of lions does. It is estimated that only 3% of revenue generated by lion hunting actually goes to the communities affected by it.Proponents of trophy hunting argue that it is a tool that can be used to rai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_hunting |
Human Enhancement (2009) is a non-fiction book edited by philosopher Nick Bostrom and philosopher and bioethicist Julian Savulescu. Savulescu and Bostrom write about the ethical implications of human enhancement and to what extent it is worth striving towards. == References == | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Enhancement |
The total active reflection coefficient (TARC) within mathematics and physics scattering theory, relates the total incident power to the total outgoing power in an N-port microwave component. The TARC is mainly used for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna systems and array antennas, where the outgoing power i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_active_reflection_coefficient |
In 1979, the U.S. Army Ballistic Research Laboratory (BRL) expressed a need for tools that could assist with the computer simulation and engineering analysis of combat vehicle systems and environments. When no CAD package was found to be adequate for this purpose, BRL software developers – led by Mike Muuss – began ass... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BRL-CAD |
Silica is an important nutrient utilized by plants, trees, and grasses in the terrestrial biosphere. Silicate is transported by rivers and can be deposited in soils in the form of various siliceous polymorphs. Plants can readily uptake silicate in the form of H4SiO4 for the formation of phytoliths. Phytoliths are tiny ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silica_cycle |
CHEOPS launched on board of a Soyuz-AT launch vehicle on 18 December 2019, at 08:54:20 UTC from Centre Spatial Guyanais (CSG) in Kourou, French Guiana. CHEOPS separated after two hours and 23 minutes from lift-off. The primary payload was the first satellite of ASI's COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation constellation, CSG 1.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHEOPS |
An important component of nucellar embryo development is its changing cell wall thickness. Between nucellar embryo's initial cell stage and its dividing and expanding stage, the cells’ wall thickens. This most likely occurs due to callose deposition; callose deposition reduces the permeability of a cell and is usually ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucellar_embryony |
Martin Hugo Löb (German: ; 31 March 1921 – 21 August 2006) was a German mathematician. He settled in the United Kingdom after the Second World War and specialised in mathematical logic. He moved to the Netherlands in the 1970s, where he remained in retirement. He is perhaps best known for having formulated Löb's theore... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Löb |
Mercury, selenium and organic pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs).Marine environments are especially vulnerable since pollution such as oil spills are not containable. In addition to anthropogenic pollution, millions of tons of petroleum annually enter the marine environment from natural seepages. Despi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_crop |
Activator appliance initially started out as one block of acrylic which fit in both maxillary and mandibular arch. The lower arch would see the horseshoe shaped lingual plate acrylic extending from distal of the last erupted molar. In the upper arch, initially the anterior portion is covered from canine to canine, but ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activator_appliance |
Dark red, or "injected", membranes reflect increased perfusion, and the presence of a "toxic line" (a red ring over the top of the teeth where it meets the gum line, with pale or gray mucous membranes) can indicate endotoxemia. Both injected mucous membranes and the presence of a toxic line correlate to a decreased lik... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_colic |
The cohomology groups of P over the integers can be calculated. They are given by: H 0 ( P , Z ) ≅ Z , H 1 ( P , Z ) ≅ Z , and H 2 ( P , Z ) ≅ Z . {\displaystyle H^{0}(P,\mathbb {Z} )\cong \mathbb {Z} ,\ H^{1}(P,\mathbb {Z} )\cong \mathbb {Z} ,\ {\text{and}}\ H^{2}(P,\mathbb {Z} )\cong \mathbb {Z} .} == References == | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinched_torus |
RDMT10: 12 N (2.7 lbf) thruster designed for space applications. Propellant tanks & high pressure gas vessels Composite high pressure Xenon storage tank: Xenon storage unit for electric propulsion spacecraft. Composite Vessel: General high pressure vessel used on the Fobos-Grunt mission. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research_and_Development_Institute_of_Mechanical_Engineering |
Furthermore, the video clip below, depicts the three SOMF building blocks, segments that drive the service-oriented modeling process: 1. Practices and Modeling Environments. These are the two overlapping Abstraction and Realization Practices that are implemented in three service-oriented modeling environments: Conceptu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-Oriented_Modeling |
If switch 0 was on, the boot ROM assumed the device was a DMA-capable device and it initiated a DMA data transfer. The boot ROM was not smart enough to position the device prior to initiating the transfer. This was a problem when rebooting after a crash; if the boot device was a disk drive, its heads had likely been le... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_General_microNOVA |
The species is widespread across Europe, from Portugal to the Caucasus (Ireland, Great Britain, The Faroe Islands, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Latvia, Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, former Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Roman... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Purple_Orchid |
It made a lunar flyby in an extended mission on 9 September 2021.In January 2022, CE-5 left the L1 point for the lunar distant retrograde orbit (DRO) to conduct very-long-baseline interferometry tests in preparation for the next stage of China's Lunar Exploration Program. According to The Space Review (TSR), this maneu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang'e_5 |
Six Tupolev SB bombers also used RS-132 for ground attack during the Winter War. Like most unguided rockets, RS suffered from poor accuracy. Early testing demonstrated that, when fired from 500 m (1,640 ft), a mere 1.1% of 186 fired RS-82 hit a single tank and 3.7% hit a column of tanks. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-82_rocket |
The test insect is mounted within a pipette tip, with the head slightly protruding from the tip. The main goal of this is to restrain the insect and prevent any movement from interfering with the recording quality. The pipette tip containing the insect is fixed to a microscope slide facing upwards, then the antennae ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_sensillum_recording |
Changing these lead-pipe crooks was time-consuming, and even keeping them from falling out while playing was a matter of some concern to the player, so changing crooks could take place only during substantial rests. Medial crooks, inserted in the central portion of the instrument, were an improvement devised in the mid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transposing_instruments |
Had the CME hit the Earth, it is likely that it would have inflicted serious damage to electronic systems on a global scale. The resulting geomagnetic storm may have had a strength of −1,150 to −600 nT, comparable to the impact of the Carrington Event. A 2013 study estimated that the economic cost to the United States ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2012_solar_storm |
Fiske proposed that the four discrete types of relationships correspond to Stevens's four levels of measurement. CS relationships resemble the categorical (nominal) scales of measurement in that all members of the relationship are equivalent. AR resembles an ordinal scale given that members of the relationship are plac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational_models_theory |
It is possible to create a logical circuit using multiple full adders to add N-bit numbers. Each full adder inputs a C i n {\displaystyle C_{in}} , which is the C o u t {\displaystyle C_{out}} of the previous adder. This kind of adder is called a ripple-carry adder (RCA), since each carry bit "ripples" to the next full... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half_adder |
Adolph Winkler Goodman (July 20, 1915 – July 30, 2004) was an American mathematician who contributed to number theory, graph theory and to the theory of univalent functions: The conjecture on the coefficients of multivalent functions named after him is considered the most interesting challenge in the area after the Bie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Winkler_Goodman |
3.7 GW power flows from the east along the north shore of Lake Erie, through Ontario to southern Michigan and northern Ohio, a flow more than ten times greater than the condition 30 seconds earlier, causing a voltage drop across the system. 4:10:40 p.m. Flow flips to 2 GW eastward from Michigan through Ontario (a net r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast_blackout_of_2003 |
A linear motor is essentially any electric motor that has been "unrolled" so that, instead of producing torque (rotation), it produces a straight-line force along its length. Linear motors are most commonly induction motors or stepper motors. Linear motors are commonly found in roller-coasters where the rapid motion of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_actuators |
Foe works with frogs, mosquitoes, fruit flies, and fish to examine the growth and patterning of embryos. She describes her work as largely observational, but utilizes recent scientific techniques to explore her observations of the natural world. Her work on Drosophila was supported by an independent supporting grant, b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Foe |
Buy-in from direct supervisors is crucial to generate excitement and connect employees to available resources." Furthermore, Hoert, Herd, and Hambrick (2016) used the Leading by Example instrument to find "employees experiencing higher levels of leadership support reported higher wellness program participation, lower s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace_wellness |
1991 Toyota Soarer UZZ32 used hydraulic struts controlled by an array of sensors with yaw velocity sensors, vertical G sensors, height sensors, wheel speed sensors, longitudinal and lateral G sensors) that detected cornering, acceleration and braking force. 1993 Citroën Xantia used hydropneumatic, on 1995 Optional Acti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LHM_(hydraulic_fluid) |
If interaction weren't present, then the verifier, having obtained the protocol's execution transcript—that is, the prover's one and only message—could replay that transcript to a third party, thereby convincing the third party that the verifier too possessed the secret information. In the common random string and rand... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-knowledge_proof |
Section 32 of the Constitution of South Africa guarantees "the right of access to any information held by the state; and any information that is held by another person and that is required for the exercise or protection of any rights." This right is implemented through the Promotion of Access to Information Act, which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_records_law |
The Resumption Act set no limit on the quantity of national bank notes that could be issued; this idea became known as "free banking." This provision led many conservatives to believe that the Act was inflationary in nature. However, the Resumption Act also required that greenbacks be retired in a proportion of 80% of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Specie_Payment_Resumption_Act |
Detinets or Dytynets is an ancient Rus' city-fort or central fortified part of a city, similar to the meaning of kremlin or citadel. The term was used in many regions, including: Kievan Rus', Chernihiv, Novgorod, and Kyiv.Old Russian manuscripts mention detinets in various places of Kievan Rus' since the end of the 11t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detinets |
– +2 DOG activates 1, and inhibits 2 letters in DAN. – +1The consistency of this model to agnosia is shown by evidence that bilateral lesions to the superior temporal sulcus produces 'pure word deafness' (Kussmaul, 1877), or as it is understood today, speech agnosia. Patients with pure word deafness demonstrate the ina... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosia |
The pupil gets wider in the dark and narrower in light. When narrow, the diameter is 2 to 4 millimeters. In the dark it will be the same at first, but will approach the maximum distance for a wide pupil 3 to 8 mm. However, in any human age group there is considerable variation in maximal pupil size. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pupil |
The idea of animism was developed by anthropologist Sir Edward Tylor through his 1871 book Primitive Culture, in which he defined it as "the general doctrine of souls and other spiritual beings in general." According to Tylor, animism often includes "an idea of pervading life and will in nature;" a belief that natural ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature_spirits |
A tally stick (or simply tally) was an ancient memory aid device used to record and document numbers, quantities and messages. Tally sticks first appear as animal bones carved with notches during the Upper Palaeolithic; a notable example is the Ishango Bone. Historical reference is made by Pliny the Elder (AD 23–79) ab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleolithic_tally_sticks |
Mechanical ventilation, assisted ventilation or intermittent mandatory ventilation (IMV) is the medical term for using a machine called a ventilator to fully or partially provide artificial ventilation. Mechanical ventilation helps move air into and out of the lungs, with the main goal of helping the delivery of oxygen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_ventilation |
The program can be written in LaTeX, in such case the code environment marks what is code. Also, each active code paragraph can be marked by preceding and ending it with an empty line, and starting each line of code with a greater than sign and a space. Here an example using LaTeX markup: And an example using plain tex... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding_style |
Another advantage of the method is not relying on the restriction site presence, improving among-sample loci coverage. The technique was first tested on museum and fresh samples of Oedaleus decorus, a Palearctic grasshopper species, and later implemented in regent honeyeater, arthropods, among other species. A lab prot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restriction_site_associated_DNA_markers |
This mutualistic relationship benefits the adult butterfly by reducing the need for parental investment. Once the eggs hatch, the ants chaperone the larvae, averting the attacks of predatory organisms like wasps and spiders as well as parasites. In return, the ants receive a saccharine secretion fortified with amino ac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_garden_ant |
In relationships, individuals are motivated to explore two types of uncertainty. First, predictive uncertainty reveals what one can expect from the other party going forward. An individual desires to be able to predict with some degree of certainty how the other party is going to behave in a specific circumstance or ho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncertainty_management_theory |
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