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The enzyme rhodanase (thiosulfate sulfurtransferase) catalyzes the detoxification of cyanide ion by thiosulfate ion by transforming them into thiocyanate ion and sulfite ion: CN− + S2O2−3 → SCN− + SO2−3Sodium thiosulfate has been considered as an empirical treatment for cyanide poisoning, along with hydroxocobalamin. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiosulfate |
Wallace wrote his paper On The Tendency of Varieties to Depart Indefinitely from the Original Type at Ternate in February 1858 and sent it to Darwin with a request to send it on to Lyell. Darwin received it on 18 June 1858, and wrote to Lyell that "your words have come true with a vengeance,... forestalled" and "If Wal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Tendency_of_Species_to_form_Varieties;_and_on_the_Perpetuation_of_Varieties_and_Species_by_Natural_Means_of_Selection |
The fifth generation of the Eco-Runner participated in the Shell Eco-marathon of 2015 held in Rotterdam. The archetype was named as a one-man vehicle powered by hydrogen fuel cell, becoming a category in the hydrogen class vehicle. The major specifications of the Eco-Runner 5 were carried over by the promising result o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eco-Runner_Team_Delft |
He eventually hears word that Kelley has died, and in fear at his own growing reputation as a wizard, retires from public life, gaining money only by selling his books. On a visit to New York, Beau Brachman is given a tract from a quasi-Gnostic sect, advocating the worship of the exiled "Sophia" as primordial to all re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dæmonomania |
The imperial arms also came to feature it on the Reichsadler wings; the first such depiction was in 1806. The local flag, meanwhile, was still used in tandem with a multitude of other banners. As reported by historian Auguste de Gérando, in the 1840s Transylvania's chartered towns (oppida nobilia) formed individual uni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_and_coat_of_arms_of_Transylvania |
By reduction of thorium tetrachloride with potassium, he isolated the metal and named it thorium after the Norse god of thunder and lightning Thor. The same isolation method was later used by Péligot for uranium.Actinium was discovered in 1899 by André-Louis Debierne, an assistant of Marie Curie, in the pitchblende was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinide |
A typical example of right conoids is given by the parametric equations x = v cos u , y = v sin u , z = 2 sin u {\displaystyle x=v\cos u,y=v\sin u,z=2\sin u} The image on the right shows how the coplanar lines generate the right conoid. Other right conoids include: Helicoid: x = v cos u , y = v sin u , z = c ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_conoid |
In 2003, the deafblind unit was opened by Prince Raad bin Zeid. In November 2009, King Abdullah II inaugurated a new vocational training building to provide training courses to enable female students to find employment upon graduation. The King was accompanied by Chief Chamberlain Prince Raad, Royal Court Chief Nasser ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Land_Institute_for_the_Deaf |
Accordingly, Clynes moved to Sydney in what proved to be the beginning of ten fruitful years of research and music making. In 1978 Clynes gave performances of both the Goldberg Variations and the Diabelli, as well as works of Mozart, at the Verbruggen Hall in Sydney. These performances were recorded live and are today ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_Clynes |
VWF is available freely and openly on GitHub to any and all persons, regardless of origin. VWF content specifically designed for operations will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis depending on the content, training objectives, and coalition goals being exercised. There is no standing reason why VWF cannot be shared ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world_framework |
Anti-metabolites resemble either nucleobases or nucleosides (a nucleotide without the phosphate group), but have altered chemical groups. These drugs exert their effect by either blocking the enzymes required for DNA synthesis or becoming incorporated into DNA or RNA. By inhibiting the enzymes involved in DNA synthesis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy_drug |
Symbiotic fermentation is a form of fermentation in which multiple organisms (yeasts, acetic acid bacteria, lactic acid bacteria and others) interact in symbiosis in order to produce the desired product. For example, a yeast may produce ethanol, which is then consumed by an acetic acid bacterium. Described early on as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symbiotic_fermentation |
Once recuperated, the diseased would present some incense to the appropriate gods to repay them for being cured. Made up of copal (tree resin), rubber, pine, herbs, myrrh, and chewing gum, the incense produced what was described as "the odor of the center of heaven. "The shape of incense burners in the Maya southern lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incense_Burner |
This attempted to prevent unethical projects from occurring in the future. In 1977, Senator Edward Kennedy conducted congressional hearings investigating MKUltra. Many ex-CIA employees were brought in for questioning; Congress interrogated them about "who oversaw these programs, how participants were identified, and if... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midnight_Climax |
Wurman chaired the IDCA Conference in 1972, the First Federal Design assembly in 1973, and the annual American Institute of Architects (AIA) conference in 1976. He created and chaired several conferences, including the TED conferences from 1984 through 2003, TEDMED from 1995 through 2010, and the WWW conference. He wor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Saul_Wurman |
Phase IV and Phase IV+ (1982). Phase IV was released initially to RSX-11 and VMS systems, later TOPS-20, TOPS-10, ULTRIX, VAXELN, and RSTS/E gained support. Support for networks of up to 64,449 nodes (63 areas of 1023 nodes) with 16-bit addresses, datalink capabilities expanded beyond DDCMP to include Ethernet local ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIGITAL_Network_Architecture |
Unequal hours were the result of dividing up the period of daylight into 12 equal hours and nighttime into another 12. There is more daylight in the summer, and less night time, so each of the 12 daylight hours is longer than a night hour. Similarly in winter, daylight hours are shorter, and night hours are longer. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_clock |
The dog conch is an economically important species in the Indo-West Pacific, and several studies indicate that it may be suffering population declines due to overfishing and overexploitation. Malacologists and ecologists have recommended a reduction in its exploitation rate; initiatives in Thailand are attempting to en... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_conch |
The work may be made waterproof by forcing a soft oily cement or mastic between the glass and the cames. A form of embellishment and gilding, such as Angel gilding and Eglomise, may be added to finish the piece. Works may need to be reinforced, like large pieces or ones that will be exposed to the outdoor elements. Sup... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_came_and_copper_foil_glasswork |
Rebecca says that a certain crew member knows how to deactivate the laser, and promises to destroy the records of the hacker's incriminating exchange with Diego if the strike is stopped. With information gleaned from log discs, the hacker destroys the laser by firing it into Citadel Station's own shields. Foiled by the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Shock |
At latitudes within 9 degrees of either Pole, as the Sun's angular elevation difference is less than 18 degrees, twilight can last for the entire 24 hours. This occurs for one day at latitudes near 9 degrees from the Pole and extends up to several weeks the further toward the Pole one goes. The only permanent settlemen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical_twilight |
Linda Nochlin and Griselda Pollock are prominent art historians writing on contemporary and modern artists and articulating Art history from a feminist perspective since the 1970s. Pollock works with French psychoanalysis, and in particular with Kristeva's and Ettinger's theories, to offer new insights into art history... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminist_theory |
Most versions are reusable, though some are disposable. They range in cost from under $10 to over $200. An entry-level reusable e-cigarette costs around $25.Disposable e-cigarettes are discarded once the liquid in the cartridge is used up, while rechargeable e-cigarettes may be used indefinitely. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_cigarette_e-liquids |
UTM is one such system, dividing the Earth into 60 longitude zones (and with UPS covering the Polar regions). UTM is widely used, and the coordinates approximately corresponds to meters north and east. However, as a set of map-projections it has inherent distortions, and thus most calculations based on UTM will not be ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal_position_representation |
Then as now, the marshalling of over-excited racehorses could prove a major difficulty. Various mechanical devices were used to reduce the likelihood of human error. Portable starting gates (hyspleges, singular: hysplex), employed a tight cord in a wooden frame, loosened to drop forwards and start the race. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot_race |
The other modernist novelists that are associated with the use of this narrative technique include James Joyce in Ulysses (1922) and Italo Svevo in La coscienza di Zeno (1923).However, with the coming of the Great War of 1914–1918 and the Russian Revolution of 1917, the world was drastically changed and doubt cast on t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism |
In his most famous work, Origin of Species, Charles Darwin compared natural selection to domestication to help explain the former and he went on to write an entire book on the topic entitled The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication. Domesticated species serve as ideal model systems for examining key conc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genomics_of_domestication |
The second season aired between September 23, 2005, and May 19, 2006, again at 10:00 pm on Fridays. Season two has several changes to Don's FBI team: Terry Lake is reassigned to Washington and two new members join Don and David Sinclair: Megan Reeves and Colby Granger. Charlie is challenged on one of his long-standing ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_(TV_series) |
They build their nests in large trees, often larger than other trees in the woodlot. The nest is usually placed them in the main fork of tree at 6–20 m (20–66 ft) off the ground, though nests have been recorded at anywhere from 5 to 70 m (16 to 230 ft) high, in the highest cases on top of the tree canopy. Tree species ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martial_eagle |
Package implementation: Replacement of legacy applications, in whole or part, with off-the-shelf software (COTS) such as ERP, CRM, SCM, Billing software etc.A legacy code is any application based on older technologies and hardware, such as mainframes, that continues to provide core services to an organization. Legacy a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_modernization |
The center researches shotgun glycomics techniques in which glycans harvested and purified from various materials such as breast milk and pig lungs. Such techniques developed by the center and other glycomics groups can further be applied to tissues to generate an overall glycome of the tissue for research into various... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Center_for_Functional_Glycomics |
Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B−" on an A+ to F scale.Luke Thompson of E! Online gave the film a "B". He called the film's gore "over-the-top" and "in your face" while admitting the film had an "unusual amount of self-parody". | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw_3D |
More complicated three-dimensional solubility parameters, such as Hansen solubility parameters, have been proposed for polar molecules. The principal limitation of the solubility parameter approach is that it applies only to associated solutions ("like dissolves like" or, technically speaking, positive deviations from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildebrand_parameter |
Hans Werner Ballmann (known as Werner Ballmann; born 11 April 1951) is a German mathematician. His area of research is differential geometry with focus on geodesic flows, spaces of negative curvature as well as spectral theory of Dirac operators Ballmann earned his doctorate from the University of Bonn in 1979, under t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Werner_Ballmann |
Many of the calculators in this list have region-specific models that are not individually listed here, such as the TI-84 Plus CE-T, a TI-84 Plus CE designed for non-French European markets. These region-specific models are usually functionally identical to each other, aside from minor cosmetic differences and circuit ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Texas_Instruments_graphing_calculators |
A high photon flux in a small area is the most common requirement of a beamline. The design of the beamline will vary with the application. At the end of the beamline is the experimental end station, where samples are placed in the line of the radiation, and detectors are positioned to measure the resulting diffraction... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchrotron_light_sources |
Abyssal (or submarine) fans are formed from turbidity currents. These currents begin when a geologic activity pushes sediments over the edge of a continental shelf and down the continental slope, creating an underwater landslide. A dense slurry of muds and sands speeds towards the foot of the slope, until the current s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Submarine_fan |
The push-button light switch has two buttons: one that closes the contacts and one that opens the contacts. Pushing the raised button opens or closes the contacts and pops out the previously depressed button so the process can be reversed. In the U.S., the buttons were commonly black; the "on" button typically had a wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light_switch |
The variant of Abruzzo and Molise, also called bilancia, are often found on shallower coasts and therefore is characterized by the presence of a platform, transversal to the coast, which is connected by a tight bridge made of wooden boards. A bilancia has just one winch, often electrically operating, even when the sea ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabucco |
It is involved in the process by limiting fat storage through inhibition of glucose intake and interfering with other adipose metabolic pathways. The inhibition of lipogenesis occurs through the down regulation of fatty acid and triglyceride gene expression. Through the promotion of fatty acid oxidation and lipogenesis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipogenesis |
In contrast, AMA style puts "" at the end of the article title. It no longer uses the term "Epub" and no longer includes the words "ahead of print". It omits the year from its normal location after the journal title abbreviation if there is no print data to give (online-only publication). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver_system |
Several academic and industrial research groups in MCC have been emerging since last few years. Some of the MCC research groups in academia with large number of researchers and publications include: MDC, Mobile and Distributed Computing research group is at Faculty of Computer and Information Science, King Saud Univers... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_cloud_computing |
This has led to women taking on more leadership roles. Others in this movement are increasingly re-engaging with social justice issues from a halakhic point of view. See Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, Shalom Hartman Institute, Hebrew Institute of Riverdale, Partnership minyan, Shira Hadasha, Maharat. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Orthodox |
Mud tanks are divided into square tanks and cone-shaped tanks according to the shape difference of the tank bottom. The body of the tank is made by welding the steel plate and section, using the smooth cone-shape structure or the corrugated structure. The mud tank surface and passages are made of slip resistant steel p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud_tank |
Just as dead space wastes a fraction of the inhaled breath, dead space dilutes alveolar air during exhalation. By quantifying this dilution, it is possible to measure physiological dead space, employing the concept of mass balance, as expressed by the Bohr equation. V d V t = P a CO 2 − P e CO 2 P a CO 2 {\displaystyle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_space_(physiology) |
The portal originates from an orientation of the Romualdo Del Bianco Foundation. In 20 years of activity, the Foundation elaborated a new concept of the cultural heritage as an instrument of understanding among cultures. According to this orientation, cultural heritage is not only to be safeguarded and enhanced, but al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_Beyond_Tourism |
This model was originally proposed in 1880 by Othniel C. Marsh. The theory states Archaeopteryx was a reptilian bird that soared from tree to tree. After the leap, Archaeopteryx would then use its wings as a balancing mechanism. According to this model, Archaeopteryx developed a gliding method to conserve energy. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origin_of_avian_flight |
Transcript variant 1 of the SCRN3 gene encodes the most common protein isoform, secernin-3 isoform 1, which is 424 amino acids long. The molecular weight of the unmodified SCRN3 protein is approximately 48.413 kDa and the theoretical isoelectric point (pI) of SCRN3 is 5.38. The theoretical isoelectric point, coupled wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCRN3 |
Mathematical algorithms reconstruct 3-dimensional translucent images that can be rotated along any axis in real time. In 3D space, the images are analyzed in two different projections, maximum intensity projection (MIP) and front to back projection (FTB), also known as a Surface Rendering Mode. These two modes combined... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computed_tomography_laser_mammography |
Even 131,000 channels were not enough to search the sky in detail at a fast rate, so Suitcase SETI was followed in 1985 by Project "META", for "Megachannel Extra-Terrestrial Assay". The META spectrum analyzer had a capacity of 8.4 million channels and a channel resolution of 0.05 hertz. An important feature of META was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachannel_ExtraTerrestrial_Assay |
In a low-voltage application this reduces noise; in a high voltage or current application it reduces arcing. When the coil is energized with direct current, a flyback diode or snubber resistor is often placed across the coil to dissipate the energy from the collapsing magnetic field (back EMF) at deactivation, which wo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_relay |
Dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate is of low toxicity for crustaceans such as the hermit crab Clibanarius erythropus and the shrimp Crangon crangon. Toxicity for molluscs varies widely, with 48-hour LD50 found between 5 mg/L for the common limpet and 100 mg/L for the common periwinkle. Various species of phytoplankton have ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docusate_sodium |
{\displaystyle \Lambda .} Defining Ξ ( x ) = a ( x ) Γ ( x ) {\displaystyle \Xi (x)=a(x)\Gamma (x)} and using Ξ {\displaystyle \Xi } on the place of Λ ( x ) {\displaystyle \Lambda (x)} in the Fourney formula will give us error values. The main advantage of the algorithm is that it meanwhile computes Ω ( x ) = S ( x ) Ξ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCH_Code |
Breeding coincides with the availability of water. In South America and South Africa, the main nesting period is December–February, in Nigeria it is July–December, and in North America mid-May–August. In India, the breeding season is from June to October but peaking in July and August. Fulvous whistling ducks show life... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulvous_Whistling_Duck |
In 1847 Sellers was elected a member of the Franklin Institute, where he served as a member of the Board of Managers from 1857 to 1861 and again from 1864 to 1892, and as president from 1864 to 1867. At a meeting on September 15, 1864, he presented a uniform system of screw threads which with its angle and its flat top... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sellers |
In October 2005, Axel Dörfler, one of the most prolific Haiku developers, became the first full-time paid Haiku developer, who worked via funds donated by the community. He worked on CD booting, SMP and other kernel and app_server work. His employment continued until December 2005, when the allocated funds ran out. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Haiku_(operating_system) |
Critics of tree farming have raised the concerns highlighted in the 1998 report, as well as other issues, such as the effect that large-scale tree farming operations have on biodiversity. Pesticide use on Christmas tree farms is one of the main concerns of environmentalists; fir trees are vulnerable to a wide array of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_tree_farming |
In linguistics, an honorific (abbreviated HON) is a grammatical or morphosyntactic form that encodes the relative social status of the participants of the conversation. Distinct from honorific titles, linguistic honorifics convey formality FORM, social distance, politeness POL, humility HBL, deference, or respect throu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorifics_(linguistics) |
PCL is cross-platform software that runs on the most commonly used operating systems: Linux, Windows, macOS and Android. The library is fully integrated with the Robot Operating System (ROS) and provides support for OpenMP and Intel Threading Building Blocks (TBB) libraries for multi-core parallelism.The library is con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Cloud_Library |
One such approach is cryogenic superconducting computing, which seeks to use superconductors such as niobium rather than semiconductors to reduce the energy consumption of future exascale supercomputers.Several programs at IARPA focus on quantum computing and neuroscience. IARPA is a major funder of quantum computing r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_Advanced_Research_Projects_Activity |
Contagious equine metritis (CEM) is a type of metritis (uterine inflammation) in horses that is caused by a sexually transmitted infection. It is thus an equine venereal disease of the genital tract of horses, brought on by the Taylorella equigenitalis bacteria and spread through sexual contact. The disease was first r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contagious_equine_metritis |
Visible mending is a form of repair work, usually on textile items, that is deliberately left visible (compare to invisible mending). The dual goals of this practice are to adorn the item, and to attract attention to the fact it has been mended in some way. The latter is often a statement of critique on the consumerist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible_mending |
The reflection method looks at reflected energy from sharp boundaries to determine contrasts in density and velocity. Reflections methods are mainly applied in the upper subsurface; however, strong lateral and vertical seismic velocity variations cause reflection methods to be difficult to implement in the upper 50 met... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seismic_imaging |
Later, after the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, "New Imperialism" was unleashed with France and later Germany establishing colonies in Middle East, Southeast Asia, the South Pacific, and Africa. Japan also emerged as a new power. Multiple theaters of competition developed across the world: Africa: numerous European state... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_self-determination |
"afni_proc.py" is a pre-made script that will run fMRI data from a single subject through a series of pre-processing steps, starting with the raw data. The default settings will perform the following pre-processing steps and finish with a basic regression analysis: Slice timing: Each 3D brain image is composed of multi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis_of_Functional_NeuroImages |
So the polarization of the light can be determined by studying E. The complex amplitude of E is written ( E x ( t ) E y ( t ) 0 ) = ( E 0 x e i ( k z − ω t + ϕ x ) E 0 y e i ( k z − ω t + ϕ y ) 0 ) = ( E 0 x e i ϕ x E 0 y e i ϕ y 0 ) e i ( k z − ω t ) . {\displaystyle {\begin{pmatrix}E_{x}(t)\\E_{y}(t)\\0\end{pmatrix}}... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jones_matrix |
A cardiac catheter delivers trains of high-voltage ultra-rapid electrical pulses that form irreversible pores in cell membranes, resulting in cell death. It is thought to allow better selectivity than the previous techniques, which used heat or cold to kill larger volumes of muscle.A higher voltage of electroporation w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroporation |
The Bazaar School would produce works showcasing Indic mythological and historical themes and motifs in the form of Calendar art. In the 20th century, local artists were producing works of normal landscapes of the region, mythology, epics, and legends. Sikh artists by that point were employing lithography and woodcut m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikh_art |
Studied at École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France. Associate in philosophy, bachelor in mathematics, doctorate in philosophy. 1947–1953: Professor at the University of São Paulo, Brazil. 1953–1955: Associate professor at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS). | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilles-Gaston_Granger |
F t {\displaystyle \,F_{t}}: Steady-state terminal fluorescence (arbitrary units). A steady-state fluorescence level decreased (= quenched) by photochemical and non-photochemical processes. T 1 / 2 {\displaystyle \,T_{1/2}}: Half rise time from F 0 {\displaystyle \,F_{0}} to F m {\displaystyle \,F_{m}} . | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyll_fluorescence |
For testing applications during the development process, the SDK includes a BREW emulator, or starting with BREW version 1.1 and above, the BREW Simulator. The BREW environment provides for multiple levels of application signatures. One signature authenticates the developer. Another signature verifies that an applicati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_Runtime_Environment_for_Wireless |
in structural biology in 2001, where he was funded by the German National Merit Foundation scholarship. His doctoral adviser was Christian Griesinger, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry. Meiler then completed his post-doctoral work in the same field through the Human Frontier Science Program... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jens_Meiler |
The Ford F-MAX is a heavy-duty truck produced by Ford Otosan. It was introduced in 2018.It was unveiled during the IAA 2018 in Hannover, Germany. It was also chosen to be the International Truck of the Year 2019.The truck was designed by Ford Otosan over the span of 5 years, under the codenames H625 and "Big Boy".It is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_F-MAX |
The Enclosure movement has been seen by some as causing the destruction of the traditional peasant way of life, however miserable. Landless peasants could no longer maintain an economic independence so had to become labourers. Historians and economists such as M.E.Turner and D. McCloskey have examined the available con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosure |
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future is a 2014 book by the American entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel co-written with Blake Masters. It is a condensed and updated version of a highly popular set of online notes taken by Masters for the CS183 class on startups, as taught by Thiel at Stanford Un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero_to_One |
In some jurisdictions, legal rulings have classified full-time freelancers working for a single main employer of the gig economy as workers and awarded them regular worker rights and protection. An example is the October 2016 ruling against Uber in the case of Uber BV v Aslam, which supported the claim of two Uber driv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gig_worker |
In alchemy, Archeus, or archaeus, is a term used generally to refer to the lowest and most dense aspect of the astral plane which presides over the growth and continuation of all living beings. The term was used by medieval Paracelsus and those after him, such as Jan Baptist van Helmont.To define it, the philosophers m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archeus |
The story, written with the Kellerman family's consent, was proposed by FBI criminal analyst John Douglas on the theory that the perpetrator might visit the house or gravesite if he were made aware of their locations. Both sites were kept under 24-hour video surveillance for several months, but the killer did not surfa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Tylenol_murders |
However, case studies on abused, language-deprived children show that they exhibit extreme limitations in language skills, even after instruction.At a very young age, children can distinguish different sounds but cannot yet produce them. During infancy, children begin to babble. Deaf babies babble in the same patterns ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language_acquisition |
It may be associated with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction or may not be associated with it in 75% of the cases. ECG would be abnormal in 75 to 95% of the patients. Characteristic ECG changes would be large QRS complex associated with giant T wave inversion in lateral leads I, aVL, V5, and V6, together with S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T_wave |
MAPK8IP2 is especially interesting because it regulates the balance between NMDA receptors and AMPA receptors. The genes SULT4A1 and PARVB may cause 22q13 deletion syndrome in cases of more proximal interstitial and large terminal deletions. There are about 187 protein coding genes in the 22q13 region. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/22q13_deletion_syndrome |
Traditionally well before the wedding the vőfély helps to arrange the marriage, discusses the details with the families and gets the parents' approvals. On the day of the wedding the vőfély says goodbye to the parents in the name of the bridegroom at the groom's house and escorts the groom and his family to the bride's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vőfély |
A third player (next to Schunck and Peutz) who made this sort of building possible was the then mayor Marcel van Grunsven, who wanted to modernise Heerlen in avangardist fashion, thus ensuring the required permits were no problem, despite the fact that the local planning board had opposed precisely the innovative aspec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaspaleis |
Airplanes demonstrated their potential as mobile observation platforms, then proved themselves to be machines of war capable of causing casualties to the enemy. The earliest known aerial victory with a synchronized machine gun-armed fighter aircraft occurred in 1915, by German Luftstreitkräfte Leutnant Kurt Wintgens. F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airplane |
Speech can be copied in regard to its social accent, intonation, pitch and individuality (as with entertainment impersonators). Speech can be articulated in ways which diverge considerably in speed, timbre, pitch, loudness and emotion. Speech further exists in different forms such as song, verse, scream and whisper. In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech_repetition |
Since 1997, ongoing construction to upgrade and built higher-speed lines capable of speeds of up to 200 km/h (120 mph) is conducted. The P.A.Th.E. Plan (Patras-Athens-Thessaloniki-Evzonoi), as it is called aims at reduced journey times between Greece's main cities (Athens, Thessaloniki and Patra) as well as an improved... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher-speed_rail |
As the name suggests, the prerequisite of a successful RDRP is fast and reversible activation/deactivation of propagating chains. There are three types of RDRP; namely deactivation by catalyzed reversible coupling, deactivation by spontaneous reversible coupling and deactivation by degenerative transfer (DT). A mixture... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible_deactivation_radical_polymerization |
The position of amphidromic points and their movement predominantly depends on the wavelength of the tidal wave and friction. As a result of enhanced greenhouse gas emissions, the oceans in the world are becoming subject to sea-level rise. As the water depth increases, the wavelength of the tidal wave will increase. Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphidromic_system |
In July 2010, PC Gamer listed Minecraft as the fourth-best game to play at work. In December of that year, Good Game selected Minecraft as their choice for Best Downloadable Game of 2010, Gamasutra named it the eighth best game of the year as well as the eighth best indie game of the year, and Rock, Paper, Shotgun name... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedrock_game_engine |
In 1888, an article appeared in Scientific American discussing potential germicidal activity of tobacco smoke providing immunity against yellow fever epidemic of Florida inspiring research in the lab of Vincenzo Tassinari at the Hygienic Institute of the University of Pisa, who explored the antimicrobial activity again... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_and_health |
The technology of the clerestory appears to originate in the temples of ancient Egypt. The term "clerestory" is applicable to Egyptian temples, where the lighting of the hall of columns was obtained over the stone roofs of the adjoining aisles, through gaps left in the vertical slabs of stone. Clerestory appeared in Eg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clerestory |
Family background combined with the Quaker influence at Earlham College contributed to the Quaker mold in which Allee was cast. In 1912, he married Marjorie Hill, a life-long member of the Society of Friends. Allee met Marjorie when she was a freshman at Earlham College while Allee was a senior. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warder_Clyde_Allee |
For no given reason, he just didn't like it, and that was that. I told Walter that I felt it was a step in the right direction, that it would smooth out all noises and would adapt itself to axles and springs and steering-gear mounts, which would stop the transfer of road noises into the body. Today rubber mounts are us... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_bushing |
One method of gathering sea salt is to draw seawater into marsh basins or salt pans and allow the water to evaporate, leaving behind the salt that was dissolved in it. As the water evaporates, most of the salt precipitates out on the bottom of the marsh or pan (and is later collected as ordinary sea salt), but some sal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_de_sel |
In the 20th century, the Walschaerts valve gear was the most commonly used type, especially on larger locomotives. In Europe, its use was almost universal, whilst in North America, the Walschaerts gear outnumbered its closest competitor, the derived Baker valve gear, by a wide margin. In Germany and some neighbouring c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heusinger_valve_gear |
Such a fund may be a closet index fund, charging high advisory fees but providing little opportunity to add value over and above the market's return. An index fund, the return of which is entirely explained by the action of the stock market, would of course carry an ExMark of 100%. == References == | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExMark |
PPD is produced via three routes. Most commonly, 4-nitrochlorobenzene is treated with ammonia and the resulting 4-nitroaniline is then hydrogenated: In the DuPont route, aniline is converted to diphenyltriazine, which is then converted by acid-catalysis to 4-aminoazobenzene. Hydrogenation of the latter affords PPD. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-Phenylenediamine |
In semiconductor production, doping is the intentional introduction of impurities into an intrinsic semiconductor for the purpose of modulating its electrical, optical and structural properties. The doped material is referred to as an extrinsic semiconductor. Small numbers of dopant atoms can change the ability of a se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_doping |
A wide variety of difficult-to-characterize in vitro effects have been reported for the compounds in isolation. Pseudoginsenoside F11 and its derivatives are sometimes referred to as having an ocotillol-type skeleton structure.Studies in mice have identified antagonistic effects on the actions of other well-characteriz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoginsenoside_F11 |
Natasha Walter found it a "grim" novel, highlighting "how individuals are always failing to communicate". The Observer found some excellent comic set-pieces amid the grimness. The New York Times claimed Desai "manages to explore, with intimacy and insight, just about every contemporary international issue: globalizatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Inheritance_of_Loss |
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