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The Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation is the United States' largest statewide, nonprofit preservation organization with more than 8,000 members. Founded in 1973 by Mary Gregory Jewett and others, the Trust is committed to preserving and enhancing Georgia's communities and their diverse historic resources for the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Trust_for_Historic_Preservation |
In the mathematical field of numerical analysis, spline interpolation is a form of interpolation where the interpolant is a special type of piecewise polynomial called a spline. That is, instead of fitting a single, high-degree polynomial to all of the values at once, spline interpolation fits low-degree polynomials to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spline_interpolation |
The initial outbreak of a novel swine-origin H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 and the virus strain that caused it were called by many names. In July 2009, WHO experts named the virus "pandemic H1N1/09 virus" to distinguish it from both various seasonal H1N1 virus strains and the 1918 flu pandemic H1N1 strain.Some authorities ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novel_H1N1_flu |
Ferranti Defence Systems: Acquired by GEC-Marconi out of administration and renamed GEC Ferranti, later becoming part of GEC Marconi Avionics (GMAv). This business was acquired in 2000 by BAE Systems (BAE Systems Avionics). Part of this business, including the heritage Ferranti operation, was acquired by Finmeccanica i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti |
The history of phycology is the history of the scientific study of algae. Human interest in plants as food goes back into the origins of the species, and knowledge of algae can be traced back more than two thousand years. However, only in the last three hundred years has that knowledge evolved into a rapidly developing... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_phycology |
(x)} is dependent on the value of the parameter, the family of Pareto distributions does not form an exponential family of distributions (at least when x m {\displaystyle x_{m}} is unknown). Often x is a vector of measurements, in which case T(x) may be a function from the space of possible values of x to the real numb... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_parameter |
However, regarding interventions such as the Head Start Program and similar programs lasting one or two years, while producing initial IQ gains, these had disappeared by the end of elementary school, although there may be other benefits such as more likely to finish high school. The more intensive Abecedarian Project h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence:_Knowns_and_Unknowns |
Minspeak is an encoding system based on the idea of sequencing picture symbols. This system is governed by a specific set of rules and uses iconic encoding, indicating that there is not a one-to-one correspondence between a symbol and its meaning. As the symbols typically contain a variety of details, each symbol may b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantic_compaction |
Bernoulli wrote the text between 1684 and 1689, including the work of mathematicians such as Christiaan Huygens, Gerolamo Cardano, Pierre de Fermat, and Blaise Pascal. He incorporated fundamental combinatorial topics such as his theory of permutations and combinations (the aforementioned problems from the twelvefold wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ars_Conjectandi |
Equivalently, this is a group for which the limit set is a perfect set that is nowhere dense on R ∪ ∞. Since it is nowhere dense, this implies that any limit point is arbitrarily close to an open set that is not in the limit set. In other words, the limit set is a Cantor set. The type of a Fuchsian group need not be th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsian_group |
This requirement of being "cost effective at the margin" was first formulated by Paul Nitze in November 1985.In addition, SDI envisioned many space-based systems in fixed orbits, ground-based sensors, command, control and communications facilities, etc. In theory, an advanced opponent could have targeted those, in turn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Surveillance_and_Tracking_System |
Although the labels and steps differ slightly, the early methodologies that were rooted in IT-centric BPR solutions share many of the same basic principles and elements. The following outline is one such model, based on the Process Reengineering Life Cycle (PRLC) approach developed by Guha. Simplified schematic outline... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process_improvement |
In abstract painting and sculpture during the 1950s and 1960s Geometric abstraction emerged as an important direction in the works of many sculptors and painters. In painting color field painting, minimalism, hard-edge painting and lyrical abstraction constituted radical new directions.Helen Frankenthaler, Morris Louis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late_modernism |
The toxin is secreted by the Type I secretion system, which spans both membranes and periplasm space, allowing the toxin to be secreted from the cytoplasm straight outside the cell. A large proportion of the toxin remains associated with the bacterium exterior proteins, mainly filamentous haemagglutinin, but these toxi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenylate_cyclase_toxin |
{\displaystyle S=\iint \limits _{\text{source}}B(\theta ,\phi )\,\mathrm {d} \Omega .} The unit is named after pioneering US radio astronomer Karl Guthe Jansky and is defined as 1 J y = 10 − 26 W ⋅ m − 2 ⋅ H z − 1 {\displaystyle 1~\mathrm {Jy} =10^{-26}~\mathrm {W} {\cdot }\mathrm {m^{-2}} {\cdot }\mathrm {Hz^{-1}} } (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jansky |
Aristotle and Isocrates were two of the first to see rhetoric in this light. In Antidosis, Isocrates states, "We have come together and founded cities and made laws and invented arts; and, generally speaking, there is no institution devised by man which the power of speech has not helped us to establish." With this sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhetoric |
Collectively, the Torlakian dialects with Macedonian and Bulgarian share many grammatical features that set them apart from all other Slavic languages, such as the complete loss of its grammatical case systems and adoption of features more commonly found among analytic languages. The barrier between East South Slavic a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialect_continuum |
The reaction mechanism from the arene's view ranks as a radical-nucleophilic aromatic substitution. In a general scope a Meerwein arylation is any reaction between an aryl radical and an alkene. The initial intermediate is an aryl enthenyl radical which can react with many trapping reagents such as hydrogen or halogens... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meerwein_arylation |
The blast sends the boot on top of a teeter board, which rises and releases a mouse (with an extended tail) in a cage at the other end. The mouse runs to grab a piece of cheese on a scale. A weight on the other end of the scale falls, pulling the trigger on a rifle attached to a cliff. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hook,_Line_and_Stinker |
The unmodified forcing relation can then be defined as In fact, Cohen's original concept of forcing is essentially ⊩ M , P ∗ {\displaystyle \Vdash _{M,\mathbb {P} }^{*}} rather than ⊩ M , P {\displaystyle \Vdash _{M,\mathbb {P} }} .The modified forcing relation ⊩ M , P ∗ {\displaystyle \Vdash _{M,\mathbb {P} }^{*}} can... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forcing_(mathematics) |
Several proteins from prokaryotes and archaea are also modified by N-terminal acetylation. N-terminal Acetylation is catalyzed by a set of enzyme complexes, the N-terminal acetyltransferases (NATs). NATs transfer an acetyl group from acetyl-coenzyme A (Ac-CoA) to the α-amino group of the first amino acid residue of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_acetylation |
Lundholt was appointed CEO of the Furniture Manufacturers Association (later the Danish Furniture Industry) in 1988 and was promoted to chair the following year. She was an examiner at the Copenhagen Business School's course in international economics and business management between 1988 and 1989 and again from 1993.Lu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Birgitte_Lundholt |
Another type of authoritarian regime is the competitive authoritarian regime, a type of civilian regime that arose in the post-Cold War era. In a competitive authoritarian regime, "formal democratic institutions exist and are widely viewed as the primary means of gaining power, but ... incumbents' abuse of the state pl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authoritarian_regimes |
Segmental regeneration in these animals is epimorphic and occurs through blastema formation. Segmental regeneration has been gained and lost during annelid evolution, as seen in oligochaetes, where head regeneration has been lost three separate times.Along with epimorphosis, some polychaetes like Sabella pavonina exper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limb_regeneration |
A ballistic missile goes through several distinct phases of flight that are common to almost all such designs. They are, in order: boost phase when the main boost rocket or upper stages are firing; post-boost phase when any last-minute changes to the trajectory are made by the upper stage or warhead bus and the warhead... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic_missile_flight_phases |
MBP is a phenol derivative with a 3D structure similar to progesterone. It therefore also shows a similar reactivity and binding to progesterone binding sites in the body. Due to its increased length compared to BPA, MBP binds stronger to progesterone binding sites than the unmetabolized BPA. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-Methyl-2,4-bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)pent-1-ene |
Insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF-2, at times IGF-II) is thought to be a primary growth factor required for early development while IGF-1 expression is required for achieving maximal growth. Gene knockout studies in mice have confirmed this, though other animals are likely to regulate the expression of these genes in d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulin-like_growth_factor |
Live videoconferencing appointments have proven effective, especially in the field of mental health, and can be especially significant in providing services to low resource, rural communities. Patient reminders have increased patient participation in attending preventative screenings, and it is possible that similar re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patient-centered_care |
This brings us back to Wittgenstein's reliance on indirect communication, and his reliance on thought-experiments. Some philosophical confusions come about because we aren't able to see family resemblances. We've made a mistake in understanding the vague and intuitive rules that language uses, and have thereby tied our... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_theory_of_meaning |
There are many theories and organizational studies that are related to “organizational ethics,” but "organizations" and "ethics" are wide and varied in application and scope. These theories and studies can range from individual(s), team(s), stakeholder, management, leadership, human resources, group(s) interaction(s), ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organizational_ethics |
A vacuum Rabi oscillation is a damped oscillation of an initially excited atom coupled to an electromagnetic resonator or cavity in which the atom alternately emits photon(s) into a single-mode electromagnetic cavity and reabsorbs them. The atom interacts with a single-mode field confined to a limited volume V in an op... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_Rabi_oscillation |
They incorporate traces of transition metals mainly via cation exchange in their interlayer like clay minerals and surface complexation by formation of inner sphere complexes at the oxide surface as it is also the case with hydrous ferric oxides, HFO. Slight variations in their crystallographic structure and mineralogi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymetallic_nodules |
Wittgenstein's handling of belief was dismissive and reflects his abstention from the epistemology that concerned Russell. Because his theory dealt with understanding the nature of reality, and because any item or process of the mind barring positive fact, i.e. something absolute and without interpretation, may become ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical_Atomism |
When Paul Ubbelohde became well-established as Head of Department at Imperial College he advertised for a departmental secretary. He needed “a secretary or personal assistant who firmly controls access and rations unexpected intrusions Miss Georgina Greene acquired world-wide renown for her effectiveness in that role ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Ubbelohde |
The main difference between the two is that the outer crown-surface of Lepilemur's molars forms a nearly straight line, almost parallel with the long axis of the skull, and the outer side is slightly concave inwards. The antero-internal cingulum is missing in the molars of Lepilemur.Details about the anterior parts of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koala_lemur |
The tribovoltaic effect is the effect of generating of tribo-current at a sliding semiconductors interface (PN junction) or sliding semiconductor and metal interface (Schottky junction), which is firstly proposed by Wang et al. in 2018. When a P-type semiconductor slides over a N-type semiconductor, the energy “quantum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tribovoltaic_effect |
In January 2005, Titus Interactive filed for bankruptcy with €33 million ($43.8 million) debt. Avalon France and all of Titus' French operations were closed down immediately, while the UK branch continued to trade as Titus’ non-French operations were unaffected. Avalon's UK operations were dissolved by November 2005. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Mastertronic |
AERONET - the AERONET (AErosol RObotic NETwork) is a network of ground-based sun photometers which measure atmospheric aerosol properties. The measurement system is a solar-powered CIMEL Electronique 318A spectral radiometer that measures Sun and sky radiances at a number of fixed wavelengths within the visible and nea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AERONET |
It is used to fight CRT's minions and also for grappling hook. There is Jet-pack that allows her to get to higher places. Later she finds Time Orb that can slow time for a short period. In the end she finds an electromagnetic glove that can move metal objects, including enemies and rockets. The player's main task is to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylar_&_Plux:_Adventure_on_Clover_Island |
Ariana Grande: May 15–22, 2021 "Positions" "34+35" "POV" Doja Cat: October 23–30, 2021 "Kiss Me More" "You Right" "Need to Know" Harry Styles: October 15–29, 2022 "As It Was" "Late Night Talking" "Music for a Sushi Restaurant"Source: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop_Airplay |
This island is presently inhabited by a large population of rabbits. Many of them are descended from rabbits intentionally let loose when the island was developed as a park after World War II. During the war, rabbits were also used in the chemical munitions plant and were used for testing the effectiveness of the chemi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ōkunoshima |
She also observed that the northern Mongolian herds near Tuerin seemed to consist mainly of black and chestnut horses.Herdsmen breed horses primarily for color and speed, but also for conformation, disposition, and lineage. In Mongolia, conformation is not stressed so strongly as it is in Western culture. However, a fe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongolian_Horse |
Since Tweety is an instance of robin and robin is a subset of bird, it follows that Tweety is an instance of bird. Inheritance is another type of inference. Since Tweety is an instance of robin, which is a subset of bird and bird is marked with property canfly, it follows that Tweety and robin have property canfly. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonsense_reasoning |
The film features interview segments of: Dean Radin, Senior Scientist at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS) in Petaluma, California and proponent of paranormal phenomena. John Hagelin of Maharishi University of Management, director of MUM's Institute for Science, Technology, and Public Policy, and three-time presi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_the_Bleep_Do_We_Know!? |
Solitary angiokeratoma is a small, bluish-black, warty papule that occurs predominantly on the lower extremities. : 590 Verrucous vascular malformation (also known as "Angiokeratoma circumscriptum naeviforme") is a malformation of dermal and subcutaneous capillaries and veins, a congenital vascular malformation, which,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verrucous_vascular_malformation |
Radar information was inputted into the onboard electromechanical analogue bomb-aiming apparatus. Some of the navigation and targeting equipment was either directly descended from, or shared concepts with, those used on Handley Page's preceding Halifax bomber. Operationally, the accuracy of the bomb-aiming system prove... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley_Page_Victor |
Determining the prepore's structure by X-ray or Cryo-EM is a challenging process that so far has not produced any results. The only available information about the prepore structure was provided by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM). The measured prepore height was 90 Å; and the width 118 Å, with an inner pore of 50 Å. A mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysenin |
Efficiency ranges from 10-18% but only costs about $2.00-$3.00 per watt of installed capacity, compared to Monocrystalline which is 17-22% efficient and costs $3.00-$3.50 per watt of installed capacity. Thin film solar is light weight at 7-10 ounces per square foot. Thin film solar panels last 10-20 years but have a qu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooftop_solar |
Vogt-Roberts also used rock music from the Vietnam-era and hits from the 70s, stating, "this provides a striking dichotomy, sets the tone and gives us great moments of fun. "For Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019), it was announced during Comic-Con 2018 that Bear McCreary would compose the score and utilize Ifukube's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skullcrawler |
Lump metal clay in bronze was introduced in 2008 by Metal Adventures Inc. and in 2009 by Prometheus. Lump metal clays in copper were introduced in 2009 by Metal Adventures Inc. and Aida. Because of the lower cost, the bronze and copper metal clays are used by artists more often than the gold and silver metal clays in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precious_Metal_Clay |
The Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA), (English: Institute of Polytechnic Science and Aeronautics) is a French private grande école in aerospace engineering located at Ivry-sur-Seine, Lyon and Toulouse, recognized by the French state since 2010, whose diploma has been accredited by the French Commissi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_polytechnique_des_sciences_avancées |
The Mérode Altarpiece (1420s) of Robert Campin and the Washington Van Eyck Annunciation or Madonna of Chancellor Rolin (both 1430s, by Jan van Eyck) are examples. For the wealthy, small panel paintings, even polyptychs in oil painting were becoming increasingly popular, often showing donor portraits alongside, though o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic_art |
Online retailers have been under scrutiny for allowing their products to be too easily purchased by youth. Various news outlets and school districts have expressed the concern that these products have a high appeal to minors wanting to experiment with nicotine due to; the multitude of sweet flavors offered, ease & spee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicotine_replacement_therapy |
Subfields that have sprouted out of semiotics include, but are not limited to, the following: Biosemiotics: the study of semiotic processes at all levels of biology, or a semiotic study of living systems (e.g., Copenhagen–Tartu School). Annual meetings ("Gatherings in Biosemiotics") have been held since 2001. Semiotic ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiotics |
Bacher then accepted the job at Los Alamos, moving there in May 1943 with his family to become the head of the Experimental Physics Division (P Division). His wife Jean Dow Bacher was also hired to work as a human computer in the Theoretical Division (T Division). For his seven group leaders he had John H. Williams, Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Bacher |
In 1975 Mamiya started to offer the M645, a camera re-using the 1930s 6x4.5 cm frame, allowing 15 shots on a standard 120 roll film becoming the first SLR MF camera to offer exclusively that format size also known as the 645 format. The RB67 was followed by the more advanced RZ67 6x7cm frame format camera in 1982. Thes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamiya |
On average, a supernova explosion occurs within 10 parsecs (33 light-years) of the Earth every 240 million years. Gamma rays are responsible for most of the adverse effects that a supernova can have on a living terrestrial planet. In Earth's case, gamma rays induce radiolysis of diatomic N2 and O2 in the upper atmosphe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-Earth_supernova |
Today, dining tablecloths are typically made of cotton, a poly-cotton blend, or a PVC-coated material that can be wiped clean, but they can be made of almost any material, including delicate fabrics like embroidered silk. Ease of laundering is an important consideration for tablecloths used for dining, as they are easi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_runner |
Tamarix gallica, the French tamarisk, is a deciduous, herbaceous, twiggy shrub or small tree reaching up to about 5 meters high. It is indigenous to Saudi Arabia and the Sinai Peninsula, and very common around the Mediterranean region. It is present in many other areas as an invasive introduced species, often becoming ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarix_gallica |
Sticky keys is an accessibility feature of some graphical user interfaces which assists users who have physical disabilities or help users reduce repetitive strain injury. It serializes keystrokes instead of pressing multiple keys at a time, allowing the user to press and release a modifier key, such as Shift, Ctrl, Al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticky_keys |
Poul Anderson's 1965 novel The Corridors of Time shares many themes with Graves' book, also including a depiction of a future matriarchal world dominated by a Great Goddess religion seen through the eyes of a traveller from our time. However, Anderson's version of such a world is far more harsh and dystopian, leading t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Days_in_New_Crete |
Modern architecture presented contemporary architects with a major challenge. A continuous tradition of both domestic and public architecture was evident, but failed to conform with modern materials and methods. From the early 20th century, architecture employed new styles and new materials and public taste became prog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_art |
It has been reported as that this Blackbird was seemingly not quite straight and had a yaw at supersonic speeds. However, this was caused by a mis-aligned pitot tube reporting a 4° yaw that was not actually present. It was soon corrected and then flew normally. It was nicknamed "The Bastard". | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro-inertial_navigation_system |
The water window is a region of the electromagnetic spectrum in which water is transparent to soft x-rays. The window extends from the K-absorption edge of carbon at 282 eV (68 PHz, 4.40 nm wavelength) to the K-edge of oxygen at 533 eV (129 PHz, 2.33 nm wavelength). Water is transparent to these X-rays, but carbon and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_window |
The correlation between income and g, as measured by IQ scores, averages about .40 across studies. The correlation is higher at higher levels of education and it increases with age, stabilizing when people reach their highest career potential in middle age. Even when education, occupation and socioeconomic background a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_factor_(psychometrics) |
Pott's early investigations contributed to the science of epidemiology and the Chimney Sweepers Act 1788. Pott describes chimney sweeps' carcinoma thus:It is a disease which always makes it first attack on the inferior part of the scrotum where it produces a superficial, painful ragged ill-looking sore with hard rising... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soot_wart |
In Canada, the 2004 National Security Policy resulted in the establishment of Marine Security Operations Centers (MSOCs) responsible for supporting a national response to maritime security threat. The East Coast MSOC is in Halifax, the West Coast MSOC is in Victoria, and the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway MSOC is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime_domain_awareness |
These subspaces are G {\displaystyle G} –invariant and by this define subrepresentations which are called the symmetric square and the alternating square, respectively. These subrepresentations are also defined in V ⊗ m , {\displaystyle V^{\otimes m},} although in this case they are denoted wedge product ⋀ m V {\displa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex_representations_of_finite_groups |
The real absolute value function has a derivative for every x ≠ 0, but is not differentiable at x = 0. Its derivative for x ≠ 0 is given by the step function: d | x | d x = x | x | = { − 1 x < 0 1 x > 0. {\displaystyle {\frac {d\left|x\right|}{dx}}={\frac {x}{|x|}}={\begin{cases}-1&x<0\\1&x>0.\end{cases}}} The real abs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_value_of_a_complex_number |
This allowed the size of Kepler-37b to be determined "with extreme accuracy".To date, Kepler-37b is the smallest planet discovered around a main-sequence star outside the Solar System. Detection of Kepler-37b was possible due to its short orbital period, relative brightness, and low activity of its host star, allowing ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler-37b |
D.D. Palmer established a magnetic healing facility in Davenport, Iowa, styling himself ‘doctor’. Not everyone was convinced, as a local paper in 1894 wrote about him: "A crank on magnetism has a crazy notion that he can cure the sick and crippled with his magnetic hands. His victims are the weak-minded, ignorant and s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chiropractic |
In a two-cylinder locomotive, for example, the maximum or 'full gear' cutoff is typically about 85%. At high speeds, the cutoff may be significantly reduced. Steam engines used in boats and ships typically also use variable cutoff valve gear, while some operate with a fixed cutoff, with speed being controlled through t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutoff_(steam_engine) |
Each processor decides with probability of a^(-1) whether to become a candidate. At the end of each phase, each processor calculates the number of candidates c and if it is equal to 1, it becomes the leader. To determine the value of c, each candidate sends a token (pebble) at the start of the phase which is passed aro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader_election |
Direct3D 7 and earlier would work on any version of the DDI, Direct3D 8 requires a minimum DDI level of 6 and Direct3D 9 requires a minimum DDI level of 7. However, the Direct3D 10 runtime in Windows Vista cannot run on older hardware drivers due to the significantly updated DDI, which requires a unified feature set an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DirectX_11 |
Brooch styles were predominantly circular by the middle to late Anglo-Saxon era. During this time period, the preferred styles were the annular and jewelled (Kentish) disc brooch styles. The circular forms can be divided generally into enamelled and non-enamelled styles.A few non-circular style were fashionable during ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxon_brooches |
A sphincter is a circular muscle that normally maintains constriction of a natural body passage or orifice and which relaxes as required by normal physiological functioning. Sphincters are found in many animals. There are over 60 types in the human body, some microscopically small, in particular the millions of precapi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphincter_muscles |
The basic architecture of the Direct Rendering Infrastructure involves three main components: the DRI client —an X client performing "direct rendering"— needs a hardware specific "driver" able to manage the current video card or graphics adapter in order to render on it. These DRI drivers are typically provided as shar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_Rendering_Infrastructure |
to distinguish it from the printed magazine. It also features free articles, though these deviate in content from its print magazine. The site's editor is Phillip Klein, who replaced Charles C. W. Cooke.Each day, the site posts new content consisting of conservative, libertarian, and neoconservative opinion articles, i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Review |
Double-brokering or rebrokering is illegal in the United States of America and occurs when a broker charges a fee then contracts the load to a second broker who will reduce the freight charge also collecting a fee that can be up to 15%. For example, an $1,150 load going 400 miles would net a carrier $977.50, but the sa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freight_broker |
The most common whistles today are made of brass or nickel-plated brass, with a plastic mouthpiece, which contains the fipple. Generation, Feadóg, Oak, Acorn, Soodlum's (now Walton's), and other brands fall in this category. The Generation Whistle was introduced in 1966, and featured a brass tube with a lead fipple. Fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin_whistle |
An international group, dubbed the "Phonemasters" by the FBI, hacked into the networks of a number of companies including MCI WorldCom, Sprint, AT&T, and Equifax credit reporters. The gang accounted for approximately $1.85 million in business losses. In late 1995, Vladimir Levin persuaded Citibank's computers to transf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Internet_conflicts |
The Shannon–Hartley theorem says that the limit of reliable information rate (data rate exclusive of error-correcting codes) of a channel depends on bandwidth and signal-to-noise ratio according to: where I is the information rate in bits per second excluding error-correcting codes, B is the bandwidth of the channel in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eb/N0 |
68 In such a relation, good conscience requires the fiduciary to act at all times for the sole benefit and interest of the one who trusts. A fiduciary is someone who has undertaken to act for and on behalf of another in a particular matter in circumstances which give rise to a relationship of trust and confidence. Fidu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiduciary_responsibility |
The system uses a new 57E6M-E surface-to-air missile with an increased ceiling from 15 to 18 km (9.3 to 11.2 mi), an engagement range from 20 to 30 km (12 to 19 mi) and a speed of 1,300 to 1,700 m/s (4,700 to 6,100 km/h; 2,900 to 3,800 mph). It has a 25 kg fragmentation warhead, compared to the 20 kg warhead of the sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantsir_missile_system |
Currently, CBTI programs fall into one of two categories: actuarial assessment programs or automated assessment programs. Actuarial assessment programs are based on statistical or actuarial prediction (e.g., statistical analyses, linear regression equations and Bayesian rules), which is empirically based while automate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-based_test_interpretation_in_psychological_assessment |
Reprint of the 1989 English translation, Elements of Mathematics, Berlin: Springer-Verlag, ISBN 3-540-64239-0 Kaplansky, Irving (1970), Commutative rings, Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon Inc., pp. x+180, MR 0254021 Lam, T. Y. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finitely_cogenerated_module |
Monte Carlo methods are used in various fields of computational biology, for example for Bayesian inference in phylogeny, or for studying biological systems such as genomes, proteins, or membranes. The systems can be studied in the coarse-grained or ab initio frameworks depending on the desired accuracy. Computer simul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte_Carlo_Method |
This can be done by dumping into the tray and filling with a sterilizing solution such as hydrogen peroxide or chlorine solution, temporarily plugging the drain, with hand removal of root fragments. Larger containers require transferring the media to a suitable surface after sterilization to permit removal of leftover ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebb_and_Flow_hydroponics |
The Inspire S2 Wireless was awarded the Best of CES 2010, by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group for its innovative use of the Bluetooth technology, beating finalists from Microsoft, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sony and Sennheiser. "A heartfelt congratulations to Creative and apt-X for their Best of CES 2010 Overall Win... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Wireless_Speakers |
Mechanical filter respirators retain particulate matter such as dust created during woodworking or metal processing, when contaminated air is passed through the filter material. Since the filters cannot be cleaned and reused and have a limited lifespan, cost and disposability are key factors. Single-use, disposable and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air-filtering_respirator |
Google Voice is a telephone service that provides a U.S. phone number to Google Account customers in the U.S. and Google Workspace (G Suite by October 2020) customers in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the contiguous United States. It is used for ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Voice |
Robert L. Park, research professor and former chair of the physics department at the University of Maryland, called the study a "clinic in data distortion". In 1994 a science satire magazine, Annals of Improbable Research, "awarded" Hagelin the Ig Nobel Prize for Peace, "for his experimental conclusion that 4,000 train... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hagelin |
(505 acres / 204 hectares) by 2022. (By comparison, the USDA reported 915 million acres (38 million hectares) of farmland in the United States, alone, in 2012. )As of 2018, an estimated 40 indoor vertical farms exist in the United States, some of which produce commercially sold produce and others which are not yet sell... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled-environment_agriculture |
There are a number of different mobile sources of air pollution, some contributing more to pollution than others. As mentioned previously, mobile sources are regulated differently from stationary sources due to the large number of sources and their ability to move from one location to another. Different mobile sources ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_source_air_pollution |
The bomb could also be used against hardened targets. These types of bombs can reach supersonic speeds and have tail fins designed to spin the bomb for greater accuracy. Originally designed to meet a 42,000 lb (19,000 kg) target weight (one half of the maximum payload for the Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" bomber), with its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-12_Cloudmaker |
anaphase lag The failure of one or more pairs of sister chromatids or homologous chromosomes to properly migrate to opposite sides of the cell during anaphase of mitosis or meiosis due to a defective spindle apparatus. Consequently, both daughter cells are aneuploid: one is missing one or more chromosomes (creating a m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_gene_expression_terms |
LeMay, now Air Force Chief of Staff, approved the plan on 31 August 1961; the next day the Soviet Union resumed nuclear testing. Headquarters Air Force authorized the acquisition of five new C-130Bs factory-configured for the sampling mission to be delivered in April 1962 when AWS would become the air sampling single-m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_WC-130 |
Due to boundary conditions, when a plate is loaded with a critical stress and buckles, the edges perpendicular to the load cannot deform out-of-plane and will therefore continue to carry the stresses. This creates a non-uniform compressive loading along the ends, where the stresses are imposed on half of the effective ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckling |
war crimes. Moreover, in legal practice, the Military Commissions Act of 2006 (MCA) functions as an amnesty law for the Bush Administration to flout their superior responsibility and thus their legal liability for war crimes committed when prosecuting the War on Terror, because, by denying POWs the right of habeas corp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command_responsibility |
The motion of these particles and all other objects in nature are subject to the laws of motion Descartes had observed: “…each particular part of matter always continues in the same state unless collision with others forces it to change its state.” “…when one of these bodies pushes another, it cannot give the 2nd any m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian_physics |
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