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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Mart%C3%ADnez%20Alonso
Carlos Martínez Alonso, (Carlos Martinez-A.) was born in Villasimpliz (Pola de Gordón), in the province of León, on January 9, 1950. In 1974 he obtained a chemistry degree from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid. Four years later, in 1978, he obtained a Ph.D. in immunology by the same university. He was appointed Pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum%20%28measurement%29
Continuum (: continua or continuums) theories or models explain variation as involving gradual quantitative transitions without abrupt changes or discontinuities. In contrast, categorical theories or models explain variation using qualitatively different states. In physics In physics, for example, the space-time cont...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum
In physics, a quantum (: quanta) is the minimum amount of any physical entity (physical property) involved in an interaction. The fundamental notion that a physical property can be "quantized" is referred to as "the hypothesis of quantization". This means that the magnitude of the physical property can take on only d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20number
In mathematics, a real number is a number that can be used to measure a continuous one-dimensional quantity such as a distance, duration or temperature. Here, continuous means that pairs of values can have arbitrarily small differences. Every real number can be almost uniquely represented by an infinite decimal expansi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandru%20Roman
Alexandru Roman (November 26, 1826 – September 27, 1897) was an Austro-Hungarian ethnic Romanian cultural figure and journalist, as well as a founding member of the Romanian Academy. Born in Aușeu, Bihor County, in the Crișana region, he attended primary and secondary school at Beiuș and Oradea. He then studied philos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20E.%20Zakharov
Vladimir Evgen'evich Zakharov (; 1 August 1939 – 20 August 2023) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician and physicist. He was Regents' Professor of mathematics at The University of Arizona, director of the Mathematical Physics Sector at the Lebedev Physical Institute, and was on the committee of the Stefanos Pnevmatiko...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genes%20%26%20Development
Genes & Development is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering molecular biology, molecular genetics, cell biology, and development. It was established in 1987 and is published twice monthly by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press in association with The Genetics Society. According to the Journal Citation Reports, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational%20number
In mathematics, the irrational numbers (from in- prefix assimilated to ir- (negative prefix, privative) + rational) are all the real numbers that are not rational numbers. That is, irrational numbers cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers. When the ratio of lengths of two line segments is an irrational number...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isomer
In chemistry, isomers are molecules or polyatomic ions with identical molecular formula – that is, same number of atoms of each element – but distinct arrangements of atoms in space. Isomerism refers to the existence or possibility of isomers. Isomers do not necessarily share similar chemical or physical properties. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snooping
"Snooping" can refer to: Computer science Bus sniffing, also known as bus snooping IGMP snooping DHCP snooping and in general listening in to any kind of communication protocol (such as ARP, TCP and so on) Statistics Data-snooping bias, a concept in statistics See also Snoop (disambiguation) Snoopy (disambig...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomasz%20Mrowka
Tomasz Mrowka (born September 8, 1961) is an American mathematician specializing in differential geometry and gauge theory. He is the Singer Professor of Mathematics and former head of the Department of Mathematics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mrowka is the son of Polish mathematician , and is married...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joram%20Lindenstrauss
Joram Lindenstrauss () (October 28, 1936 – April 29, 2012) was an Israeli mathematician working in functional analysis. He was a professor of mathematics at the Einstein Institute of Mathematics. Biography Joram Lindenstrauss was born in Tel Aviv. He was the only child of a pair of lawyers who immigrated to Israel fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravely
Gravely may refer to: Gravely Tractor, a manufacturer of outdoor power lawn and garden implements USS Gravely (DDG-107), an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer People with the surname Gravely: Etta C. Gravely (born 1939), American chemistry academic Frederic Henry Gravely (1885–1965), English entomologist...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar%20Barbosa
César Barbosa (born 1954) is a Colombian biologist, ornithologist and botanist, specialising in the study of Fabaceae. In 1976 received his BA in Biology from the National University of Colombia. He is a researcher at the Herbarium of the National Institute of Renewable Natural Resources and Environment (Colombia) (I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduino%20Carbon%C3%B3
Eduino Carbonó de la Hoz (born June 4, 1950) is a Colombian botanist. He is Director of the Botanical Gardens of Santa Marta. In 1974, he obtained a degree in agronomy from the Technological University of Magdalena, and later a master's degree in biology, specialising in plant systematics, from the National University...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Luis%20Fern%C3%A1ndez%20Alonso
José Luis Fernández Alonso (born 1959) is a Spanish born Colombian botanist. He has published over 20 papers since 1987. Biography He was born in Encinas de Esgueva in the Province of Valladolid, Spain. He graduated in the field of Biology at the Universidad de Salamanca and worked at the Royal Botanical Garden of M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sereny%20test
The Sereny test is a test used to test the invasiveness of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli, Shigella species, and Listeria monocytogenes. It is done by inoculating suspension of bacteria into guinea pig's eye. Severe mucopurulent conjunctivitis and severe keratitis indicates a positive test. References Medical tests...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Stone%20Mosher
Harry Stone Mosher (August 31, 1915 – March 2, 2001) was an American chemist and the discoverer of Mosher's acid. Early life Mosher attended Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, where he received a bachelor's degree in chemistry in 1937. He went on to Oregon State University, where he earned a master's degree in 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning%20SQUID%20microscopy
In condensed matter physics, scanning SQUID microscopy is a technique where a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) is used to image surface magnetic field strength with micrometre-scale resolution. A tiny SQUID is mounted onto a tip which is then rastered near the surface of the sample to be measured. As...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sider
Sider is the surname of several people: Ron Sider (born 17 September 1939), Canadian-born American theologian and social activist. Theodore Sider ("Ted"), American philosopher specializing in metaphysics and philosophy of language. Lizzie Sider (born 1997 or 1998) (Elizabeth Sophia Sider), American singer-songwriter. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi%20Pierce
Naomi E. Pierce (born 1954) is an American entomologist and evolutionary biologist who studies plant-herbivore coevolution and is a world authority on butterflies. She is the Hessel Professor of Biology and Curator of Lepidoptera in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University. Educatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirillov%20model
In mathematics, the Kirillov model, studied by , is a realization of a representation of GL2 over a local field on a space of functions on the local field. If G is the algebraic group GL2 and F is a non-Archimedean local field, and τ is a fixed nontrivial character of the additive group of F and π is an irreducible re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20Smith%20%28aircraft%20designer%29
Herbert Smith (1 May 1889 – 1977) was a British aircraft designer. Smith was born in Bradley, North Yorkshire, England, on 1 May 1889. As a youth, he attended Keighley Boys Grammar School, in West Yorkshire. Smith subsequently attended Bradford Technical College, graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinosphaerites
Echinosphaerites is a genus of rhombiferan cystoid echinoderms that lived in the Early to Middle Ordovician of North America and Europe (Bockelie, 1981). Biology Echinosphaerites had branched biserial brachioles which is rare for species belonging to the Class Rhombifera. Echinosphaerites had a skeletal meshwork like...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Nye%20%28scientist%29
John Frederick Nye (26 February 1923 – 8 January 2019) was a British physicist and glaciologist. He was the first to apply plasticity to understand glacier flow. Career His early work was on the physics of plasticity, spanning ice rheology, ice flow mechanics, laboratory ice flow measurements, glacier surges, meltwat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moufang%20polygon
In mathematics, Moufang polygons are a generalization by Jacques Tits of the Moufang planes studied by Ruth Moufang, and are irreducible buildings of rank two that admit the action of root groups. In a book on the topic, Tits and Richard Weiss classify them all. An earlier theorem, proved independently by Tits and Wei...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity%20and%20the%20Mind
Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite is a popular mathematics book by American mathematician, computer scientist, and science fiction writer Rudy Rucker. Synopsis The book contains accessible popular expositions on the mathematical theory of infinity, and a number of related topics. Thes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardness%20of%20approximation
In computer science, hardness of approximation is a field that studies the algorithmic complexity of finding near-optimal solutions to optimization problems. Scope Hardness of approximation complements the study of approximation algorithms by proving, for certain problems, a limit on the factors with which their solu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittaker%20model
In representation theory, a branch of mathematics, the Whittaker model is a realization of a representation of a reductive algebraic group such as GL2 over a finite or local or global field on a space of functions on the group. It is named after E. T. Whittaker even though he never worked in this area, because pointed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nencki%20Institute%20of%20Experimental%20Biology%20of%20the%20Polish%20Academy%20of%20Sciences
The Nencki Institute of Experimental Biology is a Polish scientific research organization and a part of Polish Academy of Sciences headquartered in Warsaw, Poland. Founded in 1918, it is a leading institution in the country in the field of neurobiology, molecular biology, and biochemistry. About the Institute The Ins...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite%20broom
In topology, a branch of mathematics, the infinite broom is a subset of the Euclidean plane that is used as an example distinguishing various notions of connectedness. The closed infinite broom is the closure of the infinite broom, and is also referred to as the broom space. Definition The infinite broom is the subset...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napkin%20folding%20problem
The napkin folding problem is a problem in geometry and the mathematics of paper folding that explores whether folding a square or a rectangular napkin can increase its perimeter. The problem is known under several names, including the Margulis napkin problem, suggesting it is due to Grigory Margulis, and the Arnold's ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20recoil
In nuclear physics, atomic recoil is the result of the interaction of an atom with an energetic elementary particle, when the momentum of the interacting particle is transferred to the atom as a whole without altering non-translational degrees of freedom of the atom. It is a purely quantum phenomenon. Atomic recoil was...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierolomorphidae
The Sierolomorphidae are a family of 13 extant species of wasps, in the genera Sierolomorpha and Proscleroderma, mostly found in the Northern Hemisphere. They are rare and very little is known of their biology. A fossil species Loreisomorpha nascimbenei has also been placed in the family. The coxa (basal segment of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewilding%20%28conservation%20biology%29
Rewilding is a form of ecological restoration aimed at increasing biodiversity and restoring natural processes. It differs from ecological restoration in that, while human intervention may be involved, rewilding aspires to reduce human influence on ecosystems. It is also distinct in that, while it places emphasis on re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miodrag%20Petkovi%C4%87
Miodrag S. Petković (born 10 February 1948 in Niš, Serbia in the former Yugoslavia) is a mathematician and computer scientist. In 1991 he became a full professor of mathematics at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš in Serbia. Biography Petković specializes in the theory of iterative processes for...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immobilization
Immobilization may refer to: Chemistry Enzyme immobilization, a concept in organic chemistry Immobilization (soil science), the absorption of decomposed organic matter by micro-organisms Whole cell immobilization, a biochemistry method Medicine Immobilization (healing), holding an injured joint or bone in place w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenScientist
OpenScientist is an integration of open source products working together to do scientific visualization and data analysis, in particular for high energy physics (HEP). Among other things, it contains a light C++ AIDA implementation that can be used to run the histogramming part of Geant4 examples. External links D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry%20Shirkov
Dmitry Vasil'evich Shirkov (; 3 March 1928 – 23 January 2016) was a Russian theoretical physicist, known for his contribution to quantum field theory and to the development of the renormalization group method. Biography Dmitry Shirkov graduated from the Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University (MSU) in 1949. In ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lida%20Holmes%20Mattman
Lida Holmes Mattman Ph.D. (1912–2008) was an immunologist. She graduated with a M.S. in Virology from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. in Immunology from Yale University. Mattman taught in the fields of immunology, microbiology, bacteriology, virology and pathology for over 30 years. She worked at various schools...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moscow%20State%20University%20Faculty%20of%20Physics
The Fizfak (Faculty of Physics) of Moscow State University is one of the most esteemed faculties of Moscow State University, widely regarded by students as one of the toughest faculties in the university. It was established in 1933. The current dean of the faculty - Nikolay Sysoev. Departments of the faculty Departmen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%20C.%20Bank
Lawrence C. Bank is the associate provost for research at The City College of New York and a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Grove School of Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin and the District of Columbia. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Civ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Coleman
Jonathan Coleman may refer to: Jonathan Coleman (author) (born 1951), American author Jonathan Coleman (politician) (born 1966), New Zealand politician Jonathan Coleman (physicist) (born 1973), professor of chemical physics Jonathan Coleman (presenter) (1956–2021), English-Australian television personality Jon Coleman...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunford%E2%80%93Schwartz%20theorem
In mathematics, particularly functional analysis, the Dunford–Schwartz theorem, named after Nelson Dunford and Jacob T. Schwartz, states that the averages of powers of certain norm-bounded operators on L1 converge in a suitable sense. Statement of the theorem The statement is no longer true when the boundedness co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurgis%20Jurgelis
Jurgis Jurgelis (born 9 August 1942 in Šiauliai, Generalbezirk Litauen, Reichskommissariat Ostland) is a mathematics teacher, politician, and signatory of the 1990 Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania. References 1942 births Living people People from Šiauliai 20th-century Lithuanian politicians Membe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%20tetrahedron
In geometry, the Hill tetrahedra are a family of space-filling tetrahedra. They were discovered in 1896 by M. J. M. Hill, a professor of mathematics at the University College London, who showed that they are scissor-congruent to a cube. Construction For every , let be three unit vectors with angle between every t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futuna%20Plate
The Futuna Plate is a very small tectonic plate located near the south Pacific island of Futuna. It is sandwiched between the Pacific Plate to the north and the Australian Plate to the south with the Niuafo'ou Plate to the east. References Bird, P. (2003) An updated digital model of plate boundaries, Geochemistry, Ge...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio%20Spedicato
Emilio Spedicato (born 1945) is full professor of operations research at the University of Bergamo in Italy. He attended the Liceo Classico Manzoni, obtaining (with Enrico Camporesi, now medical professor in Florida) the highest score in northern Italy at the final exams. He graduated in physics at Milan University an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inoue%E2%80%93Hirzebruch%20surface
In mathematics, a Inoue–Hirzebruch surface is a complex surface with no meromorphic functions introduced by . They have Kodaira dimension κ = −∞, and are non-algebraic surfaces of class VII with positive second Betti number. studied some higher-dimensional analogues. See also List of algebraic surfaces References C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyano%20radical
The cyano radical (or cyanido radical) is a radical with molecular formula CN, sometimes written •CN. The cyano radical was one of the first detected molecules in the interstellar medium, in 1938. Its detection and analysis was influential in astrochemistry. The discovery was confirmed with a coudé spectrograph, which ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neeru%20Khosla
Neeru Khosla (born 1955/1956) is the co-founder and chair of the non-profit CK12 Foundation. Early life Having grown up in India and England, Khosla wanted to be a doctor. She had an aptitude for science, but the prerequisite for medicine of animal dissection pushed her to pursue microbiology instead. Khosla focused ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Hershkowitz
Daniel Hershkowitz (; born 2 January 1953 in Haifa, Israel) is an Israeli politician, mathematician, and Orthodox rabbi. Since 2018, he has headed the . He is professor emeritus of mathematics at the Technion, and is also rabbi of the Ahuza neighborhood in Haifa. He was president of Bar-Ilan University from 2013-17. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadia%20Rosenthal
Nadia A. Rosenthal FMedSci is a scientist who specializes in heart development related research. Rosenthal began her undergraduate degree at the University of Wales and then transferred to Harvard. She received her PhD from Harvard Medical School and was an associate professor of biochemistry at Boston University and a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restricted-access%20barrier%20system
A restricted-access barrier system (RABS) is an installation which is used in many industries, such as pharmaceutical, medical, chemical, electrical engineering where a controlled atmosphere is needed. The RABS provides a physical barrier between workers and production areas. See also Clean room References Filters...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzenoid
In organic chemistry, benzenoids are a class of organic compounds with at least one benzene ring. These compounds have increased stability due to resonance in the benzene rings. Most aromatic hydrocarbons are benzenoid. Notable counterexamples are cyclooctadecanonaene, azulene and trans-bicalicene. See also Quinoid A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Pentyne
2-Pentyne, an organic compound, is an internal alkyne. It is an isomer of 1-pentyne, a terminal alkyne. Synthesis 2-Pentyne can be synthesized by the rearrangement 1-pentyne in a solution of ethanolic potassium hydroxide or NaNH2/NH3. References External links NIST Chemistry WebBook page for 2-pentyne Alkynes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genopolitics
Genopolitics is the study of the genetic basis of political behavior and attitudes. It combines behavior genetics, psychology, and political science and it is closely related to the emerging fields of neuropolitics (the study of the neural basis of political attitudes and behavior) and political physiology (the study o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinesiogenomics
Kinesiogenomics refers to the study of genetics in the various disciplines of the field of kinesiology, the study of human movement. The field has also been referred to as "exercise genomics" or "exercisenomics." Areas of study within kinesiogenomics include the role of gene sequence variation (i.e., alleles) in sport ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyonium%20ion
In chemistry, a lyonium ion is the cation derived by the protonation of a solvent molecule. For example, a hydronium ion is formed by the protonation of water, and is the cation formed by the protonation of methanol. Its counterpart is a lyate ion, the anion formed by the deprotonation of a solvent molecule. Lyonium...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyate%20ion
In chemistry, a lyate ion is the anion derived by the deprotonation of a solvent molecule. For example, a hydroxide ion is formed by the deprotonation of water, and methoxide () is the anion formed by the deprotonation of methanol. Its counterpart is a lyonium ion, the cation formed by the protonation of a solvent mol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy%20%28astrophysics%29
In astrophysics, what is referred to as "entropy" is actually the adiabatic constant derived as follows. Using the first law of thermodynamics for a quasi-static, infinitesimal process for a hydrostatic system For an ideal gas in this special case, the internal energy, U, is only a function of the temperature T; ther...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Veryard
Richard Veryard FRSA (born 1955) is a British computer scientist, author and business consultant, known for his work on service-oriented architecture and the service-based business. Biography Veryard attended Sevenoaks School from 1966 to 1972, where he attended classes by Gerd Sommerhoff. He received his MA Mathemati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt%20%28disambiguation%29
Volt (symbol V) is the SI derived unit for electromotive force and potential difference, named after Alessandro Volta. Volt or Volts may also refer to: Electrical measurement electron volt (eV), a unit of energy in physics volt-ampere (VA), a unit used to measure the apparent power in an electrical circuit volt-a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerd%20Sommerhoff
Gerd Walter Christian Sommerhoff OBE (1915-2002) was a secondary school science teacher in the UK who focused on neuroscience. Early life and family Sommerhoff and his twin sister were born in Wiesbaden, Germany, to Elizabeth Ruher and Walter Georg Sommerhoff, a wealthy banker who was born in New York to German mercha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin%20Radkowsky
Alvin Radkowsky (30 June 1915 – 17 February 2002) was an American nuclear physicist and chief scientist at U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion division. His work in the 1950s led to major advances in nuclear-ship technology and civilian use of nuclear power. Biography Radkowsky was a native of Elizabeth, New Jersey. He studi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaregraph
In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, a squaregraph is a type of undirected graph that can be drawn in the plane in such a way that every bounded face is a quadrilateral and every vertex with three or fewer neighbors is incident to an unbounded face. Related graph classes The squaregraphs include as special cases ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICRANet
ICRANet, the International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics Network, is an international organization which promotes research activities in relativistic astrophysics and related areas. Its members are four countries and three Universities and Research Centers: Armenia, the Federative Republic of Brazil, Italian Rep...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20R.%20Dickens
Gerald R. Dickens is Professor of Earth Science at Trinity College Dublin, and is a researcher into the history of the world’s oceans, with respect to the changing patterns of their geology, chemistry and biology. 'Jerry' Dickens's degrees are a PhD from the University of Michigan in Oceanography (1996), M.S. from the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennady%20Simeonovich%20Osipov
Gennady Simeonovich Osipov (October 13, 1948 - 07 July 2020) was a Russian scientist, holding a Ph.D. and a Dr. Sci. in theoretical computer science, information technologies and artificial intelligence. He was the vice-president of the Institute for Systems Analysis of the Russian Academy of Sciences, professor at the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mathematics%20education%20journals
This is a list of notable academic journals in the field of mathematics education. C College Mathematics Journal E Educational Studies in Mathematics F For the Learning of Mathematics I International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education Investigations in Mathematics Learning J Journal for Research in Mathe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20easement
A solar easement is a right, expressed as an easement, restriction, covenant, or condition contained in any deed, contract, or other written instrument executed by or on behalf of any landowner for the purpose of assuring adequate access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems. Features A typical solar easement e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA%20Biology
RNA Biology is the leading peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of ribonucleic acid (RNA) research. It is indexed for MEDLINE. The editor-in-chief is Renée Schroeder (University of Vienna). Wikipedia initiative The journal launched a new section for descriptions of families of RNA molecules in December 2008 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazhko%20effect
The Blazhko effect, also known as the Tseraskaya–Blazhko effect, and which is sometimes called long-period modulation, is a variation in period and amplitude in RR Lyrae type variable stars. It was first observed by Sergey Blazhko in 1907 in the star RW Draconis. The physics behind the Blazhko effect is currently sti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplex%20graph
In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, the simplex graph of an undirected graph is itself a graph, with one node for each clique (a set of mutually adjacent vertices) in . Two nodes of are linked by an edge whenever the corresponding two cliques differ in the presence or absence of a single vertex. The empty set...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread%20angle
In mechanical engineering, the thread angle of a screw is the included angle between the thread flanks, measured in a plane containing the thread axis. This is a defining factor for the shape of a screw thread. Standard values include: References Notes Bibliography . Screws Metalworking terminology Threading (man...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operator%20space
In functional analysis, a discipline within mathematics, an operator space is a normed vector space (not necessarily a Banach space) "given together with an isometric embedding into the space B(H) of all bounded operators on a Hilbert space H.". The appropriate morphisms between operator spaces are completely bounded m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derrick%20Niederman
Derrick Corson Niederman is an author, mathematician, game designer, and national squash champion. His most recent game, 36 Cube, has been described by Reuters as "a wolf in sheep's clothing" because its simple design belies the sophisticated mathematical intuition required for the solution. He received a B.A. in math...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational%20Studies%20in%20Mathematics
Educational Studies in Mathematics is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering mathematics education. It was established by Hans Freudenthal in 1968. The journal is published by Springer Science+Business Media and the editors-in-chief are Susanne Prediger (Technical University of Dortmund) and David Wagner (University...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka%20Institute%20for%20DNA%20Research
The Karnataka Institute for DNA research (KIDNAR) is an autonomous medical institution at Karnatak University, Dharwad. History The department of Applied genetics of Karnatak University received a research grant of 4.10 crores from Department of Medical Education and Higher Education, Government of Karnataka to establ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective%20intelligence
Collective intelligence (CI) is shared or group intelligence (GI) that emerges from the collaboration, collective efforts, and competition of many individuals and appears in consensus decision making. The term appears in sociobiology, political science and in context of mass peer review and crowdsourcing applications. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histochemistry%20and%20Cell%20Biology
Histochemistry and Cell Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of molecular histology and cell biology, publishing original articles dealing with the localization and identification of molecular components, metabolic activities, and cell biological aspects of cells and tissues. The journal covers th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alden%20Research%20Laboratory
Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. (Alden) (Holden, Massachusetts) was founded in 1894 as part of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). It is the oldest continuously operating hydraulic laboratory in the United States. Today, as an independent entity, Alden has become a recognized leader in the field of fluid dynamics re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josep%20Torrellas
Josep Torrellas (born 1963, Montblanc, Spain) is Professor and Willett Faculty Scholar in the Department of Computer Science and a research faculty for the Universal Parallel Computing Research Center at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign. Torrellas's research area is computer architecture, focusing on specula...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choleretic
Choleretics are substances that increase the volume of secretion of bile from the liver as well as the amount of solids secreted. By stimulating the production of bile, the body is better able to release toxins and through acting as a natural laxative and improving detox capacity of Cells and Tissue (biology). See al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minjoong%20Yoon
Minjoong Yoon (born September 8, 1948) is a South Korean chemist and professor. Chemistry Yoon specializes in nano and molecular scale photochemistry and photonics. He is well known for the studies of space and time resolved fluorescence/Raman spectroscopy that has been conducted at the Laboratory for Molecular-Nano P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Electroanalytical%20Chemistry
The Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on electroanalytical chemistry, published by Elsevier twice per month. It was originally established in 1959 under the current name, but was known as the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Electrochemistry from 1967 to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu%2013
CHU 13 medium is a culture medium used in microbiology for the growth of certain algal species, first published by S.P. Chu in 1942. It is used as growth medium for the biofuel candidate alga Botryococcus braunii. CHU 13 includes essential minerals and trace elements that are required by algae for growth, but does no...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Norman%20Meldrum
Andrew Norman Meldrum (1876, Alloa – 1934, Edinburgh) was a Scottish scientist known for his work in organic chemistry and for his studies of the history of chemistry. It has been claimed that Meldrum's acid "is the only chemical to be named after a Scotsman." He was educated at Robert Gordon's College in Aberdeen, t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Baldi
Pierre Baldi is a distinguished professor of computer science at University of California Irvine and the director of its Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics. Education and early life Born in Rome (Italy), Pierre Baldi received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees at the University of Paris, in F...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot%20Award
Robot Award is an annual awards event set up by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) in 2006. It aims to promote research and development for the commercialization of robots and the use of robotics. In 2008, eight winners were selected from 65 applications. Robots that have provided outstanding servi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal%20mappings
Minimal mappings are the result of an advanced technique of semantic matching, a technique used in computer science to identify information which is semantically related. Semantic matching has been proposed as a valid solution to the semantic heterogeneity problem, namely, supporting diversity in knowledge. Given any ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThalesNano
ThalesNano, Inc. is a company that produces products for chemists, mainly in the field of flow chemistry. Its headquarters are in Budapest, Hungary with representation in Europe, North America and Asia. ThalesNano was spun out of ComGenex, Inc in 2002 to commercialize ComGenex’s innovations in the areas of microfluidic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Angel
Edward Stanley Angel (born January 6, 1944) is an emeritus professor of computer science at the University of New Mexico. He has published numerous books and journal articles including many successful titles on OpenGL. References University of New Mexico faculty 1944 births Living people
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Ponting
Christopher Paul Ponting is a British computational biologist, specializing in the evolution and function of genes and genomes. He is currently Chair of Medical Bioinformatics at the University of Edinburgh and group leader in the MRC Human Genetics Unit. He is also an Associate Faculty member of the Wellcome Trust Sa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Streisinger
George Streisinger (December 27, 1927 – August 11, 1984) was an American molecular biologist and co-founder of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon. He was the first person to clone a vertebrate, cloning zebrafish in his University of Oregon laboratory. He also pioneered work in the genetics o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Cassidy%20%28chancellor%29
John Marcus Cassidy , an Australian engineer and pastoralist, was the sixth Chancellor of the University of New England, serving from 2004 until 2008. Biography Much of Cassidy’s career was in civil engineering. He studied at the University of Newcastle, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering (Civil). His c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Canny
John F. Canny (born in 1958) is an Australian computer scientist, and Paul E Jacobs and Stacy Jacobs Distinguished Professor of Engineering in the Computer Science Department of the University of California, Berkeley. He has made significant contributions in various areas of computer science and mathematics, including ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristina%20Lopes
Cristina Videira Lopes is a Professor of Informatics and Computer Science at University of California, Irvine. Prior to being a professor, she was a Research Scientist at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). While at PARC, she was most known as a founder of the group that developed Aspect-Oriented Programming (A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20Henry%20Burkill
Isaac Henry Burkill (18 May 1870 – 8 March 1965) was an English botanist who worked in India and in the Straits Settlements (present day Singapore). He worked primarily in economic botany but published extensively on plant biology, ethno-botany, insect-plant interactions and described several species. He published a tw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nahid%20Shahmehri
Nahid Shahmehri is a professor of Computer Science at Linköping University and also Senior Member of IEEE, specializing in computer and network security issues. References External links Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American expatriate academics Academic staff of Linköping University