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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoball%20batteries | Nanoball batteries are an experimental type of battery with either the cathode or anode made of nanosized balls that can be composed of various materials such as carbon and lithium iron phosphate. Batteries which use nanotechnology are more capable than regular batteries because of the vastly improved surface area whi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%20Ng | Yi-Ren Ng (born September 21, 1979) is a Malaysian American scientist who is an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He was the founder, executive chairman and CEO of Lytro, a Mountain View, California-based startup company. Lytro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther%20Clauss | Günther F. Clauss (born December 31, 1939) is a German professor for Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering.
Scientific career
Clauss studied technical physics at the Technical Universities at Munich (B.Sc.) and Berlin (M.Sc -1964.), and completed his doctorate at the Institute of Aerospace (Technical University B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Weber%20%28mathematician%29 | Richard Robert Weber (born 25 February 1953) is a mathematician working in operational research. He is Emeritus Churchill Professor of Mathematics for Operational Research in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge.
Weber was educated at Walnut Hills High School, Solihull School and Downing College, Cambri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20P.%20Landau | David P. Landau (born June 22, 1941) is distinguished research professor of physics and founding director of the Center for Simulational Physics at the University of Georgia. In 1967, he received his PhD at Yale University under the direction of Werner P. Wolf. Two years later, he moved to the University of Georgia. Al... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20F.%20Thompson | Joe F. Thompson is an American aerospace engineer. Thompson is the William L. Giles Distinguished Professor at the Mississippi State University and Director, DoD Programming Environment & Training Center. He is known for his contributions to the fields of computational fluid dynamics, especially in the area of grid gen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20P.%20Christie | Thomas Philip Christie (born May 28, 1934 in Pensacola, Florida) is an American defense analyst who worked for the U.S. government.
Christie graduated from Spring Hill College with a B.S. degree in mathematics in May 1955 and from New York University with an M.S. degree in applied mathematics in September 1962.
Chris... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOSS%20%28molecular%20mechanics%29 | Biochemical and Organic Simulation System (BOSS) is a general-purpose molecular modeling program that performs molecular mechanics calculations, Metropolis Monte Carlo statistical mechanics simulations, and semiempirical Austin Model 1 (AM1), PM3, and PDDG/PM3 quantum mechanics calculations. The molecular mechanics cal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical%20algorithmics | In computer science, empirical algorithmics (or experimental algorithmics) is the practice of using empirical methods to study the behavior of algorithms. The practice combines algorithm development and experimentation: algorithms are not just designed, but also implemented and tested in a variety of situations. In thi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holger%20H.%20Hoos | Holger H. Hoos is a German-Canadian computer scientist and a Alexander von Humboldt-professor of artificial intelligence at RWTH Aachen University. He also holds a part-time appointment as a professor of machine learning at Leiden University, and he is an adjunct professor at the Computer Science Department of the Univ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioinformatics%2C%20and%20Empirical%20%26%20Theoretical%20Algorithmics%20Lab | The Bioinformatics, and Empirical and Theoretical Algorithmics Laboratory (BETA Lab or short β) is a research laboratory within the UBC Department of Computer Science. Founded in 2000 by Anne Condon, Will Evans, Holger H. Hoos, David G. Kirkpatrick and Nick Pippenger, the BETA Lab is the focus of research in bioinforma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga%20Speranskaya | Olga Speranskaya () is a Russian scientist and environmentalist. She has been the Director of the Chemical Safety Program at the Eco-Accord Center for Environment and Sustainable Development in Moscow since 1997 and holds a master's degree in Geophysics from Moscow State University, and a doctorate in Environmental phy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana%20Statewide%20Testing%20for%20Educational%20Progress-Plus | Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus (usually referred to simply as ISTEP or ISTEP+) was an annual No Child Left Behind test designed by the Indiana Department of Education to measure students' mastery of basic skills, particularly reading, writing, and mathematics. Before 2009 it was administered in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana%20Educational%20Assessment%20Program | The Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) is a criterion-reference testing program administered by the state of Louisiana. It is administered to all students from 3rd grade through 8th grade in the subjects of ELA, mathematics, science, and social studies. There are five levels of achievement: Unsatisfactory,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota%20Comprehensive%20Assessments%E2%80%94Series%20II | The Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments— Series II (MCA-II) are the state tests measuring student progress for districts to meet the NCLB requirements. Mathematics are tested in grades 3-8 and 11. Reading is assessed in grades 3–8, writing in grade 9, and science is given in grades 5 and 8.
Students take one test in e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio%20Achievement%20Assessment | Karyah's Ohio Achievement Assessment (Karyah commonly stylized as the OAA) is a standardized test meeting NCLB requirements. Grades 3-8 are tested in reading, mathematics, science, social studies, and writing. Before 2010, the Ohio Achievement Assessment was known as the Ohio Achievement Test.
Students in grades 1,2,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmetto%20Assessment%20of%20State%20Standards | The Palmetto Assessment of State Standards is a United States standards-aligned test designed to meet No Child Left Behind (NCLB) requirements taken by students in the state of South Carolina. It is administered in grades 3–8 in writing, language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.
The Palmetto Assessment ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste%20Georges%20Darzens | Auguste Georges Darzens (12 July 1867 in Moscow, Russia – 10 September 1954) was a Russian-born French organic chemist.
Biography
From 1886 he studied at the École Polytechnique in Paris under Louis Édouard Grimaux. In 1895 he received his agrégation in physics and in 1899 his medical doctorate. From 1913 to 1937, he ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncoupling | Uncoupling or uncouple may refer to:
Uncoupling (neuropsychopharmacology), changes in neurochemical binding sites as a consequence of drug tolerance.
An uncoupling protein in cell biology.
An uncoupling agent in cell biology.
Uncoupling (or decoupling) rail vehicles.
See also
Decoupling (disambiguation)
Coup... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purnell%20equation | The Purnell equation is an equation used in analytical chemistry to calculate the resolution Rs between two peaks in a chromatogram.
where
Rs is the resolution between the two peaks
N2 is the plate number of the second peak
α is the separation factor between the two peaks
k '2 is the retention factor of the second... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do-it-yourself%20biology | Do-it-yourself biology (DIY biology, DIY bio) is a biotechnological social movement in which individuals, communities, and small organizations study biology and life science using the same methods as traditional research institutions. DIY biology is primarily undertaken by individuals with limited research training fro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20H.%20Davis | Stephen Howard Davis (September 7, 1939 – November 12, 2021) was an American applied mathematician working in the fields of fluid mechanics and materials science. Davis was the McCormick School Institute Professor and the Walter P. Murphy Professor of Applied Mathematics at Northwestern University.
Davis has been list... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%20averaging | Signal averaging is a signal processing technique applied in the time domain, intended to increase the strength of a signal relative to noise that is obscuring it. By averaging a set of replicate measurements, the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) will be increased, ideally in proportion to the square root of the number of m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFCA | PFCA may refer to:
Biology
Protein-fragment complementation assay
Chemistry
Perfluorinated carboxylic acid
Sensing Technology
The Planar Fourier Capture Array, a tiny camera built entirely in standard CMOS |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Reiche | Hans Reiche (28 November 1914 – 30 September 2000) was an electrical engineer and philatelist who became a world authority on Canadian stamps.
Life
Born in Berlin, Reiche received a Master of Science degree in electrical engineering from the Berlin Technical University in 1936, before travelling first to England in 1... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themara | Themara is a genus of tephritid or fruit flies in the family Tephritidae. Many species have the head elongated sideways with the eyes placed on the extensions. Their biology is largely unknown but are thought to breed on rotting wooden logs or tree trunks.
There are about 10 species distributed in South and Southeast ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Ippolito | Jon Ippolito is an artist, educator, new media scholar, and former curator at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Ippolito studied astrophysics and painting in the early 1980s, then pursued Internet art in the 1990s. His works explore digitally induced collaboration and networking, a theme that is prominent in his later ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20Physics%20%28journal%29 | Solar Physics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published monthly by Springer Science+Business Media. The editors-in-chief are Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi (various affiliations), John Leibacher
(National Solar Observatory, and Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale), Cristina Mandrini
(Universidad de Buenos Aires), and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual%20Review%20of%20Biophysics | The Annual Review of Biophysics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published annually by Annual Reviews. It covers all aspects of biophysics with solicited review articles. Ken A. Dill has been its editor since 2013. As of 2023, Annual Review of Biophysics is being published as open access, under the Subscribe to Op... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Seymour | Jamie Seymour is an Australian toxinologist. He has been a lecturer and researcher at James Cook University since 1996 and gained Professorship in 2019. Professor Seymour started his academic career as a lecturer in the School of Tropical Biology at James Cook University. He is currently a member of the Australian Inst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Physics%20%28journal%29 | Nuclear Physics A, Nuclear Physics B, Nuclear Physics B: Proceedings Supplements and discontinued Nuclear Physics are peer-reviewed scientific journals published by Elsevier. The scope of Nuclear Physics A is nuclear and hadronic physics, and that of Nuclear Physics B is high energy physics, quantum field theory, stat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCR | ASCR may refer to:
Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (renamed as Czech Academy of Sciences, however)
Adult stem cell research
AS Choisy-le-Roi, a French football club
ASUS Smart Contrast Ratio, a vendor-specific rating for dynamic contrast ratio
Advanced Scientific Computing Research, a program office at ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Nuclear%20Physics | Institute of Nuclear Physics may refer to:
Albanian Institute of Nuclear Physics
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Russia
Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics, Germany
Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences
Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, India
Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Physics,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20physics%20%28disambiguation%29 | Nuclear physics may refer to:
Nuclear physics
High energy nuclear physics
Nuclear Physics (journal)
Nuclear Physics News
Office of Nuclear Physics, United States Department of Energy
See also
Institute of Nuclear Physics (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20limit | A quantum limit in physics is a limit on measurement accuracy at quantum scales. Depending on the context, the limit may be absolute (such as the Heisenberg limit), or it may only apply when the experiment is conducted with naturally occurring quantum states (e.g. the standard quantum limit in interferometry) and can ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Wayne%20Jones | Alan Wayne Jones (born 7 October 1945) is a researcher and scholarly writer on the subject of forensic toxicology and human physiology relating to alcohol consumption. Jones was born in Pontypridd, Wales, UK, but worked for most of his career in Sweden.
Career
Jones received his PhD in chemistry from the University of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transient%20neonatal%20diabetes | Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus (TNDM) is a form of neonatal diabetes presenting at birth that is not permanent. This disease is considered to be a type of maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY).
Types
Cause
This condition has to do with genetics and is often associated with having an added Chromosome 7 gen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim%20Tank%20Belarusian%20State%20Pedagogical%20University | Maksim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University also known as BSPU () is a university in Minsk, Belarus. It specialises in teacher training of mathematics, chemistry, physics, psychology, geography, history, languages and others for primary and secondary schools.
History
Minsk State Pedagogical University (first n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow%20pushing | Arrow pushing or electron pushing is a technique used to describe the progression of organic chemistry reaction mechanisms. It was first developed by Sir Robert Robinson. In using arrow pushing, "curved arrows" or "curly arrows" are drawn on the structural formulae of reactants in a chemical equation to show the react... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological%20University%20of%20Pereira | The Technological University of Pereira () is a national public research university in Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia. The university is located in the southeast of the city.
The university offers studies in engineering (Industrial engineering, Engineering physics, Systems engineering and Computer science, Electrical en... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatness%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, the flatness (symbol: ⏥) of a surface is the degree to which it approximates a mathematical plane. The term is often generalized for higher-dimensional manifolds to describe the degree to which they approximate the Euclidean space of the same dimensionality. (See curvature.)
Flatness in homological alg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatness%20%28manufacturing%29 | In manufacturing and mechanical engineering, flatness is an important geometric condition for workpieces and tools. Flatness is the condition of a surface or derived median plane having all elements in one plane.
In the manufacture of precision parts and assemblies, especially where parts will be required to be connec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcinkiewicz%E2%80%93Zygmund%20inequality | In mathematics, the Marcinkiewicz–Zygmund inequality, named after Józef Marcinkiewicz and Antoni Zygmund, gives relations between moments of a collection of independent random variables. It is a generalization of the rule for the sum of variances of independent random variables to moments of arbitrary order. It is a sp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetization%20dynamics | In physics, magnetization dynamics is the branch of solid-state physics that describes the evolution of the magnetization of a material.
Rotation Physics
A magnetic moment in the presence of a magnetic field experiences a torque that attempts to bring the moment and field vectors into alignment. The classical expr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadi%20Sardanashvily | Gennadi Sardanashvily (; March 13, 1950 – September 1, 2016) was a theoretical physicist, a principal research scientist of Moscow State University.
Biography
Gennadi Sardanashvily graduated from Moscow State University (MSU) in 1973, he was a Ph.D. student of the Department of Theoretical Physics (MSU) in 1973–76, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Chemistry%20Set%20%28British%20band%29 | The Chemistry Set are a psychedelic band from London, United Kingdom. Composed of former members of bands in the late 1980s neo-psychedelic scene, the group received regular airplay on John Peel's show and appeared on Tony Wilson's BBC2 show, 100%.
Original career
The original line up consisted of Ashley Wood (rhythm ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex%20stretching | In fluid dynamics, vortex stretching is the lengthening of vortices in three-dimensional fluid flow, associated with a corresponding increase of the component of vorticity in the stretching direction—due to the conservation of angular momentum.
Vortex stretching is associated with a particular term in the vorticity e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Beck | Sir Edgar Charles Beck CBE (11 May 1911 – 29 July 2000) was a British civil engineer. He was managing director, chairman then president of Mowlem, one of the largest construction and civil engineering companies in the United Kingdom.
He was educated at Lancing College and then Jesus College, Cambridge before joining M... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz%20Joachim%20Weyl | Fritz Joachim Weyl (February 19, 1915 – July 20, 1977) was a mathematician born in Zurich, Switzerland. He significantly contributed to research in mathematics. He taught mathematics at many universities, most notably at the George Washington University (GW or GWU), in Washington, D.C.
Early life
Fritz was the son of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instance-based%20learning | In machine learning, instance-based learning (sometimes called memory-based learning) is a family of learning algorithms that, instead of performing explicit generalization, compare new problem instances with instances seen in training, which have been stored in memory. Because computation is postponed until a new inst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasse%E2%80%93Arf%20theorem | In mathematics, specifically in local class field theory, the Hasse–Arf theorem is a result concerning jumps of the upper numbering filtration of the Galois group of a finite Galois extension. A special case of it when the residue fields are finite was originally proved by Helmut Hasse, and the general result was pro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislav%20Nikolaenko | Stanislav Nikolaevich Nikolaenko () is a Ukrainian politician. Acting Rector of the National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine. Leader of United Left and Peasants.
Stanislav Nikolaenko was born in 1956 in Kirovohrad region. Professor, PhD in teacher training science, in 2008 to obtain a degree o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Virginia%20Educational%20Standards%20Test | The West Virginia Educational Standards Test (WESTEST) is a criterion-referenced test measured student's knowledge of the West Virginia Content Standards. It is designed to meet NCLB requirements. Tests are administered in Science, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Reading/Language Arts in grades 3-11.
The WESTEST repo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin%20Knowledge%20and%20Concepts%20Examination | The Wisconsin Knowledge and Concepts Examination, usually referred to as the WKCE's, was a proficiency examination designed to meet the requirements of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation. It was administered in grades 3-8 and 10 in the subjects of reading, mathematics, science, language arts, and social studi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware%20Student%20Testing%20Program | The Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP) is a test designed to measure progress towards the Delaware Content Standards. Students are tested in grades 2–10 in reading and mathematics, grades 5, 8, and 10 in writing, and grades 4, 6, 8, and 11 in science and social studies.
The program has been criticized by parents ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menninger%20%28surname%29 | Menninger is a surname. Notable people with the surname or its variant Meningerg include:
Johann Matthias Menninger (1733–1793), Austrian actor
Karl Augustus Menninger (1893–1990), American psychiatrist
Karl Menninger (1898–1963), German teacher of and writer about mathematics
William Claire Menninger (1899–1966)
Roy ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure-based%20combinatorial%20protein%20engineering | Structure-based combinatorial protein engineering (SCOPE) is a synthetic biology technique for creating gene libraries (lineages) of defined composition designed from structural and probabilistic constraints of the encoded proteins. The development of this technique was driven by fundamental questions about protein str... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20MTV%20Video%20Music%20Awards%20Japan | The MTV Video Music Awards Japan 2003 were hosted by hip hop artist Zeebra and pop singer and actress Nana Katase
Awards
Winners are in bold text.
Source
Video of the Year
Rip Slyme — "Rakuen Baby"
Eminem — "Without Me"
Avril Lavigne — "Complicated"
Mr. Children — "Hero"
Hikaru Utada — "Sakura Drops"
Album of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20situ%20polymerization | In polymer chemistry, in situ polymerization is a preparation method that occurs "in the polymerization mixture" and is used to develop polymer nanocomposites from nanoparticles. There are numerous unstable oligomers (molecules) which must be synthesized in situ (i.e. in the reaction mixture but cannot be isolated on t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSE%20buffer | TSE or Tris/Saline/EDTA, is a buffer solution containing a mixture of Tris base, Sodium chloride and EDTA.
In molecular biology, TSE buffers are often used in procedures involving nucleic acids. Tris-acid solutions are effective buffers for slightly basic conditions, which keep DNA deprotonated and soluble in water. T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman%20de%20Bruyne | Norman Adrian de Bruyne FRS was born in Punta Arenas Chile on 8 November 1904, and baptised on 19 March 1905 at the Anglican St. James Church, by the Rev. Edwin Aspinall. His father was Dutch and his mother English. He grew up in England, studied science at the University of Cambridge and became a physics researcher. A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflexive%20closure | In mathematics, the reflexive closure of a binary relation on a set is the smallest reflexive relation on that contains A relation is called if it relates every element of to itself.
For example, if is a set of distinct numbers and means " is less than ", then the reflexive closure of is the relation " is le... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric%20closure | In mathematics, the symmetric closure of a binary relation on a set is the smallest symmetric relation on that contains
For example, if is a set of airports and means "there is a direct flight from airport to airport ", then the symmetric closure of is the relation "there is a direct flight either from to or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlastimil%20Kl%C3%ADma | RNDr. Vlastimil Klíma (born 19 February 1957 in Benešov, Czech Republic) is a leading cryptographer, computer security expert, and white hat hacker.
As an academic, he taught Applied Cryptography at the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University in Prague. He is the author of several works in the field o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostka%20number | In mathematics, the Kostka number (depending on two integer partitions and ) is a non-negative integer that is equal to the number of semistandard Young tableaux of shape and weight . They were introduced by the mathematician Carl Kostka in his study of symmetric functions ().
For example, if and , the Kostka num... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker%20News | Hacker News (sometimes abbreviated as HN) is a social news website focusing on computer science and entrepreneurship. It is run by the investment fund and startup incubator Y Combinator. In general, content that can be submitted is defined as "anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity."
The word hacker in "... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-coupling%20reaction | In organic chemistry, a cross-coupling reaction is a reaction where two different fragments are joined. Cross-couplings are a subset of the more general coupling reactions. Often cross-coupling reactions require metal catalysts. One important reaction type is this:
(R, R' = organic fragments, usually aryle; M = main... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterling%20Nesbitt | Sterling Nesbitt (born March 25, 1982, in Mesa, Arizona) is an American paleontologist best known for his work on the origin and early evolutionary patterns of archosaurs. He is currently an associate professor at Virginia Tech in the Department of Geosciences.
Biography
Sterling Nesbitt received his B.A. in integrati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindhard%20theory | In condensed matter physics, Lindhard theory is a method of calculating the effects of electric field screening by electrons in a solid. It is based on quantum mechanics (first-order perturbation theory) and the random phase approximation. It is named after Danish physicist Jens Lindhard, who first developed the theory... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Butterworth | Brian Lewis Butterworth FBA (born 3 January 1944) is emeritus professor of cognitive neuropsychology in the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London, England. His research has ranged from speech errors and pauses, short-term memory deficits, reading and the dyslexias both in alphabetic scripts a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20science%20in%20Estonia | The cornerstone of the Estonian cosmological research is the Tartu Observatory which was founded in 1812. The observatory itself has a long tradition of studying galaxies and theoretically modeling the structure of the universe and its formation. Till today this facility is Estonia's main research centre for astronomy ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renata%20Reisfeld | Renata Reisfeld (Hebrew: רנטה ריספלד, née Sobel) is an Israeli Professor of Chemistry and D.H.C. Enrique Berman Professor of Solar Energy at Institute of Chemistry of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, author of 532 scientific papers cited more than 30,000 times.
Biography
Renata Sobel was born in Chelm, Po... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Biophysics%20Journal | The European Biophysics Journal is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the European Biophysical Societies Association. The journal publishes papers in the field of biophysics, defining this as the study of biological phenomena using physical methods and concepts. It publishes original papers, revi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20M.%20Wilson | Richard Michael Wilson (23 November 1945) is a mathematician and a professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology. Wilson and his PhD supervisor Dijen K. Ray-Chaudhuri, solved Kirkman's schoolgirl problem in 1968. Wilson is known for his work in combinatorial mathematics, as well as on historical flutes.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural%20engineering%20theory | Structural engineering depends upon a detailed knowledge of loads, physics and materials to understand and predict how structures support and resist self-weight and imposed loads. To apply the knowledge successfully structural engineers will need a detailed knowledge of mathematics and of relevant empirical and theoret... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20in%20biology | Sodium ions () are necessary in small amounts for some types of plants, but sodium as a nutrient is more generally needed in larger amounts by animals, due to their use of it for generation of nerve impulses and for maintenance of electrolyte balance and fluid balance. In animals, sodium ions are necessary for the afor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanosiren | Nanosiren garciae is an extinct sirenian dugong that lived in warm shallow seas in what is now Venezuela, approximately 11.610—3.6 Ma during the Miocene and Pliocene. The species is listed in the Paleobiology Database, funded by the Australian Research Council.
In their book, Ecology and Conservation of the Sirenia: ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bow%20tie%20%28biology%29 | In the biological sciences, the term bow tie (so called for its shape) is a recent concept that tries to grasp the essence of some operational and functional structures observed in biological organisms and other kinds of complex and self-organizing systems. In general, bow tie architectures refer to ordered and recurre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITIES | In electrochemistry, ITIES (interface between two immiscible electrolyte solutions) is an electrochemical interface that is either polarisable or polarised. An ITIES is polarisable if one can change the Galvani potential difference, or in other words the difference of inner potentials between the two adjacent phases, w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical%20regularization | In physics and applied mathematics, analytical regularization is a technique used to convert boundary value problems which can be written as Fredholm integral equations of the first kind involving singular operators into equivalent Fredholm integral equations of the second kind. The latter may be easier to solve analyt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olusegun%20Adewoye | Olusegun O. Adewoye (1947–2015) was the director general and chief executive of the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI), Abuja, Nigeria.
Early life and education
Olusegun Oyeleke Adewoye (born 1947, Ilesa, Osun State, Nigeria; died 2015, Abuja, FCT, Nigeria) was a professor of Materials... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Garabedian | Paul Roesel Garabedian (August 2, 1927May 13, 2010) was a mathematician and numerical analyst. Garabedian was the Director-Division of Computational Fluid Dynamics at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University. He is known for his contributions to the fields of computational fluid dynamics and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piotr%20Kowalski | Piotr Kowalski (2 March 1927 – 7 January 2004) was a Polish artist, sculptor, and architect. Kowalski worked in non-traditional materials including electronic and mechanical devices, neon art, large earth works, explosions and other natural phenomena including plant growth and gravity. Kowalski attended MIT in order to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Popov | Victor Nikolaevich Popov (; 27 October 1937 – 16 April 1994) was a Russian theoretical physicist known for his contribution to the quantization of non-abelian gauge fields. His work with Ludvig Faddeev on that subject introduced the fundamental objects now known as Faddeev–Popov ghosts.
Popov graduated from the Dep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDMAI | 5,6-Methylenedioxy-N-methyl-2-aminoindane (MDMAI), is a drug developed in the 1990s by a team led by David E. Nichols at Purdue University. It acts as a non-neurotoxic and highly selective serotonin releasing agent (SSRA) in animals and a putative entactogen in humans.
Chemistry
MDMAI can be thought of as a cyclised ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand%20P.%20Beer | Ferdinand Pierre Beer (August 8, 1915 – April 30, 2003) was a French mechanical engineer and university professor. He spent most of his career as a member of the faculty at Lehigh University, where he served as the chairman of the mechanics and mechanical engineering departments. His most significant contribution was t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich%20Holland | Heinrich Dieter 'Dick' Holland (May 27, 1927 – May 21, 2012) was an emeritus professor in the Earth and Planetary Sciences department of Harvard University. He made major contributions to the understanding of the Earth's geochemistry, especially large-scale geochemical and biogeochemical cycles. He has also contribut... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier%20molecular%20orbital%20theory | In chemistry, frontier molecular orbital theory is an application of MO theory describing HOMO/LUMO interactions.
History
In 1952, Kenichi Fukui published a paper in the Journal of Chemical Physics titled "A molecular theory of reactivity in aromatic hydrocarbons." Though widely criticized at the time, he later share... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cegelec | Cegelec or Actemium is a French engineering company specialized in electrical infrastructure, HVAC, information technology, nuclear energy development, transport infrastructure, robotics and offering both public and private services. Cegelec was officially formed in 1989, and as of 2014 the company employs around 22,00... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedekind%E2%80%93Hasse%20norm | In mathematics, in particular the study of abstract algebra, a Dedekind–Hasse norm is a function on an integral domain that generalises the notion of a Euclidean function on Euclidean domains.
Definition
Let R be an integral domain and g : R → Z≥0 be a function from R to the non-negative integers. Denote by 0R the a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerium%20anomaly | The cerium anomaly, in geochemistry, is the phenomenon whereby cerium (Ce) concentration is either depleted or enriched in a rock relative to the other rare-earth elements (REEs). A Ce anomaly is said to be "negative" if Ce is depleted relative to the other REEs and is said to be "positive" if Ce is enriched relative t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shriek%20map | In category theory, a branch of mathematics, certain unusual functors are denoted and with the exclamation mark used to indicate that they are exceptional in some way. They are thus accordingly sometimes called shriek maps, with "shriek" being slang for an exclamation mark, though other terms are used, depending on c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kostka%20polynomial | In mathematics, Kostka polynomials, named after the mathematician Carl Kostka, are families of polynomials that generalize the Kostka numbers. They are studied primarily in algebraic combinatorics and representation theory.
The two-variable Kostka polynomials Kλμ(q, t) are known by several names including Kostka–Foul... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberdyne%20Inc. | Cyberdyne is a Japanese robotics and technology company most noted for the marketing and distribution of the HAL robotic exoskeleton suit.
History
Cyberdyne was founded on June 24, 2004, by Yoshiyuki Sankai, a professor at the University of Tsukuba. as a venture company to develop his ideas for an exoskeleton suit.
T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Craven%20%28economist%29 | John Anthony George Craven CBE (born 17 June 1949) is a British economist, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Portsmouth. In 2006, he founded the University Alliance, and served as its first chair until 2009.
Early life
John Craven was educated at Pinner County Grammar School, then King's College, Cambridge... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozmin%20Gu%C8%99%C4%83 | Cozmin Horea Gușă (born 2 July 1970) is a Romanian physicist, journalist and politician. A member of the National Initiative Party (PIN), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Bucharest from 2004 to 2008.
He has been married since 1994 and has a son and a daughter.
Biography
He was born in Câmpia T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrindantin | Hydrindantin is an organic chemical thought to be involved with the ninhydrin test for amines.
References
Reagents for organic chemistry
Vicinal diols
Indandiones |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramer%27s%20paradox | In mathematics, Cramer's paradox or the Cramer–Euler paradox is the statement that the number of points of intersection of two higher-order curves in the plane can be greater than the number of arbitrary points that are usually needed to define one such curve. It is named after the Genevan mathematician Gabriel Cramer.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florin%20Diacu | Florin Nicolae Diacu (; April 24, 1959 – February 13, 2018) was a Romanian Canadian mathematician and author.
Education and career
He graduated with a Diploma in Mathematics from the University of Bucharest in 1983. Between 1983 and 1988 he worked as a math teacher in Mediaș. In 1989 he obtained his doctoral degree a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20Signal%20Processing%20Society | The IEEE Signal Processing Society (IEEE SPS) is one of the nearly 40 technical societies of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the first one created.
Its mission is to "advance and disseminate state-of-the-art scientific information and resources; educate the signal processing community... |
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