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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Involve
Involve may refer to: Involve (think tank), The Involve Foundation, a UK-based organisation that focuses on public participation INVOLVE (UK National Advisory group), a UK national advisory Group that promotes public involvement in health and social care research Involve: A Journal of Mathematics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Irving%20Schlesinger
Hermann Irving Schlesinger (October 11, 1882 – October 3, 1960) was an American inorganic chemist, working in boron chemistry. He and Herbert C. Brown discovered sodium borohydride in 1940 and both were involved in the further development of borohydride chemistry. Schlesinger studied chemistry at the University of Ch...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20response%20function
A linear response function describes the input-output relationship of a signal transducer, such as a radio turning electromagnetic waves into music or a neuron turning synaptic input into a response. Because of its many applications in information theory, physics and engineering there exist alternative names for specif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biohydrometallurgy
Biohydrometallurgy is a technique in the world of metallurgy that utilizes biological agents (bacteria) to recover and treat metals such as copper. Modern biohydrometallurgy advances started with the bioleaching of copper more efficiently in the 1950's Important Definitions Bio: Shortened form of Biology; refers to u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGAC
IGAC may stand for: International Global Atmospheric Chemistry Inspecção Geral das Actividades Culturais Investors Group Athletic Centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersensitive%20site
In genetics a hypersensitive site is a short region of chromatin and is detected by its super sensitivity to cleavage by DNase I and other various nucleases (DNase II and micrococcal nucleases). In a hypersensitive site, the nucleosomal structure is less compacted, increasing the availability of the DNA to binding by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-acting
In the field of molecular biology, trans-acting (trans-regulatory, trans-regulation), in general, means "acting from a different molecule" (i.e., intermolecular). It may be considered the opposite of cis-acting (cis-regulatory, cis-regulation), which, in general, means "acting from the same molecule" (i.e., intramolec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permanand%20Mohan
Permanand Mohan is a senior Computer Science lecturer at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. He holds a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of the West Indies, an M.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of Saskatchewan and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Un...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Santasiere
Anthony Edward Santasiere (December 9, 1904January 13, 1977) was an American chess master and chess writer, who also wrote extensively on non-chess topics. Santasiere was a middle school mathematics teacher by profession. Santasiere won the 1945 U.S. Open Chess Championship, four New York State championships, and six...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20connection
A database connection is a facility in computer science that allows client software to talk to database server software, whether on the same machine or not. A connection is required to send commands and receive answers, usually in the form of a result set. Connections are a key concept in data-centric programming. Si...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian%20Society%20of%20Biochemistry%20and%20Molecular%20Biology
The Belgian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (BMB) is a Belgian non-profit organization, concerned with biochemistry and molecular biology. The BMB was created, based on an initiative of Marcel Florkin, so a Belgian society could join the new International Union of Biochemistry. The first charter of the s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Hefferon
Jim Hefferon (born October 12, 1958) is a Professor of Mathematics at Saint Michael's College. He is known for his award-winning textbook on linear algebra that is available for free download, with LaTeX source, and for his activity in the TeX community. Early life Jim Hefferon grew up in Connecticut and attended th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligible%20function
For a similar term, please see negligible set. (disambiguation) In mathematics, a negligible function is a function such that for every positive integer c there exists an integer Nc such that for all x > Nc, Equivalently, we may also use the following definition. A function is negligible, if for every positive poly...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idioteuthis
Idioteuthis is a genus of whip-lash squid containing at least one species. Some teuthologists consider it synonymous with Mastigoteuthis, but genetics have confirmed the placement of this genus as distinct from all other genera in this family. The placement of Idioteuthis within the Mastigoteuthidae remains uncertain. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIGIC
Digital Imaging Integrated Circuit (often styled as "DiG!C") is Canon Inc.'s name for a family of signal processing and control units for digital cameras and camcorders. DIGIC units are used as image processors by Canon in its own digital imaging products. Several generations of DIGICs exist, and are distinguished by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRW
LRW may refer to: Liskov-Rivest-Wagner, in cryptography Lifetime Real Women, US television channel Little Rock West High School, school in Arkansas Waco LRW, a military glider airplane
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault%20injection
In computer science, fault injection is a testing technique for understanding how computing systems behave when stressed in unusual ways. This can be achieved using physical- or software-based means, or using a hybrid approach. Widely studied physical fault injections include the application of high voltages, extreme t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20and%20computer%20science
Information and computer science (ICS) or computer and information science (CIS) (plural forms, i.e., sciences, may also be used) is a field that emphasizes both computing and informatics, upholding the strong association between the fields of information sciences and computer sciences and treating computers as a tool ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Langdale
George Richmond Langdale (11 March 1916 – 24 April 2002) was a schoolmaster, writer on mathematics and an English cricketer who played for Derbyshire from 1936 to 1937 and for Somerset from 1946 to 1949. He also played for the minor counties Norfolk and Berkshire. Langdale was born in Thornaby-on-Tees in Yorkshire. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20E.%20Davis%20%28climatologist%29
Robert E. Davis is a Professor of Climatology at the University of Virginia's Department of Environmental Sciences. Davis received his Ph.D. in 1988 from the University of Delaware. His research contributions include the development of a system for measuring the power of Nor'easters. In his studies of global warming, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse%20compression
Pulse compression is a signal processing technique commonly used by radar, sonar and echography to either increase the range resolution when pulse length is constrained or increase the signal to noise ratio when the peak power and the bandwidth (or equivalently range resolution) of the transmitted signal are constrai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%20of%20mathematical%20symbols%20by%20introduction%20date
The following table lists many specialized symbols commonly used in modern mathematics, ordered by their introduction date. The table can also be ordered alphabetically by clicking on the relevant header title. See also History of mathematical notation History of the Hindu–Arabic numeral system Glossary of mathemat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisthiosemicarbazone
In organic chemistry, a bisthiosemicarbazone is a derivative from an elimination reaction between a thiosemicarbazide and a diketone. Their structure is . A 'thiosemicarbazone' contains a sulfur atom in lieu of the ketonic oxygen in semicarbazone. Bisthiosemicarbazones are known to have antiviral, antimalarial and anti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sereno%20Watson
Sereno Watson (December 1, 1826 – March 9, 1892) was an American botanist. Watson was born December 1, 1826 in East Windsor Hill, Connecticut. Graduating from Yale in 1847 in Biology, he drifted through various occupations until, in California, he joined the Clarence King Expedition and eventually became its expeditio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Herty
Charles Holmes Herty Sr. (December 4, 1867 – July 27, 1938) was an American academic, scientist, and entrepreneur. Serving in academia as a chemistry professor to begin his career, Herty concurrently promoted collegiate athletics including creating the first varsity football team at the University of Georgia. His acade...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Fairclough
Sir John Whitaker Fairclough (23 August 1930 – 5 June 2003) was a British computer designer, and later government policy advisor. Education John Fairclough was educated at Thirsk Grammar School and then studied electrical engineering at Manchester University, before undertaking national service with the RAF. Career...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech%20Rubinowicz
Wojciech Sylwester Piotr Rubinowicz (February 22, 1889 – October 13, 1974) was a Polish theoretical physicist who made contributions in quantum mechanics, mathematical physics, and the theory of radiation. He is known for the Maggie-Rubinowicz representation of Gustav Kirchhoff’s diffraction formula. Life and career H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walls%20and%20Mirrors
Walls And Mirrors is a computer science textbook, for undergraduates taking a second computer science course (typically on the subject of data structures and algorithms), originally written by Paul Helman and Robert Veroff. The book attempts to strike a balance between being too mathematically rigorous and formal, and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavy%20Iron%20Studios
Heavy Iron Studios, Inc. is an American video game developer based in Manhattan Beach, California. It was founded in August 1999 within THQ after the publisher acquired Steve Gray's Chemistry Entertainment. As part of a series of cost reductions within THQ, Heavy Iron Studios was spun off as an independent company in J...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noncommutative%20standard%20model
In theoretical particle physics, the non-commutative Standard Model (best known as Spectral Standard Model ), is a model based on noncommutative geometry that unifies a modified form of general relativity with the Standard Model (extended with right-handed neutrinos). The model postulates that space-time is the produ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masuzo%20Shikata
was a Japanese chemist and one of the pioneers in electrochemistry. Together with his mentor and colleague, Czech chemist and inventor Jaroslav Heyrovský, he developed the first polarograph, a type of electrochemical analyzing machine, and co-authored the paper which introduced the machine and the name "polarograph". ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Swank
Jean Hebb Swank is an astrophysicist who is best known for her studies of black holes and neutron stars. Early life and education Swank graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from Bryn Mawr College in 1961. Two of her physics professors at Bryn Mawr were alumni of Caltech. They influenced her decision t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpecGram
SpecGram may refer to: Speculative Grammarian: a satirical linguistics journal. specgram, a time-dependent frequency analysis (spectrogram) tool in the Signal Processing Toolbox of MATLAB.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierocrypt
In cryptography, Hierocrypt-L1 and Hierocrypt-3 are block ciphers created by Toshiba in 2000. They were submitted to the NESSIE project, but were not selected. Both algorithms were among the cryptographic techniques recommended for Japanese government use by CRYPTREC in 2003, however, both have been dropped to "candid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20arithmetic%20of%20ends
In mathematics, specifically in the area of hyperbolic geometry, Hilbert's arithmetic of ends is a method for endowing a geometric set, the set of ideal points or "ends" of a hyperbolic plane, with an algebraic structure as a field. It was introduced by German mathematician David Hilbert. Definitions Ends In a hyperb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Knutson
Brian Knutson is a professor of psychology and neuroscience at Stanford University and director of the Symbiotic Project on Affective Neuroscience. His research focuses on the neural basis of emotion, and has been covered in multiple news sources. Education He earned a dual bachelor's degree in psychology and compara...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E2%20%28cipher%29
In cryptography, E2 is a symmetric block cipher which was created in 1998 by NTT and submitted to the AES competition. Like other AES candidates, E2 operates on blocks of 128 bits, using a key of 128, 192, or 256 bits. It uses a 12-round Feistel network. E2 has an input transformation and output transformation that bo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yangtze%20Freshwater%20Dolphin%20Expedition%202006
The Yangtze Freshwater Dolphin Expedition 2006 () was a six-week search expedition undertaken in November and December 2006 in central China in an attempt to locate continued proof of the existence of the endangered baiji Yangtze dolphin (Chinese river dolphin). It was carried out under the direction of the Wuhan Insti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero%20Power%20Physics%20Reactor
The Zero Power Physics Reactor or ZPPR (originally named Zero Power Plutonium Reactor) was a split-table-type critical facility located at the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho, USA. It was designed for the study of the physics of power breeder systems and was capable of simulating fast reactor core compositions charac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligand%20cone%20angle
In coordination chemistry, the ligand cone angle (θ) is a measure of the steric bulk of a ligand in a transition metal coordination complex. It is defined as the solid angle formed with the metal at the vertex of a cone and the outermost edge of the van der Waals spheres of the ligand atoms at the perimeter of the base...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20step%20size
In mathematics and numerical analysis, an adaptive step size is used in some methods for the numerical solution of ordinary differential equations (including the special case of numerical integration) in order to control the errors of the method and to ensure stability properties such as A-stability. Using an adaptiv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anand%20Kumar
Anand Kumar (born 1 January 1973) is an Indian Mathematics educator, best known for his Super 30 programme, which he started in Patna, Bihar in 2002, known for coaching underprivileged students for JEE- Main & JEE-Advanced, the entrance examination for the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). Kumar was named in Tim...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klung%20Wilhelmy%20Science%20Award
The Klung Wilhelmy Science Award is an annual German award in the field of science, alternating annually between the categories of chemistry and physics. It is bestowed upon outstanding younger German scientists under the age of 40. Previous award names 1973 to 2001 – Otto-Klung-Award 2001 to 2007 – Otto-Klung-Weberb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axel%20Fischer
Axel Eduard Fischer (born 5 May 1966) is a German politician. He is a member of the CDU and has been a member of the German parliament from 1998 to October 2021, representing Karlsruhe-Land since 2002. Early life and education From 1989 until 1995, Fischer studied mechanical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Redner
Sidney Redner (born 1951) is a Canadian-born physicist, professor, and a resident faculty member at the Santa Fe Institute. He was formerly department chair of physics at Boston University. Redner has published over 200 journal articles, authored a book titled A Guide to First-Passage Processes (2001, ), and coauthor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20Thomas%20Caskey
Charles Thomas Caskey (September 12, 1938 – January 13, 2022), also known as C. Thomas Caskey, was an American internist who has been a medical Geneticist and biomedical researcher and entrepreneur. He was a Professor of Molecular and Human Genetics at Baylor College of Medicine, and served as editor of the Annual R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o%20Marques%20Silva
João Paulo Marques Silva is a Portuguese researcher working on SAT. He developed the SAT solver GRASP during his PhD. Marques-Silva was a Senior Lecturer from October 2005 until June 2007 at the school of Electronics and Computer Science of the University of Southampton. In June 2007 he was promoted to Professor, the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison%20High%20School%20%28Madison%2C%20Ohio%29
Madison High School is a public high school located in Madison, Ohio, United States. The only high school in the Madison Local School District, it was established in 1895. Classes Madison High offers a wide variety of classes to its students. Some of said classes are biology, chemistry, earth sciences, integrated math...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Bechert
Karl Richard Bechert (August 23, 1901 in Nuremberg, Middle Franconia – April 1, 1981 in Weilmünster-Möttau, Hesse) was a German theoretical physicist and political leader. As a scientist, he made contributions in atomic physics. Scientific career From 1920 to 1925, Bechert studied physics and mathematics at the Unive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istanbul%20Zoology%20Museum
Istanbul Zoology Museum, more precisely Zoology Museum of Istanbul University () is a natural history museum, located in Istanbul University's Vezneciler Campus at Fatih, Istanbul featuring animal collections. It was founded in 1933 and rearranged in 1989. The museum is owned and maintained by the Department of Biology...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial%20stone
Artificial stone is a name for various synthetic stone products produced from the 18th century onward. Uses include statuary, architectural details, fencing and rails, building construction, civil engineering work, and industrial applications such as grindstones. History One of the earliest examples of artificial st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie%20Lee%20Browne
Marjorie Lee Browne (September 9, 1914 – October 19, 1979) was a mathematics educator. She was one of the first African-American women to receive a PhD in mathematics. Early life and education Marjorie Lee Browne was a prominent mathematician and educator who, in 1949, became only the third African-American woman to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Conference%20on%20Differential%20Geometric%20Methods%20in%20Theoretical%20Physics
International Conference on Differential Geometric Methods in Theoretical Physics are congresses held every few years on the subject of Differential geometric methods in Theoretical physics. Lectures, seminars, and discussions are held in different universities throughout the world, every few years, and a book compilat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20Benjamin%20Collins%20Brodie%2C%202nd%20Baronet
Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 2nd Baronet FRS (5 February 181724 November 1880) was an English chemist. Biography Brodie was the son of Sir Benjamin Collins Brodie, 1st Baronet, and his wife Anne (Née Sellon), and was educated at Harrow School and Balliol College, Oxford. He obtained a second-class honours degree in ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%20notation
Line notation is a typographical notation system using ASCII characters, most often used for chemical nomenclature. Chemistry Cell notation for representation of an electrochemical cell Dyson / IUPAC (1944) Hayward (1961) International Chemical Identifier (InChI) Wiswesser Line Notation (WLN) (1952) Simplified m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range%20of%20a%20projectile
In physics, a projectile launched with specific initial conditions will have a range. It may be more predictable assuming a flat Earth with a uniform gravity field, and no air resistance. The horizontal ranges of a projectile are equal for two complementary angles of projection with the same velocity. The following a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freudenthal%20Institute
The Freudenthal Institute (FI) is a research institute, part of the Faculty of Science of Utrecht University in the Netherlands. The FI aims to improve education in science and mathematics by means of education research and valorisation. The institute was founded in 1971 by the German/Dutch writer, pedagogue and mathe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettore%20Majorana%20Foundation%20and%20Centre%20for%20Scientific%20Culture
Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture (acronym EMFCSC) is a scientific organization based in Erice, Sicily (Italy). The President of EMFCSC is Prof. Antonino Zichichi. It sponsors the International School of Subnuclear Physics whose Director is Prof. Antonino Zichichi. See also Erice statement ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20J.%20Moreno
Carlos Julio Moreno is a Colombian mathematician and faculty member at Baruch College and at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). His B.A. and his Ph.D. in mathematics were earned at New York University. Moreno has over sixty publications, including two books, on topics dealing with algebra a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20Mustafin
Isaac Mustafin () (1908–1968) was a Soviet chemist and a doctor of chemical sciences. Dr. Mustafin headed the faculty of analytical chemistry at Saratov State University from 1955. All his life was connected to the Saratov State University: his only lengthy absence from his work place took place from June 23, 1941 to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinchonidine
Cinchonidine is an alkaloid found in Cinchona officinalis and Gongronema latifolium. It is used in asymmetric synthesis in organic chemistry. References Secondary alcohols Vinyl compounds Quinoline alkaloids Quinuclidine alkaloids
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan%20Gotthelf
Allan Stanley Gotthelf (December 30, 1942 – August 30, 2013) was an American philosopher. He was a scholar of the philosophies of both Aristotle and Ayn Rand. Academic career Allan Stanley Gotthelf was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 30, 1942. He received a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Brooklyn Colle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20S.%20Cafiso
David S. Cafiso (born March 18, 1952) is an American biochemist and a professor of chemistry at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on membrane proteins and cell signaling, and is primarily supported by grants from the National Institute of Health. Research Work in Dr. Cafiso's laboratory is directed at ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faculties%20and%20departments%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Alberta
The following is a list of the faculties and departments of the University of Alberta. Main Campus Agriculture Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences (AFHE) Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Science (AFNS) Devonian Botanic Garden Department of Human Ecology Department of Rene...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Duff%20%28cricketer%29
Alan Robert Duff (12 January 1938 – 28 June 1989) was an English first-class cricketer who played in the late 1950s and 1960s. Most of these were for Oxford University, although he also had a brief county cricket career for Worcestershire. Duff's profession as a teacher of Physics at Malvern College (where he was also ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Baker%20%28biochemist%29
David Baker (born October 6, 1962, in Seattle, Washington) is an American biochemist and computational biologist who has pioneered methods to predict and design the three-dimensional structures of proteins. He is the Henrietta and Aubrey Davis Endowed Professor in Biochemistry and an adjunct professor of genome scien...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersive%20partial%20differential%20equation
In mathematics, a dispersive partial differential equation or dispersive PDE is a partial differential equation that is dispersive. In this context, dispersion means that waves of different wavelength propagate at different phase velocities. Examples Linear equations Euler–Bernoulli beam equation with time-dependent...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davorin%20Dolar
Davorin Dolar (January 1, 1921 – November 12, 2005) was a Slovenian chemist at the University of Ljubljana. He was a physical chemist who studied polyelectrolyte solutions. He is regarded as a founder of modern physical chemistry teaching in Slovenia. He was a member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Edu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne%20conjectures
In mathematics, the Mersenne conjectures concern the characterization of a kind of prime numbers called Mersenne primes, meaning prime numbers that are a power of two minus one. Original Mersenne conjecture The original, called Mersenne's conjecture, was a statement by Marin Mersenne in his Cogitata Physico-Mathematic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stjepan%20Mohorovi%C4%8Di%C4%87
Stjepan Mohorovičić (August 20, 1890 – February 13, 1980) was a Croatian physicist, geophysicist and meteorologist. Biography Mohorovičić was born in the town of Bakar. His father is the world-famous geophysicist Andrija Mohorovičić. He studied mathematics and physics at the University of Zagreb where among others hi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EcoRV
EcoRV (pronounced "eco R five") is a type II restriction endonuclease isolated from certain strains of Escherichia coli. It has the alternative name Eco32I. In molecular biology, it is a commonly used restriction enzyme. It creates blunt ends. The enzyme recognizes the palindromic 6-base DNA sequence 5'-GAT|ATC-3' and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20processing
In electronics engineering, video processing is a particular case of signal processing, in particular image processing, which often employs video filters and where the input and output signals are video files or video streams. Video processing techniques are used in television sets, VCRs, DVDs, video codecs, video play...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kongu%20Engineering%20College
Kongu Engineering College is an autonomous engineering college located at Perundurai, Erode district in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. It is affiliated to Anna University and accredited 'A++' Grade by National Assessment and Accreditation Council. Courses There are 14 courses offered in B.E./B.Tech. B.E. Civil E...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balancer%20chromosome
Balancer chromosomes (or simply balancers) are a type of genetically engineered chromosome used in laboratory biology for the maintenance of recessive lethal (or sterile) mutations within living organisms without interference from natural selection. Since such mutations are viable only in heterozygotes, they cannot be ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldol%20reactions
In organic chemistry, aldol reactions are acid- or base-catalyzed reactions of aldehydes or ketones. Aldol addition or aldolization refers to the addition of an enolate or enolation as a nucleophile to a carbonyl moiety as an electrophile. This produces a β-hydroxyaldehyde or β-hydroxyketone. In an aldol condensation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repulsion
Repulsion may refer to: Disgust, or repulsion, an emotional response to something considered offensive or unpleasant Repulsion, a type of genetic linkage Repulsion in physics, Coulomb's law Repulsion in diamagnetism, which pushes two bodies away from each other Repulsion theory, in botany In the arts: Repulsion...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranajit%20Chakraborty
Ranajit Chakraborty (April 17, 1946 – September 23, 2018) was a human and population geneticist. At the time of his death, he was Director of the Center for Computational Genomics at the Institute of Applied Genetics and Professor in the Department of Forensic and Investigative Genetics at the University of North Texas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Loss
Daniel Loss is a Swiss theoretical physicist and a professor of Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Basel and RIKEN. With David P. DiVincenzo (at IBM Research), he proposed the Loss-DiVincenzo quantum computer in 1997, which would use electron spins in quantum dots as qubits. Loss was born in 195...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Kurose
Jim Kurose (born 1956) is a Distinguished University Professor in the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. He received his B.A. degree from Wesleyan University (physics) and, in 1984, his Ph.D. degree from Columbia Universi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma%20in%20Computer%20Science
The Diploma in Computer Science is a diploma offered by several post-secondary institutions: Cambridge Diploma in Computer Science – this University of Cambridge course was the world's first computer science course, first offered in 1953 University of Kent in Canterbury University of British Columbia The diploma i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Morgan%20%28mathematician%29
John Willard Morgan (born March 21, 1946) is an American mathematician known for his contributions to topology and geometry. He is a Professor Emeritus at Columbia University and a member of the Simons Center for Geometry and Physics at Stony Brook University. Life Morgan received his B.A. in 1968 and Ph.D. in 1969, b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Kleiner
Bruce Alan Kleiner is an American mathematician, working in differential geometry and topology and geometric group theory. He received his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of California, Berkeley. His advisor was Wu-Yi Hsiang. Kleiner is a professor of mathematics at New York University. Kleiner has written exposit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu%20Xiping
Zhu Xiping (born 1962 in Shixing, Guangdong) is a Chinese mathematician. He is a professor of Mathematics at Sun Yat-sen University, China. Poincaré conjecture In 2002 and 2003, Grigori Perelman posted three preprints to the arXiv claiming a resolution of the renowned Poincaré conjecture, along with the more general g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument%20from%20beauty
The argument from beauty (also the aesthetic argument) is an argument for the existence of a realm of immaterial ideas or, most commonly, for the existence of God, that roughly states that the elegance of the laws of physics or the elegant laws of mathematics is evidence of a creator deity who has arranged these things...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huai-Dong%20Cao
Huai-Dong Cao (born 8 November 1959, in Jiangsu) is a Chinese–American mathematician. He is the A. Everett Pitcher Professor of Mathematics at Lehigh University. He is known for his research contributions to the Ricci flow, a topic in the field of geometric analysis. Academic history Cao received his B.A. from Tsinghu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Quinn%20%28mathematician%29
Frank Stringfellow Quinn, III (born 1946) is an American mathematician and professor of mathematics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, specializing in geometric topology. Contributions He contributed to the mathematical field of 4-manifolds, including a proof of the 4-dimensional annulus theorem....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20J.%20Kohn
Joseph John Kohn (May 18, 1932 – September 13, 2023) was a Czechoslovakian-born American academic and mathematician. He was professor of mathematics at Princeton University, where he researched partial differential operators and complex analysis. Life and work Kohn's father was Czech-Jewish architect Otto Kohn. Afte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosslinking%20of%20DNA
In genetics, crosslinking of DNA occurs when various exogenous or endogenous agents react with two nucleotides of DNA, forming a covalent linkage between them. This crosslink can occur within the same strand (intrastrand) or between opposite strands of double-stranded DNA (interstrand). These adducts interfere with cel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/331%20model
The 331 model in particle physics is an extension of the electroweak gauge symmetry which offers an explanation of why there must be three families of quarks and leptons. The name "331" comes from the full gauge symmetry group . Details The 331 model in particle physics is an extension of the electroweak gauge symmetr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil%20Diamond
Philip John Diamond is a Professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Manchester. He was the director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics from 1 October 2006 until 2010. He was the Chief of CSIRO's Astronomy and Space Sciences Division from 1 June 2010 and in October 2012 he left CSIRO...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mart%C3%ADn%20Abadi
Martín Abadi (born 1963) is an Argentine computer scientist, working at Google . He earned his Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in computer science from Stanford University in 1987 as a student of Zohar Manna. He is well known for his work on computer security and on programming languages, including his paper (with Michael ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca%20Oppenheimer
Rebecca Oppenheimer is an American astrophysicist and one of four curator/professors in the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Oppenheimer is a comparative exoplanetary scientist. She investigates planets orbiting stars other than the Sun. Her opt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur%20Pappenheim
Artur Pappenheim (13 December 1870 in Berlin – 31 December 1916) was a German physician and hematologist, remembered for his pioneer efforts in stem cell research. Biography Of Jewish origins, initially he studied mathematics and philosophy, but his focus later turned to medicine, and in 1895 received his medical deg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephrotome
In earlier conceptions of kidney biology, the nephrotome was a section of the mesoderm that gives rise to the pronephros and eventually to the rest of the kidney. Older texts describe the pronephros as forming through the fusion of multiple nephrotomes. Modern visualization methods, such as scanning electron microsco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ctirad%20Uher
Professor Ctirad Uher is the C. Wilbur Peters Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Born in Prague, Czech Republic, he graduated from the University of New South Wales, Australia in 1972 and earned his Ph.D. from there in 1979. Career He currently teaches in the physics department at the Un...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Hammayil
Omar Hammayil (, ; born 1976/77) is the mayor of Al-Bireh (in the West Bank) in the State of Palestine. He is also a chemistry teacher. External links Article Mayors of Al-Bireh Palestinian schoolteachers 1970s births Living people Year of birth uncertain Place of birth missing (living people) People from Al-Bireh 2...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davydov%20soliton
In quantum biology, the Davydov soliton (after the Soviet Ukrainian physicist Alexander Davydov) is a quasiparticle representing an excitation propagating along the self-trapped amide I groups within the α-helices of proteins. It is a solution of the Davydov Hamiltonian. The Davydov model describes the interaction of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Charles%20Robert%20Jourdain
The Reverend Francis Charles Robert Jourdain M.A., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. (4 March 1865 – 27 February 1940), was a notable British amateur ornithologist and oologist. He was primarily known for his extensive research into the breeding biology of the birds of the Palaearctic region. He also had interests in the food of Briti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20F.%20Hunt
Donald F. Hunt is the University Professor of Chemistry and Pathology at the University of Virginia. He is known for his research in the field of mass spectrometry, he developed electron capture negative ion mass spectrometry. He has received multiple awards for his work including the Distinguished Contribution Award f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Morgan%20algebra
In mathematics, a De Morgan algebra (named after Augustus De Morgan, a British mathematician and logician) is a structure A = (A, ∨, ∧, 0, 1, ¬) such that: (A, ∨, ∧, 0, 1) is a bounded distributive lattice, and ¬ is a De Morgan involution: ¬(x ∧ y) = ¬x ∨ ¬y and ¬¬x = x. (i.e. an involution that additionally sati...