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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20Z279
In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA Z279 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20Z37
In molecular biology, snoRNA Z37 is a member of the C/D class of snoRNA which contain the C (UGAUGA) and D (CUGA) box motifs. Z37 acts as a methylation guide for 5.8S ribosomal RNA. This family contains a putative snoRNA found in the intron of the receptor for activated C kinase (RACK1) gene in mammals identified by th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20Z39
In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA Z39 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20Z40
In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA Z40 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20Z43
In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA Z43 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20Z50
In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA Z50 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArcZ%20RNA
In molecular biology the ArcZ RNA (also known as RyhA and SraH) is a small non-coding RNA (ncRNA). It is the functional product of a gene which is not translated into protein. ArcZ is an Hfq binding RNA that functions as an antisense regulator of a number of protein coding genes. Discovery This non-coding RNA was disc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U8%20small%20nucleolar%20RNA
In molecular biology, U8 small nucleolar RNA (also known as SNORD118) is the RNA component of a small RNA:protein complex (the U8 snoRNP) which is required for biogenesis of mature large subunit ribosomal RNAs, 5.8S and 28S rRNAs. More specifically, U8 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modifi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go%20and%20mathematics
The game of Go is one of the most popular games in the world. As a result of its elegant and simple rules, the game has long been an inspiration for mathematical research. Shen Kuo, an 11th century Chinese scholar, estimated in his Dream Pool Essays that the number of possible board positions is around 10172. In more r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica%20Kristensen%20Sol%C3%A5s
Monica Kristensen Solås (born 30 June 1950), is a Norwegian glaciologist, meteorologist, polar explorer and crime novelist. She was awarded a Founders Gold Medal by the Royal Geographical Society in 1989. Life She was born in Torsby, Sweden, of Swedish/Norwegian parents, and moved as a child to Kongsvinger in Norway. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zvi%20Arad
Zvi Arad (,16 April 1942, in Petah Tikva, Mandatory Palestine – 4 February 2018, in Petah Tikva, Israel) was an Israeli mathematician, acting president of Bar-Ilan University, and president of Netanya Academic College. Biography Zvi Arad began his academic studies in the Mathematics Department of Bar-Ilan University. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Moral%20Animal
The Moral Animal is a 1994 book by journalist Robert Wright, in which the author explores many aspects of everyday life through evolutionary biology. Summary Wright explores many aspects of everyday life through evolutionary biology. He provides Darwinian explanations for human behavior and psychology, social dynami...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chong%20Lim
Chong Voon Lim (born 1958 in Ipoh, Malaysia) is a Malaysian-born Australian-based musical director, keyboardist, producer, and session musician. Lim attended St. Michael's Institution for secondary education. He relocated to Melbourne, Australia in 1977, where he attended Geelong College, and then completed a mechanic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20flux
In physics and engineering, mass flux is the rate of mass flow. Its SI units are kg m−2 s−1. The common symbols are j, J, q, Q, φ, or Φ (Greek lower or capital Phi), sometimes with subscript m to indicate mass is the flowing quantity. Mass flux can also refer to an alternate form of flux in Fick's law that includes the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zena%20Tooze
Zena Tooze (born 3 May 1955) is a Canadian biologist and conservationist who has worked in Nigeria in the area of primate conservation since 1991. She received a master's degree in Biology from Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1987. In 2005 she received a Whitley Award for excellence in leadership in nat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference%20list
In computer science, the term difference list refers to a data structure representing a list with an efficient O(1) concatenation operation and conversion to a linked list in time proportional to its length. Difference lists can be implemented using first-class functions or using unification. Whether a difference list ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complement%20%28group%20theory%29
In mathematics, especially in the area of algebra known as group theory, a complement of a subgroup H in a group G is a subgroup K of G such that Equivalently, every element of G has a unique expression as a product hk where h ∈ H and k ∈ K. This relation is symmetrical: if K is a complement of H, then H is a complem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTEXAS
UTEXAS is a slope stability analysis program written by Stephen G. Wright of the University of Texas at Austin. The program is used in the field of civil engineering to analyze levees, earth dams, natural slopes, and anywhere there is concern for mass wasting. UTEXAS finds the factor of safety for the slope and the cri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvester%27s%20criterion
In mathematics, Sylvester’s criterion is a necessary and sufficient criterion to determine whether a Hermitian matrix is positive-definite. It is named after James Joseph Sylvester. Sylvester's criterion states that a n × n Hermitian matrix M is positive-definite if and only if all the following matrices have a positi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classifying%20space%20for%20O%28n%29
In mathematics, the classifying space for the orthogonal group O(n) may be constructed as the Grassmannian of n-planes in an infinite-dimensional real space . It is analogous to the classifying space for U(n). Algebraic topology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katherine%20Hannigan
Katherine Hannigan (born 1962) is a children's and young adults' writer. Biography Hannigan was born in Lockport, New York in 1962. She has undergraduate degrees in mathematics, education, and painting, and a Master of Fine Arts in studio art. She has worked as assistant professor of art and design and as an education...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20V.%20Teeter
Karl van Duyn Teeter (March 2, 1929 – April 20, 2007) was an American linguist known especially for his work on the Algic languages. Life and work Teeter was born in Berkeley, California, to Charles Edwin Teeter, Jr., a college professor of physical chemistry, and Lura May (née Shaffner) Teeter, later in life a colle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitti%20Thonglongya
Kitti Thonglongya (, October 6, 1928 – February 12, 1974) was an eminent Thai ornithologist and mammalogist. He is probably best known for two discoveries of endangered species. Life Thonglongya was born in Bangkok and graduated with a degree in biology from the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok in 1953. He then wor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Ball%20%28writer%29
Margaret Elizabeth Ball (born November 7, 1947) is an American author of science fiction, fantasy, and historical novels. Under the pseudonym of Catherine Lyndell, she has also written romance. Ball has a B.A. in mathematics and a Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Texas. A former Fulbright scholar and UCLA pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrownBoost
BrownBoost is a boosting algorithm that may be robust to noisy datasets. BrownBoost is an adaptive version of the boost by majority algorithm. As is true for all boosting algorithms, BrownBoost is used in conjunction with other machine learning methods. BrownBoost was introduced by Yoav Freund in 2001. Motivation Ad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Baumslag
Gilbert Baumslag (April 30, 1933 – October 20, 2014) was a Distinguished Professor at the City College of New York, with joint appointments in mathematics, computer science, and electrical engineering. He was director of the Center for Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software, which grew out of the MAGNUS comput...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiparallel%20%28biochemistry%29
In biochemistry, two biopolymers are antiparallel if they run parallel to each other but with opposite directionality (alignments). An example is the two complementary strands of a DNA double helix, which run in opposite directions alongside each other. Nucleic acids Nucleic acid molecules have a phosphoryl (5') end a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CONWIP
CONWIP (CONstant work in process) are pull-oriented production control systems. Such systems can be classified as pull and push systems (Spearman et al. 1990). In a push system, the production order is scheduled, and the material is pushed into the production line. In a pull system, the start of each product assembly p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prodigal%20Genius
Prodigal Genius: The Life of Nikola Tesla () is a 1944 book by John Joseph O'Neill detailing the life of Nikola Tesla. Overview Written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author John J. O'Neill, the life of Nikola Tesla details the life of a pioneer in electrical engineering. O'Neill was a close friend of Tesla, whom he had me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Jope
Margaret Jope (1913–2004) was a Scottish biochemist, born Henrietta Margaret Halliday in Peterhead, Scotland. She carried out research into brachiopods. Biography She took her degree in chemistry at the University of Aberdeen, and her DPhil at Somerville College, Oxford. She met her future husband Martyn Jope while w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serine%20racemase
Serine racemase (SR, ) is the first racemase enzyme in human biology to be identified. This enzyme converts L-serine to its enantiomer form, D-serine. D-serine acts as a neuronal signaling molecule by activating NMDA receptors in the brain. Since NMDA receptors Dysfunction has been suggested as one of the promising hy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa%20J.%20Kelly
Melissa J. Kelly (born December 28, 1962) was appointed in 2001 to represent District 9B, which covers a portion of Baltimore County, Maryland. Education Kelly attended Towson State University, where she earned a B.S. degree in biology with honors in 1987. Career Kelly was employed as a biology teacher by Towson Cath...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Mingos
David Michael Patrick Mingos, FRS (born 6 August 1944) is a British chemist and academic. He was Principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford from 1999 to 2009, and Professor of Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Education Mingos attended the Harvey Grammar School, King Edward VII School Lytham St Anne's, Univers...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachna%20Gilmore
Rachna Gilmore (11 October 1953 – 1 February 2021) was a Canadian children's writer. Her picture book A Screaming Kind of Day won the 1999 Governor General's Award for Children's Literature. Life and career Born in India in October 1953, Gilmore emigrated from New Delhi to London as a teenager and studied biology at ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Technological%20University%20%E2%80%93%20Paran%C3%A1%20Regional%20Faculty
The National Technological University – Paraná Regional Faculty or FRP (CastilianUniversidad Tecnológica Nacional(UTN-FRP)) is one of the universities of the National Technological University (UTN). It is located in Paraná, Argentina, and it offers academic degrees on the following subjects: Electronic Engineering C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemin
Hemin (haemin; ferric chloride heme) is an iron-containing porphyrin with chlorine that can be formed from a heme group, such as heme B found in the hemoglobin of human blood. Chemistry Hemin is protoporphyrin IX containing a ferric iron (Fe3+) ion with a coordinating chloride ligand. Chemically, hemin differs from t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer%20N%C3%B5lvak
Rainer Nõlvak (born September 28, 1966) is an Estonian entrepreneur and nature protector who is the Chairman of the Board of the Estonian Nature Fund. Rainer Nõlvak has advocated for the Estonian energy industry to move away from oil shale and move towards renewable energy systems. He has published the "Green Energy" ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20measure
In mathematics, the secondary measure associated with a measure of positive density ρ when there is one, is a measure of positive density μ, turning the secondary polynomials associated with the orthogonal polynomials for ρ into an orthogonal system. Introduction Under certain assumptions that we will specify further,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyubomir%20Ivanov%20%28explorer%29
Lyubomir Ivanov (, born 7 October 1952 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian scientist, non-governmental activist, and Antarctic explorer. He is a graduate of the St. Kliment Ohridski University of Sofia with M.S. degree in mathematics in 1977, earned his PhD from Sofia University in 1980 under the direction of Dimiter Skordev, wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak%20%28disambiguation%29
Tokamak can refer to: Tokamak, a fusion reactor device Tokamak de Fontenay aux Roses, the first French tokamak Tokamak (software), an open-source physics engine Tokamak, a fictional supervillain for DC Comics See also Tokmak (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Baumgardner
John R. Baumgardner is an American young earth creationist and geophysicist. Biography Baumgardner earned a B.S. from Texas Tech University in 1968, a M.S. from Princeton University in 1970, and a Ph.D. in geophysics and space physics from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1983. He worked at the Los Alamo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Cormack
Gordon Villy Cormack is a professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo and co-inventor of Dynamic Markov Compression. Cormack's research with Maura R. Grossman has been cited in cases of first impression in United States, Ireland, and (by reference) United Kingdom approvi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromoacetic%20acid
Bromoacetic acid is the chemical compound with the formula CH2BrCO2H. This colorless solid is a relatively strong alkylating agent. Bromoacetic acid and its esters are widely used building blocks in organic synthesis, for example, in pharmaceutical chemistry. The compound is prepared by bromination of acetic acid, s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20energy
The word energy derives from Greek (), which appears for the first time in the 4th century BCE works of Aristotle (OUP V, 240, 1991) (including Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics and De Anima). The modern concept of energy emerged from the idea of vis viva (living force), which Leibniz defined as the product of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Tech%20University%20College%20of%20Arts%20%26%20Sciences
The Texas Tech University College of Arts & Sciences was founded in 1925 as one of Texas Tech University's four original colleges. With 16 departments, the college offers a wide variety of courses and programs in the humanities, social and behavioral sciences, mathematics and natural sciences. Students can choose from ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer%20blend
In materials science, a polymer blend, or polymer mixture, is a member of a class of materials analogous to metal alloys, in which at least two polymers are blended together to create a new material with different physical properties. History During the 1940s, '50s and '60s, the commercial development of new monomers ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylic%20acid
1-Pyrroline-5-carboxylic acid (systematic name 3,4-dihydro-2H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid) is a cyclic imino acid. Its conjugate base and anion is 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C). In solution, P5C is in spontaneous equilibrium with glutamate-5-semialdhyde (GSA). Biochemistry The stereoisomer (S)-1-pyrroline-5-carboxylat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saccharopine%20dehydrogenase
In molecular biology, the protein domain Saccharopine dehydrogenase (SDH), also named Saccharopine reductase, is an enzyme involved in the metabolism of the amino acid lysine, via an intermediate substance called saccharopine. The Saccharopine dehydrogenase enzyme can be classified under , , , and . It has an important...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Wurstisen
Christian Wurstisen () (23 December 1544 – 29 March 1588) was a mathematician, theologian, historian from Basel. His name is also given as Wursteisen, Wurzticius, Ursticius, Urstisius, or Urstis. Life In 1565, he became professor of mathematics at the Basel University, and in 1585 professor of theology. The next yea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Mill%C3%A1n-Puelles
Antonio Millán-Puelles (February 11, 1921 – March 22, 2005) was a Spanish philosopher interested in phenomenology and metaphysics, who published many books and articles. He discovered his vocation to philosophy when he read Husserl’s Logical Investigations and abandoned the medical studies he had just begun. His prefe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20probe
In the field of chemical biology, a chemical probe is a small molecule that is used to study and manipulate a biological system such as a cell or an organism by reversibly binding to and altering the function of a biological target (most commonly a protein) within that system. Probes ideally have a high affinity and bi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LCP%20theory
In chemistry, ligand close packing theory (LCP theory), sometimes called the ligand close packing model describes how ligand – ligand repulsions affect the geometry around a central atom. It has been developed by R. J. Gillespie and others from 1997 onwards and is said to sit alongside VSEPR which was originally deve...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Altitude%20Observatory
The High Altitude Observatory (HAO) conducts research and provides support and facilities for the solar-terrestrial physics research community in the areas of solar and heliospheric physics, and the effects of solar variability on the Earth's magnetosphere, ionosphere, and upper atmosphere. HAO is a laboratory of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich%20Jarvis
Erich Jarvis is an American professor at Rockefeller University. He leads a team of researchers who study the neurobiology of vocal learning, a critical behavioral substrate for spoken language. The animal models he studies include songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds. Like humans, these bird groups have the ability to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friday%20Harbor%20Laboratories
Friday Harbor Laboratories (FHL), is a marine biology field station of the University of Washington, located in Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, Washington, United States. Friday Harbor Labs is known for its intensive summer classes offered to competitive graduate students from around the world in fields of marine biolo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z12%20small%20nucleolar%20RNA
In molecular biology, Z12 small nucleolar RNA is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z30%20small%20nucleolar%20RNA
In molecular biology, Z30 small nucleolar RNA, also known as SNORD7, is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20SNORA64/SNORA10%20family
In molecular biology, small nucleolar RNA SNORA10 and small nuclear RNA SNORA64 are homologous members of the H/ACA class of small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA). This family of ncRNAs involved in the maturation of ribosomal RNA. snoRNA in this family act as guides in the modification of uridines to pseudouridines. This family...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20SNORD12/SNORD106
In molecular biology, the small nucleolar RNAs SNORD106 and SNORD12 (also known as U106 and HBII-99 respectively ) are two related snoRNAs which belongs to the C/D class of small nucleolar RNAs (snoRNAs). Both contain the conserved C (UGAUGA) and D (CUGA) box sequence motifs Human SNORD12 (HBII-99) is the homologue of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20SNORA70
In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA SNORA70 (also known as U70) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the biogenesis (modification) of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopfian%20group
In mathematics, a Hopfian group is a group G for which every epimorphism G → G is an isomorphism. Equivalently, a group is Hopfian if and only if it is not isomorphic to any of its proper quotients. A group G is co-Hopfian if every monomorphism G → G is an isomorphism. Equivalently, G is not isomorphic to any of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SedDB
SedDB was created as an online data management and information system for sediment geochemistry. SedDB is based on a relational database that contains the full range of analytical values for sediment samples, primarily from marine sediment cores, including major and trace element concentrations, radiogenic and stable ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20H.%20Albert
Michael Henry Albert (born September 20, 1962) is a mathematician and computer scientist, originally from Canada, and currently a professor in the computer science department at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand. His varied research interests include combinatorics and combinatorial game theory. Education...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotechnology%20Industry%20Organization
The Neurotechnology Industry Organization (NIO) is a San Francisco, California based non-profit trade association that represents a broad spectrum of companies involved in neuroscience, brain research centers, and advocacy groups from around the globe. Operating as a coalition of organizations in the field of neurotec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Kwong
Kenneth Kin Man Kwong is a Hong Kong-born American nuclear physicist. He is a pioneer in human brain imaging. He received his bachelor's degree in Political Science in 1972 from the University of California, Berkeley. He went on to receive his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Riverside studying photo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petrological%20Database%20of%20the%20Ocean%20Floor
The Petrological Database of the Ocean Floor (PetDB) is a relational database for global geochemical data on igneous and metamorphic rocks generated at mid-ocean ridges including back-arc basins, young seamounts, and old oceanic crust, as well as ophiolites and terrestrial xenoliths from the mantle and lower crust and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Wessels
Tom Wessels (born 1951) is an American terrestrial ecologist working as a professor at Antioch University New England in the Department of Environmental Studies, where he founded a master's program in conservation biology. He is the author of five books and is an active environmentalist. Education Wessels earned a Bac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov%20partition
A Markov partition in mathematics is a tool used in dynamical systems theory, allowing the methods of symbolic dynamics to be applied to the study of hyperbolic dynamics. By using a Markov partition, the system can be made to resemble a discrete-time Markov process, with the long-term dynamical characteristics of the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karger%27s%20algorithm
In computer science and graph theory, Karger's algorithm is a randomized algorithm to compute a minimum cut of a connected graph. It was invented by David Karger and first published in 1993. The idea of the algorithm is based on the concept of contraction of an edge in an undirected graph . Informally speaking, the c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EWM
EWM may refer to: Edinburgh Woollen Mill, a British retailer Ellsworth–Whitmore Mountains, in Antarctica Exploding wire method European Women in Mathematics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20California%2C%20San%20Francisco%20Fetal%20Treatment%20Center
The Fetal Treatment Center at the University of California, San Francisco is a multidisciplinary care center dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment, and long-term follow-up of fetal birth defects. It combines the talents of specialists in pediatric surgery, genetics, obstetrics/perinatology, radiology, nursing, and neon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicistronic%20message
Multicistronic message is an archaic term for Polycistronic. Monocistronic, bicistronic and tricistronic are also used to describe mRNA with single, double and triple coding areas (exons). Note that the base word cistron is no longer used in genetics, and has been replaced by intron and exon in eukaryotic mRNA. How...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphaerium%20ovale
Sphaerium ovale is a freshwater bivalve of the family Sphaeriidae. Description Biology Distribution and conservation status Not mentioned in IUCN Red List – Not Evaluated (NE) Germany References ovale Bivalves described in 1807
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20B.%20Kaplan
David B. Kaplan (born 1958) is an American physicist. He is a professor of physics at the University of Washington, where he was director of the Institute for Nuclear Theory during the period 2006–2016 and is now a senior fellow. Research Kaplan's research deals with various aspects of quantum field theory, applied t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20E.%20Kaplan%20%28physicist%29
David Elazzar Kaplan is a theoretical particle physicist at the Johns Hopkins University. Biography Kaplan received his Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1991, his master's in physics from the University of Washington in 1996 and PhD from the same institute under supervision of Ann N...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT%20Subject%20Test%20in%20Chemistry
The SAT Subject Test in Chemistry was a one-hour multiple choice test given on chemistry by The College Board. A student chose whether to take the test depending upon college entrance requirements for the schools in which the student was planning to apply. Until 1994, the SAT Subject Tests were known as Achievement Tes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20polynomials
In mathematics, the secondary polynomials associated with a sequence of polynomials orthogonal with respect to a density are defined by To see that the functions are indeed polynomials, consider the simple example of Then, which is a polynomial provided that the three integrals in (the moments of the densit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramaswamy%20S.%20Vaidyanathaswamy
Ramaswamy S. Vaidyanathaswamy (1894–1960) was an Indian mathematician who wrote the first textbook of point-set topology in India. Life He was born in India on 24 October 1894. Vaidyanathaswamy studied Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, under Prof Edmund Taylor Whittaker graduating around 1914. H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel%20Horspool
R. Nigel Horspool is a retired professor of computer science, formerly of the University of Victoria. He invented the Boyer–Moore–Horspool algorithm, a fast string search algorithm adapted from the Boyer–Moore string-search algorithm. Horspool is co-inventor of dynamic Markov compression and was associate editor and t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate%20trick
In mathematics and physics, the plate trick, also known as Dirac's string trick, the belt trick, or the Balinese cup trick, is any of several demonstrations of the idea that rotating an object with strings attached to it by 360 degrees does not return the system to its original state, while a second rotation of 360 d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20J.%20Turin
John J. Turin (1913–1973) was an American mathematician and physicist, especially active in the field of astronomy. Turin received his bachelor's and master's degrees from Wayne State University and his doctorate in nuclear physics from the University of Michigan. He was a member of the University of Toledo faculty f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20M.%20Lesk
Arthur Mallay Lesk, is a protein science researcher, who is a professor of biochemistry and molecular biology at the Pennsylvania State University in University Park. Education Lesk received a bachelor's degree, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1961. He received his doctoral degree from Princeton University...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stieltjes%20transformation
In mathematics, the Stieltjes transformation of a measure of density on a real interval is the function of the complex variable defined outside by the formula Under certain conditions we can reconstitute the density function starting from its Stieltjes transformation thanks to the inverse formula of Stieltjes-Pe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayleigh%20Medal
The Rayleigh Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "outstanding contributions to acoustics". The prize is named after John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh. It should not be confused with the medal of the same name awarded by the Institute of Physics. List of recipients Source: Institute of Aco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo%20de%20Olavide%20University
Pablo de Olavide University (Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO) in Spanish) is a public university in Seville, Spain. UPO offers both undergraduate and graduate programs in the traditional majors, as well as in biotechnology, environmental sciences, humanities, labor relations, second language acquisition, social work,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20B%20Wood%20Medal
The A B Wood Medal is a prize awarded annually by the Institute of Acoustics for "distinguished contributions to the application of underwater acoustics". The prize, named after Albert Beaumont Wood, is presented in alternate years to European and North American scientists. Recipients Source: Institute of Acoustics ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Symbolic%20Logic
The Journal of Symbolic Logic is a peer-reviewed mathematics journal published quarterly by Association for Symbolic Logic. It was established in 1936 and covers mathematical logic. The journal is indexed by Mathematical Reviews, Zentralblatt MATH, and Scopus. Its 2009 MCQ was 0.28, and its 2009 impact factor was 0.63...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatile%20acid
In chemistry, the terms volatile acid (or volatile fatty acid (VFA)) and volatile acidity (VA) are used somewhat differently in various application areas. Wine In wine chemistry, the volatile acids are those that can be separated from wine through steam distillation. Many factors influence the level of VA, but the gro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20Rover%20Challenge
The University Rover Challenge (URC) by the Mars Society is a robotics competition for university level students that challenges teams to design and build a rover that would be of use to early explorers on Mars. The competition is held annually at the Mars Desert Research Station, outside Hanksville, Utah in the Unite...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementeo
Elementeo is a chemistry-based card game in which elements have their own personalities—oxygen becomes Oxygen Life-Giver, sodium becomes Sodium Dragon, and iodine becomes Iodine Mermaid. Elements can be combined to form compounds and interact with properties and oxidation states. For example, Oxygen Life Giver rusts me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution%20of%20biological%20complexity
The evolution of biological complexity is one important outcome of the process of evolution. Evolution has produced some remarkably complex organisms – although the actual level of complexity is very hard to define or measure accurately in biology, with properties such as gene content, the number of cell types or morph...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20T.%20Harvey
J. T. (Jack) Harvey was General Manager of Operations of the Toronto Transportation Commission from 1977 until 1980. Harvey graduated in 1944 with a B.A.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering. In 1946 following service in World War II where he achieved the rank of Lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20misunderstandings%20of%20genetics
During the latter half of the 20th century, the fields of genetics and molecular biology matured greatly, significantly increasing understanding of biological heredity. As with other complex and evolving fields of knowledge, the public awareness of these advances has primarily been through the mass media, and a number ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9%20Pichot
André Pichot (born in 1950) is a researcher in Epistemology and History of Science, based at CNRS in Strasbourg. He was a pupil of Georges Canguilhem. He is known in France for his critical writings on issues related to genetics, in particular the influence modern biology has had on ideologies supporting eugenics. Bib...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onboard%20refueling%20vapor%20recovery
An onboard refueling vapor recovery system (ORVR) is a vehicle fuel vapor emission control system that captures volatile organic compounds (VOC, potentially harmful vapors) during refueling. There are two types of vehicle fuel vapor emission control systems: the ORVR, and the Stage II vapor recovery system. Without eit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Allibone
Thomas Edward Allibone, CBE, FRS (11 November 1903 – 9 September 2003) was an English physicist. His work included important research into particle physics, X-rays, high voltage equipment, and electron microscopes. Early life Thomas Edward Allibone was born at Nether Hallam, Sheffield in 1903, son of Henry James Allib...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split%20%28phylogenetics%29
A split in phylogenetics is a bipartition of a set of taxa, and the smallest unit of information in unrooted phylogenetic trees: each edge of an unrooted phylogenetic tree represents one split, and the tree can be efficiently reconstructed from its set of splits. Moreover, when given several trees, the splits occurring...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Rosner
Robert Rosner (born June 26, 1947) is an astrophysicist and founding director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, where he is the William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in the departments of Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics. He was the director of Argonne National Laboratory...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usa%20Marine%20Biological%20Institute
The Usa Marine Biological Institute (UMBI) (sometimes referred to as MBI-Japan, Japanese Marine Biological Institute, Usa Kaiyo Center or just Usa) is one of the oldest and largest centers for phycology, marine biology research, graduate training, and public service in Japan. It is devoted to scientific research lead...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgy%20Zolotarenko
Georgy Sergeevich Zolotarenko (August 8, 1922 Kirovograd, Ukraine - April 6, 2002), ScDr., professor, was a Russian entomologist specialized in Lepidoptera, mainly Noctuidae: Noctuinae. Zolotarenko graduated from the Department of Biology and Pedology, Tomsk State University in 1951. From 1951, he worked in the Biolog...