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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Bolton
Barry Bolton is an English myrmecologist, an expert on the classification, systematics, and taxonomy of ants, who long worked at the Natural History Museum, London. He is known especially for monographs on African and Asian ants, and for encyclopaedic global works, including the Identification Guide to Ant Genera (1994...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1020%20AM
The following radio stations broadcast on AM frequency 1020 kHz: 1020 AM is a clear-channel U.S. frequency. KDKA Pittsburgh and KVNT Eagle River, Alaska, share Class A status of 1020 AM. In Argentina LRA58 in Rio Mayo, Chubut LRJ214 in San Juan LT10 in Santa Fe In Mexico XEPR-AM in Poza Rica, Veracruz XEWO-AM ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermophoresis
Thermophoresis (also thermomigration, thermodiffusion, the Soret effect, or the Ludwig–Soret effect) is a phenomenon observed in mixtures of mobile particles where the different particle types exhibit different responses to the force of a temperature gradient. This phenomenon tends to move light molecules to hot region...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphenyl%20diselenide
Diphenyl diselenide is the chemical compound with the formula (C6H5)2Se2, abbreviated Ph2Se2. This orange-coloured solid is the oxidized derivative of benzeneselenol. It is used as a source of the PhSe unit in organic synthesis. Preparation and properties Ph2Se2 is prepared by the oxidation of benzeneselenoate, the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%27s%20method
In statistics, Fisher's method, also known as Fisher's combined probability test, is a technique for data fusion or "meta-analysis" (analysis of analyses). It was developed by and named for Ronald Fisher. In its basic form, it is used to combine the results from several independence tests bearing upon the same overal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isocaudomer
Isocaudomers are pairs of restriction enzymes that have slightly different recognition sequences, but upon cleavage of DNA, generate identical overhanging termini sequences. These sequences can be ligated to one another, but then form an asymmetrical sequence that cannot be cleaved by a restriction enzyme. Examples F...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological%20censorship
The topological censorship theorem (if valid) states that general relativity does not allow an observer to probe the topology of spacetime: any topological structure collapses too quickly to allow light to traverse it. More precisely, in a globally hyperbolic, asymptotically flat spacetime satisfying the null energy co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half%20sphere%20exposure
Half Sphere exposure (HSE) is a protein solvent exposure measure that was first introduced by . Like all solvent exposure measures it measures how buried amino acid residues are in a protein. It is found by counting the number of amino acid neighbors within two half spheres of chosen radius around the amino acid. The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20number
In chemistry, a contact number (CN) is a simple solvent exposure measure that measures residue burial in proteins. The definition of CN varies between authors, but is generally defined as the number of either C or C atoms within a sphere around the C or C atom of the residue. The radius of the sphere is typically chos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connected-component%20labeling
Connected-component labeling (CCL), connected-component analysis (CCA), blob extraction, region labeling, blob discovery, or region extraction is an algorithmic application of graph theory, where subsets of connected components are uniquely labeled based on a given heuristic. Connected-component labeling is not to be c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nascimento%20%28surname%29
Nascimento or do Nascimento (, meaning birth) is a common Portuguese surname that refers to the birth of Jesus Christ. It may also originate from the Dutch surname Nassau. Statistics In 2004, about 0.39% of the Portuguese population bore the surname Nascimento. According to Forebears.io, Nascimento is the 571st mos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etmopterus
Etmopterus is a genus of lantern sharks in the squaliform family Etmopteridae. They are found in deep sea ecosystems of the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Ecology A number of species in this genus function as host to the specialized parasitic barnacle Anelasma squalicola, which embeds itself into the skin of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross%E2%80%93Pitaevskii%20equation
The Gross–Pitaevskii equation (GPE, named after Eugene P. Gross and Lev Petrovich Pitaevskii) describes the ground state of a quantum system of identical bosons using the Hartree–Fock approximation and the pseudopotential interaction model. A Bose–Einstein condensate (BEC) is a gas of bosons that are in the same quant...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random-access%20stored-program%20machine
In theoretical computer science the random-access stored-program (RASP) machine model is an abstract machine used for the purposes of algorithm development and algorithm complexity theory. The RASP is a random-access machine (RAM) model that, unlike the RAM, has its program in its "registers" together with its input. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truncated%20distribution
In statistics, a truncated distribution is a conditional distribution that results from restricting the domain of some other probability distribution. Truncated distributions arise in practical statistics in cases where the ability to record, or even to know about, occurrences is limited to values which lie above or be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurious
Spurious may refer to: Spurious relationship in statistics Spurious emission or spurious tone in radio engineering Spurious key in cryptography Spurious interrupt in computing Spurious wakeup in computing Spurious, a 2011 novel by Lars Iyer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PK-11195
PK-11195 is an isoquinoline carboxamide which binds selectively to the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) (also known as the mitochondrial 18 kDa translocator protein or TSPO). It is one of the most commonly used PBR ligands due to its high affinity for the PBR in all species, although it is starting to be replac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure%20head
In fluid mechanics, pressure head is the height of a liquid column that corresponds to a particular pressure exerted by the liquid column on the base of its container. It may also be called static pressure head or simply static head (but not static head pressure). Mathematically this is expressed as: where is press...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20urban%20contemporary%20artists
Aaliyah Angela Bofill Amerie Ashanti Brandy CeCe Peniston Cherrelle Chris Brown Ciara Colonel Abrams Crystal Waters Dru Hill Fergie Frankie J Ginuwine H-Town Jaguar Wright Jennifer Lopez Joi Cardwell Justin Timberlake Kai Karyn White Kelis Kelly Rowland LeToya Luckett La Toya Jackson LaToya Lo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Angeles%20Rams%20statistics
This page details statistics about the Los Angeles Rams American football franchise, formerly the St. Louis Rams and the Cleveland Rams. Franchise firsts First NFL game – A 28–0 loss to the Detroit Lions, 9/10/37. First NFL win – A 21–3 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles, 9/17/37. First winning season – 1945 (9–1). ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20World%20Series%20of%20Poker%20results
This list of 2005 World Series of Poker (WSOP) results includes statistics, final table results and payouts. Results Event 1: $500 Casino Employee's No Limit Hold'em June 2, 2005 This event kicked off the 2005 WSOP. It was a $500 buy-in no limit Texas hold 'em tournament reserved for casino employees that work in N...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAS%20classification
The TAS classification can be used to assign names to many common types of volcanic rocks based upon the relationships between the combined alkali content and the silica content. These chemical parameters are useful, because the relative proportions of alkalis and silica play an important role in determining actual min...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary%20pseudoperfect%20number
In mathematics, and particularly in number theory, N is a primary pseudoperfect number if it satisfies the Egyptian fraction equation where the sum is over only the prime divisors of N. Properties Equivalently, N is a primary pseudoperfect number if it satisfies Except for the primary pseudoperfect number N = 2, th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20dynamical%20system
In the mathematical field of dynamical systems, a random dynamical system is a dynamical system in which the equations of motion have an element of randomness to them. Random dynamical systems are characterized by a state space S, a set of maps from S into itself that can be thought of as the set of all possible equat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bureau%20of%20Justice%20Statistics
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (UJC) of the U.S. Department of Justice is the principal federal agency responsible for measuring crime, criminal victimization, criminal offenders, victims of crime, correlates of crime, and the operation of criminal and civil justice systems at the federal, state, tribal, and local le...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace%20Wahba
Grace Goldsmith Wahba (born August 3, 1934) is an American statistician and retired I. J. Schoenberg-Hilldale Professor of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is a pioneer in methods for smoothing noisy data. Best known for the development of generalized cross-validation and "Wahba's problem", she ha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-calcium%20exchanger
The sodium-calcium exchanger (often denoted Na+/Ca2+ exchanger, exchange protein, or NCX) is an antiporter membrane protein that removes calcium from cells. It uses the energy that is stored in the electrochemical gradient of sodium (Na+) by allowing Na+ to flow down its gradient across the plasma membrane in exchange ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immortal%20DNA%20strand%20hypothesis
The immortal DNA strand hypothesis was proposed in 1975 by John Cairns as a mechanism for adult stem cells to minimize mutations in their genomes. This hypothesis proposes that instead of segregating their DNA during mitosis in a random manner, adult stem cells divide their DNA asymmetrically, and retain a distinct tem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten%20Bolm
Kirsten Bolm (born 4 March 1975 in Frechen, West Germany) is a retired German hurdler. Bolm's personal best is 12.59 seconds, achieved in July 2005 in the Crystal Palace Grand Prix at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre. She graduated in psychology from the University of Heidelberg in 2009. Achievements Exter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cierna
Čierna (; ) is a village and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of south-eastern Slovakia. History In historical records the village was first mentioned in 1214. Geography The village lies at an altitude of 101 metres and covers an area of 4.244 km². It has a population of 415 people. Ethnici...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Purcell%20Papers
The Purcell Papers (1880) are a collection of thirteen Gothic, supernatural, historical and humorous short stories by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814–73) originally written for the Dublin University Magazine. The first twelve were written between 1838–40 and purport to be extracts from the 'MS. Papers of the late Rev. Fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. Ethnicity Source: Bureau of Statistics of Republic of Serbia, Census 2011 Religion Source: Bureau of Statistics of Republic of Serbia, Census 2011 References Geography of Belgrade Belgrade Belgrade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promegakaryocyte
A promegakaryocyte is a precursor cell for a megakaryocyte. It arises from a megakaryoblast, into a promegakaryocyte and then into a megakaryocyte, which will eventually break off and become a platelet. The developmental stages of the megakaryocyte are: CFU-Me (pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell or hemocytoblast) → ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promonocyte
A promonocyte (or premonocyte) is a cell arising from a monoblast and developing into a monocyte. See also Pluripotential hemopoietic stem cell Additional images External links "Monocyte Development" at tulane.edu Slide at marist.edu - "Bone marrow smear" "Maturation Sequence" at hematologyatlas.com (Promono...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirzebruch%20signature%20theorem
In differential topology, an area of mathematics, the Hirzebruch signature theorem (sometimes called the Hirzebruch index theorem) is Friedrich Hirzebruch's 1954 result expressing the signature of a smooth closed oriented manifold by a linear combination of Pontryagin numbers called the L-genus. It was used in the proo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLA-DQ
HLA-DQ (DQ) is a cell surface receptor protein found on antigen-presenting cells. It is an αβ heterodimer of type MHC class II. The α and β chains are encoded by two loci, HLA-DQA1 and HLA-DQB1, that are adjacent to each other on chromosome band 6p21.3. Both α-chain and β-chain vary greatly. A person often produces two...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclotorna
Cyclotorna is a genus of moths, the sole one of family Cyclotornidae, with five recognized species, all endemic to Australia. This family and the closely related Epipyropidae are unique among the Lepidoptera in that the larvae are ectoparasites, the hosts in this case typically being leafhoppers, sometimes scale insect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JGI
JGI can refer to: The JGI Group Jane Goodall Institute Joint Genome Institute
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoclonal%20antibody%20therapy
Monoclonal antibody therapy is a form of immunotherapy that uses monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) to bind monospecifically to certain cells or proteins. The objective is that this treatment will stimulate the patient's immune system to attack those cells. Alternatively, in radioimmunotherapy a radioactive dose localizes a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron%20magnetic%20resonance
In physics, biology and chemistry, electron magnetic resonance (EMR) is an interdisciplinary field that covers both electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR, also known as electron spin resonance – ESR) and electron cyclotron resonance (ECR). EMR looks at electrons rather than nuclei or ions as in nuclear magnetic resonanc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biochemistry%20of%20Alzheimer%27s%20disease
The biochemistry of Alzheimer's disease, the most common cause of dementia, is not yet very well understood. Alzheimer's disease (AD) has been identified as a proteopathy: a protein misfolding disease due to the accumulation of abnormally folded amyloid beta (Aβ) protein in the brain. Amyloid beta is a short peptide th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serine/threonine-specific%20protein%20kinase
A serine/threonine protein kinase () is a kinase enzyme, in particular a protein kinase, that phosphorylates the OH group of the amino-acid residues serine or threonine, which have similar side chains. At least 350 of the 500+ human protein kinases are serine/threonine kinases (STK). In enzymology, the term serine/th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20David%20Wahrman
Abraham David Wahrman of Buchach (1770 at Nadvirna – 1840 at Buchach) (Hebrew: אברהם דוד מבוטשאטש), was a Galician Talmudist. Biography He began studying Talmud as a boy. When he was ten years old, Zvi Hirsch Karo, the author of Neta' Sha'ashu'im, chose him as a son-in-law. At the age of twenty, he became the rabbi at...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ca2%2B/calmodulin-dependent%20protein%20kinase%20II
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II}} /calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (CaM kinase II or CaMKII) is a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase that is regulated by the /calmodulin complex. CaMKII is involved in many signaling cascades and is thought to be an important mediator of learning...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorylase%20kinase
Phosphorylase kinase (PhK) is a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase which activates glycogen phosphorylase to release glucose-1-phosphate from glycogen. PhK phosphorylates glycogen phosphorylase at two serine residues, triggering a conformational shift which favors the more active glycogen phosphorylase “a” form o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium%20ATPase
Ca2+ ATPase is a form of P-ATPase that transfers calcium after a muscle has contracted. The two kinds of calcium ATPase are: Plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) Plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) Plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) is a transport protein in the plasma membran...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excinuclease
Excision endonuclease, also known as excinuclease or UV-specific endonuclease, is a nuclease (enzyme) which excises a fragment of nucleotides during DNA repair. The excinuclease cuts out a fragment by hydrolyzing two phosphodiester bonds, one on either side of the lesion in the DNA. This process is part of "nucleotide ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.%20F.%20Baker
Henry Frederick Baker FRS FRSE (3 July 1866 – 17 March 1956) was a British mathematician, working mainly in algebraic geometry, but also remembered for contributions to partial differential equations (related to what would become known as solitons), and Lie groups. Early life He was born in Cambridge the son of Henry...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churna%20Island
Charna Island (also spelled Churna Island; ) is located near Mubarak Goth, Kiamari Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Churna Island is a small, uninhabited island located in the Arabian Sea, about west of the mouth of the Hub River called "Manjhar Beach", at the boundary between the provinces of Balochistan and Sindh. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic%20coordinate%20condition
The harmonic coordinate condition is one of several coordinate conditions in general relativity, which make it possible to solve the Einstein field equations. A coordinate system is said to satisfy the harmonic coordinate condition if each of the coordinate functions xα (regarded as scalar fields) satisfies d'Alembert'...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Alembert%27s%20equation
In mathematics, d'Alembert's equation is a first order nonlinear ordinary differential equation, named after the French mathematician Jean le Rond d'Alembert. The equation reads as where . After differentiating once, and rearranging we have The above equation is linear. When , d'Alembert's equation is reduced to Clai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saizen
Saizen is a commercial preparation of synthetic somatropin (growth hormone, a.k.a. GH). Manufactured by Merck Serono, Saizen is produced by recombinant DNA technology from a mammalian cell line (mouse C127) that was modified by the addition of the human GH gene, resulting in an identical 191-amino acid sequence and str...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cierna%20nad%20Tisou
Čierna nad Tisou () is a town and municipality in the Trebišov District in the Košice Region of extreme south-eastern Slovakia, near the Tisa (Tisza) river. History The town and municipality is one of the newest in the Košice Region established in 1828. In 1968, from 29 July to 1 August, Soviet and Czechoslovak leade...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base%20flow%20%28random%20dynamical%20systems%29
In mathematics, the base flow of a random dynamical system is the dynamical system defined on the "noise" probability space that describes how to "fast forward" or "rewind" the noise when one wishes to change the time at which one "starts" the random dynamical system. Definition In the definition of a random dynamical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ettringite
Ettringite is a hydrous calcium aluminium sulfate mineral with formula: . It is a colorless to yellow mineral crystallizing in the trigonal system. The prismatic crystals are typically colorless, turning white on partial dehydration. It is part of the ettringite-group which includes other sulfates such as thaumasite an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20stellar%20object
Young stellar object (YSO) denotes a star in its early stage of evolution. This class consists of two groups of objects: protostars and pre-main-sequence stars. Classification by spectral energy distribution A star forms by accumulation of material that falls in to a protostar from a circumstellar disk or envelope. Ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mads
Mads may refer to: Mads (given name) MADS Theatre, in England MADS-box, a family of genes and proteins Metadata Authority Description Schema, a schema used in the library community
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F60
F60 or F.60 may refer to: Vehicles Cars Ferrari F60, Ferrari's Formula One racing car for the 2009 season Ferrari F60 America, a limited production roadster derivative of the Ferrari F12 unveiled in 2014 Enzo Ferrari (car), a Ferrari supercar sometimes referred to as the F60 Second Generation Mini Countryman, cod...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spalding%20Priory
Spalding Priory was a small Benedictine house in the town of Spalding, Lincolnshire, dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and St Nicholas. It was founded as a cell of Croyland Abbey, in 1052, by Leofric, Earl of Mercia and his wife, Godiva, Countess of Leicester. It was supported by Leofric's eldest son. Ælfgār, Earl of Me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-quality%20dual%20carriageway
A High-quality dual carriageway (HQDC) is a road category in Ireland. It is defined as an all-purpose dual carriageway road type built to near motorway standards, but without motorway classification or motorway restrictions. High-quality dual carriageways have full grade-separated access and do not have junctions with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystallization%20adjutant
A crystallization adjutant is a material used to promote crystallization, normally in a context where a material does not crystallize naturally from a pure solution. Additives in Macromolecular Crystallization In macromolecular crystallography, the term additive is used instead of adjutant. An additive can either inte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages%20of%20Scotland
The languages of Scotland belong predominantly to the Germanic and Celtic language families. The classification of the Pictish language was once controversial, but it is now generally considered a Celtic language. Today, the main language spoken in Scotland is English, while Scots and Scottish Gaelic are minority langu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20distance%20test
The global distance test (GDT), also written as GDT_TS to represent "total score", is a measure of similarity between two protein structures with known amino acid correspondences (e.g. identical amino acid sequences) but different tertiary structures. It is most commonly used to compare the results of protein structur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD90
Thy-1 or CD90 (Cluster of Differentiation 90) is a 25–37 kDa heavily N-glycosylated, glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchored conserved cell surface protein with a single V-like immunoglobulin domain, originally discovered as a thymocyte antigen. Thy-1 can be used as a marker for a variety of stem cells and for the axo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Cairns
John Cairns may refer to: John Cairns (biochemist) (1922–2018), biochemist who first demonstrated the structure and replication of the E. coli genome John Cairns (cricketer) (1925–2014), English cricketer John Cairns (politician) (1859–1923), British politician, MP for Morpeth John Cairns (1818–1892), Scottish divine ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle%20Silas
Uncle Silas, subtitled "A Tale of Bartram Haugh", is an 1864 Victorian Gothic mystery-thriller novel by the Irish writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu. Despite Le Fanu resisting its classification as such, the novel has also been hailed as a work of sensation fiction by contemporary reviewers and modern critics alike. It is an e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20order
The contact order of a protein is a measure of the locality of the inter-amino acid contacts in the protein's native state tertiary structure. It is calculated as the average sequence distance between residues that form native contacts in the folded protein divided by the total length of the protein. Higher contact ord...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurophilicity
In chemistry, aurophilicity refers to the tendency of gold complexes to aggregate via formation of weak metallophilic interactions. The main evidence for aurophilicity is from the crystallographic analysis of Au(I) complexes. The aurophilic bond has a length of about 3.0 Å and a strength of about 7–12 kcal/mol, which...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell%20Berna
Tell Schirnding Berna (July 24, 1891 – April 5, 1975) was an American middle-distance and long-distance runner. His 1912 American record at two miles stood for twenty years. He competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the 3000 metre team where he won the gold medal with h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatarna%20Bridge
The Tatarna Bridge () is a bridge over the Kremasta (place which belonged to the municipality of Alevrada Amfilochias) artificial lake (which was created after the building of a huge dam (160 meters high) in the narrowest point of the river Achelous). It was designed by Aristarchos Oikonomou, and built between 1971 and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Oslo
The population of Oslo is monitored by Statistics Norway. As of 2022, the population of Oslo sat at 702,543. Population As of 2022, the population of Oslo sat at 702,543. Origin Immigrants and Norwegian-born to immigrant parents, by country background for Oslo, 2023 As of 2022, immigrants of non-Western origin an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagyurski%20kolonii
Panagyurski kolonii () is a popular mountain resort with a village status situated 1050 m. above sea level in the Sredna Gora Mountain about 15 km. north of the town of Panagyurishte, Bulgaria. It is typical with its numerous family-owned summer houses built mainly in the 1930s. The houses are designed to be inhabite...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lakeman%20Brothers
The Lakeman Brothers were an English folk music trio, consisting of Sean Lakeman, Sam Lakeman and Seth Lakeman. They released one album, Three Piece Suite, in 1994 before forming the band Equation with Kate Rusby and Kathryn Roberts. Seth has gone on to have success as a solo artist, particularly with his Mercury Musi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fick
Fick may refer to: Adolf Eugen Fick (1829–1901), German physiologist, after whom are named: Fick principle, technique for measuring the cardiac output Fick's law of diffusion, describing the diffusion tonometer, both useful in music and ophthalmology Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick (1852–1937), German ophthalmologist neph...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andorran%20Federation%20of%20Ice%20Sports
The Andorran Federation of Ice Sports (, FAEG) is the governing body of ice hockey, curling, and figure skating in Andorra. Ice hockey statistics 52 players total 17 male players 24 junior players 11 female players No referees 1 indoor rink Not ranked in the world ranking References External links Andorra – ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDS%20930
The SDS 930 was a commercial 24-bit computer using bipolar junction transistors sold by Scientific Data Systems. It was announced in December 1963, with first installations in June 1964. Description An SDS 930 system consists of at least three standard () cabinets, weighing about . It is composed of an arithmetic and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retarder%20%28railroad%29
In rail transport, a retarder is a device installed in a classification yard used to reduce the speed of freight cars as they are sorted into trains. Construction Each retarder consists of a series of stationary brakes surrounding a short section of each on the track that grip and slow the cars' wheels through frictio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatitsa
Zlatitsa ( ) is a town and the seat of the Zlatitsa Municipality in southern Bulgaria located in the Zlatitsa-Pirdop valley. It lies between Stara Planina to the north and Sredna Gora to the south at above sea level. It is situated immediately south in the lap of the Zlatitsa -Teteven Mountain. Zlatitsa is situated e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subharmonic%20synthesizer
A subharmonic synthesizer is a device or system that generates subharmonics of an input signal. The nth subharmonic of a signal of fundamental frequency F is a signal with frequency F/n. This differs from ordinary harmonics, where the nth harmonic of fundamental frequency F is a signal of frequency nF. Subharmonic syn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoplasmic-reticulum-associated%20protein%20degradation
Endoplasmic-reticulum-associated protein degradation (ERAD) designates a cellular pathway which targets misfolded proteins of the endoplasmic reticulum for ubiquitination and subsequent degradation by a protein-degrading complex, called the proteasome. Mechanism The process of ERAD can be divided into three steps: ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%A1bio%20Pinto
Fábio Nascimento Pinto (born 9 October 1980) is a Brazilian forme footballer who played as a forward. Career statistics Fábio Pinto played for several clubs in the Campeonato Brasileiro, including Sport Club Internacional, Grêmio Foot-Ball Porto Alegrense, Associação Desportiva São Caetano, Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bata%2C%20Pazardzhik%20Province
Bata () is a village in the Panagyurishte municipality in western Bulgaria. It has 1 345 inhabitants. Geography Bata is located in a mountainous region. The village lies in the Sredna Gora mountain, in the Bata-Banya valley. The river Banska Luda Yana runs through the village and flows in the Panagyurska Luda Yana sl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20Lerman
Leonard Solomon Lerman (June 27, 1925 – September 19, 2012) was an American scientist most noted for his work on DNA. Life and career Lerman was born and raised in Pittsburgh, the son of Freamah and Meyer Lerman, Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. His father was a department store buyer. Lerman began attending the Carneg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20dot%20solar%20cell
A quantum dot solar cell (QDSC) is a solar cell design that uses quantum dots as the captivating photovoltaic material. It attempts to replace bulk materials such as silicon, copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) or cadmium telluride (CdTe). Quantum dots have bandgaps that are adjustable across a wide range of energy l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firing%20squad%20synchronization%20problem
The firing squad synchronization problem is a problem in computer science and cellular automata in which the goal is to design a cellular automaton that, starting with a single active cell, eventually reaches a state in which all cells are simultaneously active. It was first proposed by John Myhill in 1957 and publishe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engine%20efficiency
Engine efficiency of thermal engines is the relationship between the total energy contained in the fuel, and the amount of energy used to perform useful work. There are two classifications of thermal engines- Internal combustion (gasoline, diesel and gas turbine-Brayton cycle engines) and External combustion engines (s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley%20Efron
Bradley Efron (; born May 24, 1938) is an American statistician. Efron has been president of the American Statistical Association (2004) and of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (1987–1988). He is a past editor (for theory and methods) of the Journal of the American Statistical Association, and he is the foundin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma%20Shapplin
Emma Shapplin (born Crystêle Madeleine Joliton on 19 May 1974, in the Paris suburb of Savigny-le-Temple) is a French soprano. Discography Albums Carmine Meo (1997, Pendragon Records/EMI) Etterna (2002, Ark 21 Records/Universal Music Group) Macadam Flower (2009, Nimue Music/Universal Music Group/Sony Music) Dust of a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteinoplast
Proteinoplasts (sometimes called proteoplasts, aleuroplasts, and aleuronaplasts) are specialized organelles found only in plant cells. Proteinoplasts belong to a broad category of organelles known as plastids. Plastids are specialized double-membrane organelles found in plant cells. Plastids perform a variety of functi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWCT
WWCT is an FM broadcasting station licensed to Bartonville, Illinois. Through most of its history, the WWCT callsign was associated with Peoria's 105.7 frequency allocation; the call sign and related format was moved to 96.5 (Farmington) in 2003, then 99.9 (Bartonville) in 2006. The original 99.9 callsign, WIXO, and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20algebraic%20geometry
In mathematics, real algebraic geometry is the sub-branch of algebraic geometry studying real algebraic sets, i.e. real-number solutions to algebraic equations with real-number coefficients, and mappings between them (in particular real polynomial mappings). Semialgebraic geometry is the study of semialgebraic sets, i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant%20false%20alarm%20rate
Constant false alarm rate (CFAR) detection refers to a common form of adaptive algorithm used in radar systems to detect target returns against a background of noise, clutter and interference. Principle In the radar receiver, the returning echoes are typically received by the antenna, amplified, down-converted to an i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamellar%20bodies
In cell biology, lamellar bodies (otherwise known as lamellar granules, membrane-coating granules (MCGs), keratinosomes or Odland bodies) are secretory organelles found in type II alveolar cells in the lungs, and in keratinocytes in the skin. They are oblong structures, appearing about 300-400 nm in width and 100-150 n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristal%20Baschet
The Cristal Baschet is a contemporary musical instrument developed in 1952 by the brothers Bernard and François Baschet. Models of the crystal organs range from 3.5 to 6 octaves and are made of 56 chromatically tuned glass rods. To play it, musicians rub the rods with wet fingertips. Operation Metal rods are embedde...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRS%20Robotics
CRS Robotics Corporation (currently operating as Thermo CRS Limited) was a robotics company based out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. CRS Robotics designed, manufactured, distributed, and serviced human scale articulated robots, and laboratory automation systems. Human scale robots have approximately the same reach, sp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betz
Betz may refer to: Betz (surname) Betz Airport, Michigan Betz cell, giant pyramidal neuron of primary motor cortex Betz's law, law of physics applying to fluids Betz, Oise, commune in France GE Betz, water treatment company See also Betts, surname Willi Betz, logistics company
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hymenorrhaphy
Hymenorrhaphy or hymen reconstruction surgery is the temporary surgical restoration of the hymen. The term comes from the Greek words hymen meaning "membrane", and raphḗ meaning "suture". It is also known as hymenoplasty, although strictly this term would also include hymenotomy. Such procedures are not generally rega...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light%20car
The term light car is used in Great Britain since the early part of the 20th century for an automobile less than 1.5 litres engine capacity. In modern car classification this term would be roughly equivalent to a subcompact car. There are numerous light car clubs in Britain and Australia. The current driving licence c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HESA%20Dorna
The HESA Dorna (, "Crane") is a jet-powered Iranian training aircraft. The aircraft was first publicised in 1999 when Iranian air force General Habibollah Baghal claimed that a locally designed Dorna trainer aircraft had entered production. See also Military of Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force List of Iranian ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%20Book
The Pink Book is an informal name for any of several books with pink covers. It may refer to: The annual publication by the Office for National Statistics that details the United Kingdom's balance of payments Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, a book published by the US Centers for Disease...