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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-comparison%20monopulse
Phase-comparison monopulse is a technique used in radio frequency (RF) applications such as radar and direction finding to accurately estimate the direction of arrival of a signal from the phase difference of the signal measured on two (or more) separated antennas or more typically from displaced phase centers of an a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxillin
Paxillin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PXN gene. Paxillin is expressed at focal adhesions of non-striated cells and at costameres of striated muscle cells, and it functions to adhere cells to the extracellular matrix. Mutations in PXN as well as abnormal expression of paxillin protein has been implicate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracellular%20calcium-sensing%20proteins
Intracellular calcium-sensing proteins are proteins that act in the second messenger system. Examples include: calmodulin calnexin calreticulin gelsolin References External links Human proteins
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitogen-activated%20protein%20kinase%209
Mitogen-activated protein kinase 9 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MAPK9 gene. Function The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the MAP kinase family. MAP kinases act as an integration point for multiple biochemical signals, and are involved in a wide variety of cellular processes such as proli...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P38%20mitogen-activated%20protein%20kinases
p38 mitogen-activated protein kinases are a class of mitogen-activated protein kinases (MAPKs) that are responsive to stress stimuli, such as cytokines, ultraviolet irradiation, heat shock, and osmotic shock, and are involved in cell differentiation, apoptosis and autophagy. Persistent activation of the p38 MAPK pathwa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olfactory%20marker%20protein
In molecular biology, olfactory marker protein is a protein involved in signal transduction. It is a highly expressed, cytoplasmic protein found in mature olfactory sensory receptor neurons of all vertebrates. OMP is a modulator of the olfactory signal transduction cascade. The crystal structure of OMP reveals a beta s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorna%20Bailey
Lorna Bailey (born 1978) is an English potter and businesswoman. Life and work Lorna Bailey was brought up in the Wolstanton area of Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, close to the Potteries area of Stoke-on-Trent. She attended Ellison Primary School, Wolstanton, and then Wolstanton High School. After school, Bailey atte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t%20Help%20Lovin%27%20Dat%20Man
"Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, is one of the most famous songs from their classic 1927 musical play Show Boat, adapted from Edna Ferber's 1926 novel. Its musical composition entered the public domain on January 1, 2023. Context The song, written in a blues ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardized%20coefficient
In statistics, standardized (regression) coefficients, also called beta coefficients or beta weights, are the estimates resulting from a regression analysis where the underlying data have been standardized so that the variances of dependent and independent variables are equal to 1. Therefore, standardized coefficients ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armored%20Combat%20Engineer%20Robot
The Armored Combat Engineer Robot (ACER) is a military robot created by Mesa Robotics. Roughly the size of a small bulldozer and weighing 2.25 tons, ACER is among the larger military robots. ACER is able to reach speeds of 6.3 mph, using treads for movement. Uses for this robot include clearing obstacles, removing expl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crna%20Bara%20%28%C4%8Coka%29
Crna Bara (Serbian Cyrillic: Црна Бара, Hungarian: Feketetó) is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Čoka municipality, North Banat District, Vojvodina province. The village is ethnically mixed and its population numbering 568 people (2002 census). Ethnic groups (2002 census) Population of the village include: ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccinea
Coccinea may refer to: the plant genus Coccinia, the scarlet gourds the plant section Coccinea is the name of a species derivative to many plants, example Banksia sect. Coccinea, Banksia coccinea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20Plain
The Atlantic Plain is one of eight distinct physiographic divisions of the contiguious United States. Using the USGS physiographic classification system, the Atlantic Plain division comprises two provinces and six sections. The Coastal Plain province is differentiated from the Continental Shelf province simply based on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDC-1200
MDC (Motorola Data Communications), also known as Stat-Alert, MDC-1200 and MDC-600, is a Motorola two-way radio low-speed data system using audio frequency shift keying, (AFSK). MDC-600 uses a 600 baud data rate. MDC-1200 uses a 1,200 baud data rate. Systems employ either one of the two baud rates. Mark and space tones...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G95
G95 is a free, portable, open-source Fortran 95 compiler. It implements the Fortran 95 standard, part of the Fortran 2003 standard, as well as some old and new extensions including features for the Fortran 2008 standard like coarray Fortran. It also supports the F programming language subset. G95 was primarily develop...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosha
Drosha is a Class 2 ribonuclease III enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DROSHA (formerly RNASEN) gene. It is the primary nuclease that executes the initiation step of miRNA processing in the nucleus. It works closely with DGCR8 and in correlation with Dicer. It has been found significant in clinical knowledge for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20deluge%20algorithm
The Great deluge algorithm (GD) is a generic algorithm applied to optimization problems. It is similar in many ways to the hill-climbing and simulated annealing algorithms. The name comes from the analogy that in a great deluge a person climbing a hill will try to move in any direction that does not get his/her feet w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendall%27s%20notation
In queueing theory, a discipline within the mathematical theory of probability, Kendall's notation (or sometimes Kendall notation) is the standard system used to describe and classify a queueing node. D. G. Kendall proposed describing queueing models using three factors written A/S/c in 1953 where A denotes the time be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Ramsay%20Shaw
Barbara Ramsay Shaw is the William T. Miller Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Duke University. She is known for her work on how DNA reacts with other compounds. Education and career Shaw earned her B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1965. She has an M.S. (1967) and a Ph.D. in physical chemistry (1973) fro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thy1
Thy1 may refer to: CD90, formal name of Thymocyte antigen 1, a cluster of differentiation 90 Thymidylate synthase (FAD), an enzyme Thymidylate synthase complementing protein 1 which complements but shows no homology to thymidylate synthase
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Hinshelwood
Paul Alexander Hinshelwood (14 August 1956 – 15 January 2022) was an English footballer who played as a right-back in the Football League for Crystal Palace, Oxford United, Millwall and Colchester United. He gained representative honours with the England under-21 team and also played and managed in non-league football....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preload%20%28software%29
preload is a free Linux program which runs as a daemon to record statistics about usage of files by more frequently-used programs. This information is then used to keep these files preloaded into memory. This results in faster application startup times as less data needs to be fetched from disk. preload is often paired...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroneutral%20cation-Cl
In molecular biology, the electroneutral cation-Cl (electroneutral potassium chloride cotransporter) family of proteins are a family of solute carrier proteins. This family includes the products of the Human genes: SLC12A1, SLC12A1, SLC12A2, SLC12A3, SLC12A4, SLC12A5, SLC12A6, SLC12A7, SLC12A8 and SLC12A9. The K-Cl co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taverna%20%28disambiguation%29
A Taverna is a place serving Greek cuisine. Taverna may also refer to: People Ferdinando Taverna (1558–1619), Italian cardinal Ludovico Taverna (1535–1617), Italian diplomat and bishop of Lodi Paola Taverna (born 1969), Italian politician Places Taverna, Calabria, a small town in the Province of Catanzaro, Ita...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphenyl%20disulfide
Diphenyl disulfide is the chemical compound with the formula (C6H5S)2. This colorless crystalline material is often abbreviated Ph2S2. It is one of the more commonly encountered organic disulfides in organic synthesis. Minor contamination by thiophenol is responsible for the disagreeable odour associated with this comp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family%20of%20musical%20instruments
A family of musical instruments is a grouping of several different but related sizes or types of instruments. Some schemes of musical instrument classification, such as the Hornbostel-Sachs system, are based on a hierarchy of instrument families and families of families. Some commonly recognized families are: Strings ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFH
CFH may refer to: Coach Fred Hoiberg, Iowa State University men's basketball coach Complement Factor H, a complement control protein NHS Connecting for Health, The UK Agency delivering the NHS National Programme for IT, usually written "CfH" Chase Farm Hospital, a hospital in London Call for Help, an American/Canadia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severna%20Park%20%28writer%29
Severna Park (born 1958), real name Suzanne Feldman, is an American science fiction author and winner of the Nebula Award for Best Short Story (The Cure For Everything, 2001). Her first novel, Speaking Dreams from 1992, was a Lambda Literary Award nominee. She was long-listed for James Tiptree Jr. Award in 1994 (Amazo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naringinase
Naringinase is a debittering enzyme that is used in the commercial production of citrus juices. It breaks down the compound naringin that gives citrus juices its bitter taste. It is a multienzyme complex which possesses alpha-L-rhamnosidase and beta glucosidase active centers. The E.C. No.() of the naringinase and rha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabinho%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201976%29
Fábio de Jesus or simply Fabinho (born October 16, 1976, in Nova Iguaçu), is a Brazilian defensive midfielder. Club statistics Honours Santos Brazilian League Série A: 2004 Internacional Copa Libertadores: 2006 FIFA Club World Championship: 2006 Fluminense Brazilian Cup: 2007 References External links zerozero....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman%27s%20Club%20of%20New%20Smyrna
The Woman's Club of New Smyrna is a historic woman's club in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States. It is located at 403 Magnolia Street. On May 11, 1989, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. See also List of Registered Historic Woman's Clubhouses in Florida References External links V...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phospholipase%20B
Phospholipase B, also known as lysophospholipase, is an enzyme with a combination of both PLA1 and PLA2 activities; that is, it can cleave acyl chains from both the sn-1 and sn-2 positions of a phospholipid. In general, it acts on lysolecithin (which is formed by the action of PLA2 on lecithin). See also Phospholipas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phospholipase%20A
Phospholipase A can refer to: Phospholipase A1 Phospholipase A2 Outer membrane phospholipase A1 An enzyme that displays both phospholipase A1 and phospholipase A2 activities is called a Phospholipase B (see main article on phospholipases).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spes%20%28disambiguation%29
Spes is the Roman goddess of hope. Spes may also refer to: Hope (virtue), spes in Latin Acronym Synergistic Processing Elements (SPEs), a type of accelerated processing unit in a Cell microprocessor South Place Ethical Society, former name of the Conway Hall Ethical Society Stanley Park Ecology Society Swedish P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calponin
Calponin is a calcium binding protein. Calponin tonically inhibits the ATPase activity of myosin in smooth muscle. Phosphorylation of calponin by a protein kinase, which is dependent upon calcium binding to calmodulin, releases the calponin's inhibition of the smooth muscle ATPase. Structure and function Calponin is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldesmon
Caldesmon is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CALD1 gene. Caldesmon is a calmodulin binding protein. Like calponin, caldesmon tonically inhibits the ATPase activity of myosin in smooth muscle. This gene encodes a calmodulin- and actin-binding protein that plays an essential role in the regulation of smooth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plateau%E2%80%93Rayleigh%20instability
In fluid dynamics, the Plateau–Rayleigh instability, often just called the Rayleigh instability, explains why and how a falling stream of fluid breaks up into smaller packets with the same volume but less surface area. It is related to the Rayleigh–Taylor instability and is part of a greater branch of fluid dynamics co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20response
The adaptive response is a form of direct DNA repair in E. coli that protects DNA from damage by external agents or by errors during replication. It is initiated against alkylation, particularly methylation, of guanine or thymine nucleotides or phosphate groups on the sugar-phosphate backbone of DNA. Under sustained ex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-Myc
N-myc proto-oncogene protein also known as N-Myc or basic helix-loop-helix protein 37 (bHLHe37), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MYCN gene. Function The MYCN gene is a member of the MYC family of transcription factors and encodes a protein with a basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) domain. This protein is lo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orosomucoid
Orosomucoid (ORM) or alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (α1AGp, AGP or AAG) is an acute phase protein found in plasma. It is an alpha-globulin glycoprotein and is modulated by two polymorphic genes. It is synthesized primarily in hepatocytes and has a normal plasma concentration between 0.6–1.2 mg/mL (1–3% plasma protein). Pla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron%20Lapapa
Aaron ben Isaac Lapapa (c. 1590–1674) was an Oriental rabbi and Talmudist. He was at first rabbi at Manissa, Turkey, and at an advanced age was called to Smyrna as judge in civil affairs. In 1665, when the Sabbatai Zevi movement was at its height there, he was one of the few rabbis who had the courage to oppose the fal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Aderem
Alan Aderem is an American biologist, specializing in immunology and cell biology. Aderem's particular focus is the innate immune system, the part of the immune system that responds generically to pathogens. His laboratory's research focuses on diseases afflicting citizens of resource poor countries, including AIDS, m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurt
Spurt may refer to: Secretory protein in upper respiratory tracts, a gene encoding a secretory protein Spurt (Dutch Railways), a trade name for certain Dutch Rail routes See also Blood spurt Growth spurt, the increase in bone growth during puberty Strength spurt, the increase of muscle mass and physical stren...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasse%20Brandeby
Lasse Brandeby (27 April 1945 – 20 November 2011) was a Swedish actor, comedian and journalist. Biography Brandeby was born in the Majorna district of Gothenburg. After receiving his degree in journalism he worked for Radio Sjuhärad. He debuted as an actor in the early 1980s on Nationalteatern in Gothenburg. He was ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pannexin
Pannexins (from Greek 'παν' — all, and from Latin 'nexus' — connection) are a family of vertebrate proteins identified by their homology to the invertebrate innexins. While innexins are responsible for forming gap junctions in invertebrates, the pannexins have been shown to predominantly exist as large transmembrane ch...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innexin
Innexins are transmembrane proteins that form gap junctions in invertebrates. Gap junctions are composed of membrane proteins that form a channel permeable to ions and small molecules connecting the cytoplasm of adjacent cells. Although gap junctions provide similar functions in all multicellular organisms, it was not ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20%28magazine%29
DNA is an Australian monthly magazine targeted at gay men. The magazine was founded by Andrew Creagh in 2000, who also acts as the managing editor of the publication. The magazine features topical news and stories on celebrities, entertainment, lifestyle, fashion, pop culture reviews, articles on fitness, grooming and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian%20T-shaped%20Radio%20telescope%2C%20second%20modification
The Ukrainian T-shaped Radio telescope, second modification (official abbreviation UTR-2) is the world's largest low-frequency radio telescope at decametre wavelengths. It was completed in 1972 near the village of Hrakovo (), 15 km west-south-west from Shevchenkove, Ukraine. The telescope is operated by the Institute o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTH
BTH may refer to: Bachelor of Theology (B.Th.) Bacterial two-hybrid system, a genetic technique to detect interactions among proteins Benzothiadiazole (disambiguation) Blekinge Institute of Technology (Blekinge Tekniska Högskola), Sweden British Thomson-Houston, a British engineering and heavy industrial company ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onsemi
onsemi (stylized in lowercase as "onsemi"; legally ON Semiconductor Corporation; formerly ON Semiconductor until August 5, 2021) is an American semiconductor supplier company, based in Scottsdale, Arizona and ranked #483 on the 2022 Fortune 500 based on its 2021 sales. Products include power and signal management, logi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Standard%20Industrial%20Classification
The International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) is a United Nations industry classification system. Wide use has been made of ISIC in classifying data according to kind of economic activity in the fields of employment and health data. It is maintained by the United Nations Statis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pull%20buoy
A pull buoy or leg float is a figure-eight shaped piece of closed-cell foam used in swim workouts. Swimmers place the buoy between their thighs or their ankles to provide support to the body without kicking their legs; this allows the swimmer to focus on training only their arms and developing both endurance and upper ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro%20Morishima
was a Japanese mathematician specializing in algebra who attended University of Tokyo in Japan. Morishima published at least thirteen papers, including his work on Fermat's Last Theorem. and a collected works volume published in 1990 after his death. He also corresponded several times with American mathematician H. S. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotman%20%28Cliff%20Steele%29
Robotman (Clifford "Cliff" Steele, called Automaton in first two appearances) is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. He is best known as a member of the Doom Patrol, being the only character to appear in every version of the team since its introduction in June 1963. Robotman has appea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20feature%20format
In bioinformatics, the general feature format (gene-finding format, generic feature format, GFF) is a file format used for describing genes and other features of DNA, RNA and protein sequences. GFF Versions The following versions of GFF exist: General Feature Format Version 2, generally deprecated Gene Transfer Form...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstacle%20avoidance
In robotics, obstacle avoidance is the task of satisfying some control objective subject to non-intersection or non-collision position constraints. What is critical about obstacle avoidance concept in this area is the growing need of usage of unmanned aerial vehicles in urban areas for especially military applications ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptotropic%20hypothesis
The synaptotropic hypothesis, also called the synaptotrophic hypothesis, is a neurobiological hypothesis of neuronal growth and synapse formation. The hypothesis was first formulated by J.E. Vaughn in 1988, and remains a focus of current research efforts. The synaptotropic hypothesis proposes that input from a presynap...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transponder%20%28aeronautics%29
A transponder (short for transmitter-responder and sometimes abbreviated to XPDR, XPNDR, TPDR or TP) is an electronic device that produces a response when it receives a radio-frequency interrogation. Aircraft have transponders to assist in identifying them on air traffic control radar. Collision avoidance systems have ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-binomial%20distribution
In probability theory and statistics, the beta-binomial distribution is a family of discrete probability distributions on a finite support of non-negative integers arising when the probability of success in each of a fixed or known number of Bernoulli trials is either unknown or random. The beta-binomial distribution i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberth%20method
The Aberth method, or Aberth–Ehrlich method or Ehrlich–Aberth method, named after Oliver Aberth and Louis W. Ehrlich, is a root-finding algorithm developed in 1967 for simultaneous approximation of all the roots of a univariate polynomial. This method converges cubically, an improvement over the Durand–Kerner method, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Pickering%20%28writer%29
David Pickering is a reference books compiler. He has contributed to (and often been sole author and editor of) some 150 reference books, mostly in the areas of the arts, language, local history and popular interest. These include a Dictionary of Theatre (1988), an Encyclopedia of Pantomime (1993), Brewer's Twentieth-C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutinose
Rutinose is the disaccharide also known as 6-O-α-L-rhamnosyl-D-glucose (C12H22O10) that is present in some flavonoid glycosides. It is prepared from rutin by hydrolysis with the enzyme rhamnodiastase. References Disaccharides Deoxy sugars
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Bollmann%20Condy
Henry Bollmann Condy (8 July 1826 — 24 September 1907) was an English chemist and industrialist best noted for giving his name to the popular 19th and 20th century disinfectants Condy's Crystals and Condy's Fluid. Condy was born in London. His mother inherited a chemical factory in Battersea from a Hungarian chemist ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avrami%20equation
The Avrami equation describes how solids transform from one phase to another at constant temperature. It can specifically describe the kinetics of crystallisation, can be applied generally to other changes of phase in materials, like chemical reaction rates, and can even be meaningful in analyses of ecological systems...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permissiveness%20%28biology%29
In endocrinology, permissiveness is a biochemical phenomenon in which the presence of one hormone is required in order for another hormone to exert its full effects on a target cell. Hormones can interact in permissive, synergistic, or antagonistic ways. The chemical classes of hormones include amines, polypeptides, gl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metox%20radar%20detector
The R600A Metox, named after its manufacturer, was a pioneering high-frequency radar warning receiver (RWR) used by the German forces on U-boats from 1942-45. It was initially installed to receive signals used by British radars. Manufacture and purpose The Metox was manufactured by a small French company in occupied P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature%20%28disambiguation%29
Temperature is a physical quantity that expresses hot and cold. Temperature may also refer to: Science and technology Thermodynamic temperature, a quantity defined in thermodynamics Color temperature, of a light source Effective temperature, of a body such as a star or planet Human body temperature Fever or "hav...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAG1
Recombination activating gene 1 also known as RAG-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAG1 gene. The RAG1 and RAG2 genes are largely conserved in humans. 55.99% and 55.98% of the encoded amino acids contain no reported variants, respectively. Function The protein encoded by this gene is involved in anti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTD%20%28mobile%20network%29
MTD (Swedish abbreviation for Mobiltelefonisystem D, or Mobile telephony system D) was a manual mobile phone system for the 450 MHz frequency band. It was introduced in 1971 in Sweden, and lasted until 1987, when it was made obsolete by the NMT automatic service. The MTD network had 20,000 users at its peak, with 700 p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAG2
Recombination activating gene 2 protein (also known as RAG-2) is a lymphocyte-specific protein encoded by RAG2 gene on human chromosome 11. Together with RAG1 protein, RAG2 forms a V(D)J recombinase, a protein complex required for the process of V(D)J recombination during which the variable regions of immunoglobulin an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel%20%28disambiguation%29
A gel is a complex solid but fluid substance with liquid-like properties. Gel may also refer to: Personal care Hair gel, a gel used for setting hair styles which makes it stay still Shower gel, a cosmetic body wash Personal lubricant used for sex purposes Pharmaceutics and physical chemistry Gel cap, a gelatin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BPY
BPY may refer to: 2,2'-Bipyridine The ISO/FDIS 639-3 code for Bishnupriya Manipuri language Beta-amyrin synthase, an enzyme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMG-CoA
β-Hydroxy β-methylglutaryl-CoA (HMG-CoA), also known as 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A, is an intermediate in the mevalonate and ketogenesis pathways. It is formed from acetyl CoA and acetoacetyl CoA by HMG-CoA synthase. The research of Minor J. Coon and Bimal Kumar Bachhawat in the 1950s at University of Illino...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA%20Type%2077-DX%20microphone
The RCA Type 77-DX microphone is a poly-directional ribbon microphone, or pressure-gradient microphone, introduced by the RCA Corporation in 1954. It was preceded by the Type 77-D introduced in 1948. Its popularity and classic design has resulted in the 77-DX becoming an iconic microphone, used by broadcasters and medi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZR%20RM%20class
The RM class was the classification used by the New Zealand Railways Department (NZR) and its successors gave to most railcars and railbuses that have operated on New Zealand's national rail network. "RM" stands for Rail Motor which was the common name at the turn of the 20th century for what became known in New Zealan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkhorn%20Valley%20Schools
Elkhorn Valley Schools is located in Tilden, in the northeast section of the state of Nebraska, United States. District statistics The district is a Class 3 school and categorized as a C2 class size. The district houses approximately 300 students in a K-12 campus location. The staff consists of 33 teachers, 9 parap...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna%20of%20Indonesia
The fauna of Indonesia is characterised by high levels of biodiversity and endemicity due to its distribution over a vast tropical archipelago. Indonesia divides into two ecological regions; western Indonesia which is more influenced by Asian fauna, and the east which is more influenced by Australasian species. The Wa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorting%20%28sediment%29
Sorting describes the distribution of grain size of sediments, either in unconsolidated deposits or in sedimentary rocks. This should not be confused with crystallite size, which refers to the individual size of a crystal in a solid. Crystallite is the building block of a grain. Very poorly sorted indicates that the se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsurface%20lithoautotrophic%20microbial%20ecosystem
Subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems, or "SLIMEs" (also abbreviated "SLMEs" or "SLiMEs"), are a type of endolithic ecosystems. They are defined by Edward O. Wilson as "unique assemblages of bacteria and fungi that occupy pores in the interlocking mineral grains of igneous rock beneath Earth's surface." End...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl%20Womack
Verna Cheryl Womack (born December 31, 1950) is an entrepreneur who founded Kansas City, Missouri-based VCW and National Association of Independent Truckers, Inc. which became a $100 million a year business selling insurance to independent truckers before selling the companies to private equity investors Clayton, Dubil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-carrier%20FDMA
Single-carrier FDMA (SC-FDMA) is a frequency-division multiple access scheme. Originally known as Carrier Interferometry, it is also called linearly precoded OFDMA (LP-OFDMA). Like other multiple access schemes (TDMA, FDMA, CDMA, OFDMA), it deals with the assignment of multiple users to a shared communication resource....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prix%20Georges-%C3%89mile-Lapalme
The Prix Georges-Émile-Lapalme is an award by the Government of Quebec that is part of the Prix du Québec, given to individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to the quality and diffusion of the French language written or spoken in Québec. The activities recognized for this award are culture, communications,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna%20Parker
Edna Ruth Parker ( Scott) (April 20, 1893 – November 26, 2008) was an American supercentenarian who, for 15 months, was recognized as the oldest person in the world. She was featured in two documentaries and included in a Boston University DNA database of supercentenarians. Biography Edna Ruth Parker was born on Apri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptophyceae
The cryptophyceae are a class of algae, most of which have plastids. About 220 species are known, and they are common in freshwater, and also occur in marine and brackish habitats. Each cell is around 10–50 μm in size and flattened in shape, with an anterior groove or pocket. At the edge of the pocket there are typical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OJD%20Morocco
OJD Morocco (Acronym for French Organisme de Justification de la Diffusion) is an audit bureau of circulations of the commercial print media in Morocco. As of October 2009, OJD Morocco is NOT one of the 38 members of the International Federation of Audit Bureaux of Circulations. However, it is directly affiliated to O...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENV
The ENV (Emission Neutral Vehicle) is an electric motorcycle prototype powered by a hydrogen fuel cell. It was developed by Intelligent Energy, a British company. Specifications The vehicle and the fuel cell centre respectively weigh approximately 80 and 20 kilograms. It uses a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell to g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Water%20Torture%20Cell
The Chinese Water Torture Cell is a predicament escape made famous by Hungarian-American magician Harry Houdini. The illusion consists of three parts: first, the magician's feet are locked in stocks; next, he is suspended in mid-air from his ankles with a restraint brace; finally, he is lowered into a glass tank overfl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germinoma
A germinoma is a type of germ-cell tumor, which is not differentiated upon examination. It may be benign or malignant. Cause Germinomas are thought to originate from an error of development, when certain primordial germ cells fail to migrate properly. Germinomas lack histologic differentiation, whereas nongerminomat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff%20Dinitz
Jeffrey Howard Dinitz (born 1952) is an American mathematician who taught combinatorics at the University of Vermont. He is best known for proposing the Dinitz conjecture, which became a major theorem. Early life and education Dinitz was born in 1952 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York. XFL scheduling Dinitz is al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20States
David J. States is an American biophysicist who is Professor of Human Genetics at the University of Michigan. His research group is using computational methods to understand the human genome and how it relates to the human proteome. He is the Director of the Michigan NIH Bioinformatics Training Progra] and a Senior S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analbuminaemia
Analbuminaemia or analbuminemia is a rare genetically inherited metabolic defect characterised by an impaired synthesis of serum albumin. Although albumin is the most common serum protein, analbuminaemia is a benign condition. Signs and symptoms Analbuminaemia often presents in adulthood, with benign clinical features...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PMRS
PMRS is an acronym that may refer to: Palestinian Medical Relief Society, a community based Arab health organization, that offers grassroots medical services in the West Bank Plasma membrane redox system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phalanger%20%28compiler%29
Phalanger is a compiler front end for compiling PHP source code into CIL byte-code, which can be further processed by the .NET Framework's just-in-time compiler. The project was started at Charles University and is supported by Microsoft. Phalanger was discontinued in favor of the more modern PeachPie compiler, which u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20South%20Sydney%20Rabbitohs%20players
Following are lists of all rugby league footballers who have played first-grade for the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League Football Club. Players and statistics Correct as of round 22 of the 2023 NRL season Club Internationals – Australia The following players have represented Australia whilst playing for South Sy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM/TOM%20complex
The TIM/TOM complex is a protein complex in cellular biochemistry which translocates proteins produced from nuclear DNA through the mitochondrial membrane for use in oxidative phosphorylation. In enzymology, the complex is described as an mitochondrial protein-transporting ATPase (), or more systematically ATP phosphoh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytohet
In genetics, a cytohet (or heteroplasmon) is a eukaryotic cell whose non-nuclear genome is heterozygous. The non-nucleic genome of eukaryotic cells exists in cytoplasmic organelles, namely the chloroplasts (only in plant cells) and the mitochondria (in all eukaryotic cells). Most of the genes in the mitochondria code...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20C-M217
Haplogroup C-M217, also known as C2 (and previously as C3), is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. It is the most frequently occurring branch of the wider Haplogroup C (M130). It is found mostly in Central Asia, Eastern Siberia and significant frequencies in parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia including some populations i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesamol
Sesamol is a natural organic compound which is a component of sesame seeds and sesame oil, with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antidepressant and neuroprotective properties. It is a white crystalline solid that is a derivative of phenol. It is sparingly soluble in water, but miscible with most oils. It can be produce...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WPXZ-FM
WPXZ-FM is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, known as the "Weather Capital of the World". The station operates at a federally assigned frequency of 104.1 MHz and an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts. WPXZ, and its co-located sister stations, WECZ and WKQL, are all owned by Pitt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet%20Sequel
The Chevrolet Sequel is a purpose-built hydrogen fuel cell-powered concept car and sport utility vehicle from Chevrolet, employing the then latest generation of General Motors' fuel cell technology. The Sequel's powertrain includes an electronic control unit and a fourth-generation version of GM's fuel-cell stack. The...