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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedia%20of%20Statistical%20Sciences
The Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences is an encyclopaedia of statistics published by John Wiley & Sons. The first edition, in nine volumes, was published in 1982; it was edited by Norman Lloyd Johnson and Samuel Kotz. The second edition, in 16 volumes, was published in 2006; the senior editor was Samuel Kotz. See...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rynersonite
Rynersonite is an oxide mineral. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system. It is dull, translucent mineral, fibrous in nature. Usually off-white to pale pink in color. It occurs in granitic pegmatites and was first described for an occurrence in San Diego County, California in 1978. Besides the San Diego,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roscommon%20High%20School
Roscommon High School is located in Roscommon, Michigan. It is the secondary institution for the Roscommon Area Public School District. Roscommon, or RHS, is a class C/Division 3 School. Statistics 2009 Enrollment: 440 ACT Average Score: 21.0 ACT Participation Rate: 44% 2005 Drop Out Rate: 3.43% Graduation Rate: 87...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goa%2C%20Botswana
Goa is a small town in Botswana. It lies near the Namibian border, near the Caprivi Strip, and about 11 kilometres from Shakawe which is also the nearest airport. Statistics Elevation = 999m References North-West District (Botswana) Villages in Botswana
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZJB
LZJB is a lossless data compression algorithm invented by Jeff Bonwick to compress crash dumps and data in ZFS. The software is CDDL license licensed. It includes a number of improvements to the LZRW1 algorithm, a member of the Lempel–Ziv family of compression algorithms. The name LZJB is derived from its parent algori...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid%20deprivation%20test
A fluid or water deprivation test is a medical test which can be used to determine whether the patient has diabetes insipidus as opposed to other causes of polydipsia (a condition of excessive thirst that causes an excessive intake of water). The patient is required, for a prolonged period, to forgo intake of water com...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preferential%20alignment
The preferential alignment is a criterion of an orientation of a molecule or atom. The preferential alignment can be related to the formation of the crystal structure of an amorphous structure. For a polymer material with liquid crystals, the liquid crystals are molecules shaped like rigid rods. Just as logs being flo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rado%20graph
In the mathematical field of graph theory, the Rado graph, Erdős–Rényi graph, or random graph is a countably infinite graph that can be constructed (with probability one) by choosing independently at random for each pair of its vertices whether to connect the vertices by an edge. The names of this graph honor Richard R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Petchey
George W. Petchey (24 June 1931 – 23 December 2019) was an English footballer and manager who made 400 appearances in the Football League for West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers and Crystal Palace, playing at wing half (defensive midfield). He was well known for being a hard tackling, midfield general or enforcer, whi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20linear%20array%20model
In statistics, the generalized linear array model (GLAM) is used for analyzing data sets with array structures. It based on the generalized linear model with the design matrix written as a Kronecker product. Overview The generalized linear array model or GLAM was introduced in 2006. Such models provide a structure a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wattens
Wattens is a market town of the Innsbruck-Land District in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is chiefly known as home of the Swarovski crystal glass company. Geography Wattens is located in the Lower Inn Valley of North Tyrol, about east of Innsbruck. The municipal area stretches from the southern shore of the Inn Riv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective%20porosity
Effective porosity is most commonly considered to represent the porosity of a rock or sediment available to contribute to fluid flow through the rock or sediment, or often in terms of "flow to a borehole". Porosity that is not considered "effective porosity" includes water bound to clay particles (known as bound water...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonelli
Tonelli is a surname, and may refer to: Tonelli (surname) Arts Tonelli (film), a 1943 German film Science Tonelli's theorem (functional analysis) Tonelli's theorem Tonelli–Shanks algorithm Tonelli–Hobson test See also
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20military%20engineering
Roman military engineering was of a scale and frequency far beyond that of its contemporaries. Indeed, military engineering was in many ways endemic in Roman military culture, as demonstrated by each Roman legionary having as part of his equipment a shovel, alongside his gladius (sword) and pila (spears). Fabri were w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Rubin
Donald Bruce Rubin (born December 22, 1943) is an Emeritus Professor of Statistics at Harvard University, where he chaired the department of Statistics for 13 years. He also works at Tsinghua University in China and at Temple University in Philadelphia. He is most well known for the Rubin causal model, a set of method...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRNA%20display
mRNA display is a display technique used for in vitro protein, and/or peptide evolution to create molecules that can bind to a desired target. The process results in translated peptides or proteins that are associated with their mRNA progenitor via a puromycin linkage. The complex then binds to an immobilized target i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreadsort
Spreadsort is a sorting algorithm invented by Steven J. Ross in 2002. It combines concepts from distribution-based sorts, such as radix sort and bucket sort, with partitioning concepts from comparison sorts such as quicksort and mergesort. In experimental results it was shown to be highly efficient, often outperforming...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKK
IKK may refer to: IκB kinase, an enzyme Greater Kankakee Airport Ikk (film), a 2021 Indian film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kocher%27s%20point
Kocher's point is a common entry point through the frontal bone for an intraventricular catheter to drain cerebrospinal fluid from the anterior horn of the lateral ventricle. It is located 2–3 centimeters lateral to the midline (at approximately the mid-pupillary line) and approximately 11 cm posterior to the nasion, o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petar
Petar (, ) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People mononymously known as Petar include: Petar of Serbia ( – 917), early Prince of the Serbs Petar of D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lily%20Butterfield
Lily Butterfield (also Burrows) is a fictional character from the British ITV soap opera Emmerdale, played by Anne Charleston. She made her first appearance on 3 November 2006. Lily is Edna Birch's (Shirley Stelfox) estranged sister and the biological mother to Edna's son, Peter Birch (Philip Bird). Charleston quit her...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrase%20inhibitor
Integrase inhibitors (INIs) are a class of antiretroviral drug designed to block the action of integrase, a viral enzyme that inserts the viral genome into the DNA of the host cell. Since integration is a vital step in retroviral replication, blocking it can halt further spread of the virus. Integrase inhibitors were i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20bin%20Hasan%20al-Baghdadi
Muḥammad bin al-Ḥasan bin Muḥammad bin al-Karīm al-Baghdadi, usually called al-Baghdadi (d. 1239 AD), was the compiler of an early Arab cookbook of the Abbasid period, كتاب الطبيخ Kitab al-Ṭabīḫ (The Book of Dishes), written in 1226. The original book contained 160 recipes, and 260 recipes were later added. Manuscrip...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle%20routing%20problem
The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a combinatorial optimization and integer programming problem which asks "What is the optimal set of routes for a fleet of vehicles to traverse in order to deliver to a given set of customers?" It generalises the travelling salesman problem (TSP). It first appeared in a paper by Geor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20photovoltage
Surface photovoltage (SPV) measurements are a widely used method to determine the minority carrier diffusion length of semiconductors. Since the transport of minority carriers determines the behavior of the p-n junctions that are ubiquitous in semiconductor devices, surface photovoltage data can be very helpful in und...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tales%20of%20the%20Crystals
Tales of the Crystals is an interactive children's fantasy role playing game, aimed mostly towards young girls (ages 8 and up). It was published in 1993 by Milton Bradley Company. The game contains an audio cassette that gives the players certain tasks to do to guide them through four different adventures. There are...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2015
Interleukin-15 (IL-15) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL15 gene. IL-15 is an inflammatory cytokine with structural similarity to Interleukin-2 (IL-2). Like IL-2, IL-15 binds to and signals through a complex composed of IL-2/IL-15 receptor beta chain (CD122) and the common gamma chain (gamma-C, CD132). I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2018
Interleukin-18 (IL-18), also known as interferon-gamma inducing factor is a protein which in humans is encoded by the IL18 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a proinflammatory cytokine. Many cell types, both hematopoietic cells and non-hematopoietic cells, have the potential to produce IL-18. It was first descri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2016
Interleukin 16 is a pro-inflammatory pleiotropic cytokine. It's precursor, pro-interleukin-16 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL16 gene. This gene was discovered in 1982 at Boston University by Dr. David Center and Dr. William Cruikshank. Function The cytokine encoded by this gene is a pleiotropic cyto...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish%20Tycoon
Fish Tycoon is a casual game created and developed by Last Day of Work. One of the top-selling downloadable games of 2004, 2005, and 2006, Fish Tycoon was later ported to cell phone, retail, and Nintendo DS. Gameplay Players take on the role of a fish store owner who must breed and care for hundreds of different kind...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near%20East%20Broadcasting%20Station
The Near East Broadcasting Station (also Sharq-el-Adna إذاعة الشرق الأدنى, Voice of Britain) started broadcasting in Arabic in 1941/1942 from Jaffa, Mandate of Palestine. It was fully financed and run by the British government. The goal of the broadcasts were to "entice Arabs to join British and British-backed militar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambling%20mathematics
The mathematics of gambling is a collection of probability applications encountered in games of chance and can get included in game theory. From a mathematical point of view, the games of chance are experiments generating various types of aleatory events, and it is possible to calculate by using the properties of proba...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcicludine
Calcicludine (CaC) is a protein toxin from the venom of the green mamba that inhibits high-voltage-activated calcium channels, especially L-type calcium channels. Sources Calcicludine is a toxin in the venom of the green mamba (Dendroaspis angusticeps). Chemistry Calcicludine is a 60-amino acid polypeptide with six...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pai%20%28surname%29
Pai is a surname from coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Goa in India. It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community, especially of Madhwa Section following either Kashi Math or Gokarna Matha. The name is also in use among some Konkani Catholics who trace their ancestry to the Goud Saraswat Brahmins of Ka...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nested%20loop%20join
A nested loop join is a naive algorithm that joins two relations by using two nested loops. Join operations are important for database management. Algorithm Two relations and are joined as follows: algorithm nested_loop_join is for each tuple r in R do for each tuple s in S do if r and s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%20nested%20loop
A block-nested loop (BNL) is an algorithm used to join two relations in a relational database. This algorithm is a variation of the simple nested loop join and joins two relations and (the "outer" and "inner" join operands, respectively). Suppose . In a traditional nested loop join, will be scanned once for every t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2021
Interleukin 21 (IL-21) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL21 gene. Interleukin-21 is a cytokine that has potent regulatory effects on cells of the immune system, including natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T cells that can destroy virally infected or cancerous cells. This cytokine induces cell divi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2033
Interleukin 33 (IL-33) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL33 gene. Interleukin 33 is a member of the IL-1 family that potently drives production of T helper-2 (Th2)-associated cytokines (e.g., IL-4). IL33 is a ligand for ST2 (IL1RL1), an IL-1 family receptor that is highly expressed on Th2 cells, mast cel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus%20%28cipher%29
In cryptography, Nimbus is a block cipher invented by Alexis Machado in 2000. It was submitted to the NESSIE project, but was not selected. The algorithm uses a 128-bit key. It operates on blocks of 64 bits and consists of 5 rounds of encryption. The round function is exceedingly simple. In each round the block is XOR...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basu%27s%20theorem
In statistics, Basu's theorem states that any boundedly complete minimal sufficient statistic is independent of any ancillary statistic. This is a 1955 result of Debabrata Basu. It is often used in statistics as a tool to prove independence of two statistics, by first demonstrating one is complete sufficient and the o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%20%28cipher%29
In cryptography, Q is a block cipher invented by Leslie McBride. It was submitted to the NESSIE project, but was not selected. The algorithm uses a key size of 128, 192, or 256 bits. It operates on blocks of 128 bits using a substitution–permutation network structure. There are 8 rounds for a 128-bit key and 9 rounds ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer%20hunting
Deer hunting is hunting for deer for meat and sport, an activity which dates back tens of thousands of years. Venison, the name for deer meat, is a nutritious and natural food source of animal protein that can be obtained through deer hunting. There are many different types of deer around the world that are hunted for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bianchi%20classification
In mathematics, the Bianchi classification provides a list of all real 3-dimensional Lie algebras (up to isomorphism). The classification contains 11 classes, 9 of which contain a single Lie algebra and two of which contain a continuum-sized family of Lie algebras. (Sometimes two of the groups are included in the infi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synuclein
Synucleins are a family of soluble proteins common to vertebrates, primarily expressed in neural tissue and in certain tumors. The name is a blend of the words "synapse" and "nucleus", as it was first found in the synapses in the electromotor nucleus of the electric ray. Family members The synuclein family include...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20solution
In chemistry, a regular solution is a solution whose entropy of mixing is equal to that of an ideal solution with the same composition, but is non-ideal due to a nonzero enthalpy of mixing. Such a solution is formed by random mixing of components of similar molar volume and without strong specific interactions, and its...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Aspnes
James Aspnes is a professor in Computer Science at Yale University. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science from Carnegie Mellon University in 1992. His main research interest is distributed algorithms. In 1989, he wrote and operated TinyMUD, one of the first "social" MUDs that allowed players to build a shared virtua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20Concert%2C%20Z%C3%BCrich%2C%20October%2028%2C%201979
In Concert, Zürich, October 28, 1979 is a jazz album by pianist Chick Corea and vibraphonist Gary Burton. It features live versions of instrumental pieces that the duo played on the albums Crystal Silence and Duet. Technical details In Concert was recorded live, as the title suggests, and released in 1980 as a doubl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhisiart%20ap%20Rhys
Rhisiart ap Rhys (fl. c. 1495 – c. 1510) was a Welsh-language poet from the cwmwd of Tir Iarll, Glamorgan. He was the son of Rhys Brydydd and nephew, in all probability, to the poet Gwilym Tew. 36 of his poems are extant. Bibliography Eurys I. Roland (ed.), Gwaith Rhys Brydydd a Rhisiart ap Rhys (Cardiff, 1976) Year...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy%20and%20life
Research concerning the relationship between the thermodynamic quantity entropy and both the origin and evolution of life began around the turn of the 20th century. In 1910, American historian Henry Adams printed and distributed to university libraries and history professors the small volume A Letter to American Teache...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20optical%20inspection
Automated optical inspection (AOI) is an automated visual inspection of printed circuit board (PCB) (or LCD, transistor) manufacture where a camera autonomously scans the device under test for both catastrophic failure (e.g. missing component) and quality defects (e.g. fillet size or shape or component skew). It is com...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2031
Interleukin-31 (IL-31) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL31 gene that resides on chromosome 12. IL-31 is an inflammatory cytokine that helps trigger cell-mediated immunity against pathogens. It has also been identified as a major player in a number of chronic inflammatory diseases, including atopic dermat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xyloglucan
Xyloglucan is a hemicellulose that occurs in the primary cell wall of all vascular plants; however, all enzymes responsible for xyloglucan metabolism are found in Charophyceae algae. In many dicotyledonous plants, it is the most abundant hemicellulose in the primary cell wall. Xyloglucan binds to the surface of cellulo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek%20Chrobak
Marek Chrobak is a full professor at University of California, Riverside. He is known for his work competitive analysis of online algorithms, particularly for the k-server problem, on information dissemination in ad-hoc radio networks, and on graph drawing. In automata theory, Chrobak is known for his contributions to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package-merge%20algorithm
The package-merge algorithm is an O(nL)-time algorithm for finding an optimal length-limited Huffman code for a given distribution on a given alphabet of size n, where no code word is longer than L. It is a greedy algorithm, and a generalization of Huffman's original algorithm. Package-merge works by reducing the cod...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Hirschberg
Daniel S. Hirschberg is a full professor in Computer Science at University of California, Irvine. His research interests are in the theory of design and analysis of algorithms. He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from Princeton University in 1975. He supervised the PhD dissertation of Lawrence L. Larmore. He is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK%20Telecom%20Open
The SK Telecom Open is an annual professional golf tournament hosted in South Korea and sponsored by the Korean cell phone company SK Telecom. The tournament was inaugurated in June 1997 as "SK Telecom Classic", and renamed in 2001. It is part of the Korean Tour for men, and was co-sanctioned by the Asian Tour from 200...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirschberg%E2%80%93Sinclair%20algorithm
The Hirschberg–Sinclair algorithm is a distributed algorithm designed for leader election problem in a synchronous ring network. It is named after its inventors, Dan Hirschberg and J. B. Sinclair. The algorithm requires the use of unique IDs (UID) for each process. The algorithm works in phases and sends its UID out i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2026
Interleukin-26 (IL-26) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL26 gene. IL-26 is the most recently identified member of the IL-20 cytokine subfamily, which was formed according to the usage of common receptor subunits and similarities in target-cell profiles and functions. All cytokines belonging to this subfa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor%E2%80%93liquid%20equilibrium
In thermodynamics and chemical engineering, the vapor–liquid equilibrium (VLE) describes the distribution of a chemical species between the vapor phase and a liquid phase. The concentration of a vapor in contact with its liquid, especially at equilibrium, is often expressed in terms of vapor pressure, which will be a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2025
Interleukin-25 (IL-25) – also known as interleukin-17E (IL-17E) – is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL25 gene on chromosome 14. IL-25 was discovered in 2001 and is made up of 177 amino acids. IL-25 and IL-17 family IL-25 is a cytokine that belongs to the IL-17 cytokine family together with IL-17A (named a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isosthenuria
Isosthenuria refers to the excretion of urine whose specific gravity (concentration) is neither greater (more concentrated) nor less (more diluted) than that of protein-free plasma, typically 1.008-1.012. Isosthenuria reflects damage to the kidney's tubules or the renal medulla. A closely related term is hyposthenuria...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selangau%20District
The Selangau District is a district in Sarawak, Malaysia. History Selangau was declared a district on 1 March 2002. Demographics According to the Department of Statistics Malaysia, Selangau has a population of 26,100. References
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20separation
Frequency separation within astrophysics, is a term used in both Helioseismology and Asteroseismology. It refers to the spacing in frequency between adjacent modes of oscillation, having the same angular degree (l) but different radial order (n). For a Sun-like star, the frequency can be further described using the 'l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemarene
Stemarene is a diterpene hydrocarbon can be produced biosynthetically through enzyme extracts from rice. References Diterpenes Cyclopentanes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular%20distribution
In probability, a singular distribution is a probability distribution concentrated on a set of Lebesgue measure zero, where the probability of each point in that set is zero. Other names These distributions are sometimes called singular continuous distributions, since their cumulative distribution functions are singul...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BKM%20algorithm
The BKM algorithm is a shift-and-add algorithm for computing elementary functions, first published in 1994 by Jean-Claude Bajard, Sylvanus Kla, and Jean-Michel Muller. BKM is based on computing complex logarithms (L-mode) and exponentials (E-mode) using a method similar to the algorithm Henry Briggs used to compute log...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20pump
Oil pump may refer to: Hydraulic pump, which pressurizes hydraulic fluid in a hydraulic system Oil pump (internal combustion engine), a part of the lubrication system that pressurizes motor oil for distribution around the engine Pumpjack, often used to pump oil out of wells Submersible pump, often used to pump oil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid%20state%20machine
A liquid state machine (LSM) is a type of reservoir computer that uses a spiking neural network. An LSM consists of a large collection of units (called nodes, or neurons). Each node receives time varying input from external sources (the inputs) as well as from other nodes. Nodes are randomly connected to each other. Th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleoside%20phosphoramidite
Nucleoside phosphoramidites are derivatives of natural or synthetic nucleosides. They are used to synthesize oligonucleotides, relatively short fragments of nucleic acid and their analogs. Nucleoside phosphoramidites were first introduced in 1981 by Beaucage and Caruthers. To avoid undesired side reactions, reactive hy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorokhta
Vorokhta (; ) is an urban-type settlement located in the Carpathian Mountains on Prut River and is part of Nadvirna Raion, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. Historically, it is a tourist spa town and later was also turned into a ski resort with several ski-jumping ramps (Avanhard). Vorokhta hosts the administration of Vorokhta s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Catarina%20Art%20Museum
The Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina (MASC), was created in 1949 as Museu de Arte Moderna de Florianópolis (MAMF), and, since then, is the official institution for fine arts in Santa Catarina. Also known as MASC, it is an institution linked to the Fundação Catarinense de Cultura (FCC) and is currently housed in the buil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy%20Jordan%20Lloyd
Dorothy Jordan Lloyd (1 May 1889 – 21 November 1946) was an early protein scientist who studied the interactions of water with proteins, particularly gelatin. She was also Director of the British Leather Manufacturers' Research Association. She was the first to propose that the structure of globular proteins was mainta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsien%20Wu
Hsien Wu (; 24 November 1893 – 8 August 1959) was a Chinese biochemist and geneticist. He was the first to propose that protein denaturation was a purely conformational change, i.e., corresponded to protein unfolding and not to some chemical alteration of the protein. This crucial idea was popularized later by Linus P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega-Grammotoxin%20SIA
omega-Grammotoxin SIA (ω-grammotoxin SIA) is a protein toxin that inhibits P, Q, and N voltage-gated calcium channels (Ca2+ channels) in neurons. Sources The source of ω-grammotoxin SIA is the venom of a tarantula spider (Grammostola rosea). Chemistry Amino acid sequence: Asp-Cys-Val-Arg-Phe-Trp-Gly-Lys-Cys...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20Wisdom
Protein Wisdom may refer to: Protein Wisdom (blog) – a conservative-libertarian weblog created by Jeff Goldstein "Protein Wisdom" – a low-protein diet advocated by the London eccentric Stanley Owen Green Protein WISDOM – a software tool for protein design
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belatacept
Belatacept, sold under the brand name Nulojix, is a fusion protein composed of the Fc fragment of a human IgG1 immunoglobulin linked to the extracellular domain of CTLA-4, which is a molecule crucial in the regulation of T cell costimulation, selectively blocking the process of T-cell activation. It is intended to prov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrichite
Ulrichite is a rare green uranium phosphate mineral (CaCu(UO2)[PO4]2·4H2O). It crystallizes as monoclinic prisms which occur as apple green acicular radiating clusters. It is radioactive and exhibits strong yellow fluorescence under ultraviolet radiation. Ulrichite was first described in 1988 for samples from the Lake...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uricite
Uricite is a rare organic mineral form of uric acid, C5H4N4O3. It is a soft yellowish white mineral which crystallizes in the monoclinic system. Discovery and occurrence It was first described in 1973 for an occurrence in bat guano in Dingo Donga Cave, Eucla, Western Australia. The name is for its composition, anhydro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabinaite
Sabinaite (Na4Zr2TiO4(CO3)4) is a rare carbonate mineral. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system as colorless to white prisms within cavities. It is more typically found as powdery coatings and masses. It has a specific gravity of 3.36. It has been found in vugs in a carbonatite sill on Montreal Island and w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antidiuretic
An antidiuretic is a substance that helps to control fluid balance in an animal's body by reducing urination, opposing diuresis. Its effects are opposite that of a diuretic. The major endogenous antidiuretics are antidiuretic hormone (ADH; also called vasopressin) and oxytocin. Both of those are also used exogenously a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloclasite
Alloclasite () is a sulfosalt mineral (IMA symbol: Acl). It is a member of the arsenopyrite group. Alloclasite crystallizes in the monoclinic system and typically forms as columnar to radiating acicular prismatic clusters. It is an opaque steel-gray to silver-white, with a metallic luster and a black streak. It is brit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baotite
Baotite Ba4Ti4(Ti, Nb, Fe)4(Si4O12)O16Cl is a rare mineral recognized as having a unique four-fold silicate ring. Crystals are tetragonal, though commonly deformed to the extent of appearing monoclinic. Named for the locality of first discovery, Baotou, China, baotite has been found in hydrothermal veins and alkalic ro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income%20in%20the%20United%20States
Income in the United States is measured by the various federal agencies including the Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department of Commerce, and the US Census Bureau. Additionally, various agencies, including the Congressional Budget Office compile reports on income statistics. The primary c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDHA
Succinate dehydrogenase complex, subunit A, flavoprotein variant is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SDHA gene. This gene encodes a major catalytic subunit of succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase, a complex of the mitochondrial respiratory chain. The complex is composed of four nuclear-encoded subunits and is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20algorithms%20in%20economics
Genetic algorithms have increasingly been applied to economics since the pioneering work by John H. Miller in 1986. It has been used to characterize a variety of models including the cobweb model, the overlapping generations model, game theory, schedule optimization and asset pricing. Specifically, it has been used as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-rater%20reliability
In statistics, inter-rater reliability (also called by various similar names, such as inter-rater agreement, inter-rater concordance, inter-observer reliability, inter-coder reliability, and so on) is the degree of agreement among independent observers who rate, code, or assess the same phenomenon. Assessment tools th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Scales%20Avery
John Scales Avery (born in 1933) is a theoretical chemist noted for his research publications in quantum chemistry, thermodynamics, evolution, and history of science. Since the early 1990s, Avery has been an active world peace activist. During these years, he was part of a group associated with the Pugwash Conferences...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonferroni%20correction
In statistics, the Bonferroni correction is a method to counteract the multiple comparisons problem. Background The method is named for its use of the Bonferroni inequalities. An extension of the method to confidence intervals was proposed by Olive Jean Dunn. Statistical hypothesis testing is based on rejecting the n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarized%20membrane
A polarized membrane is a lipid membrane that has a positive electrical charge on one side and a negative charge on another side, which produces the resting potential in living cells. Whether or not a membrane is polarized is determined by the distribution of dissociable protons and permeant ions inside and outside the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neddylation
Neddylation (also NEDDylation) is the process by which the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 is conjugated to its target proteins. This process is analogous to ubiquitination, although it relies on its own E1 and E2 enzymes. No NEDD8-specific E3 has yet been identified and it is possible that the Neddylation system relies o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional%20Data%20Exchange%20System
RDES (the Regional Data Exchange System on food and agricultural statistics in Asia and Pacific countries) is a unitary statistical information system which includes a database on food and agricultural statistics and the web portal of APCAS (Asia and Pacific Commission on Agricultural Statistics) countries under the FA...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Ocean%20Ecosystem%20Dynamics
Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC) is the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP) core project responsible for understanding how global change will affect the abundance, diversity and productivity of marine populations. The programme was initiated by SCOR and the IOC of UNESCO in 1991, to understand ho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrasive%20flow%20machining
Abrasive flow machining (AFM), also known as abrasive flow deburring or extrude honing, is an interior surface finishing process characterized by flowing an abrasive-laden fluid through a workpiece. This fluid is typically very viscous, having the consistency of putty, or dough. AFM smooths and finishes rough surfaces,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20End%20of%20London%20and%20Crystal%20Palace%20Railway
The West End of London and Crystal Palace Railway (WELCPR) was an early railway company in south London between Crystal Palace station and Wandsworth, which was opened in 1856. The line was extended in 1858 to a station at Battersea Wharf near the bridge to Pimlico. Throughout its brief existence the railway was operat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric%20level-index%20arithmetic
The level-index (LI) representation of numbers, and its algorithms for arithmetic operations, were introduced by Charles Clenshaw and Frank Olver in 1984. The symmetric form of the LI system and its arithmetic operations were presented by Clenshaw and Peter Turner in 1987. Michael Anuta, Daniel Lozier, Nicolas Schaba...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trk
TRK or trk may refer to: Juwata International Airport (IATA code: TRK), an international airport in Tarakan, North Kalimantan, Indonesia Potassium transport proteins (Trk), a constituent of the protein family bacterial potassium transporter Trk receptor, a family of tyrosine kinases that regulates synaptic strength...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2024
Interleukin 24 (IL-24) is a protein in the interleukin family, a type of cytokine signaling molecule in the immune system. In humans, this protein is encoded by the IL24 gene. IL-24 is a cytokine belonging to the IL-10 family of cytokines that signals through two heterodimeric receptors: IL-20R1/IL-20R2 and IL-22R1/IL...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2022
Interleukin-22 (IL-22) is protein that in humans is encoded by the IL22 gene. Structure IL-22 is an α-helical cytokine. IL-22 binds to a heterodimeric cell surface receptor composed of IL-10R2 and IL-22R1 subunits. IL-22R is expressed on tissue cells, and it is absent on immune cells. Crystallization is possible if...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welch%27s%20t-test
In statistics, Welch's t-test, or unequal variances t-test, is a two-sample location test which is used to test the (null) hypothesis that two populations have equal means. It is named for its creator, Bernard Lewis Welch, is an adaptation of Student's t-test, and is more reliable when the two samples have unequal vari...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleukin%2020
Interleukin 20 (IL20) is a protein that is in humans encoded by the IL20 gene which is located in close proximity to the IL-10 gene on the 1q32 chromosome. IL-20 is a part of an IL-20 subfamily which is a part of a larger IL-10 family. IL-20 subfamily also includes other cytokines, including IL-19, IL-20, IL-22, IL-2...