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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compactness%20theorem | In mathematical logic, the compactness theorem states that a set of first-order sentences has a model if and only if every finite subset of it has a model. This theorem is an important tool in model theory, as it provides a useful (but generally not effective) method for constructing models of any set of sentences that... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ | Germ or germs may refer to:
Science
Germ (microorganism), an informal word for a pathogen
Germ cell, cell that gives rise to the gametes of an organism that reproduces sexually
Germ layer, a primary layer of cells that forms during embryonic development
Cereal germ, the reproductive part of a cereal grain
Tooth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni%20Ceva | Giovanni Ceva (September 1, 1647 – May 13, 1734) was an Italian mathematician widely known for proving Ceva's theorem in elementary geometry. His brother, Tommaso Ceva, was also a well-known poet and mathematician.
Life
Ceva received his education at a Jesuit college in Milan. Later in his life, he studied at the Univ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceva%27s%20theorem | In Euclidean geometry, Ceva's theorem is a theorem about triangles. Given a triangle , let the lines be drawn from the vertices to a common point (not on one of the sides of ), to meet opposite sides at respectively. (The segments are known as cevians.) Then, using signed lengths of segments,
In other words, the l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel%E2%80%93Ruffini%20theorem | In mathematics, the Abel–Ruffini theorem (also known as Abel's impossibility theorem) states that there is no solution in radicals to general polynomial equations of degree five or higher with arbitrary coefficients. Here, general means that the coefficients of the equation are viewed and manipulated as indeterminates.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plug%20nozzle | The plug nozzle is a type of nozzle which includes a centerbody or plug around which the working fluid flows. Plug nozzles have applications in aircraft, rockets, and numerous other fluid flow devices.
Hoses
Common garden hose trigger nozzles are a simple example of the plug nozzle and its method of operation. In th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular%20differentiation | Cellular differentiation is the process in which a stem cell changes from one type to a differentiated one. Usually, the cell changes to a more specialized type. Differentiation happens multiple times during the development of a multicellular organism as it changes from a simple zygote to a complex system of tissues a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connector%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, a connector is a map which can be defined for a linear connection and used to define the covariant derivative on a vector bundle from the linear connection.
Definition
Let ∇ be a connection on the tangent space TN of a smooth manifold N. For smooth mappings h:M→TN from any smooth manifold M, the conne... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20number%20field%20sieve | In number theory, the general number field sieve (GNFS) is the most efficient classical algorithm known for factoring integers larger than . Heuristically, its complexity for factoring an integer (consisting of bits) is of the form
in O and L-notations. It is a generalization of the special number field sieve: while... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexokinase | A hexokinase is an enzyme that irreversibly phosphorylates hexoses (six-carbon sugars), forming hexose phosphate. In most organisms, glucose is the most important substrate for hexokinases, and glucose-6-phosphate is the most important product. Hexokinase possesses the ability to transfer an inorganic phosphate group f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor%20neuron | A motor neuron (or motoneuron or efferent neuron) is a neuron whose cell body is located in the motor cortex, brainstem or the spinal cord, and whose axon (fiber) projects to the spinal cord or outside of the spinal cord to directly or indirectly control effector organs, mainly muscles and glands. There are two types ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ethnic%20groups%20in%20Laos | The following is a list of ethnic groups in Laos.
Classification
Specialists are largely in agreement as to the ethnolinguistic classification of the ethnic groups of Laos. For the purposes of the 1995 census, the government of Laos recognized 149 ethnic groups within 47 main ethnicities. whereas the Lao Front for Na... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Lindquist | Susan Lee Lindquist, ForMemRS (June 5, 1949 – October 27, 2016) was an American professor of biology at MIT specializing in molecular biology, particularly the protein folding problem within a family of molecules known as heat-shock proteins, and prions. Lindquist was a member and former director of the Whitehead Inst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracytoplasmic%20sperm%20injection | Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI ) is an in vitro fertilization (IVF) procedure in which a single sperm cell is injected directly into the cytoplasm of an egg. This technique is used in order to prepare the gametes for the obtention of embryos that may be transferred to a maternal uterus. With this method, the a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20exchanger | A heat exchanger is a system used to transfer heat between a source and a working fluid. Heat exchangers are used in both cooling and heating processes. The fluids may be separated by a solid wall to prevent mixing or they may be in direct contact. They are widely used in space heating, refrigeration, air conditioning,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root-finding%20algorithms | In mathematics and computing, a root-finding algorithm is an algorithm for finding zeros, also called "roots", of continuous functions. A zero of a function , from the real numbers to real numbers or from the complex numbers to the complex numbers, is a number such that . As, generally, the zeros of a function cannot ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastid | The plastid (Greek: ; : formed, molded – plural plastids) is a membrane-bound organelle found in the cells of plants, algae, and some other eukaryotic organisms. They are considered to be intracellular endosymbiotic cyanobacteria. Examples include chloroplasts (used for photosynthesis), chromoplasts (used for pigment s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine | Cytokines are a broad and loose category of small proteins (~5–25 kDa) important in cell signaling. Due to their size, cytokines cannot cross the lipid bilayer of cells to enter the cytoplasm and therefore typically exert their functions by interacting with specific cytokine receptors on the target cell surface. Cytoki... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20optics | Crystal optics is the branch of optics that describes the behaviour of light in anisotropic media, that is, media (such as crystals) in which light behaves differently depending on which direction the light is propagating. The index of refraction depends on both composition and crystal structure and can be calculated u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C5%91nig%27s%20lemma | Kőnig's lemma or Kőnig's infinity lemma is a theorem in graph theory due to the Hungarian mathematician Dénes Kőnig who published it in 1927. It gives a sufficient condition for an infinite graph to have an infinitely long path. The computability aspects of this theorem have been thoroughly investigated by researchers ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed%20bank%20%28disambiguation%29 | A seed bank is a repository of preserved seeds.
Seed bank may also refer to:
The store of viable plant seed in an ecosystem; for example:
Soil seed bank, the viable seed present in the soil
Canopy seed bank, the viable seed stored in the canopy of a serotinous tree or shrub |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RACK%20%28disambiguation%29 | RACK may refer to:
RACK, the former NASDAQ ticker symbol for Silicon Graphics International, formerly called Rackable Systems
Risk-aware consensual kink
RACK1, a protein of the eukaryotic 40S ribosomal subunit that binds protein kinase c
See also
Rack (disambiguation)
Wrack (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Z%C3%A1rate%20Serna | Carlos Zárate Serna (born May 23, 1951) is a Mexican former professional boxer who competed from 1970 to 1988, and held the WBC bantamweight title from 1976 to 1979.
Zárate was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine in 1977. Zárate was ranked #21 in The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. and vo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenstra%20elliptic-curve%20factorization | The Lenstra elliptic-curve factorization or the elliptic-curve factorization method (ECM) is a fast, sub-exponential running time, algorithm for integer factorization, which employs elliptic curves. For general-purpose factoring, ECM is the third-fastest known factoring method. The second-fastest is the multiple poly... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCM | CCM may refer to:
Cubic centimetre (ccm), metric unit of volume
Computing
CCM mode, an encryption algorithm
Client Configuration Manager, a component of Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager
Combined Cipher Machine, a WWII-era cipher system
Community Climate Model, predecessor of the Community Climate ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbulence | In fluid dynamics, turbulence or turbulent flow is fluid motion characterized by chaotic changes in pressure and flow velocity. It is in contrast to a laminar flow, which occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between those layers.
Turbulence is commonly observed in everyday phenomena such a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex | In fluid dynamics, a vortex (: vortices or vortexes) is a region in a fluid in which the flow revolves around an axis line, which may be straight or curved. Vortices form in stirred fluids, and may be observed in smoke rings, whirlpools in the wake of a boat, and the winds surrounding a tropical cyclone, tornado or dus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability%20mass%20function | In probability and statistics, a probability mass function is a function that gives the probability that a discrete random variable is exactly equal to some value. Sometimes it is also known as the discrete probability density function. The probability mass function is often the primary means of defining a discrete pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baddeleyite | Baddeleyite is a rare zirconium oxide mineral (ZrO2 or zirconia), occurring in a variety of monoclinic prismatic crystal forms. It is transparent to translucent, has high indices of refraction, and ranges from colorless to yellow, green, and dark brown. See etymology below.
Baddeleyite is a refractory mineral, with a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirconium%20dioxide | Zirconium dioxide () (sometimes known as zirconia, not to be confused with zircon) is a white crystalline oxide of zirconium. Its most naturally occurring form, with a monoclinic crystalline structure, is the mineral baddeleyite. A dopant stabilized cubic structured zirconia, cubic zirconia, is synthesized in various c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolyte%20Carnot | Lazare Hippolyte Carnot (6 October 1801, Saint-Omer – 16 March 1888) was a French politician.
He was the younger brother of the founder of thermodynamics Sadi Carnot and the
second son of the revolutionary politician and general Lazare Nicolas Marguerite Carnot, who also served in the government
of Napoleon, as well ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotherm | Isotherm may refer to:
Isotherm (contour line) a type of equal temperature at a given date or time on a geographic map
Isotherm in thermodynamics, a curve on a P-V diagram for an isothermal process
Moisture sorption isotherm a curve giving the functional relationship between humidity and equilibrium water content o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle%20modulation | Angle modulation is a class of carrier modulation that is used in telecommunications transmission systems. The class comprises frequency modulation (FM) and phase modulation (PM), and is based on altering the frequency or the phase, respectively, of a carrier signal to encode the message signal. This contrasts with var... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tale | Tale may refer to:
Narrative, or story, a report of real or imaginary connected events
TAL effector (TALE), a type of DNA binding protein
Tale, Albania, a resort town
Tale, Iran, a village
Tale, Maharashtra, a village in Ratnagiri district, Maharashtra state, India
River Tale, a small river in the English county... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female%20ejaculation | Female ejaculation is characterized as an expulsion of fluid from the Skene's gland at the lower end of the urethra during or before an orgasm. It is also known colloquially as squirting (or gushing), although research indicates that female ejaculation and squirting are different phenomena, squirting being attributed ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kleene%27s%20recursion%20theorem | In computability theory, Kleene's recursion theorems are a pair of fundamental results about the application of computable functions to their own descriptions. The theorems were first proved by Stephen Kleene in 1938 and appear in his 1952 book Introduction to Metamathematics. A related theorem, which constructs fi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest%20gardening | Forest gardening is a low-maintenance, sustainable, plant-based food production and agroforestry system based on woodland ecosystems, incorporating fruit and nut trees, shrubs, herbs, vines and perennial vegetables which have yields directly useful to humans. Making use of companion planting, these can be intermixed to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bode%20plot | In electrical engineering and control theory, a Bode plot is a graph of the frequency response of a system. It is usually a combination of a Bode magnitude plot, expressing the magnitude (usually in decibels) of the frequency response, and a Bode phase plot, expressing the phase shift.
As originally conceived by Hen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyroelectricity | Pyroelectricity (from Greek: pyr (πυρ), "fire" and electricity) is a property of certain crystals which are naturally electrically polarized and as a result contain large electric fields. Pyroelectricity can be described as the ability of certain materials to generate a temporary voltage when they are heated or cooled.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20carbonate | Sodium carbonate (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals) is the inorganic compound with the formula and its various hydrates. All forms are white, odourless, water-soluble salts that yield alkaline solutions in water. Historically, it was extracted from the ashes of plants grown in sodium-rich soils. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sievert | The sievert (symbol: Sv) is a unit in the International System of Units (SI) intended to represent the stochastic health risk of ionizing radiation, which is defined as the probability of causing radiation-induced cancer and genetic damage. The sievert is important in dosimetry and radiation protection. It is named aft... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chebyshev%27s%20inequality | In probability theory, Chebyshev's inequality (also called the Bienaymé–Chebyshev inequality) guarantees that, for a wide class of probability distributions, no more than a certain fraction of values can be more than a certain distance from the mean. Specifically, no more than 1/k2 of the distribution's values can be k... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio%20mixing | Audio mixing is the process by which multiple sounds are combined into one or more audio channels. In the process, a source's volume level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated or enhanced. This practical, aesthetic, or otherwise creative treatment is done in order to produce a finished v... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehlers%E2%80%93Danlos%20syndromes | Ehlers–Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of 13 genetic connective-tissue disorders in the current classification, with the latest type discovered in 2018. Symptoms often include loose joints, joint pain, stretchy velvety skin, and abnormal scar formation. These may be noticed at birth or in early childhood. Complicati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conductance | Conductance may refer to:
Conductance (graph), a measure in graph theory
Electrical conductance, the ability for electric charge to flow in a certain path
Fluid conductance, the ability for fluid to transmit through materials
See also
Conductivity (disambiguation)
Thermal conductance (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmembrane%20domain | A transmembrane domain (TMD) is a membrane-spanning protein domain. TMDs may consist of one or several alpha-helices or a transmembrane beta barrel. Because the interior of the lipid bilayer is hydrophobic, the amino acid residues in TMDs are often hydrophobic, although proteins such as membrane pumps and ion channels... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray%20scattering%20techniques | X-ray scattering techniques are a family of non-destructive analytical techniques which reveal information about the crystal structure, chemical composition, and physical properties of materials and thin films. These techniques are based on observing the scattered intensity of an X-ray beam hitting a sample as a functi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MicroRNA | MicroRNA (miRNA) are small, single-stranded, non-coding RNA molecules containing 21 to 23 nucleotides. Found in plants, animals and some viruses, miRNAs are involved in RNA silencing and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression. miRNAs base-pair to complementary sequences in mRNA molecules, then gene silence ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral%20membrane%20protein | An integral, or intrinsic, membrane protein (IMP) is a type of membrane protein that is permanently attached to the biological membrane. All transmembrane proteins are IMPs, but not all IMPs are transmembrane proteins. IMPs comprise a significant fraction of the proteins encoded in an organism's genome. Proteins that ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytoskeleton | The cytoskeleton is a complex, dynamic network of interlinking protein filaments present in the cytoplasm of all cells, including those of bacteria and archaea. In eukaryotes, it extends from the cell nucleus to the cell membrane and is composed of similar proteins in the various organisms. It is composed of three main... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Action%20potential | An action potential occurs when the membrane potential of a specific cell rapidly rises and falls. This depolarization then causes adjacent locations to similarly depolarize. Action potentials occur in several types of animal cells, called excitable cells, which include neurons, muscle cells, and in some plant cells. C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20large%20numbers | In probability theory, the law of large numbers (LLN) is a theorem that describes the result of performing the same experiment a large number of times. According to the law, the average of the results obtained from a large number of trials should be close to the expected value and tends to become closer to the expected... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation | In statistics, correlation or dependence is any statistical relationship, whether causal or not, between two random variables or bivariate data. Although in the broadest sense, "correlation" may indicate any type of association, in statistics it usually refers to the degree to which a pair of variables are linearly r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covariance | Covariance in probability theory and statistics is a measure of the joint variability of two random variables.
Definition
If the greater values of one variable mainly correspond with the greater values of the other variable, and the same holds for the lesser values (that is, the variables tend to show similar behavior... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paste | Paste is a term for any very thick viscous fluid. It may refer to:
Science and technology
Adhesive or paste
Wallpaper paste
Wheatpaste, a liquid adhesive made from vegetable starch and water
Paste (rheology), a substance that behaves as a solid and a liquid depending on applied load
Paste gem, a diamond simulant ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20der%20Waerden%27s%20theorem | Van der Waerden's theorem is a theorem in the branch of mathematics called Ramsey theory. Van der Waerden's theorem states that for any given positive integers r and k, there is some number N such that if the integers {1, 2, ..., N} are colored, each with one of r different colors, then there are at least k integers i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IHF | IHF may stand for:
Integration host factor, a bacterial DNA-binding protein
International Handball Federation, international governing body of handball
Iraqi Handball Federation, governing body of handball in Iraq
International H.K.D. Federation, international governing body of hapkido
International Hockey Federa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Schwarzschild | Karl Schwarzschild (; 9 October 1873 – 11 May 1916) was a German physicist and astronomer.
Schwarzschild provided the first exact solution to the Einstein field equations of general relativity, for the limited case of a single spherical non-rotating mass, which he accomplished in 1915, the same year that Einstein firs... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20potential | Cell potential may refer to:
Electrode potential
Membrane potential, the potential across the membrane of a biological cell
Standard electrode potential |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%20primality%20test | The Fermat primality test is a probabilistic test to determine whether a number is a probable prime.
Concept
Fermat's little theorem states that if p is prime and a is not divisible by p, then
If one wants to test whether p is prime, then we can pick random integers a not divisible by p and see whether the congruence... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20analysis | In cryptanalysis, frequency analysis (also known as counting letters) is the study of the frequency of letters or groups of letters in a ciphertext. The method is used as an aid to breaking classical ciphers.
Frequency analysis is based on the fact that, in any given stretch of written language, certain letters and co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plaintext | In cryptography, plaintext usually means unencrypted information pending input into cryptographic algorithms, usually encryption algorithms. This usually refers to data that is transmitted or stored unencrypted.
Overview
With the advent of computing, the term plaintext expanded beyond human-readable documents to mean ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recombination | Recombination may refer to:
Carrier generation and recombination, in semiconductors, the cancellation of mobile charge carriers (electrons and holes)
Crossover (genetic algorithm), also called recombination
Genetic recombination, the process by which genetic material is broken and joined to other genetic material
Bacte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid%20bilayer | The lipid bilayer (or phospholipid bilayer) is a thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules. These membranes are flat sheets that form a continuous barrier around all cells. The cell membranes of almost all organisms and many viruses are made of a lipid bilayer, as are the nuclear membrane surrounding th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Edensor%20Littlewood | John Edensor Littlewood (9 June 1885 – 6 September 1977) was a British mathematician. He worked on topics relating to analysis, number theory, and differential equations and had lengthy collaborations with G. H. Hardy, Srinivasa Ramanujan and Mary Cartwright.
Biography
Littlewood was born on 9 June 1885 in Rochester,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septic | Septic may refer to:
Septic shock, a medical condition
Septic tank or septic system, a component of a small scale sewage disposal system
Septic equation, a polynomial of degree seven
Slang term for "American" in the Cockney dialect
See also
Sepsis
Aseptic
Antiseptic |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ednita%20Nazario | Edna María Nazario Figueroa (born April 11, 1955) is a Puerto Rican musician, singer, and composer who has achieved stardom both at home and abroad. She has been in the music business from a young age and has released twenty-three (23) studio albums and five (5) live albums throughout her career.
Biography
Childhood... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melange%20%28fictional%20drug%29 | Melange (), often referred to as "the spice", is the fictional psychedelic drug central to the Dune series of science fiction novels by Frank Herbert and derivative works.
In the series, the most essential and valuable commodity in the universe is melange, a drug that gives the user a longer life span, greater vitalit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20spill | An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land. Oil spills ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20minerals | This is a list of minerals which have Wikipedia articles.
Minerals are distinguished by various chemical and physical properties. Differences in chemical composition and crystal structure distinguish the various species. Within a mineral species there may be variation in physical properties or minor amounts of impurit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chalcopyrite | Chalcopyrite ( ) is a copper iron sulfide mineral and the most abundant copper ore mineral. It has the chemical formula CuFeS2 and crystallizes in the tetragonal system. It has a brassy to golden yellow color and a hardness of 3.5 to 4 on the Mohs scale. Its streak is diagnostic as green-tinged black.
On exposure to a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Varna | The Battle of Varna took place on 10 November 1444 near Varna in eastern Bulgaria. The Ottoman army under Sultan Murad II (who did not actually rule the sultanate at the time) defeated the Crusaders commanded by King Władysław III of Poland and Hungary, John Hunyadi (acting as commander of the combined Christian forces... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Maiden | Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Although fluid in the early years of the band, the line-up for most of the band's history has consisted of Harris, lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson, drummer Nicko McBrain, and guitarists Dave ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Dirac%20statistics | Fermi–Dirac statistics is a type of quantum statistics that applies to the physics of a system consisting of many non-interacting, identical particles that obey the Pauli exclusion principle. A result is the Fermi–Dirac distribution of particles over energy states. It is named after Enrico Fermi and Paul Dirac, each of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20expression | Gene expression is the process by which information from a gene is used in the synthesis of a functional gene product that enables it to produce end products, proteins or non-coding RNA, and ultimately affect a phenotype. These products are often proteins, but in non-protein-coding genes such as transfer RNA (tRNA) and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium%20chloride | Potassium chloride (KCl, or potassium salt) is a metal halide salt composed of potassium and chlorine. It is odorless and has a white or colorless vitreous crystal appearance. The solid dissolves readily in water, and its solutions have a salt-like taste. Potassium chloride can be obtained from ancient dried lake depos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comb%20sort | Comb sort is a relatively simple sorting algorithm originally designed by Włodzimierz Dobosiewicz and Artur Borowy in 1980, later rediscovered (and given the name "Combsort") by Stephen Lacey and Richard Box in 1991. Comb sort improves on bubble sort in the same way that Shellsort improves on insertion sort.
nist.govs... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle%20%28musical%20instrument%29 | The triangle is a musical instrument in the percussion family, and is classified as an idiophone in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system. Triangles are made from a variety of metals including aluminum, beryllium copper, brass, bronze, iron, and steel. The metal is bent into a triangle shape with one open end. The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha%E2%80%93beta%20pruning | Alpha–beta pruning is a search algorithm that seeks to decrease the number of nodes that are evaluated by the minimax algorithm in its search tree. It is an adversarial search algorithm used commonly for machine playing of two-player combinatorial games (Tic-tac-toe, Chess, Connect 4, etc.). It stops evaluating a move ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmel | Atmel Corporation was a creator and manufacturer of semiconductors before being subsumed by Microchip Technology in 2016. Atmel was founded in 1984. The company focused on embedded systems built around microcontrollers. Its products included microcontrollers (8-bit AVR, 32-bit AVR, 32-bit ARM-based, automotive grade, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenosine%20monophosphate%20deaminase%20deficiency%20type%201 | Adenosine monophosphate deaminase deficiency type 1 or AMPD1, is a human metabolic disorder in which the body consistently lacks the enzyme AMP deaminase, in sufficient quantities. This may result in exercise intolerance, muscle pain and muscle cramping. The disease was formerly known as myoadenylate deaminase deficien... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20practice | Mathematical practice comprises the working practices of professional mathematicians: selecting theorems to prove, using informal notations to persuade themselves and others that various steps in the final proof are convincing, and seeking peer review and publication, as opposed to the end result of proven and publishe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDP | SDP may refer to:
Computing
Scenario Design Power, a power level mode of certain generations of Intel's mobile processors
Semidefinite programming, an optimization procedure
Service data point, a node in mobile telecommunication networks
Service delivery platform, a mobile telecommunications component
Service De... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectin | Pectin ( : "congealed" and "curdled") is a heteropolysaccharide, a structural acid contained in the primary lamella, in the middle lamella, and in the cell walls of terrestrial plants. The principal, chemical component of pectin is galacturonic acid (a sugar acid derived from galactose) which was isolated and described... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrange%20multiplier | In mathematical optimization, the method of Lagrange multipliers is a strategy for finding the local maxima and minima of a function subject to equation constraints (i.e., subject to the condition that one or more equations have to be satisfied exactly by the chosen values of the variables). It is named after the mathe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Class%20M | Class M may refer to:
Class M (or M-class) planet, a classification used in the Star Trek media franchise
Class M star, a stellar classification
Class M, a driver's license, for motorcycles in the United States
SCORE Class M-Truck, off-road racing medium utility vehicles
See also
M class (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial%20disease | Mitochondrial disease is a group of disorders caused by mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondria are the organelles that generate energy for the cell and are found in every cell of the human body except red blood cells. They convert the energy of food molecules into the ATP that powers most cell functions.
Mitochondria... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%20cipher%20mode%20of%20operation | In cryptography, a block cipher mode of operation is an algorithm that uses a block cipher to provide information security such as confidentiality or authenticity. A block cipher by itself is only suitable for the secure cryptographic transformation (encryption or decryption) of one fixed-length group of bits called a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASM | FASM (flat assembler) is an assembler for x86 processors. It supports Intel-style assembly language on the IA-32 and x86-64 computer architectures. It claims high speed, size optimizations, operating system (OS) portability, and macro abilities. It is a low-level assembler and intentionally uses very few command-line o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling%20%28statistics%29 | In statistics, quality assurance, and survey methodology, sampling is the selection of a subset or a statistical sample (termed sample for short) of individuals from within a statistical population to estimate characteristics of the whole population. Statisticians attempt to collect samples that are representative of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point%20estimation | In statistics, point estimation involves the use of sample data to calculate a single value (known as a point estimate since it identifies a point in some parameter space) which is to serve as a "best guess" or "best estimate" of an unknown population parameter (for example, the population mean). More formally, it is t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval%20estimation | In statistics, interval estimation is the use of sample data to estimate an interval of possible values of a parameter of interest. This is in contrast to point estimation, which gives a single value.
The most prevalent forms of interval estimation are confidence intervals (a frequentist method) and credible interval... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra%20high%20frequency | Ultra high frequency (UHF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies in the range between 300 megahertz (MHz) and 3 gigahertz (GHz), also known as the decimetre band as the wavelengths range from one meter to one tenth of a meter (one decimeter). Radio waves with frequencies above the UHF band fall into the super-hi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very%20low%20frequency | Very low frequency or VLF is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3–30 kHz, corresponding to wavelengths from 100 to 10 km, respectively. The band is also known as the myriameter band or myriameter wave as the wavelengths range from one to ten myriameters (an obsolete metric unit equal to 10 k... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low%20frequency | Low frequency (LF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 30–300 kHz. Since its wavelengths range from 10–1 km, respectively, it is also known as the kilometre band or kilometre wave.
LF radio waves exhibit low signal attenuation, making them suitable for long-distance communications. In Eur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium%20frequency | Medium frequency (MF) is the ITU designation for radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 300 kilohertz (kHz) to 3 megahertz (MHz). Part of this band is the medium wave (MW) AM broadcast band. The MF band is also known as the hectometer band as the wavelengths range from ten to one hectometers (1000 to 100 m). Frequencie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SINCGARS | Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) is a very high frequency combat-net radio (CNR) used by U.S. and allied military forces. In the CNR network, the SINCGARS’ primary role is voice transmission between surface and airborne command and control assets.
The SINCGARS family replaced the Vietnam War-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycogen%20storage%20disease | A glycogen storage disease (GSD, also glycogenosis and dextrinosis) is a metabolic disorder caused by a deficiency of an enzyme or transport protein affecting glycogen synthesis, glycogen breakdown, or glucose breakdown, typically in muscles and/or liver cells.
GSD has two classes of cause: genetic and environmental. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defect | Defect or defects may refer to:
Related to failure
Angular defect, in geometry
Birth defect, an abnormal condition present at birth
Crystallographic defect, in the crystal lattice of solid materials
Latent defect, in the law of the sale of property
Product defect, a characteristic of a product which hinders its u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlier | In statistics, an outlier is a data point that differs significantly from other observations. An outlier may be due to a variability in the measurement, an indication of novel data, or it may be the result of experimental error; the latter are sometimes excluded from the data set. An outlier can be an indication of ex... |
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