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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Validity%20%28statistics%29 | Validity is the main extent to which a concept, conclusion, or measurement is well-founded and likely corresponds accurately to the real world. The word "valid" is derived from the Latin validus, meaning strong. The validity of a measurement tool (for example, a test in education) is the degree to which the tool measur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonds%E2%80%93Karp%20algorithm | In computer science, the Edmonds–Karp algorithm is an implementation of the Ford–Fulkerson method for computing the maximum flow in a flow network in time. The algorithm was first published by Yefim Dinitz (whose name is also transliterated "E. A. Dinic", notably as author of his early papers) in 1970 and independentl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.%20R.%20Fulkerson | Delbert Ray Fulkerson (; August 14, 1924 – January 10, 1976) was an American mathematician who co-developed the FordFulkerson algorithm, one of the most well-known algorithms to solve the maximum flow problem in networks.
Early life and education
D. R. Fulkerson was born in Tamms, Illinois, the third of six children o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensor%20carpi%20radialis%20longus%20muscle | The extensor carpi radialis longus is one of the five main muscles that control movements at the wrist. This muscle is quite long, starting on the lateral side of the humerus, and attaching to the base of the second metacarpal bone (metacarpal of the index finger).
Structure
It originates from the lateral supracondyla... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensor%20carpi%20radialis%20brevis%20muscle | In human anatomy, extensor carpi radialis brevis is a muscle in the forearm that acts to extend and abduct the wrist. It is shorter and thicker than its namesake extensor carpi radialis longus which can be found above the proximal end of the extensor carpi radialis brevis.
Origin and insertion
It arises from the late... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensor%20carpi%20ulnaris%20muscle | In human anatomy, the extensor carpi ulnaris is a skeletal muscle located on the ulnar side of the forearm. The extensor carpi ulnaris acts to extend and adduct at the carpus/wrist from anatomical position.
Being an extensor muscle, extensor carpi ulnaris is located on the posterior side of the forearm.
Origin and in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population%20process | In applied probability, a population process is a Markov chain in which the state of the chain is analogous to the number of individuals in a population (0, 1, 2, etc.), and changes to the state are analogous to the addition or removal of individuals from the population. Typical population processes include birth–death... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic%20tern | The Arctic tern (Sterna paradisaea) is a tern in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar breeding distribution covering the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions of Europe (as far south as Brittany), Asia, and North America (as far south as Massachusetts). The species is strongly migratory, seeing two summers each year... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphodiesterase | A phosphodiesterase (PDE) is an enzyme that breaks a phosphodiester bond. Usually, phosphodiesterase refers to cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases, which have great clinical significance and are described below. However, there are many other families of phosphodiesterases, including phospholipases C and D, autotaxin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s%20theorem | The works of the 17th-century mathematician Pierre de Fermat engendered many theorems. Fermat's theorem may refer to one of the following theorems:
Fermat's Last Theorem, about integer solutions to an + bn = cn
Fermat's little theorem, a property of prime numbers
Fermat's theorem on sums of two squares, about prime... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic | In mathematics, the term quadratic describes something that pertains to squares, to the operation of squaring, to terms of the second degree, or equations or formulas that involve such terms. Quadratus is Latin for square.
Mathematics
Algebra (elementary and abstract)
Quadratic function (or quadratic polynomial), ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aromaticity | In chemistry, aromaticity means a molecule has a cyclic (ring-shaped) structure with pi bonds in resonance (those containing delocalized electrons). Aromatic rings give increased stability compared to saturated compounds having single bonds, and other geometric or connective non-cyclic arrangements with the same set of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20tern | The common tern (Sterna hirundo) is a seabird in the family Laridae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, its four subspecies breeding in temperate and subarctic regions of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. Breeding adults have light gr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuptake | Reuptake is the reabsorption of a neurotransmitter by a neurotransmitter transporter located along the plasma membrane of an axon terminal (i.e., the pre-synaptic neuron at a synapse) or glial cell after it has performed its function of transmitting a neural impulse.
Reuptake is necessary for normal synaptic physiolog... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GBM | GBM may refer to:
Medicine
Glioblastoma multiforme
Glomerular basement membrane
Science and technology
Gateway belief model, a model in psychology and the communication sciences
Geometric Brownian motion, continuous stochastic process where the logarithm of a variable follows a Brownian movement, that is a Wiener... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures | Futures may mean:
Finance
Futures contract, a tradable financial derivatives contract
Futures exchange, a financial market where futures contracts are traded
Futures (magazine), an American finance magazine
Music
Futures (album), a 2004 album released by Jimmy Eat World
"Futures" (song), a single from the above album... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20silencing | Gene silencing is the regulation of gene expression in a cell to prevent the expression of a certain gene. Gene silencing can occur during either transcription or translation and is often used in research. In particular, methods used to silence genes are being increasingly used to produce therapeutics to combat cancer ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-box | In cryptography, an S-box (substitution-box) is a basic component of symmetric key algorithms which performs substitution. In block ciphers, they are typically used to obscure the relationship between the key and the ciphertext, thus ensuring Shannon's property of confusion. Mathematically, an S-box is a nonlinear vect... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliomonadida | The Heliomonadida (formerly Dimorphida) are a small group of heliozoan amoeboids that are unusual in possessing flagella throughout their life cycle.
Classification
Genetic studies place them among the Cercozoa, a group including various other flagellates that form filose pseudopodia. This order has recently been plac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrenergic%20receptor | The adrenergic receptors or adrenoceptors are a class of G protein-coupled receptors that are targets of many catecholamines like norepinephrine (noradrenaline) and epinephrine (adrenaline) produced by the body, but also many medications like beta blockers, beta-2 (β2) agonists and alpha-2 (α2) agonists, which are used... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%E2%80%93DNA%20hybridization | In genomics, DNA–DNA hybridization is a molecular biology technique that measures the degree of genetic similarity between pools of DNA sequences. It is usually used to determine the genetic distance between two organisms and has been used extensively in phylogeny and taxonomy.
Method
The DNA of one organism is labe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Wright | Ian Edward Wright (born 3 November 1963) is an English television and radio personality and former professional footballer.
Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal as a forward, spending six years with the former and seven years with the latter. With Arsenal he lifted the Premier League ti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rader%27s%20FFT%20algorithm | Rader's algorithm (1968), named for Charles M. Rader of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, is a fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm that computes the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of prime sizes by re-expressing the DFT as a cyclic convolution (the other algorithm for FFTs of prime sizes, Bluestein's algorithm, also works b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime-factor%20FFT%20algorithm | The prime-factor algorithm (PFA), also called the Good–Thomas algorithm (1958/1963), is a fast Fourier transform (FFT) algorithm that re-expresses the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of a size N = N1N2 as a two-dimensional N1×N2 DFT, but only for the case where N1 and N2 are relatively prime. These smaller transforms ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi%20phenomenon | The term phi phenomenon is used in a narrow sense for an apparent motion that is observed if two nearby optical stimuli are presented in alternation with a relatively high frequency. In contrast to beta movement, seen at lower frequencies, the stimuli themselves do not appear to move. Instead, a diffuse, amorphous shad... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blister | A blister is a small pocket of body fluid (lymph, serum, plasma, blood, or pus) within the upper layers of the skin, usually caused by forceful rubbing (friction), burning, touching poison ivy, freezing, chemical exposure or infection. Most blisters are filled with a clear fluid, either serum or plasma. However, bliste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail | Crossrail is a railway construction project centred around London. Its aim is to provide a high-frequency hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit system crossing the capital from suburbs on the west to east, by connecting two major railway lines terminating in London: the Great Western Main Line and the Great Eastern Ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curonian%20language | The Curonian language (; ; ), or Old Curonian, was a nearly unattested Baltic language spoken by the Curonians, a Baltic tribe who inhabited the Courland (now western Latvia).
Classification
Curonian was an Indo-European language of the Baltic branch. This was proven by Jānis Endzelīns that Curonian was a Baltic langu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic%20fluid | A hydraulic fluid or hydraulic liquid is the medium by which power is transferred in hydraulic machinery. Common hydraulic fluids are based on mineral oil or water. Examples of equipment that might use hydraulic fluids are excavators and backhoes, hydraulic brakes, power steering systems, automatic transmissions, garb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference%20quotient | In single-variable calculus, the difference quotient is usually the name for the expression
which when taken to the limit as h approaches 0 gives the derivative of the function f. The name of the expression stems from the fact that it is the quotient of the difference of values of the function by the difference of the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly%20Weapons | Deadly Weapons is a 1974 American exploitation film directed and produced by Doris Wishman. It stars burlesque performer Chesty Morgan and porn star Harry Reems.
Plot
Crystal is an advertising executive who tracks down the mobsters who killed her boyfriend. One by one, she seduces each man, drugs them, then smothers t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogarkoite | Kogarkoite is a sodium sulfate fluoride mineral with formula Na3(SO4)F. It has a pale blue color, a specific gravity of about 2.67 and a hardness of 3.5. The crystal is monoclinic and is a type of naturally occurring antiperovskite. Kogarkoite is named after the Russian petrologist Lia Nikolaevna Kogarko (born 1936) wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion%20%28business%29 | In business, diffusion is the process by which a new idea or new product is accepted by the market. The rate of diffusion is the speed with which the new idea spreads from one consumer to the next. Adoption is the reciprocal process as viewed from a consumer perspective rather than distributor; it is similar to diffusi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronquist%20system | The Cronquist system is a taxonomic classification system of flowering plants. It was developed by Arthur Cronquist in a series of monographs and texts, including The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants (1968; 2nd edition, 1988) and An Integrated System of Classification of Flowering Plants (1981) (see Bib... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinfandel | Zinfandel (also known as Primitivo) is a variety of black-skinned wine grape. The variety is grown in over 10 percent of California vineyards. DNA analysis has revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grapes Crljenak Kaštelanski and Tribidrag, as well as to the Primitivo variety traditionally grown in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mathematics%20reference%20tables | See also: List of reference tables
Mathematics
List of mathematical topics
List of statistical topics
List of mathematical functions
List of mathematical theorems
List of mathematical proofs
List of matrices
List of numbers
List of relativistic equations
List of small groups
Mathematical constants
Sporadic group
Tabl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral%20method | Spectral methods are a class of techniques used in applied mathematics and scientific computing to numerically solve certain differential equations. The idea is to write the solution of the differential equation as a sum of certain "basis functions" (for example, as a Fourier series which is a sum of sinusoids) and the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarjan%27s%20off-line%20lowest%20common%20ancestors%20algorithm | In computer science, Tarjan's off-line lowest common ancestors algorithm is an algorithm for computing lowest common ancestors for pairs of nodes in a tree, based on the union-find data structure. The lowest common ancestor of two nodes d and e in a rooted tree T is the node g that is an ancestor of both d and e and th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%27s%20theorem | In vector calculus, Green's theorem relates a line integral around a simple closed curve to a double integral over the plane region bounded by . It is the two-dimensional special case of Stokes' theorem.
Theorem
Let be a positively oriented, piecewise smooth, simple closed curve in a plane, and let be the region b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disulfiram | Disulfiram is a medication used to support the treatment of chronic alcoholism by producing an acute sensitivity to ethanol (drinking alcohol). Disulfiram works by inhibiting the enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase, causing many of the effects of a hangover to be felt immediately following alcohol consumption. Disulfiram plu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalanche%20diode | In electronics, an avalanche diode is a diode (made from silicon or other semiconductor) that is designed to experience avalanche breakdown at a specified reverse bias voltage. The junction of an avalanche diode is designed to prevent current concentration and resulting hot spots, so that the diode is undamaged by the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity%20derivative | In finance, an equity derivative is a class of derivatives whose value is at least partly derived from one or more underlying equity securities. Options and futures are by far the most common equity derivatives, however there are many other types of equity derivatives that are actively traded.
Equity options
Equity o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Puttermans | The Puttermans are a fictional family that appeared in a series of advertisements for Duracell from 1994 to 1996.
Background
The Puttermans were a family of plastic robots who outlasted others, thanks to their Duracell brand batteries (a playful reference to their deadpan 1970s ad campaign which featured head-to-head... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnter%20Blobel | Günter Blobel (; May 21, 1936 – February 18, 2018) was a Silesian German and American biologist and 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.
Biography
Günter Blobel was born in Waltersdorf in the Prussian Pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galton%20board | The Galton board, also known as the Galton box or quincunx or bean machine, is a device invented by Sir Francis Galton to demonstrate the central limit theorem, in particular that with sufficient sample size the binomial distribution approximates a normal distribution. Among its applications, it afforded insight into r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futures%20exchange | A futures exchange or futures market is a central financial exchange where people can trade standardized futures contracts defined by the exchange. Futures contracts are derivatives contracts to buy or sell specific quantities of a commodity or financial instrument at a specified price with delivery set at a specified ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilinear%20algebra | Multilinear algebra is the study of functions with multiple vector-valued arguments, which are linear maps with respect to each argument. Concepts such as matrices, vectors, systems of linear equations, higher-dimensional spaces, determinants, inner and outer products, and dual spaces emerge naturally in the mathematic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytohaemagglutinin | Phytohaemagglutinin (PHA, or phytohemagglutinin) is a lectin found in plants, especially certain legumes. PHA actually consists of two closely related proteins, called leucoagglutinin (PHA-L) and PHA-E. These proteins cause blood cells to clump together. PHA-E cause erythrocytes (red blood cells) to clump. PHA-L causes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window%20function | In signal processing and statistics, a window function (also known as an apodization function or tapering function) is a mathematical function that is zero-valued outside of some chosen interval, normally symmetric around the middle of the interval, usually approaching a maximum in the middle, and usually tapering away... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclid%27s%20Elements | The Elements ( ) is a mathematical treatise consisting of 13 books attributed to the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid 300 BC. It is a collection of definitions, postulates, propositions (theorems and constructions), and mathematical proofs of the propositions. The books cover plane and solid Euclidean geometry, elem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercell | A supercell is a thunderstorm characterized by the presence of a mesocyclone; a deep, persistently rotating updraft. Due to this, these storms are sometimes referred to as rotating thunderstorms. Of the four classifications of thunderstorms (supercell, squall line, multi-cell, and single-cell), supercells are the overa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow%20%28disambiguation%29 | Snow is precipitation in the form of crystalline water ice.
Snow may also refer to:
Places
Snow, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the United States
Snow, Oklahoma, an unincorporated community in the United States
Snow Lake (disambiguation)
Snow Mountain (disambiguation), various mountains in the United States... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahmin | Brahmin (; ) is a varna as well as a caste within Hindu society. In the Vedic- and post-Vedic Indian subcontinent, Brahmins were designated as the priestly class, serving as priests (purohit, pandit, or pujari) and spiritual teachers (guru or acharya). The other three varnas are the Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra.
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deletion%20%28genetics%29 | In genetics, a deletion (also called gene deletion, deficiency, or deletion mutation) (sign: Δ) is a mutation (a genetic aberration) in which a part of a chromosome or a sequence of DNA is left out during DNA replication. Any number of nucleotides can be deleted, from a single base to an entire piece of chromosome. Som... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CD32 | CD32 (cluster of differentiation 32), also known as FcγRII or FCGR2, is a surface receptor glycoprotein belonging to the Ig gene superfamily. CD32 can be found on the surface of a variety of immune cells. CD32 has a low-affinity for the Fc region of IgG antibodies in monomeric form, but high affinity for IgG immune com... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Leray | Jean Leray (; 7 November 1906 – 10 November 1998) was a French mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology.
Life and career
He was born in Chantenay-sur-Loire (today part of Nantes). He studied at École Normale Supérieure from 1926 to 1929. He received his Ph.D. in 1933. In... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithms%20for%20Recovery%20and%20Isolation%20Exploiting%20Semantics | In computer science, Algorithms for Recovery and Isolation Exploiting Semantics, or ARIES is a recovery algorithm designed to work with a no-force, steal database approach; it is used by IBM Db2, Microsoft SQL Server and many other database systems. IBM Fellow Dr. C. Mohan is the primary inventor of the ARIES family of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulcer%20%28dermatology%29 | An ulcer is a sore on the skin or a mucous membrane, accompanied by the disintegration of tissue. Ulcers can result in complete loss of the epidermis and often portions of the dermis and even subcutaneous fat. Ulcers are most common on the skin of the lower extremities and in the gastrointestinal tract. An ulcer that a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouth%20ulcer | A mouth ulcer (aphtha) is an ulcer that occurs on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity. Mouth ulcers are very common, occurring in association with many diseases and by many different mechanisms, but usually there is no serious underlying cause. Rarely, a mouth ulcer that does not heal may be a sign of oral cancer. T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elimination%20theory | In commutative algebra and algebraic geometry, elimination theory is the classical name for algorithmic approaches to eliminating some variables between polynomials of several variables, in order to solve systems of polynomial equations.
Classical elimination theory culminated with the work of Francis Macaulay on mult... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy | Buoyancy (), or upthrust, is an upward force exerted by a fluid that opposes the weight of a partially or fully immersed object. In a column of fluid, pressure increases with depth as a result of the weight of the overlying fluid. Thus the pressure at the bottom of a column of fluid is greater than at the top of the co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gore-Tex | Gore-Tex is a waterproof, breathable fabric membrane and registered trademark of W. L. Gore & Associates. Invented in 1969, Gore-Tex can repel liquid water while allowing water vapor to pass through and is designed to be a lightweight, waterproof fabric for all-weather use. It is composed of stretched polytetrafluoroet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper%20%28programming%20language%29 | Clipper is an xBase compiler that implements a variant of the xBase computer programming language. It is used to create
or extend software programs that originally operated primarily under MS-DOS. Although it is a powerful general-purpose programming
language, it was primarily used to create database/business programs... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmics%20Inc. | Algorithmics was a Toronto, Ontario based company founded by Ron Dembo that provided risk management software to financial institutions. Founded in 1989, Algorithmics employed over 850 people in 23 global offices, and served more than 350 clients, including 25 of the 30 largest banks in the world, and over two thirds o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panavia%20Tornado%20ADV | The Panavia Tornado Air Defence Variant (ADV) was a long-range, twin-engine swing-wing interceptor aircraft developed by the European Panavia Aircraft GmbH consortium. It was a specialised derivative of the multirole Panavia Tornado.
Development of the Tornado ADV formally commenced in 1976, it was primarily intended ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prisoner%20%28TV%20series%29 | Prisoner (known in the UK and the US as Prisoner: Cell Block H) is an Australian television soap opera, which broadcast on Network Ten (originally The 0-10 Network) from February 27 (Melbourne) February 26 (Sydney) 1979 to December 1986 (Melbourne), though the series finale would not screen until September 1987 in Sydn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20Crown%20of%20Cycling | The Triple Crown of Cycling in road bicycle racing denotes the achievement of winning three major titles in the same season, usually the Giro d'Italia general classification, the Tour de France general classification and the UCI Road World Championships Road Race.
It is considered by many fans of the sport to be the g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Clancy%27s%20Splinter%20Cell%20%28video%20game%29 | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a 2002 stealth game developed by Ubi Soft Montreal and published by Ubi Soft. It is the first game in the Splinter Cell series. Endorsed by author Tom Clancy, it follows the activities of NSA black ops agent Sam Fisher (voiced by Michael Ironside). The game was inspired by both the Metal G... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Clancy%27s%20Splinter%20Cell | Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell is a series of stealth action-adventure video games, the first of which was released in 2002, and their tie-in novels that were endorsed by Tom Clancy. The series follows Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the NSA, dubbed "Third Echelon", as he ove... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illiciales | Illiciales is an order of flowering plants that is not recognized by the current most widely used system of plant classification, the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group's APG III system. The order was comprised differently in various systems of plant taxonomy, but is composed of 2-4 families of shrubs, trees, and lianas native... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann%E2%80%93Roch%20theorem | The Riemann–Roch theorem is an important theorem in mathematics, specifically in complex analysis and algebraic geometry, for the computation of the dimension of the space of meromorphic functions with prescribed zeros and allowed poles. It relates the complex analysis of a connected compact Riemann surface with the su... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic%20glass | Volcanic glass is the amorphous (uncrystallized) product of rapidly cooling magma. Like all types of glass, it is a state of matter intermediate between the closely packed, highly ordered array of a crystal and the highly disordered array of liquid. Volcanic glass may refer to the interstitial material, or matrix, in a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCD | MCD, Mcd or mcd may refer to:
Science
Magnetic circular dichroism, with polarized light
Malonyl-CoA decarboxylase, an enzyme involved in fatty acid biosynthesis
Mesoscale convective discussion, Storm Prediction Center forecast
Millicandela (mcd) or Megacandela (Mcd), units of brightness or light intensity
Medica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform%20boundedness%20principle | In mathematics, the uniform boundedness principle or Banach–Steinhaus theorem is one of the fundamental results in functional analysis.
Together with the Hahn–Banach theorem and the open mapping theorem, it is considered one of the cornerstones of the field.
In its basic form, it asserts that for a family of continuo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventifact | A ventifact (also wind-faceted stone, windkanter) is a rock that has been abraded, pitted, etched, grooved, or polished by wind-driven sand or ice crystals. These geomorphic features are most typically found in arid environments where there is little vegetation to interfere with aeolian particle transport, where there ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactobacillus%20delbrueckii%20subsp.%20bulgaricus | Lactobacillus bulgaricus is one of over 200 published species in the Lactobacillus genome complex (LGC) and is the main bacterium used for the production of yogurt. It also plays a crucial role in the ripening of some cheeses, as well as in other processes involving naturally fermented products. It is defined as homofe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20Ontology%20Language | The Web Ontology Language (OWL) is a family of knowledge representation languages for authoring ontologies. Ontologies are a formal way to describe taxonomies and classification networks, essentially defining the structure of knowledge for various domains: the nouns representing classes of objects and the verbs represe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptide%20hormone | Peptide hormones are hormones whose molecules are peptides. Peptide hormones have shorter amino acid chain lengths than protein hormones. These hormones have an effect on the endocrine system of animals, including humans. Most hormones can be classified as either amino acid–based hormones (amine, peptide, or protein) o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typical%20set | In information theory, the typical set is a set of sequences whose probability is close to two raised to the negative power of the entropy of their source distribution. That this set has total probability close to one is a consequence of the asymptotic equipartition property (AEP) which is a kind of law of large number... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibonite | Hibonite is a mineral with the chemical formula , occurring in various colours, with a hardness of 7.5–8.0 and a hexagonal crystal structure. It is rare, but is found in high-grade metamorphic rocks on Madagascar. Some presolar grains in primitive meteorites consist of hibonite. Hibonite also is a common mineral in the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product%20rule | In calculus, the product rule (or Leibniz rule or Leibniz product rule) is a formula used to find the derivatives of products of two or more functions. For two functions, it may be stated in Lagrange's notation as or in Leibniz's notation as
The rule may be extended or generalized to products of three or more functi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chebyshev%27s%20theorem | Chebyshev's theorem is any of several theorems proven by Russian mathematician Pafnuty Chebyshev.
Bertrand's postulate, that for every n there is a prime between n and 2n.
Chebyshev's inequality, on the range of standard deviations around the mean, in statistics
Chebyshev's sum inequality, about sums and products ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20spectrum | Open spectrum (also known as free spectrum) is a movement to get the Federal Communications Commission to provide more unlicensed radio-frequency spectrum that is available for use by all. Proponents of the "commons model" of open spectrum advocate a future where all the spectrum is shared, and in which people use Inte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stationary-action%20principle | The stationary-action principle – also known as the principle of least action – is a variational principle that, when applied to the action of a mechanical system, yields the equations of motion for that system. The principle states that the trajectories (i.e. the solutions of the equations of motion) are stationary po... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20of%20equations | In mathematics, a set of simultaneous equations, also known as a system of equations or an equation system, is a finite set of equations for which common solutions are sought. An equation system is usually classified in the same manner as single equations, namely as a:
System of linear equations,
System of nonlinear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melito%20of%20Sardis | Melito of Sardis ( Melítōn Sárdeōn; died ) was the bishop of Sardis near Smyrna in western Anatolia, and a great authority in early Christianity. Melito held a foremost place in terms of bishops in Asia due to his personal influence and his literary works, most of which have been lost. What has been recovered, however,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20Adleman | Leonard Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is an American computer scientist. He is one of the creators of the RSA encryption algorithm, for which he received the 2002 Turing Award. He is also known for the creation of the field of DNA computing.
Biography
Leonard M. Adleman was born to a Jewish family in California. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closed%20platform | A closed platform, walled garden, or closed ecosystem is a software system wherein the carrier or service provider has control over applications, content, and/or media, and restricts convenient access to non-approved applicants or content. This is in contrast to an open platform, wherein consumers generally have unrest... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxsackie%20B4%20virus | Coxsackie B4 virus are enteroviruses that belong to the Picornaviridae family. These viruses can be found worldwide. They are positive-sense, single-stranded, non-enveloped RNA viruses with icosahedral geometry. Coxsackieviruses have two groups, A and B, each associated with different diseases. Coxsackievirus group A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunosuppressive%20drug | Immunosuppressive drugs, also known as immunosuppressive agents, immunosuppressants and antirejection medications, are drugs that inhibit or prevent the activity of the immune system.
Classification
Immunosuppressive drugs can be classified into five groups:
glucocorticoids
cytostatics
antibodies
drugs acting on i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herapathite | Herapathite, or iodoquinine sulfate, is a chemical compound whose crystals are dichroic and thus can be used for polarizing light.
It was discovered in 1852 by William Bird Herapath, a Bristol surgeon and chemist. One of his pupils found that adding iodine to the urine of a dog that had been fed quinine produced unusu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective%20results%20in%20number%20theory | For historical reasons and in order to have application to the solution of Diophantine equations, results in number theory have been scrutinised more than in other branches of mathematics to see if their content is effectively computable. Where it is asserted that some list of integers is finite, the question is whethe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks%20%28finance%29 | In mathematical finance, the Greeks are the quantities (known in calculus as partial derivatives; first-order or higher) representing the sensitivity of the price of a derivative instrument such as an option to changes in one or more underlying parameters on which the value of an instrument or portfolio of financial in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi%20917 | The Hitachi 917 is an automated biochemistry analyser used by medical laboratories to process biological fluid specimens, such as urine, cerebrospinal fluid, and most commonly, blood.
Manufactured by Boehringer Mannheim, the Hitachi 917 is a commonly used routine chemical bichromatic analyser. Capable of doing 1200 te... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simultaneous%20equations%20model | Simultaneous equations models are a type of statistical model in which the dependent variables are functions of other dependent variables, rather than just independent variables. This means some of the explanatory variables are jointly determined with the dependent variable, which in economics usually is the consequenc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodopsin | Rhodopsin, also known as visual purple, is a protein encoded by the RHO gene and a G-protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). It is the opsin of the rod cells in the retina and a light-sensitive receptor protein that triggers visual phototransduction in rods. Rhodopsin mediates dim light vision and thus is extremely sensitive ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit%20function | In mathematics, an implicit equation is a relation of the form where is a function of several variables (often a polynomial). For example, the implicit equation of the unit circle is
An implicit function is a function that is defined by an implicit equation, that relates one of the variables, considered as the valu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardena%20%28company%29 | Gardena GmbH, based in Ulm, Germany, is a manufacturer of gardening tools and has been a subsidiary of the Swedish Husqvarna Group since 2007. With an annual sales of 8,343 million Swedish krona (approximately 790 million euros) in 2019, Gardena is the European market leader.
Company history
In 1961 the company Kress ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass-ceramic | Glass-ceramics are polycrystalline materials produced through controlled crystallization of base glass, producing a fine uniform dispersion of crystals throughout the bulk material. Crystallization is accomplished by subjecting suitable glasses to a carefully regulated heat treatment schedule, resulting in the nucleati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence%20theorem | In mathematics, an existence theorem is a theorem which asserts the existence of a certain object. It might be a statement which begins with the phrase "there exist(s)", or it might be a universal statement whose last quantifier is existential (e.g., "for all , , ... there exist(s) ..."). In the formal terms of symboli... |
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