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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse%20kinematics | In computer animation and robotics, inverse kinematics is the mathematical process of calculating the variable joint parameters needed to place the end of a kinematic chain, such as a robot manipulator or animation character's skeleton, in a given position and orientation relative to the start of the chain. Given joint... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very%20low-density%20lipoprotein | Very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), density relative to extracellular water, is a type of lipoprotein made by the liver. VLDL is one of the five major groups of lipoproteins (chylomicrons, VLDL, intermediate-density lipoprotein, low-density lipoprotein, high-density lipoprotein) that enable fats and cholesterol to mov... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Familial%20Mediterranean%20fever | Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary inflammatory disorder. FMF is an autoinflammatory disease caused by mutations in Mediterranean fever gene, which encodes a 781–amino acid protein called pyrin. While all ethnic groups are susceptible to FMF, it usually occurs in people of Mediterranean origin—includin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary%20spherocytosis | Hereditary spherocytosis (HS) is a congenital hemolytic disorder, wherein a genetic mutation coding for a structural membrane protein phenotype leads to a spherical shaping of erythrocytic cellular morphology. As erythrocytes are sphere-shaped (spherocytosis), rather than the normal biconcave disk-shaped, their morphol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20emitter | In electronics, a common-emitter amplifier is one of three basic single-stage bipolar-junction-transistor (BJT) amplifier topologies, typically used as a voltage amplifier. It offers high current gain (typically 200), medium input resistance and a high output resistance. The output of a common emitter amplifier is 180 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto%20Nacional%20de%20Estat%C3%ADstica%20%28Portugal%29 | The Instituto Nacional de Estatística or INE (Portuguese for "National Institute for Statistics") is the government office for national statistics of Portugal. In the English language it is also branded as Statistics Portugal.
The INE is one of the components of the Portuguese National Statistical System (SEN), which ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-frequency%20signaling | In telephony, multi-frequency signaling (MF) is a type of signaling that was introduced by the Bell System after World War II. It uses a combination of audible tones for address (telephone number) transport and supervision signaling on trunk lines between central offices. The signaling is sent in-band over the same cha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotoxin | An exotoxin is a toxin secreted by bacteria. An exotoxin can cause damage to the host by destroying cells or disrupting normal cellular metabolism. They are highly potent and can cause major damage to the host. Exotoxins may be secreted, or, similar to endotoxins, may be released during lysis of the cell. Gram negative... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypress%20Semiconductor | Cypress Semiconductor was an American semiconductor design and manufacturing company. It offered NOR flash memories, F-RAM and SRAM Traveo microcontrollers, PSoC programmable system-on-chip solutions, analog and PMIC Power Management ICs, CapSense capacitive touch-sensing controllers, Wireless BLE Bluetooth Low-Energy ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guenon | The guenons (, ) are Old World monkeys of the genus Cercopithecus (). Not all members of this genus have the word "guenon" in their common names; also, because of changes in scientific classification, some monkeys in other genera may have common names that include the word "guenon". Nonetheless, the use of the term gue... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyocell | Lyocell is a semi-synthetic fiber used to make textiles for clothing and other purposes. It is a form of regenerated cellulose made by dissolving pulp and dry jet-wet spinning. Unlike rayon made by some of the more common viscose processes, Lyocell production does not use carbon disulfide, which is toxic to workers and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional%20probability%20distribution | In probability theory and statistics, given two jointly distributed random variables and , the conditional probability distribution of given is the probability distribution of when is known to be a particular value; in some cases the conditional probabilities may be expressed as functions containing the unspecifie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probabilistically%20checkable%20proof | In computational complexity theory, a probabilistically checkable proof (PCP) is a type of proof that can be checked by a randomized algorithm using a bounded amount of randomness and reading a bounded number of bits of the proof. The algorithm is then required to accept correct proofs and reject incorrect proofs with ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisetales | Equisetales is an order of subclass Equisetidae with only one living family, Equisetaceae, containing the genus Equisetum (horsetails).
Classification
In the molecular phylogenetic classification of Smith et al. in 2006, Equisetales, in its present circumscription, was held to be the sole member of class Equisetopsida... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%26C | D&C or D and C or variant, may refer to:
Dilation and curettage, a medical procedure involving the dilation of the cervix to remove uterine contents
Divide and conquer algorithm, a strategy for dynamic programming
Doctrine and Covenants, part of the scripture of the Latter Day Saint movement
Drill & Ceremony, a te... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chondroitin%20sulfate | Chondroitin sulfate is a sulfated glycosaminoglycan (GAG) composed of a chain of alternating sugars (N-acetylgalactosamine and glucuronic acid). It is usually found attached to proteins as part of a proteoglycan. A chondroitin chain can have over 100 individual sugars, each of which can be sulfated in variable position... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6ssbauer%20%28disambiguation%29 | Rudolf Mössbauer (1929–2011) was a German physicist.
Mössbauer may also refer to:
Mössbauer effect, or recoilless nuclear resonance fluorescence
Mössbauer spectroscopy, a spectroscopic technique based on the Mössbauer effect |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20field%20gradient | In atomic, molecular, and solid-state physics, the electric field gradient (EFG) measures the rate of change of the electric field at an atomic nucleus generated by the electronic charge distribution and the other nuclei. The EFG couples with the nuclear electric quadrupole moment of quadrupolar nuclei (those with spin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTP | LTP may refer to:
Biology and medicine
Lateral tibial plateau, part of a leg bone
Lipid transfer proteins, proteins found in plant tissues
Long-term potentiation (neurophysiology), a long-lasting enhancement in signal transmission between neurons
'The All-Species Living Tree' Project, a project to create a phyloge... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribonuclease%20H | Ribonuclease H (abbreviated RNase H or RNH) is a family of non-sequence-specific endonuclease enzymes that catalyze the cleavage of RNA in an RNA/DNA substrate via a hydrolytic mechanism. Members of the RNase H family can be found in nearly all organisms, from bacteria to archaea to eukaryotes.
The family is divided ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20polymerase%20I | DNA polymerase I (or Pol I) is an enzyme that participates in the process of prokaryotic DNA replication. Discovered by Arthur Kornberg in 1956, it was the first known DNA polymerase (and the first known of any kind of polymerase). It was initially characterized in E. coli and is ubiquitous in prokaryotes. In E. coli ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DnaB%20helicase | DnaB helicase is an enzyme in bacteria which opens the replication fork during DNA replication. Although the mechanism by which DnaB both couples ATP hydrolysis to translocation along DNA and denatures the duplex is unknown, a change in the quaternary structure of the protein involving dimerisation of the N-terminal do... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DnaA | DnaA is a protein that activates initiation of DNA replication in bacteria. Based on the Replicon Model, a positively active initiator molecule contacts with a particular spot on a circular chromosome called the replicator to start DNA replication. It is a replication initiation factor which promotes the unwinding of D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DnaB | DnaB may refer to:
DNA helicase, an enzyme class
dnaB helicase, a bacterial enzyme |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DnaC | dnaC is a loading factor that complexes with the C-terminus of helicase dnaB and inhibits it from unwinding the dsDNA at a replication fork. A dnaB and dnaC associate near the dnaA bound origin for each of the ssDNA. One dnaB-dnaC complex is oriented in the opposite direction to the other dnaB-dnaC complex due to the a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DnaG | DnaG is a bacterial DNA primase and is encoded by the dnaG gene. The enzyme DnaG, and any other DNA primase, synthesizes short strands of RNA known as oligonucleotides during DNA replication. These oligonucleotides are known as primers because they act as a starting point for DNA synthesis. DnaG catalyzes the synthes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20polymerase%20III%20holoenzyme | DNA polymerase III holoenzyme is the primary enzyme complex involved in prokaryotic DNA replication. It was discovered by Thomas Kornberg (son of Arthur Kornberg) and Malcolm Gefter in 1970. The complex has high processivity (i.e. the number of nucleotides added per binding event) and, specifically referring to the rep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNase%20footprinting%20assay | A DNase footprinting assay is a DNA footprinting technique from molecular biology/biochemistry that detects DNA-protein interaction using the fact that a protein bound to DNA will often protect that DNA from enzymatic cleavage. This makes it possible to locate a protein binding site on a particular DNA molecule. The me... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAKMEM | HAKMEM, alternatively known as AI Memo 239, is a February 1972 "memo" (technical report) of the MIT AI Lab containing a wide variety of hacks, including useful and clever algorithms for mathematical computation, some number theory and schematic diagrams for hardware – in Guy L. Steele's words, "a bizarre and eclectic p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Cruises | Crystal is a cruise line now headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, USA. It was founded in 1988 by Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and sold to Hong Kong-headquartered conglomerate Genting Hong Kong in 2015. Following insolvency in 2022, the Crystal Cruises brand and two cruise ships were bought by A&K... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribonucleotide | In biochemistry, a ribonucleotide is a nucleotide containing ribose as its pentose component. It is considered a molecular precursor of nucleic acids. Nucleotides are the basic building blocks of DNA and RNA. Ribonucleotides themselves are basic monomeric building blocks for RNA. Deoxyribonucleotides, formed by reducin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCC | NCC may refer to:
Biology
Neural correlates of consciousness, neuronal events and mechanisms relating to perception phenomena
Sodium-chloride symporter, abbreviated as NCC
Companies
National Certification Corporation, a nursing specialty certification company
National City Corporation, a leading US bank
NCC AB, a Sw... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyad%20symmetry | In genetics, dyad symmetry refers to two areas of a DNA strand whose base pair sequences are inverted repeats of each other. They are often described as palindromes.
For example, the following shows dyad symmetry between sequences GAATAC and GTATTC which are reverse complements of each other.
...GAATAC...CTG...GTATTC.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac%20operon | The lactose operon (lac operon) is an operon required for the transport and metabolism of lactose in E. coli and many other enteric bacteria. Although glucose is the preferred carbon source for most bacteria, the lac operon allows for the effective digestion of lactose when glucose is not available through the activity... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ejection%20fraction | An ejection fraction (EF) is the volumetric fraction (or portion of the total) of fluid (usually blood) ejected from a chamber (usually the heart) with each contraction (or heartbeat). It can refer to the cardiac atrium, ventricle, gall bladder, or leg veins, although if unspecified it usually refers to the left ventri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Heart%20Association%20Functional%20Classification | The New York Heart Association (NYHA) Functional Classification provides a simple way of classifying the extent of heart failure. It places patients in one of four categories based on how much they are limited during physical activity; the limitations/symptoms are in regard to normal breathing and varying degrees in sh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal%20distribution | In probability theory and statistics, the marginal distribution of a subset of a collection of random variables is the probability distribution of the variables contained in the subset. It gives the probabilities of various values of the variables in the subset without reference to the values of the other variables. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20fractal-related%20articles | This is a list of fractal topics, by Wikipedia page, See also list of dynamical systems and differential equations topics.
1/f noise
Apollonian gasket
Attractor
Box-counting dimension
Cantor distribution
Cantor dust
Cantor function
Cantor set
Cantor space
Chaos theory
Coastline
Constructal theory
Dimension
Dimension t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalent%20dose | Equivalent dose is a dose quantity H representing the stochastic health effects of low levels of ionizing radiation on the human body which represents the probability of radiation-induced cancer and genetic damage. It is derived from the physical quantity absorbed dose, but also takes into account the biological effe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular%20solution | A singular solution ys(x) of an ordinary differential equation is a solution that is singular or one for which the initial value problem (also called the Cauchy problem by some authors) fails to have a unique solution at some point on the solution. The set on which a solution is singular may be as small as a single poi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DnaQ | dnaQ is the gene encoding the ε subunit of DNA polymerase III in Escherichia coli. The ε subunit is one of three core proteins in the DNA polymerase complex. It functions as a 3’→5’ DNA directed proofreading exonuclease that removes incorrectly incorporated bases during replication. dnaQ may also be referred to as mutD... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processivity | In molecular biology and biochemistry, processivity is an enzyme's ability to catalyze "consecutive reactions without releasing its substrate".
For example, processivity is the average number of nucleotides added by a polymerase enzyme, such as DNA polymerase, per association event with the template strand. Because th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okazaki%20fragments | Okazaki fragments are short sequences of DNA nucleotides (approximately 150 to 200 base pairs long in eukaryotes) which are synthesized discontinuously and later linked together by the enzyme DNA ligase to create the lagging strand during DNA replication. They were discovered in the 1960s by the Japanese molecular biol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptosystem | In cryptography, a cryptosystem is a suite of cryptographic algorithms needed to implement a particular security service, such as confidentiality (encryption).
Typically, a cryptosystem consists of three algorithms: one for key generation, one for encryption, and one for decryption. The term cipher (sometimes cypher) ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBR | FBR may refer to:
Science, medicine, and technology
Fast breeder reactor
Fluidized bed reactor
Foreign body response
Full Bridge Rectifier
Other uses
Beveren railway station's station code
FBR Capital Markets, an American investment banking firm
Federal Board of Revenue, central revenue collection agency of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoky%20quartz | Smoky quartz is a brownish grey, translucent variety of quartz that ranges in clarity from almost complete transparency to an almost-opaque brownish-gray or black crystals. The color of smoky quartz is produced when natural radiation, emitted from the surrounding rock, activates color centers around aluminum impurities... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMS | AMS or Ams may refer to:
Organizations
Companies
Alenia Marconi Systems
American Management Systems
AMS (Advanced Music Systems)
ams AG, semiconductor manufacturer
AMS Pictures
Auxiliary Medical Services
Educational institutions
Arthur Morgan School, North Carolina, US
Hanoi – Amsterdam High School, Hanoi, V... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid%20power | Fluid power is the use of fluids under pressure to generate, control, and transmit power. Fluid power is conventionally subdivided into hydraulics (using a liquid such as mineral oil or water) and pneumatics (using a gas such as compressed air or other gases). Although steam is also a fluid, steam power is usually cl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Caesar%20Childers | Robert Caesar Childers (; 183825 July 1876) was a British Orientalist and the compiler of the first PaliEnglish dictionary to be published. He was the father of the Irish nationalist Erskine Childers and the paternal grandfather of the fourth president of Ireland, Erskine Hamilton Childers.
Life
Early years
Childers ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STR%20multiplex%20system | An STR multiplex system is used to identify specific short tandem repeats (STRs). STR polymorphisms are genetic markers that may be used to identify a DNA sequence.
The FBI analyses 13 specific STR loci for their database. These may be used in many areas of genetics in addition to their forensic uses.
One can think o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud%20Menten | Maud Leonora Menten (March 20, 1879 – July 17, 1960) was a Canadian physician and chemist. As a bio-medical and medical researcher, she made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry and invented a procedure that remains in use. She is primarily known for her work with Leonor Michaelis on enzyme k... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congenital%20adrenal%20hyperplasia | Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) is a group of autosomal recessive disorders characterized by impaired cortisol synthesis. It results from the deficiency of one of the five enzymes required for the synthesis of cortisol in the adrenal cortex. Most of these disorders involve excessive or deficient production of horm... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Address%20space | In computing, an address space defines a range of discrete addresses, each of which may correspond to a network host, peripheral device, disk sector, a memory cell or other logical or physical entity.
For software programs to save and retrieve stored data, each datum must have an address where it can be located. The n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAE | PAE may refer to:
Science and technology
Predicted Aligned Error, AlphaFold output file format for errors of protein structure prediction
Physical Address Extension, an x86 computer processor feature for accessing more than 4 gigabytes of RAM
Power added efficiency, a percentage that rates the efficiency of a power... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-synuclein | Alpha-synuclein (aSyn) is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the SNCA gene. Alpha-synuclein is a neuronal protein that regulates synaptic vesicle trafficking and subsequent neurotransmitter release.
It is abundant in the brain, while smaller amounts are found in the heart, muscle and other tissues. In the brain... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix%20metalloproteinase | Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), also known as matrix metallopeptidases or matrixins, are metalloproteinases that are calcium-dependent zinc-containing endopeptidases; other family members are adamalysins, serralysins, and astacins. The MMPs belong to a larger family of proteases known as the metzincin superfamily.
C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunostaining | In biochemistry, immunostaining is any use of an antibody-based method to detect a specific protein in a sample. The term "immunostaining" was originally used to refer to the immunohistochemical staining of tissue sections, as first described by Albert Coons in 1941. However, immunostaining now encompasses a broad rang... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riboswitch | In molecular biology, a riboswitch is a regulatory segment of a messenger RNA molecule that binds a small molecule, resulting in a change in production of the proteins encoded by the mRNA. Thus, an mRNA that contains a riboswitch is directly involved in regulating its own activity, in response to the concentrations of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alley%20Cat%20%28video%20game%29 | Alley Cat is a video game created by Bill Williams and published by Synapse Software for the Atari 8-bit family in 1983. The player controls a character named Freddy the Cat, who enters people's homes through open windows to perform various tasks in order to reach his love, Felicia. A port for the IBM PC as a self-boot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphofructokinase%201 | Phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1) is one of the most important regulatory enzymes () of glycolysis. It is an allosteric enzyme made of 4 subunits and controlled by many activators and inhibitors. PFK-1 catalyzes the important "committed" step of glycolysis, the conversion of fructose 6-phosphate and ATP to fructose 1,6-bis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berry%E2%80%93Esseen%20theorem | In probability theory, the central limit theorem states that, under certain circumstances, the probability distribution of the scaled mean of a random sample converges to a normal distribution as the sample size increases to infinity. Under stronger assumptions, the Berry–Esseen theorem, or Berry–Esseen inequality, giv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20factorial%20and%20binomial%20topics | This is a list of factorial and binomial topics in mathematics. See also binomial (disambiguation).
Abel's binomial theorem
Alternating factorial
Antichain
Beta function
Bhargava factorial
Binomial coefficient
Pascal's triangle
Binomial distribution
Binomial proportion confidence interval
Binomial-QMF (Daubechies wav... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%20%28Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%29 | A devil (also known as a baatezu) is a fictional classification of monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. Often used as a high-level challenge for players of the game, devils are Lawful Evil in alignment and originate from the Nine Hells of Baator. True to their Lawful Evil alignment, devils are locked in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFP%20%28enzyme%29 | Diphosphate—fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase also known as PFP is an enzyme of carbohydrate metabolism in plants and some bacteria. The enzyme () catalyses the reversible interconversion of fructose 6-phosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate using inorganic pyrophosphate as the phosphoryl donor:
diphosphate + ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20selective%20calling | Digital selective calling or DSC is a standard for transmitting predefined digital messages via the medium-frequency (MF), high-frequency (HF) and very-high-frequency (VHF) maritime radio systems. It is a core part of the Global Maritime Distress Safety System (GMDSS).
Workings
DSC was developed to replace a voice cal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locked%20nucleic%20acid | A locked nucleic acid (LNA), also known as bridged nucleic acid (BNA), and often referred to as inaccessible RNA, is a modified RNA nucleotide in which the ribose moiety is modified with an extra bridge connecting the 2' oxygen and 4' carbon. The bridge "locks" the ribose in the 3'-endo (North) conformation, which is o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomenclature%20of%20Territorial%20Units%20for%20Statistics | Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics or NUTS () is a geocode standard for referencing the administrative divisions of countries for statistical purposes. The standard, adopted in 2003, is developed and regulated by the European Union, and thus only covers the EU member states in detail. The Nomenclature of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exergonic%20reaction | In chemical thermodynamics, an exergonic reaction is a chemical reaction where the change in the free energy is negative (there is a net release of free energy). This indicates a spontaneous reaction if the system is closed and initial and final temperatures are the same. For processes that take place in a closed syste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiel%20probe | A Kiel probe is a device for measuring stagnation pressure or stagnation temperature in fluid dynamics. It is a variation of a Pitot probe where the inlet is protected by a "shroud" or "shield." Compared to the Pitot probe, it is less sensitive to changes in yaw angle, and is therefore useful when the probe's alignment... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endergonic%20reaction | In chemical thermodynamics, an endergonic reaction (; also called a heat absorbing nonspontaneous reaction or an unfavorable reaction) is a chemical reaction in which the standard change in free energy is positive, and an additional driving force is needed to perform this reaction. In layman's terms, the total amount o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracranial%20pressure | Intracranial pressure (ICP) is the pressure exerted by fluids such as cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) inside the skull and on the brain tissue. ICP is measured in millimeters of mercury (mmHg) and at rest, is normally 7–15 mmHg for a supine adult. The body has various mechanisms by which it keeps the ICP stable, with CSF pre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyruvate%20kinase | Pyruvate kinase is the enzyme involved in the last step of glycolysis. It catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to adenosine diphosphate (ADP), yielding one molecule of pyruvate and one molecule of ATP. Pyruvate kinase was inappropriately named (inconsistently with a conventional ki... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior-based%20robotics | Behavior-based robotics (BBR) or behavioral robotics is an approach in robotics that focuses on robots that are able to exhibit complex-appearing behaviors despite little internal variable state to model its immediate environment, mostly gradually correcting its actions via sensory-motor links.
Principles
Behavior-ba... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug | A mug is a type of cup typically used for drinking hot drinks, such as coffee, hot chocolate, or tea. Mugs usually have handles and hold a larger amount of fluid than other types of cups. Typically, a mug holds approximately of liquid. A mug is a less formal style of drink container and is not usually used in formal p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Purcell | William Purcell may refer to:
William E. Purcell (1856–1928), state senator from North Dakota
William Frederick Purcell (1866–1919), arachnologist and biologist
William Gray Purcell (1880–1965), architect
William R. Purcell (born 1931), state senator from North Carolina
William Purcell (priest) (1912–1994), Archde... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli%20Yablonovitch | Eli Yablonovitch (born 15 December 1946) is an American physicist and engineer who, along with Sajeev John, founded the field of photonic crystals in 1987. He and his team were the first to create a 3-dimensional structure that exhibited a full photonic bandgap, which has been named Yablonovite. In addition to pioneeri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyruvate%20dehydrogenase%20complex | Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) is a complex of three enzymes that converts pyruvate into acetyl-CoA by a process called pyruvate decarboxylation. Acetyl-CoA may then be used in the citric acid cycle to carry out cellular respiration, and this complex links the glycolysis metabolic pathway to the citric acid cycle... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus%20of%20Alexandria | Pappus of Alexandria (; ; AD) was one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity; he is known for his Synagoge (Συναγωγή) or Collection (), and for Pappus's hexagon theorem in projective geometry. Nothing is known of his life, other than what can be found in his own writings: that he had a son named Hermodoru... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus%27s%20centroid%20theorem | In mathematics, Pappus's centroid theorem (also known as the Guldinus theorem, Pappus–Guldinus theorem or Pappus's theorem) is either of two related theorems dealing with the surface areas and volumes of surfaces and solids of revolution.
The theorems are attributed to Pappus of Alexandria and Paul Guldin. Pappus's s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibolic | The term amphibolic () is used to describe a biochemical pathway that involves both catabolism and anabolism. Catabolism is a degradative phase of metabolism in which large molecules are converted into smaller and simpler molecules, which involves two types of reactions. First, hydrolysis reactions, in which catabolism... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirst | Thirst is the craving for potable fluids, resulting in the basic instinct of animals to drink. It is an essential mechanism involved in fluid balance. It arises from a lack of fluids or an increase in the concentration of certain osmolites, such as sodium. If the water volume of the body falls below a certain threshold... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagellin | Flagellin is a globular protein that arranges itself in a hollow cylinder to form the filament in a bacterial flagellum. It has a mass of about 30,000 to 60,000 daltons. Flagellin is the principal component of bacterial flagella, and is present in large amounts on nearly all flagellated bacteria.
Structure
The struct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermogenin | Thermogenin (called uncoupling protein by its discoverers and now known as uncoupling protein 1, or UCP1) is a mitochondrial carrier protein found in brown adipose tissue (BAT). It is used to generate heat by non-shivering thermogenesis, and makes a quantitatively important contribution to countering heat loss in babie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbs%20sampling | In statistics, Gibbs sampling or a Gibbs sampler is a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm for obtaining a sequence of observations which are approximated from a specified multivariate probability distribution, when direct sampling is difficult. This sequence can be used to approximate the joint distribution (e.g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotenone | Rotenone is an odorless, colorless, crystalline isoflavone used as a broad-spectrum insecticide, piscicide, and pesticide. It occurs naturally in the seeds and stems of several plants, such as the jicama vine, and in the roots of several other members of the Fabaceae. It was the first-described member of the family of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat%20frequency%20oscillator | In a radio receiver, a beat frequency oscillator or BFO is a dedicated oscillator used to create an audio frequency signal from Morse code radiotelegraphy (CW) transmissions to make them audible. The signal from the BFO is mixed with the received signal to create a heterodyne or beat frequency which is heard as a tone ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding%20strand | When referring to DNA transcription, the coding strand (or informational strand) is the DNA strand whose base sequence is identical to the base sequence of the RNA transcript produced (although with thymine replaced by uracil). It is this strand which contains codons, while the non-coding strand contains anticodons. Du... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap%20%28valve%29 | A tap (also spigot or faucet: see usage variations) is a valve controlling the release of a fluid.
Nomenclature
United Kingdom
Tap is used in the United Kingdom and most of the Commonwealth for any everyday type of valve, particularly the fittings that control water supply to bathtubs and sinks.
United States
Fauc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading%20frame | In molecular biology, a reading frame is a way of dividing the sequence of nucleotides in a nucleic acid (DNA or RNA) molecule into a set of consecutive, non-overlapping triplets. Where these triplets equate to amino acids or stop signals during translation, they are called codons.
A single strand of a nucleic acid mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infineon%20Technologies | Infineon Technologies AG is Germany's largest semiconductor manufacturer.
The company was spun-off from Siemens AG in 1999.
Infineon has about 50,280 employees and is one of the ten largest semiconductor manufacturers worldwide. In 2021 the company achieved sales of €11.06 billion.
Markets
Infineon markets semicond... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurofeedback | Neurofeedback is a type of biofeedback that focuses on the neuronal activity of the brain. The training method is based on reinforcement learning, where real-time feedback provided to the trainee is supposed to reward and reinforce desired brain activity or inhibit unfavorable activity patterns. In short, it is self-re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20River | Black River is a common name for streams and communities around the world: in Spanish and Portuguese, Rio Negro; in French, Rivière Noire; in Turkish, Kara Su; in Serbo-Croatian, Crna Reka, Црна Река or Crna Rijeka, Црна Ријека; in Macedonian, Црна Река, Crna Reka.
Streams
Africa
Bafing River, also known as Black ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angiostatin | Angiostatin is a naturally occurring protein found in several animal species, including humans. It is an endogenous angiogenesis inhibitor (i.e., it blocks the growth of new blood vessels). Clinical trials have been undertaken for its use in anticancer therapy.
Structure
Angiostatin is a 38 kDa fragment of a larger p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representativeness%20heuristic | The representativeness heuristic is used when making judgments about the probability of an event being representional in character and essence of known protyical event. It is one of a group of heuristics (simple rules governing judgment or decision-making) proposed by psychologists Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman in t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antithrombin | Antithrombin (AT) is a small glycoprotein that inactivates several enzymes of the coagulation system. It is a 464-amino-acid protein produced by the liver. It contains three disulfide bonds and a total of four possible glycosylation sites. α-Antithrombin is the dominant form of antithrombin found in blood plasma and ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wite-Out | Wite-Out is a registered trademark for a brand of correction fluid, originally created for use with photocopies, and manufactured by the BIC corporation.
History
Wite-Out dates to 1966, when Edwin Johan, an insurance-company clerk, sought to address a problem he observed in correction fluid available at the time: a t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20City | Crystal City is the name of:
Places
Canada
Crystal City, Manitoba, Canada
United States
Crystal, Colorado
Crystal City, Missouri
Corning (city), New York, nicknamed the Crystal City due to its glass industry
Crystal, North Dakota
Crystal City, Texas
Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia
Stations
Crystal City s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20number%20theory | In mathematics and computer science, computational number theory, also known as algorithmic number theory, is the study of
computational methods for investigating and solving problems in number theory and arithmetic geometry, including algorithms for primality testing and integer factorization, finding solutions to di... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20dot | Quantum dots (QDs), also called semiconductor nanocrystals, are semiconductor particles a few nanometres in size, having optical and electronic properties that differ from those of larger particles as a result of quantum mechanical effects. They are a central topic in nanotechnology and materials science. When the quan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenium%20platyneuron | Asplenium platyneuron (syn. Asplenium ebeneum), commonly known as ebony spleenwort or brownstem spleenwort, is a fern native to North America east of the Rocky Mountains. It takes its common name from its dark, reddish-brown, glossy stipe and rachis (leaf stalk and midrib), which support a once-divided, pinnate leaf. T... |
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