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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IL-1
IL-1 may refer to: Interleukin 1, a protein Illinois's 1st congressional district Illinois Route 1 Building 1 of Infinite Loop (street), the headquarters of Apple Inc. Ilyushin Il-1, a Soviet fighter prototype
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lite-On
Lite-On (also known as LiteOn and LiteON) is a Taiwanese company that primarily manufactures consumer electronics, including LEDs, semiconductors, computer chassis, monitors, motherboards, optical disc drives, and other electronic components. The Lite-On group also consists of some non-electronic companies like a fina...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20device%20radiation%20and%20health
The antennas contained in mobile phones, including smartphones, emit radiofrequency (RF) radiation (non-ionizing "radio waves" such as microwaves); the parts of the head or body nearest to the antenna can absorb this energy and convert it to heat. Since at least the 1990s, scientists have researched whether the now-ubi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1912%20in%20rail%20transport
Events January events January 1 – The classification and renumbering of all the rolling stock of the three constituent railways that formed South African Railways in 1910 is implemented. January 3 – Canadian Pacific Railway leases the Dominion Atlantic Railway in Nova Scotia. January 22 – Florida East Coast Rai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotmesis
Neurotmesis (in Greek tmesis signifies "to cut") is part of Seddon's classification scheme used to classify nerve damage. It is the most serious nerve injury in the scheme. In this type of injury, both the nerve and the nerve sheath are disrupted. While partial recovery may occur, complete recovery is impossible. Symp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EGR1
EGR-1 (Early growth response protein 1) also known as ZNF268 (zinc finger protein 268) or NGFI-A (nerve growth factor-induced protein A) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EGR1 gene. EGR-1 is a mammalian transcription factor. It was also named Krox-24, TIS8, and ZENK. It was originally discovered in mice. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20mechanics
Soil mechanics is a branch of soil physics and applied mechanics that describes the behavior of soils. It differs from fluid mechanics and solid mechanics in the sense that soils consist of a heterogeneous mixture of fluids (usually air and water) and particles (usually clay, silt, sand, and gravel) but soil may also c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Stigler
Stephen Mack Stigler (born August 10, 1941) is the Ernest DeWitt Burton Distinguished Service Professor at the Department of Statistics of the University of Chicago. He has authored several books on the history of statistics; he is the son of the economist George Stigler. Stigler is also known for Stigler's law of epo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLP
CLP may stand for: Biology CLP protease family, a family of proteolytic enzymes Endopeptidase Clp, an enzyme complex ATP-dependent Clp protease proteolytic subunit, a catalytic subunit of the Clp complex (encoded by the CLPP gene in humans) Businesses CLP Group, formerly China Light and Power Connecticut Light ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2080
Class 80 was the TOPS classification allocated by British Rail to the prototype 25 kV AC electric locomotive. This locomotive was built by Metropolitan-Vickers, initially as a prototype gas turbine-electric locomotive, numbered 18100. British Rail allocated the number E1000 (and later E2001) to the locomotive followi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandemonium%21%20%28video%20game%29
Pandemonium! is a 1996 platform video game developed by Toys for Bob and published by Crystal Dynamics for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows, N-Gage, mobile and iOS. Pandemonium! features Fargus, a joker, and Nikki, a sorceress, who unwittingly casts a spell that destroys the town. The goal of the game is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus%20Copernicus%20University%20Polar%20Station
The Nicolaus Copernicus University Polar Station (Stacja Polarna Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika na Spitsbergenie) is a Polish research station in north-western Spitsbergen. It is located in the northern part of the Kaffiøyra close to Aavatsmarkbreen and has operated since 1975. It was opened by the Nicolaus Copernicu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic%20oscillation
The Antarctic oscillation (AAO, to distinguish it from the Arctic oscillation or AO), also known as the Southern Annular Mode (SAM), is a low-frequency mode of atmospheric variability of the southern hemisphere that is defined as a belt of strong westerly winds or low pressure surrounding Antarctica which moves north o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boyer
Boyer () is a French surname. In rarer cases, it can be a corruption or deliberate alteration of other names. Origins and statistics Boyer is found traditionally along the Mediterranean (Provence, Languedoc), the Rhône valley, Auvergne, Limousin, Périgord and more generally in the Southwest of France. It is also fou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belair%2C%20South%20Australia
Belair is a suburb in the south eastern foothills of Adelaide, South Australia at the base of the Mount Lofty Ranges. Name Before European settlement, the Kaurna people called the area of modern-day Belair "piraldi". One early European name for the area was Sleep's Hill, named after Samuel Sleep, a shepherd who came t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu%20Flamini
Mathieu Pierre Flamini (born 7 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer and biochemical entrepreneur. A midfielder, he played for French side Marseille, English sides Arsenal and Crystal Palace, Italian side Milan and Spanish side Getafe. At international level, he was capped by the France national team o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/500%20kHz
From early in the 20th century, the radio frequency of 500 kilohertz (500 kHz) was an international calling and distress frequency for Morse code maritime communication. For much of its early history, this frequency was referred to by its equivalent wavelength, 600 meters, or, using the earlier frequency unit name, 500...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Kleinberg
Jon Michael Kleinberg (born 1971) is an American computer scientist and the Tisch University Professor of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University known for his work in algorithms and networks. He is a recipient of the Nevanlinna Prize by the International Mathematical Union. Early life and educa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexanderson%20alternator
An Alexanderson alternator is a rotating machine invented by Ernst Alexanderson in 1904 for the generation of high-frequency alternating current for use as a radio transmitter. It was one of the first devices capable of generating the continuous radio waves needed for transmission of amplitude modulated signals by rad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20syzygy%20theorem
In mathematics, Hilbert's syzygy theorem is one of the three fundamental theorems about polynomial rings over fields, first proved by David Hilbert in 1890, which were introduced for solving important open questions in invariant theory, and are at the basis of modern algebraic geometry. The two other theorems are Hilbe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid%20Science%20Laboratory
The Fluid Science Laboratory is a European (ESA's) science payload designed for use in Columbus built by Alenia Spazio, OHB-System and Verhaert Design and Development. It is a multi-user facility for conducting fluid physics research in microgravity conditions. It can be operated in fully or in semi-automatic mode and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAVTEX
NAVTEX (NAVigational TEleX), sometimes styled Navtex or NavTex, is an international automated medium frequency direct-printing service for delivery of navigational and meteorological warnings and forecasts, as well as urgent maritime safety information (MSI) to ships. NAVTEX was developed to provide a low-cost, simple...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prickle
Prickle may refer to: Thorns, spines, and prickles, a sharp, needle-like structures Prickle cell of the skin Prickle (protein), a planar cell polarity protein The collective noun for a pack of porcupines Prickle (Gumby character), a character on The Gumby Show
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-learning
Q-learning is a model-free reinforcement learning algorithm to learn the value of an action in a particular state. It does not require a model of the environment (hence "model-free"), and it can handle problems with stochastic transitions and rewards without requiring adaptations. For any finite Markov decision proces...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarzynski%20equality
The Jarzynski equality (JE) is an equation in statistical mechanics that relates free energy differences between two states and the irreversible work along an ensemble of trajectories joining the same states. It is named after the physicist Christopher Jarzynski (then at the University of Washington and Los Alamos Nati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLton
MLton is an open-source whole-program optimizing compiler for Standard ML. MLton development began in 1997, and continues with a worldwide community of developers and users, who have helped to port MLton to a number of platforms. MLton was a participating organization in the 2013 Google Summer of Code. MLton aims to p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%20coil
A Maxwell coil is a device for producing a large volume of almost constant (or constant-gradient) magnetic field. It is named in honour of the Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell. A Maxwell coil is an improvement of a Helmholtz coil: in operation it provides an even more uniform magnetic field (than a Helmholtz coi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPE
SPE may refer to: Science and technology A monomer used to make polysulfobetaines, or occasionally the resulting polymer itself Serum protein electrophoresis Solar particle event,generating very high energy protons Solid phase extraction, from a mixture Solid-phase epitaxy, from amorphous to crystalline The Soun...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivopontocerebellar%20atrophy
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) is the degeneration of neurons in specific areas of the brain – the cerebellum, pons, and inferior olivary nucleus. OPCA is present in several neurodegenerative syndromes, including inherited and non-inherited forms of ataxia (such as the hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia known as Ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson%27s%20algorithm
Johnson's algorithm is a way to find the shortest paths between all pairs of vertices in an edge-weighted directed graph. It allows some of the edge weights to be negative numbers, but no negative-weight cycles may exist. It works by using the Bellman–Ford algorithm to compute a transformation of the input graph that r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittern%20%28disambiguation%29
Bittern is a classification of wading birds in the heron family. Bittern may also refer to: Places Bittern, Victoria, a town in Australia Bittern railway station, on the Stony Point line Bittern Lake, a village in Alberta, Canada Bittern Line a railway in Norfolk, England Vehicles LNER Class A4 4464 Bittern, a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orna%20Lin
Orna Lin () (born 1956) is the owner of a private law firm, Orna Lin & Co. and a leading labor lawyer in Israel. Biography Orna Lin is the daughter of former Israeli Knesset member Amnon Lin and granddaughter of Haifa's first Jewish mayor, Abba Hushi. She is a graduate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Legal ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myeloperoxidase%20deficiency
Myeloperoxidase deficiency is a disorder featuring lack in either the quantity or the function of myeloperoxidase–an iron-containing protein expressed primarily in neutrophil granules. There are two types of myeloperoxidase deficiency: primary/inherited and secondary/acquired. Lack of functional myeloperoxidase leads t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myeloperoxidase
Myeloperoxidase (MPO) is a peroxidase enzyme that in humans is encoded by the MPO gene on chromosome 17. MPO is most abundantly expressed in neutrophil granulocytes (a subtype of white blood cells), and produces hypohalous acids to carry out their antimicrobial activity, including hypochlorous acid, the sodium salt of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic%20Vector%20Excitation%20Coding
Harmonic Vector Excitation Coding, abbreviated as HVXC is a speech coding algorithm specified in MPEG-4 Part 3 (MPEG-4 Audio) standard for very low bit rate speech coding. HVXC supports bit rates of 2 and 4 kbit/s in the fixed and variable bit rate mode and sampling frequency of 8 kHz. It also operates at lower bitrate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20Blood
Cold blood may refer to: sang froid, ruthlessness, see Conscience a classification for draft or pack horses, see horse breed Coldblood a Marvel Comics villain "Cold Blood" (Doctor Who), an episode of the British TV series Doctor Who Cold Blood (TV series), a UK crime drama series Music Cold Blood (band), an Ameri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1bor%20A.%20Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai (born May 4, 1935) is a professor of chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley, and is a leading researcher in the field of surface chemistry and catalysis, especially the catalytic effects of metal surfaces on gas-phase reactions ("heterogeneous catalysis"). For his contributions to the fie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allowed%20cell%20rate
The allowed cell rate is the rate in cells per second at which a source device may send data in ATM networks. It is bounded by the minimum cell rate and the peak cell rate. References ITU-T recommendations Temporal rates
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20bile%20duct%20stone
Common bile duct stone, also known as choledocholithiasis, is the presence of gallstones in the common bile duct (CBD) (thus choledocho- + lithiasis). This condition can cause jaundice and liver cell damage. Treatments include choledocholithotomy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). Signs and sym...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoarthritis
Monoarthritis is inflammation (arthritis) of one joint at a time. It is usually caused by trauma, infection, or crystalline arthritis. Causes Septic arthritis Septic arthritis is due to a bacterial infection to the joint. It requires urgent joint washout in the operating room followed by intravenous antibiotic thera...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetrating%20oil
Penetrating oil, also known as penetrating fluid, is a low-viscosity oil. It can be used to free rusted mechanical parts (such as nuts and bolts) so that they can be removed, because it can penetrate into the narrow space between the threads of two parts. It can also be used as a cleaner; however, it should not be use...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haugh%20unit
The Haugh unit is a measure of egg protein quality based on the height of its egg white (albumen). The test was introduced by Raymond Haugh in 1937 and is an important industry measure of egg quality next to other measures such as shell thickness and strength. An egg is weighed, then broken onto a flat surface (breako...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulla%20J%C3%BCr%C3%9F
Ulla Erna Frieda Jürß (born 2 August 1923) was a female Nazi and a concentration camp guard. It is unclear in her file when Jürß became a camp guard (estimated between 1942 and 1944). Jürß was born in Rabenhorst, Germany. She went to Ravensbrück concentration camp where she was trained as an Aufseherin and served in s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully%20Erna
Salvatore Paul Erna Jr. (born February 7, 1968) is an American singer, musician, and songwriter, best known as the vocalist and rhythm guitarist for rock band Godsmack. He is also a harmonica player, drummer, and percussionist, performing these on albums and at live shows. He was ranked 47th in the Top 100 Heavy Metal ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHF%20radio
VHF radio can refer to several communications services in the very high frequency (VHF) range, including: Airband aircraft radio Amateur radio in the 6-, 2- and 1-1/4-meter bands FM radio broadcasts Marine VHF radio
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satish%20Dhawan
Satish Dhawan (25 September 1920 – 3 January 2002) was an Indian mathematician and aerospace engineer, widely regarded as the father of experimental fluid dynamics research in India. Born in Srinagar, Dhawan was educated in India and further on in United States. Dhawan was one of the most eminent researchers in the fie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correspondence%20theorem
In group theory, the correspondence theorem (also the lattice theorem, and variously and ambiguously the third and fourth isomorphism theorem) states that if is a normal subgroup of a group , then there exists a bijection from the set of all subgroups of containing , onto the set of all subgroups of the quotient gro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate%20of%20fire
Rate of fire is the frequency at which a specific weapon can fire or launch its projectiles. This can be influenced by several factors, including operator training level, mechanical limitations, ammunition availability, and weapon condition. In modern weaponry, it is usually measured in rounds per minute (RPM or round/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proca%20action
In physics, specifically field theory and particle physics, the Proca action describes a massive spin-1 field of mass m in Minkowski spacetime. The corresponding equation is a relativistic wave equation called the Proca equation. The Proca action and equation are named after Romanian physicist Alexandru Proca. The Pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20candies
Candy, known also as sweets and confectionery, has a long history as a familiar food treat that is available in many varieties. Candy varieties are influenced by the size of the sugar crystals, aeration, sugar concentrations, colour and the types of sugar used. Simple sugar or sucrose is turned into candy by dissolvin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna%20Schmidt
Edna Schmidt (August 8, 1969June 24, 2021) was a journalist who was a news anchor for Noticiero Univision Edición Nocturna. She was of Puerto Rican descent, and covered the September 11 attacks in New York City, the panic caused by the anthrax threat, and the execution of Oklahoma bomber Timothy McVeigh. Early life an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft%20emergency%20frequency
The aircraft emergency frequency (also known in the USA as Guard) is a frequency used on the aircraft band reserved for emergency communications for aircraft in distress. The frequencies are 121.5 MHz for civilian, also known as International Air Distress (IAD) or VHF Guard, and 243.0 MHz—the second harmonic of VHF gua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher%20Education%20Statistics%20Agency
The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) was the official agency for the collection, analysis and dissemination of quantitative information about higher education in the United Kingdom. HESA became a directorate of Jisc after a merger in 2022. HESA was set up by agreement between the relevant government departmen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine%E2%80%93Dalgarno%20sequence
The Shine–Dalgarno (SD) sequence is a ribosomal binding site in bacterial and archaeal messenger RNA, generally located around 8 bases upstream of the start codon AUG. The RNA sequence helps recruit the ribosome to the messenger RNA (mRNA) to initiate protein synthesis by aligning the ribosome with the start codon. Onc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washburn%27s%20equation
In physics, Washburn's equation describes capillary flow in a bundle of parallel cylindrical tubes; it is extended with some issues also to imbibition into porous materials. The equation is named after Edward Wight Washburn; also known as Lucas–Washburn equation, considering that Richard Lucas wrote a similar paper thr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digestive
Digestive may refer to: Biology Digestion, biological process of metabolism Food and drink Digestif, small beverage at the end of a meal Digestive biscuit, a British semi-sweet biscuit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feroxyhyte
Feroxyhyte is an oxide/hydroxide of iron, δ-Fe3+O(OH). Feroxyhyte crystallizes in the hexagonal system. It forms as brown rounded to concretionary masses. Feroxyhyte is opaque, magnetic, has a yellow streak, and has a relative density of 4.2. It occurs in manganese-iron nodules on the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean floor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Spearman
Charles Edward Spearman, FRS (10 September 1863 – 17 September 1945) was an English psychologist known for work in statistics, as a pioneer of factor analysis, and for Spearman's rank correlation coefficient. He also did seminal work on models for human intelligence, including his theory that disparate cognitive test s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMPATT%20diode
An IMPATT diode (impact ionization avalanche transit-time diode) is a form of high-power semiconductor diode used in high-frequency microwave electronics devices. They have negative resistance and are used as oscillators and amplifiers at microwave frequencies. They operate at frequencies of about 3 and 100 GHz, or hig...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunn%20diode
A Gunn diode, also known as a transferred electron device (TED), is a form of diode, a two-terminal semiconductor electronic component, with negative resistance, used in high-frequency electronics. It is based on the "Gunn effect" discovered in 1962 by physicist J. B. Gunn. Its largest use is in electronic oscillators ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20phase
In signal processing, linear phase is a property of a filter where the phase response of the filter is a linear function of frequency. The result is that all frequency components of the input signal are shifted in time (usually delayed) by the same constant amount (the slope of the linear function), which is referred t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive%20Lotka%E2%80%93Volterra%20equations
The competitive Lotka–Volterra equations are a simple model of the population dynamics of species competing for some common resource. They can be further generalised to the Generalized Lotka–Volterra equation to include trophic interactions. Overview The form is similar to the Lotka–Volterra equations for predation i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atenism
Atenism, also known as the Aten religion, the Amarna religion, and the Amarna heresy, was a religion in ancient Egypt. It was founded by Akhenaten, a pharaoh who ruled the New Kingdom under the Eighteenth Dynasty. The religion is described as monotheistic or monolatristic, although some Egyptologists argue that it was ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aliasing%20filter
An anti-aliasing filter (AAF) is a filter used before a signal sampler to restrict the bandwidth of a signal to satisfy the Nyquist–Shannon sampling theorem over the band of interest. Since the theorem states that unambiguous reconstruction of the signal from its samples is possible when the power of frequencies above ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%20field%20theory
A classical field theory is a physical theory that predicts how one or more physical fields interact with matter through field equations, without considering effects of quantization; theories that incorporate quantum mechanics are called quantum field theories. In most contexts, 'classical field theory' is specifically...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DPM
DPM may refer to: Science and technology Damp-proof membrane, a membrane material applied to prevent moisture transmission Defects per million opportunities in manufacturing Diesel particulate matter, an occupational hazard due to diesel exhaust Di(propylene glycol) methyl ether, chemical compound Discrete partic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Schultze
Max Johann Sigismund Schultze (25 March 1825 – 16 January 1874) was a German microscopic anatomist noted for his work on cell theory. Biography Schultze was born in Freiburg im Breisgau (Baden). He studied medicine at Greifswald and Berlin, and was appointed an associate professor of anatomy at Halle in 1854. Five yea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboNexus
RoboNexus was a robotics event in the United States held from 2004 to 2005. Over 10,000 attended RoboNexus in 2004. RoboNexus showcased advances in robotics for both industry representatives and the general public. Notable exhibitors included the company iRobot, creators of Roomba, and NASA. Robotics Trends also pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nogo%2C%20Arkansas
Nogo is a small unincorporated community in Smyrna Township, Pope County, Arkansas, United States. It is part of the Russellville Micropolitan Statistical Area. Nogo is situated in the Boston Mountains, 11 miles northwest of Kincannon Mountain and 28 miles northeast of Russellville on Arkansas Highway 27 at , within t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gold%20Bug%20Variations
The Gold Bug Variations is a novel by American writer Richard Powers, first released in 1991. Plot introduction The novel intertwines the discovery of the chemical structure of DNA with the musicality of Johann Sebastian Bach's harpsichord composition the Goldberg Variations. A similar theme is explored by Douglas Hof...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OBP
OBP may stand for: Office of Border Patrol, part of US border control Object-based programming Odorant-binding protein, olfaction; proteins Old Bold Pilots Association One Bad Pig, a Christian punk band from Austin, Texas On-base percentage, a baseball statistic One Bennett Park, a skyscraper under construction ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urokinase
Urokinase, also known as urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), is a serine protease present in humans and other animals. The human urokinase protein was discovered, but not named, by McFarlane and Pilling in 1947. Urokinase was originally isolated from human urine, and it is also present in the blood and in the e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20free%20lunch%20theorem
In mathematical folklore, the "no free lunch" (NFL) theorem (sometimes pluralized) of David Wolpert and William Macready, alludes to the saying "no such thing as a free lunch", that is, there are no easy shortcuts to success. It appeared in the 1997 "No Free Lunch Theorems for Optimization". Wolpert had previously deri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No%20free%20lunch%20in%20search%20and%20optimization
In computational complexity and optimization the no free lunch theorem is a result that states that for certain types of mathematical problems, the computational cost of finding a solution, averaged over all problems in the class, is the same for any solution method. The name alludes to the saying "no such thing as a f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajinomoto
is a Japanese multinational food and biotechnology corporation which produces seasonings, interlayer insulating materials for semiconductor packages for use in personal computers, cooking oils, frozen foods, beverages, sweeteners, amino acids, and pharmaceuticals. is the trade name for the company's original monosodiu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume%20%28disambiguation%29
Volume is the quantity of space an object occupies in a 3D space. Volume may also refer to: Physics Volume (thermodynamics) Computing Volume (computing), a storage area with a single filesystem, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk Volume (video game), a 2015 video game by Mike Bithell Volumet...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-homologous%20end%20joining
Non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) is a pathway that repairs double-strand breaks in DNA. It is called "non-homologous" because the break ends are directly ligated without the need for a homologous template, in contrast to homology directed repair (HDR), which requires a homologous sequence to guide repair. NHEJ is act...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internexin
Internexin, alpha-internexin, is a Class IV intermediate filament approximately 66 KDa. The protein was originally purified from rat optic nerve and spinal cord. The protein copurifies with other neurofilament subunits, as it was originally discovered, however in some mature neurons it can be the only neurofilament exp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmin
Desmin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DES gene. Desmin is a muscle-specific, type III intermediate filament that integrates the sarcolemma, Z disk, and nuclear membrane in sarcomeres and regulates sarcomere architecture. Structure Desmin is a 53.5 kD protein composed of 470 amino acids, encoded by the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vimentin
Vimentin is a structural protein that in humans is encoded by the VIM gene. Its name comes from the Latin vimentum which refers to an array of flexible rods. Vimentin is a type III intermediate filament (IF) protein that is expressed in mesenchymal cells. IF proteins are found in all animal cells as well as bacteria. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripherin
Peripherin is a type III intermediate filament protein expressed mainly in neurons of the peripheral nervous system. It is also found in neurons of the central nervous system that have projections toward peripheral structures, such as spinal motor neurons. Its size, structure, and sequence/location of protein motifs is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GFAP
GFAP may refer to: Glial fibrillary acidic protein General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, also known as the Dayton Agreement
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glial%20fibrillary%20acidic%20protein
Glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) is a protein that is encoded by the GFAP gene in humans. It is a type III intermediate filament (IF) protein that is expressed by numerous cell types of the central nervous system (CNS), including astrocytes and ependymal cells during development. GFAP has also been found to be ex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurofilament
Neurofilaments (NF) are classed as type IV intermediate filaments found in the cytoplasm of neurons. They are protein polymers measuring 10 nm in diameter and many micrometers in length. Together with microtubules (~25 nm) and microfilaments (7 nm), they form the neuronal cytoskeleton. They are believed to function pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestin
Nestin may refer to: Neštin, a village in Srem, Vojvodina, Serbia. Nestin (protein), a type VI intermediate filament (IF) protein. Neštin-class river minesweeper, a class of minesweeper built in service with Serbia and Hungary.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pralatrexate
Pralatrexate, sold under the brand name Folotyn, is a medication used for the treatment of relapsed or refractory peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL). Pralatrexate was approved for medical use in the United States in September 2009, as the first treatment for Peripheral T-cell Lymphoma (PTCL), an often aggressive type ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanespimycin
Tanespimycin (17-N-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin, 17-AAG) is a derivative of the antibiotic geldanamycin that is being studied in the treatment of cancer, specifically in younger patients with certain types of leukemia or solid tumors, especially kidney tumors. It works by inhibiting Hsp90, which is expressed in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHL%20Plus-Minus%20Award
The NHL Plus-Minus Award was a trophy awarded annually by the National Hockey League to the ice hockey "player, having played a minimum of 60 games, who leads the league in plus-minus statistics." It was sponsored by a commercial business, and it had been known under five different names. First given for performance du...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idarubicin
Idarubicin or 4-demethoxydaunorubicin is an anthracycline antileukemic drug. It inserts itself into DNA and prevents DNA unwinding by interfering with the enzyme topoisomerase II. It is an analog of daunorubicin, but the absence of a methoxy group increases its fat solubility and cellular uptake. Similar to other anth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-Nitroquinoline%201-oxide
4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide (also known as 4-NQO, 4NQO, 4Nqo, NQO and NQNO) is a quinoline derivative and a tumorigenic compound used in the assessment of the efficacy of diets, drugs, and procedures in the prevention and treatment of cancer in animal models. It induces DNA lesions usually corrected by nucleotide excision...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelarabine
Nelarabine, sold under the brand names Arranon (US) and Atriance (EU), is a chemotherapy medication used for the treatment of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL). Nelarabine is a prodrug of arabinosylguanine nucleotide triphosphate (araGTP), a type of purine nucleoside...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alanine%20aminopeptidase
Membrane alanyl aminopeptidase () also known as alanyl aminopeptidase (AAP) or aminopeptidase N (AP-N) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ANPEP gene. Function Aminopeptidase N is located in the small-intestinal and renal microvillar membrane, and also in other plasma membranes. In the small intestine amin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem%20valuation
Ecosystem valuation is an economic process which assigns a value (either monetary, biophysical, or other) to an ecosystem and/or its ecosystem services. By quantifying, for example, the human welfare benefits of a forest to reduce flooding and erosion while sequestering carbon, providing habitat for endangered species,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone%20deacetylase
Histone deacetylases (, HDAC) are a class of enzymes that remove acetyl groups (O=C-CH3) from an ε-N-acetyl lysine amino acid on both histone and non-histone proteins. HDACs allow histones to wrap the DNA more tightly. This is important because DNA is wrapped around histones, and DNA expression is regulated by acetylat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite-dimensional%20optimization
In certain optimization problems the unknown optimal solution might not be a number or a vector, but rather a continuous quantity, for example a function or the shape of a body. Such a problem is an infinite-dimensional optimization problem, because, a continuous quantity cannot be determined by a finite number of cert...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranpirnase
Ranpirnase is a ribonuclease enzyme found in the oocytes of the Northern Leopard Frog (Rana pipiens). Ranpirnase is a member of the pancreatic ribonuclease (RNase A) protein superfamily and degrades RNA substrates with a sequence preference for uracil and guanine nucleotides. Along with amphinase, another leopard frog ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creamed%20honey
Creamed honey is honey that has been processed to control crystallization. Also known as honey fondant, or set honey it has a smooth, spreadable consistency and lighter color than liquid honey of the same floral type. A method for producing creamed honey was first patented in 1935, and other methods have since been dev...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A1ndor%20Torghelle
Sándor Torghelle (; born 5 May 1982) is a Hungarian former professional footballer who played as a forward. During his career, he played for Honvéd, Marcali, Crystal Palace, Panathinaikos, PAOK, Carl Zeiss Jena, FC Augsburg, Fortuna Düsseldorf, Videoton, and Vasas. He played 42 games for the Hungary national team betwe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last%20universal%20common%20ancestor
The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is mostly hypothesized to have been a common ancestral cell from which the three domains of life, the Bacteria, the Archaea, and the Eukarya originated. It is suggested to have been a "cellular organism that had a lipid bilayer and used DNA, RNA, and protein". The LUCA has also...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20equalizer
An adaptive equalizer is an equalizer that automatically adapts to time-varying properties of the communication channel. It is frequently used with coherent modulations such as phase-shift keying, mitigating the effects of multipath propagation and Doppler spreading. Adaptive equalizers are a subclass of adaptive fil...