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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CR2
CR2 may refer to: CR2 battery, a dry-cell type battery commonly used in cameras CR2, a raw image format used by Canon digital cameras CR2, a postcode district in the CR postcode area CR2, a collaboration of the two DJS Mike van der Viven & Ramon Zenker, known for their house single I Believe CR2, a radio station ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CR3
CR3 or CR-3 may refer to: Science and technology Macrophage-1 antigen, an immunological cell surface receptor for a complement component CR3, an x86 microprocessor control register CR3, a raw image format used by Canon digital cameras since 2018 Transportation Cessna CR-3, a racing aircraft designed in 1933 Curt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20of%20Radio%20Industries%20and%20Businesses
The , commonly known as , is a standardization organization in Japan. ARIB is designated as the center for promotion of the efficient use of the radio spectrum and the designated frequency change support agency. Its activities include those previously performed by the Research and Development Center for Radio Systems (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananias%20Davisson
Ananias Davisson (February 2, 1780 – October 21, 1857) was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks. He is best known for his 1816 compilation Kentucky Harmony, which is the first Southern shape-note tunebook. According to musicologist George Pullen Jackson, Davisson's compilations are "pi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DFC
DFC may refer to: Science and technology Design for Cost, see Design for X DFC (cipher), decorrelated fast cipher Dfc, one of four subclassifications for subarctic climate Digital Film Console, made by AMS Neve Digital Fine Contrast Discovery Family Channel Media and entertainment DFC (group), an American hip ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S2000
S2000 may refer to : Honda S2000, a 1999-2009 Japanese roadster Peugeot 207 S2000, a rally Peugeot 207 concept car Super 2000, a racing car classification Mercedes-Benz S2000, a military truck and predecessor to the Mercedes-Benz Zetros
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18%20%28British%20Board%20of%20Film%20Classification%29
The 18 certificate is issued by the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), to state that in its opinion, a film, video recording, or game is suitable only for persons aged 18 years and over. It recommends that no one below that age should be admitted to view a film with an 18 certificate in a cinema, and that 18-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic%20invariant
A property of a physical system, such as the entropy of a gas, that stays approximately constant when changes occur slowly is called an adiabatic invariant. By this it is meant that if a system is varied between two end points, as the time for the variation between the end points is increased to infinity, the variation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilibrium%20point%20%28mathematics%29
In mathematics, specifically in differential equations, an equilibrium point is a constant solution to a differential equation. Formal definition The point is an equilibrium point for the differential equation if for all . Similarly, the point is an equilibrium point (or fixed point) for the difference equ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum%20solution%20%28general%20relativity%29
In general relativity, a vacuum solution is a Lorentzian manifold whose Einstein tensor vanishes identically. According to the Einstein field equation, this means that the stress–energy tensor also vanishes identically, so that no matter or non-gravitational fields are present. These are distinct from the electrovacuu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl%20yellow
Methyl yellow, or C.I. 11020, is an organic compound with the formula C6H5N2C6H4N(CH3)2. It is an azo dye derived from dimethylaniline. It is a yellow solid. According to X-ray crystallography, the C14N3 core of the molecule is planar. It is used as a dye for plastics and may be used as a pH indicator. In aqueous s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphoserine
Phosphoserine (abbreviated as SEP or J) is an ester of serine and phosphoric acid. Phosphoserine is a component of many proteins as the result of posttranslational modifications. The phosphorylation of the alcohol functional group in serine to produce phosphoserine is catalyzed by various types of kinases. Through the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral%20protein
The term viral protein refers to both the products of the genome of a virus and any host proteins incorporated into the viral particle. Viral proteins are grouped according to their functions, and groups of viral proteins include structural proteins, nonstructural proteins, regulatory proteins, and accessory proteins. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence%20homology
Sequence homology is the biological homology between DNA, RNA, or protein sequences, defined in terms of shared ancestry in the evolutionary history of life. Two segments of DNA can have shared ancestry because of three phenomena: either a speciation event (orthologs), or a duplication event (paralogs), or else a horiz...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptx%20%28Unix%29
ptx is a Unix utility, named after the permuted index algorithm which it uses to produce a search or concordance report in the Keyword in Context (KWIC) format. It is available on most Unix and Unix-like operating systems (e.g. Linux, FreeBSD). The GNU implementation uses extensions that are more powerful than the ol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealandia%20%28wildlife%20sanctuary%29
Zealandia, formerly known as the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected natural area in Wellington, New Zealand, the first urban completely fenced ecosanctuary, where the biodiversity of 225 ha (just under a square mile) of forest is being restored. The sanctuary was previously part of the water catchment area for W...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeBASIC
FreeBASIC is a free and open source multiplatform compiler and programming language based on BASIC licensed under the GNU GPL for Microsoft Windows, protected-mode MS-DOS (DOS extender), Linux, FreeBSD and Xbox. The Xbox version is no longer maintained. According to its official website, FreeBASIC provides syntax co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace%20class
The world's navigable airspace is divided into three-dimensional segments, each of which is assigned to a specific class. Most nations adhere to the classification specified by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and described below, though they might use only some of the classes defined below, and sig...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNM
VNM may refer to: Vietnam, ISO 3166-1 alpha3 country code Von Neumann–Morgenstern utility theorem Vadodara News Magazine VNM (rapper), Polish hip hop artist (pl)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTAS
PTAS or Ptas may refer to: Polynomial-time approximation scheme, an approximation algorithm in computer science Pesetas, Spanish currency PTAS reduction, an approximation-preserving reduction in computational complexity theory Preferential trading area, another term for a trade bloc See also PTA (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional%20statistics
Directional statistics (also circular statistics or spherical statistics) is the subdiscipline of statistics that deals with directions (unit vectors in Euclidean space, Rn), axes (lines through the origin in Rn) or rotations in Rn. More generally, directional statistics deals with observations on compact Riemannian ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensible%20programming
Extensible programming is a term used in computer science to describe a style of computer programming that focuses on mechanisms to extend the programming language, compiler and runtime environment. Extensible programming languages, supporting this style of programming, were an active area of work in the 1960s, but th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaperonin
HSP60, also known as chaperonins (Cpn), is a family of heat shock proteins originally sorted by their 60kDa molecular mass. They prevent misfolding of proteins during stressful situations such as high heat, by assisting protein folding. HSP60 belong to a large class of molecules that assist protein folding, called mole...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aparna%20Sen
Aparna Sen (, Ôporna Shen) (born 25 October 1945) is an Indian film director, screenwriter and actress who is known for her work in Bengali cinema. She has received several accolades as an actress and filmmaker, including nine National Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards East and thirteen Bengal Film Journalists' Associa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedonic%20regression
In economics, hedonic regression, also sometimes called hedonic demand theory, is a revealed preference method for estimating demand or value. It decomposes the item being researched into its constituent characteristics, and obtains estimates of the contributory value for each. This requires that the composite good (th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ananda%20Prasad
Ananda Shiv Prasad (1928 – February 5, 2022) was an Indian-born American doctor specialising in the role of zinc in the human metabolism. Biography Prasad was born in Buxar, Bihar, British Raj in 1928. He studied first at Patna Medical College in Bihar, before going on to take his doctorate at the University of Minnes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperature%20gradient
A temperature gradient is a physical quantity that describes in which direction and at what rate the temperature changes the most rapidly around a particular location. The temperature gradient is a dimensional quantity expressed in units of degrees (on a particular temperature scale) per unit length. The SI unit is kel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mismatch%20repair%20cancer%20syndrome
Mismatch repair cancer syndrome (MMRCS) is a cancer syndrome associated with biallelic DNA mismatch repair mutations. It is also known as Turcot syndrome (after Jacques Turcot, who described the condition in 1959) and by several other names. In MMRCS, neoplasia typically occurs in both the gut and the central nervous ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darijo%20Srna
Darijo Srna (; born 1 May 1982) is a Croatian former professional footballer and current director of football of Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. During most of his career he played as a right wing-back. He began his career at Hajduk Split, before moving to Shakhtar in 2003. He has won numerous trophies...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widmanst%C3%A4tten%20pattern
Widmanstätten patterns, also known as Thomson structures, are figures of long phases of nickel–iron, found in the octahedrite shapes of iron meteorite crystals and some pallasites. Iron meteorites are very often formed from a single crystal of iron-nickel alloy, or sometimes a number of large crystals that may be man...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerr%E2%80%93Newman%20metric
The Kerr–Newman metric is the most general asymptotically flat, stationary solution of the Einstein–Maxwell equations in general relativity that describes the spacetime geometry in the region surrounding an electrically charged, rotating mass. It generalizes the Kerr metric by taking into account the field energy of an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pp-wave%20spacetime
In general relativity, the pp-wave spacetimes, or pp-waves for short, are an important family of exact solutions of Einstein's field equation. The term pp stands for plane-fronted waves with parallel propagation, and was introduced in 1962 by Jürgen Ehlers and Wolfgang Kundt. Overview The pp-waves solutions model radi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20Film%20Classification%20Office
The Irish Film Classification Office (IFCO) () is the organisation responsible for films, television programmes, and some video game classification and censorship within Ireland. Where restrictions are placed by the IFCO, they are legally binding. Prior to 21 July 2008, the office was branded as the Irish Film Censor'...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20bromide
Sodium bromide is an inorganic compound with the formula NaBr. It is a high-melting white, crystalline solid that resembles sodium chloride. It is a widely used source of the bromide ion and has many applications. Synthesis, structure, reactions NaBr crystallizes in the same cubic motif as NaCl, NaF and NaI. The anh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper%20motor%20neuron%20lesion
An upper motor neuron lesion (also known as pyramidal insufficiency) Is an injury or abnormality that occurs in the neural pathway above the anterior horn cell of the spinal cord or motor nuclei of the cranial nerves. Conversely, a lower motor neuron lesion affects nerve fibers traveling from the anterior horn of the s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjugate%20gradient%20method
In mathematics, the conjugate gradient method is an algorithm for the numerical solution of particular systems of linear equations, namely those whose matrix is positive-definite. The conjugate gradient method is often implemented as an iterative algorithm, applicable to sparse systems that are too large to be handled ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity%20coefficient
In thermodynamics, an activity coefficient is a factor used to account for deviation of a mixture of chemical substances from ideal behaviour. In an ideal mixture, the microscopic interactions between each pair of chemical species are the same (or macroscopically equivalent, the enthalpy change of solution and volume v...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ODMR
ODMR may refer to: On-Demand Mail Relay Optically detected magnetic resonance, a double resonance technique which combines electron paramagnetic resonance with measurements such as fluorescence, phosphorescence and absorption
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroendocrine%20cell
Neuroendocrine cells are cells that receive neuronal input (through neurotransmitters released by nerve cells or neurosecretory cells) and, as a consequence of this input, release messenger molecules (hormones) into the blood. In this way they bring about an integration between the nervous system and the endocrine syst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRD
TRD may refer to: TRD (gene), encoding the T cell receptor delta locus Toyota Racing Development Treatment-resistant depression in psychiatry Tucson Roller Derby, Arizona, US Troed-y-rhiw railway station, Wales, National Rail station code Trondheim Airport, Værnes, IATA airport code Transition radiation detecto...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lachay%20National%20Reserve
Lachay National Reserve () is a protected area in the region of Lima, Peru. The reserve is located north from the Peruvian capital, Lima, and protects part of the lomas ecosystem. Its objective is to restore and conserve flora, fauna and landscapes. Provide services to the public for research, education, tourism and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet%20propulsion
Jet propulsion is the propulsion of an object in one direction, produced by ejecting a jet of fluid in the opposite direction. By Newton's third law, the moving body is propelled in the opposite direction to the jet. Reaction engines operating on the principle of jet propulsion include the jet engine used for aircraft ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics%20Norway
Statistics Norway (, abbreviated to SSB) is the Norwegian statistics bureau. It was established in 1876. Relying on a staff of about 1,000, Statistics Norway publish about 1,000 new statistical releases every year on its web site. All releases are published both in Norwegian and English. In addition a number of edited...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser%20guidance
Laser guidance directs a robotics system to a target position by means of a laser beam. The laser guidance of a robot is accomplished by projecting a laser light, image processing and communication to improve the accuracy of guidance. The key idea is to show goal positions to the robot by laser light projection instead...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%20element
In signal theory, a signal element is a part of a signal that is distinguished by its: duration, magnitude, nature (the modulation technique used to create the element), relative position to other elements, transition from one signal state to another. The rate at which signal elements are sent is called the symbol rat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARF6
ADP-ribosylation factor 6 (ARF6) is a member of the ADP ribosylation factor family of GTP-binding proteins. ARF6 has a variety of cellular functions that are frequently involved in trafficking of biological membranes and transmembrane protein cargo. ARF6 has specifically been implicated in endocytosis of plasma membr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigna%20aconitifolia
Vigna aconitifolia is a drought-resistant legume, commonly grown in arid and semi-arid regions of India. It is commonly called mat bean, moth bean, matki or dew bean. The pods, sprouts and protein-rich seeds of this crop are commonly consumed in India. Moth bean can be grown on many soil types, and can also act as a pa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drano
Drano (styled as Drāno) is an American brand of chemical drain cleaner that is manufactured by S. C. Johnson & Son. Crystal Drano According to the National Institutes of Health's Household Products Database, the crystal form is composed of: Sodium hydroxide (lye), NaOH Sodium nitrate, NaNO3 Sodium chloride (salt)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opsin
Animal opsins are G-protein-coupled receptors and a group of proteins made light-sensitive via a chromophore, typically retinal. When bound to retinal, opsins become Retinylidene proteins, but are usually still called opsins regardless. Most prominently, they are found in photoreceptor cells of the retina. Five classic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Guardian%20Cycle
The Guardian Cycle is a series of five adult contemporary fantasy novels by Julia Gray. Novels The Dark Moon (2001) The Jasper Forest (2001) The Crystal Desert (2002) The Red Glacier (2003) Alyssa's Ring (2003) Setting The setting for the books is the fictional planet of Nydus, with the adventure starting in Vadanis ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-frequency%20direction%20finding
High-frequency direction finding, usually known by its abbreviation HF/DF or nickname huff-duff, is a type of radio direction finder (RDF) introduced in World War II. High frequency (HF) refers to a radio band that can effectively communicate over long distances; for example, between U-boats and their land-based headqu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics%20engine
A physics engine is computer software that provides an approximate simulation of certain physical systems, such as rigid body dynamics (including collision detection), soft body dynamics, and fluid dynamics, of use in the domains of computer graphics, video games and film (CGI). Their main uses are in video games (typi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20field
In physics a free field is a field without interactions, which is described by the terms of motion and mass. Description In classical physics, a free field is a field whose equations of motion are given by linear partial differential equations. Such linear PDE's have a unique solution for a given initial condition. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Beach%2C%20Ontario
Crystal Beach is a lakefront community in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada. As of 2016, it had a population of 8,524. It was named for the "crystal clear" water conditions present when it was founded on the northeast shore of Lake Erie, across from Buffalo. Crystal Beach Park occupied waterfront land within Crystal Beach fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empirical%20risk%20minimization
Empirical risk minimization (ERM) is a principle in statistical learning theory which defines a family of learning algorithms and is used to give theoretical bounds on their performance. The core idea is that we cannot know exactly how well an algorithm will work in practice (the true "risk") because we don't know the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piperazine
Piperazine () is an organic compound that consists of a six-membered ring containing two nitrogen atoms at opposite positions in the ring. Piperazine exists as small alkaline deliquescent crystals with a saline taste. The piperazines are a broad class of chemical compounds, many with important pharmacological properti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotensor
In physics and mathematics, a pseudotensor is usually a quantity that transforms like a tensor under an orientation-preserving coordinate transformation (e.g. a proper rotation) but additionally changes sign under an orientation-reversing coordinate transformation (e.g., an improper rotation), which is a transformation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BEST%20theorem
In graph theory, a part of discrete mathematics, the BEST theorem gives a product formula for the number of Eulerian circuits in directed (oriented) graphs. The name is an acronym of the names of people who discovered it: de Bruijn, van Aardenne-Ehrenfest, Smith and Tutte. Precise statement Let G = (V, E) be a dire...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Montreal
The Demographics of Montreal concern population growth and structure for Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The information is analyzed by Statistics Canada and compiled every five years, with the most recent census having taken place in 2021. Population history According to Statistics Canada, at the time of the 2011 Canadian...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20number%20theory
Prime number theory may refer to: Prime number Prime number theorem Number theory See also Fundamental theorem of arithmetic, which explains prime factorization.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel
Bessel may refer to: Bessel beam Bessel ellipsoid Bessel function in mathematics Bessel's inequality in mathematics Bessel's correction in statistics. Bessel filter, a linear filter often used in audio crossover systems Bessel Fjord, NE Greenland Bessel Fjord, NW Greenland Bessel (crater), a small lunar crater...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy%20theorem
In mathematics, a toy theorem is a simplified instance (special case) of a more general theorem, which can be useful in providing a handy representation of the general theorem, or a framework for proving the general theorem. One way of obtaining a toy theorem is by introducing some simplifying assumptions in a theorem....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk%20taxonomy
A folk taxonomy is a vernacular naming system, as distinct from scientific taxonomy. Folk biological classification is the way people traditionally describe and organize the world around them, typically making generous use of form taxa such as "shrubs", "bugs", "ducks", "fish", "algae", "vegetables", or of economic cri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filter%20bank
In signal processing, a filter bank (or filterbank) is an array of bandpass filters that separates the input signal into multiple components, each one carrying a single frequency sub-band of the original signal. One application of a filter bank is a graphic equalizer, which can attenuate the components differently and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASTB
ASTB may refer to: N-succinylarginine dihydrolase, an enzyme Anyone Seen the Bridge?, an instrumental music piece by the Dave Matthews Band
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20tempering
Parallel tempering, in physics and statistics, is a computer simulation method typically used to find the lowest energy state of a system of many interacting particles. It addresses the problem that at high temperatures, one may have a stable state different from low temperature, whereas simulations at low temperatures...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRC
FRC may refer to: Education Feather River College, in California, United States FIRST Robotics Competition, an annual international robotics competition for students aged 14-18 Fort Richmond Collegiate, a high school in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Government Family Records Centre, a defunct British genealogical ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Shuttleworth%20%28architect%29
Ken Shuttleworth (born September 1952 in Birmingham) is an English architect. Shuttleworth studied architecture at the Leicester School of Architecture, De Montfort University, where his fluid draftsmanship earned him the nickname "Ken the Pen". Shuttleworth became a partner at Foster and Partners where he worked on ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASIC%20programming%20language
ASIC is a compiler and integrated development environment for a subset of the BASIC programming language. It was released for MS-DOS and compatible systems as shareware. Written by Dave Visti of 80/20 Software, it was one of the few BASIC compilers legally available for download from BBSes. ASIC allows compiling to an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossbar%20latch
Crossbar Latch is a technology devised by Phillip Kuekes of HP Labs in 2001 (with a US patent being granted in 2003), that Hewlett-Packard believes might replace transistors in various applications. This would enable the creation of integrated circuits composed solely of memristors, which, according to the patent, migh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenomelia
Sirenomelia, also called mermaid syndrome, is a rare congenital deformity in which the legs are fused together, giving the appearance of a mermaid's tail, hence the nickname. Classification Sirenomelia is classified by the skeletal structure of the lower limb, ranging from class I, where all bones are present and onl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betweenness
Betweenness is an algorithmic problem in order theory about ordering a collection of items subject to constraints that some items must be placed between others. It has applications in bioinformatics and was shown to be NP-complete by . Problem statement The input to a betweenness problem is a collection of ordered tri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borel%27s%20lemma
In mathematics, Borel's lemma, named after Émile Borel, is an important result used in the theory of asymptotic expansions and partial differential equations. Statement Suppose U is an open set in the Euclidean space Rn, and suppose that f0, f1, ... is a sequence of smooth functions on U. If I is any open interval in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotope
Ecotopes are the smallest ecologically distinct landscape features in a landscape mapping and classification system. As such, they represent relatively homogeneous, spatially explicit landscape functional units that are useful for stratifying landscapes into ecologically distinct features for the measurement and mappi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20gate
In electronics, a common-gate amplifier is one of three basic single-stage field-effect transistor (FET) amplifier topologies, typically used as a current buffer or voltage amplifier. In this circuit, the source terminal of the transistor serves as the input, the drain is the output, and the gate is connected to some D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20source
In electronics, a common-source amplifier is one of three basic single-stage field-effect transistor (FET) amplifier topologies, typically used as a voltage or transconductance amplifier. The easiest way to tell if a FET is common source, common drain, or common gate is to examine where the signal enters and leaves. Th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20drain
In electronics, a common-drain amplifier, also known as a source follower, is one of three basic single-stage field-effect transistor (FET) amplifier topologies, typically used as a voltage buffer. In this circuit (NMOS) the gate terminal of the transistor serves as the signal input, the source is the output, and the d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rehn
Rehn is a Scandinavian and German surname, also used in Finland. Geographical distribution As of 2014, 32.3% of all known bearers of the surname Rehn were residents of Germany (frequency 1:32,130), 25.7% of Sweden (1:4,951), 18.9% of the United States (1:247,942), 7.7% of Finland (1:9,223), 3.6% of Australia (1:84,605...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20WEGA
A liquid crystal rear projection television system using a patented "optical engine" made by Sony to provide a large image in a very compact chassis. Screen sizes in inches can range anywhere for 42" to 70"; with exceptional sharpness, composed of approximately 2.5 million plus pixels. References Sony products
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa%20Fahn
Melissa Fahn is an American actress and singer, best known as the voice of Gaz Membrane in the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim, Dendy in the Cartoon Network animated series OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes, Hello Kitty in Hello Kitty's Paradise, as well as voicing many anime and video game characters like Edward from C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG%20FF%20cannon
The MG FF was a drum-fed, blowback-operated, 20 mm aircraft autocannon, developed in 1936 by Ikaria Werke Berlin of Germany. It was a derivative of the Swiss Oerlikon FF F cannon (its FF suffix indicating Flügel Fest, for a fixed-mount, wing location from the Swiss original), with the Oerlikon FF design itself a devel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1713%20in%20music
The year 1713 in music involved some significant events. Events Foundation of the Académie Royale de Danse by King Louis XIV of France. Daniel Purcell becomes organist at St Andrew's Church, Holborn, London. Francesco Bartolomeo Conti becomes court composer to the Habsburgs in Vienna. Giuseppe Tartini claims to have ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-and-yellow%20macaw
The blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the blue-and-gold macaw, is a large South American parrot with a mostly blue dorsum, light yellow/orange venter, and gradient hues of green on top of its head. It is a member of the large group of neotropical parrots known as macaws. It inhabits forest (especially...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20hockey%20statistics
The following are statistics commonly tracked in ice hockey. Team statistics STK - winning or losing streak GD - Goal Difference (used as standings tie breaker) GP – Games played – Number of games the team has played W – Wins – Games the team has won in regulation. L – Losses – Games the team has lost in re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IARC
IARC may refer to: International Aerial Robotics Competition International Age Rating Coalition International Agency for Research on Cancer International Arctic Research Center Israel Amateur Radio Club iArc, South Korean architecture firm IAR Systems C/C++ compiler (IAR C) See also Indian Association for Re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birkhoff%20interpolation
In mathematics, Birkhoff interpolation is an extension of polynomial interpolation. It refers to the problem of finding a polynomial of degree such that only certain derivatives have specified values at specified points: where the data points and the nonnegative integers are given. It differs from Hermite interpol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borna
Borna may refer to: People Borna (given name), a Croatian masculine given name Borna (duke), the Duke of Dalmatia c. 810–821, a vassal of the Frankish Empire Bertin Borna (1930–2007), a Beninese politician Places Borna, Leipzig, a town in Saxony, Germany Borna, Bahretal, a subdivision of the Bahretal municipalit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20transfer%20coefficient
In thermodynamics, the heat transfer coefficient or film coefficient, or film effectiveness, is the proportionality constant between the heat flux and the thermodynamic driving force for the flow of heat (i.e., the temperature difference, ). It is used in calculating the heat transfer, typically by convection or phas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding%20pony
Riding pony is a horse show classification used to refer to certain types of ponies. Competition is divided into sections based on height and type, and include being judged under saddle in standard pleasure horse classes, as well as in related events such as sidesaddle or in-hand. Riding ponies were originally develo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TR1
TR1 may refer to: C++ Technical Report 1, a document proposing additions to the C++ Standard Library Regency TR-1, an early transistor radio model Triumph TR1 / 20TS, an unsuccessful automobile prototype Tomb Raider (1996 video game), the first video game in the Tomb Raider series TR-1A or TR-1B, variants of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maest%C3%A0
Maestà , the Italian word for "majesty", designates a classification of images of the enthroned Madonna with the child Jesus, the designation generally implying accompaniment by angels, saints, or both. The Maestà is an extension of the "Seat of Wisdom" theme of the seated "Mary Theotokos", "Mary Mother of God", which ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocball
Rocball is a non-contact team net game derivative of volleyball and a Meso-American sport once played by the athletes of the Aztec civilization of what is now the country of Mexico. Rocball has existed since 1979 and was founded by James Feger, a Physical Education teacher at Marianas High School located in The Commonw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurotiales
The Eurotiales are an order of sac fungi, also known as the green and blue molds. It was circumscribed in 1980. Classification Currently the order Eurotiales contains 5 families, 28 genera and 1280 species: Family Aspergillaceae [=Monascaceae ] Aspergillago – 1 species Aspergillus – 428 species Dichlaena – 4 spec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B8ren%20Kierkegaard%20bibliography
This article is a list of works by Søren Kierkegaard. A–D Armed Neutrality, and An Open Letter; with relevant selections from his journals and papers. trans. Howard V. Hong and Edna H. Hong with background essay and commentary by Gregor Malantschuk. Bloomington, Indiana University Press [1968] Attack upon Christend...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park%2C%20Lewis
Park (), also known as South Lochs, is a huge area of land connected to the rest of Lewis only by a narrow neck between Loch Seaforth and Loch Erisort. This had a wall called Gàrradh an Tighearna ("The Laird's Dyke") built across it by the Earl of Seaforth in the early 17th century, the outline of which can still be se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy%20of%20Kain%3A%20Soul%20Reaver
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is an action-adventure video game developed by Crystal Dynamics and published by Eidos Interactive. It was released for the PlayStation and Microsoft Windows in 1999 and for the Dreamcast in 2000. As the second game in the Legacy of Kain series, Soul Reaver is the sequel to Blood Omen: Legac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why%20Mosquitoes%20Buzz%20in%20People%27s%20Ears
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears: A West African Tale is a 1975 children's picture book by Verna Aardema and illustrated by Leo and Diane Dillon. Published in hardcover by Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Random House, it is told in the form of a cumulative tale written for young children, which ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20glycation%20end-product
Advanced glycation end products (AGEs) are proteins or lipids that become glycated as a result of exposure to sugars. They are a bio-marker implicated in aging and the development, or worsening, of many degenerative diseases, such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, chronic kidney disease, and Alzheimer's disease. Dietary s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invariance%20theorem
Invariance theorem may refer to: Invariance of domain, a theorem in topology A theorem pertaining to Kolmogorov complexity A result in classical mechanics for adiabatic invariants A theorem of algorithmic probability See also Invariant (mathematics)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20indistinguishability
In computational complexity and cryptography, two families of distributions are computationally indistinguishable if no efficient algorithm can tell the difference between them except with negligible probability. Formal definition Let and be two distribution ensembles indexed by a security parameter n (which usually...