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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenide
A selenide is a chemical compound containing a selenium with oxidation number of −2. Similar to sulfide, selenides occur both as inorganic compounds and as organic derivatives, which are called organoselenium compound. Inorganic selenides The parent inorganic selenide is hydrogen selenide (H2Se). It is a colorless,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Commission%20for%20the%20Exhibition%20of%201851
The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 is an institution founded in 1850 to administer the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, which was held in The Crystal Palace, London. The founding President of the Commission was Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and its chief administrator was...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splash
Splash or Splash! or The Splash may refer to: Common meanings Splash (fluid mechanics), sudden disturbances on the surface of water Entertainment Splash (film), a 1984 fantasy film starring Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah Splash, Too, the 1988 sequel Reality television series based on the Celebrity Splash! franchise ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBG
TBG may refer to: Thyroxine-binding globulin, a transport protein TBG AG, the investment arm of the Thyssen family Traditional Britain Group, a far-right British pressure group Tønsberg, a city in Norway
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20discriminant%20analysis
Linear discriminant analysis (LDA), normal discriminant analysis (NDA), or discriminant function analysis is a generalization of Fisher's linear discriminant, a method used in statistics and other fields, to find a linear combination of features that characterizes or separates two or more classes of objects or events. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20complementarity%20problem
In mathematical optimization theory, the linear complementarity problem (LCP) arises frequently in computational mechanics and encompasses the well-known quadratic programming as a special case. It was proposed by Cottle and Dantzig in 1968. Formulation Given a real matrix M and vector q, the linear complementarity p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-4-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles and two trailing wheels on one axle. The type is sometimes named Columbia after a Baldwin locomotive was showcased at the 1893 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuthinite
Bismuthinite is a mineral consisting of bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3). It is an important ore for bismuth. The crystals are steel-grey to off-white with a metallic luster. It is soft enough to be scratched with a fingernail and rather dense. Bismuthinite forms a series with the lead, copper, bismuth mineral aikinite (PbCu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawsonite
Dawsonite is a mineral composed of sodium aluminium carbonate hydroxide, chemical formula NaAlCO3(OH)2. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystal system. It is not mined for ore. It was discovered in 1874 during the construction of the Redpath Museum in a feldspathic dike on the campus of McGill University on the Is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rad%C3%B3%27s%20theorem%20%28harmonic%20functions%29
See also Rado's theorem (Ramsey theory) In mathematics, Radó's theorem is a result about harmonic functions, named after Tibor Radó. Informally, it says that any "nice looking" shape without holes can be smoothly deformed into a disk. Suppose Ω is an open, connected and convex subset of the Euclidean space R2 with sm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic%20ecology
Metabolic ecology is a field of ecology aiming to understand constraints on metabolic organization as important for understanding almost all life processes. Main focus is on the metabolism of individuals, emerging intra- and inter-specific patterns, and the evolutionary perspective. Two main metabolic theories that ha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovalbumin
Ovalbumin (abbreviated OVA) is the main protein found in egg white, making up approximately 55% of the total protein. Ovalbumin displays sequence and three-dimensional homology to the serpin superfamily, but unlike most serpins it is not a serine protease inhibitor. The function of ovalbumin is unknown, although it is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%20Strother%20Moore
J Strother Moore (his first name is the alphabetic character "J" – not an abbreviated "J.") is a computer scientist. He is a co-developer of the Boyer–Moore string-search algorithm, Boyer–Moore majority vote algorithm, and the Boyer–Moore automated theorem prover, Nqthm. He made pioneering contributions to structure sh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference%20electrode
A reference electrode is an electrode that has a stable and well-known electrode potential. The overall chemical reaction taking place in a cell is made up of two independent half-reactions, which describe chemical changes at the two electrodes. To focus on the reaction at the working electrode, the reference electrode...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afrikan%20t%C3%A4hti
Afrikan tähti (; Finnish for 'Star of Africa'), known in Swedish as Den försvunna diamanten ('The Missing Diamond') or Afrikas stjärna ('The Star of Africa'), is a Finnish board game designed by Kari Mannerla originally in 1951. It has been one of the most popular board games in the Nordic countries for decades. Histo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synapsin
The synapsins are a family of proteins that have long been implicated in the regulation of neurotransmitter release at synapses. Specifically, they are thought to be involved in regulating the number of synaptic vesicles available for release via exocytosis at any one time. Synapsins are present in invertebrates and ve...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context%20mixing
Context mixing is a type of data compression algorithm in which the next-symbol predictions of two or more statistical models are combined to yield a prediction that is often more accurate than any of the individual predictions. For example, one simple method (not necessarily the best) is to average the probabilities ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex-determining%20region%20Y%20protein
Sex-determining region Y protein (SRY), or testis-determining factor (TDF), is a DNA-binding protein (also known as gene-regulatory protein/transcription factor) encoded by the SRY gene that is responsible for the initiation of male sex determination in therian mammals (placental mammals and marsupials). SRY is an intr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerna%2C%20Croatia
Cerna () is a village and a municipality in eastern Croatia. Geography It is located half-way between the cities of Vinkovci and Županja. It is located on four rivers, Biđ, Bosut, Berava, Bitulja, Krajc channel and Kaluđer channel. Population According to 2011 Croatian census it has 4,616 inhabitants in 2 settlemen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowball%20sampling
In sociology and statistics research, snowball sampling (or chain sampling, chain-referral sampling, referral sampling) is a nonprobability sampling technique where existing study subjects recruit future subjects from among their acquaintances. Thus the sample group is said to grow like a rolling snowball. As the sampl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%20Singles%20Chart%20records%20and%20statistics
The UK Singles Chart was first compiled in 1969. However the records and statistics listed here date back to 1952 because the Official Charts Company counts a selected period of the New Musical Express chart (only from 1952 to 1960) and the Record Retailer chart from 1960 to 1969 as predecessors for the period prior to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter%20Rouse
Hunter Rouse (March 29, 1906 – October 16, 1996) was a hydraulician known for his research on the mechanics of fluid turbulence. Rouse was a faculty member at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, from 1929 until 1933, when he moved to Columbia University. He was at the California Institute of Technol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship%20species
In conservation biology, a flagship species is a species chosen to raise support for biodiversity conservation in a given place or social context. Definitions have varied, but they have tended to focus on the strategic goals and the socio-economic nature of the concept, to support the marketing of a conservation effort...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External%20sorting
External sorting is a class of sorting algorithms that can handle massive amounts of data. External sorting is required when the data being sorted do not fit into the main memory of a computing device (usually RAM) and instead they must reside in the slower external memory, usually a disk drive. Thus, external sorting ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHFW-FM
XHFW-FM/XEFW-AM is a radio station in Tampico, operating on 88.5 FM. It's owned and operated by Multimedios Radio. 810 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency; KGO and WGY share Class A status on this frequency. History XEFW-AM 1240 received its concession in 1932. The 70-watt station owned by José Expedito Mart...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-4-4T
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, 2-4-4 is a steam locomotive with two unpowered leading wheels followed by four powered driving wheels and four unpowered trailing wheels. The wheel arrangement was only used for tank locomotives. Equivalent classifications Other...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector%20Ruiz
Hector de Jesus Ruiz Cardenas (born December 25, 1945) is the chairman and CEO of Advanced Nanotechnology Solutions, Inc. and former CEO & executive chairman of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD). Ruiz is the author of Slingshot: AMD’s Fight To Free An Industry From The Ruthless Grip Of Intel, "a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erna%20Hennicot-Schoepges
Erna Hennicot-Schoepges (born 24 July 1941 in Dudelange) is a Luxembourgish politician for the Christian Social People's Party. She was until 2009 a Member of the European Parliament, sitting as a CSV member of the European People's Party. Erna Hennicot-Schoepges has an extensive history in cultural affairs. She was...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menelaus%27s%20theorem
In Euclidean geometry, Menelaus's theorem, named for Menelaus of Alexandria, is a proposition about triangles in plane geometry. Suppose we have a triangle , and a transversal line that crosses at points respectively, with distinct from . A weak version of the theorem states that where "| |" denotes absolute value ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisole
Anisole, or methoxybenzene, is an organic compound with the formula . It is a colorless liquid with a smell reminiscent of anise seed, and in fact many of its derivatives are found in natural and artificial fragrances. The compound is mainly made synthetically and is a precursor to other synthetic compounds. Structura...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neck%20dissection
The neck dissection is a surgical procedure for control of neck lymph node metastasis from squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) of the head and neck. The aim of the procedure is to remove lymph nodes from one side of the neck into which cancer cells may have migrated. Metastasis of squamous cell carcinoma into the lymph node...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal%20value%20theorem
The marginal value theorem (MVT) is an optimality model that usually describes the behavior of an optimally foraging individual in a system where resources (often food) are located in discrete patches separated by areas with no resources. Due to the resource-free space, animals must spend time traveling between patches...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PFD
Science, technology, and medicine Personal flotation device Pelvic floor dysfunction Phase frequency detector in electronics Primary flight display, in an aircraft Probability of Failure on Demand, see Safety integrity level#Certification Process flow diagram, in process engineering Prepared for dyeing Profe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14-3-3%20protein
14-3-3 proteins are a family of conserved regulatory molecules that are expressed in all eukaryotic cells. 14-3-3 proteins have the ability to bind a multitude of functionally diverse signaling proteins, including kinases, phosphatases, and transmembrane receptors. More than 200 signaling proteins have been reported as...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bekenstein%20bound
In physics, the Bekenstein bound (named after Jacob Bekenstein) is an upper limit on the thermodynamic entropy S, or Shannon entropy H, that can be contained within a given finite region of space which has a finite amount of energy—or conversely, the maximal amount of information required to perfectly describe a given ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured%20program%20theorem
The structured program theorem, also called the Böhm–Jacopini theorem, is a result in programming language theory. It states that a class of control-flow graphs (historically called flowcharts in this context) can compute any computable function if it combines subprograms in only three specific ways (control structures...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tellurite%20%28mineral%29
Tellurite is a rare oxide mineral composed of tellurium dioxide (TeO2). It occurs as prismatic to acicular transparent yellow to white orthorhombic crystals. It occurs in the oxidation zone of mineral deposits in association with native tellurium, emmonsite and other tellurium minerals. Its name comes from Tellus, whi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSD%20%28disambiguation%29
A solid-state drive is a type of data storage device which uses semiconductor memory rather than magnetic media. SSD may also refer to: Science and technology Saturated-surface-dry, aggregate or porous solid condition Biology and medicine Schizophrenia spectrum disorders Signal-sensing domain, in molecular biolog...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20lattice
Atomic lattice may refer to: In mineralogy, atomic lattice refers to the arrangement of atoms into a crystal structure. In order theory, a lattice is called an atomic lattice if the underlying partial order is atomic. In chemistry, atomic lattice refers to the arrangement of atoms in an atomic crystalline solid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometrical%20frustration
In condensed matter physics, the term geometrical frustration (or in short: frustration) refers to a phenomenon where atoms tend to stick to non-trivial positions or where, on a regular crystal lattice, conflicting inter-atomic forces (each one favoring rather simple, but different structures) lead to quite complex str...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hementin
Hementin is an anticoagulant protease (fibrinogen lytic enzyme) from the salivary glands of the giant Amazon leech (Haementeria ghilianii). Hementin is a calcium-dependent protease with a molecular weight of 80-120 kDa, and it contains 39 amino acid sequences. Hementin is present in both the anterior and posterior sali...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montel%27s%20theorem
In complex analysis, an area of mathematics, Montel's theorem refers to one of two theorems about families of holomorphic functions. These are named after French mathematician Paul Montel, and give conditions under which a family of holomorphic functions is normal. Locally uniformly bounded families are normal The fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie%20McEwen
Robbie McEwen (born 24 June 1972) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. McEwen is a three-time winner of the Tour de France points classification and, at the peak of his career, was considered the world's fastest sprinter. He last rode for on the UCI World Tour. A former Australian BMX champion, McEwen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cysteine%20dioxygenase
Cysteine dioxygenase (CDO) is a non-heme iron enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of L-cysteine to cysteine sulfinic acid (cysteine sulfinate). CDO plays an important role in cysteine catabolism, regulating intracellular levels of cysteine and responding changes in cysteine availability. As such, CDO is highly regulat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud%20Denjoy
Arnaud Denjoy (; 5 January 1884 – 21 January 1974) was a French mathematician. Biography Denjoy was born in Auch, Gers. His contributions include work in harmonic analysis and differential equations. His integral was the first to be able to integrate all derivatives. Among his students is Gustave Choquet. He is also k...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaroslav%20Kurzweil
Jaroslav Kurzweil (, 7 May 1926, Prague – 17 March 2022) was a Czech mathematician. Biography Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, he was a specialist in ordinary differential equations and defined the Henstock–Kurzweil integral in terms of Riemann sums, first published in 1957 in the Czechoslovak Mathematical Journal. Kur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balchik
Balchik ( ; ) is a Black Sea coastal town and seaside resort in the Southern Dobruja area of northeastern Bulgaria. It is in Dobrich Province, 35 km southeast of Dobrich and 42 km northeast of Varna. It sprawls scenically along hilly terraces descending from the Dobruja plateau to the sea, and is often called "The Whit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20Reviews
Mathematical Reviews is a journal published by the American Mathematical Society (AMS) that contains brief synopses, and in some cases evaluations, of many articles in mathematics, statistics, and theoretical computer science. The AMS also publishes an associated online bibliographic database called MathSciNet which co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beloslav
Beloslav ( ) is a small industrial town in Varna Province, Northeastern Bulgaria, located 19 km away to the west from Varna downtown and Bulgarian Black Sea coast. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Beloslav Municipality. As of December 2009, the town has a population of 7,937 inhabitants. Beloslav is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%20Information%20Project
In the United Kingdom, the Citizen Information Project (CIP) was a plan by the Office for National Statistics to build a national population register. On 18 April 2006 it was announced that instead of continuing as a separate project, it would be integrated into the National Identity Register, the database behind the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Churubusco
The Battle of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, while Santa Anna's army was in retreat from the Battle of Contreras or Battle of Padierna during the Mexican–American War. It was the battle where the San Patricio Battalion, made up largely of US deserters, made their last stand against U.S. forces. The U.S. Army...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicollinearity
In statistics, multicollinearity (also collinearity) is a phenomenon in which one predictor variable in a multiple regression model can be perfectly predicted from the others. In this situation, the coefficient estimates of the multiple regression may change erratically in response to small changes in the data or the p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI%20InterActive%21
TI InterActive! is a Texas Instruments computer program which combines the functionality of all of the TI graphing calculators with extra features into a text editor which allows you to save equations, graphs, tables, spreadsheets, and text onto a document. TI InterActive! also includes a web browser, but it is just a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20neighborhoods%20in%20San%20Francisco
San Francisco, in the US state of California, has both major, well-known neighborhoods and districts as well as smaller, specific subsections and developments. While there is considerable fluidity among the sources, one guidebook identifies five major districts, corresponding to the four quadrants plus a south central ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9%20metric
In mathematics, the Poincaré metric, named after Henri Poincaré, is the metric tensor describing a two-dimensional surface of constant negative curvature. It is the natural metric commonly used in a variety of calculations in hyperbolic geometry or Riemann surfaces. There are three equivalent representations commonly ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwarz%E2%80%93Ahlfors%E2%80%93Pick%20theorem
In mathematics, the Schwarz–Ahlfors–Pick theorem is an extension of the Schwarz lemma for hyperbolic geometry, such as the Poincaré half-plane model. The Schwarz–Pick lemma states that every holomorphic function from the unit disk U to itself, or from the upper half-plane H to itself, will not increase the Poincaré di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory%20of%20the%20second%20best
In welfare economics, the theory of the second best (also known as the general theory of second best or the second best theorem) concerns the situation when one or more optimality conditions cannot be satisfied. The economists Richard Lipsey and Kelvin Lancaster showed in 1956, that if one optimality condition in an ec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental%20theorems%20of%20welfare%20economics
There are two fundamental theorems of welfare economics. The first states that in economic equilibrium, a set of complete markets, with complete information, and in perfect competition, will be Pareto optimal (in the sense that no further exchange would make one person better off without making another worse off). The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral%20ventricles
The lateral ventricles are the two largest ventricles of the brain and contain cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Each cerebral hemisphere contains a lateral ventricle, known as the left or right lateral ventricle, respectively. Each lateral ventricle resembles a C-shaped cavity that begins at an inferior horn in the temporal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-communication%20theorem
In physics, the no-communication theorem or no-signaling principle is a no-go theorem from quantum information theory which states that, during measurement of an entangled quantum state, it is not possible for one observer, by making a measurement of a subsystem of the total state, to communicate information to another...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary%20trading
Proprietary trading (also known as prop trading) occurs when a trader trades stocks, bonds, currencies, commodities, their derivatives, or other financial instruments with the firm's own money (instead of using depositors' money) in order to make a profit for itself. Proprietary trading can create potential conflicts o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homodyne%20detection
In electrical engineering, homodyne detection is a method of extracting information encoded as modulation of the phase and/or frequency of an oscillating signal, by comparing that signal with a standard oscillation that would be identical to the signal if it carried null information. "Homodyne" signifies a single freq...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavin%20adenine%20dinucleotide
In biochemistry, flavin adenine dinucleotide (FAD) is a redox-active coenzyme associated with various proteins, which is involved with several enzymatic reactions in metabolism. A flavoprotein is a protein that contains a flavin group, which may be in the form of FAD or flavin mononucleotide (FMN). Many flavoproteins a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNR
TNR may refer to: TNR, the gene that encodes the protein Tenascin-R Ivato International Airport, Antananarivo, Madagascar, IATA code The New Republic, an American magazine of politics and the arts Times New Roman, a popular typeface installed on most desktop computers Train Navette Rapide, an express train servic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houston%20Cellular
Houston Cellular was a Houston-based cell phone company which provided AMPS and D-AMPS (TDMA) service in the Greater Houston area. It was formed in 1983 and was operated as a partnership between LIN Broadcasting Corp., Mobile Communication Corp. of America and BellSouth Co. Its headquarters were located in Houston, Tex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byala
Byala may refer to: Byala, Varna Province, a town in Varna Province in northeastern Bulgaria Byala, Ruse Province, a town in Ruse Province in northern Bulgaria , a village in Sliven Municipality in southeastern Bulgaria Nawarupa - a mythical creature in Burmese and Arakanese mythology See also Biala (disambiguati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byala%2C%20Varna%20Province
Byala ( , , Aspros) is a small town and seaside resort in Eastern Bulgaria, located on the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast in Varna Province. It is the administrative centre of the homonymous Byala Municipality and lies in a semi-mountainous region in the easternmost branches of Stara Planina about 50 km south of the city o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primosome
In molecular biology, a primosome is a protein complex responsible for creating RNA primers on single stranded DNA during DNA replication. The primosome consists of seven proteins: DnaG primase, DnaB helicase, DnaC helicase assistant, DnaT, PriA, Pri B, and PriC. At each replication fork, the primosome is utilized on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSLS
HSLS refer to: Hazy Sighted Link State Routing Protocol, a wireless network routing algorithm Slovak People's Party (Slovak: ) Croatian Social Liberal Party (Croatian: ) See also HSL (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20colonoscopy
Virtual colonoscopy (VC, also called CT colonography or CT pneumocolon) is the use of CT scanning or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to produce two- and three-dimensional images of the colon (large intestine), from the lowest part, the rectum, to the lower end of the small intestine, and to display the images on an e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methuselah%20%28cellular%20automaton%29
In cellular automata, a methuselah is a small "seed" pattern of initial live cells that take a large number of generations in order to stabilize. More specifically, Martin Gardner defines them as patterns of fewer than ten live cells which take longer than 50 generations to stabilize, although some patterns that are la...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCLS
DCLS may refer to: Doctor Clinical Laboratory Science Direct Current Level Shift, a modulation type in the IRIG timecode system Dauphin County Library System, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania Doctorate of Clinical Laboratory Science. The DCLS is an advanced professional doctorate designed for practicing CLSs who wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krabbe%20disease
Krabbe disease (KD) (also known as globoid cell leukodystrophy or galactosylceramide lipidosis) is a rare and often fatal lysosomal storage disease that results in progressive damage to the nervous system. KD involves dysfunctional metabolism of sphingolipids and is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. The dise...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pappus%27s%20hexagon%20theorem
In mathematics, Pappus's hexagon theorem (attributed to Pappus of Alexandria) states that given one set of collinear points and another set of collinear points then the intersection points of line pairs and and and are collinear, lying on the Pappus line. These three points are the points of intersection of the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Nucleotide%20Sequence%20Database%20Collaboration
The International Nucleotide Sequence Database Collaboration (INSDC) consists of a joint effort to collect and disseminate databases containing DNA and RNA sequences. It involves the following computerized databases: NIG's DNA Data Bank of Japan (Japan), NCBI's GenBank (USA) and the EMBL-EBI's European Nucleotide Arch...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracellular%20pH
Intracellular pH (pHi) is the measure of the acidity or basicity (i.e., pH) of intracellular fluid. The pHi plays a critical role in membrane transport and other intracellular processes. In an environment with the improper pHi, biological cells may have compromised function. Therefore, pHi is closely regulated in order...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20extreme%20value%20distribution
In probability theory and statistics, the generalized extreme value (GEV) distribution is a family of continuous probability distributions developed within extreme value theory to combine the Gumbel, Fréchet and Weibull families also known as type I, II and III extreme value distributions. By the extreme value theorem ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-M%C3%BCllerian%20hormone
Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), also known as Müllerian-inhibiting hormone (MIH), is a glycoprotein hormone structurally related to inhibin and activin from the transforming growth factor beta superfamily, whose key roles are in growth differentiation and folliculogenesis. In humans, it is encoded by the gene, on chromo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3Dc
3Dc (FourCC : ATI2), also known as DXN, BC5, or Block Compression 5 is a lossy data compression algorithm for normal maps invented and first implemented by ATI. It builds upon the earlier DXT5 algorithm and is an open standard. 3Dc is now implemented by both ATI and Nvidia. Target application The target application, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrinsic%20equation
In geometry, an intrinsic equation of a curve is an equation that defines the curve using a relation between the curve's intrinsic properties, that is, properties that do not depend on the location and possibly the orientation of the curve. Therefore an intrinsic equation defines the shape of the curve without specifyi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9tna
Sétna or Sedna was the name of two legendary High Kings of Ireland: Sétna Airt, son of Artrí, son of Éber, son of Ír, son of Míl Espáine Sétna Innarraid, son of Bres Rí See also Renu Setna, British actor Sethna Sedna (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%ADrna%20S%C3%A1eglach
Sírna Sáeglach ("the long-lived"), son of Dian mac Demal, son of Demal mac Rothechtaid, son of Rothechtaid mac Main, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. He separated the province of Ulster from the authority of the High King, and is said to have made war against the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%ADallchad
Gíallchad, the son of Ailill Olcháin, son of Sírna Sáeglach, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, the 37th High King of Ireland. Gíallchad took power after killing his predecessor, and the son of his grandfather's killer, Elim Olfínechta, in the battle of Comair Trí nUisce. He is said to ha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20census%20divisions%20of%20Saskatchewan
The province of Saskatchewan, Canada is divided into 18 census divisions according to Statistics Canada. Unlike in some other provinces, census divisions do not reflect the organization of local government in Saskatchewan. These areas exist solely for the purposes of statistical analysis and presentation; they have no ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20vehicle
A solar vehicle or solar electric vehicle is an electric vehicle powered completely or significantly by direct solar energy. Usually, photovoltaic (PV) cells contained in solar panels convert the sun's energy directly into electric energy. The term "solar vehicle" usually implies that solar energy is used to power all...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaprekar%27s%20routine
In number theory, Kaprekar's routine is an iterative algorithm named after its inventor, Indian mathematician D. R. Kaprekar. Each iteration starts with a number, sorts the digits into descending and ascending order, and calculates the difference between the two new numbers. As an example, starting with the number 899...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent%20estimator
In statistics, a consistent estimator or asymptotically consistent estimator is an estimator—a rule for computing estimates of a parameter θ0—having the property that as the number of data points used increases indefinitely, the resulting sequence of estimates converges in probability to θ0. This means that the distri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvania%20Electric%20Products
Sylvania Electric Products Inc. was an American manufacturer of diverse electrical equipment, including at various times radio transceivers, vacuum tubes, semiconductors, and mainframe computers such as MOBIDIC. They were one of the companies involved in the development of the COBOL programming language. History The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consortium%20for%20the%20Barcode%20of%20Life
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, in Washington, DC. Barcoding w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellin%20inversion%20theorem
In mathematics, the Mellin inversion formula (named after Hjalmar Mellin) tells us conditions under which the inverse Mellin transform, or equivalently the inverse two-sided Laplace transform, are defined and recover the transformed function. Method If is analytic in the strip , and if it tends to zero uniformly as...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20C.%20Hull%20%28economist%29
John C. Hull is a Professor of Derivatives and Risk Management at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He is a respected researcher in the academic field of quantitative finance (see for example the Hull-White model) and is the author of two books on financial derivatives that are widely used...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amobarbital
Amobarbital (formerly known as amylobarbitone or sodium amytal as the soluble sodium salt) is a drug that is a barbiturate derivative. It has sedative-hypnotic properties. It is a white crystalline powder with no odor and a slightly bitter taste. It was first synthesized in Germany in 1923. It is considered a short to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy%27s%20theorem
In mathematics, Hardy's theorem is a result in complex analysis describing the behavior of holomorphic functions. Let be a holomorphic function on the open ball centered at zero and radius in the complex plane, and assume that is not a constant function. If one defines for then this function is strictly inc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20enzymes
Enzymes are listed here by their classification in the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology's Enzyme Commission (EC) numbering system: :Category:Oxidoreductases (EC 1) (Oxidoreductase) Dehydrogenase Luciferase DMSO reductase :Category:EC 1.1 (act on the CH-OH group of donors) :Category:EC 1.1.1 (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadamard%20three-circle%20theorem
In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, the Hadamard three-circle theorem is a result about the behavior of holomorphic functions. Let be a holomorphic function on the annulus Let be the maximum of on the circle Then, is a convex function of the logarithm Moreover, if is not of the form for some constan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection-slice%20theorem
In mathematics, the projection-slice theorem, central slice theorem or Fourier slice theorem in two dimensions states that the results of the following two calculations are equal: Take a two-dimensional function f(r), project (e.g. using the Radon transform) it onto a (one-dimensional) line, and do a Fourier transform...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperbolic%20motion%20%28relativity%29
Hyperbolic motion is the motion of an object with constant proper acceleration in special relativity. It is called hyperbolic motion because the equation describing the path of the object through spacetime is a hyperbola, as can be seen when graphed on a Minkowski diagram whose coordinates represent a suitable inertia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20electrode
A glass electrode is a type of ion-selective electrode made of a doped glass membrane that is sensitive to a specific ion. The most common application of ion-selective glass electrodes is for the measurement of pH. The pH electrode is an example of a glass electrode that is sensitive to hydrogen ions. Glass electrod...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%20Islands%20%28French%20Polynesia%29
The Bass Islands ( or ) consist primarily of Rapa Iti () and Marotiri (). They are usually considered to be the southernmost of the Austral Islands, although this classification is more one of geographic and political expediency than because of similarities between them and the rest of the Austral Islands. The Bass Is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retail%20Price%20Index
In the United Kingdom, the Retail Prices Index or Retail Price Index (RPI) is a measure of inflation published monthly by the Office for National Statistics. It measures the change in the cost of a representative sample of retail goods and services. As the RPI was held not to meet international statistical standards, ...