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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diflunisal | Diflunisal is a salicylic acid derivative with analgesic and anti-inflammatory activity. It was developed by Merck Sharp & Dohme in 1971, as MK647, after showing promise in a research project studying more potent chemical analogs of aspirin. It was first sold under the brand name Dolobid, marketed by Merck & Co., but g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood-oxygen-level-dependent%20imaging | Blood-oxygen-level-dependent imaging, or BOLD-contrast imaging, is a method used in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to observe different areas of the brain or other organs, which are found to be active at any given time.
Theory
Neurons do not have internal reserves of energy in the form of sugar and oxy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank%20correlation | In statistics, a rank correlation is any of several statistics that measure an ordinal association—the relationship between rankings of different ordinal variables or different rankings of the same variable, where a "ranking" is the assignment of the ordering labels "first", "second", "third", etc. to different observa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resonance%20chamber | A resonance chamber uses resonance to enhance the transfer of energy from a sound source (e.g. a vibrating string) to the air. The chamber has interior surfaces which reflect an acoustic wave. When a wave enters the chamber, it bounces back and forth within the chamber with low loss (See standing wave). As more wave en... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromerine | Macromerine is a phenethylamine derivative. It was first identified from the cactus Coryphantha macromeris. It can also be found in C. runyonii, C. elephantidens, and other related members of the family Cactaceae. The plants may have been used by Tarahumara shamans for their entheogenic effects.
Chemistry
Macromerin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weston%20cell | The Weston cell or Weston standard cell is a wet-chemical cell that produces a highly stable voltage suitable as a laboratory standard for calibration of voltmeters. Invented by Edward Weston in 1893, it was adopted as the International Standard for EMF from 1911 until superseded by the Josephson voltage standard in 19... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark%20cell | The Clark cell, invented by English engineer Josiah Latimer Clark in 1873, is a wet-chemical cell (colloquially: battery) that produces a highly stable voltage. In 1893, the output of the Clark cell at 15 °C was defined by the International Electrical Congress as 1.434 volts, and this definition became law in the Unite... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WCRW%20%28Chicago%29 | WCRW was an AM radio station in Chicago, Illinois, which operated on a "shared time" frequency until 1996 with two other stations, WEDC and WSBC, each broadcasting a part of the day.
History
Clinton White, a radio engineer, started the station in 1926. It initially operated on 720 kHz from studios at Waveland and Pin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal-to-quantization-noise%20ratio | Signal-to-quantization-noise ratio (SQNR or SNqR) is widely used quality measure in analysing digitizing schemes such as pulse-code modulation (PCM). The SQNR reflects the relationship between the maximum nominal signal strength and the quantization error (also known as quantization noise) introduced in the analog-to-d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor%20Pak | Igor Pak () (born 1971, Moscow, Soviet Union) is a professor of mathematics at the University of California, Los Angeles, working in combinatorics and discrete probability. He formerly taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Minnesota, and he is best known for his bijective proof of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon-13%20nuclear%20magnetic%20resonance | Carbon-13 (C13) nuclear magnetic resonance (most commonly known as carbon-13 NMR spectroscopy or 13C NMR spectroscopy or sometimes simply referred to as carbon NMR) is the application of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy to carbon. It is analogous to proton NMR ( NMR) and allows the identification of carbon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton%20nuclear%20magnetic%20resonance | Proton nuclear magnetic resonance (proton NMR, hydrogen-1 NMR, or 1H NMR) is the application of nuclear magnetic resonance in NMR spectroscopy with respect to hydrogen-1 nuclei within the molecules of a substance, in order to determine the structure of its molecules. In samples where natural hydrogen (H) is used, prac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBE3A | Ubiquitin-protein ligase E3A (UBE3A) also known as E6AP ubiquitin-protein ligase (E6AP) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the UBE3A gene. This enzyme is involved in targeting proteins for degradation within cells.
Protein degradation is a normal process that removes damaged or unnecessary proteins and helps ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20protection%20fluid | Fire Protection Fluid is a fluid that acts like water, looks like water, and flows like water, but does not get things wet in the same way as water. When discharged from a fire apparatus, it converts to a gas, due to its thermodynamic properties and suppresses fire when used at its extinguishing concentration to remov... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCCRA | OCCRA stands for Oakland County Competitive Robotics Association. OCCRA is an organized competition between the robotics teams of about 30 different high schools in Oakland County, Michigan, United States, that takes place each fall, beginning in early September and ending in early December.
OCCRA vs. FIRST Robotics
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-point%20tensor | Two-point tensors, or double vectors, are tensor-like quantities which transform as Euclidean vectors with respect to each of their indices. They are used in continuum mechanics to transform between reference ("material") and present ("configuration") coordinates. Examples include the deformation gradient and the first... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy%20stress%20tensor | In continuum mechanics, the Cauchy stress tensor (symbol , named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy), also called true stress tensor or simply stress tensor, completely defines the state of stress at a point inside a material in the deformed state, placement, or configuration. The second order tensor consists of nine componen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autotransplantation | Autotransplantation is the transplantation of organs, tissues, or even particular proteins from one part of the body to another in the same person (auto- meaning "self" in Greek).
The autologous tissue (also called autogenous, autogeneic, or autogenic tissue) transplanted by such a procedure is called an autograft or ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mosquito | The Mosquito or Mosquito alarm is a machine used to deter loitering by emitting sound at high frequency. In some versions, it is intentionally tuned to be heard primarily by younger people. Nicknamed "Mosquito" for the buzzing sound it plays, the device is marketed as a safety and security tool for preventing youths f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy%20in%20thermodynamics%20and%20information%20theory | The mathematical expressions for thermodynamic entropy in the statistical thermodynamics formulation established by Ludwig Boltzmann and J. Willard Gibbs in the 1870s are similar to the information entropy by Claude Shannon and Ralph Hartley, developed in the 1940s.
Equivalence of form of the defining expressions
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZJ | ZJ or zJ may refer to:
ZJ theorem, a mathematical theorem proven by George Glauberman
Jeep Grand Cherokee (ZJ), an automobile style used in the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Jeep Grand Wagoneer
Zambezi Airlines (IATA airline designator )
Zeptojoule (zJ), an SI unit of energy
Zettajoule (ZJ), an SI unit of energy
Z... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bondy%27s%20theorem | In mathematics, Bondy's theorem is a bound on the number of elements needed to distinguish the sets in a family of sets from each other. It belongs to the field of combinatorics, and is named after John Adrian Bondy, who published it in 1972.
Statement
The theorem is as follows:
Let X be a set with n elements and let... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm%20glass | The storm glass or chemical weather glass was an instrument claimed to help predict weather. It consists of a special liquid placed inside a sealed transparent glass. The state of crystallization within the liquid was believed to be related to the weather. The inventor is unknown but the device became popular in the 18... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipolar | Multipolar or multipolarity can refer to:
Polarity (international relations)
Multipolar neuron
A multipolar language is another term for a pluricentric language, a language which is evolving among native speakers in two or more distinct places or polities.
See also
Tripolar (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intracellular%20receptor | Intracellular receptors are globular protein receptors located inside the cell rather than on its cell membrane. The word intracellular means "within or inside a cell". Molecules that cross a cell membrane to bind with a receptor are generally nonpolar and may be relatively small. These molecules are also known as liga... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeal%20Monachorum | Zeal Monachorum (; Latin translation Cell of the Monks) is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, about north-west of Exeter, situated on the River Yeo. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 398. The village is in the electoral ward of Taw whose population at the 2011 Ce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorectal%20coil%20magnetic%20resonance%20imaging | Endorectal coil magnetic resonance imaging or endorectal coil MRI is a type of medical imaging in which MRI is used in conjunction with a coil placed into the rectum in order to obtain high quality images of the area surrounding the rectum. The technique has demonstrated higher accuracy than other modalities in assessi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Cave | Crystal Cave may refer to:
Crystal Cave, Bermuda
Crystal Cave (Kentucky)
Crystal Cave (Ohio)
Crystal Cave (Pennsylvania)
Crystal Cave (Sequoia National Park)
Crystal Cave (Western Australia)
Crystal Cave (Wisconsin)
Cave of the Crystals (Cueva de los Cristales), Naica mine, Chihuahua, Mexico
Crystal Cave in S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting%20Bull%20Crystal%20Caverns | Sitting Bull Crystal Caverns is a limestone cave complex nine miles south of Rapid City, South Dakota on the way to Mount Rushmore and by the Wind Cave National Park. For eight decades, the cave was open for the public to tour daily from Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day weekend.
The cave was discovered by the Duhamel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vapor%20barrier | A vapor barrier (or vapour barrier) is any material used for damp proofing, typically a plastic or foil sheet, that resists diffusion of moisture through the wall, floor, ceiling, or roof assemblies of buildings and of packaging to prevent interstitial condensation. Technically, many of these materials are only vapor r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray-banded%20kingsnake | The gray-banded kingsnake (Lampropeltis alterna), sometimes referred to as the alterna or the Davis Mountain king snake, is a species of nonvenomous snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the southwestern United States and adjacent Mexico. Some sources list two distinct subspecies of Lampropeltis alt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suction%20cup | A suction cup, also known as a sucker, is a device or object that uses the negative fluid pressure of air or water to adhere to nonporous surfaces, creating a partial vacuum.
Suction cups are peripheral traits of some animals such as octopuses and squids, and have been reproduced artificially for numerous purposes.
T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1683%20in%20music | The year 1683 in music involved some significant events.
Events
Henry Purcell becomes organ maker and keeper of the king's instruments at the Chapel Royal.
Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers publishes his Dissertation sur le chant grégorien
Thomas D’Urfey publishes New Collection of Songs and Poems
Michel Richard Delalande... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutidine | Lutidine is the trivial name used to describe the chemical compounds which are dimethyl derivatives of pyridine. Their chemical properties resemble those of pyridine, although the presence of the methyl groups may prohibit some of the more straightforward reactions. Lutidine comes in several isomers:
2,3-Lutidine (2,3... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q%20cycle | The Q cycle (named for quinol) describes a series of reactions that describe how the sequential oxidation and reduction of the lipophilic electron carrier Coenzyme Q (CoQ) between the ubiquinol and ubiquinone forms, can result in the net movement of protons across a lipid bilayer (in the case of the mitochondria, the i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic%20lattice | Cubic lattice may refer to:
Cubic crystal system
Cubic honeycomb vertex arrangement
Integer lattice Z3 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noongar%20kin%20systems | In the tribal law of the Noongar, an indigenous Australian people, a kinship classification system determined descent and inheritance, and enforced restrictions on intermarriage between certain groups.
Types
Western Australia: An atlas of human endeavour divides the Noongar classification systems into four types:
Pe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%20noise%20%28disambiguation%29 | Brown noise may refer to:
Brownian noise, signal noise with a 1/f2 power spectrum
Brown note, a tone at a certain frequency said to cause loss of bowel control
"World Wide Recorder Concert", also known as The Brown Noise, an episode of South Park |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference%20of%20Gaussians | In imaging science, difference of Gaussians (DoG) is a feature enhancement algorithm that involves the subtraction of one Gaussian blurred version of an original image from another, less blurred version of the original. In the simple case of grayscale images, the blurred images are obtained by convolving the original g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20iron%20metabolism | Human iron metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that maintain human homeostasis of iron at the systemic and cellular level. Iron is both necessary to the body and potentially toxic. Controlling iron levels in the body is a critically important part of many aspects of human health and disease. Hematologists have... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallet%20finger | A mallet finger, also known as hammer finger or PLF finger or Hannan finger, is an extensor tendon injury at the farthest away finger joint. This results in the inability to extend the finger tip without pushing it. There is generally pain and bruising at the back side of the farthest away finger joint.
A mallet finge... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20trading | Electronic trading, sometimes called e-trading, is the buying and selling of stocks, bonds, foreign currencies, financial derivatives, cryptocurrencies, and other financial instruments online. This is typically done using electronic trading platforms where traders can place orders and have them executed at a trading v... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undercurrent%20%28Bill%20Evans%20and%20Jim%20Hall%20album%29 | Undercurrent is a 1962 album by jazz pianist Bill Evans and jazz guitarist Jim Hall. The two men collaborated again in 1966 on the album Intermodulation.
Cover and releases
The front cover image for Undercurrent is Toni Frissell's photograph "Weeki Wachee Spring, Florida". The album was originally released on United A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%20algorithm | A division algorithm is an algorithm which, given two integers N and D (respectively the numerator and the denominator), computes their quotient and/or remainder, the result of Euclidean division. Some are applied by hand, while others are employed by digital circuit designs and software.
Division algorithms fall into... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lux%20Aeterna | Lux Aeterna may refer to:
Lux Aeterna (Communion), the Communion antiphon for the Roman Catholic Requiem Mass
As such, it has often been set to music. The following works are settings of it, or have been inspired by it:
Lux Aeterna (Dave Fitzgerald album) (1997)
Lux Aeterna (Terje Rypdal album) (2002)
Lux Aeterna ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20long-beaked%20echidna | The western long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bruijnii) is one of the four extant echidnas and one of three species of Zaglossus that occurs in New Guinea. Originally described as Tachyglossus bruijnii, this is the type species of Zaglossus.
Description
The western long-beaked echidna is an egg-laying mammal. Unlike the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echidna%20flea | The echidna flea (Bradiopsylla echidnae) is the larger of two species of flea commonly found on the short-beaked echidna. It is monotypic, that is, the only species in the genus. This flea reaches 4 millimetres in length and has been claimed to be the world's largest flea. This statement is in error as the world's larg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm%20Ekelund | Vilhelm Ekelund (October 14, 1880 – September 3, 1949) was a Swedish poet. He is best known for his collections of poetry, such as Havets stjärna (1906), and Melodier i skymning (1902). His works often focus on the beauty of nature and the struggle between nature and modern life.
Career
The works of Ekelund were influ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIRST%20Robotics%20Competition | FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) is an international high school robotics competition. Each year, teams of high school students, coaches, and mentors work during a six-week period to build robots capable of competing in that year's game that weigh up to . Robots complete tasks such as scoring balls into goals, placing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20of%20Scotland | The climate of Scotland is mostly temperate and oceanic (Köppen climate classification Cfb), and tends to be very changeable, but rarely extreme. It is warmed by the Gulf Stream from the Atlantic, and given its northerly latitude it is much warmer than areas on similar latitudes, for example Kamchatka in Russia or Labr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%27s%20theorem%20in%20geometry | In geometry, Euler's theorem states that the distance d between the circumcenter and incenter of a triangle is given by
or equivalently
where and denote the circumradius and inradius respectively (the radii of the circumscribed circle and inscribed circle respectively). The theorem is named for Leonhard Euler, who... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20noise | In radio reception, radio noise (commonly referred to as radio static) is unwanted random radio frequency electrical signals, fluctuating voltages, always present in a radio receiver in addition to the desired radio signal. Radio noise near in frequency to the radio signal being received (in the receiver's passband) in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposition%2071 | Proposition 71 may refer to:
2004 California Proposition 71, a California voter initiative to support stem cell research
2014 Washington, D.C. Initiative 71, a Washington, D.C. voter initiative to legalize recreational marijuana |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinner%20at%20Eight%20%281933%20film%29 | Dinner at Eight is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor from a screenplay by Frances Marion and Herman J. Mankiewicz, based on George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber's 1932 play of the same title. The film features an ensemble cast of Marie Dressler, John Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Jean Harlow,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucocerebrosidase | β-Glucocerebrosidase (also called acid β-glucosidase, D-glucosyl-N-acylsphingosine glucohydrolase, or GCase) is an enzyme with glucosylceramidase activity () that cleaves by hydrolysis the β-glycosidic linkage of the chemical glucocerebroside, an intermediate in glycolipid metabolism that is abundant in cell membranes ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degradative%20enzyme | A degradative enzyme is an enzyme (in a broader sense a protein) which degrades biological molecules. Some examples of degradative enzymes:
Lipase, which digests lipids,
Carbohydrases, which digest carbohydrates (e.g., sugars),
Proteases, which digest proteins,
Nucleases, which digest nucleic acids.
Cathelicidins, anti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucocerebroside | Glucocerebroside (also called glucosylceramide) is any of the cerebrosides in which the monosaccharide head group is glucose.
Clinical significance
In Gaucher's disease, the enzyme glucocerebrosidase is nonfunctional and cannot break down glucocerebroside into glucose and ceramide in the lysosome. Affected macrophage... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20Warfare | Mobile warfare () is a military strategy of the People’s Republic of China employing conventional forces on fluid fronts with units maneuvering to exploit opportunities for tactical surprise, or where a local superiority of forces can be realized. One of early CCP leader Mao Zedong's three forms of warfare (), mobile w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leukemia%20inhibitory%20factor | Leukemia inhibitory factor, or LIF, is an interleukin 6 class cytokine that affects cell growth by inhibiting differentiation. When LIF levels drop, the cells differentiate.
Function
LIF derives its name from its ability to induce the terminal differentiation of myeloid leukemic cells, thus preventing their continued... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%207070 | IBM 7070 is a decimal-architecture intermediate data-processing system that was introduced by IBM in 1958. It was part of the IBM 700/7000 series, and was based on discrete transistors rather than the vacuum tubes of the 1950s. It was the company's first transistorized stored-program computer.
The 7070 was expected to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-lactoglobulin | β-Lactoglobulin (BLG) is the major whey protein of cow and sheep's milk (~3 g/L), and is also present in many other mammalian species; a notable exception being humans. Its structure, properties and biological role have been reviewed many times. BLG is considered to be a milk allergen.
Function
The major protein in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across | Across may refer to:
Technology and engineering
Across Language Server, a software platform
ACROSS Project, an R&D project in social robotics
Suzuki Across (motorcycle), a motorcycle manufactured by Suzuki
Suzuki Across (crossover), an automobile based on the Toyota RAV4
Arts and entertainment
Across Entertainme... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed | Mixed is the past tense of mix.
Mixed may refer to:
Mixed (United Kingdom ethnicity category), an ethnicity category that has been used by the United Kingdom's Office for National Statistics since the 2001 Census
Music
Mixed (album), a compilation album of two avant-garde jazz sessions featuring performances by t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaas%20Kuiper | Nicolaas Hendrik Kuiper (; 28 June 1920 – 12 December 1994) was a Dutch mathematician, known for Kuiper's test and proving Kuiper's theorem. He also contributed to the Nash embedding theorem.
Kuiper studied at University of Leiden in 1937-41, and worked as a secondary school teacher of mathematics in Dordrecht in 1942... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein%20automaton | In computer science, a Levenshtein automaton for a string w and a number n is a finite-state automaton that can recognize the set of all strings whose Levenshtein distance from w is at most n. That is, a string x is in the formal language recognized by the Levenshtein automaton if and only if x can be transformed into ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20David%27s%20long-beaked%20echidna | Sir David's long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus attenboroughi), also known as Attenborough's long-beaked echidna or the Cyclops long-beaked echidna, is one of the three species from the genus Zaglossus that occurs in New Guinea. It is named in honour of naturalist Sir David Attenborough. It lives in the Cyclops Mountains, w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piaggio%20P.XI | The Piaggio P.XI was an Italian 14-cylinder radial aircraft engine. The P.XI was a licensed derivative of the French Gnome-Rhône Mistral Major 14K produced in Italy.
Further development led to the P.XIX. This featured an increased compression ratio from 6:1 to 7:1 and an rpm increase from 2,400 to 2,600.
Variants
P.X... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20long-beaked%20echidna | The eastern long-beaked echidna (Zaglossus bartoni), also known as Barton's long-beaked echidna, is one of three species from the genus Zaglossus to occur in New Guinea. It is found mainly in the eastern half at elevations between .
Description
The eastern long-beaked echidna can be distinguished from other members of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kestrel | The term kestrel (from , derivative from , i.e. ratchet) is the common name given to several species of predatory birds from the falcon genus Falco. Kestrels are most easily distinguished by their typical hunting behaviour which is to hover at a height of around over open country and swoop down on ground prey, usually... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%20filtering | Carbon filtering is a method of filtering that uses a bed of activated carbon to remove impurities from a fluid using adsorption.
Mechanism
Carbon filtering works by adsorption, in which pollutants in the fluid to be treated are trapped inside the pore structure of a carbon substrate. The substrate is made of many car... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steel%20Bank%20Common%20Lisp | Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) is a free Common Lisp implementation that features a high-performance native compiler, Unicode support and threading.
The name "Steel Bank Common Lisp" is a reference to Carnegie Mellon University Common Lisp from which SBCL forked: Andrew Carnegie made his fortune in the steel industry a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racket%20%28programming%20language%29 | Racket is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm programming language and a multi-platform distribution that includes the Racket language, compiler, large standard library, IDE, development tools, and a set of additional languages including Typed Racket (a sister language of Racket with a static type-checker), Swindle, FrTi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener%E2%80%93Khinchin%20theorem | In applied mathematics, the Wiener–Khinchin theorem or Wiener–Khintchine theorem, also known as the Wiener–Khinchin–Einstein theorem or the Khinchin–Kolmogorov theorem, states that the autocorrelation function of a wide-sense-stationary random process has a spectral decomposition given by the power spectral density of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Bureau%20of%20Shipping | The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) is an American maritime classification society established in 1862. Its stated mission to promote the security of life, property, and the natural environment, primarily through the development and verification of standards for the design, construction and operational maintenance of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersingular%20variety | In mathematics, a supersingular variety is (usually) a smooth projective variety in nonzero characteristic such that for all n the slopes of the Newton polygon of the nth crystalline cohomology are all n/2 . For special classes of varieties such as elliptic curves it is common to use various ad hoc definitions of "supe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collidine | Collidine is the trivial name used to describe the chemical compounds which are trimethyl derivatives of pyridine. Their chemical properties resemble those of pyridine, although the presence of the methyl groups may prohibit some of the more straightforward reactions. Collidine comes in several isomers:
2,3,4-Collidin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepcidin | Hepcidin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HAMP gene. Hepcidin is a key regulator of the entry of iron into the circulation in mammals.
During conditions in which the hepcidin level is abnormally high, such as inflammation, serum iron falls due to iron trapping within macrophages and liver cells and decrea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K562%20cells | K562 cells were the first human immortalised myelogenous leukemia cell line to be established. K562 cells are of the erythroleukemia type, and the cell line is derived from a 53-year-old female chronic myelogenous leukemia patient in blast crisis. The cells are non-adherent and rounded, are positive for the bcr:abl fu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20statistics%20in%20basketball | Advanced statistics (also known as analytics or APBRmetrics) in basketball refers to the analysis of basketball statistics using objective evidence. APBRmetrics takes its name from the acronym APBR, which stands for the Association for Professional Basketball Research.
According to The Sporting News, the APBRmetrics m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferroportin | Ferroportin-1, also known as solute carrier family 40 member 1 (SLC40A1) or iron-regulated transporter 1 (IREG1), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC40A1 gene, and is part of the Ferroportin (Fpn) Family (TC# 2.A.100). Ferroportin is a transmembrane protein that transports iron from the inside of a cell t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20V.%20Boys | Sir Charles Vernon Boys, FRS (15 March 1855 – 30 March 1944) was a British physicist, known for his careful and innovative experimental work in the fields of thermodynamics and high-speed photography, and as a popular science communicator through his books, inventions, and his public lectures for children.
Early life ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%20unit | In France, an urban unit (fr: "unité urbaine") is a statistical area defined by INSEE, the French national statistics office, for the measurement of contiguously built-up areas. According to the INSEE definition , an "unité urbaine" is a commune alone or a grouping of communes which: a) form a single unbroken spread of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol%20III | Protocol III is a 2005 amendment protocol to the Geneva Conventions relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem. Under the protocol, the protective sign of the Red Crystal may be displayed by medical and religious personnel at times of war, instead of the traditional Red Cross or Red Crescent symbols. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WDSC-TV | WDSC-TV (channel 24) is an independent non-commercial educational television station licensed to New Smyrna Beach, Florida, United States. Owned by Daytona State College, the station maintains studios at the Center for Educational Telecommunications on the DSC campus in Daytona Beach, and its transmitter is located nea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares%20Vallis | Ares Vallis is an outflow channel on Mars, named after the Greek name for Mars: Ares, the god of war; it appears to have been carved by fluids, perhaps water. The valley 'flows' northwest out of the hilly Margaritifer Terra, where the Iani Chaos depression long and wide) is connected to the beginning of Ares Valli... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubator%20%28culture%29 | An incubator is a device used to grow and maintain microbiological cultures or cell cultures. The incubator maintains optimal temperature, humidity and other conditions such as the CO2 and oxygen content of the atmosphere inside. Incubators are essential for much experimental work in cell biology, microbiology and mole... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus%20Europa%20S | The Lotus Europa S (Type 121) is a two-seat mid-engine sports car, designed to be a more toned down and comfortable variant of the driver focused Lotus Elise and its derivative, the Exige. The Europa S is a modern version of the Europa line of the 1960s and 1970s.
The Europa S features a larger boot (trunk), greater s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospels%20for%20the%20Sick | Gospels for the Sick is the first album by Scum.
The album was recorded at Crystal Canyon Studios in Oslo in one session in 2004 and released in Norway in fall 2005, in August in Europe and October in North America.
The album is noted for being a very unusual style of black metal fused with hardcore punk influences.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cretaceous%20Mongolia | Cretaceous Mongolia is one of the strangest and best preserved of all Mesozoic ecosystems. The shifting sand of what was, even then, the Gobi Desert have ensured that fossils of the animals that lived there can be found in exactly the position in which they were buried, with most of the bones together. The most notable... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrowski%27s%20theorem | In number theory, Ostrowski's theorem, due to Alexander Ostrowski (1916), states that every non-trivial absolute value on the rational numbers is equivalent to either the usual real absolute value or a -adic absolute value.
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Two absolute values and on the rationals are defined to be equivalent if they i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branched-chain%20alpha-keto%20acid%20dehydrogenase%20complex | The branched-chain α-ketoacid dehydrogenase complex (BCKDC or BCKDH complex) is a multi-subunit complex of enzymes that is found on the mitochondrial inner membrane. This enzyme complex catalyzes the oxidative decarboxylation of branched, short-chain alpha-ketoacids. BCKDC is a member of the mitochondrial α-ketoacid de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Stieda | Alexander Nicholas Ernst Stieda (born April 13, 1961) is a former professional road bicycle racer from Canada. Stieda led five classifications of the Tour de France on the second day of the 1986 Tour de France: the general classification, the mountains classification, the combination classification, the intermediate s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics%20Denmark | Statistics Denmark () is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, reporting to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating statistics on the Danish society, including employment statistics, trade balance, and demographics.
Statis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh%20%28Hasidic%20dynasty%29 | Pittsburgh is a Hasidic dynasty founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1924 by Rabbi Yosef Leifer, a Hungarian rabbi and descendant of Rabbi Mordechai of Nadvorna. This is one of the few Hasidic dynasties named after an American city (others are Boston, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Philadelphia).
After flourishing in Amer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aceruloplasminemia | Aceruloplasminemia is a rare autosomal recessive disorder in which the liver can not synthesize the protein ceruloplasmin properly, which is needed to transport copper around the blood. Copper deficiency in the brain results in neurological problems that generally appear in adulthood and worsen over time.
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Acerulopla... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup%20I-M170 | Haplogroup I (M170) is a Y-chromosome DNA haplogroup. It is a subgroup of haplogroup IJ, which itself is a derivative of the haplogroup IJK. Subclades I1 and I2 can be found in most present-day European populations, with peaks in some Northern European and Southeastern European countries.
Haplogroup I appears to have ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinel%20value | In computer programming, a sentinel value (also referred to as a flag value, trip value, rogue value, signal value, or dummy data) is a special value in the context of an algorithm which uses its presence as a condition of termination, typically in a loop or recursive algorithm.
The sentinel value is a form of in-band... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full-range%20speaker | A full-range loudspeaker drive unit is defined as a driver which reproduces as much of the audible frequency range as possible, within the limitations imposed by the physical constraints of a specific design. The frequency range of these drivers is maximized through the use of a whizzer cone and other means. Most singl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed%20algorithm | A distributed algorithm is an algorithm designed to run on computer hardware constructed from interconnected processors. Distributed algorithms are used in different application areas of distributed computing, such as telecommunications, scientific computing, distributed information processing, and real-time process co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstitial%20cell%20of%20Cajal | Interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC) are interstitial cells found in the gastrointestinal tract. Before considering these cells further, it is of utmost physiological importance to consider that these cells arise, during embryonic development, from local gut mesenchyme -- NOT neural crest cells. There are different types ... |
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