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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift%20Engineering
Swift Engineering is an American spacecraft engineering firm that builds autonomous systems, helicopters, submarines, spacecraft, ground vehicles, robotics, and composite parts. Swift used to produce racing cars for open-wheel racing series, including Formula Ford, Formula Atlantic, the Champ Car World Series and Formu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroclinic%20orbit
[[Image:Heteroclinic orbit in pendulum phaseportrait.png|thumb|right|The phase portrait of the pendulum equation {{math|1=''x + sin x = 0}}. The highlighted curve shows the heteroclinic orbit from to . This orbit corresponds with the (rigid) pendulum starting upright, making one revolution through its lowest position,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peixoto%27s%20theorem
In the theory of dynamical systems, Peixoto's theorem, proved by Maurício Peixoto, states that among all smooth flows on surfaces, i.e. compact two-dimensional manifolds, structurally stable systems may be characterized by the following properties: The set of non-wandering points consists only of periodic orbits and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos%20772
Kosmos 772 ( meaning Cosmos 772) was an uncrewed military Soyuz 7K-S test. It was an unsuccessful mission as only one transmitter worked. Only the 166 MHz frequency transmitter operated, all of the other normal Soyuz wavelengths transmitters failed. The experience from these flights were used in the development of the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicine
Vicine is an alkaloid glycoside found mainly in fava beans, which are also called broad beans (Vicia faba). Vicine is toxic in individuals who have a hereditary loss of the enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. It causes haemolytic anaemia, called favism. The formation of vicine in Vicia faba has been studied, but ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low%20smoke%20zero%20halogen
Low smoke zero halogen or low smoke free of halogen (LSZH or LSOH or LS0H or LSFH or OHLS or ZHFR) is a material classification typically used for cable jacketing in the wire and cable industry. LSZH cable jacketing is composed of thermoplastic or thermoset compounds that emit limited smoke and no halogen when exposed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocrine%20pancreatic%20insufficiency
Exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) is the inability to properly digest food due to a lack or reduction of digestive enzymes made by the pancreas. EPI can occur in humans and is prevalent in many conditions such as cystic fibrosis, Shwachman–Diamond syndrome, different types of pancreatitis, multiple types of diab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycoprotein%20IIb/IIIa%20inhibitors
In medicine, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors, also GpIIb/IIIa inhibitors, is a class of antiplatelet agents. Several GpIIb/IIIa inhibitors exist: abciximab (abcixifiban) (ReoPro) eptifibatide (Integrilin) tirofiban (Aggrastat) roxifiban orbofiban Use Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors are frequently used during...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycoprotein%20IIb/IIIa
In biochemistry and medicine, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa (GPIIb/IIIa, also known as integrin αIIbβ3) is an integrin complex found on platelets. It is a transmembrane receptor for fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor, and aids platelet activation. The complex is formed via calcium-dependent association of gpIIb and gpIIIa, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hern%C3%A1n%20Giraldo
Hernán Giraldo Serna (born August 16, 1948), also known as the "Lord of the Sierra", is the leader of the Colombian paramilitary organization Tayrona Resistance Block, a 1,166-member armed group, part of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia. Colombian prosecutors have labeled Giraldo “One of the riches narco para...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juxtacrine%20signalling
In biology, juxtacrine signalling (or contact-dependent signalling) is a type of cell–cell or cell–extracellular matrix signalling in multicellular organisms that requires close contact. In this type of signalling, a ligand on one surface binds to a receptor on another adjacent surface. Hence, this stands in contrast t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLAG-tag
FLAG-tag, or FLAG octapeptide, or FLAG epitope, is a peptide protein tag that can be added to a protein using recombinant DNA technology, having the sequence DYKDDDDK (where D=aspartic acid, Y=tyrosine, and K=lysine). It is one of the most specific tags and it is an artificial antigen to which specific, high affinity m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zimbabweite
Zimbabweite is a mineral; formula . It is generally classed as an arsenite but is notable for also containing niobium and tantalum. A yellow brown mineral with orthorhombic crystal habit and a hardness of 5. It was discovered in 1986 in kaolinized pegmatite, i.e. weathered to clay, in Zimbabwe. References Sodium m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOSUI
SOSUI is a free online tool that predicts a part of the secondary structure of proteins from a given amino acid sequence (AAS). The main objective is to determine whether the protein in question is a soluble or a transmembrane protein. History SOSUI's algorithm was developed in 1996 at Tokyo University. The name means...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBAT
The acronym IBAT may refer to: Ileal bile acid transporter, a protein also known as SLC10A2; Institute of Business Administration and Training in India; The Institute of Business and Technology (IBaT) in Dublin, Ireland; Interscapular brown adipose tissue, also known as Hibernating gland; Instruction Block Addres...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirap
Tirap can refer to: Tirap district, district in Arunachal Pradesh Tirap River, river that flows in Tirap district Tirap, Kenya TIRAP, toll-interleukin 1 receptor domain containing adaptor protein
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GWR%20locomotive%20numbering%20and%20classification
The GWR was the longest-lived of the pre-nationalisation railway companies in Britain, surviving the 'Grouping' of the railways in 1923 almost unchanged. As a result, the history of its numbering and classification of locomotives is relatively complicated. This page explains the principal systems that were used. For ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20systems%20of%20plant%20taxonomy
This list of systems of plant taxonomy presents "taxonomic systems" used in plant classification. A taxonomic system is a coherent whole of taxonomic judgments on circumscription and placement of the considered taxa. It is only a "system" if it is applied to a large group of such taxa (for example, all the flowering p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorne%20system
A system of plant taxonomy, the Thorne system of plant classification was devised by the American botanist Robert F. Thorne (1920–2015) in 1968, and he continued to issue revisions over many years (1968–2007). Some versions of the system are available online. The Bioinformatics Working Group Center for the Study of Di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backmarking
In constraint satisfaction, backmarking is a variant of the backtracking algorithm. Backmarking works like backtracking by iteratively evaluating variables in a given order, for example, . It improves over backtracking by maintaining information about the last time a variable was instantiated to a value and informati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRAPP%20complex
TRAPP (TRAnsport Protein Particle) is a protein involved in particle transport between organelles. Protein folding and the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER) Proteins that are destined for the plasma membrane or export to the extracellular environment in eukaryotic cells are translated on ribosomes that sit on the rough endop...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stearidonic%20acid
Stearidonic acid (SDA: C18H28O2; 18:4, n-3) is an ω-3 fatty acid, sometimes called moroctic acid. It is biosynthesized from alpha-linolenic acid (ALA: C18H30O2; 18:3, n-3) by the enzyme delta-6-desaturase, that removes two hydrogen (H) atoms from a fatty acid, creating a carbon/carbon double bonding, via an oxygen requ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Flagler%20Cary%20Arboretum
The Mary Flagler Cary Arboretum (1,924 acres; 7.7 km²) is a nonprofit arboretum located on U.S. Route 44 near Millbrook, New York. It is operated by the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, and open to the public without an admission fee. The arboretum was established by Mary Flagler Cary (1901–1967), a granddaughter o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workcell
A workcell is an arrangement of resources in a manufacturing environment to improve the quality, speed and cost of the process. Workcells are designed to improve these by improving process flow and eliminating waste. They are based on the principles of Lean Manufacturing as described in The Machine That Changed the W...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20West%20Ham%20United%20F.C.%20records%20and%20statistics
This article lists records and statistics associated with West Ham United. Team records Scoring records Biggest victory: 10–0 v Bury, Football League Cup (25 October 1983) Biggest league win: 8–0 v Rotherham United (8 March 1958), and v Sunderland (19 October 1968) Biggest defeat: 0–7 v Barnsley (1 September 1919)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solving%20the%20geodesic%20equations
Solving the geodesic equations is a procedure used in mathematics, particularly Riemannian geometry, and in physics, particularly in general relativity, that results in obtaining geodesics. Physically, these represent the paths of (usually ideal) particles with no proper acceleration, their motion satisfying the geodes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film%20rights
Film rights are rights under copyright law to produce a film as a derivative work of a given item of intellectual property. In US law, these rights belong to the holder of the copyright, who may sell (or "option") them to someone in the film industry—usually a producer or director, or sometimes a specialist broker of s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peripheral%20giant-cell%20granuloma
Peripheral giant-cell granuloma (PGCG) is an oral pathologic condition that appears in the mouth as an overgrowth of tissue due to irritation or trauma. Because of its overwhelming incidence on the gingiva, the condition is associated with two other diseases, pyogenic granuloma and peripheral ossifying fibroma. These ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen%20Little
Glen Matthew Little (born 15 October 1975) is an English footballer. Born in Wimbledon, London, he also previously played for Burnley, Derry City, Glentoran, Crystal Palace, Sheffield United, Wrexham and Aldershot Town. He has also appeared in the Premier League for Bolton Wanderers, Reading and Portsmouth. Career Cr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20nature%20conservation%20organizations
This is a list of nature conservation organisations that primarily aim to protect species, their habitats, and ecosystems. List of international conservation organisations African Wild Dog Conservancy - dedicated to conserving the African wild dog African Wildlife Foundation - ensuring that wildlife and wild lands th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Hunt%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201981%29
Stephen Patrick Hunt (born 1 August 1981) is an Irish former professional footballer who played as a winger for Crystal Palace, Brentford, Reading, Hull City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Ipswich Town and Coventry City. At international level, he made 39 appearances scoring once for the Republic of Ireland national team. H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotin%20carboxyl%20carrier%20protein
Biotin carboxyl carrier protein (BCCP) refers to proteins containing a biotin attachment domain that carry biotin and carboxybiotin throughout the ATP-dependent carboxylation by biotin-dependent carboxylases. The biotin carboxyl carrier protein is an Acetyl CoA subunit that allows for Acetyl CoA to be catalyzed and con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20optimization
Adaptive optimization is a technique in computer science that performs dynamic recompilation of portions of a program based on the current execution profile. With a simple implementation, an adaptive optimizer may simply make a trade-off between just-in-time compilation and interpreting instructions. At another level, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebulin
Nebulin is an actin-binding protein which is localized to the thin filament of the sarcomeres in skeletal muscle. Nebulin in humans is coded for by the gene NEB. It is a very large protein (600–900 kDa) and binds as many as 200 actin monomers. Because its length is proportional to thin filament length, it is believed t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trypsin%20inhibitor
A trypsin inhibitor (TI) is a protein and a type of serine protease inhibitor (serpin) that reduces the biological activity of trypsin by controlling the activation and catalytic reactions of proteins. Trypsin is an enzyme involved in the breakdown of many different proteins, primarily as part of digestion in humans an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Aerial%20Robotics%20Competition
The International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC) began in 1991 on the campus of the Georgia Institute of Technology and is the longest running university-based robotics competition in the world. Since 1991, collegiate teams with the backing of industry and government have fielded autonomous flying robots in an atte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPV
TPV may refer to: Tampereen Pallo-Veikot, Finnish football club Temporary protection visa, document issued to refugees by Australia Thermophotovoltaic, conversion of heat to electricity by a photovoltaic process Thermoplastic Vulcanizate (thermoplastic elastomer), a material which both heat-moldable and elastic T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard%20Modern
Bernhard Modern is a modern style classification serif typeface designed by Lucian Bernhard in 1937 for the American Type Founders (ATF). Lucian Bernhard's Bernhard Modern typeface was the ATF's response to the many popular old-style engraving faces of the early 20th century. A somewhat decorative text typeface, it is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTR
In cryptography, XTR is an algorithm for public-key encryption. XTR stands for 'ECSTR', which is an abbreviation for Efficient and Compact Subgroup Trace Representation. It is a method to represent elements of a subgroup of a multiplicative group of a finite field. To do so, it uses the trace over to represent element...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raphide
Raphides ( ; singular raphide or raphis) are needle-shaped crystals of calcium oxalate monohydrate (prismatic monoclinic crystals) or calcium carbonate as aragonite (dipyramidal orthorhombic crystals), found in more than 200 families of plants. Both ends are needle-like, but raphides tend to be blunt at one end and s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aladzha%20Monastery
Aladzha Monastery (Bulgarian: Аладжа манастир) is a medieval Orthodox Christian cave monastery complex in northeastern Bulgaria, 17 km north of central Varna and 3 km west of Golden Sands beach resort, in a protected forest area adjacent to the Golden Sands Nature Park. The monastery caves were hewn into a 25-m high v...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20L.%20Lehninger
Albert Lester Lehninger (February 17, 1917 – March 4, 1986) was an American biochemist in the field of bioenergetics. He made fundamental contributions to the current understanding of metabolism at a molecular level. In 1948, he discovered, with Eugene P. Kennedy, that mitochondria are the site of oxidative phosphoryla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zincobotryogen
Zincobotryogen is a hydrous sulfate mineral with the chemical formula . It forms bright orange red monoclinic prismatic crystals that exhibit a vitreous to greasy luster. Its specific gravity is 2.201 and it has a Mohs hardness of 2.5. It is a rare secondary mineral which forms in arid climates by alteration of other...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serrasalmus%20geryi
Serrasalmus geryi, scientifically designated as the violet line piranha or Gery's piranha, represents a distinctive member within the Serrasalmidae family, the taxonomical classification that includes piranhas. This species inhabits the lower reaches of the Tocantins and Araguaia Rivers in the nation of Brazil. Notabl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldberg%E2%80%93Sachs%20theorem
The Goldberg–Sachs theorem is a result in Einstein's theory of general relativity about vacuum solutions of the Einstein field equations relating the existence of a certain type of congruence with algebraic properties of the Weyl tensor. More precisely, the theorem states that a vacuum solution of the Einstein field e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frobenius%20theorem%20%28real%20division%20algebras%29
In mathematics, more specifically in abstract algebra, the Frobenius theorem, proved by Ferdinand Georg Frobenius in 1877, characterizes the finite-dimensional associative division algebras over the real numbers. According to the theorem, every such algebra is isomorphic to one of the following: (the real numbers) ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthetic%20reaction%20centre
A photosynthetic reaction center is a complex of several proteins, pigments and other co-factors that together execute the primary energy conversion reactions of photosynthesis. Molecular excitations, either originating directly from sunlight or transferred as excitation energy via light-harvesting antenna systems, giv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-harvesting%20complex
A light-harvesting complex consists of a number of chromophores which are complex subunit proteins that may be part of a larger super complex of a photosystem, the functional unit in photosynthesis. It is used by plants and photosynthetic bacteria to collect more of the incoming light than would be captured by the phot...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%20Rietveld
Hugo M. Rietveld (7 March 1932 – 16 July 2016) was a Dutch crystallographer who is famous for his publication on the full profile refinement method in powder diffraction, which became later known as the Rietveld refinement method. The method is used for the characterisation of crystalline materials from X-ray powder di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disturbance%20%28ecology%29
In ecology, a disturbance is a temporary change in environmental conditions that causes a pronounced change in an ecosystem. Disturbances often act quickly and with great effect, to alter the physical structure or arrangement of biotic and abiotic elements. A disturbance can also occur over a long period of time and ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exner%20equation
The Exner equation is a statement of conservation of mass that applies to sediment in a fluvial system such as a river. It was developed by the Austrian meteorologist and sedimentologist Felix Maria Exner, from whom it derives its name. The equation The Exner equation describes conservation of mass between sediment i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fluid
The Fluid was an American rock band from Denver which formed in 1985, disbanded in 1993, but reconvened in 2008. The group cited the Rolling Stones and MC5 as inspirations for their sound, and was the first group based outside the Pacific Northwest to sign with influential Seattle label Sub Pop. History The Fluid was ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20Adelaide%20history
This is a timeline of Adelaide history. Prior to 1800s The Kaurna peoples' traditional lands stretched from Port Broughton to Cape Jervis, encompassing the Adelaide Plains. 1800s 1830s 1834: South Australia Act 1834 (the "Foundation Act") passed on 15 August 1834, providing a legal framework and funds for the Brit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Tari
Pierre Tari was owner of Château Giscours and from 1975 to 1989 President of the Union des Grands Crus de Bordeaux, the organization of the wine classified in the Bordeaux Wine Official Classification of 1855. He served as an expert taster in the historic Judgment of Paris wine competition. See also List of wine perso...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal%20score
The term normal score is used with two different meanings in statistics. One of them relates to creating a single value which can be treated as if it had arisen from a standard normal distribution (zero mean, unit variance). The second one relates to assigning alternative values to data points within a dataset, with th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20supplement
A protein supplement is a dietary supplement or a bodybuilding supplement, and usually comes in the form of a protein bar ,protein powder, and even readily available as a protein shake. Usually made from whey, plant, and/or meat sources. Protein supplements are extracts or concentrates of high protein food stuffs, use...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davallia
Davallia (deersfoot fern, hare's foot fern, shinobu fern, rabbit foot fern, ball fern) is a genus of about 40 species of fern. In the Pteridophyte Phylogeny Group classification of 2016 (PPG I), it is the only genus in the family Davalliaceae, which is placed in the suborder Polypodiineae, order Polypodiales. Alterna...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokomotiv%20Stadium
Lokomotiv Stadium may refer to: Belarus Lokomotiv Stadium (Minsk) Bulgaria Lokomotiv Stadium (Gorna Oryahovitsa) Lokomotiv Stadium (Mezdra) Lokomotiv Stadium (Plovdiv) Lokomotiv Stadium (Ruse) Lokomotiv Stadium (Sofia) Lokomotiv Stadium (Stara Zagora) Georgia Locomotive Stadium (Tbilisi) Latvia Stadium Lok...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hired%20Hand
The Hired Hand is a 1971 American Western film directed by Peter Fonda, with a screenplay by Alan Sharp. The film stars Fonda, Warren Oates, and Verna Bloom. The cinematography was by Vilmos Zsigmond. Bruce Langhorne provided the moody film score. The story is about a man returning to his abandoned wife after seven y...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopotential%20map
In electromagnetism, Isopotential maps are a measure of electrostatic potential in space. The spatial derivatives of an electrostatic field indicate the contours of the electrostatic field, so isopotential maps show where another charged molecule might interact, using equipotential lines (isopotentials). Electrostatic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DB%20locomotive%20classification
Originally, both Deutsche Bundesbahn and Deutsche Reichsbahn continued the classification system of the Deutsche Reichsbahn (DRG) – see also a short overview of the numbering system of the German railways. When UIC introduced a new classification system that could be processed by the computers of the late 1960s, DB did...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KEGG
KEGG (Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes) is a collection of databases dealing with genomes, biological pathways, diseases, drugs, and chemical substances. KEGG is utilized for bioinformatics research and education, including data analysis in genomics, metagenomics, metabolomics and other omics studies, modeling a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRI%20%28disambiguation%29
Magnetic resonance imaging is a medical imaging technique MRI can also refer to: Science, healthcare, and technology Magnetic Resonance Imaging (journal), a scientific journal Magnetorotational instability, in astrophysics Meuse-Rhine-Issel, a breed of cattle Monoamine reuptake inhibitor, a type of drug class Ruby MR...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egophony
Egophony (British English, aegophony) is an increased resonance of voice sounds heard when auscultating the lungs, often caused by lung consolidation and fibrosis. It is due to enhanced transmission of high-frequency sound across fluid, such as in abnormal lung tissue, with lower frequencies filtered out. It results in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deterministic%20pushdown%20automaton
In automata theory, a deterministic pushdown automaton (DPDA or DPA) is a variation of the pushdown automaton. The class of deterministic pushdown automata accepts the deterministic context-free languages, a proper subset of context-free languages. Machine transitions are based on the current state and input symbol, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubic
Ubic may refer to: UBiC, a research centre Chorismate lyase, an enzyme
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor%20expansions%20for%20the%20moments%20of%20functions%20of%20random%20variables
In probability theory, it is possible to approximate the moments of a function f of a random variable X using Taylor expansions, provided that f is sufficiently differentiable and that the moments of X are finite. First moment Given and , the mean and the variance of , respectively, a Taylor expansion of the expected...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CADUCEUS%20%28expert%20system%29
CADUCEUS was a medical expert system, an early type of recommender system - by Harry Pople of the University of Pittsburgh. Finished in the mid-1980s, it was built on the INTERNIST-1 algorithm (1972-1973). In its time, CADUCEUS was described as the "most knowledge-intensive expert system in existence". CADUCEUS eventua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSAP
PSAP may refer to: Prosaposin, a protein associated with Gaucher disease Public-safety answering point Prostatic-specific acid phosphatase Personal sound amplification products Presentation Service Access Point, see Service Access Point PSAP Sigli, an Indonesian football club Puget Sound and Pacific Railroad, a railroa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory%20neuroscience
Sensory neuroscience is a subfield of neuroscience which explores the anatomy and physiology of neurons that are part of sensory systems such as vision, hearing, and olfaction. Neurons in sensory regions of the brain respond to stimuli by firing one or more nerve impulses (action potentials) following stimulus presenta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badonviller
Badonviller (; ) is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in northeastern France. Geography Climate Badonviller has a oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb). The average annual temperature in Badonviller is . The average annual rainfall is with December as the wettest month. The temperatures a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericardial%20fluid
Pericardial fluid is the serous fluid secreted by the serous layer of the pericardium into the pericardial cavity. The pericardium consists of two layers, an outer fibrous layer and the inner serous layer. This serous layer has two membranes which enclose the pericardial cavity into which is secreted the pericardial fl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodemographic%20segmentation
In marketing, geodemographic segmentation is a multivariate statistical classification technique for discovering whether the individuals of a population fall into different groups by making quantitative comparisons of multiple characteristics with the assumption that the differences within any group should be less than...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hill%20%28Australian%20politician%29
John David Hill (born 3 December 1949), Australian politician, represented the electoral district of Kaurna in the South Australian House of Assembly for the Labor Party from 1997 to 2014. Born in Sydney, Hill attended the University of Sydney and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts. He moved to South Australia in 1974 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vero%20cell
Vero cells are a lineage of cells used in cell cultures. The 'Vero' lineage was isolated from kidney epithelial cells extracted from an African green monkey (Chlorocebus sp.; formerly called Cercopithecus aethiops, this group of monkeys has been split into several different species). The lineage was developed on 27 Ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petter%20Jakob%20Bjerve
Petter Jakob Bjerve (27 September 1913 – 12 January 2004) was a Norwegian economist, statistician and politician for the Labour Party. Prominent positions include director of Statistics Norway from 1949 to 1980, Norwegian Minister of Finance from 1960 to 1963, and president of the International Statistical Institute fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation%20sum
In chaos theory, the correlation sum is the estimator of the correlation integral, which reflects the mean probability that the states at two different times are close: where is the number of considered states , is a threshold distance, a norm (e.g. Euclidean norm) and the Heaviside step function. If only a time s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look-ahead%20%28backtracking%29
In backtracking algorithms, look ahead is the generic term for a subprocedure that attempts to foresee the effects of choosing a branching variable to evaluate one of its values. The two main aims of look-ahead are to choose a variable to evaluate next and to choose the order of values to assign to it. Constraint sati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20texture
Soil texture is a classification instrument used both in the field and laboratory to determine soil classes based on their physical texture. Soil texture can be determined using qualitative methods such as texture by feel, and quantitative methods such as the hydrometer method based on Stokes' law. Soil texture has ag...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exogenote
An exogenote is a piece of donor DNA that is involved in the mating of prokaryotic organisms. Transferred DNA of Hfr (high frequency of recombination) is called exogenote and homologous part of F (fertility factor) genophore is called endogenote. An exogenote is genetic material that is released into the environment b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-monoid
In category theory, a (strict) n-monoid is an n-category with only one 0-cell. In particular, a 1-monoid is a monoid and a 2-monoid is a strict monoidal category. References Further reading Higher category theory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LZWL
LZWL is a syllable-based variant of the character-based LZW compression algorithm that can work with syllables obtained by all algorithms of decomposition into syllables. The algorithm can be used for words too. Algorithm Algorithm LZWL can work with syllables obtained by all algorithms of decomposition into syllables...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesiculovirus
Vesiculovirus is a genus of negative-sense single-stranded RNA viruses in the family Rhabdoviridae, within the order Mononegavirales. Taxonomy The genus contains the following species: Alagoas vesiculovirus Carajas vesiculovirus Chandipura vesiculovirus Cocal vesiculovirus Eptesicus vesiculovirus Indiana vesicul...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G.992.3%20Annex%20L
ITU-T G.992.3 Annex L is an optional specification in the ITU-T recommendation G.992.3 for ADSL2 titled Specific requirements for a Reach Extended ADSL2 (READSL2) system operating in the frequency band above POTS, therefore it is often referred to as Reach Extended ADSL2 or READSL2. The main difference between this sp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teng%20Huo-tu
Teng Huo-tu (; 1911–1978) was an ichthyologist with the Taiwan Fisheries Research Institute (). Much of his work involved classification of chondricthyes, especially sharks. In 1959, Teng officially described the smalleye pygmy shark. While at the Fisheries Research Institute, Teng directed the construction of the Ha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20locomotive%20classification
The different railway companies in Germany have used various schemes to classify their rolling stock. From the beginning As widely known the first few locomotives had names. The first locomotive in public service in Germany from 1835 was named Adler. The first railway lines were built by privately owned companies. Tha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamud%2C%20Yemen
Thamud () is a town in northeastern Yemen. It is located at around . Climate Thamud has a hot desert climate (Köppen climate classification: BWh). The average annual temperature is 24.1 °C. The average annual rainfall is 90 mm. References Populated places in Hadhramaut Governorate
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20von%20Ragu%C3%A9%20Schleyer
Paul von Ragué Schleyer (February 27, 1930 – November 21, 2014) was an American physical organic chemist whose research is cited with great frequency. A 1997 survey indicated that Dr. Schleyer was, at the time, the world's third most cited chemist, with over 1100 technical papers produced. He was Eugene Higgins Profess...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20contaminated%20cell%20lines
Many cell lines that are widely used for biomedical research have been overgrown by other, more aggressive cells. For example, supposed thyroid lines were actually melanoma cells, supposed prostate tissue was actually bladder cancer, and supposed normal uterine cultures were actually breast cancer. This is a list of ce...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%20Peter%20Raynes
Edward Peter Raynes (born ) is Professor of Optoelectronic Engineering at the University of Oxford (since 1998). He was, and continues to be, an early developer and advocate of liquid crystal displays (LCDs). Raynes was educated at St Peter's School, York and obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge; he then...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POTC
POTC may refer to: potC RNA motif, an RNA structure Pirates of the Caribbean, a Disney franchise Philippine Overseas Telecommunications Corporation 1st Pursuit Organization and Training Center, at Villeneuve-les-Vertus Aerodrome, 1918
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRSI
MRSI can refer to the following: Magnetic resonance spectroscopy imaging (in medical imaging) Multiple Rounds Simultaneous Impact (in artillery)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensonido
Ensonido is a real-time post processing algorithm that allows users to play back MP3 Surround files in standard headphones. Ensonido was developed by the Fraunhofer Society. It simulates the natural reception of surround sound by the human ear, which usually receives tones from surrounding loudspeakers and from reflect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioimmunotherapy
Radioimmunotherapy (RIT) uses an antibody labeled with a radionuclide to deliver cytotoxic radiation to a target cell. It is a form of unsealed source radiotherapy. In cancer therapy, an antibody with specificity for a tumor-associated antigen is used to deliver a lethal dose of radiation to the tumor cells. The abili...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%20alignment
In computational phylogenetics, tree alignment is a computational problem concerned with producing multiple sequence alignments, or alignments of three or more sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein. Sequences are arranged into a phylogenetic tree, modeling the evolutionary relationships between species or taxa. The edit di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripple
Ripple may refer to: Science and technology Capillary wave, commonly known as ripple, a wave traveling along the phase boundary of a fluid Ripple, more generally a disturbance, for example of spacetime in gravitational waves Ripple (electrical), residual periodic variation in DC voltage during ac to dc conversion ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20phylogenetics
Computational phylogenetics, phylogeny inference, or phylogenetic inference focuses on computational and optimization algorithms, heuristics, and approaches involved in phylogenetic analyses. The goal is to find a phylogenetic tree representing optimal evolutionary ancestry between a set of genes, species, or taxa. Max...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcription%20factor%20Sp1
Transcription factor Sp1, also known as specificity protein 1* is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SP1 gene. Function The protein encoded by this gene is a zinc finger transcription factor that binds to GC-rich motifs of many promoters. The encoded protein is involved in many cellular processes, including ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SP1
SP1 and variants may refer to: Bowlus SP-1 Paper Wing, glider SP-1 switch, a late 1960s telecommunications switch by Northern Electric Sp1 transcription factor, a human protein Dallara SP1, a race car Savoia-Pomilio SP.1, a reconnaissance and bomber aircraft built in Italy during the First World War USS Arawan I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Bridges%20Museum%20of%20American%20Art
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art is a museum of American art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The museum, founded by Alice Walton and designed by Moshe Safdie, officially opened on 11 November 2011. It offers free public admission. Overview and founding Alice Walton, the daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton, spearh...