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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthosine%20triphosphate
Xanthosine 5'-triphosphate (XTP) is a nucleotide that is not produced by - and has no known function in - living cells. Uses of XTP are, in general, limited to experimental procedures on enzymes that bind other nucleotides. Deamination of purine bases can result in accumulation of such nucleotides as ITP, dITP, XTP, an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lundquist%20number
In plasma physics, the Lundquist number (denoted by ) is a dimensionless ratio which compares the timescale of an Alfvén wave crossing to the timescale of resistive diffusion. It is a special case of the magnetic Reynolds number when the Alfvén velocity is the typical velocity scale of the system, and is given by wher...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Albert%20Hasselbalch
Karl Albert Hasselbalch (; 1 November 1874 – 19 September 1962) was a Danish physician and chemist known for his work on the Henderson–Hasselbalch equation. Early life and education Hasselbalch was born in Åstrup, near Hjørring, Denmark on 1 November 1874. Hasselbalch received his medical degree in 1898 and his doctor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20health
Soil health is a state of a soil meeting its range of ecosystem functions as appropriate to its environment. In more colloquial terms, the health of soil arises from favorable interactions of all soil components (living and non-living) that belong together, as in microbiota, plants and animals. It is possible that a so...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Nesic
Alexander D. Nesic (born April 17, 1976) is a Serbian-French-American film and television actor, best known for his work in the miniseries Sleeper Cell. Early life and education Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised in Antibes, France and Hawaii, Nesic is of Serbian and French descent, and holds dual United St...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fosazepam
Fosazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative; it is a water soluble derivative of diazepam. It has sedative and anxiolytic effects, and is a derivative of diazepam which has been substituted with a dimethylphosphoryl group to improve solubility in water. Fosazepam has similar effects on sleep as other benz...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNT4
WNT4 is a secreted protein that, in humans, is encoded by the WNT4 gene, found on chromosome 1. It promotes female sex development and represses male sex development. Loss of function can have serious consequences, such as female to male sex reversal. Function The WNT gene family consists of structurally related ge...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobase
Astro Base was a toy made by the Ideal company in the early 1960s. The toy ran on 4 D Cell batteries. Besides a power switch, it had several features that includes the following modes of operation: Modes of operation Astro Scope: Switch to Astro Scope and a scene of spaceships, rockets, and jets rotates through a vie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20carbon
Soil carbon is the solid carbon stored in global soils. This includes both soil organic matter and inorganic carbon as carbonate minerals. It is vital to the soil capacity in our ecosystem. Soil carbon is a carbon sink in regard to the global carbon cycle, playing a role in biogeochemistry, climate change mitigation, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics%20of%20Fluids
Physics of Fluids is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering fluid dynamics, established by the American Institute of Physics in 1958, and is published by AIP Publishing. The journal focus is the dynamics of gases, liquids, and complex or multiphase fluids—and the journal contains original research resultin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek%20Jeffries
Derek Jeffries (born 22 March 1951 in Longsight, Manchester, England) is an English former footballer. He played for Manchester City, Crystal Palace, Peterborough United, Millwall and Chester. He played mainly as a central defender, but also operated in midfield. Career He played for Manchester City between 1968 and 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMKO-FM
KMKO-FM (95.7 FM) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Lake Crystal, Minnesota, broadcasting to the Mankato area and the Minnesota River Valley. The station airs an active rock format. The station is rebroadcast in Mankato on translator K269EC 101.7 FM, which provides a stronger signal in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KXLP
KXLP (94.1 FM) is a radio station in Mankato, Minnesota (licensed to Eagle Lake) and serving the Minnesota River Valley. The 94.1 FM frequency went on the air September 21, 2007, airing a classic rock format that migrated from a sister station at 93.1 FM. KXLP's license is owned by Radioactive, LLC (a holding company o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTOE
KTOE (1420 AM) is a radio station licensed to Mankato, Minnesota and serving the Mankato area and the Minnesota River Valley. The 1420 AM frequency went on the air in 1950, airing a news/talk format. The station simulcasts via one FM translator on 98.7 FM. 102.7 FM use to transmit KTOE but switched to a simulcast of KX...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20modulation%20amplitude
In telecommunications, optical modulation amplitude (OMA) is the difference between two optical power levels, of a digital signal generated by an optical source, e.g., a laser diode. It is given by where P1 is the optical power level generated when the light source is "on," and P0 is the power level generated when th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RHOB
Ras homolog gene family, member B, also known as RHOB, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the RHOB gene. RHOB is a member of the Rho GTP-binding protein family. Interactions RHOB has been shown to interact with CIT, ARHGEF3, ARHGDIG and RHPN2. See also neural crest References Further reading
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackburn%20%28surname%29
Blackburn is a surname of English origin. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its frequency was highest in Yorkshire, followed by Cumberland, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Northumberland, County Durham and Norfolk. In all other British counties, its frequency was below national average. Notable people with the surna...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severov%C3%BDchod
Severovýchod (Northeast) is a statistical area of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, level 2 NUTS. It is composed of the Liberec Region, Hradec Králové Region and Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It covers an area of 12,440 km2, with 1,507,209 inhabitants and a (population density of 119 inhab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUCY2D
Retinal guanylyl cyclase 1 also known as guanylate cyclase 2D, retinal is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the GUCY2D (guanylate cyclase 2D) gene. Function This gene encodes a retina-specific guanylate cyclase, which is a member of the membrane guanylyl cyclase family. Like other membrane guanylyl cyclases, th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversible%20diffusion
In mathematics, a reversible diffusion is a specific example of a reversible stochastic process. Reversible diffusions have an elegant characterization due to the Russian mathematician Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov. Kolmogorov's characterization of reversible diffusions Let B denote a d-dimensional standard Brownian...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D.%20J.%20Finney
David John Finney (3 January 1917 – 12 November 2018), was a British statistician and Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Director of the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Statistics from 1954 to 1984 and a former President of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Biometric...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel%27s%20correction
In statistics, Bessel's correction is the use of n − 1 instead of n in the formula for the sample variance and sample standard deviation, where n is the number of observations in a sample. This method corrects the bias in the estimation of the population variance. It also partially corrects the bias in the estimation o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanoid%20Robotics%20Project
The Humanoid Robotics Project (HRP) is a project for development of general domestic helper robots, sponsored by Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), spearheaded by Kawada Industries and supported by the National Institute of A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMGA2
High-mobility group AT-hook 2, also known as HMGA2, is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the HMGA2 gene. Function This gene encodes a protein that belongs to the non-histone chromosomal high-mobility group (HMG) protein family. HMG proteins function as architectural factors and are essential components of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20Institute%20for%20Medical%20Documentation%20and%20Information
The German Institute for Medical Documentation and Information (), abbreviated DIMDI, was a German organization responsible for medical information classification and management. It was a government Institute of the German Federal Ministry of Health and was located in Cologne, Germany. The DIMDI published official med...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talking%20in%20Your%20Sleep%20%28Crystal%20Gayle%20song%29
"Talking in Your Sleep" is a song written by Roger Cook and Bobby Wood. The first recorded version of the song is by the band Marmalade, produced by Cook's longtime collaborator Roger Greenaway; Marmalade's version was also released as single in 1978 but failed to chart. Crystal Gayle recording "Talking in Your Sleep"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half%20the%20Way
"Half the Way" is a song written by Ralph Murphy and Bobby Wood, and recorded by American country music artist Crystal Gayle. It was released in September 1979 as the first single from the album Miss the Mississippi. After achieving major Country crossover success in 1977 with "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue.", fol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihov%C3%BDchod
Jihovýchod (Southeast) is a statistical area of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, level NUTS 2. It comprises Vysočina Region and South Moravian Region. It covers an area of 13 990 km2 and has 1,684,500 inhabitants (population density 117 inhabitants/km2). Economy The Gross domestic product (GDP) ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neozealandia
Neozealandia is a biogeographic province of the Antarctic Realm according to the classification developed by Miklos Udvardy in 1975. Concept Neozealandia consists primarily of the major islands of New Zealand, including North Island and South Island, as well as Chatham Island. The southernmost areas of Neozealandia o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennenbaum%27s%20theorem
Tennenbaum's theorem, named for Stanley Tennenbaum who presented the theorem in 1959, is a result in mathematical logic that states that no countable nonstandard model of first-order Peano arithmetic (PA) can be recursive (Kaye 1991:153ff). Recursive structures for PA A structure in the language of PA is recursive if...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPS13B
Intermembrane lipid transfer protein VPS13B, also known as vacuolar protein sorting-associated 13B, and Cohen syndrome protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the VPS13B gene. It is a giant protein associated with the Golgi apparatus that is believed to be involved in post-Golgi apparatus sorting and traffi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropolygyria
Micropolygyria is a neuronal migration disorder, a developmental anomaly of the brain characterized by development of numerous small convolutions (microgyri), causing intellectual disability and/or other neurological disorders. It is present in a number of specific neurological diseases, notably multiple sclerosis and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arfendazam
Arfendazam (INN) is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. Arfendazam is a 1,5-benzodiazepine, with the nitrogen atoms located at positions 1 and 5 of the diazepine ring, and so is most closely related to other 1,5-benzodiazepines such as clobazam. Arfendazam has sedative and anxiolytic effects similar to those...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lofendazam
Lofendazam is an organic molecule which is a benzodiazepine derivative. Lofendazam is a 1,5-benzodiazepine, with the nitrogen atoms located at positions 1 and 5 of the diazepine ring; therefore, lofendazam is most closely related to other 1,5-benzodiazepines such as clobazam. Lofendazam as a human pharmaceutical has s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iclazepam
Iclazepam (Clazepam) is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It has sedative and anxiolytic effects similar to those produced by other benzodiazepine derivatives, and is around the same potency as chlordiazepoxide. Iclazepam is a derivative of nordazepam substituted with a cyclopropylmethoxyethyl group on the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonin
Gorgonin is a complex protein that makes up the horny skeleton of the holaxonia suborder of gorgonians. It frequently contains appreciable quantities of bromine, iodine, and tyrosine. Scientific use Research has shown that measurements of the gorgonin and calcite within species of gorgonia can be useful in paleoclimat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dininho
Irondino Ferreira Neto or simply Dininho (born July 23, 1975), is a Brazilian central defender. He currently plays for Grêmio Catanduvense de Futebol. Club statistics Flamengo career statistics (Correct October 19, 2008) according to combined sources on the. Honours São Caetano São Paulo State Championship: 2004 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletazepam
Fletazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It has sedative and anxiolytic effects similar to those produced by other benzodiazepine derivatives, but is mainly notable for its strong muscle relaxant properties. Fletazepam is most closely related to other N-trifluoroethyl substituted benzodiazepines such...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flutazolam
Flutazolam (Coreminal, MS-4101) is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It was invented in Japan, and this is the main country in which it has been used medically. It has sedative, muscle relaxant, anticonvulsant, and anxiolytic effects similar to those produced by other benzodiazepine derivatives, and though i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaclazepam
Metaclazepam (marketed under the brand name Talis) is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It is a relatively selective anxiolytic with less sedative or muscle relaxant properties than other benzodiazepines such as diazepam or bromazepam. It has an active metabolite N-desmethylmetaclazepam, which is the main me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclazepam
Reclazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It has sedative and anxiolytic effects similar to those produced by other benzodiazepine derivatives, and has a short duration of action. Synthesis The reduction of the lactam in Delorazepam with lithium aluminium hydride gives CID:20333776 (1). Condensation ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivoxazepam
Pivoxazepam is a drug which is a benzodiazepine derivative. It is the pivalate (2,2-dimethylpropanoate) ester of oxazepam. It has sedative and anxiolytic actions like those of other benzodiazepines. Compared to its parent drug, oxazepam, pivoxazepam is more rapidly absorbed and slightly more sedative. See also Benzodi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marginal%20model
In statistics, marginal models (Heagerty & Zeger, 2000) are a technique for obtaining regression estimates in multilevel modeling, also called hierarchical linear models. People often want to know the effect of a predictor/explanatory variable X, on a response variable Y. One way to get an estimate for such effects is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory%20center
The respiratory center is located in the medulla oblongata and pons, in the brainstem. The respiratory center is made up of three major respiratory groups of neurons, two in the medulla and one in the pons. In the medulla they are the dorsal respiratory group, and the ventral respiratory group. In the pons, the pontine...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Moravia
Central Moravia (Střední Morava) is an area of the Czech Republic defined by the Republic's Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, level NUTS 2. It is formed by the Olomouc Region and Zlín Region. It covers an area of 9 231 km2 and 1,219,394 inhabitants (population density 133 inhabitants/km2). Economy The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper%28I%29%20fluoride
Copper(I) fluoride or cuprous fluoride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula CuF. Its existence is uncertain. It was reported in 1933 to have a sphalerite-type crystal structure. Modern textbooks state that CuF is not known, since fluorine is so electronegative that it will always oxidise copper to its +2 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHC
KHC may refer to: Kinesin heavy chain, a sub-component of kinesin proteins Kingdom Holding Company, company based in Saudi Arabia Kraft Heinz Company (stock ticker KHC) KHC, the IATA code for Kerch Airport, Crimea, Ukraine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domine%20Database
DOMINE is a database of known and predicted protein domain interactions (or domain-domain interactions). It contains interactions observed in PDB crystal structures, and those predicted by several computational approaches. DOMINE uses Pfam HMM profiles for protein domain definitions. The DOMINE database contains 26,219...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-8-2%2B2-8-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a is a Garratt articulated locomotive consisting of a pair of engine units back to back, with the boiler and cab suspended between them. The wheel arrangement has four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading bogie, e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cottonclad%20warship
Cottonclads were a classification of steam-powered warships where a wooden ship was protected from enemy fire by bales of cotton lining its sides. Cottonclads were prevalent during the American Civil War, particularly in the Confederate States Navy for riverine and coastal service such as in the battles of Memphis, Gal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eger%20V.%20Murphree
Eger Vaughan Murphree (November 3, 1898 – October 29, 1962) was an American chemist, best known for his co-invention of the process of fluid catalytic cracking. Biography Murphree was born on November 3, 1898, in Bayonne, New Jersey, moving as a child to Kentucky. He graduated from Kentucky University with degrees in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller%20Albright
Fuller Albright (January 12, 1900 – December 8, 1969) was an American endocrinologist who made numerous contributions to his field, especially to the area of calcium metabolism. Albright made great strides and contributions to the understanding of disorders associated with calcium and phosphate abnormalities in the bod...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ultimate%20School%20of%20Rock%20%26%20Roll
The Ultimate School Of Rock & Roll is a 32-track CD by Gene Summers. It is a compilation of his biggest hits including out-takes and alternate tracks. The CD was released nationally in the United States by Crystal Clear Sound Records in 1997 and is still in print. It was issued as a deluxe edition with an insert book...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogeneous%20alignment
In liquid crystals homogeneous alignment, sometimes called planar alignment, is the state of alignment where molecules align in parallel to a substrate. The opposite method is homeotropic alignment. For planar alignment - polyimides can be used. One of the popular ones is PI-2555. The surface has to be rubbed by pape...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do%20Right%20Daddy
Do Right Daddy is an album by Gene Summers. It was recorded at Enviken Studios, Enviken, Sweden on August 5, 2002. The back-up band included Ulf Back, Jonas Olpers, Patrik Staffansson, Riley McOwen, Lars Sodervall, Ulf Torstensson and Henrik Eriksson. Two of the tracks on this album, "Little Lu Ann" and "Boogie Rock,"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School%20of%20Rock%20%27n%20Roll%20%28album%29
School Of Rock & Roll is a CD by Gene Summers. It was his first CD release although many of his recordings had been previously released on various artists compilation albums and CDs. School Of Rock 'n Roll (the album) was issued in 1993 on Collector Records (#4420) out of the Netherlands. Production and album credits ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGX
VGX can mean one of the following: The abbreviation of Vector Graphics; VGX (award show), the name of Spike TV's video game award show, formerly called the Spike Video Game Awards. The component of Microsoft Windows operating systems responsible for the vector graphics rendering. Virgin Galactic ICAO callsign
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astellas%20Institute%20for%20Regenerative%20Medicine
Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine is a subsidiary of Astellas Pharma located in Marlborough, Massachusetts, US, developing stem cell therapies with a focus on diseases that cause blindness. It was formed in 1994 as a company named Advanced Cell Technology, Incorporated (ACT), which was renamed to Ocata The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Southern%20Cat%20Rocks%20On
The Southern Cat Rocks On is a 12" vinyl album by Gene Summers, his second album release. It is a compilation of tracks he recorded in Texas between 1962 and 1975. Production and album credits All selections were recorded at Real To Reel Studios, Garland, Texas except "Dance Dance Dance", "Chapel Bells Ringing" and "...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mister%20Rock%20and%20Roll
Mister Rock and Roll is a 12", vinyl record album (LP) by Gene Summers, issued by Lake County Records in 1977. It was Summers's second album released by the Swiss label. Production and album credits All tracks were recorded at Real To Reel Studios in Dallas, Texas on July 21 and 28, 1977 with the exception of "Taboo"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Rock%20and%20Roll
Texas Rock And Roll is a 10" vinyl album by American rockabilly singer Gene Summers. It was released by the French Big Beat label in 1981. It is a compilation of early rock 'n roll recordings by Gene Summers covering a time period from 1962 through 1975. Production and album credits Session musicians included: James M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Summers%20in%20Nashville
Gene Summers In Nashville is a 10" vinyl album by Gene Summers. It was recorded at the Young 'Un Sound Studio Nashville, Tennessee in 1980 and contains rockabilly and country tracks performed by Summers. It was issued on the French Big Beat label in 1981. Backing Summers were some of the Nashville A-Team session music...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20wireless
Optical wireless is the combined use of "optical" (optical fibre) and "wireless" (radio frequency) communication to provide telecommunication to clusters of end points which are geographically distant. The high capacity optical fibre is used to span the longest distances. A lower cost wireless link carries the signal f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurastrophyceae
The Pleurastrophyceae were a formerly recognized class of green algae, in the division Chlorophyta. It was created by Mattox and Stewart in 1984, containing four genera. More recent classifications tend to split the group. On the one hand, Tetraselmis seems to be a sister to the so-called UTC clade (Chlorophyceae, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall-associated%20kinase
Wall-associated kinases (WAKs) are one of many classes of plant proteins known to serve as a medium between the extracellular matrix (ECM) and cytoplasm of cell walls. They are serine-threonine kinases that contain epidermal growth factor (EGF) repeats, a cytoplasmic kinase and are located in the cell walls. They provi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansin
Expansins are a family of closely related nonenzymatic proteins found in the plant cell wall, with important roles in plant cell growth, fruit softening, abscission, emergence of root hairs, pollen tube invasion of the stigma and style, meristem function, and other developmental processes where cell wall loosening occu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20criterion
Information criterion may refer to: Information criterion (statistics), a method to select a model in statistics Information criteria (information technology), a component of an information technology framework which describes the intent of the objectives
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Intel%20CPU%20microarchitectures
The following is a partial list of Intel CPU microarchitectures. The list is incomplete. Additional details can be found in Intel's Tick–tock model and Process–architecture–optimization model. x86 microarchitectures 16-bit 8086 first x86 processor; initially a temporary substitute for the iAPX 432 to compete with M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20War%20%28video%20game%29
State of War is a real-time strategy game, developed by Cypron Studios and Cinemax and published by Crystal Interactive in 2001. Classic versions of State of War and State of War: Warmonger were released in December 2018 on Steam. Story This description is told by narrator at the beginning of the game. After centuri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20assignment
Frequency assignment is the authorization of use of a particular radio frequency. In Article 1.18 of the International Telecommunication Union's (ITU) Radio Regulations (RR), the process is defined as "Authorization given by a frequency administration for a radio station to use a radio frequency or radio frequency cha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.11a-1999
IEEE 802.11a-1999 or 802.11a was an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 wireless local network specifications that defined requirements for an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) communication system. It was originally designed to support wireless communication in the unlicensed national information infrastructu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20%27n%20Roll%20Volume%202.
Rock And Roll Volume 2. is a 12" vinyl album by Gene Summers and five other artists. This was the first album ever released on Summers. It was issued in 1973 on the Collector Records imprint, a re-issue label located in the Netherlands. It is not available on CD. Production and album credits Session musicians include...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telequartz
The Telequartz Group of Mining Companies, founded by João Cosac in 1926, is Brazil's largest, longest-established and best-qualified miner, processor and exporter of rock crystals. Working also with other minerals, the group is the largest exporter of quartz in the world nowadays. Brazil is estimated to have 53 Mmt o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbiology%20%28journal%29
Microbiology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal that covers research in all aspects of microbiology, including biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology, developmental biology, physiology, pathogenicity, biodiversity, biotechnology, evolution, and genetics of microorganisms and their viruses. It also cov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piers%20Bohl
Piers Bohl (23 October 1865 – 25 December 1921) was a Latvian mathematician, who worked in differential equations, topology and quasi-periodic functions. He was born in 1865 in Walk, Livonia, in the family of a poor Baltic German merchant. In 1884, after graduating from a German school in Viljandi, he entered the facu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disodium%20octaborate
Disodium octaborate is a borate of sodium, a chemical compound of sodium, boron, and oxygen — a salt with elemental formula or , also written as . It is a colorless crystalline solid, soluble in water. Disodium octaborate is traded either as a liquid concentrate, or as the tetrahydrate , a white odorless powder. It i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeoVax
GeoVax is a clinical-stage biotechnology company which develops vaccines. GeoVax’s development platform uses Modified Vaccinia Ankara (MVA) vector technology, with improvements to antigen design and manufacturing capabilities. GeoVax uses recombinant DNA or recombinant viruses to produce virus-like particles (VLPs) in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peppermint%20Crisp
Peppermint Crisp is a milk chocolate bar filled with a multitude of thin cylinders of mint-flavoured 'cracknel' (which is a brittle crystalline/sugar concoction extruded in fine hollow tubes). Invented in South Africa by Wilson-Rowntree in the 1960s, it was eventually bought out and manufactured by Nestlé South Africa....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRINTS
In molecular biology, the PRINTS database is a collection of so-called "fingerprints": it provides both a detailed annotation resource for protein families, and a diagnostic tool for newly determined sequences. A fingerprint is a group of conserved motifs taken from a multiple sequence alignment - together, the motifs ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcyte
A microcyte is an abnormally sized red blood cell. By definition it is 5 micrometers or smaller in diameter. It is often associated with several forms of anemia. References Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary, 26th edn. Philadelphia, etc.: W.B. Saunders Co., 1985. Stedman's Medical Dictionary, 27th edn. Phila...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu%20Titling
Ubuntu Titling or Ubuntu-Title is a rounded geometric sans-serif font. It was created by Andy Fitzsimon for use with the Ubuntu operating system and its derivatives. It is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License. Prior to the 10.04 release, the typeface was notably used in branding for the Ubuntu operat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burst%20dimming
Burst dimming is a method to control dimming of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) and LEDs by using pulse width modulation (PWM) at approximately 100-300 Hz which is supposed to be above the noticeable flicker limit for the human eye. This technique is sometimes used with TFT displays to control backlighting. An ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20coordination
Frequency Coordination is a technical and regulatory process that removes or mitigates radio-frequency interference between different radio systems that operate on the same frequency. Normally frequency coordination is a function of an administration, such as a governmental spectrum regulator, as part of a formal regu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment%20center
An investment center is a classification used for business units within an enterprise. The essential element of an investment center is that it is treated as a unit which is measured against its use of capital, as opposed to a cost or profit center, which are measured against raw costs or profits. The Investment Cente...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylic%20trophy
An acrylic trophy is an alternative to the traditional glass, or crystal trophy. Acrylic glass can be molded into a variety of forms, and corporations will often create custom promotional items shaped like their products. They are manufactured by pouring acrylic casting resin into a mold. Embedments are acrylic trophie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing%20crop
A standing crop is the total biomass of the living organisms present in a given environment. This includes both natural ecosystems and agriculture. See also Net Primary Production Standing State Bibliography Boudouresque CF (1973) Les peuplements sciaphiles ; Recherches de bionomie analytique, structurale et e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XEUBS-AM
XEUBS is a Mexican radio station that serves La Paz, Baja California Sur. It is owned by the Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur. 1180 AM is a United States clear-channel frequency, on which WHAM in Rochester, New York is the dominant Class A station. External links Radio UABCS Facebook Radio Locator inform...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XHPAL-FM
XHPAL-FM is a radio station in La Paz, Baja California Sur, broadcasting on the frequency of 95.9 MHz. References Spanish-language radio stations Radio stations in La Paz, Baja California Sur
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twixteen
"Twixteen" is a song written by Mary Tarver in 1958 and published by Ted Music, BMI. It was first recorded by Gene Summers and His Rebels in 1958 and issued by Jan/Jane Records. The "Twixteen" recording session took place at the Liberty Records Studios in Hollywood, California and featured René Hall and James McClung o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby%20Mao
Tobias "Toby" Mao (born December 21, 1988) is a former world-class Rubik's Cube solver. Hailing from Hillsborough, California, Toby graduated from Crystal Springs Uplands School in 2007 and went on to study mathematics at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He is the younger brother of Beauty and the Geek se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20biodiversity
Soil biodiversity refers to the relationship of soil to biodiversity and to aspects of the soil that can be managed in relative to biodiversity. Soil biodiversity relates to some catchment management considerations. Biodiversity According to the Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources, biodiversit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirikov%20criterion
The Chirikov criterion or Chirikov resonance-overlap criterion was established by the Russian physicist Boris Chirikov. Back in 1959, he published a seminal article, where he introduced the very first physical criterion for the onset of chaotic motion in deterministic Hamiltonian systems. He then applied such a criter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Arthur%20Riley
Gordon Arthur Riley (1 June 1911 – 7 October 1985) was an American biological oceanographer most associated with his studies of the dynamics of plankton ecosystems. Early life and education Born in Webb City, Missouri on June 1, 1911, Riley was educated within the state at Drury College and Washington University in St...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load%20pull
Load-pull is the colloquial term applied to the process of systematically varying the impedance presented to a device under test (DUT), most often a transistor, to assess its performance and the associated conditions to deliver that performance in a network. While load-pull itself implies impedance variation at the loa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Little%20%28tight%20end%29
David Gene Little (born April 18, 1961) is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League for eight seasons for four teams. He played college football at Middle Tennessee State University. He can bench 450 lbs. External links NFL.com player page 1961 births Living people Players of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber%E2%80%93Johnson%20diagram
A Barber–Johnson diagram is a method of presenting hospital statistics combining four different variables in a unique graph, introduced in 1973. The method constructs a scattergram where length of stay, turnover interval, discharges, and deaths per available bed are combined. These four variables have a common relation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%27s%20Equation
God's Equation is the fourth album by the Norwegian progressive metal band Pagan's Mind. It was released on 9 November 2007 in Europe and on 15 January 2008 in the US. The 2-disc limited edition version of the album contains a poster, including six bonus tracks, a video clip and wallpapers in a paperboard slipcase. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvin%20Simon
Marvin Kenneth Simon (1939 – September 23, 2007) was a telecommunication engineer who worked extensively for 35 years in the area of modulation, coding, and synchronization for space, satellite, radio, and military communications and also performance evaluation of wireless telecommunication systems over fading channel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Nations%20Security%20Council%20Resolution%20203
United Nations Security Council Resolution 203, adopted on May 14, 1965, in the face of growing instability, a developing civil war and the probability of foreign intervention in the Dominican Republic, the Council called for a strict cease-fire and invited the Secretary-General to send a representative to the Dominica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Runge%E2%80%93Kutta%20methods
Runge–Kutta methods are methods for the numerical solution of the ordinary differential equation Explicit Runge–Kutta methods take the form Stages for implicit methods of s stages take the more general form, with the solution to be found over all s Each method listed on this page is defined by its Butcher tableau, w...