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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine%20pancreatic%20ribonuclease | Bovine pancreatic ribonuclease, also often referred to as bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A or simply RNase A, is a pancreatic ribonuclease enzyme that cleaves single-stranded RNA. Bovine pancreatic ribonuclease is one of the classic model systems of protein science. Two Nobel Prizes in Chemistry have been awarded in r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey%20Horrocks%20%28mathematician%29 | Geoffrey Horrocks (1932/33 Leicester – 12 September 2012) was a British mathematician working on vector bundles, who introduced the Horrocks construction used in the ADHM construction, and the Horrocks–Mumford bundle and monads.
He was a professor at Newcastle University until his retirement in 1998.
Publications
Re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insectary%20plant | Insectary plants are those that attract insects. As such, beneficial insectary plants are intentionally introduced into an ecosystem to increase pollen and nectar resources required by the natural enemies of the harmful or unwanted insects pests. Beyond an effective natural control of pests, the beneficial insects also... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification%20of%20railway%20accidents | Classification of railway accidents, both in terms of cause and effect, is a valuable aid in studying rail (and other) accidents to help to prevent similar ones occurring in the future. Systematic investigation for over 150 years has led to the railways' excellent safety record (compared, for example, with road transp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop%20entropy | Loop entropy is the entropy lost upon bringing together two residues of a polymer within a prescribed distance. For a single loop, the entropy varies logarithmically with the number of residues in the loop
where is the Boltzmann constant and is a coefficient that depends on the properties of the polymer. This ent... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxidative%20folding | Oxidative protein folding is a process that is responsible for the formation of disulfide bonds between cysteine residues in proteins. The driving force behind this process is a redox reaction, in which electrons pass between several proteins and finally to a terminal electron acceptor.
In prokaryotes
In prokaryotes,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HHD | HHD may refer to:
Astro Hua Hee Dai, a Malaysian television channel
ATP2C1, a human enzyme
Hailey–Hailey disease, a genetic disorder
Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment in the United States Army
Helena Historic District (disambiguation), various places in the United States
Hiatus hernia diafragmatica, a med... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%20conjugation | This article explains the conjugation of Dutch verbs.
Classification of verbs
There are two different ways in which Dutch verbs can be grouped: by conjugational class and by derivation. These two categorizations describe different aspects of a verb's conjugation and therefore are complementary to each other.
By conj... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20band | A frequency band is an interval in the frequency domain, delimited by a lower frequency and an upper frequency. The term may refer to a radio band (such as wireless communication standards set by the International Telecommunication Union) or an interval of some other spectrum.
The frequency range of a system is the ra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Max%20%28video%20game%29 | Blue Max is a scrolling shooter written by Bob Polin for the Atari 8-bit family and published by Synapse Software in 1983. It was released for the Commodore 64 the same year. U.S. Gold published the Commodore 64 version in the UK in 1984 and ported the game to the ZX Spectrum. In 1987, Atari Corporation published Blue ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAKM | WAKM is an AM radio station in Franklin, Tennessee, broadcasting on a frequency of 950 kHz.
History
WAKM first signed on in March 1953, broadcasting from its studio facilities located on Mallory Station Road in Franklin. The station would remain at that location until July 28, 2017, when it moved to new studios on Mai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choi%27s%20theorem%20on%20completely%20positive%20maps | In mathematics, Choi's theorem on completely positive maps is a result that classifies completely positive maps between finite-dimensional (matrix) C*-algebras. An infinite-dimensional algebraic generalization of Choi's theorem is known as Belavkin's "Radon–Nikodym" theorem for completely positive maps.
Statement
Cho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitelline%20membrane | The vitelline membrane or vitelline envelope is a structure surrounding the outer surface of the plasma membrane of an ovum (the oolemma) or, in some animals (e.g., birds), the extracellular yolk and the oolemma. It is composed mostly of protein fibers, with protein receptors needed for sperm binding which, in turn, ar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbitan%20monostearate | Sorbitan monostearate is an ester of sorbitan (a sorbitol derivative) and stearic acid and is sometimes referred to as a synthetic wax.
Uses
Sorbitan monostearate is used in the manufacture of food and healthcare products as a non-ionic surfactant with emulsifying, dispersing, and wetting properties. It is also employ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Container%20%28abstract%20data%20type%29 | In computer science, a container is a class or a data structure<ref>Paul E. Black (ed.), entry for data structure in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures. US National Institute of Standards and Technology.15 December 2004. Accessed 4 Oct 2011.</ref> whose instances are collections of other objects. In other wor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kruppel-like%20factors | In molecular genetics, the Krüppel-like family of transcription factors (KLFs) are a set of eukaryotic C2H2 zinc finger DNA-binding proteins that regulate gene expression. This family has been expanded to also include the Sp transcription factor and related proteins, forming the Sp/KLF family.
Members
The following h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AAPI | AAPI may refer to:
Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (Asian Pacific Americans), an ethnic classification in the United States
American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin
Nazma Aapi (born 1999), the stage name of Indian comedian Saloni Gaur
See also
Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Research C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann%20Schlichting | Hermann Schlichting (22 September 1907 – 15 June 1982) was a German fluid dynamics engineer.
Life and work
Hermann Schlichting studied from 1926 till 1930 mathematics, physics and applied mechanics at the University of Jena, Vienne and Göttingen. In 1930 he wrote his PhD in Göttingen titled Über das ebene Windschatte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Wilkins | Bob Wilkins (born Robert Gene Wilkins; April 11, 1932 – January 7, 2009) was a television personality.
Wilkins was the creator and host of the popular television show Creature Features that ran on KTVU in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1971 to 1984.
The programming on Creature Features featured science fiction and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierce%20oscillator | The Pierce oscillator is a type of electronic oscillator particularly well-suited for use in piezoelectric crystal oscillator circuits. Named for its inventor, George W. Pierce (1872–1956), the Pierce oscillator is a derivative of the Colpitts oscillator. Virtually all digital IC clock oscillators are of Pierce type, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpuscles%20of%20Herbst | The corpuscles of Herbst or Herbst corpuscles are nerve-endings similar to the Pacinian corpuscle, found in the mucous membrane of the tongue, in pits on the beak and in other parts of the bodies of birds. They differ from Pacinian corpuscles in being smaller and more elongated, in having thinner and more closely plac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MUPS | MUPS may refer to:
Major urinary proteins
Medically unexplained physical symptoms
the Missing and Unidentified Persons Unit, part of the California Department of Justice |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five%20Black%20Categories | The "Five Black Categories" () were classifications of political identity defined during the period of the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) in the People's Republic of China by Mao Zedong, who ordained that people in these groups should be considered enemies of the Revolution.
The groups were:
Landlords ()
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-alumina%20solid%20electrolyte | Beta-alumina solid electrolyte (BASE) is a fast ion conductor material used as a membrane in several types of molten salt electrochemical cell. Currently there is no known substitute available. β-Alumina exhibits an unusual layered crystal structure which enables very fast ion transport. β-Alumina is not an isomorphic ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-quality%20feed%20block | High-quality feed block or HQFB, is a solid block consisting of molasses, non-protein nitrogen (NPN), rumen by-pass protein (cassava hay), minerals and lipids. It is provided to livestock ruminants in a manner similar to a salt lick.
HQFB is used for ruminant feeding as a method of improving digestion and to help lact... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naimark%27s%20dilation%20theorem | In operator theory, Naimark's dilation theorem is a result that characterizes positive operator valued measures. It can be viewed as a consequence of Stinespring's dilation theorem.
Some preliminary notions
Let X be a compact Hausdorff space, H be a Hilbert space, and L(H) the Banach space of bounded operators on H.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willingness%20to%20communicate | Willingness to communicate (WTC) was originally conceptualised for first language acquisition, and seeks to demonstrate the probability that a speaker will choose to participate in a conversation of their own volition (McCroskey & Baer 1985, cited in MacIntyre et al., 1998). Traditionally, it was seen as a fixed person... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census%20in%20Canada | Statistics Canada conducts a national census of population and census of agriculture every five years and releases the data with a two-year lag.
The Census of Population provides demographic and statistical data that is used to plan public services such as health care, education, and transportation; determine federal ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piston%20motion%20equations | The reciprocating motion of a non-offset piston connected to a rotating crank through a connecting rod (as would be found in internal combustion engines) can be expressed by equations of motion. This article shows how these equations of motion can be derived using calculus as functions of angle (angle domain) and of ti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platinum%28II%29%20chloride | Platinum(II) chloride is the chemical compound PtCl2. It is an important precursor used in the preparation of other platinum compounds. It exists in two crystalline forms, but the main properties are somewhat similar: dark brown, insoluble in water, diamagnetic, and odorless.
Structure
The structures of PtCl2 and PdCl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyproline%20helix | A polyproline helix is a type of protein secondary structure which occurs in proteins comprising repeating proline residues. A left-handed polyproline II helix (PPII, poly-Pro II, κ-helix) is formed when sequential residues all adopt (φ,ψ) backbone dihedral angles of roughly (-75°, 150°) and have trans isomers of their... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20helix | A beta helix is a tandem protein repeat structure formed by the association of parallel beta sheet in a helical pattern with either two or three faces. The beta helix is a type of solenoid protein domain. The structure is stabilized by inter-strand hydrogen bonds, protein-protein interactions, and sometimes bound metal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gene%20Illusion | The Gene Illusion is a 2003 book by clinical psychologist Jay Joseph, in which the author challenges the evidence underlying genetic theories in psychiatry and psychology. Focusing primarily on twin and adoption studies, he attempts to debunk the methodologies used to establish genetic contributions to schizophrenia, c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PROP%20%28category%20theory%29 | In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a PROP is a symmetric strict monoidal category whose objects are the natural numbers n identified with the finite sets and whose tensor product is given on objects by the addition on numbers. Because of “symmetric”, for each n, the symmetric group on n letters is given as a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FOLFIRI | FOLFIRI is a chemotherapy regimen for treatment of colorectal cancer. It is made up of the following drugs:
FOL – folinic acid (leucovorin), a vitamin B derivative with multiple applications, which in this context increases the cytotoxicity of 5-fluorouracil;
F – fluorouracil (5-FU), a pyrimidine analog and antime... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Kuranda | Richard Kuranda is an American director and artist of stage, cinema and television. He currently is the CEO of the Raue Center for the Arts in Crystal Lake, Illinois and the current Artistic Director of Williams Street Repertory. A widower, he resides in Illinois with his four children. In 2018, Raue Center and Willi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrombin-activatable%20fibrinolysis%20inhibitor | Term thrombin-activatable fibrinolysis inhibitor may refer to:
Carboxypeptidase B2, an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the CPB2 gene
Lysine carboxypeptidase, an enzyme class |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SH2 | SH2 may stand for:
SH2 (classification), a Paralympic shooting classification
SH2 domain (Src Homology 2), a protein domain within the Src oncoprotein
SH-2 Seasprite, an American-built ship-based helicopter
SH-2, an iteration of the SuperH CPU core developed by Hitachi
Shadow Hearts: Covenant, also known as Shado... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SH3 | SH3 or SH-3 may refer to:
SH3 domain, a protein structural domain thought to be involved in the formation of productive protein-protein binding interactions
Renesas SH-3, a member of the SuperH microprocessor family, used in mobile and hand-held devices
Silent Hill 3, the third installment in the Silent Hill surviva... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20L.%20Fleiss | Joseph L. Fleiss (November 13, 1937 – June 12, 2003) was an American professor of biostatistics at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, where he also served as head of the Division of Biostatistics from 1975 to 1992. He is known for his work in mental health statistics, particularly assessing the re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound%20TCP | Compound TCP (CTCP) is a Microsoft algorithm that was introduced as part of the Windows Vista and Window Server 2008 TCP stack. It is designed to aggressively adjust the sender's congestion window to optimise TCP for connections with large bandwidth-delay products while trying not to harm fairness (as can occur with H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Canadian%20plants%20by%20genus%20C | Below is a list of Canadian plants by genus. Due to the vastness of Canada's biodiversity, this page is divided.
Many of the plants seen in Canada are introduced, either intentionally or accidentally. N indicated native and X indicated exotic. Those plants whose status is unknown are marked with a ?.
A | B | C | D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Tollmien | Walter Tollmien (13 October 1900, in Berlin – 25 November 1968, in Göttingen) was a German fluid dynamicist.
Life
Walter Tollmien studied from the winter semester 1920–1921 mathematics and physics with Ludwig Prandtl in Göttingen and then from 1924 onwards worked under Prandtl at Kaiser Wilhelm Institute. After a rese... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo-N%20code | Modulo-N code is a lossy compression algorithm used to compress correlated data sources using modular arithmetic.
Compression
When applied to two nodes in a network whose data are in close range of each other modulo-N code requires one node (say odd) to send the coded data value as the raw data ; the even node is requ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20subclausa | Paphinia subclausa is a species of orchid endemic to Costa Rica.
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Robert Louis Dressler in Novon; a Journal for Botanical Nomenclature, 7: 121, fig. 1997 - St. Louis, MO, United States. The species was collected in Reserva Juan Castro Blanco by D.E.Mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20seegeri | Paphinia seegeri is a species of orchid endemic to Colombia.
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Dr. Günter Gerlach in Die Orchidee Dr. Gerlach is a noted expert on the genus Coryanthes.
References
External links
seegeri
Endemic orchids of Colombia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20rugosa | Paphinia rugosa is a species of orchid endemic to Colombia.
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824–1889) in Linnaea; Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, xli. 110, 1877 - Berlin, Germany. This species is found in Colombia, at an altitude ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20posadarum | Paphinia posadarum is a species of orchid found from Colombia to Ecuador.
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published Calaway H. Dodson & Rodrigo Escobar in Orquideologia; Revista de la Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideologia -Medellin, 18(3): 230 - 1993. Colombia. This species is found in Colombia ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20neudeckeri | Paphinia neudeckeri is a species of orchid found from Colombia to Ecuador.
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Rudolf Jenny in Die Orchidee.
References
External links
Meyers Conservatory: Paphinia neudeckerii.
neudeckeri
Orchids of Colombia
Orchids of Ecuador |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20litensis | Paphinia litensis is a species of orchid endemic to Ecuador.
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Calaway H. Dodson & Tilman Neudecker in Die Orchidee. Distribution ranges through the Esmeraldas (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America). Originally collected by Calaway H. Dodso... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20lindeniana | Paphinia lindeniana is a species of orchid native to Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Peru and possibly Guyana.
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Heinrich Gustav Reichenbach (1824–1889) in Lindenia; Iconographie des Orchidees. 3: 23, pl. 106. 1887 Flora, 70: 497. 1887 - Ghent & Brussels.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20hirtzii | Paphinia hirtzii is a species of orchid endemic to Ecuador.
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Calaway H. Dodson in Icones Plantarum Tropicarum ser. 2, 6: t. 566. 1989 - Sarasota, Florida. Collected by C.H.Dodson & A.C.Hirtz 8 km from Chaco on the road to Santa Rosa de Chaco, off the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20grandiflora | Paphinia grandiflora is a species of orchid native to Brazil.
The classification of this orchid species was published by João Barbosa Rodrigues in Genera et Species Orchidearum Novarum quas Collecit, Descripsit et Iconibus Illustravit. Sebastianopolis, Two volumes: Vol. 1, 1877; Vol. 2, 1882 (although pages 1–136 may ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20dunstervillei | Paphinia dunstervillei is an orchid species native to Venezuela.
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Calaway H. Dodson & Tilman Neudecker with their description based on two drawings in 1991. The name was invalid until a specimen could be obtained for proper identification under articl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paphinia%20benzingii | Paphinia benzingii is a species of orchid endemic to Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador.
The classification of this species was published by Calaway H. Dodson & Tilman Neudecker in Die Orchidee. Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg, 41: 233, figs. 190. Paphinia benzingii is distributed through the Esmeraldas (Ecuador, Western So... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couloir | A couloir (, "passage" or "corridor") is a narrow gully with a steep gradient in a mountainous terrain.
Geology
A couloir may be a seam, scar, or fissure, or vertical crevasse in an otherwise solid mountain mass. Though often hemmed in by sheer cliff walls, couloirs may also be less well-defined, and often simply a l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | The 1938 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 15th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 18 and 19 June 1938.
Official results
Did not finish
Statistics
Fastest Lap – #19 Raymond Sommer – 5:13.8
Distance – 3180.94 km
Average Speed – 132.539 km/h
Trophy winners
13th Rudge-Whitworth Biennial Cup – #28 Adler
Index of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical%20distance | In statistics, probability theory, and information theory, a statistical distance quantifies the distance between two statistical objects, which can be two random variables, or two probability distributions or samples, or the distance can be between an individual sample point and a population or a wider sample of point... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sufyan%20al-Thawri | Sufyan al-Thawri (; 716–778) was a Tābi‘ al-Tābi‘īn Islamic scholar, jurist, and founder of the Thawri madhhab. He was also a great hadith compiler (muhaddith) and was known as one of the Eight Ascetics.
Biography
Sufyan ath-Thawri was born in Khorosan. His nisba al-Thawri is derived from his ancestor Thawr b. 'Abd Ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatinase%20A | Gelatinase A, also known as MMP2 (, 72-kDa gelatinase, matrix metalloproteinase 2, type IV collagenase, 3/4 collagenase, matrix metalloproteinase 5, 72 kDa gelatinase type A, collagenase IV, collagenase type IV, MMP 2, type IV collagen metalloproteinase, type IV collagenase/gelatinase) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNAP25 | Synaptosomal-Associated Protein, 25kDa (SNAP-25) is a Target Soluble NSF (N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor) Attachment Protein Receptor (t-SNARE) protein encoded by the SNAP25 gene found on chromosome 20p12.2 in humans. SNAP-25 is a component of the trans-SNARE complex, which accounts for membrane fusion specificity a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synaptotagmin | Synaptotagmins (SYTs) constitute a family of membrane-trafficking proteins that are characterized by an N-terminal transmembrane region (TMR), a variable linker, and two C-terminal C2 domains - C2A and C2B. There are 17 isoforms in the mammalian synaptotagmin family. There are several C2-domain containing protein fami... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton-class%20cutter | The Hamilton-class cutter was the largest class of vessel in the United States Coast Guard until replaced by the Legend-class cutter, aside from the . The hull classification symbol is prefixed WHEC. The cutters are called the Hamilton class after their lead ship, or the "Secretary class" because most of the vessels i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platensimycin | Platensimycin, a metabolite of Streptomyces platensis, is an antibiotic, which act by blocking enzymes (β-ketoacyl-(acyl-carrier-protein (ACP)) synthase I/II (FabF/B)).
History
Platensimycin was first isolated from a strain of Streptomyces platensis by workers at Merck. Screens of 250,000 natural product extracts (83,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycosyltransferase | Glycosyltransferases (GTFs, Gtfs) are enzymes (EC 2.4) that establish natural glycosidic linkages. They catalyze the transfer of saccharide moieties from an activated nucleotide sugar (also known as the "glycosyl donor") to a nucleophilic glycosyl acceptor molecule, the nucleophile of which can be oxygen- carbon-, nitr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20Services%20Conversation%20Language | The Web Service Conversation Language (WSCL) proposal defines the overall input and output message sequences for one web service using a finite state automaton FSA over the alphabet of message types.
External links
Web Service Conversation Language (WSCL) proposal
Web service specifications
World Wide Web Consortium... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartok%20%28disambiguation%29 | Bartók usually refers to Béla Bartók, Hungarian composer.
Bartok may also refer to:
Bartok (surname), other people with the name
Bartok (compiler), an advanced compiler being developed by Microsoft Research
Bartok (card game)
Bartok (film), a 1964 television film
Bartok, a fictional bat in the movies Anastasia a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Smagorinsky | Joseph Smagorinsky (29 January 1924 – 21 September 2005) was an American meteorologist and the first director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL).
Early life
Joseph Smagorinsky was born to Nathan Smagorinsky and Dina Azaroff. His parents were fr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darboux%20derivative | The Darboux derivative of a map between a manifold and a Lie group is a variant of the standard derivative. It is arguably a more natural generalization of the single-variable derivative. It allows a generalization of the single-variable fundamental theorem of calculus to higher dimensions, in a different vein than the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DXT | DXT may refer to:
Grand Mixer DXT, the credited inventor of turntablism
DXT, a family of implementations of the S3 Texture Compression algorithm |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20arcuate%20fibers | In neuroanatomy, the internal arcuate fibers or internal arcuate tract are the axons of second-order sensory neurons that compose the gracile and cuneate nuclei of the medulla oblongata. These second-order neurons begin in the gracile and cuneate nuclei in the medulla. They receive input from first-order sensory neuro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergun%20equation | The Ergun equation, derived by the Turkish chemical engineer Sabri Ergun in 1952, expresses the friction factor in a packed column as a function of the modified Reynolds number.
Equation
where and are defined as
and
where:
is the modified Reynolds number,
is the packed bed friction factor
is the pressure dr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate%20dehydrogenase%20%28NADP%2B%29 | Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (NADP+) () (GAPN) is an enzyme that irreversibly catalyzes the oxidation of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate (GAP) to 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PG or 3-PGA) using the reduction of NADP+ to NADPH. GAPN is used in a variant of glycolysis that conserves energy as NADPH rather than as ATP. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyruvate%20dehydrogenase%20%28NADP%2B%29 | Pyruvate dehydrogenase (NADP+) is an enzyme that should not be confused with Pyruvate dehydrogenase (acetyltransferase) .
It catalyzes the following reaction:
Pyruvate + Coenzyme A + NADP+ ⇒ acetyl-CoA + NADPH + H+ + CO2
References
Further reading
External links
EC 1.2.1.51 IUBMB Enzyme Nomenclature at chem.qmu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyroxine%205-deiodinase | Thyroxine 5-deiodinase also known as type III iodothyronine deiodinase (EC number 1.21.99.3) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DIO3 gene. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction
3,3',5'-triiodo-L-thyronine + iodide + A + H+ L-thyroxine + AH2
The protein encoded by this intronless gene belo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferroxidase | Ferroxidase also known as Fe(II):oxygen oxidoreductase is an enzyme that catalyzes the oxidization of iron II to iron III:
4 Fe2+ + 4 H+ + O2 ⇔ 4 Fe3+ + 2H2O
Examples
Human genes encoding proteins with ferroxidase activity include:
CP – Ceruloplasmin
FTH1 – Ferritin heavy chain
FTMT – Ferritin, mitochondrial
HE... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzacamene | Enzacamene (INN; also known as 4-methylbenzylidene camphor or 4-MBC) is an organic camphor derivative that is used in the cosmetic industry for its ability to protect the skin against UV, specifically UV B radiation. As such, it is used in sunscreen lotions and other skincare products claiming a SPF value. Its tradenam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9n%C3%A9trier%27s%20disease | Ménétrier disease is a rare, acquired, premalignant disease of the stomach characterized by massive gastric folds, excessive mucous production with resultant protein loss, and little or no acid production. The disorder is associated with excessive secretion of transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-α). It is named after... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficient%20coding%20hypothesis | The efficient coding hypothesis was proposed by Horace Barlow in 1961 as a theoretical model of sensory coding in the brain. Within the brain, neurons communicate with one another by sending electrical impulses referred to as action potentials or spikes. One goal of sensory neuroscience is to decipher the meaning of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katchalski-Katzir%20algorithm | The Katchalski-Katzir algorithm is an algorithm for docking of rigid molecules, developed by Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir, Isaac Shariv and Miriam Eisenstein.
In 1990 Professor Ephraim Katchalski-Katzir, former president of the state of Israel, gathered a group of physicists, chemists and biologists at the Weizmann Insti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%20helix | A pi helix (or π-helix) is a type of secondary structure found in proteins. Discovered by crystallographer Barbara Low in 1952 and once thought to be rare, short π-helices are found in 15% of known protein structures and are believed to be an evolutionary adaptation derived by the insertion of a single amino acid into... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/310%20helix | {{DISPLAYTITLE:310 helix}}
A 310 helix is a type of secondary structure found in proteins and polypeptides. Of the numerous protein secondary structures present, the 310-helix is the fourth most common type observed; following α-helices, β-sheets and reverse turns. 310-helices constitute nearly 10–15% of all helices i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia%20%28Child%20novel%29 | Utopia () is the first solo novel by Lincoln Child published in 2002. It is set in a futuristic amusement park called Utopia, a park that relies heavily on holographics and robotics. Dr. Andrew Warne, the man who designed the program that runs the park's robots, is called in to help fix a problem. But when he gets ther... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayley%27s%20nodal%20cubic%20surface | In algebraic geometry, the Cayley surface, named after Arthur Cayley, is a cubic nodal surface in 3-dimensional projective space with four conical points. It can be given by the equation
when the four singular points are those with three vanishing coordinates.
Changing variables gives several other simple equations d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Sanders | Jerry Sanders may refer to:
Jerry Sanders (businessman) (born 1936), co-founder and CEO of American semiconductor manufacturer Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
Jerry Don Sanders (born 1948), American football player and coach
Jerry Sanders (politician) (born 1950), American politician in California |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot%20Dreams%20%28short%20story%29 | "Robot Dreams" is a science fiction short story by American writer Isaac Asimov exploring the unbalance of robot/human relationships under Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics. It was nominated for a Hugo Award in 1987. It won the Locus Award for Best Short Story in 1987.
"Robot Dreams", along with 20 other short stories by... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterfly%20curve%20%28algebraic%29 | In mathematics, the algebraic butterfly curve is a plane algebraic curve of degree six, given by the equation
The butterfly curve has a single singularity with delta invariant three, which means it is a curve of genus seven. The only plane curves of genus seven are singular, since seven is not a triangular number,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A-opioid%20receptor | The κ-opioid receptor or kappa opioid receptor, abbreviated KOR or KOP for its ligand ketazocine, is a G protein-coupled receptor that in humans is encoded by the OPRK1 gene. The KOR is coupled to the G protein Gi/G0 and is one of four related receptors that bind opioid-like compounds in the brain and are responsible f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribonuclease%20inhibitor | Ribonuclease inhibitor (RI) is a large (~450 residues, ~49 kDa), acidic (pI ~4.7), leucine-rich repeat protein that forms extremely tight complexes with certain ribonucleases. It is a major cellular protein, comprising ~0.1% of all cellular protein by weight, and appears to play an important role in regulating the lif... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Byrnes | Eugene Francis Byrnes (March 18, 1889 – July 26, 1974) created the long-running comic strip Reg'lar Fellers, which he signed Gene Byrnes. His humorous look at suburban children (who nevertheless spoke like New York street kids) was syndicated from 1917 to 1949.
Biography
Early life and education
Born and educated in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply%20chain%20optimization | Supply-chain optimization (SCO) aims to ensure the optimal operation of a manufacturing and distribution supply chain. This includes the optimal placement of inventory within the supply chain, minimizing operating costs including manufacturing costs, transportation costs, and distribution costs. Optimization often invo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration%20cell | In battery technology, a concentration cell is a limited form of a galvanic cell that has two equivalent half-cells of the same composition differing only in concentrations. One can calculate the potential developed by such a cell using the Nernst equation. A concentration cell produces a small voltage as it attempts t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reg%27lar%20Fellers | Reg'lar Fellers is a long-running newspaper comic strip adapted into a feature film, a radio series on the NBC Red Network, and two animated cartoons. Created by Gene Byrnes (1889–1974), the comic strip offered a humorous look at a gang of suburban children (who nevertheless spoke like New York street kids). Syndicate... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter%20%28surname%29 | Winter is a surname.
Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 40.7% of all known bearers of the surname Winter were residents of Germany (frequency 1:992), 22.9% of the United States (1:7,932), 9.5% of England (1:2,952), 4.4% of Austria (1:974), 3.9% of Australia (1:3,034), 3.4% of Brazil (1:30,666), 3.0% of Canada (1:6,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Lake%20%28Gilmanton%2C%20New%20Hampshire%29 | Crystal Lake is a water body located in Belknap County in the Lakes Region of central New Hampshire, United States, in the town of Gilmanton. Crystal Lake is at the head of the Suncook River watershed. Water flows into Crystal Lake from the Belknap Range through Manning and Sunset lakes to the north. Water from Mannin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virosome | A virosome is a drug or vaccine delivery mechanism consisting of unilamellar phospholipid membrane (either a mono- or bi-layer) vesicle incorporating virus derived proteins to allow the virosomes to fuse with target cells. Viruses are infectious agents that can replicate in their host organism, however virosomes do not... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-propeller | In structural biology, a beta-propeller (β-propeller) is a type of all-β protein architecture characterized by 4 to 8 highly symmetrical blade-shaped beta sheets arranged toroidally around a central axis. Together the beta-sheets form a funnel-like active site.
Structure
Each beta-sheet typically has four anti-parall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferredoxin%20fold | In protein structure, a ferredoxin fold is a common α+β protein fold with a signature βαββαβ secondary structure along its backbone. Structurally, the ferredoxin fold can be regarded as a long, symmetric hairpin that is wrapped once around, so that its two terminal β-strands hydrogen-bond to the central two β-strands,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIM%20barrel | The TIM barrel (triose-phosphate isomerase), also known as an alpha/beta barrel, is a conserved protein fold consisting of eight alpha helices (α-helices) and eight parallel beta strands (β-strands) that alternate along the peptide backbone. The structure is named after triose-phosphate isomerase, a conserved metabolic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavodoxin%20fold | The flavodoxin fold is a common α/β protein fold, second only to the TIM barrel fold. It has three layers, with two α-helical layers sandwiching a 5-stranded parallel β-sheet. The order of strands within the sheet is 2-1-3-4-5.
This motif is present for example in lactate dehydrogenase () or phosphoglycerate kinas... |
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