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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption%20cross%20section
In physics, absorption cross section is a measure for the probability of an absorption process. More generally, the term cross section is used in physics to quantify the probability of a certain particle-particle interaction, e.g., scattering, electromagnetic absorption, etc. (Note that light in this context is describ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Municipalities%20of%20Peru
Municipalities, in Peru, are the government organizations that govern the provinces and districts of that country. Classification According to the Base law of Municipalities, these entities are classified in to Provincial Municipalities and District Municipalities. The provincial municipalities also have functions p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatty%20acid%20synthase
Fatty acid synthase (FAS) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the FASN gene. Fatty acid synthase is a multi-enzyme protein that catalyzes fatty acid synthesis. It is not a single enzyme but a whole enzymatic system composed of two identical 272 kDa multifunctional polypeptides, in which substrates are handed fro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-Aminoquinoline
8-Aminoquinoline is the 8-amino derivative of quinoline. Often abbreviated AQ, it is a pale yellow solid. It is structurally analogous to 8-hydroxyquinoline. Drug derivatives The derivatives primaquine, tafenoquine and pamaquine have been tested for anti-malaria activity. Primaquine is still used routinely worldwide...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Spy%20and%20the%20Crystals%20of%20Armageddon
Guy Spy and the Crystals of Armageddon is an action game by ReadySoft that was released for DOS, Atari ST, and Amiga in 1992. Guy Spy is a cartoon adventure similar to Dragon's Lair and Space Ace but with longer sections. Plot Guy is summoned before the chief of international security and informed that the evil Baron ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zonal%20and%20meridional%20flow
Zonal and meridional flow are directions and regions of fluid flow on a globe. Zonal flow follows a pattern along latitudinal lines, latitudinal circles or in the west–east direction. Meridional flow follows a pattern from north to south, or from south to north, along the Earth's longitude lines, longitudinal circles ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Kummer
Paul Kummer (22 August 1834 – 6 December 1912) was a minister, teacher, and scientist in Zerbst, Germany, known chiefly for his contribution to mycological nomenclature. Earlier classification of agarics by pioneering fungal taxonomist Elias Magnus Fries designated only a very small number of genera, with most species ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartrate-resistant%20acid%20phosphatase
Tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (TRAP or TRAPase), also called acid phosphatase 5, tartrate resistant (ACP5), is a glycosylated monomeric metalloprotein enzyme expressed in mammals. It has a molecular weight of approximately 35kDa, a basic isoelectric point (7.6–9.5), and optimal activity in acidic conditions. TRAP...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defence%20Analytical%20Services%20and%20Advice
Defence Analytical Services and Advice (DASA) was a statistical and economic unit within the MoD, initially created in 1992 from various statistics branches within the Ministry of Defence (MoD), as the Defence Analytical Services Agency. DASA was initially an executive agency of the MoD but lost its agency status on 1 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CXCL2
Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 2 (CXCL2) is a small cytokine belonging to the CXC chemokine family that is also called macrophage inflammatory protein 2-alpha (MIP2-alpha), Growth-regulated protein beta (Gro-beta) and Gro oncogene-2 (Gro-2). CXCL2 is 90% identical in amino acid sequence as a related chemokine, CXCL1. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20replacement
Molecular replacement (MR) is a method of solving the phase problem in X-ray crystallography. MR relies upon the existence of a previously solved protein structure which is similar to our unknown structure from which the diffraction data is derived. This could come from a homologous protein, or from the lower-resolutio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylmalonic%20acid
Methylmalonic acid (MMA) (conjugate base methylmalonate) is a dicarboxylic acid that is a C-methylated derivative of malonic acid. The coenzyme A linked form of methylmalonic acid, methylmalonyl-CoA, is converted into succinyl-CoA by methylmalonyl-CoA mutase, in a reaction that requires vitamin B12 as a cofactor. In t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CXCL3
Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 3 (CXCL3) is a small cytokine belonging to the CXC chemokine family that is also known as GRO3 oncogene (GRO3), GRO protein gamma (GROg) and macrophage inflammatory protein-2-beta (MIP2b). CXCL3 controls migration and adhesion of monocytes and mediates its effects on its target cell by i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikaite
Ikaite is the mineral name for the hexahydrate of calcium carbonate, . Ikaite tends to form very steep or spiky pyramidal crystals, often radially arranged, of varied sizes from thumbnail size aggregates to gigantic salient spurs. It is only found in a metastable state and decomposes rapidly by losing most of its water...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20sequenced%20archaeal%20genomes
This list of sequenced archaeal genomes contains all the archaea known to have publicly available complete genome sequences that have been assembled, annotated and deposited in public databases. Methanococcus jannaschii was the first archaeon whose genome was sequenced, in 1996. Currently in this list there are 39 gen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet%20%28fluid%29
A jet is a stream of fluid that is projected into a surrounding medium, usually from some kind of a nozzle, aperture or orifice. Jets can travel long distances without dissipating. Jet fluid has higher momentum compared to the surrounding fluid medium. In the case that the surrounding medium is assumed to be made up o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CXCL5
C-X-C motif chemokine 5 (CXCL5 or ENA78) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CXCL5 gene. Function The protein encoded by this gene, CXCL5 is a small cytokine belonging to the CXC chemokine family that is also known as epithelial-derived neutrophil-activating peptide 78 (ENA-78). It is produced following s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-opt
In optimization, 2-opt is a simple local search algorithm for solving the traveling salesman problem. The 2-opt algorithm was first proposed by Croes in 1958, although the basic move had already been suggested by Flood. The main idea behind it is to take a route that crosses over itself and reorder it so that it does n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-opt
See also 2-opt Local search (optimization) Lin–Kernighan heuristic References Heuristic algorithms Travelling salesman problem
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nqthm
Nqthm is a theorem prover sometimes referred to as the Boyer–Moore theorem prover. It was a precursor to ACL2. History The system was developed by Robert S. Boyer and J Strother Moore, professors of computer science at the University of Texas, Austin. They began work on the system in 1971 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Thei...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin%E2%80%93Kernighan%20heuristic
In combinatorial optimization, Lin–Kernighan is one of the best heuristics for solving the symmetric travelling salesman problem. It belongs to the class of local search algorithms, which take a tour (Hamiltonian cycle) as part of the input and attempt to improve it by searching in the neighbourhood of the given tour f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius%20Herman%20Muller
Cornelius Herman ("Neil") Muller, born Müller, (July 22, 1909 – January 26, 1997) was an American botanist and ecologist who pioneered the study of allelopathy and oak classification. Personal life Müller was born in Collinsville, Illinois, but moved at an early age to Cuero, Texas, and was educated there. He was gra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitachi%20DX07
The Hitachi DX07 is a 2.9 inch (73 mm) liquid crystal display screen which went into mass production in December 2006: 62mm x 37mm 800x480 pixels 1.677 million colours 400:1 contrast ratio 250cd/m2 IPS TFT (in-plane switching) Each pixel is therefore 78µm x 77µm (1µm = 1/1000mm). Note: It's also safe to assume that t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20dopant%20fluctuation
Random dopant fluctuation (RDF) is a form of process variation resulting from variation in the implanted impurity concentration. In MOSFET transistors, RDF in the channel region can alter the transistor's properties, especially threshold voltage. In newer process technologies RDF has a larger effect because the total n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20butterflies%20of%20the%20Western%20Ghats
This is a list of butterfly species found in the Western Ghats region. This region is a biodiversity hotspot and about 334 species of butterflies have been recorded. Papilionidae—swallowtail butterflies (19 species) Pieridae—yellow-white butterflies (34 species) Nymphalidae—brush-footed butterflies (97 species) Ri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20fog
Ice fog is a type of fog consisting of fine ice crystals suspended in the air. It occurs only in cold areas of the world, as water droplets suspended in the air can remain liquid down to . It should be distinguished from diamond dust, a precipitation of sparse ice crystals falling from a clear sky. Ice fog is not the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmer%20High%20School%20%28Massachusetts%29
Palmer High School is a public high school located in the city of Palmer, Massachusetts, United States. Demographics and statistics For the 20152016 school year, Palmer High School enrolled 489 students in grades 8 through 12. Out of these students, 88.8% were Caucasian, 2.0% were African American, 5.1% were Hispani...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS-controlled%20thyristor
An MOS-controlled thyristor (MCT) is a voltage-controlled fully controllable thyristor, controlled by MOSFETs (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors). It was invented by V.A.K. Temple in 1984, and was principally similar to the earlier insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT). MCTs are similar in operation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid%20animation
Fluid animation refers to computer graphics techniques for generating realistic animations of fluids such as water and smoke. Fluid animations are typically focused on emulating the qualitative visual behavior of a fluid, with less emphasis placed on rigorously correct physical results, although they often still rely o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterochromatin%20protein%201
The family of heterochromatin protein 1 (HP1) ("Chromobox Homolog", CBX) consists of highly conserved proteins, which have important functions in the cell nucleus. These functions include gene repression by heterochromatin formation, transcriptional activation, regulation of binding of cohesion complexes to centromere...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Juventus%20FC%20records%20and%20statistics
Juventus Football Club is an Italian professional association football club based in Turin, Piedmont that competes in Serie A, the top football league in the country. The club was formed in 1897 as Sport Club Juventus by a group of Massimo d'Azeglio Lyceum young students and played its first competitive match on 11 Mar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subspace%20theorem
In mathematics, the subspace theorem says that points of small height in projective space lie in a finite number of hyperplanes. It is a result obtained by . Statement The subspace theorem states that if L1,...,Ln are linearly independent linear forms in n variables with algebraic coefficients and if ε>0 is any given ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenascin
Tenascins are extracellular matrix glycoproteins. They are abundant in the extracellular matrix of developing vertebrate embryos and they reappear around healing wounds and in the stroma of some tumors. Types There are four members of the tenascin gene family: tenascin-C, tenascin-R, tenascin-X and tenascin-W. Tenas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teneurin
Teneurins are a family of phylogenetically conserved single-pass transmembrane glycoproteins expressed during pattern formation and morphogenesis. The name refers to "ten-a" (from "tenascin-like protein, accessory") and "neurons", the primary site of teneurin expression. Ten-m refers to tenascin-like protein major. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Rossiter
Martin Rossiter (born 15 May 1970) is a Welsh singer, who was lead singer of the British indie band Gene from 1993 until their break-up in 2004. He released a solo album in 2012. Career Though Gene was labelled as a Britpop band, Rossiter was never happy being included in the genre saying "It was played out under the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurotransmitter%20transporter
Neurotransmitter transporters are a class of membrane transport proteins that span the cellular membranes of neurons. Their primary function is to carry neurotransmitters across these membranes and to direct their further transport to specific intracellular locations. There are more than twenty types of neurotransmitt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nesting%20algorithm
Nesting algorithms are used to make the most efficient use of material or space by evaluating many different possible combinations via recursion. Linear (1-dimensional): The simplest of the algorithms illustrated here. For an existing set there is only one position where a new cut can be placed – at the end of the las...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20structure%20prediction
Secondary structure prediction is a set of techniques in bioinformatics that aim to predict the secondary structures of proteins and nucleic acid sequences based only on knowledge of their primary structure. For proteins, this means predicting the formation of protein structures such as alpha helices and beta strands, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frataxin
Frataxin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FXN gene. It is located in the mitochondrion and Frataxin mRNA is mostly expressed in tissues with a high metabolic rate. The function of frataxin is not clear but it is involved in assembly of iron-sulfur clusters. It has been proposed to act as either an iron c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylenediamine%20dihydroiodide
Ethylenediamine dihydroiodide (EDDI) is a water-soluble salt derived from ethylenediamine and hydroiodic acid. It is a colorless to light yellow crystalline powder. The salt consists of the ethylenediammonium dication C2H4(NH3)22+ and iodide anions. Application EDDI is used as an additive in pet food and cattle feed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigma-1%20receptor
The sigma-1 receptor (σ1R), one of two sigma receptor subtypes, is a chaperone protein at the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) that modulates calcium signaling through the IP3 receptor. In humans, the σ1 receptor is encoded by the SIGMAR1 gene. The σ1 receptor is a transmembrane protein expressed in many different tissue ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigenetic%20code
The epigenetic code is hypothesised to be a defining code in every eukaryotic cell consisting of the specific epigenetic modification in each cell. It consists of histone modifications defined by the histone code and additional epigenetic modifications such as DNA methylation. The base for the epigenetic code is a syst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20health
Plant health includes the protection of plants, as well as scientific and regulatory frameworks for controlling plant pests or pathogens. Plant health is concerned with: Ecosystem health with a special focus on plants Tree health The control of plant pests The control of plant pathology See also Plant disease forecas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Shephard
Neil Shephard (born 8 October 1964), FBA, is an econometrician, currently Frank B. Baird Jr., Professor of Science in the Department of Economics and the Department of Statistics at Harvard University. His most well known contributions are: (i) the formalisation of the econometrics of realised volatility, which non...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DREAM%20%28protocol%29
DREAM is an ad hoc location-based routing protocol. DREAM stands for Distance Routing Effect Algorithm for Mobility. References "A distance routing effect algorithm for mobility (DREAM)" in Network protocols Ad hoc routing protocols
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20gun
A flood gun is an electromechanical device that provides a steady flow of low-energy electrons to a desired target or "flood area." Typically, the target is an area on an insulator or semiconductor where another "writing gun" has just left a net positive charge. If the energy of a flood gun's electrons is properly ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic%20generation
Harmonic generation (HG, also called multiple harmonic generation) is a nonlinear optical process in which photons with the same frequency interact with a nonlinear material, are "combined", and generate a new photon with times the energy of the initial photons (equivalently, times the frequency and the wavelength d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma%20membrane%20Ca2%2B%20ATPase
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase}} The plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) is a transport protein in the plasma membrane of cells that functions as a calcium pump to remove calcium (Ca2+) from the cell. PMCA function is vital for regulating the amount of Ca2+ within all eukaryotic cells. There is a very lar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OmniVision%20Technologies
OmniVision Technologies Inc. is an American subsidiary of Chinese semiconductor device and mixed-signal integrated circuit design house Will Semiconductor. The company designs and develops digital imaging products for use in mobile phones, laptops, netbooks and webcams, security and surveillance cameras, entertainment,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer%20Genome%20Project
The Cancer Genome Project is part of the cancer, aging, and somatic mutation research based at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in the United Kingdom. It aims to identify sequence variants/mutations critical in the development of human cancers. Like The Cancer Genome Atlas project within the United States, the Cance...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%2824952%29%201997%20QJ4
, also written as 1997 QJ4, is a plutino and as such, it is trapped in a 2:3 mean-motion resonance with Neptune. It was discovered on 28 August, 1997, by Jane X. Luu, Chad Trujillo, David C. Jewitt and K. Berney. This object has a perihelion (closest approach to the Sun) at 30.463 AU and an aphelion (farthest approach ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebound%20rate
In basketball statistics, rebound rate or rebound percentage is a statistic to gauge how effective a player is at gaining possession of the basketball after a missed field goal or free throw. Rebound rate is an estimate of the percentage of missed shots a player rebounded while he was on the floor. Using raw rebound to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golod%E2%80%93Shafarevich%20theorem
In mathematics, the Golod–Shafarevich theorem was proved in 1964 by Evgeny Golod and Igor Shafarevich. It is a result in non-commutative homological algebra which solves the class field tower problem, by showing that class field towers can be infinite. The inequality Let A = K⟨x1, ..., xn⟩ be the free algebra over a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCJR%20algorithm
The BCJR algorithm is an algorithm for maximum a posteriori decoding of error correcting codes defined on trellises (principally convolutional codes). The algorithm is named after its inventors: Bahl, Cocke, Jelinek and Raviv. This algorithm is critical to modern iteratively-decoded error-correcting codes, including ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myophosphorylase
Myophosphorylase or glycogen phosphorylase, muscle associated (PYGM) is the muscle isoform of the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase and is encoded by the PYGM gene. This enzyme helps break down glycogen (a form of stored carbohydrate) into glucose-1-phosphate (not glucose), so it can be used within the muscle cell. Mutatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand%27s%20box%20paradox
Bertrand's box paradox is a veridical paradox in elementary probability theory. It was first posed by Joseph Bertrand in his 1889 work Calcul des Probabilités. There are three boxes: a box containing two gold coins, a box containing two silver coins, a box containing one gold coin and one silver coin. The questio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterimmunoelectrophoresis
Counterimmunoelectrophoresis is a laboratory technique used to evaluate the binding of an antibody to its antigen, it is similar to immunodiffusion, but with the addition of an applied electrical field across the diffusion medium, usually an agar or polyacrylamide gel. The effect is rapid migration of the antibody and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Urawa%20Red%20Diamonds%20records%20and%20statistics
This article contains records and statistics for the Japanese professional football club, Urawa Red Diamonds. J.League Domestic cup competitions Major international competitions Top scorers by season International Games Key: aet - after extra time PS - after penalty shootout References Urawa Red Diamonds Urawa ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21-Hydroxylase
Steroid 21-hydroxylase (also known as steroid 21-monooxygenase, cytochrome P450C21, 21α-hydroxylase and less commonly 21β-hydroxylase) is an enzyme that hydroxylates steroids at the C21 position and is involved in biosynthesis of aldosterone and cortisol. The enzyme converts progesterone and 17α-hydroxyprogesterone int...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponderomotive%20energy
In strong-field laser physics, ponderomotive energy is the cycle-averaged quiver energy of a free electron in an electromagnetic field. Equation The ponderomotive energy is given by , where is the electron charge, is the linearly polarised electric field amplitude, is the laser carrier frequency and is the elect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple%20acid%20phosphatases
Purple acid phosphatases (PAPs) () are metalloenzymes that hydrolyse phosphate esters and anhydrides under acidic condition. In their oxidised form, PAPs in solution are purple in colour. This is due to the presence of a dinuclear iron centre, to which a tyrosine residue is connected via a charge transfer. This metalli...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pore-forming%20toxin
Pore-forming proteins (PFTs, also known as pore-forming toxins) are usually produced by bacteria, and include a number of protein exotoxins but may also be produced by other organisms such as apple snails that produce perivitellin-2 or earthworms, who produce lysenin. They are frequently cytotoxic (i.e., they kill cel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Kashima%20Antlers%20records%20and%20statistics
This article contains records and statistics for the Japanese professional football club, Kashima Antlers. J.League Domestic cup competitions Major international competitions Top scorers by season References Kashima Antlers Kashima Antlers
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HELP%20assay
For the purpose of DNA replication, the HpaII tiny fragment Enrichment by Ligation-mediated PCR Assay (HELP Assay) is one of several techniques used for determining whether DNA has been methylated. The technique can be adapted to examine DNA methylation within and around individual genes, or it can be expanded to exami...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nmrpipe
NMRPipe is a Nuclear Magnetic Resonance data processing program. The project was preceded by other functionally similar programs but is, by and large, one of the most popular software packages for NMR Data Processing in part due to its efficiency (due to its utilization of Unix pipes) and ease of use (due to the larg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multigate%20device
A multigate device, multi-gate MOSFET or multi-gate field-effect transistor (MuGFET) refers to a metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET) that has more than one gate on a single transistor. The multiple gates may be controlled by a single gate electrode, wherein the multiple gate surfaces act electric...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9-Michel%20Guerry
André-Michel Guerry (; December 24, 1802 – April 9, 1866) was a French lawyer and amateur statistician. Together with Adolphe Quetelet he may be regarded as the founder of moral statistics which led to the development of criminology, sociology and ultimately, modern social science. Early life and education Guerry was...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny%20woodrat
The Allegheny woodrat (Neotoma magister), is a species of "pack rat" in the genus Neotoma. Once believed to be a subspecies of the eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), extensive DNA analysis has proven it to be a distinct species. Description The Allegheny woodrat is a medium-sized rodent almost indistinguishable from...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson%20power%20cell
The Patterson power cell is an electrolysis device invented by chemist James A. Patterson, which he said created 200 times more energy than it used, and neutralizes radioactivity without emitting any harmful radiation. It is one of several cells that some observers classified as cold fusion; cells which were the subjec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeba%20%28disambiguation%29
Amoeba (sometimes amœba or ameba, plural amoebae, amoebas or amebas) is a type of cell or organism which has the ability to alter its shape, primarily by extending and retracting pseudopods. Amoeba or variants may also refer to: Biology Amoeba (genus), a genus of single-celled protists in the family Amoebidae Amoeb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop%20modeling
Loop modeling is a problem in protein structure prediction requiring the prediction of the conformations of loop regions in proteins with or without the use of a structural template. Computer programs that solve these problems have been used to research a broad range of scientific topics from ADP to breast cancer. Beca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilot-operated%20relief%20valve
Like other pressure relief valves (PRV), pilot-operated relief valves (PORV) are used for emergency relief during overpressure events (e.g., a tank gets too hot and the expanding fluid increases the pressure to dangerous levels). PORV are also called pilot-operated safety valve (POSV), pilot-operated pressure relief va...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracaspase
Paracaspases (human: MALT1) are members of the C14 family of cysteine proteases. Paracaspases are proteins related to caspases present in animals and slime mold, in contrast to metacaspases, which are present in plants, fungi, and "protists". The phylogenetic distribution is a bit confusing, since slime mold diverged e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murchison%20Widefield%20Array
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is a joint project between an international consortium of organisations to construct and operate a low-frequency radio array. 'Widefield' refers to its very large field of view (on the order of 30 degrees across). Operating in the frequency range 70–300 MHz, the main scientific goals...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restrict
In the C programming language, restrict is a keyword, introduced by the C99 standard, that can be used in pointer declarations. By adding this type qualifier, a programmer hints to the compiler that for the lifetime of the pointer, no other pointer will be used to access the object to which it points. This allows the c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Hunt%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201982%29
David John Hunt (born 10 September 1982) is a former English football midfielder. Playing career Born in London, Hunt began as a trainee with Crystal Palace, but made only a few appearances after turning professional. He moved to Leyton Orient in 2003, playing 74 times in all competitions in two seasons. He then moved...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil%20%28mycology%29
A veil or velum, in mycology, is one of several structures in fungi, especially the thin membrane that covers the cap and stalk of an immature mushroom. Veils fall into two categories: Partial veil Universal veil References Fungal morphology and anatomy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigan%20urban%20area
The Wigan Urban Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics consisting of the built-up, or 'urbanised' area containing Wigan in Greater Manchester and Skelmersdale in West Lancashire. The Urban Area includes the integrated conurbation around Wigan, (containing the contiguous areas of Ince-in-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivariate%20probit%20model
In statistics and econometrics, the multivariate probit model is a generalization of the probit model used to estimate several correlated binary outcomes jointly. For example, if it is believed that the decisions of sending at least one child to public school and that of voting in favor of a school budget are correlate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane%20fluidity
In biology, membrane fluidity refers to the viscosity of the lipid bilayer of a cell membrane or a synthetic lipid membrane. Lipid packing can influence the fluidity of the membrane. Viscosity of the membrane can affect the rotation and diffusion of proteins and other bio-molecules within the membrane, there-by affecti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byteflight
Byteflight is an automotive databus created by BMW and partners Motorola, Elmos Semiconductor and Infineon to address the need for a modernized safety-critical, fault tolerant means of electronic communication between automotive components. It is a message-oriented protocol. As a predecessor to FlexRay, byteflight us...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20LaDou
Joseph LaDou (born 1938) is an occupational and environmental medicine physician who practiced in Silicon Valley during the early years of the semiconductor and computer industries. He was appointed the first Chief of the University of California, San Francisco (MC) Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine ,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LSm
In molecular biology, LSm proteins are a family of RNA-binding proteins found in virtually every cellular organism. LSm is a contraction of 'like Sm', because the first identified members of the LSm protein family were the Sm proteins. LSm proteins are defined by a characteristic three-dimensional structure and their...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CXCL13
Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 13 (CXCL13), also known as B lymphocyte chemoattractant (BLC) or B cell-attracting chemokine 1 (BCA-1), is a protein ligand that in humans is encoded by the CXCL13 gene. Function CXCL13 is a small chemokine belonging to the CXC chemokine family. As its other names suggest, this chemo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid%20Scheduling
Hybrid Scheduling is a class of scheduling mechanisms that mix different scheduling criteria or disciplines in one algorithm. For example, scheduling uplink and downlink traffic in a WLAN (Wireless Local Area Network, such as IEEE 802.11e) using a single discipline or framework is an instance of hybrid scheduling. Othe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky%20number%20%28disambiguation%29
A lucky number, in number theory, is a natural number generated by a particular sieve algorithm. Lucky number may also refer to: Film and television The Lucky Number, a 1933 British comedy film Lucky Number (film), a 1951 Donald Duck cartoon Lucky Numbers, a 2000 American comedy film #Lucky Number, a 2015 film st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Pink
Brian Pink was the Australian Statistician, the head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), between 5 March 2007 and 12 January 2014. Prior to September 1999, Brian Pink was ABS's Statistical Support Group Manager, when he was appointed as the Government Statistician for New Zealand and Chief Executive of Stat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20vacuum%20tubes
This is a list of vacuum tubes or thermionic valves, and low-pressure gas-filled tubes, or discharge tubes. Before the advent of semiconductor devices, thousands of tube types were used in consumer electronics. Many industrial, military or otherwise professional tubes were also produced. Only a few types are still used...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsse
Tsse may refer to: Tsse (Cyrillic) (Ꚑ ꚑ), a letter of the Cyrillic script TssE, a constituent protein in the baseplate of a Type VI secretion system
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal%20carpal%20branch%20of%20the%20radial%20artery
The dorsal carpal branch of the radial artery (posterior radial carpal artery) is a small vessel which arises beneath the extensor tendons of the thumb; crossing the carpus transversely toward the medial border of the hand, it anastomoses with the dorsal carpal branch of the ulnar artery. The dorsal branch of the radi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior%20compartment%20of%20the%20forearm
The posterior compartment of the forearm (or extensor compartment) contains twelve muscles which primarily extend the wrist and digits. It is separated from the anterior compartment by the interosseous membrane between the radius and ulna. Structure Muscles There are generally twelve muscles in the posterior compart...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmus%20Ayya
Turmus Ayya () is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the West Bank, in Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), it had a population of 2,464 in 2017. An estimated 80% of the residents are Palestinian binationals with US citizenship. Turmus Ayya is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABCB5
ATP-binding cassette sub-family B member 5 also known as P-glycoprotein ABCB5 is a plasma membrane-spanning protein that in humans is encoded by the ABCB5 gene. ABCB5 is an ABC transporter and P-glycoprotein family member principally expressed in physiological skin and human malignant melanoma. Clinical significance ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C/s
C/s may refer to: Client–server model, a computer network programming model Cycle per second, a now-obsolete unit of frequency C/S, a Philippine television network See also CS (disambiguation)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirchhoff%20equations
In fluid dynamics, the Kirchhoff equations, named after Gustav Kirchhoff, describe the motion of a rigid body in an ideal fluid. where and are the angular and linear velocity vectors at the point , respectively; is the moment of inertia tensor, is the body's mass; is a unit normal to the surface of the body at th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supakorn%20Kitsuwon
Supakorn Kitsuwon (, born December 28, 1972, in Uthai Thani Province, Thailand) (nickname Tok ) is a Thai film and stage actor. Among his starring roles are as Pan in Monrak Transistor and Khun Krabi in SARS Wars. He had notable supporting roles in Tears of the Black Tiger as Mahesuan and in Dang Bireley's and Young G...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic%20universal%20sampling
Stochastic universal sampling (SUS) is a technique used in genetic algorithms for selecting potentially useful solutions for recombination. It was introduced by James Baker. SUS is a development of fitness proportionate selection (FPS) which exhibits no bias and minimal spread. Where FPS chooses several solutions from...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agur
Agur ben Jakeh () was a sage of Arab descent and a compiler of a collection of proverbs found in Proverbs 30, which is sometimes known as the Book of Agur or Sayings of Agur. Biblical accounts The initial text of the chapter runs as follows (JPS translation), and bears great similarity to . This translation is not uni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear%20acoustics
Nonlinear acoustics (NLA) is a branch of physics and acoustics dealing with sound waves of sufficiently large amplitudes. Large amplitudes require using full systems of governing equations of fluid dynamics (for sound waves in liquids and gases) and elasticity (for sound waves in solids). These equations are generally ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoon%20rest
A spoon rest (also known as a dublé) is a piece of kitchenware that serves as a place to lay spoons and other cooking utensils, to prevent cooking fluids from getting onto countertops, as well as keeping the spoon from touching any contaminants that might be on the counter (the rest is easier to keep clean). A typical...