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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Association%20for%20Bridge%20and%20Structural%20Engineering | The International Association for Bridge and Structural Engineering (IABSE) is a non-profit organisation with mission to promote the exchange of knowledge and to advance the practice of structural engineering worldwide in the service of the profession and society, taking into consideration technical, economic, environm... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/StegoShare | StegoShare is a steganography tool that allows embedding of large files into multiple images. It may be used for anonymous file sharing.
Features
Supports various image formats (png, jpg, bmp, gif, tiff etc.)
Maximal supported hidden file's size is 2Gb, number of cover images in the set up to 65536
Average capacity... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuum%20%28measurement%29 | Continuum (: continua or continuums) theories or models explain variation as involving gradual quantitative transitions without abrupt changes or discontinuities. In contrast, categorical theories or models explain variation using qualitatively different states.
In physics
In physics, for example, the space-time cont... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lag%20%28video%20games%29 | In computers, lag is delay (latency) between the action of the user (input) and the reaction of the server supporting the task, which has to be sent back to the client.
The player's ability to tolerate lag depends on the type of game being played. For instance, a strategy game or a turn-based game with a slow pace may... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20number | In mathematics, a real number is a number that can be used to measure a continuous one-dimensional quantity such as a distance, duration or temperature. Here, continuous means that pairs of values can have arbitrarily small differences. Every real number can be almost uniquely represented by an infinite decimal expansi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration | Vibration () is a mechanical phenomenon whereby oscillations occur about an equilibrium point. Vibration may be deterministic if the oscillations can be characterised precisely (e.g. the periodic motion of a pendulum), or random if the oscillations can only be analysed statistically (e.g. the movement of a tire on a gr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational%20number | In mathematics, the irrational numbers (from in- prefix assimilated to ir- (negative prefix, privative) + rational) are all the real numbers that are not rational numbers. That is, irrational numbers cannot be expressed as the ratio of two integers. When the ratio of lengths of two line segments is an irrational number... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASC-15 | The ASC-15 (Advance System Controller Model 15) was a digital computer developed by International Business Machines (IBM) for use on the Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). It was subsequently modified and used on the Titan III and Saturn I Block II launch vehicles.
Its principal function on these rock... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichosclereid | Trichosclereids are hard needlelike branched cells found in some species of plants that serve the purpose of protecting the plant from herbivores. They are usually approximately 6 mm (1/4 inch) long, but in some species they grow to as long as 1 cm (0.4 inches). Trichosclereids are a type of sclereids that can be found... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divided%20consciousness | Divided consciousness is a term coined by Ernest Hilgard to define a psychological state in which one's consciousness is split into distinct components, possibly during hypnosis.
Origin(s)
The theory of a division of consciousness was touched upon by Carl Jung in 1935 when he stated, "The so-called unity of conscious... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpulmonic%20effusion | A subpulmonic effusion is excess fluid that collects at the base of the lung, in the space between the pleura and diaphragm. It is a type of pleural effusion in which the fluid collects in this particular space but can be "layered out" with decubitus chest radiographs. There is minimal nature of costophrenic angle blun... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphmatica | Graphmatica is a graphing program created by Keith Hertzer, a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley. It runs on Microsoft Windows (all versions), Mac OS X 10.5 and higher, and iOS 5.0 and higher.
Graphmatica for Windows and Macs is distributed free of charge for evaluation purposes. After one month, non... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sereny%20test | The Sereny test is a test used to test the invasiveness of enteroinvasive Escherichia coli, Shigella species, and Listeria monocytogenes.
It is done by inoculating suspension of bacteria into guinea pig's eye. Severe mucopurulent conjunctivitis and severe keratitis indicates a positive test.
References
Medical tests... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulff%20construction | The Wulff construction is a method to determine the equilibrium shape of a droplet or crystal of fixed volume inside a separate phase (usually its saturated solution or vapor). Energy minimization arguments are used to show that certain crystal planes are preferred over others, giving the crystal its shape.
Theory
In ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAMP%20test | The CAMP test (Christie–Atkins–Munch-Peterson) is a test to identify group B β-hemolytic streptococci (Streptococcus agalactiae) based on their formation of a substance (CAMP factor) that enlarges the area of hemolysis formed by the β-hemolysin elaborated from Staphylococcus aureus.
CAMP factor
Although the test is us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treponema%20carateum | Treponema carateum is a species of spirochete bacteria in the genus Treponema.
It is the cause of pinta, a disease affecting exclusively the skin. Children living in tropical American countries are most at risk.
References
carateum
Undescribed species |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake%20Engineering%20Research%20Institute | The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is a leading technical society in dissemination of earthquake risk and earthquake engineering research both in the U.S. and globally. EERI members include researchers, geologists, geotechnical engineers, educators, government officials, and building code regulators.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning%20SQUID%20microscopy | In condensed matter physics, scanning SQUID microscopy is a technique where a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) is used to image surface magnetic field strength with micrometre-scale resolution. A tiny SQUID is mounted onto a tip which is then rastered near the surface of the sample to be measured. As... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Name.com | Name.com is an ICANN accredited domain name registrar and web hosting company based in Denver, Colorado. The company sells DNS domains, web hosting, email services, SSL certificates, and other website products.
History
Name.com was founded in 2003, by Bill Mushkin. Mushkin bought the company Spot Domain LLC (Domainsit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirillov%20model | In mathematics, the Kirillov model, studied by , is a realization of a representation of GL2 over a local field on a space of functions on the local field.
If G is the algebraic group GL2 and F is a non-Archimedean local field,
and τ is a fixed nontrivial character of the additive group of F
and π is an irreducible re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Construction%20Equipment%20Museum | The National Construction Equipment Museum is a non-profit organization located in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States that is dedicated to preserving the history of construction, dredging and surface mining industries and equipment. The museum is operated by the Historical Construction Equipment Association and featur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artinian%20ideal | In abstract algebra, an Artinian ideal, named after Emil Artin, is encountered in ring theory, in particular, with polynomial rings.
Given a polynomial ring R = k[X1, ... Xn] where k is some field, an Artinian ideal is an ideal I in R for which the Krull dimension of the quotient ring R/I is 0. Also, less precisely, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moufang%20polygon | In mathematics, Moufang polygons are a generalization by Jacques Tits of the Moufang planes studied by Ruth Moufang, and are irreducible buildings of rank two that admit the action of root groups.
In a book on the topic, Tits and Richard Weiss classify them all. An earlier theorem, proved independently by Tits and Wei... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinity%20and%20the%20Mind | Infinity and the Mind: The Science and Philosophy of the Infinite is a popular mathematics book by American mathematician, computer scientist, and science fiction writer Rudy Rucker.
Synopsis
The book contains accessible popular expositions on the mathematical theory of infinity, and a number of related topics. Thes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defying%20Ocean%27s%20End | Defying Ocean's End (DOE) is a global agenda for action in marine conservation compiled in a 2004 Island Press book. It is also the title of a 2003 Los Cabos (Mexico) conference, where the agenda was formulated.
The DOE website describes itself as "a practical agenda of action to safeguard the ocean for future generat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural%20top%E2%80%93down%20control%20of%20physiology | Neural top–down control of physiology concerns the direct regulation by the brain of physiological functions (in addition to smooth muscle and glandular ones). Cellular functions include the immune system’s production of T-lymphocytes and antibodies, and nonimmune related homeostatic functions such as liver gluconeogen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whittaker%20model | In representation theory, a branch of mathematics, the Whittaker model is a realization of a representation of a reductive algebraic group such as GL2 over a finite or local or global field on a space of functions on the group. It is named after E. T. Whittaker even though he never worked in this area, because pointed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalog%20of%20articles%20in%20probability%20theory | This page lists articles related to probability theory. In particular, it lists many articles corresponding to specific probability distributions. Such articles are marked here by a code of the form (X:Y), which refers to number of random variables involved and the type of the distribution. For example (2:DC) indicates... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infinite%20broom | In topology, a branch of mathematics, the infinite broom is a subset of the Euclidean plane that is used as an example distinguishing various notions of connectedness. The closed infinite broom is the closure of the infinite broom, and is also referred to as the broom space.
Definition
The infinite broom is the subset... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCL%20Molecular | The BCL Molecular 18 was a range of 18-bit computers designed and manufactured in the UK from 1970 until the late 1980s.The machines were originally manufactured by Systemation Limited and sold by Business Mechanisation Limited. The two companies merged in 1968 to form Business Computers Limited - later a public limit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteur%20point | The Pasteur point is a level of oxygen (about 0.3% by volume which is less than 1% of Present Atmospheric Level or PAL) above which facultative aerobic microorganisms and facultative anaerobes adapt from fermentation to aerobic respiration. It is also used to mark the level of oxygen in the early atmosphere of the Eart... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napkin%20folding%20problem | The napkin folding problem is a problem in geometry and the mathematics of paper folding that explores whether folding a square or a rectangular napkin can increase its perimeter. The problem is known under several names, including the Margulis napkin problem, suggesting it is due to Grigory Margulis, and the Arnold's ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAdES%20%28computing%29 | CAdES (CMS Advanced Electronic Signatures) is a set of extensions to Cryptographic Message Syntax (CMS) signed data making it suitable for advanced electronic signatures.
Description
CMS is a general framework for electronic signatures for various kinds of transactions like purchase requisition, contracts or invoices.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys%20WAG300N%20router | Linksys WAG300N is a Draft-N wireless gateway (router plus ADSL2+ modem) with two large captive antennae and 4 Ethernet ports. It was the smallest such device tested by MacUser, but the web interface was deemed "infuriating" and transfer rates to a MacBook "untenably slow". WAG300N is based on a Broadcom BCM63xx SoC, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys%20WRV54G%20router | Linksys WRV54G is a Linux-based router that supports 50 VPN tunnels and 5 simultaneous clients. It supports Wireless-G connectivity and 4-port 10/100 Ethernet hub. Unlike the WRT54G series, the WRV54 uses an Intel IXP425 processor, which supports hardware-based encryption, but is costlier. WRV54G is the first Linksys r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signature%20tag | Signature tags or sig tags are small digital images that are used to accompany an HTML-formatted email or Internet forum post. They are also often used on social networking pages. They are used as a mark of recognition or individualism, or to convey emotion, sentiment, or sometimes support for the illustrated concept. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miodrag%20Petkovi%C4%87 | Miodrag S. Petković (born 10 February 1948 in Niš, Serbia in the former Yugoslavia) is a mathematician and computer scientist. In 1991 he became a full professor of mathematics at the Faculty of Electronic Engineering, University of Niš in Serbia.
Biography
Petković specializes in the theory of iterative processes for... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployment%20cost%E2%80%93benefit%20selection%20in%20physiology | Deployment cost–benefit selection in physiology concerns the costs and benefits of physiological process that can be deployed and selected in regard to whether they will increase or not an animal’s survival and biological fitness. Variably deployable physiological processes relate mostly to processes that defend or cl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOLED | AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode, ) is a type of OLED display device technology. OLED describes a specific type of thin-film-display technology in which organic compounds form the electroluminescent material, and active matrix refers to the technology behind the addressing of pixels.
Since 2007, AMOL... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refrigerated%20van | A refrigerated van (also called a refrigerated wagon) is a railway goods wagon with cooling equipment. Today they are designated by the International Union of Railways (UIC) as Class I.
History
The first wagons were cooled with ice that had been cut in winter from special pools or lakes. It was Gustavus Swift who suc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%3A%3AMore | Test::More is a unit testing module for Perl. Created and maintained by Michael G Schwern with help from Barrie Slaymaker, Tony Bowden, chromatic, Fergal Daly and perl-qa.
Test::More is the most popular Perl testing module, as of this 2010 about 80% of all CPAN distributions made use of it.
History
Introduced in 2001... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instituto%20Nacional%20de%20Biodiversidad | The Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio) is the national institute for biodiversity and conservation in Costa Rica. Created at the end of the 1980s, and despite having national status, it is a privately run institution that works closely with various government agencies, universities, business sector and other p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%20Valley%20Unified%20Water%20Plan | The Jordan Valley Unified Water Plan, commonly known as the "Johnston Plan", was a plan for the unified water resource development of the Jordan Valley. It was negotiated and developed by United States Special Representative Eric Johnston between 1953 and 1955, and based on an earlier plan commissioned by United Nation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrion | Vibrion may also refer to: the singular form of vibrio, a genus of anaerobic bacteria with a comma-like shape.
Vibrion is an antiquated term for microorganisms, especially pathogenic ones; see Germ theory of disease. The term was specifically used in reference to motile microorganisms, and the name of the genus Vibrio ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reo%20Coordination%20Language | Reo is a domain-specific language for programming and analyzing coordination protocols that compose individual processes into full systems, broadly construed.
Examples of classes of systems that can be composed with Reo include component-based systems, service-oriented systems, multithreading systems, biological system... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metech%20Incorporated | METech Recycling, Inc. has been in business since 1968 and is headquartered in Gilroy, California. The company was founded to recycle precious metal scrap from electronic equipment manufacturers. Over time, they into evolved to recycle electronic components and manufacturing by-products. Over the years, end-of-life ele... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandermonde%20polynomial | In algebra, the Vandermonde polynomial of an ordered set of n variables , named after Alexandre-Théophile Vandermonde, is the polynomial:
(Some sources use the opposite order , which changes the sign times: thus in some dimensions the two formulas agree in sign, while in others they have opposite signs.)
It is also ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating%20polynomial | In algebra, an alternating polynomial is a polynomial such that if one switches any two of the variables, the polynomial changes sign:
Equivalently, if one permutes the variables, the polynomial changes in value by the sign of the permutation:
More generally, a polynomial is said to be alternating in if it changes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Line%20%28Namibia%29 | The Red Line, also referred to as the veterinary cordon fence, is a pest-exclusion fence separating northern Namibia from the central and southern regions. It encases several northern regions: Oshana Region, Kavango East Region, Omusati Region, Zambezi Region, Omaheke Region, Kunene Region, and parts of the Khomas and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log%20shipping | Log shipping is the process of automating the backup of transaction log files on a primary (production) database server, and then restoring them onto a standby server. This technique is supported by Microsoft SQL Server, 4D Server, MySQL, and PostgreSQL. Similar to replication, the primary purpose of log shipping is t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genopolitics | Genopolitics is the study of the genetic basis of political behavior and attitudes. It combines behavior genetics, psychology, and political science and it is closely related to the emerging fields of neuropolitics (the study of the neural basis of political attitudes and behavior) and political physiology (the study o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterflow%20centrifugal%20elutriation | Counterflow centrifugal elutriation (CCE) is a liquid clarification technique. This method enables scientists to separate different cells with different sizes. Since cell size is correlated with cell cycle stages this method also allows the separation of cells at different stages of the cell cycle.
Principle
The key c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse%20transfection | Reverse transfection is a technique for the transfer of genetic material into cells. As DNA is printed on a glass slide for the transfection process (the deliberate introduction of nucleic acids into cells) to occur before the addition of adherent cells, the order of addition of DNA and adherent cells is reverse that o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight%20envelope%20protection | Flight envelope protection is a human machine interface extension of an aircraft's control system that prevents the pilot of an aircraft from making control commands that would force the aircraft to exceed its structural and aerodynamic operating limits. It is used in some form in all modern commercial fly-by-wire airc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatic%20fusion | Somatic fusion, also called protoplast fusion, is a type of genetic modification in plants by which two distinct species of plants are fused together to form a new hybrid plant with the characteristics of both, a somatic hybrid. Hybrids have been produced either between different varieties of the same species (e.g. bet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Mechanism%20of%20Scientific%20Expertise%20on%20Biodiversity | The consultative process towards an IMoSEB (International Mechanism of Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity) was a multidisciplinary effort from 2005 to 2008 that involved a large number of stakeholders and had a considerable political and media audience. Its aim was the creation of a value-added process by taking in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropy%20%28astrophysics%29 | In astrophysics, what is referred to as "entropy" is actually the adiabatic constant derived as follows.
Using the first law of thermodynamics for a quasi-static, infinitesimal process for a hydrostatic system
For an ideal gas in this special case, the internal energy, U, is only a function of the temperature T; ther... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20engineering | The concept of engineering has existed since ancient times as humans devised fundamental inventions such as the pulley, lever, and wheel. Each of these inventions is consistent with the modern definition of engineering, exploiting basic mechanical principles to develop useful tools and objects.
The term engineering it... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spreading%20resistance%20profiling | Spreading resistance profiling (SRP), also known as spreading resistance analysis (SRA), is a technique used to analyze resistivity versus depth in semiconductors. Semiconductor devices depend on the distribution of carriers (electrons or holes) within their structures to provide the desired performance. The carrier co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VirusBuster | VirusBuster Ltd. was a Hungarian IT security software vendor. The fully Hungarian owned company developed software under the brand name "VirusBuster" for the Hungarian and international market to protect users' computers from malware programs and other IT security threats. In August 2012, VirusBuster Ltd. announced the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squaregraph | In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, a squaregraph is a type of undirected graph that can be drawn in the plane in such a way that every bounded face is a quadrilateral and every vertex with three or fewer neighbors is incident to an unbounded face.
Related graph classes
The squaregraphs include as special cases ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health%20management%20system | The health management system (HMS) is an evolutionary medicine regulative process proposed by Nicholas Humphrey in which actuarial assessment of fitness and economic-type cost–benefit analysis determine the body's regulation of its physiology and health. The incorporation of the cost–benefit calculations into body reg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20RAM | In computing, especially computational geometry, a real RAM (random-access machine) is a mathematical model of a computer that can compute with exact real numbers instead of the binary fixed point or floating point numbers used by most actual computers. The real RAM was formulated by Michael Ian Shamos in his 1978 Ph.D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey%20relational%20analysis | Grey relational analysis (GRA) was developed by Deng Julong of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. It is one of the most widely used models of grey system theory. GRA uses a specific concept of information. It defines situations with no information as black, and those with perfect information as white. Howev... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superiority%20and%20inferiority%20ranking%20method | The superiority and inferiority ranking method (or SIR method) is a multi-criteria decision making model (MCDA) which can handle real data and provides six different preference structures for the system user. MCDM is a sub-discipline of operations research that explicitly evaluates multiple conflicting criteria in deci... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing%20the%20permanent | In linear algebra, the computation of the permanent of a matrix is a problem that is thought to be more difficult than the computation of the determinant of a matrix despite the apparent similarity of the definitions.
The permanent is defined similarly to the determinant, as a sum of products of sets of matrix entries... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometriae%20Dedicata | Geometriae Dedicata is a mathematical journal, founded in 1972, concentrating on geometry and its relationship to topology, group theory and the theory of dynamical systems. It was created on the initiative of Hans Freudenthal in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It is published by Springer Netherlands. The Editor-in-Chief is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clique%20complex | Clique complexes, independence complexes, flag complexes, Whitney complexes and conformal hypergraphs are closely related mathematical objects in graph theory and geometric topology that each describe the cliques (complete subgraphs) of an undirected graph.
Clique complex
The clique complex of an undirected graph i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copurification | Copurification in a chemical or biochemical context is the physical separation by chromatography or other purification technique of two or more substances of interest from other contaminating substances. For substances to co-purify usually implies that these substances attract each other to form a non-covalent complex ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache%20invalidation | Cache invalidation is a process in a computer system whereby entries in a cache are replaced or removed.
It can be done explicitly, as part of a cache coherence protocol. In such a case, a processor changes a memory location and then invalidates the cached values of that memory location across the rest of the compute... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monatin | Monatin, commonly known as arruva, is a naturally occurring, high intensity sweetener isolated from the plant Sclerochiton ilicifolius, found in the Transvaal region of South Africa. Monatin contains no carbohydrate or sugar, and nearly no food energy, unlike sucrose or other nutritive sweeteners.
The name "monatin" i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement%20bond%20log | A cement bond log documents the evaluation of the integrity of cement work performed on an oil well. In the process of drilling and completing a well, cement is injected through the wellbore and rises up the annulus between the steel casing and the formation.
A sonic tool is typically run on wireline by a service comp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B8rge%20Jessen | Børge Christian Jessen (19 June 1907 – 20 March 1993) was a Danish mathematician best known for his work in analysis, specifically on the Riemann zeta function, and in geometry, specifically on Hilbert's third problem.
Early years
Jessen was born on 19 June 1907 in Copenhagen to Hans Jessen and Christine Jessen (née L... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic%20built-in%20self-test | Logic built-in self-test (or LBIST) is a form of built-in self-test (BIST) in which hardware and/or software is built into integrated circuits allowing them to test their own operation, as opposed to reliance on external automated test equipment.
Advantages
The main advantage of LBIST is the ability to test internal c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-LIS | Eprints in Library and Information Science (E-LIS) is an international open access repository for academic papers in Library and Information Science (LIS). Over 12,000 papers have been archived to date. It is freely accessible, aligned with the Open Access (OA) movement and is a voluntary enterprise.
About E-LIS
E-L... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusociality | Eusociality (from Greek εὖ eu "good" and social), the highest level of organization of sociality, is defined by the following characteristics: cooperative brood care (including care of offspring from other individuals), overlapping generations within a colony of adults, and a division of labor into reproductive and non... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg | <nsmlat3<nsimulat3½unsmlat3=unsimulat4<acked>
A cyborg ()—a portmanteau of cybernetic and organism—is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts. The term was coined in 1960 by Manfred Clynes and Nathan S. Kline. In contrast to biorobots and androids, the term cyborg applies to a living organism that has ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence%20of%20nonstandard%20analysis | Abraham Robinson's theory of nonstandard analysis has been applied in a number of fields.
Probability theory
"Radically elementary probability theory" of Edward Nelson combines the discrete and the continuous theory through the infinitesimal approach. The model-theoretical approach of nonstandard analysis together wit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUoU%20battery%20charging | IUoU is a DIN-designation (DIN 41773) for a lead-acid battery charging procedure that is also known as 3-stage charging, 3-phase charging, or 3-step charging. It consists of three phases (or stages), to be executed by a battery charger. The three phases are: I-phase (constant electric current), Uo-phase (constant over-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20crusher | A glass crusher provides for pulverization of glass to a yield size of or less.
Recycling operations may range from simple, manually-fed, self-contained machines to extravagant crushing systems complete with screens, conveyors, crushers and separators. All non-glass contaminants must generally be removed from the glas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocity%20%28engineering%29 | Reciprocity in linear systems is the principle that a response Rab, measured at a location (and direction if applicable) a, when the system has an excitation signal applied at a location (and direction if applicable) b, is exactly equal to Rba which is the response at location b, when that same excitation is applied at... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinuosity | Sinuosity, sinuosity index, or sinuosity coefficient of a continuously differentiable curve having at least one inflection point is the ratio of the curvilinear length (along the curve) and the Euclidean distance (straight line) between the end points of the curve. This dimensionless quantity can also be rephrased as t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckeye%20Corpus | The Buckeye Corpus of conversational speech is a speech corpus created by a team of linguists and psychologists at Ohio State University led by Prof. Mark Pitt.
It contains high-quality recordings from 40 speakers in Columbus, Ohio conversing freely with an interviewer. The interviewer's voice is heard only faintly in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20event%20support | Live event support includes staging, scenery, mechanicals, sound, lighting, video, special effects, transport, packaging, communications, costume and makeup for live performance events including theater, music, dance, and opera. They all share the same goal: to convince live audience members that there is no better pla... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True%20quantified%20Boolean%20formula | In computational complexity theory, the language TQBF is a formal language consisting of the true quantified Boolean formulas. A (fully) quantified Boolean formula is a formula in quantified propositional logic (also known as Second-order propositional logic) where every variable is quantified (or bound), using either... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E2%99%AFP-completeness%20of%2001-permanent | The #P-completeness of 01-permanent, sometimes known as Valiant's theorem, is a mathematical proof about the permanent of matrices, considered a seminal result in computational complexity theory. In a 1979 scholarly paper, Leslie Valiant proved that the computational problem of computing the permanent of a matrix is #P... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Ponting | Christopher Paul Ponting is a British computational biologist, specializing in the evolution and function of genes and genomes. He is currently Chair of Medical Bioinformatics at the University of Edinburgh and group leader in the MRC Human Genetics Unit. He is also an Associate Faculty member of the Wellcome Trust Sa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Streisinger | George Streisinger (December 27, 1927 – August 11, 1984) was an American molecular biologist and co-founder of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Oregon. He was the first person to clone a vertebrate, cloning zebrafish in his University of Oregon laboratory. He also pioneered work in the genetics o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman%20%281986%20video%20game%29 | Batman is a 1986 isometric action-adventure game by Ocean Software for the Amstrad PCW, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and MSX, and the first Batman game developed. The game received favourable reviews. An unrelated Batman game was released two years later, titled Batman: The Caped Crusader.
Gameplay
The object of the gam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC%20Open%20Architecture%20Developers%27%20Group | PC Open Architecture Developers' Group (OADG, Japanese: ) is a consortium of the major Japanese personal computer manufacturers. Sponsored by IBM during the 1990s, it successfully guided Japan's personal computer manufacturing companies at that time into standardising to an IBM PC-compatible and open architecture.
His... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouge%20%28film%20journal%29 | Rouge was an occasionally-published online film journal, from 2003 to 2009, edited by Adrian Martin, Helen Bandis and Grant McDonald.
History
Based in Australia, it published essays by critics from all over the world, many of them as translations. It has been cited as a favorite online-only film journal and has been d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andronov%E2%80%93Pontryagin%20criterion | The Andronov–Pontryagin criterion is a necessary and sufficient condition for the stability of dynamical systems in the plane. It was derived by Aleksandr Andronov and Lev Pontryagin in 1937.
Statement
A dynamical system
where is a -vector field on the plane, ,
is orbitally topologically stable if and only if t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20politics%20in%20the%20Jordan%20River%20basin | Water politics in the Jordan River basin refers to political issues of water within the Jordan River drainage basin, including competing claims and water usage, and issues of riparian rights of surface water along transnational rivers, as well as the availability and usage of ground water. Water resources in the region... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple%20Update%20Protocol | Simple Update Protocol, or SUP, is a protocol developed by FriendFeed to simplify and speed up RSS and Atom feed updates. Updates from services that supported the protocol would appear on FriendFeed within seconds, until support was dropped. These sites include Disqus, Identi.ca, reddit.
Functioning
SUP introduces S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybernetics | Cybernetics is a wide-ranging field concerned with circular causal processes such as feedback. The field is named after an example of circular causal feedback—that of steering a ship (the ancient Greek κυβερνήτης (kybernḗtēs) means "helmsperson"). In steering a ship, the helmsperson adjusts their steering in continual ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Conference%20on%20Software%20Engineering%20and%20Formal%20Methods | The International Conference on Software Engineering and Formal Methods (SEFM) is an international academic conference in the field of software engineering.
History
Until 2002, SEFM was a workshop; it then became a full international conference. It is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society. The 1st IEEE International... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Fisher%20%26%20Sons | James Fisher and Sons plc () is a British provider of marine engineering services, listed on the London Stock Exchange. It also remains a major shipowner, based in Barrow-in-Furness since the 1840s.
History
The company was founded by James Fisher in 1847 in Barrow-in-Furness as a ship-owning business transporting haem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State%20of%20health | In the domain of Electric Vehicles, State of health (SoH) is a figure of merit of the condition of a battery (or a cell, or a battery pack), compared to its ideal conditions. The unit of SoH is percent (100% = the battery's conditions match the battery's specifications).
Typically, a battery's SoH will be 100% at the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip%20line%20field | In materials science and soil mechanics, a slip line field or slip line field theory is a technique often used to analyze the stresses and forces involved in the major deformation of metals or soils. In essence, in some problems including plane strain and plane stress elastic-plastic problems, elastic part of the mater... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upstream%20%28networking%29 | In computer networking, upstream refers to the direction in which data can be transferred from the client to the server (uploading). This differs greatly from downstream not only in theory and usage, but also in that upstream speeds are usually at a premium. Whereas downstream speed is important to the average home use... |
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