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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbiology | Microbiology () is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular (single-celled), multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or acellular (lacking cells). Microbiology encompasses numerous sub-disciplines including virology, bacteriology, protistology, mycology, immunology, and parasitology.
Euk... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial%20value%20theorem | In mathematical analysis, the initial value theorem is a theorem used to relate frequency domain expressions to the time domain behavior as time approaches zero.
Let
be the (one-sided) Laplace transform of ƒ(t). If is bounded on (or if just ) and exists then the initial value theorem says
Proofs
Proof using ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio%20and%20video%20interfaces%20and%20connectors | Audio connectors and video connectors are electrical or optical connectors for carrying audio or video signals. Audio interfaces or video interfaces define physical parameters and interpretation of signals. For digital audio and digital video, this can be thought of as defining the physical layer, data link layer, and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack%20principle | In calculus,
the racetrack principle describes the movement and growth of two functions in terms of their derivatives.
This principle is derived from the fact that if a horse named Frank Fleetfeet always runs faster than a horse named Greg Gooseleg, then if Frank and Greg start a race from the same place and the same... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide%20hosting%20service | A slide hosting service is a website that allows users to upload, view, comment, and share slideshows created with presentation programs. According to Alexa and Compete rankings, the most popular slide hosting services include websites such as SlideShare, MyPlick, Slideboom, SlideServe, SlideWorld and SlidePub.
Main ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarski%27s%20high%20school%20algebra%20problem | In mathematical logic, Tarski's high school algebra problem was a question posed by Alfred Tarski. It asks whether there are identities involving addition, multiplication, and exponentiation over the positive integers that cannot be proved using eleven axioms about these operations that are taught in high-school-level... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unisolvent%20functions | In mathematics, a set of n functions f1, f2, ..., fn is unisolvent (meaning "uniquely solvable") on a domain Ω if the vectors
are linearly independent for any choice of n distinct points x1, x2 ... xn in Ω. Equivalently, the collection is unisolvent if the matrix F with entries fi(xj) has nonzero determinant: det(F... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scene%20statistics | Scene statistics is a discipline within the field of perception. It is concerned with the statistical regularities related to scenes. It is based on the premise that a perceptual system is designed to interpret scenes.
Biological perceptual systems have evolved in response to physical properties of natural environme... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS1%20%28networking%29 | AS1 (Applicability Statement 1) is a specification about how to transport structured business-to-business data securely and reliably over the Internet. Security is achieved by using digital certificates and encryption.
AS1 technical overview
The AS1 protocol is based on SMTP and S/MIME. It was the first AS protocol ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk%20appetite | Risk appetite is the level of risk that an organization is prepared to accept in pursuit of its objectives, before action is deemed necessary to reduce the risk. It represents a balance between the potential benefits of innovation and the threats that change inevitably brings. The ISO 31000 risk management standard ref... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACube%20Systems%20Srl | ACube Systems Srl is a company that started in January 2007 from the synergy of the Italian companies Alternative Holding Group Srl, Soft3 and Virtual Works.
The three companies have been engaged in the areas of sale, distribution and engineering of hardware and software for mainstream systems and alternative platform... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud%20testing | Cloud testing is a form of software testing in which web applications use cloud computing environments (a "cloud") to simulate real-world user traffic.
Steps
Companies simulate real world Web users by using cloud testing services that are provided by cloud service vendors such as Advaltis, Compuware, HP, Keynote Syst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WirelessHART | WirelessHART within telecommunications and computing, is a wireless sensor networking technology. It is based on the Highway Addressable Remote Transducer Protocol (HART). Developed as a multi-vendor, interoperable wireless standard, WirelessHART was defined for the requirements of process field device networks.
Tech... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Stream%20Interface | The Data Stream Interface (DSI) is a session layer used to carry Apple Filing Protocol traffic over Transmission Control Protocol.
Overview
When Apple introduced TCP with MacTCP and Open Transport in System 7 in the 1990s, they needed their file sharing protocol (AFP) to run on both TCP and AppleTalk. They introduc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20cell%20membrane%20theory | Cell theory has its origins in seventeenth century microscopy observations, but it was nearly two hundred years before a complete cell membrane theory was developed to explain what separates cells from the outside world. By the 19th century it was accepted that some form of semi-permeable barrier must exist around a ce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroencephalography | Electroencephalography (EEG) is a method to record an electrogram of the spontaneous electrical activity of the brain. The biosignals detected by EEG have been shown to represent the postsynaptic potentials of pyramidal neurons in the neocortex and allocortex. It is typically non-invasive, with the EEG electrodes place... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualia | In philosophy of mind, qualia (; : quale ) are defined as instances of subjective, conscious experience. The term qualia derives from the Latin neuter plural form (qualia) of the Latin adjective quālis () meaning "of what sort" or "of what kind" in relation to a specific instance, such as "what it is like to taste a sp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ServerNet | ServerNet is a switched fabric communications link primarily used in proprietary computers made by Tandem Computers, Compaq, and HP.
Its features include good scalability, clean fault containment, error detection and failover. The ServerNet architecture specification defines a connection between nodes, either process... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Key | A U-Key is an implementation of the MIFARE RFID chip, encased in a plastic key style housing. It is used as a prepayment system on vending machines and for some self-service diving air compressors in Switzerland, and they will be most likely made by Selecta (company)
References
Smart cards
Radio-frequency identific... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump%20wire | A jump wire (also known as jumper, jumper wire, DuPont wire) is an electrical wire, or group of them in a cable, with a connector or pin at each end (or sometimes without them – simply "tinned"), which is normally used to interconnect the components of a breadboard or other prototype or test circuit, internally or with... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abelian%20sandpile%20model | The Abelian sandpile model (ASM) is the more popular name of the original Bak–Tang–Wiesenfeld model (BTW). BTW model was the first discovered example of a dynamical system displaying self-organized criticality. It was introduced by Per Bak, Chao Tang and Kurt Wiesenfeld in a 1987 paper.
Three years later Deepak Dhar ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesson%27s%20index | The Manly-Chesson's Index (or Manly's alpha, or Chesson's index) refers to an index to determine selective feeding on discrete food items. It was described separately by Bryan F. J. Manly and Jean Chesson in the 1970s. It was initially described for two different food types, but was later extended to include more food ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kullback%27s%20inequality | In information theory and statistics, Kullback's inequality is a lower bound on the Kullback–Leibler divergence expressed in terms of the large deviations rate function. If P and Q are probability distributions on the real line, such that P is absolutely continuous with respect to Q, i.e. P << Q, and whose first momen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netgear%20WGR614L | The WGR614L (also known as the WGR614v8) is an 802.11b/g wireless network router created by Netgear. It was officially launched on June 30, 2008. The WGR614L runs an open source linux firmware and supports the installation of third party packages such as DD-WRT, Tomato, and OpenWrt.
Hardware
Broadcom BCM5354 240 MHz... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrome%20500%20series | S3 Graphics Chrome 500 series is the successor of S3 Graphics Chrome S20 series, and is produced in parallel to the S3 Graphics Chrome 400.
Availability
The 530 GT is sold from S3's store for a price of $54.95 USD. No other online stores are known to carry this model and it is out of stock as of November 6, 2009.
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrally%20closed%20domain | In commutative algebra, an integrally closed domain A is an integral domain whose integral closure in its field of fractions is A itself. Spelled out, this means that if x is an element of the field of fractions of A which is a root of a monic polynomial with coefficients in A, then x is itself an element of A. Many we... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian%20logarithm | In mathematics, addition and subtraction logarithms or Gaussian logarithms can be utilized to find the logarithms of the sum and difference of a pair of values whose logarithms are known, without knowing the values themselves.
Their mathematical foundations trace back to Zecchini Leonelli and Carl Friedrich Gauss in t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindows | Bindows is a JavaScript based Software Development Kit (SDK) for writing rich web applications. Bindows applications are defined by XML documents called ADF's (Application Description File). The framework implementation is entirely client-side, but a JSF server side implementation is marketed by the same vendor.
Anoth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blancco | Blancco Ltd. is an international data security company that specializes in data erasure and computer reuse for corporations, governments and computer remarketing companies. Founded and headquartered in Joensuu, Finland, the company operates from offices across Europe, North America, Middle East, Asia, and Australasia.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metadata%20controller | Metadata controller (or MDC) is a storage area network (SAN) technology for managing file locking, space allocation and data access authorization.
This is needed when several clients are given block level access to the same disk volume, data storage sharing.
MDCs are only used on high-end servers. These are never foun... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConsensusPathDB | The ConsensusPathDB is a molecular functional interaction database, integrating information on protein interactions, genetic interactions signaling, metabolism, gene regulation, and drug-target interactions in humans. ConsensusPathDB currently (release 30) includes such interactions from 32 databases. ConsensusPathDB i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defaunation | Defaunation is the global, local, or functional extinction of animal populations or species from ecological communities. The growth of the human population, combined with advances in harvesting technologies, has led to more intense and efficient exploitation of the environment. This has resulted in the depletion of lar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proofreading%20%28biology%29 | The term proofreading is used in genetics to refer to the error-correcting processes, first proposed by John Hopfield and Jacques Ninio, involved in DNA replication, immune system specificity, enzyme-substrate recognition among many other processes that require enhanced specificity. The proofreading mechanisms of Hopfi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GloMoSim | Global Mobile Information System Simulator (GloMoSim) is a network protocol simulation software that simulates wireless and wired network systems.
GloMoSim is designed using the parallel discrete event simulation capability provided by Parsec, a parallel programming language. GloMoSim currently supports protocols fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%20U%20Professional | "R U Professional" is a 2009 satirical song by the American indie rock band The Mae Shi, inspired by a July 2008 outburst by actor Christian Bale on the set of Terminator Salvation. Bale was filming with actress Bryce Dallas Howard when he berated director of photography, Shane Hurlbut, for walking into his line of sig... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATryn | ATryn is the brand name of the anticoagulant antithrombin manufactured by the Massachusetts-based U.S. company rEVO Biologics (formerly known as GTC Biotherapeutics). It is made from the milk of goats that have been genetically modified to produce human antithrombin, a plasma protein with anticoagulant properties. Micr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hay%20steaming | Hay steaming is a method of treating hay to reduce the airborne respirable dust which naturally occurs in hay, causing respiratory problems in both humans and horses when in close contact. The method encompasses a steam generator which produces the steam and a connecting hose to direct the steam into a closed, sealed v... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9%20plot | A Poincaré plot, named after Henri Poincaré, is a type of recurrence plot used to quantify self-similarity in processes, usually periodic functions. It is also known as a return map. Poincaré plots can be used to distinguish chaos from randomness by embedding a data set in a higher-dimensional state space.
Given a t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enucleation%20%28microbiology%29 | In the context of microbiology, enucleation refers to removing the nucleus of a cell and replacing it with a different nucleus. This is used mainly in cloning but can also be used for creating hybrids of plants or animals.
List of enucleated cells
Humans
Red blood cell
Platelets
See also
Cytoplasmic hybrid
Cell n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlow%27s%20formula | Barlow's formula (called "Kesselformel" in German) relates the internal pressure that a pipe can withstand to its dimensions and the strength of its material.
This approximate formula is named after Peter Barlow, an English mathematician.
,
where
: internal pressure,
: allowable stress,
: wall thickness,
: ou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20healthcare%20journals | This is a list of academic journals on health care.
Biomedical Science
American Journal of Biomedical Science and Research
General
Health Affairs
Health and Human Rights
Human Resources for Health
Health Service Journal
Journal of Health Management
Journal of Communication in Healthcare
Milbank Quarterly
Epidemiolo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjusted%20current%20yield | The adjusted current yield is a financial term used in reference to bonds and other fixed-interest securities. It is closely related to the concept of current yield.
The adjusted current yield is given by the current yield with addition of
Here Face value is the face value of the bond, and Clean price is the clean p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete%20spatial%20randomness | Complete spatial randomness (CSR) describes a point process whereby point events occur within a given study area in a completely random fashion. It is synonymous with a homogeneous spatial Poisson process. Such a process is modeled using only one parameter , i.e. the density of points within the defined area. The term ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAM%20limit | The maximum random access memory (RAM) installed in any computer system is limited by hardware, software and economic factors. The hardware may have a limited number of address bus bits, limited by the processor package or design of the system. Some of the address space may be shared between RAM, peripherals, and read-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20visualization%20reference%20model | The Information visualization reference model is an example of a reference model for information visualization, developed by Ed Chi in 1999, under the name of the data state model. Chi showed that the framework successfully modeled a wide array of visualization applications and later showed that the model was functiona... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular%20microbiology | Cellular microbiology is a discipline that bridges microbiology and cell biology.
The term "cellular microbiology" was coined by the authors of the book of the same title published in 1996. Cooperation and mutual dependency between microbiology and cell biology had been increasing in the years before that, and the eme... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid%20bilayer%20mechanics | Lipid bilayer mechanics is the study of the physical material properties of lipid bilayers, classifying bilayer behavior with stress and strain rather than biochemical interactions. Local point deformations such as membrane protein interactions are typically modelled with the complex theory of biological liquid crystal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper%20CD-ROM | The Hyper CD-ROM is a claimed optical data storage device similar to the CD-ROM with a multilayer 3D structure, invented by Romanian scientist Eugen Pavel.
The technology is supposedly similar to FMD discs. The bit of data being held as a change in fluorescence characteristics once irradiated with one or two lasers. T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedekind%20number | In mathematics, the Dedekind numbers are a rapidly growing sequence of integers named after Richard Dedekind, who defined them in 1897. The Dedekind number M(n) is the number of monotone boolean functions of n variables. Equivalently, it is the number of antichains of subsets of an n-element set, the number of elements... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venca | Venca is the fashion and home firm pioneer in Spain in online sales since 1997. In 2019, the company took a further step in its digital transformation: it launched a marketplace with its own collection and different categories of products from well-known brands. Its headquarters is in Vilanova i la Geltrú (Barcelona) a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary%20of%20Contemporary%20Finnish | Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish (, previously known as the New Dictionary of Modern Finnish) is the most recent dictionary of the modern Finnish language. It is edited by the Institute for the Languages of Finland. The current printed edition was first published in 2006 and is based on the 2004 digital version of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SiCortex | SiCortex was a supercomputer manufacturer founded in 2003 and headquartered in Clock Tower Place,
Maynard, Massachusetts. On 27 May 2009, HPCwire reported that the company had shut down its operations, laid off most of its staff, and is seeking a buyer for its assets. The Register reported that Gerbsman Partners was h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal%20element | In mathematics, an element x of a *-algebra is normal if it satisfies
This definition stems from the definition of a normal linear operator in functional analysis, where a linear operator A from a Hilbert space into itself is called unitary if where the adjoint of A is A and the domain of A is the same as that of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusavskia%20elegans | Rusavskia elegans (formerly Xanthoria elegans), commonly known as the elegant sunburst lichen, is a lichenized species of fungus in the genus Rusavskia, family Teloschistaceae. Recognized by its bright orange or red pigmentation, this species grows on rocks, often near bird or rodent perches. It has a circumpolar and a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial%20cellular%20morphologies | Bacterial cellular morphologies are morphologies that are characteristic of various types bacteria and often a key factor in identifying bacteria species. Their direct examination under the light microscope enables the classification of these bacteria and archaea.
Generally, the basic morphologies are spheres (coccus)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Formation%20of%20Vegetable%20Mould%20Through%20the%20Action%20of%20Worms | The Formation of Vegetable Mould Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits (sometimes shortened to Worms) is an 1881 book by Charles Darwin on earthworms. It was his last scientific book, and was published shortly before his death (see Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms). Exploring earthworm... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray%27s%20law | In biophysical fluid dynamics, Murray's law is a potential relationship between radii at junctions in a network of fluid-carrying tubular pipes. Its simplest version proposes that whenever a branch of radius splits into two branches of radii and , then all three radii should obey the equation If network flow is smoo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%207700%20Data%20Acquisition%20System | The IBM 7700 Data Acquisition System was announced by IBM on December 2, 1963.
It is capable of collecting data from as many as 32 sources simultaneously, process the data and transmit results to up to 16 remote printers, display units or plot boards.
The IBM 7700 was short-lived, being replaced by the IBM 1800 Data ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinix | Tinix (Try It as miNIX-like operating system), is a tutorial operating system (OS) written by Yu Yuan. It is used to teach fundamentals rather than to do work. In his book "Writing OS DIY", Yu provides all source code for Tinix.
Tinix borrows many concepts and methods from Minix. The book compensates for practical com... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profiling%20%28information%20science%29 | In information science, profiling refers to the process of construction and application of user profiles generated by computerized data analysis.
This is the use of algorithms or other mathematical techniques that allow the discovery of patterns or correlations in large quantities of data, aggregated in databases. Whe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datasource | DataSource is a name given to the connection set up to a database from a server. The name is commonly used when creating a query to the database. The data source name (DSN) need not be the same as the filename for the database. For example, a database file named friends.mdb could be set up with a DSN of school. Then DS... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game%20theory%20in%20communication%20networks | Game theory has been used as a tool for modeling and studying interactions between cognitive radios envisioned to operate in future communications systems. Such terminals will have the capability to adapt to the context they operate in, through possibly power and rate control as well as channel selection. Software agen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier%20shell%20correlation | In structural biology, as well as in virtually all sciences that produce three-dimensional data, the Fourier shell correlation (FSC) measures the normalised cross-correlation coefficient between two 3-dimensional volumes over corresponding shells in Fourier space (i.e., as a function of spatial frequency). The FSC is t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncotherm | Oncotherm medical devices are produced by Oncotherm Ltd. and used for cancer treatment.
Methodology
The company's methodology is based on the view of its founder that the heat-dose sensitive characterization of tissue is at the core of the oncothermia treatment. The tumor tissue has lower impedance than the surround... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe%20Zakai | Moshe Zakai (December 22, 1926 – November 27, 2015) was a Distinguished Professor at the Technion, Israel in electrical engineering, member of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and Rothschild Prize winner.
Biography
Moshe Zakai was born in Sokółka, Poland, to his parents Rachel and Eliezer Zakheim with wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain-specific%20multimodeling | Domain-specific multimodeling is a software development paradigm where each view is made explicit as a separate domain-specific language (DSL).
Successful development of a modern enterprise system requires the convergence of multiple views. Business analysts, domain experts, interaction designers, database experts, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suctorial | Suctorial pertains to the adaptation for sucking or suction, as possessed by marine parasites such as the Cookiecutter shark, specifically in a specialised lip organ enabling attachment to the host.
Suctorial organs of a different form are possessed by the Solifugae arachnids, enabling the climbing of smooth, vertical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20network%20interface | A virtual network interface (VNI) is an abstract virtualized representation of a computer network interface that may or may not correspond directly to a network interface controller.
Operating system level
It is common for the operating system kernel to maintain a table of virtual network interfaces in memory. This m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winfrenatia | Winfrenatia is a genus that contains the oldest-known terrestrial lichen, occurring in fossils preserved in the lower Devonian Rhynie chert. The genus contains the single species Winfrenatia reticulata, named for the texture of its surface. Both the species and the genus were described in 1997.
It comprises a thallus,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists%20of%20wind%20farms | Lists of wind farms include:
List of onshore wind farms
List of offshore wind farms
Wind farms by country
List of wind farms in Australia
List of wind farms in Canada
List of wind farms in China
List of wind farms in Denmark
List of wind farms in India
List of wind farms in Iran
List of wind farms in Japan
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inversion%20%28discrete%20mathematics%29 | In computer science and discrete mathematics, an inversion in a sequence is a pair of elements that are out of their natural order.
Definitions
Inversion
Let be a permutation.
There is an inversion of between and if and . The inversion is indicated by an ordered pair containing either the places or the elem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20identification%20and%20sensing%20platform | A wireless identification and sensing platform (WISP) is an RFID (radio-frequency identification) device that supports sensing and computing: a microcontroller powered by radio-frequency energy.
That is, like a passive RFID tag, WISP is powered and read by a standard off-the-shelf RFID reader, harvesting the power it... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional%20ecological%20knowledge | Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) describes indigenous and other traditional knowledge of local resources. As a field of study in Northern American anthropology, TEK refers to "a cumulative body of knowledge, belief, and practice, evolving by accumulation of TEK and handed down through generations through traditio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camcon%20Technology | Camcon Technology (also Camcon Auto) is a Cambridge-based company focused on the core research and development of the Camcon Binary Actuator, a new class of digital valve technology. It develops high-speed and low-energy control of liquid and gas used in the healthcare industry.
About Camcon
Camcon is based in the UK'... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institution%20of%20Electronics%20and%20Telecommunication%20Engineers | The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) is India's leading recognized professional society devoted to the advancement of science, technology, electronics, telecommunication and information technology. Founded in 1953, it serves more than 70,000+ members through 60+ centers/sub centers prim... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Hewitt | Carl Eddie Hewitt (; 1944 – 7 December 2022) was an American computer scientist who designed the Planner programming language for automated planning and the actor model of concurrent computation, which have been influential in the development of logic, functional and object-oriented programming. Planner was the first p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling%20cat%20problem | The falling cat problem is a problem that consists of explaining the underlying physics behind the observation of the cat righting reflex.
Although amusing and trivial to pose, the solution of the problem is not as straightforward as its statement would suggest. The apparent contradiction with the law of conservation ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BT%20MyPlace | BT MyPlace is a service that dynamically delivers content and information to people, based on their personal preferences and location. The location-based service is available over BT’s outdoor Wi-Fi network in central London and the West End. It uses the BT Openzone outdoor Wi-Fi network in Westminster.
The service p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Border%20blaster | A border blaster is a broadcast station that, though not licensed as an external service, is, in practice, used to target another country. The term "border blaster" is of North American origin, and usually associated with Mexican AM stations whose broadcast areas cover large parts of the United States, and United State... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch%20drop-back | Pitch drop-back is the phenomena by which an aircraft which is perturbed in flight path angle from its trim position by a step input exhibits an output which is indicative of a second order system.
A pilot who actuates an elevator input may find that the aircraft then "droops" or "drops back" to a position further tow... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural%20drawing | An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture. Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and conc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCMOS | Probabilistic complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (PCMOS) is a semiconductor manufacturing technology invented by Pr. Krishna Palem of Rice University and Director of NTU's Institute for Sustainable Nanoelectronics (ISNE). The technology hopes to compete against current CMOS technology. Proponents claim it uses one... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Symbol%20of%20Access | The International Symbol of Access (ISA), also known as the (International) Wheelchair Symbol, denotes areas where access has been improved, mostly for those with disabilities. It consists of a usually blue square overlaid in white (or in contrasting colours) with a stylized image of a person in a wheelchair. It is mai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point%20of%20delivery%20%28networking%29 | A point of delivery, or PoD, is "a module of network, compute, storage, and application components that work together to deliver networking services. The PoD is a repeatable design pattern, and its components maximize the modularity, scalability, and manageability of data centers."
The modular design principle has bee... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%20data%20gateway | Table Data Gateway is a design pattern in which an object acts as a gateway to a database table. The idea is to separate the responsibility of fetching items from a database from the actual usages of those objects. Users of the gateway are then insulated from changes to the way objects are stored in the database.
Refe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Row%20data%20gateway | Row Data Gateway is a design pattern in which an object acts as a gateway to a single database row.
References
Software design patterns |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripting%20language | A scripting language or script language is a programming language that is used to manipulate, customize, and automate the facilities of an existing system. Scripting languages are usually interpreted at runtime rather than compiled.
A scripting language's primitives are usually elementary tasks or API calls, and the s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fock%E2%80%93Lorentz%20symmetry | Lorentz invariance follows from two independent postulates: the principle of relativity and the principle of constancy of the speed of light. Dropping the latter while keeping the former leads to a new invariance, known as Fock–Lorentz symmetry or the projective Lorentz transformation. The general study of such theorie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Site%20plan | A site plan or a plot plan is a type of drawing used by architects, landscape architects, urban planners, and engineers which shows existing and proposed conditions for a given area, typically a parcel of land which is to be modified. Sites plan typically show buildings, roads, sidewalks and paths/trails, parking, drai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infrared%20gas%20analyzer | An infrared gas analyzer measures trace gases by determining the absorption of an emitted infrared light source through a certain air sample. Trace gases found in the Earth's atmosphere become excited under specific wavelengths found in the infrared range. The concept behind the technology can be understood as testing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.%20Milton%20Stewart%20School%20of%20Industrial%20and%20Systems%20Engineering | The H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering is a department in the Georgia Institute of Technology's College of Engineering dedicated to education and research in industrial engineering. The school is named after H. Milton Stewart, a local philanthropist and successful businessman who formerly gr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrox%20Simple%20Interface | Matrox Simple Interface (in short MSI) is the name of a proprietary DOS and Windows 95 application programming interface for Matrox Mystique graphics cards made by Matrox. MSI API supported a maximum of 640x480x16 resolution with z-buffer and no bilinear filtering. It used color look up tables to save memory. When Matr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micvac | The MicVac method is a pasteurization method for the food processing industry producing ready meals. Food ingredients are inserted into a package, which is sealed. The food is then cooked and pasteurized in the sealed package. During the heating process a valve on the package opens and releases steam and oxygen. The pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20architecture | Within reconfigurable computing, an Adaptive architecture is a system which changes its structure, behaviour or resources according to demand. The adaptation made is usually [always?] to non-functional characteristics rather than functional ones.
Something of a misnomer, because the thing that adapts is the working s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SynfiniWay | SynfiniWay was middleware with which a virtualised IT framework can be created that provides a uniform and global view of resources within a department, a company, or a company with its suppliers. This virtualised IT framework is service-oriented, meaning that applications are run as services, which are a system-indepe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipid%20bilayer%20fusion | In membrane biology, fusion is the process by which two initially distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic cores, resulting in one interconnected structure. If this fusion proceeds completely through both leaflets of both bilayers, an aqueous bridge is formed and the internal contents of the two structures can m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted%20average%20return%20on%20assets | The weighted average return on assets, or WARA, is the collective rates of return on the various types of tangible and intangible assets of a company.
The presumption of a WARA is that each class of a company's asset base (such as manufacturing equipment, contracts, software, brand names, etc.) carries its own rate of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20A.%20Moorer | James Anderson Moorer (born November 25, 1945) is a digital audio and computer music engineer, responsible for over 40 technical publications and four patents.
He personally designed and wrote many of the advanced DSP algorithms for the Sonic Solutions "NoNOISE" process which is used to restore vintage recordings for... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Canterbury | Project Canterbury (sometimes abbreviated as PC) is an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism. It was founded by Richard Mammana, Jr. in 1999 with a grant from Episcopal Church Presiding Bishop Frank T. Griswold, and is hosted by the non-profit Society of Archbishop Justus. The episcopal patro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helical%20resonator | A helical resonator is a passive electrical component that can be used as a filter resonator.
Physically, a helical resonator is a wire helix surrounded by a square or cylindrical conductive shield. One end of the helix is connected to the shield and the other end is left open (Weston, 2001, p. 660). The device work... |
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