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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological%20triage
Ecological triage refers to the decision making of environmental conservation using the concepts of medical triage. In medicine, the allocation of resources in an urgent situation is prioritized for those with the greatest need and those who would receive the greatest benefit. Similarly, the two parameters of ecologica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Reeves%20%28computer%20scientist%29
Steve Reeves is a computer scientist based at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. He has been in the various roles of Associate Dean, Programme Co-ordinator and Head of Department of Software Engineering. He has undertaken research work on the Z notation, formal methods for GUI design, a general theory of refinem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pom-Pom%20director
[[File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A3651.jpg|thumbnail|right|Mark IV Directors on HMS King George V. The large rectangular box centred above the director contains the gyro rate unit. This image was taken early in King George Vs career before the addition of Type 282 radar.]]"Pom-Pom" director''' was a di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALL-IN-1
ALL-IN-1 was an office automation product developed and sold by Digital Equipment Corporation in the 1980s. It was one of the first purchasable off the shelf electronic mail products. It was later known as Office Server V3.2 for OpenVMS Alpha and OpenVMS VAX systems before being discontinued. Overview ALL-IN-1 was adv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine%20sandglass
A marine sandglass is a timepiece of simple design that is a relative of the common hourglass, a marine (nautical) instrument known since the 14th century (although reasonably presumed to be of very ancient use and origin). Sandglasses were used to measure the time at sea or on a given navigational course, in repeated ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface%20logic%20model
In electronics, the interface logic model (ILM) is a technique to model blocks in hierarchal VLSI implementation flow. It is a gate level model of a physical block where only the connections from the inputs to the first stage of flip-flops, and the connections from the last stage of flip-flops to the outputs are in the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artiofabula
Artiofabula is a clade made up of the Suina and the Cetruminantia. The clade was found in molecular phylogenetic analyses and contradicted traditional relationships based on morphological analyses. Etymology The name Artiofabula was derived from Greek "artios" (meaning complete or perfect of its kind or, with respect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideum
Ideum is a company based in Corrales, New Mexico, United States that produces multitouch tables and walls, custom interactive exhibits, and custom hardware. The company was founded in 1999 by Jim Spadaccini, who created interactive exhibits for San Francisco's Exploratorium before becoming creative director at Ideum. W...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao%27s%20Millionaires%27%20problem
Yao's Millionaires' problem is a secure multi-party computation problem introduced in 1982 by computer scientist and computational theorist Andrew Yao. The problem discusses two millionaires, Alice and Bob, who are interested in knowing which of them is richer without revealing their actual wealth. This problem is ana...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QualNet
QualNet is a testing and simulation tool owned and provided by Scalable Network Technologies, Inc. As network simulation software, it acts as a planning, testing, and training tool which mimics the behavior of a physical communications network. See also Network simulation Wireless networking Computer network analysis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacy%20automation
Pharmacy automation involves the mechanical processes of handling and distributing medications. Any pharmacy task may be involved, including counting small objects (e.g., tablets, capsules); measuring and mixing powders and liquids for compounding; tracking and updating customer information in databases (e.g., personal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CRFS
CRFS (Coherent Remote File System) is a network file system protocol by Zach Brown formerly of Oracle intended to leverage the Btrfs architecture to gain higher performance than existing protocols (such as NFS and SMB) and to expose Btrfs features such as snapshots to remote clients. The code is unmaintained. If one i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre%20satellite%20distribution
Fibre satellite distribution is a technology that enables satellite TV signals from an antenna to be distributed using an optical fibre cable infrastructure and then converted to electrical signals for use with conventional set-top box receivers. Particularly applicable to satellite TV distribution systems in a multi-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20trigonometric%20identities
In trigonometry, trigonometric identities are equalities that involve trigonometric functions and are true for every value of the occurring variables for which both sides of the equality are defined. Geometrically, these are identities involving certain functions of one or more angles. They are distinct from triangle i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbchronology
Herbchronology is the analysis of annual growth rings (or simply annual rings) in the secondary root xylem of perennial herbaceous plants. While leaves and stems of perennial herbs die down at the end of the growing season the root often persists for many years or even the entire life. Perennial herb species belonging ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratopteris%20richardii
Ceratopteris richardii is a fern species belonging to the genus Ceratopteris, one of only two genera of the subfamily Parkerioideae of the family Pteridaceae. It is one of several genera of ferns adapted to an aquatic existence. C. richardii was previously regarded as being part of the species Ceratopteris thalictroi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maingear
Maingear (stylized as MAINGEAR) is an American privately held computer manufacturer headquartered in Warren, New Jersey. The company builds, designs, and supports custom desktops, gaming computers, customizable laptops, and workstations in the United States. History Maingear is a PC system builder that offers custom d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20weight%20cut-off
Molecular weight cut-off or MWCO refers to the lowest molecular weight solute (in daltons) in which 90% of the solute is retained by the membrane, or the molecular weight of the molecule (e.g. globular protein) that is 90% retained by the membrane. This definition is not however standardized, and MWCOs can also be def...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chegg
Chegg, Inc., is an American education technology company based in Santa Clara, California. It provides homework help, digital and physical textbook rentals, textbooks, online tutoring, and other student services. The company was launched in 2006, and began trading publicly on the New York Stock Exchange in November 20...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensistor
Sensistor is a resistor whose resistance changes with temperature. The resistance increases exponentially with temperature, that is the temperature coefficient is positive (e.g. 0.7% per degree Celsius). Sensistors are used in electronic circuits for compensation of temperature influence or as sensors of temperature ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partido%20da%20Imprensa%20Golpista
Partido da Imprensa Golpista (PiG, ) is a term used by left-wing Brazilian websurfers since 2007 to characterize an alleged attitude of the Brazilian mass media towards President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during the 2006 presidential election. The term was popularized by journalist Paulo Henrique Amorim in his blog. Wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worley%20noise
Worley noise, also called Voronoi noise and cellular noise, is a noise function introduced by Steven Worley in 1996. Worley noise is an extension of the Voronoi diagram that outputs a real value at a given coordinate that corresponds to the Distance of the nth nearest seed, usually nearest seed, and the seeds are distr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarscape
Sugarscape is a model for artificially intelligent agent-based social simulation following some or all rules presented by Joshua M. Epstein & Robert Axtell in their book Growing Artificial Societies. Origin Fundaments of Sugarscape models can be traced back to the University of Maryland where economist Thomas Schellin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Medical%20Engineering%20%26%20Technology
The Journal of Medical Engineering & Technology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering medical engineering and related subjects. It is published by Taylor & Francis and the editor -in-chief is John P. Woodcock (University Hospital of Wales). The journal is abstracted and indexed in Scopus. References External li...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Media%20Academy
Digital Media Academy is a digital art and technology education company, located in Palo Alto, CA, and Vancouver, BC, primarily offering STEM summer camp and arts programs for students, age 9-18, at several universities in the US and Canada, including Stanford, Harvard, UCSD, Chicago, NYU, UBC, UoT, and more. Digital M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature%20oxidation
Premature oxidation, (sometimes shortened to premox, or POx) is a flaw that occurs in white wines, when the presumably ageworthy wine is expected to be in good condition yet is found to be oxidised and often undrinkable. In particular the affliction has received attention in connection to incidents of whites produced i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Website%20localization
Website localization is the process of adapting an existing website to local language and culture in the target market. It is the process of adapting a website into a different linguistic and cultural context— involving much more than the simple translation of text. This modification process must reflect specific langu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finisar
Finisar Corporation is a manufacturer of optical communication components and subsystems. The company was founded in April 1987 by Frank Levinson and Jerry Rawls in Menlo Park, California. In November 1999, it went public via an initial public offering. In 2008 Finisar merged with Optium Corporation. In September 201...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TECO%20Electric%20and%20Machinery
TECO Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd. (TECO; ) is a Taiwanese company established on June 12, 1956. The company began as an industrial motor manufacturer. The company has expanded service offerings into a conglomerate with worldwide business operations. Now has around 8% market share and also ranked number 5 in global lo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternionic%20matrix
A quaternionic matrix is a matrix whose elements are quaternions. Matrix operations The quaternions form a noncommutative ring, and therefore addition and multiplication can be defined for quaternionic matrices as for matrices over any ring. Addition. The sum of two quaternionic matrices A and B is defined in the usu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congestion%20game
Congestion games (CG) are a class of games in game theory. They represent situations which commonly occur in roads, communication networks, oligopoly markets and natural habitats. There is a set of resources (e.g. roads or communication links); there are several players who need resources (e.g. drivers or network users...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery%20nomenclature
Standard battery nomenclature describes portable dry cell batteries that have physical dimensions and electrical characteristics interchangeable between manufacturers. The long history of disposable dry cells means that many manufacturer-specific and national standards were used to designate sizes, long before interna...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20neuroscience%20databases
A number of online neuroscience databases are available which provide information regarding gene expression, neurons, macroscopic brain structure, and neurological or psychiatric disorders. Some databases contain descriptive and numerical data, some to brain function, others offer access to 'raw' imaging data, such as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector%20inversion%20generator
A vector inversion generator (VIG) is an electric pulse compression and voltage multiplication device, allowing shaping a slower, lower voltage pulse to a narrower, higher-voltage one. VIGs are used in military technology, e.g. some directed-energy weapons, as a secondary stage of another pulsed power source, commonly ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante%20%28networking%29
Dante is the product name for a combination of software, hardware, and network protocols that delivers uncompressed, multi-channel, low-latency digital audio over a standard Ethernet network using Layer 3 IP packets. Developed in 2006 by the Sydney-based Audinate, Dante builds on previous audio over Ethernet and audio ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered%20level%20of%20consciousness
An altered level of consciousness is any measure of arousal other than normal. Level of consciousness (LOC) is a measurement of a person's arousability and responsiveness to stimuli from the environment. A mildly depressed level of consciousness or alertness may be classed as lethargy; someone in this state can be ar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aisling%20Judge
Aisling Judge is an Irish scientist from Kinsale, County Cork. She was the winner of the 42nd Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in 2006 at the age of 13. She was the youngest winner in the history of the competition, until her record was taken two years later by thirteen-year-old Emer Jones from Tralee in Count...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound%20lever
The compound lever is a simple machine operating on the premise that the resistance from one lever in a system of levers acts as effort for the next, and thus the applied force is transferred from one lever to the next. Almost all scales use some sort of compound lever to work. Other examples include nail clippers and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluo-4
Fluo-4 is used to measure calcium (Ca2+) concentrations inside living cells, and is often used for high-throughput screening of receptor ligands and calcium permeable ion channels. The green-fluorescent calcium indicator, Fluo-4, is an improved version of the calcium indicator, Fluo-3. It is commonly used as the non-f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft%20Foot
Soft foot is a common term used for machine frame distortion. The distortion is caused when one or more foot of a machine differ in height from the others. This in turn may be due to differences when the machine was manufactured, a squishy footage with oil film etc. between foot and base, a bent foot, or it may be indu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Aerospace%20University%20%E2%80%93%20Kharkiv%20Aviation%20Institute
National Aerospace University – "Kharkiv Aviation Institute" , NAU "KhAI" (, ХАІ; KhAI) is a university in Kharkiv, Ukraine which specializes in aviation and space engineering. The KhAI was founded in 1930. History The NAU "KhAI" was founded in 1930 on the basis of aviation division of the Kharkiv Polytechnic Instit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Intel%20graphics%20processing%20units
This article contains information about Intel's GPUs (see Intel Graphics Technology) and motherboard graphics chipsets in table form. In 1982, Intel licensed the NEC μPD7220 and announced it as the Intel 82720 Graphics Display Controller. First generation Intel's first generation GPUs: Second generation Intel mark...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDR%20%28software%29
FDR (Failures-Divergences Refinement) and subsequently FDR2, FDR3 and FDR4 are refinement checking software tools, designed to check formal models expressed in Communicating sequential processes (CSP). The tools were originally developed by Formal Systems (Europe) Ltd. Bill Roscoe of the Department of Computer Science,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Gullberg
Jan Gullberg (1936 – 21 May 1998) was a Swedish surgeon and anaesthesiologist, but became known as a writer on popular science and medical topics. He is best known outside Sweden as the author of Mathematics: From the Birth of Numbers, published by W. W. Norton in 1997 (). Life Gullberg grew up and was trained as a s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20Electronique%20Libre
The Association Electronique Libre (AEL, sometimes written Association électronique libre) is a Belgian non-profit digital rights advocacy and legal organization based in Belgium. Its stated mission is to "protecting the fundamental rights in the information society". It is promoting the Free Software Pact Initiative. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental%20theorem%20of%20linear%20programming
In mathematical optimization, the fundamental theorem of linear programming states, in a weak formulation, that the maxima and minima of a linear function over a convex polygonal region occur at the region's corners. Further, if an extreme value occurs at two corners, then it must also occur everywhere on the line segm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-Hexanol
3-Hexanol (IUPAC name: hexan-3-ol; also called ethyl propyl carbinol) is an organic chemical compound. It occurs naturally in the flavor and aroma of plants such as pineapple and is used as a food additive to add flavor. Reactions 3-Hexanol can be synthesized by the hydroboration of unsaturated hexane compounds such ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-Methyl-1-pentanol
3-Methyl-1-pentanol (IUPAC name: 3-methylpentan-1-ol) is an organic chemical compound. It occurs naturally in Capsicum frutescens, the tabasco pepper. References Flavors Hexanols
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steensen%20Varming
Steensen Varming is an engineering firm headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. History It was founded by Niels Steensen and Jørgen Varming in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1933. The firm specialised in civil, structural and building services engineering. During the 20th century, the practice grew out of Denmark and new offic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformation%20between%20distributions%20in%20time%E2%80%93frequency%20analysis
In the field of time–frequency analysis, several signal formulations are used to represent the signal in a joint time–frequency domain. There are several methods and transforms called "time-frequency distributions" (TFDs), whose interconnections were organized by Leon Cohen. The most useful and popular methods form a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogonal%20signal%20correction
Orthogonal Signal Correction (OSC) is a spectral preprocessing technique that removes variation from a data matrix X that is orthogonal to the response matrix Y. OSC was introduced by researchers at the University of Umea in 1998 and has since found applications in domains including metabolomics. References Signal ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Frenkel
Edward Vladimirovich Frenkel (; born May 2, 1968) is a Russian-American mathematician working in representation theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics. He is a professor of mathematics at University of California Berkeley, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and author of the bestsellin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D%20pose%20estimation
3D pose estimation is a process of predicting the transformation of an object from a user-defined reference pose, given an image or a 3D scan. It arises in computer vision or robotics where the pose or transformation of an object can be used for alignment of a computer-aided design models, identification, grasping, or...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesowear
Mesowear is a method, used in different branches and fields of biology. This method can apply to both extant and extinct animals, according to the scope of the study. Mesowear is based on studying an animal's tooth wearing fingerprint. In brief, each animal has special feeding habits, which cause unique tooth wearing. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EngineeringUK
EngineeringUK is an independent, not-for-profit organisation. Its stated purpose is to promote the contribution that engineers, and engineering and technology, make to society. Based in the United Kingdom, EngineeringUK intends to inspire people at all levels to pursue careers in engineering and technology. Main progr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%20Foothold
Byzantine Foothold is the unclassified code name related to a United States Department of Defense effort within the larger Cyber Initiative framework, specifically aimed at curbing and preventing foreign intrusions into the computer networks of US federal agencies. It has been said that this threat is related to ongoin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide%20and%20narrow%20data
Wide and narrow (sometimes un-stacked and stacked, or wide and tall) are terms used to describe two different presentations for tabular data. Wide Wide, or unstacked data is presented with each different data variable in a separate column. Narrow Narrow, stacked, or long data is presented with one column containin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut%20polytechnique%20des%20sciences%20avanc%C3%A9es
The Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées (IPSA), () is a French private grande école in aerospace engineering located at Ivry-sur-Seine, Lyon and Toulouse, recognized by the French state since 2010, whose diploma has been accredited by the French Commission des Titres d'Ingénieur since 2011. It was founded in 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entropic%20gravity
Entropic gravity, also known as emergent gravity, is a theory in modern physics that describes gravity as an entropic force—a force with macro-scale homogeneity but which is subject to quantum-level disorder—and not a fundamental interaction. The theory, based on string theory, black hole physics, and quantum informati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%20Wolfe
Nathan Daniel Wolfe (born 24 August 1970) is an American virologist. He was the founder (in 2007) and director of Global Viral and the Lorry I. Lokey Visiting Professor in Human Biology at Stanford University. Career Wolfe spent over eight years conducting biomedical research in both sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcystin-LR
Microcystin-LR (MC-LR) is a toxin produced by cyanobacteria. It is the most toxic of the microcystins. Structure Microcystins are cyclic heptapeptides. The seven amino acids that are involved in the structure of a microcystin include a unique β-amino acid (ADDA). It contains alanine (D-ala), D-β-methyl-isoaspartate (D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dihydroprogesterone
Dihydroprogesterone may refer to: 5α-Dihydroprogesterone 5β-Dihydroprogesterone 20α-Dihydroprogesterone (20α-hydroxyprogesterone) 20β-Dihydroprogesterone (20β-hydroxyprogesterone) 3α-Dihydroprogesterone 3β-Dihydroprogesterone 17α,21-Dihydroprogesterone (11-deoxycortisol) 11β,21-Dihydroprogesterone (corticoster...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%E2%80%93Varley%20divider
The Kelvin-Varley voltage divider, named after its inventors William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and Cromwell Fleetwood Varley, is an electronic circuit used to generate an output voltage as a precision ratio of an input voltage, with several decades of resolution. In effect, the Kelvin–Varley divider is an electromecha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratified%20space
In mathematics, especially in topology, a stratified space is a topological space that admits or is equipped with a stratification, a decomposition into subspaces, which are nice in some sense (e.g., smooth or flat). A basic example is a subset of a smooth manifold that admits a Whitney stratification. But there is al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlsruhe%20metric
In metric geometry, the Karlsruhe metric is a measure of distance that assumes travel is only possible along rays through the origin and circular arcs centered at the origin. The name alludes to the layout of the city of Karlsruhe, which has radial streets and circular avenues around a central point. This metric is als...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress%E2%80%93strength%20analysis
Stress–strength analysis is the analysis of the strength of the materials and the interference of the stresses placed on the materials, where "materials" is not necessarily the raw goods or parts, but can be an entire system. Stress-Strength Analysis is a tool used in reliability engineering. Environmental stresses h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place%20code
A P-code, short for place code, is a kind of geocode used mostly by emergency response teams. It provides unique identifiers to thousands of locations and administrative units in a humanitarian operation. The p-codes are represented by combinations of letters and/or numbers to identify a specific location or feature on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoke%20damper
Smoke dampers are passive fire protection products used in air conditioning and ventilation ductwork or installed in physical smoke barriers (e.g., walls). This may be done to prevent the spread of smoke from the space of fire origin to other spaces in the same building. A combination of fans and dampers can exhaust sm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicentenary%20Medal%20of%20the%20Linnean%20Society
The Bicentenary Medal is a scientific award given by the Linnean Society. It is awarded annually in recognition of work done by a biologist under the age of 40 years. The medal was first awarded in 1978 on the 200th anniversary of the death of Carl Linnaeus. Recipients Source (1990 to present): Linnean Society See...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PD%205500
PD 5500 is a specification for unfired pressure vessels. It specifies requirements for the design, manufacture, inspection and testing of unfired pressure vessels made from carbon, ferritic alloy, and austenitic steels. It also includes material supplements containing requirements for vessels made from aluminium, coppe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesenchymal%E2%80%93epithelial%20transition
A mesenchymal–epithelial transition (MET) is a reversible biological process that involves the transition from motile, multipolar or spindle-shaped mesenchymal cells to planar arrays of polarized cells called epithelia. MET is the reverse process of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and it has been shown to occur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognition%20Network%20Technology
Cognition Network Technology (CNT), also known as Definiens Cognition Network Technology, is an object-based image analysis method developed by Nobel laureate Gerd Binnig together with a team of researchers at Definiens AG in Munich, Germany. It serves for extracting information from images using a hierarchy of image o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s%20Last%20Theorem%20%28book%29
Fermat's Last Theorem is a popular science book (1997) by Simon Singh. It tells the story of the search for a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, first conjectured by Pierre de Fermat in 1637, and explores how many mathematicians such as Évariste Galois had tried and failed to provide a proof for the theorem. Despite the e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHOSFOS
PhoSFOS is a research and technology development project co-funded by the European Commission. Project Description The PHOSFOS (Photonic Skins For Optical Sensing) project is developing flexible and stretchable foils or skins that integrate optical sensing elements with optical and electrical devices, such as onboard...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonic%20composition
In mathematics, demonic composition is an operation on binary relations that is similar to the ordinary composition of relations but is robust to refinement of the relations into (partial) functions or injective relations. Unlike ordinary composition of relations, demonic composition is not associative. Definition S...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set%20function
In mathematics, especially measure theory, a set function is a function whose domain is a family of subsets of some given set and that (usually) takes its values in the extended real number line which consists of the real numbers and A set function generally aims to subsets in some way. Measures are typical exampl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20gating
Power gating is a technique used in integrated circuit design to reduce power consumption, by shutting off the current to blocks of the circuit that are not in use. In addition to reducing stand-by or leakage power, power gating has the benefit of enabling Iddq testing. Overview Power gating affects design architectur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why%20Most%20Published%20Research%20Findings%20Are%20False
"Why Most Published Research Findings Are False" is a 2005 essay written by John Ioannidis, a professor at the Stanford School of Medicine, and published in PLOS Medicine. It is considered foundational to the field of metascience. In the paper, Ioannidis argued that a large number, if not the majority, of published me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyro%20rate%20unit
Gyro rate unit refers to a fire-control computer developed by the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom in 1937, and which was used extensively on British warships in World War II. In the 1930s the Royal Navy began to investigate the possibility of combining gyroscopes with optical sights to directly and accurately measure ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20litigation%20involving%20the%20Electronic%20Frontier%20Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation is regularly involved in litigation. The following is a list of cases that have involved the EFF to some degree. Analog hole Macrovision v. Sima Anonymity Burd v. Cole Doe v. Cahill Dominick v. MySpace E. Van Cullens v. John Doe First Cash v. John Doe Fix Wilson Yard v. City of Chic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rating%20curve
In hydrology, a rating curve is a graph of discharge versus stage for a given point on a stream, usually at gauging stations, where the stream discharge is measured across the stream channel with a flow meter. Numerous measurements of stream discharge are made over a range of stream stages. The rating curve is usually ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20Technology
Fire Technology is a peer-reviewed journal publishing scientific research dealing with the full range of actual, possible, and potential fire hazards facing humans and the environment. It publishes original contributions, both theoretical and empirical, that contribute to the solution of problems in fire safety and rel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20spatial%20analysis%20software
Spatial analysis software is software written to enable and facilitate spatial analysis. Currently, there are several packages, both free software and proprietary software, which cover most of the spatial data infrastructure stack. Packages See also Comparison of GIS software Geographic information System Spatial ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20flat%20panel%20display%20manufacturers
Flat-panel displays are thin panels of glass or plastic used for electronically displaying text, images, or video. Liquid crystal displays (LCD), OLED (organic light emitting diode) and microLED displays are not quite the same; since LCD uses a liquid crystal that reacts to an electric current blocking light or allowin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibrePilot
LibrePilot is a Free software unmanned aerial vehicle project for model aircraft aimed at supporting both multi-rotor craft as well as fixed-wing aircraft. Initially founded by David Ankers, Angus Peart and Vassilis Varveropoulos in late 2009, under the name OpenPilot, it was conceived as both a learning tool and to ad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20mineralogy
Automated mineralogy is a generic term describing a range of analytical solutions, areas of commercial enterprise, and a growing field of scientific research and engineering applications involving largely automated and quantitative analysis of minerals, rocks and man-made materials. Technology Automated mineralogy ana...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percolation%20critical%20exponents
In the context of the physical and mathematical theory of percolation, a percolation transition is characterized by a set of universal critical exponents, which describe the fractal properties of the percolating medium at large scales and sufficiently close to the transition. The exponents are universal in the sense th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane%20of%20rotation
In geometry, a plane of rotation is an abstract object used to describe or visualize rotations in space. The main use for planes of rotation is in describing more complex rotations in four-dimensional space and higher dimensions, where they can be used to break down the rotations into simpler parts. This can be done ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STARAN
STARAN in the information technology industry might be the first commercially available computer designed around an associative memory. The STARAN computer was designed and built by Goodyear Aerospace Corporation. It is a content-addressable parallel processor (CAPP), a type of parallel processor which uses content-add...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20agreement%20%28Canada%29
A project agreement is an agreement between the owner/developer of a construction project and the construction trade unions that will perform that construction work. A project agreement modifies the terms of otherwise applicable construction collective agreements for purposes of a specific construction project or a de...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ONVIF
ONVIF (the Open Network Video Interface Forum) is a global and open industry forum with the goal of facilitating the development and use of a global open standard for the interface of physical IP-based security products. ONVIF creates a standard for how IP products within video surveillance and other physical security ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiblem
In botany, epiblem is a tissue that replaces the epidermis in most roots and in stems of submerged aquatic plants. It is usually located between the epidermis and cortex in the root or stem of a plant. References Plant roots Botany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detached%20signature
A detached signature is a type of digital signature that is kept separate from its signed data, as opposed to bundled together into a single file. See also XML Signature References Public-key cryptography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%20of%20costs%20of%20operations%20in%20elliptic%20curves
Elliptic curve cryptography is a popular form of public key encryption that is based on the mathematical theory of elliptic curves. Points on an elliptic curve can be added and form a group under this addition operation. This article describes the computational costs for this group addition and certain related operatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggplant%20Functional
Eggplant Functional is a black-box graphical user interface (GUI) test automation tool. It was developed in Boulder, Colorado, by Doug Simons, Jonathan Gillaspie, and John McIntosh. The software was developed by Redstone Software (a subsidiary of Gresham Computing PLC) starting in 2002. Redstone was acquired on 2 Septe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Built-up%20gun
A built-up gun is artillery with a specially reinforced barrel. An inner tube of metal stretches within its elastic limit under the pressure of confined powder gases to transmit stress to outer cylinders that are under tension. Concentric metal cylinders or wire windings are assembled to minimize the weight required ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magix%20Music%20Maker
Magix Music Maker is a commercial digital audio workstation (DAW) designed by the company Magix for the consumer sector. The program is branched from Samplitude, Magic's professional digital audio workstation. First published in 1994, the program continues to be updated. By 2006 it had sold over a million copies in var...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20visualization
Mathematical phenomena can be understood and explored via visualization. Classically this consisted of two-dimensional drawings or building three-dimensional models (particularly plaster models in the 19th and early 20th century), while today it most frequently consists of using computers to make static two or three di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TTM%2057%20SL
The TTM 57SL is an audio mixer console, also known as a DJ mixer, designed by Rane Corporation. Rane and their software partner Serato, also known as Serato Scratch Live, teamed up together to create the TTM 57SL from Rane's prior TTM 56 disc jockey DJ mixer. The unique feature of this DJ mixer is that Serato and Rane ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetCologne
NetCologne is a regional telecommunications, cable television and Internet service provider in the Cologne region of Germany. It operates its own copper, coaxial, FTTB and CDMA2000 networks. It serves 518.000 customers and is owned by the city of Cologne. The company has around 900 employees. References External link...