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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UCL%20Prize%20Lecture%20in%20Life%20and%20Medical%20Sciences
The UCL Prize Lecture in Life and Medical Sciences (previously UCL Prize Lecture in Clinical Science) is a prize awarded annually by University College London since 1997. The prize lecture has become the pre-eminent series on contemporary science in Europe and the annual lecture provides an opportunity to debate and ce...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDrive%20Inc.
IDrive Inc. is a technology company that specializes in data backup applications. Its flagship product is IDrive, an online backup service available to Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS (iPhone and iPad) and Android users. Overview Pro Softnet Corporation was founded in 1995 and is based in Calabasas, California, within Los ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20School%20RuneScape
Old School RuneScape is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed and published by Jagex. The game was released on 22 February 2013. When Old School RuneScape launched, it began as an August 2007 version of the game RuneScape, which was highly popular prior to the launch of RuneScape 3. The ga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intent%20%28Android%29
An Intent in the Android operating system is a software mechanism that allows users to coordinate the functions of different activities to achieve a task. An Intent is a messaging object which provides a facility for performing late runtime binding between the code in different applications in the Android development e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resilience%20%28engineering%20and%20construction%29
In the fields of engineering and construction, resilience is the ability to absorb or avoid damage without suffering complete failure and is an objective of design, maintenance and restoration for buildings and infrastructure, as well as communities. A more comprehensive definition is that it is the ability to respond,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVX-512
AVX-512 are 512-bit extensions to the 256-bit Advanced Vector Extensions SIMD instructions for x86 instruction set architecture (ISA) proposed by Intel in July 2013, and first implemented in the 2016 Intel Xeon Phi x200 (Knights Landing), and then later in a number of AMD and other Intel CPUs (see list below). AVX-512 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testdroid
Testdroid is a set of mobile software development and testing products by Bitbar Technologies Limited. Company Bitbar was founded in 2009, with offices in Cambridge, United Kingdom, Wrocław, Poland, and Oulu, Finland. Marko Kaasila is a founder and serves as chief executive officer. Other founders included Sakari Raut...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBiome
uBiome, Inc. was a biotechnology company based in San Francisco that developed technology to sequence the human microbiome. Founded in 2012, the company filed for bankruptcy in 2019 following an FBI raid in an investigation over possible insurance fraud involving the US health insurance program Medicare. In 2021, the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BroadR-Reach
BroadR-Reach technology is an Ethernet physical layer standard designed for automotive connectivity applications. BroadR-Reach allows multiple in-vehicle systems to simultaneously access information over unshielded single twisted pair cable. BroadR-Reach was invented and is promoted by Broadcom Corporation, now Broadco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20skin
Electronic skin refers to flexible, stretchable and self-healing electronics that are able to mimic functionalities of human or animal skin. The broad class of materials often contain sensing abilities that are intended to reproduce the capabilities of human skin to respond to environmental factors such as changes in h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary%20line
An auxiliary line (or helping line) is an extra line needed to complete a proof in plane geometry. Other common auxiliary constructs in elementary plane synthetic geometry are the helping circles. As an example, a proof of the theorem on the sum of angles of a triangle can be done by adding a straight line parallel to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MatrixSSL
MatrixSSL is an open-source TLS/SSL implementation designed for custom applications in embedded hardware environments. The MatrixSSL library contains a full cryptographic software module that includes industry-standard public key and symmetric key algorithms. It is now called the Inside Secure TLS Toolkit. Features ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bordetella%20ansorpii
Bordetella ansorpii is a Gram-negative, oxidase-negative bacterium from the genus Bordetella which has been isolated from the purulent exudate of an epidermal cyst of an immunocompromised patient. A 16S rRNA gene analysis has confirmed B. ansorpii belongs to this genus. References Burkholderiales Undescribed species
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systems%20and%20Synthetic%20Biology
Systems and Synthetic Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering systems and synthetic biology. It was established in 2007 and was published by Springer Science+Business Media. The editors-in-chief were Pawan K. Dhar (University of Kerala) and Ron Weiss (Massachusetts Institute of Technology). The journal's...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft-switching%20three-level%20inverter
A soft-switching three-level inverter (S3L inverter) is a high-efficiency power electronic inverter intended, in particular, for use with three-phase drives, as a grid-tie inverter for photovoltaic installations or wind turbines and in power supplies. The topology was developed in 2009 at HTWG Konstanz (Constance Unive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromecast
Chromecast is a line of digital media players developed by Google. The devices, designed as small dongles, can play Internet-streamed audio-visual content on a high-definition television or home audio system. The user can control playback with a mobile device or personal computer through mobile and web apps that suppor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean%20field%20annealing
Mean field annealing is a deterministic approximation to the simulated annealing technique of solving optimization problems. This method uses mean field theory and is based on Peierls' inequality. References Mathematical optimization
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20uniformization
In algebraic geometry, local uniformization is a weak form of resolution of singularities, stating roughly that a variety can be desingularized near any valuation, or in other words that the Zariski–Riemann space of the variety is in some sense nonsingular. Local uniformization was introduced by , who separated out the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coupling%20coefficient%20of%20resonators
The coupling coefficient of resonators is a dimensionless value that characterizes interaction of two resonators. Coupling coefficients are used in resonator filter theory. Resonators may be both electromagnetic and acoustic. Coupling coefficients together with resonant frequencies and external quality factors of reson...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Technical%20Mechanics
The Institute of Technical Mechanics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Space Agency of Ukraine (ITM NASU and SSAU) is the research institution composed of the Mechanics division of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, leading institute of the Ukrainian aerospace sector. History The inst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Structural%20Engineering
The Journal of Structural Engineering is the principal professional peer-reviewed journal of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the oldest professional civil engineering society in the United States. The journal is one of the flagship journals of the Society. It is sponsored by its division, the ASCE Structural ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liouville%E2%80%93Arnold%20theorem
In dynamical systems theory, the Liouville–Arnold theorem states that if, in a Hamiltonian dynamical system with n degrees of freedom, there are also n independent, Poisson commuting first integrals of motion, and the energy level set is compact, then there exists a canonical transformation to action-angle coordinates...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill%20Your%20Darlings%20%28magazine%29
Kill Your Darlings (KYD) is an Australian online literary magazine dedicated to arts and culture. Kill Your Darlings was established in March 2010 with a mission of "reinvigorating and re-energising this medium – to shake it up, if you like, and publish literature that bites back". It publishes new fiction and commenta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Login%20manager
A login manager is a login system for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. It comprises a login daemon, a login user interface, and a system for tracking login sessions. When a user tries to log in, the login manager passes the user's credentials to an authentication system. Since an X display manager is a graphical ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere%20packing%20in%20a%20sphere
Sphere packing in a sphere is a three-dimensional packing problem with the objective of packing a given number of equal spheres inside a unit sphere. It is the three-dimensional equivalent of the circle packing in a circle problem in two dimensions. References Spheres Packing problems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20A.W.%20Carleton%20Strength%20of%20Materials%20Laboratory
Robert A. W. Carleton Strength of Material Laboratory (Carleton Lab) is a civil engineering materials testing laboratory affiliated with the Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics (CEEM) in the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science. The laboratory is located on Columbia University's Morn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandi%20Klav%C5%BEar
Sandi Klavžar (born 5 February 1962) is a Slovenian mathematician working in the area of graph theory and its applications. He is a professor of mathematics at the University of Ljubljana. Education Klavžar received his Ph.D. from the University of Ljubljana in 1990, under the supervision of Wilfried Imrich and Tomaž ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presymplectic%20form
In geometric mechanics a presymplectic form is a closed differential 2-form of constant rank on a manifold. However, some authors use different definitions. Recently, Hajduk and Walczak defined a presymplectic form as a closed differential 2-form of maximal rank on a manifold of odd dimension. A symplectic form is a p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weber%20problem
In geometry, the Weber problem, named after Alfred Weber, is one of the most famous problems in location theory. It requires finding a point in the plane that minimizes the sum of the transportation costs from this point to destination points, where different destination points are associated with different costs per ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMAWK%20algorithm
The SMAWK algorithm is an algorithm for finding the minimum value in each row of an implicitly-defined totally monotone matrix. It is named after the initials of its five inventors, Peter Shor, Shlomo Moran, Alok Aggarwal, Robert Wilber, and Maria Klawe. Input For the purposes of this algorithm, a matrix is defined to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPI-driven%20code%20analysis
KPI driven code analysis (KPI = Key Performance Indicator) is a method of analyzing software source code and source code related IT systems to gain insight into business critical aspects of the development of a software system such as team-performance, time-to-market, risk-management, failure-prediction and much more. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic%20statistics
Forensic statistics is the application of probability models and statistical techniques to scientific evidence, such as DNA evidence, and the law. In contrast to "everyday" statistics, to not engender bias or unduly draw conclusions, forensic statisticians report likelihoods as likelihood ratios (LR). This ratio of pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20lock
A smart lock is an electromechanical lock that is designed to perform locking and unlocking operations on a door when it receives a prompt via an electronic keypad, biometric sensor, access card, Bluetooth, or Wi-FI from a registered mobile device. These locks are called smart locks because they use advanced technology...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runoff%20footprint
A runoff footprint is the total surface runoff that a site produces over the course of a year. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stormwater is "rainwater and melted snow that runs off streets, lawns, and other sites". Urbanized areas with high concentrations of impervious surfaces lik...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrisecant
In geometry, a quadrisecant or quadrisecant line of a space curve is a line that passes through four points of the curve. This is the largest possible number of intersections that a generic space curve can have with a line, and for such curves the quadrisecants form a discrete set of lines. Quadrisecants have been stud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulus%20Networks
Cumulus Networks was a computer software company headquartered in Mountain View, California, US. The company designed and sold a Linux operating system for industry standard network switches, along with management software, for large datacenter, cloud computing, and enterprise environments. In May 2020, American semic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descartes%20number
In number theory, a Descartes number is an odd number which would have been an odd perfect number if one of its composite factors were prime. They are named after René Descartes who observed that the number would be an odd perfect number if only were a prime number, since the sum-of-divisors function for would sati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kepler%20%28microarchitecture%29
Kepler is the codename for a GPU microarchitecture developed by Nvidia, first introduced at retail in April 2012, as the successor to the Fermi microarchitecture. Kepler was Nvidia's first microarchitecture to focus on energy efficiency. Most GeForce 600 series, most GeForce 700 series, and some GeForce 800M series GPU...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20map
A software map represents static, dynamic, and evolutionary information of software systems and their software development processes by means of 2D or 3D map-oriented information visualization. It constitutes a fundamental concept and tool in software visualization, software analytics, and software diagnosis. Its prima...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrio%20adaptatus
Vibrio adaptatus is the name given to a Gram-negative species of bacteria first described from the ocean by ZoBell and Upham in 1944. It was later shown to be genetically very different from other species of Vibrio (which belongs to Gammaproteobacteria), suggesting it belongs in a different genus, However, it has not b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ObjecTime%20Developer
ObjecTime Developer (or ObjecTime or OTD, for short) is a software automation tool designed to meet the development needs of real-time software development teams. The tool was created by ObjecTime Limited of Kanata, Ontario, and was aimed at aiding software developers in building applications using Real-Time Object-Ori...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Cast
Google Cast is a proprietary protocol developed by Google for playing Internet-streamed audiovisual content on a compatible consumer device. The protocol is used to initiate and control playback of content on digital media players, high-definition televisions, and home audio systems using a mobile device, personal comp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation%20axiom
In topology and related fields of mathematics, there are several restrictions that one often makes on the kinds of topological spaces that one wishes to consider. Some of these restrictions are given by the separation axioms. These are sometimes called Tychonoff separation axioms, after Andrey Tychonoff. The separatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaisdell%20Slow%20Sand%20Filter%20Washing%20Machine
The Blaisdell Slow Sand Filter Washing Machine at Yuma, Arizona is a device invented by Hiram W. Blaisdell to wash sand filters used in the treatment of drinking water. The machine was built in 1902 at Blaisdell's privately operated waterworks, which treated the muddy water of the Colorado River for local consumption. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-2%20ring
In commutative algebra, a J-0 ring is a ring such that the set of regular points, that is, points of the spectrum at which the localization is a regular local ring, contains a non-empty open subset, a J-1 ring is a ring such that the set of regular points is an open subset, and a J-2 ring is a ring such that any fin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen%205%20Fibre%20Channel
Gen 5 Fibre Channel is the marketing name for purpose-built, data center network infrastructure for storage that provides reliability, scalability and up to 16 Gbit/s performance adopted by Brocade, Emulex, and QLogic. The name was created to move away from speed-based naming to technology generation-based naming. Gen ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAVLink
MAVLink or Micro Air Vehicle Link is a protocol for communicating with small unmanned vehicle. It is designed as a header-only message marshaling library. MAVLink was first released early 2009 by Lorenz Meier under the LGPL license. Applications It is used mostly for communication between a Ground Control Station (GC...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Johnson%20solids
In geometry, a Johnson solid is a strictly convex polyhedron, each face of which is a regular polygon, but which is not uniform, i.e., not a Platonic solid, Archimedean solid, prism or antiprism. In 1966, Norman Johnson published a list which included all 92 solids, and gave them their names and numbers. He did not pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devex%20algorithm
In applied mathematics, the devex algorithm is a pivot rule for the simplex method developed by Paula M. J. Harris. It identifies the steepest-edge approximately in its search for the optimal solution. References Algorithms
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20defined%20storage
Data defined storage (also referred to as a data centric approach) is a marketing term for managing, protecting, and realizing value from data by combining application, information and storage tiers. This is achieved through a process where users, applications, and devices gain access to a repository of captured metad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mettler%20Toledo
Mettler Toledo () is a multinational manufacturer of scales and analytical instruments. It is the largest provider of weighing instruments for use in laboratory, industrial, and food retailing applications. The company also provides various analytical instruments, process analytics instruments, and end-of-line inspecti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanthanum%20aluminate-strontium%20titanate%20interface
The interface between lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3) and strontium titanate (SrTiO3) is a notable materials interface because it exhibits properties not found in its constituent materials. Individually, LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 are non-magnetic insulators, yet LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces can exhibit electrical metallic conductivit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NER%20model
The NER model is one of a number of methods for determining the accuracy of live subtitles in television broadcasts and events that are produced using speech recognition. The three letters stand for number, edition error and recognition error. It is an alternative to the WER model (Word Error Rate) used in several coun...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint%20Petersburg%20State%20University%20of%20Aerospace%20Instrumentation
The Saint Petersburg State University of Aerospace Instrumentation () is a university with 13 faculties in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Faculties are devoted to innovation management, aerospace engineering, electronic engineering, energy development, computer science, telecommunication, humanities, military science, econo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20dispenser
A media dispenser or a culture media dispenser is a device for repeatedly delivering small fixed volumes (typically between 1 ml and 50 ml) of liquid such as a laboratory growth medium like molten agar or caustic or volatile solvents like toluene into a series of receptacles (Petri dishes, test tubes, Fernbach flasks, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jameson%20cell
The Jameson Cell is a high-intensity froth flotation cell that was invented by Laureate Professor Graeme Jameson of the University of Newcastle (Australia) and developed in conjunction with Mount Isa Mines Limited ("MIM", a subsidiary of MIM Holdings Limited and now part of the Glencore group of companies). Introducti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discontinuous%20group
A discontinuous group is a mathematical concept relating to mappings in topological space. Definition Let be a topological space of points , and let , , be an open continuous representation of the topological group as a transitive group of homeomorphic mappings of on itself. The representation of the discrete sub...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesozoic%E2%80%93Cenozoic%20radiation
The Mesozoic–Cenozoic Radiation is the third major extended increase of biodiversity in the Phanerozoic, after the Cambrian Explosion and the Great Ordovician Biodiversification Event, which appeared to exceeded the equilibrium reached after the Ordovician radiation. Made known by its identification in marine invertebr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/THG%20Ingenuity%20Cloud%20Services
THG Ingenuity Cloud Services, formerly UK2 Group, is a global provider of internet services. It forms part of THG Ingenuity, an e-commerce services platform. Its services include web hosting, virtual private servers, domain name registration, management, dedicated servers and a content delivery network. History 1998–...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upward%20planar%20drawing
In graph drawing, an upward planar drawing of a directed acyclic graph is an embedding of the graph into the Euclidean plane, in which the edges are represented as non-crossing monotonic upwards curves. That is, the curve representing each edge should have the property that every horizontal line intersects it in at mos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker%20%28software%29
Docker is a set of platform as a service (PaaS) products that use OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. The service has both free and premium tiers. The software that hosts the containers is called Docker Engine. It was first released in 2013 and is developed by Docker, Inc. Docke...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArabiaWeather
ArabiaWeather Inc. (Arabic: طقس العرب) is a private weather company providing weather services to consumers and businesses in the Arab world. The company is headquartered in Amman, Jordan, and has offices in Dubai, UAE. The company was founded in 2006 by Jordanian entrepreneur Mohammed Al-Shaker. In 2012, Al-Shaker wa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polykay
In statistics, a polykay, or generalised k-statistic, (denoted ) is a statistic defined as a linear combination of sample moments. Etymology The word polykay was coined by American mathematician John Tukey in 1956, from poly, "many" or "much", and kay, the phonetic spelling of the letter "k", as in k-statistic. Refer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstiness
In statistics, burstiness is the intermittent increases and decreases in activity or frequency of an event. One measure of burstiness is the Fano factor—a ratio between the variance and mean of counts. Burstiness is observable in natural phenomena, such as natural disasters, or other phenomena, such as network/data/em...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytokine%20redundancy
Cytokine redundancy is a term in immunology referring to the phenomenon in which, and the ability of, multiple cytokines to exert similar actions. This phenomenon is largely due to multiple cytokines utilizing common receptor subunits and common intracellular cell signalling molecules/pathways. For instance, a pair of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth%20power%20%28algebra%29
In arithmetic and algebra, the fifth power or sursolid of a number n is the result of multiplying five instances of n together: . Fifth powers are also formed by multiplying a number by its fourth power, or the square of a number by its cube. The sequence of fifth powers of integers is: 0, 1, 32, 243, 1024, 3125, 7...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poretsky%27s%20law%20of%20forms
In Boolean algebra, Poretsky's law of forms shows that the single Boolean equation is equivalent to if and only if , where represents exclusive or. The law of forms was discovered by Platon Poretsky. See also Archie Blake (mathematician) Blake–Poretsky law References (NB. This publication is also referred to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusion%20%28Boolean%20algebra%29
In Boolean algebra, the inclusion relation is defined as and is the Boolean analogue to the subset relation in set theory. Inclusion is a partial order. The inclusion relation can be expressed in many ways: The inclusion relation has a natural interpretation in various Boolean algebras: in the subset a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear%20system%20identification
System identification is a method of identifying or measuring the mathematical model of a system from measurements of the system inputs and outputs. The applications of system identification include any system where the inputs and outputs can be measured and include industrial processes, control systems, economic data,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijai%20Shukla
Dr. Vijai Shukla (born 23 March 1948) is an Indian-Danish food scientist, researcher and professor in lipidology, and a central figure in the study of essential fatty acids. He is also the president of the International Food Science Center based in Denmark, Fellow of the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS) and adjunc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic%20chaos
In physics, relativistic chaos is the application of chaos theory to dynamical systems described primarily by general relativity, and also special relativity and also by Newton's law of segments and motion. One of the earlier references on the topic is (Barrow 1982) and a particularly relevant result is that relativis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem%20health
Ecosystem health is a metaphor used to describe the condition of an ecosystem. Ecosystem condition can vary as a result of fire, flooding, drought, extinctions, invasive species, climate change, mining, fishing, farming or logging, chemical spills, and a host of other reasons. There is no universally accepted benchmar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%20Weather%20Folios
The Todd Weather Folios are a collection of continental Australian synoptic charts that were published from 1879 to 1909. The charts were created by Sir Charles Todd's office at the Adelaide Observatory. In addition to the charts, the folios include clippings of newspaper articles and telegraphic and handwritten infor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20Vikings%20Attack%21
When Vikings Attack! is a fighting video game by British studio Clever Beans. The game was released on November 6, 2012, as a downloadable game for the PlayStation 3 and supports Sony's cross-play feature on the PS Vita. It is included on the "Best of PlayStation Network Vol. 1" compilation disc, released June 18, 201...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOTEC
The National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC) is a research center in Thailand under the umbrella of the National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation. The center was founded on 20 September 1983 and became a member of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active-filter%20tuned%20oscillator
An active-filter tuned oscillator is an active electronic circuit designed to produce a periodic signal. It consists of a bandpass filter and an active amplifier, such as an OP-AMP or a BJT. The oscillator is commonly tuned to a specific frequency by varying the reactant of the feedback path within the circuit. An exam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticker%20%28messaging%29
A sticker is a detailed illustration of a character that represents an emotion or action that is a mix of cartoons and Japanese smiley-like "emojis" sent through instant messaging platforms. They have more variety than emoticons and have a basis from internet "reaction face" culture due to their ability to portray body...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20microorganisms%20tested%20in%20outer%20space
The survival of some microorganisms exposed to outer space has been studied using both simulated facilities and low Earth orbit exposures. Bacteria were some of the first organisms investigated, when in 1960 a Russian satellite carried Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus, and Enterobacter aerogenes into orbit. Many kinds ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20custom%20Android%20distributions
This is a list of Android distributions, that is, Android-based operating systems (OS), including, but not limited to, custom ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or all markets, yet maintained independent coverage in notable Android-related s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrowdOptic
CrowdOptic, Inc. (known as CrowdOptic) is a privately held San Francisco-based medical technology company founded in 2011. CrowdOptic, led by CEO Jon Fisher, is best known for its augmented reality technology and triangulation algorithms used in medicine, sports, and government that gathers and analyzes data from smar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20algebras
This is a list of possibly nonassociative algebras. An algebra is a module, wherein you can also multiply two module elements. (The multiplication in the module is compatible with multiplication-by-scalars from the base ring). *-algebra Akivis algebra Algebra for a monad Albert algebra Alternative algebra Azumay...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PERSIANN
PERSIANN, "Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks", is a satellite-based precipitation retrieval algorithm that provides near real-time rainfall information. The algorithm uses infrared (IR) satellite data from global geosynchronous satellites as the primary source of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planted%20motif%20search
In the field of computational biology, a planted motif search (PMS) also known as a (l, d)-motif search (LDMS) is a method for identifying conserved motifs within a set of nucleic acid or peptide sequences. PMS is known to be NP-complete. The time complexities of most of the planted motif search algorithms depend expo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavabit
Lavabit is an open-source encrypted webmail service, founded in 2004. The service suspended its operations on August 8, 2013 after the U.S. Federal Government ordered it to turn over its Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) private keys, in order to allow the government to spy on Edward Snowden's email. Lavabit's owner and oper...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt%20and%20the%20Mandelbrots
Benoît and the Mandelbrots, named after French American mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, is a Computer Music band formed in 2009 in Karlsruhe, Germany. They are known for their live coded and Algorave performances, the Digital Arts practice of improvising with programming languages that gradually dissolves the distinc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bull%20%28rhinoceros%29
Bull was an individual male southern white rhinoceros and a famous conservation success story for his species. Southern white rhinos were thought to be extinct in the late 1800s until a small herd was discovered. Since then, rhinos like Bull have been part of various international breeding programs. As a result, thei...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AArch64
AArch64 or ARM64 is the 64-bit extension of the ARM architecture family. It was first introduced with the Armv8-A architecture. Arm releases a new extension every year. ARMv8.x and ARMv9.x extensions and features Announced in October 2011, ARMv8-A represents a fundamental change to the ARM architecture. It adds an o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JEB%20decompiler
JEB is a disassembler and decompiler software for Android applications and native machine code. It decompiles Dalvik bytecode to Java source code, and x86, ARM, MIPS, RISC-V machine code to C source code. The assembly and source outputs are interactive and can be refactored. Users can also write their own scripts and p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximally%20informative%20dimensions
Maximally informative dimensions is a dimensionality reduction technique used in the statistical analyses of neural responses. Specifically, it is a way of projecting a stimulus onto a low-dimensional subspace so that as much information as possible about the stimulus is preserved in the neural response. It is motivate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocomb
Eurocomb, the European Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory and Applications, is an academic conference in the mathematical field of combinatorics. Eurocomb has been held biennially since 2001. Since 2003, the European Prize in Combinatorics has been awarded at the conference. For each instance of the conference...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfram%20Language
The Wolfram Language ( ) is a proprietary, general high-level multi-paradigm programming language developed by Wolfram Research. It emphasizes symbolic computation, functional programming, and rule-based programming and can employ arbitrary structures and data. It is the programming language of the mathematical symboli...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20fine%20TFT
Super fine TFT (SFT) is a NEC display technology that is claimed to provide better viewing angles and pixel response speed than other technologies. References Display technology LCD brand names
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brezis%E2%80%93Gallou%C3%ABt%20inequality
In mathematical analysis, the Brezis–Gallouët inequality, named after Haïm Brezis and Thierry Gallouët, is an inequality valid in 2 spatial dimensions. It shows that a function of two variables which is sufficiently smooth is (essentially) bounded, and provides an explicit bound, which depends only logarithmically on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid%20Cryptofiler
Acid Cryptofiler is a cryptographic software program designed by the department for "control of information" (Centre d'Electronique de l'Armement) of the French General Directorate of Armament (Direction générale de l'armement). It is an online storage service. The software is now manufactured by ACID Technologies (Fra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBroadcaster
OpenBroadcaster is a web-based, open-source system to run community radio and television broadcast transmitters with a simple web interface. History The initial concept was to develop a web based radio system to run emergency messages and public service announcements for export to Africa by using a windup radio desi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification%20Tree%20Method
The Classification Tree Method is a method for test design, as it is used in different areas of software development. It was developed by Grimm and Grochtmann in 1993. Classification Trees in terms of the Classification Tree Method must not be confused with decision trees. The classification tree method consists of t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tidal%20circularization
Tidal circularization is an effect of the tidal forces between a body in orbit around a central celestial object, whereby the eccentricity of the orbit is reduced over time so that it becomes less and less elliptical. Typical situation In figure 1 let's start by assuming body 1 is a star and body 2 is another star or...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foias%20constant
In mathematical analysis, the Foias constant is a real number named after Ciprian Foias. It is defined in the following way: for every real number x1 > 0, there is a sequence defined by the recurrence relation for n = 1, 2, 3, .... The Foias constant is the unique choice α such that if x1 = α then the sequence dive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes%20Deans%20Cameron
Agnes Deans Cameron (20 December 1863 13 May 1912) was a Canadian educator, writer, journalist, lecturer, and adventurer. She was the first white woman to reach the Arctic Ocean and her published book about the journey was a best-seller. She promoted immigration to Canada through her lectures and publications. Early l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jade%20Mirror%20of%20the%20Four%20Unknowns
Jade Mirror of the Four Unknowns, Siyuan yujian (), also referred to as Jade Mirror of the Four Origins, is a 1303 mathematical monograph by Yuan dynasty mathematician Zhu Shijie. Zhu advanced Chinese algebra with this Magnum opus. The book consists of an introduction and three books, with a total of 288 problems. The...