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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial%20cytology
Microbial cytology is the study of microscopic and submicroscopic details of microorganisms. Origin of "Microbial" 1880-85; < Greek mīkro- micro- small + bíos life). "Cytology" 1857; < Cyto-is derived from the Greek "kytos" meaning "hollow, as a cell or container." + -logy meaning "the study of"). Microbial cytology...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecundity%20selection
Fecundity selection, also known as fertility selection, is the fitness advantage resulting from selection on traits that increases the number of offspring (i.e. fecundity). Charles Darwin formulated the theory of fecundity selection between 1871 and 1874 to explain the widespread evolution of female-biased sexual size ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asano%20contraction
In complex analysis, a discipline in mathematics, and in statistical physics, the Asano contraction or Asano–Ruelle contraction is a transformation on a separately affine multivariate polynomial. It was first presented in 1970 by Taro Asano to prove the Lee–Yang theorem in the Heisenberg spin model case. This also yiel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Keller%20%28engineer%29
James B. Keller (born 1958/1959) is an American microprocessor engineer best known for his work at AMD and Apple. He was the lead architect of the AMD K8 microarchitecture (including the original Athlon 64) and was involved in designing the Athlon (K7) and Apple A4/A5 processors. He was also the coauthor of the specifi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigfox
Sigfox is a French global network operator founded in 2010 that built wireless networks to connect low-power objects such as electricity meters and smartwatches, which need to be continuously on and emitting small amounts of data. Sigfox is based in Labège near Toulouse, France, and had over 375 employees. The firm al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loewner%20order
In mathematics, Loewner order is the partial order defined by the convex cone of positive semi-definite matrices. This order is usually employed to generalize the definitions of monotone and concave/convex scalar functions to monotone and concave/convex Hermitian valued functions. These functions arise naturally in mat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber-arms%20industry
The cyber-arms industry are the markets and associated events surrounding the sale of software exploits, zero-days, cyberweaponry, surveillance technologies, and related tools for perpetrating cyberattacks. The term may extend to both grey and black markets online and offline. For many years, the burgeoning dark web m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra%20HD%20Blu-ray
Ultra HD Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD, UHD-BD, or 4K Blu-ray) is a digital optical disc data storage format that is an enhanced variant of Blu-ray. Ultra HD Blu-ray discs are incompatible with existing standard Blu-ray players. Ultra HD Blu-ray supports 4K UHD (3840 × 2160 pixel resolution) video at frame rates up to 60 progre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20combat%20engineering%20corps
In many countries, combat engineers are members of broader military engineering corps or branches. Examples of this include: Royal Australian Engineers Canadian Military Engineers Indian Army Corps of Engineers Indonesian Army Corps of Engineers Jihad of Construction (defunct) Engineer Corps (Ireland) Combat En...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortelius%20oval%20projection
The Ortelius oval projection is a map projection used for world maps largely in the late 16th and early 17th century. It is neither conformal nor equal-area but instead offers a compromise presentation. It is similar in structure to a pseudocylindrical projection but does not qualify as one because the meridians are no...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corinna%20Ulcigrai
Corinna Ulcigrai (born 3 January 1980, Trieste) is an Italian mathematician working on dynamical systems. With Krzysztof Frączek in 2013, Ulcigrai is known for proving that in the Ehrenfest model (a mathematical abstraction of billiards with an infinite array of rectangular obstacles, used to model gas diffusion) most ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TheRealDeal
TheRealDeal was a darknet website and a part of the cyber-arms industry reported to be selling code and zero-day software exploits. The creators claimed in an interview with DeepDotWeb that the site was founded in direct response to the number of dark websites which have emerged during the past few years which do not ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octuple-precision%20floating-point%20format
In computing, octuple precision is a binary floating-point-based computer number format that occupies 32 bytes (256 bits) in computer memory. This 256-bit octuple precision is for applications requiring results in higher than quadruple precision. This format is rarely (if ever) used and very few environments support it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaginal%20flora%20in%20pregnancy
The vaginal flora in pregnancy, or vaginal microbiota in pregnancy, is different from the vaginal flora (the population of microorganisms that resides in the vagina) before sexual maturity, during reproductive years, and after menopause. A description of the vaginal flora of pregnant women who are immunocompromised is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%20Distributed%20Computing%20System
The Cambridge Distributed Computing System is an early discontinued distributed operating system, developed in the 1980s at Cambridge University. It grew out of the Cambridge Ring local area network, which it used to interconnect computers. The Cambridge system connected terminals to "processor banks". At login, a use...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTC%20tasting
PTC tasting is a classic genetic marker in human population genetics investigations. History In 1931 Arthur Fox, a chemist at DuPont, in Wilmington, Delaware, synthesized phenylthiocarbamide (PTC). Some researchers reported a bitter taste when entering his laboratory, while others, including Fox himself, experienced n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huwood%20power%20loader
The Huwood Power Loader was mechanical device of roughly 6 ft by 2 ft by 1 ft dimensions and powered by a 10 hp engine, used to move cut coal from the coal face on to the conveyor. The machine was equipped with winches which used haulage ropes to drag the machine along the coal face and used both horizontal and rotar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic%20Mac%20OS
Mac OS (originally System Software; retronym: Classic Mac OS) is the series of operating systems developed for the Macintosh family of personal computers by Apple Computer from 1984 to 2001, starting with System 1 and ending with Mac OS 9. The Macintosh operating system is credited with having popularized the graphical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthwave
Synthwave (also called outrun, retrowave, or futuresynth) is an electronic music microgenre that is based predominantly on the music associated with action, science-fiction, and horror film soundtracks of the 1980s. Other influences are drawn from the decade's art and video games. Synthwave musicians often espouse nost...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20learning%20with%20errors%20key%20exchange
In cryptography, a public key exchange algorithm is a cryptographic algorithm which allows two parties to create and share a secret key, which they can use to encrypt messages between themselves. The ring learning with errors key exchange (RLWE-KEX) is one of a new class of public key exchange algorithms that are desig...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinach%20aptamer
The need for fluorescently tracking RNA rose as its roles in complex cellular functions has grown to not only include mRNA, rRNA, and tRNA, but also RNAi, siRNA, snoRNA, and lncRNA, among others. Spinach is a synthetically derived RNA aptamer born out of the need for a way of studying the role of RNAs at the cellular l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9%E2%80%93Miranda%20theorem
In mathematics, the Poincaré–Miranda theorem is a generalization of intermediate value theorem, from a single function in a single dimension, to functions in dimensions. It says as follows: Consider continuous functions of variables, . Assume that for each variable , the function is nonpositive when and nonnegat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96sterreichische%20Mediathek
The Österreichische Mediathek ("Austrian Mediathek") is the Austrian archive for sound recordings and videos on cultural and contemporary history. It was founded in 1960 as Österreichische Phonothek (Austrian Phonothek) by the Ministry of Education and has been a branch of the Technisches Museum Wien (Vienna Technical ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ximera
Ximera is a massive open online course by Ohio State University on Coursera and YouTube. The system was originally known as MOOCulus and Calculus One. The course features over 25 hours of video and exercises. The instructor is Jim Fowler, an associate professor of mathematics at the Ohio State University. The course ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peak%20bone%20mass
Peak bone mass is the maximum amount of bone a person has during their life. It typically occurs in the early 20s in females and late 20s in males. Peak bone mass is typically lower in females than males, and is also lower in White people and Asians compared to black populations. A way to determine bone mass is to look...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherokee%20ethnobotany
This is a list of plants documented to have been traditionally used by the Cherokee, and how they are used. Adoxaceae (moschatel family) Viburnum nudum var. cassinoides (commonly known as withe-rod, witherod viburnum, possumhaw, and wild raisin) – an infusion of the plant taken to prevent recurrent spasms, root bark...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerio
Peerio was a cross-platform end-to-end encrypted application that provided secure messaging, file sharing, and cloud file storage. Peerio was available as an application for iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and Linux. Peerio (Legacy) was originally released on 14 January 2015, and was replaced by Peerio 2 on 15 June 2017....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array%20Networks
Array Networks is an American networking hardware company. It sells network traffic encryption tools. Array Networks was founded in 2000 by Lawrence Lu and is based in Milpitas, California. Originally called ClickArray Networks, it was renamed Array Networks in 2001 by then-incoming CEO Don Massaro who said the longer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomin
Biomin is an animal health and nutrition company headquartered in Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf, Austria that develops and produces feed additives and premixes for livestock animals including swine, poultry, dairy and beef cattle as well as aquaculture. The firm supplies customers in more than 100 countries throughout the wo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal%20Law%20on%20Protection%20of%20Personal%20Data%20Held%20by%20Individuals
The Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares (Federal Law on Protection of Personal Data Held by Individuals; LFPDPPP), is a law of Mexico, approved by the Mexican Congress on April 27, 2010. The law aims to regulate the right to informational self-determination. The law was publish...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef%20Sch%C3%A4chter
Josef Schächter (September 16, 1901 in Kundrynce, Galicia – March 27, 1994 Haifa) was an Austrian rabbi, philosopher and member of the Vienna Circle from 1925 to 1936. Life Schächter was the son of Shoel Schächter and Sarah, née Distenfield. He trained as a rabbi and was ordained in 1926. He worked as a Talmud teache...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naemon
Naemon is an open-source computer system monitoring, network monitoring and infrastructure monitoring software application. Naemon offers monitoring and alerting services for servers, switches, applications, and services. It alerts the users when things go wrong and alerts them a second time when the problem has been r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight%20Barkley
Dwight Barkley (born 7 January 1959) is a professor of mathematics at the University of Warwick. Education and career Barkley obtained his PhD in physics from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988. He then spent one year at Caltech working with Philip Saffman followed by three years at Princeton University wher...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logjam%20%28computer%20security%29
Logjam is a security vulnerability in systems that use Diffie–Hellman key exchange with the same prime number. It was discovered by a team of computer scientists and publicly reported on May 20, 2015. The discoverers were able to demonstrate their attack on 512-bit (US export-grade) DH systems. They estimated that a st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20simplex%20algorithm
In mathematical optimization, the network simplex algorithm is a graph theoretic specialization of the simplex algorithm. The algorithm is usually formulated in terms of a minimum-cost flow problem. The network simplex method works very well in practice, typically 200 to 300 times faster than the simplex method applied...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenMake%20Software
OpenMake Software formerly Catalyst System is a privately held, DevOps company. OpenMake Software has offices in North America and Europe. History Openmake Software was founded as Catalyst Systems in 1995 by Tracy Ragan and Steven Taylor. OpenMake Software entered into an OEM agreement with CA Technology in 1997 add...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral%20build
In software development, a neutral build is a software build that reflects the current state of the source code checked into the source code version control system by the developers, and done in a neutral environment (an environment not used for development). A nightly build is a neutral build that takes place automat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artur%20Oscar%20Lopes
Artur Oscar Lopes (born 17 October 1950 in the city of Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian writer and mathematician working on dynamical systems and ergodic theory. He is a professor at UFRGS, Porto Alegre. He earned his Ph.D. from the IMPA in 1977 under the supervision of Jacob Palis. He is a recipient of Brazil's Nation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20lost%20fossil%20sites
This list of lost fossil sites is a list of localities in which abundant, well-preserved, or scientifically significant fossils were once found but are no longer available due to the destruction, inaccessibility or overcollection of the fossils preserved therein. The list See also List of lost, damaged, or destroyed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over%20Thirty%20Months%20Scheme
The Over Thirty Months Scheme is a scheme to keep older cattle out of the human foodchain. It is based on the "Over Thirty Months Rule" introduced in the UK on 3 April 1996, as one of several measures to manage the risk associated with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). By November 1997, about 1,772,000 cows had...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip-enhanced%20Raman%20spectroscopy
Tip-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (TERS) is a variant of surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) that combines scanning probe microscopy with Raman spectroscopy. High spatial resolution chemical imaging is possible via TERS, with routine demonstrations of nanometer spatial resolution under ambient laboratory condition...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra%20effect
The hydra effect or hydra paradox owes its name to the Greek legend of the Lernaean Hydra which grew two heads for each one cut off, and is used figuratively for counter-intuitive effects of actions to reduce a problem which result in stimulating its multiplication. Most notably, scientists have proposed that ecologica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldline%20SA
Worldline SA is a French multinational payment and transactional services company founded in 1974. Services offered by Worldline in the areas of Merchant Services; Terminals, Solutions & Services; Financial Services and Mobility & e-Transactional Services include domestic and cross-border commercial acquiring, both in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20music%20software
This is a list of software for creating, performing, learning, analyzing, researching, broadcasting and editing music. This article only includes software, not services. For streaming services such as iHeartRadio, Pandora, Prime Music, and Spotify, see Comparison of on-demand streaming music services. For storage, up...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differential%20graded%20module
In algebra, a differential graded module, or dg-module, is a -graded module together with a differential; i.e., a square-zero graded endomorphism of the module of degree 1 or −1, depending on the convention. In other words, it is a chain complex having a structure of a module, while a differential graded algebra is a c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistance%20paper
Resistance paper, also known as conductive paper and by the trade name Teledeltos paper is paper impregnated or coated with a conductive substance such that the paper exhibits a uniform and known surface resistivity. Resistance paper and conductive ink were commonly used as an analog two-dimensional electromagnetic fi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features%20new%20to%20Windows%2010
Windows 10 introduced a number of new elements, including the option to use a touch-optimized interface (known as tablet mode) or a traditional desktop interface similar to that of Windows 7 along with live tiles from Windows 8. However, unlike previous versions of Windows, where most, if not all, major features for th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20features%20removed%20in%20Windows%2010
Windows 10 is a version of Windows NT and the successor of Windows 8.1. Some features of the operating system were removed in comparison to Windows 8 and Windows 8.1, and further changes in features offered have occurred within subsequent feature updates to Windows 10. Following is a list of these. Features removed in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoneda%20product
In algebra, the Yoneda product (named after Nobuo Yoneda) is the pairing between Ext groups of modules: induced by Specifically, for an element , thought of as an extension and similarly we form the Yoneda (cup) product Note that the middle map factors through the given maps to . We extend this definition to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20Museum%20of%20Soviet%20Repression%20in%20Belarus
The Virtual Museum of Soviet Repression in Belarus () is a non-commercial project of oral history from historians and other scientists from Belarus. Created as a virtual museum, it covers Soviet repression in Belarus. Background In 2007, the Belarusian Christian Democracy party launched a campaign called "Repentance"....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasonic%20pulse%20velocity%20test
An ultrasonic pulse velocity test is an in-situ, nondestructive test to check the quality of concrete and natural rocks. In this test, the strength and quality of concrete or rock is assessed by measuring the velocity of an ultrasonic pulse passing through a concrete structure or natural rock formation. This test is c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eodermdrome
An eodermdrome is a form of word play wherein a word (or phrase) is formed from a set of letters (or words) in such a way that it has a non-planar spelling net. Gary S. Bloom, Allan Gewirtz, John W. Kennedy, and Peter J. Wexler first described the eodermdrome in May 1980, and it subsequently became more widely known a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awwwards
Awwwards (Awwwards Online SL) is a professional web design and development competition body. It aims to recognize and promote the best of innovative web design. It is a website competition that developers can submit to. The best year-round submissions are awarded at the Awwwards conference and prize-giving ceremony, wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioSentinel
BioSentinel is a lowcost CubeSat spacecraft on a astrobiology mission that will use budding yeast to detect, measure, and compare the impact of deep space radiation on DNA repair over long time beyond low Earth orbit. Selected in 2013 for a 2022 launch, the spacecraft will operate in the deep space radiation environme...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mapping%20spectrum
In algebraic topology, the mapping spectrum of spectra X, Y is characterized by References Algebraic topology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest%20Reference%20Connectome
The Budapest Reference Connectome server computes the frequently appearing anatomical brain connections of 418 healthy subjects. It has been prepared from diffusion MRI datasets of the Human Connectome Project into a reference connectome (or brain graph), which can be downloaded in CSV and GraphML formats and visualize...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moedomo%20Soedigdomarto
Moedomo Soedigdomarto, also spelled Mudomo Sudigdomarto, (29 November 1927, Magetan – 5 November 2005, Bandung) was an Indonesian mathematician, educator and professor at the Bandung Institute of Technology, of which he was rektor. Soedigdomarto was one of the first Indonesians to obtain a Ph.D. in mathematics, which ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20Science%20and%20Technology
Water Science and Technology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of the management of water quality. It was established in 1969 and is published by IWA Publishing. The editor-in-chief is Wolfgang Rauch (University of Innsbruck). Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and inde...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirp%20compression
The chirp pulse compression process transforms a long duration frequency-coded pulse into a narrow pulse of greatly increased amplitude. It is a technique used in radar and sonar systems because it is a method whereby a narrow pulse with high peak power can be derived from a long duration pulse with low peak power. Fur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TidalCycles
TidalCycles (also known as "Tidal") is a live coding environment which is designed for musical improvisation and composition. In particular, it is a domain-specific language embedded in Haskell, and is focused on the generation and manipulation of audiovisual patterns. It was originally designed for heavily percussive ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosynthetic%20state%20transition
In photosynthesis, state transitions are rearrangements of the photosynthetic apparatus which occur on short time-scales (seconds to minutes). The effect is prominent in cyanobacteria, whereby the phycobilisome light-harvesting antenna complexes alter their preference for transfer of excitation energy between the two ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emojipedia
Emojipedia is an emoji reference website which documents the meaning and common usage of emoji characters in the Unicode Standard. Most commonly described as an emoji encyclopedia or emoji dictionary, Emojipedia also publishes articles and provides tools for tracking new emoji characters, design changes and usage trend...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ganjam%20Kewda%20Rooh
Ganjam Kewda Rooh (Screw pine, IPA://, Pandanus fascicularis) is a plant native to the Indian state of Odisha primarily in the Ganjam district. Kewda has been identified as a Geographical Indications in India. They are found between the rivers Rushikulya on the north and Bahuda on the south. It is an economically impo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Milne%20%28mathematician%29
Stephen Carl Milne is an American mathematician who works in the fields of analysis, analytic number theory, and combinatorics. Milne received a bachelor's degree from San Diego State University in 1972 and a Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in 1976. His thesis, Peano curves and smoothness of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20questionable%20diagnostic%20tests
This is a list of medical diagnostic tests that are considered questionable, unverified or refuted. Applied kinesiology, including the Bi-Digital O Ring Test Barnes Basal Temperature Test Breast thermography Electro Physiological Feedback Xrroid (EPFX) Electrodermal diagnostic devices (e.g. Vega machines, E-meters...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20defense
Food defense is the protection of food products from intentional contamination or adulteration by biological, chemical, physical, or radiological agents introduced for the purpose of causing harm. It addresses additional concerns including physical, personnel and operational security. Food defense is one of the four ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Photos
Google Photos is a photo sharing and storage service developed by Google. It was announced in May 2015 and spun off from Google+, the company's former social network. Google Photos shares the 15 gigabytes of free storage space with other Google services, such as Google Drive and Gmail. Users can upload their photos an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1bor%20Korchm%C3%A1ros
Gábor Korchmáros (born 1948) is a Hungarian mathematician, who works on finite geometry. Biography Korchmáros received in 1972 from the University of Budapest a Ph.D. in mathematics. In 1973 on a postdoc grant, he studied at the Research Center of the Accademia dei Lincei in Rome. In 1976 he was awarded the Grunwald P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android%20Things
Android Things is a deprecated Android-based embedded operating system platform by Google, announced at Google I/O 2015, and launched in 2018. Android Things Dashboard shutdown began on January 5, 2021. After January 5, 2022, Android Things Dashboard has been shut down completely and all remaining data has been deleted...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParMRC%20system
The ParMRC system is a mechanism for sorting DNA plasmids to opposite ends of a bacterial cell during cell division. It has three components: ParM, an actin-like protein that forms a long filament to push two plasmids apart, ParR, which binds the plasmid to ParM and generates the ParM filament, and parC, which is a DNA...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighthouse%20Labs
Lighthouse Labs is a tech education company that offers 12-week boot camps for web development and data science, as well as part-time up-skilling courses, with locations across Canada. In previous years, they organized an annual free learn-to-code event, The HTML500, in partnership with Telus. Locations Vancouver Ope...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.5GBASE-T%20and%205GBASE-T
IEEE 802.3bz, NBASE-T and MGBASE-T are standards for Ethernet over twisted pair at speeds of 2.5 and 5 Gbit/s. These use the same cabling as the ubiquitous Gigabit Ethernet, yet offer higher speeds. The resulting standards are named 2.5GBASE-T and 5GBASE-T. NBASE-T refers to Ethernet equipment that supports speeds of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baikal%20CPU
Baikal CPU was a line of MIPS and ARM-based microprocessors developed by fabless design firm Baikal Electronics, a spin-off of the Russian supercomputer company T-Platforms. Design Judging by the information available from online sources Baikal Electronics have selected a different approach compared to other Russian m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host%20microbe%20interactions%20in%20Caenorhabditis%20elegans
Caenorhabditis elegans- microbe interactions are defined as any interaction that encompasses the association with microbes that temporarily or permanently live in or on the nematode C. elegans. The microbes can engage in a commensal, mutualistic or pathogenic interaction with the host. These include bacterial, viral, u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20layer%20etching
Atomic layer etching (ALE) is an emerging technique in semiconductor manufacture, in which a sequence alternating between self-limiting chemical modification steps which affect only the top atomic layers of the wafer, and etching steps which remove only the chemically-modified areas, allows the removal of individual at...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20pollution%20measurement
Air pollution measurement is the process of collecting and measuring the components of air pollution, notably gases and particulates. The earliest devices used to measure pollution include rain gauges (in studies of acid rain), Ringelmann charts for measuring smoke, and simple soot and dust collectors known as deposit ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMRFamide%20in%20Biomphalaria%20glabrata
FMRFamide, a neuropeptide involved in cardiac activity regulation, is found in Biomphalaria glabrata, a species of a freshwater snail best known for its role as the intermediate host for the human-infecting trematode parasite Schistosoma mansoni. This freshwater snail species is used as a model organism, in other word...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClearVolume
ClearVolume is an open source real-time live 3D visualization library designed for high-end volumetric light sheet microscopes. ClearVolume enables the live visualization of microscope data - allowing the biologists to immediately decide whether a sample is worth imaging. ClearVolume can easily be integrated into exist...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hub%20%28forum%29
The Hub was a discussion forum on Tor hidden services on the dark web focused on darknet market reviews, cryptocurrency and security. Second in popularity only to reddit's /r/DarkNetMarkets, the site was launched in January 2014 as a more secure, verifiable and discreetly moderated alternative. Vendors must be verifie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BuggedPlanet
BuggedPlanet.info is a wiki created in 2011 by Andy Müller-Maguhn, former spokesman of the Chaos Computer Club, that tries to list and track down the activities of the surveillance industry in the fields of "Lawful interception", Signals intelligence (SIGINT), Communications intelligence (COMINT) as well as tactical an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESign%20%28India%29
Aadhaar eSign is an online electronic signature service in India to facilitate an Aadhaar holder to digitally sign a document. The signature service is facilitated by authenticating the Aadhaar holder via the Aadhaar-based e-KYC (electronic Know Your Customer) service. To eSign a document, one has to have an Aadhaar c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japaridze%27s%20polymodal%20logic
Japaridze's polymodal logic (GLP) is a system of provability logic with infinitely many provability modalities. This system has played an important role in some applications of provability algebras in proof theory, and has been extensively studied since the late 1980s. It is named after Giorgi Japaridze. Language and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depuration
Depuration of seafood is the process by which marine or freshwater animals are placed into a clean water environment for a period of time to allow purging of biological contaminants (such as Escherichia coli) and physical impurities (such as sand and silt). The most common subjects of depuration are bivalves such as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Case%20sealer
A case sealer or box sealer is a piece of equipment used for closing or sealing corrugated boxes. It is most commonly used for regular slotted containers (RSC) and can involve adhesive (cold water-borne or hot melt adhesive), box sealing tape, or Gummed (water activated) tape. By contrast, a case erector is equipmen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constellation%20%28sculpture%20series%29
Constellation is a series of outdoor 2000 bronze sculptures by American artist Tad Savinar, installed at Holladay Park in northeast Portland, Oregon, United States. The work's three "distinct elements" include: Constellation (Vase of Flowers) or Constellation: Flowers from a Neighborhood Garden, a slender vase of dai...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine%20microbial%20symbiosis
Microbial symbiosis in marine animals was not discovered until 1981. In the time following, symbiotic relationships between marine invertebrates and chemoautotrophic bacteria have been found in a variety of ecosystems, ranging from shallow coastal waters to deep-sea hydrothermal vents. Symbiosis is a way for marine org...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20electric%20bus%20makers
List of electric bus makers lists makers of battery-powered all-electric buses. Makers of trolleybuses are listed separately at List of trolleybus manufacturers. Current ABB TOSA Flash Mobility, Clean City, Smart Bus, Geneva, Switzerland, A mass transport system with electric "flash" partial recharging of the buses ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse%20network
In network science, a sparse network has much fewer links than the possible maximum number of links within that network (the opposite is a dense network). The study of sparse networks is a relatively new area primarily stimulated by the study of real networks, such as social and computer networks. The notion of much f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket%20League
Rocket League is a vehicular soccer video game developed and published by Psyonix. The game was first released for PlayStation 4 and Windows in July 2015, with ports for Xbox One and Nintendo Switch being released later on. In June 2016, 505 Games began distributing a physical retail version for PlayStation 4 and Xbox ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hole%20drilling%20method
The hole drilling method is a method for measuring residual stresses, in a material. Residual stress occurs in a material in the absence of external loads. Residual stress interacts with the applied loading on the material to affect the overall strength, fatigue, and corrosion performance of the material. Residual stre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS%209
iOS 9 is the ninth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc., being the successor to iOS 8. It was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference on June 8, 2015, and was released on September 16, 2015. It was succeeded by iOS 10 on September 13, 2016. iOS 9 incorporated many...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TIS-100
TIS-100 is a programming/puzzle video game developed by Zachtronics Industries. The game has the player develop mock assembly language code to perform certain tasks on a fictional, virtualized 1970s computer that has been corrupted. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux personal computers in July...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiscrete%20category
An indiscrete category is a category C in which every hom-set C(X, Y) is a singleton. Every class X gives rise to an indiscrete category whose objects are the elements of X such that for any two objects A and B, there is only one morphism from A to B. Any two nonempty indiscrete categories are equivalent to each other....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20whispers%20%28clustering%20method%29
Chinese whispers is a clustering method used in network science named after the famous whispering game. Clustering methods are basically used to identify communities of nodes or links in a given network. This algorithm was designed by Chris Biemann and Sven Teresniak in 2005. The name comes from the fact that the proce...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INT%2016H
INT 16h, INT 0x16, INT 16H or INT 22 is shorthand for BIOS interrupt call 16hex, the 23rd interrupt vector in an x86-based computer system. The BIOS typically sets up a real mode interrupt handler at this vector that provides keyboard services. This interruption is responsible for control of the PC keyboard. Features...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATAC-seq
ATAC-seq (Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin using sequencing) is a technique used in molecular biology to assess genome-wide chromatin accessibility. In 2013, the technique was first described as an alternative advanced method for MNase-seq, FAIRE-Seq and DNase-Seq. ATAC-seq is a faster analysis of the epigeno...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ark%3A%20Survival%20Evolved
Ark: Survival Evolved (stylized as ARK) is a 2017 action-adventure survival video game developed by Studio Wildcard. In the game, players must survive being stranded on one of several maps filled with roaming dinosaurs, fictional fantasy monsters, and other prehistoric animals, natural hazards, and potentially hostile ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaotic%20rotation
Chaotic rotation involves the irregular and unpredictable rotation of an astronomical body. Unlike Earth's rotation, a chaotic rotation may not have a fixed axis or period. Because of the conservation of angular momentum, chaotic rotation is not seen in objects that are spherically symmetric or well isolated from gravi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentially%20unwanted%20program
A potentially unwanted program (PUP) or potentially unwanted application (PUA) is software that a user may perceive as unwanted or unnecessary. It is used as a subjective tagging criterion by security and parental control products. Such software may use an implementation that can compromise privacy or weaken the comput...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom%20firmware
Custom firmware, also known as aftermarket firmware, is an unofficial new or modified version of firmware created by third parties on devices such as video game consoles, mobile phones, and various embedded device types to provide new features or to unlock hidden functionality. In the video game console community, the ...