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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizontal%20resistance
In genetics, the term horizontal resistance was first used by J. E. Vanderplank to describe many-gene resistance, which is sometimes also called generalized resistance. This contrasts with the term vertical resistance which was used to describe single-gene resistance. Raoul A. Robinson further refined the definition of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%E2%80%93Robertson%20effect
In population genetics, the Hill–Robertson effect, or Hill–Robertson interference, is a phenomenon first identified by Bill Hill and Alan Robertson in 1966. It provides an explanation as to why there may be an evolutionary advantage to genetic recombination. Explanation In a population of finite but effective size whi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dribbleware
Dribbleware, in the context of computer software, is a product for which patches are often being released. The term usually has negative connotations, and can refer to software which hasn't been tested properly prior to release, or for which planned features could not be implemented. Dribbleware is not necessarily due...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite%20von%20Neumann%20algebra
In mathematics, a finite von Neumann algebra is a von Neumann algebra in which every isometry is a unitary. In other words, for an operator V in a finite von Neumann algebra if , then . In terms of the comparison theory of projections, the identity operator is not (Murray-von Neumann) equivalent to any proper subprojec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of%20the%20form
In mathematics, the phrase "of the form" indicates that a mathematical object, or (more frequently) a collection of objects, follows a certain pattern of expression. It is frequently used to reduce the formality of mathematical proofs. Example of use Here is a proof which should be appreciable with limited mathematic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20modular%20redundancy
In computing, triple modular redundancy, sometimes called triple-mode redundancy, (TMR) is a fault-tolerant form of N-modular redundancy, in which three systems perform a process and that result is processed by a majority-voting system to produce a single output. If any one of the three systems fails, the other two sys...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational%20calculus
Operational calculus, also known as operational analysis, is a technique by which problems in analysis, in particular differential equations, are transformed into algebraic problems, usually the problem of solving a polynomial equation. History The idea of representing the processes of calculus, differentiation and i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling%20screen
A traveling screen is a type of water filtration device that has a continuously moving mesh screen that is used to catch and remove debris. This type of device is usually found in water intake systems for drinking water and sewage treatment plants. Screening is considered the first step in conventional sewage treatment...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycovirus
Mycoviruses (Ancient Greek: μύκης ("fungus") + Latin ), also known as mycophages, are viruses that infect fungi. The majority of mycoviruses have double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) genomes and isometric particles, but approximately 30% have positive-sense, single-stranded RNA (+ssRNA) genomes. True mycoviruses demonstrate a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equiareal%20map
In differential geometry, an equiareal map, sometimes called an authalic map, is a smooth map from one surface to another that preserves the areas of figures. Properties If M and N are two Riemannian (or pseudo-Riemannian) surfaces, then an equiareal map f from M to N can be characterized by any of the following equiv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guild%20hosting%20service
A guild hosting or clan hosting service is a specialized type of web hosting service designed to support online gaming communities, generally referred to as guilds or clans. They vary from game server hosting in that the focus of such companies is to provide applications and communication tools outside the gaming envi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20computer%20system%20manufacturers
A computer system is a nominally complete computer that includes the hardware, operating system (main software), and the means to use peripheral equipment needed and used for full or mostly full operation. Such systems may constitute personal computers (including desktop computers, portable computers, laptops, all-in-o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatness%20%28systems%20theory%29
Flatness in systems theory is a system property that extends the notion of controllability from linear systems to nonlinear dynamical systems. A system that has the flatness property is called a flat system. Flat systems have a (fictitious) flat output, which can be used to explicitly express all states and inputs in t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20auditory%20scene%20analysis
Computational auditory scene analysis (CASA) is the study of auditory scene analysis by computational means. In essence, CASA systems are "machine listening" systems that aim to separate mixtures of sound sources in the same way that human listeners do. CASA differs from the field of blind signal separation in that it ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowdown%20stack
A blowdown stack is an elevated vent or vertical stack that is used to vent the pressure of components of a chemical, refinery or other plant if there is a process problem or emergency. A blowdown stack can be used to complement a flare stack or as an alternative. The purpose is to prevent 'loss of containment' of vol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenography
Selenography is the study of the surface and physical features of the Moon (also known as geography of the Moon, or selenodesy). Like geography and areography, selenography is a subdiscipline within the field of planetary science. Historically, the principal concern of selenographists was the mapping and naming of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitation%20of%20the%20Moon
The acceleration due to gravity on the surface of the Moon is approximately 1.625 m/s2, about 16.6% that on Earth's surface or 0.166 . Over the entire surface, the variation in gravitational acceleration is about 0.0253 m/s2 (1.6% of the acceleration due to gravity). Because weight is directly dependent upon gravitatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint%20robot
Industrial paint robots have been used for decades in automotive paint applications. Early paint robots were hydraulic versions, which are still in use today but are of inferior quality and safety to the latest electronic offerings. The newest robots are accurate and deliver results with uniform film builds and exact ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POP%20before%20SMTP
POP before SMTP or SMTP after POP is a method of authentication used by mail server software which helps allow users the option to send e-mail from any location, as long as they can demonstrably also fetch their mail from the same place. The POP before SMTP approach has been superseded by SMTP Authentication. Technic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work-at-home%20scheme
A work-at-home scheme is a get-rich-quick scam in which a victim is lured by an offer to be employed at home, very often doing some simple task in a minimal amount of time with a large amount of income that far exceeds the market rate for the type of work. The true purpose of such an offer is for the perpetrator to ext...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declared%20Rare%20and%20Priority%20Flora%20List
The Declared Rare and Priority Flora List is the system by which Western Australia's conservation flora are given a priority. Developed by the Government of Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation, it was used extensively within the department, including the Western Australian Herbarium. The herb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exonic%20splicing%20enhancer
In molecular biology, an exonic splicing enhancer (ESE) is a DNA sequence motif consisting of 6 bases within an exon that directs, or enhances, accurate splicing of heterogeneous nuclear RNA (hnRNA) or pre-mRNA into messenger RNA (mRNA). Introduction Short sequences of DNA are transcribed to RNA; then this RNA is tr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WestGrid
WestGrid is a government-funded infrastructure program started in 2003, mainly in Western Canada, that provides institutional research faculty and students access to high performance computing and distributed data storage, using a combination of grid, networking, and collaboration tools. WestGrid is one of four partner...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evaporation%20%28deposition%29
Evaporation is a common method of thin-film deposition. The source material is evaporated in a vacuum. The vacuum allows vapor particles to travel directly to the target object (substrate), where they condense back to a solid state. Evaporation is used in microfabrication, and to make macro-scale products such as me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category%20utility
Category utility is a measure of "category goodness" defined in and . It attempts to maximize both the probability that two objects in the same category have attribute values in common, and the probability that objects from different categories have different attribute values. It was intended to supersede more limited...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%20table
A sand table uses constrained sand for modelling or educational purposes. The original version of a sand table may be the abax used by early Greek students. In the modern era, one common use for a sand table is to make terrain models for military planning and wargaming. Abax An abax was a table covered with sand commo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative%20permeability
In multiphase flow in porous media, the relative permeability of a phase is a dimensionless measure of the effective permeability of that phase. It is the ratio of the effective permeability of that phase to the absolute permeability. It can be viewed as an adaptation of Darcy's law to multiphase flow. For two-phase ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20quality%20management
Software quality management (SQM) is a management process that aims to develop and manage the quality of software in such a way so as to best ensure that the product meets the quality standards expected by the customer while also meeting any necessary regulatory and developer requirements, if any. Software quality mana...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multibody%20system
Multibody system is the study of the dynamic behavior of interconnected rigid or flexible bodies, each of which may undergo large translational and rotational displacements. Introduction The systematic treatment of the dynamic behavior of interconnected bodies has led to a large number of important multibody formali...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Association%20of%20Copepodologists
The World Association of Copepodologists (WAC) is a non-profit organization created to promote research on copepods by facilitating communication among interested specialists. WAC has about 130 members worldwide. Although the World Association of Copepodologists is composed primarily of university professors and prof...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slidex
Slidex was a hand-held, paper-based encryption system used at a low, front line (platoon, troop and section) level in the British Army during the Second World War and later the Cold War period. It was replaced by the BATCO tactical code, which, in turn has been largely made obsolete by the Bowman secure voice radios. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allied%20Telesis
is a network infrastructuretelecommunications company, formerly Allied Telesyn. The company is Headquartered in Japan, and has other branches in San Jose, California. The company was Founded in 1987, as a global provider of secure Ethernet & IP access solutions along with deployment of IP triple play networks over cop...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nootkatone
Nootkatone is a natural organic compound, a sesquiterpenoid, and a ketone that is the most important and expensive aromatic of grapefruit, and which also occurs in other organisms. Previously, nootkatone was thought to be one of the main chemical components of the smell and flavour of grapefruits. In high purity, it u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20switch
In electronics, an electronic switch is a switch controlled by an active electronic component or device. Without using moving parts, they are called solid state switches, which distinguishes them from mechanical switches. Electronic switches are considered binary devices because they dramatically change the conductivi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20research
Engineering research seeks improvements in theory and practice in fields such as (for example) high-speed computation, bioengineering, earthquake prediction, power systems, nanotechnology and construction. Major contributors to engineering research around the world include governments, private business, and academia. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zultys
Zultys, Inc. is a privately owned software company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. It develops unified communications products and integrated desktop IP phones. Corporate history Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Zultys Technologies was founded by Iain Milnes in 2001 as a privately held company. The company launched...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20IoT
Windows IoT, short for Windows Internet of Things and formerly known as Windows Embedded, is a family of operating systems from Microsoft designed for use in embedded systems. Microsoft has three different subfamilies of operating systems for embedded devices targeting a wide market, ranging from small-footprint, real-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CWSDPMI
CWSDPMI is a 32-bit DPMI host written by Charles W. Sandmann from 1996 to 2010, currently at r7. It is loosely based upon prior GO32.EXE code used in DJGPP v1. It can provide DPMI 0.90+ 32-bit services for programs compiled with latest versions of DJGPP etc. compilers. Since r5, it can also be used for programs requiri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content%20Vectoring%20Protocol
In computer networks, Content Vectoring Protocol is a protocol for filtering data that is crossing a firewall into an external scanning device. An example of this is where all HTTP traffic is virus-scanned before being sent out to the user. This protocol is identified as part of the Checkpoint training as being one of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20load%20testing
Dynamic load testing (or dynamic loading) is a method to assess a pile's bearing capacity by applying a dynamic load to the pile head (a falling mass) while recording acceleration and strain on the pile head. Dynamic load testing is a high strain dynamic test which can be applied after pile installation for concrete pi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GreenNet
GreenNet is a not-for-profit Internet service provider based in London, England. It was established in 1985 "as an effective and cheap way for environmental activists to communicate". In 1987 the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust gave GreenNet a grant to enable it to bring a large number of peace groups online, and "Aft...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Null%20object%20pattern
In object-oriented computer programming, a null object is an object with no referenced value or with defined neutral (null) behavior. The null object design pattern, which describes the uses of such objects and their behavior (or lack thereof), was first published as "Void Value" and later in the Pattern Languages of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AudioMulch
AudioMulch is modular audio software for making music and processing sound. The software can synthesize sound and process live and pre-recorded sound in real-time. AudioMulch has a patcher-style graphical user interface, in which modules called contraptions can be connected together to route audio and process sounds. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word%20mark%20%28computer%20hardware%29
In computer hardware, a word mark or flag is a bit in each memory location on some variable word length computers (e.g., IBM 1401, 1410, 1620) used to mark the end of a word. Sometimes the actual bit used as a word mark on a given machine is not called word mark, but has a different name (e.g., flag on the IBM 1620, be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding%20gain
In coding theory, telecommunications engineering and other related engineering problems, coding gain is the measure in the difference between the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) levels between the uncoded system and coded system required to reach the same bit error rate (BER) levels when used with the error correcting code...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RM4SCC
RM4SCC (Royal Mail 4-State Customer Code) is the name of the barcode character set based on the Royal Mail 4-State Bar Code symbology created by Royal Mail. The RM4SCC is used for the Royal Mail Cleanmail service. It enables UK postcodes as well as Delivery Point Suffixes (DPSs) to be easily read by a machine at high...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaf%20sensor
A leaf sensor is a phytometric device (measurement of plant physiological processes) that measures water loss or the water deficit stress (WDS) in plants by real-time monitoring the moisture level in plant leaves. The first leaf sensor was developed by LeafSens, an Israeli company granted a US patent for a mechanical ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20stockpile
A soil stockpile is formed with excavated topsoil during the construction of buildings or infrastructure. It is considered to be an important resource in construction and ecology. Soil is stockpiled for later use in landscaping or restoration of the region following the removal of construction infrastructure. Prior to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegard%27s%20law
In crystallography, materials science and metallurgy, Vegard's law is an empirical finding (heuristic approach) resembling the rule of mixtures. In 1921, Lars Vegard discovered that the lattice parameter of a solid solution of two constituents is approximately a weighted mean of the two constituents' lattice parameters...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blaney%E2%80%93Criddle%20equation
The Blaney–Criddle equation (named after H. F. Blaney and W. D. Criddle) is a method for estimating reference crop evapotranspiration. Usage The Blaney–Criddle equation is a relatively simplistic method for calculating evapotranspiration. When sufficient meteorological data is available the Penman–Monteith equation i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety%20Equipment%20Institute
The Safety Equipment Institute (SEI) is a private, non-profit organization established to administer non-governmental, third-party certification programs to test and certify a broad range of safety and protective products. As of April 2016, it became an affiliate of ASTM International, a global standards development or...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Foundations%20of%20Arithmetic
The Foundations of Arithmetic () is a book by Gottlob Frege, published in 1884, which investigates the philosophical foundations of arithmetic. Frege refutes other theories of number and develops his own theory of numbers. The Grundlagen also helped to motivate Frege's later works in logicism. The book was not well re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCSI%20Extensions%20for%20RDMA
The iSCSI Extensions for RDMA (iSER) is a computer network protocol that extends the Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) protocol to use Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA). RDMA is provided by either the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) with RDMA services (iWARP) that uses existing Ethernet setup and th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load%20dump
Load dump means the disconnection of a powered load. It can cause 2 problems: failure of supply to equipment or customers large voltage spikes from the inductive generator(s) In automotive electronics, it refers to the disconnection of the vehicle battery from the alternator while the battery is being charged. Due ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction-level%20modeling
Transaction-level modeling (TLM) is an approach to modelling complex digital systems by using electronic design automation software. TLM language (TLML) is a hardware description language, usually, written in C++ and based on SystemC library. TLMLs are used for modelling where details of communication among modules are...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variational%20Monte%20Carlo
In computational physics, variational Monte Carlo (VMC) is a quantum Monte Carlo method that applies the variational method to approximate the ground state of a quantum system. The basic building block is a generic wave function depending on some parameters . The optimal values of the parameters is then found upon m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropological%20Index%20Online
The Anthropological Index Online is an academic journal indexing service for anthropology. Overview The service indexes the journals received by The Anthropology Library at The British Museum (formerly at the Museum of Mankind), which receives periodicals in all branches of anthropology from academic institutions and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center%20for%20Biological%20Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity is a nonprofit membership organization known for its work protecting endangered species through legal action, scientific petitions, creative media and grassroots activism. It was founded in 1989 by Kieran Suckling, Peter Galvin, Todd Schulke and Robin Silver. The center is based in T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relational%20space
The relational theory of space is a metaphysical theory according to which space is composed of relations between objects, with the implication that it cannot exist in the absence of matter. Its opposite is the container theory. A relativistic physical theory implies a relational metaphysics, but not the other way roun...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1chipMSX
The One chip MSX, or 1chipMSX as the D4 Enterprise distributional name for the ESE MSX System 3, is a re-implementation of an MSX-2 home computer that uses a single FPGA to implement all the electronics (except the RAM) of an MSX-2, including the MSX-MUSIC and SCC+ audio extensions. The system is housed in a transpare...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsometric%20equation
The hypsometric equation, also known as the thickness equation, relates an atmospheric pressure ratio to the equivalent thickness of an atmospheric layer considering the layer mean of virtual temperature, gravity, and occasionally wind. It is derived from the hydrostatic equation and the ideal gas law. Formulation The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20remote%20batch%20terminals
The IBM 2780 and the IBM 3780 are devices developed by IBM to perform remote job entry (RJE) and other batch functions over telephone lines; they communicate with the mainframe via Binary Synchronous Communications (BSC or Bisync) and replaced older terminals using synchronous transmit-receive (STR). In addition, IBM ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20graphs
This partial list of graphs contains definitions of graphs and graph families. For collected definitions of graph theory terms that do not refer to individual graph types, such as vertex and path, see Glossary of graph theory. For links to existing articles about particular kinds of graphs, see Category:Graphs. Some of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20Is%20Mathematics%3F
What Is Mathematics? is a mathematics book written by Richard Courant and Herbert Robbins, published in England by Oxford University Press. It is an introduction to mathematics, intended both for the mathematics student and for the general public. First published in 1941, it discusses number theory, geometry, topology...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMMON
SIMMON (Simulation Monitor) was a proprietary software testing system developed in the late 1960s in the IBM Product Test Laboratory, then at Poughkeepsie, New York It was designed for the then-new line of System/360 computers as a vehicle for testing the software that IBM was developing for that architecture. SIMMON w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partitioned%20global%20address%20space
In computer science, partitioned global address space (PGAS) is a parallel programming model paradigm. PGAS is typified by communication operations involving a global memory address space abstraction that is logically partitioned, where a portion is local to each process, thread, or processing element. The novelty of P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference%20room%20pilot
Conference room pilot (CRP) is a term used in software procurement and software acceptance testing. A CRP may be used during the selection and implementation of a software application in an organisation or company. The purpose of the conference room pilot is to validate a software application against the business pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blind%20equalization
Blind equalization is a digital signal processing technique in which the transmitted signal is inferred (equalized) from the received signal, while making use only of the transmitted signal statistics. Hence, the use of the word blind in the name. Blind equalization is essentially blind deconvolution applied to digita...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbins%20pentagon
In geometry, a Robbins pentagon is a cyclic pentagon whose side lengths and area are all rational numbers. History Robbins pentagons were named by after David P. Robbins, who had previously given a formula for the area of a cyclic pentagon as a function of its edge lengths. Buchholz and MacDougall chose this name by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soak%20testing
Soak testing involves testing a system with a typical production load, over a continuous availability period, to validate system behavior under production use. It may be required to extrapolate the results, if not possible to conduct such an extended test. For example, if the system is required to process 10,000 tra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLC%20bio
CLC bio was a bioinformatics software company that developed a software suite subsequently purchased by QIAGEN. History CLC bio started commercial activities on January 1, 2005 headquartered in Aarhus, Denmark. Its product's development was also partly funded by collaborating with researchers on grant-funded projects...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightstreamer
Lightstreamer is a web-based asynchronous messaging project, implementing the WebSocket protocol, the Comet model, the push technology paradigm, and the real-time web practices. Origin The first version of Lightstreamer was created at the end of 2000, as one of the first attempts to implement real-time data push to HT...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic%20justice
Economic justice intersects with economic prosperity as if all members of society can earn wages then they are contributing to the economic growth. These wages are then turned into the buying of goods which works to drive the economy, but it only works if everyone can "provide for themselves and maintain discretionary ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack%20patterns
In computer science, attack patterns are a group of rigorous methods for finding bugs or errors in code related to computer security. Attack patterns are often used for testing purposes and are very important for ensuring that potential vulnerabilities are prevented. The attack patterns themselves can be used to high...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNP%20genotyping
SNP genotyping is the measurement of genetic variations of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) between members of a species. It is a form of genotyping, which is the measurement of more general genetic variation. SNPs are one of the most common types of genetic variation. An SNP is a single base pair mutation at a s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockburn%20Scale
The Cockburn Scale, also known as the Project Classification Scale, is a method of describing how much formal process a software project requires. The scale was described in Alistair Cockburn's book Agile Software Development. According to the author, the scale can be applied to other types of project, not only those ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC%2080000
ISO 80000 or IEC 80000, Quantities and units, is an international standard describing the International System of Quantities (ISQ). It was developed and promulgated jointly by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC). It serves as a style guide fo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcomp
Calcomp Technology, Inc., often referred to as Calcomp or CalComp, was a company best known for its Calcomp plotters. History It was founded as California Computer Products, Inc in 1959, located in Anaheim, California. Sanders Associates, Inc., purchased Calcomp in 1980. In 1986, Sanders Associates was purchased by t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Electro-Mechanics
Samsung Electro-Mechanics (SEM, Korean: 삼성전기) is a multinational electronic component company headquartered in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. It is a subsidiary of the Samsung Group. The company produces chip parts such as MLCCs, , camera modules, network modules and printed circuit boards. Established in 1973 as Sa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Molecular%20Pathology%20and%20Immunology%20of%20the%20University%20of%20Porto
The Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto, best known by its acronym IPATIMUP (), is a Portuguese non-profit institution of public utility dedicated to the health sciences research. An associate laboratory of the University of Porto, Porto, starting on November 23, 2000, it has been...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20adduct
In molecular genetics, a DNA adduct is a segment of DNA bound to a cancer-causing chemical. This process could lead to the development of cancerous cells, or carcinogenesis. DNA adducts in scientific experiments are used as biomarkers of exposure. They are especially useful in quantifying an organism's exposure to a ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-pixel%20resolution
In digital image processing, sub-pixel resolution can be obtained in images constructed from sources with information exceeding the nominal pixel resolution of said images. Aliasing When an object with a certain resolution is represented on a display with lower resolution, the imperfections due to the loss of informa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error%20diffusion
Error diffusion is a type of halftoning in which the quantization residual is distributed to neighboring pixels that have not yet been processed. Its main use is to convert a multi-level image into a binary image, though it has other applications. Unlike many other halftoning methods, error diffusion is classified as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20fixture
A virtual fixture is an overlay of augmented sensory information upon a user's perception of a real environment in order to improve human performance in both direct and remotely manipulated tasks. Developed in the early 1990s by Louis Rosenberg at the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), Virtual Fixtures was a pi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machmeter
A Machmeter is an aircraft pitot-static system flight instrument that shows the ratio of the true airspeed to the speed of sound, a dimensionless quantity called Mach number. This is shown on a Machmeter as a decimal fraction. An aircraft flying at the speed of sound is flying at a Mach number of one, expressed as Ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior%20compartment%20of%20thigh
The posterior compartment of the thigh is one of the fascial compartments that contains the knee flexors and hip extensors known as the hamstring muscles, as well as vascular and nervous elements, particularly the sciatic nerve. Structure The posterior compartment is a fascial compartment bounded by fascia. It is sep...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microdata%20Corporation
Microdata Corporation was an American minicomputer company which created the Reality product line featuring the Pick operating system. In its history, Microdata was taken over by its international distributor CMC Leasings (December 1969), which in turn was taken over in 1983 by McDonnell Douglas Corporation (March ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrightSide%20Technologies
BrightSide Technologies Inc. (formerly Sunnybrook Technologies) was a firm spun-out from the Structured Surface Physics Laboratory of the University of British Columbia, developing and commercializing electronic display technologies, specifically high brightness display technology called HDR. The privately held company...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native%20species
In biogeography, a native species is indigenous to a given region or ecosystem if its presence in that region is the result of only local natural evolution (though often popularised as "with no human intervention") during history. The term is equivalent to the concept of indigenous or autochthonous species. A wild orga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential%20polynomial
In mathematics, exponential polynomials are functions on fields, rings, or abelian groups that take the form of polynomials in a variable and an exponential function. Definition In fields An exponential polynomial generally has both a variable x and some kind of exponential function E(x). In the complex numbers the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft%20principal%20axes
An aircraft in flight is free to rotate in three dimensions: yaw, nose left or right about an axis running up and down; pitch, nose up or down about an axis running from wing to wing; and roll, rotation about an axis running from nose to tail. The axes are alternatively designated as vertical, lateral (or transverse), ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermite%20normal%20form
In linear algebra, the Hermite normal form is an analogue of reduced echelon form for matrices over the integers Z. Just as reduced echelon form can be used to solve problems about the solution to the linear system Ax=b where x is in Rn, the Hermite normal form can solve problems about the solution to the linear system...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anytime%20algorithm
In computer science, an anytime algorithm is an algorithm that can return a valid solution to a problem even if it is interrupted before it ends. The algorithm is expected to find better and better solutions the longer it keeps running. Most algorithms run to completion: they provide a single answer after performing s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batteryless%20radio
A batteryless radio is a radio receiver which does not require the use of a battery to provide it with electrical power. Originally this referred to units which could be used directly by AC mains supply (mains radio); it can also refer to units which do not require a power source at all, except for the power that they...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera%20Link
Camera Link is a serial communication protocol standard designed for camera interface applications based on the National Semiconductor interface Channel-link. It was designed for the purpose of standardizing scientific and industrial video products including cameras, cables and frame grabbers. The standard is maintaine...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulated%20Cable%20Engineers%20Association
Formed in the United States in 1925, the Insulated Cables Engineers Association, Inc. (ICEA), is a not-for profit professional association. In conjunction with other organizations like NEMA and ANSI, it produces technical standards for the manufacture and use of power cable, data, and control cable. It was founded as t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exerion
is a fixed shooter video game developed and published by Jaleco for arcades in September 1983, and licensed to Taito for manufacture and distribution of the game in North America. The player controls a starship and must fire at enemies on the screen while avoiding projectiles. The game uses a pseudo-3D scrolling backgr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria
Bacteria (; : bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell. They constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, and are present in most of its habitats. Bacter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time%20transcription
Real-time transcription is the general term for transcription by court reporters using real-time text technologies to deliver computer text screens within a few seconds of the words being spoken. Specialist software allows participants in court hearings or depositions to make notes in the text and highlight portions fo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl%20Praeger
Cheryl Elisabeth Praeger (born 7 September 1948, Toowoomba, Queensland) is an Australian mathematician. Praeger received BSc (1969) and MSc degrees from the University of Queensland (1974), and a doctorate from the University of Oxford in 1973 under direction of Peter M. Neumann. She has published widely and has advi...