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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus%20virus%20phi29
Bacillus virus Φ29 (bacteriophage Φ29) is a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) bacteriophage with a prolate icosahedral head and a short tail that belongs to the genus Salasvirus, order Caudovirales, and family Salasmaviridae. They are in the same order as phages PZA, Φ15, BS32, B103, M2Y (M2), Nf, and GA-1. First discovered ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetric%20norm
In mathematics, an asymmetric norm on a vector space is a generalization of the concept of a norm. Definition An asymmetric norm on a real vector space is a function that has the following properties: Subadditivity, or the triangle inequality: Nonnegative homogeneity: and every non-negative real number Posit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SGI%20Onyx
SGI Onyx is a series of visualization systems designed and manufactured by SGI, introduced in 1993 and offered in two models, deskside and rackmount, codenamed Eveready and Terminator respectively. The Onyx's basic system architecture is based on the SGI Challenge servers, but with graphics hardware. The Onyx was empl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-input%20single-output%20system
In control engineering, a single-input and single-output (SISO) system is a simple single-variable control system with one input and one output. In radio, it is the use of only one antenna both in the transmitter and receiver. Details SISO systems are typically less complex than multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging-associated%20diseases
An aging-associated disease (commonly termed age-related disease, ARD) is a disease that is most often seen with increasing frequency with increasing senescence. They are essentially complications of senescence, distinguished from the aging process itself because all adult animals age (with rare exceptions) but not al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schilder%27s%20theorem
In mathematics, Schilder's theorem is a generalization of the Laplace method from integrals on to functional Wiener integration. The theorem is used in the large deviations theory of stochastic processes. Roughly speaking, out of Schilder's theorem one gets an estimate for the probability that a (scaled-down) sample ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammon%20mapping
Sammon mapping or Sammon projection is an algorithm that maps a high-dimensional space to a space of lower dimensionality (see multidimensional scaling) by trying to preserve the structure of inter-point distances in high-dimensional space in the lower-dimension projection. It is particularly suited for use in explora...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Kilmer
Richard Kilmer (born Hemet, California, 1969) is a technology entrepreneur, software programmer and conference host and speaker in the open-source software community. He is an open-source contributor and developer of commercial software applications built in Ruby and Flash. His best known open-source software creatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freidlin%E2%80%93Wentzell%20theorem
In mathematics, the Freidlin–Wentzell theorem (due to Mark Freidlin and Alexander D. Wentzell) is a result in the large deviations theory of stochastic processes. Roughly speaking, the Freidlin–Wentzell theorem gives an estimate for the probability that a (scaled-down) sample path of an Itō diffusion will stray far fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20knot
A human knot is a common icebreaker game or team building activity for new people to learn to work together in physical proximity. The knot is a disentanglement puzzle in which a group of people in a circle each hold hands with two people who are not next to them, and the goal is to disentangle the limbs to get the gr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiobiology
Radiobiology (also known as radiation biology, and uncommonly as actinobiology) is a field of clinical and basic medical sciences that involves the study of the effects of ionizing radiation on living things, in particular health effects of radiation. Ionizing radiation is generally harmful and potentially lethal to li...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20methylparaben
Sodium methylparaben (sodium methyl para-hydroxybenzoate) is a compound with formula Na(CH3(C6H4COO)O). It is the sodium salt of methylparaben. It is a food additive with the E number E219 which is used as a preservative. References Benzoate esters Organic sodium salts Food additives Methyl esters E-number additives...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrant%20%28instrument%29
A quadrant is an instrument used to measure angles up to 90°. Different versions of this instrument could be used to calculate various readings, such as longitude, latitude, and time of day. Its earliest recorded usage was in ancient India in Rigvedic times by Rishi Atri to observe a solar eclipse. It was then proposed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20R.%20Fine
Michael R. Fine (born November 29, 1966) is a beta testing consultant, author, and inventor. He is the author of "Beta Testing for Better Software" (Wiley, 2002), and is a founder of and currently a senior test manager at Centercode, a beta testing software and services company. Fine is actively engaged in the promotio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20Extensions
Parallel Extensions was the development name for a managed concurrency library developed by a collaboration between Microsoft Research and the CLR team at Microsoft. The library was released in version 4.0 of the .NET Framework. It is composed of two parts: Parallel LINQ (PLINQ) and Task Parallel Library (TPL). It als...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%E2%80%93G%C3%A4rtner%20theorem
In mathematics, the Dawson–Gärtner theorem is a result in large deviations theory. Heuristically speaking, the Dawson–Gärtner theorem allows one to transport a large deviation principle on a “smaller” topological space to a “larger” one. Statement of the theorem Let (Yj)j∈J be a projective system of Hausdorff topolog...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varadhan%27s%20lemma
In mathematics, Varadhan's lemma is a result from the large deviations theory named after S. R. Srinivasa Varadhan. The result gives information on the asymptotic distribution of a statistic φ(Zε) of a family of random variables Zε as ε becomes small in terms of a rate function for the variables. Statement of the lem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntax%20diagram
Syntax diagrams (or railroad diagrams) are a way to represent a context-free grammar. They represent a graphical alternative to Backus–Naur form, EBNF, Augmented Backus–Naur form, and other text-based grammars as metalanguages. Early books using syntax diagrams include the "Pascal User Manual" written by Niklaus Wirth ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterotrophic%20nutrition
Heterotrophic nutrition is a mode of nutrition in which organisms depend upon other organisms for food to survive. They can't make their own food like Green plants. Heterotrophic organisms have to take in all the organic substances they need to survive. All animals, certain types of fungi, and non-photosynthesizing pl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention%20over%20configuration
Convention over configuration (also known as coding by convention) is a software design paradigm used by software frameworks that attempts to decrease the number of decisions that a developer using the framework is required to make without necessarily losing flexibility and don't repeat yourself (DRY) principles. The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioamplifier
A Bioamplifier is an electrophysiological device, a variation of the instrumentation amplifier, used to gather and increase the signal integrity of physiologic electrical activity for output to various sources. It may be an independent unit, or integrated into the electrodes. History Efforts to amplify biosignals st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20marine%20ecoregions
The following is a list of marine ecoregions, as defined by the WWF and The Nature Conservancy The WWF/Nature Conservancy scheme groups the individual ecoregions into 12 marine realms, which represent the broad latitudinal divisions of polar, temperate, and tropical seas, with subdivisions based on ocean basins. The m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translate%20Toolkit
The Translate Toolkit is a localization and translation toolkit. It provides a set of tools for working with localization file formats and files that might need localization. The toolkit also provides an API on which to develop other localization tools. The toolkit is written in the Python programming language. It ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NORBIT
In electronics, the NORBIT family of modules is a very early form (since 1960) of digital logic developed by Philips (and also provided through and Mullard) that uses modules containing discrete components to build logic function blocks in resistor–transistor logic (RTL) or diode–transistor logic (DTL) technology. Ov...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaphragm%20%28structural%20system%29
In structural engineering, a diaphragm is a structural element that transmits lateral loads to the vertical resisting elements of a structure (such as shear walls or frames). Diaphragms are typically horizontal but can be sloped in a gable roof on a wood structure or concrete ramp in a parking garage. The diaphragm f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMware%20Infrastructure
VMware Infrastructure is a collection of virtualization products from VMware (a division of Dell Technologies). Virtualization is an abstraction layer that decouples hardware from operating systems. The VMware Infrastructure suite allows enterprises to optimize and manage their IT infrastructure through virtualization ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaWindows
AlphaWindows was a proposed industry standard from the Display Industry Association (an industry consortium in California) in the early 1990s that would allow a single CRT screen to implement multiple windows, each of which was to behave as a distinct computer terminal. Individual vendors offered products based on this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological%20trap
Ecological traps are scenarios in which rapid environmental change leads organisms to prefer to settle in poor-quality habitats. The concept stems from the idea that organisms that are actively selecting habitat must rely on environmental cues to help them identify high-quality habitat. If either the habitat quality o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Journal%20of%20Combinatorics
The European Journal of Combinatorics is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal that specializes in combinatorics. The journal primarily publishes papers dealing with mathematical structures within combinatorics and/or establishing direct links between combinatorics and the theories of computing. The journal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cube-connected%20cycles
In graph theory, the cube-connected cycles is an undirected cubic graph, formed by replacing each vertex of a hypercube graph by a cycle. It was introduced by for use as a network topology in parallel computing. Definition The cube-connected cycles of order n (denoted CCCn) can be defined as a graph formed from a s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Nonenal
2-Nonenal is an unsaturated aldehyde. The colorless liquid is an important aroma component of aged beer and buckwheat. Odor characteristics The odor of this substance is perceived as orris, fat and cucumber. Its odor has been associated with human body odor alterations during aging. References Further reading F...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat%20comma
The fat comma (also termed hash rocket in Ruby and a fat arrow in JavaScript) is a syntactic construction that appears in a position in a function call (or definition) where a comma would usually appear. The original usage refers to the ")letters:(" construction in ALGOL 60. Newer usage refers to the "=>" operator pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Star%20Yeast
Red Star Yeast Company, LLC is a joint-venture of Lesaffre, and Archer Daniels Midland Company. Red Star operates two plants in the United States—a plant in Headland, AL, and a new plant built in 2006 in Cedar Rapids, IA. Lesaffre Yeast Corporation (prior to the joint-venture) used to operate plants in Milwaukee, WI;...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessel%27s%20correction
In statistics, Bessel's correction is the use of n − 1 instead of n in the formula for the sample variance and sample standard deviation, where n is the number of observations in a sample. This method corrects the bias in the estimation of the population variance. It also partially corrects the bias in the estimation o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record%20sealing
Record sealing is the process of making public records inaccessible to the public. In many cases, a person with a sealed record gains the legal right to deny or not acknowledge anything to do with the arrest and the legal proceedings from the case itself. Records are commonly sealed in a number of situations: Sealed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20WLAN%20channels
Wireless LAN (WLAN) channels are frequently accessed using IEEE 802.11 protocols, and equipment that does so is sold mostly under the trademark Wi-Fi. Other equipment also accesses the same channels, such as Bluetooth. The radio frequency (RF) spectrum is vital for wireless communications infrastructure. The 802.11 st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neozealandia
Neozealandia is a biogeographic province of the Antarctic Realm according to the classification developed by Miklos Udvardy in 1975. Concept Neozealandia consists primarily of the major islands of New Zealand, including North Island and South Island, as well as Chatham Island. The southernmost areas of Neozealandia o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedbox
A seedbox is a high-bandwidth remote server for uploading and downloading of digital files from a P2P network. The bandwidth ranges generally from 100 Mbit/s to 20 Gbit/s. After the seedbox has acquired the files, people with access to the seedbox can download the file to their personal computers. Function Seedboxes g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennenbaum%27s%20theorem
Tennenbaum's theorem, named for Stanley Tennenbaum who presented the theorem in 1959, is a result in mathematical logic that states that no countable nonstandard model of first-order Peano arithmetic (PA) can be recursive (Kaye 1991:153ff). Recursive structures for PA A structure in the language of PA is recursive if...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transversal%20%28instrument%20making%29
Transversals are a geometric construction on a scientific instrument to allow a graduation to be read to a finer degree of accuracy. Their use creates what is sometimes called a diagonal scale, an engineering measuring instrument which is composed of a set of parallel straight lines which are obliquely crossed by anoth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutiones%20calculi%20integralis
Institutiones calculi integralis (Foundations of integral calculus) is a three-volume textbook written by Leonhard Euler and published in 1768. It was on the subject of integral calculus and contained many of Euler's discoveries about differential equations. See also Institutiones calculi differentialis External lin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myarc%20Disk%20Operating%20System
MDOS (short for Myarc Disk Operating System) is an operating system commercialized by Myarc. It was designed and implemented specifically for the Geneve 9640 by Paul Charlton. MDOS was designed to fully emulate the TI-99/4A computer while providing an advanced (for its time) virtual memory operating environment with f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal%20roosting
Communal roosting is an animal behavior where a group of individuals, typically of the same species, congregate in an area for a few hours based on an external signal and will return to the same site with the reappearance of the signal. Environmental signals are often responsible for this grouping, including nightfall,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sullivan%20conjecture
In mathematics, Sullivan conjecture or Sullivan's conjecture on maps from classifying spaces can refer to any of several results and conjectures prompted by homotopy theory work of Dennis Sullivan. A basic theme and motivation concerns the fixed point set in group actions of a finite group . The most elementary formula...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medicon%20Valley
Medicon Valley is a leading international life-sciences cluster in Europe, spanning the Greater Copenhagen region of eastern Denmark and southern Sweden. It is one of Europe's strongest life science clusters, with many life science companies and research institutions located within a relatively small geographical area....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volari%20Duo
On September 15, 2003 XGI Technology Inc introduced the Volari Duo V8 Ultra and the Volari Duo V5 Ultra. These dual GPU graphics cards while impressive looking failed to compete with the single core GPU cards put out by NVIDIA and ATI and disappeared from the market. References XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra 256MB Video Ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalised%20metric
In mathematics, the concept of a generalised metric is a generalisation of that of a metric, in which the distance is not a real number but taken from an arbitrary ordered field. In general, when we define metric space the distance function is taken to be a real-valued function. The real numbers form an ordered field ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofstadter%20sequence
In mathematics, a Hofstadter sequence is a member of a family of related integer sequences defined by non-linear recurrence relations. Sequences presented in Gödel, Escher, Bach: an Eternal Golden Braid The first Hofstadter sequences were described by Douglas Richard Hofstadter in his book Gödel, Escher, Bach. In orde...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantics%20of%20Business%20Vocabulary%20and%20Business%20Rules
The Semantics of Business Vocabulary and Business Rules (SBVR) is an adopted standard of the Object Management Group (OMG) intended to be the basis for formal and detailed natural language declarative description of a complex entity, such as a business. SBVR is intended to formalize complex compliance rules, such as o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRACTRAN
FRACTRAN is a Turing-complete esoteric programming language invented by the mathematician John Conway. A FRACTRAN program is an ordered list of positive fractions together with an initial positive integer input n. The program is run by updating the integer n as follows: for the first fraction f in the list for which nf...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turpan%20water%20system
The Turpan water system or Turfan karez system ) in Turpan, located in the Turpan Depression, Xinjiang, China, is a vertical tunnel system adapted by the Uyghur people. The word karez means "well" in the local Uyghur language. Turpan has the Turpan Karez Paradise museum (a Protected Area of the People's Republic of C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winzapper
Winzapper is a freeware utility / hacking tool used to delete events from the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 Security Log. It was developed by Arne Vidstrom as a proof-of-concept tool, demonstrating that once the Administrator account has been compromised, event logs are no longer reliable. According to Hack...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics%20and%20fiber%20arts
Ideas from mathematics have been used as inspiration for fiber arts including quilt making, knitting, cross-stitch, crochet, embroidery and weaving. A wide range of mathematical concepts have been used as inspiration including topology, graph theory, number theory and algebra. Some techniques such as counted-thread emb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem%20frames%20approach
Problem analysis or the problem frames approach is an approach to software requirements analysis. It was developed by British software consultant Michael A. Jackson in the 1990s. History The problem frames approach was first sketched by Jackson in his book Software Requirements & Specifications (1995) and in a number...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propylene%20glycol%20alginate
Propylene glycol alginate (PGA) is an emulsifier, stabilizer, and thickener used in food products. It is a food additive with E number E405. Chemically, propylene glycol alginate is an ester of alginic acid, which is derived from kelp. Some of the carboxyl groups are esterified with propylene glycol, some are neu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20wireless
Optical wireless is the combined use of "optical" (optical fibre) and "wireless" (radio frequency) communication to provide telecommunication to clusters of end points which are geographically distant. The high capacity optical fibre is used to span the longest distances. A lower cost wireless link carries the signal f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20X-ray%20inspection
Automated inspection (AXI) is a technology based on the same principles as automated optical inspection (AOI). It uses as its source, instead of visible light, to automatically inspect features, which are typically hidden from view. Automated X-ray inspection is used in a wide range of industries and applications, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5DX
The 5DX was an automated X-ray inspection robot, which belonged to the set of automated test equipment robots and industrial robots utilizing machine vision. The 5DX was manufactured by Hewlett Packard, then later Agilent Technologies when HP was split into Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies in 1999. The 5DX p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20matroid
In mathematics, a regular matroid is a matroid that can be represented over all fields. Definition A matroid is defined to be a family of subsets of a finite set, satisfying certain axioms. The sets in the family are called "independent sets". One of the ways of constructing a matroid is to select a finite set of vect...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20environmental%20engineers
Environmental engineers conduct hazardous-waste management studies to evaluate the significance of such hazards, advise on treatment and containment, and develop regulations to prevent mishaps. Environmental engineers also design municipal water supply and industrial wastewater treatment systems as well as address loca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accident-proneness
Accident-proneness is the idea that some people have a greater predisposition than others to experience accidents, such as car crashes and industrial injuries. It may be used as a reason to deny any insurance on such individuals. Early work The early work on this subject dates back to 1919, in a study by Greenwood and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Intel%20CPU%20microarchitectures
The following is a partial list of Intel CPU microarchitectures. The list is incomplete. Additional details can be found in Intel's Tick–tock model and Process–architecture–optimization model. x86 microarchitectures 16-bit 8086 first x86 processor; initially a temporary substitute for the iAPX 432 to compete with M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC%2062379
IEC 62379 is a control engineering standard for the common control interface for networked digital audio and video products. IEC 62379 uses Simple Network Management Protocol to communicate control and monitoring information. It is a family of standards that specifies a control framework for networked audio and video ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20sampling
Food sampling is a process used to check that a food is safe and that it does not contain harmful contaminants, or that it contains only permitted additives at acceptable levels, or that it contains the right levels of key ingredients and its label declarations are correct, or to know the levels of nutrients present. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reclaimed%20lumber
Reclaimed lumber is processed wood retrieved from its original application for purposes of subsequent use. Most reclaimed lumber comes from timbers and decking rescued from old barns, factories and warehouses, although some companies use wood from less traditional structures such as boxcars, coal mines and wine barrels...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20CouchDB
Apache CouchDB is an open-source document-oriented NoSQL database, implemented in Erlang. CouchDB uses multiple formats and protocols to store, transfer, and process its data. It uses JSON to store data, JavaScript as its query language using MapReduce, and HTTP for an API. CouchDB was first released in 2005 and late...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20digital%20audio%20editors
The following tables compare general and technical information among a number of digital audio editors and multitrack recording software. Digital Audio Workstations Basic general information about the software: creator/company, license/price etc. Wave editors Basic general information about the software: creator/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volari%20V3
The Volari V3 is a video card manufactured by XGI Technology. History The V3 was introduced on September 15, 2003. It is a budget option, available with an 8x Accelerated Graphics Port interface from Walton Chaintech Corporation. It is similar in performance to the ATI Radeon 9200 SE, but is generally lower-priced. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volari%20V5
On September 15, 2003 XGI Technology Inc introduced the Volari V5. The V5 is a video card and was available with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 8x interface in Taiwan. It is similar in terms of clock speed to the Radeon 9600 Pro and the GeForce FX 5600. References XGI Volari - Newest GPU on the Block http://www...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provider%20router
In Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS), a P router or provider router is a label switch router (LSR) that functions as a transit router of the core network. The P router is typically connected to one or more PE routers. Here's one scenario: A customer who has facilities in LA and Atlanta wants to connect these sites ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indoor%20positioning%20system
An indoor positioning system (IPS) is a network of devices used to locate people or objects where GPS and other satellite technologies lack precision or fail entirely, such as inside multistory buildings, airports, alleys, parking garages, and underground locations. A large variety of techniques and devices are used t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Material%20point%20method
The material point method (MPM) is a numerical technique used to simulate the behavior of solids, liquids, gases, and any other continuum material. Especially, it is a robust spatial discretization method for simulating multi-phase (solid-fluid-gas) interactions. In the MPM, a continuum body is described by a number of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hop%20%28software%29
Hop is a Lisp-like programming language by Manuel Serrano for web 2.0 and also the name of the web broker (server and proxy) that implements this language. It is written in Bigloo Scheme. It is a project funded by INRIA. Language design Hop is a stratified language, which means that a single program file contains inst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burst%20dimming
Burst dimming is a method to control dimming of cold cathode fluorescent lamps (CCFLs) and LEDs by using pulse width modulation (PWM) at approximately 100-300 Hz which is supposed to be above the noticeable flicker limit for the human eye. This technique is sometimes used with TFT displays to control backlighting. An ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edholm%27s%20law
Edholm's law, proposed by and named after Phil Edholm, refers to the observation that the three categories of telecommunication, namely wireless (mobile), nomadic (wireless without mobility) and wired networks (fixed), are in lockstep and gradually converging. Edholm's law also holds that data rates for these telecommu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20coordination
Frequency Coordination is a technical and regulatory process that removes or mitigates radio-frequency interference between different radio systems that operate on the same frequency. Normally frequency coordination is a function of an administration, such as a governmental spectrum regulator, as part of a formal regu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF%20Ash
Royal Air Force Ash or more simply RAF Ash (formerly RAF Sandwich) was a Royal Air Force underground control centre and radar station situated near the village of Woodnesborough, Kent, England. History RAF Sandwich RAF Sandwich was originally a Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) site situated in Ash Road, Sandwich...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage-gated%20proton%20channel
Voltage-gated proton channels are ion channels that have the unique property of opening with depolarization, but in a strongly pH-sensitive manner. The result is that these channels open only when the electrochemical gradient is outward, such that their opening will only allow protons to leave cells. Their function thu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing%20crop
A standing crop is the total biomass of the living organisms present in a given environment. This includes both natural ecosystems and agriculture. See also Net Primary Production Standing State Bibliography Boudouresque CF (1973) Les peuplements sciaphiles ; Recherches de bionomie analytique, structurale et e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Directory%20of%20Important%20Wetlands%20in%20Australia
A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA) is a list of wetlands of national importance to Australia published by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Intended to augment the list of wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention, it was formerly published in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paprika%20oleoresin
Paprika oleoresin (also known as paprika extract and oleoresin paprika) is an oil-soluble extract from the fruits of Capsicum annuum or Capsicum frutescens, and is primarily used as a colouring and/or flavouring in food products. It is composed of vegetable oil (often in the range of 97% to 98%), capsaicin, the main fl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20biodiversity
Soil biodiversity refers to the relationship of soil to biodiversity and to aspects of the soil that can be managed in relative to biodiversity. Soil biodiversity relates to some catchment management considerations. Biodiversity According to the Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources, biodiversit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudcrete
Mudcrete is a structural material (employed, for example, as a basecourse in road construction) made by mixing mud (usually marine mud) with sand and concrete/cement. It is used as a cheaper and more sustainable alternative to rock fill. It is also used in such projects as land reclamation. References Cement Soil-bas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transponder%20%28satellite%20communications%29
A communications satellite's transponder is the series of interconnected units that form a communications channel between the receiving and the transmitting antennas. It is mainly used in satellite communication to transfer the received signals. A transponder is typically composed of: an input band-limiting device ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chirikov%20criterion
The Chirikov criterion or Chirikov resonance-overlap criterion was established by the Russian physicist Boris Chirikov. Back in 1959, he published a seminal article, where he introduced the very first physical criterion for the onset of chaotic motion in deterministic Hamiltonian systems. He then applied such a criter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo%20GDS
Galileo is a computer reservations system (CRS) owned by Travelport. As of 2000, it had a 26.4% share of worldwide CRS airline bookings. In addition to airline reservations, the Galileo CRS is also used to book train travel, cruises, car rental, and hotel rooms. The Galileo system was moved from Denver, Colorado, to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security%20descriptor
Security descriptors are data structures of security information for securable Windows objects, that is objects that can be identified by a unique name. Security descriptors can be associated with any named objects, including files, folders, shares, registry keys, processes, threads, named pipes, services, job objects ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Lee%20%28video%20game%29
Bruce Lee is a platform game written by Ron J. Fortier for the Atari 8-bit family and published in 1984 by Datasoft. The graphics are by Kelly Day and music by John A. Fitzpatrick. The player takes the role of Bruce Lee, while a second player controls either Yamo or alternates with player one for control of Bruce Lee. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Load%20pull
Load-pull is the colloquial term applied to the process of systematically varying the impedance presented to a device under test (DUT), most often a transistor, to assess its performance and the associated conditions to deliver that performance in a network. While load-pull itself implies impedance variation at the loa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travelport
Travelport Worldwide Ltd provides distribution, technology, payment solutions for the travel and tourism industry. It is the smallest, by revenue, of the top three global distribution systems (GDS) after Amadeus IT Group and Sabre Corporation. The company also provides IT services to airlines, such as shopping, ticke...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaime%20Baksht
Jaime Baksht is a Mexican sound engineer. Life and work Baksht has worked as sound re-recording mixer in films such as La primera noche (1998), Herod's Law (1999), Sangre (2005), Batalla en el cielo (2005), En el hoyo (2006), Pan's Labyrinth (2006), Efectos secundarios (2006), Arráncame la vida (2008), Rudo y Cursi ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Runge%E2%80%93Kutta%20methods
Runge–Kutta methods are methods for the numerical solution of the ordinary differential equation Explicit Runge–Kutta methods take the form Stages for implicit methods of s stages take the more general form, with the solution to be found over all s Each method listed on this page is defined by its Butcher tableau, w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20coloration
Animal colouration is the general appearance of an animal resulting from the reflection or emission of light from its surfaces. Some animals are brightly coloured, while others are hard to see. In some species, such as the peafowl, the male has strong patterns, conspicuous colours and is iridescent, while the female is...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20Session%20Protocol
The Wireless Session Protocol (WSP) is a communication protocol used in wireless networks to establish and manage sessions between a client and a server. It is part of the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) suite of protocols and is designed to provide reliable and efficient data transfer over wireless connections. WS...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20linguistics
Internet linguistics is a domain of linguistics advocated by the English linguist David Crystal. It studies new language styles and forms that have arisen under the influence of the Internet and of other new media, such as Short Message Service (SMS) text messaging. Since the beginning of human–computer interaction (HC...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaHelp
JavaHelp is both an application and a format for online help files that can be displayed by the JavaHelp browser. It is written in Java, and is mainly used in Java applications. It can be used for any application and it does require the overhead of the JRE to load. The file format is XML. The GUI uses a tri-pane layo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IvanAnywhere
IvanAnywhere is a simple, remote-controlled telepresence robot created by Sybase iAnywhere programmers to enable their co-worker, Ivan Bowman, to efficiently remote work. The robot enables Bowman to be virtually present at conferences and presentations, and to discuss product development with other developers face-to-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexagonal%20phase
A hexagonal phase of lyotropic liquid crystal is formed by some amphiphilic molecules when they are mixed with water or another polar solvent. In this phase, the amphiphile molecules are aggregated into cylindrical structures of indefinite length and these cylindrical aggregates are disposed on a hexagonal lattice, giv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clay%20Mathematics%20Monographs
Clay Mathematics Monographs is a series of expositions in mathematics co-published by AMS and Clay Mathematics Institute. Each volume in the series offers an exposition of an active area of current research, provided by a group of mathematicians. List of books External links Clay Mathematics Monographs list at ams.o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contraction%20principle%20%28large%20deviations%20theory%29
In mathematics — specifically, in large deviations theory — the contraction principle is a theorem that states how a large deviation principle on one space "pushes forward" (via the pushforward of a probability measure) to a large deviation principle on another space via a continuous function. Statement Let X and Y b...