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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weyl%20connection | In differential geometry, a Weyl connection (also called a Weyl structure) is a generalization of the Levi-Civita connection that makes sense on a conformal manifold. They were introduced by Hermann Weyl in an attempt to unify general relativity and electromagnetism. His approach, although it did not lead to a succe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal%20dimension | In mathematics, the conformal dimension of a metric space X is the infimum of the Hausdorff dimension over the conformal gauge of X, that is, the class of all metric spaces quasisymmetric to X.
Formal definition
Let X be a metric space and be the collection of all metric spaces that are quasisymmetric to X. The conf... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parian%20doll | A parian doll, sometimes mistakenly referred to as a Dresden doll, was a type of doll manufactured primarily in Germany, from around 1860 to 1880. A parian doll, like a china doll, has a body made from fabrics and a head created from untinted white porcelain. Unlike the china doll however, the parian doll's head is not... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract%20family%20of%20acceptors | An abstract family of acceptors (AFA) is a grouping of generalized acceptors. Informally, an acceptor is a device with a finite state control, a finite number of input symbols, and an internal store with a read and write function. Each acceptor has a start state and a set of accepting states. The device reads a sequenc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product%20type | In programming languages and type theory, a product of types is another, compounded, type in a structure. The "operands" of the product are types, and the structure of a product type is determined by the fixed order of the operands in the product. An instance of a product type retains the fixed order, but otherwise may... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinalysis | Equinalysis is a computer software program designed to capture and analyse equine locomotion by visually tracking and quantifying biomechanical data. The system was developed in 2004 by consultant farrier, Haydn Price with the intent of allowing veterinarians, farriers, horse trainers and physiotherapists to highlight ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lamb%20waves | Lamb waves propagate in solid plates or spheres. They are elastic waves whose particle motion lies in the plane that contains the direction of wave propagation and the direction perpendicular to the plate. In 1917, the English mathematician Horace Lamb published his classic analysis and description of acoustic waves of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Horcones | Los Horcones is an intentional community located about 40 miles from Hermosillo, Mexico which has been described by members "as the only true Walden Two community in existence". The members of Los Horcones use techniques based on behavioral science to shape their own and each other's behaviors. They use those behavior-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetEqualizer | The NetEqualizer is a bandwidth shaping appliance designed for voice and data networks, created by APconnections in 2003. NetEqualizer traffic shaping appliances use built-in behavior-based algorithms to automatically shape traffic during peak periods on the network. When the network is congested, the fairness algorith... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordered%20weighted%20averaging | In applied mathematics, specifically in fuzzy logic, the ordered weighted averaging (OWA) operators provide a parameterized class of mean type aggregation operators. They were introduced by Ronald R. Yager.
Many notable mean operators such as the max, arithmetic average, median and min, are members of this class. They ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object%20manipulation | Object manipulation is a form of dexterity play or performance in which one or more people physically interact with one or more objects. Many object manipulation skills are recognised circus skills. Other object manipulation skills are linked to sport, magic, and everyday objects or practices. Many object manipulation ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-preservation | Self-preservation is a behavior or set of behaviors that ensures the survival of an organism. It is thought to be universal among all living organisms. For sentient organisms, pain and fear are integral parts of this mechanism. Pain motivates the individual to withdraw from damaging situations, to protect a damaged bod... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son%20of%20Man%20%28novel%29 | Son of Man is a science fiction novel by American writer Robert Silverberg, published in 1971. The book is about Clay, a 20th-century man, who travels billions of years into the future and meets humanity in its future forms. Some of the issues discussed in the book are sexuality, telepathic communication between people... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodic%20tremor%20and%20slip | Episodic tremor and slip (ETS) is a seismological phenomenon observed in some subduction zones that is characterized by non-earthquake seismic rumbling, or tremor, and slow slip along the plate interface. Slow slip events are distinguished from earthquakes by their propagation speed and focus. In slow slip events, the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery%20terminal | Battery terminals are the electrical contacts used to connect a load or charger to a single cell or multiple-cell battery. These terminals have a wide variety of designs, sizes, and features that are often not well documented.
Automotive battery terminals
Automotive batteries typically have one of three types of termi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maritime%20Continent | Maritime Continent is the name given primarily by meteorologists and oceanographers to the region of Southeast Asia which comprises, amongst other countries, Indonesia, Philippines and Papua New Guinea. In some usage the maritime continent includes the Malay Peninsula. Located between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, it ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beilstein%20Registry%20Number | The Beilstein Registry Number is a way of identifying compounds similar to the CAS registry number. It is the unique identifier for compounds in the Beilstein database. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Medical%20Women%27s%20Association | The American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) is a Philadelphia-based professional advocacy and educational organization of women physicians and medical students. Founded in 1915 by Bertha Van Hoosen, the AMWA works to advance women in medicine and to serve as a voice for women's health.
The association used to publ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%20AirStation | Buffalo AirStation is the name given to a series of wireless LAN equipment sold by Buffalo Technology.
Products
Residential gateways
Wireless LAN cards
Use with third party firmware
Many of Buffalo's residential gateways use Broadcom microprocessor chipsets, allowing a variety of third party open source firmware... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ComPAN%208 | ComPAN 8 is an 8-bit Polish microcomputer produced in the 1980s at the MERA-ELZAB factory in Zabrze, Poland. ComPAN 8 was designed at the Institute of Industry Automation Systems PAN in Gliwice.
Technical description
Processor: 8080A or 8085 2 MHz
Interrupt controller: 8 levels
Address bus: extended by 5 additional l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield%20gap | The yield gap or yield ratio is the ratio of the dividend yield of an equity and the yield of a long-term government bond. Typically equities have a higher yield (as a percentage of the market price of the equity) thus reflecting the higher risk of holding an equity.
The purpose of calculating the yield gap is to ass... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Instruments%20AR7 | The Texas Instruments AR7 or TI-AR7 is a fully integrated single-chip ADSL CPE access router solution. The AR7 combines a MIPS32 processor, a DSP-based digital transceiver, and an ADSL analog front end.
Ownership history
In 2007, TI sold its DSL business to Infineon.
In 2009, Infineon Technologies spins off its wire... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation%20timestamp | The presentation timestamp (PTS) is a timestamp metadata field in an MPEG transport stream or MPEG program stream that is used to achieve synchronization of programs' separate elementary streams (for example Video, Audio, Subtitles) when presented to the viewer. The PTS is given in units related to a program's overall ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-subject%20design | In design of experiments, single-subject curriculum or single-case research design is a research design most often used in applied fields of psychology, education, and human behaviour in which the subject serves as his/her own control, rather than using another individual/group. Researchers use single-subject design b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%20chloride%20reabsorption | Renal reabsorption of chloride (Cl−) is a part of renal physiology, in order not to lose too much chloride in the urine.
Overview table |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexical%20Markup%20Framework | Language resource management Lexical markup framework (LMF; ISO 24613:2008), is the International Organization for Standardization ISO/TC37 standard for natural language processing (NLP) and machine-readable dictionary (MRD) lexicons. The scope is standardization of principles and methods relating to language resource... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CADES | CADES (Computer Aided Design and Evaluation System) was a software engineering system produced to support the design and development of the VME/B Operating System for the ICL New Range - subsequently 2900 - computers.
From its earliest days, VME/B was developed with the aid of CADES, which was built for the purpose us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic%20structure | The term magnetic structure of a material pertains to the ordered arrangement of magnetic spins, typically within an ordered crystallographic lattice. Its study is a branch of solid-state physics.
Magnetic structures
Most solid materials are non-magnetic, that is, they do not display a magnetic structure. Due to the P... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perspective%20%28geometry%29 | Two figures in a plane are perspective from a point O, called the center of perspectivity, if the lines joining corresponding points of the figures all meet at O. Dually, the figures are said to be perspective from a line if the points of intersection of corresponding lines all lie on one line. The proper setting for t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labial%20commissure%20of%20mouth | The commissure is the corner of the mouth, where the vermillion border of the superior labium (upper lip) meets that of the inferior labium (lower lip).
The commissure is important in facial appearance, particularly during some functions, including smiling. As such it is of interest to dental surgeons.
Diseases that ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restorative%20dentistry | Restorative dentistry is the study, diagnosis and integrated management of diseases of the teeth and their supporting structures and the rehabilitation of the dentition to functional and aesthetic requirements of the individual. Restorative dentistry encompasses the dental specialties of endodontics, periodontics and p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seashell%20resonance | Seashell resonance refers to a popular folk myth that the sound of the ocean may be heard through seashells, particularly conch shells. This effect is similarly observed in any resonant cavity, such as an empty cup or a hand clasped to the ear.
The resonant sounds are created from ambient noise in the surrounding envi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquagenic%20urticaria | Aquagenic urticaria, also known as water allergy and water urticaria, is a rare form of physical urticaria in which hives develop on the skin after contact with water, regardless of its temperature. The condition typically results from contact with water of any type, temperature or additive.
Signs and symptoms
The mai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheff%C3%A9%27s%20method | In statistics, Scheffé's method, named after American statistician Henry Scheffé, is a method for adjusting significance levels in a linear regression analysis to account for multiple comparisons. It is particularly useful in analysis of variance (a special case of regression analysis), and in constructing simultaneou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Hofstee | Harm Peter Hofstee (born 1962) is a Dutch physicist and computer scientist who currently is a distinguished research staff member at IBM Austin, USA, and a part-time professor in Big Data Systems at Delft University of Technology, Netherlands.
Heterogeneous computing
Hofstee is best known for his contributions to Hete... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claytonia%20lanceolata | Claytonia lanceolata is a species of wildflower in the family Montiaceae, known by the common names lanceleaf springbeauty and western springbeauty.
Description
This somewhat rare plant is native to western North America, growing in the sagebrush steppe and foothills up to alpine slopes. It thrives in the rocky soil ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sediment%20Profile%20Imagery | Sediment Profile Imagery (SPI) is an underwater technique for photographing the interface between the seabed and the overlying water. The technique is used to measure or estimate biological, chemical, and physical processes occurring in the first few centimetres of sediment, pore water, and the important benthic bound... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvent%20drag | Solvent drag, also known as bulk transport, refers to solutes in the ultrafiltrate that are transported back from the renal tubule by the flow of water rather than specifically by ion pumps or other membrane transport proteins. This is a phenomenon primarily in renal physiology, but it also occurs in gastrointestinal p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%20urea%20handling | Renal urea handling is the part of renal physiology that deals with the reabsorption and secretion of urea. Movement of large amounts of urea across cell membranes is made possible by urea transporter proteins.
Urea allows the kidneys to create hyperosmotic urine (urine that has more ions in it - is "more concentrated... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%20glucose%20reabsorption | Renal glucose reabsorption is the part of kidney (renal) physiology that deals with the retrieval of filtered glucose, preventing it from disappearing from the body through the urine.
If glucose is not reabsorbed by the kidney, it appears in the urine, in a condition known as glycosuria. This is associated with diabet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%20oligopeptide%20reabsorption | Renal oligopeptide reabsorption is the part of renal physiology that deals with the retrieval of filtered oligopeptides, preventing them from disappearing from the body through the urine.
Almost all reabsorption takes place in the proximal tubule. Practically nothing is left in the final urine. Longer oligopeptides, s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%20protein%20reabsorption | Renal protein reabsorption is the part of renal physiology that deals with the retrieval of filtered proteins, preventing them from disappearing from the body through the urine.
Almost all reabsorption takes place in the proximal tubule. Only ~1% is left in the final urine.
The proteins cross the apical membrane by e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxylate%20transporter | A carboxylate transporter is a membrane transport protein that transports carboxylate.
They are responsible for the reabsorption of filtered carboxylate in renal physiology, resulting in a 100% reabsorption in the proximal tubule.
In proximal tubule
In the renal proximal tubule, there are several kinds of carboxylate... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIAJ-1 | EIAJ-1 was a standard for video tape recorders (VTRs) developed by the Electronic Industries Association of Japan with the cooperation and assistance of several Japanese electronics manufacturers in 1969. It was the first standardized format for industrial/non-broadcast VTRs using a helical scan system employing open... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov%27s%20principle | Markov's principle, named after Andrey Markov Jr, is a conditional existence statement for which there are many equivalent formulations, as discussed below.
The principle is logically valid classically, but not in intuitionistic constructive mathematics. However, many particular instances of it are nevertheless prova... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Garrett%20%28explorer%29 | Andrew Garrett (1823–1887), was an American explorer, naturalist and illustrator. He specialized in malacology and ichthyology.
Life
Garrett was born in Albany, New York; his family moved to Middlebury, Vermont, when he was a child. Considering himself a "Vermontian" throughout his life, he went to sea at age 16 (aft... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunatak%20hypothesis | In biogeography, particularly phytogeography, the nunatak hypothesis about the origin of a biota in formerly glaciated areas is the idea that some or many species have survived the inhospitable period on icefree land such as nunataks. Its antithesis is the tabula rasa hypothesis, which posits that all species have immi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explained%20variation | In statistics, explained variation measures the proportion to which a mathematical model accounts for the variation (dispersion) of a given data set. Often, variation is quantified as variance; then, the more specific term explained variance can be used.
The complementary part of the total variation is called unexplai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volume%20contraction | Volume contraction is a decrease in the volume of body fluid, including the dissolved substances that maintain osmotic balance (osmolytes). The loss of the water component of body fluid is specifically termed dehydration.
By body fluid compartment
Volume contraction is more or less a loss of extracellular fluid (ECF) ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confabulation%20%28neural%20networks%29 | A confabulation, also known as a false, degraded, or corrupted memory, is a stable pattern of activation in an artificial neural network or neural assembly that does not correspond to any previously learned patterns. The same term is also applied to the (nonartificial) neural mistake-making process leading to a false m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectation%20propagation | Expectation propagation (EP) is a technique in Bayesian machine learning.
EP finds approximations to a probability distribution. It uses an iterative approach that uses the factorization structure of the target distribution. It differs from other Bayesian approximation approaches such as variational Bayesian methods.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanstar | LANStar (Lanstar) was a 2.56 Mbit/s twisted-pair local area network created by Northern Telecom in the mid '80s. Because NT's PBX systems already owned a building's twisted pair plant (for voice), it made sense to use the same wiring for data as well. LANStar was originally to be a component of NT's PTE (Packet Transpo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ras%20superfamily | The Ras superfamily, derived from "Rat sarcoma virus", is a protein superfamily of small GTPases. Members of the superfamily are divided into families and subfamilies based on their structure, sequence and function. The five main families are Ras, Rho, Ran, Rab and Arf GTPases. The Ras family itself is further divided ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirror%20TV | A mirror TV or TV mirror is a television that can change into a mirror. Mirror TVs are often used to save space or hide electronics in bathrooms, bedrooms and living rooms. Mirror TVs can be integrated into interior designs, including in smart homes, hotels, offices, gyms, and spas.
A mirror TV consists of special sem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refal | Refal ("Recursive functions algorithmic language"; ) "is a functional programming language oriented toward symbolic computations", including "string processing, language translation, [and] artificial intelligence". It is one of the oldest members of this family, first conceived of in 1966 as a theoretical tool, with th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Machine%20Testing | The (Stream) X-Machine Testing Methodology is a complete functional testing approach to software- and hardware testing that exploits the scalability of the Stream X-Machine model of computation.
Using this methodology, it is likely to identify a finite test-set that exhaustively determines whether the tested system's... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspard%20Vieusseux | Gaspard Vieusseux (February 18, 1746 – October 21, 1814) was a Genevan physician born in Geneva.
In 1766 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Leiden, and subsequently returned to Geneva in order to practice medicine.
Vieusseux is remembered for his pioneer work with neurological disorders. In 1806 he prov... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial%20apoptosis-induced%20channel | The mitochondrial apoptosis-induced channel (or MAC), is an early marker of the onset of apoptosis. This ion channel is formed on the outer mitochondrial membrane in response to certain apoptotic stimuli. MAC activity is detected by patch clamping mitochondria from apoptotic cells at the time of cytochrome c release.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/UYK-44 | The AN/UYK-44 is the standard 16-bit minicomputer of the United States Navy. The AN/UYK-44 was developed in the early 1980s by Sperry Corporation and was completed in early 1984. The AN/UYK-44 was used in surface ships, submarines, ground C4I platforms, radar and missile control systems. The system was designed to repl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/UYK-43 | The AN/UYK-43 was the standard 32-bit computer of the United States Navy for surface ship and submarine platforms, with the first unit delivered in October, 1984. Some 1,250 units were delivered through to 2000. The size of a refrigerator, it replaced the older AN/UYK-7, both built by UNISYS and shared the same instruc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicular%20immunology | Testicular Immunology is the study of the immune system within the testis. It includes an investigation of the effects of infection, inflammation and immune factors on testicular function. Two unique characteristics of testicular immunology are evident: (1) the testis is described as an immunologically privileged site,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology%20of%20the%20World%20Wide%20Web | World Wide Web topology is the network topology of the World Wide Web, as seen as a network of web pages connected by hyperlinks.
The Jellyfish and Bow Tie models are two attempts at modeling the topology of hyperlinks between web pages.
Models of web page topology
Jellyfish Model
The simplistic Jellyfish model of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattie%27s%20Call | Mattie's Call is an American law-enforcement-initiated public notification system to locate missing elderly, or otherwise disabled persons.
History
The first version of the Mattie's Call was drafted in 1996. From 1996 to 2009, 127 Mattie's Calls had been triggered.
In 2004, radio stations and local law-enforcement a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmic%20infrared%20background | Cosmic infrared background is infrared radiation caused by stellar dust.
History
Recognizing the cosmological importance of the darkness of the night sky (Olbers' paradox) and the first speculations on an extragalactic background light dates back to the first half of the 19th century. Despite its importance, the fi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workgroup%20%28computer%20networking%29 | In computer networking a work group is collection of computers connected on a LAN that share the common resources and responsibilities. Workgroup is Microsoft's term for a peer-to-peer local area network. Computers running Microsoft operating systems in the same work group may share files, printers, or Internet connect... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20epigenetics | Computational epigenetics uses statistical methods and mathematical modelling in epigenetic research. Due to the recent explosion of epigenome datasets, computational methods play an increasing role in all areas of epigenetic research.
Definition
Research in computational epigenetics comprises the development and appl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional%20practice%20of%20behavior%20analysis | The professional practice of behavior analysis is a domain of behavior analysis, the others being radical behaviorism, experimental analysis of behavior and applied behavior analysis. The practice of behavior analysis is the delivery of interventions to consumers that are guided by the principles of radical behaviorism... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverberation%20mapping | Reverberation mapping (or Echo mapping) is an astrophysical technique for measuring the structure of the broad-line region (BLR) around a supermassive black hole at the center of an active galaxy, and thus estimating the hole's mass. It is considered a "primary" mass estimation technique, i.e., the mass is measured dir... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocal%20learning | Vocal learning is the ability to modify acoustic and syntactic sounds, acquire new sounds via imitation, and produce vocalizations. "Vocalizations" in this case refers only to sounds generated by the vocal organ (mammalian larynx or avian syrinx) as opposed to by the lips, teeth, and tongue, which require substantially... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAP6 | RAP6 is the abbreviation for Rab5-activating protein 6, a novel endosomal protein with a role in endocytosis. RAP6 was discovered by Alejandro Barbieri and his group of researchers (Christine Hunker, Adriana Galvis, Ivan Kruk, Hugo Giambini, Lina Torres and Maria Luisa Veisaga) working at Florida International Universi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted%20space | In functional analysis, a weighted space is a space of functions under a weighted norm, which is a finite norm (or semi-norm) that involves multiplication by a particular function referred to as the weight.
Weights can be used to expand or reduce a space of considered functions. For example, in the space of functions ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INT%2010H | INT 10h, INT 10H or INT 16 is shorthand for BIOS interrupt call 10hex, the 17th interrupt vector in an x86-based computer system. The BIOS typically sets up a real mode interrupt handler at this vector that provides video services. Such services include setting the video mode, character and string output, and graphics ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluriblast | The pluriblast is a pluripotent population of cells in the embryogenesis of marsupials, called the inner cell mass in eutherians. The pluriblast is distinct from the trophoblast, and gives rise to the germ layers of the embryo, as well as extra embryonic endoderm and extra embryonic mesoderm. Both the pluriblast and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lucifer%20Principle | The Lucifer Principle is a 1995 book by American author Howard Bloom, in which he argues that social groups, not individuals, are the primary "unit of selection" on genes and human psychological development. He states that both competition between groups and competition between individuals shape the evolution of the ge... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koorde | In peer-to-peer networks, Koorde is a distributed hash table (DHT) system based on the Chord DHT and the De Bruijn graph (De Bruijn sequence). Inheriting the simplicity of Chord, Koorde meets hops per node (where is the number of nodes in the DHT), and hops per lookup request with neighbors per node.
The Chord con... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraction%20ratio | Extraction ratio is a measure in renal physiology, primarily used to calculate renal plasma flow in order to evaluate renal function. It measures the percentage of the compound entering the kidney that was excreted into the final urine.
Measured in concentration in blood plasma, it may thus be expressed as:
, where P... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAH%20clearance | Para-aminohippurate (PAH) clearance is a method used in renal physiology to measure renal plasma flow, which is a measure of renal function.
PAH is completely removed from blood that passes through the kidneys (PAH undergoes both glomerular filtration and tubular secretion), and therefore the rate at which the kidneys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%E2%80%93flavor%20locking | Color–flavor locking (CFL) is a phenomenon that is expected to occur in ultra-high-density strange matter, a form of quark matter. The quarks form Cooper pairs, whose color properties are correlated with their flavor properties in a one-to-one correspondence between three color pairs and three flavor pairs. According t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSIF | GSIF is a proprietary protocol and API between the TASCAM GigaStudio software (a virtual audio sampling device) and the soundcard connected to the computer. It is not known exactly what the initials stand for; it most likely means GigaSampler InterFace. GigaStudio having an important user base, it is supported by many ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO%201 | ISO 1 is an international standard set by the International Organization for Standardization that specifies the standard reference temperature for geometrical product specification and verification. The temperature is fixed at 20 °C, which is equal to 293.15 kelvin and 68 degrees Fahrenheit.
Due to thermal expansion, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrainment%20%28biomusicology%29 | Entrainment in the biomusicological sense refers to the synchronization (e.g. foot tapping) of organisms to an external perceived rhythm such as human music and dance. Humans are the only species for which all individuals experience entrainment, although there are documented examples of entrained nonhuman individuals.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip%20System-1 | The Tulip System I is a 16-bit personal computer based on the Intel 8086 and made by Tulip Computers, formerly an import company for the Exidy Sorcerer, called Compudata Systems.
Its Motorola 6845-based video display controller could display 80×24 text in 8 different fonts for supporting different languages, including... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle%20of%20list | The angle of list is the degree to which a vessel heels (leans or tilts) to either port or starboard at equilibrium—with no external forces acting upon it. If a listing ship goes beyond the point where a righting moment will keep it afloat, it will capsize and potentially sink.
Listing is caused by the off-centerline ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20vector%20spaces%20in%20mathematics | This is a list of vector spaces in abstract mathematics, by Wikipedia page.
Banach space
Besov space
Bochner space
Dual space
Euclidean space
Fock space
Fréchet space
Hardy space
Hilbert space
Hölder space
LF-space
Lp space
Minkowski space
Montel space
Morrey–Campanato space
Orlicz space
Riesz space
Schwartz space
Sob... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanner%27s%20inequalities | In mathematics, Hanner's inequalities are results in the theory of Lp spaces. Their proof was published in 1956 by Olof Hanner. They provide a simpler way of proving the uniform convexity of Lp spaces for p ∈ (1, +∞) than the approach proposed by James A. Clarkson in 1936.
Statement of the inequalities
Let f, g ∈ Lp(E... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic%20circle%20%28mathematics%29 | Magic circles were invented by the Song dynasty (960–1279) Chinese mathematician Yang Hui (c. 1238–1298). It is the arrangement of natural numbers on circles where the sum of the numbers on each circle and the sum of numbers on diameters are identical. One of his magic circles was constructed from the natural numbers f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optogenetics | Optogenetics is a biological technique to control the activity of neurons or other cell types with light. This is achieved by expression of light-sensitive ion channels, pumps or enzymes specifically in the target cells. On the level of individual cells, light-activated enzymes and transcription factors allow precise c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iwasawa%20manifold | In mathematics, in the field of differential geometry, an Iwasawa manifold is a compact quotient of a 3-dimensional complex Heisenberg group by a cocompact, discrete subgroup. An
Iwasawa manifold is a nilmanifold, of real dimension 6.
Iwasawa manifolds give examples where the first two terms E1 and E2 of the Frölic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphome | Morphome is one of the omes in biology to map and classify all the morphological features of species. Morphome is different from phenome in that it is the totality of morphological variants while phenome includes non-morphological variants.
See also
Genome
Proteome
Interactome |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functoid | A functoid is a tool for applying methods to data via a GUI drag 'n drop interface from within the BizTalk Mapping tool.
In a typical BizTalk map, the data is copied from a source to a destination by dragging a line between the two. A functoid sits in the middle of this operation and applies its method to the incoming... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20imaging | Quantum imaging is a new sub-field of quantum optics that exploits quantum correlations such as quantum entanglement of the electromagnetic field in order to image objects with a resolution or other imaging criteria that is beyond what is possible in classical optics. Examples of quantum imaging are quantum ghost imagi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaltura | Kaltura is a New York-based software company founded in 2006. Kaltura operates in four major markets: Cloud TV for operators and media companies, online video platform (OVP) offered mostly to media companies and brands looking to distribute content or monetize it, Education Video Platform (EdVP) offered to educational ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Waters | Blue Waters was a petascale supercomputer operated by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. On August 8, 2007, the National Science Board approved a resolution which authorized the National Science Foundation to fund "the acquisition and deployment... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20Chaloult | René Chaloult (January 26, 1901 – December 20, 1978) was a nationalist politician in Quebec, Canada.
Background
He was born on January 26, 1901, in Quebec City.
Political career
Chaloult first won a seat to the Legislative Assembly of Quebec as a Union Nationale candidate in the 1936 election in the district of Kam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihalis%20Yannakakis | Mihalis Yannakakis (; born 13 September 1953 in Athens, Greece) is professor of computer science at Columbia University. He is noted for his work in computational complexity, databases, and other related fields. He won the Donald E. Knuth Prize in 2005.
Education and career
Yannakakis was born in Athens, Greece in 195... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private%20biometrics | Private biometrics is a form of encrypted biometrics, also called privacy-preserving biometric authentication methods, in which the biometric payload is a one-way, homomorphically encrypted feature vector that is 0.05% the size of the original biometric template and can be searched with full accuracy, speed and privacy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HCN%20channel | Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide–gated (HCN) channels are integral membrane proteins that serve as nonselective voltage-gated cation channels in the plasma membranes of heart and brain cells. HCN channels are sometimes referred to as pacemaker channels because they help to generate rhythmic activity within... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20Renaissance | The Medical Renaissance, from around 1400 to 1700 CE, was a period of progress in European medical knowledge, with renewed interest in the ideas of the ancient Greek and Roman civilizations along with Arabic-Persian medicine, following the translation into Latin of many works from these societies. Medical discoveries d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toroid | In mathematics, a toroid is a surface of revolution with a hole in the middle. The axis of revolution passes through the hole and so does not intersect the surface. For example, when a rectangle is rotated around an axis parallel to one of its edges, then a hollow rectangle-section ring is produced. If the revolved fig... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambilocal%20residence | Ambilocal residence (or ambilocality), also called bilocal residence (bilocality) is the societal postmarital residence in which couples, upon marriage, choose to live with or near either spouse's parents. This is contrasted with matrilocality and patrilocality, where the newlyweds are expected to live with either the ... |
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