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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusions%20of%20self-motion
Illusions of self-motion (or "vection") occur when one perceives bodily motion despite no movement taking place. One can experience illusory movements of the whole body or of individual body parts, such as arms or legs. Vestibular illusions The vestibular system is one of the major sources of information about one's o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20fraction%20%28chemistry%29
In chemistry, the mass fraction of a substance within a mixture is the ratio (alternatively denoted ) of the mass of that substance to the total mass of the mixture. Expressed as a formula, the mass fraction is: Because the individual masses of the ingredients of a mixture sum to , their mass fractions sum to u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automata-based%20programming%20%28Shalyto%27s%20approach%29
Automata-based programming is a programming technology. Its defining characteristic is the use of finite state machines to describe program behavior. The transition graphs of state machines are used in all stages of software development (specification, implementation, debugging and documentation). Automata-based progra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20provisioning
Mass provisioning is a form of parental investment in which an adult insect, most commonly a hymenopteran such as a bee or wasp, stocks all the food for each of her offspring in a small chamber (a "cell") before she lays the egg. This behavior is common in both solitary and eusocial bees, though essentially absent in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20products%20based%20on%20FreeBSD
There are many products based on FreeBSD. Information about these products and the version of FreeBSD they are based on is often difficult to come by, since this fact is not widely publicised. Libre software and hardware using free software BSDRP – BSD Router Project: Open Source Router Distribution CheriBSD – Capa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FPG-9
The FPG-9 Foam Plate Glider is a simple, hand-launched glider made from a 9 inch () foam dinner plate, featuring a moveable rudder and elevons, allowing for an inexpensive way to teach basic flight mechanics. The model was created by Jack Reynolds, a volunteer at the Academy of Model Aeronautics' (AMA) National Model ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal%20function
Maximal functions appear in many forms in harmonic analysis (an area of mathematics). One of the most important of these is the Hardy–Littlewood maximal function. They play an important role in understanding, for example, the differentiability properties of functions, singular integrals and partial differential equatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muckenhoupt%20weights
In mathematics, the class of Muckenhoupt weights consists of those weights for which the Hardy–Littlewood maximal operator is bounded on . Specifically, we consider functions on and their associated maximal functions defined as where is the ball in with radius and center at . Let , we wish to characterise the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Microsoft%20Office
This is a history of the various versions of Microsoft Office, consisting of a bundle of several different applications which changed over time. This table only includes final releases and not pre-release or beta software. It also does not list the history of the constituent standalone applications which were released ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Microbiome%20Project
The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) was a United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) research initiative to improve understanding of the microbiota involved in human health and disease. Launched in 2007, the first phase (HMP1) focused on identifying and characterizing human microbiota. The second phase, known as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20protocol
The Bruce protocol is a standardized diagnostic test used in the evaluation of cardiac function and physical fitness, developed by American cardiologist Robert A. Bruce. According to the original Bruce protocol the patient walks on an uphill treadmill in a graded exercise test with electrodes on the chest to monitor. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arakelov%20theory
In mathematics, Arakelov theory (or Arakelov geometry) is an approach to Diophantine geometry, named for Suren Arakelov. It is used to study Diophantine equations in higher dimensions. Background The main motivation behind Arakelov geometry is the fact there is a correspondence between prime ideals and finite places ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary%20cognitive%20task
An elementary cognitive task (ECT) is any of a range of basic tasks which require only a small number of mental processes and which have easily specified correct outcomes. The term was proposed by John Bissell Carroll in 1980, who posited that all test performance could be analyzed and broken down to building blocks ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20bonding%20model
A chemical bonding model is a theoretical model used to explain atomic bonding structure, molecular geometry, properties, and reactivity of physical matter. This can refer to: VSEPR theory, a model of molecular geometry. Valence bond theory, which describes molecular electronic structure with localized bonds and lone...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive%20provisioning
Progressive provisioning is a term used in entomology to refer to a form of parental behavior in which an adult (most commonly a hymenopteran such as a bee or wasp) feeds its larvae directly after they have hatched, feeding each larva repeatedly until it has completed development. The food is typically in the form of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backhouse%27s%20constant
Backhouse's constant is a mathematical constant named after Nigel Backhouse. Its value is approximately 1.456 074 948. It is defined by using the power series such that the coefficients of successive terms are the prime numbers, and its multiplicative inverse as a formal power series, Then: . This limit was conj...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20of%20American%20Pathologists
The College of American Pathologists (CAP) is a member-based physician organization founded in 1946 comprising approximately 18,000 board-certified pathologists. It serves patients, pathologists, and the public by fostering and advocating best practices in pathology and laboratory medicine. It is the world's l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NewDos/80
NewDos/80 is a third-party operating system for the Radio Shack TRS-80 line of microcomputers released in 1980. NewDos/80 was developed by Apparat, Inc., of Denver, Colorado. NewDos/80 version 2.0 was released in August 1981. It ran on the TRS-80 Model I and Model III. Overview The operating system had additional comm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openmoko%20Linux
Openmoko Linux is an operating system for smartphones developed by the Openmoko project. It is based on the Ångström distribution, comprising various pieces of free software. The main targets of Openmoko Linux were the Openmoko Neo 1973 and the Neo FreeRunner. Furthermore, there were efforts to port the system to othe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatory%20categorial%20grammar
Combinatory categorial grammar (CCG) is an efficiently parsable, yet linguistically expressive grammar formalism. It has a transparent interface between surface syntax and underlying semantic representation, including predicate–argument structure, quantification and information structure. The formalism generates consti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structured-light%203D%20scanner
A structured-light 3D scanner is a 3D scanning device for measuring the three-dimensional shape of an object using projected light patterns and a camera system. The light source from the scanner head projects a series of parallel patterns onto the scan target. When light projects onto the object's surface, the patter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Haboush
William Joseph Haboush (born 1942) is an American mathematician at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign who is best known for his 1975 proof of one of David Mumford's conjectures, known as Haboush's theorem.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livestock%20grazing%20comparison
Livestock grazing comparison is a method of comparing the numbers and density of livestock grazing in agriculture. Various units of measurement are used, usually based on the grazing equivalent of one adult cow, or in some areas on that of one sheep. Many different schemes exist, giving various values to the grazing ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieb%27s%20square%20ice%20constant
Lieb's square ice constant is a mathematical constant used in the field of combinatorics to quantify the number of Eulerian orientations of grid graphs. It was introduced by Elliott H. Lieb in 1967. Definition An n × n grid graph (with periodic boundary conditions and n ≥ 2) has n2 vertices and 2n2 edges; it is 4-regu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein%27s%20constant
Bernstein's constant, usually denoted by the Greek letter β (beta), is a mathematical constant named after Sergei Natanovich Bernstein and is equal to 0.2801694990... . Definition Let En(ƒ) be the error of the best uniform approximation to a real function ƒ(x) on the interval [−1, 1] by real polynomials of no more th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job-shop%20scheduling
Job-shop scheduling, the job-shop problem (JSP) or job-shop scheduling problem (JSSP) is an optimization problem in computer science and operations research. It is a variant of optimal job scheduling. In a general job scheduling problem, we are given n jobs J1, J2, ..., Jn of varying processing times, which need to be ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busou%20Shinki
is a Japanese media mix franchise from Konami Digital Entertainment, first launched in Japan in 2006 with a line of action figures followed by a companion online game. The franchise encompasses various manga, anime, novels, video games, and more. The online game was shut down in 2011, and the original toy line was dis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonequilibrium%20partition%20identity
The nonequilibrium partition identity (NPI) is a remarkably simple and elegant consequence of the fluctuation theorem previously known as the Kawasaki identity: (Carberry et al. 2004). Thus in spite of the second law inequality which might lead one to expect that the average would decay exponentially with time, the ex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard%20Computers
The Harvard Computers were a team of women working as skilled workers to process astronomical data at the Harvard College Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The team was directed by Edward Charles Pickering (1877 to 1919) and, following his death in 1919, by Annie Jump Cannon. Other computers in t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siliceous%20ooze
Siliceous ooze is a type of biogenic pelagic sediment located on the deep ocean floor. Siliceous oozes are the least common of the deep sea sediments, and make up approximately 15% of the ocean floor. Oozes are defined as sediments which contain at least 30% skeletal remains of pelagic microorganisms. Siliceous oozes a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodman%20relation
Within the branch of materials science known as material failure theory, the Goodman relation (also called a Goodman diagram, a Goodman-Haigh diagram, a Haigh diagram or a Haigh-Soderberg diagram) is an equation used to quantify the interaction of mean and alternating stresses on the fatigue life of a material. The equ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgocentric%20flow
The Virgocentric flow (VCF) is the preferred movement of Local Group galaxies towards the Virgo cluster caused by its overwhelming gravity, which separates bound objects from the Hubble flow of cosmic expansion. The VCF can refer to the Local Group's movement towards the Virgo Cluster, since its center is considered sy...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prouhet%E2%80%93Tarry%E2%80%93Escott%20problem
In mathematics, the Prouhet–Tarry–Escott problem asks for two disjoint multisets A and B of n integers each, whose first k power sum symmetric polynomials are all equal. That is, the two multisets should satisfy the equations for each integer i from 1 to a given k. It has been shown that n must be strictly greater th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idempotent%20measure
In mathematics, an idempotent measure on a metric group is a probability measure that equals its convolution with itself; in other words, an idempotent measure is an idempotent element in the topological semigroup of probability measures on the given metric group. Explicitly, given a metric group X and two probabilit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesee%20Scientific
Genesee Scientific Corporation is a global life sciences supplier. History Genesee Scientific was founded by Ken Fry in 1995 as a provider of supplies to laboratories located along Genesee Avenue in University City, San Diego. Today, Genesee Scientific serves life science laboratories around the United States and t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylogenetic%20profiling
Phylogenetic profiling is a bioinformatics technique in which the joint presence or joint absence of two traits across large numbers of species is used to infer a meaningful biological connection, such as involvement of two different proteins in the same biological pathway. Along with examination of conserved synteny, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frobenius%20solution%20to%20the%20hypergeometric%20equation
In the following we solve the second-order differential equation called the hypergeometric differential equation using Frobenius method, named after Ferdinand Georg Frobenius. This is a method that uses the series solution for a differential equation, where we assume the solution takes the form of a series. This is usu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy%20momentum%20equation
The Cauchy momentum equation is a vector partial differential equation put forth by Cauchy that describes the non-relativistic momentum transport in any continuum. Main equation In convective (or Lagrangian) form the Cauchy momentum equation is written as: where is the flow velocity vector field, which depends on ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic%20entomological%20decomposition
Forensic entomological decomposition is how insects decompose and what that means for timing and information in criminal investigations. Medicolegal entomology is a branch of forensic entomology that applies the study of insects to criminal investigations, and is commonly used in death investigations for estimating the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crownshaft
An elongated circumferential leaf base formation present on some species of palm is called a crownshaft. The leaf bases of some pinnate leaved palms (most notable being Roystonea regia or the royal palm but also including the genera Areca, Wodyetia and Pinanga) form a sheath at the top of the trunk surrounding the bud...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ageing
Ageing (or aging in American English) is the process of becoming older. The term refers mainly to humans, many other animals, and fungi, whereas for example, bacteria, perennial plants and some simple animals are potentially biologically immortal. In a broader sense, ageing can refer to single cells within an organism ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotechnology%20consulting
Biotechnology consulting (or biotech consulting) refers to the practice of assisting organizations involved in research and commercialization of biotechnology in improving their methods and efficiency of production, and approaches to R&D. This assistance is usually provided in the form of specialized technological advi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast%20Library%20for%20Number%20Theory
The Fast Library for Number Theory (FLINT) is a C library for number theory applications. The two major areas of functionality currently implemented in FLINT are polynomial arithmetic over the integers and a quadratic sieve. The library is designed to be compiled with the GNU Multi-Precision Library (GMP) and is releas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LayerWalker
LayerWalker Technology, Inc. is a fabless integrated circuit design company that announced a network storage system on a chip (SoC). Their products targeted digital home, small business and consumer electronics markets. LayerWalker introduced in 2007 the miniSAN product that provided ATA over Ethernet (AoE) server fun...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-coupled%20transistor%20logic
Direct-coupled transistor logic (DCTL) is similar to resistor–transistor logic (RTL) but the input transistor bases are connected directly to the collector outputs without any base resistors. Consequently, DCTL gates have fewer components, are more economical, and are simpler to fabricate onto integrated circuits than ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad%20Data%20Modeler
Toad Data Modeler is a database design tool allowing users to visually create, maintain, and document new or existing database systems, and to deploy changes to data structures across different platforms. It is used to construct logical and physical data models, compare and synchronize models, generate complex SQL/DDL,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack%20of%20the%20Killer%20Tomatoes%20%281986%20video%20game%29
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a computer game released in 1986 for the Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX. It is based on the 1978 comedy film of the same name. The player takes control of Wimp Plasbot, who works in a tomato puree plant, and must rid the plant of the mutated killer tomatoes, referred to in the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%20cases%20of%20Apollonius%27%20problem
In Euclidean geometry, Apollonius' problem is to construct all the circles that are tangent to three given circles. Special cases of Apollonius' problem are those in which at least one of the given circles is a point or line, i.e., is a circle of zero or infinite radius. The nine types of such limiting cases of Apoll...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dixie%20Cornell%20Gebhardt
Dixie Cornell Gebhardt (November 18, 1866 – October 16, 1955) was a state regent and secretary of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in Iowa during World War I, and designed the flag for the state of Iowa. At the beginning of the war, Iowa had no state flag, and such a flag would have been expected to be c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full%20Throttle%20%281984%20video%20game%29
Full Throttle is a video game released in 1984 for the ZX Spectrum and MSX. The player races a 500cc Grand Prix motorcycle on any of ten of the world's top racing circuits. Gameplay After selecting a track to race on, the player starts at the back of the grid, with 39 other bikes. Cornering too quickly will cause a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconductor%20classification
Superconductors can be classified in accordance with several criteria that depend on physical properties, current understanding, and the expense of cooling them or their material. By their magnetic properties Type I superconductors: those having just one critical field, Hc, and changing abruptly from one state to t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfusion%20scanning
Perfusion is the passage of fluid through the lymphatic system or blood vessels to an organ or a tissue. The practice of perfusion scanning is the process by which this perfusion can be observed, recorded and quantified. The term perfusion scanning encompasses a wide range of medical imaging modalities. Applications W...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IsaPlanner
IsaPlanner is a proof planner for the interactive proof assistant, Isabelle. Originally developed by Lucas Dixon as part of his PhD thesis at the University of Edinburgh, it is now maintained by members of the Mathematical Reasoning Group, in the School of Informatics at Edinburgh. IsaPlanner is the latest of a series...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array%20controller%20based%20encryption
Within a storage network, encryption of data may occur at different hardware levels. Array controller based encryption describes the encryption of data occurring at the disk array controller before being sent to the disk drives. This article will provide an overview of different implementation techniques to array cont...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero%20mode
In physics, a zero mode is an eigenvector with a vanishing eigenvalue. In various subfields of physics zero modes appear whenever a physical system possesses a certain symmetry. For example, normal modes of multidimensional harmonic oscillator (e.g. a system of beads arranged around the circle, connected with springs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20copper%20pillar%20bump
The thermal copper pillar bump, also known as the "thermal bump", is a thermoelectric device made from thin-film thermoelectric material embedded in flip chip interconnects (in particular copper pillar solder bumps) for use in electronics and optoelectronic packaging, including: flip chip packaging of CPU and GPU integ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhura
Zhura ( ) is a free, web-based screenwriting software application for writing and formatting screenplays to the film industry standard, as well as other formats. Zhura allows users to collaborate on scripts in public or private groups and uses Creative Commons Licensing for all work in the public workspace. On March 2...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prydniprovsky%20Chemical%20Plant%20radioactive%20dumps
The now-defunct Prydniprovskyi Chemical Plant (; Prydniprovskyi khimichnyi zavod, PKhZ, also PChP) in the city of Kamianske, Ukraine, processed uranium ore for the Soviet nuclear program from 1948 through 1991, preparing yellowcake. Its processing wastes are now stored in nine open-air dumping grounds containing about...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCroth%27s%20theorem
In mathematics, Lüroth's theorem asserts that every field that lies between a field K and the rational function field K(X) must be generated as an extension of K by a single element of K(X). This result is named after Jacob Lüroth, who proved it in 1876. Statement Let be a field and be an intermediate field between ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed%E2%80%93mobile%20convergence
Fixed–mobile convergence (FMC) is a change in telecommunications that removes differences between fixed and mobile networks. In the 2004 press release announcing its formation, the Fixed-Mobile Convergence Alliance (FMCA) said: Fixed Mobile Convergence is a transition point in the telecommunications industry that wil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probabilistic%20roadmap
The probabilistic roadmap planner is a motion planning algorithm in robotics, which solves the problem of determining a path between a starting configuration of the robot and a goal configuration while avoiding collisions. The basic idea behind PRM is to take random samples from the configuration space of the robot, t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephelium%20xerospermoides
Nephelium xerospermoides, the hairless rambutan, is a species closely related to the rambutan. The drupe fruit has a flavor similar to rambutan. The fruit does not have any hair-like spines, hence its common name. They can be eaten freshly picked from the tree. They are not commonly grown or harvested for commercial us...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting%20curve%20analysis
Melting curve analysis is an assessment of the dissociation characteristics of double-stranded DNA during heating. As the temperature is raised, the double strand begins to dissociate leading to a rise in the absorbance intensity, hyperchromicity. The temperature at which 50% of DNA is denatured is known as the melting...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute%20%28medicine%29
In medicine, describing a disease as acute denotes that it is of recent onset; it occasionally denotes a short duration. The quantification of how much time constitutes "short" and "recent" varies by disease and by context, but the core denotation of "acute" is always qualitatively in contrast with "chronic", which den...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodchuck%20hepatitis%20virus
Woodchuck hepatitis virus (WHV) is a species of the genus Orthohepadnavirus. It was first discovered in 1977 in a captive population of Marmota monax, but has since been discovered in wild populations in the Eastern United States. Infected woodchucks which are unable to clear the infection inevitably develop hepatocel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wobenzym
Wobenzym, a combination of proteolytic enzymes and the antioxidant rutin, works systemically by targeting various tissues and organs in the body. Wobenzym is targeted at modulating the immune response to restore a healthy balance between anti-inflammatory and pro-inflammatory cytokines. Some possible side effects have ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxocene
A taxocene (from Greek τάξις and κοινός) is a taxonomically related set of species within a community. An example of a taxocene would be "fishes in a pond," as the fishes are closely related to one another (i.e., the fishes are more closely related, by evolutionary descent, to each other than any fish is related to any...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20revenue%20share
The total revenue share is the percentage of direct cost associated with revenue. Direct cost consists of both product cost and marketing cost. It is a ratio of costs required to fulfill an order. The remainder is considered gross margin. Financial ratios
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalisation%20%28mathematics%29
In elementary algebra, root rationalisation is a process by which radicals in the denominator of an algebraic fraction are eliminated. If the denominator is a monomial in some radical, say with , rationalisation consists of multiplying the numerator and the denominator by and replacing by (this is allowed, as, by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E820
e820 is shorthand for the facility by which the BIOS of x86-based computer systems reports the memory map to the operating system or boot loader. It is accessed via the int 15h call, by setting the register to value E820 in hexadecimal. It reports which memory address ranges are usable and which are reserved for use ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu%20JeOS
Ubuntu JeOS (pronounced "juice") is a discontinued variant of Ubuntu that is described as "an efficient variant ... configured specifically for virtual appliances." It is a concept for what an operating system should look like in the context of a virtual appliance. JeOS stands for "Just enough Operating System." JeOS h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary%20carrier
A hereditary carrier (genetic carrier or just carrier), is a person or other organism that has inherited a recessive allele for a genetic trait or mutation but usually does not display that trait or show symptoms of the disease. Carriers are, however, able to pass the allele onto their offspring, who may then express t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20spectral%20interpretation
Mass spectral interpretation is the method employed to identify the chemical formula, characteristic fragment patterns and possible fragment ions from the mass spectra. Mass spectra is a plot of relative abundance against mass-to-charge ratio. It is commonly used for the identification of organic compounds from electro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spline%20%28mechanical%29
A spline is a ridge or tooth on a drive shaft that matches with groove in a mating piece and transfer torque to it, maintaining the angular correspondence between them. For instance, a gear mounted on a shaft might use a male spline on the shaft that matches the female spline on the gear. Adjacent images in the secti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groundwater%20energy%20balance
The groundwater energy balance is the energy balance of a groundwater body in terms of incoming hydraulic energy associated with groundwater inflow into the body, energy associated with the outflow, energy conversion into heat due to friction of flow, and the resulting change of energy status and groundwater level. Th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Tennessee%20Anthropological%20Research%20Facility
The University of Tennessee Anthropological Research Facility, better known as the Body Farm and sometimes seen as the Forensic Anthropology Facility, was conceived in 1971 and established in 1972 by anthropologist William M. Bass as the first facility for the study of decomposition of human remains. It is located a fe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Easy%20Transfer
Windows Easy Transfer was a specialized file-transfer program developed by Microsoft that allowed users of the Windows operating system to transfer personal files and settings from a computer running an earlier version of Windows to a computer running a newer version. Windows Easy Transfer was introduced in Windows Vi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone%20%28limestone%29
Keystone is a type of limestone, or coral rag, quarried in the Florida Keys, in particular from Windley Key fossil quarry, which is now a State Park of Florida. The limestone is Pleistocene in age, and the rock primarily consists of scleractinian coral, such as Elkhorn coral and Brain coral. The Hurricane Monument, c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Guy
Michael J. T. Guy (born 1 April 1943) is a British computer scientist and mathematician. He is known for early work on computer systems, such as the Phoenix system at the University of Cambridge, and for contributions to number theory, computer algebra, and the theory of polyhedra in higher dimensions. He worked closel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cru%20%28wine%29
Cru is a wine term used to indicate a high-quality vineyard or group of vineyards. It is a French word which was originally used to refer to anything grown in a region and that region but is now mostly used to refer to a vineyard and its wines. The term is often used within classifications of French wine. By implicatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lefschetz%20duality
In mathematics, Lefschetz duality is a version of Poincaré duality in geometric topology, applying to a manifold with boundary. Such a formulation was introduced by , at the same time introducing relative homology, for application to the Lefschetz fixed-point theorem. There are now numerous formulations of Lefschetz du...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcarrier
A microcarrier is a support matrix that allows for the growth of adherent cells in bioreactors. Instead of on a flat surface, cells are cultured on the surface of spherical microcarriers so that each particle carries several hundred cells, and therefore expansion capacity can be multiplied several times over. It provid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag-waving
Flag-waving is a fallacious argument or propaganda technique used to justify an action based on the undue connection to nationalism or patriotism or benefit for an idea, group or country. It is a variant of argumentum ad populum. This fallacy appeals to emotion instead to logic of the audience aiming to manipulate them...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monospecific%20antibody
Monospecific antibodies are antibodies whose specificity to antigens is singular (mono- + specific) in any of several ways: antibodies that all have affinity for the same antigen; antibodies that are specific to one antigen or one epitope; or antibodies specific to one type of cell or tissue. Monoclonal antibodies are ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%20Gurevich
Yuri Gurevich, Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, is an American computer scientist and mathematician and the inventor of abstract state machines. Gurevich was born and educated in the Soviet Union. He taught mathematics there and then in Israel before moving to the United States in 1982. The best-known...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health%20fair
A health fair is an educational and interactive event designed for outreach to provide basic preventive medicine and medical screening to people in the community or employees at work in conjunction with workplace wellness. It can also be a public health intervention. Health fairs are typically offered in the community...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Canadian%20heritage%20wheat%20varieties
'Red Fife' was the first named variety of wheat developed in Canada. Plant breeders continue to use heritage wheat varieties in order to develop new varieties. Farmers are growing heritage wheat varieties as part of the 100 Mile Diet, 'eat local' and Slow Food movements. 'Red Fife' wheat is the first variety preserved...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarWatch
BarWatch are self regulated associations of bars, nightclubs and restaurants across Canada. Members of the BarWatch association draft up regulations for security practices of their members with the goal of reducing violence and the costs associated with it. The members will vote on regulations to enhance security such ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icones%20Plantarum
Icones Plantarum is an extensive series of published volumes of botanical illustration, initiated by Sir William Jackson Hooker. The Latin name of the work means "Illustrations of Plants". The illustrations are drawn from herbarium specimens of Hooker's herbarium, and subsequently the herbarium of Kew Gardens. Hooker w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo%20amino%20acid%20composition
Pseudo amino acid composition, or PseAAC, in molecular biology, was originally introduced by Kuo-Chen Chou in 2001 to represent protein samples for improving protein subcellular localization prediction and membrane protein type prediction. Like the vanilla amino acid composition (AAC) method, it characterizes the prote...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamming%20%28physics%29
Jamming is the physical process by which the viscosity of some mesoscopic materials, such as granular materials, glasses, foams, polymers, emulsions, and other complex fluids, increases with increasing particle density. The jamming transition has been proposed as a new type of phase transition, with similarities to a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barlow%20maneuver
The Barlow maneuver is a physical examination performed on infants to screen for developmental dysplasia of the hip. It is named for Dr. Thomas Geoffrey Barlow (September 25, 1915 – May 25, 1975), an English orthopedic surgeon, who devised this test. It was clinically tested during 1957–1962 at Hope Hospital, Salford, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Platt%20%28author%29
Charles Platt (born 26 April 1945 in London, England) is a British author, journalist and computer programmer. He relocated from England to the United States during 1970 and is a naturalized U.S. citizen. He has one child, Rose Fox, who edits science-fiction, fantasy, and horror book reviews. Platt is the nephew of Rob...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisy%20chain%20%28electrical%20engineering%29
In electrical and electronic engineering, a daisy chain is a wiring scheme in which multiple devices are wired together in sequence or in a ring, similar to a garland of daisy flowers. Daisy chains may be used for power, analog signals, digital data, or a combination thereof. The term daisy chain may refer either to l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Namibia%20Food%20and%20Allied%20Workers%20Union
The Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union (NAFAU) is a trade union in Namibia affiliated with the National Union of Namibian Workers (NUNW). In 2020 it had a self-reported membership of 15,000. NAFAU's organizational strongholds include the fishing industries around Walvis Bay and Lüderitz. History NAFAU was founded o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committed%20dose%20equivalent
Committed dose equivalent and Committed effective dose equivalent are dose quantities used in the United States system of radiological protection for irradiation due to an internal source. Committed dose equivalent (CDE) CDE is defined by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission in Title 10, Section 20.1003, of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective%20dose
The collective effective dose, dose quantity S, is calculated as the sum of all individual effective doses over the time period or during the operation being considered due to ionizing radiation. It can be used to estimate the total health effects of a process or accidental release involving ionizing radiation to an ex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflex%20bradycardia
Reflex bradycardia is a bradycardia (decrease in heart rate) in response to the baroreceptor reflex, one of the body's homeostatic mechanisms for preventing abnormal increases in blood pressure. In the presence of high mean arterial pressure, the baroreceptor reflex produces a reflex bradycardia as a method of decreasi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core%20damage%20frequency
Core damage frequency (CDF) is a term used in probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) that indicates the likelihood of an accident that would cause severe damage to a nuclear fuel in a nuclear reactor core. Core damage accidents are considered extremely serious because severe damage to the fuel in the core prevents adequat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulative%20dose
Cumulative dose is the total dose resulting from repeated exposures of ionizing radiation to an occupationally exposed worker to the same portion of the body, or to the whole body, over a period of time. In medicine, the total amount of a drug or radiation given to a patient over time; for example, the total dose of r...