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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photomedicine | Photomedicine is an interdisciplinary branch of medicine that involves the study and application of light with respect to health and disease. Photomedicine may be related to the practice of various fields of medicine including dermatology, surgery, interventional radiology, optical diagnostics, cardiology, circadian rh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Information%20Grid-Bandwidth%20Expansion | The Global Information Grid Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-BE) Program was a major United States Department of Defense (DOD) net-centric transformational initiative executed by DISA. Part of the Global Information Grid project, GIG-BE created a ubiquitous "bandwidth-available" environment to improve national security intelli... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharyngula | The pharyngula is a stage in the embryonic development of vertebrates. At this stage, the embryos of all vertebrates are similar, having developed features typical of vertebrates, such as the beginning of a spinal cord. Named by William Ballard, the pharyngula stage follows the blastula, gastrula and neurula stages.
M... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cervical%20rib | A cervical rib in humans is an extra rib which arises from the seventh cervical vertebra. Their presence is a congenital abnormality located above the normal first rib. A cervical rib is estimated to occur in 0.2% to 0.5% (1 in 200 to 500) of the population. People may have a cervical rib on the right, left or both sid... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorson%27s%20rule | Thorson's rule (named after Gunnar Thorson by S. A. Mileikovsky in 1971)
is an ecogeographical rule which states that benthic marine invertebrates at low latitudes tend to produce large numbers of eggs developing to pelagic (often planktotrophic [plankton-feeding]) and widely dispersing larvae, whereas at high latitud... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levenshtein%20coding | Levenshtein coding is a universal code encoding the non-negative integers developed by Vladimir Levenshtein.
Encoding
The code of zero is "0"; to code a positive number:
Initialize the step count variable C to 1.
Write the binary representation of the number without the leading "1" to the beginning of the code.
Let M... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20product | An animal product is any material derived from the body of a non-human animal. Examples are fat, flesh, blood, milk, eggs, and lesser known products, such as isinglass and rennet.
Animal by-products, as defined by the USDA, are products harvested or manufactured from livestock other than muscle meat. In the EU, anima... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%20heap%20and%20Fermi%20hole | Fermi heap and Fermi hole refer to two closely related quantum phenomena that occur in many-electron atoms. They arise due to the Pauli exclusion principle, according to which no two electrons can be in the same quantum state in a system (which, accounting for electrons' spin, means that there can be up to two electron... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saha%20Institute%20of%20Nuclear%20Physics | The Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP) is an institution of basic research and training in physical and biophysical sciences located in Bidhannagar, Kolkata, India. The institute is named after the famous Indian physicist Meghnad Saha.
Previous Directors
Gautam Bhattacharyya
Ajit Mohanty
Bikas Chakrabarti
Mi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligand%20isomerism | In coordination chemistry, ligand isomerism is a type of structural isomerism in coordination complexes which arises from the presence of ligands which can adopt different isomeric forms. 1,2-Diaminopropane and 1,3-Diaminopropane are the examples that each feature a different isomer would be ligand isomers.
Chemical b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20management | Test management most commonly refers to the activity of managing a testing process. A test management tool is software used to manage tests (automated or manual) that have been previously specified by a test procedure. It is often associated with automation software. Test management tools often include requirement and/... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastric%20glands | The gastric glands are glands in the lining of the stomach that play an essential role in the process of digestion. All of the glands have mucus-secreting foveolar cells. Mucus lines the entire stomach, and protects the stomach lining from the effects of hydrochloric acid released from other cells in the glands.
Ther... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Federation%20of%20Associations%20of%20Anatomists | The International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA) is an umbrella scientific organization of national and multinational Anatomy Associations, dedicated to anatomy and biomorphological sciences.
Origins and objectives
In 1903, Prof. Nicolas, from Nancy, France, was successful in founding the Internationa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphenoidal%20lingula | Along the posterior part of the lateral margin of the carotid groove of the sphenoid bone, in the angle between the body and great wing, is a ridge of bone, called the lingula. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastoid%20foramen | The mastoid foramen is a hole in the posterior border of the temporal bone. It transmits an emissary vein between the sigmoid sinus and the suboccipital venous plexus, and a small branch of the occipital artery, the posterior meningeal artery to the dura mater.
Structure
The mastoid foramen is a hole in the posterior... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsum%20sellae | The dorsum sellae is part of the sphenoid bone in the skull. Together with the basilar part of the occipital bone it forms the clivus.
In the sphenoid bone, the anterior boundary of the sella turcica is completed by two small eminences, one on either side, called the middle clinoid processes, while the posterior bound... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20precision%20approach%20and%20landing%20system | The joint precision approach and landing system (JPALS) is a ship's system (CVN and LH type), all-weather landing system based on real-time differential correction of the Global Positioning System (GPS) signal, augmented with a local area correction message, and transmitted to the user via secure means. The onboard re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnsmasq | dnsmasq is free software providing Domain Name System (DNS) caching, a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server, router advertisement and network boot features, intended for small computer networks.
dnsmasq has low requirements for system resources, can run on Linux, BSDs, Android and macOS, and is included i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro-occipital%20fissure | This grooved surface of the foramen magnum is separated on either side from the petrous portion of the temporal bone by the petro-occipital fissure, which is occupied in the fresh state by a plate of cartilage; the fissure is continuous behind with the jugular foramen, and its margins are grooved for the inferior petro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maris%20Otter | Maris Otter is a two-row, autumn sown variety of barley commonly used in the production of malt for the brewing industry. The variety was bred by Dr G D H Bell and his team of plant breeders at the UK's Plant Breeding Institute; the "Maris" part of the name comes from Maris Lane near the institute's home in Trumpington... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier%20%28computer%20science%29 | In parallel computing, a barrier is a type of synchronization method. A barrier for a group of threads or processes in the source code means any thread/process must stop at this point and cannot proceed until all other threads/processes reach this barrier.
Many collective routines and directive-based parallel language... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20Cryptanalytics | Military Cryptanalytics (or MILCRYP as it is sometimes known) is a revision by Lambros D. Callimahos of the series of books written by William F. Friedman under the title Military Cryptanalysis. It may also contain contributions by other cryptanalysts. It was a training manual for National Security Agency and military ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby%20Car | A Bobby Car is a toy car designed for children from the age of around twelve months. The Classic model is red, made of plastic and is about 60 cm long and 40 cm high. It has four wheels. The car has been produced by the BIG company since 1972 at sites in Fürth and Burghaslach in Germany. After the death of the Bobby Ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe%20%28Unix%29 | In some versions of the Unix operating system, the term universe was used to denote some variant of the working environment. During the late 1980s, most commercial Unix variants were derived from either System V or BSD. Most versions provided both BSD and System V universes and allowed the user to switch between them. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condylar%20canal | The condylar canal (or condyloid canal) is a canal in the condyloid fossa of the lateral parts of occipital bone behind the occipital condyle. Resection of the rectus capitis posterior major and minor muscles reveals the bony recess leading to the condylar canal, which is situated posterior and lateral to the occipita... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundee%20Society | The Dundee Society was a society of graduates of CA-400, a National Security Agency course in cryptology devised by Lambros D. Callimahos, which included the Zendian Problem (a practical exercise in traffic analysis and cryptanalysis). The class was held once a year, and new members were inducted into the Society upon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zendian%20problem | The Zendian problem was an exercise in communication intelligence operations (mainly traffic analysis and cryptanalysis) devised by Lambros D. Callimahos as part of an advanced course, CA-400, that Callimahos taught to National Security Agency cryptanalysts starting in the 1950s.
Content
The scenario involves 375 radi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTR%20%28software%29 | My traceroute, originally named Matt's traceroute (MTR), is a computer program that combines the functions of the traceroute and ping programs in one network diagnostic tool.
MTR probes routers on the route path by limiting the number of hops individual packets may traverse, and listening to responses of their expiry.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STED%20microscopy | Stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy is one of the techniques that make up super-resolution microscopy. It creates super-resolution images by the selective deactivation of fluorophores, minimizing the area of illumination at the focal point, and thus enhancing the achievable resolution for a given system. It... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/189%20%28number%29 | 189 (one hundred [and] eighty-nine) is the natural number following 188 and preceding 190.
In mathematics
189 is a centered cube number and a heptagonal number.
The centered cube numbers are the sums of two consecutive cubes, and 189 can be written as sum of two cubes in two ways: and The smallest number that can be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vice-county%20Census%20Catalogue%20of%20the%20Vascular%20Plants%20of%20Great%20Britain | The Vice-county Census Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Great Britain () is an A5 softback book produced in 2003 by the Botanical Society of the British Isles. It attempts to present a complete picture of the vice-county distribution of vascular plant species in Great Britain, the Isle of Man, and the Channel Island... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperplane%20separation%20theorem | In geometry, the hyperplane separation theorem is a theorem about disjoint convex sets in n-dimensional Euclidean space. There are several rather similar versions. In one version of the theorem, if both these sets are closed and at least one of them is compact, then there is a hyperplane in between them and even two pa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixed%20layer | The oceanic or limnological mixed layer is a layer in which active turbulence has homogenized some range of depths. The surface mixed layer is a layer where this turbulence is generated by winds, surface heat fluxes, or processes such as evaporation or sea ice formation which result in an increase in salinity. The at... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickled%20pepper | A pickled pepper is a Capsicum pepper preserved by pickling, which usually involves submersion in a brine of vinegar and salted water with herbs and spices, often including peppercorns, coriander, dill, and bay leaf.
Common pickled peppers are the banana pepper, the Cubanelle, the bell pepper, sweet and hot cherry pep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20b%20%28programming%20language%29 | Little b is a domain-specific programming language, more specifically, a modeling language, designed to build modular mathematical models of biological systems. It was designed and authored by Aneil Mallavarapu. Little b is being developed in the Virtual Cell Program at Harvard Medical School, headed by mathematician... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density%20contrast | Density contrast is a parameter used in galaxy formation to indicate where there are local enhancements in matter density.
It is believed that after inflation, although the universe was mostly uniform, some regions were slightly denser than others with contrast densities on the order of 1 trillionth. As the horizon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeans%20instability | In stellar physics, the Jeans instability causes the collapse of interstellar gas clouds and subsequent star formation, named after James Jeans. It occurs when the internal gas pressure is not strong enough to prevent gravitational collapse of a region filled with matter. For stability, the cloud must be in hydrostatic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carotid%20groove | The carotid groove is an anatomical groove in the sphenoid bone located above the attachment of each great wing of the sphenoid bone. The groove is curved like the italic letter f, and lodges the internal carotid artery and the cavernous sinus. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior%20clinoid%20processes | The posterior clinoid processes are the tubercles of the sphenoid bone situated at the superior angles of the dorsum sellæ (one on each angle) which represents the posterior boundary of the sella turcica. They vary considerably size and form. The posterior clinoid processes deepen the sella turcica, and give attachment... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase%20boundary | In thermal equilibrium, each phase (i.e. liquid, solid etc.) of physical matter comes to an end at a transitional point, or spatial interface, called a phase boundary, due to the immiscibility of the matter with the matter on the other side of the boundary. This immiscibility is due to at least one difference between ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior%20clinoid%20process | The anterior clinoid process is a bilaterally paired posterior projection of the sphenoid bone at the junction of the medial end of either lesser wing of sphenoid bone with the body of sphenoid bone. The two anterior clinoid processes flank the pituitary fossa anteriorly. The free border of the tentorium cerebelli atta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoid%20sulcus | The inner surface of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone presents a deep, curved groove, the sigmoid sulcus, which lodges part of the transverse sinus; in it may be seen the opening of the mastoid foramen. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toobers%20%26%20Zots | Toobers & Zots are creative construction toys which were invented in the 1990s by Boston-area based sculptor Arthur Ganson. They were manufactured by Hands-On Toys. Toobers & Zots consist of long flexible foam pieces called "toobers" and flat foam pieces called "zots." Toobers range in size from two to four feet long, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20occipital%20protuberance | Along the internal surface of the occipital bone, at the point of intersection of the four divisions of the cruciform eminence, is the internal occipital protuberance. Running transversely on either side is a groove for the transverse sinus.
Additional images
See also
External occipital protuberance |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20occipital%20crest | In the occipital bone, the lower division of the cruciate eminence is prominent, and is named the internal occipital crest; it bifurcates near the foramen magnum and gives attachment to the falx cerebelli; in the attached margin of this falx is the occipital sinus, which is sometimes duplicated.
In the upper part of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born%E2%80%93Huang%20approximation | The Born–Huang approximation (named after Max Born and Huang Kun) is an approximation closely related to the Born–Oppenheimer approximation. It takes into account diagonal nonadiabatic effects in the electronic Hamiltonian better than the Born–Oppenheimer approximation. Despite the addition of correction terms, the el... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20iPod%20file%20managers | This is a list of iPod file managers. i.e. software that permits the transferring of media files content between an iPod and a computer or vice versa.
iTunes is the official iPod managing software, but 3rd parties have created alternatives to work around restrictions in iTunes. e.g. transferring content from an iPod t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum%20%28software%20development%29 | Scrum is an agile project management system commonly used in software development and other industries.
Scrum prescribes for teams to break work into goals to be completed within time-boxed iterations, called sprints. Each sprint is no longer than one month and commonly lasts two weeks. The scrum team assesses progre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%27s%20lemma | In complex analysis, Jordan's lemma is a result frequently used in conjunction with the residue theorem to evaluate contour integrals and improper integrals. The lemma is named after the French mathematician Camille Jordan.
Statement
Consider a complex-valued, continuous function , defined on a semicircular contour
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20nature | Human nature comprises the fundamental dispositions and characteristics—including ways of thinking, feeling, and acting—that humans are said to have naturally. The term is often used to denote the essence of humankind, or what it 'means' to be human. This usage has proven to be controversial in that there is dispute as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minakshisundaram%E2%80%93Pleijel%20zeta%20function | The Minakshisundaram–Pleijel zeta function is a zeta function encoding the eigenvalues of the Laplacian of a compact Riemannian manifold. It was introduced by . The case of a compact region of the plane was treated earlier by .
Definition
For a compact Riemannian manifold M of dimension N with eigenvalues
of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade%20facilitation | Trade facilitation looks at how procedures and controls governing the movement of goods across national borders can be improved to reduce associated cost burdens and maximise efficiency while safeguarding legitimate regulatory objectives. Business costs may be a direct function of collecting information and submitting ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian%20National%20Corpus | Croatian National Corpus (, HNK) is the biggest and the most important corpus of Croatian. Its compilation started in 1998 at the Institute of Linguistics of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb following the ideas of Marko Tadić. The theoretical foundations and the expression of the nee... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-listed | Blue-listed species are species that belong to the Blue List and includes any indigenous species or subspecies (taxa) considered to be vulnerable in their locale in order to provide early warning to federal and regional governments. Vulnerable taxa are of special concern because of characteristics that make them partic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday%20cup%20electrometer | The Faraday cup electrometer is the simplest form of an electrical aerosol instrument used in aerosol studies. It consists of an electrometer and a filter inside a Faraday cage. Charged particles collected by the filter generate an electric current which is measured by the electrometer.
Principle
According to Gauss' l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globule%20%28CDN%29 | Globule was an open-source collaborative content delivery network developed at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam since 2006. It is implemented as a third-party module for the Apache HTTP Server that allows any given server to replicate its documents to other Globule servers. This can improve the site's performance, m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process | A process is a series or set of activities that interact to produce a result; it may occur once-only or be recurrent or periodic.
Things called a process include:
Business and management
Business process, activities that produce a specific service or product for customers
Business process modeling, activity of repres... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-denial | Self-denial (related but different from self-abnegation or self-sacrifice) is an act of letting go of the self as with altruistic abstinence – the willingness to forgo personal pleasures or undergo personal trials in the pursuit of the increased good of another. Various religions and cultures take differing views of se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UPDM | The Unified Profile for DoDAF/MODAF (UPDM) is the product of an Object Management Group (OMG) initiative to develop a modeling standard that supports both the USA Department of Defense Architecture Framework (DoDAF) and the UK Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework (MODAF). The current UPDM - the Unified Profile fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%20Linnik | Yuri Vladimirovich Linnik (; January 8, 1915 – June 30, 1972) was a Soviet mathematician active in number theory, probability theory and mathematical statistics.
Biography
Linnik was born in Bila Tserkva, in present-day Ukraine. He went to Saint Petersburg University where his supervisor was Vladimir Tartakovsky, and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voodoo3 | Voodoo3 was a series of computer gaming video cards manufactured and designed by 3dfx Interactive. It was the successor to the company's high-end Voodoo2 line and was based heavily upon the older Voodoo Banshee product. Voodoo3 was announced at COMDEX '98 and arrived on store shelves in early 1999. The Voodoo3 line was... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EEMBC | EEMBC, the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium, is a non-profit, member-funded organization formed in 1997, focused on the creation of standard benchmarks for the hardware and software used in embedded systems. The goal of its members is to make EEMBC benchmarks an industry standard for evaluating the capabili... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necrobiosis | Necrobiosis is the physiological death of a cell, and can be caused by conditions such as basophilia, erythema, or a tumor. It is identified both with and without necrosis.
Necrobiotic disorders are characterized by presence of necrobiotic granuloma on histopathology. Necrobiotic granuloma is described as aggregation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynneth%20Coogan | Gwynneth "Gwyn" Coogan (born Gwynneth Hardesty; August 21, 1965 in Trenton, New Jersey) is an American former Olympic athlete, educator and mathematician.
Hardesty attended Phillips Exeter Academy for two years, where she played squash and field hockey. She then attended Smith College, graduating in 1987, where she ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambiguity%20aversion | In decision theory and economics, ambiguity aversion (also known as uncertainty aversion) is a preference for known risks over unknown risks. An ambiguity-averse individual would rather choose an alternative where the probability distribution of the outcomes is known over one where the probabilities are unknown. This b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical%20multipole%20moments | In physics, spherical multipole moments are the coefficients in a series expansion of a potential that varies inversely with the distance to a source, i.e., as Examples of such potentials are the electric potential, the magnetic potential and the gravitational potential.
For clarity, we illustrate the expansion for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isenthalpic%20process | An isenthalpic process or isoenthalpic process is a process that proceeds without any change in enthalpy, H; or specific enthalpy, h.
Overview
If a steady-state, steady-flow process is analysed using a control volume, everything outside the control volume is considered to be the surroundings.
Such a process will be is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SegaSoft | SegaSoft, originally headquartered in Redwood City, California and later San Francisco, was a joint venture by Sega and CSK (Sega's majority stockholder at the time), created in 1995 to develop and publish games for the PC and Sega Saturn, primarily in the North American market.
SegaSoft was responsible for, among oth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advaxis | Advaxis Inc. is an American company devoted to the discovery, development and commercialization of immunotherapies based on a technology platform which uses engineered Listeria monocytogenes (aka Lm). The company is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey and was incorporated in Delaware in 2006.
The Lm-based platform... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hematopathology | Hematopathology or hemopathology (both also spelled haem-, see spelling differences) is the study of diseases and disorders affecting and found in blood cells, their production, and any organs and tissues involved in hematopoiesis, such as bone marrow, the spleen, and the thymus. Diagnoses and treatment of diseases suc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform-independent%20GUI%20library | A PIGUI (Platform Independent Graphical User Interface) package is a software library that a programmer uses to produce GUI code for multiple computer platforms. The package presents subroutines and/or objects (along with a programming approach) which are independent of the GUIs that the programmer is targeting. For so... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Association%20for%20Food%20Protection | The International Association for Food Protection (IAFP), founded in 1911, is a non-profit association of food safety professionals based in Des Moines, Iowa. The organization claims a membership of over 3,000 members from 50 nations. The mission of the IAFP is to provide food safety professionals worldwide with a foru... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pradeep%20Sindhu | Pradeep Sindhu is an Indian-American business executive. He is the chairman, chief development officer (CDO) and co-founder of data center technology company Fungible. Previously, he co-founded Juniper Networks, where he was the chief scientist and served as CEO until 1996.
Biography
Sindhu holds a B.Tech. in electric... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindrical%20multipole%20moments | Cylindrical multipole moments are the coefficients in a series expansion of a potential that varies logarithmically with the distance to a source, i.e., as . Such potentials arise in the electric potential of long line charges, and the analogous sources for the magnetic potential and gravitational potential.
For clari... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting%20oscillation | Hunting oscillation is a self-oscillation, usually unwanted, about an equilibrium. The expression came into use in the 19th century and describes how a system "hunts" for equilibrium. The expression is used to describe phenomena in such diverse fields as electronics, aviation, biology, and railway engineering.
Railway... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20impedance | In electronics, high impedance means that a point in a circuit (a node) allows a relatively small amount of current through, per unit of applied voltage at that point. High impedance circuits are low current and potentially high voltage, whereas low impedance circuits are the opposite (low voltage and potentially high ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BAlio%20Ribeiro | Júlio César Ribeiro Vaughan (April 16, 1845 – November 1, 1890) was a Brazilian Naturalist novelist, philologist, journalist and grammarian. He is famous for his controversial romance A Carne and for designing the flag of the State of São Paulo, which he wanted to be the flag of Brazil.
He is patron of the 24th chair ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick%20Response%20Engine | Quick Response Engine was a planning and scheduling program developed for the OS/400 platform. The program was developed by the Acacia Technologies division of Computer Associates in 1996. In 2002 the group was sold to SSA Global Technologies. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie%20stages | In embryology, Carnegie stages are a standardized system of 23 stages used to provide a unified developmental chronology of the vertebrate embryo.
The stages are delineated through the development of structures, not by size or the number of days of development, and so the chronology can vary between species, and to a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution%3A%20The%20Modern%20Synthesis | Evolution: The Modern Synthesis, a popularising 1942 book by Julian Huxley (grandson of T.H. Huxley), set out his vision of the modern synthesis of evolutionary biology of the mid-20th century. It was enthusiastically reviewed in academic biology journals.
Significance
In the book, Huxley tackles the subject of evol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampbrush%20chromosome | Lampbrush chromosome are a special form of chromosome found in the growing oocytes (immature eggs) of most animals, except mammals. They were first described by Walther Flemming and Ruckert in 1882. Lampbrush chromosomes of tailed and tailless amphibians, birds and insects are described best of all. Chromosomes transfo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20acoustics | In physics, quantum acoustics is the study of sound under conditions such that quantum mechanical effects are relevant. For most applications, classical mechanics are sufficient to accurately describe the physics of sound. However very high frequency sounds, or sounds made at very low temperatures may be subject to qua... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend%20of%20the%20Octopus | The Legend of the Octopus is a sports tradition during Detroit Red Wings home playoff games involving dead octopuses thrown onto the ice rink. The origins of the activity go back to the 1952 playoffs, when a National Hockey League team played two best-of-seven series to capture the Stanley Cup. Having eight arms, the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsessive%20relational%20intrusion | Obsessive relational intrusion (ORI) occurs when someone knowingly and repeatedly invades another person's privacy boundaries by using intrusive tactics to try to get closer to that person. It includes behaviors such as repeated calls and texts, malicious contact, spreading rumors, stalking, and violence (kidnapping an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innumeracy%20%28book%29 | Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and its Consequences is a 1988 book by mathematician John Allen Paulos about innumeracy (deficiency of numeracy) as the mathematical equivalent of illiteracy: incompetence with numbers rather than words. Innumeracy is a problem with many otherwise educated and knowledgeable people. W... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogitec%204X | The Sogitec 4X was a digital audio workstation developed by Giuseppe di Giugno at IRCAM (Paris) in the 1980s. It was the last large hardware processor before the development of the ISPW. Later solutions combined control and audio processing in the same computer like Max/MSP. 4X built on the achievements of the earlier... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20P.%20Buzen | Jeffrey Peter Buzen (born May 28, 1943) is an American computer scientist in system performance analysis best known for his contributions to queueing theory. His PhD dissertation (available as https://archive.org/details/DTIC_AD0731575) and his 1973 paper Computational algorithms for closed queueing networks with expo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Raynaud | Michel Raynaud (; 16 June 1938 – 10 March 2018) was a French mathematician working in algebraic geometry and a professor at Paris-Sud 11 University.
Early life and education
He was born in Riom, France as a single son to a modest household. His father was a carpenter and his mother cleaned houses. He attended the loc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOAA%27s%20Environmental%20Real-time%20Observation%20Network | The NOAA Environmental Real-time Observation Network (NERON) is a project to establish a nationwide network of high quality near real-time weather monitoring stations across the United States. A 20-mile by 20-mile grid has been established, with the hopes of having one observation system within each grid cell. Effort i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact%20driver | An impact driver is a tool that delivers a strong, sudden rotational force and forward thrust. The force can be delivered either by striking with a hammer in the case of manual impact drivers, or mechanically in the case of powered impact drivers.
It is often used by mechanics to loosen larger screws, bolts and nuts t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistic%20pendulum | A ballistic pendulum is a device for measuring a bullet's momentum, from which it is possible to calculate the velocity and kinetic energy. Ballistic pendulums have been largely rendered obsolete by modern chronographs, which allow direct measurement of the projectile velocity.
Although the ballistic pendulum is consi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20Kernel%20Module%20Support | Dynamic Kernel Module Support (DKMS) is a program/framework that enables generating Linux kernel modules whose sources generally reside outside the kernel source tree. The concept is to have DKMS modules automatically rebuilt when a new kernel is installed.
Framework
An essential feature of DKMS is that it automatica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodenojejunal%20flexure | The duodenojejunal flexure or duodenojejunal junction, also known as the angle of Treitz, is the border between the duodenum and the jejunum.
Structure
The ascending portion of the duodenum ascends on the left side of the aorta, as far as the level of the upper border of the second lumbar vertebra. At this point, it t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroless%20nickel-phosphorus%20plating | Electroless nickel-phosphorus plating, also referred to as E-nickel, is a chemical process that deposits an even layer of nickel-phosphorus alloy on the surface of a solid substrate, like metal or plastic. The process involves dipping the substrate in a water solution containing nickel salt and a phosphorus-containing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspensory%20ligament%20of%20ovary | The suspensory ligament of the ovary, also infundibulopelvic ligament (commonly abbreviated IP ligament or simply IP), is a fold of peritoneum that extends out from the ovary to the wall of the pelvis.
Some sources consider it a part of the broad ligament of uterus while other sources just consider it a "termination" ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspensory%20ligament%20of%20penis | The suspensory ligament of the penis is attached to the pubic symphysis, which holds the penis close to the pubic bone and supports it when erect. The ligament does not directly connect to the corpus cavernosum penis, but may still play a role in erectile dysfunction. The ligament can be surgically lengthened in a proc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parametrium | The parametrium is the fibrous and fatty connective tissue that surrounds the uterus. This tissue separates the supravaginal portion of the cervix from the bladder. The parametrium lies in front of the cervix and extends laterally between the layers of the broad ligaments. It connects the uterus to other tissues in th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W86 | The W86 was an American earth-penetrating ("bunker buster") nuclear warhead, intended for use on the Pershing II intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). The W86 design was canceled in September 1980 when the Pershing II missile mission shifted from destroying hardened targets to targeting soft targets at greater r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pectineal%20line%20%28femur%29 | On the posterior surface of the femur, the intermediate ridge or pectineal line is continued to the base of the lesser trochanter and gives attachment to the pectineus muscle. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice-based%20access%20control | In computer security, lattice-based access control (LBAC) is a complex access control model based on the interaction between any combination of objects (such as resources, computers, and applications) and subjects (such as individuals, groups or organizations).
In this type of label-based mandatory access control mo... |
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