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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim9-Tim10%20complex
Tim9 and Tim10 make up the group of essential small Tim proteins that assist in transport of hydrophobic precursors across the intermembrane space in mammalian cells. Both Tim9 and Tim10 form a hexamer, the Tim9-Tim10 complex, that when associated, functions as a chaperone to assist translocation of preproteins from th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Security%20Essentials
Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) is an antivirus software (AV) product that provides protection against different types of malicious software, such as computer viruses, spyware, rootkits, and Trojan horses. Prior to version 4.5, MSE ran on , Windows Vista, and Windows 7, but not on Windows 8 and later versions, whic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helping%20behavior
Helping behavior refers to voluntary actions intended to help others, with reward regarded or disregarded. It is a type of prosocial behavior (voluntary action intended to help or benefit another individual or group of individuals, such as sharing, comforting, rescuing and helping). Altruism is distinguished from help...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI%20hole
The PCI hole or PCI memory hole is a limitation of 32-bit hardware and 32-bit operating systems that causes a computer to appear to have less memory available than is physically installed. This memory addressing limitation and the later workarounds necessary to overcome it are functionally similar to the memory limits ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20ageing
Active ageing (active aging in the US) is a concept recently deployed by the European Commission, the World Health Organization, and used also in Human Resource Management. This concept evokes the idea of longer activity, with a higher retirement age and working practices adapted to the age of the employee. It also ext...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassed%20waterway
A grassed waterway is a to 48-metre-wide (157 ft) native grassland strip of green belt. It is generally installed in the thalweg, the deepest continuous line along a valley or watercourse, of a cultivated dry valley in order to control erosion. A study carried out on a grassed waterway during 8 years in Bavaria showed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference%20Broadcast%20Synchronization
Reference Broadcast Synchronization (RBS) is a synchronization method in which the receiver uses the physical layer broadcasts for comparing the clocks. This slightly differs from traditional methods which synchronize the sender's with the receiver's clock. RBS allows nodes to synchronize their clocks to the resolutio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Dispersal
In the context of the recent African origin of modern humans, the Southern Dispersal scenario (also the coastal migration or great coastal migration hypothesis) refers to the early migration along the southern coast of Asia, from the Arabian Peninsula via Persia and India to Southeast Asia and Oceania. Alternative name...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform%20support%20middleware
A cross-platform support middleware (CPSM) is a software abstraction layer that guarantees the existence, and correct implementation, of a set of services on top a set of platforms. Abstraction method The abstraction method in the CPSM development is the method used to compile the concrete source code for a given plat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center%20channel
Center channel refers to an audio channel common to many surround sound formats. It is the channel that is mostly, or fully, dedicated to the reproduction of the dialogue of an audiovisual program. The speaker(s) connected to the center channel are placed in the center of and behind the perforated projection screen, to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray%20loop%20bridge
The Murray loop bridge is a bridge circuit used for locating faults in underground or underwater cables. It has been used for more than 100 years but is being replaced by the more precise Time-domain reflectometer. One end of the faulted cable is connected through a pair of resistors to the voltage source. Also a nu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahlswede%E2%80%93Daykin%20inequality
The Ahlswede–Daykin inequality , also known as the four functions theorem (or inequality), is a correlation-type inequality for four functions on a finite distributive lattice. It is a fundamental tool in statistical mechanics and probabilistic combinatorics (especially random graphs and the probabilistic method). T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrovector%20space
A gyrovector space is a mathematical concept proposed by Abraham A. Ungar for studying hyperbolic geometry in analogy to the way vector spaces are used in Euclidean geometry. Ungar introduced the concept of gyrovectors that have addition based on gyrogroups instead of vectors which have addition based on groups. Un...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PUC19
pUC19 is one of a series of plasmid cloning vectors created by Joachim Messing and co-workers. The designation "pUC" is derived from the classical "p" prefix (denoting "plasmid") and the abbreviation for the University of California, where early work on the plasmid series had been conducted. It is a circular double str...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XYZ%20inequality
In combinatorial mathematics, the XYZ inequality, also called the Fishburn–Shepp inequality, is an inequality for the number of linear extensions of finite partial orders. The inequality was conjectured by Ivan Rival and Bill Sands in 1981. It was proved by Lawrence Shepp in . An extension was given by Peter Fishburn ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaboli
Metaboli is a French video game distributor, through their Gamesplanet properties. It is present in numerous countries including France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. Some major publishers have large catalogs available on Metaboli's database such as Activision, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Rockstar Ga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential%20of%20mean%20force
When examining a system computationally one may be interested in knowing how the free energy changes as a function of some inter- or intramolecular coordinate (such as the distance between two atoms or a torsional angle). The free energy surface along the chosen coordinate is referred to as the potential of mean force ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20care
Total care is where long-term care facilities for residents are responsible for meeting all the needs of a resident. While some residents receiving so-called total care may be able to independently meet all or some of their needs for their activities of daily living without the assistance of a caregiver, the facility a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning%20%28polymers%29
Spinning is a manufacturing process for creating polymer fibers. It is a specialized form of extrusion that uses a spinneret to form multiple continuous filaments. Melt Spinning If the polymer is a thermoplastic then it can undergo melt spinning. The molten polymer is extruded through a spinneret composed of capillari...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uchronia%3A%20The%20Alternate%20History%20List
Uchronia: The Alternate History List is an online general-interest book database containing a bibliography of alternate history novels, stories, essays and other printed material. It is owned and operated by Robert B. Schmunk. Uchronia was twice selected as the Sci Fi Channel's "Sci Fi Site of the Week." Background ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea%20Aerospace%20University
Korea Aerospace University (한국항공대학교 (Traditional Chinese: 韓國航空大學校) [Han'guk Hang-gong Dae-hak-gyo]) is a private university located in Goyang, Gyeonggi, South Korea. History Beginnings (1950s–1960s) Korea Aerospace University was established as a national school on June 16, 1952. During the Korean War, under the Cha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harris%E2%80%93Benedict%20equation
The Harris–Benedict equation (also called the Harris-Benedict principle) is a method used to estimate an individual's basal metabolic rate (BMR). The estimated BMR value may be multiplied by a number that corresponds to the individual's activity level; the resulting number is the approximate daily kilocalorie intake t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train%20track%20map
In the mathematical subject of geometric group theory, a train track map is a continuous map f from a finite connected graph to itself which is a homotopy equivalence and which has particularly nice cancellation properties with respect to iterations. This map sends vertices to vertices and edges to nontrivial edge-path...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction%20Time%20%28book%29
Reaction Time: Climate Change and the Nuclear Option is a book by Professor Ian Lowe which was officially launched by science broadcaster Robyn Williams at the Writers' Festival in Brisbane in September 2007. The book is about energy policy, and Lowe argues that nuclear power does not make sense on any level: economic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business%20semantics%20management
Business semantics management (BSM) encompasses the technology, methodology, organization, and culture that brings business stakeholders together to collaboratively realize the reconciliation of their heterogeneous metadata; and consequently the application of the derived business semantics patterns to establish seman...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytopathologia%20Mediterranea
Phytopathologia Mediterranea is a scientific journal published by the Mediterranean Phytopathological Union, since 1967. It is included in the Journal Citation Reports in the subject category Plant Sciences. The journal publishes original research and reviews in all areas of plant pathology, with special attention to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem%20Bird%20Observatory
The Jerusalem Bird Observatory is an urban bird observatory in Israel, sited on a 5000 m2 plot in central Jerusalem between the Knesset and the Supreme Court. History The Jerusalem Bird Observatory was established in 1994 by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel. It was founded by the naturalist Amir Ba...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20Globes%20Museum
The Virtual Globes Museum (VGM) is an on-line museum founded and maintained at the Eötvös Loránd University's Department of Cartography and Geoinformatics. It's considered to be one of the largest projects related to globe digitization. Its primary purpose is to present the terrestrial and celestial globes made in or r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminally%20redundant%20DNA
Terminally redundant DNA is DNA that contains repeated sequences at each end called terminal repeats. These ends are used (e.g. in virus T4) to join the ends of the linear DNA to form a cyclic DNA. The term was first coined by Dr. Michael London in 1964.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico-ITXe
Pico-ITXe is a PC Pico-ITX motherboard specification created by VIA Technologies and SFF-SIG. It was announced by VIA Technologies on October 29, 2008, and released in December 2008. The Pico-ITXe specifications call for the board to be , which is half the area of Nano-ITX, and 12 layers deep. The processor can be a VI...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Hay%20Whitney%20Foundation
The Helen Hay Whitney Foundation, established in New York in 1943 by Joan Whitney Payson in cooperation with the estate planning of her mother, Helen Hay Whitney (1875–1944), awards the "Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Fellowship" for support postdoctoral research in the biomedical sciences. Currently the Foundation aw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological%20Weapons%20Act%201974
The Biological Weapons Act 1974 (citation 1974 c.6) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, passed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 February 1974, with the long title "An Act to prohibit the development, production, acquisition and possession of certain biological agents and toxins and of biologic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20paperfolding%20sequence
In mathematics the regular paperfolding sequence, also known as the dragon curve sequence, is an infinite sequence of 0s and 1s. It is obtained from the repeating partial sequence by filling in the question marks by another copy of the whole sequence. The first few terms of the resulting sequence are: If a strip of p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogoliubov%20causality%20condition
Bogoliubov causality condition is a causality condition for scattering matrix (S-matrix) in axiomatic quantum field theory. The condition was introduced in axiomatic quantum field theory by Nikolay Bogolyubov in 1955. Formulation In axiomatic quantum theory, S-matrix is considered as a functional of a function define...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large%20woody%20debris
Large woody debris (LWD) are the logs, sticks, branches, and other wood that falls into streams and rivers. This debris can influence the flow and the shape of the stream channel. Large woody debris, grains, and the shape of the bed of the stream are the three main providers of flow resistance, and are thus, a major ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis%20Dysart
Willis Nelson Dysart (March 15, 1923 in Omega, Georgia - November 8, 2011) was an American mental calculator. His talent for arithmetic emerged at the age of three after his mother taught him to count. He quit school in the third grade (age 9) and pursued a career as a lightning calculator. In 1938 Robert Ripley featu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brillouin%27s%20theorem
In quantum chemistry, Brillouin's theorem, proposed by the French physicist Léon Brillouin in 1934, relates to Hartree–Fock wavefunctions. Hartree–Fock, or the self-consistent field method, is a non-relativistic method of generating approximate wavefunctions for a many-bodied quantum system, based on the assumption tha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapetum%20%28botany%29
The tapetum is a specialised layer of nutritive cells found within the anther, of flowering plants, where it is located between the sporangenous tissue and the anther wall. Tapetum is important for the nutrition and development of pollen grains, as well as a source of precursors for the pollen coat. The cells are usual...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TalkTalk%20TV%20Store
TalkTalk TV Store (formerly blinkbox) was a UK-based transactional (purchase and rental) video-on-demand (VoD) service available on Macintosh and Microsoft Windows computers, games consoles, tablet computers and Smart TVs. Content is generally streamed, with downloading currently possible on Windows PC/laptops. The bli...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20solid%20approximation
The model solid approximation is a method used for determining the extrema of energy bands in semiconductors. The method was first proposed for silicon-germanium alloys by Chris G. Van de Walle and Richard M. Martin in 1986 and extended to several other semiconductor materials by Van de Walle in 1989. It has been use...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeobiology
Archaeobiology, the study of the biology of ancient times through archaeological materials, is a subspecialty of archaeology. It can be seen as a blanket term for paleobotany, animal osteology, zooarchaeology, microbiology, and many other sub-disciplines. Specifically, plant and animal remains are also called ecofacts....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cmap%20%28font%29
The cmap table is one of the OpenType font tables, which are required to enable correct font functioning. It "defines the mapping of character codes to the glyph index values used in the font."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventable%20causes%20of%20death
Preventable causes of death are causes of death related to risk factors which could have been avoided. The World Health Organization has traditionally classified death according to the primary type of disease or injury. However, causes of death may also be classified in terms of preventable risk factors—such as smoking...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski%20distance
The Minkowski distance or Minkowski metric is a metric in a normed vector space which can be considered as a generalization of both the Euclidean distance and the Manhattan distance. It is named after the German mathematician Hermann Minkowski. Definition The Minkowski distance of order (where is an integer) betwe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus%20abruptibulbus
Agaricus abruptibulbus is a species of mushroom in the genus Agaricus. It is commonly known as the abruptly-bulbous agaricus or the flat-bulb mushroom. First described by the mycologist Charles Horton Peck, this bulbous-stemmed edible species smells slightly of anise or bitter almond, and turns yellow when bruised or c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheesewiring
In medicine, the term cheesewiring or cheesewire effect (used interchangeably) describes any process in which cells or intercellular matrix are dissected or extruded either by the material being pressed through a taut element, or by the tension of a taut element pulling through tissue. The procedure is typically conduc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigid%20origami
Rigid origami is a branch of origami which is concerned with folding structures using flat rigid sheets joined by hinges. That is, unlike in traditional origami, the panels of the paper cannot be bent during the folding process; they must remain flat at all times, and the paper only folded along its hinges. A rigid ori...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Programme%20for%20Critical%20Infrastructure%20Protection
The European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) is the doctrine and programmes created to identify and protect critical infrastructure that, in case of fault, incident or attack, could seriously impact both the country where it is hosted and at least one other European Member State. History The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future%20of%20Privacy%20Forum
The Future of Privacy Forum is a Washington DC based think tank and advocacy group focused on issues of data privacy. It is jointly supported by corporate sponsors and foundations. Corporate members include AT&T, Comcast, Facebook, Google, Intelius and Microsoft, while foundation supporters include the Bill & Melinda ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20recycling%20symbols
Japan has a system of recycling marks, , which indicate and classify recyclable materials. They are similar to the resin identification codes, in that they have surrounding arrows, with text inside to indicate the type of material. Rather than using the triangular recycling symbol for all materials, with differing te...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileanchelys
Eileanchelys is an extinct genus of primitive turtle from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian) period some 164 million years ago of Britain. Only one species is recorded, Eileanchelys waldmani. It is the best-represented turtle from the Middle Jurassic, because of the amount of specimens that can be assigned to it. The turt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20industry%20in%20China
The software industry in China is the business of developing and publishing software and related services in China. The size of the industry including software and information services in 2013 was worth 3060 billion RMB (about $493 billion) according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. Companies Le...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph%20dynamical%20system
In mathematics, the concept of graph dynamical systems can be used to capture a wide range of processes taking place on graphs or networks. A major theme in the mathematical and computational analysis of GDSs is to relate their structural properties (e.g. the network connectivity) and the global dynamics that result. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10G-EPON
The 10 Gbit/s Ethernet Passive Optical Network standard, better known as 10G-EPON allows computer network connections over telecommunication provider infrastructure. The standard supports two configurations: symmetric, operating at 10 Gbit/s data rate in both directions, and asymmetric, operating at 10 Gbit/s in the do...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarsistes%20philippii
Tarsistes philippii is a taxonomically dubious species of guitarfish, family Rhinobatidae. It is known only from a dried head from the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile. The head had a long, thin, flat snout, rounded at the tip like that of the goblin shark, and the underside covered with small stellate prickles except ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branchiostegal%20lung
A branchiostegal lung is a respiration organ used by some air-breathing arthropods. It is one of the most significant adaptations of some crabs and hermit crabs such as the coconut crab to their terrestrial habitats. The branchiostegal (gill) tissue is supported by folds or other mechanisms to increase surface area an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%20%E2%80%93%20A%20Mathemagical%20Adventure
L – A Mathemagical Adventure is an educational adventure game that was created for the BBC/Acorn class of computers in 1984. It was written by members of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics and found its way into school computers, predominantly in the UK. The game is controlled by a contemporaneous two-word inpu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided%20lean%20management
Computer-aided lean management, in business management, is a methodology of developing and using software-controlled, lean systems integration. Its goal is to drive innovation towards cost and cycle-time savings. It attempts to create an efficient use of capital and resources through the development and use of one in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20File%20System
Live File System is the term Microsoft uses to describe the packet writing method of creating discs in Windows Vista and later, which allows writeable optical media to act like mass storage by replicating its file operations. Live File System lets users manage files on recordable and rewriteable optical discs inside th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20torpedo
The common torpedo (Torpedo torpedo), also known as ocellate torpedo or eyed electric ray, is a species of electric ray in the family Torpedinidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern Atlantic Ocean from the Bay of Biscay to Angola, and is a benthic fish typically encountered over soft substrates in fa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivetti%20M24
The Olivetti M24 is a computer that was sold by Olivetti in 1983 using the Intel 8086 CPU. The system was sold in the United States under its original name by Docutel/Olivetti of Dallas. AT&T and Xerox bought rights to rebadge the system as the AT&T PC 6300 and the Xerox 6060 series, respectively. (AT&T owned 25% of O...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%203767
IBM 3767 Communication Terminal is a serial printer terminal that employed dot matrix print-head technology and, for the first time, the Synchronous Data Link Control (SDLC) communications protocol set under IBM's Systems Network Architecture (SNA). It was introduced in 1974 and was used widely during the late 1970s ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic%20unconstrained%20binary%20optimization
Quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO), also known as unconstrained binary quadratic programming (UBQP), is a combinatorial optimization problem with a wide range of applications from finance and economics to machine learning. QUBO is an NP hard problem, and for many classical problems from theoretical comp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenbrock%20methods
Rosenbrock methods refers to either of two distinct ideas in numerical computation, both named for Howard H. Rosenbrock. Numerical solution of differential equations Rosenbrock methods for stiff differential equations are a family of single-step methods for solving ordinary differential equations. They are related to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obconic
In botany, an obconic is an inverted cone shape. The term is most frequently applied to certain fruit or hypanthium structures with the apical end attached to the stem; however, less frequently the usage may apply to the pistil structure. In the case of fungi the designation is often made to the ascospore. The use of o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen%20plaid
Glen plaid (short for Glen Urquhart plaid), also known as Glenurquhart check or Prince of Wales check, is a woollen fabric with a woven twill design of small and large checks. It is usually made of black/grey and white, or with more muted colours, particularly with two dark and two light stripes alternate with four dar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal%20expressions
A temporal expression in a text is a sequence of tokens (words, numbers and characters) that denote time, that is express a point in time, a duration or a frequency. Examples: A point in time: He was born on <TIMEX>6 May, 1980</TIMEX>. A duration: The show lasted <TIMEX>7 minutes</TIMEX>. A frequency: The pump circul...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail%20interface
The Gmail interface makes Gmail unique amongst webmail systems for several reasons. Most evident to users are its search-oriented features and means of managing e-mail in a "conversation view" that is similar to an Internet forum. An official redesign of the Gmail interface was rolled out on November 1, 2011 that simp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destination%20dispatch
Destination dispatch is an optimization technique used for multi-elevator installations, in which groups of passengers heading to the same destinations use the same elevators, thereby reducing waiting and travel times. Comparatively, the traditional approach is where all passengers wishing to ascend or descend enter an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy%20Java%20Simulations
Easy JavaScript Simulations (EJSS), formerly known as Easy Java Simulations (EJS), is an open-source software tool, part of the Open Source Physics project, designed for the creation of discrete computer simulations. A discrete computer simulation, or simply a computer simulation, is a computer program that tries to r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handedness%20and%20mathematical%20ability
Researchers have suggested a link between handedness and ability with mathematics. This link has been proposed by Geschwind, Galaburda, Annett, and Kilshaw. The suggested link is that a brain without extreme bias towards locating language in the left hemisphere would have an advantage in mathematical ability. Body o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WEAP
WEAP (the Water Evaluation and Planning system) is a model-building tool for water resource planning and policy analysis that is distributed at no charge to non-profit, academic, and governmental organizations in developing countries. WEAP can be used to create simulations of water demand, supply, runoff, evapotranspi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire%20signal
A wire signal is a brevity code used by telegraphers to save time and cost when sending long messages. The best-known code was the 92 Code adopted by Western Union in 1859. The code was designed to reduce bandwidth consumption over telegraph lines, thus speeding transmissions by utilizing a numerical code system for fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tingible%20body%20macrophage
A tingible body macrophage (TBMs) is a type of macrophage predominantly found in germinal centers, containing many phagocytized, apoptotic cells in various states of degradation, referred to as tingible bodies (tingible meaning stainable). Tingible body macrophages contain condensed chromatin fragments. TBMs are licen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Pan
Victor Yakovlevich Pan () is a Soviet and American mathematician and computer scientist, known for his research on algorithms for polynomials and matrix multiplication. Education and career Pan earned his Ph.D. at Moscow University in 1964, under the supervision of Anatoli Georgievich Vitushkin, and continued his work...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorting%20and%20assembly%20machinery
The outer mitochondrial membrane is made up of two essential proteins, Tom40 and Sam50. Tom40 Tom40 is a protein import pore required for the import of precursor proteins across the outer mitochondrial membrane, and it makes up part of the translocase of the outer membrane. Sam50 Sam50 is a subunit of the sorting and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sbrk
and are basic memory management system calls used in Unix and Unix-like operating systems to control the amount of memory allocated to the data segment of the process. These functions are typically called from a higher-level memory management library function such as . In the original Unix system, and were the only ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall%20plan
A wall plan is a drawing which consists of complete details with dimensions (with an accuracy of an inch) about all four sides and ceiling of each and every room in a building. It is drawn with the help of a floor plan as the basic input. The main contents in a Wall Plan are: Electrical points (like Switch Board Posit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacillus%20subtilis%20BSR%20sRNAs
In a screen of the Bacillus subtilis genome for genes encoding ncRNAs, Saito et al. focused on 123 intergenic regions (IGRs) over 500 base pairs in length, the authors analyzed expression from these regions. Seven IGRs termed bsrC, bsrD, bsrE, bsrF, bsrG, bsrH and bsrI expressed RNAs smaller than 380 nt. All the small ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins%20Early%20Development%20Study
The Twins Early Development Study (TEDS) is an ongoing longitudinal twin study based at King's College London. The main goal of TEDS is to use behavioural genetic methods to find out how nature (genes) and nurture (environments) can explain why people differ with respect to their cognitive abilities, learning abilities...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ModeFRONTIER
modeFRONTIER is a software solution for simulation process automation and design exploration developed by ESTECO, an Italian engineering software house. modeFRONTIER leverages advanced optimization algorithms and methodologies and enables engineers to find optimal solutions for complex engineering problems. Its workflo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iatromathematicians
Iatromathematicians (from Greek ἰατρική "medicine" and μαθηματικά "mathematics") were a school of physicians in 17th-century Italy who tried to apply the laws of mathematics and mechanics in order to understand the functioning of the human body. They were also keen students of anatomy. These iatromathematicians made an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leggett%E2%80%93Garg%20inequality
The Leggett–Garg inequality, named for Anthony James Leggett and Anupam Garg, is a mathematical inequality fulfilled by all macrorealistic physical theories. Here, macrorealism (macroscopic realism) is a classical worldview defined by the conjunction of two postulates: Macrorealism per se: "A macroscopic object, whic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict-feedback%20form
In control theory, dynamical systems are in strict-feedback form when they can be expressed as where with , are scalars, is a scalar input to the system, vanish at the origin (i.e., ), are nonzero over the domain of interest (i.e., for ). Here, strict feedback refers to the fact that the nonlinear functions...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed%20transmission%20system
In North American digital terrestrial television broadcasting, a distributed transmission system (DTS or DTx) is a form of single-frequency network in which a single broadcast signal is fed via microwave, landline, or communications satellite to multiple synchronised terrestrial radio transmitter sites. The signal is t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plonk%20%28wine%29
Plonk is a term used primarily in Commonwealth English for generally cheap, low-quality wine. It is believed to come from Australian slang, in reference to blanc (the French word for "white"), before it became naturalised in Britain. Despite the reference to the colour white, the term is not limited to white wine, and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Microbial%20Pathogen%20Data%20Resource
The National Microbial Pathogen Data Resource was one of the eight Bioinformatics Resource Centers funded by the National Institutes of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIAID a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The NM...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Register%20of%20Marine%20Species
The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a taxonomic database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms. Content The content of the registry is edited and maintained by scientific specialists on each group of organism. These taxonomists control the quality of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herringbone%20%28cloth%29
Herringbone, also called broken twill weave, describes a distinctive V-shaped weaving pattern usually found in twill fabric. It is distinguished from a plain chevron by the break at reversal, which makes it resemble a broken zigzag. The pattern is called herringbone because it resembles the skeleton of a herring fish....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TomSym
The TomSym MATLAB symbolic modeling engine is a platform for modeling applied optimization and optimal control problems. Description TomSym is complete modeling environment in Matlab with support for most built-in mathematical operators in Matlab. It is a combined modeling, compilation and interface to the TOMLAB so...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VDPAU
Video Decode and Presentation API for Unix (VDPAU) is a royalty-free application programming interface (API) as well as its implementation as free and open-source library () distributed under the MIT License. VDPAU is also supported by Nvidia. The VDPAU interface is to be implemented by device drivers, such as Nvidia ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20informatics
The term Engineering Informatics may be related to information engineering (differently understood information processing), computer engineering (development of computer hardware-software systems), or computational engineering (development of software for engineering purposes), among other meanings. This word is used w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy%20Life%20Years
The Healthy Life Years (HLY) indicator, also known as disability-free life expectancy (DFLE) or Sullivan's Index, is a European structural indicator computed by Eurostat. It is one of the summary measures of population health, known as health expectancies, composite measures of health that combine mortality and morbidi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equianalgesic
An equianalgesic chart is a conversion chart that lists equivalent doses of analgesics (drugs used to relieve pain). Equianalgesic charts are used for calculation of an equivalent dose (a dose which would offer an equal amount of analgesia) between different analgesics. Tables of this general type are also available fo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tattersall%20%28cloth%29
Tattersall is a style of Tartan (plaid) pattern woven into cloth. The pattern is composed of regularly-spaced thin, even vertical warp stripes, repeated horizontally in the weft, thereby forming squares. The stripes are usually in two alternating colours, generally darker on a light ground. The cloth pattern takes its...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell%20computer
The Harwell computer, or Harwell Dekatron computer, later known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell (WITCH), is an early British computer of the 1950s based on valves and relays. From 2009 to 2012, it was restored at the National Museum of Computing. In 2013, for the second time, the Gui...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT%20model
SWAT (Soil & Water Assessment Tool) is a river basin scale model developed to quantify the impact of land management practices in large, complex watersheds. SWAT is a public domain software enabled model actively supported by the USDA Agricultural Research Service at the Blackland Research & Extension Center in Temple...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymidine%20kinase%20from%20herpesvirus
Thymidine kinase from herpesvirus is a sub-family of thymidine kinases that catalyses the transfer of phospho group of ATP to thymidine to generate thymidine monophosphate, which serves as a substrate during viral DNA replication. Its presence in herpesvirus-infected cells is used to activate a range of antivirals aga...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovista
Bovista is a genus of fungi commonly known as the true puffballs. It was formerly classified within the now-obsolete order Lycoperdales, which, following a restructuring of fungal taxonomy brought about by molecular phylogeny, has been split; the species of Bovista are now placed in the family Agaricaceae of the order ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20software%20that%20supports%20Office%20Open%20XML
This is an overview of software support for the Office Open XML format, a document file format for saving and exchanging editable office documents. The list here is not exhaustive. ECMA-376 1st edition implementations The ECMA-376 1st edition Office Open XML standard is supported by a number of applications from vari...