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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maternity%20den | In the animal kingdom, a maternity den is a lair where a mother gives birth and nurtures her young when they are in a vulnerable life stage. While dens are typically subterranean, they may also be snow caves or simply beneath rock ledges. Characteristically there is an entrance, and optionally an exit corridor, in addi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20risk | In finance, model risk is the risk of loss resulting from using insufficiently accurate models to make decisions, originally and frequently in the context of valuing financial securities. However, model risk is more and more prevalent in activities other than financial securities valuation, such as assigning consumer c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range%20condition%20scoring | Range Condition Scoring was developed as a way to quantify biodiversity in a given rangeland system. This practice is widely used in the Sand Hills region of Nebraska, as well as the tallgrass prairie regions, as evidenced by the authoritative book on the subject, "Range Judging Handbook and Contest Guide for Nebraska.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Property%20testing | In computer science, a property testing algorithm for a decision problem is an algorithm whose query complexity to its input is much smaller than the instance size of the problem. Typically property testing algorithms are used to distinguish if some combinatorial structure S (such as a graph or a boolean function) sat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steinitz%20exchange%20lemma | The Steinitz exchange lemma is a basic theorem in linear algebra used, for example, to show that any two bases for a finite-dimensional vector space have the same number of elements. The result is named after the German mathematician Ernst Steinitz. The result is often called the Steinitz–Mac Lane exchange lemma, also ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensation%20lemma | In set theory, a branch of mathematics, the condensation lemma is a result about sets in the
constructible universe.
It states that if X is a transitive set and is an elementary submodel of some level of the constructible hierarchy Lα, that is, , then in fact there is some ordinal such that .
More can be said: If X ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direction%20flag | The direction flag is a flag that controls the left-to-right or right-to-left direction of string processing, stored in the FLAGS register on all x86-compatible CPUs. It is bit number 10.
This flag is used to determine the direction ('forward' or 'backward') in which several bytes of data will be copied from one plac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid%20theory%20for%20photon%20transport%20in%20tissue | Within physics, the Hybrid Theory for photon transport in tissue uses the advantages and eliminates the deficiencies of both the Monte Carlo method and the diffusion theory for photon transport to model photons traveling through tissue both accurately and efficiently.
MCML (Monte Carlo Modeling of Light Transportation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brumer%E2%80%93Stark%20conjecture | The Brumer–Stark conjecture is a conjecture in algebraic number theory giving a rough generalization of both the analytic class number formula for Dedekind zeta functions, and also of Stickelberger's theorem about the factorization of Gauss sums. It is named after Armand Brumer and Harold Stark.
It arises as a special... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial%20impact%20theory | Partial impact theory is an astronomical theory describing the partial collision of two stars and the temporary creation of a bright third star as a consequence. The theory was explained in Alexander William Bickerton's book The Romance of the Heavens published in 1901.
It is not part of contemporary astrophysics.
In... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entanglement%20distillation | Entanglement distillation (also called entanglement purification) is the transformation of N copies of an arbitrary entangled state into some number of approximately pure Bell pairs, using only local operations and classical communication.
Quantum entanglement distillation can in this way overcome the degenerative in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microelectrode%20array | Microelectrode arrays (MEAs) (also referred to as multielectrode arrays) are devices that contain multiple (tens to thousands) microelectrodes through which neural signals are obtained or delivered, essentially serving as neural interfaces that connect neurons to electronic circuitry. There are two general classes of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%20reanalysis | Ocean reanalysis is a method of combining historical ocean observations with a general ocean model (typically a computational model) driven by historical estimates of surface winds, heat, and freshwater, by way of a data assimilation algorithm to reconstruct historical changes in the state of the ocean.
Historical obs... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendritic%20spike | In neurophysiology, a dendritic spike refers to an action potential generated in the dendrite of a neuron. Dendrites are branched extensions of a neuron. They receive electrical signals emitted from projecting neurons and transfer these signals to the cell body, or soma. Dendritic signaling has traditionally been viewe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotoko | Lotoko, also known by the slang term "pétrole", is a home-distilled alcoholic drink or "moonshine" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Lotoko is usually made from maize, but sometimes from cassava or plantain. Heads of corn are cut up and boiled into a mash which is then fermented and distilled using improvised s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comment%20programming | Comment programming, also known as comment-driven development (CDD), is a (mostly) satirical software development technique that is heavily based on commenting out code.
In comment programming, the comment tags are not used to describe what a certain piece of code is doing, but rather to stop some parts of the code fr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20African%20wireless%20community%20networks | South African wireless community networks are wireless networks that allow members to talk, send messages, share files and play games independent of the commercial landline and mobile telephone networks. Most of them use WiFi technology and many are wireless mesh networks. A wireless community network may connect to th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20sensor%20network | A virtual sensor network (VSN) in computing and telecommunications is an emerging form of collaborative wireless sensor networks. In contrast to early wireless sensor networks that were dedicated to a specific application (e.g., target tracking), VSNs enable multi-purpose, collaborative, and resource efficient WSNs. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royer%20oscillator | A Royer oscillator is an electronic relaxation oscillator that employs a saturable-core transformer in the main power path. It was invented and patented in April 1954 by Richard L. Bright & George H. Royer, who are listed as co-inventors on the patent. It has the advantages of simplicity, low component count, rectan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aumann%27s%20agreement%20theorem | Aumann's agreement theorem was stated and proved by Robert Aumann in a paper titled "Agreeing to Disagree", which introduced the set theoretic description of common knowledge. The theorem concerns agents who share a common prior and update their probabilistic beliefs by Bayes' rule. It states that if the probabilisti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral%20Database%20for%20Organic%20Compounds | The Spectral Database for Organic Compounds (SDBS) is a free online searchable database hosted by the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan, that contains spectral data for ca 34,000 organic molecules. The database is available in English and in Japanese and it includes six ty... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20medicine%20in%20antiquity | Childbirth and obstetrics in Classical Antiquity (here meaning the ancient Greco-Roman world) were studied by the physicians of ancient Greece and Rome. Their ideas and practices during this time endured in Western medicine for centuries and many themes are seen in modern women's health. Classical gynecology and obstet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullity%20theorem | The nullity theorem is a mathematical theorem about the inverse of a partitioned matrix, which states that the nullity of a block in a matrix equals the nullity of the complementary block in its inverse matrix. Here, the nullity is the dimension of the kernel. The theorem was proven in an abstract setting by , and for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGO%20waves | Ponto-geniculo-occipital waves or PGO waves are distinctive wave forms of propagating activity between three key brain regions: the pons, lateral geniculate nucleus, and occipital lobe; specifically, they are phasic field potentials. These waves can be recorded from any of these three structures during and immediately ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20%26%20Food%20Research | Plant & Food Research (Māori: Rangahau Ahumāra Kai) is a New Zealand Crown Research Institute (CRI). Its purpose is to enhance the value and productivity of New Zealand's horticultural, arable, seafood and food & beverage industries. The interests of the institute are based in horticulture, arable and seafood research,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Depthsensing%20Solutions | Sony Depthsensing Solutions SA/NV, formerly known as SoftKinetic, is a Belgian company founded by Eric Krzeslo and Thibaud Remacle which develops gesture recognition hardware and software for real-time range imaging (3D) cameras (such as time-of-flight cameras). It was founded in July 2007. SoftKinetic provides gesture... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimension%20theory%20%28algebra%29 | In mathematics, dimension theory is the study in terms of commutative algebra of the notion dimension of an algebraic variety (and by extension that of a scheme). The need of a theory for such an apparently simple notion results from the existence of many definitions of dimension that are equivalent only in the most re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damiano%20Brigo | Damiano Brigo (born Venice, Italy 1966) is a mathematician known for research in mathematical finance, filtering theory, stochastic analysis with differential geometry, probability theory and statistics, authoring more than 130 research publications and three monographs.
From 2012 he serves as full professor with a cha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%20contact%20interaction | The Fermi contact interaction is the magnetic interaction between an electron and an atomic nucleus. Its major manifestation is in electron paramagnetic resonance and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopies, where it is responsible for the appearance of isotropic hyperfine coupling.
This requires that the electron o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemstone%20irradiation | Gemstone irradiation is a process in which a gemstone is artificially irradiated in order to enhance its optical properties. High levels of ionizing radiation can change the atomic structure of the gemstone's crystal lattice, which in turn alters the optical properties within it. As a result, the gemstone's color may b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLIMbus | The Serial Low-power Inter-chip Media Bus (SLIMbus) is a standard interface between baseband or application processors and peripheral components in mobile terminals. It was developed within the MIPI Alliance, founded by ARM, Nokia, STMicroelectronics and Texas Instruments. The interface supports many digital audio comp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Institute%20of%20Food%20Science%20and%20Technology | The Australian Institute of Food Science and Technology Incorporated (AIFST) is a national, not-for-profit industry body representing individuals from all sectors of the food science and technology industry.
Originally established as an overseas section of the US-based Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), the AIFST ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20network%20organizations%20by%20size | Wireless Network organizations sorted by size to have a better overview of the size of these organizations around the globe and to determine which networks are tiny and which are not.
Athens_Wireless_Metropolitan_Network - 800
TWMN - 503
Pretoria Wireless Users Group - 455
Jawug - 330
Patras_wireless_metropolitan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrominance%20subcarrier | The chrominance subcarrier is a separate subcarrier signal that carries the color information during transmission of a composite video signal. It is modulated and synchronized using the colorburst signal and then attached to the back porch of the signal. By synchronizing the subcarrier with the local oscillator of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryomics | Embryomics is the identification, characterization and study of the diverse cell types which arise during embryogenesis, especially as this relates to the location and developmental history of cells in the embryo. Cell type may be determined according to several criteria: location in the developing embryo, gene express... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail%C3%BCfterl | Mailüfterl is a nickname for the Austrian Binär dezimaler Volltransistor-Rechenautomat (binary-decimal fully transistorized computing automaton), an early transistorized computer. Other early transistorized computers included TRADIC, Harwell CADET and TX-0.
Mailüfterl was built from May 1956 to May 1958 at the Vienna ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripod%20%28surveying%29 | A surveyor's tripod is a device used to support any one of a number of surveying instruments, such as theodolites, total stations, levels or transits.
History
The modern sturdy, but portable, tripod stand with three leg pairs hinged to a triangular metal head was invented and first manufactured for sale by Sir Franci... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiral%20Lewis%20acid | Chiral Lewis acids (CLAs) are a type of Lewis acid catalyst. These acids affect the chirality of the substrate as they react with it. In such reactions, synthesis favors the formation of a specific enantiomer or diastereomer. The method is an enantioselective asymmetric synthesis reaction. Since they affect chirality, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenon-enhanced%20CT%20scanning | Xenon-enhanced CT scanning is a method of computed tomography (CT scanning) used for neuroimaging in which the subject inhales xenon gas while CT images are made. The method can be used to assess changes in cerebral blood flow in the period shortly after a traumatic brain injury, or to detect or indicate the location... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20sock | An air sock is a textile or fabric duct used for draught-free air distribution and delivery of conditioned air as an alternative to traditional spiral or rectangular steel ducts with grilles and diffusers. Fabric ducts are usually cheaper in material cost by no use of additional diffusers, and quicker to install than ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoxygenase | Epoxygenases are a set of membrane-bound, heme-containing cytochrome P450 (CYP P450 or just CYP) enzymes that metabolize polyunsaturated fatty acids to epoxide products that have a range of biological activities. The most thoroughly studied substrate of the CYP epoxylgenases is arachidonic acid. This polyunsaturated ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppe%20belt | A steppe belt is a contiguous phytogeographic region of predominantly grassland (steppe), which has common characteristics in soil, climate, vegetation and fauna.
A forest-steppe belt is a region of forest steppe.
The largest steppe and (forest-steppe) belt is the Eurasian steppe belt which stretches from Central Eu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breeding%20in%20the%20wild | Breeding in the wild is the natural process of animal reproduction occurring in the natural habitat of a given species. This terminology is distinct from animal husbandry or breeding of species in captivity. Breeding locations are often chosen for very specific requirements of shelter and proximity to food; moreover, t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash%20file%20system | A flash file system is a file system designed for storing files on flash memory–based storage devices. While flash file systems are closely related to file systems in general, they are optimized for the nature and characteristics of flash memory (such as to avoid write amplification), and for use in particular operati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer%20Electronics%20Control | Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) is a feature of HDMI designed to control HDMI connected devices by using only one remote controller; so, individual CEC enabled devices can command and control each other without user intervention, for up to 15 devices. For example, a television set remote controller can also control ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundling%20of%20Microsoft%20Windows | The bundling of Microsoft Windows is the installation of Microsoft Windows in computers before their purchase. Microsoft encourages original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of personal computers to include Windows licenses with their products, and agreements between Microsoft and OEMs have undergone antitrust scrutiny. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benson%20group%20increment%20theory | Benson group-increment theory (BGIT), group-increment theory, or Benson group additivity uses the experimentally calculated heat of formation for individual groups of atoms to calculate the entire heat of formation for a molecule under investigation. This can be a quick and convenient way to determine theoretical heats... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FEV1/FVC%20ratio | The FEV1/FVC ratio, also called modified Tiffeneau-Pinelli index, is a calculated ratio used in the diagnosis of obstructive and restrictive lung disease. It represents the proportion of a person's vital capacity that they are able to expire in the first second of forced expiration (FEV1) to the full, forced vital cap... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farabeuf%27s%20triangle | Farabeuf's triangle is the triangular space in the upper portion of the neck where the bifurcation of the carotid artery can be seen. It is limited: the rear: the jugular vein; internal below and beyond: the facial vein; above and beyond: the hypoglossal nerve. This triangle serves as a reference to locate surgery elem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MimicCreme | MimicCreme was a brand of vegan imitation cream based on nuts and made without lactose, soy, or gluten. It was certified as pareve kosher. First produced commercially in January 2007 in Albany, New York, by Green Rabbit LLC, MimicCreme was primarily marketed toward vegans as an alternative to dairy products.
The compan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cedar%20hemlock%20douglas-fir%20forest | Cedar hemlock douglas-fir forest is a vegetation association in California, United States. This is one of the Kuchler system forest types used to classify California plant communities. As the name implies, dominant tree types are Incense cedar, Western Hemlock and Douglas fir. The forest type is classified FRES20 in th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor%20Chip%20Protection%20Act%20of%201984 | The Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984 (or SCPA) is an act of the US Congress that makes the layouts of integrated circuits legally protected upon registration, and hence illegal to copy without permission. It is an integrated circuit layout design protection law.
Background
Prior to 1984, it was not necessari... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20stability | In thermodynamics, thermal stability describes the stability of a water body and its resistance to mixing. It is the amount of work needed to transform the water to a uniform water density. The Schmidt stability "S" is commonly measured in joules per square meter (J/m). |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tester-driven%20development | </noinclude>
In software engineering, tester-driven development, or bug-driven development, is an anti-pattern where the requirements are determined by bug reports or test results rather than, for example, the value or cost of a feature. The concept is generally invoked facetiously, and comes with the implication that ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PITZ | The Photo Injector Test Facility at the DESY location in Zeuthen (PITZ) was built in 2002 in order to test and optimize sources of high-brightness electron beams for future free-electron lasers (FELs) and linear colliders. The focus at PITZ is on the production of intense electron beams with very small transverse emitt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80%20Model%20II | The TRS-80 Model II is a computer system launched by Tandy in October 1979, and targeted at the small-business market. It is not an upgrade of the original TRS-80 Model I, but a new system.
The Model II was succeeded by the compatible TRS-80 Model 12, Model 16, Model 16B, and the Tandy 6000.
Model II
Background
Tand... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind%20turbine | A wind turbine is a device that converts the kinetic energy of wind into electrical energy. , hundreds of thousands of large turbines, in installations known as wind farms, were generating over 650 gigawatts of power, with 60 GW added each year. Wind turbines are an increasingly important source of intermittent renewab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20environment | The internal environment (or milieu intérieur in French) was a concept developed by Claude Bernard, a French physiologist in the 19th century, to describe the interstitial fluid and its physiological capacity to ensure protective stability for the tissues and organs of multicellular organisms.
Etymology
Claude Bernar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection%20method%20%28fluid%20dynamics%29 | In fluid dynamics, The projection method is an effective means of numerically solving time-dependent incompressible fluid-flow problems. It was originally introduced by Alexandre Chorin in 1967
as an efficient means of solving the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. The key advantage of the projection method is tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20persicina | Amanita persicina, commonly known as the peach-colored fly agaric, is a basidiomycete fungus of the genus Amanita. This fungus was previously believed to be a variety of Amanita muscaria, but research has recently shown that Amanita persicina is best treated as a distinct species.
Amanita persicina is distinguished by... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasteurized%20eggs | Pasteurized eggs are eggs that have been pasteurized in order to reduce the risk of foodborne illness in dishes that are not cooked or are only lightly cooked. They may be sold as liquid egg products or pasteurized in the shell.
Rationale
The 2013 United States Food and Drug Administration Food Code defines regular sh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichocyte%20%28algae%29 | Trichocyte in algae are cells which grow on the outside of the thallus, from which hairs grow.
In algae, trichocytes grow principally over the summer; their growth is mediated by water temperature and day length. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knots%20in%20Washington | Knots in Washington is an international conference on knot theory and its ramifications held twice a year since 1995. The main organizers are Józef Przytycki, Alexander Shumakovitch, Yongwu Rong and Valentina Harizanov, all of whom are at George Washington University.
This conference has become an important topologic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopic%20group | In mathematics, endoscopic groups of reductive algebraic groups were introduced by in his work on the stable trace formula.
Roughly speaking, an endoscopic group H of G is a quasi-split group whose L-group is the connected component of the centralizer of a semisimple element of the L-group of G.
In the stable trace ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FDMNES | The FDMNES program calculates the spectra of different spectroscopies related to the real or virtual absorption of x-ray in material. It gives the absorption cross sections of photons around the ionization edge, that is in the energy range of XANES. The calculation is performed with all conditions of rectilinear or cir... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20probabilistic%20proofs%20of%20non-probabilistic%20theorems | Probability theory routinely uses results from other fields of mathematics (mostly, analysis). The opposite cases, collected below, are relatively rare; however, probability theory is used systematically in combinatorics via the probabilistic method. They are particularly used for non-constructive proofs.
Analysis
No... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELLA%20%28programming%20language%29 | ELLA is a hardware description language and support toolset, developed in the United Kingdom by the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment (RSRE) during the 1980s and 1990s, which also developed the compiler for the programming language, ALGOL 68RS, used to write ELLA.
ELLA has tools to perform:
Design transformation
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FEFF%20%28software%29 | FEFF is a software program used in x-ray absorption spectroscopy. It contains self-consistent real space multiple-scattering code for simultaneous calculations of x-ray-absorption spectra and electronic structure. Output includes extended x-ray-absorption fine structure (EXAFS), full multiple scattering calculations of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PARATEC | PARATEC (PARAllel Total Energy Code) is a package that performs ab initio quantum mechanical total energy calculations using pseudopotentials and a plane wave basis set. PARATEC is designed primarily for a massively parallel computing platform, and can run on serial machines. Calculations of XANES within such a full-po... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nameplate%20capacity | Nameplate capacity, also known as the rated capacity, nominal capacity, installed capacity, maximum effect or Gross Capacity, is the intended full-load sustained output of a facility such as a power station, electric generator, a chemical plant, fuel plant, mine, metal refinery, and many others. Nameplate capacity i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miles%20per%20gallon%20gasoline%20equivalent | Miles per gallon gasoline equivalent (MPGe or MPGge) is a measure of the average distance traveled per unit of energy consumed. MPGe is used by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to compare energy consumption of alternative fuel vehicles, plug-in electric vehicles and other advanced technology veh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastoconidium | A blastoconidium (plural blastoconidia) is an asexual holoblastic conidia formed through the blowing out or budding process of a yeast cell, which is a type of asexual reproduction that results in a bud arising from a parent cell. The production of a blastoconidium can occur along a true hyphae, pseudohyphae, or a sing... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-pulling-down | The micro-pulling-down (μ-PD) method is a crystal growth technique based on continuous transport of the melted substance through micro-channel(s) made in a crucible bottom. Continuous solidification of the melt is progressed on a liquid/solid interface positioned under the crucible. In a steady state, both the melt a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIO%20%28software%29 | SIO is a serial port driver package for OS/2 written by Raymond L. Gwinn. It is designed to not only improve performance over OS/2's default serial drivers, but also improve compatibility. SIO contains a virtualized FOSSIL (VX00) driver that can be loaded to provide FOSSIL support to DOS based communications software. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentile%20da%20Foligno | Gentile Gentili da Foligno (died 18 June 1348) was an Italian professor and doctor of medicine, trained at Padua and the University of Bologna, and teaching probably first at Bologna, then at the University of Perugia, Siena (1322–1324), where his annual stipend was 60 gold florins; he was called to Padua (1325–1335) b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astro%20AOD | Astro On Demand (Simplified as Astro AOD) is a Cantonese-language drama TV channel service co-established by TVB and Astro. It features the latest TVB drama series and broadcasts the same time as the origin channel.
The channel was officially launched on 16 July 2007. Astro On Demand plays spontaneously as Hong Kong d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenXPKI | The OpenXPKI project stewards an open-source Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) software.
History
The OpenXPKI project commenced 2005 and began to produce usable software from 2010 but choose to take a precautionary approach with the first production level release in 2015.
The approach taken was to create a modular sys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, a matrix (: matrices) is a rectangular array or table of numbers, symbols, or expressions, arranged in rows and columns, which is used to represent a mathematical object or a property of such an object.
For example,
is a matrix with two rows and three columns. This is often referred to as a "two by t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs%20boson | The Higgs boson, sometimes called the Higgs particle, is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics produced by the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, one of the fields in particle physics theory. In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a massive scalar boson with zero spin, even (positiv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boson | In particle physics, a boson ( ) is a subatomic particle whose spin quantum number has an integer value (0, 1, 2, ...). Bosons form one of the two fundamental classes of subatomic particle, the other being fermions, which have odd half-integer spin (, , , ...). Every observed subatomic particle is either a boson or a f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor%20%28network%29 | Tor, short for The Onion Router, is free and open-source software for enabling anonymous communication. It directs Internet traffic via a free, worldwide, volunteer overlay network that consists of more than seven thousand relays.
Using Tor makes it more difficult to trace a user's Internet activity. Tor protects per... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rating%20scales%20for%20depression | A depression rating scale is a psychometric instrument (tool), usually a questionnaire whose wording has been validated with experimental evidence, having descriptive words and phrases that indicate the severity of depression for a time period. When used, an observer may make judgements and rate a person at a specified... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTCS%20scheme | In numerical analysis, the FTCS (forward time-centered space) method is a finite difference method used for numerically solving the heat equation and similar parabolic partial differential equations. It is a first-order method in time, explicit in time, and is conditionally stable when applied to the heat equation. Wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpheein | Morpheeins are proteins that can form two or more different homo-oligomers (morpheein forms), but must come apart and change shape to convert between forms. The alternate shape may reassemble to a different oligomer. The shape of the subunit dictates which oligomer is formed. Each oligomer has a finite number of subuni... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoacoustic%20Doppler%20effect | The photoacoustic Doppler effect is a type of Doppler effect that occurs when an intensity modulated light wave induces a photoacoustic wave on moving particles with a specific frequency. The observed frequency shift is a good indicator of the velocity of the illuminated moving particles. A potential biomedical applica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20signage | Electronic signage (also called electronic signs or electronic displays) are illuminant advertising media in the signage industry. Major electronic signage include fluorescent signs, HID (high intensity displays), incandescent signs, LED signs, and neon signs. Besides, LED signs and HID are so-called digital signage.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivariant%20L-function | In algebraic number theory, an equivariant Artin L-function is a function associated to a finite Galois extension of global fields created by packaging together the various Artin L-functions associated with the extension. Each extension has many traditional Artin L-functions associated with it, corresponding to the ch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20functional | The energy functional is the total energy of a certain system, as a functional of the system's state.
In the energy methods of simulating the dynamics of complex structures, a state of the system is often described as an element of an appropriate function space. To be in this state, the system pays a certain cost in t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seagate%20Barracuda | The Seagate Barracuda is a series of hard disk drives and later solid state drives produced by Seagate Technology that was first introduced in 1993.
The line initially focused on high-capacity, high-performance SCSI hard drives until introducing ATA models in 1999 and SATA models in 2002. Since 2001, the Barracuda is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brackish%20marsh | Brackish marshes develop from salt marshes where a significant freshwater influx dilutes the seawater to brackish levels of salinity. This commonly happens upstream from salt marshes by estuaries of coastal rivers or near the mouths of coastal rivers with heavy freshwater discharges in the conditions of low tidal range... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20Horowitz | Isaac Horowitz (December 15, 1920 - 2005) was a notable scientist with significant contributions to automatic control theory. He developed and championed the Quantitative Feedback Theory which for the first time introduced a formal combination of the genuine frequency methodology founded by Hendrik Bode with plant unce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Buddies | Space Buddies is a 2009 American science fiction comedy film. It is the third film in the Air Buddies franchise. It was released on February 3, 2009. Like Air Buddies and Snow Buddies, it was released directly on DVD and became the first one to be released on Blu-ray.
Plot
The film starts with Buddha and his owner, Sa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercritical%20adsorption | Supercritical adsorption also referred to as the adsorption of supercritical fluids, is the adsorption at above-critical temperatures. There are different tacit understandings of supercritical fluids. For example, “a fluid is considered to be ‘supercritical’ when its temperature and pressure exceed the temperature and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactarius%20resimus | Lactarius resimus is a species of mushrooms in the genus Lactarius, which is considered a delicacy in Russia and some other countries of Eastern Europe when pickled in salt. There it is considered one of three tastiest edible mushrooms, along with Boletus edulis and Lactarius deliciosus, though it is not held in high e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20numeracy | Early numeracy is a branch of numeracy that aims to enhance numeracy learning for younger learners, particularly those at-risk in the area of mathematics. Usually the mathematical learning begins with simply learning the first digits, 1 through 10. This is done because it acts as an entry way to the expansion of counti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerocomus%20subtomentosus | Xerocomus subtomentosus, commonly known as suede bolete, brown and yellow bolete , boring brown bolete or yellow-cracked bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. The fungus was initially described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 and known for many years as Boletus subtomentosus. It is edible, though no... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus%20variegatus | Suillus variegatus, commonly called the velvet bolete or variegated bolete, is a species of edible mushroom in the genus Suillus. Like all bolete-like species it has tubes, and pores, instead of gills under its cap. The mushroom forms a mycorrhizal relationship with pine and occurs in North America and Eurasia.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20differential%20pulse-code%20modulation | Adaptive differential pulse-code modulation (ADPCM) is a variant of differential pulse-code modulation (DPCM) that varies the size of the quantization step, to allow further reduction of the required data bandwidth for a given signal-to-noise ratio.
Typically, the adaptation to signal statistics in ADPCM consists simp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Abstraction%20Layer | The Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) is a part of the H.264/AVC and HEVC video coding standards. The main goal of the NAL is the provision of a "network-friendly" video representation addressing "conversational" (video telephony) and "non conversational" (storage, broadcast, or streaming) applications. NAL has achieved ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical%20distance | Geographical distance or geodetic distance is the distance measured along the surface of the Earth. The formulae in this article calculate distances between points which are defined by geographical coordinates in terms of latitude and longitude. This distance is an element in solving the second (inverse) geodetic probl... |
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