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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front%20panel | A front panel was used on early electronic computers to display and allow the alteration of the state of the machine's internal registers and memory. The front panel usually consisted of arrays of indicator lamps, digit and symbol displays, toggle switches, dials, and push buttons mounted on a sheet metal face plate. I... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20neuroscience | From the ancient Egyptian mummifications to 18th-century scientific research on "globules" and neurons, there is evidence of neuroscience practice throughout the early periods of history. The early civilizations lacked adequate means to obtain knowledge about the human brain. Their assumptions about the inner workings ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric%20connection | In mathematics, a metric connection is a connection in a vector bundle E equipped with a bundle metric; that is, a metric for which the inner product of any two vectors will remain the same when those vectors are parallel transported along any curve. This is equivalent to:
A connection for which the covariant derivat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypotheses%20non%20fingo | Hypotheses non fingo (Latin for "I frame no hypotheses", or "I contrive no hypotheses") is a phrase used by Isaac Newton in an essay, "General Scholium", which was appended to the second (1713) edition of the Principia.
Original remark
A 1999 translation of the Principia presents Newton's remark as follows:
Later com... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riesz%20sequence | In mathematics, a sequence of vectors (xn) in a Hilbert space is called a Riesz sequence if there exist constants such that
for all sequences of scalars (an) in the ℓp space ℓ2. A Riesz sequence is called a Riesz basis if
.
Alternatively, one can define the Riesz basis as a family of the form , where is an orth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Malaysian%20flags | This is a list of flags used in Malaysia.
National flags
Monarch
Military
Law Enforcement Flags
Administrative divisions
States
Federal territories
A common flag for the three federal territories was adopted by the Ministry of the Federal Territories on 20 August 2006. The flag is to be used and flown on matter... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemostat | A chemostat (from chemical environment is static) is a bioreactor to which fresh medium is continuously added, while culture liquid containing left over nutrients, metabolic end products and microorganisms is continuously removed at the same rate to keep the culture volume constant. By changing the rate with which medi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAX6 | Paired box protein Pax-6, also known as aniridia type II protein (AN2) or oculorhombin, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PAX6 gene.
Function
PAX6 is a member of the Pax gene family which is responsible for carrying the genetic information that will encode the Pax-6 protein. It acts as a "master control"... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvic%20brim | The pelvic brim is the edge of the pelvic inlet. It is an approximately Mickey Mouse head-shaped line passing through the prominence of the sacrum, the arcuate and pectineal lines, and the upper margin of the pubic symphysis.
Structure
The pelvic brim is an approximately Mickey Mouse head-shaped line passing through ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Access%20control%20matrix | In computer science, an access control matrix or access matrix is an abstract, formal security model of protection state in computer systems, that characterizes the rights of each subject with respect to every object in the system. It was first introduced by Butler W. Lampson in 1971.
An access matrix can be envisione... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebML | WebML (Web Modeling Language) is a visual notation and a methodology for designing complex data-intensive Web applications. It provides graphical, yet formal, specifications, embodied in a complete design process, which can be assisted by visual design tools.
In 2013 WebML has been extended to cover a wider spectrum o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubic%20arch | The pubic arch, also referred to as the ischiopubic arch, is part of the pelvis. It is formed by the convergence of the inferior rami of the ischium and pubis on either side, below the pubic symphysis. The angle at which they converge is known as the subpubic angle.
Function
The pubic arch is one of three notches (the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%20fertilization | Ocean fertilization or ocean nourishment is a type of technology for carbon dioxide removal from the ocean based on the purposeful introduction of plant nutrients to the upper ocean to increase marine food production and to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ocean nutrient fertilization, for example iron fertil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazend | Pazend () or Pazand (; ) is one of the writing systems used for the Middle Persian language. It was based on the Avestan alphabet, a phonetic alphabet originally used to write Avestan, the language of the Avesta, the primary sacred texts of Zoroastrianism.
Pazend's principal use was for writing the commentaries (Zend)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20biotechnology%20articles |
Biotechnology is a technology based on biology, especially when used in agriculture, food science, and medicine.
Of the many different definitions available, the one formulated by the UN Convention on Biological Diversity is one of the broadest:
"Biotechnology means any technological application that uses biological... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shridhar%20Chillal | Shridhar Chillal (born 29 January 1937) is an Indian man from the city of Pune, who held the world record for the longest fingernails ever reached on a single hand, with a combined length of 909.6 centimeters (358.1 inches). Chillal's longest single nail is his thumbnail, measuring 197.8 centimeters (77.87 inches). He ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body%20of%20femur | In human anatomy, the body of femur (or shaft of femur) is the almost cylindrical, long part of the femur. It is a little broader above than in the center, broadest and somewhat flattened from before backward below. It is slightly arched, so as to be convex in front, and concave behind, where it is strengthened by a pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rude%20Dog | Rude Dog is a fictional animated white dog originally created by artist Brad McMahon while under contract to Sun Sportswear in the 1980s as part of a line of surfing- and skateboarding-related clothing. As of 30 August 2015, Rude Dog was once again trademarked, this time in the name of original series/character creator... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower%20extremity%20of%20femur | The lower extremity of femur (or distal extremity) is the lower end of the femur (thigh bone) in human and other animals, closer to the knee. It is larger than the upper extremity of femur, is somewhat cuboid in form, but its transverse diameter is greater than its antero-posterior; it consists of two oblong eminences ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wing%20of%20ilium | The wing (ala) of ilium is the large expanded portion of the ilium, the bone which bounds the greater pelvis laterally. It presents for examination two surfaces—an external and an internal—a crest, and two borders—an anterior and a posterior.
External surface
The external surface, known as the dorsum ossis ilium, is d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension%20%28telephone%29 | In residential telephony, an extension telephone is an additional telephone wired to the same telephone line as another. In middle 20th century telephone jargon, the first telephone on a line was a "Main Station" and subsequent ones "Extensions" or even called as intercom. Such extension phones allow making or receiv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicomplex%20number | In abstract algebra, a bicomplex number is a pair of complex numbers constructed by the Cayley–Dickson process that defines the bicomplex conjugate , and the product of two bicomplex numbers as
Then the bicomplex norm is given by
a quadratic form in the first component.
The bicomplex numbers form a commutative alg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Poultry%20%26%20Egg%20Association | The U.S. Poultry & Egg Association is an American industry trade group located in Tucker, Georgia that "represents its poultry and egg members through research, education, communications and technical services."
Founded in 1947, it is the world's largest and most active poultry organization. Billed as an "All Feather"... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesicular%20monoamine%20transporter%202 | The solute carrier family 18 member 2 (SLC18A2) also known as vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SLC18A2 gene. SLC18A2 is an integral membrane protein that transports monoamines—particularly neurotransmitters such as dopamine, norepinephrine, serotonin, and histamine... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9-Pin%20Protocol | The Sony 9-Pin Protocol or P1 protocol is a two-way communications protocol to control advanced video recorders. Sony introduced this protocol to control reel-to-reel type C video tape recorders (VTR) as well as videocassette recorders (VCR). It uses an DE-9 D-Sub connector with 9 pins (hence the name), where bi-direc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/External%20ray | An external ray is a curve that runs from infinity toward a Julia or Mandelbrot set.
Although this curve is only rarely a half-line (ray) it is called a ray because it is an image of a ray.
External rays are used in complex analysis, particularly in complex dynamics and geometric function theory.
History
External ray... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranked%20lists%20of%20country%20subdivisions | Ranked lists of country subdivisions.
Economics
List of country subdivisions by GDP
List of country subdivisions by GDP over 100 billion US dollars
List of governments in Canada by annual expenditures
List of Romanian counties by foreign trade
List of Ukrainian oblasts and territories by salary
Geography
List... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetica%20Universalis | Arithmetica Universalis ("Universal Arithmetic") is a mathematics text by Isaac Newton. Written in Latin, it was edited and published by William Whiston, Newton's successor as Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. The Arithmetica was based on Newton's lecture notes.
Whiston's original editi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%20M.%20Gordon | Deborah M. Gordon (born December 30, 1955) is a biologist, appointed as a professor in the Department of Biology at Stanford University.
Major research
Gordon studies ant colony behavior and ecology, with a particular focus on red harvester ants. She focuses on the developing behavior of colonies, even as individual ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth%20predicate | In formal theories of truth, a truth predicate is a fundamental concept based on the sentences of a formal language as interpreted logically. That is, it formalizes the concept that is normally expressed by saying that a sentence, statement or idea "is true."
Languages which allow a truth predicate
Based on "Chomsky ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20ecology | Soil ecology is the study of the interactions among soil organisms, and between biotic and abiotic aspects of the soil environment. It is particularly concerned with the cycling of nutrients, formation and stabilization of the pore structure, the spread and vitality of pathogens, and the biodiversity of this rich biolo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typicity | Typicity (French typicité, Italian tipicità) is a term in wine tasting used to describe the degree to which a wine reflects its varietal origins and thus demonstrates the signature characteristics of the grape from which it was produced, e.g., how much a Merlot wine “tastes like a Merlot”. It is an important component ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestake%20experiment | The Homestake experiment (sometimes referred to as the Davis experiment or Solar Neutrino Experiment and in original literature called Brookhaven Solar Neutrino Experiment or Brookhaven 37Cl (Chlorine) Experiment ) was an experiment headed by astrophysicists Raymond Davis, Jr. and John N. Bahcall in the late 1960s. Its... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAXmate | VAXmate was an IBM PC/AT compatible personal computer introduced by Digital Equipment Corporation in September, 1986. The replacement to the Rainbow 100, in its standard form it was the first commercial diskless personal computer.
OS and files
The operating system and files could be served from a VAX/VMS server runnin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JXplorer | JXplorer is a free, open-source client for browsing Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) servers and LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) files. It is released under an Apache-equivalent license. JXplorer is written in Java and is platform independent, configurable, and has been translated into a number of langu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Device%20Control%20Protocol | Network Device Control Protocol (NDCP) was designed by Laurent Grumbach who at the time was an engineer with Harris Broadcast. Previous to that he had worked for Louth Automation which was acquired by Harris. NDCP was designed to be a network based protocol instead of the traditional serial connection protocols to Br... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel%20Jouvet | Michel Valentin Marcel Jouvet (16 November 1925 – 3 October 2017) was a French neuroscientist and medical researcher.
His works, and those of his team, have brought about the discovery of paradoxical sleep (a term he coined) and to its individualisation as the third state of functioning of the brain (1959), to the dis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycoconjugate | Glycoconjugates are the classification family for carbohydrates – referred to as glycans – which are covalently linked with chemical species such as proteins, peptides, lipids, and other compounds. Glycoconjugates are formed in processes termed glycosylation.
Glycoconjugates are very important compounds in biology and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumed%20silica | Fumed silica (CAS number 112945-52-5), also known as pyrogenic silica because it is produced in a flame, consists of microscopic droplets of amorphous silica fused into branched, chainlike, three-dimensional secondary particles which then agglomerate into tertiary particles. The resulting powder has an extremely low b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadamia%20oil | Macadamia oil (or macadamia nut oil) is the non-volatile oil collected from the nuts of the macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), a native Australian plant. It is used in food as a frying or salad oil, and in cosmetic formulations as an emollient or fragrance fixative.
Description
Fruits
Macadamia integrifolia is an Au... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%27s%20Well | Oil's Well (a pun on "all's well") is a video game published by Sierra On-Line in 1983. The game was written for the Atari 8-bit family by Thomas J. Mitchell. Oil's Well is similar to the 1982 arcade game Anteater, re-themed to be about drilling for oil instead of a hungry insectivore. Ports were released in 1983 for t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taunting | A taunt is a battle cry, sarcastic remark, gesture, or insult intended to demoralize the recipient, or to anger them and encourage reactionary behaviors without thinking. Taunting can exist as a form of social competition to gain control of the target's cultural capital (i.e., status). In sociological theory, the contr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnicare | Omnicare is an American company working in the health-care industry. It was established in April 1981 as a spinoff of healthcare businesses from Chemed and W. R. Grace and Company. It is currently a pharmacy specializing in nursing homes. In 2015, Omnicare was acquired by CVS Health.
Controversy
In 2012, the Federal T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-dairy%20creamer | A non-dairy creamer, commonly also called tea whitener or coffee whitener or else just creamer, is a liquid or granular product intended to substitute for milk or cream as an additive to coffee, tea, hot chocolate or other beverages. They do not contain lactose and therefore are commonly described as being non-dairy pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega%20oxidation | Omega oxidation (ω-oxidation) is a process of fatty acid metabolism in some species of animals. It is an alternative pathway to beta oxidation that, instead of involving the β carbon, involves the oxidation of the ω carbon (the carbon most distant from the carboxyl group of the fatty acid). The process is normally a mi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian%20grid | A Gaussian grid is used in the earth sciences as a gridded horizontal coordinate system for scientific modeling on a sphere (i.e., the approximate shape of the Earth). The grid is rectangular, with a set number of orthogonal coordinates (usually latitude and longitude).
At a given latitude (or parallel), the gridpoin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20Blaster%20Live%21 | Sound Blaster Live! is a PCI add-on sound card from Creative Technology Limited for PCs. Moving from ISA to PCI allowed the card to dispense with onboard memory, storing digital samples in the computer's main memory and then accessing them in real time over the bus. This allowed for a much wider selection of, and longe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20Blaster%20Audigy | Sound Blaster Audigy is a product line of sound cards from Creative Technology. The flagship model of the Audigy family used the EMU10K2 audio DSP, an improved version of the SB-Live's EMU10K1, while the value/SE editions were built with a less-expensive audio controller.
The Audigy family is available for PCs with a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20Blaster%2016 | The Sound Blaster 16 is a series of sound cards by Creative Technology, first released in June 1992 for PCs with an ISA or PCI slot. It was the successor to the Sound Blaster Pro series of sound cards and introduced CD-quality digital audio to the Sound Blaster line. For optional wavetable synthesis, the Sound Blaster ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20Blaster%20AWE64 | Sound Blaster Advanced Wave Effects 64 ISA sound card from Creative Technology. It is an add-on board for PCs. The card was launched in November 1996.
Overview
The Sound Blaster AWE64 is significantly smaller than its predecessor, the Sound Blaster AWE32. It offers a similar feature set, but also has a few notable im... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20Blaster%20AWE32 | The Sound Blaster AWE32 is an ISA sound card from Creative Technology. It is an expansion board for PCs and is part of the Sound Blaster family of products. The Sound Blaster AWE32, introduced in March 1994, was a near full-length ISA sound card, measuring 14 inches (356 mm) in length, due to the number of features inc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewald%20summation | Ewald summation, named after Paul Peter Ewald, is a method for computing long-range interactions (e.g. electrostatic interactions) in periodic systems. It was first developed as the method for calculating the electrostatic energies of ionic crystals, and is now commonly used for calculating long-range interactions in c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skypix | Skypix is the name of a markup language used to encode graphics content such as changeable fonts, mouse-controlled actions, animations and sound to bulletin board system. The system was written by Michael Cox on the Amiga in 1987, and first hosted on the Atredes BBS system, which was later renamed Skyline. Skypix allow... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternating%20permutation | In combinatorial mathematics, an alternating permutation (or zigzag permutation) of the set {1, 2, 3, ..., n} is a permutation (arrangement) of those numbers so that each entry is alternately greater or less than the preceding entry. For example, the five alternating permutations of {1, 2, 3, 4} are:
1, 3, 2, 4 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicity%20class | Toxicity class refers to a classification system for pesticides that has been created by a national or international government-related or -sponsored organization. It addresses the acute toxicity of agents such as soil fumigants, fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, miticides, molluscicides, nematicides, or rodenticid... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%20screw | A ball screw (or ballscrew) is a mechanical linear actuator that translates rotational motion to linear motion with little friction. A threaded shaft provides a helical raceway for ball bearings which act as a precision screw. As well as being able to apply or withstand high thrust loads, they can do so with minimum i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Army%20Aviation%20and%20Missile%20Center | The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Aviation & Missile Center (AvMC), formerly known as the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center (AMRDEC), a part of the U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command (RDECOM) — now DEVCOM, is primarily a civilian organi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrimal%20apparatus | The lacrimal apparatus is the physiological system containing the orbital structures for tear production and drainage. It consists of:
The lacrimal gland, which secretes the tears, and its excretory ducts, which convey the fluid to the surface of the human eye; it is a j-shaped serous gland located in lacrimal fossa.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrimal%20sac | The lacrimal sac or lachrymal sac is the upper dilated end of the nasolacrimal duct, and is lodged in a deep groove formed by the lacrimal bone and frontal process of the maxilla. It connects the lacrimal canaliculi, which drain tears from the eye's surface, and the nasolacrimal duct, which conveys this fluid into the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20genetic%20variation | Human genetic variation is the genetic differences in and among populations. There may be multiple variants of any given gene in the human population (alleles), a situation called polymorphism.
No two humans are genetically identical. Even monozygotic twins (who develop from one zygote) have infrequent genetic differe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20load%20balancing | Network load balancing is the ability to balance traffic across two or more WAN links without using complex routing protocols like BGP.
This capability balances network sessions like Web, email, etc. over multiple connections in order to spread out the amount of bandwidth used by each LAN user, thus increasing the to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microinjection | Microinjection is the use of a glass micropipette to inject a liquid substance at a microscopic or borderline macroscopic level. The target is often a living cell but may also include intercellular space. Microinjection is a simple mechanical process usually involving an inverted microscope with a magnification power ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%20of%20Life%20Web%20Project | The Tree of Life Web Project is an Internet project providing information about the diversity and phylogeny of life on Earth.
This collaborative peer reviewed project began in 1995, and is written by biologists from around the world. The site has not been updated since 2011, however the pages are still accessible.
Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bburago | Bburago is a manufacturing company of toys and die-cast scale model cars formerly based in Italy. The company was based in Burago di Molgora, where all products were made from 1974 to 2005. At the height of its popularity, Bburago's main competitors were Politoys and Maisto, the latter of which was to become dominant i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiously%20recurring%20template%20pattern | The curiously recurring template pattern (CRTP) is an idiom, originally in C++, in which a class X derives from a class template instantiation using X itself as a template argument. More generally it is known as F-bound polymorphism, and it is a form of F-bounded quantification.
History
The technique was formalized in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capstone%20%28cryptography%29 | Capstone is a United States government long-term project to develop cryptography standards for public and government use. Capstone was authorized by the Computer Security Act of 1987, driven by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Security Agency (NSA); the project began in 1993.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSVP-TE | Resource Reservation Protocol - Traffic Engineering (RSVP-TE) is an extension of the Resource Reservation Protocol (RSVP) for traffic engineering. It supports the reservation of resources across an IP network. Applications running on IP end systems can use RSVP to indicate to other nodes the nature (bandwidth, jitter, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassmann%E2%80%93Cayley%20algebra | In mathematics, a Grassmann–Cayley algebra is the exterior algebra with an additional product, which may be called the shuffle product or the regressive product.
It is the most general structure in which projective properties are expressed in a coordinate-free way.
The technique is based on work by German mathematicia... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAX3 | The PAX3 (paired box gene 3) gene encodes a member of the paired box or PAX family of transcription factors. The PAX family consists of nine human (PAX1-PAX9) and nine mouse (Pax1-Pax9) members arranged into four subfamilies. Human PAX3 and mouse Pax3 are present in a subfamily along with the highly homologous human PA... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shellfish%20poisoning | Shellfish poisoning includes four syndromes that share some common features and are primarily associated with bivalve molluscs (such as mussels, clams, oysters and scallops.) As filter feeders, these shellfish may accumulate toxins produced by microscopic algae, such as cyanobacteria, diatoms and dinoflagellates.
Syn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Product%20structure%20modeling | Product structure is a hierarchical decomposition of a product, typically known as the bill of materials (BOM).
As business becomes more responsive to unique consumer tastes and derivative products grow to meet the unique configurations, BOM management can become unmanageable. For manufacturers, a bill of materials (BO... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Suppes | Patrick Colonel Suppes (; March 17, 1922 – November 17, 2014) was an American philosopher who made significant contributions to philosophy of science, the theory of measurement, the foundations of quantum mechanics, decision theory, psychology and educational technology. He was the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy E... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexans | Nexans S.A. is a global company in the cable and optical fibre industry headquartered in Paris, France.
The group is active in four main business areas: buildings and territories (construction, local infrastructure, smart cities / grids, e-mobility), high voltage and projects (offshore wind farms, subsea interconnecti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser%20Focus%20World | Laser Focus World is a monthly magazine published by Endeavor Business Media covering laser, photonics and optoelectronics technologies, applications, and markets. Many qualified professionals in those fields receive it free of charge; it is also possible to subscribe to the magazine.
History and profile
Laser Focus W... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Europe%3A%20Path%20to%20Victory | Operation Europe: Path to Victory, released in Japan as , is a combat strategy video game for multiple platforms where one or two players can compete in World War II action. The MS-DOS version of the game was only released to North America.
Gameplay
The object of the game is to fulfill any one of the military objectiv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Untouchables%20%28video%20game%29 | The Untouchables is a video game released by Ocean Software in 1989 on ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, Atari ST, Amiga, DOS, NES, and SNES. It is based on the film The Untouchables.
Gameplay
A side-scrolling based loosely on the movie, the game plays out some of the more significant parts of the film. Set... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally%20Bear%20and%20the%20NO%21%20Gang | Wally Bear and the NO! Gang is an educational Nintendo Entertainment System game that was released in 1992 exclusively for a North American audience. It was not licensed by Nintendo. The game teaches children to say no to potentially harmful drugs like tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. Wally Bear and the NO! Gang was des... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-log%20plot | In science and engineering, a semi-log plot/graph or semi-logarithmic plot/graph has one axis on a logarithmic scale, the other on a linear scale. It is useful for data with exponential relationships, where one variable covers a large range of values, or to zoom in and visualize that - what seems to be a straight line ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavefront%20coding | In optics and signal processing, wavefront coding refers to the use of a phase modulating element in conjunction with deconvolution to extend the depth of field of a digital imaging system such as a video camera.
Wavefront coding falls under the broad category of computational photography as a technique to enhance the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid%20zone | A hybrid zone exists where the ranges of two interbreeding species or diverged intraspecific lineages meet and cross-fertilize. Hybrid zones can form in situ due to the evolution of a new lineage but generally they result from secondary contact of the parental forms after a period of geographic isolation, which allowed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breath%20mark | A breath mark or luftpause is a symbol used in musical notation. It directs the performer of the music passage to take a breath (for wind instruments and vocalists) or to make a slight pause (for non-wind instruments). This pause is normally intended to shorten the duration of the preceding note and not to alter the t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacunary%20value | In complex analysis, a subfield of mathematics, a lacunary value or gap of a complex-valued function defined on a subset of the complex plane is a complex number which is not in the image of the function.
More specifically, given a subset X of the complex plane C and a function f : X → C, a complex number z is called ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leibniz%20operator | In abstract algebraic logic, a branch of mathematical logic, the Leibniz operator is a tool used to classify deductive systems, which have a precise technical definition and capture a large number of logics. The Leibniz operator was introduced by Wim Blok and Don Pigozzi, two of the founders of the field, as a means to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knuth%20Prize | The Donald E. Knuth Prize is a prize for outstanding contributions to the foundations of computer science, named after the American computer scientist Donald E. Knuth.
History
The Knuth Prize has been awarded since 1996 and includes an award of US$5,000. The prize is awarded by ACM SIGACT and by IEEE Computer Society'... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JUICE%20%28software%29 | JUICE is a widely used non-commercial software package for editing and analysing phytosociological data.
It was developed at the Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic in 1998, and is fully described in English manual. It makes use of the previously-developed TURBOVEG software for entering and storing such data)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt%20service%20coverage%20ratio | The debt service coverage ratio (DSCR), known as "debt coverage ratio" (DCR), is a financial metric used to assess an entity's ability to generate enough cash to cover its debt service obligations. These obligations include interest, principal, and lease payments. The DSCR is calculated by dividing the operating income... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oh%20Mummy | Oh Mummy is a video game for the Amstrad CPC models of home computer. It was developed by Gem Software and published by Amsoft in 1984. It was often included in the free bundles of software that came with the computer. The gameplay is similar to that of the 1981 arcade game Amidar.
Gameplay
The object of the game is t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan%20notation | Notation plays a relatively minor role in the oral traditions of Indonesian gamelan but, in Java and Bali, several systems of gamelan notation were devised beginning at the end of the 19th century, initially for archival purposes.
Kepatihan
Kepatihan is a type of cipher musical notation that was devised for the notat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramblin%27%20Wreck | The Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech is the 1930 Ford Model A Sport coupe that serves as the official mascot of the student body at the Georgia Institute of Technology. The Wreck is present at all major sporting events and student body functions. Its most noticeable role is leading the football team into Bobby Dodd Sta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pericline | Pericline also refers to a doubly plunging anticline or syncline.
Pericline is a form of albite exhibiting elongate prismatic crystals.
Pericline twinning is a type of crystal twinning which show fine parallel twin laminae typically found in the alkali feldspars microcline. The twinning results from a structural tra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCOP-TV | KCOP-TV (channel 13) is a television station in Los Angeles, California, United States, serving as the West Coast flagship of MyNetworkTV. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Fox outlet KTTV (channel 11). Both stations share studios at the Fox Television Center located in West Los Angeles, whi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20logic%20gate | A molecular logic gate is a molecule that performs a logical operation based on one or more physical or chemical inputs and a single output. The field has advanced from simple logic systems based on a single chemical or physical input to molecules capable of combinatorial and sequential operations such as arithmetic op... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepenthes%20campanulata | Nepenthes campanulata (; from Late Latin campānulātus "bell-shaped"), the bell-shaped pitcher-plant, is a tropical pitcher plant native to Borneo. It has also been reported from Palawan, the Philippines, though further field work is needed to confirm this identification.
Forest fires destroyed the only known populatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haasiophis | Haasiophis, consisting of the sole species Haasiophis terrasanctus, is an extinct genus of snakes with hind limbs. It is one of three genera of Cenomanian snakes known to have possessed hindlimbs.
Etymology
The genus was named in honor of the late paleontologist Georg Haas, who first began work in the fossils of Ein Y... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachyrhachis | Pachyrhachis (from , 'thick' and , 'spine') is an extinct genus of snake with well developed hind legs known from fossils discovered in Ein Yabrud, near Ramallah, in the central West Bank. It is a relatively small snake, measuring more than long at maximum. Pachyrhachis appears to have been an ancient marine snake; ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extremal%20optimization | Extremal optimization (EO) is an optimization heuristic inspired by the Bak–Sneppen model of self-organized criticality from the field of statistical physics. This heuristic was designed initially to address combinatorial optimization problems such as the travelling salesman problem and spin glasses, although the techn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%20wave | The sensorimotor mu rhythm, also known as mu wave, comb or wicket rhythms or arciform rhythms, are synchronized patterns of electrical activity involving large numbers of neurons, probably of the pyramidal type, in the part of the brain that controls voluntary movement. These patterns as measured by electroencephalogra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological%20indicator | Ecological indicators are used to communicate information about ecosystems and the impact human activity has on ecosystems to groups such as the public or government policy makers. Ecosystems are complex and ecological indicators can help describe them in simpler terms that can be understood and used by non-scientists ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynecologic%20pathology | Gynecologic pathology is the medical pathology subspecialty dealing with the study and diagnosis of disease involving the female genital tract. A physician who practices gynecologic pathology is a gynecologic pathologist. The term originates from the Greek gyno-(gynaikos) meaning "woman" and the suffix -ology, meaning ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIDI%20tuning%20standard | MIDI Tuning Standard (MTS) is a specification of precise musical pitch agreed to by the MIDI Manufacturers Association in the MIDI protocol. MTS allows for both a bulk tuning dump message, giving a tuning for each of 128 notes, and a tuning message for individual notes as they are played.
Frequency values
If ƒ is a fr... |
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