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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygomatico-orbital%20artery
The middle temporal artery occasionally gives off a zygomatico-orbital branch, which runs along the upper border of the zygomatic arch, between the two layers of the temporal fascia, to the lateral angle of the orbit. This branch, which may arise directly from the superficial temporal artery, supplies the orbicularis ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior%20tympanic%20artery
The superior tympanic artery is a small artery in the head. It is a branch of the middle meningeal artery. On entering the cranium it runs in the canal for the tensor tympani muscle and supplies this muscle and the lining membrane of the canal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitehead%27s%20point-free%20geometry
In mathematics, point-free geometry is a geometry whose primitive ontological notion is region rather than point. Two axiomatic systems are set out below, one grounded in mereology, the other in mereotopology and known as connection theory. Point-free geometry was first formulated in Whitehead (1919, 1920), not as a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20P1619
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standardization project for encryption of stored data, but more generically refers to the Security in Storage Working Group (SISWG), which includes a family of standards for protection of stored data and for the corresponding cryptographic key management. Standa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type-I%20superconductor
The interior of a bulk superconductor cannot be penetrated by a weak magnetic field, a phenomenon known as the Meissner effect. When the applied magnetic field becomes too large, superconductivity breaks down. Superconductors can be divided into two types according to how this breakdown occurs. In type-I superconductor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20product%20rule
The triple product rule, known variously as the cyclic chain rule, cyclic relation, cyclical rule or Euler's chain rule, is a formula which relates partial derivatives of three interdependent variables. The rule finds application in thermodynamics, where frequently three variables can be related by a function of the f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic%20reciprocity
Cubic reciprocity is a collection of theorems in elementary and algebraic number theory that state conditions under which the congruence x3 ≡ p (mod q) is solvable; the word "reciprocity" comes from the form of the main theorem, which states that if p and q are primary numbers in the ring of Eisenstein integers, both ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Cipher%20Challenge
The National Cipher Challenge is an annual cryptographic competition organised by the University of Southampton School of Mathematics. Competitors attempt to break cryptograms published on the competition website. In the 2017, more than 7,500 students took part in the competition. Participants must be in full-time scho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable%20theory
Classical cable theory uses mathematical models to calculate the electric current (and accompanying voltage) along passive neurites, particularly the dendrites that receive synaptic inputs at different sites and times. Estimates are made by modeling dendrites and axons as cylinders composed of segments with capacitance...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task%20state%20segment
The task state segment (TSS) is a structure on x86-based computers which holds information about a task. It is used by the operating system kernel for task management. Specifically, the following information is stored in the TSS: Processor register state I/O port permissions Inner-level stack pointers Previous T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gershayim
Gershayim (Hebrew: , without niqqud ), also occasionally grashayim (), is two distinct typographical marks in the Hebrew language. The name literally means "double geresh". Punctuation mark Gershayim most commonly refers to the punctuation mark . It is always written before the last letter of the non-inflected form of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20mascot
A military mascot, also known as a ceremonial pet or regimental mascot, is a pet animal maintained by a military unit as a mascot for ceremonial purposes and/or as an emblem of that unit. It differs from a military animal in that it is not employed for use directly in warfare as a weapon or for transport. History Brit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20computer%20programming
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to computer programming: Computer programming – process that leads from an original formulation of a computing problem to executable computer programs. Programming involves activities such as analysis, developing understanding, generating algorithms...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artifact%20%28software%20development%29
An artifact is one of many kinds of tangible by-products produced during the development of software. Some artifacts (e.g., use cases, class diagrams, and other Unified Modeling Language (UML) models, requirements and design documents) help describe the function, architecture, and design of software. Other artifacts ar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instabus
Instabus, is a decentralized open system to manage and control electrical devices within a facility. It is developed by Berker, Gira, Jung, Merten and Siemens AG. There are about 200 companies of electrical supplies using this communication protocol. The European Installation Bus (EIB) allows all electrical components ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Largest%20body%20part
The largest body part is either the largest given body part across all living and extinct organisms or the largest example of a body part within an existing species. The largest animals on the planet are not the only ones to have large body parts, with some smaller animals actually having one particularly enlarged area...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20butter%20dish
A French butter dish is a container used to maintain the freshness and spreadable consistency of butter without refrigeration. This late 19th-century French-designed pottery crock has two parts: a base that holds water, and a cup to hold the packed butter which also serves as a lid. The cup containing butter is placed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management%20of%20ulcerative%20colitis
Management of ulcerative colitis involves first treating the acute symptoms of the disease, then maintaining remission. Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease of the intestine, specifically the large intestine or colon, that includes characteristic ulcers, or open sores, in the colon. The main symptom of ac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20genetic%20elements
Mobile genetic elements (MGEs) sometimes called selfish genetic elements are a type of genetic material that can move around within a genome, or that can be transferred from one species or replicon to another. MGEs are found in all organisms. In humans, approximately 50% of the genome is thought to be MGEs. MGEs play a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20logic
Logic is the formal science of using reason and is considered a branch of both philosophy and mathematics and to a lesser extent computer science. Logic investigates and classifies the structure of statements and arguments, both through the study of formal systems of inference and the study of arguments in natural lan...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Medical%20Education%20Directory
The International Medical Education Directory (IMED) was a public database of worldwide medical schools. The IMED was published as a joint collaboration of the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER). The i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini%20Lindy
Mini Lindy was a line of small plastic model kits, about the size of Matchbox or Hot Wheels cars. They were part of the "Lindberg Line". They had rubber tires, chrome wheels and clear windshields. The axles were fit under a plastic tab that provided limited suspension actions. Some of the subjects are difficult to find...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosma%20Shalizi
Cosma Rohilla Shalizi (born February 28, 1974) is an associate professor in the Department of Statistics at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Life Cosma Rohilla Shalizi is of Indian Tamil, Afghan (Rohilla) and Italian heritage and was born in Boston, where he lived for the first two years of his life. He gre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20of%20Biomolecular%20Resource%20Facilities
The Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities (ABRF) is dedicated to advancing core and research biotechnology laboratories through research, communication, and education. ABRF members include over 2000 scientists representing 340 different core laboratories in 41 countries, including those in industry, governmen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta%20potential
In quantum mechanics the delta potential is a potential well mathematically described by the Dirac delta function - a generalized function. Qualitatively, it corresponds to a potential which is zero everywhere, except at a single point, where it takes an infinite value. This can be used to simulate situations where a p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatine-alpha%20ketoglutarate
Creatine-alpha-ketoglutarate is a salt formed from alpha-ketoglutaric acid (AKG) and creatine. Creatine is a mass-produced fitness supplement that is supposed to increase the user's muscle mass, strength and power. Creatine requires a delivery system for cell uptake. An example is arginine alpha-ketoglutarate. Arginin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analysis%20of%20competing%20hypotheses
The analysis of competing hypotheses (ACH) is a methodology for evaluating multiple competing hypotheses for observed data. It was developed by Richards (Dick) J. Heuer, Jr., a 45-year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency, in the 1970s for use by the Agency. ACH is used by analysts in various fields who make judg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammy%20Morgan%20%28footballer%29
Samuel John Morgan (born 3 December 1946) is a Northern Irish former football player and coach. Moving from non-League Gorleston to Port Vale in 1970, the young forward picked up the club's Player of the Year award 1972, before winning a move to Aston Villa the following year. Villa won promotion out of the Second Div...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt-and-pepper%20noise
Salt-and-pepper noise, also known as impulse noise, is a form of noise sometimes seen on digital images. This noise can be caused by sharp and sudden disturbances in the image signal. It presents itself as sparsely occurring white and black pixels. An effective noise reduction method for this type of noise is a median...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20modular%20redundancy
In reliability engineering, dual modular redundancy (DMR) is when components of a system are duplicated, providing redundancy in case one should fail. It is particularly applied to systems where the duplicated components work in parallel, particularly in fault-tolerant computer systems. A typical example is a complex c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20Micro-Electronics%2C%20Inc.
Integrated Micro-electronics, Inc. (abbreviated as IMI, ) provides electronics manufacturing services (EMS) and power semiconductor assembly and test services (SATS) with manufacturing facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America. Its headquarters is located in Biñan, Laguna. IMI serves original equipment manufacture...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerated%20Bread%20Company
The Aerated Bread Company Ltd (A.B.C.) was a British company founded and headquartered in London. Although it is often remembered as running a large chain of tea rooms in Britain and other parts of the world, it was originally established in 1862 by John Dauglish as a bakery using a revolutionary new method he had deve...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smearing%20retransformation
The Smearing retransformation is used in regression analysis, after estimating the logarithm of a variable. Estimating the logarithm of a variable instead of the variable itself is a common technique to more closely approximate normality. In order to retransform the variable back to level from log, the Smearing retrans...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automated%20insulin%20delivery%20system
Automated insulin delivery systems are automated (or semi-automated) systems designed to assist people with insulin-requiring diabetes, by automatically adjusting insulin delivery in response to blood glucose levels. Currently available systems (as of October 2020) can only deliver (and regulate delivery of) a single h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippmann%20electrometer
A Lippmann electrometer is a device for detecting small rushes of electric current and was invented by Gabriel Lippmann in 1873. The device consists of a tube which is thick on one end and very thin on the other. The thin end is designed to act as a capillary tube. The tube is half-filled with mercury with a small amou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/201%20%28number%29
201 (two hundred [and] one) is the natural number following 200 and preceding 202. In mathematics As the two proper factors of 201 are both Gaussian primes, 201 is a Blum integer. In computing 201 is an HTTP status code indicating a new resource was successfully created in response to the request, with the textual ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/202%20%28number%29
202 (two hundred [and] two) is the natural number following 201 and preceding 203. In mathematics 202 is a Smith number, meaning that its digit sum and the sum of digits of its prime factors are equal. It is also a strobogrammatic number, meaning that when shown on a seven-segment display, turning the display upside...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/203%20%28number%29
203 (two hundred [and] three) is the natural number following 202 and preceding 204. In mathematics 203 is the seventh Bell number, giving the number of partitions of a set of size 6. 203 different triangles can be made from three rods with integer lengths of at most 12, and 203 integer squares (not necessarily of uni...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/204%20%28number%29
204 (two hundred [and] four) is the natural number following 203 and preceding 205. In mathematics 204 is a refactorable number. 204 is a square pyramidal number: 204 balls may be stacked in a pyramid whose base is an 8 × 8 square. Its square, 2042 = 41616, is the fourth square triangular number. As a figurate number,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/205%20%28number%29
205 (two hundred [and] five) is the natural number following 204 and preceding 206. In mathematics 205 is a lucky number, and a Wolstenholme number. On an infinite chessboard, a knight can reach exactly 205 squares within four moves. There are 205 different ways of forming a connected graph by adding six edges to a se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/206%20%28number%29
206 (two hundred [and] six) is the natural number following 205 and preceding 207. In mathematics 206 is both a nontotient and a noncototient. 206 is an untouchable number. It is the lowest positive integer (when written in English as "two hundred and six") to employ all of the vowels once only, not including Y. The o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/207%20%28number%29
207 (two hundred [and] seven) is the natural number following 206 and preceding 208. It is an odd composite number with a prime factorization of . In Mathematics 207 is a Wedderburn-Etherington number. There are exactly 207 different matchstick graphs with eight edges. 207 is also a deficient number, as 207's proper ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/208%20%28number%29
208 (two hundred [and] eight) is the natural number following 207 and preceding 209. 208 is a practical number, a tetranacci number, a rhombic matchstick number, a happy number, and a member of Aronson's sequence. There are exactly 208 five-bead necklaces drawn from a set of beads with four colors, and 208 generalize...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/209%20%28number%29
209 (two hundred [and] nine) is the natural number following 208 and preceding 210. In mathematics There are 209 spanning trees in a 2 × 5 grid graph, 209 partial permutations on four elements, and 209 distinct undirected simple graphs on 7 or fewer unlabeled vertices. 209 is the smallest number with six representatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/214%20%28number%29
214 (two hundred [and] fourteen) is the natural number following 213 and preceding 215. In mathematics 214 is a composite number (with prime factorization 2 * 107) and a triacontakaiheptagonal number (37-gonal number). 214!! − 1 is a 205-digit prime number. The 11th perfect number 2106×(2107−1) has 214 divisors. Numbe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/215%20%28number%29
215 (two hundred [and] fifteen) is the natural number following 214 and preceding 216. In mathematics 215 is a composite number and a semiprime (). 215 is the second smallest integer (after 5) such that is twice a square: . 215 is a vertically symmetric number on a calculator display . There are 215 sequences of fo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/217%20%28number%29
217 (two hundred [and] seventeen) is the natural number following 216 and preceding 218. In mathematics 217 is a centered hexagonal number, a 12-gonal number, a centered 36-gonal number, a Fermat pseudoprime to base 5, and a Blum integer. It is both the sum of two positive cubes and the difference of two positive con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/218%20%28number%29
218 (two hundred [and] eighteen) is the natural number following 217 and preceding 219. In mathematics Mertens function(218) = 3, a record high. 218 is nontotient and also noncototient. 218 is the number of inequivalent ways to color the 12 edges of a cube using at most 2 colors, where two colorings are equivalent if...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/226%20%28number%29
226 (two hundred [and] twenty-six) is the natural number following 225 and preceding 227. In mathematics 226 is a happy number, and a semiprime (2×113), and a member of Aronson's sequence. At most 226 different permutation patterns can occur within a single 9-element permutation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/231%20%28number%29
231 (two hundred [and] thirty-one) is the natural number following 230 and preceding 232. Two hundred [and] thirty-one 231 = 3·7·11, sphenic number, triangular number, doubly triangular number, hexagonal number, octahedral number, centered octahedral number, the number of integer partitions of 16, Mertens function ret...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/232%20%28number%29
232 (two hundred [and] thirty-two) is the natural number following 231 and preceding 233. In mathematics 232 is both a central polygonal number and a cake number. It is both a decagonal number and a centered 11-gonal number. It is also a refactorable number, a Motzkin sum, an idoneal number, a Riordan number and a n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/236%20%28number%29
236 (two hundred [and] thirty-six) is the natural number following 235 and preceding 237. 236 is a happy number. There are 236 different connected graphs with eight vertices and nine edges, and 236 different degree sequences of six-vertex graphs. There are 236 possible different phylogenetic trees representing the h...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/238%20%28number%29
238 (two hundred [and] thirty-eight) is the natural number following 237 and preceding 239. In mathematics 238 is an untouchable number. There are 238 2-vertex-connected graphs on five labeled vertices, and 238 order-5 polydiamonds (polyiamonds that can partitioned into 5 diamonds). Out of the 720 permutations of si...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/243%20%28number%29
243 (two hundred [and] forty-three) is the natural number following 242 and preceding 244. Additionally, 243 is: the only 3-digit number that is a fifth power (35). a perfect totient number. the sum of five consecutive prime numbers (41 + 43 + 47 + 53 + 59). an 82-gonal number.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/244%20%28number%29
244 (two hundred [and] forty-four) is the natural number following 243 and preceding 245. Additionally, 244 is: the sum of two nonzero fifth powers (). palindromic in bases 3 (1000013), 11 (20211), 60 (4460), 121 (22121), 243 (11243). a Harshad number in bases 3, 9, 11, 61, 62, 81, 121, 122, 123 and 184. the second an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/245%20%28number%29
245 (two hundred [and] forty-five) is the natural number following 244 and preceding 246. Additionally, 245 is: a composite number. a stella octangula number. palindromic in bases 34 (7734) and 48 (5548) a Harshad number in bases 7, 9, 11, 15, 31, 35, 36 (and 14 other bases). the aliquot sum of any of these numbers: 7...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/246%20%28number%29
246 (two hundred [and] forty-six) is the natural number following 245 and preceding 247. Additionally, 246 is: an untouchable number. palindromic in bases 5 (14415), 9 (3039), 40 (6640), 81 (3381), 122 (22122) and 245 (11245). a Harshad number in bases 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 11 (and 15 other bases). the smallest number N for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/247%20%28number%29
247 (two hundred [and] forty-seven) is the natural number following 246 and preceding 248. Additionally, 247 is: a semiprime. a brilliant number (the product of two primes with the same number of digits). a pentagonal number. palindromic in base 18 (DD18). a Harshad number in bases 10, 14, 19, 20, 27, 39, 40, 58,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/249%20%28number%29
249 (two hundred [and] forty-nine) is the natural number following 248 and preceding 250. Additionally, 249 is: a Blum integer. a semiprime. palindromic in bases 82 (3382). a Harshad number in bases 3, 83, 84, 124, 167 and 247. the aliquot sum of any of these numbers: 375, 531, 1687, 4351, 7807, 12127, 14647 and 15151...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/252%20%28number%29
252 (two hundred [and] fifty-two) is the natural number following 251 and preceding 253. In mathematics 252 is: the central binomial coefficient , the largest one divisible by all coefficients in the previous line , where is the Ramanujan tau function. , where is the function that sums the cubes of the divisors of i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/253%20%28number%29
253 (two hundred [and] fifty-three) is the natural number following 252 and preceding 254. In mathematics 253 is: a semiprime since it is the product of 2 primes. a triangular number. a star number. a centered heptagonal number. a centered nonagonal number. a Blum integer. a member of the 13-aliquot tree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/258%20%28number%29
258 (two hundred [and] fifty-eight) is the natural number following 257 and preceding 259. In mathematics 258 is: a sphenic number a nontotient the sum of four consecutive prime numbers because 258 = 59 + 61 + 67 + 71 63 + 62 + 6 an Ulam number
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/259%20%28number%29
259 (two hundred [and] fifty-nine) is the natural number following 258 and preceding 260. In mathematics 259 is: a semiprime 63 + 62 + 6 + 1, so 259 is a repdigit in base 6 (11116) a lucky number
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/271%20%28number%29
271 (two hundred [and] seventy-one) is the natural number after and before . Properties 271 is a twin prime with 269, a cuban prime (a prime number that is the difference of two consecutive cubes), and a centered hexagonal number. It is the smallest prime number bracketed on both sides by numbers divisible by cubes, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/276%20%28number%29
276 (two hundred [and] seventy-six) is the natural number following 275 and preceding 277. In mathematics 276 is the sum of 3 consecutive fifth powers (276 = 15 + 25 + 35). As a figurate number it is a triangular number, a hexagonal number, and a centered pentagonal number, the third number after 1 and 6 to have this ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/281%20%28number%29
281 is the 60th prime, twin prime with 283, Sophie Germain prime, sum of the first fourteen primes, sum of seven consecutive primes (29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 + 47 + 53), Chen prime, Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part, centered decagonal number. 281 is the smallest prime p such that the decimal period length of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/288%20%28number%29
288 (two hundred [and] eighty-eight) is the natural number following 287 and preceding 289. Because 288 = 2 · 12 · 12, it may also be called "two gross" or "two dozen dozen". In mathematics Factorization properties Because its prime factorization contains only the first two prime numbers 2 and 3, 288 is a 3-smooth n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg%20allergy
Egg allergy is an immune hypersensitivity to proteins found in chicken eggs, and possibly goose, duck, or turkey eggs. Symptoms can be either rapid or gradual in onset. The latter can take hours to days to appear. The former may include anaphylaxis, a potentially life-threatening condition which requires treatment with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20fold
The death fold is a tertiary structure motif commonly found in proteins involved in apoptosis or inflammation-related processes. This motif is commonly found in domains that participate in protein–protein interactions leading to the formation of large functional complexes. Examples of death fold domains include the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TNF%20receptor%20associated%20factor
TNF receptor associated factors (TRAFs) are a family of proteins primarily involved in the regulation of inflammation, antiviral responses and apoptosis. Currently, seven TRAF proteins have been characterized in mammals: TRAF1, TRAF2, TRAF3, TRAF4, TRAF5, TRAF6 and TRAF7. Except for TRAF7, these proteins share a rela...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean%20algebras%20canonically%20defined
Boolean algebras are models of the equational theory of two values; this definition is equivalent to the lattice and ring definitions. Boolean algebra is a mathematically rich branch of abstract algebra. Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy defines Boolean algebra as 'the algebra of two-valued logic with only sententi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20materials%20properties
A material property is an intensive property of a material, i.e., a physical property or chemical property that does not depend on the amount of the material. These quantitative properties may be used as a metric by which the benefits of one material versus another can be compared, thereby aiding in materials selection...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera%20resectioning
Camera resectioning is the process of estimating the parameters of a pinhole camera model approximating the camera that produced a given photograph or video; it determines which incoming light ray is associated with each pixel on the resulting image. Basically, the process determines the pose of the pinhole camera. Us...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense%20order
In mathematics, a partial order or total order < on a set is said to be dense if, for all and in for which , there is a in such that . That is, for any two elements, one less than the other, there is another element between them. For total orders this can be simplified to "for any two distinct elements, there is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20frequency%20power%20transmission
Radio frequency power transmission is the transmission of the output power of a transmitter to an antenna. When the antenna is not situated close to the transmitter, special transmission lines are required. The most common type of transmission line for this purpose is large-diameter coaxial cable. At high-power transm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified%20interconnect%20designer
Certified Interconnect Designer (CID) is a certification from the IPC Designer's Council for experienced PCB design professionals. CID+ is the advanced version of this certification. External links IPC Designers Council, Designer Certification – WAGO PCB Interconnect connector 2059 series Click Printed circuit boar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SymbOS
SYmbiosis Multitasking Based Operating System (SymbOS) is a multitasking operating system for Zilog Z80-based 8-bit computer systems. Contrary to early 8-bit operating systems it is based on a microkernel, which provides preemptive and priority-oriented multitasking and manages random-access memory (RAM) with a size o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sipura%20Technology
Sipura Technology, Inc. was a voice-over-IP (VoIP) startup company based in San Jose, California founded in 2003 with its siblings VideoCore and Komodo Technology, Inc. Sipura made VoIP telephone adapters including the Sipura Phone Adapter SPA2100, SPA3000, SPA9000, as well as SPA series IP phones, like the SPA941. C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IQVIA
IQVIA, formerly Quintiles and IMS Health, Inc., is an American Fortune 500 and S&P 500 multinational company serving the combined industries of health information technology and clinical research. IQVIA is a provider of biopharmaceutical development, consulting and commercial outsourcing services, focused primarily on ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STR%20analysis
Short tandem repeat (STR) analysis is a common molecular biology method used to compare allele repeats at specific loci in DNA between two or more samples. A short tandem repeat is a microsatellite with repeat units that are 2 to 7 base pairs in length, with the number of repeats varying among individuals, making STRs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distortion%20%28music%29
Distortion and overdrive are forms of audio signal processing used to alter the sound of amplified electric musical instruments, usually by increasing their gain, producing a "fuzzy", "growling", or "gritty" tone. Distortion is most commonly used with the electric guitar, but may also be used with other electric instru...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitless%20%28gene%29
The fruitless gene (fru) is a Drosophila melanogaster gene that encodes several variants of a putative transcription factor protein. Normal fruitless function is required for proper development of several anatomical structures necessary for courtship, including motor neurons which innervate muscles needed for fly sexua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asynchronous%20array%20of%20simple%20processors
The asynchronous array of simple processors (AsAP) architecture comprises a 2-D array of reduced complexity programmable processors with small scratchpad memories interconnected by a reconfigurable mesh network. AsAP was developed by researchers in the VLSI Computation Laboratory (VCL) at the University of California,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoist%20%28device%29
A hoist is a device used for lifting or lowering a load by means of a drum or lift-wheel around which rope or chain wraps. It may be manually operated, electrically or pneumatically driven and may use chain, fiber or wire rope as its lifting medium. The most familiar form is an elevator, the car of which is raised and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocosin
Pocosin is a type of palustrine wetland with deep, acidic, sandy, peat soils. Groundwater saturates the soil except during brief seasonal dry spells and during prolonged droughts. Pocosin soils are nutrient-deficient (oligotrophic), especially in phosphorus. Pocosins occur in the southern portions of the Atlantic coas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometal%20%28biology%29
Biometals are metals normally present, in small but important and measurable amounts, in biology, biochemistry, and medicine. The metals copper, zinc, iron, and manganese are examples of metals that are essential for the normal functioning of most plants and the bodies of most animals, such as the human body. A few (ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke%20University%20Institute%20for%20Genome%20Sciences%20and%20Policy
Duke Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy (IGSP) is an institution established at Duke University to address the many issues in science and policy that the Genome Revolution and recent advances in Genome Science are expected to create. It is located in the CIEMAS building at Duke University and houses some well kno...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement%20Science%20and%20Technology
Measurement Science and Technology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal, published by IOP Publishing, covering the areas of measurement, instrumentation, and sensor technology in the sciences. The editor-in-chief is Andrew Yacoot (National Physical Laboratory). History The journal was established in 1923 as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume%20%28programming%20language%29
Hume is a functionally based programming language developed at the University of St Andrews and Heriot-Watt University in Scotland since the year 2000. The language name is both an acronym meaning 'Higher-order Unified Meta-Environment' and an honorific to the 18th-century philosopher David Hume. It targets real-time c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBASE
Model-Based Architecture and Software Engineering (MBASE) in software engineering is a software development process developed by Barry Boehm and Dan Port in the late 1990s. MBASE focuses on ensuring that a project's product models (architecture, requirements, source code, etc.), process models (tasks, activities, miles...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim%20ibn%20Sinan
Ibrahim ibn Sinan (Arabic: Ibrāhīm ibn Sinān ibn Thābit ibn Qurra, ; born 295296 AH/ in Baghdad, died: 334-335 AH/946 in Baghdad, aged 38) was a mathematician and astronomer who belonged to a family of scholars originally from Harran in northern Mesopotamia. He was the son of Sinan ibn Thabit (943) and the grandson of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrologia
Metrologia is a bimonthly journal dealing with the scientific aspects of metrology. It has been running since 1965 and has been published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures since 1991. Since 2003 the journal has been published by IOP Publishing on behalf of the bureau. The journal covers the fundamenta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ole%20Barndorff-Nielsen
Ole Eiler Barndorff-Nielsen (18 March, 1935 – 26 June, 2022) was a Danish statistician who has contributed to many areas of statistical science. Education and career He was born in Copenhagen, and became interested in statistics when, as a student of actuarial mathematics at the University of Copenhagen, he worked pa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue%20Wave%20Software
Rogue Wave Software was an American software development company based in Louisville, Colorado. It provided cross-platform software development tools and embedded components for parallel, data-intensive, and other high-performance computing (HPC) applications. In January 2019, the firm was acquired by Minneapolis, Min...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesamoiditis
Sesamoiditis is inflammation of the sesamoid bones. Humans Sesamoiditis occurs on the bottom of the foot, just behind the big toe. There are normally two sesamoid bones on each foot; sometimes sesamoids can be bipartite, which means they each comprise two separate pieces. The sesamoids are roughly the size of jelly be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therapeutic%20gene%20modulation
Therapeutic gene modulation refers to the practice of altering the expression of a gene at one of various stages, with a view to alleviate some form of ailment. It differs from gene therapy in that gene modulation seeks to alter the expression of an endogenous gene (perhaps through the introduction of a gene encoding a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind-wandering
Mind-wandering is loosely defined as thoughts that are not produced from the current task. Mind-wandering consists of thoughts that are task-unrelated and stimulus-independent. This can be in the form of three different subtypes: positive constructive daydreaming, guilty fear of failure, and poor attentional control. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20biodiversity%20databases
This is a list of biodiversity databases. Biodiversity databases store taxonomic information alone or more commonly also other information like distribution (spatial) data and ecological data, which provide information on the biodiversity of a particular area or group of living organisms. They may store specimen-level ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap%20formation
When molecules on the surface of a motile eukaryotic cell are crosslinked, they are moved to one end of the cell to form a "cap". This phenomenon, the process of which is called cap formation, was discovered in 1971 on lymphocytes and is a property of amoebae and all locomotory animal cells except sperm. The crosslinki...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tara%20spinosa
Tara spinosa, commonly known as tara (Quechua), also known as Peruvian carob or spiny holdback, is a small leguminous tree or thorny shrub native to Peru. T. spinosa is cultivated as a source of tannins based on a galloylated quinic acid structure. This chemical structure has been confirmed also by LC–MS. It is also gr...