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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desymmetrization | Desymmetrization in stereochemistry is the modification of a molecule that results in the loss of one or more symmetry elements. A common application of this class of reactions involves the introduction of chirality. Formally, such conversions required the loss of an improper axis of rotation (mirror plane, center of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20Products%20Association | The Food Products Association (formerly the National Food Processors Association or NFPA) was the principal U.S. scientific and technical trade association representing the food processing industry until 2007. FPA was headquartered in Washington, D.C., with branches in Dublin, CA, and Seattle, WA. The association empha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statisticians%27%20and%20engineers%27%20cross-reference%20of%20statistical%20terms | The following terms are used by electrical engineers in statistical signal processing studies instead of typical statistician's terms.
In other engineering fields, particularly mechanical engineering, uncertainty analysis examines systematic and random components of variations in measurements associated with physical ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonelli%E2%80%93Hobson%20test | In mathematics, the Tonelli–Hobson test gives sufficient criteria for a function ƒ on R2 to be an integrable function. It is often used to establish that Fubini's theorem may be applied to ƒ. It is named for Leonida Tonelli and E. W. Hobson.
More precisely, the Tonelli–Hobson test states that if ƒ is a real-valued mea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USC%20Jane%20Goodall%20Research%20Center | The USC Jane Goodall Research Center is a part of the department of Anthropology at the University of Southern California. It is co-directed by professors of anthropology Craig Stanford, Chris Boehm, Nayuta Yamashita, and Roberto Delgado.
The center was established in 1991 with the joint appointment of Jane Goodall as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermomagnetic%20convection | Ferrofluids can be used to transfer heat, since heat and mass transport in such magnetic fluids can be controlled using an external magnetic field.
B. A. Finlayson first explained in 1970 (in his paper "Convective instability of ferromagnetic fluids", Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 40:753-767) how an external magnetic fi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interosseous%20membrane%20of%20leg | The interosseous membrane of the leg (middle tibiofibular ligament) extends between the interosseous crests of the tibia and fibula, helps stabilize the Tib-Fib relationship and separates the muscles on the front from those on the back of the leg.
It consists of a thin, aponeurotic joint lamina composed of oblique fib... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MPEG%20LA | MPEG LA is an American company based in Denver, Colorado that licenses patent pools covering essential patents required for use of the MPEG-2, MPEG-4, IEEE 1394, VC-1, ATSC, MVC, MPEG-2 Systems, AVC/H.264 and HEVC standards.
Via Licensing Corp acquired MPEG LA in April 2023 and formed a new patent pool administration ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reproductive%20synchrony | Reproductive synchrony is a term used in evolutionary biology and behavioral ecology. Reproductive synchrony—sometimes termed "ovulatory synchrony"—may manifest itself as "breeding seasonality". Where females undergo regular menstruation, "menstrual synchrony" is another possible term.
Reproduction is said to be synch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math%20Blaster%20Episode%20II%3A%20Secret%20of%20the%20Lost%20City | Math Blaster Episode II: Secret of the Lost City is an educational game in the Blaster Learning System by Davidson & Associates and is the sequel to Math Blaster Episode I: In Search of Spot. In the plot of this math game, the evil Dr. Minus shoots down Blasternaut, Spot, and Galactic Commander as they search for the L... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-dimensional%20gas | A two-dimensional gas is a collection of objects constrained to move in a planar or other two-dimensional space in a gaseous state. The objects can be: classical ideal gas elements such as rigid disks undergoing elastic collisions; elementary particles, or any ensemble of individual objects in physics which obeys laws ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium%20tartrate | Calcium tartrate, exactly calcium L-tartrate, is a byproduct of the wine industry, prepared from wine fermentation dregs. It is the calcium salt of L-tartaric acid, an acid most commonly found in grapes. Its solubility decreases with lower temperature, which results in the forming of whitish (in red wine often reddish... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entoloma%20sinuatum | Entoloma sinuatum (commonly known as the livid entoloma, livid agaric, livid pinkgill, leaden entoloma, and lead poisoner) is a poisonous mushroom found across Europe and North America. Some guidebooks refer to it by its older scientific names of Entoloma lividum or Rhodophyllus sinuatus. The largest mushroom of the ge... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine | {{DISPLAYTITLE:S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine}}
S-Adenosyl-L-homocysteine (SAH) is the biosynthetic precursor to homocysteine. SAH is formed by the demethylation of S-adenosyl-L-methionine. Adenosylhomocysteinase converts SAH into homocysteine and adenosine.
Biological role
DNA methyltransferases are inhibited by SAH.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eva%20Nogales | Eva Nogales (born in Colmenar Viejo, Spain) is a Spanish-American biophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as head of the Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biolo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Lorentz%20transformations | The history of Lorentz transformations comprises the development of linear transformations forming the Lorentz group or Poincaré group preserving the Lorentz interval and the Minkowski inner product .
In mathematics, transformations equivalent to what was later known as Lorentz transformations in various dimensions w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix%20pencil | In linear algebra, if are complex matrices for some nonnegative integer , and (the zero matrix), then the matrix pencil of degree is the matrix-valued function defined on the complex numbers
A particular case is a linear matrix pencil with where and are complex (or real) matrices. We denote it briefly with ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankinson%27s%20equation | Hankinson's equation (also called Hankinson's formula or Hankinson's criterion) is a mathematical relationship for predicting the off-axis uniaxial compressive strength of wood. The formula can also be used to compute the fiber stress or the stress wave velocity at the elastic limit as a function of grain angle in woo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalous%20diffusion | Anomalous diffusion is a diffusion process with a non-linear relationship between the mean squared displacement (MSD), , and time. This behavior is in stark contrast to Brownian motion, the typical diffusion process described by Einstein and Smoluchowski, where the MSD is linear in time (namely, with d being the numbe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poincar%C3%A9%20residue | In mathematics, the Poincaré residue is a generalization, to several complex variables and complex manifold theory, of the residue at a pole of complex function theory. It is just one of a number of such possible extensions.
Given a hypersurface defined by a degree polynomial and a rational -form on with a pole o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosignal | A biosignal is any signal in living beings that can be continually measured and monitored. The term biosignal is often used to refer to bioelectrical signals, but it may refer to both electrical and non-electrical signals. The usual understanding is to refer only to time-varying signals, although spatial parameter vari... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appia%20%28software%29 | Appia is a free and open-source layered communication toolkit implemented in Java, and licensed under the Apache License, version 2.0. It was born in the University of Lisbon, Portugal, by the DIALNP research group that is hosted in the LaSIGE research unit.
Components
Appia is composed by a core that is used to compo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAR%20Systems | IAR Systems is a Swedish computer software company that offers development tools for embedded systems. IAR Systems was founded in 1983, and is listed on Nasdaq Nordic in Stockholm. IAR is an abbreviation of Ingenjörsfirma Anders Rundgren, which means Anders Rundgren Engineering Company.
IAR Systems develops C and C++ ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20hard%20disk%20drives | In 1953, IBM recognized the immediate application for what it termed a "Random Access File" having high capacity and rapid random access at a relatively low cost. After considering technologies such as wire matrices, rod arrays, drums, drum arrays, etc., the engineers at IBM's San Jose California laboratory invented th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20hyperaccumulators | This article covers known hyperaccumulators, accumulators or species tolerant to the following: Aluminium (Al), Silver (Ag), Arsenic (As), Beryllium (Be), Chromium (Cr), Copper (Cu), Manganese (Mn), Mercury (Hg), Molybdenum (Mo), Naphthalene, Lead (Pb), Selenium (Se) and Zinc (Zn).
See also:
Hyperaccumulators table – ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/True%20Monster%20Stories | True Monster Stories, written by Terry Deary, is the first of the non-fiction True Stories Series of books. It was published in 1992 by Hippo Books from Scholastic.
Overview
The book details strange but apparently "true" encounters with a variety of monsters. The book is divided into eight sections; ranging from wil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height%20Modernization | Height Modernization is the name of a series of state-by-state programs recently begun by the United States' National Geodetic Survey, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The goal of each state program is to place GPS base stations at various locations within each participating state to m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shack%E2%80%93Hartmann%20wavefront%20sensor | A Shack–Hartmann (or Hartmann–Shack) wavefront sensor (SHWFS) is an optical instrument used for characterizing an imaging system. It is a wavefront sensor commonly used in adaptive optics systems. It consists of an array of lenses (called lenslets) of the same focal length. Each is focused onto a photon sensor (typical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disk%20encryption | Disk encryption is a technology which protects information by converting it into code that cannot be deciphered easily by unauthorized people or processes. Disk encryption uses disk encryption software or hardware to encrypt every bit of data that goes on a disk or disk volume. It is used to prevent unauthorized access... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20barrier%20coating | Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are advanced materials systems usually applied to metallic surfaces on parts operating at elevated temperatures, such as gas turbine combustors and turbines, and in automotive exhaust heat management. These 100 μm to 2 mm thick coatings of thermally insulating materials serve to insulate... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business%20process%20network | Business process networks (BPN), also referred to as business service networks or business process hubs, enable the efficient execution of multi-enterprise operational processes, including supply chain planning and execution. A BPN extends and implements an organization's Service-orientation in Enterprise Applications.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentice%20Hall%20International%20Series%20in%20Computer%20Science | Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science was a series of books on computer science published by Prentice Hall.
The series' founding editor was Tony Hoare. Richard Bird subsequently took over editing the series. Many of the books in the series have been in the area of formal methods in particular.
Select... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtosis%20risk | In statistics and decision theory, kurtosis risk is the risk that results when a statistical model assumes the normal distribution, but is applied to observations that have a tendency to occasionally be much farther (in terms of number of standard deviations) from the average than is expected for a normal distribution.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instructograph | The Instructograph was a paper tape-based machine used for the study of Morse code.
The paper tape mechanism consisted of two reels which passed a paper tape across a reading device that actuated a set of contacts which changed state dependent on the presence or absence of hole punches in the tape. The contacts could ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics%20of%20aggression | The field of psychology has been greatly influenced by the study of genetics. Decades of research have demonstrated that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in a variety of behaviors in humans and animals (e.g. Grigorenko & Sternberg, 2003). The genetic basis of aggression, however, remains poorly unders... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20design%20process | The engineering design process, also known as the engineering method, is a common series of steps that engineers use in creating functional products and processes. The process is highly iterative – parts of the process often need to be repeated many times before another can be entered – though the part(s) that get iter... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20molecular%20theory | In chemistry, the history of molecular theory traces the origins of the concept or idea of the existence of strong chemical bonds between two or more atoms.
A modern conceptualization of molecules began to develop in the 19th century along with experimental evidence for pure chemical elements and how individual atoms ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition%20timing | In a spark ignition internal combustion engine, ignition timing is the timing, relative to the current piston position and crankshaft angle, of the release of a spark in the combustion chamber near the end of the compression stroke.
The need for advancing (or retarding) the timing of the spark is because fuel does not... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediation%20%28statistics%29 | In statistics, a mediation model seeks to identify and explain the mechanism or process that underlies an observed relationship between an independent variable and a dependent variable via the inclusion of a third hypothetical variable, known as a mediator variable (also a mediating variable, intermediary variable, or ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internodal%20segment | An internodal segment (or internode) is the portion of a nerve fiber between two Nodes of Ranvier. The neurolemma or primitive sheath is not interrupted at the nodes, but passes over them as a continuous membrane. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20criticality%20safety | Nuclear criticality safety is a field of nuclear engineering dedicated to the prevention of nuclear and radiation accidents resulting from an inadvertent, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
Nuclear criticality safety is concerned with mitigating the consequences of a nuclear criticality accident.
A nuclear criti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin%20%28extended%20surface%29 | In the study of heat transfer, fins are surfaces that extend from an object to increase the rate of heat transfer to or from the environment by increasing convection. The amount of conduction, convection, or radiation of an object determines the amount of heat it transfers. Increasing the temperature gradient between t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20microbiology | Food microbiology is the study of the microorganisms that inhabit, create, or contaminate food. This includes the study of microorganisms causing food spoilage; pathogens that may cause disease (especially if food is improperly cooked or stored); microbes used to produce fermented foods such as cheese, yogurt, bread, b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus%20granulatus | Suillus granulatus is a pored mushroom of the genus Suillus in the family Suillaceae. It is similar to the related S. luteus, but can be distinguished by its ringless stalk. Like S. luteus, it is an edible mushroom that often grows in a symbiosis (mycorrhiza) with pine. It has been commonly known as the weeping bolete... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn%20simulation | Dawn simulation is a technique that involves timing lights, often called wake up lights, sunrise alarm clock or natural light alarm clocks, in the bedroom to come on gradually, over a period of 30 minutes to 2 hours, before awakening to simulate dawn.
History
The concept of dawn simulation was first patented in 1890 a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighting%20ratio | Lighting ratio in photography refers to the comparison of key light (the main source of light from which shadows fall) to the total fill light (the light that fills in the shadow areas). The higher the lighting ratio, the higher the contrast of the image; the lower the ratio, the lower the contrast. The lighting ratio ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventral%20ramus%20of%20spinal%20nerve | The ventral ramus (: rami) (Latin for 'branch') is the anterior division of a spinal nerve. The ventral rami supply the antero-lateral parts of the trunk and the limbs. They are mainly larger than the dorsal rami.
Shortly after a spinal nerve exits the intervertebral foramen, it branches into the dorsal ramus, the ven... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiphysin | Amphiphysin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AMPH gene.
Function
This gene encodes a protein associated with the cytoplasmic surface of synaptic vesicles. A subset of patients with stiff person syndrome who were also affected by breast cancer are positive for autoantibodies against this protein. Alterna... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence%20%28biology%29 | A sequence in biology is the one-dimensional ordering of monomers, covalently linked within a biopolymer; it is also referred to as the primary structure of a biological macromolecule. While it can refer to many different molecules, the term sequence is most often used to refer to a DNA sequence.
See also
Protein seq... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference%20density%20map | In X-ray crystallography, a difference density map shows the spatial distribution of the difference between the measured electron density of the crystal and the electron density explained by the current model.
These coefficients are derived from the gradient of the likelihood function of the observed structure factors... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write%20combining | Write combining (WC) is a computer bus technique for allowing data to be combined and temporarily stored in a buffer the write combine buffer (WCB) to be released together later in burst mode instead of writing (immediately) as single bits or small chunks.
Technique
Write combining cannot be used for general memory ac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonido%2013 | Sonido 13 is a theory of microtonal music created by the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo around 1900 and described by Nicolas Slonimsky as "the field of sounds smaller than the twelve semitones of the tempered scale." Carrillo developed this theory in 1895 while he was experimenting with his violin. Though he became i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burst%20mode%20%28computing%29 | Burst mode is a generic electronics term referring to any situation in which a device is transmitting data repeatedly without going through all the steps required to transmit each piece of data in a separate transaction.
Advantages
The main advantage of burst mode over single mode is that the burst mode typically incr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myc | Myc is a family of regulator genes and proto-oncogenes that code for transcription factors. The Myc family consists of three related human genes: c-myc (MYC), l-myc (MYCL), and n-myc (MYCN). c-myc (also sometimes referred to as MYC) was the first gene to be discovered in this family, due to homology with the viral gene... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avidity | In biochemistry, avidity refers to the accumulated strength of multiple affinities of individual non-covalent binding interactions, such as between a protein receptor and its ligand, and is commonly referred to as functional affinity. Avidity differs from affinity, which describes the strength of a single interaction.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle-resolved%20photoemission%20spectroscopy | Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is an experimental technique used in condensed matter physics to probe the allowed energies and momenta of the electrons in a material, usually a crystalline solid. It is based on the photoelectric effect, in which an incoming photon of sufficient energy ejects an elect... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrosymmetric%20matrix | In mathematics, especially in linear algebra and matrix theory, a centrosymmetric matrix is a matrix which is symmetric about its center. More precisely, an n×n matrix A = [Ai,j] is centrosymmetric when its entries satisfy
Ai,j = An−i + 1,n−j + 1 for i, j ∊{1, ..., n}.
If J denotes the n×n exchange matrix with 1 on t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20circuit%20multiplexing | Virtual circuit multiplexing or VC-MUX is one of the two (the other being LLC encapsulation) mechanisms for identifying the protocol carried in ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5) frames specified by , Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM.
With virtual circuit multiplexing, the communicating hosts agree to send only one pac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS210%20experiment | The PS210 experiment was the first experiment that led to the observation of antihydrogen atoms produced at the Low Energy Antiproton Ring (LEAR) at CERN in 1995. The antihydrogen atoms were produced in flight and moved at nearly the speed of light. They made unique electrical signals in detectors that destroyed them a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20testing%20machine | A universal testing machine (UTM), also known as a universal tester, materials testing machine or materials test frame, is used to test the tensile strength and compressive strength of materials. An earlier name for a tensile testing machine is a tensometer. The "universal" part of the name reflects that it can perfor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropower | Micropower describes the use of very small electric generators and prime movers or devices to convert heat or motion to electricity, for use close to the generator. The generator is typically integrated with microelectronic devices and produces "several watts of power or less." These devices offer the promise of a pow... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Woods | Steven Gregory Woods (born June 16, 1965) is a Canadian entrepreneur. He is best known for co-founding Quack.com, the first popular Voice portal platform, in 1998. Woods became the head of engineering for Google Canada where he was until 2021, when he joined Canadian Venture capital firm iNovia Capital as partner and C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathland | MathLand was one of several elementary mathematics curricula that were designed around the 1989 NCTM standards. It was developed and published by Creative Publications and was initially adopted by the U.S. state of California and schools run by the US Department of Defense by the mid 1990s. Unlike curricula such as Inv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate%20ice%20cream | Chocolate ice cream is ice cream with natural or artificial chocolate flavoring. One of the oldest flavors of ice creams, it is also one of the world's most popular. While most often sold alone, it is also a base for many other flavors.
History
The earliest frozen chocolate recipes were published in Naples, Italy, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunPCi | SunPCi is a series of single-board computers with a connector that effectively allows a PC motherboard to be fitted in Sun Microsystems SPARC-based workstations based on the PCI architecture adding the capability for the workstation to act as a 'IBM PC compatible' computer. The Sun PCi cards included an x86 processor, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice%20portal | Voice portals are the voice equivalent of web portals, giving access to information through spoken commands and voice responses. Ideally a voice portal could be an access point for any type of information, services, or transactions found on the Internet. Common uses include movie time listings and stock trading.
In tel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helenalin | Helenalin, or (-)-4-Hydroxy-4a,8-dimethyl-3,3a,4a,7a,8,9,9a-octahydroazuleno[6,5-b]furan-2,5-dione, is a toxic sesquiterpene lactone which can be found in several plants such as Arnica montana and Arnica chamissonis Helenalin is responsible for the toxicity of the Arnica spp.
Although toxic, helenalin possesses some i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot-carrier%20injection | Hot carrier injection (HCI) is a phenomenon in solid-state electronic devices where an electron or a “hole” gains sufficient kinetic energy to overcome a potential barrier necessary to break an interface state. The term "hot" refers to the effective temperature used to model carrier density, not to the overall tempera... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald%20Veblen%20Prize%20in%20Geometry |
The Oswald Veblen Prize in Geometry is an award granted by the American Mathematical Society for notable research in geometry or topology. It was funded in 1961 in memory of Oswald Veblen and first issued in 1964. The Veblen Prize is now worth US$5000, and is awarded every three years.
The first seven prize winner... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyman%20Bass | Hyman Bass (; born October 5, 1932) is an American mathematician, known for work in algebra and in mathematics education. From 1959 to 1998 he was Professor in the Mathematics Department at Columbia University. He is currently the Samuel Eilenberg Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Professor of Mathe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%27s%20circulation%20theorem | In fluid mechanics, Kelvin's circulation theorem (named after William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin who published it in 1869) states:In a barotropic, ideal fluid with conservative body forces, the circulation around a closed curve (which encloses the same fluid elements) moving with the fluid remains constant with time.
S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse%20image%20functor | In mathematics, specifically in algebraic topology and algebraic geometry, an inverse image functor is a contravariant construction of sheaves; here “contravariant” in the sense given a map , the inverse image functor is a functor from the category of sheaves on Y to the category of sheaves on X. The direct image func... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean%20circuit | In computational complexity theory and circuit complexity, a Boolean circuit is a mathematical model for combinational digital logic circuits. A formal language can be decided by a family of Boolean circuits, one circuit for each possible input length.
Boolean circuits are defined in terms of the logic gates they cont... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat%20rate | A flat fee, also referred to as a flat rate or a linear rate refers to a pricing structure that charges a single fixed fee for a service, regardless of usage. Less commonly, the term may refer to a rate that does not vary with usage or time of use.
Advantages
A business can develop a dependable stance in a market, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20Exploitation%20Tracking%20System | Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS) is a Microsoft software based solution that assists in managing and linking worldwide cases related to child protection. CETS was developed in collaboration with law enforcement in Canada. Administered by the loose partnership of Microsoft and law enforcement agencies, CETS off... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian%20Ornithological%20Research%20Group | The Victorian Ornithological Research Group (VORG) is a small project-focused ornithological group of amateurs and professionals based in Victoria, Australia. It was formed in 1962. It publishes a bulletin, VORG Notes. The objectives of the group are to:
promote and encourage the study of all aspects of bird life b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite-difference%20frequency-domain%20method | The finite-difference frequency-domain (FDFD) method is a numerical solution method for problems usually in electromagnetism and sometimes in acoustics, based on finite-difference approximations of the derivative operators in the differential equation being solved.
While "FDFD" is a generic term describing all frequen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel%27s%20test | In mathematics, Abel's test (also known as Abel's criterion) is a method of testing for the convergence of an infinite series. The test is named after mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. There are two slightly different versions of Abel's test – one is used with series of real numbers, and the other is used with power ser... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacuna%20%28histology%29 | In histology, a lacuna is a small space, containing an osteocyte in bone, or chondrocyte in cartilage.
Bone
The lacunae are situated between the lamellae, and consist of a number of oblong spaces. In an ordinary microscopic section, viewed by transmitted light, they appear as fusiform opaque spots. Each lacuna is occu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myelin%20incisure | Myelin incisures (also known as Schmidt-Lanterman clefts, Schmidt-Lanterman incisures, clefts of Schmidt-Lanterman, segments of Lanterman, medullary segments) are small pockets of cytoplasm left behind during the Schwann cell myelination process.
They are histological evidence of the small amount of cytoplasm that re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated%20Video%20Timings | Coordinated Video Timings (CVT; VESA-2013-3 v1.2) is a standard by VESA which defines the timings of the component video signal. Initially intended for use by computer monitors and video cards, the standard made its way into consumer televisions.
The parameters defined by standard include horizontal blanking and verti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasklist | In computing, tasklist is a command available in Microsoft Windows and in the AROS shell.
It is equivalent to the ps command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems and can also be compared with the Windows task manager (taskmgr).
Windows NT 4.0, the Windows 98 Resource Kit, the Windows 2000 Support Tools, and ReactO... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanillylmandelic%20acid | Vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) is a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of artificial vanilla flavorings and is an end-stage metabolite of the catecholamines (epinephrine, and norepinephrine). It is produced via intermediary metabolites.
Chemical synthesis
VMA synthesis is the first step of a two-step process practice... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroinfiltration | Agroinfiltration is a method used in plant biology and especially lately in plant biotechnology to induce transient expression of genes in a plant, or isolated leaves from a plant, or even in cultures of plant cells, in order to produce a desired protein. In the method, a suspension of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is intr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materialism%20and%20Empirio-criticism | Materialism and Empirio-criticism (Russian: Материализм и эмпириокритицизм, Materializm i empiriokrititsizm) is a philosophical work by Vladimir Lenin, published in 1909. It was an obligatory subject of study in all institutions of higher education in the Soviet Union, as a seminal work of dialectical materialism, a pa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characteristic%20mode%20analysis | Characteristic modes (CM) form a set of functions which, under specific boundary conditions, diagonalizes operator relating field and induced sources. Under certain conditions, the set of the CM is unique and complete (at least theoretically) and thereby capable of describing the behavior of a studied object in full.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm%20%28artificial%20intelligence%29 | Norms can be considered from different perspectives in artificial intelligence to create computers and computer software that are capable of intelligent behaviour.
In artificial intelligence and law, legal norms are considered in computational tools to automatically reason upon them. In multi-agent systems (MAS), a br... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziggurat%20algorithm | The ziggurat algorithm is an algorithm for pseudo-random number sampling. Belonging to the class of rejection sampling algorithms, it relies on an underlying source of uniformly-distributed random numbers, typically from a pseudo-random number generator, as well as precomputed tables. The algorithm is used to generat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PVR-resistant%20advertising | PVR (DVR)-resistant advertising is a form of advertising which is designed specifically to remain viewable despite a user skipping through the commercials when using a device such as a TiVo or other digital video recorder. For instance, a black bar with a product's tagline and logo or the title of a promoted television... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metacomputing | Metacomputing is all computing and computing-oriented activity which involves computing knowledge (science and technology) utilized for the research, development and application of different types of computing. It may also deal with numerous types of computing applications, such as: industry, business, management and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damp%20proofing | Damp proofing in construction is a type of moisture control applied to building walls and floors to prevent moisture from passing into the interior spaces. Dampness problems are among the most frequent problems encountered in residences.
Damp proofing is defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feodor%20Deahna | Heinrich Wilhelm Feodor Deahna (8 July 1815 – 8 January 1844) was a German mathematician.
He is known for providing proof of what is now known as Frobenius theorem in differential topology, which he published in Crelle's Journal in 1840.
Deahna was born near Bayreuth on July 8, 1815, and was a student at the Universit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20Howard%20Redfield | John Howard Redfield (June 8, 1879 – April 17, 1944) was an American mathematician, best known for discovery of what is now called Pólya enumeration theorem (PET) in 1927, ten years ahead of similar but independent discovery made by George Pólya. Redfield was a great-grandson of William Charles Redfield, one of the fou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium%20tailings | Uranium tailings or uranium tails are a radioactive waste byproduct (tailings) of conventional uranium mining and uranium enrichment. They contain the radioactive decay products from the uranium decay chains, mainly the U-238 chain, and heavy metals. Long-term storage or disposal of tailings may pose a danger for publi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighborhood%20operation | In computer vision and image processing a neighborhood operation is a commonly used class of computations on image data which implies that it is processed according to the following pseudo code:
Visit each point p in the image data and do {
N = a neighborhood or region of the image data around the point p
r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%20thermometer | A gas thermometer is a thermometer that measures temperature by the variation in volume or pressure of a gas.
Volume Thermometer
This thermometer functions by Charles's Law. Charles's Law states that when the temperature of a gas increases, so does the volume.
Using Charles's Law, the temperature can be measured by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristyly | Tristyly is a rare floral polymorphism that consists of three floral morphs that differ in regard to the length of the stamens and style within the flower. This type of floral mechanism is thought to encourage outcross pollen transfer and is usually associated with heteromorphic self-incompatibility to reduce inbreedin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure%20tensor | In mathematics, the structure tensor, also referred to as the second-moment matrix, is a matrix derived from the gradient of a function. It describes the distribution of the gradient in a specified neighborhood around a point and makes the information invariant respect the observing coordinates. The structure tensor is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMSMS | Diminishing manufacturing sources and material shortages (DMSMS) or diminishing manufacturing sources (DMS) is defined as: "The loss or impending loss of manufacturers of items or suppliers of items or raw materials." DMSMS and obsolescence are terms that are often used interchangeably. However, obsolescence refers to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nina%20Bari | Nina Karlovna Bari (; 19 November 1901 – 15 July 1961) was a Soviet mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series.<ref name="asc">Biography of Nina Karlovna Bari, by Giota Soublis, Agnes Scott College.</ref> She is also well-known for two textbooks, Higher Algebra and The Theory of Series''.
Early life and ... |
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