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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrency%20semantics
In computer science, concurrency semantics is a way to give meaning to concurrent systems in a mathematically rigorous way. Concurrency semantics is often based on mathematical theories of concurrency such as various process calculi, the actor model, or Petri nets. A more detailed account of concurrency semantics is g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sediment%E2%80%93water%20interface
In oceanography and limnology, the sediment–water interface is the boundary between bed sediment and the overlying water column. The term usually refers to a thin layer (approximately 1 cm deep, though variable) of water at the very surface of sediments on the seafloor. In the ocean, estuaries, and lakes, this layer in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleoprotein
Nucleoproteins are proteins conjugated with nucleic acids (either DNA or RNA). Typical nucleoproteins include ribosomes, nucleosomes and viral nucleocapsid proteins. Structures Nucleoproteins tend to be positively charged, facilitating interaction with the negatively charged nucleic acid chains. The tertiary struct...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning%20percentage
In sports, a winning percentage is the fraction of games or matches a team or individual has won. The statistic is commonly used in standings or rankings to compare teams or individuals. It is defined as wins divided by the total number of matches played (i.e. wins plus draws plus losses). A draw counts as a win. Dis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20Transverse%20Mercator%20coordinate%20system
The Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) is a map projection system for assigning coordinates to locations on the surface of the Earth. Like the traditional method of latitude and longitude, it is a horizontal position representation, which means it ignores altitude and treats the earth surface as a perfect ellipsoid. H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20symbols%20of%20Scientology
This is a list of symbols of Scientology, the Church of Scientology, and related organizations. List Trademarks All official symbols of Scientology are trademarks held by the Religious Technology Center (RTC). They are said by the center to be used "on Scientology religious materials to signify their authenticity .....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutlet
Cutlet (derived from French côtelette, côte, "rib") refers to: a thin slice of meat from the leg or ribs of mutton, veal, pork, or chicken a dish made of such slice, often breaded (also known in various languages as a cotoletta, Kotelett, kotlet or kotleta) a croquette or cutlet-shaped patty made of ground meat a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20technology%20consulting
In management, information technology consulting (also called IT consulting, computer consultancy, business and technology services, computing consultancy, technology consulting, and IT advisory) is a field of activity which focuses on advising organizations on how best to use information technology (IT) in achieving t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury%20selection
Jury selection is the selection of the people who will serve on a jury during a jury trial. The group of potential jurors (the "jury pool,” also known as the venire) is first selected from among the community using a reasonably random method. Jury lists are compiled from voter registrations and driver license or ID ren...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graded%20poset
In mathematics, in the branch of combinatorics, a graded poset is a partially-ordered set (poset) P equipped with a rank function ρ from P to the set N of all natural numbers. ρ must satisfy the following two properties: The rank function is compatible with the ordering, meaning that for all x and y in the order, if ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%20of%20Clebsch%E2%80%93Gordan%20coefficients
This is a table of Clebsch–Gordan coefficients used for adding angular momentum values in quantum mechanics. The overall sign of the coefficients for each set of constant , , is arbitrary to some degree and has been fixed according to the Condon–Shortley and Wigner sign convention as discussed by Baird and Biedenharn....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production%20of%20antibiotics
Production of antibiotics is a naturally occurring event, that thanks to advances in science can now be replicated and improved upon in laboratory settings. Due to the discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming, and the efforts of Florey and Chain in 1938, large-scale, pharmaceutical production of antibiotics has bee...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort
DisplayPort (DP) is a digital display interface developed by a consortium of PC and chip manufacturers and standardized by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor. It can also carry audio, USB, and other forms of d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20polar%20stereographic%20coordinate%20system
The universal polar stereographic (UPS) coordinate system is used in conjunction with the universal transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system to locate positions on the surface of the Earth. Like the UTM coordinate system, the UPS coordinate system uses a metric-based cartesian grid laid out on a conformally projecte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect%20ruler
A perfect ruler of length is a ruler with integer markings , for which there exists an integer such that any positive integer is uniquely expressed as the difference for some . This is referred to as an -perfect ruler. An optimal perfect ruler is one of the smallest length for fixed values of and . Example A 4...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regime%20shift
Regime shifts are large, abrupt, persistent changes in the structure and function of ecosystems, the climate, financial systems or other complex systems. A regime is a characteristic behaviour of a system which is maintained by mutually reinforced processes or feedbacks. Regimes are considered persistent relative to th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural%20stability
In mathematics, structural stability is a fundamental property of a dynamical system which means that the qualitative behavior of the trajectories is unaffected by small perturbations (to be exact C1-small perturbations). Examples of such qualitative properties are numbers of fixed points and periodic orbits (but not ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation%20of%20primes
In computational number theory, a variety of algorithms make it possible to generate prime numbers efficiently. These are used in various applications, for example hashing, public-key cryptography, and search of prime factors in large numbers. For relatively small numbers, it is possible to just apply trial division ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote%20control%20animal
Remote control animals are animals that are controlled remotely by humans. Some applications require electrodes to be implanted in the animal's nervous system connected to a receiver which is usually carried on the animal's back. The animals are controlled by the use of radio signals. The electrodes do not move the an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA%20insignia
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) insignia has three main official designs, although the one with stylized red curved text (the "worm") was retired from official use from May 22, 1992, until April 3, 2020, when it was reinstated as a secondary logo. The three logos include the NASA insignia (also...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psoas%20major%20muscle
The psoas major ( or ; from ) is a long fusiform muscle located in the lateral lumbar region between the vertebral column and the brim of the lesser pelvis. It joins the iliacus muscle to form the iliopsoas. In animals, this muscle is equivalent to the tenderloin. Structure The psoas major is divided into a superficia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20social%20science%20model
The term standard social science model (SSSM) was first introduced by John Tooby and Leda Cosmides in the 1992 edited volume The Adapted Mind. They used SSSM as a reference to social science philosophies related to the blank slate, relativism, social constructionism, and cultural determinism. They argue that those phi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeroacoustics
Aeroacoustics is a branch of acoustics that studies noise generation via either turbulent fluid motion or aerodynamic forces interacting with surfaces. Noise generation can also be associated with periodically varying flows. A notable example of this phenomenon is the Aeolian tones produced by wind blowing over fixed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbrand%27s%20theorem
Herbrand's theorem is a fundamental result of mathematical logic obtained by Jacques Herbrand (1930). It essentially allows a certain kind of reduction of first-order logic to propositional logic. Herbrand's theorem is the logical foundation for most automatic theorem provers. Although Herbrand originally proved his th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusthenopteron
Eusthenopteron (from , 'good', , 'strength', and 'wing' or 'fin') is a genus of prehistoric sarcopterygian (often called lobe-finned fishes) which has attained an iconic status from its close relationships to tetrapods. Early depictions of this animal show it emerging onto land; however, paleontologists now widely ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thickening%20agent
A thickening agent or thickener is a substance which can increase the viscosity of a liquid without substantially changing its other properties. Edible thickeners are commonly used to thicken sauces, soups, and puddings without altering their taste; thickeners are also used in paints, inks, explosives, and cosmetics. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescaler
A prescaler is an electronic counting circuit used to reduce a high frequency electrical signal to a lower frequency by integer division. The prescaler takes the basic timer clock frequency (which may be the CPU clock frequency or may be some higher or lower frequency) and divides it by some value before feeding it to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20product
In mathematics, the star product is a method of combining graded posets with unique minimal and maximal elements, preserving the property that the posets are Eulerian. Definition The star product of two graded posets and , where has a unique maximal element and has a unique minimal element , is a poset on the set...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream%20capture
Stream capture, river capture, river piracy or stream piracy is a geomorphological phenomenon occurring when a stream or river drainage system or watershed is diverted from its own bed, and flows instead down the bed of a neighbouring stream. This can happen for several reasons, including: Tectonic earth movements, wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluriharmonic%20function
In mathematics, precisely in the theory of functions of several complex variables, a pluriharmonic function is a real valued function which is locally the real part of a holomorphic function of several complex variables. Sometimes such a function is referred to as n-harmonic function, where n ≥ 2 is the dimension of t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluripolar%20set
In mathematics, in the area of potential theory, a pluripolar set is the analog of a polar set for plurisubharmonic functions. Definition Let and let be a plurisubharmonic function which is not identically . The set is called a complete pluripolar set. A pluripolar set is any subset of a complete pluripolar set...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plurisubharmonic%20function
In mathematics, plurisubharmonic functions (sometimes abbreviated as psh, plsh, or plush functions) form an important class of functions used in complex analysis. On a Kähler manifold, plurisubharmonic functions form a subset of the subharmonic functions. However, unlike subharmonic functions (which are defined on a R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/384%20%28number%29
384 (three hundred [and] eighty-four) is the natural number following 383 and preceding 385. It is an even composite positive integer. In mathematics 384 is: the sum of a twin prime pair (191 + 193). the sum of six consecutive primes (53 + 59 + 61 + 67 + 71 + 73). the order of the hyperoctahedral group for n = 4 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-page%20management%20system
The one-page management system (OPMS) is a set of methods to help people generate ideas through systematic brainstorming and to structure (or organize) ideas as needed for effective resolution of problems. G. S. Chandy invented OPMS, based on John N. Warfield's "interactive management" and "structural approach to syste...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser%20ultrasonics
Laser-ultrasonics uses lasers to generate and detect ultrasonic waves. It is a non-contact technique used to measure materials thickness, detect flaws and carry out materials characterization. The basic components of a laser-ultrasonic system are a generation laser, a detection laser and a detector. Ultrasound generat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20association
Genetic association is when one or more genotypes within a population co-occur with a phenotypic trait more often than would be expected by chance occurrence. Studies of genetic association aim to test whether single-locus alleles or genotype frequencies or more generally, multilocus haplotype frequencies differ betwe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20milk
Plant milk is a plant beverage with a color resembling that of milk. Plant milks are non-dairy beverages made from a water-based plant extract for flavoring and aroma. Plant milks are consumed as alternatives to dairy milk, and may provide a creamy mouthfeel. As of 2021, there are about 17 different types of plant mi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20Sciences%20Institute
The Molecular Sciences Institute (MSI), now located in Milpitas, California was founded in Berkeley, California by Sydney Brenner in 1996. Its mission was to operate as an independent non-profit research laboratory that combined genomic experimentation with computer modeling. Current efforts include co-curricular STE...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethernet%20flow%20control
Ethernet flow control is a mechanism for temporarily stopping the transmission of data on Ethernet family computer networks. The goal of this mechanism is to avoid packet loss in the presence of network congestion. The first flow control mechanism, the pause frame, was defined by the IEEE 802.3x standard. The follow-o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20tag
Protein tags are peptide sequences genetically grafted onto a recombinant protein. Tags are attached to proteins for various purposes. They can be added to either end of the target protein, so they are either C-terminus or N-terminus specific or are both C-terminus and N-terminus specific. Some tags are also inserted ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20induction%20decay
In Fourier transform nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, free induction decay (FID) is the observable NMR signal generated by non-equilibrium nuclear spin magnetization precessing about the magnetic field (conventionally along z). This non-equilibrium magnetization can be created generally by applying a pulse of r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical%20ecology
Clinical ecology was the name given by proponents in the 1960s to a claim that exposure to low levels of certain chemical agents harm susceptible people, causing multiple chemical sensitivity and other disorders. Clinical ecologists are people that support and promote this offshoot of conventional medicine. They often...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarantine%20%28antivirus%20program%29
Quarantine was an antivirus software from the early 90s that automatically isolated infected files on a computer's hard disk. Files put in quarantine were then no longer capable of infecting their hosting system. Development and release In December, 1988, shortly after the Morris Worm, work started on Quarantine, an a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20code%20%28data%20compression%29
In data compression, a universal code for integers is a prefix code that maps the positive integers onto binary codewords, with the additional property that whatever the true probability distribution on integers, as long as the distribution is monotonic (i.e., p(i) ≥ p(i + 1) for all positive i), the expected lengths ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiferroics
Multiferroics are defined as materials that exhibit more than one of the primary ferroic properties in the same phase: ferromagnetism – a magnetisation that is switchable by an applied magnetic field ferroelectricity – an electric polarisation that is switchable by an applied electric field ferroelasticity – a defo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow%20variety
In mathematics, particularly in the field of algebraic geometry, a Chow variety is an algebraic variety whose points correspond to effective algebraic cycles of fixed dimension and degree on a given projective space. More precisely, the Chow variety is the fine moduli variety parametrizing all effective algebraic cycl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horn%20function
In the theory of special functions in mathematics, the Horn functions (named for Jakob Horn) are the 34 distinct convergent hypergeometric series of order two (i.e. having two independent variables), enumerated by (corrected by ). They are listed in . B. C. Carlson revealed a problem with the Horn function classificat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unusual%20number
In number theory, an unusual number is a natural number n whose largest prime factor is strictly greater than . A k-smooth number has all its prime factors less than or equal to k, therefore, an unusual number is non--smooth. Relation to prime numbers All prime numbers are unusual. For any prime p, its multiples less...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleornithology
Paleornithology, also known as avian paleontology, is the scientific study of bird evolution and fossil birds. It is a hybrid of ornithology and paleontology. Paleornithology began with the discovery of Archaeopteryx. The reptilian relationship of birds and their ancestors, the theropod dinosaurs, are important aspects...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transaction%20authentication%20number
A transaction authentication number (TAN) is used by some online banking services as a form of single use one-time passwords (OTPs) to authorize financial transactions. TANs are a second layer of security above and beyond the traditional single-password authentication. TANs provide additional security because they ac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulletproof%20hosting
Bulletproof hosting (BPH) is technical infrastructure service provided by an Internet hosting service that is resilient to complaints of illicit activities, which serves criminal actors as a basic building block for streamlining various cyberattacks. BPH providers allow online gambling, illegal pornography, botnet comm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket%20protein%20family
Pocket protein family consists of three proteins: RB – Retinoblastoma protein p107 – Retinoblastoma-like protein 1 p130 – Retinoblastoma-like protein 2 They play crucial roles in the metazoan cell cycle through interaction with members of the E2F transcription factors family.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zein
Zein is a class of prolamine protein found in corn (maize). It is usually manufactured as a powder from corn gluten meal. Zein is one of the best understood plant proteins. Pure zein is clear, odorless, tasteless, hard, water-insoluble, and edible, and it has a variety of industrial and food uses. Commercial uses His...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinodelphys
Sinodelphys is an extinct mammal from the Early Cretaceous, estimated to be 125 million years old. It was discovered and described in 2003 in rocks of the Yixian Formation in Liaoning Province, China, by a team of scientists including Zhe-Xi Luo and John Wible. While initially suggested to be the oldest known metatheri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain%20model
In software engineering, a domain model is a conceptual model of the domain that incorporates both behavior and data. In ontology engineering, a domain model is a formal representation of a knowledge domain with concepts, roles, datatypes, individuals, and rules, typically grounded in a description logic. Overview A ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi%20Okamura
was a Japanese mathematician who made contributions to analysis and the theory of differential equations. He was a professor at Kyoto University. He discovered the necessary and sufficient conditions on initial value problems of ordinary differential equations for the solution to be unique. He also refined the second ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedpan
A bedpan or bed pan is a device used as a receptacle for the urine and/or feces of a person who is confined to a bed and therefore not able to use a toilet or chamber pot. Bedpans can be either reusable or disposable, and include several different types. Reusable bedpans must be emptied, cleaned, and sanitized after ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marker%20gene
In biology, a marker gene may have several meanings. In nuclear biology and molecular biology, a marker gene is a gene used to determine if a nucleic acid sequence has been successfully inserted into an organism's DNA. In particular, there are two sub-types of these marker genes: a selectable marker and a marker for s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20number%20arithmetic
Many protocols and algorithms require the serialization or enumeration of related entities. For example, a communication protocol must know whether some packet comes "before" or "after" some other packet. The IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force) attempts to define "serial number arithmetic" for the purposes of manip...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeitgeber
A zeitgeber () is any external or environmental cue that entrains or synchronizes an organism's biological rhythms, usually naturally occurring and serving to entrain to the Earth's 24-hour light/dark and 12-month cycles. History The term (; ) was first used by Jürgen Aschoff, one of the founders of the field of chro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed%20action%20pattern
"Fixed action pattern" is an ethological term describing an instinctive behavioral sequence that is highly stereotyped and species-characteristic. Fixed action patterns are said to be produced by the innate releasing mechanism, a "hard-wired" neural network, in response to a sign/key stimulus or releaser. Once released...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20caesarea
Amanita caesarea, commonly known as Caesar's mushroom, is a highly regarded edible mushroom in the genus Amanita, native to southern Europe and North Africa. While it was first described by Giovanni Antonio Scopoli in 1772, this mushroom was a known favorite of early rulers of the Roman Empire. It has a distinctive o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandhoff%20disease
Sandhoff disease is a lysosomal genetic, lipid storage disorder caused by the inherited deficiency to create functional beta-hexosaminidases A and B. These catabolic enzymes are needed to degrade the neuronal membrane components, ganglioside GM2, its derivative GA2, the glycolipid globoside in visceral tissues, and som...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac%20cycle
The cardiac cycle is the performance of the human heart from the beginning of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next. It consists of two periods: one during which the heart muscle relaxes and refills with blood, called diastole, following a period of robust contraction and pumping of blood, called systole. After em...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XML%20Encryption
XML Encryption, also known as XML-Enc, is a specification, governed by a W3C recommendation, that defines how to encrypt the contents of an XML element. Although XML Encryption can be used to encrypt any kind of data, it is nonetheless known as "XML Encryption" because an XML element (either an EncryptedData or Encryp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylacetic%20acid
Phenylacetic acid (conjugate base phenylacetate), also known by various synonyms, is an organic compound containing a phenyl functional group and a carboxylic acid functional group. It is a white solid with a strong honey-like odor. Endogenously, it is a catabolite of phenylalanine. As a commercial chemical, because it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomedical%20technology
Biomedical technology is the application of engineering and technology principles to the domain of living or biological systems, with an emphasis on human health and diseases. Biomedical engineering and Biotechnology alike are often loosely called Biomedical Technology or Bioengineering. The Biomedical technology fiel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negation%20as%20failure
Negation as failure (NAF, for short) is a non-monotonic inference rule in logic programming, used to derive (i.e. that is assumed not to hold) from failure to derive . Note that can be different from the statement of the logical negation of , depending on the completeness of the inference algorithm and thus also o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundation%20Fieldbus
Foundation Fieldbus (styled Fieldbus) is an all-digital, serial, two-way communications system that serves as the base-level network in a plant or factory automation environment. It is an open architecture, developed and administered by FieldComm Group. It is targeted for applications using basic and advanced regulat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricinodendron
Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It includes only one known species, Ricinodendron heudelotii, native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola. It produces an economically important oilseed. The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Demon%20in%20the%20Freezer
The Demon in the Freezer is a 2002 nonfiction book on the biological weapon agents smallpox and anthrax and how the American government develops defensive measures against them. It was written by journalist Richard Preston, also author of the best-selling book The Hot Zone (1994), about ebolavirus outbreaks in Africa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20animal%20sounds
Certain words in the English language represent animal sounds: the noises and vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by animals for communication. The words can be used as verbs or interjections in addition to nouns, and many of them are also specifically onomatopoeic. List of animal sounds See a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-pattern%20noise
Fixed-pattern noise (FPN) is the term given to a particular noise pattern on digital imaging sensors often noticeable during longer exposure shots where particular pixels are susceptible to giving brighter intensities above the average intensity. Overview FPN is a general term that identifies a temporally constant lat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm%20Normann
Wilhelm Normann (16 January 1870, in Petershagen – 1 May 1939, in Chemnitz) (sometimes also spelled Norman) was a German chemist who introduced the hydrogenation of fats in 1901. This invention, protected by German patent 141,029 in 1902, had a profound influence on the production of margarine and vegetable shortening....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryoprotectant
A cryoprotectant is a substance used to protect biological tissue from freezing damage (i.e. that due to ice formation). Arctic and Antarctic insects, fish and amphibians create cryoprotectants (antifreeze compounds and antifreeze proteins) in their bodies to minimize freezing damage during cold winter periods. Cryopro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volatility%20%28chemistry%29
In chemistry, volatility is a material quality which describes how readily a substance vaporizes. At a given temperature and pressure, a substance with high volatility is more likely to exist as a vapour, while a substance with low volatility is more likely to be a liquid or solid. Volatility can also describe the tend...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species%20complex
In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each other, further blurring any distinctions. Terms that are sometimes used synony...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banzhaf%20power%20index
The Banzhaf power index, named after John Banzhaf (originally invented by Lionel Penrose in 1946 and sometimes called Penrose–Banzhaf index; also known as the Banzhaf–Coleman index after James Samuel Coleman), is a power index defined by the probability of changing an outcome of a vote where voting rights are not neces...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20over%20LAN
Serial over LAN (SOL) is a mechanism that enables the input and output of the serial port of a managed system to be redirected over IP. Details On some managed systems, notably blade server systems, the serial ports on the managed computers are not normally connected to a traditional serial port socket. To allow users...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetware%20computer
A wetware computer is an organic computer (which can also be known as an artificial organic brain or a neurocomputer) composed of organic material "wetware" such as "living" neurons. Wetware computers composed of neurons are different than conventional computers because they use biological materials, and offer the poss...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Whitehead%20%28explorer%29
John Whitehead (30 June 1860 – 2 June 1899) was an English explorer, naturalist and professional collector of natural history specimens in Southeast Asia. He is the first documented person to reach the summit of Mount Kinabalu: this was in 1888, after annual attempts from 1885. Whitehead was born in Colney Hatch Lane,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan%27s%20new%20multiple%20range%20test
In statistics, Duncan's new multiple range test (MRT) is a multiple comparison procedure developed by David B. Duncan in 1955. Duncan's MRT belongs to the general class of multiple comparison procedures that use the studentized range statistic qr to compare sets of means. David B. Duncan developed this test as a modif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20flags%20of%20Ireland
This is a list of flags which have been, or are still today, used in Ireland. Island of Ireland The following flags have been used to represent the island of Ireland as a whole, either officially or unofficially. Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Defence Forces flags Naval Service Air Corps Army Defence Forc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abscission
Abscission () is the shedding of various parts of an organism, such as a plant dropping a leaf, fruit, flower, or seed. In zoology, abscission is the intentional shedding of a body part, such as the shedding of a claw, husk, or the autotomy of a tail to evade a predator. In mycology, it is the liberation of a fungal sp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch%20test
A patch test is a diagnostic method used to determine which specific substances cause allergic inflammation of a patient's skin. Patch testing helps identify which substances may be causing a delayed-type allergic reaction in a patient and may identify allergens not identified by blood testing or skin prick testing. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix-RTOS
Phoenix-RTOS is a real-time operating system designed for Internet of Things appliances. The main goal of the system is to facilitate the creation of "Software Defined Solutions". History Phoenix-RTOS is the successor to the Phoenix operating system, developed from 1999 to 2001 by Pawel Pisarczyk at the Department of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Moses%20%28activist%29
Robert Parris Moses (January 23, 1935 – July 25, 2021) was an American educator and civil rights activist known for his work as a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on voter education and registration in Mississippi during the Civil Rights Movement, and his co-founding of the Mississippi Fre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20New%20Zealand%20flags
This is a list of flags of New Zealand. It includes flags that either have been in use or are currently used by institutions, local authorities, or the government of New Zealand. Some flags have historical or cultural (e.g. Māori culture) significance. National flags Royal and viceregal Ensigns Associated states an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20P.%20Anderson
David Pope Anderson (born 1955) is an American research scientist at the Space Sciences Laboratory, at the University of California, Berkeley, and an adjunct professor of computer science at the University of Houston. Anderson leads the SETI@home, BOINC, Bossa, and Bolt software projects. Education Anderson received ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Givaudan
Givaudan () is a Swiss multinational manufacturer of flavours, fragrances and active cosmetic ingredients. As of 2008, it is the world's largest company in the flavour and fragrance industries. Overview The company's scents and flavours are developed for food and beverage makers, and also used in household goods, as w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbons%E2%80%93Hawking%E2%80%93York%20boundary%20term
In general relativity, the Gibbons–Hawking–York boundary term is a term that needs to be added to the Einstein–Hilbert action when the underlying spacetime manifold has a boundary. The Einstein–Hilbert action is the basis for the most elementary variational principle from which the field equations of general relativit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methanandamide
Methanandamide (AM-356) is a synthetically created stable chiral analog of anandamide. Its effects have been observed to act on the cannabinoid receptors (specifically on CB1 receptors, which are part of the central nervous system) found in different organisms such as mammals, fish, and certain invertebrates (e.g. Hyd...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt%20request
In a computer, an interrupt request (or IRQ) is a hardware signal sent to the processor that temporarily stops a running program and allows a special program, an interrupt handler, to run instead. Hardware interrupts are used to handle events such as receiving data from a modem or network card, key presses, or mouse m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20and%20Decision%20Sciences%20%28Carnegie%20Mellon%20University%29
The Department of Social and Decision Sciences (SDS) is an interdisciplinary academic department within the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University. The Department of Social and Decision Sciences is headquartered in Porter Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and is led by Departmen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20gravity
The standard acceleration of gravity or standard acceleration of free fall, often called simply standard gravity and denoted by or , is the nominal gravitational acceleration of an object in a vacuum near the surface of the Earth. It is a constant defined by standard as . This value was established by the 3rd General ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X87
x87 is a floating-point-related subset of the x86 architecture instruction set. It originated as an extension of the 8086 instruction set in the form of optional floating-point coprocessors that work in tandem with corresponding x86 CPUs. These microchips have names ending in "87". This is also known as the NPX (Numeri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalytic%20triad
A catalytic triad is a set of three coordinated amino acids that can be found in the active site of some enzymes. Catalytic triads are most commonly found in hydrolase and transferase enzymes (e.g. proteases, amidases, esterases, acylases, lipases and β-lactamases). An acid-base-nucleophile triad is a common motif for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucine%20zipper
A leucine zipper (or leucine scissors) is a common three-dimensional structural motif in proteins. They were first described by Landschulz and collaborators in 1988 when they found that an enhancer binding protein had a very characteristic 30-amino acid segment and the display of these amino acid sequences on an ideali...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padovan%20polynomials
In mathematics, Padovan polynomials are a generalization of Padovan sequence numbers. These polynomials are defined by: The first few Padovan polynomials are: The Padovan numbers are recovered by evaluating the polynomials Pn−3(x) at x = 1. Evaluating Pn−3(x) at x = 2 gives the nth Fibonacci number plus (−1)n. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neumann%20series
A Neumann series is a mathematical series of the form where is an operator and its times repeated application. This generalizes the geometric series. The series is named after the mathematician Carl Neumann, who used it in 1877 in the context of potential theory. The Neumann series is used in functional analysis....