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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serous%20gland | Serous glands secrete serous fluid. They contain serous acini, a grouping of serous cells that secrete serous fluid, isotonic with blood plasma, that contains enzymes such as alpha-amylase.
Serous glands are most common in the parotid gland and lacrimal gland but are also present in the submandibular gland and, to a f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-driven%20programming | In computer programming, data-driven programming is a programming paradigm in which the program statements describe the data to be matched and the processing required rather than defining a sequence of steps to be taken. Standard examples of data-driven languages are the text-processing languages sed and AWK, and the d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBR322 | pBR322 is a plasmid and was one of the first widely used E. coli cloning vectors. Created in 1977 in the laboratory of Herbert Boyer at the University of California, San Francisco, it was named after Francisco Bolivar Zapata, the postdoctoral researcher and Raymond L. Rodriguez. The p stands for "plasmid," and BR for "... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return%20on%20capital%20employed | Return on capital employed is an accounting ratio used in finance, valuation, and accounting. It is a useful measure for comparing the relative profitability of companies after taking into account the amount of capital used.
The formula
(Expressed as a %)
It is similar to return on assets (ROA), but takes into acco... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20resonance%20theory | Adaptive resonance theory (ART) is a theory developed by Stephen Grossberg and Gail Carpenter on aspects of how the brain processes information. It describes a number of neural network models which use supervised and unsupervised learning methods, and address problems such as pattern recognition and prediction.
The pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uterine%20artery%20embolization | Uterine artery embolization (UAE) is a procedure in which an interventional radiologist uses a catheter to deliver small particles that block the blood supply to the uterine body. The procedure is primarily done for the treatment of uterine fibroids and adenomyosis. However, it may also be used to treat postpartum hemo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mired | Contracted from the term micro reciprocal degree, the mired is a unit of measurement used to express color temperature. Values in mireds are calculated by the formula:
where T is the colour temperature in units of kelvins and M denotes the resulting mired dimensionless number. The constant is one million kelvins.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20measure | In mathematics, specifically measure theory, a complex measure generalizes the concept of measure by letting it have complex values. In other words, one allows for sets whose size (length, area, volume) is a complex number.
Definition
Formally, a complex measure on a measurable space is a complex-valued function
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubble%20pile | In astronomy, a rubble pile is a celestial body that is not a monolith, consisting instead of numerous pieces of rock that have coalesced under the influence of gravity. Rubble piles have low density because there are large cavities between the various chunks that make them up.
The asteroids Bennu and Ryugu have a mea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogram%20%28company%29 | Monogram is an American brand and former manufacturing company of scale plastic models of cars, aircraft, spacecraft, ships, and military vehicles since the early 1950s. The company was formed by two former employees of Comet Kits, Jack Besser and Bob Reder.
Mattel acquired Monogram in 1968, and the firm passed throu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process%20optimization | Process optimization is the discipline of adjusting a process so as to optimize (make the best or most effective use of) some specified set of parameters without violating some constraint. The most common goals are minimizing cost and maximizing throughput and/or efficiency. This is one of the major quantitative tool... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics%20manufacturing%20services | Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) is a term used for companies that design, manufacture, test, distribute, and provide return/repair services for electronic components and assemblies for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The concept is also referred to as Electronics Contract Manufacturing (ECM).
Many co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20Boolean%20algebra | In mathematics, a free Boolean algebra is a Boolean algebra with a distinguished set of elements, called generators, such that:
Each element of the Boolean algebra can be expressed as a finite combination of generators, using the Boolean operations, and
The generators are as independent as possible, in the sense that t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20song | Animal song is not a well-defined term in scientific literature, and the use of the more broadly defined term vocalizations is in more common use. Song generally consists of several successive vocal sounds incorporating multiple syllables. Some sources distinguish between simpler vocalizations, termed “calls”, reservin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atom%20%28measure%20theory%29 | In mathematics, more precisely in measure theory, an atom is a measurable set which has positive measure and contains no set of smaller positive measure. A measure which has no atoms is called non-atomic or atomless.
Definition
Given a measurable space and a measure on that space, a set in is called an atom if
a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valence%20bond%20programs | Valence bond (VB) computer programs for modern valence bond calculations:-
CRUNCH, by Gordon A. Gallup and his group.
GAMESS (UK), includes calculation of VB wave functions by the TURTLE code, due to J.H. van Lenthe.
GAMESS (US), has links to interface VB2000, and XMVB.
MOLPRO and MOLCAS include code by David L. C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoglossus | The hyoglossus is a thin and quadrilateral extrinsic muscle of the tongue. It originates from the hyoid bone; it inserts onto the side of the tongue. It is innervated by the hypoglossal nerve (cranial nerve XII). It acts to depress and retract the tongue.
Structure
It forms a part of the floor of submandibular triangl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styloglossus | The styloglossus muscle is a bilaterally paired muscle of the tongue. It originates at the styloid process of the temporal bone. It inserts onto the side of the tongue. It acts to elevate and retract the tongue. It is innervated by the hypoglossal nerve (cranial nerve XII).
Anatomy
The styloglossus muscle is the shor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatoglossus%20muscle | The palatoglossal muscle is a muscle of the soft palate and an extrinsic muscle of the tongue. Its surface is covered by oral mucosa and forms the visible palatoglossal arch.
Structure
From its origin, it passes anteroinferiorly and laterally. It passes anterior to the palatine tonsil.
Origin
The palatoglossus arise... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenophilia | Oenophilia ( ; Greek) is a love (philia) of wine (oinos). In the strictest sense, oenophilia describes a disciplined devotion to wine, accompanying strict traditions of consumption and appreciation. In a general sense however, oenophilia simply refers to the enjoyment of wine, often by laymen. Oenophiles are also known... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcanic%20gas | Volcanic gases are gases given off by active (or, at times, by dormant) volcanoes. These include gases trapped in cavities (vesicles) in volcanic rocks, dissolved or dissociated gases in magma and lava, or gases emanating from lava, from volcanic craters or vents. Volcanic gases can also be emitted through groundwater ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schubert%20calculus | In mathematics, Schubert calculus is a branch of algebraic geometry introduced in the nineteenth century by Hermann Schubert, in order to solve various counting problems of projective geometry (part of enumerative geometry). It was a precursor of several more modern theories, for example characteristic classes, and in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogeneous%20broadening | Homogeneous broadening is a type of emission spectrum broadening in which all atoms radiating from a specific level under consideration radiate with equal opportunity. If an optical emitter (e.g. an atom) shows homogeneous broadening, its spectral linewidth is its natural linewidth, with a Lorentzian profile.
Broadeni... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous%20recursion | In computer science, anonymous recursion is recursion which does not explicitly call a function by name. This can be done either explicitly, by using a higher-order function – passing in a function as an argument and calling it – or implicitly, via reflection features which allow one to access certain functions dependi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estimation%20of%20distribution%20algorithm | Estimation of distribution algorithms (EDAs), sometimes called probabilistic model-building genetic algorithms (PMBGAs), are stochastic optimization methods that guide the search for the optimum by building and sampling explicit probabilistic models of promising candidate solutions. Optimization is viewed as a series o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCrthle%20cell | A Hürthle cell is a cell in the thyroid that is often associated with Hashimoto's thyroiditis as well as benign and malignant tumors (Hürthle cell adenoma and Hürthle cell carcinoma, formerly considered a subtype of follicular thyroid cancer). This version is a relatively rare form of differentiated thyroid cancer, acc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdallat%E2%80%93Davis%E2%80%93Farrage%20syndrome | Abdallat–Davis–Farrage syndrome is a form of phakomatosis, a disease of the central nervous system accompanied by skin abnormalities. It is characterized by the out of the ordinary pigment of the skin that is abnormal to one's genetics or the color perceived on a basis.
The condition is named after the team of medical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroinformatics | Neuroinformatics is the field that combines informatics and neuroscience. Neuroinformatics is related with neuroscience data and information processing by artificial neural networks. There are three main directions where neuroinformatics has to be applied:
the development of computational models of the nervous system ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SHORT%20syndrome | SHORT syndrome is a medical condition in which affected individuals have multiple birth defects in different organ systems.
It was characterized in 1975.
Presentation
SHORT is an acronym for short stature, hyperextensibility of joints and/or inguinal hernia, ocular depression, Rieger anomaly and teething delay. Other... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neptune%20trojan | Neptune trojans are bodies that orbit the Sun near one of the stable Lagrangian points of Neptune, similar to the trojans of other planets. They therefore have approximately the same orbital period as Neptune and follow roughly the same orbital path. Thirty-one Neptune trojans are currently known, of which 27 orbit nea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral%20myology | Oral myology (also known as "orofacial myology") is the field of study that involves the evaluation and treatment (known as "orofacial myofunctional therapy") of the oral and facial musculature, including the muscles of the tongue, lips, cheeks, and jaw.
Use
Orofacial myofunctional therapy treatment is most commonly u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nielsen%20realization%20problem | The Nielsen realization problem is a question asked by about whether finite subgroups of mapping class groups can act on surfaces, that was answered positively by .
Statement
Given an oriented surface, we can divide the group Diff(S), the group of diffeomorphisms of the surface to itself, into isotopy classes to get... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partially%20observable%20Markov%20decision%20process | A partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) is a generalization of a Markov decision process (MDP). A POMDP models an agent decision process in which it is assumed that the system dynamics are determined by an MDP, but the agent cannot directly observe the underlying state. Instead, it must maintain a sensor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control%20variates | The control variates method is a variance reduction technique used in Monte Carlo methods. It exploits information about the errors in estimates of known quantities to reduce the error of an estimate of an unknown quantity.
Underlying principle
Let the unknown parameter of interest be , and assume we have a statistic ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual%20authentication | Mutual authentication or two-way authentication (not to be confused with two-factor authentication) refers to two parties authenticating each other at the same time in an authentication protocol. It is a default mode of authentication in some protocols (IKE, SSH) and optional in others (TLS).
Mutual authentication is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayley%E2%80%93Bacharach%20theorem | In mathematics, the Cayley–Bacharach theorem is a statement about cubic curves (plane curves of degree three) in the projective plane . The original form states:
Assume that two cubics and in the projective plane meet in nine (different) points, as they do in general over an algebraically closed field. Then every cu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagetes%20erecta | Tagetes erecta, the Aztec marigold, Mexican marigold, big marigold, cempazúchitl or cempasúchil, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Tagetes native to Mexico. Despite being native to the Americas, it is often called the African marigold. In Mexico, this plant is found in the wild in the states of México, Micho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial%20outer%20membrane | The bacterial outer membrane is found in gram-negative bacteria. Its composition is distinct from that of the inner cytoplasmic cell membrane - among other things, the outer leaflet of the outer membrane of many gram-negative bacteria includes a complex lipopolysaccharide whose lipid portion acts as an endotoxin - and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyaline | A hyaline substance is one with a glassy appearance. The word is derived from , and .
Histopathology
Hyaline cartilage is named after its glassy appearance on fresh gross pathology. On light microscopy of H&E stained slides, the extracellular matrix of hyaline cartilage looks homogeneously pink, and the term "hyaline"... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20Admission%20Control | Network Admission Control (NAC) refers to Cisco's version of Network Access Control, which restricts access to the network based on identity or security posture. When a network device (switch, router, wireless access point, DHCP server, etc.) is configured for NAC, it can force user or machine authentication prior to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microstate%20%28statistical%20mechanics%29 | In statistical mechanics, a microstate is a specific configuration of a system that describes the precise positions and momenta of all the individual particles or components that make up the system. Each microstate has a certain probability of occurring during the course of the system's thermal fluctuations.
In contra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semantide | Semantides (or semantophoretic molecules) are biological macromolecules that carry genetic information or a transcript thereof. Three different categories or semantides are distinguished: primary, secondary and tertiary. Primary Semantides are genes, which consist of DNA. Secondary semantides are chains of messenger RN... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-ITX | Nano-ITX is a computer motherboard form factor first proposed by VIA Technologies at CeBIT in March 2003, and implemented in late 2005. Nano-ITX boards measure , and are fully integrated, very low power consumption motherboards with many uses, but targeted at smart digital entertainment devices such as DVRs, set-top bo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenberg%27s%20microscope | Heisenberg's microscope is a thought experiment proposed by Werner Heisenberg that has served as the nucleus of some commonly held ideas about quantum mechanics. In particular, it provides an argument for the uncertainty principle on the basis of the principles of classical optics.
The concept was criticized by Heise... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Block | Jacob "Jack" Block (April 28, 1924 – January 13, 2010) was a psychology professor at UC Berkeley. His main areas of research were personality theory, personality development, research methodology, personality assessment, longitudinal research, and cognition. He often collaborated with his wife Jeanne Block.
His most r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Community%20number | The European Community number (EC number) is a unique seven-digit identifier that was assigned to substances for regulatory purposes within the European Union by the European Commission. The EC Inventory comprises three individual inventories, EINECS, ELINCS and the NLP list.
Structure
The EC number may be written in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative%20psychology | Quantitative psychology is a field of scientific study that focuses on the mathematical modeling, research design and methodology, and statistical analysis of psychological processes. It includes tests and other devices for measuring cognitive abilities. Quantitative psychologists develop and analyze a wide variety of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chan%20King-ming | Chan King-ming is a Hong Kong politician and academic. He served as the vice-chairman of the Democratic Party of Hong Kong from 2004 to 2006. He is also an associate professor in the department of biochemistry and Environmental Science Program of the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Academic career
Chan King-ming ear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houndstooth | Houndstooth, hounds tooth check or hound's tooth (and similar spellings), also known as dogstooth, dogtooth, dog's tooth, (), (), is a duotone textile pattern characterized by broken checks or abstract four-pointed shapes, traditionally in black and white or such contrasting dark and light pattern.
Design and history
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20%28system%20call%29 | For most file systems, a program initializes access to a file in a file system using the open system call. This allocates resources associated to the file (the file descriptor), and returns a handle that the process will use to refer to that file. In some cases the open is performed by the first access.
The same file... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section%20%28botany%29 | In botany, a section () is a taxonomic rank below the genus, but above the species. The subgenus, if present, is higher than the section, and the rank of series, if present, is below the section. Sections may in turn be divided into subsections.
Sections are typically used to help organise very large genera, which may... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enumerative%20geometry | In mathematics, enumerative geometry is the branch of algebraic geometry concerned with counting numbers of solutions to geometric questions, mainly by means of intersection theory.
History
The problem of Apollonius is one of the earliest examples of enumerative geometry. This problem asks for the number and constru... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidetone | Sidetone is audible feedback to someone speaking or otherwise producing sound as an indication of active transmission. Sidetone is introduced by some communications circuits and anti-sidetone circuitry is used to control its level.
Sidetone is expected behavior for telephone systems. Absence of sidetone can cause user... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera%20Mini | Opera Mini is a mobile web browser made by Opera. It was primarily designed for the Java ME platform, as a low-end sibling for Opera Mobile, but only the Android build was still under active development. It had previously been developed for iOS, Windows 10 Mobile, Windows Phone 8.1, BlackBerry, Symbian, and Bada.
Ope... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%20spectral%20pairs | Line spectral pairs (LSP) or line spectral frequencies (LSF) are used to represent linear prediction coefficients (LPC) for transmission over a channel. LSPs have several properties (e.g. smaller sensitivity to quantization noise) that make them superior to direct quantization of LPCs. For this reason, LSPs are very us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement%20annuity%20plan | Retirement annuity plan is a financial product that ensures regular income to retirees in later years most often issued and distributed (or sold) by an insurance organization. The main idea behind this product is to provide retirees the opportunity to attain income after retirement. A 'Retirement annuity plan (RAP) is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-functional%20requirement | In systems engineering and requirements engineering, a non-functional requirement (NFR) is a requirement that specifies criteria that can be used to judge the operation of a system, rather than specific behaviours. They are contrasted with functional requirements that define specific behavior or functions. The plan for... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolyte%E2%80%93insulator%E2%80%93semiconductor%20sensor | Within electronics, an Electrolyte–insulator–semiconductor (EIS) sensor is a sensor that is made of these three components:
an electrolyte with the chemical that should be measured
an insulator that allows field-effect interaction, without leak currents between the two other components
a semiconductor to register t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achondrogenesis%20type%201B | Achondrogenesis, type 1B is a severe autosomal recessive skeletal disorder, invariably fatal in the perinatal period. It is characterized by extremely short limbs, a narrow chest and a prominent, rounded abdomen. The fingers and toes are short and the feet may be rotated inward. Affected infants frequently have a soft ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNSAP | RNSAP (Radio Network Subsystem Application Part) is a 3GPP signalling protocol responsible for communications between RNCs Radio Network Controllers defined in 3GPP specification TS 25.423. It is carried on the lur interface and provides functionality needed for soft handovers and SRNS (Serving Radio Network Subsystem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CHAIN%20%28industry%20standard%29 | The CECED Convergence Working Group has defined a new platform, called CHAIN (Ceced Home Appliances Interoperating
Network), which defines a protocol for interconnecting different home appliances in a single multibrand system.
It allows for control and automation of all basic appliance-related services in a home: e.g.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20visualization | Software visualization or software visualisation refers to the visualization of information of and related to software systems—either the architecture of its source code or metrics of their runtime behavior—and their development process by means of static, interactive or animated 2-D or 3-D visual representations of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem-cell%20line | A stem cell line is a group of stem cells that is cultured in vitro and can be propagated indefinitely. Stem cell lines are derived from either animal or human tissues and come from one of three sources: embryonic stem cells, adult stem cells, or induced stem cells. They are commonly used in research and regenerative m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat%20%28unit%29 | The natural unit of information (symbol: nat), sometimes also nit or nepit, is a unit of information or information entropy, based on natural logarithms and powers of e, rather than the powers of 2 and base 2 logarithms, which define the shannon. This unit is also known by its unit symbol, the nat. One nat is the inf... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ternary%20Golay%20code | In coding theory, the ternary Golay codes are two closely related error-correcting codes.
The code generally known simply as the ternary Golay code is an -code, that is, it is a linear code over a ternary alphabet; the relative distance of the code is as large as it possibly can be for a ternary code, and hence, the te... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiac%20skeleton | In cardiology, the cardiac skeleton, also known as the fibrous skeleton of the heart, is a high-density homogeneous structure of connective tissue that forms and anchors the valves of the heart, and influences the forces exerted by and through them. The cardiac skeleton separates and partitions the atria (the smaller, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational%20acceleration | In physics, gravitational acceleration is the acceleration of an object in free fall within a vacuum (and thus without experiencing drag). This is the steady gain in speed caused exclusively by the force of gravitational attraction. All bodies accelerate in vacuum at the same rate, regardless of the masses or compositi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20cell | A giant cell (also known as a multinucleated giant cell, or multinucleate giant cell) is a mass formed by the union of several distinct cells (usually histiocytes), often forming a granuloma. Although there is typically a focus on the pathological aspects of multinucleate giant cells (MGCs), they also play many importa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta%20wave | Theta waves generate the theta rhythm, a neural oscillation in the brain that underlies various aspects of cognition and behavior, including learning, memory, and spatial navigation in many animals. It can be recorded using various electrophysiological methods, such as electroencephalogram (EEG), recorded either from i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossorial | A fossorial () animal is one adapted to digging which lives primarily, but not solely, underground. Some examples are badgers, naked mole-rats, clams, meerkats, and mole salamanders, as well as many beetles, wasps, bees and spiders.
Prehistoric evidence
The physical adaptation of fossoriality is widely accepted as be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon%20sphere | A photon sphere or photon circle is an area or region of space where gravity is so strong that photons are forced to travel in orbits, which is also sometimes called the last photon orbit. The radius of the photon sphere, which is also the lower bound for any stable orbit, is, for a Schwarzschild black hole,
where ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Levenshtein | Vladimir Iosifovich Levenshtein (; 20 May 1935 – 6 September 2017) was a Russian and Soviet scientist who did research in information theory, error-correcting codes, and combinatorial design. Among other contributions, he is known for the Levenshtein distance and a Levenshtein algorithm, which he developed in 1965.
H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch%20panel | A patch panel is a device or unit featuring a number of jacks, usually of the same or similar type, for the use of connecting and routing circuits for monitoring, interconnecting, and testing circuits in a convenient, flexible manner. Patch panels are commonly used in computer networking, recording studios, and radio a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitator%20%28device%29 | An agitator is a device or mechanism to put something into motion by shaking or stirring. There are several types of agitation machines, including washing machine agitators (which rotate back and forth) and magnetic agitators (which contain a magnetic bar rotating in a magnetic field). Agitators can come in many sizes ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthometric%20height | The orthometric height is the vertical distance H along the plumb line from a point of interest to a reference surface known as the geoid, the vertical datum that approximates mean sea level. Orthometric height is one of the scientific formalizations of a laypersons' "height above sea level", along with other types of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/363%20%28number%29 | 363 (three hundred [and] sixty-three) is the natural number following 362 and preceding 364.
In mathematics
It is an odd, composite, positive, real integer, composed of a prime (3) and a prime squared (112).
363 is a deficient number and a perfect totient number.
363 is a palindromic number in bases 3, 10, 11 and 3... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic%20surface | In mathematics, an elliptic surface is a surface that has an elliptic fibration, in other words a proper morphism with connected fibers to an algebraic curve such that almost all fibers are smooth curves of genus 1. (Over an algebraically closed field such as the complex numbers, these fibers are elliptic curves, perha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why%27s%20%28poignant%29%20Guide%20to%20Ruby | why's (poignant) Guide to Ruby, sometimes called w(p)GtR or just "the poignant guide", is an introductory book to the Ruby programming language, written by why the lucky stiff. The book is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike license.
The book is unusual among programming books in that it incl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Push%20Proxy%20Gateway | A Push Proxy Gateway is a component of WAP Gateways that pushes URL notifications to mobile handsets. Notifications typically include MMS, email, IM, ringtone downloads, and new device firmware notifications. Most notifications will have an audible alert to the user of the device. The notification will typically be a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial%20order%20reduction | In computer science, partial order reduction is a technique for reducing the size of the state-space to be searched by a model checking or automated planning and scheduling algorithm. It exploits the commutativity of concurrently executed transitions that result in the same state when executed in different orders.
In ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARGUS%20distribution | In physics, the ARGUS distribution, named after the particle physics experiment ARGUS, is the probability distribution of the reconstructed invariant mass of a decayed particle candidate in continuum background.
Definition
The probability density function (pdf) of the ARGUS distribution is:
for . Here and are para... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital%20plane | The orbital plane of a revolving body is the geometric plane in which its orbit lies. Three non-collinear points in space suffice to determine an orbital plane. A common example would be the positions of the centers of a massive body (host) and of an orbiting celestial body at two different times/points of its orbit.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS%20Technology%208568 | The MOS Technology 8568 Video Display Controller (VDC) was the graphics processor responsible for the 80 column or RGBI display on the Commodore 128DCR personal computer. In the Commodore 128 service manual, this part was referred to as the "80 column CRT controller." The 8568 embodied many of the features of the old... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacity%20planning | Capacity planning is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products. In the context of capacity planning, design capacity is the maximum amount of work that an organization or individual is capable of completing in a given period. Effective capacit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anharmonicity | In classical mechanics, anharmonicity is the deviation of a system from being a harmonic oscillator. An oscillator that is not oscillating in harmonic motion is known as an anharmonic oscillator where the system can be approximated to a harmonic oscillator and the anharmonicity can be calculated using perturbation theo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randstad%20NV | Randstad NV, commonly known as Randstad and stylized as randstad, is a Dutch multinational human resource consulting firm headquartered in Diemen, Netherlands. It was founded in the Netherlands in 1960 by Gerrit Daleboudt who asked Frits Goldschmeding to join him and operates in around 39 countries. Randstad NV is list... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instruction%20set%20simulator | An instruction set simulator (ISS) is a simulation model, usually coded in a high-level programming language, which mimics the behavior of a mainframe or microprocessor by "reading" instructions and maintaining internal variables which represent the processor's registers.
Instruction simulation is a methodology employ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine%20epsilon | Machine epsilon or machine precision is an upper bound on the relative approximation error due to rounding in floating point arithmetic. This value characterizes computer arithmetic in the field of numerical analysis, and by extension in the subject of computational science. The quantity is also called macheps and it h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond%E2%80%93Blackfan%20anemia | Diamond–Blackfan anemia (DBA) is a congenital erythroid aplasia that usually presents in infancy. DBA causes low red blood cell counts (anemia), without substantially affecting the other blood components (the platelets and the white blood cells), which are usually normal. This is in contrast to Shwachman–Bodian–Diamond... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyskeratosis%20congenita | Dyskeratosis congenita (DKC), also known as Zinsser-Engman-Cole syndrome, is a rare progressive congenital disorder with a highly variable phenotype. The entity was classically defined by the triad of abnormal skin pigmentation, nail dystrophy, and leukoplakia of the oral mucosa, and MDS/AML, but these components do no... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartilage%E2%80%93hair%20hypoplasia | Cartilage–hair hypoplasia (CHH) is a rare genetic disorder. Symptoms may include short-limbed dwarfism due to skeletal dysplasia, variable level of immunodeficiency, and predisposition to cancer. It was first reported by Victor McKusick in 1965.
Signs and symptoms
Short limb dwarfism
Very fine, light hairs and eyebr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microoxygenation | Micro-oxygenation is a process used in winemaking to introduce oxygen into wine in a controlled manner. Developed in 1991 by Patrick DuCournau, working with the exceptionally tannic grape Tannat in Madiran, the process gained usage in modern winemaking following the 1996 authorization by the European Commission. Today,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20poppy | The white poppy is a flower used as a symbol of peace, worn either in place of or in addition to the red remembrance poppy for Remembrance Day or Anzac Day.
History
In 1926, a few years after the introduction of the red poppy in the UK, the idea of pacifists making their own poppies was put forward by a member of the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal%20Slug%203 | is a run and gun video game developed by SNK. It was originally released in 2000 for the Neo-Geo MVS arcade platform as the sequel to Metal Slug 2/Metal Slug X. The music of the game was developed by Noise Factory.
The game was ported to the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Microsoft Windows, iOS, Android, Wii, PlayStation Portab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interdimensional | Interdimensional may refer to:
Interdimensional hypothesis
Interdimensional doorway
Interdimensional travel
Dimension |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenchel%27s%20theorem | In differential geometry, Fenchel's theorem is an inequality on the total absolute curvature of a closed smooth space curve, stating that it is always at least . Equivalently, the average curvature is at least , where is the length of the curve. The only curves of this type whose total absolute curvature equals and w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenchel%27s%20duality%20theorem | In mathematics, Fenchel's duality theorem is a result in the theory of convex functions named after Werner Fenchel.
Let ƒ be a proper convex function on Rn and let g be a proper concave function on Rn. Then, if regularity conditions are satisfied,
where ƒ * is the convex conjugate of ƒ (also referred to as the Fenche... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorodeoxyglucose%20%2818F%29 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Fluorodeoxyglucose (18F)}}
[18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose (INN), or fluorodeoxyglucose F 18 (USAN and USP), also commonly called fluorodeoxyglucose and abbreviated [18F]FDG, 2-[18F]FDG or FDG, is a radiopharmaceutical, specifically a radiotracer, used in the medical imaging modality positron emission tomograph... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss%20%28cryptanalysis%29 | In cryptanalysis, a kiss is a pair of identical messages sent using different ciphers, one of which has been broken. The term was used at Bletchley Park during World War II. A deciphered message in the breakable system provided a "crib" (piece of known plaintext) which could then be used to read the unbroken messages. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20teleswitch | A radio teleswitch is a device used in the United Kingdom primarily to allow electricity suppliers to switch large numbers of electricity meters between different tariff rates, by broadcasting an embedded signal in broadcast radio signals. Radio teleswitches are also used to switch on/off consumer appliances to make us... |
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