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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angle%20of%20list
The angle of list is the degree to which a vessel heels (leans or tilts) to either port or starboard at equilibrium—with no external forces acting upon it. If a listing ship goes beyond the point where a righting moment will keep it afloat, it will capsize and potentially sink. Listing is caused by the off-centerline ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibrobacter%20succinogenes
Fibrobacter succinogenes is a cellulolytic bacterium species in the genus Fibrobacter. It is present in the rumen of cattle. F. succinogenes is a gram negative, rod-shaped, obligate anaerobe that is a major contributor to cellulose digestion. Since its discovery in the 1950s, it has been studied for its role in herbiv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC%202022
ISO/IEC 2022 Information technology—Character code structure and extension techniques, is an ISO/IEC standard in the field of character encoding. It is equivalent to the ECMA standard ECMA-35, the ANSI standard ANSI X3.41 and the Japanese Industrial Standard JIS X 0202. Originating in 1971, it was most recently revised...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session%20ID
In computer science, a session identifier, session ID or session token is a piece of data that is used in network communications (often over HTTPS) to identify a session, a series of related message exchanges. Session identifiers become necessary in cases where the communications infrastructure uses a stateless protoco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function%20%28mathematics%29
In mathematics, a function from a set to a set assigns to each element of exactly one element of . The set is called the domain of the function and the set is called the codomain of the function. Functions were originally the idealization of how a varying quantity depends on another quantity. For example, the pos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-vector
The n-vector representation (also called geodetic normal or ellipsoid normal vector) is a three-parameter non-singular representation well-suited for replacing geodetic coordinates (latitude and longitude) for horizontal position representation in mathematical calculations and computer algorithms. Geometrically, the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyboard%20protector
A keyboard protector or keyboard cover is a device which is placed on top of a computer keyboard in order to reduce contact with the environment. Keyboards are susceptible to corrosion damage from liquid spills and build up of dust and debris, requiring frequent cleaning and maintenance. The protector serves as a barr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Resource%20Machine
Human Resource Machine is a visual programming-based puzzle video game developed by Tomorrow Corporation. The game was released for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Wii U in 2015, being additionally released for Linux in March 2016, for iOS in June 2016, for Android in December 2016 and for the Nintendo Switch in March 201...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otonality%20and%20utonality
Otonality and utonality are terms introduced by Harry Partch to describe chords whose pitch classes are the harmonics or subharmonics of a given fixed tone (identity), respectively. For example: , , ,... or , , ,.... Definition An otonality is a collection of pitches which can be expressed in ratios, expressing thei...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukuchivirus
Hukuchivirus is a genus of double-stranded DNA viruses that infect thermophilic bacteria. The genus was previously named Gammasphaerolipovirus. Taxonomy The genus contains the following species: Hukuchivirus IN93 Hukuchivirus P23-77 Morphology The virus particle, called a virion, of viruses in the genus has a caps...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertrand%E2%80%93Diguet%E2%80%93Puiseux%20theorem
In the mathematical study of the differential geometry of surfaces, the Bertrand–Diguet–Puiseux theorem expresses the Gaussian curvature of a surface in terms of the circumference of a geodesic circle, or the area of a geodesic disc. The theorem is named for Joseph Bertrand, Victor Puiseux, and Charles François Diguet...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-configuration%20networking
Zero-configuration networking (zeroconf) is a set of technologies that automatically creates a usable computer network based on the Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) when computers or network peripherals are interconnected. It does not require manual operator intervention or special configuration servers. Without zeroco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvated%20electron
A solvated electron is a free electron in (solvated in) a solution, and is the smallest possible anion. Solvated electrons occur widely. Often, discussions of solvated electrons focus on their solutions in ammonia, which are stable for days, but solvated electrons also occur in water and other solvents in fact, in any ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Stoica
Peter (Petre) Stoica (born 1949) is a researcher and educator in the field of signal processing and its applications to radar/sonar, communications and bio-medicine. He is a professor of Signals and Systems Modeling at Uppsala University in Sweden, and a Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octenyl%20succinic%20acid%20modified%20gum%20arabic
Octenyl succinic acid modified gum Arabic is known to the FAO as a food additive. It has E number E423, and is a chemical modification of gum arabic. Synopsis It is a free flowing powder at STP, and has off-white to light tan colour. It has functionality as an emulsifier and is freely soluble in water.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP%3Aguanido%20phosphotransferase%20family
In molecular biology, the ATP:guanido phosphotransferase family is a family of structurally and functionally related enzymes, that reversibly catalyse the transfer of phosphate between ATP and various phosphagens. The enzymes belonging to this family include: Glycocyamine kinase (), which catalyses the transfer of pho...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Journal%20of%20Ecology
The European Journal of Ecology is an English-language, biannual, scientific journal founded in 2015. It publishes original, peer-reviewed papers (in categories like research articles, reviews, forum articles, policy directions) referring to any branches of ecology. All articles are open access for readers and authors ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetness%20indicator
A wetness indicator is a common feature in many disposable diapers and toilet training pants. It is a feature that reacts to exposure of liquid as a way to discourage the wearer to urinate in the training pants, or as an indicator a caregiver that a diaper needs changing. Types "Fade when wet" is a feature in most tr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototube
A phototube or photoelectric cell is a type of gas-filled or vacuum tube that is sensitive to light. Such a tube is more correctly called a 'photoemissive cell' to distinguish it from photovoltaic or photoconductive cells. Phototubes were previously more widely used but are now replaced in many applications by solid ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-point%20iteration
In numerical analysis, fixed-point iteration is a method of computing fixed points of a function. More specifically, given a function defined on the real numbers with real values and given a point in the domain of , the fixed-point iteration is which gives rise to the sequence of iterated function applications wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermite%E2%80%93Hadamard%20inequality
In mathematics, the Hermite–Hadamard inequality, named after Charles Hermite and Jacques Hadamard and sometimes also called Hadamard's inequality, states that if a function ƒ : [a, b] → R is convex, then the following chain of inequalities hold: The inequality has been generalized to higher dimensions: if is a bou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactifluus%20volemus
Lactifluus volemus, formerly known as Lactarius volemus, and commonly known as the weeping milk cap or bradley, is a species of fungus in the family Russulaceae. It is widely distributed in the northern hemisphere, in temperate regions of Europe, North America and Asia as well as some subtropical and tropical regions o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating%20unbalance
Rotating unbalance is the uneven distribution of mass around an axis of rotation. A rotating mass, or rotor, is said to be out of balance when its center of mass (inertia axis) is out of alignment with the center of rotation (geometric axis). Unbalance causes a moment which gives the rotor a wobbling movement character...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Moog
William Moog (August 15, 1915–1997) is known for inventing the electrohydraulic servo valve in 1951. He founded Moog Inc., which makes actuators for aircraft. He was born in New Jersey. His cousin was Robert Moog, one of the leading pioneers of the modern synthesizer. Moog was married and had three daughters.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email%20encryption
Email encryption is encryption of email messages to protect the content from being read by entities other than the intended recipients. Email encryption may also include authentication. Email is prone to the disclosure of information. Most emails are encrypted during transmission, but they are stored in clear text, ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-translational%20modification
Post-translational modification (PTM) is the covalent process of changing proteins following protein biosynthesis. PTMs may involve enzymes or occur spontaneously. Proteins are created by ribosomes translating mRNA into polypeptide chains, which may then change to form the mature protein product. PTMs are important com...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damped%20Lyman-alpha%20system
Damped Lyman alpha systems or Damped Lyman alpha absorption systems is a term used by astronomers for concentrations of neutral hydrogen gas that are detected in the spectra of quasars – a class of distant Active Galactic Nuclei. They are defined to be systems where the column density (density projected along the line ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip%20line%20field
In materials science and soil mechanics, a slip line field or slip line field theory is a technique often used to analyze the stresses and forces involved in the major deformation of metals or soils. In essence, in some problems including plane strain and plane stress elastic-plastic problems, elastic part of the mater...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial%20Intelligence%20System
Artificial Intelligence System (AIS) was a volunteer computing project undertaken by Intelligence Realm, Inc. with the long-term goal of simulating the human brain in real time, complete with artificial consciousness and artificial general intelligence. They claimed to have found, in research, the "mechanisms of knowle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quick%20clay
Quick clay, also known as Leda clay and Champlain Sea clay in Canada, is any of several distinctively sensitive glaciomarine clays found in Canada, Norway, Russia, Sweden, Finland, the United States and other locations around the world. The clay is so unstable that when a mass of quick clay is subjected to sufficient s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock%20%28birds%29
A flock is a gathering of individual birds to forage or travel collectively. Avian flocks are typically associated with migration. Flocking also offers foraging benefits and protection from predators, although flocking can have costs for individual members. Flocks are often defined as groups consisting of individuals ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Without%20loss%20of%20generality
Without loss of generality (often abbreviated to WOLOG, WLOG or w.l.o.g.; less commonly stated as without any loss of generality or with no loss of generality) is a frequently used expression in mathematics. The term is used to indicate the assumption that follows is chosen arbitrarily, narrowing the premise to a parti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/48%20%28number%29
48 (forty-eight) is the natural number following 47 and preceding 49. It is one third of a gross, or four dozens. In mathematics Forty-eight is the double factorial of 6, a highly composite number. Like all other multiples of 6, it is a semiperfect number. 48 is the second 17-gonal number. 48 is the smallest numbe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coir
Coir (), also called coconut fibre, is a natural fibre extracted from the outer husk of coconut, and used in products such as floor mats, doormats, brushes, and mattresses. Coir is the fibrous material found between the hard, internal shell and the outer coat of a coconut. Other uses of brown coir (made from ripe coco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton%20Safe%20Web
Norton Safe Web (sometimes abbreviated NSW) is a service developed by Symantec Corporation that is designed to help users identify malicious websites. Safe Web delivers information about websites based on automated analysis and user feedback. The software debuted as a public beta in 2008, and is now included in curren...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq%20Deskpro%20386
The Deskpro 386 is a line of desktop computers in Compaq's Deskpro range of IBM PC compatibles. The computers feature Intel's 32-bit 80386 microprocessor. Introduced in September 1986, the Deskpro 386 is the first implementation of the 80386 processor in a computer system for sale to the public. It also marks the first...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teleadministration
Teleadministration is based on the concept that documents in electronic format have legal value. Administrative informatics is not new, but for many years it was merely Information Technology applied to legal documents, that is, the reproduction of paper-based legal documents into electronic file systems. Instead, Tele...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concurrency%20and%20Coordination%20Runtime
Concurrency and Coordination Runtime (CCR) is an asynchronous programming library based on .NET Framework from Microsoft distributed with Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio (MRDS). Even though it comes with MRDS, it is not limited to modelling robotic behavior but can be used to express asynchronous behavior in any ap...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex%20effects%20of%20water%20pollution
Sex is influenced by water pollutants that are encountered in everyday life. These sources of water can range from the simplicity of a water fountain to the entirety of the oceans. The pollutants within the water range from endocrine disruptor chemicals (EDCs) in birth control to Bisphenol A (BPA). Foreign substances s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen%20Yeats
Karen Amanda Yeats (born 1980) is a Canadian mathematician and mathematical physicist whose research connects combinatorics to quantum field theory. She holds the Canada Research Chair in Combinatorics in Quantum Field Theory at the University of Waterloo. Biography Yeats is from Halifax, Nova Scotia. As an undergradu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dip%20reader
A DIP reader (Document Insertion Processor) is an electronic device for reading an electronically encoded card that is inserted and then removed from the device. A typical dip reader is used for reading credit cards where the data are either encoded on a magnetic stripe or an internal computer chip. The magnetic strip...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spike%20sorting
Spike sorting is a class of techniques used in the analysis of electrophysiological data. Spike sorting algorithms use the shape(s) of waveforms collected with one or more electrodes in the brain to distinguish the activity of one or more neurons from background electrical noise. Neurons produce action potentials that...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Bibliography%20of%20the%20Social%20Sciences
The International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS) is a bibliography for social science and interdisciplinary research. The database focuses on the social science disciplines of anthropology, economics, politics and sociology, and related interdisciplinary subjects, such as development studies, human geograp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20%28American%20TV%20program%29
Nova (stylized as NOVΛ) is an American popular science television program produced by WGBH in Boston, Massachusetts, since 1974. It is broadcast on PBS in the United States, and in more than 100 other countries. The program has won many major television awards. Nova often includes interviews with scientists doing rese...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Toronto%20Department%20of%20Mathematics
The University of Toronto Department of Mathematics is an academic department within the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto. It is located at the university's main campus at the Bahen Centre for Information Technology. The University of Toronto was ranked first in Canada for Mathematics in 2018 b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs%20sector
In particle physics, the Higgs sector is the collection of quantum fields and/or particles that are responsible for the Higgs mechanism, i.e. for the spontaneous symmetry breaking of the Higgs field. The word "sector" refers to a subgroup of the total set of fields and particles. See also Higgs boson Hidden sector
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon%20jam
Bacon jam is a bacon-based relish, similar to the Austrian starter Verhackertes. It is made through a process of slow cooking the bacon, along with onions, vinegar, brown sugar and spices, before mixing in a food processor. In 2015, Martin and Suzie Cowley of Wales claimed to have invented Bacon Jam, however, Chef Mike...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-category
In mathematics, a Q-category or almost quotient category is a category that is a "milder version of a Grothendieck site." A Q-category is a coreflective subcategory. The Q stands for a quotient. The concept of Q-categories was introduced by Alexander Rosenberg in 1988. The motivation for the notion was its use in non...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scale%20of%20chords
A scale of chords may be used to set or read an angle in the absence of a protractor. To draw an angle, compasses describe an arc from origin with a radius taken from the 60 mark. The required angle is copied from the scale by the compasses, and an arc of this radius drawn from the sixty mark so it intersects the first...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20F.%20Gibbons
James F. "Jim" Gibbons (born September 19, 1931) is an American professor and academic administrator. He is credited (together with William Shockley) with starting the semiconductor device fabrication laboratory at Stanford University that enabled the semiconductor industry and created Silicon Valley. Gibbons is also ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quokkapox%20virus
Quokkapox virus (QPV), also known as quokka poxvirus, marsupial papillomavirus, or marsupialpox virus, is a dsDNA virus that causes quokkapox. It is unclear whether this virus is its own species or a member of another species. It primarily infects the quokka, which is one of only four macropodid marsupials to get pox...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idealizer
In abstract algebra, the idealizer of a subsemigroup T of a semigroup S is the largest subsemigroup of S in which T is an ideal. Such an idealizer is given by In ring theory, if A is an additive subgroup of a ring R, then (defined in the multiplicative semigroup of R) is the largest subring of R in which A is a two-s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20Desktop%20System
Java Desktop System, briefly known as OpenSolaris Desktop, is a legacy desktop environment developed first by Sun Microsystems and then by Oracle Corporation after the 2010 Oracle acquisition of Sun. Java Desktop System is available for Solaris and was once available for Linux. The Linux version was discontinued after ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masked-man%20fallacy
In philosophical logic, the masked-man fallacy (also known as the intensional fallacy or epistemic fallacy) is committed when one makes an illicit use of Leibniz's law in an argument. Leibniz's law states that if A and B are the same object, then A and B are indiscernible (that is, they have all the same properties). B...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%20Institute%20for%20Training%20and%20Research%20in%20Statistics
The Arab Institute for Statistics (), formally the Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) () is an intergovernmental statistical institute serving the National Statistical Offices in all Arab League countries established in 1971 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) under the name "...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartle%E2%80%93Thorne%20metric
The Hartle–Thorne metric is a spacetime metric in general relativity that describes the exterior of a slowly and rigidly rotating, stationary and axially symmetric body. It is an approximate solution of the vacuum Einstein equations. The metric was found by James Hartle and Kip Thorne in the 1960s to study the spaceti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel%20Vogel
Marcel Joseph Vogel (April 14, 1917 – February 12, 1991) was a research scientist working at the IBM San Jose Research Center for 27 years. He is sometimes referred to as Dr. Vogel, although this title was based on an honorary degree, not a Ph.D. Later in his career, he became interested in various theories of quartz c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity%20of%20Assam
The biodiversity of Assam (), a state in North-East India, makes it a biological hotspot with many rare and endemic plant and animal species. The greatest success in recent years has been the conservation of the Indian rhinoceros at the Kaziranga National Park, but a rapid increase in human population in Assam threaten...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbrand%20Award
The Herbrand Award for Distinguished Contributions to Automated Reasoning is an award given by the Conference on Automated Deduction (CADE), Inc., (although it predates the formal incorporation of CADE) to honour persons or groups for important contributions to the field of automated deduction. The award is named after...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any-angle%20path%20planning
Any-angle path planning algorithms are pathfinding algorithms that search for a Euclidean shortest path between two points on a grid map while allowing the turns in the path to have any angle. The result is a path that cuts directly through open areas and has relatively few turns. More traditional pathfinding algorithm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechGig.com
TechGig.com is a competitive programming and technology community website owned by Times Internet. Overview TechGig was founded in 2010 by Times Business Solutions(A Division of Times Internet) as technology community website on competitive programming, technology jobs, webinars and tech news. Programmers can take up ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olle%20H%C3%A4ggstr%C3%B6m
Olle Häggström (born 4 October 1967) is a professor of mathematical statistics at Chalmers University of Technology. Häggström earned his doctorate in 1994 at Chalmers University of Technology with Jeffrey Steif as supervisor. He became an associate professor in the same university in 1997, and professor of mathematica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite%20volume%20method%20for%20three-dimensional%20diffusion%20problem
Finite volume method (FVM) is a numerical method. FVM in computational fluid dynamics is used to solve the partial differential equation which arises from the physical conservation law by using discretisation. Convection is always followed by diffusion and hence where convection is considered we have to consider combin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashish%20Arora
Ashish Arora is an Indian structural biologist and a senior scientist at Central Drug Research Institute. He did his postgraduate studies at Rajasthan University and post-doctoral work at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Goettingen, and University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, before joining the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymmetry%20of%20the%20Intertropical%20Convergence%20Zone
There are a number of explanations of the asymmetry of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), known by sailors as the Doldrums. Asymmetrical distribution of continents The ITCZ would be expected to overlie the geographic equator according to symmetric solar radiation. However, the ITCZ is mostly perennial in the n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KERNAL
KERNAL is Commodore's name for the ROM-resident operating system core in its 8-bit home computers; from the original PET of 1977, followed by the extended but related versions used in its successors: the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Plus/4, Commodore 16, and Commodore 128. Description The Commodore 8-bit machines' KERNAL con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSCS
Remote Spooling Communications Subsystem or RSCS is a subsystem ("virtual machine" in VM terminology) of IBM's VM/370 operating system which accepts files transmitted to it from local or remote system and users and transmits them to destination local or remote users and systems. RSCS also transmits commands and messag...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycogenin-1
Glycogenin-1 is an enzyme that is involved in the biosynthesis of glycogen. It is capable of self-glucosylation, forming an oligosaccharide primer that serves as a substrate for glycogen synthase. This is done through an inter-subunit mechanism. It also plays a role in glycogen metabolism regulation. Recombinant human ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsytec
Isra Vision Parsytec AG is a company of Isra Vision, founded in 1985 as Parsytec (parallel system technology) in Aachen, Germany. Parsytec became known in the late 1980s and early 1990s as a manufacturer of transputer-based parallel systems. Products ranged from a single transputer plug-in board for the IBM PC up to l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyers%20II
Destroyers II is a set of miniatures for Villains and Vigilantes published by Castle Creations. Contents Destroyers II is a set of three 25mm metal figures containing the supervillains Ratman, Shapeshifter, and Behemoth. Reception W.G. Armintrout reviewed Destroyers II in Space Gamer No. 66. Armintrout commented that...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PooPrints
PooPrints is a commercial service that uses DNA profiling of feces to assist with pet waste management. DNA is first collected by a cheek swab, and registered online at the DNA World Pet Registry. According to a 2012 report from Minnesota station WCCO-TV, it is "a first of its kind company". It is a division of BioPe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical%20continuation
Numerical continuation is a method of computing approximate solutions of a system of parameterized nonlinear equations, The parameter is usually a real scalar, and the solution an n-vector. For a fixed parameter value , maps Euclidean n-space into itself. Often the original mapping is from a Banach space into its...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochelle%20Gutierrez
Rochelle Gutierrez is a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Her main focus is changing the way in which mathematics is taught to the minority and the effects of race, class and language on teaching and learning. Early life and education Gutierrez is from San Jose, California. She...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cystolith
Cystolith (Gr. "cavity" and "stone") is a botanical term for outgrowths of the epidermal cell wall, usually of calcium carbonate, formed in a cellulose matrix in special cells called lithocysts, generally in the leaf of plants. Cystoliths are present in certain families, including in many genera of Acanthaceae. Plants...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TreeDL
Tree Description Language (TreeDL) is a computer language for description of strictly-typed tree data structures and operations on them. The main use of TreeDL is in the development of language-oriented tools (compilers, translators, etc.) for the description of a structure of abstract syntax trees. Tree description c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIPOS
TRIPOS (TRIvial Portable Operating System) is a computer operating system. Development started in 1976 at the Computer Laboratory of Cambridge University and it was headed by Dr. Martin Richards. The first version appeared in January 1978 and it originally ran on a PDP-11. Later it was ported to the Computer Automation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stumpery
A stumpery is a garden feature similar to a rockery but made from parts of dead trees. This can take the form of whole stumps, logs, pieces of bark or even worked timber such as railway sleepers or floorboards. The pieces are arranged artistically and plants, typically ferns, mosses and lichens are encouraged to grow...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overload%20%28video%20game%29
Overload is a 3D first-person shooter video game developed and released by Revival Productions for Windows, macOS and Linux on May 31, 2018. A version for PlayStation 4 was released on October 16. It features six degrees of freedom movement in a 3D environment with zero gravity, allowing the player to move and rotate i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skeleton%20%28category%20theory%29
In mathematics, a skeleton of a category is a subcategory that, roughly speaking, does not contain any extraneous isomorphisms. In a certain sense, the skeleton of a category is the "smallest" equivalent category, which captures all "categorical properties" of the original. In fact, two categories are equivalent if and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O-minimal%20theory
In mathematical logic, and more specifically in model theory, an infinite structure (M,<,...) that is totally ordered by < is called an o-minimal structure if and only if every definable subset X ⊆ M (with parameters taken from M) is a finite union of intervals and points. O-minimality can be regarded as a weak form o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-empiricism%20in%20mathematics
Quasi-empiricism in mathematics is the attempt in the philosophy of mathematics to direct philosophers' attention to mathematical practice, in particular, relations with physics, social sciences, and computational mathematics, rather than solely to issues in the foundations of mathematics. Of concern to this discussion...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCOBY
Symbiotic culture of bacteria and yeast (SCOBY) is a culinary symbiotic fermentation culture (starter) consisting of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), acetic acid bacteria (AAB), and yeast which arises in the preparation of sour foods and beverages such as kombucha. Beer and wine also undergo fermentation with yeast, but the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugs%20%26%20Aging
Drugs & Aging is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Springer Nature under their Adis International imprint. It contains primarily review articles covering optimum use of drug therapies in older adults. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed in: According to the Journal Citat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/786%20%28number%29
786 (seven hundred [and] eighty-six) is the natural number following 785 and preceding 787. In mathematics 786 is: a sphenic number. a Harshad number in bases 4, 5, 7, 14 and 16. the aliquot sum of 510. part of the 321329-aliquot tree. The complete aliquot sequence starting at 498 is: 498, 510, 786, 798, 1122, 1470, 2...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony%20%28operating%20system%29
Harmony is an experimental computer operating system (OS) developed at the National Research Council Canada in Ottawa. It is a second-generation message passing system that was also used as the basis for several research projects, including robotics sensing and graphical workstation development. Harmony was actively de...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Henry%20Bell
John Henry Bell (1832 – 9 September 1906) was a British medical doctor and researcher who is best known for contributing to the study of anthrax. Early life and education John Henry Bell was born in Bradford, in the northern wool-manufacturing region of England, in 1832 to Scottish parents. After leaving school aged...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%20damage
Neurotrauma, brain damage or brain injury (BI) is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. Brain injuries occur due to a wide range of internal and external factors. In general, brain damage refers to significant, undiscriminating trauma-induced damage. A common category with the greatest number of injuries is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural%20cryptography
Neural cryptography is a branch of cryptography dedicated to analyzing the application of stochastic algorithms, especially artificial neural network algorithms, for use in encryption and cryptanalysis. Definition Artificial neural networks are well known for their ability to selectively explore the solution space o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canary%20trap
A canary trap is a method for exposing an information leak by giving different versions of a sensitive document to each of several suspects and seeing which version gets leaked. It could be one false statement, to see whether sensitive information gets out to other people as well. Special attention is paid to the quali...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic%20suspension
Acoustic suspension (also known as air suspension, a closed box, or a sealed box) is a method of loudspeaker cabinet design and utilisation that uses one or more loudspeaker drivers mounted in a sealed box or cabinet. Acoustic suspension systems reduce bass distortion that can be caused by stiff motor suspensions in co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild%20Field%20%28wilderness%20reserve%29
Wild Field ( Dikoe pole) is a 300 ha (740 ac) nature reserve near the city of Tula in Tula Oblast in the European part of Russia, approximately 250 km (150 mi) south of Moscow. It was established in 2012 by Russian scientists Sergey Zimov and Nikita Zimov as a companion to Pleistocene Park in Siberia. Unlike Pleistoc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fouling%20community
Fouling communities are communities of organisms found on artificial surfaces like the sides of docks, marinas, harbors, and boats. Settlement panels made from a variety of substances have been used to monitor settlement patterns and to examine several community processes (e.g., succession, recruitment, predation, comp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylene%20blue
Methylthioninium chloride, commonly called methylene blue, is a salt used as a dye and as a medication. As a medication, it is mainly used to treat methemoglobinemia by chemically reducing the ferric iron in hemoglobin to ferrous iron. Specifically, it is used to treat methemoglobin levels that are greater than 30% or ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Mon%C3%A9gasque%20flags
The following is a list of Flags and Banners used in The Principality of Monaco. for more information about the National Flag, see the Flag of Monaco National flags Royal flags Municipal flags Historical flags Yacht clubs See also Flag of Monaco Coat of arms of Monaco
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-399%20microRNA%20precursor%20family
mir-399 is a microRNA that was identified in both Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa computationally and was later experimentally verified. mir-399 is thought to target mRNAs coding for a phosphate transporter. The mature sequence is excised from the 3' arm of the hairpin. There are multiple copies of MIR399 in each...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muromonab-CD3
Muromonab-CD3 (trade name Orthoclone OKT3, marketed by Janssen-Cilag) is an immunosuppressant drug given to reduce acute rejection in patients with organ transplants. It is a monoclonal antibody targeted at the CD3 receptor, a membrane protein on the surface of T cells. It was the first monoclonal antibody to be approv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryogenic%20Low-Energy%20Astrophysics%20with%20Neon
The Cryogenic Low-Energy Astrophysics with Noble liquids (CLEAN) experiment by the DEAP/CLEAN collaboration is searching for dark matter using noble gases at the SNOLAB underground facility. CLEAN has studied neon and argon in the MicroCLEAN prototype, and running the MiniCLEAN detector to test a multi-ton design. De...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean%20Observatories%20Initiative
The Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) is a National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Facility composed of a network of science-driven ocean observing platforms and sensors (ocean observatories) in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. This networked infrastructure measures physical, chemical, geological, and biolo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Food%20Chain%20Safety%20Office
National Food Chain Safety Office (Nébih/NFCSO) is the integrated food safety authority of Hungary, established on 15 March 2012. History The roots of NFCSO are dated back to the first officially organized animal health service founded by the Animal Health Act VII/1888. The focus of the service has shifted from anima...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug%20Turner%20%28Mozilla%29
Doug Turner is the ex-Director of Engineering at Mozilla Corporation and long-time contributor to Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation hired Turner in December 2004 to work full-time on mobile projects such as Minimo and Mozilla Joey. He was the Foundation's 12th hire. Turner was previously employed by Netscape before the c...