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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Poisons%20Information%20Service
The National Poisons Information Service is an information service commissioned by Public Health England on behalf of the UK health departments. Poisoning accounts for 1% of NHS admissions. Pesticides used in agriculture (particularly organophosphorus insecticides) are extremely toxic, but 87% of around 120,000 annual ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal%20feedback
Within molecular and cell biology, Temporal feedback, also referred to as interlinked or interlocked feedback, is a biological regulatory motif in which fast and slow positive feedback loops are interlinked to create "all or none" switches. This interlinking produces separate, adjustable activation and de-activation ti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20wavelet
In mathematics, a dual wavelet is the dual to a wavelet. In general, the wavelet series generated by a square-integrable function will have a dual series, in the sense of the Riesz representation theorem. However, the dual series is not itself in general representable by a square-integrable function. Definition Given ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic%20fluid
A hydraulic fluid or hydraulic liquid is the medium by which power is transferred in hydraulic machinery. Common hydraulic fluids are based on mineral oil or water. Examples of equipment that might use hydraulic fluids are excavators and backhoes, hydraulic brakes, power steering systems, automatic transmissions, garb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateralization%20of%20bird%20song
Passerine birds produce song through the vocal organ, the syrinx, which is composed of bilaterally symmetric halves located where the trachea separates into the two bronchi. Using endoscopic techniques, it has been observed that song is produced by air passing between a set of medial and lateral labia on each side of t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCNJ6
G protein-activated inward rectifier potassium channel 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNJ6 gene. Mutation in KCNJ6 gene has been proposed to be the cause of Keppen-Lubinsky Syndrome (KPLBS). Function Potassium channels are present in most mammalian cells, where they participate in a wide range of p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre%20for%20Human%20Ecology
The Centre for Human Ecology is an independent academic institute based in Glasgow, Scotland. It was founded in 1972 by Conrad Hal Waddington at the University of Edinburgh.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucous%20membrane%20pemphigoid
Mucous membrane pemphigoid is a rare chronic autoimmune subepithelial blistering disease characterized by erosive lesions of the mucous membranes and skin. It is one of the pemphigoid diseases that can result in scarring. Signs and symptoms The autoimmune reaction most commonly affects the oral mucosa in the mouth, ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETP-1
ETP-1 (or Electronic Test Pattern One) was a test card designed and used by the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA). After test transmissions from the IBA's Engineering Regional Operations Centre (ROC) in Croydon from 1978 it was phased in on ITV over a period starting from 1979, replacing, in different ITV region...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proceedings%20of%20the%20Combustion%20Institute
The Proceedings of the Combustion Institute are the proceedings of the biennial Combustion Symposium put on by The Combustion Institute. The publication contains the most significant contributions in fundamentals and applications fundamental research of combustion science combustion phenomena. Research papers and invit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-efficiency%20hybrid%20cycle
The high-efficiency hybrid cycle (HEHC) is a new 4-stroke thermodynamic cycle combining elements of the Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, Atkinson cycle and Rankine cycle. HEHC engines The 3rd generation design of the Liquidpiston Engine currently in development is the only engine currently designed around the HEHC. It is a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RV%20Gloria%20Michelle
RV Gloria Michelle (F7201), sometimes rendered as R/V Gloria Michelle, is an American fisheries research vessel in non-commissioned service in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) fleet since 1980. Prior to her NOAA career, she was a commercial shrimp boat that came into the possession of the Unit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse-delete%20algorithm
The reverse-delete algorithm is an algorithm in graph theory used to obtain a minimum spanning tree from a given connected, edge-weighted graph. It first appeared in , but it should not be confused with Kruskal's algorithm which appears in the same paper. If the graph is disconnected, this algorithm will find a minimu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keystone%20%28architecture%29
A keystone (or capstone) is the wedge-shaped stone at the apex of a masonry arch or typically round-shaped one at the apex of a vault. In both cases it is the final piece placed during construction and locks all the stones into position, allowing the arch or vault to bear weight. In arches and vaults (such as quasi-d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad%20%28software%29
Toad is a database management toolset from Quest Software for managing relational and non-relational databases using SQL aimed at database developers, database administrators, and data analysts. The Toad toolset runs against Oracle, SQL Server, IBM DB2 (LUW & z/OS), SAP and MySQL. A Toad product for data preparation su...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stopped-flow
Stopped-flow is an experimental technique for studying chemical reactions with a half time of the order of 1 ms, introduced by Britton Chance and extended by Quentin Gibson (Other techniques, such as the temperature-jump method, are available for much faster processes.) Description of the method Summary Stopped-flow...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20secondary%20school%20sports%20team%20names%20and%20mascots%20derived%20from%20Indigenous%20peoples
Among the categories of names for sports teams in the United States and Canada, those referring to Indigenous peoples are lesser in popularity only to the names of various animals. In a list of the top 100 team names, "Indians" is 14th, "Braves" is 38th, "Chiefs" is 57th. The typical logo is an image of a stereotypical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price%20of%20stability
In game theory, the price of stability (PoS) of a game is the ratio between the best objective function value of one of its equilibria and that of an optimal outcome. The PoS is relevant for games in which there is some objective authority that can influence the players a bit, and maybe help them converge to a good Nas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut%20Jacques%20Monod
The Institut Jacques Monod, funded jointly by the CNRS and the University Paris Diderot, is one of the main centres for basic research in biology in Paris, France. It is headed by Valerie Doye. There are 3 broad research topics (Genome and chromosome dynamics, Cellular dynamics and signalling, Development and evolutio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design-Oriented%20Programming
Design-oriented programming is a way to author computer applications using a combination of text, graphics, and style elements in a unified code-space. The goal is to improve the experience of program writing for software developers, boost accessibility, and reduce eye-strain. Good design helps computer programmers to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Com21
Com21 was an early pioneer in developing cable modem networks in the era before the standard DOCSIS was introduced for Internet access via cable television networks. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2003. The company Com21 Inc. was an American public company. Com21 shares traded on Nasdaq using CMTO as symbol. The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen%20cycle
The nitrogen cycle is the biogeochemical cycle by which nitrogen is converted into multiple chemical forms as it circulates among atmospheric, terrestrial, and marine ecosystems. The conversion of nitrogen can be carried out through both biological and physical processes. Important processes in the nitrogen cycle inclu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ephemeral%20plant
An ephemeral plant is a plant with a very short life cycle or very short period of active growth, often one that grows only during brief periods when conditions are favorable. Several types of ephemeral plants exist. The first, spring ephemeral, refers to perennial plants that emerge quickly in the spring and die back ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelargonic%20acid
Pelargonic acid, also called nonanoic acid, is an organic compound with structural formula . It is a nine-carbon fatty acid. Nonanoic acid is a colorless oily liquid with an unpleasant, rancid odor. It is nearly insoluble in water, but very soluble in organic solvents. The esters and salts of pelargonic acid are calle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20segmentation
Network segmentation in computer networking is the act or practice of splitting a computer network into subnetworks, each being a network segment. Advantages of such splitting are primarily for boosting performance and improving security. Advantages Reduced congestion: On a segmented network, there are fewer hosts pe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20variable
In computer programming, a global variable is a variable with global scope, meaning that it is visible (hence accessible) throughout the program, unless shadowed. The set of all global variables is known as the global environment or global state. In compiled languages, global variables are generally static variables, w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphogen
A morphogen is a substance whose non-uniform distribution governs the pattern of tissue development in the process of morphogenesis or pattern formation, one of the core processes of developmental biology, establishing positions of the various specialized cell types within a tissue. More specifically, a morphogen is a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish%20finger
Fish fingers (British English) or fish sticks (American English) are a processed food made using a whitefish, such as cod, hake, haddock, shark, or pollock, which has been battered or breaded. They are commonly available in the frozen food section of supermarkets. They can be baked in an oven, grilled, shallow fried, o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komar%20mass
The Komar mass (named after Arthur Komar) of a system is one of several formal concepts of mass that are used in general relativity. The Komar mass can be defined in any stationary spacetime, which is a spacetime in which all the metric components can be written so that they are independent of time. Alternatively, a s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniporter
A uniporter is a membrane transport protein that transports a single species of substrate (charged or uncharged) across a cell membrane. It may use either facilitated diffusion and transport along a diffusion gradient or transport against one with an active transport process. Uniporters include both carriers and ion c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust%20boundary
Trust boundary is a term used in computer science and security which describes a boundary where program data or execution changes its level of "trust," or where two principals with different capabilities exchange data or commands. The term refers to any distinct boundary where within a system all sub-systems (including...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous%20things
Autonomous things, abbreviated AuT, or the Internet of autonomous things, abbreviated as IoAT, is an emerging term for the technological developments that are expected to bring computers into the physical environment as autonomous entities without human direction, freely moving and interacting with humans and other obj...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroinfiltration
Agroinfiltration is a method used in plant biology and especially lately in plant biotechnology to induce transient expression of genes in a plant, or isolated leaves from a plant, or even in cultures of plant cells, in order to produce a desired protein. In the method, a suspension of Agrobacterium tumefaciens is intr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Instruments%20DaVinci
The Texas Instruments DaVinci is a family of system on a chip processors that are primarily used in embedded video and vision applications. Many processors in the family combine a DSP core based on the TMS320 C6000 VLIW DSP family and an ARM CPU core into a single system on chip. By using both a general-purpose process...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dromedary
The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius or ;), also known as the dromedary camel, Somalian Camel, Arabian camel, or one-humped camel, is a large even-toed ungulate, of the genus Camelus, with one hump on its back. It is the tallest of the three species of camel; adult males stand at the shoulder, while females are tall....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolphin%20Research%20Center
The Dolphin Research Center (DRC) is a dolphinarium on Grassy Key, Florida. The series of saltwater lagoons is home to several dolphins and California sea lions. History Fisherman Milton Santini opened Santini's Porpoise School in 1958, which he operated until 1972. Santini blasted lagoons into the seashore with dyna...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-Up%20Interceptor%20Control
Backup Interceptor Control (BUIC, ) was the Electronic Systems Division 416M System to backup the SAGE 416L System in the United States and Canada. BUIC deployed Cold War command, control, and coordination systems to SAGE radar stations to create dispersed NORAD Control Centers. Background Prior to the SAGE Directi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microarchitecture
In electronics, computer science and computer engineering, microarchitecture, also called computer organization and sometimes abbreviated as µarch or uarch, is the way a given instruction set architecture (ISA) is implemented in a particular processor. A given ISA may be implemented with different microarchitectures; i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomin
Biomin is an animal health and nutrition company headquartered in Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf, Austria that develops and produces feed additives and premixes for livestock animals including swine, poultry, dairy and beef cattle as well as aquaculture. The firm supplies customers in more than 100 countries throughout the wo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordered%20set%20operators
In mathematical notation, ordered set operators indicate whether an object precedes or succeeds another. These relationship operators are denoted by the unicode symbols U+227A-F, along with symbols located unicode blocks U+228x through U+22Ex. Examples The relationship x precedes y is written x ≺ y. The relation x p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtubule-associated%20protein
In cell biology, microtubule-associated proteins (MAPs) are proteins that interact with the microtubules of the cellular cytoskeleton. MAPs are integral to the stability of the cell and its internal structures and the transport of components within the cell. Function MAPs bind to the tubulin subunits that make up micr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fruitless%20%28gene%29
The fruitless gene (fru) is a Drosophila melanogaster gene that encodes several variants of a putative transcription factor protein. Normal fruitless function is required for proper development of several anatomical structures necessary for courtship, including motor neurons which innervate muscles needed for fly sexua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Important%20ecological%20areas
Important ecological areas (IEAs) are habitat areas which, either by themselves or in a network, contribute significantly to an ecosystem’s productivity, biodiversity, and resilience. Appropriate management of key ecological features delineates the management boundaries of an IEA. The identification and protection of I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20communication%20in%20insects
Chemical communication in insects is social signalling between insects of the same or different species, using chemicals. These chemicals may be volatile, to be detected at a distance by other insects' sense of smell, or non-volatile, to be detected on an insect's cuticle by other insects' sense of taste. Many of these...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian%20inti
The inti was the currency of Peru between 1985 and 1991. Its ISO 4217 code was PEI and its abbreviation was I/. The inti was divided into 100 céntimos. The inti replaced the inflation-stricken sol. The new currency was named after Inti, the Inca sun god. History The inti was introduced on 1 February 1985, replacing th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20number
A binary number is a number expressed in the base-2 numeral system or binary numeral system, a method of mathematical expression which uses only two symbols: typically "0" (zero) and "1" (one). The base-2 numeral system is a positional notation with a radix of 2. Each digit is referred to as a bit, or binary digit. Be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20Nutrition%20and%20Dietetic%20Institute
The Irish Nutrition & Dietetic Institute (INDI) is the national organisation in Ireland for nutrition and dietetic professionals. The INDI's mission is to encourage, foster and maintain the highest possible standards in the science and practice of human nutrition and dietetics, to positively influence the nutrition sta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSU-DOE%20Plant%20Research%20Laboratory
The MSU-DOE Plant Research Laboratory (PRL), commonly referred to as Plant Research Lab, is a research institute funded to a large extent by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science and located at Michigan State University (MSU) in East Lansing, Michigan. The Plant Research Lab was founded in 1965, and it curr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniparental%20disomy
Uniparental disomy (UPD) occurs when a person receives two copies of a chromosome, or of part of a chromosome, from one parent and no copy from the other. UPD can be the result of heterodisomy, in which a pair of non-identical chromosomes are inherited from one parent (an earlier stage meiosis I error) or isodisomy, in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional%20flow%20block%20diagram
A functional flow block diagram (FFBD) is a multi-tier, time-sequenced, step-by-step flow diagram of a system's functional flow. The term "functional" in this context is different from its use in functional programming or in mathematics, where pairing "functional" with "flow" would be ambiguous. Here, "functional flow"...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbul%20coronavirus%20HKU11
Bulbul coronavirus HKU11 (Bulbul-CoV HKU11) is a positive-sense single-stranded RNA Deltacoronavirus of avian origin found in Chinese bulbuls.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic%20shear%20band
In physics, mechanics and engineering, an adiabatic shear band is one of the many mechanisms of failure that occur in metals and other materials that are deformed at a high rate in processes such as metal forming, machining and ballistic impact. Adiabatic shear bands are usually very narrow bands, typically 5-500 μm wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C4%81ng%20zh%C3%BA
Cāng zhú (苍 术 or 蒼 术 or 蒼 朮), also known as black atractylodes rhizome or Rhizoma Atractylodes, is a Chinese herbal medicine. It is the dried rhizome of Atractylodes lancea (Thunb.) DC., synonyms Atractylodes chinensis (DC.) Koidz, and Atractylodes japonica Koidz. (One study suggested that A. chinensis is a subspecie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware%20lunar%20sample%20displays
The Delaware lunar sample displays are two commemorative plaques consisting of small fragments of Moon specimen brought back with the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17 lunar missions and given in the 1970s to the people of the state of Delaware by United States President Richard Nixon as goodwill gifts. Description Apollo 11 ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director%20string
In mathematics, in the area of lambda calculus and computation, directors or director strings are a mechanism for keeping track of the free variables in a term. Loosely speaking, they can be understood as a kind of memoization for free variables; that is, as an optimization technique for rapidly locating the free vari...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature%20convergence
In evolutionary algorithms (EA), the term of premature convergence means that a population for an optimization problem converged too early, resulting in being suboptimal. In this context, the parental solutions, through the aid of genetic operators, are not able to generate offspring that are superior to, or outperform...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SahysMod
SahysMod is a computer program for the prediction of the salinity of soil moisture, groundwater and drainage water, the depth of the watertable, and the drain discharge in irrigated agricultural lands, using different hydrogeologic and aquifer conditions, varying water management options, including the use of ground wa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hierarchical%20temporal%20memory
Hierarchical temporal memory (HTM) is a biologically constrained machine intelligence technology developed by Numenta. Originally described in the 2004 book On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins with Sandra Blakeslee, HTM is primarily used today for anomaly detection in streaming data. The technology is based on neuroscience...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysctl
sysctl is a software utility of some Unix-like operating systems that reads and modifies the attributes of the system kernel such as its version number, maximum limits, and security settings. It is available both as a system call for compiled programs, and an administrator command for interactive use and scripting. Lin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Society%20for%20Biochemistry%20and%20Molecular%20Biology
The Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB) is an academic society founded in 1955. Originally named Australian Biochemical Society, it was renamed to its current title in 1990. Its main activities include hosting scientific conferences, supporting ancillary symposia, workshops and publishing ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electropositive%20shark%20repellent
Electropositive metals (EPMs) are a new class of shark repellent materials that produce a measurable voltage when immersed in an electrolyte such as seawater. The voltages produced are as high as 1.75 VDC in seawater. It is hypothesized that this voltage overwhelms the ampullary organ in sharks, producing a repellent a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiring%20diagram
A wiring diagram is a simplified conventional pictorial representation of an electrical circuit. It shows the components of the circuit as simplified shapes, and the power and signal connections between the devices. A wiring diagram usually gives information about the relative position and arrangement of devices and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-infinity%20loop-shaping
H-infinity loop-shaping is a design methodology in modern control theory. It combines the traditional intuition of classical control methods, such as Bode's sensitivity integral, with H-infinity optimization techniques to achieve controllers whose stability and performance properties hold despite bounded differences b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold%20plating
Gold plating is a method of depositing a thin layer of gold onto the surface of another metal, most often copper or silver (to make silver-gilt), by chemical or electrochemical plating. This article covers plating methods used in the modern electronics industry; for more traditional methods, often used for much larger ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZNF207
Zinc finger protein 207 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the ZNF207 gene.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptoloop
Cryptoloop is a Linux kernel's disk encryption module that relies on the Crypto API, which is a cryptography framework introduced in version 2.5.45 of the Linux kernel mainline. Cryptoloop was first introduced in the 2.5.x kernel series; its functionality was later incorporated into the device mapper, a generic framewo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring%20house
A spring house, or springhouse, is a small building, usually of a single room, constructed over a spring. While the original purpose of a springhouse was to keep the spring water clean by excluding fallen leaves, animals, etc., the enclosing structure was also used for refrigeration before the advent of ice delivery a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycyrrhizol
Glycyrrhizol A is a prenylated pterocarpan and an isoflavonoid derivative. It is a compound isolated from the root of the Chinese licorice plant (Glycyrrhiza uralensis). It may has in vitro antibacterial properties. In one study, the strongest antibacterial activity was observed against Streptococcus mutans, an organi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manually%20Annotated%20Sub-Corpus
Manually Annotated Sub-Corpus (MASC) is a balanced subset of 500K words of written texts and transcribed speech drawn primarily from the Open American National Corpus (OANC). The OANC is a 15 million word (and growing) corpus of American English produced since 1990, all of which is in the public domain or otherwise fre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microscopic%20scale
The microscopic scale () is the scale of objects and events smaller than those that can easily be seen by the naked eye, requiring a lens or microscope to see them clearly. In physics, the microscopic scale is sometimes regarded as the scale between the macroscopic scale and the quantum scale. Microscopic units and mea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic%20absorption%20by%20water
The absorption of electromagnetic radiation by water depends on the state of the water. The absorption in the gas phase occurs in three regions of the spectrum. Rotational transitions are responsible for absorption in the microwave and far-infrared, vibrational transitions in the mid-infrared and near-infrared. Vibrat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Journal%20of%20Chemical%20Physics
The Chinese Journal of Chemical Physics (CJCP) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Chinese Physical Society and hosted by the American Institute of Physics. It publishes experimental, computational and theoretical research on the interdisciplinary fields of physics, chemistry, biology and materials sciences. Th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Ames%20Bliss
Gilbert Ames Bliss, (9 May 1876 – 8 May 1951), was an American mathematician, known for his work on the calculus of variations. Life Bliss grew up in a Chicago family that eventually became affluent; in 1907, his father became president of the company supplying all of Chicago's electricity. The family was not affluent...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server%20Base%20System%20Architecture
The Server Base System Architecture (SBSA) is a hardware system architecture for servers based on 64-bit ARM processors. Rationale Historically, ARM-based products have often been tailored for specific applications and power profiles. Variation between ARM-based hardware platforms has been an impediment requiring o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy%20list
A proxy list is a list of open HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy servers all on one website. Proxies allow users to make indirect network connections to other computer network services. Proxy lists include the IP addresses of computers hosting open proxy servers, meaning that these proxy servers are available to anyone on the int...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTLAB
INTLAB (INTerval LABoratory) is an interval arithmetic library using MATLAB and GNU Octave, available in Windows and Linux, macOS. It was developed by S.M. Rump from Hamburg University of Technology. INTLAB was used to develop other MATLAB-based libraries such as VERSOFT and INTSOLVER, and it was used to solve some pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Physics%20Olympiad
The British Physics Olympiad (BPhO) is a series of ten competitions in the study of physics for students in years 11–13 in the United Kingdom. On a day-to-day basis, the BPhO is run by five committee members as well as a large team of volunteer physics teachers and academics from across the UK. The BPhO's administrati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20access%20control
In computer security, general access control includes identification, authorization, authentication, access approval, and audit. A more narrow definition of access control would cover only access approval, whereby the system makes a decision to grant or reject an access request from an already authenticated subject, ba...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IXS%20Enterprise
IXS Enterprise is a conceptual interstellar superluminal spacecraft designed by NASA scientist Dr. Harold G. White, revealed at SpaceVision 2013, designed for the goal of achieving warp travel. The conceptual spacecraft would make use of a modified version of the Alcubierre drive. Dr. White is currently running the Whi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentinus
Sentinus is a educational charity based in Lisburn, Northern Ireland that provides educational programs for young people interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). History Northern Ireland produces around 2,000 qualified IT workers each year; there are around 16,000 IT jobs in the Northern ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20grid
A regular grid is a tessellation of n-dimensional Euclidean space by congruent parallelotopes (e.g. bricks). Its opposite is irregular grid. Grids of this type appear on graph paper and may be used in finite element analysis, finite volume methods, finite difference methods, and in general for discretization of param...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem%20cell%20secretome
The stem cell secretome (also referred to as the stromal cell secretome) is a collective term for the paracrine soluble factors produced by stem cells and utilized for their inter-cell communication. In addition to inter-cell communication, the paracrine factors are also responsible for tissue development, homeostasis ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tversky%20index
The Tversky index, named after Amos Tversky, is an asymmetric similarity measure on sets that compares a variant to a prototype. The Tversky index can be seen as a generalization of the Sørensen–Dice coefficient and the Jaccard index. For sets X and Y the Tversky index is a number between 0 and 1 given by Here, deno...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarya%20of%20the%20Dawn
Zarya of the Dawn is a short comic book written by Kris Kashtanova and illustrated using Midjourney. It is illustrated entirely using artificial intelligence, which resulted in a copyright dispute. Plot Zarya awakens in an abandoned New York City with no memories. A postcard from a person named Rusty falls out of thei...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20for%20Pakistan
Plant for Pakistan (Plant4Pakistan), also known as 10 Billion Tree Tsunami, is a five-year project to plant 10 billion trees across Pakistan from 2018 to 2023. Prime Minister Imran Khan started the drive on 2 September 2018 with approximately 1.5 million trees planted on the first day. The campaign was based on the suc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical%20regions%20of%20Serbia
The statistical regions of Serbia () are regulated by the Law of the Regional Development and the Law of the Official Statistics. Serbia is divided into five statistical regions which are chiefly used for statistical purposes, such as census data. The regions encompass one or multiple districts each. Introduction In ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segregation%20%28materials%20science%29
In materials science, segregation is the enrichment of atoms, ions, or molecules at a microscopic region in a materials system. While the terms segregation and adsorption are essentially synonymous, in practice, segregation is often used to describe the partitioning of molecular constituents to defects from solid solut...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20solar%20cells
In the 19th century, it was observed that the sunlight striking certain materials generates detectable electric current – the photoelectric effect. This discovery laid the foundation for solar cells. Solar cells have gone on to be used in many applications. They have historically been used in situations where electrica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPICS
The Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System (EPICS) is a set of software tools and applications used to develop and implement distributed control systems to operate devices such as particle accelerators, telescopes and other large scientific facilities. The tools are designed to help develop systems which of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strahl%20%28astronomy%29
Strahl, from the German for "ray" or "beam" such as radiation is, is the electron component of the solar wind that is the most closely aligned with the magnetic field of the Sun. These electrons are part of the high speed component of the solar wind and have sufficient velocity to escape from the electrostatic potentia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiral%20inversion
Chiral inversion is the process of conversion of one enantiomer of a chiral molecule to its mirror-image version with no other change in the molecule. Chiral inversion happens depending on various factors (viz. biological-, solvent-, light-, temperature- induced, etc.) and the energy barrier associated with the stereo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminarin
The molecule laminarin (also known as laminaran) is a storage glucan (a polysaccharide of glucose) found in brown algae. It is used as a carbohydrate food reserve in the same way that chrysolaminarin is used by phytoplankton, especially in diatoms. It is created by photosynthesis and is made up of β(1→3)-glucan with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premio%20Presidente%20della%20Repubblica%20%28prize%29
The Premio Presidente della Repubblica is an Italian award introduced by the former president and academic Luigi Einaudi. Since 1949 it has been awarded on a regular basis by the Accademia dei Lincei, the Accademia di San Luca, and the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. It is among the most distinguished awards of t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krogh%27s%20principle
Krogh's principle states that "for such a large number of problems there will be some animal of choice, or a few such animals, on which it can be most conveniently studied." This concept is central to those disciplines of biology that rely on the comparative method, such as neuroethology, comparative physiology, and mo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quorn
Quorn is a brand of meat substitute products, or the company that makes them. Quorn originated in the UK and is sold primarily in Europe, but is available in 14 countries. The brand is owned by parent company Monde Nissin. Quorn is sold as both a cooking ingredient and as a meat substitute used in a range of prepacka...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expanded%20Program%20on%20Immunization%20%28Philippines%29
The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) in the Philippines began in July 1979. And, in 1986, made a response to the Universal Child Immunization goal. The four major strategies include: sustaining high routine Full Immunized Child (FIC) coverage of at least 90% in all provinces and cities; sustaining the polio-fre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kombucha
Kombucha (also tea mushroom, tea fungus, or Manchurian mushroom when referring to the culture; Latin name Medusomyces gisevii) is a fermented, lightly effervescent, sweetened black tea drink commonly consumed for its purported health benefits. Sometimes the beverage is called kombucha tea to distinguish it from the cul...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TB6Cs1H3%20snoRNA
TB6Cs1H3 is a member of the H/ACA-like class of non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule that guide the sites of modification of uridines to pseudouridines of substrate RNAs. It is known as a small nucleolar RNA (snoRNA) thus named because of its cellular localization in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell. TB6Cs1H3 is predic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit%20quantum%20electrodynamics
Circuit quantum electrodynamics (circuit QED) provides a means of studying the fundamental interaction between light and matter (quantum optics). As in the field of cavity quantum electrodynamics, a single photon within a single mode cavity coherently couples to a quantum object (atom). In contrast to cavity QED, the p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20W.%20Tait
William Walker Tait (born 1929) is an emeritus professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago, where he served as a faculty member from 1972 to 1996, and as department chair from 1981 to 1987. Education and career Tait received his B.A. from Lehigh University in 1952, and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1958....