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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhuo%20Qun%20Song | Zhuo Qun Song (; born 1997), also called Alex Song, is a Chinese-Canadian who is currently the most highly decorated International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) contestant, with five gold medals and one bronze medal.
Early life
Song was born in Tianjin, China in 1997. He and his parents moved to Canada in 2002. Song w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Eul%C3%A1lia%20Vares | Maria Eulália Vares is a Brazilian mathematical statistician and probability theorist who is known for her expertise in stochastic processes and large deviations theory. She is a professor of statistics in the Institute of Mathematics of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, from 2006 to 2009 was the editor-in-chi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%20Outstanding%20Researcher%20Award | The Intel Outstanding Researcher Award is presented by Intel Corporation for outstanding contributions to the development of advanced nanoelectronic and manufacturing technologies. The award was created to recognize truly outstanding contributions by researchers funded by Intel’s Corporate Research Council (previously ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silybum%20marianum | Silybum marianum is a species of thistle. It has various common names including milk thistle, blessed milkthistle, Marian thistle, Mary thistle, Saint Mary's thistle, Mediterranean milk thistle, variegated thistle and Scotch thistle (though not to be confused with Onopordum acanthium or Cirsium vulgare). This species ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith%20normal%20form | In mathematics, the Smith normal form (sometimes abbreviated SNF) is a normal form that can be defined for any matrix (not necessarily square) with entries in a principal ideal domain (PID). The Smith normal form of a matrix is diagonal, and can be obtained from the original matrix by multiplying on the left and right... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZNF383 | Zinc finger protein 383 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ZNF383 gene. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Live%20Mesh | Windows Live Mesh (formerly known as Windows Live FolderShare, Live Mesh, and Windows Live Sync) is a discontinued free-to-use Internet-based file synchronization application by Microsoft designed to allow files and folders between two or more computers to be in sync with each other on Windows (Vista and later) and Mac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20%28sculpture%29 | A mobile (, ) is a type of kinetic sculpture constructed to take advantage of the principle of equilibrium. It consists of a number of rods, from which weighted objects or further rods hang. The objects hanging from the rods balance each other, so that the rods remain more or less horizontal. Each rod hangs from only o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear%20Dynamics%20%28journal%29 | Nonlinear Dynamics, An International Journal of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Engineering Systems is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all nonlinear dynamic phenomena associated with mechanical, structural, civil, aeronautical, ocean, electrical, and control systems. It is published by Springer Natu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRIPS%20architecture | TRIPS was a microprocessor architecture designed by a team at the University of Texas at Austin in conjunction with IBM, Intel, and Sun Microsystems. TRIPS uses an instruction set architecture designed to be easily broken down into large groups of instructions (Graphs) that can be run on independent processing elements... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Sea%20cliff%20swallow | The Red Sea cliff swallow (Petrochelidon perdita), also known as the Red Sea swallow, is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae.
Distribution and habitat
It is possibly endemic to Sudan. It is known only from a single specimen, found in May 1984 at the Sanganeb lighthouse, north-east of Port Sudan, Sudan. This ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20pubCenter | Microsoft pubCenter is a publisher's ad serving application developed by Microsoft in addition to Microsoft's Bing Ads, which allows advertisers to place ads on search engines as well as select MSN web sites or applications. Microsoft pubCenter is available for Windows Application, Windows Phone Apps and web publishers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repair%20kit | A repair kit or service kit is a set of items used to repair a device, commonly comprising both tools and spare parts. Many kits are designed for vehicles, such as cars, boats, airplanes, motorbikes, and bicycles, and may be kept with the vehicle in order to make on-the-spot repairs. Some are considered essential safet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%20C%2A-module | Hilbert C*-modules are mathematical objects that generalise the notion of Hilbert spaces (which are themselves generalisations of Euclidean space), in that they endow a linear space with an "inner product" that takes values in a C*-algebra. Hilbert C*-modules were first introduced in the work of Irving Kaplansky in 19... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DZS | DZS is a provider of fiber access and optical telecommunications networking and cloud software technology. The company was founded in 1999. It is headquartered in Plano. DZS is ISO 9001:2008 certified in the manufacture and service of telecommunications equipment.
Corporate history
DZS was founded as Zhone Technologi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tip%20growth | Tip growth is an extreme form of polarised growth of living cells that results in an elongated cylindrical cell morphology with a rounded tip at which the growth activity takes place. Tip growth occurs in algae (e.g., Acetabularia acetabulum), fungi (hyphae) and plants (e.g. root hairs and pollen tubes).
Tip growth is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef%20Frank%20%28architect%29 | Josef Frank (15 July 1885 – 8 January 1967) was an Austrian-born architect, artist, and designer who adopted Swedish citizenship in the latter half of his life. Together with Oskar Strnad, he created the Vienna School of Architecture, and its concept of Modern houses, housing and interiors.
Life
Frank was of Jewish a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AXIe | AdvancedTCA Extensions for Instrumentation and Test (AXIe) is a modular instrumentation standard created by
Aeroflex, Keysight Technologies, and Test Evolution Corporation.
(In October 2008, Aeroflex had purchased a 40% shareholding in Test Evolution.)
AXIe was targeted for general-purpose instrumentation and semicon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopplergraph | A dopplergraph or dopplergram is a two-dimensional representation of the approaching and receding motions of an object or area.
The word "dopplergraph" is a combination of the words doppler and photograph. Dopplergraphs are two-dimensional records of variations in the doppler shift in light intensity.
Dopplergraphs do... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axonal%20transport | Axonal transport, also called axoplasmic transport or axoplasmic flow, is a cellular process responsible for movement of mitochondria, lipids, synaptic vesicles, proteins, and other organelles to and from a neuron's cell body, through the cytoplasm of its axon called the axoplasm. Since some axons are on the order of m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tap%20converter | The tap converter is a variation on the cycloconverter, invented in 1981 by New York City electrical engineer Melvin Sandler and significantly functionally enhanced in 1982 through 1984 by graduate students Mariusz Wrzesniewski, Bruce David Wilner, and Eddie Fung. Whereas the cycloconverter switches among a variety of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keratitis | Keratitis is a condition in which the eye's cornea, the clear dome on the front surface of the eye, becomes inflamed. The condition is often marked by moderate to intense pain and usually involves any of the following symptoms: pain, impaired eyesight, photophobia (light sensitivity), red eye and a 'gritty' sensation.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagazvirus | Dagazvirus is a genus of viruses in the realm Ribozyviria, containing the single species Dagazvirus schedorhinotermitis. It is the only species within its realm known to be hosted by an invertebrate animal; the termite Schedorhinotermes intermedius. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptomatic | Asymptomatic (or clinically silent) is an adjective categorising the medical conditions (i.e., injuries or diseases) that patients carry but without experiencing their symptoms, despite an explicit diagnosis (e.g., a positive medical test).
Pre-symptomatic is the adjective categorising the time periods during which th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lute%20%28material%29 | Lute (from Latin Lutum, meaning mud, clay etc.) was a substance used to seal and affix apparatus employed in chemistry and alchemy, and to protect component vessels against heat damage by fire; it was also used to line furnaces. Lutation was thus the act of "cementing vessels with lute".
In pottery, luting is a techn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone%20OS%202 | iPhone OS 2 is the second major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc., being the successor to iPhone OS 1. It was the first version of iOS to support third party applications via the App Store. iPhone OS 2.2.1 was the final version of iPhone OS 2. It was succeeded by iPhone OS 3 on June 17,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USDA%20National%20Nutrient%20Database | The USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference is a database produced by the United States Department of Agriculture that provides the nutritional content of many generic and proprietary-branded foods. Released in August 2015 and revised in May 2016, the current release, Standard Reference 28 (SR28), contai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic%20basis%20function%20construction | In machine learning, automatic basis function construction (or basis discovery) is the mathematical method of looking for a set of task-independent basis functions that map the state space to a lower-dimensional embedding, while still representing the value function accurately. Automatic basis construction is independe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlueHat | BlueHat (or Blue Hat or Blue-Hat) is a term used to refer to outside computer security consulting firms that are employed to bug test a system prior to its launch, looking for exploits so they can be closed. In particular, Microsoft uses the term to refer to the computer security professionals they invited to find the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm%20%28companion%29 | The Palm phone, or "Palm companion device", "Palm Palm", "TCL Palm", codenamed "Pepito" with model number PVG100 is a smartphone running the Android operating system, announced on October 15, 2018, and is first available in the United States from November 2, that year.
Palm is developed, designed, and marketed by Pal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Montejano | Amanda Montejano Cantoral is a Mexican mathematician specializing in combinatorics, and particularly in the application of graph coloring to geometric graphs. She is a professor at the Juriquilla campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, in the Multidisciplinary Unit of Teaching and Research of the Facult... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Year%20of%20Physics%202005 | The year 2005 was named the World Year of Physics, also known as Einstein Year, in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein's "Miracle Year", in which he published four landmark papers, and the subsequent advances in the field of physics.
History
Physics has been the basis for understanding the physica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathspace | Mathspace is an online mathematics program designed for students in primary/elementary, secondary, and higher education. It is designed for students aged between 7 and 18, and is used by schools in Australia, New Zealand, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Hong Kong and India.
Mathspace uses an adaptive le... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annals%20of%20Mathematical%20Statistics | The Annals of Mathematical Statistics was a peer-reviewed statistics journal published by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics from 1930 to 1972. It was superseded by the Annals of Statistics and the Annals of Probability. In 1938, Samuel Wilks became editor-in-chief of the Annals and recruited a remarkable editor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20channel | Sodium channels are integral membrane proteins that form ion channels, conducting sodium ions (Na+) through a cell's membrane. They belong to the superfamily of cation channels.
Classification
They are classified into 2 types:
Function
In excitable cells such as neurons, myocytes, and certain types of glia, sodium ch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfl%C3%BCgers%20Archiv%3A%20European%20Journal%20of%20Physiology | Pflügers Archiv: European Journal of Physiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal in the field of physiology. A continuation of a journal founded in 1868 by the German physiologist, Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger, Pflügers Archiv () is the oldest physiological journal. Pflügers Archiv is currently published by Sp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yat%20Ming | Yat Ming (formerly called Yatming) was a die-cast car scale model maker, based in Hong Kong. Yat Ming Industrial Factory Ltd was founded in 1970 by Mr. Wai Ming Lam. Yat in Chinese means "best or number one". The Ming portion came from the founder's "middle name". They continued producing diecast models until 2013. In ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brace%20notation | In several programming languages, such as Perl, brace notation is a faster way to extract bytes from a string variable.
In pseudocode
An example of brace notation using pseudocode which would extract the 82nd character from the string is:
a_byte = a_string{82}
The equivalent of this using a hypothetical function 'MID... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anisomastia | Anisomastia is a medical condition in which there is a severe asymmetry or unequalness in the size of the breasts, generally related to a difference in volume. In other words, when one of the breasts is much larger than the other. In contrast to anisomastia, a slight asymmetry of the breasts is common. Anisomastia may... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicomedes%20%28mathematician%29 | Nicomedes (; ; c. 280 – c. 210 BC) was an ancient Greek mathematician.
Life and work
Almost nothing is known about Nicomedes' life apart from references in his works. Studies have stated that Nicomedes was born in about 280 BC and died in about 210 BC. It is known that he lived around the time of Eratosthenes or afte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Politics%20in%20America | Nuclear Politics in America is a 1997 book by Robert J. Duffy. According to Duffy, the "promise and peril of nuclear power have been a preoccupation of the modern age", who was then an assistant professor of political science at Rider University.
The book discusses the controversy over radioactive waste disposal, lice... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coxeter%20decompositions%20of%20hyperbolic%20polygons | A Coxeter decomposition of a polygon is a decomposition into a finite number of polygons in which any two sharing a side are reflections of each other along that side. Hyperbolic polygons are the analogues of Euclidean polygons in hyperbolic geometry. A hyperbolic n-gon is an area bounded by n segments, rays, or entire... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasse%20principle | In mathematics, Helmut Hasse's local–global principle, also known as the Hasse principle, is the idea that one can find an integer solution to an equation by using the Chinese remainder theorem to piece together solutions modulo powers of each different prime number. This is handled by examining the equation in the com... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20matting | Video matting is a technique for separating the video into two or more layers, usually foreground and background, and generating alpha mattes which determine blending of the layers. The technique is very popular in video editing because it allows to substitute the background, or process the layers individually.
Video ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tompkins%E2%80%93Paige%20algorithm | The Tompkins–Paige algorithm is a computer algorithm for generating all permutations of a finite set of objects.
The method
Let P and c be arrays of length n with 1-based indexing (i.e. the first entry of an array has index 1). The algorithm for generating all n! permutations of the set {1, 2, ..., n} is given by the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20drift | In electrical engineering, and particularly in telecommunications, frequency drift is an unintended and generally arbitrary offset of an oscillator from its nominal frequency. Causes may include component aging, changes in temperature that alter the piezoelectric effect in a crystal oscillator, or problems with a volt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone%20beam%20reconstruction | In microtomography X-ray scanners, cone beam reconstruction is one of two common scanning methods, the other being Fan beam reconstruction.
Cone beam reconstruction uses a 2-dimensional approach for obtaining projection data. Instead of utilizing a single row of detectors, as fan beam methods do, a cone beam systems u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank%20mobility%20index | In demographics, the rank mobility index (RMI) is a measure of a city's change in population rank among a group of cities.
Formally
where
R1 = city's rank at time 1
R2 = city's rank at time 2
A RMI value must be between −1 and 1. A RMI of 0 indicates no change.
Index numbers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healing%20of%20periapical%20lesions | Apical periodontitis is typically the body's defense response to the threat of microbial invasion from the root canal. Primary among the members of the host defense mechanism is the polymorphonuclear leukocyte, otherwise known as the neutrophil. The task of the neutrophil is to locate and destroy microbes that intrude... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impedance%20matching | In electronics, impedance matching is the practice of designing or adjusting the input impedance or output impedance of an electrical device for a desired value. Often, the desired value is selected to maximize power transfer or minimize signal reflection. For example, impedance matching typically is used to improve p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackintoshia | Mackintoshia is a fungal genus in the family Boletaceae. It was originally placed in Cortinariaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single truffle-like species Mackintoshia persica, found in Zimbabwe. This fungus, eaten by both the common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia) and the Karanga people, is little known outsi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitz%27s%20law | Haitz's law is an observation and forecast about the steady improvement, over many years, of light-emitting diodes (LEDs).
It claims that every decade, the cost per lumen (unit of useful light emitted) falls by a factor of 10, and the amount of light generated per LED package increases by a factor of 20, for a given w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utriculosaccular%20duct | The utriculosaccular duct (Latin: Ductus utriculosaccularis) is a part of the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear which connects the two parts of the vestibule, the utricle and the saccule.
The utriculosaccular duct continues to the endolymphatic duct and ends in the endolymphatic sac. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srivastava%20code | In coding theory, Srivastava codes, formulated by Professor J. N. Srivastava, form a class of parameterised error-correcting codes which are a special case of alternant codes.
Definition
The original Srivastava code over GF(q) of length n is defined by a parity check matrix H of alternant form
where the αi and zi a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeRoy%20Apker%20Award | The LeRoy Apker Award is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society (APS) since 1978, named after the experimental physicist LeRoy Apker. The recipients are undergraduate students chosen for "outstanding achievements in physics" in order to "provide encouragement to young physicists who hav... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatoire%20Oceanologique%20de%20Villefranche | The Observatoire Oceanologique de Villefranche (Villefranche-sur-Mer Marine Station) is a field campus of Sorbonne University (Faculty of Sciences and Engineering - FSI) in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Azur, France. It houses two research/teaching laboratories co-administered by Sorbonne University (SU) (Universi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fault%20detection%20and%20isolation | Fault detection, isolation, and recovery (FDIR) is a subfield of control engineering which concerns itself with monitoring a system, identifying when a fault has occurred, and pinpointing the type of fault and its location. Two approaches can be distinguished: A direct pattern recognition of sensor readings that indic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extension%20topology | In topology, a branch of mathematics, an extension topology is a topology placed on the disjoint union of a topological space and another set. There are various types of extension topology, described in the sections below.
Extension topology
Let X be a topological space and P a set disjoint from X. Consider in X ∪ P... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LTE%20%28telecommunication%29 | In telecommunications, long-term evolution (LTE) is a standard for wireless broadband communication for mobile devices and data terminals, based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA standards. It improves on those standards' capacity and speed by using a different radio interface and core network improvements. LTE is the upgr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Approvals%20Service%20for%20Cables | British Approvals Service for Cables (commonly known as BASEC) is an independent accredited certification body headquartered in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. Here, the organization's dedicated testing laboratory also operates which is believed to be the largest of its type in Europe. BASEC was established in 1971 and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk-glove%20sign | The silk glove-sign is a pediatric diagnostic measure employed when a hernia or hydrocele is suspected but there is no other clinical evidence to prove their existence. It involves gentle palpation of skin overlying the processus vaginalis along the area of the pubic tubercle in order to elicit what is often described ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winogradsky%20column | The Winogradsky column is a simple device for culturing a large diversity of microorganisms. Invented in the 1880s by Sergei Winogradsky, the device is a column of pond mud and water mixed with a carbon source such as newspaper (containing cellulose), blackened marshmallows or egg-shells (containing calcium carbonate),... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movidius | Movidius is a company based in San Mateo, California, that designs low-power processor chips for computer vision. The company was acquired by Intel in September 2016.
Company history
Movidius was co-founded in 2005 by Sean Mitchell and David Moloney in Dublin, Ireland. Between 2006 and 2016, it raised nearly $90 mill... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pincherle%20polynomials | In mathematics, the Pincherle polynomials Pn(x) are polynomials introduced by given by the generating function
Humbert polynomials are a generalization of Pincherle polynomials |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle%20OLAP | The Oracle Database OLAP Option implements On-line Analytical Processing (OLAP) within an Oracle database environment. Oracle Corporation markets the Oracle Database OLAP Option as an extra-cost option to supplement the "Enterprise Edition" of its database. (Oracle offers Essbase for customers without the Oracle Datab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NDISwrapper | NDISwrapper is a free software driver wrapper that enables the use of Windows XP network device drivers (for devices such as PCI cards, USB modems, and routers) on Linux operating systems. NDISwrapper works by implementing the Windows kernel and NDIS APIs and dynamically linking Windows network drivers to this implemen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20traits | Complex traits, also known as quantitative traits, are traits that do not behave according to simple Mendelian inheritance laws. More specifically, their inheritance cannot be explained by the genetic segregation of a single gene. Such traits show a continuous range of variation and are influenced by both environmental... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20Gweneth%20Humphreys%20Award | The M. Gweneth Humphreys Award or Humphreys Award is a mathematics award established by the Association for Women in Mathematics in recognition of mathematics educators who have exhibited outstanding mentorship. The award is named for Mabel Gweneth Humphreys (1911-2006) who earned her Ph.D. at age 23 from the Universit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honeywell%20JetWave | Honeywell's JetWave is a piece of satellite communications hardware produced by Honeywell that enables global in-flight internet connectivity. Its connectivity is provided using Inmarsat’s GX Aviation network. The JetWave platform is used in business and general aviation, as well as defense and commercial airline users... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Rhodes%20%28sculptor%29 | Richard Rhodes (born 1961) is an American sculptor, stonemason, entrepreneur, and scholar of stonework worldwide.
Life and career
Born in California, Rhodes studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1981. Through his study of medieval ritual and research, Rhodes apprenticed as a stonemason in S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlier%20polynomials | In mathematics, Charlier polynomials (also called Poisson–Charlier polynomials) are a family of orthogonal polynomials introduced by Carl Charlier.
They are given in terms of the generalized hypergeometric function by
where are generalized Laguerre polynomials. They satisfy the orthogonality relation
They form a She... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polarizable%20vacuum | In theoretical physics, particularly fringe physics, polarizable vacuum (PV) and its associated theory refers to proposals by Harold Puthoff, Robert H. Dicke, and others to develop an analogue of general relativity to describe gravity and its relationship to electromagnetism.
Description
In essence, Dicke and Puthof... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franco%20P.%20Preparata | Franco P. Preparata is a computer scientist, the An Wang Professor, Emeritus, of Computer Science at Brown University.
He is best known for his 1985 book "Computational Geometry: An Introduction" into which he blended salient parts of M. I. Shamos' doctoral thesis (Shamos appears as a co-author of the book). This boo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupt%20vector%20table | An interrupt vector table (IVT) is a data structure that associates a list of interrupt handlers with a list of interrupt requests in a table of interrupt vectors. Each entry of the interrupt vector table, called an interrupt vector, is the address of an interrupt handler(also known as ISR). While the concept is common... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20encapsulation | Cell encapsulation is a possible solution to graft rejection in tissue engineering applications. Cell microencapsulation technology involves immobilization of cells within a polymeric semi-permeable membrane. It permits the bidirectional diffusion of molecules such as the influx of oxygen, nutrients, growth factors et... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20weather%20observation | Surface weather observations are the fundamental data used for safety as well as climatological reasons to forecast weather and issue warnings worldwide. They can be taken manually, by a weather observer, by computer through the use of automated weather stations, or in a hybrid scheme using weather observers to augment... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA-binding%20protein | RNA-binding proteins (often abbreviated as RBPs) are proteins that bind to the double or single stranded RNA in cells and participate in forming ribonucleoprotein complexes.
RBPs contain various structural motifs, such as RNA recognition motif (RRM), dsRNA binding domain, zinc finger and others.
They are cytoplasmic an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neelakantha%20Bhanu%20Prakash | Neelakanta Bhanu Prakash (born 13 October 1999) is a human calculator, youtuber and entrepreneur from Hyderabad, India, and is titled as the "World's Fastest Human Calculator". BBC said "Neelakantha Bhanu Prakash is to math (mental calculation) what Usain Bolt is to running". He won gold in the 2020 Mental Calculation ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ussing%20chamber | An Ussing chamber is an apparatus for measuring epithelial membrane properties. It can detect and quantify transport and barrier functions of living tissue. The Ussing chamber was invented by the Danish zoologist and physiologist Hans Henriksen Ussing in 1946.
The technique is used to measure the short-circuit current... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20environment | Smart environments link computers and other smart devices to everyday settings and tasks. Smart environments include smart homes, smart cities and smart manufacturing.
Introduction
Smart environments are an extension of pervasive computing. According to Mark Weiser, pervasive computing promotes the idea of a world tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiation%20factor | Initiation factors are proteins that bind to the small subunit of the ribosome during the initiation of translation, a part of protein biosynthesis.
Initiation factors can interact with repressors to slow down or prevent translation. They have the ability to interact with activators to help them start or increase the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exim | Exim is a mail transfer agent (MTA) used on Unix-like operating systems. Exim is a free software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, and it aims to be a general and flexible mailer with extensive facilities for checking incoming e-mail.
Exim has been ported to most Unix-like systems, as well... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritillaria%20affinis | Fritillaria affinis, the chocolate lily, is a highly variable species of flowering plant in the lily family Liliaceae native to western North America.
Description
It grows from a bulb, which resembles a small mass of rice grains. The stems are tall. The flowers are produced in the spring, nodding, , yellowish or gre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS | webOS, also known as LG webOS and previously known as Open webOS, HP webOS and Palm webOS, is a Linux kernel-based multitasking operating system for smart devices such as smart TVs that has also been used as a mobile operating system. Initially developed by Palm, Inc. (which was acquired by Hewlett-Packard), HP made th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlatBox%20Project | PlatBox Project, formally known as Boxed Economy Project, is a multi-agent based computer simulation software development project founded by Iba Laboratory at Keio University, Japan. The main work of PlatBox Project is to develop PlatBox Simulator and Component Builder, which are claimed to be the first multi-agent co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri%20statistical%20areas | The U.S. currently has 34 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated seven combined statistical areas, eight metropolitan statistical areas, and 19 micropolitan statistical areas in Missouri.
Statistical areas
The Office of Managemen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Edinburgh%20Zoo | Edinburgh Zoo is a zoological park in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Scotland which opened on 22 July 1913. Edinburgh had previously been home to a zoological garden which failed to thrive. The new zoo is owned and run by the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland and initially opened as the Scottish National Zoological Park. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog%20odor | Dogs, as with all mammals, have natural odors. Natural dog odor can be unpleasant to dog owners, especially when dogs are kept inside the home, as some people are not used to being exposed to the natural odor of a non-human species living in proximity to them. Dogs may also develop unnatural odors as a result of skin d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%B6ppl%E2%80%93von%20K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n%20equations | The Föppl–von Kármán equations, named after August Föppl and Theodore von Kármán, are a set of nonlinear partial differential equations describing the large deflections of thin flat plates. With applications ranging from the design of submarine hulls to the mechanical properties of cell wall, the equations are notoriou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where%20in%20the%20World%20is%20Carmen%20Sandiego%3F%20%28Prodigy%20video%20game%29 | Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? is a game within the Carmen Sandiego franchise made for the Prodigy Interactive online service, a "special edition" and Prodigy service adaptation of the 1985 Broderbund educational game of the same name.
Prodigy was a computer service from a partnership of IBM and Sears. World w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insult%20%28medical%29 | In medical terms, an insult is the cause of some kind of physical or mental injury. For example, a burn on the skin (the injury) may be the result of a thermal, chemical, radioactive, or electrical event (the insult). Likewise sepsis and trauma are examples of foreign insults, and encephalitis, multiple sclerosis, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanography%20and%20Marine%20Biology%3A%20An%20Annual%20Review | Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review is an annual review of oceanography and marine biology that has been published since 1963. It was originally edited by Harold Barnes. It was originally published by Aberdeen University Press and Allen & Unwin but is now published by CRC Press, part of Taylor & Francis. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knower%20paradox | The knower paradox is a paradox belonging to the family of the paradoxes of self-reference (like the liar paradox). Informally, it consists in considering a sentence saying of itself that it is not known, and apparently deriving the contradiction that such sentence is both not known and known.
History
A version of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux%20Unified%20Key%20Setup | The Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is a disk encryption specification created by Clemens Fruhwirth in 2004 and originally intended for Linux.
LUKS implements a platform-independent standard on-disk format for use in various tools. This facilitates compatibility and interoperability among different programs and operati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RESF1 | Retroelement silencing factor 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RESF1 gene. RESF1 is broadly expressed in the lymph nodes, ovaries, appendix and spleen. RESF1 shows characteristics of being a minor histocompatibility antigen, as well as tumor suppressor capabilities. The high expression in the lymph node... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum%20information%20about%20a%20simulation%20experiment | The minimum information about a simulation experiment (MIASE) is a list of the common set of information a modeller needs to enable the execution and reproduction of a numerical simulation experiment, derived from a given set of quantitative models.
MIASE is a registered project of the MIBBI (minimum information for b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word%20embedding | In natural language processing (NLP), a word embedding is a representation of a word. The embedding is used in text analysis. Typically, the representation is a real-valued vector that encodes the meaning of the word in such a way that words that are closer in the vector space are expected to be similar in meaning. Wor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Edensor%20Littlewood | John Edensor Littlewood (9 June 1885 – 6 September 1977) was a British mathematician. He worked on topics relating to analysis, number theory, and differential equations and had lengthy collaborations with G. H. Hardy, Srinivasa Ramanujan and Mary Cartwright.
Biography
Littlewood was born on 9 June 1885 in Rochester,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse%20video | Reverse video (or invert video or inverse video or reverse screen) is a computer display technique whereby the background and text color values are inverted. On older computers, displays were usually designed to display text on a black background by default. For emphasis, the color scheme was swapped to bright backgrou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depolarization-induced%20suppression%20of%20inhibition | Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition is the classical and original electrophysiological example of endocannabinoid function in the central nervous system. Prior to the demonstration that depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition was dependent on the cannabinoid CB1 receptor function, there was no way... |
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