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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Siegel
Martha Jochnowitz Siegel is an American applied mathematician, probability theorist and mathematics educator who served as the editor of Mathematics Magazine from 1991 to 1996. In 2017 she won the Yueh-Gin Gung and Dr. Charles Y. Hu Award for Distinguished Service of the Mathematical Association of America for "her rem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligature%20%28writing%29
In writing and typography, a ligature occurs where two or more graphemes or letters are joined to form a single glyph. Examples are the characters and used in English and French, in which the letters and are joined for the first ligature and the letters and are joined for the second ligature. For stylistic and le...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A1s%20Vargha
András Vargha (born Budapest, 29 November 1949) is a Hungarian psychologist and statistician, head of the Institute of Psychology of the Károli Gáspár University of Reformed Church. His research field is psychometrics, on which he has held conferences. As of May 2011, Vargha had 131 journal publications with an impact...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrick%20mat
The carrick mat is a flat woven decorative knot which can be used as a mat or pad. Its name is based on the mat's decorative-type carrick bend with the ends connected together, forming an endless knot. A larger form, called the prolong knot, is made by expanding the basic carrick mat by extending, twisting, and overlap...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20triangle
The Anthony triangle (also Anthony's triangle) is an organizational model. The triangle takes a hierarchical view of management structure, with many operational decisions at the bottom, some tactical decisions in the middle and few but important strategic decisions at the top of the triangle. The higher in the triangle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAnCER%20%28database%29
DAnCER (disease-annotated chromatin epigenetics resource) is a database for chromatin modifications and their relation to human disease. It was developed by the Wodak Lab at the Hospital for Sick Children. It has been developed to serve as the core bioinformatics resource for seven experimental and bioinformatics lab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far%20East%20Combined%20Bureau
The Far East Combined Bureau, an outstation of the British Government Code and Cypher School, was set up in Hong Kong in March 1935, to monitor Japanese, and also Chinese and Russian (Soviet) intelligence and radio traffic. Later it moved to Singapore, Colombo (Ceylon), Kilindini (Kenya), then returned to Colombo. The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log%20trigger
In relational databases, the log trigger or history trigger is a mechanism for automatic recording of information about changes inserting or/and updating or/and deleting rows in a database table. It is a particular technique for change data capturing, and in data warehousing for dealing with slowly changing dimensions...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sperm-mediated%20gene%20transfer
Sperm-mediated gene transfer (SMGT) is a transgenic technique that transfers genes based on the ability of sperm cells to spontaneously bind to and internalize exogenous DNA and transport it into an oocyte during fertilization to produce genetically modified animals.1 Exogenous DNA refers to DNA that originates outside...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20fictional%20actuaries
Fictional actuaries and the appearance of actuaries in works of fiction have been the subject of a number of articles in actuarial journals. Film The Ice Road (2021) - Varnay (played by Benjamin Walker (actor); He introduced himself as an insurance actuary About Schmidt (2002) - Warren Schmidt is portrayed by Jack N...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoshichi%20Kobayashi
was a Japanese mathematician. He was the eldest brother of electrical engineer and computer scientist Hisashi Kobayashi. His research interests were in Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras. Biography Kobayashi graduated from the University of Tokyo in 1953. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25%20%28number%29
25 (twenty-five) is the natural number following 24 and preceding 26. In mathematics It is a square number, being 52 = 5 × 5, and hence the third non-unitary square prime of the form p2. It is one of two two-digit numbers whose square and higher powers of the number also ends in the same last two digits, e.g., 252 =...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar%20%28heraldry%29
In heraldry, a bar is an ordinary consisting of a horizontal band across the shield. If only one bar appears across the middle of the shield, it is termed a fess; if two or more appear, they can only be called bars. Calling the bar a diminutive of the fess is inaccurate, however, because two bars may each be no smaller...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korn%E2%80%93Kreer%E2%80%93Lenssen%20model
The Korn–Kreer–Lenssen model (KKL model) is a discrete trinomial model proposed in 1998 by Ralf Korn, Markus Kreer and Mark Lenssen to model illiquid securities and to value financial derivatives on these. It generalizes the binomial Cox-Ross-Rubinstein model in a natural way as the stock in a given time interval can e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleobiota%20of%20the%20Burgess%20Shale
This is a list of the biota of the Burgess Shale, a Cambrian lagerstätte located in Yoho National Park in Canada. The Burgess Shale is a fossil-bearing deposit exposed in the Canadian Rockies of British Columbia, Canada. It is famous for the exceptional preservation of the soft parts of its fossils. At 508 million yea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic%20differential%20equation
A stochastic differential equation (SDE) is a differential equation in which one or more of the terms is a stochastic process, resulting in a solution which is also a stochastic process. SDEs have many applications throughout pure mathematics and are used to model various behaviours of stochastic models such as stock p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel%20transmitter
A tunnel transmitter allows wireless reception in tunnels. It consists of a receiving antenna which receives the signal to be radiated in the tunnel, and a transmitting antenna installed in the tunnel, which is either a Yagi antenna or a line antenna. In principle, a tunnel transmitter can work purely passively, in whi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventive%20plant
Adventive plants or adventitious plants are plants that have established themselves in a place that does not correspond to their area of origin due to anthropogenic influence and, therefore, are all wild species that have only been established with the help of humans, in contrast to the native species. The term "adve...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gathering%204%20Gardner
Gathering 4 Gardner (G4G) is an educational foundation and non-profit corporation (Gathering 4 Gardner, Inc.) devoted to preserving the legacy and spirit of prolific writer Martin Gardner. G4G organizes conferences where people who have been inspired by or have a strong personal connection to Martin Gardner can meet an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command%20substitution
In computing, command substitution is a facility that allows a command to be run and its output to be pasted back on the command line as arguments to another command. Command substitution first appeared in the Bourne shell, introduced with Version 7 Unix in 1979, and has remained a characteristic of all later Unix she...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LU%20reduction
LU reduction is an algorithm related to LU decomposition. This term is usually used in the context of super computing and highly parallel computing. In this context it is used as a benchmarking algorithm, i.e. to provide a comparative measurement of speed for different computers. LU reduction is a special parallelized ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision%20field%20theory
Decision field theory (DFT) is a dynamic-cognitive approach to human decision making. It is a cognitive model that describes how people actually make decisions rather than a rational or normative theory that prescribes what people should or ought to do. It is also a dynamic model of decision making rather than a static...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavipectoral%20fascia
The clavipectoral fascia (costocoracoid membrane; coracoclavicular fascia) is a strong fascia situated under cover of the clavicular portion of the pectoralis major. It occupies the interval between the pectoralis minor and subclavius, and protects the axillary vein and artery, and axillary nerve. Traced upward, it s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricle%20%28heart%29
A ventricle is one of two large chambers toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs. The blood pumped by a ventricle is supplied by an atrium, an adjacent chamber in the upper heart that is smaller than a ventricle. Interventricular means between th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-linked%20glycosylation
N-linked glycosylation, is the attachment of an oligosaccharide, a carbohydrate consisting of several sugar molecules, sometimes also referred to as glycan, to a nitrogen atom (the amide nitrogen of an asparagine (Asn) residue of a protein), in a process called N-glycosylation, studied in biochemistry. The resulting pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuxiang
Yuxiang () is a famous seasoning mixture in Chinese cuisine, and also refers to the resulting sauce in which meat or vegetables are cooked. It is said to have originated in Sichuan cuisine, and has since spread to other regional Chinese cuisines. Despite the term literally meaning "fish fragrance" in Chinese, yuxiang...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanamori%E2%80%93McAloon%20theorem
In mathematical logic, the Kanamori–McAloon theorem, due to , gives an example of an incompleteness in Peano arithmetic, similar to that of the Paris–Harrington theorem. They showed that a certain finitistic theorem in Ramsey theory is not provable in Peano arithmetic (PA). Statement Given a set of non-negative integ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryu%E2%80%93Takayanagi%20conjecture
The Ryu–Takayanagi conjecture is a conjecture within holography that posits a quantitative relationship between the entanglement entropy of a conformal field theory and the geometry of an associated anti-de Sitter spacetime. The formula characterizes "holographic screens" in the bulk; that is, it specifies which region...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cepstrum
In Fourier analysis, the cepstrum (; plural cepstra, adjective cepstral) is the result of computing the inverse Fourier transform (IFT) of the logarithm of the estimated signal spectrum. The method is a tool for investigating periodic structures in frequency spectra. The power cepstrum has applications in the analysis ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20Pursuit%20of%20the%20Unknown
In Pursuit of the Unknown: 17 Equations That Changed the World is a 2012 nonfiction book by British mathematician Ian Stewart , published by Basic Books. In the book Stewart traced a history of the role of mathematics in human history, beginning with the Pythagorean theorem (Pythagorean equation) to the equation that t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge%20tap
Bridged tap or bridge tap is a long-used method of cabling for telephone lines. One cable pair (of wires) will "appear" in several different terminal locations (poles or pedestals). This allows the telephone company to use or "assign" that pair to any subscriber near those terminal locations. Once that customer disconn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunway%20TaihuLight
The Sunway TaihuLight ( Shénwēi·tàihú zhī guāng) is a Chinese supercomputer which, , is ranked fourth in the TOP500 list, with a LINPACK benchmark rating of 93 petaflops. The name is translated as divine power, the light of Taihu Lake. This is nearly three times as fast as the previous Tianhe-2, which ran at 34 petaflo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbert%20polynomials
In mathematics, the Humbert polynomials π(x) are a generalization of Pincherle polynomials introduced by given by the generating function . See also Umbral calculus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSSSF
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation (RSSSF) is an international organization dedicated to collecting statistics about association football. The foundation aims to build an exhaustive archive of football-related information from around the world. History This enterprise, according to its founders, was created i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt%20equivalent
Salt equivalent is usually quoted on food nutrition information tables on food labels, and is a different way of defining sodium intake, noting that salt is chemically sodium chloride. To convert from sodium to the approximate salt equivalent, multiply sodium content by 2.5: (see: atomic mass and molecular mass). So...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%E2%80%93quadratic%E2%80%93Gaussian%20control
In control theory, the linear–quadratic–Gaussian (LQG) control problem is one of the most fundamental optimal control problems, and it can also be operated repeatedly for model predictive control. It concerns linear systems driven by additive white Gaussian noise. The problem is to determine an output feedback law that...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark%20Energy%20Survey
The Dark Energy Survey (DES) is an astronomical survey designed to constrain the properties of dark energy. It uses images taken in the near-ultraviolet, visible, and near-infrared to measure the expansion of the universe using Type Ia supernovae, baryon acoustic oscillations, the number of galaxy clusters, and weak gr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy%27s%20theorem%20%28group%20theory%29
In mathematics, specifically group theory, Cauchy's theorem states that if is a finite group and is a prime number dividing the order of (the number of elements in ), then contains an element of order . That is, there is in such that is the smallest positive integer with = , where is the identity element of . ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Lake
Comet Lake is Intel's codename for its 10th generation Core processors. They are manufactured using Intel's third 14 nm Skylake process revision, succeeding the Whiskey Lake U-series mobile processor and Coffee Lake desktop processor families. Intel announced low-power mobile Comet Lake-U CPUs on August 21, 2019, H-ser...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidu%20Yi
Baidu Yi (, 易 Yì meaning "exchange" or "easy"), also known as "Baidu Yun", was an operating system for mobile devices until Baidu suspended it. It is based on Google's Android but is a fork by Baidu, the dominant search engine operator in China. It was announced on 2 September 2011 at the 2011 Baidu Technology Innova...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendezvous%20hashing
Rendezvous or highest random weight (HRW) hashing is an algorithm that allows clients to achieve distributed agreement on a set of options out of a possible set of options. A typical application is when clients need to agree on which sites (or proxies) objects are assigned to. Consistent hashing addresses the specia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireille%20Broucke
Mireille Esther Broucke is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Toronto, interested in control theory, mathematical systems theory, and swarm robotics. Broucke did her undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin, where her father Roger A. Broucke, an immigrant from Bel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSR%20B1919%2B21
PSR B1919+21 is a pulsar with a period of 1.3373 seconds and a pulse width of 0.04 seconds. Discovered by Jocelyn Bell Burnell on 28 November 1967, it is the first discovered radio pulsar. The power and regularity of the signals were briefly thought to resemble an extraterrestrial beacon, leading the source to be nickn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faculty%20of%20Informatics%20and%20Statistics%2C%20University%20of%20Economics%20in%20Prague
The Faculty of Informatics and Statistics (FIS VŠE) (, abbreviated FIS, F4), also known as the School of Informatics and Statistics, is the fourth of six faculties at Prague University of Economics and Business. The faculty was established in 1991, following the dissolution of the Faculty of Direction. Its academic foc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential%20structure%20alignment%20program
The sequential structure alignment program (SSAP) in chemistry, physics, and biology is a method that uses double dynamic programming to produce a structural alignment based on atom-to-atom vectors in structure space. Instead of the alpha carbons typically used in structural alignment, SSAP constructs its vectors from ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKLT%20model
In condensed matter physics, an AKLT model, also known as an Affleck-Kennedy-Lieb-Tasaki model is an extension of the one-dimensional quantum Heisenberg spin model. The proposal and exact solution of this model by Ian Affleck, Elliott H. Lieb, Tom Kennedy and provided crucial insight into the physics of the spin-1 Hei...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20semiconductor%20scale%20examples
Listed are many semiconductor scale examples for various metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor (MOSFET, or MOS transistor) semiconductor manufacturing process nodes. Timeline of MOSFET demonstrations PMOS and NMOS CMOS (single-gate) Multi-gate MOSFET (MuGFET) Other types of MOSFET Commercial products ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melanoma%20inhibitory%20activity
Melanoma-derived growth regulatory protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MIA gene. It is a marker for malignant melanoma.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch%20Schieber
Baruch M. Schieber (Hebrew: ברוך שיבר; born: December 1958) is a Professor of the Department of Computer Science at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Director of the Institute for Future Technologies. Early life and education Baruch Schieber was born in Tel Aviv and was raised in Givatayim (a suburb of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20management%20system
On marine vessels the Power Management System PMS is in charge of controlling the electrical system. Its task is to make sure that the electrical system is safe and efficient. If the power consumption is larger than the power production capacity, load shedding is used to avoid blackout. Other features could be to autom...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki
MediaWiki is free and open-source wiki software originally developed by Magnus Manske for use on Wikipedia on January 25, 2002 and further improved by Lee Daniel Crocker, after which it has been coordinated by the Wikimedia Foundation. It powers most websites hosted by the Foundation including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutin
Cutin is one of two waxy polymers that are the main components of the plant cuticle, which covers all aerial surfaces of plants, the other being cutan. It is an insoluble substance with waterproof quality. Cutin also harbors cuticular waxes, which assist in cuticle structure. Cutan, the other major cuticle polymer, is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck%27s%20law
In physics, Planck's law (also Planck radiation law) describes the spectral density of electromagnetic radiation emitted by a black body in thermal equilibrium at a given temperature , when there is no net flow of matter or energy between the body and its environment. At the end of the 19th century, physicists were un...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeotex
Jeotex, Inc. (known as Datawind, Inc until 2019) is a developer and manufacturer of low-cost tablet computers and smartphones. The company was founded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to manufacture tablets for sale primarily in India, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States. The company is known for its ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine%20bolete
Pine bolete is a common name for several mushrooms and may refer to: Suillus bellinii Boletus pinophilus
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiscrete%20category
An indiscrete category is a category C in which every hom-set C(X, Y) is a singleton. Every class X gives rise to an indiscrete category whose objects are the elements of X such that for any two objects A and B, there is only one morphism from A to B. Any two nonempty indiscrete categories are equivalent to each other....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerox%20Operating%20System
The Xerox Operating System (XOS) was an operating system for the XDS Sigma series of computers "optimized for direct replacement of IBM DOS/360 installations" and to provide real-time and timesharing support. The system was developed, beginning in 1969, for Xerox by the French firm CII (now Bull). XOS was more succes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crambin
Crambin is a small seed storage protein from the Abyssinian cabbage. It belongs to thionins. It has 46 residues (amino acids). It has been extensively studied by X-ray crystallography since its crystals are unique and diffract to a resolution of 0.48 Å. Neutron scattering measurements are available also at a resolution...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beck%E2%80%93Fahrner%20syndrome
Beck–Fahrner syndrome, also known as BEFAHRS and TET3 deficiency, is a rare genetic disorder caused by mutations of the TET3 gene. It can occur de novo or can be inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. Mutations in the TET3 gene disrupts DNA demethylation (an epigenetic mechanism) during early embryogenesis and neur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20S.%20Barton
Robert Stanley "Bob" Barton (February 13, 1925 – January 28, 2009) was the chief architect of the Burroughs B5000 and other computers such as the B1700, a co-inventor of dataflow architecture, and an influential professor at the University of Utah. His students at Utah have had a large role in the development of compu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric%20decreasing%20rearrangement
In mathematics, the symmetric decreasing rearrangement of a function is a function which is symmetric and decreasing, and whose level sets are of the same size as those of the original function. Definition for sets Given a measurable set, in one defines the symmetric rearrangement of called as the ball centered a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arytenoid%20cartilage
The arytenoid cartilages () are a pair of small three-sided pyramids which form part of the larynx. They are the site of attachment of the vocal cords. Each is pyramidal or ladle-shaped and has three surfaces, a base, and an apex. The arytenoid cartilages allow for movement of the vocal cords by articulating with the c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nightingale%20floor
are floors that make a chirping sound when walked upon. These floors were used in the hallways of some temples and palaces, the most famous example being Nijō Castle, in Kyoto, Japan. Dry boards naturally creak under pressure, but these floors were built in a way that the flooring nails rub against a jacket or clamp, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multidimensional%20spectral%20estimation
Multidimension spectral estimation is a generalization of spectral estimation, normally formulated for one-dimensional signals, to multidimensional signals or multivariate data, such as wave vectors. Motivation Multidimensional spectral estimation has gained popularity because of its application in fields like medicin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence%20of%20a%20number
In mathematics, the persistence of a number is the number of times one must apply a given operation to an integer before reaching a fixed point at which the operation no longer alters the number. Usually, this involves additive or multiplicative persistence of a non-negative integer, which is how often one has to repl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIBO%20stability
In signal processing, specifically control theory, bounded-input, bounded-output (BIBO) stability is a form of stability for signals and systems that take inputs. If a system is BIBO stable, then the output will be bounded for every input to the system that is bounded. A signal is bounded if there is a finite value s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable%20shadowing
In computer programming, variable shadowing occurs when a variable declared within a certain scope (decision block, method, or inner class) has the same name as a variable declared in an outer scope. At the level of identifiers (names, rather than variables), this is known as name masking. This outer variable is said t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio%20Elia%20Levi
Eugenio Elia Levi (18 October 1883 – 28 October 1917) was an Italian mathematician, known for his fundamental contributions in group theory, in the theory of partial differential operators and in the theory of functions of several complex variables. He was a younger brother of Beppo Levi and was killed in action during...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20biochemistry
Physical biochemistry is a branch of biochemistry that deals with the theory, techniques, and methodology used to study the physical chemistry of biomolecules. It also deals with the mathematical approaches for the analysis of biochemical reaction and the modelling of biological systems. It provides insight into the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanician
A mechanician is an engineer or a scientist working in the field of mechanics, or in a related or sub-field: engineering or computational mechanics, applied mechanics, geomechanics, biomechanics, and mechanics of materials. Names other than mechanician have been used occasionally, such as mechaniker and mechanicist. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clausen%20function
In mathematics, the Clausen function, introduced by , is a transcendental, special function of a single variable. It can variously be expressed in the form of a definite integral, a trigonometric series, and various other forms. It is intimately connected with the polylogarithm, inverse tangent integral, polygamma func...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von%20Neumann%20algebra
In mathematics, a von Neumann algebra or W*-algebra is a *-algebra of bounded operators on a Hilbert space that is closed in the weak operator topology and contains the identity operator. It is a special type of C*-algebra. Von Neumann algebras were originally introduced by John von Neumann, motivated by his study of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexapod%20%28robotics%29
A six-legged walking robot should not be confused with a Stewart platform, a kind of parallel manipulator used in robotics applications. A hexapod robot is a mechanical vehicle that walks on six legs. Since a robot can be statically stable on three or more legs, a hexapod robot has a great deal of flexibility in how ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior%20longitudinal%20ligament
The posterior longitudinal ligament is a ligament connecting the posterior surfaces of the vertebral bodies of all of the vertebrae of humans. It weakly prevents hyperflexion of the vertebral column. It also prevents posterior spinal disc herniation, although problems with the ligament can cause it. Anatomy The poste...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CloudBees
CloudBees is an enterprise software delivery company. Sacha Labourey and Francois Dechery co-founded the company in early 2010, and investors include Matrix Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, HSBC, Verizon Ventures, Golub Capital, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Bridgepoint Group. CloudBees is headquartered in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAN
UAN is a solution of urea and ammonium nitrate in water used as a fertilizer. The combination of urea and ammonium nitrate has an extremely low critical relative humidity (18% at 30 °C) and can therefore only be used in liquid fertilizers. The most commonly used grade of these fertilizer solutions is UAN 32.0.0 (32%N) ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebra%20of%20physical%20space
In physics, the algebra of physical space (APS) is the use of the Clifford or geometric algebra Cl3,0(R) of the three-dimensional Euclidean space as a model for (3+1)-dimensional spacetime, representing a point in spacetime via a paravector (3-dimensional vector plus a 1-dimensional scalar). The Clifford algebra Cl3,0...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organix%20Inc
Organix Inc is a US fine chemicals company specialising in chemical synthesis of analytical standards and custom synthesis of finished compounds and intermediates. Chemistry Organix carries out research and development of novel molecules used in a variety of pharmaceutical research applications. Some notable compounds...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys%20Anderson%20Emerson
Gladys Ludwina Anderson Emerson (July 1, 1903 – January 18, 1984) was an American historian, biochemist and nutritionist who researched the impact of vitamins on the body. She was the first person to isolate Vitamin E in a pure form, and won the Garvan–Olin Medal in 1952. Early life and education Gladys Anderson was b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20sampling
Adaptive sampling is a technique used in computational molecular biology to efficiently simulate protein folding when coupled with molecular dynamics simulations. Background Proteins spend a large portion – nearly 96% in some cases – of their folding time "waiting" in various thermodynamic free energy minima. Conseque...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical%20neurochemistry
Clinical neurochemistry is the field of neurological biochemistry which relates biochemical phenomena to clinical symptomatic manifestations in humans. While neurochemistry is mostly associated with the effects of neurotransmitters and similarly functioning chemicals on neurons themselves, clinical neurochemistry relat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optocollic%20reflex
Optocollic reflex is a gaze stabilization reflex that occurs in birds in response to visual (optokinetic) inputs, and leads to head movements that compensate for passive displacements and rotations of the animal. The reflex seems to be more prominent when the bird is flying (or at least held in a "flying position"). Th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic%20for%20Parents
Arithmetic for Parents (Sumizdat, 2007, ) is a book about mathematics education aimed at parents and teachers. The author, Ron Aharoni, is a professor of mathematics at the Technion; he wrote the book based on his experiences teaching elementary mathematics to Israeli schoolchildren. The book was originally written i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferric%20uptake%20regulator%20family
In molecular biology, the ferric uptake regulator family is a family of bacterial proteins involved in regulating metal ion uptake and in metal homeostasis. The family is named for its founding member, known as the ferric uptake regulator or ferric uptake regulatory protein (Fur). Fur proteins are responsible for contr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRANK
GRANK, or Global Rank is a ranking of the rarity of a species, and is a useful tool in determining conservation needs. Global Ranks are derived from a consensus of various conservation data centres, natural heritage programmes, scientific experts and NatureServe. They are based on the total number of known, extant pop...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20de%20Branges%20de%20Bourcia
Louis de Branges de Bourcia (born August 21, 1932) is a French-American mathematician. He is the Edward C. Elliott Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He is best known for proving the long-standing Bieberbach conjecture in 1984, now called de Branges's theorem. He cla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical%20semigroup
In mathematics, a numerical semigroup is a special kind of a semigroup. Its underlying set is the set of all nonnegative integers except a finite number and the binary operation is the operation of addition of integers. Also, the integer 0 must be an element of the semigroup. For example, while the set {0, 2, 3, 4, 5...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VividView
VividView Processor is the world's first LSI for improving visibility in displays when exposed to direct sunlight, while reducing power consumption at the same time. The technology was developed by Fujitsu Ten in cooperation with Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited and Fujitsu Laboratories. Features of VividView Processor 3...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertiary%20review
In software engineering, a tertiary review is a systematic review of systematic reviews. It is also referred to as a tertiary study in the software engineering literature. However, Umbrella review is the term more commonly used in medicine. Kitchenham et al. suggest that methodologically there is no difference betwee...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed%20company
Seed companies produce and sell seeds for flowers, fruits and vegetables to commercial growers and amateur gardeners. The production of seed is a multibillion-dollar business, which uses growing facilities and growing locations worldwide. While most of the seed is produced by large specialist growers, large amounts are...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KOI8-B
KOI8-B is the informal name for an 8-bit Roman / Cyrillic character set constituting the common subset of the major KOI-8 variants (KOI8-R, KOI8-U, KOI8-RU, KOI8-E, KOI8-F). Accordingly, it is closely related to KOI8-R, but defines only the letter subset in the upper half. As such it was implemented by some font vendor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butter%20pecan
Butter pecan is a flavor, prominent especially in the United States, in ice cream, cakes, and cookies. Roasted pecans, butter, and vanilla flavor are used in butter pecan baked goods. Butter pecan ice cream is smooth vanilla ice cream with a slight buttery flavor, with pecans added. It is manufactured by many major ic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Journal%20of%20Physiology
The American Journal of Physiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal on physiology published by the American Physiological Society. Vols. for 1898–1941 and 1948-56 include the Society's proceedings, including abstracts of papers presented at the 10th-53rd annual meetings, and the 1948-56 fall meetings. Subjournal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate%20Based%20Satellite%20Control%20Protocol
In computer networking, Rate Based Satellite Control Protocol (RBSCP) is a tunneling method proposed by Cisco to improve the performance of satellite network links with high latency and error rates. The problem RBSCP addresses is that the long RTT on the link keeps TCP virtual circuits in slow start for a long time. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20for%20Applied%20Spectroscopy
The Society for Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) is an organization promoting research and education in the fields of spectroscopy, optics, and analytical chemistry. Founded in 1958, it is currently headquartered in Frederick, MD. In 2006 it had about 2,000 members worldwide. SAS is perhaps best known for its technical conf...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfur%20cycle
The sulfur cycle is a biogeochemical cycle in which the sulfur moves between rocks, waterways and living systems. It is important in geology as it affects many minerals and in life because sulfur is an essential element (CHNOPS), being a constituent of many proteins and cofactors, and sulfur compounds can be used as ox...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy%20Strike
Fantasy Strike is a free-to-play fighting video game developed and published by Sirlin Games. It revolves around one-on-one battles that require fast reflexes. The game was released on July 25, 2019 for Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4. Gameplay Fantasy Strike is designed to reduce unne...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20silico%20clinical%20trials
An in silico clinical trial, also known as a virtual clinical trial, is an individualized computer simulation used in the development or regulatory evaluation of a medicinal product, device, or intervention. While completely simulated clinical trials are not feasible with current technology and understanding of biology...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatt%20Lecture
The Chatt Lecture, named after Joseph Chatt is a lectureship of the John Innes Centre Lecturers 2000 Robert Huber 2002 Tom Blundell 2003 Stephen J. Lippard 2004 Doug Rees 2005 George Whitesides 2006 Sir Jack Baldwin - "Studies on beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthesis" 2008 Timothy Richmond, ETH Zurich - "Chromati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncytium
A syncytium (; : syncytia; from Greek: σύν syn "together" and κύτος kytos "box, i.e. cell") or symplasm is a multinucleate cell which can result from multiple cell fusions of uninuclear cells (i.e., cells with a single nucleus), in contrast to a coenocyte, which can result from multiple nuclear divisions without accomp...