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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary%20Medical%20Service
Auxiliary Medical Service (AMS) is a voluntary medical and health services provider in Hong Kong. Its mission is to supply effectively and efficiently regular services to maintain the health and well-being of people in Hong Kong. History The Hong Kong Government decided to form the Auxiliary Medical Service in order ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dutch%20Society%20for%20Botanical%20Artists
The Dutch Society for Botanical Artists (Vereniging van Botanisch Kunstenaars Nederland), further referred to as “VBKN”, is the Dutch society which brings together botanical artists and is dedicated to enhancing the quality of work and to promoting the public awareness of botanical illustration in the Netherlands. The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingenu
Ingenu, formerly known as On-Ramp Wireless, is a provider of wireless networks. The company focuses on machine to machine (M2M) communication by enabling devices to become Internet of Things (IoT) devices. History Ingenu was founded in 2008 as On-Ramp Wireless; by the end of 2014, it was valued at $72 million, accor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume%27s%20principle
Hume's principle or HP says that the number of Fs is equal to the number of Gs if and only if there is a one-to-one correspondence (a bijection) between the Fs and the Gs. HP can be stated formally in systems of second-order logic. Hume's principle is named for the Scottish philosopher David Hume and was coined by Geor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deubiquitinating%20enzyme
Deubiquitinating enzymes (DUBs), also known as deubiquitinating peptidases, deubiquitinating isopeptidases, deubiquitinases, ubiquitin proteases, ubiquitin hydrolases, or ubiquitin isopeptidases, are a large group of proteases that cleave ubiquitin from proteins. Ubiquitin is attached to proteins in order to regulate t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cointegrate
A cointegrate is the intermediate molecule between donor DNA and target DNA covalently bind during the formation of a Holliday junction. Transposons elements are DNA sequences that can change its position within the genome, sometimes creating reversing mutations. A number of bacterial transposons, especially those rela...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherina%20Becker
Catherina Gwynne Becker (née Krüger) is an Alexander von Humboldt Professor at TU Dresden, and was formerly Professor of Neural Development and Regeneration at the University of Edinburgh. Early life and education Catherina Becker was born in Marburg, Germany in 1964. She was educated at the in Bremen, before going o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel%20element%20failure
A fuel element failure is a rupture in a nuclear reactor's fuel cladding that allows the nuclear fuel or fission products, either in the form of dissolved radioisotopes or hot particles, to enter the reactor coolant or storage water. The de facto standard nuclear fuel is uranium dioxide or a mixed uranium/plutonium di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git
Git () is a distributed version control system that tracks changes in any set of computer files, usually used for coordinating work among programmers who are collaboratively developing source code during software development. Its goals include speed, data integrity, and support for distributed, non-linear workflows (th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songaminute%20Man
Simon and Ted McDermott became famous together in 2016 when Simon McDermott supported his father Ted McDermott to produce songs under his artist's name Songaminute Man in 2016. Ted McDermott had been a professional singer in clubs and had been given the nickname "The Songaminute Man" by fans for his ability to sing an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionarily%20stable%20set
In game theory an evolutionarily stable set (ES set), sometimes referred to as evolutionary stable sets, is a set of strategies, which score equally against each other, each of which would be an evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) were it not for the other members of the set. ES sets were first defined by Thomas (198...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20flux
In electromagnetism, electric flux is the measure of the electric field through a given surface, although an electric field in itself cannot flow. The electric field E can exert a force on an electric charge at any point in space. The electric field is the gradient of the potential. Overview An electric charge, such ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular%20momentum%20problem
The angular momentum problem is a problem in astrophysics identified by Leon Mestel in 1965. It was found that the angular momentum of a protoplanetary disk is misappropriated when compared to models during stellar birth. The Sun and other stars are predicted by models to be rotating considerably faster than they actu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Soviet%20calculators
This is a list of calculators created and produced in Soviet Union. Mechanical computers Odhner Arithmometer VK-1 Electromechanical computers Bystritsa Bystritsa-2 Bystritsa-3 SDV-107 VK-2 VK-3 VMM-2 VMP-2 Relay calculators Vilnyus Vyatka Electrical calculators Contact-N, Kleyster-N, Spika EDVM O...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tannenberg%20%28video%20game%29
Tannenberg is a squad-based multiplayer first-person shooter video game set during World War I. It is a sequel to Verdun, and entered Steam Early Access on November 17, 2017. Tannenberg left Steam Early Access on February 13, 2019. It was released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on July 24, 2020. Tannenberg is inspired ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predatory%20publishing
Predatory publishing, also write-only publishing or deceptive publishing, is an exploitative academic publishing business model that involves charging publication fees to authors only superficially checking articles for quality and legitimacy, and without providing editorial and publishing services that legitimate acad...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provider%20Backbone%20Bridge%20Traffic%20Engineering
Provider Backbone Bridge Traffic Engineering (PBB-TE) is a computer networking technology specified in IEEE 802.1Qay, an amendment to the IEEE 802.1Q standard. PBB-TE adapts Ethernet to carrier class transport networks. It is based on the layered VLAN tags and MAC-in-MAC encapsulation defined in IEEE 802.1ah (Provider...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature%20Arabic%20Edition
Nature Arabic Edition is an online publication by Springer Nature (SN) in partnership with the King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology. The magazine was started in 2012. It contains high-quality science news from the original Nature journal. The content of this journal is available online for free. See also L...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann%E2%80%93von%20Mangoldt%20formula
In mathematics, the Riemann–von Mangoldt formula, named for Bernhard Riemann and Hans Carl Friedrich von Mangoldt, describes the distribution of the zeros of the Riemann zeta function. The formula states that the number N(T) of zeros of the zeta function with imaginary part greater than 0 and less than or equal to T s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20Work%20Convention
Home Work Convention, created in 1996, is an International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention, which came into force in 2000. It offers protection to workers who are employed in their own homes. Overview It was established in 1996, with the preamble stating: The Convention provides protection for home workers, givi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical%20cognition
Numerical cognition is a subdiscipline of cognitive science that studies the cognitive, developmental and neural bases of numbers and mathematics. As with many cognitive science endeavors, this is a highly interdisciplinary topic, and includes researchers in cognitive psychology, developmental psychology, neuroscience ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Interface
Open Interface was an early cross-platform graphical user interface toolkit by Neuron Data. Released in March 1991, Open Interface featured a WYSIWYG editor and supported DOS, Macintosh, OS/2, VMS, Microsoft Windows 3.0, and other platforms. The toolkit made use of widgets and produced ANSI C code. The product was wel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciliary%20arteries
The ciliary arteries are divisible into three groups, the long posterior, short posterior, and the anterior. The short posterior ciliary arteries from six to twelve in number, arise from the ophthalmic artery as it crosses the optic nerve. The long posterior ciliary arteries, two for each eye, pierce the posterior p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-Hydroxycoumarins
4-Hydroxycoumarins are a class of vitamin K antagonist (VKA) anticoagulant drug molecules derived from coumarin by adding a hydroxy group at the 4 position to obtain 4-hydroxycoumarin, then adding a large aromatic substituent at the 3-position (the ring-carbon between the hydroxyl and the carbonyl). The large 3-positio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degree%20of%20a%20continuous%20mapping
In topology, the degree of a continuous mapping between two compact oriented manifolds of the same dimension is a number that represents the number of times that the domain manifold wraps around the range manifold under the mapping. The degree is always an integer, but may be positive or negative depending on the orie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geroch%20energy
The Geroch energy or Geroch mass is one of the possible definitions of mass in general relativity. It can be derived from the Hawking energy, itself a measure of the bending of ingoing and outgoing rays of light that are orthogonal to a 2-sphere surrounding the region of space whose mass is to be defined, by leaving o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20identification
The field of system identification uses statistical methods to build mathematical models of dynamical systems from measured data. System identification also includes the optimal design of experiments for efficiently generating informative data for fitting such models as well as model reduction. A common approach is to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby%20Gender%20Mentor
Baby Gender Mentor is the trade name of a controversial blood test designed for prenatal sex discernment. The test was manufactured by Acu-Gen Biolab, Inc., a biotech company in Lowell, Massachusetts, United States. The test made a media debut on 17 June 2005 on The Today Show and it was featured in Newsweek in Octobe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled%20invariant%20subspace
In control theory, a controlled invariant subspace of the state space representation of some system is a subspace such that, if the state of the system is initially in the subspace, it is possible to control the system so that the state is in the subspace at all times. This concept was introduced by Giuseppe Basile and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neem%20gum
Neem gum is a natural extracted from Neem tree by induced or natural injury. Neem gum is clear, bright and amber-coloured material non-bitter in taste and is soluble in cold water. It is used as a bulking agent and for the preparation of special purpose food (those for diabetics). Pharmaceutical applications of neem g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergence%20group
In mathematics, a convergence group or a discrete convergence group is a group acting by homeomorphisms on a compact metrizable space in a way that generalizes the properties of the action of Kleinian group by Möbius transformations on the ideal boundary of the hyperbolic 3-space . The notion of a convergence group ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofla%20virus
The Tofla virus is a strain of Hazara orthonairovirus in the genus Orthonairovirus belonging to the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever serogroup. It was isolated from Ixodid in Japan in 2016.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelioration%20pattern
In software engineering, an amelioration pattern is an anti-pattern formed when an existing software design pattern was edited (i.e. rearranged, added or deleted) to better suit a particular problem so as to achieve some further effect or behavior. In this sense, an amelioration pattern is transformational in character...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karsten%20Grove
Karsten Grove is a Danish-American mathematician working in metric and differential geometry, differential topology and global analysis, mainly in topics related to global Riemannian geometry, Alexandrov geometry, isometric group actions and manifolds with positive or nonnegative sectional curvature. Biography Grove ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhalation
Exhalation (or expiration) is the flow of the breath out of an organism. In animals, it is the movement of air from the lungs out of the airways, to the external environment during breathing. This happens due to elastic properties of the lungs, as well as the internal intercostal muscles which lower the rib cage and de...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phospholipid-derived%20fatty%20acids
Phospholipid-derived fatty acids (PLFAs) are widely used in microbial ecology as chemotaxonomic markers of bacteria and other organisms. Phospholipids are the primary lipids composing cellular membranes. Phospholipids can be saponified, which releases the fatty acids contained in their diglyceride tail. Once the phos...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type%20system
In computer programming, a type system is a logical system comprising a set of rules that assigns a property called a type (for example, integer, floating point, string) to every term (a word, phrase, or other set of symbols). Usually the terms are various language constructs of a computer program, such as variables, e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antefix
An antefix (from Latin , to fasten before) is a vertical block which terminates and conceals the covering tiles of a tiled roof (see imbrex and tegula, monk and nun). It also serves to protect the join from the elements. In grand buildings, the face of each stone antefix was richly carved, often with the anthemion orn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorsal%20radioulnar%20ligament
The dorsal radioulnar ligament (posterior radioulnar ligament) extends between corresponding surfaces on the dorsal aspect of the distal radioulnar articulation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanical%20Garden%20of%20Vilnius%20University
Botanical Garden of Vilnius University () is a botanical garden situated in Vilnius, Lithuania. History The garden was established by professor Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert of Vilnius University in 1781. In 1832 the Vilnius University and Botanical Garden were closed. In 1919, the Botanical Garden of the Polish Stefan Bato...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert%20bloom
A desert bloom is a climatic phenomenon that occurs in various deserts around the world. The phenomenon consists of the blossoming of a wide variety of flowers during early-mid spring in years when rainfall is unusually high. The blossoming occurs when the unusual level of rainfall reaches seeds and bulbs that have b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucocerebroside
Glucocerebroside (also called glucosylceramide) is any of the cerebrosides in which the monosaccharide head group is glucose. Clinical significance In Gaucher's disease, the enzyme glucocerebrosidase is nonfunctional and cannot break down glucocerebroside into glucose and ceramide in the lysosome. Affected macrophage...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lara%20Alcock
Lara Alcock is a British mathematics educator. She is a reader in mathematics education at Loughborough University, head of the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough, and the author of several books on mathematics. Alcock won the Selden Prize for her research in mathematics education and the inaugural John Blak...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set%20theory%20%28music%29
Musical set theory provides concepts for categorizing musical objects and describing their relationships. Howard Hanson first elaborated many of the concepts for analyzing tonal music. Other theorists, such as Allen Forte, further developed the theory for analyzing atonal music, drawing on the twelve-tone theory of Mil...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%93-convergence
In the field of mathematical analysis for the calculus of variations, Γ-convergence (Gamma-convergence) is a notion of convergence for functionals. It was introduced by Ennio de Giorgi. Definition Let be a topological space and denote the set of all neighbourhoods of the point . Let further be a sequence of functio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%20homogeneous%20space
In mathematics, a principal homogeneous space, or torsor, for a group G is a homogeneous space X for G in which the stabilizer subgroup of every point is trivial. Equivalently, a principal homogeneous space for a group G is a non-empty set X on which G acts freely and transitively (meaning that, for any x, y in X, ther...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%20and%20Roberts%20algorithm
The Chang and Roberts algorithm is a ring-based coordinator election algorithm, employed in distributed computing. The algorithm The algorithm assumes that each process has a Unique Identification (UID) and that the processes can arrange themselves in a unidirectional ring with a communication channel going from e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ei%20Compendex
Ei Compendex is an engineering bibliographic database published by Elsevier. The name "Compendex" stands for COMPuterized ENgineering inDEX. It covers scientific literature pertaining to engineering materials. It started in 1884 under the name Engineering Index (Ei) and its first electronic bulletin was issued in 19...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divide-and-conquer%20eigenvalue%20algorithm
Divide-and-conquer eigenvalue algorithms are a class of eigenvalue algorithms for Hermitian or real symmetric matrices that have recently (circa 1990s) become competitive in terms of stability and efficiency with more traditional algorithms such as the QR algorithm. The basic concept behind these algorithms is the div...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodipodi
Sodipodi was an open-source vector graphics editor, discontinued in 2004. It is the predecessor to Inkscape. Development Sodipodi started as a fork of Gill, a vector-graphics program written by Raph Levien. The main author was Lauris Kaplinski, and several other people contributed to the project. The project is no lon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20function
In mathematics, a binary function (also called bivariate function, or function of two variables) is a function that takes two inputs. Precisely stated, a function is binary if there exists sets such that where is the Cartesian product of and Alternative definitions Set-theoretically, a binary function can be rep...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru%20%28disease%29
Kuru is a rare, incurable, and fatal neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea. Kuru is a form of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE) caused by the transmission of abnormally folded proteins (prions), which leads to symptoms such as tremors and loss of coord...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbard%27s%20theorem
In the fields of mechanism design and social choice theory, Gibbard's theorem is a result proven by philosopher Allan Gibbard in 1973. It states that for any deterministic process of collective decision, at least one of the following three properties must hold: The process is dictatorial, i.e. there exists a distingui...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NixOS
NixOS is a Linux distribution built on top of the Nix package manager. Its declarative configuration allows reliable system upgrades via several official channels. NixOS has tools dedicated to DevOps and deployment tasks. Features that distinguish NixOS from other Linux distributions include: Abstraction: The softwa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couenne
Convex Over and Under ENvelopes for Nonlinear Estimation (Couenne) is an open-source library for solving global optimization problems, also termed mixed integer nonlinear optimization problems. A global optimization problem requires to minimize a function, called objective function, subject to a set of constraints. Bo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X00
X00 was a popular DOS-based FOSSIL driver which was commonly used in the mid-1980s to the late 1990s and is even still used today. FOSSIL drivers were mainly used to run BBS software under MS-DOS. X00 can also be run under Windows, or even Linux and DOSEMU environments, to allow FOSSIL-aware MS-DOS based applications ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center%20for%20Digital%20Research%20and%20Scholarship
The Center for Digital Research and Scholarship (CDRS) at Columbia University was a unit of the University Libraries that partnered with researchers and scholars at Columbia to share their research broadly with the world. Using innovative new media and digital technologies, CDRS sought to empower the Columbia research ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcadia%20%28utopia%29
Arcadia () refers to a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature. The term is derived from the Greek province of the same name which dates to antiquity; the province's mountainous topography and sparse population of pastoralists later caused the word Arcadia to develop into a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JAK-STAT%20signaling%20pathway
The JAK-STAT signaling pathway is a chain of interactions between proteins in a cell, and is involved in processes such as immunity, cell division, cell death, and tumour formation. The pathway communicates information from chemical signals outside of a cell to the cell nucleus, resulting in the activation of genes thr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RL%20circuit
A resistor–inductor circuit (RL circuit), or RL filter or RL network, is an electric circuit composed of resistors and inductors driven by a voltage or current source. A first-order RL circuit is composed of one resistor and one inductor, either in series driven by a voltage source or in parallel driven by a current so...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial%20basis%20function
In mathematics a radial basis function (RBF) is a real-valued function whose value depends only on the distance between the input and some fixed point, either the origin, so that , or some other fixed point , called a center, so that . Any function that satisfies the property is a radial function. The distance is us...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whippletree%20%28mechanism%29
A whippletree, or whiffletree, is a mechanism to distribute force evenly through linkages. It is also referred to as an equalizer, leader bar, or double tree. It consists of a bar pivoted at or near the centre, with force applied from one direction to the pivot and from the other direction to the tips. Several whipplet...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav%20E.%20Bene%C5%A1
Václav Edvard "Vic" Beneš (born January 1, 1931) is a Czech-American, a mathematician known for his contributions to the theory of stochastic processes, queueing theory and control theory, as well as the design of telecommunications switches. He studied under John Kemeny and gained a doctorate in mathematics at Prince...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmune%20polyendocrine%20syndrome%20type%203
Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome, Type III (APS III) is a multi-system autoimmune disease characterized by lymphocytic infiltration of multiple endocrine and non-endocrine glands. In APS III, autoimmune thyroiditis must be present, but the adrenal cortex is not involved. APS III is a member of a group of diseases, ea...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliography%20of%20ecology
This is a bibliography of ecology. Introductory Advanced See also Outline of ecology Ecology
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isochronous%20signal
In telecommunication, an isochronous signal is a signal in which the time interval separating any two significant instants is equal to the unit interval or a multiple of the unit interval. Variations in the time intervals are constrained within specified limits. "Isochronous" is a characteristic of one signal, while "...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramoplanin
Ramoplanin (INN) is a glycolipodepsipeptide antibiotic drug derived from strain ATCC 33076 of Actinoplanes. It is effective against Gram-positive bacteria. Mechanism It exerts its bacteriocidal effect by inhibiting cell wall biosynthesis, acting by inhibiting the transglycosylation step of peptidoglycan synthesis. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Sun%20%28symbol%29
The Black Sun () is a type of sun wheel (German: ) symbol originating in Nazi Germany and later employed by neo-Nazis and other far-right individuals and groups. The symbol's design consists of twelve radial sig runes, similar to the symbols employed by the SS in their logo. It first appeared in Nazi Germany as a desig...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert
A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life. The lack of vegetation exposes the unprotected surface of the ground to denudation. About one-third of the land surface of the Earth is arid or semi-arid. This includes mu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DataDirect%20Networks
DataDirect Networks (DDN) is a privately-held data storage company, and is headquartered in Chatsworth, California, USA. Summary DDN provides storage systems for unstructured data and big data, like AI, analytics and high performance computing (HPC) environments, in enterprise, government and academia sectors. Alt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-wave
In physics, X-waves are localized solutions of the wave equation that travel at a constant velocity in a given direction. X-waves can be sound, electromagnetic, or gravitational waves. They are built as a non-monochromatic superposition of Bessel beams. Ideal X-waves carry infinite energy, but finite-energy realization...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct%20visual%20feedback
Direct Visual Feedback is a method of training used in both practical and rehabilitative settings where the attention of the trainee is tied to an external visual cue in reference to the particular movement, motor function or exercise that is being performed by the trainee. The principle to Bio-Feedback is very simila...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HADES%20%28software%29
HADES (Haskins Analysis Display and Experiment System) refers to a family of signal processing computer programs that was developed in the 1980s at Haskins Laboratories by Philip Rubin and colleagues to provide for the display and analysis of multiple channel physiological, speech, and other sampled data in an experime...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20J.%20LeVeque
William Judson LeVeque (August 9, 1923 – December 1, 2007) was an American mathematician and administrator who worked primarily in number theory. He was executive director of the American Mathematical Society during the 1970s and 1980s when that organization was growing rapidly and greatly increasing its use of compute...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20algae
Red algae, or Rhodophyta (, ; ), are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae. The Rhodophyta comprises one of the largest phyla of algae, containing over 7,000 currently recognized species with taxonomic revisions ongoing. The majority of species (6,793) are found in the Florideophyceae (class), and mostly consist...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial%20precision
In numerical mathematics, artificial precision is a source of error that occurs when a numerical value or semantic is expressed with more precision than was initially provided from measurement or user input. For example, a person enters their birthday as the date 1984-01-01 but it is stored in a database as 1984-01-01T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic%20Made%20Easy
Logic Made Easy: How to Know When Language Deceives You is a 2004 book by Deborah J. Bennett published by W.W. Norton & Company (). Its theme is the analysis of what common words such as "some", "all", and "not" mean, and how logic relates to speech and writing. It discusses eliminating problems such as ambiguity and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perianth
The perianth (perigonium, perigon or perigone in monocots) is the non-reproductive part of the flower, and structure that forms an envelope surrounding the sexual organs, consisting of the calyx (sepals) and the corolla (petals) or tepals when called a perigone. The term perianth is derived from Greek περί (, "around")...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franck%E2%80%93Hertz%20experiment
The Franck–Hertz experiment was the first electrical measurement to clearly show the quantum nature of atoms, and thus "transformed our understanding of the world". It was presented on April 24, 1914, to the German Physical Society in a paper by James Franck and Gustav Hertz. Franck and Hertz had designed a vacuum tube...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip%20art
Chip art, also known as silicon art, chip graffiti or silicon doodling, refers to microscopic artwork built into integrated circuits, also called chips or ICs. Since ICs are printed by photolithography, not constructed a component at a time, there is no additional cost to include features in otherwise unused space on ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omnivore
An omnivore () is an animal that has the ability to eat and survive on both plant and animal matter. Obtaining energy and nutrients from plant and animal matter, omnivores digest carbohydrates, protein, fat, and fiber, and metabolize the nutrients and energy of the sources absorbed. Often, they have the ability to inco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvia%20%27Celestial%20Blue%27
Salvia 'Celestial Blue' (also known as celestial blue sage or Las Pilitas sage), is a hybrid cross between Salvia clevelandii (Cleveland sage or chaparral sage) and S. pachyphylla (Rose's sage or mountain desert sage), and possibly involving Salvia 'Pozo Blue' — which is itself a cross between S. clevelandii and S. leu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrometry
Dendrometry is the branch of forestry that is concerned with the measurement of the various dimensions of trees, such as their diameter, size, shape, age, overall volume, thickness of the bark, etc., as well as the statistical properties of tree stands, including measures of central tendency and dispersion of these qua...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrobiology%20%28journal%29
Astrobiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the origin, evolution, distribution and future of life across the universe. The journal's scope includes astrobiology, astrophysics, astropaleontology, bioastronomy, cosmochemistry, ecogenomics, exobiology, extremophiles, geomicrobiology, gravitati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DarkMarket
DarkMarket was an English-speaking internet cybercrime forum created by Renukanth Subramaniam in London that was shut down in 2008 after FBI agent J. Keith Mularski infiltrated it using the alias Master Splyntr, leading to more than 60 arrests worldwide. Subramaniam, who used the alias JiLsi, admitted conspiracy to def...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth%20and%20Tail
Tooth and Tail is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by indie development team Pocketwatch Games, the company behind Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine. Tooth and Tail was released in September 2017 for Windows, MacOS, Linux and PlayStation 4. The game is set in a society of anthropomorphic animals duri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epididymitis
Epididymitis is a medical condition characterized by inflammation of the epididymis, a curved structure at the back of the testicle. Onset of pain is typically over a day or two. The pain may improve with raising the testicle. Other symptoms may include swelling of the testicle, burning with urination, or frequent urin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison%20ivy
Poison ivy is a type of allergenic plant in the genus Toxicodendron native to Asia and North America. Formerly considered a single species, Toxicodendron radicans, poison ivies are now generally treated as a complex of three separate species: Toxicodendron radicans, Toxicodendron rydbergii, and Toxicodendron orientale...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Planetary%20Science%20Journal
The Planetary Science Journal is a peer-reviewed open access scientific journal of astrophysics and astronomy, established in 2020. It is published by IOP Publishing on behalf of the American Astronomical Society. The founding editor-in-chief is Faith Vilas (Planetary Science Institute) Abstracting and indexing The jo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunoglobulin%20domain
The immunoglobulin domain, also known as the immunoglobulin fold, is a type of protein domain that consists of a 2-layer sandwich of 7-9 antiparallel β-strands arranged in two β-sheets with a Greek key topology, consisting of about 125 amino acids. The backbone switches repeatedly between the two β-sheets. Typically,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus%20Charlie
is an action game originally published in arcades by Konami in 1984. The player controls a circus clown named Charlie in six different circus-themed minigames. It was released for MSX in the same year, followed by ports to the Famicom in 1986 by Soft Pro and the Commodore 64 in 1987. Gameplay In the game there are si...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyothereol
Ichthyothereol is a toxic polyyne compound found in the leaves and flowers of several plants in South and Central America. These plant sources and their extracts are known for their toxic effects on fish, and have long been used by various native tribes in the lower Amazon basin for fishing. The name of the genus Ichth...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser%20Antillean%20macaw
The Lesser Antillean macaw or Guadeloupe macaw (Ara guadeloupensis) is a hypothetical extinct species of macaw that is thought to have been endemic to the Lesser Antillean island region of Guadeloupe. In spite of the absence of conserved specimens, many details about the Lesser Antillean macaw are known from several co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20graphical%20methods
This is a list of graphical methods with a mathematical basis. Included are diagram techniques, chart techniques, plot techniques, and other forms of visualization. There is also a list of computer graphics and descriptive geometry topics. Simple displays Area chart Box plot Dispersion fan diagram Graph of a function...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMIDEC%201100
The EMIDEC 1100 computer (became the ICT 1101 in 1962) was produced by the Computing Services Division of EMI Laboratories in the UK under the leadership of Godfrey Hounsfield in 1958, (first delivered in 1959) after one year's development. It used magnetic core memory and transistor technologies and it is claimed to b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles%20of%20Mathematical%20Analysis
Principles of Mathematical Analysis, colloquially known as "PMA" or "Baby Rudin," is an undergraduate real analysis textbook written by Walter Rudin. Initially published by McGraw Hill in 1953, it is one of the most famous mathematics textbooks ever written, and is renowned for its elegant and concise style of proof. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital5
Digital5 is the online programming division of TV5 Network Inc. and currently headed by Chot Reyes, who also served as the chief of Sports5. It produces content (also partnering with some productions) that will can be viewed on the network's online portals. Digital5's content include lifestyle, travel, news, business,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transheterozygote
The term transheterozygote is used in modern genetics periodicals in two different ways. In the first, the transheterozygote has one mutant (-) and one wildtype allele (+) at each of two different genes (A-/A+ and B-/B+ where A and B are different genes). In the second, the transheterozygote carries two different mutat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial%20venous%20palmar%20arch
The superficial palmar venous arch consists of a pair of venae comitantes accompanying the superficial palmar arch. It receives the common palmar digital veins (the veins corresponding to the branches of the superficial arterial arch). It drains into the superficial ulnar radial and superficial radial veins, and the me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubique%20%28company%29
Ubique was a software company based in Israel. In 1994 the company launched the first social-networking software, which included instant messaging, voice over IP (Commonly known as VoIP), chat rooms, web-based events, collaborative browsing. It is best known for the Virtual Places software product and the technology u...