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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20%28linear%20algebra%29 | In mathematics, particularly in linear algebra, a flag is an increasing sequence of subspaces of a finite-dimensional vector space V. Here "increasing" means each is a proper subspace of the next (see filtration):
The term flag is motivated by a particular example resembling a flag: the zero point, a line, and a plane... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20meningeal%20nerve | The middle meningeal nerve (meningeal or dural branch) is given off from the maxillary nerve (CN V2) directly after its origin from the trigeminal ganglion, before CN V2 enters the foramen rotundum.
It accompanies the middle meningeal artery and vein as the artery and vein enter the cranium through the foramen spinosu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyraminx | The Pyraminx () is a regular tetrahedron puzzle in the style of Rubik's Cube. It was made and patented by Uwe Mèffert after the original 3 layered Rubik's Cube by Ernő Rubik, and introduced by Tomy Toys of Japan (then the 3rd largest toy company in the world) in 1981.
Description
The Pyraminx was first conceived by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prokaryotic%20phospholipase%20A2 | The prokaryotic phospholipase A2 domain is found in bacterial and fungal phospholipases. It enables the liberation of fatty acids and lysophospholipid by hydrolyzing the 2-ester bond of 1,2-diacyl-3-sn-phosphoglycerides. The domain adopts an alpha-helical secondary structure, consisting of five alpha-helices and two he... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaerobic%20respiration | Anaerobic respiration is respiration using electron acceptors other than molecular oxygen (O2). Although oxygen is not the final electron acceptor, the process still uses a respiratory electron transport chain.
In aerobic organisms undergoing respiration, electrons are shuttled to an electron transport chain, and the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dao%20Yin%20Yang%20Sheng%20Gong | Dao Yin Yang Sheng Gong () is a form of Qigong system originated in China by Zhang Guangde, a Chinese martial artist and a former professor at the Beijing Sport University. It integrates physical movement with mental cultivation and controlled breathing.
The system was recognized and integrated into China's education ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libration%20point%20orbit | In orbital mechanics, a libration point orbit (LPO) is a quasiperiodic orbit around a Lagrange point. Libration is a form of orbital motion exhibited, for example, in the Earth–Moon system. Trojan bodies also exhibit libration dynamics.
Two varieties of libration point orbits amenable to Lyapunov stability are halo or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripmax | Ripmax Limited is a British supplier of radio-controlled models and related components, based in Enfield, Middlesex.
History
The company was founded in 1949 as a toy and model shop in Camden Town, with a focus on model boats. The shop later expanded into distribution, adding warehousing and additional staff to the com... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAX-3SAT | MAX-3SAT is a problem in the computational complexity subfield of computer science. It generalises the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT) which is a decision problem considered in complexity theory. It is defined as:
Given a 3-CNF formula Φ (i.e. with at most 3 variables per clause), find an assignment that satisf... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shai%20Halevi | Shai Halevi (; born 1966) is a computer scientist who works on cryptography research at Amazon Web Services.
Born in Israel in 1966, Halevi received a B.A. and M.Sc. in computer science from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in 1991 and 1993. He received his Ph.D. in computer science from Massachusetts Inst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldanaerobacter%20uzonensis | Caldanaerobacter uzonensis is a thermophilic, anaerobic and heterotrophic bacterium from the genus of Caldanaerobacter which has been isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera in Russia. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier%20cloud | In cloud computing, a carrier cloud is a class of cloud that integrates wide area networks (WAN) and other attributes of communications service providers’ carrier grade networks to enable the deployment of highly complex applications in the cloud. In contrast, classic cloud computing focuses on the data centre, and doe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somitogenesis | Somitogenesis is the process by which somites form. Somites are bilaterally paired blocks of paraxial mesoderm that form along the anterior-posterior axis of the developing embryo in segmented animals. In vertebrates, somites give rise to skeletal muscle, cartilage, tendons, endothelium, and dermis.
Overview
In somit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickleback | A pickleback is a type of shot wherein a shot of liquor is chased by a shot of pickle brine; the term “pickleback” may also refer only to the shot of pickle brine itself. Alternatively, the shot can be chased by a bite of a pickle (generally, a whole dill pickle). The pickle brine works to neutralize both the taste of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakthrough%20Prize%20in%20Life%20Sciences | The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences is a scientific award, funded by internet entrepreneurs Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan of Facebook; Sergey Brin of Google; entrepreneur and venture capitalist Yuri Milner; and Anne Wojcicki, one of the founders of the genetics company 23andMe.
The award of $3 million, the la... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felidae%20Conservation%20Fund | Felidae Conservation Fund (FCF) is a California-based non-profit organization dedicated to preserving wild cats and their habitats. The organization supports and promotes international wild cat research and conservation by collaborating on field research projects, partnering with other environmental organizations, and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation%E2%80%93recombination%20noise | Generation–recombination noise, or g–r noise, is a type of electrical signal noise caused statistically by the fluctuation of the generation and recombination of electrons in semiconductor-based photon detectors. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20torpedo | Tetronarce fairchildi, commonly known as the New Zealand torpedo, is a species of electric ray of the family Torpedinidae found only around New Zealand, at depths of between 5 and 1,100 m. This species is placed in the genus Tetronarce.
In June 2018 the New Zealand Department of Conservation classified the T. fairchil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JVC | JVC (short for Japan Victor Company) was a Japanese brand owned by JVCKenwood. Founded in 1927 as the Victor Talking Machine Company of Japan and later as , the company was best known for introducing Japan's first televisions and for developing the Video Home System (VHS) video recorder.
From 1953 to 2008, the Matsush... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.%20Rao%20Kosaraju | Sambasiva Rao Kosaraju is an Indian-American professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins University, and division director for Computing & Communication Foundations at the National Science Foundation. He has done extensive work in the design and analysis of parallel and sequential algorithms.
Education
He was born... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamenori | , or soybean paper, also referred to as , are thin wrappers used as a substitute for nori in sushi. They are usually made from soybeans, starch such as soy flour, and water, and are frequently colored green, pink, yellow, or other fluorescent shades with turmeric, paprika, spinach, or artificial coloring.
Compared to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywave | In radio communication, skywave or skip refers to the propagation of radio waves reflected or refracted back toward Earth from the ionosphere, an electrically charged layer of the upper atmosphere. Since it is not limited by the curvature of the Earth, skywave propagation can be used to communicate beyond the horizon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buparvaquone | Buparvaquone is a naphthoquinone antiprotozoal drug related to atovaquone. It is a promising compound for the therapy and prophylaxis of all forms of theileriosis. Buparvaquone has been shown to have anti-leishmanial activity in vitro. It can be used to treat bovine East Coast fever protozoa in vitro, along with the on... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atavism | In biology, an atavism is a modification of a biological structure whereby an ancestral genetic trait reappears after having been lost through evolutionary change in previous generations. Atavisms can occur in several ways, one of which is when genes for previously existing phenotypic features are preserved in DNA, and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog%20observation | Analog observation is, in contrast to naturalistic observation, a research tool by which a subject is observed in an artificial setting. Typically, types of settings in which analog observation is utilized include clinical offices or research laboratories, but, by definition, analog observations can be made in any arti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20postman%20problem | In graph theory, a branch of mathematics and computer science, Guan's route problem, the Chinese postman problem, postman tour or route inspection problem is to find a shortest closed path or circuit that visits every edge of an (connected) undirected graph at least once. When the graph has an Eulerian circuit (a clos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%27s%20tubercle | Darwin's tubercle (or auricular tubercle) is a congenital ear condition which often presents as a thickening on the helix at the junction of the upper and middle thirds.
History
This atavistic feature is so called because its description was first published by Charles Darwin in the opening pages of The Descent of Ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serving%20area%20interface | The serving area interface or service area interface (SAI) is an outdoor enclosure or metal box that allows access to telecommunications wiring.
Alternate names
Access point (AP)
Cabinet (cab)
B-box (breakout box)
Cross box
Cross-connect box
Jumper wire interface (JWI)
Outside plant interface (OPI)
Pedestal (ped)
Pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice%20computing | Voice computing is the discipline that develops hardware or software to process voice inputs.
It spans many other fields including human-computer interaction, conversational computing, linguistics, natural language processing, automatic speech recognition, speech synthesis, audio engineering, digital signal processing... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaks | Zaks is a construction toy originally produced in Canada by the company Irwin Toy in 1987 and released in the United States by Ohio Art Company in 1988. The toy is a system of multicolored flat plastic triangle and square pieces that interlock via snap lock hinges along their edges, creating moveable structures. The to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Holocausts%3A%20Atomic%20War%20in%20Fiction | Nuclear Holocausts: Atomic War in Fiction, 1895–1984 was written by Paul Brians and published in 1987. This comprehensive study covers nuclear holocaust fiction published in English-language works between 1895 and 1984. Brians notes that 1895 marked the first appearance of an atomic weapon in fiction: Robert Cromie's C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/42nd%20meridian%20west | The meridian 42° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, the Atlantic Ocean, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 42nd meridian west forms a great circle with the 138th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Treaty%20on%20Plant%20Genetic%20Resources%20for%20Food%20and%20Agriculture | The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (also known as ITPGRFA, International Seed Treaty or Plant Treaty), is a comprehensive international agreement in harmony with the Convention on Biological Diversity, which aims at guaranteeing food security through the conservation, exchange ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inherited%20sterility%20in%20insects | Inherited sterility in insects is induced by substerilizing doses of ionizing radiation. When partially sterile males mate with wild females, the radiation-induced deleterious effects are inherited by the F1 generation. As a result, egg hatch is reduced and the resulting offspring are both highly sterile and predominat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora%20OS%20%28Russian%20Open%20mobile%20platform%29 | Aurora OS or Russian Open mobile platform (OMP) is a Russian Linux-based smartphone operating system derived from Sailfish OS. Aurora OS is owned by Rostelecom and is developed for business and governmental use. The operating system was branched from Sailfish OS into its own version in 2019. As a difference from the Sa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pumpkin%20seed%20oil | Pumpkin seed oil is a culinary oil, used especially in central Europe.
Culinary uses
This oil is a culinary specialty from what used to be part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is now southeastern Austria (Styria), eastern Slovenia (Styria and Prekmurje), Central Transylvania, Orăștie-Cugir region of Romania, north ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category%20of%20topological%20vector%20spaces | In mathematics, the category of topological vector spaces is the category whose objects are topological vector spaces and whose morphisms are continuous linear maps between them. This is a category because the composition of two continuous linear maps is again a continuous linear map. The category is often denoted TVe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoroacetamide | Fluoroacetamide is an organic compound based on acetamide with one fluorine atom replacing hydrogen on the methyl group. it is a metabolic poison which disrupts the citric acid cycle and was used as a rodenticide.
See also
Sodium fluoroacetate |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephelium%20xerospermoides | Nephelium xerospermoides, the hairless rambutan, is a species closely related to the rambutan. The drupe fruit has a flavor similar to rambutan. The fruit does not have any hair-like spines, hence its common name. They can be eaten freshly picked from the tree. They are not commonly grown or harvested for commercial us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oenothera%20biennis | Oenothera biennis, the common evening-primrose, is a species of flowering plant in the family Onagraceae, native to eastern and central North America, from Newfoundland west to Alberta, southeast to Florida, and southwest to Texas, and widely naturalized elsewhere in temperate and subtropical regions. Evening primrose ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig%20Staiger | Ludwig Staiger is a German mathematician and computer scientist at the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.
He received his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Jena in 1976; Staiger wrote his doctoral thesis, Zur Topologie der regulären Mengen, under the direction of and Rolf Lindner.
Previously he ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell%20Inspiron%20All-in-One | This is a list of Dell Inspiron All-in-One computers.
Ones
List of Dell Inspiron Ones
Insprion One 19
Inspiron One 19 Touch
Inspiron One 2020
Inspiron One 2205
Inspiron One 2305
Inspiron One 2310
Inspiron One 2320
Inspiron One 2330
Comparison of D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sextuple%20bond | A sextuple bond is a type of covalent bond involving 12 bonding electrons and in which the bond order is 6. The only known molecules with true sextuple bonds are the diatomic dimolybdenum (Mo2) and ditungsten (W2), which exist in the gaseous phase and have boiling points of and respectively.
Theoretical analysis
Ro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permutation%20automaton | In automata theory, a permutation automaton, or pure-group automaton, is a deterministic finite automaton such that each input symbol permutes the set of states.
Formally, a deterministic finite automaton may be defined by the tuple (Q, Σ, δ, q0, F),
where Q is the set of states of the automaton, Σ is the set of inpu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20stability | In chemistry, chemical stability is the thermodynamic stability of a chemical system.
Thermodynamic stability occurs when a system is in its lowest energy state, or in chemical equilibrium with its environment. This may be a dynamic equilibrium in which individual atoms or molecules change form, but their overall numb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potentially%20all%20pairwise%20rankings%20of%20all%20possible%20alternatives | Potentially All Pairwise RanKings of all possible Alternatives (PAPRIKA) is a method for multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) or conjoint analysis, as implemented by decision-making software and conjoint analysis products 1000minds and MeenyMo.
The PAPRIKA method is based on users expressing their preferences with re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20origami | DNA origami is the nanoscale folding of DNA to create arbitrary two- and three-dimensional shapes at the nanoscale. The specificity of the interactions between complementary base pairs make DNA a useful construction material, through design of its base sequences. DNA is a well-understood material that is suitable for c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarvega | Sarvega, Inc., was an Intel-owned company that provided XML appliances. The Intel purchase was announced on August 17, 2005, and the company brought into Intel's Software and Services Group (SSG).
Other Global 1000 organizations using Sarvega XPE Switches include Fujitsu, health care supplier Mt. Sinai Hospital Syste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micro-80 | The Micro-80 () was the first do-it-yourself home computer in the Soviet Union.
Overview
Schematics and information were published in the local DIY electronic magazine Radio in 1983. It was complex, using an KR580VM80A-based system (a clone of the Intel 8080) which contained about 200 ICs. This system gained low popul... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain%20Viel | Alain Viel is the director of Northwest Undergraduate Laboratories and senior lecturer in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University.
Early life and education
Viel received a PhD in molecular and cellular biology of development in 1990 from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris, France... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook%20Bluetooth%20Beacon | The Facebook Bluetooth Beacon is a hardware beacon released by Facebook in 2015. The beacon uses a bluetooth connection to communicate with the Facebook app on the user's smartphone, informing it of the phone's location. The technology allows location-specific advertising to be pushed to the user's Facebook feed.
In J... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hidden%20sector | In particle physics, the hidden sector, also known as the dark sector, is a hypothetical collection of yet-unobserved quantum fields and their corresponding hypothetical particles. The interactions between the hidden sector particles and the Standard Model particles are weak, indirect, and typically mediated through gr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-j%20symbol | Wigner's 6-j symbols were introduced by Eugene Paul Wigner in 1940 and published in 1965. They are defined as a sum over products of four Wigner 3-j symbols,
The summation is over all six allowed by the selection rules of the 3-j symbols.
They are closely related to the Racah W-coefficients, which are used for reco... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust%20seal | A trust seal is a seal granted by an entity to websites or businesses for display. Often the purpose is to demonstrate to customers that this business is concerned with security and their business identity. The requirements for the displaying merchant vary, but typically involve a dedication to good security practices,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pawsey%20Medal | The Pawsey Medal is awarded annually by the Australian Academy of Science to recognize outstanding research in the physics by an Australian scientist early in their career (up to 10 years post-PhD).
This medal commemorates the work of the late Joseph L. Pawsey, FAA.
Winners
Source:
See also
List of physics awards
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20syndrome | Anton syndrome, also known as Anton-Babinski syndrome and visual anosognosia, is a rare symptom of brain damage occurring in the occipital lobe. Those who have it are cortically blind, but affirm, often quite adamantly and in the face of clear evidence of their blindness, that they are capable of seeing. Failing to acc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-adic%20analysis | In mathematics, p-adic analysis is a branch of number theory that deals with the mathematical analysis of functions of p-adic numbers.
The theory of complex-valued numerical functions on the p-adic numbers is part of the theory of locally compact groups. The usual meaning taken for p-adic analysis is the theory of p-a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splinter | A splinter (also known as a sliver) is a fragment of a larger object, or a foreign body that penetrates or is purposely injected into a body. The foreign body must be lodged inside tissue to be considered a splinter. Splinters may cause initial pain through ripping of flesh and muscle, or infection through bacteria on ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciogenic%20Reservoir%20Analogue%20Studies%20Project | The Glaciogenic Reservoir Analogue Studies Project (GRASP) is a research group studying the subglacial to proglacial record of Pleistocene glacial events. It is based in the Delft University of Technology.
Introduction to glaciogenic reservoirs
Glaciogenic reservoirs are sedimentary rocks deposited under an ice sheet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplified%20Ribosomal%20DNA%20Restriction%20Analysis | Amplified rDNA (Ribosomal DNA) Restriction Analysis is the extension of the technique of RFLP (restriction fragment length polymorphism) to the gene encoding the small (16s) ribosomal subunit of bacteria. The technique involves an enzymatic amplification using primers directed at the conserved regions at the ends of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial%20manifold | In mathematics, inertial manifolds are concerned with the long term behavior of the solutions of dissipative dynamical systems. Inertial manifolds are finite-dimensional, smooth, invariant manifolds that contain the global attractor and attract all solutions exponentially quickly. Since an inertial manifold is finite... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypersequent | In mathematical logic, the hypersequent framework is an extension of the proof-theoretical framework of sequent calculi used in structural proof theory to provide analytic calculi for logics that are not captured in the sequent framework. A hypersequent is usually taken to be a finite multiset of ordinary sequents, wri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibrePilot | LibrePilot is a Free software unmanned aerial vehicle project for model aircraft aimed at supporting both multi-rotor craft as well as fixed-wing aircraft. Initially founded by David Ankers, Angus Peart and Vassilis Varveropoulos in late 2009, under the name OpenPilot, it was conceived as both a learning tool and to ad... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibre%20Channel%20over%20Ethernet | Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is a computer network technology that encapsulates Fibre Channel frames over Ethernet networks. This allows Fibre Channel to use 10 Gigabit Ethernet networks (or higher speeds) while preserving the Fibre Channel protocol. The specification was part of the International Committee for I... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutatochrome | Mutatochrome (5,8-epoxy-β-carotene) is a carotenoid. It is the predominant carotenoid in the cap of the bolete mushroom Boletus luridus. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killer%20ape%20theory | The killer ape theory or killer ape hypothesis is the theory that war and interpersonal aggression was the driving force behind human evolution. It was originated by Raymond Dart in the 1950s; it was developed further in African Genesis by Robert Ardrey in 1961.
According to the theory, the ancestors of humans were di... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-process%20communication | In computer science, inter-process communication (IPC), also spelled interprocess communication, are the mechanisms provided by an operating system for processes to manage shared data. Typically, applications can use IPC, categorized as clients and servers, where the client requests data and the server responds to clie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C9orf25 | Chromosome 9 open reading frame 25 (C9orf25) is a domain that encodes the FAM219A gene. The terms FAM219A and C9orf25 are aliases and can be used interchangeably. The function of this gene is not yet completely understood.
Gene
Location
In humans, C9orf25 is located at the 9p13.3 position on chromosome 9. The gene i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket%20eDGe | The enTourage pocket eDGe is a discontinued combined tablet computer and e-book made by enTourage Systems Inc., a small company based out of McLean, Virginia. It is the first follow on to the original EnTourage eDGe released earlier in 2010. The device runs Google's Android platform, version 2.2. It is called by the m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Maket%20Rossiya | Grand Maket Rossiya () is a private museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is a model layout designed on a scale of 1:87 (HO scale) and covers an area of . In this area, collective images of regions of the Russian Federation are represented. It is the largest model layout in Russia and the second largest in the world (... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Matheson | John Ross Matheson, (November 14, 1917 – December 27, 2013) was a Canadian politician, lawyer, and judge who helped develop both the national flag of Canada and the Order of Canada.
Early life
John Matheson was born in Arundel, Quebec, the son of the Reverend Dr. A. Dawson Matheson and his wife Gertrude Matheson (né... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIPRNet | The Secret Internet Protocol Router Network (SIPRNet) is "a system of interconnected computer networks used by the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Department of State to transmit classified information (up to and including information classified SECRET) by packet switching over the 'completely secure' environme... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left%20without%20being%20seen | Left Without Being Seen (LWBS) is a healthcare term often used by emergency departments (ED) to designate a patient encounter that ended with the patient leaving the healthcare setting before the patient could be seen by a certified physician. Often the inclusion of this phrase in a medical record is the result of ED ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edison%20Hotel%20%28Sunbury%2C%20Pennsylvania%29 | The Hotel Edison in Sunbury, Pennsylvania was built in 1871 by entrepreneur Edward T. Drumheller and opened as the City Hotel in January 1872. It was the first building to be lit with Thomas Edison's three-wire system in July 1883.
Renamed the Hotel Edison in 1922 during Sunbury's 150th anniversary, it has fifty-one r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyruvate%20dehydrogenase%20complex | Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC) is a complex of three enzymes that converts pyruvate into acetyl-CoA by a process called pyruvate decarboxylation. Acetyl-CoA may then be used in the citric acid cycle to carry out cellular respiration, and this complex links the glycolysis metabolic pathway to the citric acid cycle... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMail | Invisible mail, also referred to as iMail, i-mail or Bote mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients in a secure and untraceable way. It is an open protocol and its java implementation (I2P-Bote) is free and open-source software, licensed under the GPLv3.
As with email, o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choro-Q | is a line of Japanese 3–4 cm pullback car toys produced by Takara. Known in North America as Penny Racers, they were introduced in late 1978 and have seen multiple revisions and successors since. Choro-Qs are stylized after real-world automobiles, with real rubber wheels and a pullback motor that makes them move. Each ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitism | Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson characterised parasites as "predators that eat prey in units of less than one". Parasi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Completely%20multiplicative%20function | In number theory, functions of positive integers which respect products are important and are called completely multiplicative functions or totally multiplicative functions. A weaker condition is also important, respecting only products of coprime numbers, and such functions are called multiplicative functions. Outsi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski%20plane | In mathematics, a Minkowski plane (named after Hermann Minkowski) is one of the Benz planes (the others being Möbius plane and Laguerre plane).
Classical real Minkowski plane
Applying the pseudo-euclidean distance on two points (instead of the euclidean distance) we get the geometry of hyperbolas, because a pseudo-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multimedia%20fugacity%20model | Multimedia fugacity model is a model in environmental chemistry that summarizes the processes controlling chemical behavior in environmental media by developing and applying of mathematical statements or "models" of chemical fate.
Most chemicals have the potential to migrate from the medium to medium. Multimedia fugac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixing%20engineer | A mixing engineer (or simply mix engineer) is responsible for combining ("mixing") different sonic elements of an auditory piece into a complete rendition (also known as "final mix" or "mixdown"), whether in music, film, or any other content of auditory nature. The finished piece, recorded or live, must achieve a good ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End-sequence%20profiling | End-sequence profiling (ESP) (sometimes "Paired-end mapping (PEM)") is a method based on sequence-tagged connectors developed to facilitate de novo genome sequencing to identify high-resolution copy number and structural aberrations such as inversions and translocations.
Briefly, the target genomic DNA is isolated and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilman%20Shazhaev | Ilman Shazhaev (born 13 May 1993, Grozny, the Chechen Republic) is a scientist, IT engineer, and the author of 30 scientific papers and 10 patents.
Early life and education
Ilman Shazhaev was born on the 13th of May in 1993 in Grozny, the Chechen Republic. In 2012, he received a gold medal at the Russian Federal Youn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadcast%20domain | A broadcast domain is a logical division of a computer network, in which all nodes can reach each other by broadcast at the data link layer. A broadcast domain can be within the same LAN segment or it can be bridged to other LAN segments.
In terms of current popular technologies, any computer connected to the same Eth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20checksum | The Internet checksum, also called the IPv4 header checksum is a checksum used in version 4 of the Internet Protocol (IPv4) to detect corruption in the header of IPv4 packets. It is carried in the IP packet header, and represents the 16-bit result of summation of the header words.
The IPv6 protocol does not use header... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive%20computing | Defensive computing is a form of practice for computer users to help reduce the risk of computing problems, by avoiding dangerous computing practices. The primary goal of this method of computing is to be able to anticipate and prepare for potentially problematic situations prior to their occurrence, despite any advers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract%20algebraic%20logic | In mathematical logic, abstract algebraic logic is the study of the algebraization of deductive systems
arising as an abstraction of the well-known Lindenbaum–Tarski algebra, and how the resulting algebras are related to logical systems.
History
The archetypal association of this kind, one fundamental to the historica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insteon | Insteon is a proprietary home automation (domotics) system that enables light switches, lights, thermostats, leak sensors, remote controls, motion sensors, and other electrically powered devices to interoperate through power lines, radio frequency (RF) communications, or both. It employed a dual-mesh networking topolo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatoyancy | In gemology, chatoyancy ( ), or chatoyance or cat's eye effect, is an optical reflectance effect seen in certain gemstones, woods, and carbon fiber. Coined from the French , meaning 'cat's eye'. The chatoyant effect is typically characterized by one or more well-defined bands of reflected light, reminiscent of a cat's ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopathic%20medicine | Allopathic medicine, or allopathy, is an archaic and derogatory label originally used by 19th-century homeopaths to describe heroic medicine, the precursor of modern evidence-based medicine . There are regional variations in usage of the term. In the United States, the term is sometimes used to contrast with osteopath... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Review%20of%20Scientific%20Instruments | Review of Scientific Instruments is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Institute of Physics. Its area of interest is scientific instruments, apparatus, and techniques. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2018 impact factor of 1.587. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-actualization | Self-actualization, in Maslow's hierarchy of needs, is the highest level of psychological development, where personal potential is fully realized after basic bodily and ego needs have been fulfilled.
Self-actualization was coined by the organismic theorist Kurt Goldstein for the motive to realize one's full potential:... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TJ-2 | TJ-2 (Type Justifying Program) was published by Peter Samson in May 1963 and is thought to be the first page layout program. Although it lacks page numbering, page headers and footers, TJ-2 is the first word processor to provide a number of essential typographic alignment and automatic typesetting features:
Columnatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo%20Hand | The Michelangelo Hand is a fully articulated robotic hand prosthesis developed by the German prosthetics company Ottobock and its American partner Advanced Arm Dynamics. It is the first prosthesis to feature an electronically actuated thumb which mimics natural human hand movements. The Michelangelo Hand can be used fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laughter%20in%20the%20Rain | "Laughter in the Rain" is a song composed and recorded by Neil Sedaka, with lyrics by Phil Cody. It includes a 20-second saxophone solo by Jim Horn.
Background
The song was released on Elton John's Rocket Records.
After hearing a version of "Laughter in the Rain" by singer Lea Roberts on the radio several weeks befor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20by%20GPS | Death by GPS refers to the death of people attributable, in part, to following GPS directions or GPS maps. Death by GPS has been noted in several deaths in Death Valley, California, a lost hiker at Joshua Tree National Park in southeastern California, and incidents in Washington State, Australia, England, Italy and Bra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEL17P13.1 | Chromosome 17p13.1 deletion syndrome is a protein in humans that is encoded by the DEL17P13.1 gene. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TFM%20%28piscicide%29 | TFM (3-trifluoromethyl-4-nitrophenol) is a common piscicide, i.e., a fish poison used to combat parasitic and invasive species of fish.
The substance was discovered in 1958 when researching means to combat sea lampreys and it remains the primary lampricide (lamprey-killer) in the Great Lakes area.
TFM toxicity has n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxin | Auxins (plural of auxin ) are a class of plant hormones (or plant-growth regulators) with some morphogen-like characteristics. Auxins play a cardinal role in coordination of many growth and behavioral processes in plant life cycles and are essential for plant body development. The Dutch biologist Frits Warmolt Went fir... |
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