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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morra%20%28game%29
Morra is a hand game that dates back thousands of years to ancient Roman and Greek times. Each player simultaneously reveals their hand, extending any number of fingers, and calls out a number. Any player who successfully guesses the total number of fingers revealed by all players combined scores a point. Morra can be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota%20Center%20for%20Twin%20and%20Family%20Research
The Minnesota Center for Twin and Family Research (or MCTFR) is a series of behavioral genetic longitudinal studies of families with twin or adoptive offspring conducted by researchers at the University of Minnesota. It seeks to identify and characterize the genetic and environmental influences on the development of ps...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPrint
iPrint is a print server developed by Novell, now owned by Micro Focus. iPrint enabled users to install a device driver for a printer directly from a web browser, and to submit print jobs over a computer network. It could process print jobs routed through the internet using the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP). The iP...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astellas%20Institute%20for%20Regenerative%20Medicine
Astellas Institute for Regenerative Medicine is a subsidiary of Astellas Pharma located in Marlborough, Massachusetts, US, developing stem cell therapies with a focus on diseases that cause blindness. It was formed in 1994 as a company named Advanced Cell Technology, Incorporated (ACT), which was renamed to Ocata The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxic%20oil%20syndrome
Toxic oil syndrome (TOS) or simply toxic syndrome (Spanish: síndrome del aceite tóxico or síndrome tóxico) is a musculoskeletal disease. A 1981 outbreak in Spain which affected about 20,000 people, with over 300 dying within a few months and a few thousand remaining disabled, is thought to have been caused by contamina...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diabetes%20Hands%20Foundation
Diabetes Hands Foundation was a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2008. It was funded through sponsorship income, donations, grants, and earned income. Diabetes Hands Foundation closed in June 2017, nine years from its founding, handing the administration of its online communit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocobo
The is a fictional species created for the Final Fantasy franchise by Square Enix (originally Square). A galliform bird commonly having yellow feathers, they were first introduced in Final Fantasy II (1988), and have since featured in some capacity in nearly every Final Fantasy title, usually as a means of transport. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20skill-based%20game
Online skill-based games are online games in which the outcome of the game is determined by the player's physical skill (like fast reaction or dexterity) or mental skill (logic abilities, strategic thinking, trivia knowledge). As in off-line games of skill, the definition has legal meaning, as playing games of chance f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Institute%20of%20Aeronautics%20and%20Space
The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (, LAPAN) was the Indonesian government's space agency. It was established on 27 November 1963, by former Indonesian president Sukarno, after one year's existence of a previous, informal space agency organization. LAPAN is responsible for long-term civilian and military ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20engineering%20compendium
This is a list of the individual topics in Electronics, Mathematics, and Integrated Circuits that together make up the Computer Engineering field. The organization is by topic to create an effective Study Guide for this field. The contents match the full body of topics and detail information expected of a person iden...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ycf9%20protein%20domain
In molecular biology, the PsbZ (Ycf9) is a protein domain, which is low in molecular weight. It is a transmembrane protein and therefore is located in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts in cyanobacteria and plants. More specifically, it is located in Photosystem II (PSII) and in the light-harvesting complex II (L...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective%20selfing%20model
The effective selfing model is a mathematical model that describes the mating system of a plant population in terms of the degree of self-fertilisation present. Overview It was developed in the 1980s by Kermit Ritland, as an alternative to the simplistic mixed mating model. The mixed mating model assumes that every f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileitis
Ileitis is an inflammation of the ileum, a portion of the small intestine. Crohn's ileitis is a type of Crohn's disease affecting the ileum. Ileitis is caused by the bacterium Lawsonia intracellularis. Inflammatory bowel disease does not associate with Lawsonia intracellularis infection.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic%20helix-loop-helix%20leucine%20zipper%20transcription%20factors
Basic helix-loop-helix leucine zipper transcription factors are, as their name indicates, transcription factors containing both Basic helix-loop-helix and leucine zipper motifs. Examples include Microphthalmia-associated transcription factor and Sterol regulatory element binding protein (SREBP). External links Gen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mathematics%20reference%20tables
See also: List of reference tables Mathematics List of mathematical topics List of statistical topics List of mathematical functions List of mathematical theorems List of mathematical proofs List of matrices List of numbers List of relativistic equations List of small groups Mathematical constants Sporadic group Tabl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoteca
Enoteca (plural: Enoteche) is an Italian word that is derived from the Greek word Οινοθήκη, which literally means "wine repository" (from Oeno/Eno- Οινός "wine", and teca Θήκη, "receptacle, case, box"), but it is used to describe a special type of local or regional wine shop that originated in Italy. The concept of an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choristoma
Choristomas, a form of heterotopia, are masses of normal tissues found in abnormal locations. In contrast to a neoplasm or tumor, the growth of a choristoma is normally regulated. It is different from a hamartoma. The two can be differentiated as follows: a hamartoma is disorganized overgrowth of tissues in their norm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glazed%20architectural%20terra-cotta
Glazed architectural terra cotta is a ceramic masonry building material used as a decorative skin. It featured widely in the 'terracotta revival' from the 1880s until the 1930s. It was used in the UK, United States, Canada and Australia and is still one of the most common building materials found in U.S. urban environm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson%27s%20rule
Anderson's rule is used for the construction of energy band diagrams of the heterojunction between two semiconductor materials. Anderson's rule states that when constructing an energy band diagram, the vacuum levels of the two semiconductors on either side of the heterojunction should be aligned (at the same energy). ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytochrome%20P450%20BM3
Cytochrome P450 BM3 is a Prokaryote Cytochrome P450 enzyme originally from Bacillus megaterium catalyzes the hydroxylation of several long-chain fatty acids at the ω–1 through ω–3 positions. This bacterial enzyme belongs to CYP family CYP102, with the CYP Symbol CYP102A1.This CYP family constitutes a natural fusion bet...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow%20Science%2C%20Inc.
Flow Science, Inc. is a developer of software for computational fluid dynamics, also known as CFD, a branch of fluid mechanics that uses numerical methods and algorithms to solve and analyze problems that involve fluid flows. History The firm was founded by Dr. C. W. "Tony" Hirt, previously a scientist at Los Alamo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20Machine%20Communication%20Facility
The IBM Virtual Machine Communication Facility (VMCF) is a feature of the VM/370 operating system introduced in Release 3 in 1976. It "provides a method of communication and data transfer between virtual machines operating under the same VM/370 system." VMCF uses paravirtualization through the diagnose instruction VMC...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone%20axis
Zone axis, a term sometimes used to refer to "high-symmetry" orientations in a crystal, most generally refers to any direction referenced to the direct lattice (as distinct from the reciprocal lattice) of a crystal in three dimensions. It is therefore indexed with direct lattice indices, instead of with Miller indices....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial%20multiplexing
Spatial multiplexing or space-division multiplexing (SM, SDM or SMX) is a multiplexing technique in MIMO wireless communication, fibre-optic communication and other communications technologies used to transmit independent channels separated in space. Fibre-optic communication In fibre-optic communication SDM refers t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical%20state
Medical state is a term used to describe a hospital patient's health status, or condition. The term is most commonly used in information given to the news media, and is rarely used as a clinical description by physicians. Two aspects of the patient's state may be reported. The first aspect is the patient's current sta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArtFacts.Net
ArtFacts.Net is the world's largest online art database, founded in 2001 by Stine Albertsen and Marek Claassen. The company is registered as a Limited Company (Ltd.) in Great Britain. ArtFacts has been collecting, archiving, publishing and analyzing data on the art market worldwide since the company was founded, for ex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenVReg
OpenVReg (short for Open Voltage Regulator) is a Nvidia power supply specification. It is an industrial first attempt to standardize both the package and pinout for low voltage DC-DC switching regulators. The goal of OpenVReg is to enable packaging and pinout compatibility across multiple sources of similar devices wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why%20Is%20It%20So%3F
Why Is It So? is an educational science series produced in Australia by ABC Television from 1963 to 1986. The series was hosted by American scientist Julius Sumner Miller, who demonstrated experiments in the world of physics. The series was also screened in the United States, Canada, New Zealand and in Europe. This pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-hybrid%20screening
Two-hybrid screening (originally known as yeast two-hybrid system or Y2H) is a molecular biology technique used to discover protein–protein interactions (PPIs) and protein–DNA interactions by testing for physical interactions (such as binding) between two proteins or a single protein and a DNA molecule, respectively. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20data%20manager
A personal data manager (PDM) is a portable hardware tool enabling secure storage and easy access to user data. It can also be an application located on a portable smart device or PC, enabling novice end-users to directly define, classify, and manipulate a universe of information objects. Usually PDMs include password ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20A.%20Bosch
Robert A. (Bob) Bosch (born August 13, 1963, in Buffalo NY) is an author, recreational mathematician and the James F. Clark Professor of Mathematics at Oberlin College. He is known for domino art and for combining graph theory and mathematical optimization to design connect-the-dots eye candy: labyrinths, knight's tour...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Pill%20%28software%29
Blue Pill is the codename for a rootkit based on x86 virtualization. Blue Pill originally required AMD-V (Pacifica) virtualization support, but was later ported to support Intel VT-x (Vanderpool) as well. It was designed by Joanna Rutkowska and originally demonstrated at the Black Hat Briefings on August 3, 2006, with ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classful%20network
A classful network is an obsolete network addressing architecture used in the Internet from 1981 until the introduction of Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) in 1993. The method divides the IP address space for Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) into five address classes based on the leading four address bits. Class...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20matter
Nuclear matter is an idealized system of interacting nucleons (protons and neutrons) that exists in several phases of exotic matter that, as of yet, are not fully established. It is not matter in an atomic nucleus, but a hypothetical substance consisting of a huge number of protons and neutrons held together by only nu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%20computer
A table computer, or a table PC, or a tabletop is a device class of a full-featured large-display portable all-in-one computer with an internal battery. It can either be used on a table's top, hence the name, or carried around the house. Table computers feature an 18-inch or larger multi-touch touchscreen display, a b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20IPTV
Mobile IPTV is a technology that enables users to transmit and receive multimedia traffic including video, audio, text and graphic services through IP-based wired and wireless networks, with support for quality of service, quality of experience, security, mobility, and interactive functions. Through Mobile IPTV, users ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin%20soldier
Tin soldiers are miniature figures of toy soldiers that are very popular in the world of collecting. They can be bought finished or in a raw state to be hand-painted. They are generally made of pewter, tin, lead, other metals or plastic. Often very elaborate scale models of battle scenes, known as dioramas, are created...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laver%27s%20theorem
Laver's theorem, in order theory, states that order embeddability of countable total orders is a well-quasi-ordering. That is, for every infinite sequence of totally-ordered countable sets, there exists an order embedding from an earlier member of the sequence to a later member. This result was previously known as Fraï...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AS04
Adjuvant System 04 or AS04 is a trade name for a combination of adjuvants used in various vaccine products by GlaxoSmithKline, in particular the Fendrix hepatitis B vaccine and Cervarix human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. It consists of aluminium hydroxide and monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL). It is the successor of AS03, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infraauricular%20deep%20parotid%20lymph%20nodes
The infra-auricular deep parotid lymph nodes are a group of lymph nodes found underneath the ear.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotyping
Pseudotyping is the process of producing viruses or viral vectors in combination with foreign viral envelope proteins. The result is a pseudotyped virus particle, also called a pseudovirus. With this method, the foreign viral envelope proteins can be used to alter host tropism or increase or decrease the stability of t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20and%20artificial%20intelligence
Artificial intelligence and music (AIM) is a common subject in the International Computer Music Conference, the Computing Society Conference and the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence. The first International Computer Music Conference (ICMC) was held in 1974 at Michigan State University. Current ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itoh%E2%80%93Tsujii%20inversion%20algorithm
The Itoh–Tsujii inversion algorithm is used to invert elements in a finite field. It was introduced in 1988, first over GF(2m) using the normal basis representation of elements, however, the algorithm is generic and can be used for other bases, such as the polynomial basis. It can also be used in any finite field GF(pm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral%20purity
Spectral purity is a term used in both optics and signal processing. In optics, it refers to the quantification of the monochromaticity of a given light sample. This is a particularly important parameter in areas like laser operation and time measurement. Spectral purity is easier to achieve in devices that generate v...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fancy%20rat
The fancy rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, and the most common species of rat kept as a pet. The name fancy rat derives from the use of the adjective fancy for a hobby, also seen in "animal fancy", a hobby involving the appreciation, promotion, or breeding ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projector%20augmented%20wave%20method
The projector augmented wave method (PAW) is a technique used in ab initio electronic structure calculations. It is a generalization of the pseudopotential and linear augmented-plane-wave methods, and allows for density functional theory calculations to be performed with greater computational efficiency. Valence wavef...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICL%20Distributed%20Array%20Processor
The Distributed Array Processor (DAP) produced by International Computers Limited (ICL) was the world's first commercial massively parallel computer. The original paper study was complete in 1972 and building of the prototype began in 1974. The first machine was delivered to Queen Mary College in 1979. Development The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maui%20Nui
Maui Nui is a modern geologists' name given to a prehistoric Hawaiian island and the corresponding modern biogeographic region. Maui Nui is composed of four modern islands: Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, and Kahoʻolawe. Administratively, the four modern islands comprise Maui County (and a tiny part of Molokaʻi called Kalawao ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INK%20%28operating%20system%29
INK (for I/O Node Kernel) is the operating system that runs on the input output nodes of the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer. INK is a Linux-derivative. See also Compute Node Linux Timeline of operating systems Rocks Cluster Distribution Cray Linux Environment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nth%20root
In mathematics, taking the nth root is an operation involving two numbers, the radicand and the index or degree. Taking the nth root is written as , where is the radicand and n is the index (also sometimes called the degree). This is pronounced as "the nth root of x". The definition then of an nth root of a number x i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulminant
Fulminant () is a medical descriptor for any event or process that occurs suddenly and escalates quickly, and is intense and severe to the point of lethality, i.e., it has an explosive character. The word comes from Latin fulmināre, to strike with lightning. There are several diseases described by this adjective: Ful...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%E2%80%93Ramanujan%20identities
In mathematics, the Rogers–Ramanujan identities are two identities related to basic hypergeometric series and integer partitions. The identities were first discovered and proved by , and were subsequently rediscovered (without a proof) by Srinivasa Ramanujan some time before 1913. Ramanujan had no proof, but rediscove...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gristmill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separated from its chaff in preparation for grinding. History Early history The Gr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus%20cothurnatus
Suillus cothurnatus is a species of mushroom in the genus Suillus. Found in Malaysia, Brazil, and North America, it was first described scientifically by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1945. Description The cap is obtuse to convex, and sometimes develops a broad umbo. The cap margin is initially turned inward, and usually ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20transfer%20vinyl
Heat transfer vinyl, or HTV for short, is a speciality polyurethane with a heat-activated adhesive (typically polyester-based) that can be used on certain fabrics and materials to apply designs to promotional products, textiles and apparel, such as T-shirts. It comes laminated together with a clear polyester carrier in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20knapsack%20problems
The knapsack problem is one of the most studied problems in combinatorial optimization, with many real-life applications. For this reason, many special cases and generalizations have been examined. Common to all versions are a set of n items, with each item having an associated profit pj and weight wj. The binary dec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Vigilance%20Park
The United States National Vigilance Park (NVP) was a memorial to the military servicemen who participated in aerial reconnaissance during the Cold War. Dedicated on September 2, 1997, NVP was located just one block from the National Security Agency (NSA) headquarters at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. It was previous...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henderson%20limit
The Henderson limit is the X-ray dose (energy per unit mass) a cryo-cooled crystal can absorb before the diffraction pattern decays to half of its original intensity. Its value is defined as 2 × 107 Gy (J/kg). Decay of diffraction patterns with increasing X-ray dose Although the process is still not fully understood, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supplicant%20%28computer%29
In computer networking, a supplicant is an entity at one end of a point-to-point LAN segment that seeks to be authenticated by an authenticator attached to the other end of that link. The IEEE 802.1X standard uses the term "supplicant" to refer either to hardware or to software. In practice, a supplicant is a software ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafloor%20massive%20sulfide%20deposits
Seafloor massive sulfide deposits or SMS deposits, are modern equivalents of ancient volcanogenic massive sulfide ore deposits or VMS deposits. The term has been coined by mineral explorers to differentiate the modern deposit from the ancient. SMS deposits were first recognized during the exploration of the deep ocean...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut%20d%27%C3%A9lectronique%20de%20micro%C3%A9lectronique%20et%20de%20nanotechnologie
The Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnology or IEMN (Institut d'électronique de microélectronique et de nanotechnologie in French) is a research institute of University of Lille, CNRS and École Centrale de Lille (UMR CNRS 8520). IEMN research activities The main research focus is in six major sc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Association%20of%20Homes%20and%20Services%20for%20the%20Aging
The Global Ageing Network (formerly the International Association for Homes and Services for the Aging (IAHSA)) is an international, not-for-profit educational and charitable organization founded in 1994. Affiliations The Global Ageing Network is a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in Special Consultative Status wit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20Multimethod%20Assessment%20Fusion
Video Multimethod Assessment Fusion (VMAF) is an objective full-reference video quality metric developed by Netflix in cooperation with the University of Southern California, The IPI/LS2N lab Nantes Université, and the Laboratory for Image and Video Engineering (LIVE) at The University of Texas at Austin. It predicts ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatotype%20and%20constitutional%20psychology
Somatotype is a theory proposed in the 1940s by the American psychologist William Herbert Sheldon to categorize the human physique according to the relative contribution of three fundamental elements which he termed somatotypes, classified by him as ectomorphic, mesomorphic, and endomorphic. He created these terms borr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial%20optimization
Combinatorial optimization is a subfield of mathematical optimization that consists of finding an optimal object from a finite set of objects, where the set of feasible solutions is discrete or can be reduced to a discrete set. Typical combinatorial optimization problems are the travelling salesman problem ("TSP"), t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-source%20data
Single-source data (also single source) is the measurement of TV and/or other mass media's advertising exposure and purchase behavior, over time for the same individual or household. This measurement is gauged through the collection of data components supplied by one or more parties overlapped through a single, integra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why%20the%20lucky%20stiff
Jonathan Gillette, known by the pseudonym why the lucky stiff (often abbreviated as _why), is a writer, cartoonist, artist, and programmer notable for his work with the Ruby programming language. Annie Lowrey described him as "one of the most unusual, and beloved, computer programmers" in the world. Along with Yukihir...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-dimensional%20filter
Two dimensional filters have seen substantial development effort due to their importance and high applicability across several domains. In the 2-D case the situation is quite different from the 1-D case, because the multi-dimensional polynomials cannot in general be factored. This means that an arbitrary transfer func...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geriatric%20Orthopaedic%20Surgery%20%26%20Rehabilitation
Geriatric Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal that covers the field of Orthopedics. The journal's editor-in-chief is Stephen L. Kates (University of Rochester Medical Center). It has been in publication since 2010 and is currently published by SAGE Publications. External l...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreaea%20nivalis
Andreaea nivalis, also known as snow rock-moss, is a species of moss in the Andreaea family found in Alaska, California, Oregon, Washington, Greenland, Spain, Japan, Russia and Poland. It is black and reddish, dioicous, and grows on wet, acidic rocks. It is threatened by droughts and global warming, and is a near-thre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solventogenesis
Solventogenesis is the biochemical production of solvents (usually acetone and butanol) by Clostridium species. It is the second phase of ABE fermentation. Process Solventogenic Clostridium species have a biphasic metabolism composed of an acidogenic phase and a solventogenic phase. During acidogenesis, these bacter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMath%20Studio
SMath Studio is a freeware (free of charge, but not libre), closed-source, mathematical notebook program similar to Mathcad. It is available for Windows, Linux, iOS, Android, Universal Windows Platform, and on some handhelds. Among its capabilities are: Solving differential equations; Graphing functions in two or th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computation%20and%20Neural%20Systems
The Computation and Neural Systems (CNS) program was established at the California Institute of Technology in 1986 with the goal of training Ph.D. students interested in exploring the relationship between the structure of neuron-like circuits/networks and the computations performed in such systems, whether natural or s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi%20AWC
All Wheel Control (AWC) is the brand name of a four-wheel drive (4WD) system developed by Mitsubishi Motors. The system was first incorporated in the 2001 Lancer Evolution VII. Subsequent developments have led to S-AWC (Super All Wheel Control), developed specifically for the new 2007 Lancer Evolution. The system is re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20Hybrid%20Interface%20Protocol%20System
Common Hybrid Interface Protocol System (CHIPS) is the definition of a computer network that consists of a mixture of common serial data protocols such as RS-232 and RS-485, or can be even PC keyboard interface communication. CHIPS may also consist of Bluetooth and Wi-Fi for wireless communication can be installed on a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-3%20microRNA%20precursor%20family
In molecular biology mir-3 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms. See also MicroRNA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harwell%20computer
The Harwell computer, or Harwell Dekatron computer, later known as the Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computing from Harwell (WITCH), is an early British computer of the 1950s based on valves and relays. From 2009 to 2012, it was restored at the National Museum of Computing. In 2013, for the second time, the Gui...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Druid%20%28video%20game%29
Druid is a hack and slash dungeon crawl developed by Electralyte Software and published by Firebird in 1986 for the Atari 8-bit family and Commodore 64. It was also ported to Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, and by Nippon Dexter in 1988 for the MSX, although the MSX port was released in Japan only. Another Japanese port of Dr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laryngitis
Laryngitis is inflammation of the larynx (voice box). Symptoms often include a hoarse voice and may include fever, cough, pain in the front of the neck, and trouble swallowing. Typically, these last under two weeks. Laryngitis is categorised as acute if it lasts less than three weeks and chronic if symptoms last more ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellar%20pulsation
Stellar pulsations are caused by expansions and contractions in the outer layers as a star seeks to maintain equilibrium. These fluctuations in stellar radius cause corresponding changes in the luminosity of the star. Astronomers are able to deduce this mechanism by measuring the spectrum and observing the Doppler effe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pisarenko%20harmonic%20decomposition
Pisarenko harmonic decomposition, also referred to as Pisarenko's method, is a method of frequency estimation. This method assumes that a signal, , consists of complex exponentials in the presence of white noise. Because the number of complex exponentials must be known a priori, it is somewhat limited in its usefulnes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heyawake
Heyawake (Japanese: へやわけ, "divided rooms") is a binary-determination logic puzzle published by Nikoli. As of 2013, five books consisting entirely of Heyawake puzzles have been published by Nikoli. It first appeared in Puzzle Communication Nikoli #39 (September 1992). Rules Heyawake is played on a rectangular grid of c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basis%20of%20a%20matroid
In mathematics, a basis of a matroid is a maximal independent set of the matroid—that is, an independent set that is not contained in any other independent set. Examples As an example, consider the matroid over the ground-set R2 (the vectors in the two-dimensional Euclidean plane), with the following independent sets...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phycotechnology
Phycotechnology refers to the technological applications of algae, both microalgae and macroalgae. Uses Sewage reclamation Currently micro-algae are being exploited for environmental protection as the species of Chlorella, Chlamydomonas, and Scenedesmus carry out selective uptake, accumulation and biodegradation of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MESIF%20protocol
The MESIF protocol is a cache coherency and memory coherence protocol developed by Intel for cache coherent non-uniform memory architectures. The protocol consists of five states, Modified (M), Exclusive (E), Shared (S), Invalid (I) and Forward (F). The M, E, S and I states are the same as in the MESI protocol. The F ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POWER3
The POWER3 is a microprocessor, designed and exclusively manufactured by IBM, that implemented the 64-bit version of the PowerPC instruction set architecture (ISA), including all of the optional instructions of the ISA (at the time) such as instructions present in the POWER2 version of the POWER ISA but not in the Powe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20widget%20engines
This is a comparison of widget engines. This article is not about widget toolkits that are used in computer programming to build graphical user interfaces. General Operating system support Technical Languages Which programming languages the engines support. Most engines rely upon interpreted languages. Formats an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Social%20Cognition%20Network
The International Social Cognition Network (ISCON) was formed in 2003 as a joint enterprise between the European Social Cognition Network (ESCON) and the Person Memory Interest Group (PMIG) to act as an umbrella society to advance the international study of social cognition. Among the objectives of ISCON are to advance...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overflow%20%28software%29
OVERFLOW - the OVERset grid FLOW solver - is a software package for simulating fluid flow around solid bodies using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). It is a compressible 3-D flow solver that solves the time-dependent, Reynolds-averaged, Navier–Stokes equations using multiple overset structured grids. History OVERF...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron
Saffron () is a spice derived from the flower of Crocus sativus, commonly known as the "saffron crocus". The vivid crimson stigma and styles, called threads, are collected and dried for use mainly as a seasoning and colouring agent in food. Although some doubts remain on its origin, it is believed that saffron originat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptol
Cryptol is a domain-specific programming language for cryptography developed by the Portland, Oregon based software development firm, Galois, Inc. The language was originally developed for use by the United States National Security Agency. The language is also used by private firms that provide information technology s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON%20project
TRON (acronym for The Real-time Operating system Nucleus) is an open architecture real-time operating system kernel design. The project was started by Professor Dr. Ken Sakamura of the University of Tokyo in 1984. The project's goal is to create an ideal computer architecture and network, to provide for all of society'...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reprojection%20error
The reprojection error is a geometric error corresponding to the image distance between a projected point and a measured one, mostly occurred in old camera and phones. It is used to quantify how closely an estimate of a 3D point recreates the point's true projection . More precisely, let be the projection matrix of a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pubmeth
PubMeth is a database that contains information about DNA hypermethylation in cancer. It can be queried either by searching a list of genes, or cancer (sub)types. It was created at the lab for bioinformatics and computational genomics in the Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering at G...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebral%20vein
The vertebral vein is formed in the suboccipital triangle, from numerous small tributaries which spring from the internal vertebral venous plexuses and issue from the vertebral canal above the posterior arch of the atlas. They unite with small veins from the deep muscles at the upper part of the back of the neck, and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminescence%20imaging
Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) is a technology developed over the past decades (1990's and onward). that allows for the noninvasive study of ongoing biological processes Recently, bioluminescence tomography (BLT) has become possible and several systems have become commercially available. In 2011, PerkinElmer acquired o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future%20Virology
Future Virology is a monthly peer-reviewed medical journal published by Future Medicine. The editor-in-chief is Mark Wainberg (McGill University). The journal covers all types of virus, both from the perspective of human health (vaccines and disease prevention, disease treatment, and drug resistance. The journal was es...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT%20Plasma%20Science%20and%20Fusion%20Center
The Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a university research center for the study of plasmas, fusion science and technology. It was originally founded in 1976 as the Plasma Fusion Center (PFC) at the request and with the collaboration of the U.S. Department of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme%20Graphics
Extreme Graphics is a computer graphics architecture for Silicon Graphics computer workstations. Extreme Graphics was developed in 1993 and was available as a high-end graphics option on workstations such as the Indigo2, released during the mid-1990s. Extreme Graphics gives the workstation real-time 2D and 3D graphics ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gross%20pathology
Gross pathology refers to macroscopic manifestations of disease in organs, tissues, and body cavities. The term is commonly used by anatomical pathologists to refer to diagnostically useful findings made during the gross examination portion of surgical specimen processing or an autopsy. In the intricate process of ana...