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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference%20Broadcast%20Synchronization | Reference Broadcast Synchronization (RBS) is a synchronization method in which the receiver uses the physical layer broadcasts for comparing the clocks. This slightly differs from traditional methods which synchronize the sender's with the receiver's clock.
RBS allows nodes to synchronize their clocks to the resolutio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep%20epigenetics | Sleep epigenetics is the field of how epigenetics (heritable characteristics that do not involve changes in DNA sequence) affects sleep.
Research in the field of epigenetics has time and time again proven the significance of various environmental experiences. Changes in sleep can cause critical changes to the epigenom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog%20hearing%20and%20communication | Frogs and toads produce a rich variety of sounds, calls, and songs during their courtship and mating rituals. The callers, usually males, make stereotyped sounds in order to advertise their location, their mating readiness and their willingness to defend their territory; listeners respond to the calls by return calling... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punishment%20%28psychology%29 | In operant conditioning, punishment is any change in a human or animal's surroundings which, occurring after a given behavior or response, reduces the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future. As with reinforcement, it is the behavior, not the human/animal, that is punished. Whether a change is or is n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math%20League | Math League is a math competition for elementary, middle, and high school students in the United States, Canada, and other countries. The Math League was founded in 1977 by two high school mathematics teachers, Steven R. Conrad and Daniel Flegler. Math Leagues, Inc. publishes old contests through a series of books ent... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding%20theory | Coding theory is the study of the properties of codes and their respective fitness for specific applications. Codes are used for data compression, cryptography, error detection and correction, data transmission and data storage. Codes are studied by various scientific disciplines—such as information theory, electrical ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%208259 | The Intel 8259 is a Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) designed for the Intel 8085 and Intel 8086 microprocessors. The initial part was 8259, a later A suffix version was upward compatible and usable with the 8086 or 8088 processor. The 8259 combines multiple interrupt input sources into a single interrupt output ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Libraries%20for%20OS/2 | Windows Libraries for OS/2 Development Kit (WLO) is a collection of dynamic-link libraries for OS/2 that allow Win16 applications to run on OS/2.
See also
Microsoft Windows
Cardfile |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossopharyngeal%20nerve | The glossopharyngeal nerve (), also known as the ninth cranial nerve, cranial nerve IX, or simply CN IX, is a cranial nerve that exits the brainstem from the sides of the upper medulla, just anterior (closer to the nose) to the vagus nerve. Being a mixed nerve (sensorimotor), it carries afferent sensory and efferent mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrodynamic%20delivery | Hydrodynamic Delivery (HD) is a method of DNA insertion in rodent models. Genes are delivered via injection into the bloodstream of the animal, and are expressed in the liver. This protocol is helpful to determine gene function, regulate gene expression, and develop pharmaceuticals in vivo.
Methods
Hydrodynamic Deliv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-project%20wafer%20service | Multi-project chip (MPC), and multi-project wafer (MPW) semiconductor manufacturing arrangements allow customers to share mask and microelectronics wafer fabrication cost between several designs or projects.
With the MPC arrangement, one chip is a combination of several designs and this combined chip is then repeated ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing%20power%20parity | Purchasing power parity (PPP) is a measure of the price of specific goods in different countries and is used to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currencies. PPP is effectively the ratio of the price of a basket of goods at one location divided by the price of the basket of goods at a different lo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miwin%27s%20dice | Miwin's Dice are a set of nontransitive dice invented in 1975 by the physicist Michael Winkelmann. They consist of three different dice with faces bearing numbers from one to nine; opposite faces sum to nine, ten or eleven. The numbers on each die give the sum of 30 and have an arithmetic mean of five.
Description
Mi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectrum%20%28physical%20sciences%29 | In the physical sciences, the term spectrum was introduced first into optics by Isaac Newton in the 17th century, referring to the range of colors observed when white light was dispersed through a prism.
Soon the term referred to a plot of light intensity or power as a function of frequency or wavelength, also known a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20field%20potential | Local field potentials (LFP) are transient electrical signals generated in nerves and other tissues by the summed and synchronous electrical activity of the individual cells (e.g. neurons) in that tissue. LFP are "extracellular" signals, meaning that they are generated by transient imbalances in ion concentrations in t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartan%27s%20lemma | In mathematics, Cartan's lemma refers to a number of results named after either Élie Cartan or his son Henri Cartan:
In exterior algebra: Suppose that v1, ..., vp are linearly independent elements of a vector space V and w1, ..., wp are such that
in ΛV. Then there are scalars hij = hji such that
In several complex... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bickley%E2%80%93Naylor%20functions | In physics, engineering, and applied mathematics, the Bickley–Naylor functions are a sequence of special functions arising in formulas for thermal radiation intensities in hot enclosures. The solutions are often quite complicated unless the problem is essentially one-dimensional (such as the radiation field in a thin l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-local%20means | Non-local means is an algorithm in image processing for image denoising. Unlike "local mean" filters, which take the mean value of a group of pixels surrounding a target pixel to smooth the image, non-local means filtering takes a mean of all pixels in the image, weighted by how similar these pixels are to the target p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational%20singularity | A gravitational singularity, spacetime singularity or simply singularity is a condition in which gravity is predicted to be so intense that spacetime itself would break down catastrophically. As such, a singularity is by definition no longer part of the regular spacetime and cannot be determined by "where" or "when". G... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Food%20Inspection%20Agency | The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA; ) is a regulatory agency that is dedicated to the safeguarding of food, plants, and animals (FPA) in Canada, thus enhancing the health and well-being of Canada's people, environment and economy. The agency is responsible to the Minister of Health.
The agency was created in Ap... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnaert%20function | The Minnaert function is a photometric function used to interpret astronomical observations and remote sensing data for the Earth. It was named after the astronomer Marcel Minnaert. This function expresses the radiance factor (RADF) as a function the phase angle (), the photometric latitude () and the photometric longi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WESH | WESH (channel 2) is a television station licensed to Daytona Beach, Florida, United States, serving the Orlando area as an affiliate of NBC. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside Clermont-licensed CW affiliate WKCF (channel 18). The stations share studios on North Wymore Road in Eatonville (using a Winter Park add... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular%20isothermal%20sphere%20profile | The singular isothermal sphere (SIS) profile is the simplest parameterization of the spatial distribution of matter in an astronomical system (e.g. galaxies, clusters of galaxies, etc.).
Density distribution
where σV2 is the velocity dispersion and G is the gravitational constant. The SIS profile is unphysical becaus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bossavirus | Bossavirus is a genus of viruses in the subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, in the family Herpesviridae, in the order Herpesvirales. It contains the sole species Delphinid gammaherpesvirus 1. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television%20receive-only | Television receive-only (TVRO) is a term used chiefly in North America, South America to refer to the reception of satellite television from FSS-type satellites, generally on C-band analog; free-to-air and unconnected to a commercial DBS provider. TVRO was the main means of consumer satellite reception in the United St... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dry%20rot | Dry rot is wood decay caused by one of several species of fungi that digest parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness. It was previously used to describe any decay of cured wood in ships and buildings by a fungus which resulted in a darkly colored deteriorated and cracked condition.
The life-cycle o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20Fortress | Apache Fortress is an open source project of the Apache Software Foundation and a subproject of the Apache Directory. It is an authorization system, written in Java, that provides role-based access control, delegated administration and password policy using an LDAP backend.
Standards implemented:
Role-Based Access C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-gliadin%20antibodies | Anti-gliadin antibodies are produced in response to gliadin, a prolamin found in wheat. In bread wheat it is encoded by three different alleles, AA, BB, and DD. These alleles can produce slightly different gliadins, which can cause the body to produce different antibodies. Some of these antibodies can detect proteins i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20Studio%202 | The Surface Studio 2 is an all-in-one PC, designed and produced by Microsoft as part of its Surface series of Windows-based personal computing devices. It was announced at the Windows 10 Devices Event on October 2, 2018, two years after the release of the previous version Surface Studio, with pre-orders beginning that ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varifold | In mathematics, a varifold is, loosely speaking, a measure-theoretic generalization of the concept of a differentiable manifold, by replacing differentiability requirements with those provided by rectifiable sets, while maintaining the general algebraic structure usually seen in differential geometry. Varifolds genera... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Dorset | The flag of Dorset (also known as the Dorset Cross, and Saint Wite's Cross) is the flag of the English county of Dorset. It was chosen as the flag of Dorset on 16 September 2008 following a vote open to all Dorset residents, and organised by Dorset County Council. The unitary authorities of Bournemouth (historically pa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheet%20music | Sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of musical notation that uses musical symbols to indicate the pitches, rhythms, or chords of a song or instrumental musical piece. Like its analogs – printed books or pamphlets in English, Arabic, or other languages – the medium of sheet music typically is paper (or, in earl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Air%20Transport%20Association%20code | IATA codes are abbreviations that the International Air Transport Association (IATA) publishes to facilitate air travel. They are typically 1, 2, 3, or 4 character combinations (referred to as unigrams, digrams, trigrams, or tetragrams, respectively) that uniquely identify locations, equipment, companies, and times to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandwidth%20management | Bandwidth management is the process of measuring and controlling the communications (traffic, packets) on a network link, to avoid filling the link to capacity or overfilling the link, which would result in network congestion and poor performance of the network. Bandwidth is described by bit rate and measured in units ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper%20diagram | A Piper diagram is a graphic procedure proposed by Arthur M. Piper in 1944 for presenting water chemistry data to help in understanding the sources of the dissolved constituent salts in water. This procedure is based on the premise that cations and anions in water are in such amounts to assure the electroneutrality of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented%20pentagonal%20prism | In geometry, the augmented pentagonal prism is one of the Johnson solids (). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by augmenting a pentagonal prism by attaching a square pyramid () to one of its equatorial faces.
External links
Johnson solids |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moogle | are a fictional species of diminutive, sentient creatures and a recurring element of the Final Fantasy video game franchise, starting with their initial appearance in Final Fantasy III. They also appear in the Mana and Kingdom Hearts series. Moogles serve a variety of purposes in the various games in which they appear.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonal%20selection | In immunology, clonal selection theory explains the functions of cells of the immune system (lymphocytes) in response to specific antigens invading the body. The concept was introduced by Australian doctor Frank Macfarlane Burnet in 1957, in an attempt to explain the great diversity of antibodies formed during initiati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretion | Secretion is the movement of material from one point to another, such as a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland. In contrast, excretion is the removal of certain substances or waste products from a cell or organism. The classical mechanism of cell secretion is via secretory portals at the plasma membrane ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-BrainTech | i-BrainTech is a software company specializing in the provision of brain–computer interfaces for motor control neurofeedback therapy. The company is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.
History
i-BrainTech was founded in 2019 by entrepreneur and computer scientist Dr. Konstantin Sonkin. Prior to the company's creation,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-bag%20cryptanalysis | In cryptography, black-bag cryptanalysis is a euphemism for the acquisition of cryptographic secrets via burglary, or other covert means – rather than mathematical or technical cryptanalytic attack. The term refers to the black bag of equipment that a burglar would carry or a black bag operation.
As with rubber-hose c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like%20button | A like button, like option, or recommend button is a feature in communication software such as social networking services, Internet forums, news websites and blogs where the user can express that they like, enjoy or support certain content. Internet services that feature like buttons usually display the number of users... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaiomycin | Elaiomycin is an antimicrobial chemical compound, classified as an conjugated azoxyalkene, which was first isolated from Streptomyces in 1954. A laboratory synthesis of elaiomycin was reported in 1977.
A variety related compounds, collectively called elaiomycins, have also been reported. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptosis%20%28chin%29 | A chin that droops over the jawline is called a ptotic chin. Ptosis of the tip of the chin is common and can be seen in persons of any age. It is frequently seen in older patients but not infrequently, it is seen in young people as a familial trait. More commonly, however, the droop develops over time as the chin pad s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibbinary%20number | In mathematics, the fibbinary numbers are the numbers whose binary representation does not contain two consecutive ones. That is, they are sums of distinct and non-consecutive powers of two.
Relation to binary and Fibonacci numbers
The fibbinary numbers were given their name by Marc LeBrun, because they combine certai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20unit%20box%20system | Time Unit Box System (TUBS) is a simple system for notating events that happen over a period. This system is mostly used for notating rhythms in music. The notation consists of one or more rows of boxes; each box represents a fixed unit of time. Blank boxes indicate that nothing happens during that interval, while a ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multipartite%20graph | In graph theory, a part of mathematics, a -partite graph is a graph whose vertices are (or can be) partitioned into different independent sets. Equivalently, it is a graph that can be colored with colors, so that no two endpoints of an edge have the same color. When these are the bipartite graphs, and when they are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20experimental%20errors%20and%20frauds%20in%20physics | Experimental science demands repeatability of results but many experiments are not due to fraud or error. The list of papers whose results were later retracted or discredited, thus leading to invalid science is growing. Some errors are introduced when the experimenter's desire for a certain result unconsciously influen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah%20Loewenberg%20Ball | Deborah Loewenberg Ball is an educational researcher noted for her work in mathematics instruction and the mathematical preparation of teachers. From 2017 to 2018 she served as president of the American Educational Research Association. She served as dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan from 20... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CLIC4 | Chloride intracellular channel 4, also known as CLIC4,p644H1,HuH1, is a eukaryotic gene.
Chloride channels are a diverse group of proteins that regulate fundamental cellular processes including stabilization of cell membrane potential, transepithelial transport, maintenance of intracellular pH, and regulation of cell ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-ocean%20Assessment%20and%20Reporting%20of%20Tsunamis | Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) is a component of an enhanced tsunami warning system.
By logging changes in seafloor temperature and pressure, and transmitting the data via a surface buoy to a ground station by satellite, DART enables instant, accurate tsunami forecasts. In Standard Mode, the sy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEBus | IEBus (Inter Equipment Bus) is a communication bus specification "between equipments within a vehicle or a chassis" of Renesas Electronics. It defines OSI model layer 1 and layer 2 specification. IEBus is mainly used for car audio and car navigations, which established de facto standard in Japan, though SAE J1850 is ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Sabiston | Bob Sabiston (born 1967) is an American film art director, computer programmer, and creator of the Rotoshop software program for computer animation. Sabiston began developing software as an undergraduate and then graduate researcher in the MIT Media Lab from 1986 to 1991. While at MIT, and also after moving to Austin,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shape%20optimization | Shape optimization is part of the field of optimal control theory. The typical problem is to find the shape which is optimal in that it minimizes a certain cost functional while satisfying given constraints. In many cases, the functional being solved depends on the solution of a given partial differential equation defi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substantia%20gelatinosa%20of%20Rolando | The apex of the posterior grey column, one of the three grey columns of the spinal cord, is capped by a V-shaped or crescentic mass of translucent, gelatinous neuroglia, termed the substantia gelatinosa of Rolando (or SGR) (or gelatinous substance of posterior horn of spinal cord), which contains both neuroglia cells, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilvocarcin%20V | Gilvocarcin V is an antitumor agent and an antibiotic which is active against Gram-positive bacteria with the molecular formula C27H26O9.Gilvocarcin V is produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseoflavus and other Streptomyces bacteria. Gilvocarcin V is a strong inhibitor of the DNA synthesis. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renin | Renin (etymology and pronunciation), also known as an angiotensinogenase, is an aspartic protease protein and enzyme secreted by the kidneys that participates in the body's renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system (RAAS)—also known as the renin–angiotensin–aldosterone axis—that increases the volume of extracellular fluid (... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variation%20of%20information | In probability theory and information theory, the variation of information or shared information distance is a measure of the distance between two clusterings (partitions of elements). It is closely related to mutual information; indeed, it is a simple linear expression involving the mutual information. Unlike the mu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frink%20%28programming%20language%29 | Frink is a computer programming language. It is, according to creator of the language, "designed to make physical calculations simple, to help ensure that answers come out right, and to make a tool that's really useful in the real world. It tracks units of measure (feet, meters, kilograms, watts, etc.) through all calc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normaliz | Normaliz is a free computer algebra system developed by Winfried Bruns, Robert Koch (1998–2002), Bogdam Ichim (2007/08) and Christof Soeger (2009–2016). It is published under the GNU General Public License version 2.
Normaliz computes lattice points in rational polyhedra, or, in other terms, solves linear diophantine ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistent%20pricing%20process | A consistent pricing process (CPP) is any representation of (frictionless) "prices" of assets in a market. It is a stochastic process in a filtered probability space such that at time the component can be thought of as a price for the asset.
Mathematically, a CPP in a market with d-assets is an adapted process... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multistorey%20car%20park | A multistorey car park (British and Singapore English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistory, parking building, parking structure, parkade (mainly Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck or indoor parking, is a building designed for car, motorcycle and bicycle parking and where there are a num... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NZXT | NZXT is an American computer hardware manufacturer based in Los Angeles, California. The company manufactures computer cases, components, and accessories for the PC gaming market.
History
NZXT was founded in 2004 by Johnny Hou producing products specifically for the DIY PC building community. The company's first produ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagiotis%20E.%20Souganidis | Panagiotis E. Souganidis (Παναγιώτης E. Σουγανίδης) is an American mathematician, specializing in partial differential equations.
Biography
Souganidis graduated in 1981 with B.A. from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. At the University of Wisconsin–Madison he graduated with M.A. in 1981 and Ph.D. in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy%20of%20commonly%20fossilised%20invertebrates | Taxonomy of commonly fossilised invertebrates is a complex and evolving field that combines both traditional and modern paleozoological terminology. This article aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the various invertebrate taxa that are commonly found in the fossil record, from protists to arthropods. The taxon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven%20Solutions | Seven Solutions is a Spanish hardware technology company headquartered in Granada, Spain, that developed the first white rabbit element on The White Rabbit Project which it was the White Rabbit Switch to use the Precision Time Protocol (PTP) in real application as networking. Seven Solutions got involved on it with t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoanaerobacter%20thermocopriae | Thermoanaerobacter thermocopriae, previously known as Clostridium thermocopriae is a bacterium belonging to the Bacillota. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground%20tissue | The ground tissue of plants includes all tissues that are neither dermal nor vascular. It can be divided into three types based on the nature of the cell walls. This tissue system is present between the dermal tissue and forms the main bulk of the plant body.
Parenchyma cells have thin primary walls and usually remai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virial%20stress | Virial stress is a measure of mechanical stress on an atomic scale for homogeneous systems.
The expression of the (local) virial stress can be derived as the functional derivative of the free energy of a molecular system with respect to the deformation tensor.
Volume averaged Definition
The instantaneous volume avera... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-name%20system | A real-name system is a system in which users can register an account on a blog, website or bulletin board system using their legal name.
Users are required to provide identification credentials and their legal name. A public pseudonym can also be used, but the person's identity is available to legal authorities for u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected%20Extensible%20Authentication%20Protocol | PEAP is also an acronym for Personal Egress Air Packs.
The Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol, also known as Protected EAP or simply PEAP, is a protocol that encapsulates the Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) within an encrypted and authenticated Transport Layer Security (TLS) tunnel. The purpose was ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tango%20%28platform%29 | Tango (formerly named Project Tango, while in testing) was an augmented reality computing platform, developed and authored by the Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP), a skunkworks division of Google. It used computer vision to enable mobile devices, such as smartphones and tablets, to detect their position relative... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybase%20iAnywhere | Sybase iAnywhere, is a subsidiary of Sybase specializing in mobile computing, management and security and enterprise database software. SQL Anywhere, formerly known as SQL Anywhere Studio or Adaptive Server Anywhere (ASA), is the company's flagship relational database management system (RDBMS). SQL Anywhere powers popu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorgonin | Gorgonin is a complex protein that makes up the horny skeleton of the holaxonia suborder of gorgonians. It frequently contains appreciable quantities of bromine, iodine, and tyrosine.
Scientific use
Research has shown that measurements of the gorgonin and calcite within species of gorgonia can be useful in paleoclimat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artin%20L-function | In mathematics, an Artin L-function is a type of Dirichlet series associated to a linear representation ρ of a Galois group G. These functions were introduced in 1923 by Emil Artin, in connection with his research into class field theory. Their fundamental properties, in particular the Artin conjecture described below,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day%E2%80%93evening%E2%80%93night%20noise%20level | The day–evening–night noise level or L is a 2002 European standard to express noise level over an entire day. It imposes a penalty on sound levels during evening and night and it is primarily used for noise assessments of airports, busy main roads, main railway lines and in cities over 100,000 residents. The penalty fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandmother%20hypothesis | The grandmother hypothesis is a hypothesis to explain the existence of menopause in human life history by identifying the adaptive value of extended kin networking. It builds on the previously postulated "mother hypothesis" which states that as mothers age, the costs of reproducing become greater, and energy devoted to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20der%20Waerden%20notation | In theoretical physics, Van der Waerden notation refers to the usage of two-component spinors (Weyl spinors) in four spacetime dimensions. This is standard in twistor theory and supersymmetry. It is named after Bartel Leendert van der Waerden.
Dotted indices
Undotted indices (chiral indices)
Spinors with lower undot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Btz%20domain | In molecular biology, the Btz domain (CASC3/Barentsz eIF4AIII binding domain) is a protein domain found on CASC3 (cancer susceptibility candidate gene 3 protein) which is also known as Barentsz (Btz). CASC3 is a component of the EJC (exon junction complex) which is a complex that is involved in post-transcriptional reg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methylation%20induced%20premeiotically | In molecular biology, methylation induced premeiotically (MIP) is a process by which cytosines within repeated DNA sequences are de novo methylated prior to the sexual cycle. This process was first described in the ascomycete Ascobolus immersens. MIP is dependent upon the gene masc1 which encodes a cytosine methyltrans... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20meridian%20west | The meridian 23° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 23rd meridian west forms a great circle with the 157th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsed-field%20gel%20electrophoresis | Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) is a technique used for the separation of large DNA molecules by applying to a gel matrix an electric field that periodically changes direction. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis is a method used to separate large segments of DNA using an alternating and cross field. In a uniform ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective%20circulating%20volume | The effective circulating volume (ECV) is the volume of arterial blood effectively perfusing tissue. ECV is a dynamic quantity and not a measurable, distinct compartment. This concept is useful for discussion of cardiovascular and renal physiology.
Though ECV normally varies with extracellular fluid (ECF), they beco... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20Sciences%20Foundation | Life Sciences Foundation (LSF) was a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization that was established in 2011 to collect, preserve, interpret, and promote the history of biotechnology. LSF conducted historical research, maintained archives and published historically relevant materials and information.
On December 1, 2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensor%20digitorum%20longus%20muscle | The extensor digitorum longus is a pennate muscle, situated at the lateral part of the front of the leg.
Structure
It arises from the lateral condyle of the tibia; from the upper three-quarters of the anterior surface of the body of the fibula; from the upper part of the interosseous membrane; from the deep surface of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcusenius%20furcidens | Marcusenius furcidens is a species of electric fish in the family Mormyridae, found in the Como, Bandama, Sassandra, Bia and Tano rivers. It is native to the Ivory Coast and Ghana; it can reach a size of approximately .
Regarding its conservation status, according to the IUCN, this species was previously classified as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial%20archaeal%20holin%20family | The Putative Bacterial Archaeal Holin (BAH) Family (TC# 9.B.185) consists of several uncharacterized proteins. However, these proteins were retrieved when functionally characterized holins from the T-A Hol family (TC# 1.E.43) were BLASTED against the NCBI database, and thus may be related to the T-A Hol family. Most BA... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian%20closed%20category | In category theory, a category is Cartesian closed if, roughly speaking, any morphism defined on a product of two objects can be naturally identified with a morphism defined on one of the factors. These categories are particularly important in mathematical logic and the theory of programming, in that their internal lan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myoporum%20rimatarense | Myoporum rimatarense was a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and was endemic to Rimatara Island in French Polynesia. It is only known from the type specimen collected in 1921 and 1934 and was declared extinct in 2021 by the IUCN Red List.
Description
Myoporum rimatarense is a small tree growing to a heigh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACBD3 | Golgi resident protein GCP60 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACBD3 gene.
Function
The Golgi complex plays a key role in the sorting and modification of proteins exported from the endoplasmic reticulum. ACBD3 is involved in maintaining the Golgi structure by interacting with giantin, which affects the t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd%20Shapley | Lloyd Stowell Shapley (; June 2, 1923 – March 12, 2016) was an American mathematician and Nobel Memorial Prize-winning economist. He contributed to the fields of mathematical economics and especially game theory. Shapley is generally considered one of the most important contributors to the development of game theory si... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-NABLE | E-NABLE is a distributed, Open Source community that creates and shares open source designs for assistive devices. It is known for creating the first 3D printable prosthetic hand and sharing the designs and code for bioelectric limbs.
History
In 2011, Ivan Owen created a metal, functional puppet hand for a Steampunk ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveyor%27s%20wheel | A surveyor's wheel, also called a clickwheel, hodometer, waywiser, trundle wheel, measuring wheel or perambulator is a device for measuring distance.
Origin
The origins of the surveyor's wheel are connected to the origins of the odometer. While the latter is derived to measure distances travelled by a vehicle, the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialysis%20%28chemistry%29 | In chemistry, dialysis is the process of separating molecules in solution by the difference in their rates of diffusion through a semipermeable membrane, such as dialysis tubing.
Dialysis is a common laboratory technique that operates on the same principle as medical dialysis. In the context of life science research, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristolochic%20acid | Aristolochic acids () are a family of carcinogenic, mutagenic, and nephrotoxic phytochemicals commonly found in the flowering plant family Aristolochiaceae (birthworts). Aristolochic acid (AA) I is the most abundant one. The family Aristolochiaceae includes the genera Aristolochia and Asarum (wild ginger), which are co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roughness%20%28psychophysics%29 | Roughness is studied by examining how textures are perceived and encoded by an individual's somatosensory system. In an experiment to measure and compare the roughness of different sounds, listeners are presented with different sounds and asked to rate their roughness, for example on a rating scale. Recent research has... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UC%20Davis%20Department%20of%20Viticulture%20and%20Enology | The Department of Viticulture and Enology at the University of California, Davis, located in Davis, California, offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the areas of grape growing and wine making. Located just 45 minutes from Napa Wine Country the department has strong connections with wine producers in California... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radeon%20R300%20series | The R300 GPU, introduced in August 2002 and developed by ATI Technologies, is its third generation of GPU used in Radeon graphics cards. This GPU features 3D acceleration based upon Direct3D 9.0 and OpenGL 2.0, a major improvement in features and performance compared to the preceding R200 design. R300 was the first ful... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fracking%20and%20radionuclides | Hydraulic fracturing is the propagation of fractures in a rock layer by pressurized fluid. Induced hydraulic fracturing or hydrofracking, commonly known as fracking, is a technique used to release petroleum, natural gas (including shale gas, tight gas and coal seam gas), or other substances for extraction, particularly... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangential%20and%20normal%20components | In mathematics, given a vector at a point on a curve, that vector can be decomposed uniquely as a sum of two vectors, one tangent to the curve, called the tangential component of the vector, and another one perpendicular to the curve, called the normal component of the vector. Similarly, a vector at a point on a surfac... |
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