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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACACA | Acetyl-CoA carboxylase 1 also known as ACC-alpha or ACCa is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ACACA gene.
Function
Acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACC) is a complex multifunctional enzyme system. ACC is a biotin-containing enzyme which catalyzes the carboxylation of acetyl-CoA to malonyl-CoA, the rate-limiting step... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cariniana%20penduliflora | Cariniana penduliflora is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Gat | Johnny Gat is a fictional character from Volition's Saints Row series of action-adventure video games. Voiced by American actor Daniel Dae Kim, the character was originally introduced in 2006's Saints Row as a lieutenant of the Third Street Saints, a street gang operating out of the Saint's Row district in the fictiona... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphipathic%20lipid%20packing%20sensor%20motifs | Amphipathic Lipid Packing Sensor (ALPS) motifs were first identified in 2005 in ARFGAP1 and have been reviewed.
The curving of a phospholipid bilayer, for example into a liposome, causes disturbances to the packing of the lipids on the side of the bilayer that has the larger surface area (the outside of a liposome for... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Kempton%20Adams%20Lectures | The Ernest Kempton Adams (EKA) Lectures at Columbia University is a lecture series on physics that originally took place from 1905 to 1913. According to physicist Andrew Millis, the series "marked the beginning of America’s engagement with modern physics," and was the first and only occasion on which several leading Eu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleobase%20cation%20symporter-2 | The Nucleobase cation symporter-2 (NCS2) family, also called the Nucleobase ascorbate transporter (NAT) family, consists of over 1000 sequenced proteins derived from gram-negative and gram-positive bacteria, archaea, fungi, plants and animals. The NCS2/NAT family is a member of the APC Superfamily of secondary carriers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushiki%27s%20theorem | In mathematics, particularly in the study of functions of several complex variables, Ushiki's theorem, named after S. Ushiki, states that certain well-behaved functions cannot have certain kinds of well-behaved invariant manifolds.
The theorem
A biholomorphic mapping cannot have a 1-dimensional compact smooth invari... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Senate%20Bill%201386%20%282002%29 | California S.B. 1386 was a bill passed by the California legislature that amended the California law regulating the privacy of personal information: civil codes 1798.29, 1798.82 and 1798.84. This was an early example of many future U.S. and international security breach notification laws, it was introduced by Californi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-544%20microRNA%20precursor%20family | In molecular biology mir-544 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/MAD-1 | The MAD-1 (Modular Advanced Design-1) is an IBM PC–compatible desktop computer released by Mad Computers, Inc., of Santa Clara, California, in 1984. The computer was noted among the technology press for its unique, modular design and its 80186 microprocessor, the latter seldom used in PC compatibles. It received positi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioclogging | Bioclogging or biological clogging is the clogging of pore space in soil by microbial biomass; their body and their byproducts such as extracellular polymeric substance (EPS). The microbial biomass blocks the pathway of water in the pore space, forming a certain thickness of the impermeable layer in the soil, and it r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onefin%20electric%20ray | The onefin electric ray or Cape numbfish (Narke capensis) is a common but little-known species of electric ray in the family Narkidae, native to South Africa and Namibia. It is a benthic fish found in shallow coastal bays over sandy or muddy bottoms. This small species reaches in length, and has a nearly circular pect... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent%20death | Apparent death is a behavior in which animals take on the appearance of being dead. It is an immobile state most often triggered by a predatory attack and can be found in a wide range of animals from insects and crustaceans to mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish. Apparent death is separate from the freezing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptotology | Asymptotology has been defined as “the art of dealing with applied mathematical systems in limiting cases” as well as “the science about the synthesis of simplicity and exactness by means of localization".
Principles
The field of asymptotics is normally first encountered in school geometry with the introduction of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range%20%28particle%20radiation%29 | In passing through matter, charged particles ionize and thus lose energy in many steps, until their energy is (almost) zero. The distance to this point is called the range of the particle. The range depends on the type of particle, on its initial energy and on the material through which it passes.
For example, if the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20copy%20protection%20schemes | This is a list of notable copy protection schemes for various medias.
Computer Software protection schemes
Dongle
Hardware key containing electronic serial number required to run the software; relatively expensive and has no recovery when the hardware breaks.
Product Activation
Requiring user to verify the licens... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquatic%20feeding%20mechanisms | Aquatic feeding mechanisms face a special difficulty as compared to feeding on land, because the density of water is about the same as that of the prey, so the prey tends to be pushed away when the mouth is closed. This problem was first identified by Robert McNeill Alexander. As a result, underwater predators, especia... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold%20voltage | The threshold voltage, commonly abbreviated as Vth or VGS(th), of a field-effect transistor (FET) is the minimum gate-to-source voltage (VGS) that is needed to create a conducting path between the source and drain terminals. It is an important scaling factor to maintain power efficiency.
When referring to a junction f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microformat | Microformats (μF) are a set of defined HTML classes created to serve as consistent and descriptive metadata about an element, designating it as representing a certain type of data (such as contact information, geographic coordinates, events, blog posts, products, recipes, etc.). They allow software to process the infor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Otis%20Whitman | Charles Otis Whitman (December 6, 1842 – December 14, 1910) was an American zoologist, who was influential to the founding of classical ethology (study of animal behavior). A dedicated educator who preferred to teach a few research students at a time, he made major contributions in the areas of evolution and embryology... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision%20detection | Collision detection is the computational problem of detecting the intersection of two or more objects. Collision detection is a classic issue of computational geometry and has applications in various computing fields, primarily in computer graphics, computer games, computer simulations, robotics and computational physi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUTS%20statistical%20regions%20of%20Austria | The Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) is a geocode standard for referencing the subdivisions of Austria for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering the European Union's Structural Funds. The NUTS code for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20computer | A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose microcomputer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or technician. Unlike large, costly minicomputers and mainframes, time-sharing by ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th%20meridian%20west | The meridian 46° 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 46th meridian west forms a great circle with the 134th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toe%20pecking | Toe pecking, an abnormal behaviour of birds in captivity, occurs when one bird pecks the toes of another using its beak. This behaviour has been reported in hens and ostriches. Studies have shown that hens exposed to toe pecking have significantly enlarged adrenal glands, indicating increased physiological stress. Hens... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symlink%20race | A symlink race is a kind of software security vulnerability that results from a program creating files in an insecure manner. A malicious user can create a symbolic link to a file not otherwise accessible to them. When the privileged program creates a file of the same name as the symbolic link, it actually creates the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating%20calipers | In computational geometry, the method of rotating calipers is an algorithm design technique that can be used to solve optimization problems including finding the width or diameter of a set of points.
The method is so named because the idea is analogous to rotating a spring-loaded vernier caliper around the outside of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20birds%20by%20flight%20speed | This is a list of the fastest flying birds in the world. A bird's velocity is necessarily variable; a hunting bird will reach much greater speeds while diving to catch prey than when flying horizontally. The bird that can achieve the greatest airspeed is the peregrine falcon, able to exceed in its dives. A close relat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-sigma%20factors | In the regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes, anti-sigma factors bind to sigma factors and inhibit transcriptional activity. Anti-sigma factors have been found in a number of bacteria, including Escherichia coli and Salmonella, and in the T4 bacteriophage. Anti-sigma factors are antagonists to the sigma factors... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCaMP | GCaMP is a genetically encoded calcium indicator (GECI) initially developed in 2001 by Junichi Nakai. It is a synthetic fusion of green fluorescent protein (GFP), calmodulin (CaM), and M13, a peptide sequence from myosin light-chain kinase. When bound to Ca2+, GCaMP fluoresces green with a peak excitation wavelength of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic%20resonance%20force%20microscopy | Magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) is an imaging technique that acquires magnetic resonance images (MRI) at nanometer scales, and possibly at atomic scales in the future. MRFM is potentially able to observe protein structures which cannot be seen using X-ray crystallography and protein nuclear magnetic resonanc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuder%E2%80%93Richardson%20formulas | In psychometrics, the Kuder–Richardson formulas, first published in 1937, are a measure of internal consistency reliability for measures with dichotomous choices. They were developed by Kuder and Richardson.
Kuder–Richardson Formula 20 (KR-20)
The name of this formula stems from the fact that is the twentieth formula ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedekind%20number | In mathematics, the Dedekind numbers are a rapidly growing sequence of integers named after Richard Dedekind, who defined them in 1897. The Dedekind number M(n) is the number of monotone boolean functions of n variables. Equivalently, it is the number of antichains of subsets of an n-element set, the number of elements... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20exchange | Key exchange (also key establishment) is a method in cryptography by which cryptographic keys are exchanged between two parties, allowing use of a cryptographic algorithm.
If the sender and receiver wish to exchange encrypted messages, each must be equipped to encrypt messages to be sent and decrypt messages received.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladislav%20Horohorin | Vladislav Anatolievich Horohorin, (), alias BadB, is a former hacker and international credit card trafficker who was convicted of wire fraud and served a seven-year prison sentence.
Early life
Horohorin was born on September 29, 1982, and grew up in Donetsk, Ukraine, emigrating in 1999 to Israel with his mother, whe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthalpy%E2%80%93entropy%20compensation | In thermodynamics, enthalpy–entropy compensation is a specific example of the compensation effect. The compensation effect refers to the behavior of a series of closely related chemical reactions (e.g., reactants in different solvents or reactants differing only in a single substituent), which exhibit a linear relation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excavator%20%28microarchitecture%29 | AMD Excavator Family 15h is a microarchitecture developed by AMD to succeed Steamroller Family 15h for use in AMD APU processors and normal CPUs. On October 12, 2011, AMD revealed Excavator to be the code name for the fourth-generation Bulldozer-derived core.
The Excavator-based APU for mainstream applications is call... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imo.im | imo is a proprietary audio/video calling and instant messaging software service. It allows sending music, video, PDFs and other files, along with various free stickers. It supports encrypted group video and voice calls with up to 20 participants. According to its developer, the service possesses over 200 million users ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20solar%20model | The standard solar model (SSM) is a mathematical treatment of the Sun as a spherical ball of gas (in varying states of ionisation, with the hydrogen in the deep interior being a completely ionised plasma). This model, technically the spherically symmetric quasi-static model of a star, has stellar structure described by... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelvetia | Pelvetia canaliculata, the channelled wrack, is a very common brown alga (Phaeophyceae) found on the rocks of the upper shores of Europe. It is the only species remaining in the monotypic genus Pelvetia. In 1999, the other members of this genus were reclassified as Silvetia due to differences of oogonium structure and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No-three-in-line%20problem | The no-three-in-line problem in discrete geometry asks how many points can be placed in the grid so that no three points lie on the same line. The problem concerns lines of all slopes, not only those aligned with the grid. It was introduced by Henry Dudeney in 1900. Brass, Moser, and Pach call it "one of the oldest an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6m%C3%B6ri%20trichrome%20stain | Gömöri trichrome stain is a histological stain used on muscle tissue.
It can be used to test for certain forms of mitochondrial myopathy.
It is named for George Gömöri, who developed it in 1950. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20scar | Quantum scarring refers to a phenomenon where the eigenstates of a classically chaotic quantum system have enhanced probability density around the paths of unstable classical periodic orbits. The instability of the periodic orbit is a decisive point that differentiates quantum scars from the more trivial observation th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TootsieToy | Tootsietoy is a manufacturer of die cast toy cars and other toy vehicles which was originally based in Chicago, Illinois. Though the Tootsietoy name has been used since the 1920s, the company's origins date from about 1890. An enduring marque, toys with the Tootsietoy name were consistently popular from the 1930s throu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SoapUI | SoapUI is an open-source web service testing application for Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) and representational state transfers (REST). Its functionality covers web service inspection, invoking, development, simulation and mocking, functional testing, load and compliance testing. A commercial version, ReadyAPI (... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%20%28territory%29 | In medieval Europe, a march or mark was, in broad terms, any kind of borderland, as opposed to a national "heartland". More specifically, a march was a border between realms or a neutral buffer zone under joint control of two states in which different laws might apply. In both of these senses, marches served a politica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma%20gelsolin | Plasma gelsolin (pGSN) is an 83 kDa abundant protein constituent of normal plasma and an important component of the innate immune system. The identification of pGSN in Drosophila melanogaster and C. elegans points to an ancient origin early in evolution. Its extraordinary structural conservation reflects its critical r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haloterrigena | Haloterrigena (common abbreviation Htg.) is a genus of the Natrialbaceae.
Taxonomy
Species formerly placed in this taxon
Haloterrigena daqingensis, now Natronorubrum daqingense
Haloterrigena hispanica, now Natrinema hispanicum
Haloterrigena limicola, now Natrinema limicola
Haloterrigena longa, now Natrinema longu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmar%20radiocarpal%20ligament | The palmar radiocarpal ligament (anterior ligament, volar radiocarpal ligament) is a broad membranous band, attached above to the distal end of the radius, and passing downward to the scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum and capitate of the carpal bones in the wrist.
In addition to this broad membrane, there is a rounded fas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU%20toolchain | The GNU toolchain is a broad collection of programming tools produced by the GNU Project. These tools form a toolchain (a suite of tools used in a serial manner) used for developing software applications and operating systems.
The GNU toolchain plays a vital role in development of Linux, some BSD systems, and software... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collective%20operation | Collective operations are building blocks for interaction patterns, that are often used in SPMD algorithms in the parallel programming context. Hence, there is an interest in efficient realizations of these operations.
A realization of the collective operations is provided by the Message Passing Interface (MPI).
Defi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conservation%20biology%20of%20parasites | A large proportion of living species on Earth live a parasitic way of life. Parasites have traditionally been seen as targets of eradication efforts, and they have often been overlooked in conservation efforts. In the case of parasites living in the wild – and thus harmless to humans and domesticated animals – this vie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extensor%20pollicis%20brevis%20muscle | In human anatomy, the extensor pollicis brevis is a skeletal muscle on the dorsal side of the forearm. It lies on the medial side of, and is closely connected with, the abductor pollicis longus. The extensor pollicis brevis (EPB) belongs to the deep group of the posterior fascial compartment of the forearm.[1] It is a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15th%20meridian%20west | The meridian 15° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 15th meridian west forms a great circle with the 165th meridian east.
From Pole to Pole
Starting... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte%20Sieve | The Byte Sieve is a computer-based implementation of the Sieve of Eratosthenes published by Byte as a programming language performance benchmark. It first appeared in the September 1981 edition of the magazine and was revisited on occasion. Although intended to compare the performance of different languages on the same... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann%20curvature%20tensor | In the mathematical field of differential geometry, the Riemann curvature tensor or Riemann–Christoffel tensor (after Bernhard Riemann and Elwin Bruno Christoffel) is the most common way used to express the curvature of Riemannian manifolds. It assigns a tensor to each point of a Riemannian manifold (i.e., it is a ten... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanized%20mouse | A humanized mouse is a mouse carrying functioning human genes, cells, tissues, and/or organs. Humanized mice are commonly used as small animal models in biological and medical research for human therapeutics.
A humanized mouse or a humanized mouse model is one that has been xenotransplanted with human cells and/or eng... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krener%27s%20theorem | In mathematics, Krener's theorem is a result attributed to Arthur J. Krener in geometric control theory about the topological properties of attainable sets of finite-dimensional control systems. It states that any attainable set of a bracket-generating system has nonempty interior or, equivalently, that any attainable... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provirus%20silencing | Provirus silencing, or proviral silencing, is the repression of expression of proviral genes in cells.
A provirus is a viral DNA that has been incorporated into the chromosome of a host cell, often by retroviruses such as HIV.
Endogenous retroviruses are always in the provirus state in the host cell and replicate thr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitotic%20recombination | Mitotic recombination is a type of genetic recombination that may occur in somatic cells during their preparation for mitosis in both sexual and asexual organisms. In asexual organisms, the study of mitotic recombination is one way to understand genetic linkage because it is the only source of recombination within an ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertext%20Application%20Language | Hypertext Application Language (HAL) is a convention for defining hypermedia such as links to external resources within JSON or XML code. It is documented in an Internet Draft (a "work in progress"), with the latest version 11 published the 10th of October 2023. The standard was initially proposed in June 2012 specif... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychophysiology%20%28journal%29 | Psychophysiology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Society for Psychophysiological Research. The editor-in-chief is Monica Fabiani (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in:
According to the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional%20freezing | Directional freezing freezes from only one direction.
Directional freezing can freeze water, from only one direction or side of a container, into clear ice.
Directional freezing in a domestic freezer can be done by putting water in a insulated container so that the water freezes from the top down, and removing before... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral%20shape%20analysis | Spectral shape analysis relies on the spectrum (eigenvalues and/or eigenfunctions) of the Laplace–Beltrami operator to compare and analyze geometric shapes. Since the spectrum of the Laplace–Beltrami operator is invariant under isometries, it is well suited for the analysis or retrieval of non-rigid shapes, i.e. benda... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LogMAR%20chart | A logMAR chart (Logarithm of the Minimum Angle of Resolution) is a chart consisting of rows of letters that is used by ophthalmologists, orthoptists, optometrists, and vision scientists to estimate visual acuity. The chart was developed at the National Vision Research Institute of Australia in 1976, and is designed to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omasitis | Omasitis is an inflammation of the omasum, the third compartment of the stomach in ruminants. It usually accompanies rumenitis, and is often caused by infection with Fusobacterium necrophorum. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20singularity | A ring singularity or ringularity is the gravitational singularity of a rotating black hole, or a Kerr black hole, that is shaped like a ring.
Description of a ring singularity
When a spherical non-rotating body of a critical radius collapses under its own gravitation under general relativity, theory suggests it will... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfson%20Brain%20Imaging%20Centre | The Wolfson Brain Imaging Centre (WBIC) is a UK Biomedical Imaging Centre, located at Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, England, on the Cambridge Bio-Medical Campus at the southwestern end of Hills Road. It is a division of the Department of Clinical Neurosciences of the University of Cambridge.
The Centre opened i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20eagle | Military eagles () are military insignia used in the Polish Armed Forces, based on the White Eagle of the Polish coat of arms. They are used on elements of military uniforms such as hats and buttons, as well as on military banners, flags, medals, emblems, publications etc. One variant exists for each of the five branch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand%20Strategy%20Assessment%20Center | The RAND Strategy Assessment Center was first conceived in 1979 with the goal of developing “new methods for strategic analysis that combine the best features or war gaming and analytical modeling.” Work began in April 1980. The initial request for the center came from the Department of Defense while the funding was pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livor%20mortis | Livor mortis (Latin: līvor – "bluish color, bruise", mortis – "of death"), postmortem lividity (Latin: postmortem – "after death", lividity – "black and blue"), hypostasis (Greek: ὑπό, hypo, meaning "under, beneath"; στάσις, stasis, meaning "a standing") or suggillation, is the second stage of death and one of the sign... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RasGEF%20domain | RasGEF domain is domain found in the CDC25 family of guanine nucleotide exchange factors for Ras-like small GTPases.
Ras proteins are membrane-associated molecular switches that bind GTP and GDP and slowly hydrolyze GTP to GDP. The balance between the GTP bound (active) and GDP bound (inactive) states is regulated by... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Execute%20Channel%20Program%20in%20Real%20Storage | In IBM mainframe operating systems, Execute Channel Program in Real Storage (EXCPVR) is a macro generating a system call, implemented as a Supervisor Call instruction, for low-level device access, where the programmer is responsible for providing a list of device-specific CCWs, that is, a channel program, to be execute... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-innocent%20ligand | In chemistry, a (redox) non-innocent ligand is a ligand in a metal complex where the oxidation state is not
clear. Typically, complexes containing non-innocent ligands are redox active at mild potentials. The concept assumes that redox reactions in metal complexes are either metal or ligand localized, which is a simp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Program%20equilibrium | Program equilibrium is a game-theoretic solution concept for a scenario in which players submit computer programs to play the game on their behalf and the programs can read each other's source code. The term was introduced by Moshe Tennenholtz in 2004. The same setting had previously been studied by R. Preston McAfee,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mucous%20membrane%20of%20the%20soft%20palate | The mucous membrane of the soft palate is thin, and covered with stratified squamous epithelium on both surfaces, except near the pharyngeal ostium of the auditory tube, where it is columnar and ciliated.
According to Klein, the mucous membrane on the nasal surface of the soft palate in the fetus is covered throughout... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-functional%20requirements%20framework | NFR (Non-Functional Requirements) need a framework for compaction. The analysis begins with softgoals that represent NFR which stakeholders agree upon. Softgoals are goals that are hard to express, but tend to be global qualities of a software system. These could be usability, performance, security and flexibility in a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryosurgery | Cryosurgery is the use of extreme cold in surgery to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue; thus, it is the surgical application of cryoablation. The term comes from the Greek words cryo (κρύο) ("icy cold") and surgery (cheirourgiki – χειρουργική) meaning "hand work" or "handiwork".
Cryosurgery has been historically use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20early%20third%20generation%20computers | This list of early third generation computers, tabulates those computers using monolithic integrated circuits (ICs) as their primary logic elements, starting from small-scale integration CPUs (SSI) to large-scale integration CPUs (LSI). Computers primarily using ICs first came into use about 1961 for military use. Wit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissection%20into%20orthoschemes | In geometry, it is an unsolved conjecture of Hugo Hadwiger that every simplex can be dissected into orthoschemes, using a number of orthoschemes bounded by a function of the dimension of the simplex. If true, then more generally every convex polytope could be dissected into orthoschemes.
Definitions and statement
In t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht%20D%C3%BCrer | Albrecht Dürer (; ; 21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528), sometimes spelled in English as Durer, was a German painter, printmaker, and theorist of the German Renaissance. Born in Nuremberg, Dürer established his reputation and influence across Europe in his twenties due to his high-quality woodcut prints. He was in contact with... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20gene | A nuclear gene is a gene whose physical DNA nucleotide sequence is located in the cell nucleus of a eukaryote. The term is used to distinguish nuclear genes from genes found in mitochondria or chloroplasts. The vast majority of genes in eukaryotes are nuclear.
Endosymbiotic theory
Mitochondria and plastids evolved fr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermocrinis%20albus | Thermocrinis albus is a bacterium. Its type strain is HI 11/12 (DSM 14484, JCM 11386). |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent%20Cullers | Kent Cullers (July 21, 1949 – July 17, 2021) was an American astronomer, who was a manager of SETI's Project Phoenix. In 2005, he retired from the SETI Institute.
Early life and education
Cullers was born in July 1949 in El Reno, Oklahoma, the son of an oil field engineer. His birth was premature and to save his life... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP%20Vectra | HP Vectra was a line of business-oriented personal computers manufactured by Hewlett-Packard (now HP Inc.). It was introduced in October 1985 as HP's first IBM-compatible PC.
Hewlett-Packard, which originally made its name through selling test equipment, made its move into the computing field in 1967 with HP 1000/2100... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20Federation%20of%20Agriculture%2C%20Food%20and%20the%20Environment | The Italian Federation of Agriculture, Food and the Environment (, FAI) is a trade union representing workers in various related industries in Italy.
The union was founded on 8 May 1997 at a conference in Lignano, when the Federation of Food and Tobacco merged with the Italian Federation of Agricultural Employees and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posterior%20auricular%20muscle | The posterior auricular muscle is a muscle behind the auricle of the outer ear. It arises from the mastoid part of the temporal bone, and inserts into the lower part of the cranial surface of the auricle of the outer ear. It draws the auricle backwards, usually a very slight effect.
Structure
The posterior auricular ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nopcsaspondylus | Nopcsaspondylus (meaning "Nopcsa's vertebra", in reference to the original describer) is a genus of rebbachisaurid sauropod dinosaur (a type of large, long-necked quadrupedal herbivorous dinosaur) from the Cenomanian-age (Upper Cretaceous) Candeleros Formation of Neuquén, Argentina. It is based on a now-lost back verte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer%20G.%20Gilbert | Elmer Grant Gilbert was an American aerospace engineer and a Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. He received his Ph.D. in Instrumentation Engineering from Michigan in 1957.
He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a recipient of the 1994 IEEE Control Systems Awa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setpoint%20%28control%20system%29 | In cybernetics and control theory, a setpoint (SP; also set point) is the desired or target value for an essential variable, or process value (PV) of a control system, which may differ from the actual measured value of the variable. Departure of such a variable from its setpoint is one basis for error-controlled regul... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby-led%20potty%20training | Baby-led potty training is a system for meeting babies' toileting needs. The main feature of the system is that care-givers 'hold babies out' or support them on a potty in order for them to void in an appropriate place outside their nappy. The method is typically started before the baby is six months old. Care-givers u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20physics%20articles%20%28Y%29 | The index of physics articles is split into multiple pages due to its size.
To navigate by individual letter use the table of contents below.
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Y. P. Varshni
Yablonovite
Yadin Dudai
Yahya El Mashad
Yakir Aharonov
Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich
Yakov Frenkel
Yakov Lvovich Alpert
Yamakawa Kenjirō
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics%20education%20research | <noinclude>
Physics education research (PER) is a form of discipline-based education research specifically related to the study of the teaching and learning of physics, often with the aim of improving the effectiveness of student learning. PER draws from other disciplines, such as sociology, cognitive science, educa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinworm%20infection | Pinworm infection (threadworm infection in the UK), also known as enterobiasis, is a human parasitic disease caused by the pinworm. The most common symptom is itching in the anal area. The period of time from swallowing eggs to the appearance of new eggs around the anus is 4 to 8 weeks. Some people who are infected do... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heyting%20algebra | In mathematics, a Heyting algebra (also known as pseudo-Boolean algebra) is a bounded lattice (with join and meet operations written ∨ and ∧ and with least element 0 and greatest element 1) equipped with a binary operation a → b of implication such that (c ∧ a) ≤ b is equivalent to c ≤ (a → b). From a logical standpoin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20acetate | Sodium acetate, CH3COONa, also abbreviated NaOAc, is the sodium salt of acetic acid. This colorless deliquescent salt has a wide range of uses.
Applications
Biotechnological
Sodium acetate is used as the carbon source for culturing bacteria. Sodium acetate is also useful for increasing yields of DNA isolation by etha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlicide | Starlicide or gull toxicant is a chemical avicide that is highly toxic to European starlings (thus the name) and gulls, but less toxic to other birds or to mammals such as humans and pets.
Synonyms
The name starlicide originated as a registered trademark of the animal feed manufacturer Ralston-Purina in St. Louis, Mi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dew%20point%20depression | The dew point depression (T-Td) is the difference between the temperature and dew point temperature at a certain height in the atmosphere.
For a constant temperature, the smaller the difference, the more moisture there is, and the higher the relative humidity. In the lower troposphere, more moisture (small dew point d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy%20path | In the context of software or information modeling, a happy path (sometimes called happy flow) is a default scenario featuring no exceptional or error conditions. For example, the happy path for a function validating credit card numbers would be where none of the validation rules raise an error, thus letting execution ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaudfroid%20sauce | Chaudfroid sauce, also spelled as chaud-froid sauce, is a culinary sauce that can be prepared using a reduction of boiled meat carcasses and other ingredients. Simpler preparations of the sauce omit the use of meat, and some use sauces such as espagnole, allemande or velouté as a base. Chaudfroid sauce is typically ser... |
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