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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Reed%20%28mathematician%29 | Bruce Alan Reed FRSC is a Canadian mathematician and computer scientist, the Canada Research Chair in Graph Theory and a former professor of computer science at McGill University. His research is primarily in graph theory.
Academic career
Reed earned his Ph.D. in 1986 from McGill, under the supervision of Vašek Chváta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/URBI | Urbi is an open-source cross-platform software computing platform written in C++ used to develop applications for robotics and complex systems. Urbi is based on the UObject distributed C++ component architecture. It also includes the urbiscript orchestration language which is a parallel and event-driven script language... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar%20mount | A polar mount is a movable mount for satellite dishes that allows the dish to be pointed at many geostationary satellites by slewing around one axis. It works by having its slewing axis parallel, or almost parallel, to the Earth's polar axis so that the attached dish can follow, approximately, the geostationary orbit, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheese | Cheese is a dairy product produced in wide ranges of flavors, textures, and forms by coagulation of the milk protein casein. It comprises proteins and fat from milk (usually the milk of cows, buffalo, goats, or sheep). During production, milk is usually acidified and either the enzymes of rennet or bacterial enzymes wi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20T.%20Barlow | Martin Thomas Barlow FRS FRSC (born 16 June 1953 in London) is a British mathematician who is professor of mathematics at the University of British Columbia in Canada since 1992.
History
Barlow is the son of Andrew Dalmahoy Barlow (1916–2006) and his wife Yvonne. He is thus the grandson of Alan Barlow, and his wife No... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query%20by%20humming | Query by humming (QbH) is a music retrieval system that branches off the original classification systems of title, artist, composer, and genre. It normally applies to songs or other music with a distinct single theme or melody. The system involves taking a user-hummed melody (input query) and comparing it to an existin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeromedical%20Biological%20Containment%20System | The Aeromedical Biological Containment System (ABCS) is an aeromedical evacuation capability devised by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and government contractor Phoenix Air between 2007 and 2010. Its purpose is to safely air-transport... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Gilchrist | Bruce Gilchrist (4 August 1930 – 23 May 2015) is considered one of the notable figures in modern computing history.
Early life and education
Gilchrist was born 4 August 1930 in Pontefract, Yorkshire, England and attended King Edward VII School in Kings Lynn. He harbored a keen interest in computing and computing de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Source%20%28online%20service%29 | The Source (Source Telecomputing Corporation) was an early online service, one of the first such services to be oriented toward and available to the general public. The Source described itself as follows:
The Source was in operation from 1978 to 1989, when it was purchased by rival CompuServe and discontinued sometime... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial%20topology | In mathematics, combinatorial topology was an older name for algebraic topology, dating from the time when topological invariants of spaces (for example the Betti numbers) were regarded as derived from combinatorial decompositions of spaces, such as decomposition into simplicial complexes. After the proof of the simpli... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20box | In science, computing, and engineering, a black box is a system which can be viewed in terms of its inputs and outputs (or transfer characteristics), without any knowledge of its internal workings. Its implementation is "opaque" (black). The term can be used to refer to many inner workings, such as those of a transisto... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20and%20health%20care | The Catholic Church is the largest non-government provider of health care services in the world. It has around 18,000 clinics, 16,000 homes for the elderly and those with special needs, and 5,500 hospitals, with 65 percent of them located in developing countries. In 2010, the Church's Pontifical Council for the Pastora... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Tridecanol | 1-Tridecanol is an alcohol with the formula C13H27OH. It is a colorless fatty alcohol that turns white when solid. 1-Tridecanol usually occurs as a mixture of different isomeric to compounds such as 2-tridecanol, 3-tridecanol, 4-tridecanol, 5-tridecanol, 6-tridecanol, and isotridecanol.
Use
1-Tridecanol is used as a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Journal%20of%20Systematic%20and%20Evolutionary%20Microbiology | The International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research in the field of microbial systematics that was established in 1951. Its scope covers the taxonomy, nomenclature, identification, characterisation, culture preservation, phylogeny, evolution, and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudocereal | A pseudocereal or pseudograin is one of any non-grasses that are used in much the same way as cereals (true cereals are grasses). Pseudocereals can be further distinguished from other non-cereal staple crops (such as potatoes) by their being processed like a cereal: their seed can be ground into flour and otherwise use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyphosate | Glyphosate (IUPAC name: N-(phosphonomethyl)glycine) is a broad-spectrum systemic herbicide and crop desiccant. It is an organophosphorus compound, specifically a phosphonate, which acts by inhibiting the plant enzyme 5-enolpyruvylshikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSP). It is used to kill weeds, especially annual broadle... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury%20corpus | The Canterbury corpus is a collection of files intended for use as a benchmark for testing lossless data compression algorithms. It was created in 1997 at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand and designed to replace the Calgary corpus. The files were selected based on their ability to provide representative perfo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem%20%28music%29 | In musical notation, stems are the, "thin, vertical lines that are directly connected to the [note] head." Stems may point up or down. Different-pointing stems indicate the voice for polyphonic music written on the same staff. Within one voice, the stems usually point down for notes on the middle line or higher, and up... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahedral%20symmetry | A regular tetrahedron has 12 rotational (or orientation-preserving) symmetries, and a symmetry order of 24 including transformations that combine a reflection and a rotation.
The group of all (not necessarily orientation preserving) symmetries is isomorphic to the group S4, the symmetric group of permutations of four ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended%20Access%20Control | Extended Access Control (EAC) is a set of advanced security features for electronic passports that protects and restricts access to sensitive personal data contained in the RFID chip. In contrast to common personal data (like the bearer's photograph, names, date of birth, etc.) which can be protected by basic mechanism... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack%20of%20the%20Killer%20Tomatoes%20%281986%20video%20game%29 | Attack of the Killer Tomatoes is a computer game released in 1986 for the Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC and MSX. It is based on the 1978 comedy film of the same name.
The player takes control of Wimp Plasbot, who works in a tomato puree plant, and must rid the plant of the mutated killer tomatoes, referred to in the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locus%20%28genetics%29 | In genetics, a locus (: loci) is a specific, fixed position on a chromosome where a particular gene or genetic marker is located. Each chromosome carries many genes, with each gene occupying a different position or locus; in humans, the total number of protein-coding genes in a complete haploid set of 23 chromosomes is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kallithea%20%28software%29 | Kallithea is a cross-platform free software source code management system, the primary goal of which is to provide a repository hosting service with features for collaboration, such as forking, pull requests, code review, issue tracking etc. Kallithea is a fork of RhodeCode, created after the original developer had cha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star-K | Star-K Kosher Certification, also known as the Vaad Hakashrut of Baltimore (), is a kosher certification agency based in Baltimore, Maryland, under the administration of Rabbi Moshe Heinemann, with the involvement of many other rabbis. It is one of the largest Jewish dietary certification agencies in North America. It ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Lawson%20Stoddard | John Lawson Stoddard (April 24, 1850 – June 5, 1931) was an American lecturer, author and photographer. He was a pioneer in the use of the stereopticon or magic lantern, adding photographs to his popular lectures about his travels around the world. Because he published books related to his travels, he is credited with ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft%20photon | In particle physics, soft photons are photons having photon energies much smaller than the energies of the particles participating in a particular scattering process, and they are not energetic enough to be detected. Such photons can be emitted from (or absorbed by) the external (incoming and outgoing) lines of charged... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apical%20membrane%20antigen%201 | In molecular biology, apical membrane antigen 1 is a novel antigen of Plasmodium falciparum which has been cloned. It contains a hydrophobic domain typical of an integral membrane protein. The antigen is designated apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA-1) by virtue of appearing to be located in the apical complex. AMA-1 appea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viterbi%20algorithm | The Viterbi algorithm is a dynamic programming algorithm for obtaining the maximum a posteriori probability estimate of the most likely sequence of hidden states—called the Viterbi path—that results in a sequence of observed events, especially in the context of Markov information sources and hidden Markov models (HMM).... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erythrosine | Erythrosine, also known as Red No. 3, is an organoiodine compound, specifically a derivative of fluorone. It is a pink dye which is primarily used for food coloring. It is the disodium salt of 2,4,5,7-tetraiodofluorescein. Its maximum absorbance is at 530 nm in an aqueous solution, and it is subject to photodegradatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic%20Lion%20Reintroduction%20Project | The Asiatic Lion Reintroduction Project is an initiative of the Indian Government to provide safeguards to the Asiatic lion (Panthera leo leo) from extinction in the wild by means of reintroduction. The last wild population of the Asiatic lion is found in the region of Gir Forest National Park, in the state of Gujarat.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPTF14hls | iPTF14hls is an unusual supernova star that erupted continuously for about 1,000 days beginning in September 2014 before becoming a remnant nebula. It had previously erupted in 1954. None of the theories nor proposed hypotheses fully explain all the aspects of the object.
Observations
The star iPTF14hls was discover... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very-long-baseline%20interferometry | Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a type of astronomical interferometry used in radio astronomy. In VLBI a signal from an astronomical radio source, such as a quasar, is collected at multiple radio telescopes on Earth or in space. The distance between the radio telescopes is then calculated using the time dif... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanites%20aegyptiaca | Balanites aegyptiaca (also known as the Egyptian balsam) is a species of tree, classified as a member of either the Zygophyllaceae or the Balanitaceae. This tree is native to much of Africa and parts of the Middle East.
There are many common names for this plant. In English the fruit has been called desert date, and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirichlet%20algebra | In mathematics, a Dirichlet algebra is a particular type of algebra associated to a compact Hausdorff space X. It is a closed subalgebra of C(X), the uniform algebra of bounded continuous functions on X, whose real parts are dense in the algebra of bounded continuous real functions on X. The concept was introduced by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receptor%20theory | Receptor theory is the application of receptor models to explain drug behavior. Pharmacological receptor models preceded accurate knowledge of receptors by many years. John Newport Langley and Paul Ehrlich introduced the concept that receptors can mediate drug action at the beginning of the 20th century. Alfred Joseph ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20in%20paleobotany | This article records new taxa of fossil plants that are scheduled to be described during the year 2021, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleobotany that are scheduled to occur in the year 2021.
Ferns and fern allies
Bennettitales
Cycadales
Ginkgoales
Vladimariales
Conifers
Araucari... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIST%20%28metric%29 | NIST is a method for evaluating the quality of text which has been translated using machine translation. Its name comes from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology.
It is based on the BLEU metric, but with some alterations. Where BLEU simply calculates n-gram precision adding equal weight to each one, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traction%20control%20system | A traction control system (TCS), is typically (but not necessarily) a secondary function of the electronic stability control (ESC) on production motor vehicles, designed to prevent loss of traction (i.e., wheelspin) of the driven road wheels. TCS is activated when throttle input and engine power and torque transfer are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoprincipia | Neoprincipia is interpreted as the earliest crown-group red algae. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segmented%20filamentous%20bacteria | Segmented filamentous bacteria or Candidatus Savagella are members of the gut microbiota of rodents, fish and chickens, and have been shown to potently induce immune responses in mice. They form a distinct lineage within the Clostridiaceae and the name Candidatus Savagella has been proposed for this lineage.
They were... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20captive%20orcas | Orcas, or killer whales, are large predatory cetaceans that were first captured live and displayed in exhibitions in the 1960s. They soon became popular attractions at public aquariums and aquatic theme parks due to their intelligence, trainability, striking appearance, playfulness in captivity and sheer size. As of Fe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-430%20microRNA%20precursor%20family | In molecular biology mir-430 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms.
See also
MicroRNA
Further reading
External links
MicroRNA
MicroRNA precursor families |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EC%20identification%20and%20health%20marks | Identification marks and health marks are the oval-shaped markings found on food products of animal origin in the European Community, required by European Union food safety regulations. It identifies the processing establishment that produced and packaged the product and that is therefore responsible for its hygiene st... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycoside%20hydrolase%20family%2018 | In molecular biology, Glycoside hydrolase family 18 is a family of glycoside hydrolases.
Glycoside hydrolases are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolase... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential%20consistency | Sequential consistency is a consistency model used in the domain of concurrent computing (e.g. in distributed shared memory, distributed transactions, etc.).
It is the property that "... the result of any execution is the same as if the operations of all the processors were executed in some sequential order, and the o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20Knowledge%20Institute | The Free Knowledge Institute (FKI) is a non-profit organisation founded in 2006 in the Netherlands. Inspired by the free software movement, the FKI fosters the free exchange of knowledge in all areas of society by promoting freedom of use, modification, copying, and distribution of knowledge pertaining to education, te... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Release%20engineering | Release engineering, frequently abbreviated as RE or as the clipped compound Releng, is a sub-discipline in software engineering concerned with the compilation, assembly, and delivery of source code into finished products or other software components. Associated with the software release life cycle, it was said by Bor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial%20direct-current%20stimulation | Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a form of neuromodulation that uses constant, low direct current delivered via electrodes on the head. It was originally developed to help patients with brain injuries or neuropsychiatric conditions such as major depressive disorder. It can be contrasted with cranial el... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takahiro%20Kawai | is a Japanese mathematician working on algebraic analysis. He is a professor emeritus at RIMS. He was a student of Mikio Sato at the same time as Masaki Kashiwara with whom he later shared the Asahi Prize in 1987. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindfold | A blindfold (from Middle English ) is a garment, usually of cloth, tied to one's head to cover the eyes to disable the wearer's sight. While a properly fitted blindfold prevents sight even if the eyes are open, a poorly tied or trick blindfold may let the wearer see around or even through the blindfold.
Applications
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuchal%20ligament | The nuchal ligament is a ligament at the back of the neck that is continuous with the supraspinous ligament.
Structure
The nuchal ligament extends from the external occipital protuberance on the skull and median nuchal line to the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra in the lower part of the neck.
From th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnel%20cluster | A tunnel cluster, more formally tunnel cluster of the cervix and cervical tunnel cluster, is a benign group of dilated endocervical glands in the cervix.
It is significant only in that it can be confused for a malignancy, i.e. cancer.
See also
Cervical cancer |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haloplanus%20salinarium | Haloplanus salinarum is a halophilic Archaeon in the family of Halobacteriaceae. It was isolated from the Gomso solar saltern in Buan County, South Korea. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tay%E2%80%93Sachs%20disease | Tay–Sachs disease is a genetic disorder that results in the destruction of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. The most common form is infantile Tay–Sachs disease, which becomes apparent around the age of three to six months of age, with the baby losing the ability to turn over, sit, or crawl. This is then follow... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Call%20signs%20in%20Argentina | Call signs in Argentina are unique identifiers for communication. Call signs are regulated internationally by the ITU as well as nationally by the Comisión Nacional de Comunicaciones of the Argentine government.
Assignments for telecommunications
The International Telecommunication Union has assigned Argentina the fol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Hiram%20Lathrop | John Hiram Lathrop (January 22, 1799 – August 2, 1866) was a well-known American educator during the early 19th century. He served as the first President of both the University of Missouri and the University of Wisconsin as well as president of Indiana University.
Early life
John Lathrop was born in Sherburne, New Yo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bert%20Schiettecatte | Bert Schiettecatte (born January 1, 1979) is a Belgian entrepreneur who created the Audiocubes.
Biography
Bert Schiettecatte was born in Ghent, Belgium. He has an electronic music production background . He holds an MSc in computer science from the University of Brussels (VUB) and an MA/MST of Arts in Music, Science ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20edeposit | National edeposit (NED) is a collaboration between Australia's nine national, state and territory libraries which provides for the legal deposit, management, storage and preservation of, and access to, published electronic material across Australia. It is a website, a system and a service, the result of a project by Na... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMPL | OMPL (Open Motion Planning Library) is a software package for computing motion plans using sampling-based algorithms. The content of the library is limited to motion planning algorithms, which means there is no environment specification, no collision detection or visualization. This is intentional as the library is des... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guqin%20notation | The notation of the guqin is a unique form of tablature for the Chinese musical instrument, with a history of over 1,500 years, still in use today.
History
Written qin music did not directly tell what notes were played; instead, it was written in a tablature detailing tuning, finger positions, and stroke technique,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%20protein | P protein, also known as melanocyte-specific transporter protein or pink-eyed dilution protein homolog, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the oculocutaneous albinism II (OCA2) gene. The P protein is believed to be an integral membrane protein involved in small molecule transport, specifically of tyrosine—a prec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%20of%20primitive%20Pythagorean%20triples | In mathematics, a tree of primitive Pythagorean triples is a data tree in which each node branches to three subsequent nodes with the infinite set of all nodes giving all (and only) primitive Pythagorean triples without duplication.
A Pythagorean triple is a set of three positive integers a, b, and c having the proper... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LASNEX | LASNEX is a computer program that simulates the interactions between x-rays and a plasma, along with many effects associated with these interactions. The program is used to predict the performance of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) devices such as the Nova laser or proposed particle beam "drivers".
Versions of LASNE... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotational%20diffusion | Rotational diffusion is the rotational movement which acts upon any object such as particles, molecules, atoms when present in a fluid, by random changes in their orientations.
Whilst the directions and intensities of these changes are statistically random, they do not arise randomly and are instead the result of inter... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersion%20%28geology%29 | Dispersion is a process that occurs in soils that are particularly vulnerable to erosion by water. In soil layers where clays are saturated with sodium ions ("sodic soils"), soil can break down very easily into fine particles and wash away. This can lead to a variety of soil and water quality problems, including:
larg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srulik | Srulik (, ) is a cartoon character symbolizing Israel. The character was created in 1956 by the Israeli cartoonist Kariel Gardosh, known by his pen name Dosh.
The cartoon appeared for many years in the newspaper Maariv. Yosef Lapid, Dosh's colleague on the editorial board of Maariv, described Srulik as an icon of Isr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium%20pump | Calcium pumps are a family of ion transporters found in the cell membrane of all animal cells. They are responsible for the active transport of calcium out of the cell for the maintenance of the steep Ca2+ electrochemical gradient across the cell membrane. Calcium pumps play a crucial role in proper cell signalling by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Cryptogram%20Association | The American Cryptogram Association (ACA) is an American non-profit organization devoted to the hobby of cryptography, with an emphasis on types of codes, ciphers, and cryptograms that can be solved either with pencil and paper, or with computers, but not computer-only systems.
History
The ACA was formed on September... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersion%20staining | The optical properties of all liquid and solid materials change as a function of the wavelength of light used to measure them. This change as a function of wavelength is called the dispersion of the optical properties. The graph created by plotting the optical property of interest by the wavelength at which it is mea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle%20%28chess%20machine%29 | Belle was a chess computer developed by Joe Condon (hardware) and Ken Thompson (software) at Bell Labs. In 1983, it was the first machine to achieve master-level play, with a USCF rating of 2250. It won the ACM North American Computer Chess Championship five times and the 1980 World Computer Chess Championship. It was ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNase%20H-dependent%20PCR | RNase H-dependent PCR (rhPCR) is a modification of the standard PCR technique. In rhPCR, the primers are designed with a removable amplification block on the 3’ end. Amplification of the blocked primer is dependent on the cleavage activity of a hyperthermophilic archaeal Type II RNase H enzyme during hybridization to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laotian%20giant%20flying%20squirrel | The Laotian giant flying squirrel (Biswamoyopterus laoensis) is an arboreal, flying squirrel endemic to Laos. It was the second described member in the genus Biswamoyopterus, after being first collected in September 2012 by scientists researching the animal corpses in the illegal Thongnami bushmeat market, Ban Thongnam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernstein%27s%20theorem%20%28approximation%20theory%29 | In approximation theory, Bernstein's theorem is a converse to Jackson's theorem. The first results of this type were proved by Sergei Bernstein in 1912.
For approximation by trigonometric polynomials, the result is as follows:
Let f: [0, 2π] → C be a 2π-periodic function, and assume r is a natural number, and 0 < α... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum%20power%20principle | The maximum power principle or Lotka's principle has been proposed as the fourth principle of energetics in open system thermodynamics, where an example of an open system is a biological cell. According to Howard T. Odum, "The maximum power principle can be stated: During self-organization, system designs develop and p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDNA%202 | RDNA 2 is a GPU microarchitecture designed by AMD, released with the Radeon RX 6000 series on November 18, 2020. Alongside powering the RX 6000 series, RDNA 2 is also featured in the SoCs designed by AMD for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and Steam Deck consoles.
Background
On July 7, 2019, AMD released the firs... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Edward%20Hughes | George Edward Hughes (8 June 1918 – 4 March 1994) was an Irish-born New Zealand philosopher and logician whose principal scholarly works were concerned with modal logic and medieval philosophy.
Biography
Hughes was born on 8 June 1918 in Waterford city, Ireland. His English parents George James Hughes and Gertrude Spa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20Kirwan | Dame Frances Clare Kirwan, (born 21 August 1959) is a British mathematician, currently Savilian Professor of Geometry at the University of Oxford. Her fields of specialisation are algebraic and symplectic geometry.
Education
Kirwan was educated at Oxford High School, and studied maths as an undergraduate at Clare Col... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conductivity%20near%20the%20percolation%20threshold | Conductivity near the percolation threshold in physics, occurs in a mixture between a dielectric and a metallic component. The conductivity and the dielectric constant of this mixture show a critical behavior if the fraction of the metallic component reaches the percolation threshold.
The behavior of the conductivi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o%20Lucas%20Marques%20Barbosa | João Lucas Marques Barbosa (born April 9, 1943) is a Brazilian physicist, researcher, and university professor.
Commander and Grand Officer of the National Order of Scientific Merit (Ordem Nacional do Mérito Científico) and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences (Academia Brasileira de Ciências - ABC), João Lucas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%201440 | The IBM 1440 computer was announced by IBM October 11, 1962. This member of the IBM 1400 series was described many years later as "essentially a lower-cost version of the 1401", and programs for the 1440 could easily be adapted to run on the IBM 1401.
Despite what IBM described as "special features ... to meet immedia... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naked%20cuticle%201 | Naked cuticle 1 (NKD1) is a human gene that encodes the protein Nkd1, a member of the Naked cuticle (Nkd) family of proteins that regulate the Wnt signaling pathway. Insects typically have a single Nkd gene, whereas there are two Nkd genes, Nkd1 and Nkd2, in most vertebrates studied to date (zebrafish appear to have a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PET100 | PET100 homolog is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PET100 gene. Mitochondrial complex IV, or cytochrome c oxidase, is a large transmembrane protein complex that is part of the respiratory electron transport chain of mitochondria. The small protein encoded by the PET100 gene plays a role in the biogenesis of m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/194%20%28number%29 | 194 (one hundred [and] ninety-four) is the natural number following 193 and preceding 195.
In mathematics
194 is the smallest Markov number that is neither a Fibonacci number nor a Pell number
194 is the smallest number written as the sum of three squares in five ways
194 is the number of irreducible representation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s%20Snake | A Rubik's Snake (also Rubik's Twist, Rubik's Transformable Snake, Rubik’s Snake Puzzle) is a toy with 24 wedges that are right isosceles triangular prisms. The wedges are connected by spring bolts, so that they can be twisted, but not separated. By being twisted, the Rubik's Snake can be made to resemble a wide variety... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure%20fusion%20weapon | A pure fusion weapon is a hypothetical hydrogen bomb design that does not need a fission "primary" explosive to ignite the fusion of deuterium and tritium, two heavy isotopes of hydrogen used in fission-fusion thermonuclear weapons. Such a weapon would require no fissile material and would therefore be much easier to d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical%20cluster | A geographical cluster is a localized anomaly, usually an excess of something given the distribution or variation of something else. Often it is considered as an incidence rate that is unusual in that there is more of some variable than might be expected. Examples would include: a local excess disease rate, a crime hot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood%20%28mathematics%29 | In topology and related areas of mathematics, a neighbourhood (or neighborhood) is one of the basic concepts in a topological space. It is closely related to the concepts of open set and interior. Intuitively speaking, a neighbourhood of a point is a set of points containing that point where one can move some amount in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%3A285%20scale | 1:285 scale or 6 mm figure size is a US Army scale introduced in the late 1960s, and used for wargames and some scale model dioramas. It is used in miniature wargaming to depict large battles in a relatively small gaming area. 1:300 scale (5 mm scale) is an almost identical NATO standard scale.
Both figure scales are ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kollar%20carp | The Kollar carp (Cyprinus carpio x Carassius auratus) is a hybrid fish obtained by crossing common carp (Cyprinus carpio) and goldfish (Carassius auratus). Described by the Austrian zoologist Johann Jacob Heckel, its binomial name pays tribute to his compatriot, entomologist Vincenz Kollar. Having been considered a sep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20Format%20Description | In television technology, Active Format Description (AFD) is a standard set of codes that can be sent in the MPEG video stream or in the baseband SDI video signal that carries information about their aspect ratio and other active picture characteristics. It has been used by television broadcasters to enable both 4:3 an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMD%20FirePro | AMD FirePro was AMD's brand of graphics cards designed for use in workstations and servers running professional Computer-aided design (CAD), Computer-generated imagery (CGI), Digital content creation (DCC), and High-performance computing/GPGPU applications. The GPU chips on FirePro-branded graphics cards are identical ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified%20Allan%20variance | The modified Allan variance (MVAR), also known as mod σy2(τ), is a variable bandwidth modified variant of Allan variance, a measurement of frequency stability in clocks, oscillators and amplifiers. Its main advantage relative to Allan variance is its ability to separate white phase noise from flicker phase noise.
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOST | GOST () refers to a set of international technical standards maintained by the Euro-Asian Council for Standardization, Metrology and Certification (EASC), a regional standards organization operating under the auspices of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
All sorts of regulated standards are included, with ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezophile | A piezophile (from Greek "piezo-" for pressure and "-phile" for loving) is an organism with optimal growth under high hydrostatic pressure i.e. an organism that has its maximum rate of growth at a hydrostatic pressure equal to or above 10 MPa (= 99 atm = 1,450 psi), when tested over all permissible temperatures. Origin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20porphyria | Amanita porphyria, also known as the grey veiled amanita or the porphyry amanita, is a fairly common, inedible mushroom of the genus Amanita found in Europe and North America.
Description
A. porphyria is similar in overall shape and smell to the very common Amanita citrina, but the cap colour is different and the rin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joos%E2%80%93Weinberg%20equation | In relativistic quantum mechanics and quantum field theory, the Joos–Weinberg equation is a relativistic wave equation applicable to free particles of arbitrary spin , an integer for bosons () or half-integer for fermions (). The solutions to the equations are wavefunctions, mathematically in the form of multi-componen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godunov%27s%20scheme | In numerical analysis and computational fluid dynamics, Godunov's scheme is a conservative numerical scheme, suggested by Sergei Godunov in 1959, for solving partial differential equations. One can think of this method as a conservative finite volume method which solves exact, or approximate Riemann problems at each in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog%20transmission | Analog transmission is a transmission method of conveying information using a continuous signal which varies in amplitude, phase, or some other property in proportion to that information. It could be the transfer of an analog signal, using an analog modulation method such as frequency modulation (FM) or amplitude modul... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sketch%20%28mathematics%29 | In the mathematical theory of categories, a sketch is a category D, together with a set of cones intended to be limits and a set of cocones intended to be colimits. A model of the sketch in a category C is a functor
that takes each specified cone to a limit cone in C and each specified cocone to a colimit cocone in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagnetic%20latitude | Geomagnetic latitude, or magnetic latitude (MLAT), is a parameter analogous to geographic latitude, except that, instead of being defined relative to the geographic poles, it is defined by the axis of the geomagnetic dipole, which can be accurately extracted from the International Geomagnetic Reference Field (IGRF).
S... |
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