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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-topology | In mathematics, especially in algebraic geometry, the v-topology (also known as the universally subtrusive topology) is a Grothendieck topology whose covers are characterized by lifting maps from valuation rings.
This topology was introduced by and studied further by , who introduced the name v-topology, where v stand... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PComb3H | pComb3H, a derivative of pComb3 optimized for expression of human fragments, is a phagemid used to express proteins such as zinc finger proteins and antibody fragments on phage pili for the purpose of phage display selection.
For the purpose of phage production, it contains the bacterial ampicillin resistance gene (fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedometric%20mapping | Pedometric mapping, or statistical soil mapping, is data-driven generation of soil property and class maps that is based on use of statistical methods. Its main objectives are to predict values of some soil variable at unobserved locations, and to access the uncertainty of that estimate using statistical inference i.e.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20counting | Cell counting is any of various methods for the counting or similar quantification of cells in the life sciences, including medical diagnosis and treatment. It is an important subset of cytometry, with applications in research and clinical practice. For example, the complete blood count can help a physician to determin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squircle | A squircle is a shape intermediate between a square and a circle. There are at least two definitions of "squircle" in use, the most common of which is based on the superellipse. The word "squircle" is a portmanteau of the words "square" and "circle". Squircles have been applied in design and optics.
Superellipse-based... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connection%20%28principal%20bundle%29 | In mathematics, and especially differential geometry and gauge theory, a connection is a device that defines a notion of parallel transport on the bundle; that is, a way to "connect" or identify fibers over nearby points. A principal G-connection on a principal G-bundle P over a smooth manifold M is a particular type o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B8rlund%E2%80%93Rice%20integral | In mathematics, the Nørlund–Rice integral, sometimes called Rice's method, relates the nth forward difference of a function to a line integral on the complex plane. It commonly appears in the theory of finite differences and has also been applied in computer science and graph theory to estimate binary tree lengths. It ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip%20%28vehicle%20dynamics%29 | In (automotive) vehicle dynamics, slip is the relative motion between a tire and the road surface it is moving on. This slip can be generated either by the tire's rotational speed being greater or less than the free-rolling speed (usually described as percent slip), or by the tire's plane of rotation being at an angle... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trabecular%20veins | The trabecular veins are the largest veins inside the spleen. They drain the blood collected in the sinuses of the pulp.
Details
The blood is collected from the interstices of the splenic tissue by the rootlets of the veins, which begin much in the same way as the arteries end.
The connective-tissue corpuscles of the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders%20of%20magnitude%20%28probability%29 | This page lists events in order of increasing probability, grouped by orders of magnitude. These probabilities were calculated given assumptions detailed in the relevant articles and references. For example, the probabilities of obtaining the different poker hands assume that the cards are dealt fairly. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A1jek%E2%80%93Le%20Cam%20convolution%20theorem | In statistics, the Hájek–Le Cam convolution theorem states that any regular estimator in a parametric model is asymptotically equivalent to a sum of two independent random variables, one of which is normal with asymptotic variance equal to the inverse of Fisher information, and the other having arbitrary distribution.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caspian%20race | The Caspian race was a supposed sub-race of the Caucasian race in the context of a now-outdated model of dividing humanity into different races which was developed originally by Europeans in support of colonialism. The term is used by M. G. Abdushelishvili (1979) as constituting a branch of the Mediterranean race or Ir... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSK%20299423 | GSK 299423 or GlaxoSmithKline 299423 is an antibiotic chemical compound that has been identified as potentially effective in treating patients infected with bacteria expressing the New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase. The antibiotic inhibits the enzyme topoisomerase, which bacteria need to replicate.
No animal studies ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity%20hypothesis%20of%20health | According to the biodiversity hypothesis, reduced contact of people with natural environment and biodiversity may adversely affect the human commensal microbiota and its immunomodulatory capacity. The hypothesis is based on the observation that two dominant socio-ecological trends – the loss of biodiversity and increas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20Language%20Runtime | The Dynamic Language Runtime (DLR) from Microsoft runs on top of the Common Language Runtime (CLR) and provides computer language services for dynamic languages. These services include:
A dynamic type system, to be shared by all languages using the DLR services
Dynamic method dispatch
Dynamic code generation
Hosti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability%20%28semiconductor%29 | Reliability of a semiconductor device is the ability of the device to perform its intended function during the life of the device in the field.
There are multiple considerations that need to be accounted for when developing reliable semiconductor devices:
Semiconductor devices are very sensitive to impurities and pa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acceleration%20voltage | In accelerator physics, the term acceleration voltage means the effective voltage surpassed by a charged particle along a defined straight line. If not specified further, the term is likely to refer to the longitudinal effective acceleration voltage .
The acceleration voltage is an important quantity for the design of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffin%E2%80%93Schaeffer%20theorem | The Duffin–Schaeffer theorem is a theorem in mathematics, specifically, the Diophantine approximation proposed by R. J. Duffin and A. C. Schaeffer in 1941. It states that if is a real-valued function taking on positive values, then for almost all (with respect to Lebesgue measure), the inequality
has infinitely ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOS%20BASIC | STOS BASIC is a dialect of the BASIC programming language for the Atari ST personal computer. It was designed for creating games, but the set of high-level graphics and sound commands it offers is suitable for developing multimedia software without knowledge of the internals of the Atari ST.
STOS BASIC was developed b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio%20system%20measurements | Audio system measurements are a means of quantifying system performance. These measurements are made for several purposes. Designers take measurements so that they can specify the performance of a piece of equipment. Maintenance engineers make them to ensure equipment is still working to specification, or to ensure tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjuncts | In brewing, adjuncts are unmalted grains (such as corn, rice, rye, oats, barley, and wheat) or grain products used in brewing beer which supplement the main mash ingredient (such as malted barley). This is often done with the intention of cutting costs, but sometimes also to create an additional feature, such as better... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel%20%28algebra%29 | In algebra, the kernel of a homomorphism (function that preserves the structure) is generally the inverse image of 0 (except for groups whose operation is denoted multiplicatively, where the kernel is the inverse image of 1). An important special case is the kernel of a linear map. The kernel of a matrix, also called t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicopter%20Cube | The Helicopter Cube is a Rubik's Cube-like puzzle invented by Adam G. Cowan in 2005 and built in 2006. It is also in the shape of a cube. At first glance, the Helicopter Cube may seem like a combination of the 2x2x2 and the Skewb, but it actually cuts differently, and twists around cube edges rather than cube faces. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville%20theta%20functions | In mathematics, the Neville theta functions, named after Eric Harold Neville, are defined as follows:
where: K(m) is the complete elliptic integral of the first kind, , and is the elliptic nome.
Note that the functions θp(z,m) are sometimes defined in terms of the nome q(m) and written θp(z,q) (e.g. NI... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junction%20temperature | Junction temperature, short for transistor junction temperature, is the highest operating temperature of the actual semiconductor in an electronic device. In operation, it is higher than case temperature and the temperature of the part's exterior. The difference is equal to the amount of heat transferred from the junct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoTempest | AutoTempest is an aggregator of online classified advertisements specifically for cars, that searches craigslist, eBay Motors, AutoTrader.com, Cars.com, Auto Trader (Canada), and others.
Created in 2007, AutoTempest started out as Hank's Helper, an offshoot of SearchTempest (Craig's Helper at the time) as a way of pro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptovirology | Cryptovirology refers to the use of cryptography to devise particularly powerful malware, such as ransomware and asymmetric backdoors. Traditionally, cryptography and its applications are defensive in nature, and provide privacy, authentication, and security to users. Cryptovirology employs a twist on cryptography, sho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrowhead%20Mills | Arrowhead Mills is a brand of organic baking mixes, grains, and, cereals.
The brand has been owned by Hain Celestial Group since 1999. Since 2019, the brand has been owned by Hometown Food Co. Its consumer affairs department is located in Boulder, Colorado.
History
Arrowhead Mills was founded in 1960 by nutritioni... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTAM | FTAM, ISO standard 8571, is the OSI application layer protocol for file transfer, access and management.
The goal of FTAM is to combine into a single protocol both file transfer, similar in concept to the Internet FTP, as well as remote access to open files, similar to NFS. However, like the other OSI protocols, FTAM ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loss%20functions%20for%20classification | In machine learning and mathematical optimization, loss functions for classification are computationally feasible loss functions representing the price paid for inaccuracy of predictions in classification problems (problems of identifying which category a particular observation belongs to). Given as the space of all ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour%20%28flag%29 | A colour is a name for certain kinds of flags.
On land, it usually refers to regimental colours, but the term is also used outside military situations - for example, Boys Brigade as well as the Royal Rangers, Scout and Girl Guide flags are known as colours.
At sea, the term "flying the colours" refers to a warship sai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duocarmycin | The duocarmycins are members of a series of related natural products first isolated from Streptomyces bacteria in 1978. They are notable for their extreme cytotoxicity and thus represent a class of exceptionally potent antitumour antibiotics.
Biological activity
As small-molecule, synthetic, DNA minor groove binding a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%20surface | In mathematics, Fresnel's wave surface, found by Augustin-Jean Fresnel in 1822, is a quartic surface describing the propagation of light in an optically biaxial crystal. Wave surfaces are special cases of tetrahedroids which are in turn special cases of Kummer surfaces.
In projective coordinates (w:x:y:z) the wave su... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss%20coordinate%20system | The Swiss coordinate system (or Swiss grid) is a geographic coordinate system used in Switzerland and Liechtenstein for maps and surveying by the Swiss Federal Office of Topography (Swisstopo).
A first coordinate system was introduced in 1903 under the name LV03 (Landesvermessung 1903, German for “land survey 1903”), ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intertec%20Superbrain | The Intertec SuperBrain was an all-in-one commercial microcomputer that was first sold by Intertec Data Systems Corporation of Columbia, South Carolina, USA in 1979. The machine ran the operating system CP/M and was somewhat unusual in that it used dual Z80 CPUs, the second being used as a disk controller. In 1983, the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20misinformation | False information, including intentional disinformation and conspiracy theories, about the scale of the COVID-19 pandemic and the origin, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of the disease has been spread through social media, text messaging, and mass media. False information has been propagated by celebrities, politi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roblox | Roblox () is an online game platform and game creation system developed by Roblox Corporation that allows users to program games and play games created by other users. Created by David Baszucki and Erik Cassel in 2004 and released in 2006, the platform hosts user-created games of multiple genres coded in the programmin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encapsulation%20%28computer%20programming%29 | In software systems, encapsulation refers to the bundling of data with the mechanisms or methods that operate on the data. It may also refer to the limiting of direct access to some of that data, such as an object's components. Encapsulation allows developers to present a consistent and usable interface which is indep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seston | Seston (from ) refers to the particles suspended in bodies of water, such as oceans, lakes, and rivers. Small particles of seston may be formed by the breaking down of larger particles amidst the crashing of waves, mixing of water currents, or slow disintegration. The organic constituents of seston include plankton and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B3bert%20Szelepcs%C3%A9nyi | Róbert Szelepcsényi (; born 19 August 1966, Žilina) is a Slovak computer scientist of Hungarian descent and a member of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava.
His results on the closure of non-deterministic space under complement, independently obtained in 1987 also b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20pressure | In science and engineering the study of high pressure examines its effects on materials and the design and construction of devices, such as a diamond anvil cell, which can create high pressure. By high pressure is usually meant pressures of thousands (kilobars) or millions (megabars) of times atmospheric pressure (abou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cane%20%28grass%29 | Cane is any of various tall, perennial grasses with flexible, woody stalks from the genera Arundinaria, and Arundo.
Scientifically speaking, they are either of two genera from the family Poaceae. The genus Arundo is native from the Mediterranean Basin to the Far East. The genus Arundinaria is a bamboo (Bambuseae) fou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrion%20%28comics%29 | Carrion is a fictional character, a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is usually depicted as an enemy of Spider-Man.
Publication history
The Miles Warren clone version of Carrion first appeared in The Spectacular Spider-Man #25 and was created by Bill Mantlo, Jim ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asymptote | In analytic geometry, an asymptote () of a curve is a line such that the distance between the curve and the line approaches zero as one or both of the x or y coordinates tends to infinity. In projective geometry and related contexts, an asymptote of a curve is a line which is tangent to the curve at a point at infinity... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroadhesion | Electroadhesion is the electrostatic effect of astriction between two surfaces subjected to an electrical field. Applications include the retention of paper on plotter surfaces, astrictive robotic prehension (electrostatic grippers) etc. Clamping pressures in the range of 0.5 to 1.5 N/cm2 (0.8 to 2.3 psi) have been cla... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubble%20fusion | Bubble fusion is the non-technical name for a nuclear fusion reaction hypothesized to occur inside extraordinarily large collapsing gas bubbles created in a liquid during acoustic cavitation. The more technical name is sonofusion.
The term was coined in 2002 with the release of a report by Rusi Taleyarkhan and collabo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Lasker%20Award%20for%20Basic%20Medical%20Research | The Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research is one of the prizes awarded by the Lasker Foundation for a fundamental discovery that opens up a new area of biomedical science. The award frequently precedes a Nobel Prize in Medicine; almost 50% of the winners have gone on to win one.
List of Albert Lasker Award fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cayley%20configuration%20space | In the mathematical theory of structural rigidity, the Cayley configuration space of a linkage over a set of its non-edges , called Cayley parameters, is the set of distances attained by over all its frameworks, under some -norm. In other words, each framework of the linkage prescribes a unique set of distances to the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linearizability | In concurrent programming, an operation (or set of operations) is linearizable if it consists of an ordered list of invocation and response events, that may be extended by adding response events such that:
The extended list can be re-expressed as a sequential history (is serializable).
That sequential history is a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin%20%28operating%20system%29 | Darwin is the core Unix operating system of macOS (previously OS X and Mac OS X), iOS, watchOS, tvOS, iPadOS, visionOS, and bridgeOS. It previously existed as an independent open-source operating system, first released by Apple Inc. in 2000. It is composed of code derived from NeXTSTEP, BSD, Mach, and other free softwa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasklist | In computing, tasklist is a command available in Microsoft Windows and in the AROS shell.
It is equivalent to the ps command in Unix and Unix-like operating systems and can also be compared with the Windows task manager (taskmgr).
Windows NT 4.0, the Windows 98 Resource Kit, the Windows 2000 Support Tools, and ReactO... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit | A g-suit, or anti-g suit, is a flight suit worn by aviators and astronauts who are subject to high levels of acceleration force (g). It is designed to prevent a black-out and g-LOC (g-induced loss of consciousness) caused by the blood pooling in the lower part of the body when under acceleration, thus depriving the bra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGF%20beta%202 | Transforming growth factor-beta 2 (TGF-β2) is a secreted protein known as a cytokine that performs many cellular functions and has a vital role during embryonic development (alternative names: Glioblastoma-derived T-cell suppressor factor, G-TSF, BSC-1 cell growth inhibitor, Polyergin, Cetermin). It is an extracellular... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20car | A model car, or toy car, is a miniature representation of an automobile. Other miniature motor vehicles, such as trucks, buses, or even ATVs, etc. are often included in this general category. Because many miniature vehicles were originally aimed at children as playthings, there is no precise difference between a model ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-%20and%20right-hand%20traffic | Left-hand traffic (LHT) and right-hand traffic (RHT) are the practices, in bidirectional traffic, of keeping to the left side and to the right side of the road, respectively. They are fundamental to traffic flow, and are sometimes called the rule of the road. The terms right- and left-hand drive refer to the position o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADO.NET | ADO.NET is a data access technology from the Microsoft .NET Framework that provides communication between relational and non-relational systems through a common set of components.
ADO.NET is a set of computer software components that programmers can use to access data and data services from a database. It is a part of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equation%20xy%20%3D%20yx | In general, exponentiation fails to be commutative. However, the equation has solutions, such as
History
The equation is mentioned in a letter of Bernoulli to Goldbach (29 June 1728). The letter contains a statement that when the only solutions in natural numbers are and although there are infinitely many soluti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cybermed | Cybermed Inc. (Korean: 사이버메드), located in Seoul, South Korea, has been active in the field of 3D image processing and dental software since its conception in 1998. Its U.S. counterpart, OnDemand3D Technology Inc., is currently headquartered in Irvine, California.
History
Cybermed was founded by Kim Cheol-Young in 199... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schl%C3%A4fli%20double%20six | In geometry, the Schläfli double six is a configuration of 30 points and 12 lines in three-dimensional Euclidean space, introduced by Ludwig Schläfli in 1858. The lines of the configuration can be partitioned into two subsets of six lines: each line is disjoint from (skew with) the lines in its own subset of six lines,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20butter%20dish | A French butter dish is a container used to maintain the freshness and spreadable consistency of butter without refrigeration. This late 19th-century French-designed pottery crock has two parts: a base that holds water, and a cup to hold the packed butter which also serves as a lid. The cup containing butter is placed ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual%20chemical%20shift%20anisotropy | Residual chemical shift anisotropy (RCSA) is the difference between the chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) of aligned and non-aligned molecules. It is normally three orders of magnitude smaller than the static CSA, with values on the order of parts-per-billion (ppb). RCSA is useful for structural determination and it is a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltage%20clamp | The voltage clamp is an experimental method used by electrophysiologists to measure the ion currents through the membranes of excitable cells, such as neurons, while holding the membrane voltage at a set level. A basic voltage clamp will iteratively measure the membrane potential, and then change the membrane potential... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translinear%20circuit | A translinear circuit is a circuit that carries out its function using the translinear principle. These are current-mode circuits that can be made using transistors that obey an exponential current-voltage characteristic—this includes BJTs and CMOS transistors in weak inversion. Translinearity, in broad sense, is linea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error%20concealment | Error concealment is a technique used in signal processing that aims to minimize the deterioration of signals caused by missing data, called packet loss. A signal is a message sent from a transmitter to a receiver in multiple small packets. Packet loss occurs when these packets are misdirected, delayed, resequenced, or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorization | In mathematics, majorization is a preorder on vectors of real numbers. Let denote the -th largest element of the vector . Given , we say that weakly majorizes (or dominates) from below (or equivalently, we say that is weakly majorized (or dominated) by from below) denoted as if for all . If in addition , we say ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit%20vector | In mathematics, a unit vector in a normed vector space is a vector (often a spatial vector) of length 1. A unit vector is often denoted by a lowercase letter with a circumflex, or "hat", as in (pronounced "v-hat").
The term direction vector, commonly denoted as d, is used to describe a unit vector being used to repre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%20chained%20arrow%20notation | Conway chained arrow notation, created by mathematician John Horton Conway, is a means of expressing certain extremely large numbers. It is simply a finite sequence of positive integers separated by rightward arrows, e.g. .
As with most combinatorial notations, the definition is recursive. In this case the notation ev... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20cycling | Power cycling is the act of turning a piece of equipment, usually a computer, off and then on again. Reasons for power cycling include having an electronic device reinitialize its set of configuration parameters or recover from an unresponsive state of its mission critical functionality, such as in a crash or hang situ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-reader | An e-reader, also called an e-book reader or e-book device, is a mobile electronic device that is designed primarily for the purpose of reading digital e-books and periodicals.
Any device that can display text on a screen may act as an e-reader; however, specialized e-reader devices may optimize portability, readabili... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20services%20protocol%20stack | A web service protocol stack is a protocol stack (a stack of computer networking protocols) that is used to define, locate, implement, and make Web services interact with each other. A web service protocol stack typically stacks four protocols:
(Service) Transport Protocol: responsible for transporting messages betwe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluejacking |
Bluejacking is the sending of unsolicited messages over Bluetooth to Bluetooth-enabled devices such as mobile phones, PDAs or laptop computers, sending a vCard which typically contains a message in the name field (i.e., for bluedating) to another Bluetooth-enabled device via the OBEX protocol.
Bluetooth has a very... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-controlled%20car | Radio-controlled cars (or RC cars for short) are miniature model cars, vans, buses, trucks or buggies that can be controlled from a distance using a specialized transmitter or remote. The term "RC" has been used to mean both "remote controlled" and "radio controlled". "Remote controlled" includes vehicles that are cont... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20variety | Algebraic varieties are the central objects of study in algebraic geometry, a sub-field of mathematics. Classically, an algebraic variety is defined as the set of solutions of a system of polynomial equations over the real or complex numbers. Modern definitions generalize this concept in several different ways, while a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D%20sound%20reconstruction | 3D sound reconstruction is the application of reconstruction techniques to 3D sound localization technology. These methods of reconstructing three-dimensional sound are used to recreate sounds to match natural environments and provide spatial cues of the sound source. They also see applications in creating 3D visualiza... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyakov%20loop | In quantum field theory, the Polyakov loop is the thermal analogue of the Wilson loop, acting as an order parameter for confinement in pure gauge theories at nonzero temperatures. In particular, it is a Wilson loop that winds around the compactified Euclidean temporal direction of a thermal quantum field theory. It ind... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schottky%20barrier | A Schottky barrier, named after Walter H. Schottky, is a potential energy barrier for electrons formed at a metal–semiconductor junction. Schottky barriers have rectifying characteristics, suitable for use as a diode. One of the primary characteristics of a Schottky barrier is the Schottky barrier height, denoted by ΦB... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Demon%20in%20the%20Freezer | The Demon in the Freezer is a 2002 nonfiction book on the biological weapon agents smallpox and anthrax and how the American government develops defensive measures against them. It was written by journalist Richard Preston, also author of the best-selling book The Hot Zone (1994), about ebolavirus outbreaks in Africa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platensimycin | Platensimycin, a metabolite of Streptomyces platensis, is an antibiotic, which act by blocking enzymes (β-ketoacyl-(acyl-carrier-protein (ACP)) synthase I/II (FabF/B)).
History
Platensimycin was first isolated from a strain of Streptomyces platensis by workers at Merck. Screens of 250,000 natural product extracts (83,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional%20climate%20levels%20in%20viticulture | In viticulture, there are several levels of regional climates that are used to describe the terroir or immutable characteristics of an area. These levels can be as broad as a macroclimate which includes entire wine regions or as small as a microclimate which includes the unique environment around an individual grapevin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20power | In mathematics, a prime power is a positive integer which is a positive integer power of a single prime number.
For example: , and are prime powers, while
, and are not.
The sequence of prime powers begins:
2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 13, 16, 17, 19, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 32, 37, 41, 43, 47, 49, 53, 59, 61, 64, 67, 71,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea%20%28programming%20language%29 | Tea is a high-level scripting language for the Java environment. It combines features of Scheme, Tcl, and Java.
Features
Integrated support for all major programming paradigms.
Functional programming language.
Functions are first-class objects.
Scheme-like closures are intrinsic to the language.
Support for objec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-core%20processor | A multi-core processor is a microprocessor on a single integrated circuit with two or more separate processing units, called cores (for example, dual-core or quad-core), each of which reads and executes program instructions. The instructions are ordinary CPU instructions (such as add, move data, and branch) but the sin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistive%20ballooning%20mode | The resistive ballooning mode (RBM) is an instability occurring in magnetized plasmas, particularly in magnetic confinement devices such as tokamaks, when the pressure gradient is opposite to the effective gravity created by a magnetic field.
Linear growth rate
The linear growth rate of the RBM instability is given a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audio%20feedback | Audio feedback (also known as acoustic feedback, simply as feedback) is a positive feedback situation that may occur when an acoustic path exists between an audio input (for example, a microphone or guitar pickup) and an audio output (for example, a loudspeaker). In this example, a signal received by the microphone is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IJP%20The%20Book%20of%20Surfaces | IJP the book of surfaces is a book by George L. Legendre, with a foreword by Mohsen Mostafavi.
Overview
IJP the Book of Surfaces was released in 2003 by the publishing arm of the London-based Architectural Association School of Architecture.The book features six essays on the notion of surface written from an archite... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/132nd%20meridian%20east | The meridian 132° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 132nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 48th meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the Nort... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JULES | JULES (Joint UK Land Environment Simulator) is a land-surface parameterisation model scheme describing soil-vegetation-atmosphere interactions. JULES is a community lead project which evolved from MOSES, the United Kingdom Meteorological Office (Met Office) Surface Exchange Scheme. It can be used as a stand-alone model... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubratoxin%20B | Rubratoxin B is mycotoxin with anticancer activity made by Penicillium rubrum. It has been reported to elicit antioxidative and DNA repair responses in mouse brain. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ro05-4082 | Ro05-4082 (N-methylclonazepam, ID-690) is a benzodiazepine derivative developed in the 1970s. It has sedative and hypnotic properties, and has around the same potency as clonazepam itself. It was never introduced into clinical use. It is a structural isomer of meclonazepam (3-methylclonazepam), and similarly has been s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai%20Lunin%20%28scientist%29 | Nikolai Ivanovich Lunin (21 May 1854 – 18 June 1937) was a Russian Empire and later Soviet scientist who was the first to discover the existence of vitamins.
As a student in Basel, he fed mice on a diet of proteins, fats, sugar, salts and water, but they died. He concluded that in addition to casein, fat, milk sugar a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marel | Marel is a multi-national food processing company based in Iceland. The company manufactures equipment and other services for food processing in the poultry, meat, and fish industries. They employ approximately 8,000 people in offices and subsidiaries in over 30 countries, and is headquartered in Garðabær, Iceland.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Walker%20%28astronomer%29 | Anne Walker (21 October 1863 – 2 March 1940) was a British astronomer and one of the first women employed in paid routine work in astronomy in her country. She was one of a number of women computers employed at Cambridge Observatory between 1882 and 1903. Unlike most of these women, Walker remained at the observatory f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primer%20extension | Primer extension is a technique whereby the 5' ends of RNA can be mapped - that is, they can be sequenced and properly identified.
Primer extension can be used to determine the start site of transcription (the end site cannot be determined by this method) by which its sequence is known. This technique requires a radi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid%20body | An asteroid body is a microscopic finding seen within the giant cells of granulomas in diseases such as sarcoidosis and foreign-body giant cell reactions.
There is controversy about their composition. Traditionally, they were thought to be cytoskeletal elements and to consist primarily of vimentin. However, more rece... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nipple%20discharge | Nipple discharge is fluid from the nipple, with or without squeezing the breast. The discharge can be milky, clear, green, purulent, bloody, or faintly yellow. The consistency can be thick, thin, sticky, or watery.
Nipple discharge may be normal, such as milk in late pregnancy or after childbirth, and in newborns dur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-propulsion | Self-propulsion is the autonomous displacement of nano-, micro- and macroscopic natural and artificial objects, containing their own means of motion. Self-propulsion is driven mainly by interfacial phenomena. Various mechanisms of self-propelling have been introduced and investigated, which exploited phoretic effects, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carsten%20Thomassen%20%28mathematician%29 | Carsten Thomassen (born August 22, 1948 in Grindsted) is a Danish mathematician. He has been a Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Denmark since 1981, and since 1990 a member of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters. His research concerns discrete mathematics and more specifically graph ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Academy%20of%20Microbiology | The European Academy of Microbiology, generally abbreviated as EAM, is a European institution made up of about 150 microbiology scientists, founded in 2009.
The main objective of the Academy is to be the authoritative voice of microbiology in Europe and thus enhance the potential of microbiology and microbiologists in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20forensics | Nuclear forensics is the investigation of nuclear materials to find evidence for the source, the trafficking, and the enrichment of the material. The material can be recovered from various sources including dust from the vicinity of a nuclear facility, or from the radioactive debris following a nuclear explosion.
Resu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual%20Review%20of%20Food%20Science%20and%20Technology | The Annual Review of Food Science and Technology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Annual Reviews. It releases an annual volume of review articles relevant to the field of food science. It has been in publication since 2010. The editor is David J. McClements. As of 2023, Annual Review of Food Science ... |
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