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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PGreen | The pGreen plasmids are vectors for plant transformation. They were first described in 2000 as components of a novel T-DNA binary system. The supporting web page provides supplementary information and ongoing support to researchers to request their plasmid resources. As these plasmids have been taken up by the research... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schumacher%20criteria | Schumacher criteria are diagnostic criteria that were previously used for identifying multiple sclerosis (MS). Multiple sclerosis, understood as a central nervous system (CNS) condition, can be difficult to diagnose since its signs and symptoms may be similar to other medical problems. Medical organizations have create... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galenic%20formulation | Galenic formulation deals with the principles of preparing and compounding medicines in order to optimize their absorption. Galenic formulation is named after Claudius Galen, a 2nd Century AD Greek physician, who codified the preparation of drugs using multiple ingredients. Today, galenic formulation is part of pharmac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interceptor%20pattern | In the field of software development, an interceptor pattern is a software design pattern that is used when software systems or frameworks want to offer a way to change, or augment, their usual processing cycle. For example, a (simplified) typical processing sequence for a web-server is to receive a URI from the browse... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduated%20optimization | Graduated optimization is a global optimization technique that attempts to solve a difficult optimization problem by initially solving a greatly simplified problem, and progressively transforming that problem (while optimizing) until it is equivalent to the difficult optimization problem.
Technique description
Gradua... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Strategy%20for%20Trusted%20Identities%20in%20Cyberspace | The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) is a US government initiative announced in April 2011 to improve the privacy, security and convenience of sensitive online transactions through collaborative efforts with the private sector, advocacy groups, government agencies, and other organizations.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral%20shedding | Viral shedding is the expulsion and release of virus progeny following successful reproduction during a host cell infection. Once replication has been completed and the host cell is exhausted of all resources in making viral progeny, the viruses may begin to leave the cell by several methods.
The term is variously use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KT5720 | KT5720 is a kinase inhibitor with specificity towards protein kinase A. It is a semi-synthetic derivative of K252a and analog of staurosporine. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TO-263 | The Double Decawatt Package, D2PAK, SOT404 or DDPAK, standardized as TO-263, is a semiconductor package type intended for surface mounting on circuit boards. The TO-263 is designed by Motorola. They are similar to the earlier TO-220-style packages intended for high power dissipation but lack the extended metal tab and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PiggyBac%20transposon%20system | The PiggyBac (PB) transposon is a mobile genetic element that efficiently transposes between vectors and chromosomes via a "cut and paste" mechanism. During transposition, the PB transposase recognizes transposon-specific inverted terminal repeat sequences (ITRs) located on both ends of the transposon vector and effici... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Well-ordering%20principle | In mathematics, the well-ordering principle states that every non-empty set of positive integers contains a least element. In other words, the set of positive integers is well-ordered by its "natural" or "magnitude" order in which precedes if and only if is either or the sum of and some positive integer (other ord... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%20the%20Bleep%20Do%20We%20Know%21%3F | What the Bleep Do We Know!? (stylized as What tнē #$*! D̄ө ωΣ (k)πow!? and What the #$*! Do We Know!?) is a 2004 American pseudo-scientific film that posits a spiritual connection between quantum physics and consciousness. The plot follows the fictional story of a photographer, using documentary-style interviews and co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurofeedback | Neurofeedback is a type of biofeedback that focuses on the neuronal activity of the brain. The training method is based on reinforcement learning, where real-time feedback provided to the trainee is supposed to reward and reinforce desired brain activity or inhibit unfavorable activity patterns. In short, it is self-re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service%20layer | In intelligent networks (IN) and cellular networks, service layer is a conceptual layer within a network service provider architecture. It aims at providing middleware that serves third-party value-added services and applications at a higher application layer. The service layer provides capability servers owned by a te... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20resonance%20theory | Adaptive resonance theory (ART) is a theory developed by Stephen Grossberg and Gail Carpenter on aspects of how the brain processes information. It describes a number of neural network models which use supervised and unsupervised learning methods, and address problems such as pattern recognition and prediction.
The pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Six%20Arrows | The Six Arrows () is the symbol and flag of the Turkish Republican People's Party (CHP). The arrows represent the fundamental pillars of Kemalism, Turkey's founding ideology. These are Republicanism, Populism, Nationalism, Laicism, Statism, and Reformism. The arrows are believed to have been conceived by İsmail Hakkı T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediastinum | The mediastinum (from ;: mediastina) is the central compartment of the thoracic cavity. Surrounded by loose connective tissue, it is an undelineated region that contains a group of structures within the thorax, namely the heart and its vessels, the esophagus, the trachea, the phrenic and cardiac nerves, the thoracic du... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hello%20Brother%20%281999%20film%29 | Hello Brother is a 1999 Indian Hindi-language romantic fantasy action film starring Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Rani Mukerji and Shakti Kapoor. It was directed by Salman Khan's brother Sohail Khan. The film is an adaptation of 1992 Malayalam film Aayushkalam.
Plot
Hero (Salman Khan) works for a courier company owned b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Bandler | John William Bandler (9 November 1941 - 28 September 2023) was a Canadian professor, engineer, entrepreneur, artist, speaker, playwright, and author of fiction and nonfiction. Bandler is known for his invention of space mapping technology and his contributions to device modeling, computer-aided design, microwave engin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney%20Smith | Whitney Smith Jr. (February 26, 1940 – November 17, 2016) was an American vexillologist. He coined the term vexillology, which refers to the scholarly analysis of all aspects of flags. He was a founder of several vexillology organizations. Smith was a Laureate and a Fellow of the International Federation of Vexillologi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particular%20values%20of%20the%20Riemann%20zeta%20function | In mathematics, the Riemann zeta function is a function in complex analysis, which is also important in number theory. It is often denoted and is named after the mathematician Bernhard Riemann. When the argument is a real number greater than one, the zeta function satisfies the equation
It can therefore provide the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stability%20radius | In mathematics, the stability radius of an object (system, function, matrix, parameter) at a given nominal point is the radius of the largest ball, centered at the nominal point, all of whose elements satisfy pre-determined stability conditions. The picture of this intuitive notion is this:
where denotes the nomi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embryonic%20diapause | Embryonic diapause (delayed implantation in mammals) is a reproductive strategy used by a number of animal species across different biological classes. In more than 130 types of mammals where this takes place, the process occurs at the blastocyst stage of embryonic development, and is characterized by a dramatic reduct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taijitu | In Chinese philosophy, a taijitu () is a symbol or diagram () representing Taiji () in both its monist (wuji) and its dualist (yin and yang) in application as a deductive and inductive theoretical model. Such a diagram was first introduced by Neo-Confucian philosopher Zhou Dunyi (; 1017–1073) of the Song Dynasty in hi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal%20to%20the%20stone | Appeal to the stone, also known as argumentum ad lapidem, is a logical fallacy that dismisses an argument as untrue or absurd. The dismissal is made by stating or reiterating that the argument is absurd, without providing further argumentation. This theory is closely tied to proof by assertion due to the lack of eviden... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-lived%20plasma%20cell | Long-lived plasma cells (LLPCs) are a distinct subset of plasma cells that play a crucial role in maintaining humoral memory and long-term immunity.
They continuously produce and secrete high-affinity antibodies into the bloodstream, conversely to memory B cells, which are quiescent and respond quickly to antigens upon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress%20fiber | Stress fibers are contractile actin bundles found in non-muscle cells. They are composed of actin (microfilaments) and non-muscle myosin II (NMMII), and also contain various crosslinking proteins, such as α-actinin, to form a highly regulated actomyosin structure within non-muscle cells. Stress fibers have been shown t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timaeus%20%28dialogue%29 | Timaeus (; , ) is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of long monologues given by Critias and Timaeus, written 360 BC. The work puts forward reasoning on the possible nature of the physical world and human beings and is followed by the dialogue Critias.
Participants in the dialogue include Socrates, Timaeus,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamics%20of%20the%20celestial%20spheres | Ancient, medieval and Renaissance astronomers and philosophers developed many different theories about the dynamics of the celestial spheres. They explained the motions of the various nested spheres in terms of the materials of which they were made, external movers such as celestial intelligences, and internal movers ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalized%20number | In applied mathematics, a number is normalized when it is written in scientific notation with one non-zero decimal digit before the decimal point. Thus, a real number, when written out in normalized scientific notation, is as follows:
where n is an integer, are the digits of the number in base 10, and is not zero. T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermastigia | Hypermastigia (hypermastigids) within microbiology, is the name used for a group of flagellate parasites which were placed under the excavata class. They are now treated as belonging to one of the groups Tritrichomonadea, Hypotrichomonadea, or Trichomonadea within the Parabasalia. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-sovereign%20identity | Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is an approach to digital identity that gives individuals control over the information they use to prove who they are to websites, services, and applications across the web. Without SSI, individuals with persistent accounts (identities) across the internet must rely on a number of large id... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX%20Video%20access%20method | The ColecoVision, SG-1000, CreatiVision, and first-generation MSX computers use the TMS9918A Video Display processor (VDP), which has its own 16 KiB of video memory that was not shared with main memory. Compared to the unified system and video memory used by other 8-bit computers of the time, such as the Apple II, ZX S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic%20derivative | In number theory, the Lagarias arithmetic derivative or number derivative is a function defined for integers, based on prime factorization, by analogy with the product rule for the derivative of a function that is used in mathematical analysis.
There are many versions of "arithmetic derivatives", including the one dis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propagation%20constant | The propagation constant of a sinusoidal electromagnetic wave is a measure of the change undergone by the amplitude and phase of the wave as it propagates in a given direction. The quantity being measured can be the voltage, the current in a circuit, or a field vector such as electric field strength or flux density. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutmann%20method | The Gutmann method is an algorithm for securely erasing the contents of computer hard disk drives, such as files. Devised by Peter Gutmann and Colin Plumb and presented in the paper Secure Deletion of Data from Magnetic and Solid-State Memory in July 1996, it involved writing a series of 35 patterns over the region to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophenoloxidase | Prophenoloxidase (proPO) is a modified form of the complement response found in some invertebrates, including insects, crabs and worms. It is a copper-containing metalloprotein.
A major innate defense system in invertebrates is the melanization of pathogens and damaged tissues. This important process is controlled by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20insertion | In broadcasting, local insertion (known in the United Kingdom as an opt-out) is the act or capability of a broadcast television station, radio station or cable system to insert or replace part of a network feed with content unique to the local station or system. Most often this is a station identification (required by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintmaster%20mark | Mintmaster marks (German: Münzmeisterzeichen, abbreviation Mmz.) are often the initials of the mintmaster of a mint or small symbols (cross, star, coat of arms, heraldic device, etc.) for example at the size of the letters on a coin inscription to denote the coins made under his direction. With his mark, the mintmaster... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparative%20Tracking%20Index | The Comparative Tracking Index (CTI) is used to measure the electrical breakdown (tracking) properties of an insulating material. Tracking is an electrical breakdown on the surface of an insulating material wherein an initial exposure to electrical arcing heat carbonizes the material. The carbonized areas are more con... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU%20T.61 | T.61 is an ITU-T Recommendation for a Teletex character set. T.61 predated Unicode,
and was the primary character set in ASN.1 used in early versions of X.500 and X.509
for encoding strings containing characters used in Western European languages. It is also used by older versions of LDAP. While T.61 continues to be s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial%20fraction%20decomposition | In algebra, the partial fraction decomposition or partial fraction expansion of a rational fraction (that is, a fraction such that the numerator and the denominator are both polynomials) is an operation that consists of expressing the fraction as a sum of a polynomial (possibly zero) and one or several fractions with a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20Demeter | The Law of Demeter (LoD) or principle of least knowledge is a design guideline for developing software, particularly object-oriented programs. In its general form, the LoD is a specific case of loose coupling. The guideline was proposed by Ian Holland at Northeastern University towards the end of 1987, and the followin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNMPTT | SNMPTT is an SNMP trap handler written in Perl for use with the NET-SNMP/UCD-SNMP snmptrapd program. Received traps are translated into user friendly messages using variable substitution. Output can be to STDOUT, text log file, syslog, NT Event Log, MySQL (Linux/Windows), PostgreSQL, or an ODBC database. User defined p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fold%20%28higher-order%20function%29 | In functional programming, fold (also termed reduce, accumulate, aggregate, compress, or inject) refers to a family of higher-order functions that analyze a recursive data structure and through use of a given combining operation, recombine the results of recursively processing its constituent parts, building up a retur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%20control | Noise control or noise mitigation is a set of strategies to reduce noise pollution or to reduce the impact of that noise, whether outdoors or indoors.
Overview
The main areas of noise mitigation or abatement are: transportation noise control, architectural design, urban planning through zoning codes, and occupational ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic%20flatness | In algebraic geometry and commutative algebra, the theorems of generic flatness and generic freeness state that under certain hypotheses, a sheaf of modules on a scheme is flat or free. They are due to Alexander Grothendieck.
Generic flatness states that if Y is an integral locally noetherian scheme, is a finite type... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20%28number%29 | 2000 (two thousand) is a natural number following 1999 and preceding 2001.
It is:
the highest number expressible using only two unmodified characters in Roman numerals (MM)
an Achilles number
smallest four digit eban number
Selected numbers in the range 2001–2999
2001 to 2099
2001 – sphenic number
2002 – palindrom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conpoy | Conpoy or dried scallop is a type of Cantonese dried seafood product that is made from the adductor muscle of scallops. The smell of conpoy is marine, pungent, and reminiscent of certain salt-cured meats. Its taste is rich in umami due to its high content of various free amino acids, such as glycine, alanine, and gluta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora%20Slocomb%20di%20Brazza | Cora Slocomb di Brazza (January 7, 1862 – August 24, 1944) was an American heiress and Italian activist, businesswoman, and philanthropist. Born into a wealthy family in New Orleans, she relocated to Connecticut after her father's death and was raised in Quaker traditions. Privately tutored, she studied in France, Germ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanazine | Cyanazine is a herbicide that belongs to the group of triazines. Cyanazine inhibits photosynthesis and is therefore used as a herbicide.
History
Cyanazine is used as a herbicide to control annual grasses and broadleaf weeds. It belongs to the group of triazine herbicides, just as atrazine. These pesticides work by in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backplane | A backplane (or "backplane system") is a group of electrical connectors in parallel with each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus. It is used to connect several printed circuit boards together to make up a complete computer sys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20spin%20liquid | In condensed matter physics, a quantum spin liquid is a phase of matter that can be formed by interacting quantum spins in certain magnetic materials. Quantum spin liquids (QSL) are generally characterized by their long-range quantum entanglement, fractionalized excitations, and absence of ordinary magnetic order.
Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACS%20Synthetic%20Biology | ACS Synthetic Biology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the American Chemical Society. It began publishing accepted articles in the Fall of 2011, with the first full monthly issue published in January 2012. It covers all aspects of synthetic biology, including molecular, systems, and synthetic research... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo%20De%20Lellis | Camillo De Lellis (born 11 June 1976) is an Italian mathematician who is active in the fields of calculus of variations, hyperbolic systems of conservation laws, geometric measure theory and fluid dynamics. He is a permanent faculty member in the School of Mathematics at the Institute for Advanced Study. He is also one... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20robots | The history of robots has its origins in the ancient world. During the industrial revolution, humans developed the structural engineering capability to control electricity so that machines could be powered with small motors. In the early 20th century, the notion of a humanoid machine was developed.
The first uses of m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coorgi%E2%80%93Cox%20alphabet | The Coorgi–Cox alphabet is an alphabet developed by the linguist Gregg M. Cox that is used by a number of individuals within Kodagu district of India to write the endangered Dravidian language of Kodava, also known sometimes as Coorgi.
The script uses a combination of 26 consonant letters, eight vowel letters and a di... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20with%20one%20element | In mathematics, the field with one element is a suggestive name for an object that should behave similarly to a finite field with a single element, if such a field could exist. This object is denoted F1, or, in a French–English pun, Fun. The name "field with one element" and the notation F1 are only suggestive, as ther... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial%20descriptive%20statistics | Spatial descriptive statistics is the intersection of spatial statistics and descriptive statistics; these methods are used for a variety of purposes in geography, particularly in quantitative data analyses involving Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Types of spatial data
The simplest forms of spatial data are g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Migrations | Great Migrations is a seven-episode nature documentary television miniseries that airs on the National Geographic Channel, featuring the great migrations of animals around the globe. The seven-part show is the largest programming event in the ten-year history of the channel and is part of the largest cross-platform ini... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC%20Shift | HTC Shift (code name: Clio) is an Ultra-Mobile PC by HTC.
Features
Dual Operating System
Microsoft Windows Vista Business 32-Bit (notebook mode)
SnapVUE (PDA mode)
Processor
Intel A110 Stealey CPU 800 MHz (for Windows Vista)
ARM11 CPU (for SnapVUE)
Memory and Storage
1 GB RAM (notebook mode)
64 MB RAM (PDA mode)
40/60... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell%E2%80%93LaPadula%20model | The Bell–LaPadula Model (BLP) is a state machine model used for enforcing access control in government and military applications. It was developed by David Elliott Bell, and Leonard J. LaPadula, subsequent to strong guidance from Roger R. Schell, to formalize the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) multilevel security (ML... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennett%27s%20laws | Bennett's laws of quantum information are:
1 qubit 1 bit (classical),
1 qubit 1 ebit (entanglement bit),
1 ebit + 1 qubit 2 bits (i.e. superdense coding),
1 ebit + 2 bits 1 qubit (i.e. quantum teleportation),
where indicates "can do the job of".
These principles were formulated around 1993 by Charles H. Benn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Size-exclusion%20chromatography | Size-exclusion chromatography, also known as molecular sieve chromatography, is a chromatographic method in which molecules in solution are separated by their size, and in some cases molecular weight. It is usually applied to large molecules or macromolecular complexes such as proteins and industrial polymers. Typicall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflagration | Deflagration (Lat: de + flagrare, 'to burn down') is subsonic combustion in which a pre-mixed flame propagates through an explosive or a mixture of fuel and oxidizer. Deflagrations in high and low explosives may, or may not transition to a detonation depending upon confinement and other factors. Deflagrations in fuel/... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Differentially%20methylated%20region | Differentially methylated regions (DMRs) are genomic regions with different DNA methylation status across different biological samples and regarded as possible functional regions involved in gene transcriptional regulation. The biological samples can be different cells/tissues within the same individual, the same cell/... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoid | In botany, a zoid or zoïd is a reproductive cell that possesses one or more flagella, and is capable of independent movement. Zoid can refer to either an asexually reproductive spore or a sexually reproductive gamete. In sexually reproductive gametes, zoids can be either male or female depending on the species. For ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Eleventh%20Hour%20%28book%29 | The Eleventh Hour: A Curious Mystery is an illustrated children's book by Graeme Base. In it, Horace the Elephant holds a party for his eleventh birthday, to which he invites his ten best friends (various animals) to play eleven games and share in a feast that he has prepared. However, at the time they are to eat—11:0... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variety%20%28botany%29 | In botanical nomenclature, variety (abbreviated var.; in ) is a taxonomic rank below that of species and subspecies, but above that of form. As such, it gets a three-part infraspecific name. It is sometimes recommended that the subspecies rank should be used to recognize geographic distinctiveness, whereas the variety... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%BCnther%20Laukien%20Prize | The Günther Laukien Prize is a prize presented at the Experimental Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Conference "to recognize recent cutting-edge experimental NMR research with a high probability of enabling beneficial new applications". The prize was established in 1999 in memoriam to Günther Laukien, who was a pioneer in NM... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Input%20shaping | In control theory, input shaping is an open-loop control technique for reducing vibrations in computer-controlled machines. The method works by creating a command signal that cancels its own vibration. That is, a vibration excited by previous parts of the command signal is cancelled by vibration excited by latter parts... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S9%20fraction | The S9 fraction is the product of an organ tissue homogenate used in biological assays. The S9 fraction is most frequently used in assays that measure the metabolism of drugs and other xenobiotics. It is defined by the U.S. National Library of Medicine's "IUPAC Glossary of Terms Used in Toxicology" as the "Supernatant... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20model | An information model in software engineering is a representation of concepts and the relationships, constraints, rules, and operations to specify data semantics for a chosen domain of discourse. Typically it specifies relations between kinds of things, but may also include relations with individual things. It can provi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species%20nova | In biological taxonomy, a (plural: ; abbreviation: plural abbreviation: ) is a new species. The phrase is Latin, and is used after a binomial name that is being published for the first time.
An example is the species of miniature frog, Paedophryne amauensis, originally described as Paedophryne amauensis sp. nov. in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenomenology%20%28physics%29 | In physics, phenomenology is the application of theoretical physics to experimental data by making quantitative predictions based upon known theories. It is related to the philosophical notion of the same name in that these predictions describe anticipated behaviors for the phenomena in reality. Phenomenology stands in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20Carbon%20Observatory | The Deep Carbon Observatory (DCO) is a global research program designed to transform understanding of carbon's role in Earth. DCO is a community of scientists, including biologists, physicists, geoscientists and chemists, whose work crosses several traditional disciplinary lines to develop the new, integrative field of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology%20table | A topology table is used by routers that route traffic in a network. It consists of all routing tables inside the Autonomous System where the router is positioned. Each router using the routing protocol EIGRP then maintains a topology table for each configured network protocol — all routes learned, that are leading to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTOR%20inhibitors | mTOR inhibitors are a class of drugs that inhibit the mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) (also known as the mechanistic target of rapamycin), which is a serine/threonine-specific protein kinase that belongs to the family of phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase (PI3K) related kinases (PIKKs). mTOR regulates cellular metaboli... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20Atomic | Doctor Atomic is an opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with libretto by Peter Sellars. It premiered at the San Francisco Opera on October 1, 2005. The work focuses on how leading figures at Los Alamos dealt with the great stress and anxiety of preparing for the test of the first atomic bomb (the "T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust%20bathing | Dust bathing (also called sand bathing) is an animal behavior characterized by rolling or moving around in dust, dry earth or sand, with the likely purpose of removing parasites from fur, feathers or skin. Dust bathing is a maintenance behavior performed by a wide range of mammalian and avian species. For some animals,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20convex%20hull | Local convex hull (LoCoH) is a method for estimating size of the home range of an animal or a group of animals (e.g. a pack of wolves, a pride of lions, or herd of buffaloes), and for constructing a utilization distribution. The latter is a probability distribution that represents the probabilities of finding an anima... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20terminal | A computer terminal is an electronic or electromechanical hardware device that can be used for entering data into, and transcribing data from, a computer or a computing system. The teletype was an example of an early-day hard-copy terminal and predated the use of a computer screen by decades.
Early terminals were inex... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spontaneous%20absolute%20asymmetric%20synthesis | Spontaneous absolute asymmetric synthesis is a chemical phenomenon that stochastically generates chirality based on autocatalysis and small fluctuations in the ratio of enantiomers present in a racemic mixture. In certain reactions which initially do not contain chiral information, stochastically distributed enantiomer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoITPoMS | Dissemination of IT for the Promotion of Materials Science (DoITPoMS) is a web-based educational software resource designed to facilitate the teaching and learning of Materials science, at the tertiary level for free.
History
The DoITPoMS project originated in the early 1990s, incorporating customized online sources ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word%20%28computer%20architecture%29 | In computing, a word is the natural unit of data used by a particular processor design. A word is a fixed-sized datum handled as a unit by the instruction set or the hardware of the processor. The number of bits or digits in a word (the word size, word width, or word length) is an important characteristic of any specif... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral%20computing | Lateral computing is a lateral thinking approach to solving computing problems.
Lateral thinking has been made popular by Edward de Bono. This thinking technique is applied to generate creative ideas and solve problems. Similarly, by applying lateral-computing techniques to a problem, it can become much easier to arriv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coercivity | Coercivity, also called the magnetic coercivity, coercive field or coercive force, is a measure of the ability of a ferromagnetic material to withstand an external magnetic field without becoming demagnetized. Coercivity is usually measured in oersted or ampere/meter units and is denoted .
An analogous property in ele... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon%20surface | Photon sphere (definition):
A photon sphere of a static spherically symmetric metric is a timelike hypersurface if the deflection angle of a light ray with the closest distance of approach diverges as
For a general static spherically symmetric metric
the photon sphere equation is:
The concept of a photon sphere i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradoxoglanis%20caudivittatus | Paradoxoglanis caudivittatus is a species of electric catfish endemic to the Democratic Republic of the Congo where it is found in the Tshuapa and Lukenie River systems. This species grows to a length of SL. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20flags%20of%20Lithuania | The following is a list of flags of Lithuania.
National flag and State flag
Government flags
Military flags
Historical flags
Soviet occupation
County flags
Each county of Lithuania has adopted a flag, each of them conforming to a pattern: a blue rectangle, with ten instances of the Cross of Vytis appearing in gol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squashed%20entanglement | Squashed entanglement, also called CMI entanglement (CMI can be pronounced "see me"), is an information theoretic measure of quantum entanglement for a bipartite quantum system. If is the density matrix of a system composed of two subsystems and , then the CMI entanglement of system is defined by
where is the s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrox%20G200 | The G200 is a 2D, 3D, and video accelerator chip for personal computers designed by Matrox. It was released in 1998.
History
Matrox had been known for years as a significant player in the high-end 2D graphics accelerator market. Cards they produced were excellent Windows accelerators, and some of the later cards such ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov%27s%20two-series%20theorem | In probability theory, Kolmogorov's two-series theorem is a result about the convergence of random series. It follows from Kolmogorov's inequality and is used in one proof of the strong law of large numbers.
Statement of the theorem
Let be independent random variables with expected values and variances , such that... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory%20substitution | Sensory substitution is a change of the characteristics of one sensory modality into stimuli of another sensory modality.
A sensory substitution system consists of three parts: a sensor, a coupling system, and a stimulator. The sensor records stimuli and gives them to a coupling system which interprets these signals a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voitenko%20compressor | The Voitenko compressor is a shaped charge adapted from its original purpose of piercing thick steel armour to the task of accelerating shock waves. It was proposed by Anatoly Emelyanovich Voitenko (Анатолий Емельянович Войтенко), a Soviet scientist, in 1964. It slightly resembles a wind tunnel.
The Voitenko compresso... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufothionine | Bufothionine is a sulfur-containing compound which is present in the bufotoxins secreted by the parotoid gland of certain toads of the genera Bufo and Chaunus. This specific compound can be found in the skin of certain species of toad such as the Asiatic Toad, Chaunus arunco, Chaunus crucifer, Chaunus spinulosus, and C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimecast | Mimecast Limited is an American–British, Jersey-domiciled company specializing in cloud-based email management for Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Office 365, including security, archiving, and continuity services to protect business mail.
History
Mimecast was founded in 2003 by Peter Bauer and Neil Murray. It has o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alewife%20%28multiprocessor%29 | Alewife was a cache coherent multiprocessor developed in the early 1990s by a group led by Anant Agarwal at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was based on a network of up to 512 processing nodes, each of which used the Sparcle computer architecture, which was formed by modifying a Sun Microsystems SPARC CPU... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet%20assembler | Velvet is an algorithm package that has been designed to deal with de novo genome assembly and short read sequencing alignments. This is achieved through the manipulation of de Bruijn graphs for genomic sequence assembly via the removal of errors and the simplification of repeated regions. Velvet has also been implemen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-330%20microRNA%20precursor%20family | In molecular biology mir-330 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms.
See also
MicroRNA |
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