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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draw%20a%20Secret
Draw a Secret (DAS) is a graphical password input scheme developed by Ian Jermyn, Alain Mayer, Fabian Monrose, Michael K. Reiter and Aviel D. Rubin and presented in a paper at the 8th USENIX Security Symposium in Augusts 1999. The scheme replaces alphanumeric password strings with a picture drawn on a grid. Instead o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gould%27s%20sequence
Gould's sequence is an integer sequence named after Henry W. Gould that counts how many odd numbers are in each row of Pascal's triangle. It consists only of powers of two, and begins: 1, 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 4, 8, 2, 4, 4, 8, 4, 8, 8, 16, 2, 4, ... For instance, the sixth number in the sequence is 4, because there are fou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Opera%20Ground%20and%20Air%20Equipment
Space Opera Ground and Air Equipment is a set of miniatures published by T-Rex. Contents Space Opera Ground and Air Equipment is a set of detailed miniature figures of futuristic tanks based on designs found in the Space Opera role-playing game. Reception Steve Jackson reviewed Space Opera Ground and Air Equipment in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassed%20waterway
A grassed waterway is a to 48-metre-wide (157 ft) native grassland strip of green belt. It is generally installed in the thalweg, the deepest continuous line along a valley or watercourse, of a cultivated dry valley in order to control erosion. A study carried out on a grassed waterway during 8 years in Bavaria showed...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20long-term%20potentiation
Early long-term potentiation (E-LTP) is the first phase of long-term potentiation (LTP), a well-studied form of synaptic plasticity, and consists of an increase in synaptic strength. LTP could be produced by repetitive stimulation of the presynaptic terminals, and it is believed to play a role in memory function in the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Canright
Barbara Canright (Born St. John, 1919–1997) was an American human computer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) who was the first female mathematician to be employed. Canright joined the team in 1939 as a human computer, which required "Teams of people who were frequently used to undertake long and often tedious c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compactness%20measure
Compactness measure is a numerical quantity representing the degree to which a shape is compact. The circle and the sphere are the most compact planar and solid shapes, respectively. Properties Various compactness measures are used. However, these measures have the following in common: They are applicable to all geo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpAB%20protein%20domain
In molecular biology, the domain B, refers to the immunoglobulin-binding domain found in the Staphylococcus aureus virulence factor protein A (SpA). Hence, it is abbreviated to SpAB. Function SpAB enables theStaphylococcus aureus bacteria to evade the host's immune system through the disruption of opsonization and p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-motile%20bacteria
Non-motile bacteria are bacteria species that lack the ability and structures that would allow them to propel themselves, under their own power, through their environment. When non-motile bacteria are cultured in a stab tube, they only grow along the stab line. If the bacteria are mobile, the line will appear diffuse a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luminous%20efficacy
Luminous efficacy is a measure of how well a light source produces visible light. It is the ratio of luminous flux to power, measured in lumens per watt in the International System of Units (SI). Depending on context, the power can be either the radiant flux of the source's output, or it can be the total power (electri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burp%20Suite
Burp Suite is a software security application used for penetration testing of web applications. Both a free and a paid version of the software are available. The software is developed by the company PortSwigger. The suite includes tools such as a proxy server (Burp Proxy), an indexing robot (Burp Spider), an intrusion ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURO%20Journal%20on%20Computational%20Optimization
The EURO Journal on Computational Optimization (EJCO) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 2012 and is now published by Elsevier. It is an official journal of the Association of European Operational Research Societies, promoting the use of computers for the solution of optimization problems. Co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20anatomical%20position
The standard anatomical position, or standard anatomical model, is the scientifically agreed upon reference position for anatomical location terms. Standard anatomical positions are used to standardise the position of appendages of animals with respect to the main body of the organism. In medical disciplines, all refer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cytochalasin
Cytochalasins are fungal metabolites that have the ability to bind to actin filaments and block polymerization and the elongation of actin. As a result of the inhibition of actin polymerization, cytochalasins can change cellular morphology, inhibit cellular processes such as cell division, and even cause cells to under...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20semantics%20%28computer%20science%29
In computer science, algebraic semantics is a form of axiomatic semantics based on algebraic laws for describing and reasoning about program specifications in a formal manner. Syntax The syntax of an algebraic specification is formulated in two steps: (1) defining a formal signature of data types and operation symbols...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mothers%20against%20decapentaplegic%20homolog%203
Mothers against decapentaplegic homolog 3 also known as SMAD family member 3 or SMAD3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SMAD3 gene. SMAD3 is a member of the SMAD family of proteins. It acts as a mediator of the signals initiated by the transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) superfamily of cytokines, which...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazio%E2%80%93Londe%20disease
Fazio–Londe disease (FLD), also called progressive bulbar palsy of childhood, is a very rare inherited motor neuron disease of children and young adults and is characterized by progressive paralysis of muscles innervated by cranial nerves. FLD, along with Brown–Vialetto–Van Laere syndrome (BVVL), are the two forms of i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AggregateIQ
AggregateIQ (AIQ) previously known as SCL Canada is a Canadian political consultancy and technology company, based in Victoria, British Columbia. History AIQ was founded in 2013 by Zack Massingham, a former university administrator and Jeff Silvester. As of February 2017, AIQ employed 20 people and was based in downt...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achondroplasia%20in%20children
Achondroplasia in children is the most common form of dwarfism; it accounts for about 70% of all cases of dwarfism. Achondroplasia falls into the category of “disproportionate dwarfism”. It is linked to a mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor-3. More than 250,000 people in the world are diagnosed with achon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAM129C
Niban-like protein 2.(NLP2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FAM129C gene. Paralogs of this gene include FAM129A, and FAM129B. Its aliases include B-Cell Novel Protein 1 (BCNP1), and Family with Sequence Similarity 129 Member C (FAM129C). Gene The FAM129C gene is 30,538 base pairs long and is mapped to 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bebtelovimab
Bebtelovimab is a monoclonal antibody developed by AbCellera and Eli Lilly as a treatment for COVID-19. Possible side effects include itching, rash, infusion-related reactions, nausea and vomiting. Bebtelovimab works by binding to the spike protein of the virus that causes COVID-19, similar to other monoclonal antibo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturation%20arithmetic
Saturation arithmetic is a version of arithmetic in which all operations, such as addition and multiplication, are limited to a fixed range between a minimum and maximum value. If the result of an operation is greater than the maximum, it is set ("clamped") to the maximum; if it is below the minimum, it is clamped to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockade%20of%20Argentina
The Argentine cockade () is one of the national symbols of Argentina, instituted by decree on February 18, 1812 by the First Triumvirate, who determined that "the national cockade of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata shall be of colours white and light blue [...]". The National Cockade Day is on May 18, the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/160th%20meridian%20west
The meridian 160° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 160th meridian west forms a great circle with the 20th meridian east. It is the western boundary of continuou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinne%20Hoff%20Kjeldsen
Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen () is a Danish mathematician who works in the Department of Science, Systems and Models (IMFUFA) at Roskilde University, and in the Department of Science Education at the University of Copenhagen. Her research interests include the philosophy of mathematics, history of mathematics, and mathematics e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packet%20Design
Packet Design is an Austin, Texas-based network performance management software company credited with pioneering route analytics technology. This network monitoring technology analyzes routing protocols and structures in meshed IP networks by participating as a peer in the network to passively “listen” to Layer 3 routi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiona%20Coghlan
Fiona Coghlan (born March 3, 1981) is a former Ireland women's rugby union international. Coghlan represented Ireland at the 2006, 2010 and 2014 Women's Rugby World Cups. She also captained the Ireland team that won the 2013 Women's Six Nations Championship. In 2013 Coghlan was named The Irish Times / Irish Sports Coun...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedekind%E2%80%93Kummer%20theorem
In algebraic number theory, the Dedekind–Kummer theorem describes how a prime ideal in a Dedekind domain factors over the domain's integral closure. Statement for number fields Let be a number field such that for and let be the minimal polynomial for over . For any prime not dividing , writewhere are monic irr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20%28Dragon%20Ball%29
is a fictional character and a major villain in the Dragon Ball Z manga and anime created by Akira Toriyama. He makes his debut in chapter #361 "The Mysterious Monster, Finally Appears!!", first published in Weekly Shōnen Jump on 16 February 1992. Cell is an evil artificial life form created using cell samples from sev...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup
Ketchup or catsup () is a table condiment with a sweet and sour flavor. The unmodified term ("ketchup") now typically refers to tomato ketchup, although early recipes used egg whites, mushrooms, oysters, grapes, mussels, or walnuts, among other ingredients. Tomato ketchup is made from tomatoes, sugar, and vinegar, wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive%20harmonic%20function
In mathematics, a positive harmonic function on the unit disc in the complex numbers is characterized as the Poisson integral of a finite positive measure on the circle. This result, the Herglotz-Riesz representation theorem, was proved independently by Gustav Herglotz and Frigyes Riesz in 1911. It can be used to give...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posadis
In computing, Posadis is a GPL-licensed DNS server for Microsoft Windows and Unix that uses a zone file format that is compatible with BIND zone files. Posadis is part of a suite which includes graphical configuration and zone file management programs. Posadis has IPv6 support. See also Comparison of DNS server soft...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-phase%20traffic%20theory
Three-phase traffic theory is a theory of traffic flow developed by Boris Kerner between 1996 and 2002. It focuses mainly on the explanation of the physics of traffic breakdown and resulting congested traffic on highways. Kerner describes three phases of traffic, while the classical theories based on the fundamental di...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%20atlas
A bird atlas is an ornithological work that attempts to provide information on the distribution, abundance, long-term change as well as seasonal patterns of bird occurrence and make extensive use of maps. They often involve a large numbers of volunteers to cover a wide geographic area and the methods used are standardi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5%27-Methoxyhydnocarpin
5'-Methoxyhydnocarpin (5′-MHC) is a chemical compound that has been isolated from Berberis and Hydnocarpus wightianus. 5′-MHC potentiates the antimicrobial effect of berberine in vitro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20science
Surface science is the study of physical and chemical phenomena that occur at the interface of two phases, including solid–liquid interfaces, solid–gas interfaces, solid–vacuum interfaces, and liquid–gas interfaces. It includes the fields of surface chemistry and surface physics. Some related practical applications are...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Peluse
Sarah Anne Peluse is an American mathematician specializing in arithmetic combinatorics and analytic number theory, and known for her research on generalizations of Szemerédi's theorem on the existence of polynomial progressions in dense sets of integers. She is an assistant professor and LSA Collegiate Fellow in the D...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deployment%20cost%E2%80%93benefit%20selection%20in%20physiology
Deployment cost–benefit selection in physiology concerns the costs and benefits of physiological process that can be deployed and selected in regard to whether they will increase or not an animal’s survival and biological fitness. Variably deployable physiological processes relate mostly to processes that defend or cl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20J.%20Curran
Patrick James Curran (born May 9, 1965) is an American statistician and professor of quantitative psychology at the University of North Carolina, where he is also a faculty member at the Center for Developmental Science. He is the coauthor of Latent Curve Models: A Structural Equation Perspective (with Ken Bollen) and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declared%20Rare%20and%20Priority%20Flora%20List
The Declared Rare and Priority Flora List is the system by which Western Australia's conservation flora are given a priority. Developed by the Government of Western Australia's Department of Environment and Conservation, it was used extensively within the department, including the Western Australian Herbarium. The herb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUTS%20statistical%20regions%20of%20France
In the NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics) codes of France (FR), the three levels are: History Up until 2016, the first level NUTS regions of France consisted of Ile de France, Bassin Parisien, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Est, Ouest, Sud-Ouest, Centre-Est, Mediterranee and the Departement d'Outre Mer. The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancrinos
Cancrinos is a genus of fossil crustacean closely allied with the slipper lobsters. One species is known, C. claviger from the Jurassic of southern Germany. Taxonomy Fossils of Cancrinos are rare, and their state of preservation is often imperfect. Count Georg zu Münster first described Cancrinos in 1839, based on mat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millionth
One millionth is equal to 0.000 001, or 1 x 10−6 in scientific notation. It is the reciprocal of a million, and can be also written as . Units using this fraction can be indicated using the prefix "micro-" from Greek, meaning "small". Numbers of this quantity are expressed in terms of μ (the Greek letter mu). "Milli...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazy%20caterer%27s%20sequence
The lazy caterer's sequence, more formally known as the central polygonal numbers, describes the maximum number of pieces of a disk (a pancake or pizza is usually used to describe the situation) that can be made with a given number of straight cuts. For example, three cuts across a pancake will produce six pieces if th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle%20of%20least%20privilege
In information security, computer science, and other fields, the principle of least privilege (PoLP), also known as the principle of minimal privilege (PoMP) or the principle of least authority (PoLA), requires that in a particular abstraction layer of a computing environment, every module (such as a process, a user, o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20erythorbate
Sodium erythorbate (C6H7NaO6) is a food additive used predominantly in meats, poultry, and soft drinks. Chemically, it is the sodium salt of erythorbic acid. When used in processed meat such as hot dogs and beef sticks, it increases the rate at which nitrite reduces to nitric oxide, thus facilitating a faster cure and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walrasian%20auction
A Walrasian auction, introduced by Léon Walras, is a type of simultaneous auction where each agent calculates its demand for the good at every possible price and submits this to an auctioneer. The price is then set so that the total demand across all agents equals the total amount of the good. Thus, a Walrasian auction...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error%20analysis%20%28mathematics%29
In mathematics, error analysis is the study of kind and quantity of error, or uncertainty, that may be present in the solution to a problem. This issue is particularly prominent in applied areas such as numerical analysis and statistics. Error analysis in numerical modeling In numerical simulation or modeling of re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinor%20spherical%20harmonics
In quantum mechanics, the spinor spherical harmonics (also known as spin spherical harmonics, spinor harmonics and Pauli spinors) are special functions defined over the sphere. The spinor spherical harmonics are the natural spinor analog of the vector spherical harmonics. While the standard spherical harmonics are a ba...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangles%20of%20the%20neck
Anatomists use the term triangles of the neck to describe the divisions created by the major muscles in the region. The side of the neck presents a somewhat quadrilateral outline, limited, above, by the lower border of the body of the mandible, and an imaginary line extending from the angle of the mandible to the mast...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gougerot%E2%80%93Blum%20syndrome
Gougerot–Blum syndrome is a variant of pigmented purpuric dermatitis, a skin condition characterized by minute, rust-colored to violaceous, lichenoid papules that tend to fuse into plaques of various hues. Relative to other variants, it is characterized clinically by a male predominance, pruritus, with a predilection...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herb%20Denenberg
Herbert S. Denenberg (November 20, 1929March 18, 2010) was an American television journalist, lawyer, consumer advocate, and insurance regulator. He is best remembered by audiences in the Philadelphia television market as a long time consumer affairs reporter on WCAU (Channel 10). Biography Born into a Jewish family i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble%E2%80%93Reynolds%20law
The Hubble–Reynolds law models the surface brightness of elliptical galaxies as Where is the surface brightness at radius , is the central brightness, and is the radius at which the surface brightness is diminished by a factor of 1/4. It is asymptotically similar to the De Vaucouleurs' law which is a special case o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copula%20linguae
The copula linguae or copula, is a swelling that forms from the second pharyngeal arch, late in the fourth week of embryogenesis. During the fifth and sixth weeks the copula becomes overgrown and covered by the hypopharyngeal eminence which forms mostly from the third pharyngeal arch and in part from the fourth pharyn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tirandamycin
Tirandamycins are a small group of natural products that contain a bicyclic ketal system and a tetramic acid moiety, the latter of which is found in different natural products from a variety of sources and which is characterized by a 2,4-pyrrolidinedione ring system. Members of this structural family have shown a wide ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functionally%20graded%20element
In materials science and mathematics, functionally graded elements are elements used in finite element analysis. They can be used to describe a functionally graded material. See also Graded (mathematics) Finite element method Materials science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20safety-risk%20analysis
A food safety-risk analysis is essential not only to produce or manufacture high quality goods and products to ensure safety and protect public health, but also to comply with international and national standards and market regulations. With risk analyses food safety systems can be strengthened and food-borne illnesses...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contamination
Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that spoils, corrupts, infects, makes unfit, or makes inferior a material, physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc. Types of contamination Within the sciences, the word "contamination" can take on a variety of subtle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GenMAPP
GenMAPP (Gene Map Annotator and Pathway Profiler) is a free, open-source bioinformatics software tool designed to visualize and analyze genomic data in the context of pathways (metabolic, signaling), connecting gene-level datasets to biological processes and disease. First created in 2000, GenMAPP is developed by an op...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EternalBlue
EternalBlue is a computer exploit developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). It was leaked by the Shadow Brokers hacker group on April 14, 2017, one month after Microsoft released patches for the vulnerability. On May 12, 2017, the worldwide WannaCry ransomware used this exploit to attack unpatched computer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PEEK%20and%20POKE
In computing, PEEK and POKE are commands used in some high-level programming languages for accessing the contents of a specific memory cell referenced by its memory address. PEEK gets the byte located at the specified memory address. POKE sets the memory byte at the specified address. These commands originated with mac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axilrod%E2%80%93Teller%20potential
The Axilrod–Teller potential in molecular physics, is a three-body potential that results from a third-order perturbation correction to the attractive London dispersion interactions (instantaneous induced dipole-induced dipole) where is the distance between atoms and , and is the angle between the vectors and . T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.22
IEEE 802.22, is a standard for wireless regional area network (WRAN) using white spaces in the television (TV) frequency spectrum. The development of the IEEE 802.22 WRAN standard is aimed at using cognitive radio (CR) techniques to allow sharing of geographically unused spectrum allocated to the television broadcast s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filtered%20Rayleigh%20scattering
Filtered Rayleigh scattering (FRS) is a diagnostic technique which measures velocity, temperature, and pressure by determining Doppler shift, total intensity, and spectral line shape of laser induced Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dana%20Moshkovitz
Dana Moshkovitz Aaronson () is an Israeli theoretical computer scientist whose research topics include approximation algorithms and probabilistically checkable proofs. She is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Texas at Austin. Education and career Moshkovitz completed her Ph.D. in 2008 at ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Size%20consistency%20and%20size%20extensivity
In quantum chemistry, size consistency and size extensivity are concepts relating to how the behaviour of quantum chemistry calculations changes with size. Size consistency (or strict separability) is a property that guarantees the consistency of the energy behaviour when interaction between the involved molecular syst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic%20Monte%20Carlo
The kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) method is a Monte Carlo method computer simulation intended to simulate the time evolution of some processes occurring in nature. Typically these are processes that occur with known transition rates among states. It is important to understand that these rates are inputs to the KMC algori...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential%20Video%20Coding
MPEG-5 Essential Video Coding (EVC) is a current video compression standard that has been completed in April 2020 by decision of MPEG Working Group 11 at its 130th meeting. The standard consists of a royalty-free subset and individually switchable enhancements. Concept The publicly available requirements document o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fra%C5%88kov%C3%A1%E2%80%93Helly%20selection%20theorem
In mathematics, the Fraňková–Helly selection theorem is a generalisation of Helly's selection theorem for functions of bounded variation to the case of regulated functions. It was proved in 1991 by the Czech mathematician Dana Fraňková. Background Let X be a separable Hilbert space, and let BV([0, T]; X) denote the n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SaleCycle
SaleCycle is a UK based global Behavioral Marketing firm. It works with online companies to reconnect with customers they've lost online, providing On-Site Remarketing and Email Remarketing solutions or application forms with dynamic and personalized messages in real-time. SaleCycle also offers segmentation and customi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autopen
An autopen (or signing machine) is a device used for the automatic signing of a signature. Prominent individuals may be asked to provide their signatures many times a day, such as celebrities receiving requests for autographs, or politicians signing documents and correspondence in their official capacities. Consequentl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warmed-over%20flavor
Warmed-over flavor is an unpleasant characteristic usually associated with meat which has been cooked and then refrigerated. The deterioration of meat flavor is most noticeable upon reheating. As cooking and subsequent refrigeration is the case with most convenience foods containing meat, it is a significant challeng...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PicoBSD
PicoBSD is a discontinued single-floppy disk version of FreeBSD, one of the BSD operating system descendants. In its different variations, PicoBSD allows one to have secure Dial-up Internet access , a small diskless router, or a dial-in server, all on one standard floppy disc. It runs on a minimum 386SX CPU with of R...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joichi%20Suetsuna
Joichi Suetsuna (Japanese: 末綱 恕一 Suetsuna Joichi; alternative Romanziation: Zyoiti Suetuna; November 28, 1898 – August 6, 1970) was a Japanese mathematician who worked mainly on number theory. In addition to working in Japan, where he held a chair at Tokyo University and was eventually selected to the Japan Academy, Su...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-11%20architecture
The PDP-11 architecture is a 16-bit CISC instruction set architecture (ISA) developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC). It is implemented by central processing units (CPUs) and microprocessors used in PDP-11 minicomputers. It was in wide use during the 1970s, but was eventually overshadowed by the more powerful V...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histone%20variants
Histone variants are proteins that substitute for the core canonical histones (H3, H4, H2A, H2B) in nucleosomes in eukaryotes and often confer specific structural and functional features. The term might also include a set of linker histone (H1) variants, which lack a distinct canonical isoform. The differences between ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20service%20motivation
Public Service Motivation (PSM) is an attribute of government and non-governmental organization (NGO) employment that explains why individuals have a desire to serve the public and link their personal actions with the overall public interest. Understanding the theory and practice of PSM is important in determining the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Food%20Information%20Resource%20Network
EuroFIR (European Food Information Resource) is a non-profit international association, which supports use of existing food composition data and future resources through cooperation and harmonization of data quality, functionality and global standards. The purpose of the association is the development, management, pub...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heap%20overflow
A heap overflow, heap overrun, or heap smashing is a type of buffer overflow that occurs in the heap data area. Heap overflows are exploitable in a different manner to that of stack-based overflows. Memory on the heap is dynamically allocated at runtime and typically contains program data. Exploitation is performed by ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Evans%20%28model%20engineer%29
Martin Evans (1916 – 29 December 2003) was influential in the field of model engineering and locomotive design, and also worked as the technical editor and eventually managing editor of the English magazine Model Engineer. His editorship, along with other changes in staff, helped keep the magazine on track after experi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touton%20giant%20cell
Touton giant cells are a type of multinucleated giant cell seen in lesions with high lipid content such as fat necrosis, xanthoma, and xanthelasma and xanthogranulomas. They are also found in dermatofibroma. History Touton giant cells are named for Karl Touton, a German botanist and dermatologist. Karl Touton first o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable%20Energy%20Cyclotron%20Centre
The Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) is a research and development unit of the Department of Atomic Energy. The VECC is located in Kolkata, India and performs research in basic and applied nuclear sciences and development of the latest nuclear particle accelerators. It has a collaboration with the European Organ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWHB-CD
WWHB-CD (channel 48) is a low-power, Class A television station licensed to Stuart, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area with programming from the digital multicast network TBD. It is owned and operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside CBS affiliate WPEC (channel 12), CW affiliate WTVX (channel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence%20space%20%28evolution%29
In evolutionary biology, sequence space is a way of representing all possible sequences (for a protein, gene or genome). The sequence space has one dimension per amino acid or nucleotide in the sequence leading to highly dimensional spaces. Most sequences in sequence space have no function, leaving relatively small re...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium%20yeast
Selenium yeast is a feed additive for livestock, used to increase the selenium content in their fodder. It is a form of selenium currently approved for human consumption in the EU and Britain. Inorganic forms of selenium are used in feeds (namely sodium selenate and sodium selenite, which appear to work in roughly the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Ajax%20frameworks
This is a list of notable Ajax frameworks, used for creating web applications with a dynamic link between the client and the server. Some of the frameworks are JavaScript compilers, for generating JavaScript and Ajax that runs in the web browser client; some are pure JavaScript libraries; others are server-side framewo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAYDAC
The RAYDAC (for Raytheon Digital Automatic Computer) was a one-of-a-kind computer built by Raytheon. It was started in 1949 and finished in 1953. It was installed at the Naval Air Missile Test Center at Point Mugu, California. The RAYDAC used 5,200 vacuum tubes and 18,000 crystal diodes. It had 1,152 words of memory (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid%20rotation
Opioid rotation or opioid switching is the process of changing one opioid to another to improve pain control or reduce unwanted side effects. This technique was introduced in the 1990s to help manage severe chronic pain and improve the opioid response in cancer patients. In order to obtain adequate levels of pain relie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20S.%20Croot%20III
Ernest S. Croot III is a mathematician and professor at the School of Mathematics, Georgia Institute of Technology. He is known for his solution of the Erdős–Graham conjecture, and for contributing to the solution of the cap set problem. Education Ernest Croot attended Centre College at Danville, Kentucky, where he r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task%20analysis
Task analysis is a fundamental tool of human factors engineering. It entails analyzing how a task is accomplished, including a detailed description of both manual and mental activities, task and element durations, task frequency, task allocation, task complexity, environmental conditions, necessary clothing and equipm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%20Control%20Protocol
In computer networking, the Link Control Protocol (LCP) forms part of the Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP), within the family of Internet protocols. In setting up PPP communications, both the sending and receiving devices send out LCP packets to determine the standards of the ensuing data transmission. The protocol: ch...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptographic%20Service%20Provider
In Microsoft Windows, a Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) is a software library that implements the Microsoft CryptoAPI (CAPI). CSPs implement encoding and decoding functions, which computer application programs may use, for example, to implement strong user authentication or for secure email. CSPs are independe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Position-independent%20code
In computing, position-independent code (PIC) or position-independent executable (PIE) is a body of machine code that, being placed somewhere in the primary memory, executes properly regardless of its absolute address. PIC is commonly used for shared libraries, so that the same library code can be loaded at a location ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dehiscence%20%28botany%29
Dehiscence is the splitting of a mature plant structure along a built-in line of weakness to release its contents. This is common among fruits, anthers and sporangia. Sometimes this involves the complete detachment of a part. Structures that open in this way are said to be dehiscent. Structures that do not open in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20demethylation
For molecular biology in mammals, DNA demethylation causes replacement of 5-methylcytosine (5mC) in a DNA sequence by cytosine (C) (see figure of 5mC and C). DNA demethylation can occur by an active process at the site of a 5mC in a DNA sequence or, in replicating cells, by preventing addition of methyl groups to DNA s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthan%20gum
Xanthan gum () is a polysaccharide with many industrial uses, including as a common food additive. It is an effective thickening agent, emulsifier, and stabilizer that prevents ingredients from separating. It can be produced from simple sugars by fermentation and derives its name from the species of bacteria used, Xant...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InstantTV
InstantTV is a cloud software digital video recorder (DVR) operated by RecordTV Pte Ltd based in Singapore. The company was founded by Carlos Nicholas Fernandes in 2007 and previously offered services as RecordTV.com. History RecordTV.com was originally a US-based company that provided cloud-based recording of any an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrode%20%28biology%29
A tetrode is a type of electrode used in neuroscience for electrophysiological recordings. They are generally used to record the extracellular field potentials from nervous tissue, e.g. the brain. Tetrodes are constructed by bundling together four very small electrodes; each wire is generally less than 30 μm in diamete...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glyceroneogenesis
Glyceroneogenesis is a metabolic pathway which synthesizes glycerol 3-phosphate or triglyceride from precursors other than glucose. Usually glycerol 3-phosphate is generated from glucose by glycolysis. Still, when glucose concentration drops in the cytosol, it is generated by another pathway called glyceroneogenesis. G...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscillating%20merge%20sort
Oscillating merge sort or oscillating sort is a variation of merge sort used with tape drives that can read backwards. Instead of doing a complete distribution as is done in a tape merge, the distribution of the input and the merging of runs are interspersed. The oscillating merge sort does not waste rewind time or h...