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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahler%27s%20theorem
In mathematics, Mahler's theorem, introduced by , expresses any continuous p-adic function as an infinite series of certain special polynomials. It is the p-adic counterpart to the Stone-Weierstrass theorem for continuous real-valued functions on a closed interval. Statement Let be the forward difference operator. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum
In physics, a quantum (: quanta) is the minimum amount of any physical entity (physical property) involved in an interaction. The fundamental notion that a physical property can be "quantized" is referred to as "the hypothesis of quantization". This means that the magnitude of the physical property can take on only d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xubuntu
Xubuntu () is a Canonical Ltd.–recognized, community-maintained derivative of the Ubuntu operating system. The name Xubuntu is a portmanteau of Xfce and Ubuntu, as it uses the Xfce desktop environment, instead of Ubuntu's customized GNOME desktop. Xubuntu seeks to provide "a light, stable and configurable desktop envi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-propelled%20modular%20transporter
A self-propelled modular transporter or sometimes self-propelled modular trailer (SPMT) is a platform heavy hauler with a large array of wheels which is an upgraded version of a hydraulic modular trailer. SPMTs are used for transporting massive objects, such as large bridge sections, oil refining equipment, cranes, mot...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem%20collapse
An ecosystem, short for ecological system, is defined as a collection of interacting organisms within a biophysical environment. Ecosystems are never static, and are continually subject to stabilizing and destabilizing processes alike. Stabilizing processes allow ecosystems to adequately respond to destabilizing change...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyroxiphium%20sandwicense%20subsp.%20macrocephalum%20x%20Dubautia%20menziesii
Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum x Dubautia menziesii, commonly known as the Dubautia-silversword, is a hybrid species of silversword plant in the family Asteraceae, and is a part of the silversword alliance. The hybrid was formed between Argyroxiphium sandwicense subsp. macrocephalum and Dubautia menzies...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urocanase
Urocanase (also known as imidazolonepropionate hydrolase or urocanate hydratase) is the enzyme () that catalyzes the second step in the degradation of histidine, the hydration of urocanate into imidazolonepropionate. Urocanase is coded for by the UROC1 gene, located on the 3rd chromosome in humans. The protein itself ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20medical%20diagnosis
The history of medical diagnosis began in earnest from the days of Imhotep in ancient Egypt and Hippocrates in ancient Greece but is far from perfect despite the enormous bounty of information made available by medical research including the sequencing of the human genome. The practice of diagnosis continues to be domi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATP%20synthase%20alpha/beta%20subunits
The alpha and beta (or A and B) subunits are found in the F1, V1, and A1 complexes of F-, V- and A-ATPases, respectively, as well as flagellar (T3SS) ATPase and the termination factor Rho. The subunits make up a ring that contains the ATP-hydrolyzing (or producing) catalytic core. The F-ATPases (or F1Fo ATPases), V-ATP...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatostatin%20family
The somatostatin family is a protein family with somatostatin as titular member, a hormone which inhibits the release of the pituitary somatotropin (growth hormone) and inhibits the release of glucagon and insulin from the pancreas of fasted animals. Cortistatin is a cortical neuropeptide with neuronal depressant and s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/128%20%28number%29
128 (one hundred [and] twenty-eight) is the natural number following 127 and preceding 129. In mathematics 128 is the seventh power of 2. It is the largest number which cannot be expressed as the sum of any number of distinct squares. However, it is divisible by the total number of its divisors, making it a refactorab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrolinguistics
Astrolinguistics is a field of linguistics connected with the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). Early Soviet experiments Arguably the first attempt to construct a language for interplanetary communication was the AO language created by the anarchist philosopher Wolf Gordin (brother of Abba Gordin) in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division%20by%20zero
In mathematics, division by zero is division where the divisor (denominator) is zero. Such a division can be formally expressed as , where is the dividend (numerator). In ordinary arithmetic, the expression has no meaning, as there is no number that, when multiplied by , gives (assuming ); thus, division by zero is u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littlewood%20polynomial
In mathematics, a Littlewood polynomial is a polynomial all of whose coefficients are +1 or −1. Littlewood's problem asks how large the values of such a polynomial must be on the unit circle in the complex plane. The answer to this would yield information about the autocorrelation of binary sequences. They are named f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-dynamic-range%20television
High-dynamic-range television (HDR-TV) is a technology that uses high dynamic range (HDR) to improve the quality of display signals. It is contrasted with the retroactively-named standard dynamic range (SDR). HDR changes the way the luminance and colors of videos and images are represented in the signal, and allows bri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Characteristic%20energy
In astrodynamics, the characteristic energy () is a measure of the excess specific energy over that required to just barely escape from a massive body. The units are length2 time−2, i.e. velocity squared, or energy per mass. Every object in a 2-body ballistic trajectory has a constant specific orbital energy equal to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karak%20%28mascot%29
Karak was the mascot for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He was modelled on a red-tailed black cockatoo, a threatened species within the host country, Australia. His biography, according to Commonwealth Games organisers: Comes from a long line of squawkers. His Mum nested at an early age and foraged for the family. His G...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20facilitation%20in%20animals
Social facilitation in animals is when the performance of a behaviour by an animal increases the probability of other animals also engaging in that behaviour or increasing the intensity of the behaviour. More technically, it is said to occur when the performance of an instinctive pattern of behaviour by an individual ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang%E2%80%93Mills%E2%80%93Higgs%20equations
In mathematics, the Yang–Mills–Higgs equations are a set of non-linear partial differential equations for a Yang–Mills field, given by a connection, and a Higgs field, given by a section of a vector bundle (specifically, the adjoint bundle). These equations are with a boundary condition where A is a connection on a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonstandard%20finite%20difference%20scheme
Nonstandard finite difference schemes is a general set of methods in numerical analysis that gives numerical solutions to differential equations by constructing a discrete model. The general rules for such schemes are not precisely known. Overview A finite difference (FD) model of a differential equation (DE) can be f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right-to-left%20script
In a script (commonly shortened to right to left or abbreviated RTL, RL-TB or R2L), writing starts from the right of the page and continues backwards to the left, proceeding from top to bottom for new lines. Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, Urdu, Kashmiri, Pashto, Uighur, Sorani Kurdish, and Sindhi are the most widespread RTL...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial%20texture%20mapping
Polynomial texture mapping (PTM), also known as Reflectance Transformation Imaging (RTI), is a technique of imaging and interactively displaying objects under varying lighting conditions to reveal surface phenomena. The data acquisition method is Single Camera Multi Light (SCML). Origins The method was originally deve...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-link%20trunking
Multi-link trunking (MLT) is a link aggregation technology developed at Nortel in 1999. It allows grouping several physical Ethernet links into one logical Ethernet link to provide fault-tolerance and high-speed links between routers, switches, and servers. MLT allows the use of several links (from 2 up to 8) and comb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleischer%27s%20syndrome
Fleischer's syndrome is an extremely rare congenital anomaly characterized by displacement of the nipples, occasional polymastia, and hypoplasia of both kidneys.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ethnic%20sports%20team%20and%20mascot%20names
Many sports teams are named for an ethnic group or similar category of people. Though these names typically refer to a group native to the area in which the sports team is based, many teams take their names from groups which are known for their strength (such as Spartans or Vikings), despite not being located near the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misiurewicz%20point
In mathematics, a Misiurewicz point is a parameter value in the Mandelbrot set (the parameter space of complex quadratic maps) and also in real quadratic maps of the interval for which the critical point is strictly pre-periodic (i.e., it becomes periodic after finitely many iterations but is not periodic itself). By a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LeNet
LeNet is a convolutional neural network structure proposed by LeCun et al. in 1998,. In general, LeNet refers to LeNet-5 and is a simple convolutional neural network. Convolutional neural networks are a kind of feed-forward neural network whose artificial neurons can respond to a part of the surrounding cells in the co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerve%20%28category%20theory%29
In category theory, a discipline within mathematics, the nerve N(C) of a small category C is a simplicial set constructed from the objects and morphisms of C. The geometric realization of this simplicial set is a topological space, called the classifying space of the category C. These closely related objects can provid...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorma%20Rissanen
Jorma Johannes Rissanen (October 20, 1932 – May 9, 2020) was an information theorist, known for originating the minimum description length (MDL) principle and practical approaches to arithmetic coding for lossless data compression. His work inspired the development of the theory of stochastic chains with memory of var...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming%20paradigm
Programming paradigms are a way to classify programming languages based on their features. Languages can be classified into multiple paradigms. Some paradigms are concerned mainly with implications for the execution model of the language, such as allowing side effects, or whether the sequence of operations is defined ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20mummy
Animal mummification was common in ancient Egypt. Animals were an important part of Egyptian culture, not only in their role as food and pets, but also for religious reasons. Many different types of animals were mummified, typically for four main purposes: to allow people's beloved pets to go on to the afterlife, to pr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior%20cerebellar%20peduncle
In the human brain, the superior cerebellar peduncle (brachium conjunctivum) is a paired structure of white matter that connects the cerebellum to the midbrain. It consists mainly of efferent fibers, the cerebellothalamic tract that runs from a cerebellar hemisphere to the contralateral thalamus, and the cerebellorubra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson%27s%20lemma
In mathematics, Watson's lemma, proved by G. N. Watson (1918, p. 133), has significant application within the theory on the asymptotic behavior of integrals. Statement of the lemma Let be fixed. Assume , where has an infinite number of derivatives in the neighborhood of , with , and . Suppose, in addition, eit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bactritida
The Bactritida are a small order of more or less straight-shelled (orthoconic) cephalopods that first appeared during the Emsian stage of the Devonian period (407 million years ago) with questionable origins in Pragian stage before 409 million years ago, and persisted until Carnian pluvial event in the upper middle Car...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wahba%27s%20problem
In applied mathematics, Wahba's problem, first posed by Grace Wahba in 1965, seeks to find a rotation matrix (special orthogonal matrix) between two coordinate systems from a set of (weighted) vector observations. Solutions to Wahba's problem are often used in satellite attitude determination utilising sensors such as ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20chemical%20warfare%20agents
A chemical weapon agent (CWA), or chemical warfare agent, is a chemical substance whose toxic properties are meant to kill, injure or incapacitate human beings. About 70 different chemicals have been used or stockpiled as chemical weapon agents during the 20th century. These agents may be in liquid, gas or solid form. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder%20network
A method for pruning dense networks to highlight key links Rationale Relationships among a set of elements are often represented as a square matrix with entries representing the relations between all pairs of the elements. Relations such as distances, dissimilarities, similarities, relatedness, correlations, co-occur...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithotroph
Lithotrophs are a diverse group of organisms using an inorganic substrate (usually of mineral origin) to obtain reducing equivalents for use in biosynthesis (e.g., carbon dioxide fixation) or energy conservation (i.e., ATP production) via aerobic or anaerobic respiration. While lithotrophs in the broader sense include ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelescu%20polynomials
In mathematics, the Angelescu polynomials πn(x) are a series of polynomials generalizing the Laguerre polynomials introduced by . The polynomials can be given by the generating function They can also be defined by the equation where is an Appell set of polynomials (see ). Properties Addition and recurrence relatio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budan%27s%20theorem
In mathematics, Budan's theorem is a theorem for bounding the number of real roots of a polynomial in an interval, and computing the parity of this number. It was published in 1807 by François Budan de Boislaurent. A similar theorem was published independently by Joseph Fourier in 1820. Each of these theorems is a cor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EncroChat
EncroChat was a Europe-based communications network and service provider that offered modified smartphones allowing encrypted communication among subscribers. It was used primarily by organized crime members to plan criminal activities. Police infiltrated the network between at least March and June 2020 during a Europe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCumber%20relation
The McCumber relation (or McCumber theory) is a relationship between the effective cross-sections of absorption and emission of light in the physics of solid-state lasers. It is named after Dean McCumber, who proposed the relationship in 1964. Definition Let be the effective absorption cross-section be effective emi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TraA
The traA gene codes for relaxase, which is an enzyme that initiates plasmid DNA transfer during bacterial conjugation. Relaxase forms a relaxosome complex with auxiliary proteins to initiate conjugation. Relaxosome binds to the origin of transfer (oriT) sequence and cleaves the DNA strand that will be transferred (th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20College%20of%20Speech%20and%20Language%20Therapists
The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (abbreviated as RCSLT) is the professional body for speech and language therapists in the United Kingdom and is a registered charity. It was established on 6 January 1945 to promote the study of speech therapy in the UK, to seek improvement and maintain a high standar...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preflexes
Preflexes are the latent capacities in the musculoskeletal system that auto-stabilize movements through the use of the nonlinear visco-elastic properties of muscles when they contract. The term "preflex" for such a zero-delay, intrinsic feedback loop was coined by Loeb. Unlike stabilization methods using neurons, such ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zen%20%28first%20generation%29
Zen is the codename for the first iteration in a family of computer processor microarchitectures of the same name from AMD. It was first used with their Ryzen series of CPUs in February 2017. The first Zen-based preview system was demonstrated at E3 2016, and first substantially detailed at an event hosted a block away...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reef%20aquarium
A reef aquarium or reef tank is a marine aquarium that prominently displays live corals and other marine invertebrates as well as fish that play a role in maintaining the tropical coral reef environment. A reef aquarium requires appropriately intense lighting, turbulent water movement, and more stable water chemistry ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate%2B%2B
U++, formally known as Ultimate++ - is a C++ RAD framework that aims to reduce the code complexity of typical desktop applications by extensively exploiting C++ features. Programs created with it can work on multiple operating systems and hardware architectures without the need to write platform-specific code. It poss...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berserker%20hypothesis
The berserker hypothesis, also known as the deadly probes scenario, is the idea that humans have not yet detected intelligent alien life in the universe because it has been systematically destroyed by a series of lethal Von Neumann probes. The hypothesis is named after the Berserker series of novels (1963-2005) written...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-touch%20provisioning
Zero-touch provisioning (ZTP), or zero-touch enrollment, is the process of remotely provisioning large numbers of network devices such as switches, routers and mobile devices without having to manually program each one individually. The feature improves existing provisioning models, solutions and practices in the areas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion%20trap
An ion trap is a combination of electric and/or magnetic fields used to capture charged particles — known as ions — often in a system isolated from an external environment. Atomic and molecular ion traps have a number of applications in physics and chemistry such as precision mass spectrometry, improved atomic frequenc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia%20%28British%20TV%20series%29
Utopia is a British thriller drama television series that was broadcast on Channel 4 from 15 January 2013 to 12 August 2014. The show was written by Dennis Kelly and starred Fiona O'Shaughnessy, Adeel Akhtar, Paul Higgins, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Alexandra Roach, Oliver Woollford, Alistair Petrie and Neil Maskell. A se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superior%20limbic%20keratoconjunctivitis
Superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis (SLK, Théodore's syndrome) is a disease of the eye characterized by episodes of recurrent inflammation of the superior cornea and limbus, as well as of the superior tarsal and bulbar conjunctiva. It was first described by F. H. Théodore in 1963. Symptoms and signs Patients present ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quillen%E2%80%93Suslin%20theorem
The Quillen–Suslin theorem, also known as Serre's problem or Serre's conjecture, is a theorem in commutative algebra concerning the relationship between free modules and projective modules over polynomial rings. In the geometric setting it is a statement about the triviality of vector bundles on affine space. The theo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bisquick
Bisquick is a pre-mixed baking mix sold by General Mills under its Betty Crocker brand, consisting of flour, shortening, salt, sugar and baking powder (a leavening agent). History According to General Mills, Bisquick was invented in 1930 after one of their top sales executives met an innovative train dining car chef,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture%20Analysis%20%26%20Design%20Language
The Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL) is an architecture description language standardized by SAE. AADL was first developed in the field of avionics, and was known formerly as the Avionics Architecture Description Language. The Architecture Analysis & Design Language is derived from MetaH, an architecture...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration%20appliance
An integration appliance is a computer system specifically designed to lower the cost of integrating computer systems. Most integration appliances send or receive electronic messages from other computers that are exchanging electronic documents. Most Integration Appliances support XML messaging standards such as SOAP...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepidermin
Nepidermin, also known as recombinant human epidermal growth factor (rhEGF), is a recombinant form of human epidermal growth factor (EGF) and a cicatrizant (a drug that promotes wound healing through formation of scar tissue). As a recombinant form of EGF, nepidermin is an agonist of the epidermal growth factor recept...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NowSecure
NowSecure (Formerly viaForensics) is a Chicago-based mobile security company that publishes mobile app and device security software. 2009: Beginnings Former CEO and Co-founder Andrew Hoog was working as a CIO when one of his employees was dismissed. After this dismissal, Hoog was tasked with reviewing whether the empl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide%20area%20application%20services
Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) is technology developed by Cisco Systems that optimizes the performance of any TCP-based application operating in a wide area network (WAN) environment while preserving and strengthening branch security. WAAS combines WAN optimization, acceleration of TCP-based applications,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errors%20and%20omissions%20excepted
"Errors and omissions excepted" (E&OE) is a phrase used in an attempt to reduce legal liability for potentially incorrect or incomplete information supplied in a contractually related document such as a quotation or specification. It is often applied as a disclaimer in situations in which the information to which it i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinus%20%28anatomy%29
A sinus is a sac or cavity in any organ or tissue, or an abnormal cavity or passage caused by the destruction of tissue. In common usage, "sinus" usually refers to the paranasal sinuses, which are air cavities in the cranial bones, especially those near the nose and connecting to it. Most individuals have four paired c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedosov%20manifold
In mathematics, a Fedosov manifold is a symplectic manifold with a compatible torsion-free connection, that is, a triple (M, ω, ∇), where (M, ω) is a symplectic manifold (that is, is a symplectic form, a non-degenerate closed exterior 2-form, on a -manifold M), and ∇ is a symplectic torsion-free connection on (A conn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20methylation
DNA methylation is a biological process by which methyl groups are added to the DNA molecule. Methylation can change the activity of a DNA segment without changing the sequence. When located in a gene promoter, DNA methylation typically acts to repress gene transcription. In mammals, DNA methylation is essential for no...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixin
Bixin is an apocarotenoid found in the seeds of the achiote tree (Bixa orellana) from which it derives its name. It is commonly extracted from the seeds to form annatto, a natural food coloring, containing about 5% pigments of which 70–80% are bixin. Applications Several thousand tons are harvested annually. Chemica...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus%20ochraceoroseus
Suillus ochraceoroseus is a species of mushroom in the genus Suillus. It appears with larch in early summer, is edible, and similar in appearance to S. lakei. Taxonomy The species was first described by Wally Snell as Boletinus ochraceoroseus in 1941, based on specimens he had collected near Smith Creek in Idaho. René...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoalleles
Pseudoallelism is a state in which two genes with similar functions are located so close to one another on a chromosome that they are genetically linked. This means that the two genes (pseudoalleles) are nearly always inherited together. Since the two genes have related functions, they may appear to act as a single gen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond%20battery
Diamond battery is the name of a nuclear battery concept proposed by the University of Bristol Cabot Institute during its annual lecture held on 25 November 2016 at the Wills Memorial Building. This battery is proposed to run on the radioactivity of waste graphite blocks (previously used as neutron moderator material ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor%20device%20modeling
Semiconductor device modeling creates models for the behavior of the electrical devices based on fundamental physics, such as the doping profiles of the devices. It may also include the creation of compact models (such as the well known SPICE transistor models), which try to capture the electrical behavior of such devi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doug%20Curtis
Doug Curtis (March 8, 1951 – January 10, 2007) was the founder of Curtis Electromusic Specialties and OnChip Systems. Curtis was the designer of many original analogue ICs, which have been used in a number electronic music instruments. He was described in Keyboard magazine as "one of the most important and least known ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNOME%20Web
GNOME Web, called Epiphany until 2012 and still known by that code name, is a free and open-source web browser based on the GTK port of Apple's WebKit rendering engine, called WebKitGTK. It is developed by the GNOME project for Unix-like systems. It is the default and official web browser of GNOME, and part of the GNOM...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isometric%20projection
Isometric projection is a method for visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions in technical and engineering drawings. It is an axonometric projection in which the three coordinate axes appear equally foreshortened and the angle between any two of them is 120 degrees. Overview The term "isome...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional-fair%20scheduling
Proportional-fair scheduling is a compromise-based scheduling algorithm. It is based upon maintaining a balance between two competing interests: Trying to maximize the total throughput of the network (wired or not) while at the same time allowing all users at least a minimal level of service. This is done by assigning ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshie%20Katsurada
Yoshie Katsurada (, 3 September 1911 – 10 May 1980) was a Japanese mathematician specializing in differential geometry. She became the first Japanese woman to earn a doctorate in mathematics, in 1950, and the first to obtain an imperial university professorship in mathematics, in 1967. Life Katsurada was born in Akaig...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rootare%E2%80%93Prenzlow%20equation
The Rootare-Prenzlow Equation is named for Estonian-American scientist Hillar Rootare and American scientist Carl , first published in their 1967 paper, "Surface Areas from Mercury Porosimetry Measurements," Rootare, H.M., and Prenzlow, C.F., 71 J. Phys. Chem. p. 2733 (1967). The equation first formulated a means to ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence%20imaging
Fluorescence imaging is a type of non-invasive imaging technique that can help visualize biological processes taking place in a living organism. Images can be produced from a variety of methods including: microscopy, imaging probes, and spectroscopy. Fluorescence itself, is a form of luminescence that results from mat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engelbert%20Krauskopf
Engelbert Krauskopf (August 21, 1820 – July 11, 1881) was a German-American settler, gunsmith, and naturalist. Born in Bendorf, Germany, he emigrated to the United States in 1846, and became a settler of Fredericksburg, Texas. He was trained as a cabinetmaker and gunsmith, and during the American Civil War once made ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochner%20space
In mathematics, Bochner spaces are a generalization of the concept of spaces to functions whose values lie in a Banach space which is not necessarily the space or of real or complex numbers. The space consists of (equivalence classes of) all Bochner measurable functions with values in the Banach space whose norm...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FGI-104
FGI-104 is the name of an experimental broad-spectrum antiviral drug, with activity against a range of viruses including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, HIV, Ebola virus, and Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus. Mechanism The drug acts by inhibiting the protein TSG101, which transports newly manufactured virions to the ext...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase%20separation
Phase separation is the creation of two distinct phases from a single homogeneous mixture. The most common type of phase separation is between two immiscible liquids, such as oil and water. Colloids are formed by phase separation, though not all phase separations forms colloids - for example oil and water can form sep...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/70%2C000
70,000 (seventy thousand) is the natural number that comes after 69,999 and before 70,001. It is a round number. Selected numbers in the range 70001–79999 70001 to 70999 71000 to 71999 71656 = pentagonal pyramidal number 72000 to 72999 73000 to 73999 73296 = is the smallest number n, for which n−3, n−2, n−1, n+1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual%20fund%20separation%20theorem
In portfolio theory, a mutual fund separation theorem, mutual fund theorem, or separation theorem is a theorem stating that, under certain conditions, any investor's optimal portfolio can be constructed by holding each of certain mutual funds in appropriate ratios, where the number of mutual funds is smaller than the n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20cloning
Quantum cloning is a process that takes an arbitrary, unknown quantum state and makes an exact copy without altering the original state in any way. Quantum cloning is forbidden by the laws of quantum mechanics as shown by the no cloning theorem, which states that there is no operation for cloning any arbitrary state pe...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem%20approach
The ecosystem approach is a conceptual framework for resolving ecosystem issues. The idea is to protect and manage the environment through the use of scientific reasoning. Another point of the ecosystem approach is preserving the Earth and its inhabitants from potential harm or permanent damage to the planet itself. Wi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B4di%20Husimi
Kōji Husimi (June 29, 1909 – May 8, 2008, ) was a Japanese theoretical physicist who served as the president of the Science Council of Japan. Husimi trees in graph theory, the Husimi Q representation in quantum mechanics, and Husimi's theorem in the mathematics of paper folding are named after him. Education and caree...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%20spectral%20analysis
Hilbert spectral analysis is a signal analysis method applying the Hilbert transform to compute the instantaneous frequency of signals according to After performing the Hilbert transform on each signal, we can express the data in the following form: This equation gives both the amplitude and the frequency of each com...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodaikanal%20mercury%20poisoning
Kodaikanal mercury poisoning is a proven case of mercury contamination at the hill station of Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India by Hindustan Unilever in the process of making mercury thermometers for export around the world. The exposé of the environmental abuse led to the closure of the factory in 2001 and opened up a ser...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20industry%20in%20Chennai
Chennai is the third largest software exporter in India, next only to Bangalore and Hyderabad. India's largest IT park is housed at Chennai. Software exports from Tamil Nadu during 2017–2018 rose 8.6% per cent to touch 1,11,179 crore, involving a workforce of 780,000, and the city is the hub for deep tech startup compa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pertusaria%20kansriae
Pertusaria kansriae is a rare species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichen in the family Pertusariaceae. Found in Thailand, it was formally described as a new species in 2005 by Sureeporn Jariangprasert. The type specimen was collected by the author from the Doi Inthanon National Park (Chom Thong district, C...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorella%20humiferrea
Moorella humiferrea is a Gram-positive thermophilic, anaerobic and endospore-forming bacterium from the genus Moorella, which has been isolated from sediments from the Grot geyser, Valley of Geysers, Kamchatka, Russia. This microorganism is able to grow and reduce iron(III) oxide when small amounts of humic acid are a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/178th%20meridian%20west
The meridian 178° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 178th meridian west forms a great circle with the 2nd meridian east. From Pole to Pole Starting at the North Pole and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pairing%20%28computing%29
Pairing, sometimes known as bonding, is a process used in computer networking that helps set up an initial linkage between computing devices to allow communications between them. The most common example is used in Bluetooth, where the pairing process is used to link devices like a Bluetooth headset with a mobile phone....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20multiplier
A binary multiplier is an electronic circuit used in digital electronics, such as a computer, to multiply two binary numbers. A variety of computer arithmetic techniques can be used to implement a digital multiplier. Most techniques involve computing the set of partial products, which are then summed together using bi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecA
The SecA protein is a cell membrane associated subunit of the eubacterial Sec or Type II secretory pathway, a system which is responsible for the secretion of proteins through the cell membrane. Within this system the SecA ATPase forms a translocase complex with the SecYEG channel, thereby driving the movement of the p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Baseball%20Network
The Baseball Network was a short-lived American television broadcasting joint venture between ABC, NBC and Major League Baseball (MLB). Under the arrangement, beginning in the 1994 season, the league produced its own broadcasts in-house which were then brokered to air on ABC and NBC. The Baseball Network was the first ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-gold
e-gold was a digital gold currency operated by Gold & Silver Reserve Inc. (G&SR) that allowed users to make payments, which it called "spends", in grams of gold, silver, and other precious metals. e-gold was launched in 1996 and grew to five million accounts by 2009, when transfers were suspended due to legal issues. A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20fraction%20%28chemistry%29
In chemistry, the mass fraction of a substance within a mixture is the ratio (alternatively denoted ) of the mass of that substance to the total mass of the mixture. Expressed as a formula, the mass fraction is: Because the individual masses of the ingredients of a mixture sum to , their mass fractions sum to u...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulated%20body%20pose%20estimation
Articulated body pose estimation in computer vision is the study of algorithms and systems that recover the pose of an articulated body, which consists of joints and rigid parts using image-based observations. It is one of the longest-lasting problems in computer vision because of the complexity of the models that rela...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysobisphosphatidic%20acid
Lysobisphosphatidic acid (LBPA) (also known as bis(monoacylglycero)phosphate (BMP)) is a phospholipid that is found in the membranes of late endosomes and lysosomes of eukaryotic cells. Phosphatidylglycerol is a precursor and structural isomer of LBPA. LBPA's stereochemistry is atypical among glycerophospholipids and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FRIACO
FRIACO stands for Flat Rate Internet Access Call Origination. It refers to the unmetered access to dial-up Internet services. Telephone numbers used for such dial-up services are free-phone (or toll-free) numbers, so that the user of the service is not paying for the duration of the call in a metered way. Instead, an I...