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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6TMS%20neutral%20amino%20acid%20transporter%20family | The 6TMS Neutral Amino Acid Transporter (NAAT) Family (TC# 2.A.95) is a family of transporters belonging to the Lysine Exporter (LysE) Superfamily. Homologues are found in numerous Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria including many human pathogens. Several archaea also encode MarC (see below) homologues. Some of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20George%20Kendall | David George Kendall FRS (15 January 1918 – 23 October 2007) was an English statistician and mathematician, known for his work on probability, statistical shape analysis, ley lines and queueing theory. He spent most of his academic life in the University of Oxford (1946–1962) and the University of Cambridge (1962–1985)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randomized%20weighted%20majority%20algorithm | The randomized weighted majority algorithm is an algorithm in machine learning theory.
It improves the mistake bound of the weighted majority algorithm.
Example
Imagine that every morning before the stock market opens,
we get a prediction from each of our "experts" about whether the stock market will go up or down.
O... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land%20use%20regression%20model | A land use regression model (LUR model) is an algorithm often used for analyzing pollution, particularly in densely populated areas.
The model is based on predictable pollution patterns to estimate concentrations in a particular area. This requires some linkage to the environmental characteristics of the area, especi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable-length%20code | In coding theory, a variable-length code is a code which maps source symbols to a variable number of bits. The equivalent concept in computer science is bit string.
Variable-length codes can allow sources to be compressed and decompressed with zero error (lossless data compression) and still be read back symbol by sy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar%20%28microarchitecture%29 | The AMD Jaguar Family 16h is a low-power microarchitecture designed by AMD. It is used in APUs succeeding the Bobcat Family microarchitecture in 2013 and being succeeded by AMD's Puma architecture in 2014. It is two-way superscalar and capable of out-of-order execution. It is used in AMD's Semi-Custom Business Unit as ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20Equatorial%20mode | The Atlantic Equatorial Mode or Atlantic Niño is a quasiperiodic interannual climate pattern of the equatorial Atlantic Ocean. It is the dominant mode of year-to-year variability that results in alternating warming and cooling episodes of sea surface temperatures accompanied by changes in atmospheric circulation. The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clade%20X | Clade X was a pandemic modelling exercise by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Health Security, which occurred on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, named after the hypothetical novel virus. In the simulation, the hypothetical pandemic resulted in 900 million simulated deaths. The exercise was invitation-only and nearly 150 pe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%20New%20Sciences | The Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences ( ) published in 1638 was Galileo Galilei's final book and a scientific testament covering much of his work in physics over the preceding thirty years. It was written partly in Italian and partly in Latin.
After his Dialogue Concerning the Two... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seqlock | A seqlock (short for sequence lock) is a special locking mechanism used in Linux for supporting fast writes of shared variables between two parallel operating system routines. The semantics stabilized as of version 2.5.59, and they are present in the 2.6.x stable kernel series. The seqlocks were developed by Stephen He... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DreamHost | DreamHost is a Los Angeles-based web hosting provider and domain name registrar. It is owned by New Dream Network, LLC, founded in 1996 by Dallas Bethune, Josh Jones, Michael Rodriguez and Sage Weil, undergraduate students at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, California, and registered in 1997 by Michael Rodriguez. Dre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha-actinin-4 | Alpha-actinin-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACTN4 gene.
Alpha actinins belong to the spectrin gene superfamily which represents a diverse group of cytoskeletal proteins, including the alpha and beta spectrins and dystrophins. Alpha actinin is an actin-binding protein with multiple roles in different... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%20A.%20Bailey | Rosemary A. Bailey (born 1947) is a British statistician who works in the design of experiments and the analysis of variance and in related areas of combinatorial design, especially in association schemes. She has written books on the design of experiments, on association schemes, and on linear models in statistics.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yousef%20Alavi | Yousef Alavi (March 19, 1928 – May 21, 2013) was an Iranian born American mathematician who specialized in combinatorics and graph theory. He received his PhD from Michigan State University in 1958. He was a professor of mathematics at Western Michigan University from 1958 until his retirement in 1996; he chaired the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security%20Administrator%20Tool%20for%20Analyzing%20Networks | Security Administrator Tool for Analyzing Networks (SATAN) was a free software vulnerability scanner for analyzing networked computers. SATAN captured the attention of a broad technical audience, appearing in PC Magazine and drawing threats from the United States Department of Justice. It featured a web interface, comp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharyngeal%20recess | Behind the ostium of the eustachian tube (ostium pharyngeum tuba auditiva) is a deep recess, the pharyngeal recess (fossa of Rosenmüller).
Clinical significance
At the base of this recess is the retropharyngeal lymph node (the Node of Rouvier). This is clinically significant in that it may be involved in certain head ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20Geosciences | Mathematical Geosciences (formerly Mathematical Geology) is a scientific journal published semi-quarterly by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the International Association for Mathematical Geosciences. It contains original papers in mathematical geosciences. The journal focuses on quantitative methods and s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic%20approximation | In acoustics, the acoustic approximation is a fundamental principle that states that an acoustic wave is created by a small, adiabatic, pressure ripple riding on a comparatively large equilibrium (bias) pressure. Typically, the acoustic pressure is on the order of a few ppm of the equilibrium pressure.
By extension, t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Genetics%20Alert | Human Genetics Alert (abbreviated HGA) is a secular, independent watchdog group based in London, England. It advocates against uses of reproductive technology and human genetics research that it considers harmful.
History
Human Genetics Alert was founded in 1999 as the Campaign Against Human Genetic Engineering. It wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic%20dimension | In a technical drawing, a basic dimension is a theoretically exact dimension, given from a datum to a feature of interest. In Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, basic dimensions are defined as a numerical value used to describe the theoretically exact size, profile, orientation or location of a feature or datum ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20behavioral%20ecology | Human behavioral ecology (HBE) or human evolutionary ecology applies the principles of evolutionary theory and optimization to the study of human behavioral and cultural diversity. HBE examines the adaptive design of traits, behaviors, and life histories of humans in an ecological context. One aim of modern human behav... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunnell%27s%20theorem | In number theory, Tunnell's theorem gives a partial resolution to the congruent number problem, and under the Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, a full resolution.
Congruent number problem
The congruent number problem asks which positive integers can be the area of a right triangle with all three sides rational. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20cleaved%20cells | Small cleaved cells are a distinctive type of cell that appears in certain types of lymphoma.
When used to uniquely identify a type of lymphoma, they are usually categorized as follicular () or diffuse () .
The "small cleaved cells" are usually centrocytes that express B-cell markers such as CD20. The disease is str... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeless%20universe | The timeless universe is the philosophical and ontological view that time and associated ideas are human illusions caused by our ordering of observable phenomena. Unlike most variants of presentism and eternalism, the timeless universe entirely rejects the notion of the reality of any time, arguing that it is exclusive... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Aging%20Research%20Portfolio | International Aging Research Portfolio (IARP) is a non-profit, open-access knowledge management system incorporating grants, publications, conferences in natural and social & behavioral sciences. In addition to the advanced search and visual trend analysis tools the system includes a directory of research projects cla... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aesthetic%20medicine | Aesthetic medicine is a branch of modern medicine that focuses on altering cosmetic appearance through the treatment of conditions including scars, skin laxity, wrinkles, moles, liver spots, excess fat, cellulite, unwanted hair, skin discoloration, and spider veins. Traditionally, it includes dermatology, oral and maxi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theban%20alphabet | The Theban alphabet, also known as the witches' alphabet, is a writing system, specifically a substitution cipher of the Latin script, that was used by early modern occultists and is popular in the Wicca movement.
Publication history
It was first published in Johannes Trithemius's Polygraphia (1518) in which it was at... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia%20hypothesis | The mafia hypothesis posits that brood parasite eggs are accepted by the host out of fear of retaliation (nest destruction) from the brood parasite, in an example of coevolution.
Amotz Zahavi proposed it in 1979, and it was tested by Manuel Soler in 1995.
Mathematical modeling
Maria Abou Chakra, of the Max Planck I... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20total%20covariance | In probability theory, the law of total covariance, covariance decomposition formula, or conditional covariance formula states that if X, Y, and Z are random variables on the same probability space, and the covariance of X and Y is finite, then
The nomenclature in this article's title parallels the phrase law of total... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneakers%20%281992%20film%29 | Sneakers is a 1992 American thriller film directed by Phil Alden Robinson, written by Robinson, Walter Parkes, and Lawrence Lasker, and starring Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell, River Phoenix, Sidney Poitier, and David Strathairn; the film was released by Universal Pictures.
Plot
In 1969, s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L4%20microkernel%20family | L4 is a family of second-generation microkernels, used to implement a variety of types of operating systems (OS), though mostly for Unix-like, Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX) compliant types.
L4, like its predecessor microkernel L3, was created by German computer scientist Jochen Liedtke as a response to t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current%20of%20injury | The current of injury – also known as the demarcation current, hermann's demarcation current or injury potential – is the electric current from the central part of the body to an injured nerve or muscle, or to another injured excitable tissue. The injured tissue has a negative voltage compared to the central part of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inborn%20errors%20of%20purine%E2%80%93pyrimidine%20metabolism | Inborn errors of purine–pyrimidine metabolism are a class of inborn error of metabolism disorders specifically affecting purine metabolism and pyrimidine metabolism. An example is Lesch–Nyhan syndrome.
Urine tests may be of use in identifying some of these disorders. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoamputation | Autoamputation is the spontaneous detachment (amputation) of an appendage or organ from the body. This is not to be confused with self-amputation. It is usually due to destruction of the blood vessels feeding an extremity such as the finger tips. Once the vessels are destroyed, the tissue is starved of oxygen and dies,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheumatoid%20vasculitis | Rheumatoid vasculitis is skin condition that is a typical feature of rheumatoid arthritis, presenting as peripheral vascular lesions that are localized purpura, cutaneous ulceration, and gangrene of the distal parts of the extremities.
See also
Rheumatoid nodulosis
List of cutaneous conditions |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphism%20in%20Lepidoptera | Many types of polymorphism can be seen in the insect order Lepidoptera. Polymorphism is the appearance of forms or "morphs" differing in color and number of attributes within a single species. In Lepidoptera, polymorphism can be seen not only between individuals in a population but also between the sexes as sexual dimo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerDEVS | PowerDEVS [BK011] is a general purpose software tool for DEVS modeling and simulation oriented to the simulation of hybrid systems. The environment allows defining atomic DEVS models in C++ language that can be then graphically coupled in hierarchical block diagrams to create more complex systems.
It is developed ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kempf%E2%80%93Ness%20theorem | In algebraic geometry, the Kempf–Ness theorem, introduced by , gives a criterion for the stability of a vector in a representation of a complex reductive group. If the complex vector space is given a norm that is invariant under a maximal compact subgroup of the reductive group, then the Kempf–Ness theorem states that ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARD-CC%20family | The CARD-CC protein family is defined by an evolutionary conserved "caspase activation and recruitment domain" (CARD) and a coiled-coil (CC) domain. Coiled-coils (CC) act as oligomerization domains for many proteins such as structural and motor proteins, and transcription factors. This means that monomers are converted... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20finance | Quantum finance is an interdisciplinary research field, applying theories and methods developed by quantum physicists and economists in order to solve problems in finance. It is a branch of econophysics.
Background on instrument pricing
Finance theory is heavily based on financial instrument pricing such as stock op... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Event%20%28computing%29 | In programming and software design, an event is an action or occurrence recognized by software, often originating asynchronously from the external environment, that may be handled by the software. Computer events can be generated or triggered by the system, by the user, or in other ways. Typically, events are handled ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%208289 | The Intel 8289 is a Bus arbiter designed for Intel 8086/8087/8088/8089. The chip is supplied in 20-pin DIP package. The 8086 (and 8088) operate in maximum mode, so they are configured primarily for multiprocessor operation or for working with coprocessors. Necessary control signals are generated by the 8289. This vers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin%20representation | In mathematics, the spin representations are particular projective representations of the orthogonal or special orthogonal groups in arbitrary dimension and signature (i.e., including indefinite orthogonal groups). More precisely, they are two equivalent representations of the spin groups, which are double covers of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google | Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on artificial intelligence, online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, and consumer electronics. It has been referred to as "the most powerful company in the world" and as one of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutator%20subspace | In mathematics, the commutator subspace of a two-sided ideal of bounded linear operators on a separable Hilbert space is the linear subspace spanned by commutators of operators in the ideal with bounded operators.
Modern characterisation of the commutator subspace is through the Calkin correspondence and it involves th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20F.%20Griffith | Arthur Frederick Griffith (30 July 1880 – 25 December 1911) was a calculating prodigy born July 30, 1880, in Milford, Kosciusko County, Indiana. He could count to 40,000 by age five. An illness at age seven resulted in epilepsy and prevented him from attending school until age 10. At age 12, he began to develop calc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Networked%20Robotics%20Corporation | Networked Robotics Corporation is an American scientific automation company that designs and manufactures electronic devices that monitor scientific instruments, scientific processes, and environmental conditions via the internet.
Networked Robotics is an Illinois company but is now based largely out of Pleasanton, Ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D%20selfie | A 3D selfie is a 3D-printed scale replica of a person or their face. These three-dimensional selfies are also known as 3D portraits, 3D figurines, 3D-printed figurines, mini-me figurines and miniature statues. In 2014 a first 3D printed bust of a President, Barack Obama, was made. 3D-digital-imaging specialists used ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crank%E2%80%93Nicolson%20method | In numerical analysis, the Crank–Nicolson method is a finite difference method used for numerically solving the heat equation and similar partial differential equations. It is a second-order method in time. It is implicit in time, can be written as an implicit Runge–Kutta method, and it is numerically stable. The metho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doi%E2%80%93Naganuma%20lifting | In mathematics, the Doi–Naganuma lifting is a map from elliptic modular forms to Hilbert modular forms of a real quadratic field, introduced by and .
It was a precursor of the base change lifting.
It is named for Japanese mathematicians Kōji Doi (土井公二） and Hidehisa Naganuma (長沼英久).
See also
Saito–Kurokawa lift, a s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toehold%20mediated%20strand%20displacement | Toehold mediated strand displacement (TMSD) is an enzyme-free molecular tool to exchange one strand of DNA or RNA (output) with another strand (input). It is based on the hybridization of two complementary strands of DNA or RNA via Watson-Crick base pairing (A-T/U and C-G) and makes use of a process called branch migra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalassocystis | Thalassocystis is a genus of alga known from the Silurian of Michigan. It is possibly a red alga or a brown alga. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20artificial%20life | Quantum artificial life is the application of quantum algorithms with the ability to simulate biological behavior. Quantum computers offer many potential improvements to processes performed on classical computers including machine learning and artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence applications are often insp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh%20Guide | Macintosh Guide, also referred to as Apple Guide, was Apple Computer's online help and documentation system, added to the classic Mac OS in System 7.5 and intended to work alongside Balloon Help. In addition to hypertext, indexing and searching of the text, Macintosh Guide also offered a system for teaching users how t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observatoire%20oc%C3%A9anologique%20de%20Banyuls-sur-Mer | The Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer, also known as the Laboratoire Arago, is a marine station located in Banyuls-sur-Mer (Pyrénées-Orientales) on the Mediterranean coast of France. The marine station is made up of several joint research laboratories operated by UPMC-Paris 6 (Université Pierre et Marie Cur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutron%20electric%20dipole%20moment | The neutron electric dipole moment (nEDM), denoted dn, is a measure for the distribution of positive and negative charge inside the neutron. A nonzero electric dipole moment can only exist if the centers of the negative and positive charge distribution inside the particle do not coincide. So far, no neutron EDM has bee... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape%20and%20radiate%20coevolution | Escape and radiate coevolution is a hypothesis proposing that a coevolutionary 'arms-race' between primary producers and their consumers contributes to the diversification of species by accelerating speciation rates. The hypothesized process involves the evolution of novel defenses in the host, allowing it to "escape" ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/343-line%20television%20system | 343-line is the number of scan lines in some early electronic monochrome analog television systems. Systems with this number of lines were used with 30 interlaced frames per second the United States by from 1935 to 1938, and with 25 interlaced frames per second in the Soviet Union from 1937 onwards. A similar system wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity%20of%20Albania | For a small country, Albania is characterised by a considerable wealth of terrestrial and marine ecosystems and habitats with contrasting floral, faunal, and fungal species, defined in an area of 28,748 square kilometres. Most of the country is predominantly of Mediterranean character, comprehending the country's cente... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Background%20noise | Background noise or ambient noise is any sound other than the sound being monitored (primary sound). Background noise is a form of noise pollution or interference. Background noise is an important concept in setting noise levels.
Background noises include environmental noises such as water waves, traffic noise, alarms... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racemic%20crystallography | Racemic crystallography is a technique used in structural biology where crystals of a protein molecule are developed from an equimolar mixture of an L-protein molecule of natural chirality and its D-protein mirror image. L-protein molecules consist of 'left-handed' L-amino acids and the achiral amino acid glycine, whe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20Sankararamakrishnan | Ramasubbu Sankararamakrishnan is an Indian computational biologist, bioinformatician and a professor at the Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He is known for his computational studies on membrane protein function. The Department of Biotechnology of the G... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire%20of%20the%20Ants%20%28video%20game%29 | Empire of the Ants is a video game released in 2000, developed by Microïds, and based on a novel of the same name written by Bernard Werber.
Gameplay
The game is playable on a network with up to 8 players, and the game contains more than 60 species of insects and different animals. Requiring strategy and management, i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffuson | In condensed matter physics, the diffuson is a disorder-averaged electron-hole propagator, a mathematical object which often appears in the theory of disordered electronic systems. The poles of the propagator can be identified with diffusion modes.
In a disordered system, the motion of an electron is not ballistic, bu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MZF1-AS1 | MZF1 antisense RNA 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MZF1-AS1 gene. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benznidazole | Benznidazole is an antiparasitic medication used in the treatment of Chagas disease. While it is highly effective in early disease, the effectiveness decreases in those who have long-term infection. It is the first-line treatment given its moderate side effects compared to nifurtimox. It is taken by mouth.
Side effect... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive%20wreath | The olive wreath, also known as kotinos (), was the prize for the winner at the ancient Olympic Games. It was a branch of the wild olive tree Kallistefanos Elea (also referred to as Elaia Kallistephanos) that grew at Olympia, intertwined to form a circle or a horse-shoe. The branches of the sacred wild-olive tree near ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Environment%20Real-Time | Multi-Environment Real-Time (MERT), later renamed UNIX Real-Time (UNIX-RT), is a hybrid time-sharing and real-time operating system developed in the 1970s at Bell Labs for use in embedded minicomputers (especially PDP-11s). A version named Duplex Multi Environment Real Time (DMERT) was the operating system for the AT&T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RecycleUnits | In mathematical logic, proof compression by RecycleUnits is a method for compressing propositional logic resolution proofs.
Its main idea is to make use of intermediate (e.g. non input) proof results being unit clauses, i.e. clauses containing only one literal. Certain proof nodes can be replaced with the nodes represe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zinc%20carboxypeptidase | The carboxypeptidase A family can be divided into two subfamilies: carboxypeptidase H (regulatory) and carboxypeptidase A (digestive). Members of the H family have longer C-termini than those of family A, and carboxypeptidase M (a member of the H family) is bound to the membrane by a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User-Managed%20Access | User-Managed Access (UMA) is an OAuth-based access management protocol standard. Version 1.0 of the standard was approved by the Kantara Initiative on March 23, 2015.
As described by the charter of the group that developed UMA, the purpose of the protocol specifications is to “enable a resource owner to control the a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host-based%20intrusion%20detection%20system | A host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) is an intrusion detection system that is capable of monitoring and analyzing the internals of a computing system as well as the network packets on its network interfaces, similar to the way a network-based intrusion detection system (NIDS) operates. This was the first type... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grote%E2%80%93Hynes%20theory | Grote–Hynes theory is a theory of reaction rate in a solution phase. This rate theory was developed by James T. Hynes with his graduate student Richard F. Grote in 1980.
The theory is based on the generalized Langevin equation (GLE). This theory introduced the concept of frequency dependent friction for chemical rate... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin%20echo | In magnetic resonance, a spin echo or Hahn echo is the refocusing of spin magnetisation by a pulse of resonant electromagnetic radiation. Modern nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) make use of this effect.
The NMR signal observed following an initial excitation pulse decays with time ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogxim | Dogxim, or Graxorra in Portuguese, was a female canid hybrid between a Pampas fox and a domesticated dog that was discovered in Brazil during 2021. The canid showed a mixture of fox and dog behaviours, and a team of geneticists led by Thales Renato Ochotorena de Freitas and Rafael Kretschmer announced in 2023 that she ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Albert%20Smith%20%28filmmaker%29 | George Albert Smith (4 January 1864 – 17 May 1959) was an English stage hypnotist, psychic, magic lantern lecturer, Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, inventor and a key member of the loose association of early film pioneers dubbed the Brighton School by French film historian Georges Sadoul. He is best known for... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-configurational%20self-consistent%20field | Multi-configurational self-consistent field (MCSCF) is a method in quantum chemistry used to generate qualitatively correct reference states of molecules in cases where Hartree–Fock and density functional theory are not adequate (e.g., for molecular ground states which are quasi-degenerate with low-lying excited states... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woeseian%20revolution | The Woeseian revolution was the progression of the phylogenetic tree of life concept from two main divisions, known as the Prokarya and Eukarya, into three domains now classified as Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukaryotes. The discovery of the new domain stemmed from the work of biophysicist Carl Woese in 1977 from a princip... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resilient%20Packet%20Ring | Resilient Packet Ring (RPR), as defined by IEEE standard 802.17, is a protocol designed for the transport of data traffic over optical fiber ring networks. The standard began development in November 2000 and has undergone several amendments since its initial standard was completed in June 2004. The amended standards ar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralized%20computing | Centralized computing is computing done at a central location, using terminals that are attached to a central computer. The computer itself may control all the peripherals directly (if they are physically connected to the central computer), or they may be attached via a terminal server. Alternatively, if the terminals ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photon%20energy | Photon energy is the energy carried by a single photon. The amount of energy is directly proportional to the photon's electromagnetic frequency and thus, equivalently, is inversely proportional to the wavelength. The higher the photon's frequency, the higher its energy. Equivalently, the longer the photon's wavelength,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peyton%20Young | Hobart Peyton Young (born March 9, 1945) is an American game theorist and economist known for his contributions to evolutionary game theory and its application to the study of institutional and technological change, as well as the theory of learning in games. He is currently centennial professor at the London School of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluometuron | Fluometuron is an herbicide. In the United States it was approved for use on cotton and sugarcane crops in 1974, but since 1986 is only approved for use on cotton.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroporus%20castaneus | Gyroporus castaneus, or commonly the chestnut bolete, is a small, white-pored relation of the Boletus mushrooms. It has a brown cap, and is usually found with oak trees. It differs from the true boletes in that the spores are a pale straw colour.
Taxonomy
The species was described initially by the French mycologist J... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Agent%20Programming%20Contest | The Multi-Agent Programming Contest is an annual international programming competition with stated goal of stimulating research in the area of multi-agent system development and programming.
History
In 2005 Jürgen Dix (Clausthal University of Technology), Mehdi Dastani (University Utrecht) and Peter Novák (Czech Techn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron%20beam%20ion%20trap | Electron beam ion trap (EBIT) is an electromagnetic bottle that produces and confines highly charged ions. An EBIT uses an electron beam focused with a powerful magnetic field to ionize atoms to high charge states by successive electron impact.
It was invented by M. Levine and R. Marrs at LLNL and LBNL.
Operation
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20root%20exudates | Plant root exudates are fluids emitted through the roots of plants. These secretions influence the rhizosphere around the roots to inhibit harmful microbes and promote the growth of self and kin plants.
Plant root systems can grow to be complex due to a variety of species and microorganisms existing in a common soil. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alzheimer%27s%20disease%20in%20the%20Hispanic/Latino%20population | Alzheimer's disease (AD) in the Hispanic/Latino population is becoming a topic of interest in AD research as Hispanics and Latinos are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer's Disease and underrepresented in clinical research. AD is a neurodegenerative disease, characterized by the presence of amyloid-beta plaques an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20bytecode | In computing, Java bytecode is the bytecode-structured instruction set of the Java virtual machine (JVM), a virtual machine that enables a computer to run programs written in the Java programming language and several other programming languages, see List of JVM languages.
Relation to Java
A Java programmer does not ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos%20game | In mathematics, the term chaos game originally referred to a method of creating a fractal, using a polygon and an initial point selected at random inside it. The fractal is created by iteratively creating a sequence of points, starting with the initial random point, in which each point in the sequence is a given fracti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchannel%20plate%20detector | A microchannel plate (MCP) is used to detect single particles (electrons, ions and neutrons) and photons (ultraviolet radiation and X-rays). It is closely related to an electron multiplier, as both intensify single particles or photons by the multiplication of electrons via secondary emission. Because a microchannel pl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcard%20%28Java%29 | In the Java programming language, the wildcard ? is a special kind of type argument that controls the type safety of the use of generic (parameterized) types. It can be used in variable declarations and instantiations as well as in method definitions, but not in the definition of a generic type. This is a form of use-s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden%20Bio%20Science%20Park | The Leiden Bio Science park (LBSP) is the largest life sciences cluster in the Netherlands and ranks in the top five of the most successful science parks in Europe. It is part of Leiden and Oegstgeest and focuses on companies and universities in the Biotechnology sector.
The park comprises with over 215 organisation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiatsu | Shiatsu ( ; ) is a form of Japanese bodywork based on concepts in traditional Chinese medicine such as qi meridians. Having been popularized in the twentieth century by Tokujiro Namikoshi (1905–2000), shiatsu derives from the older Japanese massage modality called anma.
There is no scientific evidence that shiatsu wil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20palmar%20digital%20nerves%20of%20ulnar%20nerve | The common palmar digital nerves of the ulnar nerve are nerves of the hand. The nerve branches off the superficial branch of the ulnar nerve and runs toward the cleft between the ring and little fingers.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson%E2%80%93Boltzmann%20equation | The Poisson–Boltzmann equation is a useful equation in many settings, whether it be to understand physiological interfaces, polymer science, electron interactions in a semiconductor, or more. It aims to describe the distribution of the electric potential in solution in the direction normal to a charged surface. This di... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF64 | RF64 is a BWF-compatible multichannel audio file format enabling file sizes to exceed 4 GB. It has been specified by the European Broadcasting Union. It has been accepted as the ITU recommendation ITU-R BS.2088.
The file format is designed to meet the requirements for multichannel sound in broadcasting and audio
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHOSFOS | PhoSFOS is a research and technology development project co-funded by the European Commission.
Project Description
The PHOSFOS (Photonic Skins For Optical Sensing) project is developing flexible and stretchable foils or skins that integrate optical sensing elements with optical and electrical devices, such as onboard... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urea-to-creatinine%20ratio | In medicine, the urea-to-creatinine ratio (UCR), known in the United States as BUN-to-creatinine ratio, is the ratio of the blood levels of urea (BUN) (mmol/L) and creatinine (Cr) (μmol/L). BUN only reflects the nitrogen content of urea (MW 28) and urea measurement reflects the whole of the molecule (MW 60), urea is ju... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudomonas%20Genome%20Database | The Pseudomonas Genome Database is a database of genomic annotations for Pseudomonas genomes. |
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