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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hahn%E2%80%93Exton%20q-Bessel%20function
In mathematics, the Hahn–Exton q-Bessel function or the third Jackson q-Bessel function is a q-analog of the Bessel function, and satisfies the Hahn-Exton q-difference equation (). This function was introduced by in a special case and by in general. The Hahn–Exton q-Bessel function is given by is the basic hyperg...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polylysine
Polylysine refers to several types of lysine homopolymers, which may differ from each other in terms of stereochemistry (D/L; the L form is natural and usually assumed) and link position (α/ε). Of these types, only ε-poly-L-lysine is produced naturally. Chemical structure The precursor amino acid lysine contains two ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANKRD1
Ankyrin repeat domain-containing protein 1, or Cardiac ankyrin repeat protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ANKRD1 gene also known as CARP. CARP is highly expressed in cardiac and skeletal muscle, and is a transcription factor involved in development and under conditions of stress. CARP has been implic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game%20Over%20II
Game Over II (known as Phantis in Spain) is a combination scrolling shooter and platform game developed and published by Dinamic Software in 1987 for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, MS-DOS, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Atari ST. Gameplay Game Over II is a mix between a scrolling shooter (similar to R-Type) and a platform game...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupin%20hypersurface
In differential geometry, a Dupin hypersurface is a submanifold in a space form, whose principal curvatures have globally constant multiplicities. Application A hypersurface is called a Dupin hypersurface if the multiplicity of each principal curvature is constant on hypersurface and each principal curvature is consta...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GRIB
GRIB (GRIdded Binary or General Regularly-distributed Information in Binary form) is a concise data format commonly used in meteorology to store historical and forecast weather data. It is standardized by the World Meteorological Organization's Commission for Basic Systems, known under number GRIB FM 92-IX, described ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20%26%20South%20%28video%20game%29
North & South is a strategy action game released in 1989 for the Amiga, and Atari ST and ported to the Nintendo Entertainment System, Amstrad CPC, MSX, MS-DOS, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum. It was developed and published by Infogrames. North & South is an offshoot of the Belgian comic series Les Tuniques Bleues (by Ra...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polflucht
Polflucht (from German, flight from the poles) is a geophysical concept invoked in 1922 by Alfred Wegener to explain his ideas of continental drift. The pole-flight force is that component of the centrifugal force during the rotation of the Earth that acts tangentially to the Earth's surface. The daily rotation of t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rydberg%20atom
A Rydberg atom is an excited atom with one or more electrons that have a very high principal quantum number, n. The higher the value of n, the farther the electron is from the nucleus, on average. Rydberg atoms have a number of peculiar properties including an exaggerated response to electric and magnetic fields, long ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomagnesium%20phosphate
Monomagnesium phosphate is one of the forms of magnesium phosphate. It is a magnesium acid salt of phosphoric acid with the chemical formula Mg(H2PO4)2. Di- and tetrahydrates are known also. It dissolves in water, forming phosphoric acid and depositing a solid precipitate of Mg(HPO4).3H2O, dimagnesium phosphate. As...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six%20degrees%20of%20freedom
Six degrees of freedom (6DOF) refers to the six mechanical degrees of freedom of movement of a rigid body in three-dimensional space. Specifically, the body is free to change position as forward/backward (surge), up/down (heave), left/right (sway) translation in three perpendicular axes, combined with changes in orient...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider%20Systems
Spider Systems Ltd. was a computer network products company, based in Edinburgh. It was founded in 1983 by several former employees of ICL who had previously worked at ICL's Scottish Development Centre at Dalkeith Palace until its closure earlier that year. Spider Systems produced a wide range of products, including t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysis%20buffer
A lysis buffer is a buffer solution used for the purpose of breaking open cells for use in molecular biology experiments that analyze the labile macromolecules of the cells (e.g. western blot for protein, or for DNA extraction). Most lysis buffers contain buffering salts (e.g. Tris-HCl) and ionic salts (e.g. NaCl) to r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrochicken
Astrochicken is the name given to a thought experiment expounded by theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson. An Astrochicken is a small, one-kilogram spacecraft, a self-replicating automaton that could explore space more efficiently than a crewed craft could due to its innovative mix of technology. Description In his boo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstructionism
Obstructionism is the practice of deliberately delaying or preventing a process or change, especially in politics. As workplace aggression An obstructionist causes problems. Neuman and Baron (1998) identify obstructionism as one of the three dimensions that encompass the range of workplace aggression. In this context,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucupi
Tucupi is a yellow sauce extracted from wild manioc root in Brazil's Amazon jungle. It is also produced as a by-product of manioc flour manufacture. The juice is toxic when raw (containing hydrocyanic acid). Tucupi is prepared by peeling, grating, and juicing the manioc. Traditionally, a basket-like instrument called...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2%2C4%2C5-Trichlorophenol
2,4,5-Trichlorophenol (TCP) is an organochloride with the molecular formula C6H3Cl3O. It has been used as a fungicide and herbicide. Precursor chemical used in the production of 2,4,5-Trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and hexachlorophene involves the intermediate production of 2,4,5-trichlorophenol (TCP) and the fo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathophysiology%20of%20spider%20bites
The pathophysiology of a spider bite is due to the effect of its venom. A spider envenomation occurs whenever a spider injects venom into the skin. Not all spider bites inject venom – a dry bite, and the amount of venom injected can vary based on the type of spider and the circumstances of the encounter. The mechanical...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nature%20Reviews%20Physics
Nature Reviews Physics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Nature Portfolio. It was established in 2019 as an online-only journal. The editor-in-chief is Iulia Georgescu. Scope The journal publishes reviews, perspective, roadmap, technical review, expert recommendation, comment, year in review,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic%20roadmap%20simulation
For robot control, Stochastic roadmap simulation is inspired by probabilistic roadmap methods (PRM) developed for robot motion planning. The main idea of these methods is to capture the connectivity of a geometrically complex high-dimensional space by constructing a graph of local paths connecting points randomly sam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantitative%20analysis%20of%20behavior
Quantitative analysis of behavior is the application of mathematical models--conceptualized from the robust corpus of environment-behavior-consequence interactions in published behavioral science--to the experimental analysis of behavior. The aim is to describe and/or predict relations between varying levels of indepen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Collection%20of%20Industrial%20Food%20and%20Marine%20Bacteria
The National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB) is a culture collection in the United Kingdom consisting of microorganisms from environmental samples (particularly marine bacteria) as well as bacteria involved in the production or spoilage of food and drink, and bacteria with important industria...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic%20dynamic%20programming
Originally introduced by Richard E. Bellman in , stochastic dynamic programming is a technique for modelling and solving problems of decision making under uncertainty. Closely related to stochastic programming and dynamic programming, stochastic dynamic programming represents the problem under scrutiny in the form of a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-320
In molecular biology mir-320 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms. The biogenesis of miR-320 is different from the canonical Microprocessor-dependent miRNAs. The pre-miR-320 is transcribed directly as a precursor microRNA hairpin an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adapter%20%28genetics%29
An adapter or adaptor, or a linker in genetic engineering is a short, chemically synthesized, single-stranded or double-stranded oligonucleotide that can be ligated to the ends of other DNA or RNA molecules. Double stranded adapters can be synthesized to have blunt ends to both terminals or to have sticky end at one en...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescribed%20scalar%20curvature%20problem
In Riemannian geometry, a branch of mathematics, the prescribed scalar curvature problem is as follows: given a closed, smooth manifold M and a smooth, real-valued function ƒ on M, construct a Riemannian metric on M whose scalar curvature equals ƒ. Due primarily to the work of J. Kazdan and F. Warner in the 1970s, thi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct%20linear%20transformation
Direct linear transformation (DLT) is an algorithm which solves a set of variables from a set of similarity relations:   for where and are known vectors, denotes equality up to an unknown scalar multiplication, and is a matrix (or linear transformation) which contains the unknowns to be solved. This type of r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20African%20rand
The South African rand, or simply the rand, (sign: R; code: ZAR) is the official currency of the Southern African Common Monetary Area: South Africa, Namibia (alongside the Namibian dollar), Lesotho (alongside the Lesotho loti) and Eswatini (alongside the Swazi lilangeni). It is subdivided into 100 cents (sign: "c") an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luopan
The luopan or geomantic compass is a Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a feng shui compass. It is used by a feng shui practitioner to determine the precise direction of a structure, place or item. Luo Pan contains a lot of information and formulas regarding its functions. The needle points towards the south magne...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butson-type%20Hadamard%20matrix
In mathematics, a complex Hadamard matrix H of size N with all its columns (rows) mutually orthogonal, belongs to the Butson-type H(q, N) if all its elements are powers of q-th root of unity, Existence If p is prime and , then can exist only for with integer m and it is conjectured they exist for all such cases ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incomplete%20gamma%20function
In mathematics, the upper and lower incomplete gamma functions are types of special functions which arise as solutions to various mathematical problems such as certain integrals. Their respective names stem from their integral definitions, which are defined similarly to the gamma function but with different or "incomp...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progeroid%20syndromes
Progeroid syndromes (PS) are a group of rare genetic disorders that mimic physiological aging, making affected individuals appear to be older than they are. The term progeroid syndrome does not necessarily imply progeria (Hutchinson–Gilford progeria syndrome), which is a specific type of progeroid syndrome. Progeroid ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor%20product%20model%20transformation
In mathematics, the tensor product (TP) model transformation was proposed by Baranyi and Yam as key concept for higher-order singular value decomposition of functions. It transforms a function (which can be given via closed formulas or neural networks, fuzzy logic, etc.) into TP function form if such a transformation i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen%20zoo
A frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals (e.g. DNA, sperm, eggs, embryos and live tissue) are stored at very low temperatures (−196 °C) in tanks of liquid nitrogen. Material preserved in this way can be stored indefinitely and used for artificial insemination, in vitro fertilizat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferon%20type%20III
The type III interferon group is a group of anti-viral cytokines, that consists of four IFN-λ (lambda) molecules called IFN-λ1, IFN-λ2, IFN-λ3 (also known as IL29, IL28A and IL28B respectively), and IFN-λ4. They were discovered in 2003. Their function is similar to that of type I interferons, but is less intense and se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complex%20coordinate%20space
In mathematics, the n-dimensional complex coordinate space (or complex n-space) is the set of all ordered n-tuples of complex numbers. It is denoted , and is the n-fold Cartesian product of the complex plane with itself. Symbolically, or The variables are the (complex) coordinates on the complex n-space. Comple...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parmastega
Parmastega is an extinct genus of tetrapod from the Devonian, dated to the earliest Famennian age (about 372 million years ago), in contrast to later fossils known from late Famennian (365–359 million years ago). These later fossils are considerably younger, by about 30 million years, than the earliest recorded tetrapo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schellman%20loop
Schellman loops (also called Schellman motifs or paperclips) are commonly occurring structural features of proteins and polypeptides. Each has six amino acid residues (labelled residues i to i+5) with two specific inter-mainchain hydrogen bonds (as in lower figure, i) and a characteristic main chain dihedral angle conf...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Error-correcting%20codes%20with%20feedback
In mathematics, computer science, telecommunication, information theory, and searching theory, error-correcting codes with feedback are error correcting codes designed to work in the presence of feedback from the receiver to the sender. Problem Alice (the sender) wishes to send a value x to Bob (the receiver). The c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command%20Data%20Buffer
Command Data Buffer (CDB) was a system used by the United States Air Force's Minuteman ICBM force. CDB was a method to transfer targeting information from a Minuteman Launch Control Center to an individual missile by communications lines. Prior to CDB, new missile guidance would have to be physically loaded at the la...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slothouber%E2%80%93Graatsma%20puzzle
The Slothouber–Graatsma puzzle is a packing problem that calls for packing six 1 × 2 × 2 blocks and three 1 × 1 × 1 blocks into a 3 × 3 × 3 box. The solution to this puzzle is unique (up to mirror reflections and rotations). It was named after its inventors Jan Slothouber and William Graatsma. The puzzle is essentiall...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimagnesium%20phosphate
Dimagnesium phosphate is a compound with formula MgHPO4. It is a Mg2+ salt of monohydrogen phosphate. The trihydrate is well known, occurring as a mineral. It can be formed by reaction of stoichiometric quantities of magnesium oxide with phosphoric acid. MgO + H3PO4 → MgHPO4 + H2O Dissolving monomagnesium phosphate i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitointeractome
Mitointeractome is a mitochondrial protein interactome database.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%20eye%20syndrome
Cat eye syndrome (CES) or Schmid–Fraccaro syndrome is a rare condition caused by an abnormal extra chromosome, i.e. a small supernumerary marker chromosome. This chromosome consists of the entire short arm and a small section of the long arm of chromosome 22. In consequence, individuals with the cat eye syndrome have t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera%20Rubin
Vera Florence Cooper Rubin (; July 23, 1928 – December 25, 2016) was an American astronomer who pioneered work on galaxy rotation rates. She uncovered the discrepancy between the predicted and observed angular motion of galaxies by studying galactic rotation curves. By identifying the galaxy rotation problem, her work ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biefeld%E2%80%93Brown%20effect
The Biefeld–Brown effect is an electrical phenomenon that produces an ionic wind that transfers its momentum to surrounding neutral particles. It describes a force observed on an asymmetric capacitor when high voltage is applied to the capacitor's electrodes. Once suitably charged up to high DC potentials, a thrust at ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postselection
In probability theory, to postselect is to condition a probability space upon the occurrence of a given event. In symbols, once we postselect for an event , the probability of some other event changes from to the conditional probability . For a discrete probability space, , and thus we require that be strictly posi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20S%C5%82adkowski
Jan Sładkowski (born 1958 in Świętochłowice) is a Polish physicist. He is notable for his work on the role of exotic smoothness in cosmology, quantum game theory, and applications of thermodynamics in the theory of finance. Education He earned his PhD, under Marek Zrałek, and habilitation in theoretical physics from t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%E2%80%93body%20mass%20ratio
Brain–body mass ratio, also known as the brain–body weight ratio, is the ratio of brain mass to body mass, which is hypothesized to be a rough estimate of the intelligence of an animal, although fairly inaccurate in many cases. A more complex measurement, encephalization quotient, takes into account allometric effects ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20limits
This is a list of limits for common functions such as elementary functions. In this article, the terms a, b and c are constants with respect to x. Limits for general functions Definitions of limits and related concepts if and only if This is the (ε, δ)-definition of limit. The limit superior and limit inferior of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge-matching%20puzzle
An edge-matching puzzle is a type of tiling puzzle involving tiling an area with (typically regular) polygons whose edges are distinguished with colours or patterns, in such a way that the edges of adjacent tiles match. Edge-matching puzzles are known to be NP-complete, and capable of conversion to and from equivalent...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic%20optimization
Stochastic optimization (SO) methods are optimization methods that generate and use random variables. For stochastic problems, the random variables appear in the formulation of the optimization problem itself, which involves random objective functions or random constraints. Stochastic optimization methods also include ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molar%20conductivity
The molar conductivity of an electrolyte solution is defined as its conductivity divided by its molar concentration. where: κ is the measured conductivity (formerly known as specific conductance), c is the molar concentration of the electrolyte. The SI unit of molar conductivity is siemens metres squared per mole...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20Kittyhawk
Kittyhawk is an IBM supercomputer. The proposed project entails constructing a global-scale shared supercomputer capable of hosting the entire Internet on one platform as an application, whereas the current Internet is a collection of interconnected computer networks. In 2010 IBM open sourced the Linux kernel patches...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigen
In immunology, an antigen (Ag) is a molecule, moiety, foreign particulate matter, or an allergen, such as pollen, that can bind to a specific antibody or T-cell receptor. The presence of antigens in the body may trigger an immune response. Antigens can be proteins, peptides (amino acid chains), polysaccharides (chain...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getaddrinfo
In C programming, the functions getaddrinfo() and getnameinfo() convert domain names, hostnames, and IP addresses between human-readable text representations and structured binary formats for the operating system's networking API. Both functions are contained in the POSIX standard application programming interface (A...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avaya%20Unified%20Communications%20Management
Avaya Unified Communications Management in computer networking is the name of a collection of GUI software programs from Avaya utilizing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) that serves as a foundation for unifying configuration and monitoring of Avaya Unified Communications Servers and data systems. History Origins...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siku%20Toys
Sieper Lüdenscheid GmbH & Co. KG, mostly known by its trade name Siku, is a German manufacturer of scale models headquartered in Lüdenscheid. Some of the products sold by Siku are model cars, figurines, model aircraft, model commercial vehicles, and model agricultural machinery. History Founded in 1921, Sieper-Werke ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BICEP%20and%20Keck%20Array
BICEP (Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization) and the Keck Array are a series of cosmic microwave background (CMB) experiments. They aim to measure the polarization of the CMB; in particular, measuring the B-mode of the CMB. The experiments have had five generations of instrumentation, consisting of B...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Cove
Golden Cove is a codename for a CPU microarchitecture developed by Intel and released in November 2021. It succeeds four microarchitectures: Sunny Cove, Skylake, Willow Cove, and Cypress Cove. It is fabricated using Intel's Intel 7 process node, previously referred to as 10nm Enhanced SuperFin (10ESF). The microarchit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20fields%20of%20application%20of%20statistics
Statistics is the mathematical science involving the collection, analysis and interpretation of data. A number of specialties have evolved to apply statistical and methods to various disciplines. Certain topics have "statistical" in their name but relate to manipulations of probability distributions rather than to stat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoption%20disclosure
Adoption disclosure refers to the official release of information relating to the legal adoption of a child. Throughout much of the 20th century, many Western countries had legislation intended to prevent adoptees and adoptive families from knowing the identities of birth parents and vice versa. After a decline in th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology%20dissemination%20based%20on%20reverse-path%20forwarding
Topology broadcast based on reverse-path forwarding (TBRPF) is a link-state routing protocol for wireless mesh networks. The obvious design for a wireless link-state protocol (such as the optimized link-state routing protocol) transmits large amounts of routing data, and this limits the utility of a link-state protoco...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grippia
Grippia is a genus of early ichthyopterygian, an extinct group of reptiles that resembled dolphins. Its only species is Grippia longirostris. It was a relatively small ichthyopterygian, measuring around long. Fossil remains from Svalbard from the specimen SVT 203 were originally assigned to G. longirostris but are no...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthometric%20height
The orthometric height is the vertical distance H along the plumb line from a point of interest to a reference surface known as the geoid, the vertical datum that approximates mean sea level. Orthometric height is one of the scientific formalizations of a laypersons' "height above sea level", along with other types of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tare%20weight
Tare weight , sometimes called unladen weight, is the weight of an empty vehicle or container. By subtracting tare weight from gross weight (laden weight), one can determine the weight of the goods carried or contained (the net weight). Etymology The word tare originates from the Middle French word 'wastage in goods,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostelecom
Rostelecom (Ростелеком) is Russia’s largest provider of digital services for a wide variety of consumers, households, private businesses, government and municipal authorities, and other telecom providers. Rostelecom interconnects all local public operators’ networks into a single national network for long-distance serv...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AT%26T%20DSP1
The AT&T DSP1 was a pioneering digital signal processor (DSP) created by Bell Labs. The DSP1 started in 1977 with a Bell Labs study that recommended creating a large-scale integrated circuit for digital signal processing. It described a basic DSP architecture with multiplier/accumulator, addressing unit, and control; ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FMRIB%20Software%20Library
The FMRIB Software Library, abbreviated FSL, is a software library containing image analysis and statistical tools for functional, structural and diffusion MRI brain imaging data. FSL is available as both precompiled binaries and source code for Apple and PC (Linux) computers. It is freely available for non-commercial...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growing%20block%20universe
The growing block universe theory of time (or the growing block view), states that the past and present both exist, and the future as yet does not. The present is an objective property, to be compared with a moving spotlight. By the passage of time more of the world comes into being; therefore, the block universe is sa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stencil%20Subtractor
The Stencil Subtractor frame was a ciphered text recyphering tool that was invented by British Army Intelligence Officer and cryptographer John Tiltman and was ready for trial by April 1941 but was not adopted officially by the British Forces until March 1942, and not brought into service until June 1943. It was used t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moser%27s%20trick
In differential geometry, a branch of mathematics, the Moser's trick (or Moser's argument) is a method to relate two differential forms and on a smooth manifold by a diffeomorphism such that , provided that one can find a family of vector fields satisfying a certain ODE. More generally, the argument holds for a fam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerber%20Baby
The Gerber Baby is the trademark logo of the Gerber Products Company, an American purveyor of baby food and baby products. Drawn by artist Dorothy Hope Smith, the Gerber Baby was modeled after Ann Turner Cook (1926–2022). History Fremont Canning Company, owned and operated by Dan Gerber, was looking for a baby face f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/119%20%28number%29
119 (one hundred [and] nineteen) is the natural number following 118 and preceding 120. Mathematics 119 is a Perrin number, preceded in the sequence by 51, 68, 90 (it is the sum of the first two mentioned). 119 is the sum of five consecutive primes (17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31). 119 is the sum of seven consecutive prim...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scilliroside
Scilliroside is a toxic compound derived from the plant Drimia maritima (syn. Urginea maritima), which is sometimes used as a rodenticide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Bruijn%E2%80%93Erd%C5%91s%20theorem%20%28incidence%20geometry%29
In incidence geometry, the De Bruijn–Erdős theorem, originally published by , states a lower bound on the number of lines determined by n points in a projective plane. By duality, this is also a bound on the number of intersection points determined by a configuration of lines. Although the proof given by De Bruijn and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeastract
YEASTRACT (Yeast Search for Transcriptional Regulators And Consensus Tracking) is a curated repository of more than 48000 regulatory associations between transcription factors (TF) and target genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, based on more than 1200 bibliographic references. It also includes the description of about 3...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera%20pit
A cholera pit was a burial place used in a time of emergency when the disease was prevalent. Such mass graves were often unmarked and were placed in remote or specially selected locations. Public fears of contagion, lack of space within existing churchyards and restrictions placed on the movements of people from locati...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmar%20metacarpal%20arteries
The palmar metacarpal arteries (volar metacarpal arteries, palmar interosseous arteries) are three or four arteries that arise from the convexity of the deep palmar arch. Structure The palmar metacarpal arteries arise from the convexity of the deep palmar arch. They run distally upon the palmar interossei muscles. T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete%20topological%20vector%20space
In functional analysis and related areas of mathematics, a complete topological vector space is a topological vector space (TVS) with the property that whenever points get progressively closer to each other, then there exists some point towards which they all get closer. The notion of "points that get progressively c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathophysiology%20of%20hypertension
Pathophysiology is a study which explains the function of the body as it relates to diseases and conditions. The pathophysiology of hypertension is an area which attempts to explain mechanistically the causes of hypertension, which is a chronic disease characterized by elevation of blood pressure. Hypertension can be c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolecithal
Isolecithal (Greek iso = equal, lekithos = yolk) refers to the even distribution of yolk in the cytoplasm of ova of mammals and other vertebrates, notably fishes of the families Petromyzontidae, Amiidae, and Lepisosteidae. Isolecithal cells have two equal hemispheres of yolk. However, during cellular development, norma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20over%20cellular
Video over cellular (VoC), also known as VoCIP (video over cellular Internet Protocol), is a term used for processing streaming video such as surveillance, using high-resolution video cameras over 3G and 4G cellular networks. Creating a VoC transmission requires encoding and decoding of video packets of data. The met...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare%20biology
Welfare biology is a proposed cross-disciplinary field of research to study the positive and negative well-being of sentient individuals in relation to their environment. Yew-Kwang Ng first advanced the field in 1995. Since then, its establishment has been advocated for by a number of writers, including philosophers, w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclamation%20mark
The exclamation mark (also known as exclamation point in American English) is a punctuation mark usually used after an interjection or exclamation to indicate strong feelings or to show emphasis. The exclamation mark often marks the end of a sentence, for example: "Watch out!". Similarly, a bare exclamation mark (with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecal%20shield
The fecal shield is a structure formed by the larvae of many species of beetles in the leaf beetle family, Chrysomelidae. It is composed of the frass of the insect and often its exuviae, or bits of shed exoskeleton. The beetle may carry the shield on its back or wield it upon its posterior end. The main function of the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser%20Science%20and%20Technology%20Centre
Laser Science and Technology Centre (LASTEC) is a laboratory of the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO). Located in Delhi, it is the main DRDO lab involved in the development of lasers and related technologies. LASTEC functions under the DRDO Directorate of Electronics & Computer Science. History LAST...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansen%E2%80%93Jagannathan%20bound
Hansen–Jagannathan bound is a theorem in financial economics that says that the ratio of the standard deviation of a stochastic discount factor to its mean exceeds the Sharpe ratio attained by any portfolio. This result applies, among others, the Cauchy–Schwarz inequality. The Hansen-Jagannathan (H-J) bound is a type ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiscernibles
In mathematical logic, indiscernibles are objects that cannot be distinguished by any property or relation defined by a formula. Usually only first-order formulas are considered. Examples If a, b, and c are distinct and {a, b, c} is a set of indiscernibles, then, for example, for each binary formula , we must have Hi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photuris%20%28protocol%29
In computer networking, Photuris is a session key management protocol defined in RFC 2522. Photuris is the Latin name of a genus of fireflies native to North America that mimic the signals of other firefly species. The name was chosen as a reference to the (classified) FIREFLY key exchange protocol developed by the Na...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BigDog
BigDog is a dynamically stable quadruped military robot that was created in 2005 by Boston Dynamics with Foster-Miller, the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and the Harvard University Concord Field Station. It was funded by DARPA, but the project was shelved after the BigDog was deemed too loud for combat. History B...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%E2%80%93Machine
The J–Machine (Jellybean-Machine) was a parallel computer designed by the MIT Concurrent VLSI Architecture group in conjunction with the Intel Corporation. The machine used "jellybean" parts—cheap and multitudinous commodity parts, each with a processor, memory, and a fast communication interface—and a novel network in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbibition
Imbibition is a special type of diffusion that takes place when liquid is absorbed by solids-colloids causing an increase in volume. Water surface potential movement takes place along a concentration gradient; some dry materials absorb water. A gradient between the absorbent and the liquid is essential for imbibition. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manipulability%20ellipsoid
In robotics, the manipulability ellipsoid is the geometric interpretation of the scaled eigenvectors resulting from the singular value decomposition of the jacobian that describes a robot's motion.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical%20cow
The spherical cow is a humorous metaphor for highly simplified scientific models of complex phenomena. Originating in theoretical physics, the metaphor refers to physicists' tendency to reduce a problem to the simplest form imaginable in order to make calculations more feasible, even if the simplification hinders the m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural%20Equation%20Modeling%20%28journal%29
Structural Equation Modeling is a peer-reviewed scientific journal publishing methodological and applied papers on structural equation modeling, a blend of multivariate statistical methods from factor analysis to systems of regression equations, with applications across a broad spectrum of social sciences as well as bi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotone%20matrix
A real square matrix is monotone (in the sense of Collatz) if for all real vectors , implies , where is the element-wise order on . Properties A monotone matrix is nonsingular. Proof: Let be a monotone matrix and assume there exists with . Then, by monotonicity, and , and hence . Let be a real square matrix...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20reconstruction
Surface reconstruction refers to the process by which atoms at the surface of a crystal assume a different structure than that of the bulk. Surface reconstructions are important in that they help in the understanding of surface chemistry for various materials, especially in the case where another material is adsorbed o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TreeFam
TreeFam (Tree families database) is a database of phylogenetic trees of animal genes. It aims at developing a curated resource that gives reliable information about ortholog and paralog assignments, and evolutionary history of various gene families. TreeFam defines a gene family as a group of genes that evolved after ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20computational%20mathematics
This is a timeline of key developments in computational mathematics. 1940s Monte Carlo simulation (voted one of the top 10 algorithms of the 20th century) invented at Los Alamos by von Neumann, Ulam and Metropolis. Dantzig introduces the simplex algorithm (voted one of the top 10 algorithms of the 20th century). ...