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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20blood%20group%20tattoo
SS blood group tattoos () were worn by members of the Waffen-SS in Nazi Germany during World War II to identify the individual's blood type. After the war, the tattoo was taken to be prima facie evidence of being part of the Waffen-SS, leading to potential arrest and prosecution. Description and purpose The SS blood ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20attenuation%20monitoring
Beta attenuation monitoring (BAM) is a widely used air monitoring technique employing the absorption of beta radiation by solid particles extracted from air flow. This technique allows for the detection of PM10 and PM2.5, which are monitored by most air pollution regulatory agencies. The main principle is based on a ki...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stationary%20phase%20approximation
In mathematics, the stationary phase approximation is a basic principle of asymptotic analysis, applying to functions given by integration against a rapidly-varying complex exponential. This method originates from the 19th century, and is due to George Gabriel Stokes and Lord Kelvin. It is closely related to Laplace's...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow%20fiber%20bioreactor
A Hollow fiber bioreactor is a 3 dimensional cell culturing system based on hollow fibers, which are small, semi-permeable capillary membranes arranged in parallel array with a typical molecular weight cut-off (MWCO) range of 10-30 kDa. These hollow fiber membranes are often bundled and housed within tubular polycarbon...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OVPsim
OVPsim is a multiprocessor platform emulator (often called a full-system simulator) used to run unchanged production binaries of the target hardware. It has public APIs allowing users to create their own processor, peripheral and platform models. Various models are available as open source. OVPsim is a key component of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery%20of%20the%20nonmetals
Most nonmetallic elements were discovered after the freezing of mercury in 1759 by the German-Russian physicist and the Russian polymath Mikhail Lomonosov. Before then, carbon, sulfur and antimony were known in antiquity. Arsenic and phosphorus were discovered in the middle ages and in the Renaissance, respectively. I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wishart%20distribution
In statistics, the Wishart distribution is a generalization to multiple dimensions of the gamma distribution. It is named in honor of John Wishart, who first formulated the distribution in 1928. Other names include Wishart ensemble (in random matrix theory, probability distributions over matrices are usually called "en...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPLEX
IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimization Studio (often informally referred to simply as CPLEX) is an optimization software package. History The CPLEX Optimizer was named for the simplex method implemented in the C programming language, although today it also supports other types of mathematical optimization and offers interfaces ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital%20lymph%20nodes
The occipital lymph nodes, one to three in number, are located on the back of the head close to the margin of the trapezius and resting on the insertion of the . Their afferent vessels drain the occipital region of the scalp, while their efferents pass to the superior deep cervical glands. Additional images Etymolog...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myclobutanil
Myclobutanil is a triazole chemical used as a fungicide. It is a steroid demethylation inhibitor, specifically inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis. Ergosterol is a critical component of fungal cell membranes. Stereoisomerism Safety The Safety Data Sheet indicates the following hazards: Suspected of damaging fertilit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QNS
QNS is a clinical laboratory abbreviation for quantity not sufficient. This indicates that either: There is not enough specimen for the lab tests ordered to be performed. In the case of Vacutainers or other tubes with pre-added anticoagulant, the amount of blood invacuated into the tube at the time of phlebotomy was...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apioperdon
Apioperdon pyriforme commonly known as the pear-shaped puffball or stump puffball, is a saprobic fungus present throughout much of the world. Emerging in autumn, this puffball is common and abundant on decaying logs of both deciduous and coniferous wood. It is considered a choice edible when still immature and the inne...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewar%E2%80%93Chatt%E2%80%93Duncanson%20model
The Dewar–Chatt–Duncanson model is a model in organometallic chemistry that explains the chemical bonding in transition metal alkene complexes. The model is named after Michael J. S. Dewar, Joseph Chatt and L. A. Duncanson. The alkene donates electron density into a π-acid metal d-orbital from a π-symmetry bonding orb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celery%20%28software%29
Celery is an open source asynchronous task queue or job queue which is based on distributed message passing. While it supports scheduling, its focus is on operations in real time. Overview The execution units, called tasks, are executed concurrently on one or more worker nodes using multiprocessing, or . Tasks can ex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detlef%20Laugwitz
Detlef Laugwitz (1932–2000) was a German mathematician and historian, who worked in differential geometry, history of mathematics, functional analysis, and non-standard analysis. Biography He was born on 11 May 1932 in Breslau, Germany. Starting in 1949, he studied mathematics, physics, and philosophy at the Georg-Aug...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20bryophytes%20of%20Canada
Parent page: Flora of Canada This is a listing of the non-vascular plants of Canada, and includes the mosses, liverworts and hornworts. IDD - incomplete distribution data Anthocerotophyta (hornworts) Anthocerotaceae Notothyladaceae Bryophyta (mosses) Andreaeaceae Andreaeobryaceae Archidiaceae Aulacomniaceae ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast%20Asian%20Federation%20of%20Organizations%20of%20Medical%20Physics
South East Asian Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (SEAFOMP) was officially formed when it was accepted as a regional chapter of the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) at the World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, held in Chicago, Illinois, in 2000. The founding ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramidal%20inversion
In chemistry, pyramidal inversion (also umbrella inversion) is a fluxional process in compounds with a pyramidal molecule, such as ammonia (NH3) "turns inside out". It is a rapid oscillation of the atom and substituents, the molecule or ion passing through a planar transition state. For a compound that would otherwise ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structural%20fracture%20mechanics
Structural fracture mechanics is the field of structural engineering concerned with the study of load-carrying structures that includes one or several failed or damaged components. It uses methods of analytical solid mechanics, structural engineering, safety engineering, probability theory, and catastrophe theory to ca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modulo%20%28mathematics%29
In mathematics, the term modulo ("with respect to a modulus of", the Latin ablative of modulus which itself means "a small measure") is often used to assert that two distinct mathematical objects can be regarded as equivalent—if their difference is accounted for by an additional factor. It was initially introduced into...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcostal%20nerve
The subcostal nerve (anterior division of the twelfth thoracic nerve) is a mixed motor and sensory nerve contributing to the lumbar plexus. It runs along the lower border of the twelfth rib, often gives a communicating branch to the first lumbar nerve, and passes under the lateral lumbocostal arch. It then runs in fro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/172nd%20meridian%20east
The meridian 172° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, New Zealand, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole. The 172nd meridian east forms a great circle with the 8th meridian west. From Pole to Pole Starting at the No...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder%20mill
A powder mill was a mill where gunpowder is made from sulfur, saltpeter and charcoal. Milling steps Crude grinding and mixing operations such as the Frankford Powder-Mill of Philadelphia were a cottage industry until the industrial revolution brought improved product quality through the following procedures: Charcoa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20homology
Serial homology is a special type of homology, defined by Owen as "representative or repetitive relation in the segments of the same organism." Ernst Haeckel preferred the term "homotypy" for the same phenomenon. Classical examples of serial homologies are the development of forelimbs and hind limbs of tetrapods and t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comodule%20over%20a%20Hopf%20algebroid
In mathematics, at the intersection of algebraic topology and algebraic geometry, there is the notion of a Hopf algebroid which encodes the information of a presheaf of groupoids whose object sheaf and arrow sheaf are represented by algebras. Because any such presheaf will have an associated site, we can consider quasi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional-order%20system
In the fields of dynamical systems and control theory, a fractional-order system is a dynamical system that can be modeled by a fractional differential equation containing derivatives of non-integer order. Such systems are said to have fractional dynamics. Derivatives and integrals of fractional orders are used to desc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss%20Ornithological%20Institute
The Swiss Ornithological Institute () is a non-profit foundation headquartered in Sempach in the district of Sursee in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland dedicated to the study and conservation of birds. The Swiss Ornithological Institute was founded in 1924 as a ringing station for researching bird migration in the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Society%20for%20Structural%20and%20Multidisciplinary%20Optimization
The International Society for Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization is a learned society in the field of multidisciplinary design optimization that was founded in October 1991. It has more than 1000 members in 45 countries. The current president is Wei Chen (Northwestern University). The society is an affiliate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloned%20enzyme%20donor%20immunoassay
A cloned enzyme donor immunoassay (CEDIA) is a competitive homogenous enzyme immunoassay. This assay makes use of two component fragments of an enzyme which are each individually inactive. Under the right conditions in solution these fragments can spontaneously reassemble to form the active enzyme. For use in biochemic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20transport
In cellular biology, active transport is the movement of molecules or ions across a cell membrane from a region of lower concentration to a region of higher concentration—against the concentration gradient. Active transport requires cellular energy to achieve this movement. There are two types of active transport: pri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20smallpox%20in%20Mexico
The history of smallpox in Mexico spans approximately 430 years from the arrival of the Spanish to the official eradication in 1951. It was brought to what is now Mexico by the Spanish, then spread to the center of Mexico, where it became a significant factor in the fall of Tenochtitlan. During the colonial period, the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhonePe
PhonePe is an Indian digital payments and financial services company headquartered in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. PhonePe was founded in December 2015, by Sameer Nigam, Rahul Chari and Burzin Engineer. The PhonePe app, based on the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), went live in August 2016. The PhonePe app is availab...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eijir%C5%8D
is a very large database of English–Japanese translations. Developed by the editors of the Electronic Dictionary Project and aimed at translators, Eijirō is currently one of the most popular dictionaries on the Internet. Although the contents are technically the same, EDP refers to the accompanying Japanese–English da...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20England%20Enzyme%20Center
The New England Enzyme Center (NEEC) was created at the Tufts University School of Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts in 1964 as a federally supported biochemical resource center. History According to Doogab Yi, by the late 1970s NEEC had been transformed into "several commercial biotech companies." Roscoe O. Brady a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicentric%20Castleman%20disease
Unicentric Castleman disease is a subtype of Castleman disease (also known as giant lymph node hyperplasia, lymphoid hamartoma, or angiofollicular lymph node hyperplasia), a group of lymphoproliferative disorders characterized by lymph node enlargement, characteristic features on microscopic analysis of enlarged lymph ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansive%20clay
Expansive clay is a clay soil that is prone to large volume changes (swelling and shrinking) that are directly related to changes in water content. Soils with a high content of expansive minerals can form deep cracks in drier seasons or years; such soils are called vertisols. Soils with smectite clay minerals, includin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanishing%20twin
A vanishing twin, also known as twin resorption, is a fetus in a multigestation pregnancy that dies in utero and is then partially or completely reabsorbed. In some instances, the dead twin is compressed into a flattened, parchment-like state known as fetus papyraceus. Vanishing twins occur in up to one of every eight...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcarrier
A subcarrier is a sideband of a radio frequency carrier wave, which is modulated to send additional information. Examples include the provision of colour in a black and white television system or the provision of stereo in a monophonic radio broadcast. There is no physical difference between a carrier and a subcarrier;...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20variation
Genetic variation is the difference in DNA among individuals or the differences between populations among the same species. The multiple sources of genetic variation include mutation and genetic recombination. Mutations are the ultimate sources of genetic variation, but other mechanisms, such as genetic drift, contr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerophile
A xerophile () is an extremophilic organism that can grow and reproduce in conditions with a low availability of water, also known as water activity. Water activity (aw) is measured as the humidity above a substance relative to the humidity above pure water (Aw = 1.0). Xerophiles are "xerotolerant", meaning tolerant of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant%20transformation
Malignant transformation is the process by which cells acquire the properties of cancer. This may occur as a primary process in normal tissue, or secondarily as malignant degeneration of a previously existing benign tumor. Causes There are many causes of primary malignant transformation, or tumorigenesis. Most human...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28Histone-H3%29-lysine-36%20demethylase
(Histone-H3)-lysine-36 demethylase (, JHDM1A, JmjC domain-containing histone demethylase 1A, H3-K36-specific demethylase, histone-lysine (H3-K36) demethylase, histone demethylase, protein-6-N,6-N-dimethyl-L-lysine,2-oxoglutarate:oxygen oxidoreductase) is an enzyme with systematic name protein-N6,N6-dimethyl-L-lysine,2-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number%20Theory%20Foundation
The Number Theory Foundation (NTF) is a non-profit organization based in the United States which supports research and conferences in the field of number theory, with a particular focus on computational aspects and explicit methods. The NTF funds the Selfridge prize awarded at each Algorithmic Number Theory Symposium ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%20rot
Brown rot may refer to the following diseases: Wood-decay fungus, fungi that digest moist wood, causing rot, includes various species that infect living trees and cured wood Ralstonia solanacearum, an aerobic, non-sporing, plant pathogenic bacterium that causes brown rot in a wide range of crops Monilinia fructicola, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20to%20first%20byte
Time to first byte (TTFB) is a measurement used as an indication of the responsiveness of a webserver or other network resource. TTFB measures the duration from the user or client making an HTTP request to the first byte of the page being received by the client's browser. This time is made up of the socket connection...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relocation%20%28computing%29
Relocation is the process of assigning load addresses for position-dependent code and data of a program and adjusting the code and data to reflect the assigned addresses. Prior to the advent of multiprocess systems, and still in many embedded systems, the addresses for objects were absolute starting at a known location...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20the%20Western%20European%20Union
The flag of the Western European Union (WEU) was dark blue with a semicircle of ten yellow five pointed stars, broken at the top, with the organisation's initials in the centre. Although it is the flag of a military organisation, it has rarely been flown in military situations. Design The flag is dark blue with a sem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymorphic%20association
Polymorphic association is a term used in discussions of Object-Relational Mapping with respect to the problem of representing in the relational database domain, a relationship from one class to multiple classes. In statically typed languages such as Java these multiple classes are subclasses of the same superclass. In...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced%20Comprehensive%20Operating%20System
Advanced Comprehensive Operating System (ACOS) is a family of mainframe computer operating systems developed by NEC for the Japanese market. It consists of three systems, based on the General Comprehensive Operating System family developed by General Electric, Honeywell, and Bull. Two of these systems, ACOS-2 (based on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20flavella
Amanita flavella is a species of mycorrhizal fungus from family Amanitaceae that can be found in New South Wales and Queensland Australia. The species have a convex lemon-yellow coloured cap that is up to in diameter. They can also be yellowish-orange coloured and have crowded gills that are pale yellow in colour. Th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber%20Insider%20Threat
Cyber Insider Threat, or CINDER, is a digital threat method. In 2010, DARPA initiated a program under the same name (Cyber Insider Threat (CINDER) Program) to develop novel approaches to the detection of activities within military-interest networks that are consistent with the activities of cyber espionage. The CINDER...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publish%E2%80%93subscribe%20pattern
In software architecture, publish–subscribe is a messaging pattern where publishers categorize messages into classes that are received by subscribers. This is contrasted to the typical messaging pattern model where publishers sends messages directly to subscribers. Similarly, subscribers express interest in one or mor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurkat%E2%80%93Richert%20theorem
The Jurkat–Richert theorem is a mathematical theorem in sieve theory. It is a key ingredient in proofs of Chen's theorem on Goldbach's conjecture. It was proved in 1965 by Wolfgang B. Jurkat and Hans-Egon Richert. Statement of the theorem This formulation is from Diamond & Halberstam. Other formulations are in Jurkat ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garden%20of%20Cosmic%20Speculation
The Garden of Cosmic Speculation is a 30 acre (12 hectare) sculpture garden created by landscape architect and theorist Charles Jencks at his home, Portrack House, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland. Like much of Jencks' work, the garden is inspired by modern cosmology. History Features The garden is inspired by science and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%20dwarf
Brown dwarfs (also called failed stars) are substellar objects that, while more massive than the most massive gas giant planets, are (unlike a main-sequence star), not massive enough to sustain nuclear fusion of ordinary hydrogen (1H) into helium in their cores. Smaller than the least massive stars, approximately 1...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20A.%20S.%20Fraser
Donald Alexander Stuart Fraser (April 29, 1925–December 21, 2020) was a Canadian statistician, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto. In 2012 he was appointed an Officer of the Order of Canada for his influence in the advancement of the statistical sciences in Canada. In 1961 he was elected as a Fellow o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finitely%20generated%20object
In category theory, a finitely generated object is the quotient of a free object over a finite set, in the sense that it is the target of a regular epimorphism from a free object that is free on a finite set. For instance, one way of defining a finitely generated group is that it is the image of a group homomorphism f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Report
U-Report is a social messaging tool and data collection system developed by UNICEF to improve citizen engagement, inform leaders, and foster positive change. The program sends SMS polls and alerts to its participants, collecting real-time responses, and subsequently publishes gathered data. Issues polled include health...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer%20selection
Cancer selection can be viewed through the lens of natural selection. The animal host's body is the environment which applies the selective pressures upon cancer cells. The most fit cancer cells will have traits that will allow them to out compete other cancer cells which they are related to, but are genetically diff...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20interventions%20for%20post-traumatic%20stress
Internet interventions for post-traumatic stress have grown in popularity due to the limits that many patients face in their ability to seek therapy to treat their symptoms. These limits include lack of resources and residing in small towns or in the countryside. These patients may find it difficult to seek treatment b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer%20can%20pyramid
A beer can pyramid, often called a beeramid as a portmanteau, is a pyramid made from discarded beer cans. Beer can pyramids are built as empty beer cans became available, slowly growing as the night (or week or month) wears on. In most cases, though, they are temporary structures, eventually being cleaned up or acciden...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrostatic%20particle%20accelerator
An electrostatic particle accelerator is a particle accelerator in which charged particles are accelerated to a high energy by a static high voltage potential. This contrasts with the other major category of particle accelerator, oscillating field particle accelerators, in which the particles are accelerated by oscilla...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioana%20Dumitriu
Ioana Dumitriu (born July 6, 1976) is a Romanian-American mathematician who works as a professor of mathematics at the University of California, San Diego. Her research interests include the theory of random matrices, numerical analysis, scientific computing, and game theory. Life Dumitriu is the daughter of two Roman...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%20operator%20%28digital%20geometry%29
In solid modeling and computer-aided design, the Euler operators modify the graph of connections to add or remove details of a mesh while preserving its topology. They are named by Baumgart after the Euler–Poincaré characteristic. He chose a set of operators sufficient to create useful meshes, some lose information ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparse%20network
In network science, a sparse network has much fewer links than the possible maximum number of links within that network (the opposite is a dense network). The study of sparse networks is a relatively new area primarily stimulated by the study of real networks, such as social and computer networks. The notion of much f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midparent
The midparent value is defined as the average of the trait value of father and a scaled version of the mother. This value can be used in the study to analyze the data set without heeding sex effects. Studying quantitative traits in heritability studies may be complicated by sex differences observed for the trait. Wel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpor
Torpor is a state of decreased physiological activity in an animal, usually marked by a reduced body temperature and metabolic rate. Torpor enables animals to survive periods of reduced food availability. The term "torpor" can refer to the time a hibernator spends at low body temperature, lasting days to weeks, or it c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flora%20of%20Borneo
The flora of Borneo include 15 species of dicot tree, 37 species of non-tree dicot and 49 species of monocot endemic to the rich forest of Brunei Darussalam. Borneo is also home to the world's largest flower, the "corpse flower" (Rafflesia arnoldii), which can reach nearly in diameter and up to in weight. Borneo is ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NUTS%20statistical%20regions%20of%20Ireland
Ireland uses the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) geocode standard for referencing country subdivisions for statistical purposes. The standard is developed and regulated by the European Union. The NUTS standard is instrumental in delivering European Structural and Investment Funds. The NUTS code ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SpaceChem
SpaceChem is an indie puzzle game developed by Zachtronics Industries, based on principles of automation and chemical bonding. In the game, the player is tasked to produce one or more specific chemical molecules via an assembly line by programming two remote manipulators (called "waldos" in the game) that interact with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleated%20surface
In geometry, a pleated surface is roughly a surface that may have simple folds but is not crumpled in more complicated ways. More precisely, a pleated surface is an isometry from a complete hyperbolic surface S to a hyperbolic 3-fold such that every point of S is in the interior of a geodesic that is mapped to a geodes...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel%20I/O
In computing, channel I/O is a high-performance input/output (I/O) architecture that is implemented in various forms on a number of computer architectures, especially on mainframe computers. In the past, channels were generally implemented with custom devices, variously named channel, I/O processor, I/O controller, I/O...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellenic%20Geodetic%20Reference%20System%201987
The Hellenic Geodetic Reference System 1987 or HGRS87 () is a geodetic system commonly used in Greece (SRID=2100). The system specifies a local geodetic datum and a projection system. In some documents it is called Greek Geodetic Reference System 1987 or GGRS87. HGRS87 datum HGRS87 specifies a non-geocentric datum th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasterisation
In computer graphics, rasterisation (British English) or rasterization (American English) is the task of taking an image described in a vector graphics format (shapes) and converting it into a raster image (a series of pixels, dots or lines, which, when displayed together, create the image which was represented via sha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keyhole%20Markup%20Language
Keyhole Markup Language (KML) is an XML notation for expressing geographic annotation and visualization within two-dimensional maps and three-dimensional Earth browsers. KML was developed for use with Google Earth, which was originally named Keyhole Earth Viewer. It was created by Keyhole, Inc, which was acquired by Go...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carboxyatractyloside
Carboxyatractyloside (CATR) is a highly toxic diterpene glycoside that inhibits the ADP/ATP translocase. It is about 10 times more potent than its analog atractyloside. While atractyloside is effective in the inhibition of oxidative phosphorylation, carboxyatractyloside is considered to be more effective. The effects o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyapunov%20redesign
In nonlinear control, the technique of Lyapunov redesign refers to the design where a stabilizing state feedback controller can be constructed with knowledge of the Lyapunov function . Consider the system where is the state vector and is the vector of inputs. The functions , , and are defined for , where is a doma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellified%20man
A mellified man, also known as a human mummy confection, was a legendary medicinal substance created by steeping a human cadaver in honey. The concoction is detailed in Chinese medical sources, including the Bencao Gangmu of the 16th century. Relying on a second-hand account, the text reports a story that some elderly ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiplicity%20%28statistical%20mechanics%29
In statistical mechanics, multiplicity (also called statistical weight) refers to the number of microstates corresponding to a particular macrostate of a thermodynamic system. Commonly denoted , it is related to the configuration entropy of an isolated system via Boltzmann's entropy formula where is the entropy and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert%27s%20cosine%20law
In optics, Lambert's cosine law says that the radiant intensity or luminous intensity observed from an ideal diffusely reflecting surface or ideal diffuse radiator is directly proportional to the cosine of the angle θ between the observer's line of sight and the surface normal; . The law is also known as the cosine emi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone%20theorem
In geometry, the zone theorem is a result that establishes the complexity of the zone of a line in an arrangement of lines. Definition A line arrangement, denoted as , is a subdivision of the plane, induced by a set of lines , into cells (-dimensional faces), edges (-dimensional faces) and vertices (-dimensional face...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA-targeting%20small%20molecule%20drugs
RNA-targeting small molecules represent a class of small molecules, organic compounds with traditional drug properties (e.g., Lipinski's rule of five) that can bind to RNA secondary or tertiary structures and alter translation patterns, localization, and degradation. Origins Recent discoveries implicating RNA in the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Assistance%20Markup%20Language
Microsoft Assistance Markup Language (Microsoft AML, generally referred to as MAML) is an XML-based markup language developed by the Microsoft User Assistance Platform team to provide user assistance ("online help") for the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system. It makes up the Assistance Platform on Windows Vista. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagonal%20gyrocupolarotunda
In geometry, the pentagonal gyrocupolarotunda is one of the Johnson solids (). Like the pentagonal orthocupolarotunda (), it can be constructed by joining a pentagonal cupola () and a pentagonal rotunda () along their decagonal bases. The difference is that in this solid, the two halves are rotated 36 degrees with res...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figure%20of%20merit
A figure of merit (FOM) is a performance metric that characterizes the performance of a device, system, or method, relative to its alternatives. Examples Accuracy of a rifle Audio amplifier figures of merit such as gain or efficiency Battery life of a laptop computer Calories per serving Clock rate of a CPU is often g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian%20Conformity%20mark
The Eurasian Conformity mark (EAC, ) is a certification mark to indicate products that conform to all technical regulations of the Eurasian Customs Union. It means that the EAC-marked products meet all requirements of the corresponding technical regulations and have passed all conformity assessment procedures. Before ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WHOIS
WHOIS (pronounced as the phrase "who is") is a query and response protocol that is used for querying databases that store an Internet resource's registered users or assignees. These resources include domain names, IP address blocks and autonomous systems, but it is also used for a wider range of other information. The ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aitken%27s%20delta-squared%20process
In numerical analysis, Aitken's delta-squared process or Aitken extrapolation is a series acceleration method, used for accelerating the rate of convergence of a sequence. It is named after Alexander Aitken, who introduced this method in 1926. Its early form was known to Seki Kōwa (end of 17th century) and was found fo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strobogrammatic%20number
A strobogrammatic number is a number whose numeral is rotationally symmetric, so that it appears the same when rotated 180 degrees. In other words, the numeral looks the same right-side up and upside down (e.g., 69, 96, 1001). A strobogrammatic prime is a strobogrammatic number that is also a prime number, i.e., a numb...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Workshop%20on%20First-Order%20Theorem%20Proving
The International Workshop on First-Order Theorem Proving (FTP) is a scientific meeting of researchers interested in automated theorem proving for first-order logic and related fields. FTP workshops are less formal than many conferences, but more formal than most workshops. While FTP proceedings are published informall...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre%20sea%20water
The metre (or meter) sea water (msw) is a metric unit of pressure used in underwater diving. It is defined as one tenth of a bar. The unit used in the US is the foot sea water (fsw), based on standard gravity and a sea-water density of 64 lb/ft3. According to the US Navy Diving Manual, one fsw equals 0.30643 msw, , or...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s%20Magic
Rubik's Magic, like the Rubik's Cube, is a mechanical puzzle invented by Ernő Rubik and first manufactured by Matchbox in the mid-1980s. The puzzle consists of eight black square tiles (changed to red squares with goldish rings in 1997) arranged in a 2 × 4 rectangle; diagonal grooves on the tiles hold wires that conne...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feza%20G%C3%BCrsey%20Institute
Feza Gürsey Institute () is a joint institute of Boğaziçi University and TÜBİTAK (Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) on physics research, founded in 1983 by Erdal İnönü with the name Research Institute for Basic Sciences. It now continues as the Feza Gürsey Institute, having been renamed in honor ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASU%20Institute%20of%20Cryobiology%20and%20Cryomedicine%20Issues
The Institute for Problems of Cryobiology and Cryomedicine in Kharkiv is one of the institutes of the National Academy of Science of Ukraine, and is the largest institute devoted to cryobiology research in the world. Background Established in 1972, the focus of the research is on cryoinjury, cryosurgery, cryopreserva...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manure-derived%20synthetic%20crude%20oil
Manure-derived synthetic crude oil is a synthetic bio-oil chemically engineered (converted) from animal or human manure. Research into the production of manure-derived synthetic fuel began with pig manure in 1996 at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign by the research team led by professors Yuanhui Zhang and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerevan%20Physics%20Institute
The A.I. Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory () is a research institute located in Yerevan, Armenia. It was founded in 1943 as a branch of the Yerevan State University by brothers Abram Alikhanov and Artem Alikhanian. It was often referred to by the acronym YerPhI (Yerevan Physics Institute). In 2011 it was renamed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconfigurable%20computing
Reconfigurable computing is a computer architecture combining some of the flexibility of software with the high performance of hardware by processing with very flexible high speed computing fabrics like field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The principal difference when compared to using ordinary microprocessors is t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%20ring
An Einstein ring, also known as an Einstein–Chwolson ring or Chwolson ring (named for Orest Chwolson), is created when light from a galaxy or star passes by a massive object en route to the Earth. Due to gravitational lensing, the light is diverted, making it seem to come from different places. If source, lens, and obs...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparrowiq
SparrowIQ is a packet-based traffic analysis and network performance monitoring solution that provides network managers with near real-time traffic visibility into network usage based on conversations, applications, users and class of service. The product was developed by Solana Networks (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) to a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Franchis%20theorem
In mathematics, the de Franchis theorem is one of a number of closely related statements applying to compact Riemann surfaces, or, more generally, algebraic curves, X and Y, in the case of genus g > 1. The simplest is that the automorphism group of X is finite (see though Hurwitz's automorphisms theorem). More generall...