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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prefrontal%20synthesis | Prefrontal synthesis (PFS, also known as mental synthesis) is the conscious purposeful process of synthesizing novel mental images. PFS is neurologically different from the other types of imagination, such as simple memory recall and dreaming. Unlike dreaming, which is spontaneous and not controlled by the prefrontal c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubiquitous%20robot | Ubiquitous robot is a term used in an analogous way to ubiquitous computing. Software useful for "integrating robotic technologies with technologies from the fields of ubiquitous and pervasive computing, sensor networks, and ambient intelligence".
The emergence of mobile phone, wearable computers and ubiquitous compu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pencil%20Code | The Pencil Code is a high-order finite-difference code for solving partial differential equations, written in Fortran 95. The code is designed for efficient computation with massive parallelization. Due to its modular structure, it can be used for a large variety of physical setups like hydro- and magnetohydrodynamics ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Steenbock | Harry Steenbock (August 16, 1886, Charlestown, Wisconsin – December 25, 1967, Madison, Wisconsin) was a professor of biochemistry at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Steenbock graduated from Wisconsin in 1916, where he was a member of Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity.
Vitamin D
Steenbock was born in Charlestown, Wiscon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barycentric%20subdivision | In mathematics, the barycentric subdivision is a standard way to subdivide a given simplex into smaller ones. Its extension on simplicial complexes is a canonical method to refine them. Therefore, the barycentric subdivision is an important tool in algebraic topology.
Motivation
The barycentric subdivision is an oper... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculative%20evolution | Speculative evolution is a subgenre of science fiction and an artistic movement focused on hypothetical scenarios in the evolution of life, and a significant form of fictional biology. It is also known as speculative biology and it is referred to as speculative zoology in regards to hypothetical animals. Works incorpor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hofbauer%20cell | Hofbauer cells are oval eosinophilic histiocytes with granules and vacuoles found in the placenta, which are of mesenchymal origin, in mesoderm of the chorionic villus, particularly numerous in early pregnancy.
Etymology
They are named after J. Isfred Isidore Hofbauer (1871-1961), a German-American gynecologist who de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosphere | The biosphere (from Greek βίος bíos "life" and σφαῖρα sphaira "sphere"), also known as the ecosphere (from Greek οἶκος oîkos "environment" and σφαῖρα), is the worldwide sum of all ecosystems. It can also be termed the zone of life on Earth. The biosphere (which is technically a spherical shell) is virtually a closed sy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut%20national%20de%20l%27audiovisuel | The (abbrev. INA), () is a repository of all French radio and television audiovisual archives. Additionally it provides free access to archives of countries such as Afghanistan and Cambodia. It has its headquarters in Bry-sur-Marne.
Since 2006, it has allowed free online consultation on a website called ina.fr with a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menopause%20in%20the%20workplace | Menopause in the workplace is a social and human resources campaigning issue in which people work to raise awareness of the impact menopause symptoms can have on attendance and performance in the workplace.
Activism
Campaigners, journalists, personnel professionals and academics draw upon published research and lob... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morass%20%28set%20theory%29 | In axiomatic set theory, a mathematical discipline, a morass is an infinite combinatorial structure, used to create "large" structures from a "small" number of "small" approximations. They were invented by Ronald Jensen for his proof that cardinal transfer theorems hold under the axiom of constructibility. A far less... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinberg%20Method | The Grinberg Method is a method of teaching that focuses on using the body, specifically body attention, perception and the individual's direct personal experience. The goal is for people to learn to be attentive to themselves and their surroundings, and stop automatic limiting habits in order to increase their ability... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%27s%20equations%20in%20curved%20spacetime | In physics, Maxwell's equations in curved spacetime govern the dynamics of the electromagnetic field in curved spacetime (where the metric may not be the Minkowski metric) or where one uses an arbitrary (not necessarily Cartesian) coordinate system. These equations can be viewed as a generalization of the vacuum Maxwel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putative%20holin-2%20family | The Putative Holin-2 (PH-2) Family (TC# 9.B.154) is a large family with members from a wide variety of bacteria (i.e., Roseifoexus, Cupriavidus (Ralstonia), Opitutus, Bacteroides, Pirellula). As of early 2016, functional data is not available for members of the PH-2 family, but based on their size and topology, it is b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersection%20non-emptiness%20problem | The intersection non-emptiness problem, also known as finite automaton intersection problem or the non-emptiness of intersection problem, is a PSPACE-complete decision problem from the field of automata theory.
Definitions
A non-emptiness decision problem is defined as follows. Given an automaton as input, the goal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Hemmer%20%28entrepreneur%29 | Pierre Hemmer, born on in Fribourg and died on in Mons (Var), was a business leader and executive of the Swiss Confederation, active in particular in the field of the Internet. In 1995, he was, with his firm M&Cnet, the only public service provider in the Canton of Fribourg and many other parts of Switzerland.
He sp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20%28EDA%29 | A cell in the context of electronic design automation (EDA) is an abstract representation of a component within a schematic diagram or physical layout of an electronic circuit in software.
A cell-based design methodology is a technique that enables designers to analyze chip designs at varying levels of abstraction. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Continuing%20Revolution | The Continuing Revolution: A History of Physics from the Greeks to Einstein is a 1968 book by the philosopher Joseph Agassi. Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, it written as a three-week discussion with Agassi's son Aaron.
1968 non-fiction books
American non-fiction books
Books about the history of physics
English... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intabulation | Intabulation, from the Italian word intavolatura, refers to an arrangement of a vocal or ensemble piece for keyboard, lute, or other plucked string instrument, written in tablature.
History
Intabulation was a common practice in 14th–16th century keyboard and lute music. A direct effect of intabulation was one of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrier%20cone | In mathematics, specifically functional analysis, the barrier cone is a cone associated to any non-empty subset of a Banach space. It is closely related to the notions of support functions and polar sets.
Definition
Let X be a Banach space and let K be a non-empty subset of X. The barrier cone of K is the subset b(... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20vapour%20atomic%20fluorescence%20spectroscopy | Cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (CVAFS) is a subset of the analytical technique known as atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (AFS).
Use for mercury detection
Used in the measurement of trace amounts of volatile heavy metals such as mercury, cold vapour AFS makes use of the unique characteristic of mercury th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltwater%20fish | Saltwater fish, also called marine fish or sea fish, are fish that live in seawater. Saltwater fish can swim and live alone or in a large group called a school.
Saltwater fish are very commonly kept in aquariums for entertainment. Many saltwater fish are also caught to be eaten, or grown in aquaculture. However, many ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bregma | The bregma is the anatomical point on the skull at which the coronal suture is intersected perpendicularly by the sagittal suture.
Structure
The bregma is located at the intersection of the coronal suture and the sagittal suture on the superior middle portion of the calvaria. It is the point where the frontal bone an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wideband%20audio | Wideband audio, also known as wideband voice or HD voice, is high definition voice quality for telephony audio, contrasted with standard digital telephony "toll quality". It extends the frequency range of audio signals transmitted over telephone lines, resulting in higher quality speech. The range of the human voice ex... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gating%20%28electrophysiology%29 | In electrophysiology, the term gating refers to the opening (activation) or closing (by deactivation or inactivation) of ion channels. This change in conformation is a response to changes in transmembrane voltage.
When ion channels are in a 'closed' (non-conducting) state, they are impermeable to ions and do not condu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid%20method%20multiplication | The grid method (also known as the box method) of multiplication is an introductory approach to multi-digit multiplication calculations that involve numbers larger than ten. Because it is often taught in mathematics education at the level of primary school or elementary school, this algorithm is sometimes called the gr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20product | An animal product is any material derived from the body of a non-human animal. Examples are fat, flesh, blood, milk, eggs, and lesser known products, such as isinglass and rennet.
Animal by-products, as defined by the USDA, are products harvested or manufactured from livestock other than muscle meat. In the EU, anima... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithmic%20Combinatorics%20on%20Partial%20Words | Algorithmic Combinatorics on Partial Words is a book in the area of combinatorics on words, and more specifically on partial words. It was written by Francine Blanchet-Sadri, and published in 2008 by Chapman & Hall/CRC in their Discrete Mathematics and its Applications book series.
Topics
A partial word is a string wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WildThings | WildThings is an urban fauna translocation program in the Australian state of New South Wales developed by Ku-ring-gai Council in 2004 to protect, promote and proliferate wildlife in the Ku-ring-gai local government area.
Program background
It was noticed in Ku-ring-gai that while bush regenerators intended to preserv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PayPal | PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. The company operates as a payment pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic%20physical-biological%20process | Due to the higher density of sea water (1,030 kg m−3) than air (1.2 kg m−3), the force exerted by the same velocity on an organism is 827 times stronger in the ocean. When waves crash on the shore, the force exerted on littoral organisms can be equivalent to several tons.
Roles of water
Water forms the ocean, produce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mogwa-cha | Mogwa-cha () or quince tea is a traditional Korean tea made with Chinese quince. Most commonly, mogwa-cha is prepared by mixing hot water with mogwa-cheong (quince preserved in honey or sugar). Alternatively, it can also be made by boiling dried quince in water or mixing powdered dried quince with hot water.
See also ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam%20and%20groove | A cam and groove coupling, also called a camlock fitting, is a form of hose coupling. This kind of coupling is popular because it is a simple and reliable means of connecting and disconnecting hoses quickly and without tools.
Standards
Traditionally manufactured to US Military Specification MIL-C-27487, this specific... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIYbio%20%28organization%29 | DIYbio is an informal umbrella organization for individuals and local groups active in do-it-yourself biology, encompassing both a website and an email list. It serves as a network of individuals from around the globe that aims to help make biology a worthwhile pursuit for citizen scientists, biohackers, amateur biolo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative%20risk%20reduction | In epidemiology, the relative risk reduction (RRR) or efficacy is the relative decrease in the risk of an adverse event in the exposed group compared to an unexposed group. It is computed as , where is the incidence in the exposed group, and is the incidence in the unexposed group. If the risk of an adverse event is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core%20Data | Core Data is an object graph and persistence framework provided by Apple in the macOS and iOS operating systems. It was introduced in Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and iOS with iPhone SDK 3.0. It allows data organized by the relational entity–attribute model to be serialized into XML, binary, or SQLite stores. The data can be ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europeana | Europeana is a web portal created by the European Union containing digitised cultural heritage collections of more than 3,000 institutions across Europe. It includes records of over 50 million cultural and scientific artefacts, brought together on a single platform and presented in a variety of ways relevant to modern ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%AEle%20du%20Sud | L'île du Sud (South Island, l'île Boisées) is an island located in the St. Brandon archipelago. It is one of the two islands (the other being Île Raphael) used as a base of operations for fishing activities by Raphael Fishing Company, the only active fishing company present in the area.
Shipwrecks
On 1 February 2015, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spandrel%20%28biology%29 | In evolutionary biology, a spandrel is a phenotypic trait that is a byproduct of the evolution of some other characteristic, rather than a direct product of adaptive selection. Stephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin brought the term into biology in their 1979 paper "The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompHEP | CompHEP is a software package for automatic computations in high energy physics from Lagrangians to collision events or particle decays.
CompHEP is based on quantum theory of gauge fields, namely it uses the technique of squared Feynman diagrams at the tree-level approximation. By default, CompHEP includes the Standar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon%20tree | Moon trees are trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the Moon, initially by Apollo 14 in 1971, and later by Artemis 1 in 2022. The idea was first proposed by Edward P. Cliff, then the Chief of the United States Forest Service, who convinced Stuart Roosa, the Command Module Pilot on the Apollo 14 mission, to br... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duggan%E2%80%93Schwartz%20theorem | The Duggan–Schwartz theorem (named after John Duggan and Thomas Schwartz) is a result about voting systems designed to choose a nonempty set of winners from the preferences of certain individuals, where each individual ranks all candidates in order of preference. It states that for three or more candidates, at least on... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20disc%20recording%20technologies | Optical disc authoring requires a number of different optical disc recorder technologies working in tandem, from the optical disc media to the firmware to the control electronics of the optical disc drive.
Types of recordable optical disc
There are numerous formats of recordable optical direct to disk on the market, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycloheximide | Cycloheximide is a naturally occurring fungicide produced by the bacterium Streptomyces griseus. Cycloheximide exerts its effects by interfering with the translocation step in protein synthesis (movement of two tRNA molecules and mRNA in relation to the ribosome), thus blocking eukaryotic translational elongation. Cyc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernt%20Michael%20Holmboe | Bernt Michael Holmboe (23 March 1795 – 28 March 1850) was a Norwegian mathematician. He was home-tutored from an early age, and was not enrolled in school until 1810. Following a short period at the Royal Frederick University, which included a stint as assistant to Christopher Hansteen, Holmboe was hired as a mathemati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDAS | EDAS was a database of alternatively spliced human genes. It doesn't seem to exist anymore.
See also
AspicDB database |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topkis%27s%20theorem | In mathematical economics, Topkis's theorem is a result that is useful for establishing comparative statics. The theorem allows researchers to understand how the optimal value for a choice variable changes when a feature of the environment changes. The result states that if f is supermodular in (x,θ), and D is a latt... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICFP%20Programming%20Contest | The ICFP Programming Contest is an international programming competition held annually around June or July since 1998, with results announced at the International Conference on Functional Programming.
Teams may be of any size and any programming language(s) may be used. There is also no entry fee. Participants have 72... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2%2C4%2C5-Trihydroxymethamphetamine | 2,4,5-Trihydroxymethamphetamine (THMA) is a neurotoxin and a metabolite of MDMA. It has structural similarity to the dopamine neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine, and produces lasting serotonin deficits when administered centrally.
See also
2,4,5-Trihydroxyamphetamine |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLECS | PLECS (Piecewise Linear Electrical Circuit Simulation) is a software tool for system-level simulations of electrical circuits developed by Plexim. It is especially designed for power electronics but can be used for any electrical network. PLECS includes the possibility to model controls and different physical domains (... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Piaget | Jean William Fritz Piaget (, , ; 9 August 1896 – 16 September 1980) was a Swiss psychologist known for his work on child development. Piaget's theory of cognitive development and epistemological view are together called "genetic epistemology".
Piaget placed great importance on the education of children. As the Directo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epithallus | The epithallium or epithallus is the outer layer of a crustose coralline alga, which in some species is periodically shed to prevent organisms from attaching to and overgrowing the alga.
Structure
It is defined as the cells above the intercalary meristem; these are not involved in photosynthesis. In Phymatolithon, the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye%20of%20Providence | The Eye of Providence (or the all-seeing eye) is a symbol depicting an eye, often enclosed in a triangle and surrounded by a ray of light or a halo, intended to represent Providence, as the eye watches over the workers of mankind. A well known example of the Eye of Providence appears on the reverse of the Great Seal of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bibliotheca%20Anatomica | Bibliotheca Anatomica is a Latin-language human anatomy text edited by Daniel Le Clerc (or Daniel LeClerc) and Jean-Jacques Manget, two physicians from Geneva. The work was published in Geneva by Sumptibus J. A. Chouët and Davidis Ritter.
Extending two folio volumes and encompassing almost all significant anatomical p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted%20sum%20model | In decision theory, the weighted sum model (WSM), also called weighted linear combination (WLC) or simple additive weighting (SAW), is the best known and simplest multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) / multi-criteria decision making method for evaluating a number of alternatives in terms of a number of decision crit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20mathematical%20abbreviations | This following list features abbreviated names of mathematical functions, function-like operators and other mathematical terminology.
This list is limited to abbreviations of two or more letters (excluding number sets). The capitalization of some of these abbreviations is not standardized – different authors might use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid%20R%C3%ADo | Madrid Río is an urban park in the Spanish capital Madrid, built along an urban stretch of the Manzanares River following the burial of the M-30 bypass road in this area. It is the result of a project led by the architect Ginés Garrido, who won the international ideas competition organised by the Madrid City Council in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Circle%20%28file%20system%29 | The Circle is a peer-to-peer distributed file system written mainly in Python. It is based on the Chord distributed hash table (DHT).
Development on the Circle was ceased in 2004.
Features
It supports file sharing, instant messaging with buddy lists, the Internet Relay Chat model of sending a message to a channel, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecan%20truffle | Tuber lyonii, also known as the American brown truffle or the pecan truffle, is a species of truffle native to North America. The pecan truffle is so named because it is most commonly found in pecan orchards, in association with the pecan tree. However, the pecan is not its only symbiote. Formerly considered nothing mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penetration%20%28weaponry%29 | In the context of weaponry, penetration is the ability of a projectile to pierce into or through an obstacle. It depends on the specific properties of the bullet, the obstacle, and the angle of impact. The speed of the projectile is particularly important, even in the case of the same kinetic energy. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MORT%20%28long%20non-coding%20RNA%29 | MORT (Mortal Obligate RNA Transcript (also known as ZNF667-AS1)) is a long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) of the intergenic type (lincRNA) that is specific to humans and great apes. The MORT transcript is produced in all mortal cell types, but is lost in a large fraction of the most common human cancers and therefore might ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving%20%28horse%29 | Weaving is a behaviour in horses that is classified as a stable vice, in which the horse repetitively sways on its forelegs, shifting its weight back and forth by moving the head and neck side to side. It may also include swaying of the rest of the body and picking up the front legs. Some horses exhibit non-stereotypic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotcherlakota%20Rangadhama%20Rao%20Memorial%20Lecture%20Award | Prof. Kotcherlakota Rangadhama Rao Memorial Lecture Award is given for the outstanding contributions in the subject of Spectroscopy in Physics. The award was established by the Indian National Science Academy of Calcutta in the year 1979. The honour is awarded to Indian citizens.
History
The Memorial Lecture Award was... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial%20disease | Mitochondrial disease is a group of disorders caused by mitochondrial dysfunction. Mitochondria are the organelles that generate energy for the cell and are found in every cell of the human body except red blood cells. They convert the energy of food molecules into the ATP that powers most cell functions.
Mitochondria... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylindrical%20multipole%20moments | Cylindrical multipole moments are the coefficients in a series expansion of a potential that varies logarithmically with the distance to a source, i.e., as . Such potentials arise in the electric potential of long line charges, and the analogous sources for the magnetic potential and gravitational potential.
For clari... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20OS%20Cyrillic%20encoding | Mac OS Cyrillic is a character encoding used on Apple Macintosh computers to represent texts in the Cyrillic script.
The original version lacked the letter Ґ, which is used in Ukrainian, although its use was limited during the Soviet era to regions outside Ukraine. The closely related MacUkrainian resolved this, diffe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vexillography | Vexillography ( ) is the art and practice of designing flags; a person who designs flags is a vexillographer. Vexillography is allied with vexillology, the scholarly study of flags, but is not synonymous with that discipline.
Background of flag design
Flag designs exhibit a number of regularities, arising from a varie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CodonCode%20Aligner | CodonCode Aligner is a commercial application for DNA sequence assembly, sequence alignment, and editing on Mac OS X and Windows.
Features
Features include chromatogram editing, end clipping, and vector trimming, sequence assembly and contig editing, aligning cDNA against genomic templates, sequence alignment and ed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent%20Toys | Crescent Toys was a British toy manufacturing company in operation from 1922 to 1980.
Overview
Crescent Toys manufactured lead [hollow-cast] figures and animals, die cast metal vehicles, toy guns, hollow cast and later plastic figures and toy soldiers of various historical periods. The firm was founded by Henry Eagles... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regularized%20canonical%20correlation%20analysis | Regularized canonical correlation analysis is a way of using ridge regression to solve the singularity problem in the cross-covariance matrices of canonical correlation analysis. By converting and into and , it ensures that the above matrices will have reliable inverses.
The idea probably dates back to Hrishikesh D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C1orf38 | Chromosome 1 open reading frame 38 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C1orf38 gene. The gene is also known as ICB-1 and THEMIS2 in humans, and the orthologue in mice is BC013712. C1orf38 has been associated with cancer susceptibility.
Model organisms
Model organisms have been used in the study of C1orf38 f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent%20Mathematics%20Project | The Kent Mathematics Project (K.M.P.) was an educational system for teaching mathematics to 9-16 year olds. The system comprised task worksheets, booklets, audio compact cassettes and tests. Through the 1970s and 1980s, it was widely adopted in Kent schools, as well as being exported internationally.
The system was ba... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feuerbach%20hyperbola | In geometry, the Feuerbach hyperbola is a rectangular hyperbola passing through important triangle centers such as the Orthocenter, Gergonne point, Nagel point and Shiffler point. The center of the hyperbola is the Feuerbach point, the point of tangency of the incircle and the nine-point circle.
Equation
It has the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentamidine | Pentamidine is an antimicrobial medication used to treat African trypanosomiasis, leishmaniasis, Balamuthia infections, babesiosis, and to prevent and treat pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) in people with poor immune function. In African trypanosomiasis it is used for early disease before central nervous system involvement... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photogrammetry | Photogrammetry is the science and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the process of recording, measuring and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant imagery and other phenomena.
The term photogrammetry was coined by the Pruss... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat%20communication | Cats need to communicate with each other for bonding, and relating with each other; they need to collaborate, play, and share resources. When they communicate with humans, they do so to get what they need or want, such as food, affection, or play.
Cats use a range of communication methods such as vocal, visual, tacti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%20statistical%20areas | The U.S. currently has 23 statistical areas that have been delineated by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). On March 6, 2020, the OMB delineated two combined statistical areas, six metropolitan statistical areas, and 15 micropolitan statistical areas in Kansas.
Statistical areas
The Office of Management and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annual%20Review%20of%20Statistics%20and%20Its%20Application | The Annual Review of Statistics and Its Application is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Annual Reviews. It releases an annual volume of review articles relevant to the field of statistics. It has been in publication since 2014. The editor is Nancy Reid. As of 2023, Annual Review of Statistics and Its Ap... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abnormal%20basal%20metabolic%20rate | Abnormal basal metabolic rate refers to a high or low basal metabolic rate (BMR). It has numerous causes, both physiological (part of the body's normal function) and pathological (associated with disease).
Causes
Physiological
An abnormal basal metabolic rate is not necessarily indicative of disease; a number of phys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interspecies%20hydrogen%20transfer | Interspecies hydrogen transfer (IHT) is a form of interspecies electron transfer. It is a syntrophic process by which H2 is transferred from one organism to another, particularly in the rumen and other anaerobic environments.
IHT was discovered between Methanobacterium bryantii strain M.o.H and an "S" organism in 1967... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personnel%20selection | Personnel selection is the methodical process used to hire (or, less commonly, promote) individuals. Although the term can apply to all aspects of the process (recruitment, selection, hiring, onboarding, acculturation, etc.) the most common meaning focuses on the selection of workers. In this respect, selected prospect... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic%20impedance | Acoustic impedance and specific acoustic impedance are measures of the opposition that a system presents to the acoustic flow resulting from an acoustic pressure applied to the system. The SI unit of acoustic impedance is the pascal-second per cubic metre (), or in the MKS system the rayl per square metre (), while tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticket%20Granting%20Ticket | In some computer security systems, a Ticket Granting Ticket or Ticket to Get Tickets (TGT) is a small, encrypted identification file with a limited validity period. After authentication, this file is granted to a user for data traffic protection by the key distribution center (KDC) subsystem of authentication services ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY | _NSAKEY was a variable name discovered in Windows NT 4 SP5 in 1999 by Andrew D. Fernandes of Cryptonym Corporation. The variable contained a 1024-bit public key; such keys are used in public-key cryptography for encryption and authentication. Because of the name, however, it was speculated that the key would allow the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-objective%20optimization | Multi-objective optimization or Pareto optimization (also known as multi-objective programming, vector optimization, multicriteria optimization, or multiattribute optimization) is an area of multiple-criteria decision making that is concerned with mathematical optimization problems involving more than one objective fun... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent%20street | Intelligent street is the name given to a type of intelligent environment which can be found on a public transit street. It has arisen from the convergence of communications and Ubiquitous Computing, intelligent and adaptable user interfaces, and the common infrastructure of the intelligent or mixed pavement.
The Inte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ITU%20terrain%20model | The ITU terrain loss model is a radio propagation model that provides a method to predict the median path loss for a telecommunication link. Developed on the basis of diffraction theory, this model predicts the path loss as a function of the height of path blockage and the First Fresnel zone for the transmission link.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICL%20Series%2039 | The ICL Series 39 was a range of mainframe and minicomputer computer systems released by the UK manufacturer ICL in 1985. The original Series 39 introduced the "S3L" (whose corrupt pronunciation resulted in the name "Estriel") processors and microcodes, and a nodal architecture, which is a form of Non-Uniform Memory Ac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20neuroscience | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to neuroscience:
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the structure and function of the nervous system. It encompasses the branch of biology that deals with the anatomy, biochemistry, molecular biology, and physiology of neurons and neural circui... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCI%20eXtensions%20for%20Instrumentation | PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation (PXI) is one of several modular electronic instrumentation platforms in current use. These platforms are used as a basis for building electronic test equipment, automation systems, and modular laboratory instruments. PXI is based on industry-standard computer buses and permits flexibi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RodA | RodA is a class I 14 kDa hydrophobin protein which is known to coat the spores and conidia of the filamentous fungi Aspergillus fumigatus. Mutants of A. fumigatus, whose rodA gene is knocked out , are characterized by a decreased ability to adhere to proteins such as bovine serum albumin and collagen, in addition to th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calbindin | Calbindins are three different calcium-binding proteins: calbindin, calretinin and S100G. They were originally described as vitamin D-dependent calcium-binding proteins in the intestine and kidney of chicks and mammals. They are now classified in different subfamilies as they differ in the number of Ca2+ binding EF han... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer%20membrane%20porin%20D | Outer membrane porin D is a protein family containing bacterial outer membrane porins which are involved in transport of cationic amino acids, peptides, antibiotics and other compounds.
It was also described as having some serine protease activity. However many of these proteins are not peptidases and are classified... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiocentric%20hypothesis | The cardiocentric hypothesis was the historical belief that the heart controls sensation, thought, and body movement. Cardiocentrism was first derived from the ancient Egyptian belief that the heart was the house of thought and soul. This idea was later accepted by Greek philosophers such as Aristotle, Diocles, and Pra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20International%20Mathematical%20Olympiads | The first of the International Mathematical Olympiads (IMOs) was held in Romania in 1959. The oldest of the International Science Olympiads, the IMO has since been held annually, except in 1980. That year, the competition initially planned to be held in Mongolia was cancelled due to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board%20on%20Science%2C%20Technology%2C%20and%20Economic%20Policy | The United States National Academy of Sciences' Board on Science, Technology, and Economic Policy (STEP) is a board of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
The mandate of the Board is to integrate understanding of scientific, technological, and economic elements in the formulation of national policies affec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parking%20sensor | Parking sensors are proximity sensors for road vehicles designed to alert the driver of obstacles while parking. These systems use either electromagnetic or ultrasonic sensors.
Ultrasonic systems
These systems feature ultrasonic proximity detectors to measure the distances to nearby objects via sensors located in th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knollenorgan | A Knollenorgan is an electroreceptor in the skin of weakly electric fish of the family Mormyridae (Elephantfish) from Africa. The structure was first described by Viktor Franz (1921), a German anatomist unaware of its function. They are named after "Knolle", German for "tuberous root" which describes their structure.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini%20DisplayPort | The Mini DisplayPort (MiniDP or mDP) is a miniaturized version of the DisplayPort audio-visual digital interface.
It was announced by Apple in October 2008, and by early 2013 all new Apple Macintosh computers had Mini DisplayPort, as did the LED Cinema Display. However, in 2016 Apple began phasing out the port and rep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gankyil | The Gankyil (, Lhasa ) or "wheel of joy" () is a symbol and ritual tool used in Tibetan and East Asian Buddhism. It is composed of three (sometimes two or four) swirling and interconnected blades. The traditional spinning direction is clockwise (right turning), but the counter-clockwise ones are also common.
The gank... |
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