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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colour%20retention%20agent | Colour retention agents are food additives that are added to food to prevent the colour from changing. Many of them work by absorbing or binding to oxygen before it can damage food (antioxidants). For example, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is often added to brightly coloured fruits such as peaches during canning.
List of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20bundle | In mathematics, a natural bundle is any fiber bundle associated to the s-frame bundle for some . It turns out that its transition functions depend functionally on local changes of coordinates in the base manifold together with their partial derivatives up to order at most .
The concept of a natural bundle was intro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEC%204000%20series | The GEC 4000 was a series of 16/32-bit minicomputers produced by GEC Computers Ltd in the United Kingdom during the 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s.
History
GEC Computers was formed in 1968 as a business unit of the GEC conglomerate. It inherited from Elliott Automation the ageing Elliott 900 series, and needed to deve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20drive | Molecular drive is a term coined by Gabriel Dover in 1982 to describe evolutionary processes that change the genetic composition of a population through DNA turnover mechanisms. Molecular drive operates independently of natural selection and genetic drift.
The best-known such process is the concerted evolution of gene... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic%20Toolkit | Forensic Toolkit, or FTK, is a computer forensics software originally developed by AccessData, an Exterro company. It scans a hard drive looking for various information. It can, for example, potentially locate deleted emails and scan a disk for text strings to use them as a password dictionary to crack encryption.
FTK... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced%20annuity | There are many different types of annuity that one may purchase on approaching retirement.
Many such annuities can be purchased on enhanced terms: an enhanced or impaired annuity is an annuity that provides a higher than normal level of income to the purchaser. To qualify for such an annuity, the purchaser's state of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service%20Location%20Protocol | The Service Location Protocol (SLP, srvloc) is a service discovery protocol that allows computers and other devices to find services in a local area network without prior configuration. SLP has been designed to scale from small, unmanaged networks to large enterprise networks. It has been defined in RFC 2608 and RFC 32... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parikh%27s%20theorem | Parikh's theorem in theoretical computer science says that if one looks only at the number of occurrences of each terminal symbol in a context-free language, without regard to their order, then the language is indistinguishable from a regular language. It is useful for deciding that strings with a given number of termi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CREST%20syndrome | CREST syndrome, also known as the limited cutaneous form of systemic sclerosis (lcSSc), is a multisystem connective tissue disorder. The acronym "CREST" refers to the five main features: calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia.
CREST syndrome is associated with dete... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business%20network | A business network refers to a complex, enduring, and interdependent webs of business relationships among market and non-market actors that allow firms to co-create value in their business environment. Firms influence their markets by managing and signalling their network positions, facilitating entry of new actors, or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halogranum | Halogranum (common abbreviation Hgn.) is a genus of halophilic archaea in the family of Haloferacaceae. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nettenchelys%20inion | Nettenchelys inion is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by David G. Smith and James Erwin Böhlke in 1981. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from a single specimen discovered near North Bimini Marine Protected Area in 1964. It is known to dwell at a depth r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icones%20Plantarum | Icones Plantarum is an extensive series of published volumes of botanical illustration, initiated by Sir William Jackson Hooker. The Latin name of the work means "Illustrations of Plants". The illustrations are drawn from herbarium specimens of Hooker's herbarium, and subsequently the herbarium of Kew Gardens. Hooker w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floral%20formula | A floral formula is a notation for representing the structure of particular types of flowers. Such notations use numbers, letters and various symbols to convey significant information in a compact form. They may represent the floral form of a particular species, or may be generalized to characterize higher taxa, usuall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20engineering | Quantum engineering is the development of technology that capitalizes on the laws of quantum mechanics. Quantum engineering uses quantum mechanics as a toolbox for the development of quantum technologies, such as quantum sensors or quantum computers.
There are many devices available which rely on quantum mechanical ef... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youla%E2%80%93Kucera%20parametrization | In control theory the Youla–Kučera parametrization (also simply known as Youla parametrization) is a formula that describes all possible stabilizing feedback controllers for a given plant P, as function of a single parameter Q.
Details
The YK parametrization is a general result. It is a fundamental result of control t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermentation%20in%20winemaking | The process of fermentation in winemaking turns grape juice into an alcoholic beverage. During fermentation, yeasts transform sugars present in the juice into ethanol and carbon dioxide (as a by-product). In winemaking, the temperature and speed of fermentation are important considerations as well as the levels of oxy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric%20outer%20measure | In mathematics, a metric outer measure is an outer measure μ defined on the subsets of a given metric space (X, d) such that
for every pair of positively separated subsets A and B of X.
Construction of metric outer measures
Let τ : Σ → [0, +∞] be a set function defined on a class Σ of subsets of X containing the emp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahariasaurus | {{Speciesbox
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| image = Bahariasaurus_vertebra.png
| image_caption = Vertebra of Bahariasaurus from specimen 1912 VIII 62
| genus = Bahariasaurus
| parent_authority = Stromer, 1934
| species = ingens
| authority = Stromer, 1934
| synonyms =
Deltadromeus? Sereno et al., 1996
}}Baharias... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Univariate | In mathematics, a univariate object is an expression, equation, function or polynomial involving only one variable. Objects involving more than one variable are multivariate. In some cases the distinction between the univariate and multivariate cases is fundamental; for example, the fundamental theorem of algebra and E... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20electronics | Power electronics is the application of electronics to the control and conversion of electric power.
The first high-power electronic devices were made using mercury-arc valves. In modern systems, the conversion is performed with semiconductor switching devices such as diodes, thyristors, and power transistors such as ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid%20prototyping | Rapid prototyping is a group of techniques used to quickly fabricate a scale model of a physical part or assembly using three-dimensional computer aided design (CAD) data.
Construction of the part or assembly is usually done using 3D printing or "additive layer manufacturing" technology.
The first methods for rapid pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed%20hash%20table | A distributed hash table (DHT) is a distributed system that provides a lookup service similar to a hash table. Key–value pairs are stored in a DHT, and any participating node can efficiently retrieve the value associated with a given key. The main advantage of a DHT is that nodes can be added or removed with minimum wo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy%20problem | In scientific disciplines, a toy problem or a puzzlelike problem is a problem that is not of immediate scientific interest, yet is used as an expository device to illustrate a trait that may be shared by other, more complicated, instances of the problem, or as a way to explain a particular, more general, problem solvin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod%20%28unit%29 | The rod, perch, or pole (sometimes also lug) is a surveyor's tool and unit of length of various historical definitions. In British imperial and US customary units it is defined as feet, equal to exactly of a mile, or yards (a quarter of a surveyor's chain), and is exactly 5.0292 meters. The rod is useful as a unit o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact%20object%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, compact objects, also referred to as finitely presented objects, or objects of finite presentation, are objects in a category satisfying a certain finiteness condition.
Definition
An object X in a category C which admits all filtered colimits (also known as direct limits) is called compact if the funct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Collar-1 | White Collar-1 (wc-1) is a gene in Neurospora crassa encoding the protein WC-1 (127 kDa). WC-1 has two separate roles in the cell. First, it is the primary photoreceptor for Neurospora and the founding member of the class of principle blue light photoreceptors in all of the fungi. Second, it is necessary for regulating... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis%20Shasha | Dennis Elliot Shasha is an American professor of computer science at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, a division of New York University. He is also an associate director of NYU WIRELESS. His current areas of research include work done with biologists on pattern discovery for microarrays, combinatorial d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Commission%20on%20the%20Stability%20of%20Cyberspace | The Global Commission on the Stability of Cyberspace was a multistakeholder Internet governance organization, dedicated to the creation of diplomatic norms of governmental non-aggression in cyberspace. It operated for three years, from 2017 through 2019, and produced the diplomatic norm for which it was chartered and s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Available%20name | In zoological nomenclature, an available name is a scientific name for a taxon of animals that has been published conforming to all the mandatory provisions of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature for the establishment of a zoological name.
For a name to be available, there are a number of general requir... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indescribable%20cardinal | In set theory, a branch of mathematics, a Q-indescribable cardinal is a certain kind of large cardinal number that is hard to axiomatize in some language Q. There are many different types of indescribable cardinals corresponding to different choices of languages Q. They were introduced by .
A cardinal number is calle... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20industry%20in%20Telangana | The Indian state of Telangana has a significant amount of software export in India. While the majority of the industry is concentrated in Hyderabad, other cities are also becoming significant IT destinations in the state. Hyderabad houses the largest campuses of tech giants like Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20type | A cell type is a classification used to identify cells that share morphological or phenotypical features. A multicellular organism may contain cells of a number of widely differing and specialized cell types, such as muscle cells and skin cells, that differ both in appearance and function yet have identical genomic seq... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass-analyzed%20ion-kinetic-energy%20spectrometry | Mass-analyzed ion kinetic-energy spectrometry (MIKES) is a mass spectrometry technique by which mass spectra are obtained from a sector instrument that incorporates at least one magnetic sector plus one electric sector in reverse geometry (the beam first enters the magnetic sector). The accelerating voltage V, and the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activation%20product | An activation product is a material that has been made radioactive by the process of neutron activation.
Fission products and actinides produced by neutron absorption of nuclear fuel itself are normally referred to by those specific names, and activation product reserved for products of neutron capture by other materi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Degen%27s%20eight-square%20identity | In mathematics, Degen's eight-square identity establishes that the product of two numbers, each of which is a sum of eight squares, is itself the sum of eight squares.
Namely:
First discovered by Carl Ferdinand Degen around 1818, the identity was independently rediscovered by John Thomas Graves (1843) and Arthur Cayle... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual%20property%20brokering | An intellectual property broker mediates between the buyer and seller of intellectual property (IP) and may manage the many steps in the process of creating a deal with regard to the purchase, sale, license, or marketing of intellectual property assets. This may include: patents, trademarks, or inventions (prototypes).... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCNK12 | Potassium channel, subfamily K, member 12, also known as KCNK12 is a human gene. The protein encoded by this gene, K2P12.1, is a potassium channel containing two pore-forming P domains.
See also
Tandem pore domain potassium channel |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20postulate | In geometry, the parallel postulate, also called Euclid's fifth postulate because it is the fifth postulate in Euclid's Elements, is a distinctive axiom in Euclidean geometry. It states that, in two-dimensional geometry:
If a line segment intersects two straight lines forming two interior angles on the same side that ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpuscles%20of%20Herbst | The corpuscles of Herbst or Herbst corpuscles are nerve-endings similar to the Pacinian corpuscle, found in the mucous membrane of the tongue, in pits on the beak and in other parts of the bodies of birds. They differ from Pacinian corpuscles in being smaller and more elongated, in having thinner and more closely plac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normalized%20chromosome%20value | Normalized chromosome value (NCV) is a mathematical calculation for comparing each chromosome under tested in cell free DNA (cfDNA) for detecting genetic disorder of the fetus. NCV calculation removes variation within and between sequencing runs to optimize test precision. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal%20crossing%20singularity | In algebraic geometry a normal crossing singularity is a singularity similar to a union of coordinate hyperplanes. The term can be confusing because normal crossing singularities are not usually normal schemes (in the sense of the local rings being integrally closed).
Normal crossing divisors
In algebraic geometry, no... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20data-erasing%20software | This is a list of utilities for performing data erasure. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP%20Physics%20C%3A%20Electricity%20and%20Magnetism | Advanced Placement (AP) Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism (also known as AP Physics C: E&M or AP E&M) is an introductory physics course administered by the College Board as part of its Advanced Placement program. It is intended to proxy a second-semester calculus-based university course in electricity and magnetism.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexafoil | The hexafoil is a design with six-fold dihedral symmetry composed from six vesica piscis lenses arranged radially around a central point, often shown enclosed in a circumference of another six lenses. It is also sometimes known as a "daisy wheel". A second, quite different, design is also sometimes referred to by this ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castalia%20%28simulator%29 | Castalia is a simulator for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN), Body Area Networks and generally networks of low-power embedded devices. It is based on the OMNeT++ platform and used by researchers and developers to test their distributed algorithms and/or protocols in a realistic wireless channel and radio model, with a re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongman | The Gongman (also known as the "man-with-the-gong") is a company trademark for the J. Arthur Rank Organisation. It was used as the introduction to all Rank films, many of which were shot at their Pinewood Studios, and included those Rank distributed. The Gongman logo first appeared on films distributed by General Film ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20number | The atomic number or nuclear charge number (symbol Z) of a chemical element is the charge number of an atomic nucleus. For ordinary nuclei composed of protons and neutrons, this is equal to the proton number (np) or the number of protons found in the nucleus of every atom of that element. The atomic number can be used ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm%20C.%20Smith | Malcolm Clive Smith FREng, FIEEE is a British electrical engineer. He is a professor of control engineering at the University of Cambridge. He is notable for his contributions to feedback control and systems theory. He is also the inventor of the inerter, used in mechanical network synthesis.
Career
Smith studied a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verband%20Deutscher%20Tonmeister | The Verband Deutscher Tonmeister e.V. (VDT) is a registered association for audio industry professionals. The VDT has evolved from the Deutsche Filmtonmeister-Vereinigung (which focused on film sound professionals) that was founded in Munich in 1950.
There are currently more than 1900 members in the VDT that are eithe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice%20light-sheet%20microscopy | Lattice light-sheet microscopy is a modified version of light sheet fluorescence microscopy that increases image acquisition speed while decreasing damage to cells caused by phototoxicity. This is achieved by using a structured light sheet to excite fluorescence in successive planes of a specimen, generating a time se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogoliubov%E2%80%93Parasyuk%20theorem | The Bogoliubov–Parasyuk theorem in quantum field theory states that renormalized Green's functions and matrix elements of the scattering matrix (S-matrix) are free of ultraviolet divergencies. Green's functions and scattering matrix are the fundamental objects in quantum field theory which determine basic physically me... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium%20oxide | Magnesium oxide (MgO), or magnesia, is a white hygroscopic solid mineral that occurs naturally as periclase and is a source of magnesium (see also oxide). It has an empirical formula of MgO and consists of a lattice of Mg2+ ions and O2− ions held together by ionic bonding. Magnesium hydroxide forms in the presence of w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%282-Chlorophenyl%29thiourea | (2-Chlorophenyl)thiourea is a chemical compound used as an herbicide. As of 1998, the Environmental Protection Agency did not have it registered as a pesticide in the United States. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Food%20Technologists | The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) is an international, non-profit scientific society of professionals engaged in food science, food technology, and related areas in academia, government and industry. It has more than 17,000 members from more than 95 countries.
History
Early history
As food technology grew fro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20watermarking | Hardware watermarking, also known as IP core watermarking is the process of embedding covert marks as design attributes inside a hardware or IP core design itself. Hardware Watermarking can represent watermarking of either DSP Cores (widely used in consumer electronics devices) or combinational/sequential circuits. Bot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20giant | In astronomy, a blue giant is a hot star with a luminosity class of III (giant) or II (bright giant). In the standard Hertzsprung–Russell diagram, these stars lie above and to the right of the main sequence.
The term applies to a variety of stars in different phases of development, all evolved stars that have moved f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbeit%20macht%20frei | () is a German phrase meaning "Work sets you free" or "Work makes one free". The slogan originates from a 1873 novel by Lorenz Diefenbach. It is known for appearing on the entrance of Auschwitz and other Nazi concentration camps.
Origin
The expression comes from the title of an 1873 novel by the German philologist Lor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensics | Sensics is an American company making virtual reality products for professionals and consumers. Sensics is the co-founder of the OSVR ecosystem and technical lead of its software platform.
Sensics is headquartered in Columbia, Maryland.
History
The company's products are based on patented technology developed at Jo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20health%20record | An electronic health record (EHR) is the systematized collection of patient and population electronically stored health information in a digital format. These records can be shared across different health care settings. Records are shared through network-connected, enterprise-wide information systems or other informat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamate%20permease | The sodium/glutamate symporter, also known as glutamate permease, is a transmembrane protein family found in bacteria and archaea. These proteins are symporters that are responsible for the sodium-dependent uptake of extracellular glutamate into the cell. They are integral membrane proteins located in the bacterial inn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Math%20Rescue | Math Rescue is a 1992 educational platform game created by Karen Crowther of Redwood Games and published by Apogee Software. Its early pre-release title was "Number Rescue". Released in October 1992 for the MS-DOS platform, it is a loose successor to the earlier game Word Rescue, whose game engine was used to power the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnot%27s%20theorem%20%28thermodynamics%29 | In thermodynamics, Carnot's theorem, developed in 1824 by Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, also called Carnot's rule, is a principle that specifies limits on the maximum efficiency that any heat engine can obtain.
Carnot's theorem states that all heat engines operating between the same two thermal or heat reservoirs canno... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Content%20farm | A content farm or content mill is a company that employs large numbers of freelance writers or uses automated tools to generate a large amount of textual web content which is specifically designed to satisfy algorithms for maximal retrieval by search engines, known as SEO (search engine optimization). Their main goal i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connectomics | Connectomics is the production and study of connectomes: comprehensive maps of connections within an organism's nervous system. More generally, it can be thought of as the study of neuronal wiring diagrams with a focus on how structural connectivity, individual synapses, cellular morphology, and cellular ultrastructure... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowbar%20%28circuit%29 | A crowbar circuit is an electrical circuit used for preventing an overvoltage or surge condition of a power supply unit from damaging the circuits attached to the power supply. It operates by putting a short circuit or low resistance path across the voltage output (Vo), like dropping a crowbar across the output termina... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensoniq%20AudioPCI | The Ensoniq AudioPCI is a Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)-based sound card released in 1997. It was Ensoniq's last sound card product before they were acquired by Creative Technology. The card represented a shift in Ensoniq's market positioning. Whereas the Soundscape line had been made up primarily of low-volu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoked%20salt | Smoked salt is an aromatic salt smoked with any number of select bark free woods for up to 14 days. The kind of wood used for smoking impacts the flavor, which can range from subtle to bold or even sweet. The most common choices are alder, apple wood, hickory, mesquite, and oak. Infused smoked salts like smoked bacon c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid%E2%80%93base%20disorder | Acid–base imbalance is an abnormality of the human body's normal balance of acids and bases that causes the plasma pH to deviate out of the normal range (7.35 to 7.45). In the fetus, the normal range differs based on which umbilical vessel is sampled (umbilical vein pH is normally 7.25 to 7.45; umbilical artery pH is n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BSSGP | BSSGP is a protocol used in the GPRS mobile packet data system. It denotes Base Station System GPRS Protocol. It transfers information between two GPRS entities SGSN and BSS over a BSSGP Virtual Connection (BVC). This protocol provides radio-related quality of service and routing information that is required to transm... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teofilo%20F.%20Gonzalez | Teofilo Francisco Gonzalez Arce (born January 26, 1948 in Monterrey, Mexico) is a Mexican-American computer scientist who is professor emeritus of computer science at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
In 1972, Gonzalez was one of the first students who earned a bachelor's degree in computer science (Ingeni... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bipolar%20encoding | In telecommunication, bipolar encoding is a type of return-to-zero (RZ) line code, where two nonzero values are used, so that the three values are +, −, and zero. Such a signal is called a duobinary signal. Standard bipolar encodings are designed to be DC-balanced, spending equal amounts of time in the + and − states. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvestre%20Gallot | Sylvestre F. L. Gallot (born January 29, 1948 in Bazoches-lès-Bray) is a French mathematician, specializing in differential geometry. He is an emeritus professor at the Institut Fourier of the Université Grenoble Alpes, in the Geometry and Topology section.
Education and career
Sylvestre Gallot received his doctorate ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity | Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (genetic variability), species (species diversity), and ecosystem (ecosystem diversity) level. Biodiversity is not distributed evenly on Earth; it is usually greater in the tropics... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20single-cell%20imaging | In systems biology, live single-cell imaging is a live-cell imaging technique that combines traditional live-cell imaging and time-lapse microscopy techniques with automated cell tracking and feature extraction, drawing many techniques from high-content screening. It is used to study signalling dynamics and behaviour i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptosis%20regulator%20BAX | Apoptosis regulator BAX, also known as bcl-2-like protein 4, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BAX gene. BAX is a member of the Bcl-2 gene family. BCL2 family members form hetero- or homodimers and act as anti- or pro-apoptotic regulators that are involved in a wide variety of cellular activities. This prot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhone%20Rangers | The Rhone Rangers are a group of American winemakers who promote the use of grape varieties from the Rhône Valley. They are mostly based on the West Coast, particularly California, and have created a not-for-profit organization for the promotion of wines containing at least 75% of the 22 Rhône grape varieties. The nam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DAML-S | The DARPA agent markup language for services (DAML-S) is a semantic markup language for describing web services and related ontologies.
DAML-S is built on top of DAML+OIL.
DAML-S has been superseded by OWL-S |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesse%27s%20principle%20of%20transfer | In geometry, Hesse's principle of transfer () states that if the points of the projective line P1 are depicted by a rational normal curve in Pn, then the group of the projective transformations of Pn that preserve the curve is isomorphic to the group of the projective transformations of P1 (this is a generalization of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazu%20Lotus%20Manor | Dazu Lotus Manor (大足荷花山庄) is a lotus farm attraction in Dazu, Chongqing Municipality, China.
The attraction was established in 1992 and is owned by Luo Dengqiang. It covers 33 hectares and is located in Baoding Township, Dazu District. It is a holiday resort with floral plants on display, especially aquatic species, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri%20Leonidovich%20Romanowsky | Dmitri Leonidovich Romanowsky (sometimes spelled Dmitry and Romanowski, ; 1861–1921) was a Russian Emire physician who is best known for his invention of an eponymous histological stain called Romanowsky stain. It paved the way for the discovery and diagnosis of microscopic pathogens, such as malarial parasites.
Roman... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular%20waste%20product | Cellular waste products are formed as a by-product of cellular respiration, a series of processes and reactions that generate energy for the cell, in the form of ATP. One example of cellular respiration creating cellular waste products are aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration.
Each pathway generates different... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladogenesis | Cladogenesis is an evolutionary splitting of a parent species into two distinct species, forming a clade.
This event usually occurs when a few organisms end up in new, often distant areas or when environmental changes cause several extinctions, opening up ecological niches for the survivors and causing population bott... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim%20Kontsevich | Maxim Lvovich Kontsevich (, ; born 25 August 1964) is a Russian and French mathematician and mathematical physicist. He is a professor at the Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques and a distinguished professor at the University of Miami. He received the Henri Poincaré Prize in 1997, the Fields Medal in 1998, the Cra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontode | Odontodes, or dermal teeth, are hard structures found on the external surfaces of animals or near internal openings. They consist of a soft pulp surrounded by dentine and covered by a mineralized substance such as enamel, a structure similar to that of teeth. They generally do not have the same function as teeth, and a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inositol%20phosphate | Inositol phosphates are a group of mono- to hexaphosphorylated inositols. Each form of inositol phosphate is distinguished by the number and position of the phosphate group on the inositol ring.
inositol monophosphate (IP)
inositol bisphosphate (IP2)
inositol trisphosphate (IP3)
inositol tetraphosphate (IP4)
inosi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheels%2C%20Life%20and%20Other%20Mathematical%20Amusements | Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements is a book by Martin Gardner published in 1983. The Basic Library List Committee of the Mathematical Association of America has recommended its inclusion in undergraduate mathematics libraries.
Contents
Wheels, Life and Other Mathematical Amusements is a book of 22 mathema... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110-vertex%20Iofinova%E2%80%93Ivanov%20graph | The 110-vertex Iofinova–Ivanov graph is, in graph theory, a semi-symmetric cubic graph with 110 vertices and 165 edges.
Properties
Iofinova and Ivanov proved in 1985 the existence of five and only five semi-symmetric cubic bipartite graphs whose automorphism groups act primitively on each partition. The smallest has ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaplasia | Metaplasia () is the transformation of one differentiated cell type to another differentiated cell type. The change from one type of cell to another may be part of a normal maturation process, or caused by some sort of abnormal stimulus. In simplistic terms, it is as if the original cells are not robust enough to wit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra-low%20volume | Ultra-low volume (ULV) application of pesticides has been defined as spraying at a Volume Application Rate (VAR) of less than 5 L/ha for field crops or less than 50 L/ha for tree/bush crops. VARs of 0.25 – 2 L/ha are typical for aerial ULV application to forest or migratory pests. In order to maintain efficacy at suc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta-secretase%201 | Beta-secretase 1, also known as beta-site amyloid precursor protein cleaving enzyme 1, beta-site APP cleaving enzyme 1 (BACE1), membrane-associated aspartic protease 2, memapsin-2, aspartyl protease 2, and ASP2, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the BACE1 gene. Expression of BACE1 is observed mainly in neurons.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InstaLoad | InstaLoad is a patented technology developed by Microsoft which allows cylindrical batteries to function in a battery holder regardless of the batteries' polarity.
Design
The device is designed to save time when swapping out batteries and reduce confusion from hard to read battery diagrams.
Initially battery cell siz... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmose%20%28Cambodia%29 | Osmose is a conservation organization in Cambodia.
They are active against the invasive water hyacinth and support conservation of waterfowl.
External links
http://www.osmosetonlesap.net/english/accueil.php
Nature conservation organisations based in Asia
Environmental organisations based in Cambodia |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refractory%20period%20%28physiology%29 | Refractoriness is the fundamental property of any object of autowave nature (especially excitable medium) not responding to stimuli, if the object stays in the specific refractory state. In common sense, refractory period is the characteristic recovery time, a period that is associated with the motion of the image poin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virological%20failure | Virological failure is defined as the failure to meet a specific target of antiviral drug treatment, namely the non-attainment or non-maintenance of undetectable viral load, particularly in the treatment of HIV. As antiretroviral therapy is evaluated by detecting the amount of copies of the virus in blood samples, the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velocity%20receiver | A velocity receiver (velocity sensor) is a sensor that responds to velocity rather than absolute position. For example, dynamic microphones are velocity receivers. Likewise, many electronic keyboards used for music are velocity sensitive, and may be said to possess a velocity receiver in each key. Most of these functi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrum | The sacrum (: sacra or sacrums), in human anatomy, is a large, triangular bone at the base of the spine that forms by the fusing of the sacral vertebrae (S1S5) between ages 18 and 30.
The sacrum situates at the upper, back part of the pelvic cavity, between the two wings of the pelvis. It forms joints with four other ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical%20garden | Biblical gardens are cultivated collections of plants that are named in the Bible. They are a type of theme garden that botanical gardens, public parks, and private gardeners maintain. They are grown in many parts of the world, with many examples far from the Levant, including the Seinan Gakuin University Biblical Bota... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peritoneal%20washing | Peritoneal washing is a procedure used to look for malignant cells, i.e. cancer, in the peritoneum.
Peritoneal washes are routinely done to stage abdominal and pelvic tumours, e.g. ovarian cancer.
See also
Peritoneal lavage
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola%20adunca | Viola adunca is a species of violet known by the common names hookedspur violet, early blue violet, sand violet, and western dog violet. It is native to meadows and forests of western North America, Canada, and the northern contiguous United States.
Description
This is a hairy, compact plant growing from a small rhiz... |
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