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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20speaker | Digital speakers or digital sound reconstruction (DSR) systems are a form of loudspeaker technology. Not to be confused with modern digital formats and processing, they are yet to be developed as a mature technology, having been experimented with extensively by Bell Labs as far back as the 1920s, but not realized as co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z8%20Encore%21 | The Zilog Z8 Encore! is a microcontroller based on the popular Z8 microcontroller.
The Z8 Encore! offers a wide range of features for use in embedded applications, most notably the use of three DMA channels to read for example from the analog-to-digital converter (ADC).
The Z8 Encore! instruction set is compatible wi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special%20functions | Special functions are particular mathematical functions that have more or less established names and notations due to their importance in mathematical analysis, functional analysis, geometry, physics, or other applications.
The term is defined by consensus, and thus lacks a general formal definition, but the list of m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variational%20analysis | In mathematics, the term variational analysis usually denotes the combination and extension of methods from convex optimization and the classical calculus of variations to a more general theory. This includes the more general problems of optimization theory, including topics in set-valued analysis, e.g. generalized der... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacking%20%28chemistry%29 | In chemistry, pi stacking (also called π–π stacking) refers to the presumptive attractive, noncovalent pi interactions (orbital overlap) between the pi bonds of aromatic rings. However this is a misleading description of the phenomena since direct stacking of aromatic rings (the "sandwich interaction") is electrostati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined%20photothermal%20and%20photodynamic%20therapy | Photodynamic/photothermal combination therapy involves the usage of a chemical compound or nanomaterial that, when irradiated at a certain wavelength, converts light energy into reactive oxygen species (ROS) and heat. This has shown to be highly effective in the treatment of skin infections, showing increased wound hea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20approximation | In mathematics, a linear approximation is an approximation of a general function using a linear function (more precisely, an affine function). They are widely used in the method of finite differences to produce first order methods for solving or approximating solutions to equations.
Definition
Given a twice continuous... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20of%20Field%20Ornithologists | The Association of Field Ornithologists (AFO) is an American ornithological society, with a strong focus on field studies and banding, priding itself as serving as a bridge between professional and amateur ornithologists. It was founded in 1922 as the New England Bird Banding Association, then becoming the Northeaster... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlet%20list | A Verlet list (named after Loup Verlet) is a data structure in molecular dynamics simulations to efficiently maintain a list of all particles within a given cut-off distance of each other.
This method may easily be applied to Monte Carlo simulations. For short-range interactions, a cut-off radius is typically used, be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DbDOS | dbDOS is software developed by dBase for Windows computers with Intel processors. dbDOS allows Intel-based PCs to run DOS Applications, such as dBASE III, dBASE IV (Version 1, 2, 3), and dBASE V for DOS in an emulated DOS environment. It is an environment configured specifically to allow the various versions of dBASE ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior%20lacrimal%20crest | The anterior lacrimal crest is a bony projection on the frontal process of the maxilla. It creates the lateral margin of the lacrimal sac fossa and is continuous with the orbital margin. The medial palpebral ligament is attached to anterior lacrimal crest. It is an important structure to avoid damaging during rhinoplas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J-invariant | In mathematics, Felix Klein's -invariant or function, regarded as a function of a complex variable , is a modular function of weight zero for defined on the upper half-plane of complex numbers. It is the unique such function which is holomorphic away from a simple pole at the cusp such that
Rational functions of ar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick%27s%20theorem | In geometry, Pick's theorem provides a formula for the area of a simple polygon with integer vertex coordinates, in terms of the number of integer points within it and on its boundary. The result was first described by Georg Alexander Pick in 1899. It was popularized in English by Hugo Steinhaus in the 1950 edition of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20trap | In psychology, a social trap is a conflict of interest or perverse incentive where individuals or a group of people act to obtain short-term individual gains, which in the long run leads to a loss for the group as a whole. Social traps are the cause of countless environmental issues, including overfishing, energy "brow... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netto%27s%20theorem | In mathematical analysis, Netto's theorem states that continuous bijections of smooth manifolds preserve dimension. That is, there does not exist a continuous bijection between two smooth manifolds of different dimension. It is named after Eugen Netto.
The case for maps from a higher-dimensional manifold to a one-dime... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20relationship | An internet relationship is a relationship between people who have met online, and in many cases know each other only via the Internet. Online relationships are similar in many ways to pen pal relationships. This relationship can be romantic, platonic, or even based on business affairs. An internet relationship (or onl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogeneous%20function | In mathematics, a homogeneous function is a function of several variables such that, if all its arguments are multiplied by a scalar, then its value is multiplied by some power of this scalar, called the degree of homogeneity, or simply the degree; that is, if is an integer, a function of variables is homogeneous of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahn%E2%80%93Kalai%20conjecture | The Kahn–Kalai conjecture, also known as the expectation threshold conjecture, is a conjecture in the field of graph theory and statistical mechanics, proposed by Jeff Kahn and Gil Kalai in 2006.
Background
This conjecture concerns the general problem of estimating when phase transitions occur in systems. For example... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stripe%20%28pattern%29 | A stripe is a line or band that differs in color or tone from an adjacent area. Stripes are a group of such lines.
Usage and appearance
As a pattern (more than one stripe together), stripes are commonly seen in nature, food, emblems, clothing, and elsewhere.
Two-toned stripes inherently draw one's attention, and as s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%20integrity%20monitoring | File integrity monitoring (FIM) is an internal control or process that performs the act of validating the integrity of operating system and application software files using a verification method between the current file state and a known, good baseline. This comparison method often involves calculating a known cryptog... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keisan%20Game | Keisan Game Sansū Series (Calculation Game: Arithmetic series) is a video game series focusing on elementary arithmetic calculation of basic math, featuring addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, decimals, and fractions. The series is only available in Japanese.
Sansū 1-nen: Keisan Game
is the first in a se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20paleontology | Molecular paleontology refers to the recovery and analysis of DNA, proteins, carbohydrates, or lipids, and their diagenetic products from ancient human, animal, and plant remains. The field of molecular paleontology has yielded important insights into evolutionary events, species' diasporas, the discovery and characte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne%20Pothier | Sister Yvonne Marie Pothier (born 1937) is a Canadian mathematics educator and educational psychologist known for her work in the development of numerical concepts in children, and an activist for refugees. She is a professor emerita of education at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and a Sister o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20server | A media server is a computer appliance or an application software that stores digital media (video, audio or images) and makes it available over a network.
Media servers range from servers that provide video on demand to smaller personal computers or NAS (Network Attached Storage) for the home.
Purpose
By definition,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beno%C3%AEt%20and%20the%20Mandelbrots | Benoît and the Mandelbrots, named after French American mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, is a Computer Music band formed in 2009 in Karlsruhe, Germany. They are known for their live coded and Algorave performances, the Digital Arts practice of improvising with programming languages that gradually dissolves the distinc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRAF | IRAF (Image Reduction and Analysis Facility) is a collection of software written at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory (NOAO) geared towards the reduction of astronomical images and spectra in pixel array form. This is primarily data taken from imaging array detectors such as CCDs. It is available for all major... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytical%20Dynamics%20of%20Particles%20and%20Rigid%20Bodies | A Treatise on the Analytical Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies is a treatise and textbook on analytical dynamics by British mathematician Sir Edmund Taylor Whittaker. Initially published in 1904 by the Cambridge University Press, the book focuses heavily on the three-body problem and has since gone through four ed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian%20Health%20Regulatory%20Agency | The Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (, Anvisa, literally National Health Surveillance Agency) is a regulatory body of the Brazilian government, created in 1999 during President Fernando Henrique Cardoso's term of office. It is responsible for the regulation and approval of pharmaceutical drugs, sanitary standards an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux%20pinning | Flux pinning is a phenomenon that occurs when flux vortices in a type-II superconductor are prevented from moving within the bulk of the superconductor, so that the magnetic field lines are "pinned" to those locations. The superconductor must be a type-II superconductor because type-I superconductors cannot be penetrat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matching%20distance | In mathematics, the matching distance is a metric on the space of size functions.
The core of the definition of matching distance is the observation that the
information contained in a size function can be combinatorially stored in a formal series of lines and points of the plane, called respectively cornerlines and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal%20pig | Fetal pigs are unborn pigs used in elementary as well as advanced biology classes as objects for dissection. Pigs, as a mammalian species, provide a good specimen for the study of physiological systems and processes due to the similarities between many pig and human organs.
Use in biology labs
Along with frogs and ear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporally%20ordered%20routing%20algorithm | The Temporally Ordered Routing Algorithm (TORA) is an algorithm for routing data across Wireless Mesh Networks or Mobile ad hoc networks.
It was developed by Vincent Park and Scott Corson at the University of Maryland and the Naval Research Laboratory. Park has patented his work, and it was licensed by Nova Engineeri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastospore | A blastospore is an asexual fungal spore produced by budding. Produced by fungi within the phylum Glomeromycota and others. It is also known as a blastoconidium (plural = blastoconidia).
An example of a fungus that forms blastospores is Candida albicans. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix-turn-helix | Helix-turn-helix is a DNA-binding protein (DBP). The helix-turn-helix (HTH) is a major structural motif capable of binding DNA. Each monomer incorporates two α helices, joined by a short strand of amino acids, that bind to the major groove of DNA. The HTH motif occurs in many proteins that regulate gene expression. It ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20exhaust | Data exhaust or exhaust data is the trail of data left by the activities of an Internet or other computer system users during their online activity, behavior, and transactions. This is part of a broader category of unconventional data that includes geospatial, network, and time-series data and may be useful for predict... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Parnas | David Lorge Parnas (born February 10, 1941) is a Canadian early pioneer of software engineering, who developed the concept of information hiding in modular programming, which is an important element of object-oriented programming today. He is also noted for his advocacy of precise documentation.
Life
Parnas earned hi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk | The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , asteriskos, "little star", is a typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a heraldic star.
Computer scientists and mathematicians often vocalize it as star (as, for example, in the A* search algorithm or C*-algebra). An a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanatology | Thanatology is the scientific study of death and the losses brought about as a result. It investigates the mechanisms and forensic aspects of death, such as bodily changes that accompany death and the postmortem period, as well as wider psychological and social aspects related to death. It is primarily an interdiscipli... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pristine%20Sources | Pristine Sources is a software management concept coined by the developers of the short-lived Bogus Linux distribution and popularized by Marc Ewing, co-founder of Red Hat Inc, after he adopted it and RPM Package Manager as a development philosophy for Red Hat Linux. It was the concept that enabled Red Hat to build Li... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hologenome%20theory%20of%20evolution | The hologenome theory of evolution recasts the individual animal or plant (and other multicellular organisms) as a community or a "holobiont" – the host plus all of its symbiotic microbes. Consequently, the collective genomes of the holobiont form a "hologenome". Holobionts and hologenomes are structural entities that ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection%20%28linear%20algebra%29 | In linear algebra and functional analysis, a projection is a linear transformation from a vector space to itself (an endomorphism) such that . That is, whenever is applied twice to any vector, it gives the same result as if it were applied once (i.e. is idempotent). It leaves its image unchanged. This definition of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20Products%20Association | The Food Products Association (formerly the National Food Processors Association or NFPA) was the principal U.S. scientific and technical trade association representing the food processing industry until 2007. FPA was headquartered in Washington, D.C., with branches in Dublin, CA, and Seattle, WA. The association empha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Data%20Protection%20Board | The European Data Protection Board (EDPB) is a European Union independent body with juridical personality whose purpose is to ensure consistent application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and to promote cooperation among the EU’s data protection authorities. On 25 May 2018, the EDPB replaced the Articl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-clocking%20signal | In telecommunications and electronics, a self-clocking signal is one that can be decoded without the need for a separate clock signal or other source of synchronization. This is usually done by including embedded synchronization information within the signal, and adding constraints on the coding of the data payload suc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algor%20mortis | Algor mortis (), the third stage of death, is the change in body temperature post mortem, until the ambient temperature is matched. This is generally a steady decline, although if the ambient temperature is above the body temperature (such as in a hot desert), the change in temperature will be positive, as the (relativ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary%20of%20representation%20theory | This is a glossary of representation theory in mathematics.
The term "module" is often used synonymously for a representation; for the module-theoretic terminology, see also glossary of module theory.
See also Glossary of Lie groups and Lie algebras, list of representation theory topics and :Category:Representation t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20provider%20%28SAML%29 | A SAML identity provider is a system entity that issues authentication assertions in conjunction with a single sign-on (SSO) profile of the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML).
In the SAML domain model, a SAML authority is any system entity that issues SAML assertions. Two important examples of SAML authorities... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertzsprung%E2%80%93Russell%20diagram | The Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (abbreviated as H–R diagram, HR diagram or HRD) is a scatter plot of stars showing the relationship between the stars' absolute magnitudes or luminosities versus their stellar classifications or effective temperatures. The diagram was created independently in 1911 by Ejnar Hertzsprung an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ishango%20bone | The Ishango bone, discovered at the "Fisherman Settlement" of Ishango in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a bone tool and possible mathematical device that dates to the Upper Paleolithic era. The curved bone is dark brown in color, about 10 centimeters in length, and features a sharp piece of quartz affixed to one ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced%20set | In linear algebra and related areas of mathematics a balanced set, circled set or disk in a vector space (over a field with an absolute value function ) is a set such that for all scalars satisfying
The balanced hull or balanced envelope of a set is the smallest balanced set containing
The balanced core of a se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsella%20bursa-pastoris | Capsella bursa-pastoris, known as shepherd's purse because of its triangular flat fruits, which are purse-like, is a small annual and ruderal flowering plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). It is native to eastern Europe and Asia minor, but is naturalized and considered a common weed in many parts of the world, e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporogenesis | Sporogenesis is the production of spores in biology. The term is also used to refer to the process of reproduction via spores. Reproductive spores were found to be formed in eukaryotic organisms, such as plants, algae and fungi, during their normal reproductive life cycle. Dormant spores are formed, for example by cert... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convection%20zone | A convection zone, convective zone or convective region of a star is a layer which is unstable due to convection. Energy is primarily or partially transported by convection in such a region. In a radiation zone, energy is transported by radiation and conduction.
Stellar convection consists of mass movement of plasma w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-homologous%20end-joining%20factor%201 | Non-homologous end-joining factor 1 (NHEJ1), also known as Cernunnos or XRCC4-like factor (XLF), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NHEJ1 gene. XLF was originally discovered as the protein mutated in five patients with growth retardation, microcephaly, and immunodeficiency. The protein is required for the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss%20Army%20knife | The Swiss Army knife is a pocketknife, generally multi-tooled, now manufactured by Victorinox. The term "Swiss Army knife" was coined by American soldiers after World War II after they had trouble pronouncing the German word "", meaning "officer’s knife".
The Swiss Army knife generally has a drop-point main blade plus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GE%20645 | The GE 645 mainframe computer was a development of the GE 635 for use in the Multics project. This was the first computer that implemented a configurable hardware protected memory system. It was designed to satisfy the requirements of Project MAC to develop a platform that would host their proposed next generation time... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGESA | AMD Generic Encapsulated Software Architecture (AGESA) is a procedure library developed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), used to perform the Platform Initialization (PI) on mainboards using their AMD64 architecture. As part of the BIOS of such mainboards, AGESA is responsible for the initialization of the CPU cores, ch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orizuru | The orizuru (折鶴 ori- "folded," tsuru "crane"), origami crane or paper crane, is a design that is considered to be the most classic of all Japanese origami. In Japanese culture, it is believed that its wings carry souls up to paradise, and it is a representation of the Japanese red-crowned crane, referred to as the "Hon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenoxy%20herbicide | Phenoxy herbicides (or "phenoxies") are two families of chemicals that have been developed as commercially important herbicides, widely used in agriculture. They share the part structure of phenoxyacetic acid.
Auxins
The first group to be discovered act by mimicking the auxin growth hormone indoleacetic acid (IAA). Wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow%20RAM%20%28Acorn%29 | Shadow RAM, on the Acorn BBC Micro, Master-series and Acorn Electron microcomputers is the name given to a special framebuffer implementation to free up main memory for use by program code and data. Some implementations of shadow RAM also permit double-buffered graphics.
Background
The BBC Micro, Master-series and E... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEURL | Neuralized-like protein 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NEURL gene.
See also
NEURL2 (gene) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20Bruce%20White | Philip Bruce White (29 December 1891 – 19 March 1949) was a British microbiologist.
In 1926, White published a schema for classifying salmonella bacteria based on serum. This was later extended by the Danish microbiologist Fritz Kauffmann, the Kauffman–White classification.
White became a fellow of the Royal Society ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusing%20update%20algorithm | The diffusing update algorithm (DUAL) is the algorithm used by Cisco's EIGRP routing protocol to ensure that a given route is recalculated globally whenever it might cause a routing loop. It was developed by J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves at SRI International. The full name of the algorithm is DUAL finite-state machine (DUAL ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss%20notation | Gauss notation (also known as a Gauss code or Gauss words) is a notation for mathematical knots. It is created by enumerating and classifying the crossings of an embedding of the knot in a plane. It is named after the German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855).
Gauss code represents a knot with a sequence o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta%20graph | In computational geometry, the Theta graph, or -graph, is a type of geometric spanner similar to a Yao graph. The basic method of construction involves partitioning the space around each vertex into a set of cones, which themselves partition the remaining vertices of the graph. Like Yao Graphs, a -graph contains at mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elementary%20proof | In mathematics, an elementary proof is a mathematical proof that only uses basic techniques. More specifically, the term is used in number theory to refer to proofs that make no use of complex analysis. Historically, it was once thought that certain theorems, like the prime number theorem, could only be proved by invok... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%20%E2%88%92%20L | In particle physics, B − L (pronounced "bee minus ell") is a quantum number which is the difference between the baryon number () and the lepton number () of a quantum system.
Details
This quantum number is the charge of a global/gauge U(1) symmetry in some Grand Unified Theory models, called . Unlike baryon number alo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmphibiaWeb | AmphibiaWeb is an American non-profit website that provides information about amphibians. It is run by a group of universities working with the California Academy of Sciences: San Francisco State University, the University of California at Berkeley, University of Florida at Gainesville, and University of Texas at Austi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ossifying%20fibromyxoid%20tumour | An ossifying fibromyxoid tumor is a type of myxoma. It presents in the extremities more frequently than the trunk. It is derived from mesenchyme. Appearance in the head and neck is rare, but has been reported. Its malignancy has been characterized as "intermediate". |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20router | A wireless router or Wi-Fi router is a device that performs the functions of a router and also includes the functions of a wireless access point. It is used to provide access to the Internet or a private computer network. Depending on the manufacturer and model, it can function in a wired local area network, in a wirel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TopoFusion | TopoFusion GPS Mapping software designed to plan and analyze trails using topographic maps and GPS tracks.
History
The software was created in 2002 by two brothers who were outdoor bikepacking enthusiasts and felt software could help them plan better trails. They developed the first version of the software in 2002 a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla%20Open%20Badges | Image files that contain verifiable information about learning achievements, Open Badges are based on a group of specifications and open technical standards originally developed by the Mozilla Foundation with funding from the MacArthur Foundation. The Open Badges standard describes a method for packaging information ab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Videntifier | Videntifier is an Icelandic software company which has developed a method to quickly identify videos and images automatically. Videntifier's patented technology can store the fingerprints of enormous amounts of video content and images, and can identify any of the reference material within seconds. Usually a single fra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solemyidae | Solemyidae is a family of saltwater clams, marine protobranch bivalve mollusks in the order Solemyida.
Biology
Solemyids are remarkable in that their digestive tract is either extremely small or non-existent, and their feeding appendages are too short to reach outside the shell.
It has been shown that these clams hos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GDAL | The Geospatial Data Abstraction Library (GDAL) is a computer software library for reading and writing raster and vector geospatial data formats (e.g. shapefile), and is released under the permissive X/MIT style free software license by the Open Source Geospatial Foundation. As a library, it presents a single abstract d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluent%20interface | In software engineering, a fluent interface is an object-oriented API whose design relies extensively on method chaining. Its goal is to increase code legibility by creating a domain-specific language (DSL). The term was coined in 2005 by Eric Evans and Martin Fowler.
Implementation
A fluent interface is normally impl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullary%20constructor | In computer programming, a nullary constructor is a constructor that takes no arguments. Also known as a 0-argument constructor, no-argument constructors or default constructor.
Object-oriented constructors
In object-oriented programming, a constructor is code that is run when an object is created. Default constructor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar%20%28film%29 | Interstellar is a 2014 epic science fiction film co-written, directed, and produced by Christopher Nolan. It stars Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin, Ellen Burstyn, Matt Damon, and Michael Caine. Set in a dystopian future where humanity is embroiled in a catastrophic blight and famine, th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob%20Stoustrup | Jakob Stoustrup is a Danish researcher employed at Aalborg University, where he serves as professor of control theory at the Department of Electronic Systems.
Education
Jakob Stoustrup received the M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering in 1987, and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Mathematics in 1991, both from the Techn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement%20Science%20and%20Technology | Measurement Science and Technology is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal, published by IOP Publishing, covering the areas of measurement, instrumentation, and sensor technology in the sciences. The editor-in-chief is Andrew Yacoot (National Physical Laboratory).
History
The journal was established in 1923 as ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20protection%20expenditure%20accounts | Environmental protection expenditure accounts (EPEA) are a statistical framework that describes environmental activities in monetary terms and organises these statistics into a full set of accounts, just like that of the national accounts. The EPEA is part of the System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VTun | VTun is a networking application which can set up Virtual Tunnels over TCP/IP networks. It supports Internet Protocol (IP), Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) and Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP) protocols. It exists as the reference implementation of the Tun/Tap user-space tunnel driver which was included in the Linux ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manresa%20%28restaurant%29 | Manresa was a restaurant in Los Gatos, California that specialized in California cuisine. It was founded in 2002 by chef David Kinch. The Michelin Guide: San Francisco, Bay Area and Wine Country conferred two Michelin stars on the restaurant in 2007, and upgraded it to three stars in 2016.
A two-alarm fire at Manresa ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical%20model%20specification | In statistics, model specification is part of the process of building a statistical model: specification consists of selecting an appropriate functional form for the model and choosing which variables to include. For example, given personal income together with years of schooling and on-the-job experience , we might ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equilibrium%20point%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, specifically in differential equations, an equilibrium point is a constant solution to a differential equation.
Formal definition
The point is an equilibrium point for the differential equation
if for all .
Similarly, the point is an equilibrium point (or fixed point) for the difference equ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract%20interpretation | In computer science, abstract interpretation is a theory of sound approximation of the semantics of computer programs, based on monotonic functions over ordered sets, especially lattices. It can be viewed as a partial execution of a computer program which gains information about its semantics (e.g., control-flow, data-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20states%20and%20blue%20states | Starting with the 2000 United States presidential election, the terms "red state" and "blue state" have referred to U.S. states whose voters vote predominantly for one party — the Republican Party in red states and the Democratic Party in blue states — in presidential and other statewide elections. By contrast, states ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blissymbols | Blissymbols or Blissymbolics is a constructed language conceived as an ideographic writing system called Semantography consisting of several hundred basic symbols, each representing a concept, which can be composed together to generate new symbols that represent new concepts. Blissymbols differ from most of the world's... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chisini%20mean | In mathematics, a function f of n variables x1, ..., xn leads to a Chisini mean M if, for every vector ⟨x1, ..., xn⟩, there exists a unique M such that
f(M,M, ..., M) = f(x1,x2, ..., xn).
The arithmetic, harmonic, geometric, generalised, Heronian and quadratic means are all Chisini means, as are their weighted varian... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langtang%20National%20Park | Langtang National Park is a national protected area in north-central Nepal. It was established in 1976 as Nepal's first Himalayan national park and the country's fourth protected area. It covers an area of in the Nuwakot, Rasuwa and Sindhulpalchok Districts of the central Himalayan region. It contains 26 village commu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidential%20reasoning%20approach | In decision theory, the evidential reasoning approach (ER) is a generic evidence-based multi-criteria decision analysis (MCDA) approach for dealing with problems having both quantitative and qualitative criteria under various uncertainties including ignorance and randomness. It has been used to support various decision... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laccaria%20laccata | Laccaria laccata, commonly known as the deceiver, lackluster laccaria, or waxy laccaria, is a white-spored species of small edible mushroom found throughout North America and Europe. It is a highly variable mushroom (hence 'deceiver'), and can look quite washed out, colorless and drab, but when younger it often assumes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interconnect%20%28integrated%20circuits%29 | In integrated circuits (ICs), interconnects are structures that connect two or more circuit elements (such as transistors) together electrically. The design and layout of interconnects on an IC is vital to its proper function, performance, power efficiency, reliability, and fabrication yield. The material interconnects... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incendiary%20balloon | An incendiary balloon (or balloon bomb) is a balloon inflated with a lighter-than-air gas such as hot air, hydrogen, or helium, that has a bomb, incendiary device, or Molotov cocktail attached. The balloon is carried by the prevailing winds to the target area, where it falls or releases its payload.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Bioacoustics%20Council | The International Bioacoustics Council (IBAC) was founded in 1969 to encourage international participation throughout the field of bioacoustics. Given its multidisciplinary nature, IBAC aims to bring together biologists from different specialisms. as well as engineers, sound archivists, computer scientists and other ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imitation | Imitation (from Latin imitatio, "a copying, imitation") is a behavior whereby an individual observes and replicates another's behavior. Imitation is also a form of that leads to the "development of traditions, and ultimately our culture. It allows for the transfer of information (behaviors, customs, etc.) between indiv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AliOS | AliOS (formerly YunOS and Aliyun OS) is a Linux distribution developed by Alibaba Cloud, a subsidiary of Mainland Chinese company Alibaba Group. It is designed for smart cars and Internet of Things (IoT) devices, and it had been used as a mobile operating system.
History
On 28 July 2011, Alibaba Cloud confirmed the e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoruminant | Pseudoruminant is a classification of animals based on their digestive tract differing from the ruminants. Hippopotami and camels are ungulate mammals with a three-chambered stomach (ruminants have a four-chambered stomach) while equids (horses, asses, zebras) and rhinoceroses are monogastric herbivores.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicyclobutane | Bicyclo[1.1.0]butane is an organic compound with the formula C4H6. It is a bicyclic molecule consisting of two cis-fused cyclopropane rings, and is a colorless and easily condensed gas. Bicyclobutane is noted for being one of the most strained compounds that is isolatable on a large scale — its strain energy is estima... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi-Civita%20connection | In Riemannian or pseudo-Riemannian geometry (in particular the Lorentzian geometry of general relativity), the Levi-Civita connection is the unique affine connection on the tangent bundle of a manifold (i.e. affine connection) that preserves the (pseudo-)Riemannian metric and is torsion-free.
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