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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levinson%20recursion | Levinson recursion or Levinson–Durbin recursion is a procedure in linear algebra to recursively calculate the solution to an equation involving a Toeplitz matrix. The algorithm runs in time, which is a strong improvement over Gauss–Jordan elimination, which runs in Θ(n3).
The Levinson–Durbin algorithm was proposed fi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollo%20Davidson | Rollo Davidson (b. Bristol, 8 October 1944, d. Piz Bernina, 29 July 1970) was a probabilist, alpinist, and Fellow-elect of Churchill College, Cambridge, who died aged 25 on Piz Bernina. He is known for his work on semigroups, stochastic geometry, and stochastic analysis, and for the Rollo Davidson Prize, given in his n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptual%20computing | Perceptual computing is an application of Zadeh's theory of computing with words on the field of assisting people to make subjective judgments.
Perceptual computer
The perceptual computer – Per-C – an instantiation of perceptual computing – has the architecture that is depicted in Fig. 1 [2]–[6]. It consists of three ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download%20Cache | The Download Cache, or downloaded files cache, is a component of Microsoft's .NET Framework that is similar to the Global Assembly Cache except that it caches assemblies that have been downloaded from the Internet.
Q.
Assemblies are downloaded from the Internet when a specific managed object is requested using the <obj... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baekje%20smile | In Korean art history, the Baekje smile is the common smile motif found in Baekje sculpture and bas-relief. Baekje figures express a unique smile that has been described as both enigmatic and subtle. The smile has been also been characterized in many different ways from "genuinely glowing" to "thin and mild" to "unfa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCODE | A bCODE is an identifier that can be sent to a mobile phone/device and used as a ticket/voucher/identification or other type of token. The bCODE is an SMS message that can be read electronically from the screen of a mobile device. Bcodes can be sent by text message, and as they are just a standard SMS they can be rece... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCNG1 | Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily G member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNG1 gene.
Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels represent the most complex class of voltage-gated ion channels from both functional and structural standpoints. Their diverse functions include regulating neurotransmitte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech%20City%20College | Tech City College (Formerly STEM Academy) is a free school sixth form located in the Islington area of the London Borough of Islington, England.
It originally opened in September 2013, as STEM Academy Tech City and specialised in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) and the Creative Application of Maths a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretchable%20electronics | Stretchable electronics, also known as elastic electronics or elastic circuits, is a group of technologies for building electronic circuits by depositing or embedding electronic devices and circuits onto stretchable substrates such as silicones or polyurethanes, to make a completed circuit that can experience large str... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekpyrotic%20universe | The ekpyrotic universe () is a cosmological model of the early universe that explains the origin of the large-scale structure of the cosmos. The model has also been incorporated in the cyclic universe theory (or ekpyrotic cyclic universe theory), which proposes a complete cosmological history, both the past and future.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaufmann%20vortex | The Kaufmann vortex, also known as the Scully model, is a mathematical model for a vortex taking account of viscosity. It uses an algebraic velocity profile. This vortex is not a solution of the Navier–Stokes equations.
Kaufmann and Scully's model for the velocity in the Θ direction is:
The model was suggested by W. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicin | Salicin is an alcoholic β-glucoside. Salicin is produced in (and named after) willow (Salix) bark. It is a biosynthetic precursor to salicylaldehyde.
Medicinal aspects
Salicin is found in the bark of and leaves of willows, poplars and various other plants. Derivates are found in castoreum. Salicin from meadowsweet ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soy%20sauce | Soy sauce (sometimes called soya sauce in British English) is a liquid condiment of Chinese origin, traditionally made from a fermented paste of soybeans, roasted grain, brine, and Aspergillus oryzae or Aspergillus sojae molds. It is recognized for its pronounced umami taste.
Soy sauce was created in its current form ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable-frequency%20drive | A variable-frequency drive (VFD, or adjustable-frequency drives, adjustable-speed drives, variable-speed drives, AC drives, micro drives, inverter drives, or drives) is a type of AC motor drive (system incorporating a motor) that controls speed and torque by varying the frequency of the input electricity. Depending on ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constant%20current | A constant current (steady current, time-independent current, stationary current) is a type of direct current (DC) that does not change its intensity with time.
Sources
If the load is constant, a steady current can be obtained via a constant voltage source. If the load is varying, a steady current can be obtained vi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20maze%20%28neuroscience%29 | A water maze is a device used to test an animal's memory in which the alleys are filled with water, providing a motivation to escape.
Many different mazes exist, such as T- and Y-mazes, Cincinnati water mazes, and radial arm mazes. Water mazes have been used to test discrimination learning and spatial learning abiliti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20constructionism | In the interdisciplinary fields of sociology, social ontology, and communication theory, social constructionism serves as a theoretical framework that suggests various facets of social reality—such as concepts, beliefs, norms, and values—are formed through continuous interactions and negotiations among society's member... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothamsted%20Research | Rothamsted Research, previously known as the Rothamsted Experimental Station and then the Institute of Arable Crops Research, is one of the oldest agricultural research institutions in the world, having been founded in 1843. It is located at Harpenden in the English county of Hertfordshire and is a registered charity u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate%20chip | Chocolate chips or chocolate morsels are small chunks of sweetened chocolate, used as an ingredient in a number of desserts (notably chocolate chip cookies and muffins), in trail mix and less commonly in some breakfast foods such as pancakes. They are often manufactured as teardrop-shaped volumes with flat circular bas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosystem%20I | Photosystem I (PSI, or plastocyanin–ferredoxin oxidoreductase) is one of two photosystems in the photosynthetic light reactions of algae, plants, and cyanobacteria. Photosystem I is an integral membrane protein complex that uses light energy to catalyze the transfer of electrons across the thylakoid membrane from plas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axiomatic%20quantum%20field%20theory | Axiomatic quantum field theory is a mathematical discipline which aims to describe quantum field theory in terms of rigorous axioms. It is strongly associated with functional analysis and operator algebras, but has also been studied in recent years from a more geometric and functorial perspective.
There are two main ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20efficiency | The term quantum efficiency (QE) may apply to incident photon to converted electron (IPCE) ratio of a photosensitive device, or it may refer to the TMR effect of a Magnetic Tunnel Junction.
This article deals with the term as a measurement of a device's electrical sensitivity to light. In a charge-coupled device (CCD)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic%20wave%20equation | In physics, the acoustic wave equation is a second-order partial differential equation that governs the propagation of acoustic waves through a material medium resp. a standing wavefield. The equation describes the evolution of acoustic pressure or particle velocity as a function of position and time . A simplified... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appell%E2%80%93Humbert%20theorem | In mathematics, the Appell–Humbert theorem describes the line bundles on a complex torus or complex abelian variety.
It was proved for 2-dimensional tori by and , and in general by
Statement
Suppose that is a complex torus given by where is a lattice in a complex vector space . If is a Hermitian form on whose im... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated%20triangular%20cupola | In geometry, the elongated triangular cupola is one of the Johnson solids (). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a triangular cupola () by attaching a hexagonal prism to its base.
Formulae
The following formulae for volume and surface area can be used if all faces are regular, with edge length ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusion%20tolerance | Intrusion tolerance is a fault-tolerant design approach to defending information systems against malicious attacks. In that sense, it is also a computer security approach. Abandoning the conventional aim of preventing all intrusions, intrusion tolerance instead calls for triggering mechanisms that prevent intrusions fr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhiza%20helper%20bacteria | Mycorrhiza helper bacteria (MHB) are a group of organisms that form symbiotic associations with both ectomycorrhiza and arbuscular mycorrhiza. MHBs are diverse and belong to a wide variety of bacterial phyla including both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. Some of the most common MHBs observed in studies belong... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SDEP | The SDEP (Street events Data Exchange Protocol) comprises an XML data schema and web service WSDL for exchanging information about streetworks, roadworks, and street events between systems.
Elgin was funded by the UK NeSDS Government e-Standards Programme to conduct a consultation and convene meetings to define the re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoacoustic%20effect | The photoacoustic effect or optoacoustic effect is the formation of sound waves following light absorption in a material sample. In order to obtain this effect the light intensity must vary, either periodically (modulated light) or as a single flash (pulsed light). The photoacoustic effect is quantified by measuring th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum%20length%20sequence | A maximum length sequence (MLS) is a type of pseudorandom binary sequence.
They are bit sequences generated using maximal linear-feedback shift registers and are so called because they are periodic and reproduce every binary sequence (except the zero vector) that can be represented by the shift registers (i.e., for le... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrington%20paradox | Harrington paradox is a notion in the environmental and ecological economics describing the compliance of firms to the environmental regulations. The paradox was first described in Winston Harrington's paper in 1988 and was based on the research over monitoring, realization and compliance to environmental regulations i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porism | A porism is a mathematical proposition or corollary. It has been used to refer to a direct consequence of a proof, analogous to how a corollary refers to a direct consequence of a theorem. In modern usage, it is a relationship that holds for an infinite range of values but only if a certain condition is assumed, such a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Child%20prodigy | A child prodigy is defined in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain at the level of an adult expert. The term is also applied more broadly to young people who are extraordinarily talented in some field.
The term wunderkind (from German Wunderkind;... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximal%20pair | In computer science, a maximal pair within a string is a pair of matching substrings that are maximal, where "maximal" means that it is not possible to make a longer matching pair by extending the range of both substrings to the left or right.
Example
For example, in this table, the substrings at indices 2 to 4 (in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat%20Research%20Institute | The Meat Research Institute was a research institute in North Somerset. It was founded in 1967 to provide research for the British meat industry.
History
In the late 1950s there was a need in the UK for a meat research institute, but no further plans. In March 1962 there was a meeting with thirty one meat producers an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/60-bit%20computing | A 60-bit word is typically used for high-precision floating-point calculations; it can also store 10 6-bit characters.
Examples
The only widely-used computers with 60-bit words were produced by Control Data Corporation (CDC), including the CDC 6000 series, the CDC 7600, and the CDC Cyber 70 and 170 series. Though the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trustmark%20%28commerce%29 | A trustmark is an image, logo, or badge that is typically displayed on an E-commerce website, indicating that the site has passed certain digital security tests or is operated by a member of a professional organization. The trustmark is intended to show approval of the brand by a recognizable third party. Customers gai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middleware%20for%20Robotic%20Applications | Middleware for Robotic Applications (MIRA) is a cross-platform, open-source software framework written in C++ that provides a middleware, several base functionalities and numerous tools for developing and testing distributed software modules. It also focuses on easy creation of complex, dynamic applications, while reus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP%20window%20scale%20option | The TCP window scale option is an option to increase the receive window size allowed in Transmission Control Protocol above its former maximum value of 65,535 bytes. This TCP option, along with several others, is defined in which deals with long fat networks (LFNs).
TCP windows
The throughput of a TCP communication i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalton%20%28unit%29 | The dalton or unified atomic mass unit (symbols: Da or u) is a non-SI unit of mass defined as of the mass of an unbound neutral atom of carbon-12 in its nuclear and electronic ground state and at rest. The atomic mass constant, denoted mu, is defined identically, giving .
This unit is commonly used in physics and che... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light%27s%20associativity%20test | In mathematics, Light's associativity test is a procedure invented by F. W. Light for testing whether a binary operation defined in a finite set by a Cayley multiplication table is associative. The naive procedure for verification of the associativity of a binary operation specified by a Cayley table, which compares th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20dilation | Time dilation is the difference in elapsed time as measured by two clocks, either due to a relative velocity between them (special relativity), or a difference in gravitational potential between their locations (general relativity). When unspecified, "time dilation" usually refers to the effect due to velocity.
After ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frataxin-like%20domain | In molecular biology, the frataxin-like domain is a protein domain found in proteins including eukaryotic frataxin and bacterial CyaY.
The bacterial CyaY proteins are iron-sulphur cluster (FeS) metabolism proteins which are homologous to eukaryotic frataxin. Partial phylogenetic profiling suggests that CyaY most likel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionization | Ionization (or ionisation) is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons, often in conjunction with other chemical changes. The resulting electrically charged atom or molecule is called an ion. Ionization can result from the loss of an electron after... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Power%20%28self-help%20book%29 | The Power is a 2010 self-help and spirituality book written by Rhonda Byrne. It is a sequel to the 2006 book The Secret. The book was released on 17 August 2010 along with an audio-book based on it. The Power'''s mission statement is, "The philosophy and vision of the Secret is to bring joy to billions. To bring joy to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk%20aversion%20%28psychology%29 | Risk aversion is a preference for a sure outcome over a gamble with higher or equal expected value. Conversely, the rejection of a sure thing in favor of a gamble of lower or equal expected value is known as risk-seeking behavior.
The psychophysics of chance induce overweighting of sure things and of improbable events... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum%20throughput%20scheduling | Maximum throughput scheduling is a procedure for scheduling data packets in a packet-switched best-effort network, typically a wireless network, in view to maximize the total throughput of the network, or the system spectral efficiency in a wireless network. This is achieved by giving scheduling priority to the least "... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20content%20of%20biofuel | The energy content of biofuel is the chemical energy contained in a given biofuel, measured per unit mass of that fuel, as specific energy, or per unit of volume of the fuel, as energy density.
A biofuel is a fuel produced from recently living organisms. Biofuels include bioethanol, an alcohol made by fermentation—ofte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garshelis%20effect | The Garshelis effect causes springs made of magnetostrictive material to have their magnetization changed due to the compression of the spring. It is a correlation between magnetization and torsional stress. If the magnetization is due to direct current, it is the inverse of the Wiedemann effect.
It is named after Iva... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20decay | In nuclear physics, beta decay (β-decay) is a type of radioactive decay in which an atomic nucleus emits a beta particle (fast energetic electron or positron), transforming into an isobar of that nuclide. For example, beta decay of a neutron transforms it into a proton by the emission of an electron accompanied by an a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20C4%20plants | {{DISPLAYTITLE:List of C4 plants}}
plants use the carbon fixation pathway to increase their photosynthetic efficiency by reducing or suppressing photorespiration, which mainly occurs under low atmospheric concentration, high light, high temperature, drought, and salinity. There are roughly 8,100 known species, whi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardening%20%28cryptanalysis%29 | In cryptanalysis, gardening is the act of encouraging a target to use known plaintext in an encrypted message. It was a term used at the British Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, England, during World War II, for schemes to entice the Germans to include particular words, which the British called "cri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weed%20Science%20Society%20of%20America | The Weed Science Society of America (WSSA) is a nonprofit, learned society focused on weed science. It was founded in 1956. The organization promotes research, education, and extension outreach, provides science-based information to the public and policy makers, and fosters awareness of weeds and their impact on both m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIMPLE%20algorithm | In computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the SIMPLE algorithm is a widely used numerical procedure to solve the Navier–Stokes equations. SIMPLE is an acronym for Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure Linked Equations.
The SIMPLE algorithm was developed by Prof. Brian Spalding and his student Suhas Patankar at Imperial Colle... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection%20fiber | The projection fibers consist of efferent and afferent fibers uniting the cortex with the lower parts of the brain and with the spinal cord. In human neuroanatomy, bundles of axons (nerve fibers) called tracts, within the brain, can be categorized by their function into association fibers, projection fibers, and commis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refined%20grains | Refined grains have been significantly modified from their natural composition, in contrast to whole grains. The modification process generally involves the mechanical removal of bran and germ, either through grinding or selective sifting.
Overview
A refined grain is defined as having undergone a process that removes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branislava%20Peruni%C4%8Di%C4%87 | Branislava Peruničić-Draženović is an Emeritus Professor of Control Engineering at the University of Sarajevo. She was elected to the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1986.
Early life and education
Peruničić studied engineering at the University of Belgrade. She earned her bachelor's degree i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Giurfa | Martin Giurfa is an Argentinean-French neurobiologist and neuroethologist (born September 1962), member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the Académie royale des sciences, des lettres et des beaux-arts de Belgique, and the Institut Universitaire de France (IUF). He is acknowledged for his work on t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea%20ice%20microbial%20communities | Sea Ice Microbial Communities (SIMCO) refer to groups of microorganisms living within and at the interfaces of sea ice at the poles. The ice matrix they inhabit has strong vertical gradients of salinity, light, temperature and nutrients. Sea ice chemistry is most influenced by the salinity of the brine which affects th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20weather | Space weather is a branch of space physics and aeronomy, or heliophysics, concerned with the time varying conditions within the Solar System, including the solar wind, emphasizing the space surrounding the Earth, including conditions in the magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere, and exosphere. Space weather is distin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20LCD%20matrices | This is an incomplete list of LCD matrices.
TN+Film Matrices
IPS Matrices
S-IPS Matrices
E-IPS — Enhanced IPS (LG-specific terminology)
H-IPS – Horizontal IPS (LG-specific terminology)
P-IPS – Professional IPS (LG-specific terminology)
DD-IPS Matrices
ACE Matrices
MVA Matrices
PVA Matrices |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DocBook | DocBook is a semantic markup language for technical documentation. It was originally intended for writing technical documents related to computer hardware and software, but it can be used for any other sort of documentation.
As a semantic language, DocBook enables its users to create document content in a presentation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Schuchert%20Award | The Charles Schuchert Award is presented by the Paleontological Society to a person under 40 whose work reflects excellence and promise in the science of paleontology. The award was made in honor of Charles Schuchert (1858 – 1942), an American invertebrate paleontologist.
Awardees
Source: Paleontological Society
202... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mask%20%28computing%29 | In computer science, a mask or bitmask is data that is used for bitwise operations, particularly in a bit field. Using a mask, multiple bits in a byte, nibble, word, etc. can be set either on or off, or inverted from on to off (or vice versa) in a single bitwise operation. An additional use of masking involves predica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship%20species | In conservation biology, a flagship species is a species chosen to raise support for biodiversity conservation in a given place or social context. Definitions have varied, but they have tended to focus on the strategic goals and the socio-economic nature of the concept, to support the marketing of a conservation effort... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloverin | Gloverin is an inducible antibacterial insect protein which inhibits the synthesis of vital outer membrane proteins leading to a permeable outer membrane. Gloverin contains a large number of glycine residues. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abyssal%20plain | An abyssal plain is an underwater plain on the deep ocean floor, usually found at depths between . Lying generally between the foot of a continental rise and a mid-ocean ridge, abyssal plains cover more than 50% of the Earth's surface. They are among the flattest, smoothest, and least explored regions on Earth. Abyssal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater%20explosion | An underwater explosion (also known as an UNDEX) is a chemical or nuclear explosion that occurs under the surface of a body of water. While useful in anti-ship and submarine warfare, underwater bombs are not as effective against coastal facilities.
Properties of water
Underwater explosions differ from in-air explosion... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20App%20Runtime%20for%20Chrome | Android Runtime for Chrome (ARC) is a compatibility layer and sandboxing technology for running Android applications on desktop and laptop computers in an isolated environment. It allows applications to be safely run from a web browser, independent of user operating system, at near-native speeds.
Overview
The Android ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuzzy%20sphere | In mathematics, the fuzzy sphere is one of the simplest and most canonical examples of non-commutative geometry. Ordinarily, the functions defined on a sphere form a commuting algebra. A fuzzy sphere differs from an ordinary sphere because the algebra of functions on it is not commutative. It is generated by spherical ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baire%20set | In mathematics, more specifically in measure theory, the Baire sets form a σ-algebra of a topological space that avoids some of the pathological properties of Borel sets.
There are several inequivalent definitions of Baire sets, but in the most widely used, the Baire sets of a locally compact Hausdorff space form the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20Lotka%E2%80%93Volterra%20equation | The generalized Lotka–Volterra equations are a set of equations which are more general than either the competitive or predator–prey examples of Lotka–Volterra types.
They can be used to model direct competition and trophic relationships between an arbitrary number of species. Their dynamics can be analysed analytical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus%20contention | Bus contention is an undesirable state in computer design where more than one device on a bus attempts to place values on it at the same time.
Bus contention is the kind of telecommunication contention that occurs when all communicating devices communicate directly with each other through a single shared channel, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biogerontology%20%28journal%29 | Biogerontology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Springer Science+Business Media. It covers research on the biological mechanisms of ageing. The founding editor-in-chief is Suresh Rattan. In 2021, its impact factor was 4.284.
External links
Gerontology journals
Springer Science+Business Med... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal-made%20art | Animal-made art consists of works by non-human animals, that have been considered by humans to be artistic, including visual works, music, photography and videography. Some of these are created naturally by animals, often as courtship displays, while others are created with human involvement.
There have been debates a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling%20and%20rising%20factorials | In mathematics, the falling factorial (sometimes called the descending factorial, falling sequential product, or lower factorial) is defined as the polynomial
The rising factorial (sometimes called the Pochhammer function, Pochhammer polynomial, ascending factorial, rising sequential product, or upper factorial) is de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test-and-set | In computer science, the test-and-set instruction is an instruction used to write (set) 1 to a memory location and return its old value as a single atomic (i.e., non-interruptible) operation. The caller can then "test" the result to see if the state was changed by the call. If multiple processes may access the same mem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%27s%20Last%20Theorem%20%28book%29 | Fermat's Last Theorem is a popular science book (1997) by Simon Singh. It tells the story of the search for a proof of Fermat's Last Theorem, first conjectured by Pierre de Fermat in 1637, and explores how many mathematicians such as Évariste Galois had tried and failed to provide a proof for the theorem. Despite the e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynesian%20rat | The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (Rattus exulans), known to the Māori as , is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the brown rat and black rat. The Polynesian rat originated in Southeast Asia, and like its relatives has become widespread, migrating to most of Polynesia, including Ne... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Prandini | Maria Prandini (born 8 September 1969) is an Italian electrical engineer whose research topics have included control theory, pursuit–evasion, and air traffic control. She is a professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Education and career
Prandini was born in Brescia, earned a laurea in electrical engineering ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Face | An X-Face is a small bitmap (48 × 48 pixels, black and white) image which is added to a Usenet posting or e-mail message, typically showing a picture of the author's face. The image data is included in the posting as encoded text, and attached with an 'X-Face' header. It was devised by James Ashton.
It is one of the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reduct | In universal algebra and in model theory, a reduct of an algebraic structure is obtained by omitting some of the operations and relations of that structure. The opposite of "reduct" is "expansion".
Definition
Let A be an algebraic structure (in the sense of universal algebra) or a structure in the sense of model the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palatini%20identity | In general relativity and tensor calculus, the Palatini identity is
where denotes the variation of Christoffel symbols and indicates covariant differentiation.
The "same" identity holds for the Lie derivative . In fact, one has
where denotes any vector field on the spacetime manifold .
Proof
The Riemann curvatu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical%20illustration | Technical Illustration is illustration meant to visually communicate information of a technical nature. Technical illustrations can be components of technical drawings or diagrams. Technical illustrations in general aim "to generate expressive images that effectively convey certain information via the visual channel to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Linux%20Programming%20Interface | The Linux Programming Interface: A Linux and UNIX System Programming Handbook is a book written by Michael Kerrisk, which documents the APIs of the Linux kernel and of the GNU C Library (glibc).
Book
It covers a wide array of topics dealing with the Linux operating system and operating systems in general, as well as p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universally%20measurable%20set | In mathematics, a subset of a Polish space is universally measurable if it is measurable with respect to every complete probability measure on that measures all Borel subsets of . In particular, a universally measurable set of reals is necessarily Lebesgue measurable (see below).
Every analytic set is universally... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGCC | TGCC (Très Grand Centre de Calcul) is a new "green infrastructure" for high computing performance, able to host petascale supercomputers at French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission.
This supercomputing center has been planned to welcome the first French Petascale machine Curie, funded by GENCI for the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java%20syntax | The syntax of Java is the set of rules defining how a Java program is written and interpreted.
The syntax is mostly derived from C and C++. Unlike in C++, in Java there are no global functions or variables, but there are data members which are also regarded as global variables. All code belongs to classes and all valu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypernetted-chain%20equation | In statistical mechanics the hypernetted-chain equation is a closure relation to solve the Ornstein–Zernike equation which relates the direct correlation function to the total correlation function. It is commonly used in fluid theory to obtain e.g. expressions for the radial distribution function. It is given by:
w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20phase | In signal processing, linear phase is a property of a filter where the phase response of the filter is a linear function of frequency. The result is that all frequency components of the input signal are shifted in time (usually delayed) by the same constant amount (the slope of the linear function), which is referred t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SitNGo%20Wizard | SitNGo Wizard (sometimes referred to as SNG Wizard) is a poker tool software program to aid online poker players in determining their optimal betting actions during the late stages of Sit and go poker contests.
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PokerStars Game #37838600446: Tournament #229947010, $6.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (1... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral%20plate%20mesoderm | The lateral plate mesoderm is the mesoderm that is found at the periphery of the embryo. It is to the side of the paraxial mesoderm, and further to the axial mesoderm. The lateral plate mesoderm is separated from the paraxial mesoderm by a narrow region of intermediate mesoderm. The mesoderm is the middle layer of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner%20sphere%20electron%20transfer | Inner sphere electron transfer (IS ET) or bonded electron transfer is a redox chemical reaction that proceeds via a covalent linkage—a strong electronic interaction—between the oxidant and the reductant reactants. In inner sphere electron transfer, a ligand bridges the two metal redox centers during the electron tran... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew%20%28video%20games%29 | Homebrew, when applied to video games, refers to games produced by hobbyists for proprietary video game consoles which are not intended to be user-programmable. The official documentation is often only available to licensed developers, and these systems may use storage formats that make distribution difficult, such as ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20condoms | The history of condoms goes back at least several centuries, and perhaps beyond. For most of their history, condoms have been used both as a method of birth control, and as a protective measure against venereal (sexually transmitted) diseases such as syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, hepatitis B and more recently HIV/AI... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame%20Arms%20Girl | is a series of heavily customizable model kit girls produced by Kotobukiya, originally released in 2015 as a moé reimagining of the more traditional, equally customizable Frame Arms mecha line and acts as a sister series to the Megami Device line of more traditional, non-derivative mecha musume kits, of which the line ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP%20serialization%20format | The PHP serialization format is the serialization format used by the PHP programming language. The format can serialize PHP's primitive and compound types, and also properly serializes references. The format was first introduced in PHP 4.
In addition to PHP, the format is also used by some third-party applications tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20Genetics | Animal Genetics is a bi-monthly scientific journal published by the Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the International Society for Animal Genetics.
The impact factor of Animal Genetics is 2.605 (2009) making the journal number 9, out of 50, in the Thomson Reuters ISI "Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science" category.
Anima... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetry%20Archive | The Poetry Archive is a free, web-based library formed to hold recordings of English language poets reading their own work. The Archive holds over 20000 poems and keeps the recordings safe and accessible so that current and future visitors can enjoy them. Each poet's work is surrounded by contextual information and bio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20oceanography | The following outline is provided as an overview of and introduction to Oceanography.
Below is a structured list of topics on oceanography.
What type of thing is oceanography?
Oceanography can be described as all of the following:
The study of the physical and biological aspects of the ocean
An academic discipli... |
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