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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Q.%20Gouv%C3%AAa | Fernando Quadros Gouvêa is a Brazilian number theorist and historian of mathematics who won the Lester R. Ford Award of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) in 1995 for his exposition of Wiles's proof of Fermat's Last Theorem.
He also won the Beckenbach Book Prize of the MAA in 2007 for his book with William P... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%20Layer%20Topology%20Discovery | Link Layer Topology Discovery (LLTD) is a proprietary link layer protocol for network topology discovery and quality of service diagnostics. Microsoft developed it as part of the Windows Rally set of technologies. The LLTD protocol operates over both wired (such as Ethernet (IEEE 802.3) or power line communication) as ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibia | The tibia (; : tibiae or tibias), also known as the shinbone or shankbone, is the larger, stronger, and anterior (frontal) of the two bones in the leg below the knee in vertebrates (the other being the fibula, behind and to the outside of the tibia); it connects the knee with the ankle. The tibia is found on the media... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasiregular%20map | In the mathematical field of analysis, quasiregular maps are a class of continuous maps between Euclidean spaces Rn of the same dimension or, more generally, between Riemannian manifolds of the same dimension, which share some of the basic properties with holomorphic functions of one complex variable.
Motivation
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%20Newell | Virginia Kimbrough Newell (born October 7, 1917) is an American mathematics educator, author, politician, and centenarian.
Early life and education
Virginia Kimbrough was born on October 7, 1917, in Advance, North Carolina, one of nine children. Although her family was African American, she grew up playing with the wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects%20of%20pornography | The effects of pornography on individuals or their intimate relationships depend on the type of pornography used and differ from person to person. Consumption of pornographic material is associated with negative and positive impacts. It has been studied particularly for associations with addiction as well as effects on... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquid%20state%20machine | A liquid state machine (LSM) is a type of reservoir computer that uses a spiking neural network. An LSM consists of a large collection of units (called nodes, or neurons). Each node receives time varying input from external sources (the inputs) as well as from other nodes. Nodes are randomly connected to each other. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoperdon%20umbrinum | Lycoperdon umbrinum, commonly known as the umber-brown puffball, is a type of Puffball mushroom in the genus Lycoperdon. It is found in China, Europe, Africa, and North America.
Description
This species has a fruit body that is shaped like a top, with a short, partly buried stipe. It is tall and broad. It is approxi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoromethane | Fluoromethane, also known as methyl fluoride, Freon 41, Halocarbon-41 and HFC-41, is a non-toxic, liquefiable, and flammable gas at standard temperature and pressure. It is made of carbon, hydrogen, and fluorine. The name stems from the fact that it is methane (CH4) with a fluorine atom substituted for one of the hydro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99Vidas | 99Vidas (Portuguese for "99 Lives") is a retro-styled side-scrolling beat 'em up video game developed and published by Brazilian studio QuByte Interactive. It was first released for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux in late 2016, followed by PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in 2017. A Nintendo Switch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytoextraction%20process | Phytoextraction is a subprocess of phytoremediation in which plants remove dangerous elements or compounds from soil or water, most usually heavy metals, metals that have a high density and may be toxic to organisms even at relatively low concentrations. The heavy metals that plants extract are toxic to the plants as w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azobilirubin | Azobilirubin is a coloured compound formed by the oxidation of diazotized sulfanilic acid with bilirubin in the van den Bergh reaction. The quantity of bilirubin in patients with jaundice can be determined by the formation of azobilirubin in the presence of methanol.
The Van den Bergh chemical reaction which is used ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auxiliary%20Activity%20family%209 | Auxiliary Activity family 9 (formerly GH61) is a family of lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases. The family was previously incorrectly classified as glycoside hydrolase family 61, however it was re-classified in March 2013.
AA9 is known to be a copper dependent, oxidative enzyme able to cleave crystalline cellulose. Ac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaserver | A MetaServer is a central broker providing a collated view (similar to a database view) for dispersed web resources. It is used to collect data from various web services, web pages, databases, or other online resources/repositories and then present the combined results to the client using a standard web protocol (e.g. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DEAD%20box | DEAD box proteins are involved in an assortment of metabolic processes that typically involve RNAs, but in some cases also other nucleic acids. They are highly conserved in nine motifs and can be found in most prokaryotes and eukaryotes, but not all. Many organisms, including humans, contain DEAD-box (SF2) helicases, w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCNAB1 | Voltage-gated potassium channel subunit beta-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNAB1 gene.
Potassium channels represent the most complex class of voltage-gated ion channels from both functional and structural standpoints. Their diverse functions include regulating neurotransmitter release, heart rate, i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incomplete%20LU%20factorization | In numerical linear algebra, an incomplete LU factorization (abbreviated as ILU) of a matrix is a sparse approximation of the LU factorization often used as a preconditioner.
Introduction
Consider a sparse linear system . These are often solved by computing the factorization , with L lower unitriangular and U upper t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricular%20remodeling | In cardiology, ventricular remodeling (or cardiac remodeling) refers to changes in the size, shape, structure, and function of the heart. This can happen as a result of exercise (physiological remodeling) or after injury to the heart muscle (pathological remodeling). The injury is typically due to acute myocardial infa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19%20to%20Zero | 19 to Zero is a not-for-profit behavioural sciences initiative based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Hosted at the University of Calgary, the public–private partnership is made up of around 500 members including public health specialists, academics, behavioural psychologists, marketers and multimedia creators. Its purpose... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/248%20%28number%29 | 248 (two hundred [and] forty-eight) is the natural number following 247 and preceding 249.
Additionally, 248 is:
a nontotient.
a refactorable number.
an untouchable number.
palindromic in bases 13 (16113), 30 (8830), 61 (4461) and 123 (22123).
a Harshad number in bases 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 (and 18 other bases).
part ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupus%20pernio | Lupus pernio is a chronic raised indurated (hardened) lesion of the skin, often purplish in color. It is seen on the nose, ears, cheeks, lips, and forehead. It is pathognomonic of sarcoidosis. The name "lupus pernio" is a misnomer, as microscopically this disease shows granulomatous infiltration and does not have featu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit%20ID | A circuit ID is a company-specific identifier assigned to a data or voice network connection between two locations. This connection, often called a circuit, may then be leased to a customer referring to that ID. In this way, the circuit ID is similar to a serial number on any product sold from a retailer to a customer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitish%20V.%20Thakor | Nitish V. Thakor (koli) (born 1952) is an American biomedical engineer and is a professor of
Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University, a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and a professor of Neurology at the Johns Hopkins University.
He is also the director of the Singapore Institute for N... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision%20list | Decision lists are a representation for Boolean functions which can be easily learnable from examples. Single term decision lists are more expressive than disjunctions and conjunctions; however, 1-term decision lists are less expressive than the general disjunctive normal form and the conjunctive normal form.
The lan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biotin%20carboxylase | In enzymology, a biotin carboxylase () is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction
ATP + biotin-carboxyl-carrier protein + CO2 ADP + phosphate + carboxybiotin-carboxyl-carrier protein
The three substrates of this enzyme are ATP, biotin-carboxyl-carrier protein (BCCP), and CO2, whereas its three products are A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%20%28model%20checking%29 | In model checking, a subfield of computer science, a signal or timed state sequence is an extension of the notion of words in a formal language, in which letters are continuously emitted. While a word is traditionally defined as a function from a set of non-negative integers to letters, a signal is a function from a se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FutureU | futureU is an educational video game developed and published by Aspyr Media on November 5, 2008 for Windows, Mac OS X, and the Nintendo DS, and created in association with test preparation company Kaplan, Inc.
Gameplay
Like the SATs, futureU has three sections: Reading, Writing, and Math, each with two subdivisions. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholinergic%20anti-inflammatory%20pathway | The cholinergic anti-inflammatory pathway regulates the innate immune response to injury, pathogens, and tissue ischemia. It is the efferent, or motor arm of the inflammatory reflex, the neural circuit that responds to and regulates the inflammatory response.
Regulating the immune response
In 1987, a study showed t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoof%20%28game%29 | Spoof is a strategy game, typically played as a gambling game, often in bars and pubs where the loser buys the other participants a round of drinks. The exact origin of the game is unknown, but one scholarly paper addressed it, and more general n-coin games, in 1959. It is an example of a zero-sum game. The version w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell-shaped%20function | A bell-shaped function or simply 'bell curve' is a mathematical function having a characteristic "bell"-shaped curve. These functions are typically continuous or smooth, asymptotically approach zero for large negative/positive x, and have a single, unimodal maximum at small x. Hence, the integral of a bell-shaped funct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Havel%E2%80%93Hakimi%20algorithm | The Havel–Hakimi algorithm is an algorithm in graph theory solving the graph realization problem. That is, it answers the following question: Given a finite list of nonnegative integers in non-increasing order, is there a simple graph such that its degree sequence is exactly this list? A simple graph contains no double... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intron-mediated%20enhancement | Intron-mediated enhancement (IME) is the ability of an intron sequence to enhance the expression of a gene containing that intron. In particular, the intron must be present in the transcribed region of the gene for enhancement to occur, differentiating IME from the action of typical transcriptional enhancers. Descripti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epideme | "Epideme" is the seventh episode of science fiction comedy series Red Dwarf VII and the 43rd in the series run. It was first broadcast on the British television channel BBC2 on 28 February 1997. Written by Paul Alexander and Doug Naylor, and directed by Ed Bye, the episode involves Lister contracting an intelligent, bu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adiabatic%20invariant | A property of a physical system, such as the entropy of a gas, that stays approximately constant when changes occur slowly is called an adiabatic invariant. By this it is meant that if a system is varied between two end points, as the time for the variation between the end points is increased to infinity, the variation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Bourgain | Jean Louis, baron Bourgain (; – ) was a Belgian mathematician. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1994 in recognition of his work on several core topics of mathematical analysis such as the geometry of Banach spaces, harmonic analysis, ergodic theory and nonlinear partial differential equations from mathematical phys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altair%20Digital%20Communication | Altair Digital Communication is an academic space for research, production and broadcast for cultural contents based at Faculty of Communications in the University of Antioquia. It works as a virtual station where sound radio-like productions are presented in a Web 2.0 site, created by the university students themselve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldline%20SA | Worldline SA is a French multinational payment and transactional services company founded in 1974.
Services offered by Worldline in the areas of Merchant Services; Terminals, Solutions & Services; Financial Services and Mobility & e-Transactional Services include domestic and cross-border commercial acquiring, both in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serverless%20computing | Serverless computing is a cloud computing execution model in which the cloud provider allocates machine resources on demand, taking care of the servers on behalf of their customers. "Serverless" is a misnomer in the sense that servers are still used by cloud service providers to execute code for developers. However, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamrock | A shamrock is a type of clover, used as a symbol of Ireland. Saint Patrick, one of Ireland's patron saints, is said to have used it as a metaphor for the Christian Holy Trinity. The name shamrock comes from Irish (), which is the diminutive of the Irish word and simply means "young clover".
At most times, Shamrock r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research%20software%20engineering | Research software engineering is the use of software engineering practices in research applications. The term was proposed in a research paper in 2010 in response to an empirical survey on tools used for software development in research projects. It started to be used in United Kingdom in 2012, when it was needed to de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stochastic%20geometry | In mathematics, stochastic geometry is the study of random spatial patterns. At the heart of the subject lies the study of random point patterns. This leads to the theory of spatial point processes, hence notions of Palm conditioning, which extend to the more abstract setting of random measures.
Models
There are vari... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INASP | INASP (International Network for Advancing Science and Policy) is an international development charity working with a global network of partners to improve access, production and use of research information and knowledge, so that countries are equipped to solve their development challenges.
Based in Oxford and governe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cider%20mill | A cider mill, also known as a cidery, is the location and equipment used to crush apples into apple juice for use in making apple cider, hard cider, applejack, apple wine, pectin and other products derived from apples. More specifically, it refers to a device used to crush or grind apples as part of the overall juice p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LRPu | LRPu or low-resilience polyurethane is a material distinguished by an "ability to slowly return to its original shape".
The resulting impact resistance results in LRPu being used in soft laptop sleeves and other lightweight cases for portable electronic equipment, as an alternative to the softer neoprene.
See also
N... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hibernaculum%20%28zoology%29 | A hibernaculum (plural form: hibernacula) (Latin, "tent for winter quarters") is a place in which an animal seeks refuge, such as a bear using a cave to overwinter. The word can be used to describe a variety of shelters used by many kinds of animals, including insects, toads, lizards, snakes, bats, rodents, and primate... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered%20state%20of%20consciousness | An altered state of consciousness (ASC), also called altered state of mind or mind alteration, is any condition which is significantly different from a normal waking state. By 1892, the expression was in use in relation to hypnosis, though there is an ongoing debate as to whether hypnosis is to be identified as an ASC ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash%20App | Cash App (formerly Square Cash) is a mobile payment service available in the United States and the United Kingdom that allows users to transfer money to one another (for a 1.5% fee for immediate transfer) using a mobile phone app. In September 2021, the service reported 70 million annual transacting users and US$1.8 bi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20audition | Computer audition (CA) or machine listening is the general field of study of algorithms and systems for audio interpretation by machines. Since the notion of what it means for a machine to "hear" is very broad and somewhat vague, computer audition attempts to bring together several disciplines that originally dealt wit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operating%20environment | In computer software, an operating environment or integrated applications environment is the environment in which users run application software. The environment consists of a user interface provided by an applications manager and usually an application programming interface (API) to the applications manager.
An opera... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advmaker | Advmaker is an affiliate program of Internet advertising in Runet, which has about 17,000 advertising spaces, covering more than 100 million visitors, which are three billion page views per month. It is intended for webmasters and site owners who wish to place advertising on their web projects, and advertisers.
Histor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah%20Fry | Hannah Fry (born February 1984) is a British mathematician, author, and radio and television presenter. She is Professor in the Mathematics of Cities at the UCL Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis. She studies the patterns of human behaviour, such as interpersonal relationships and dating, and how mathematics can app... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agliata | Agliata (; from , "garlic"; ) is a pungent, savory garlic sauce and condiment in Italian cuisine used to flavor and accompany grilled or boiled meats, fish and vegetables. It is first attested in Ancient Rome, and it remains part of the cuisine of Liguria. Porrata is a similar sauce prepared with leeks in place of gar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Induced-charge%20electrokinetics | Induced-charge electrokinetics in physics is the electrically driven fluid flow and particle motion in a liquid electrolyte. Consider a metal particle (which is neutrally charged but electrically conducting) in contact with an aqueous solution in a chamber/channel. If different voltages apply to the end of this chamber... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax%C3%A9n%27s%20law | In fluid dynamics, Faxén's laws relate a sphere's velocity and angular velocity to the forces, torque, stresslet and flow it experiences under low Reynolds number (creeping flow) conditions.
First law
Faxen's first law was introduced in 1922 by Swedish physicist Hilding Faxén, who at the time was active at Uppsala U... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plica%20semilunaris%20of%20conjunctiva | The plica semilunaris is a small fold of bulbar conjunctiva on the medial canthus of the eye. It functions during movement of the eye, to help maintain tear drainage via the lacrimal lake, and to permit greater rotation of the globe, for without the plica the conjunctiva would attach directly to the eyeball, restrictin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antozonite | Antozonite (historically known as Stinkspat, Stinkfluss, Stinkstein, Stinkspar and fetid fluorite) is a radioactive fluorite variety first found in Wölsendorf, Bavaria, in 1841, and named in 1862.
It is characterized by the presence of multiple inclusions containing elemental fluorine; when the crystals are crushed or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piobert%27s%20law | Piobert's law applies to the reaction of solid propellant grains to generate hot gas. It is stated: "Burning takes place by parallel layers where the surface of the grain regresses, layer by layer, normal to the surface at every point."
History
The law was devised by French general Guillaume Piobert in 1839 to explai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAFE%20FOODS | SAFE FOODS is a European project established in 2004 that deals with food safety. It aims to contribute to the restoration of consumer confidence in the safety of the European food chain, to protect the consumer from foodborne illness, and to refine risk analysis practices for food safety via an interdisciplinary appro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkage%20isomerism | In chemistry, linkage isomerism or ambidentate isomerism is a form of isomerism in which certain coordination compounds have the same composition but differ in their metal atom's connectivity to a ligand.
Typical ligands that give rise to linkage isomers are:
cyanide, – isocyanide,
cyanate, – isocyanate,
thiocyana... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exec%20%28system%20call%29 | In computing, exec is a functionality of an operating system that runs an executable file in the context of an already existing process, replacing the previous executable. This act is also referred to as an overlay. It is especially important in Unix-like systems, although it exists elsewhere. As no new process is crea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvid%20Reuterdahl | Arvid Reuterdahl (February 15, 1876 – January 13, 1933) was a Swedish-American engineer, scientist and educator.
Biography
Reuterdahl was born at Karlstad on February 15, 1876. He moved to the United States as a child in 1882. He graduated Sc.B. from Brown University in 1897 and was a mathematics and physics instruct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Conference%20on%20Radiation%20Effects%20in%20Insulators | Radiation Effects in Insulators (REI) is a long-running international conference series
dedicated to basic and applied scientific research relating to radiation effects in insulators and non-metallic materials. It is held every second year in locations around the world.
The REI conference has a long history. Since the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet%20Tooth%20%28Twisted%20Metal%29 | Needles Kane—commonly known as Sweet Tooth—is a fictional character from the Twisted Metal video game series. Sweet Tooth is designed around the premise of a killer clown that drives a combat ice cream truck, and his face has been featured on the cover of every Twisted Metal game, making him the series' mascot. He is t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ClickOnce | ClickOnce is a component of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and later, and supports deploying applications made with Windows Forms or Windows Presentation Foundation. It is similar to Java Web Start for the Java Platform or Zero Install for Linux.
Description
The core principle of ClickOnce is to ease the deployment of W... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Institute%20of%20Brackishwater%20Aquaculture | Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (CIBA) is one of the research institutes under Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi to serve as the nodal agency for catering to the needs of the brackishwater aquaculture research in India. The institute is headquartered at Santhome High Road, Raja An... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauce%20charcuti%C3%A8re | Charcutière sauce is a compound French sauce consisting of a base of Sauce Robert with a flavouring of chopped gherkins. Its literal translation is "sauce of the pork butcher". It is most frequently used with cuts of grilled or sautéed pork. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20Sitter%20double%20star%20experiment | The de Sitter effect was described by Willem de Sitter in 1913 (as well as by Daniel Frost Comstock in 1910) and used to support the special theory of relativity against a competing 1908 emission theory by Walther Ritz that postulated a variable speed of light dependent on the velocity of the emitting object. De Sitte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear%20modelling | In mathematics, nonlinear modelling is empirical or semi-empirical modelling which takes at least some nonlinearities into account. Nonlinear modelling in practice therefore means modelling of phenomena in which independent variables affecting the system can show complex and synergetic nonlinear effects. Contrary to tr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern%20Recognition%20in%20Physics | Pattern Recognition in Physics was an open-access journal originally published by Copernicus Publications which was established in March 2013 and terminated in January 2014. The editors-in-chief were Sid-Ali Ouadfeul (Algerian Petroleum Institute) and Nils-Axel Mörner. Copernicus ceased its publication due to concerns ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxwell%E2%80%93Bloch%20equations | The Maxwell–Bloch equations, also called the optical Bloch equations describe the dynamics of a two-state quantum system interacting with the electromagnetic mode of an optical resonator. They are analogous to (but not at all equivalent to) the Bloch equations which describe the motion of the nuclear magnetic moment in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactomannan | Galactomannans are polysaccharides consisting of a mannose backbone with galactose side groups, more specifically, a (1-4)-linked beta-D-mannopyranose backbone with branchpoints from their 6-positions linked to alpha-D-galactose, (i.e. 1-6-linked alpha-D-galactopyranose).
In order of increasing number of mannose-to-ga... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico%20sheep | Calico sheep is a type of sheep that has more than one colour within its coat.<ref name="PiebaldMutation">"A Piebald Mutation in Sheep: And a Suggested Interpretation" Journal of Heredity (1950), Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 39-40; retrieved 2012-8-19.</ref> The colouring is due to a piebald mutation, but the calico sheep is n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-system%20programming | In-system programming (ISP), or also called in-circuit serial programming (ICSP), is the ability of some programmable logic devices, microcontrollers, chipsets and other embedded devices to be programmed while installed in a complete system, rather than requiring the chip to be programmed prior to installing it into th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20chemistry%20of%20neural%20implants | As with any material implanted in the body, it is important to minimize or eliminate foreign body response and maximize effectual integration. Neural implants have the potential to increase the quality of life for patients with such disabilities as Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, epilepsy, depression, and migraines. With the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND | RDRAND (for "read random"; known as Intel Secure Key Technology, codename Bull Mountain) is an instruction for returning random numbers from an Intel on-chip hardware random number generator which has been seeded by an on-chip entropy source. Intel introduced the feature around 2012, and AMD added support for the inst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor%20product%20of%20quadratic%20forms | In mathematics, the tensor product of quadratic forms is most easily understood when one views the quadratic forms as quadratic spaces. If R is a commutative ring where 2 is invertible (that is, R has characteristic ), and if and are two quadratic spaces over R, then their tensor product is the quadratic space whos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20scald | Sun scald is the freezing of bark following high temperatures in the winter season, resulting in permanent visible damage to bark. Fruits may also be damaged. In the northern hemisphere, it is also called southwest injury.
Causes
The reason the sun can cause so much damage to trees is because of dormancy. When a tree ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined%20storage | Software-defined storage (SDS) is a marketing term for computer data storage software for policy-based provisioning and management of data storage independent of the underlying hardware. Software-defined storage typically includes a form of storage virtualization to separate the storage hardware from the software that... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salpinx%20in%20anatomy | In anatomical contexts, salpinx is used to refer to a type of tube. Per Terminologia Anatomica, the Latin term "tuba" is usually used to describe most tubes (after the Roman tuba, not the modern tuba), but the term "salpinges" and its adjectival derivatives are still sometimes used to describe the following two "tubes"... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirquent%20calculus | Cirquent calculus is a proof calculus that manipulates graph-style constructs termed cirquents, as opposed to the traditional tree-style objects such as formulas or sequents. Cirquents come in a variety of forms, but they all share one main characteristic feature, making them different from the more traditional objects... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20and%20Allied%20Workers%20Union | The Food and Allied Workers Union (FAWU) is a trade union representing workers in the food processing industry in South Africa.
The union was formed in 1986, through the amalgamation of the Food and Canning Workers' Union, the Sweet, Food and Allied Workers' Union and the Retail and Allied Workers' Union. In 2004, th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomerang%20dysplasia | Boomerang dysplasia is a lethal form of osteochondrodysplasia known for a characteristic congenital feature in which bones of the arms and legs are malformed into the shape of a boomerang. Death usually occurs in early infancy due to complications arising from overwhelming systemic bone malformations.
Osteochondrodysp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrification%20and%20controls%20technology | Electrification and controls technology are devices that control, service and enhance productivity of industrial handling. Controls interface with hardware such as receivers, cranes and hoists, through a network in order to ensure that equipment operates safely and effectively. Almost every business, including the food... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogamy%20in%20animals | Monogamous pairing in animals refers to the natural history of mating systems in which species pair bond to raise offspring. This is associated, usually implicitly, with sexual monogamy.
Monogamous mating
Monogamy is defined as a pair bond between two adult animals of the same species. This pair may cohabitate in an a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disease%20package | In plant science, the disease package of a cultivar is the susceptibility/resistance of that cultivar, in vague overall terms. It is not precise in the absolute sense but is meant to be useful when comparing one cultivar to another, relatively. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversing%3A%20Secrets%20of%20Reverse%20Engineering | Reversing: Secrets of Reverse Engineering is a textbook written by Eldad Eilam on the subject of reverse engineering software, mainly within a Microsoft Windows environment. It covers the use of debuggers and other low-level tools for working with binaries. Of particular interest is that it uses OllyDbg in examples, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct%20Client-to-Client | Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) (originally Direct Client Connection) is an IRC-related sub-protocol enabling peers to interconnect using an IRC server for handshaking in order to exchange files or perform non-relayed chats. Once established, a typical DCC session runs independently from the IRC server. Originally design... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stale%20seed%20bed | The stale seed bed or false seed bed method is a weed control technique used at both the farm and garden scales. In this that the young weeds can then be easily eliminated. By destroying them early, the farmer or gardener eliminates most of that season's annual weeds, which reduces their labor and improves their crop ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20largest%20machines | This is a list of the world's largest machines, both static and movable in history.
Building structure
Large Hadron Collider – The world's largest single machine
Ground vehicles
Mining vehicles
Engineering and transport vehicles
Military vehicles
Air vehicles
Lighter-than-air vehicles
Heavier-than-air vehicles... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode%20printer | A barcode printer is a computer peripheral for printing barcode labels or tags that can be attached to, or printed directly on, physical objects. Barcode printers are commonly used to label cartons before shipment, or to label retail items with UPCs or EANs.
The most common barcode printers employ one of two different... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lviv%20Institute%20for%20Typhus%20and%20Virus%20Research | The Institute for Typhus and Virus Research was a scientific research centre founded in the city of Lwów, now known as Lviv. Between 1920 and 1939, it was part of Jan Kazimierz University's Biology Department. Research into a typhus vaccine was started in 1920 by parasitologist Rudolf Weigl. Weigl developed the first w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strict | In mathematical writing, the term strict refers to the property of excluding equality and equivalence and often occurs in the context of inequality and monotonic functions. It is often attached to a technical term to indicate that the exclusive meaning of the term is to be understood. The opposite is non-strict, which ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20secondary%20metabolism | Secondary metabolism produces a large number of specialized compounds (estimated 200,000) that do not aid in the growth and development of plants but are required for the plant to survive in its environment. Secondary metabolism is connected to primary metabolism by using building blocks and biosynthetic enzymes deriv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsi%20Peltonen | Kirsi Peltonen is a Finnish mathematician whose research interests include differential geometry and the connections between mathematics and art. She is a Senior University Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics and Systems Analysis at Aalto University, and a docent at the University of Helsinki. Her work has includ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grandi%27s%20series | In mathematics, the infinite series , also written
is sometimes called Grandi's series, after Italian mathematician, philosopher, and priest Guido Grandi, who gave a memorable treatment of the series in 1703. It is a divergent series, meaning that it does not have a sum.
However, it can be manipulated to yield a numb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerontological%20Society%20of%20America | The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) is a multidisciplinary organization devoted to research and education in all aspects of gerontology: medical, biological, psychological and social.
History and organization
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) was incorporated in New York City in 1945 as an outgrowth ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MagneRide | MagneRide is an automotive adaptive suspension with magnetorheological damper system developed by the Delphi Automotive corporation, during a period when the company was a subsidiary of General Motors (GM), that uses magnetically controlled dampers, or shock absorbers, for a highly adaptive ride. As opposed to traditio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid%20iguana | The hybrid iguana is a first-generation hybrid, the result of intergeneric breeding between a male marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) and a female Galapagos land iguana (Conolophus subcristatus) on South Plaza Island in the Galápagos Islands, where the territories of the two species overlap.
Hybrid iguanas are d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells%20turbine | The Wells turbine is a low-pressure air turbine that rotates continuously in one direction independent of the direction of the air flow. Its blades feature a symmetrical airfoil with its plane of symmetry in the plane of rotation and perpendicular to the air stream.
It was developed for use in Oscillating Water Column... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cipher%20runes | Cipher runes, or cryptic runes, are the cryptographical replacement of the letters of the runic alphabet.
Preservation
The knowledge of cipher runes was best preserved in Iceland, and during the 17th–18th centuries, Icelandic scholars produced several treatises on the subject. The most notable of these is the manuscr... |
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