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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Security%20Research%20Group
The Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) is a Californian public-benefit non-profit corporation which focuses on Internet security. Let's Encrypt—its first major initiative—aims to make Transport Layer Security (TLS) certificates available for free in an automated fashion. Josh Aas serves as the group's executive ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Reichenbach
Hans Reichenbach (September 26, 1891 – April 9, 1953) was a leading philosopher of science, educator, and proponent of logical empiricism. He was influential in the areas of science, education, and of logical empiricism. He founded the Gesellschaft für empirische Philosophie (Society for Empirical Philosophy) in Berlin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inferior%20rectal%20artery
The inferior rectal artery (inferior hemorrhoidal artery) is an artery that supplies blood to the lower third of the anal canal below the pectinate line. Structure The inferior rectal artery arises from the internal pudendal artery as it passes above the ischial tuberosity. Piercing the wall of the pudendal canal, it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20shutter%203D%20system
An active shutter 3D system (a.k.a. alternate frame sequencing, alternate image, AI, alternating field, field sequential or eclipse method) is a technique of displaying stereoscopic 3D images. It works by only presenting the image intended for the left eye while blocking the right eye's view, then presenting the right-...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown%20group
In phylogenetics, the crown group or crown assemblage is a collection of species composed of the living representatives of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor. It is thus a way of defining a clade, a group consisting of a species and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernoulli%27s%20inequality
In mathematics, Bernoulli's inequality (named after Jacob Bernoulli) is an inequality that approximates exponentiations of . It is often employed in real analysis. It has several useful variants: Integer exponent Case 1: for every integer and real number . The inequality is strict if and . Case 2: for every int...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermally%20stimulated%20current%20spectroscopy
Thermally stimulated current (TSC) spectroscopy (not to be confused with thermally stimulated depolarization current) is an experimental technique which is used to study energy levels in semiconductors or insulators (organic or inorganic). Energy levels are first filled either by optical or electrical injection usually...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racetrack%20memory
Racetrack memory or domain-wall memory (DWM) is an experimental non-volatile memory device under development at IBM's Almaden Research Center by a team led by physicist Stuart Parkin. In early 2008, a 3-bit version was successfully demonstrated. If it were to be developed successfully, racetrack memory would offer stor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenraad%20Jacob%20Temminck
Coenraad Jacob Temminck (; 31 March 1778  – 30 January 1858) was a Dutch aristocrat, zoologist and museum director. Biography Coenraad Jacob Temminck was born on 31 March 1778 in Amsterdam in the Dutch Republic. From his father, Jacob Temminck, who was treasurer of the Dutch East India Company with links to numerous ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichocyte%20%28algae%29
Trichocyte in algae are cells which grow on the outside of the thallus, from which hairs grow. In algae, trichocytes grow principally over the summer; their growth is mediated by water temperature and day length.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamarin%20Prover
Tamarin Prover is a computer software program for formal verification of cryptographic protocols. It has been used to verify Transport Layer Security 1.3, ISO/IEC 9798, and DNP3 Secure Authentication v5.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermatitis
Dermatitis is inflammation of the skin, typically characterized by itchiness, redness and a rash. In cases of short duration, there may be small blisters, while in long-term cases the skin may become thickened. The area of skin involved can vary from small to covering the entire body. Dermatitis is often called eczema,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20Transactions%20on%20Software%20Engineering
The IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the IEEE Computer Society. It was established in 1975 and covers the area of software engineering. It is considered the leading journal in this field. Abstracting and indexing The journal is abstracted and indexed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Union%20of%20Game%20Biologists
The International Union of Game Biologists (IUGB) is a non-profit organisation with international membership. It has its legal domicile in Cernier, Switzerland. Bylaws were signed in Moscow in 2009. The organization aims to promote the improvement of knowledge about game biology and related fields of study such as ani...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strassmann%27s%20theorem
In mathematics, Strassmann's theorem is a result in field theory. It states that, for suitable fields, suitable formal power series with coefficients in the valuation ring of the field have only finitely many zeroes. History It was introduced by . Statement of the theorem Let K be a field with a non-Archimedean absol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKOL%20%28AM%29
KKOL (1300 kHz) is an AM radio station in Seattle, Washington. It is owned by Salem Media Group. It airs a conservative talk radio format, branded as "1300 The Answer," featuring nationally syndicated Salem Radio Network hosts including Dennis Prager, Mike Gallagher, Sebastian Gorka, Hugh Hewitt and Charlie Kirk. The r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicking%20enzyme
A nicking enzyme (or nicking endonuclease) is an enzyme that cuts one strand of a double-stranded DNA at a specific recognition nucleotide sequences known as a restriction site. Such enzymes hydrolyse (cut) only one strand of the DNA duplex, to produce DNA molecules that are “nicked”, rather than cleaved. They can be ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podetium
A podetium (plural: podetia) is the upright secondary thallus in Cladonia lichens. It is a hollow stalk extending from the primary thallus. Podetia can be pointed stalks, club like, cupped, or branched in shape and may or may not contain the ascocarp, the fruiting body, of the lichen. It is not considered part of the p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick%20operating%20system
The Pick Operating System, also known as the Pick System or simply Pick, is a demand-paged, multi-user, virtual memory, time-sharing computer operating system based around a MultiValue database. Pick is used primarily for business data processing. It is named after one of its developers, Dick Pick. The term "Pick syst...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability%20current
In quantum mechanics, the probability current (sometimes called probability flux) is a mathematical quantity describing the flow of probability. Specifically, if one thinks of probability as a heterogeneous fluid, then the probability current is the rate of flow of this fluid. It is a real vector that changes with spac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20field%20theory
Group field theory (GFT) is a quantum field theory in which the base manifold is taken to be a Lie group. It is closely related to background independent quantum gravity approaches such as loop quantum gravity, the spin foam formalism and causal dynamical triangulation. It can be shown that its perturbative expansion c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginzburg%E2%80%93Landau%20equation
The Ginzburg–Landau equation, named after Vitaly Ginzburg and Lev Landau, describes the nonlinear evolution of small disturbances near a finite wavelength bifurcation from a stable to an unstable state of a system. At the onset of finite wavelength bifurcation, the system becomes unstable for a critical wavenumber whi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungal%20fucose-specific%20lectin
In molecular biology, the fungal fucose-specific lectin family is a family of lectins. Lectins are proteins which are involved in many recognition events at the molecular or cellular level. These fungal lectins, such as Aleuria aurantia lectin AAL, specifically recognise fucosylated glycans. AAL is a dimeric protein, w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activity%20theory%20%28aging%29
The activity theory of aging, also known as the implicit theory of aging, normal theory of aging, and lay theory of aging, proposes that aging occurs with more positive outcomes when adults stay active and maintain social interactions as they get older. Activity theory suggests that the aging process is slowed or delay...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish-House%2C%20Peterhead
The Fish-House (also known as the Salmon House) is a Category B listed building on Golf Road in the Buchanhaven area of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. One of the two right-angled blocks dates from 1585, making it the oldest building in Peterhead. Walker and Woodworth state the structure was built as a coastal stor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JamBase
JamBase is an online database and news portal of live music and festivals with a focus on jam bands. It was founded by Andy Gadiel and Ted Kartzman in 1998. The website primarily acts as a service, providing a public API that concert promoters and venues use to publish concert data to the site. The data is also used by...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TONSL
Tonsoku-like, DNA repair protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TONSL gene. Function The protein encoded by this gene is thought to be a negative regulator of NF-kappa-B mediated transcription. The encoded protein may bind NF-kappa-B complexes and trap them in the cytoplasm, preventing them from enter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardized%20moment
In probability theory and statistics, a standardized moment of a probability distribution is a moment (often a higher degree central moment) that is normalized, typically by a power of the standard deviation, rendering the moment scale invariant. The shape of different probability distributions can be compared using st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20syrups
This is a list of notable syrups. In cooking, a syrup is a condiment that is a thick, viscous liquid consisting primarily of a solution of sugar in water, containing a large amount of dissolved sugars but showing little tendency to deposit crystals. Its consistency is similar to that of molasses. The viscosity arises f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosemiotics
Biosemiotics (from the Greek βίος bios, "life" and σημειωτικός sēmeiōtikos, "observant of signs") is a field of semiotics and biology that studies the prelinguistic meaning-making, biological interpretation processes, production of signs and codes and communication processes in the biological realm. Biosemiotics integ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overbore
Overbore cartridges are those with a relatively large case volume or case capacity, coupled with a relatively small diameter bullet. The case volume or case capacity and barrel bore area can be mathematically related to obtain a case volume to bore area ratio in metric or imperial units. where: = the cartridge case...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive%20neuroscience
Broadly defined, positive neuroscience is the study of what the brain does well. Instead of studying mental illness, positive neuroscientists focus on valued cognitive qualities that serve to enrich personal life and/or society. Topics in positive neuroscience overlap heavily with those of positive psychology, but use ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan%20%28email%29
Titan is a business email service founded by Bhavin Turakhia in 2018. The service may be accessed through the Titan website and through the web, Android, and iOS. History Titan was founded by Bhavin Turakhia, founder of Flock, CodeChef and Zeta, in 2018 to provide a suite of professional email services for small and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20Lucene
Apache Lucene is a free and open-source search engine software library, originally written in Java by Doug Cutting. It is supported by the Apache Software Foundation and is released under the Apache Software License. Lucene is widely used as a standard foundation for production search applications. Lucene has been po...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaotic%20cryptology
Chaotic cryptology is the application of mathematical chaos theory to the practice of cryptography, the study or techniques used to privately and securely transmit information with the presence of a third-party or adversary. Since first being investigated by Robert Matthews in 1989, the use of chaos in cryptography has...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitazoxanide
Nitazoxanide, sold under the brand name Alinia among others, is a broad-spectrum antiparasitic and broad-spectrum antiviral medication that is used in medicine for the treatment of various helminthic, protozoal, and viral infections. It is indicated for the treatment of infection by Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force%20field%20%28chemistry%29
In the context of chemistry and molecular modelling, a force field is a computational method that is used to estimate the forces between atoms within molecules and also between molecules. More precisely, the force field refers to the functional form and parameter sets used to calculate the potential energy of a system ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20of%20Mathematics%20for%20University%20Admission
The Test of Mathematics for University Admission is a paper-based test sometimes used in the United Kingdom and other countries in Africa and the United States all assess the mathematical thinking and reasoning skills needed for undergraduate mathematics courses or courses featuring mathematics. A number of universiti...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-record%20messaging
Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) is a cryptographic protocol that provides encryption for instant messaging conversations. OTR uses a combination of AES symmetric-key algorithm with 128 bits key length, the Diffie–Hellman key exchange with 1536 bits group size, and the SHA-1 hash function. In addition to authentication a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20honeydew%20sources
This is a list of honeydew sources. Honeydew is a sugary excretion from plant sap sucking insects such as aphids or scales. There are many trees that are hosts to aphids and scale insects that produce honeydew Honeydew sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor%20product%20of%20modules
In mathematics, the tensor product of modules is a construction that allows arguments about bilinear maps (e.g. multiplication) to be carried out in terms of linear maps. The module construction is analogous to the construction of the tensor product of vector spaces, but can be carried out for a pair of modules over a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian%20ethnobiology
Hawaiian ethnobiology is the study of how people in Hawaii, particularly pertaining to those of pre-western contact, interacted with the plants around them. This includes to practices of agroforestry, horticulture, religious plants, medical plants, agriculture, and aquaculture. Conservation Often in conservation, "H...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Brain%20Bee
The International Brain Bee (IBB) is a neuroscience competition for teenagers. The IBB was founded in 1999 by Norbert Myslinski, and consists of over 200 chapters in more than 50 regions on 6 continents. Its purpose is to help treat and find cures for brain disorders by inspiring and motivating young men and women to p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binder%20parameter
The Binder parameter or Binder cumulant in statistical physics, also known as the fourth-order cumulant is defined as the kurtosis of the order parameter, s, introduced by Austrian theoretical physicist Kurt Binder. It is frequently used to determine accurately phase transition points in numerical simulations of vario...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-pass%20algorithm
In computing, a one-pass algorithm or single-pass algorithm is a streaming algorithm which reads its input exactly once. It does so by processing items in order, without unbounded buffering; it reads a block into an input buffer, processes it, and moves the result into an output buffer for each step in the process. A o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Item%20analysis
Within psychometrics, Item analysis refers to statistical methods used for selecting items for inclusion in a psychological test. The concept goes back at least to Guildford (1936). The process of item analysis varies depending on the psychometric model. For example, classical test theory or the Rasch model call for ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolated%20horizon
It was customary to represent black hole horizons via stationary solutions of field equations, i.e., solutions which admit a time-translational Killing vector field everywhere, not just in a small neighborhood of the black hole. While this simple idealization was natural as a starting point, it is overly restrictive. P...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plazi
Plazi is a Swiss-based international non-profit association supporting and promoting the development of persistent and openly accessible digital bio-taxonomic literature. Plazi is cofounder of the Biodiversity Literature Repository and is maintaining this digital taxonomic literature repository at Zenodo to provide acc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Breeding%20Techniques
New Breeding Techniques (NBT), also named New Plant Engineering Techniques, are a suite of methods that could increase and accelerate the development of new traits in plant breeding. These new techniques, often involve 'genome editing' whose intention is to modify DNA at specific locations within the plants' genes so t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purinergic%20signalling
Purinergic signalling (or signaling: see American and British English differences) is a form of extracellular signalling mediated by purine nucleotides and nucleosides such as adenosine and ATP. It involves the activation of purinergic receptors in the cell and/or in nearby cells, thereby regulating cellular functions....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud%20chamber
A cloud chamber, also known as a Wilson cloud chamber, is a particle detector used for visualizing the passage of ionizing radiation. A cloud chamber consists of a sealed environment containing a supersaturated vapor of water or alcohol. An energetic charged particle (for example, an alpha or beta particle) interacts ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional%20genomics
Functional genomics is a field of molecular biology that attempts to describe gene (and protein) functions and interactions. Functional genomics make use of the vast data generated by genomic and transcriptomic projects (such as genome sequencing projects and RNA sequencing). Functional genomics focuses on the dynamic...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical%20opalescence
Critical opalescence is a phenomenon which arises in the region of a continuous, or second-order, phase transition. Originally reported by Charles Cagniard de la Tour in 1823 in mixtures of alcohol and water, its importance was recognised by Thomas Andrews in 1869 following his experiments on the liquid-gas transition ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/255%20%28number%29
255 (two hundred [and] fifty-five) is the natural number following 254 and preceding 256. In mathematics Its factorization makes it a sphenic number. Since 255 = 28 – 1, it is a Mersenne number (though not a pernicious one), and the fourth such number not to be a prime number. It is a perfect totient number, the small...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium%20cycle
The calcium cycle is a transfer of calcium between dissolved and solid phases. There is a continuous supply of calcium ions into waterways from rocks, organisms, and soils. Calcium ions are consumed and removed from aqueous environments as they react to form insoluble structures such as calcium carbonate and calcium si...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megazol
Megazol (CL 64855) is a nitroimidazole based drug that cures some protozoan infections. A study of nitroimidazoles found the drug extremely effective against T. cruzi and T. brucei which cause Chagas disease and African sleeping sickness, respectively. The drug is considerably more effective than standard benznidazole...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20meridian
A prime meridian is an arbitarily-chosen meridian (a line of longitude) in a geographic coordinate system at which longitude is defined to be 0°. Together, a prime meridian and its anti-meridian (the 180th meridian in a 360°-system) form a great circle. This great circle divides a spheroid, like Earth, into two hemisph...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apocarotenal
Apocarotenal, or trans-β-apo-8'-carotenal, is a carotenoid found in spinach and citrus fruits. Like other carotenoids, apocarotenal plays a role as a precursor of vitamin A, even though it has 50% less pro-vitamin A activity than β-carotene. The empirical chemical formula for apocarotenal is C30H40O. Apocarotenal has ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermembrane%20space
The intermembrane space (IMS) is the space occurring between or involving two or more membranes. In cell biology, it is most commonly described as the region between the inner membrane and the outer membrane of a mitochondrion or a chloroplast. It also refers to the space between the inner and outer nuclear membranes o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie%20theory
In mathematics, the mathematician Sophus Lie ( ) initiated lines of study involving integration of differential equations, transformation groups, and contact of spheres that have come to be called Lie theory. For instance, the latter subject is Lie sphere geometry. This article addresses his approach to transformation...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC%20subculture
IRC subculture refers to the particular set of social features common to interaction on the various Internet Relay Chat (IRC) systems around the world, and the culture associated with them. IRC is particularly popular among programmers, hackers, and computer gamers. Overview Internet Relay Chat is an Internet-based ch...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional%20Ocean%20Modeling%20System
Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) is a free-surface, terrain-following, primitive equations ocean model widely used by the scientific community for a diverse range of applications. The model is developed and supported by researchers at the Rutgers University, University of California Los Angeles and contributors wo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20risk%20indicator
A key risk indicator (KRI) is a measure used in management to indicate how risky an activity is. Key risk indicators are metrics used by organizations to provide an early signal of increasing risk exposures in various areas of the enterprise. It differs from a key performance indicator (KPI) in that the latter is meant...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca
In the anatomy of some animals, a cloaca ( ), : cloacae ( or ), is the rear orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive, reproductive, and urinary tracts (if present) of many vertebrate animals. All amphibians, reptiles, birds, and a few mammals (monotremes, tenrecs, golden moles, and marsupial moles), ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-278%20microRNA%20precursor%20family
In molecular biology mir-278 microRNA is a short RNA molecule belonging to a class of molecules referred to as microRNAs. These function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms, primarily binding to their target at its 3'UTR. Mis- and altered expression in Drosophila miR-278 affects ener...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20broker
A data broker is an individual or company that specializes in collecting personal data (such as income, ethnicity, political beliefs, or geolocation data) or data about companies, mostly from public records but sometimes sourced privately, and selling or licensing such information to third parties for a variety of uses...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical%20category
In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a spherical category is a pivotal category (a monoidal category with traces) in which left and right traces coincide. Spherical fusion categories give rise to a family of three-dimensional topological state sum models (a particular formulation of a topological quantum field ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis%20Lemaire
Alexis Lemaire (born 1980) is a mental calculation world record holder. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science related to artificial intelligence from the University of Reims. He is also the owner of world records for mentally calculating the 13th root of 100-digit numbers and 200-digit numbers. On 10 May 2002, he calcu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended%20Data%20Services
Extended Data Services (now XDS, previously EDS), is an American standard classified under Electronic Industries Alliance standard CEA-608-E for the delivery of any ancillary data (metadata) to be sent with an analog television program, or any other NTSC video signal. XDS is used by TV stations, TV networks, and TV p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Trombinoscope
Le Trombinoscope is a French language directory service publication for the French political world. It is published in two volumes. Trombinoscope was created in 1981 by Félix Colin, who was then a parliamentary journalist, and is published by Huveaux Politique a subsidiary company of Dods (Group) PLC. Published each...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Herb%20Symposium
The International Herb Symposium is a biannual conference held at Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts to discuss botanical medicine, herbal conservation and the survival of First World herbal traditions. This conference is one of the largest herb conferences held in the United States and the only worldwide herbal ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicular%20vein
The testicular vein (or spermatic vein), the male gonadal vein, carries deoxygenated blood from its corresponding testis to the inferior vena cava or one of its tributaries. It is the male equivalent of the ovarian vein, and is the venous counterpart of the testicular artery. Structure It is a paired vein, with one s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Tweedie
Richard Lewis Tweedie (22 August 1947 – 7 June 2001) was an Australian statistician. Education After having completed his undergraduate studies and a Master of Arts at the Australian National University, Tweedie moved to Cambridge University, where he obtained his doctorate under the supervision of David George Kendal...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral%20cardiomyopathy
Viral cardiomyopathy occurs when viral infections cause myocarditis with a resulting thickening of the myocardium and dilation of the ventricles. These viruses include Coxsackie B and adenovirus, echoviruses, influenza H1N1, Epstein–Barr virus, rubella (German measles virus), varicella (chickenpox virus), mumps, measle...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply%20voltage%20supervisor
Supply Voltage Supervisor (SVS, or supply voltage supervisory circuit) circuits are used to monitor the supply voltage to embedded and electronic systems for under voltage conditions. If an under voltage condition is detected then the supervisory circuit will reset the controller and keep it in that state as long as th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensed%20mathematics
Condensed mathematics is a theory developed by and Peter Scholze which aims to unify various mathematical subfields, including topology, complex geometry, and algebraic geometry. Idea The fundamental idea in the development of the theory is given by replacing topological spaces by condensed sets, defined below. The...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/91%20%28number%29
91 (ninety-one) is the natural number following 90 and preceding 92. In mathematics 91 is: the twenty-seventh distinct semiprime and the second of the form (7.q), where q is a higher prime. the aliquot sum of 91 is 21 33; itself a semiprime, within an aliquot sequence of two composite numbers (91,21,11, 1,0) to th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPage
iPage () is a web hosting company. History iPage was initially founded in 1998 as a full web service provider, but the company re-launched operations as a web hosting provider in 2009. It's currently owned by Endurance International Group. In 2023 it merged with web.com. iPage hosts currently more than one million we...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Monitoring%2C%20Analysis%20and%20Reporting%20Technology
Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T., often written as SMART) is a monitoring system included in computer hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid-state drives (SSDs). Its primary function is to detect and report various indicators of drive reliability with the intent of anticipating imminent hardwa...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski%20space
In mathematical physics, Minkowski space (or Minkowski spacetime) () combines inertial space and time manifolds with a non-inertial reference frame of space and time into a four-dimensional model relating a position (inertial frame of reference) to the field. A four-vector (x,y,z,t) consists of a coordinate axes such a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign%20sequence
In mathematics, a sign sequence, or ±1–sequence or bipolar sequence, is a sequence of numbers, each of which is either 1 or −1. One example is the sequence (1, −1, 1, −1, ...). Such sequences are commonly studied in discrepancy theory. Erdős discrepancy problem Around 1932, mathematician Paul Erdős conjectured that ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butasan
(also known as Mr. Pig and Pig and Bombers) is a arcade video game developed by NMK and Jaleco and released in 1987. It was ported to the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX, and Amstrad CPC by U.S. Gold as Psycho Pigs U.X.B. Gameplay The player controls a pig and the aim of the game is to blow up other pigs by throwing b...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluroxypyr
Fluroxypyr is an herbicide in the class of synthetic auxins. It is used to control broadleaf weeds and woody brush. It is formulated as the 1-methylheptyl ester (fluroxypyr-MHE). External links
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrophic%20vaginitis
Atrophic vaginitis is inflammation of the vagina as a result of tissue thinning due to not enough estrogen. Symptoms may include pain with sex, vaginal itchiness or dryness, and an urge to urinate or burning with urination. It generally does not resolve without ongoing treatment. Complications may include urinary tract...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20group%20theory%20topics
In mathematics and abstract algebra, group theory studies the algebraic structures known as groups. The concept of a group is central to abstract algebra: other well-known algebraic structures, such as rings, fields, and vector spaces, can all be seen as groups endowed with additional operations and axioms. Groups recu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20L.%20Sittler%20Jr.
Edward Lewis Sittler Jr. (April 21, 1908 – December 26, 1978) was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Edward Sittler was born in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, and moved with his parents to Uniontown, Pennsylvania while still an infant. He graduated from Brown University in 1930. He...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%20Chiariglione
Leonardo Chiariglione () (born 30 January 1943 (age ) in Almese, Turin province, Piedmont, Italy) is an Italian engineer who has led the development of international technical standards for digital media. In particular, he was the chairman of the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) from 1988 to 2020, which he co-founde...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexor%20digiti%20minimi%20brevis%20muscle%20of%20hand
The flexor digiti minimi brevis is a hypothenar muscle in the hand that flexes the little finger (digit V) at the metacarpophalangeal joint. It lies lateral to the abductor digiti minimi when the hand is in anatomical position. Structure The flexor digiti minimi brevis arises from the hamulus of the hamate bone and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20demography
Political demography is the study of the relationship between politics and population change. Population change is driven by classic demographic mechanisms – birth, death, age structure, and migration. However, in political demography, there is always scope for assimilation as well as boundary and identity change, wh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crabtree%20effect
The Crabtree effect, named after the English biochemist Herbert Grace Crabtree, describes the phenomenon whereby the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, produces ethanol (alcohol) in aerobic conditions at high external glucose concentrations rather than producing biomass via the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, the usual p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating%20pocket%20heater
A rotating pocket heater, also called pocket heater or Kinder heater, holds and rotates a substrate during vacuum deposition. During rotation, the substrate is sequentially exposed to more than one environment, for example, heat, oxygen, metal vapor, etc. Rotating pocket heaters has been used in reactive evaporation s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pompeiu%27s%20theorem
Pompeiu's theorem is a result of plane geometry, discovered by the Romanian mathematician Dimitrie Pompeiu. The theorem is simple, but not classical. It states the following: Given an equilateral triangle ABC in the plane, and a point P in the plane of the triangle ABC, the lengths PA, PB, and PC form the sides of a (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Message%20Authenticator%20Algorithm
The Message Authenticator Algorithm (MAA) was one of the first cryptographic functions for computing a message authentication code (MAC). History It was designed in 1983 by Donald Davies and David Clayden at the National Physical Laboratory (United Kingdom) in response to a request of the UK Bankers Automated Clearin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heron%27s%20formula
In geometry, Heron's formula (or Hero's formula) gives the area of a triangle in terms of the three side lengths , , . If is the semiperimeter of the triangle, the area is, It is named after first-century engineer Heron of Alexandria (or Hero) who proved it in his work Metrica, though it was probably known centuries...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Old
Richard Old (1856–1932), was an English woodworker and prolific model maker, specialising in fretwork. He was born in Staithes, though for most of his life he lived at 6 Ruby Street in Middlesbrough and it was in that small terraced house that he made all the models - over 750 of them - for which he is celebrated. A c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb%20%28software%29
Orb was a freeware streaming software that enabled users to remotely access all their personal digital media files including pictures, music, videos and television. It could be used from any Internet-enabled device, including laptops, pocket PC, smartphones, PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii video game consoles. In 2013, Orb Netw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MapleSim
MapleSim is a Modelica-based, multi-domain modeling and simulation tool developed by Maplesoft. MapleSim generates model equations, runs simulations, and performs analyses using the symbolic and numeric mathematical engine of Maple. Models are created by dragging-and-dropping components from a library into a central wo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulveroboletus%20ravenelii
Pulveroboletus ravenelii, commonly known as Ravenel's bolete or the powdery sulfur bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Described as new to science in 1853, the widely distributed species is known from Asia, Australia, North America, Central America, and South America. Mycorrhizal with oak, t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stowers%20Institute%20for%20Medical%20Research
The Stowers Institute for Medical Research is a biomedical research organization that conducts basic research on genes and proteins that control fundamental processes in living cells to analyze diseases and find keys to their causes, treatment, and prevention. It is located in Kansas City, Missouri adjacent to the Univ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/405-line%20television%20system
The 405-line monochrome analogue television broadcasting system was the first fully electronic television system to be used in regular broadcasting. The number of television lines influences the image resolution, or quality of the picture. It was introduced with the BBC Television Service in 1936, suspended for the du...