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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenLDI
OpenLDI (Open LVDS Display Interface) is a high-bandwidth digital-video interface standard for connecting graphics/video processors to flat panel LCD monitors. Even though the promoter’s group originally designed it for the desktop computer to monitor application, the majority of applications today are industrial displ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine%20chemical
In chemistry, fine chemicals are complex, single, pure chemical substances, produced in limited quantities in multipurpose plants by multistep batch chemical or biotechnological processes. They are described by exacting specifications, used for further processing within the chemical industry and sold for more than $10/...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom
A loom is a device used to weave cloth and tapestry. The basic purpose of any loom is to hold the warp threads under tension to facilitate the interweaving of the weft threads. The precise shape of the loom and its mechanics may vary, but the basic function is the same. Etymology and usage The word "loom" derives from...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami
) is the Japanese art of paper folding. In modern usage, the word "origami" is often used as an inclusive term for all folding practices, regardless of their culture of origin. The goal is to transform a flat square sheet of paper into a finished sculpture through folding and sculpting techniques. Modern origami practi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20care%20in%20the%20United%20States
Home care (also referred to as domiciliary care, social care, or in-home care) is supportive care provided in the home. Care may be provided by licensed healthcare professionals who provide medical treatment needs or by professional caregivers who provide daily assistance to ensure the activities of daily living (ADLs)...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interrupts%20in%2065xx%20processors
The 65xx family of microprocessors, consisting of the MOS Technology 6502 and its derivatives, the WDC 65C02, WDC 65C802 and WDC 65C816, and CSG 65CE02, all handle interrupts in a similar fashion. There are three hardware interrupt signals common to all 65xx processors and one software interrupt, the instruction. Th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensory%20maps%20and%20brain%20development
Sensory maps and brain development is a concept in neuroethology that links the development of the brain over an animal’s lifetime with the fact that there is spatial organization and pattern to an animal’s sensory processing. Sensory maps are the representations of sense organs as organized maps in the brain, and it i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-Orbit
D-Orbit is a private aerospace company headquartered in Italy with subsidiaries in Portugal, the UK and the US. D-orbit is mainly active in the Space tug also known as orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) market. While this concept has existed for several decades, it is only in the last few years that more examples are bein...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Mathewson
Nick Mathewson is an American computer scientist and co-founder of The Tor Project. He, along with Roger Dingledine, began working on onion routing shortly after they graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the early 2000s. He is also known by his pseudonym nickm. Mathewson and Dingledine were th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generics%20in%20Java
Generics are a facility of generic programming that were added to the Java programming language in 2004 within version J2SE 5.0. They were designed to extend Java's type system to allow "a type or method to operate on objects of various types while providing compile-time type safety". The aspect compile-time type safet...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scaffold%20protein
In biology, scaffold proteins are crucial regulators of many key signalling pathways. Although scaffolds are not strictly defined in function, they are known to interact and/or bind with multiple members of a signalling pathway, tethering them into complexes. In such pathways, they regulate signal transduction and he...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/See%2C%20amid%20the%20Winter%27s%20Snow
"See, amid the Winter's Snow", also known as "The Hymn for Christmas", is an English Christmas carol, written by Edward Caswall and first published in 1858. In 1871 Sir John Goss composed a hymn tune for it, "Humility", and as "Hymn for Christmas Day", it was included in Christmas Carols New And Old, the anthology edi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science%2C%20Technology%2C%20Engineering%20and%20Mathematics%20Network
The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Network or STEMNET is an educational charity in the United Kingdom that seeks to encourage participation at school and college in science and engineering-related subjects (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) and (eventually) work. History It is based ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kernel%20page-table%20isolation
Kernel page-table isolation (KPTI or PTI, previously called KAISER) is a Linux kernel feature that mitigates the Meltdown security vulnerability (affecting mainly Intel's x86 CPUs) and improves kernel hardening against attempts to bypass kernel address space layout randomization (KASLR). It works by better isolating us...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU%20variants
GNU variants (also called GNU distributions or distros for short) are operating systems based upon the GNU operating system (the Hurd kernel, the GNU C library, system libraries and application software like GNU coreutils, bash, GNOME, the Guix package manager, etc). According to the GNU project and others, these also ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amino%20acid%20kinase
In molecular biology, the amino acid kinase domain is a protein domain. It is found in protein kinases with various specificities, including the aspartate, glutamate and uridylate kinase families. In prokaryotes and plants the synthesis of the essential amino acids lysine and threonine is predominantly regulated by fee...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect%20%28organization%29
Connect is a non-profit serving the San Diego and Southern California region. Connect elevates innovators and entrepreneurs throughout their growth journey by providing educational programming, mentorship, networking events, and access to capital. The current CEO is Mike Krenn. Background Founded at the University o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20IDL
Web IDL is an interface description language (IDL) format for describing APIs (application programming interfaces) that are intended to be implemented in web browsers. Its adoption was motivated by the desire to improve the interoperability of web programming interfaces by specifying how languages such as ECMAScript sh...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-regular%20sequence
In mathematics and theoretical computer science, a k-regular sequence is a sequence satisfying linear recurrence equations that reflect the base-k representations of the integers. The class of k-regular sequences generalizes the class of k-automatic sequences to alphabets of infinite size. Definition There exist sever...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parrondo%27s%20paradox
Parrondo's paradox, a paradox in game theory, has been described as: A combination of losing strategies becomes a winning strategy. It is named after its creator, Juan Parrondo, who discovered the paradox in 1996. A more explanatory description is: There exist pairs of games, each with a higher probability of losing t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20tolerance
Engineering tolerance is the permissible limit or limits of variation in: a physical dimension; a measured value or physical property of a material, manufactured object, system, or service; other measured values (such as temperature, humidity, etc.); in engineering and safety, a physical distance or space (tolera...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epoophoron
The epoophoron or epoöphoron (also called organ of Rosenmüller or the parovarium) is a remnant of the mesonephric tubules that can be found next to the ovary and fallopian tube. Anatomy It may contain 10–15 transverse small ducts or tubules that lead to the Gartner's duct (also longitudinal duct of epoophoron) that r...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal%20class%20group
In number theory, the ideal class group (or class group) of an algebraic number field is the quotient group where is the group of fractional ideals of the ring of integers of , and is its subgroup of principal ideals. The class group is a measure of the extent to which unique factorization fails in the ring of int...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski%20Portal%20Refinement
The Minkowski Portal Refinement collision detection algorithm is a technique for determining whether two convex shapes overlap. The algorithm was created by Gary Snethen in 2006 and was first published in Game Programming Gems 7. The algorithm was used in Tomb Raider: Underworld and other games created by Crystal Dyn...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nest%20Wifi
Nest Wifi, its predecessor the Google Wifi, and the Nest Wifi's successor, the Nest Wifi Pro, are a line of mesh-capable wireless routers and add-on points developed by Google as part of the Google Nest family of products. The first generation was announced on October 4, 2016, and released in the United States on Decem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkon%20%28unparticle%29
Darkon is a hypothetical scalar unparticle to introduce to the Minimal Supersymmetric Standard Model, a dark matter candidate. History A. Zee and V. Silveira were the first to consider the darkon field as dark matter in 1985. This approach was then used by several others groups of physicists. Concept In addition to t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal%20resolution
Temporal resolution (TR) refers to the discrete resolution of a measurement with respect to time. Physics Often there is a trade-off between the temporal resolution of a measurement and its spatial resolution, due to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle. In some contexts, such as particle physics, this trade-off can be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-Higgs-doublet%20model
The two-Higgs-doublet model (2HDM) is an extension of the Standard Model of particle physics. 2HDM models are one of the natural choices for beyond-SM models containing two Higgs doublets instead of just one. There are also models with more than two Higgs doublets, for example three-Higgs-doublet models etc. The addit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin%20University%20Zoological%20Association
The Dublin University Zoological Association was founded in 1853 to promote zoological studies in Ireland. Dublin University is now Trinity College Dublin. It commenced proceedings in the Natural History Review in 1854. Notable members Robert Ball Edward Perceval Wright George Henry Kinahan Robert Warren William Arc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical%20taxonomy
Numerical taxonomy is a classification system in biological systematics which deals with the grouping by numerical methods of taxonomic units based on their character states. It aims to create a taxonomy using numeric algorithms like cluster analysis rather than using subjective evaluation of their properties. The con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar%20Lyusternik
Lazar Aronovich Lyusternik (also Lusternik, Lusternick, Ljusternik; ; 31 December 1899 – 22 July 1981) was a Soviet mathematician. He is famous for his work in topology and differential geometry, to which he applied the variational principle. Using the theory he introduced, together with Lev Schnirelmann, he proved the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEG-Y
The SEG-Y (sometimes SEG Y) file format is one of several standards developed by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) for storing geophysical data. It is an open standard, and is controlled by the SEG Technical Standards Committee, a non-profit organization. History The format was originally developed in 197...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional%20Playback%20Control
RPC-1 and RPC-2 are designations applied to firmware for DVD drives. Older DVD drives use RPC-1 firmware, which allows DVDs from any region to play. Newer drives use RPC-2 firmware, which enforces DVD region coding at the hardware level. See DVD region code#Computer DVD drives for further information. Some RPC-2 drive...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katsuya%20Eda
is a mathematician, currently a professor at Waseda University. His research centers on set theory and its applications, particularly in algebraic topology. He has done a great deal of work on the fundamental group of the Hawaiian earring and related subjects. External links Eda's home page at Waseda University Livi...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy%20C.%20King
Amy Catheryne Patterson King (December 30, 1928 – June 7, 2014) was an American mathematician and mathematics educator who became Foundation Professor of mathematics at Eastern Kentucky University, and was recognized for her distinguished teaching by the Kentucky Section of the Mathematical Association of America. Per...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem-based%20learning
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject through the experience of solving an open-ended problem found in trigger material. The PBL process does not focus on problem solving with a defined solution, but it allows for the development of other desirable skills an...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anterior%20medial%20malleolar%20artery
The anterior medial malleolar artery (medial anterior malleolar artery, internal malleolar artery) is an artery in the ankle. It arises about 5 cm. above the ankle-joint from the anterior tibial artery. The anterior medial malleolar artery passes behind the tendons of the extensor hallucis longus and tibialis anterior...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Actor%20model
In computer science, the Actor model, first published in 1973, is a mathematical model of concurrent computation. Event orderings versus global state A fundamental challenge in defining the Actor model is that it did not provide for global states so that a computational step could not be defined as going from one glob...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20twenty-third%20problem
Hilbert's twenty-third problem is the last of Hilbert problems set out in a celebrated list compiled in 1900 by David Hilbert. In contrast with Hilbert's other 22 problems, his 23rd is not so much a specific "problem" as an encouragement towards further development of the calculus of variations. His statement of the p...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEC%2061108
IEC 61108 is a collection of IEC standards for "Maritime navigation and radiocommunication equipment and systems - Global navigation satellite systems (GNSS)". The 61108 standards are developed in Working Group 4 (WG 4A) of Technical Committee 80 (TC80) of the IEC. Sections of IEC 61108 Standard IEC 61108 is divided ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20optimization
Global optimization is a branch of applied mathematics and numerical analysis that attempts to find the global minima or maxima of a function or a set of functions on a given set. It is usually described as a minimization problem because the maximization of the real-valued function is equivalent to the minimization of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetSpot
NetSpot is a software tool for wireless network assessment, scanning, and surveys, analyzing Wi-Fi coverage and performance. It runs on Mac OS X 10.6+ and Windows 7, 8 and 10. Netspot supports 802.11n, 802.11a, 802.11b, and 802.11g wireless networks and uses the standard Wi-Fi network adapter and its Airport interface ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lister%20Medal
The Lister Medal is an award presented by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in recognition of contributions to surgical science. It is named after the English surgeon Joseph Lister (1827-1912), whose work on antiseptics established the basis of modern sterile surgery. The medal has its origins in the Lister M...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynophore
A gynophore is the stalk of certain flowers which supports the gynoecium (the ovule-producing part of a flower), elevating it above the branching points of other floral parts. Plant genera that have flowers with gynophores include Telopea, Peritoma arborea and Brachychiton.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gynecologic%20pathology
Gynecologic pathology is the medical pathology subspecialty dealing with the study and diagnosis of disease involving the female genital tract. A physician who practices gynecologic pathology is a gynecologic pathologist. The term originates from the Greek gyno-(gynaikos) meaning "woman" and the suffix -ology, meaning ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ApplianSys
ApplianSys, founded in 2000, is a privately held venture capital-backed technology company based in Coventry, United Kingdom. It designs, builds and markets Internet server appliances that are deployed in more than 150 countries. Forrester Research have listed ApplianSys as being a key vendor in the worldwide IP Addres...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrophobia%20%28game%29
Acrophobia is an online multiplayer word game. The game was originally conceived by Andrea Shubert, and programmed by Kenrick Mock and Michelle Hoyle in 1995. Originally available over Internet Relay Chat, the game has since been developed into a number of variants, as a download, playable through a browser, via Twitte...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freebox
The Freebox is an ADSL-VDSL-FTTH modem and a set-top box that the French Internet service provider named Free (part of the Iliad group) provides to its DSL-FTTH subscribers. Its main use is as a high-end fixed and wireless modem (802.11g MIMO), but it also allows Free to offer additional services over ADSL, such as IP...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20R.%20Lewis
Essentially all of Lewis's career has been at Harvard, where he has been honored for his "particularly distinguished contributions to undergraduate teaching"; his students have included future entrepreneurs Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, and numerous future faculty members at Harvard and other schools. The website "Si...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NT%20%28cassette%29
NT (sometimes marketed under the name Scoopman) is a digital memo recording system introduced by Sony in 1992. The NT system was introduced to compete with the Microcassette, introduced by Olympus, and the Mini-Cassette, by Philips. Design The system was an R-DAT based system which stored memos using helical scan o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1bor%20Sz%C3%A9kelyhidi
Gábor Székelyhidi (born 30 June 1981 in Debrecen) is a Hungarian mathematician, specializing in differential geometry. Gábor Székelyhidi, the brother of László Székelyhidi, graduated from Trinity College, Cambridge with a bachelor's degree in 2002 (part 3 of Tripos 2003 with honours) and received from Imperial College...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20Helix%20Medal
The Double Helix Medal has been awarded annually since 2006 by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) to individuals who have positively impacted human health by raising awareness and funds for biomedical research. At the inaugural dinner, Muhammad Ali received the first Double Helix Medal for his fight against Parkinson...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Board%20of%20Anesthesiology
The American Board of Anesthesiology sets standards and exams for the accreditation of Board certified anesthesiologists coming to the end of their residency. It is one of the 24 medical specialty boards that constitutes the American Board of Medical Specialties. Former Directors include Rolland John Whitacre: famou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloeobacter
Gloeobacter is a genus of cyanobacteria. It is the sister group to all other cyanobacteria. Gloeobacter is unique among cyanobacteria in not having thylakoids, which are characteristic for all other cyanobacteria and chloroplasts. Instead, the light-harvesting complexes (also called phycobilisomes), that consist of dif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digifant%20engine%20management%20system
The Digifant engine management system is an electronic engine control unit (ECU), which monitors and controls the fuel injection and ignition systems in petrol engines, designed by Volkswagen Group, in cooperation with Robert Bosch GmbH. Digifant is the outgrowth of the Digijet fuel injection system first used on wate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herschel%20Leibowitz
Scholar, educator, and philanthropist Herschel Leibowitz is widely recognized for his research in visual perception and for his symbiotic approach to conducting research that both advanced theory and helped in the understanding and relief of societal problems. His research on transportation safety included studies of ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SecureDrop
SecureDrop is a free software platform for secure communication between journalists and sources (whistleblowers). It was originally designed and developed by Aaron Swartz and Kevin Poulsen under the name DeadDrop. James Dolan also co-created the software. History After Aaron Swartz's death, the first instance of the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimeji
Shimeji (Japanese: , or ) is a group of edible mushrooms native to East Asia, but also found in northern Europe. Hon-shimeji (Lyophyllum shimeji) is a mycorrhizal fungus and difficult to cultivate. Other species are saprotrophs, and buna-shimeji (Hypsizygus tessulatus) is now widely cultivated. Shimeji is rich in umam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonolysis
In chemistry, ammonolysis (/am·mo·nol·y·sis/) is the process of splitting ammonia into NH2- + H+. Ammonolysis reactions can be conducted with organic compounds to produce amines (molecules containing a nitrogen atom with a lone pair, :N), or with inorganic compounds to produce nitrides. This reaction is analogous to ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointwise
In mathematics, the qualifier pointwise is used to indicate that a certain property is defined by considering each value of some function An important class of pointwise concepts are the pointwise operations, that is, operations defined on functions by applying the operations to function values separately for each po...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inocybe%20hystrix
Inocybe hystrix is an agaric fungus in the family Inocybaceae. It forms mycorrhiza with surrounding deciduous trees. Fruit bodies are usually found growing alone or in small groups on leaf litter during autumn months. Unlike many Inocybe species, Inocybe hystrix is densely covered in brown scales, a characteristic that...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Ultimate%20Resource
The Ultimate Resource is a 1981 book written by Julian Lincoln Simon challenging the notion that humanity was running out of natural resources. It was revised in 1996 as The Ultimate Resource 2. Overview The overarching thesis on why there is no resource crisis is that as a particular resource becomes more scarce, its...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurable%20acting%20group
In mathematics, a measurable acting group is a special group that acts on some space in a way that is compatible with structures of measure theory. Measurable acting groups are found in the intersection of measure theory and group theory, two sub-disciplines of mathematics. Measurable acting groups are the basis for th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey-stick%20identity
In combinatorial mathematics, the hockey-stick identity, Christmas stocking identity, boomerang identity, Fermat's identity or Chu's Theorem, states that if are integers, then The name stems from the graphical representation of the identity on Pascal's triangle: when the addends represented in the summation and th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrapping%20node
A bootstrapping node, also known as a rendezvous host, is a node in an overlay network that provides initial configuration information to newly joining nodes so that they may successfully join the overlay network. Bootstrapping nodes are predominantly found in decentralized peer-to-peer (P2P) networks because of the d...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influenza%20non-structural%20protein
Influenza non-structural protein (NS1) is a homodimeric RNA-binding protein found in influenza virus that is required for viral replication. NS1 binds polyA tails of mRNA keeping them in the nucleus. NS1 inhibits pre-mRNA splicing by tightly binding to a specific stem-bulge of U6 snRNA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobordism
In mathematics, cobordism is a fundamental equivalence relation on the class of compact manifolds of the same dimension, set up using the concept of the boundary (French bord, giving cobordism) of a manifold. Two manifolds of the same dimension are cobordant if their disjoint union is the boundary of a compact manifol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genome-wide%20complex%20trait%20analysis
Genome-wide complex trait analysis (GCTA) Genome-based restricted maximum likelihood (GREML) is a statistical method for heritability estimation in genetics, which quantifies the total additive contribution of a set of genetic variants to a trait. GCTA is typically applied to common single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCNC3
Potassium voltage-gated channel, Shaw-related subfamily, member 3 also known as KCNC3 or Kv3.3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNC3. Function The Shaker gene family of Drosophila encodes components of voltage-gated potassium channels and comprises four subfamilies. Based on sequence similarity, this g...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traian%20Herseni
Traian Herseni (February 18, 1907 – July 17, 1980) was a Romanian social scientist, journalist, and political figure. First noted as a favorite disciple of Dimitrie Gusti, he helped establish the Romanian school of rural sociology in the 1920s and early '30s, and took part in interdisciplinary study groups and field tr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MERMOZ
MERMOZ (also, MERMOZ project and Monitoring planEtary suRfaces with Modern pOlarimetric characteriZation) is an astrobiology project designed to remotely detect biosignatures of life. Detection is based on molecular homochirality, a characteristic property of the biochemicals of life. The aim of the project is to remo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20skeletal%20changes%20due%20to%20bipedalism
The evolution of human bipedalism, which began in primates approximately four million years ago, or as early as seven million years ago with Sahelanthropus, or approximately twelve million years ago with Danuvius guggenmosi, has led to morphological alterations to the human skeleton including changes to the arrangement...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Apps%20Script
Google Apps Script is a scripting platform developed by Google for light-weight application development in the Google Workspace platform. Google Apps Script was initially developed by Mike Harm as a side project while working as a developer on Google Sheets. Google Apps Script was first publicly announced in May 2009 w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cray%20S-MP
The Cray S-MP was a multiprocessor server computer sold by Cray Research from 1992 to 1993. It was based on the Sun SPARC microprocessor architecture and could be configured with up to eight 66 MHz BIT B5000 processors. Optionally, a Cray APP matrix co-processor cluster could be added to an S-MP system. The S-MP was o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobi%20method%20for%20complex%20Hermitian%20matrices
In mathematics, the Jacobi method for complex Hermitian matrices is a generalization of the Jacobi iteration method. The Jacobi iteration method is also explained in "Introduction to Linear Algebra" by . Derivation The complex unitary rotation matrices Rpq can be used for Jacobi iteration of complex Hermitian matric...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%20size
The size of the brain is a frequent topic of study within the fields of anatomy, biological anthropology, animal science and evolution. Measuring brain size and cranial capacity is relevant both to humans and other animals, and can be done by weight or volume via MRI scans, by skull volume, or by neuroimaging intellige...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissure
A commissure () is the location at which two objects abut or are joined. The term is used especially in the fields of anatomy and biology. The most common usage of the term refers to the brain's commissures, of which there are five. Such a commissure is a bundle of commissural fibers as a tract that crosses the midli...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoxyadenosine%20triphosphate
Deoxyadenosine triphosphate (dATP) is a nucleotide used in cells for DNA synthesis (or replication), as a substrate of DNA polymerase. Deoxyadenosine triphosphate is produced from DNA by the action of nuclease P1, adenylate kinase, and pyruvate kinase. Health effects High levels of dATP can be toxic and result in im...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penile%20discharge
Penile discharge is fluid that comes from the urethra at the end of the penis that is not urine, pre-ejaculate or semen. Common causes include infections due to gonorrhea, chlamydia, or trichomoniasis. In gonorrhea the discharge may be white, yellow, or green. A swab of the discharge is usually performed. Treatment ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivision%20%28television%20technology%29
MultiVision was one of the earliest implementations of PIP (picture-in-picture) television available for purchase by users, pioneered by engineer George Schnurle III and sold by the San Jose, California-based company Multivision Products Inc. The original MultiVision model was a box that measured by and was high. I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory%20module
In computing, a memory module or RAM (random-access memory) stick is a printed circuit board on which memory integrated circuits are mounted. Memory modules permit easy installation and replacement in electronic systems, especially computers such as personal computers, workstations, and servers. The first memory module...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20IBM
International Business Machines (IBM) is a multinational corporation specializing in computer technology and information technology consulting. Headquartered in Armonk, New York, United States, the company traces its roots to the amalgamation of various enterprises dedicated to automating routine business transactions,...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20unexplained%20sounds
The following is a list of unidentified, or formerly unidentified, sounds. All of the sound files in this article have been sped up by at least a factor of 16 to increase intelligibility by condensing them and raising the frequency from infrasound to a more audible and reproducible range. Unidentified sounds The fol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritipenem
Ritipenem is a penem class antimicrobial agent. Ritipenem is manufactured by Tanabe Seiyaku in the ritipenem acoxil prodrug form, which can be taken orally . It is not FDA approved in the United States as of 2008.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behavior%20modification%20facility
A behavior modification facility (or youth residential program) is a residential educational and treatment institution enrolling adolescents who are perceived as displaying antisocial behavior, in an attempt to alter their conduct. Due to irregular licensing rules across countries and states, as well as ambiguity rega...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image%20histogram
An image histogram is a type of histogram that acts as a graphical representation of the tonal distribution in a digital image. It plots the number of pixels for each tonal value. By looking at the histogram for a specific image a viewer will be able to judge the entire tonal distribution at a glance. Image histograms...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20Transfer%20Project
The Data Transfer Project (DTP) is an open-source initiative which features data portability between multiple online platforms. The project was launched and introduced by Google on July 20, 2018, and has currently partnered with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter, and Apple. Background The project was formed by the Google ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccolithophore
Coccolithophores, or coccolithophorids, are single-celled organisms which are part of the phytoplankton, the autotrophic (self-feeding) component of the plankton community. They form a group of about 200 species, and belong either to the kingdom Protista, according to Robert Whittaker's five-kingdom system, or clade Ha...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiraea%20%C3%97%20cinerea
Spiraea × cinerea is a species of flowering plant in the rose family. It is a hybrid of garden origin (S. hypericifolia × S. cana). Growing to tall and wide, this compact deciduous shrub bears small, lanceolate leaves and multiple white blooms along its arching stems in spring. The Latin specific epithet cinerea mean...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractal-generating%20software
Fractal-generating software is any type of graphics software that generates images of fractals. There are many fractal generating programs available, both free and commercial. Mobile apps are available to play or tinker with fractals. Some programmers create fractal software for themselves because of the novelty and be...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus%20%28dinosaur%29
Titus is an obsidian black skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex discovered in Montana's Hell Creek Formation in 2014 and excavated in 2018. Titus was on display as the centrepiece of an exhibition at the Nottingham Natural History Museum, England, from July 2021 to August 2022. According to the Nottingham City Council, it...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equivalence%20test
Equivalence tests are a variety of hypothesis tests used to draw statistical inferences from observed data. In these tests, the null hypothesis is defined as an effect large enough to be deemed interesting, specified by an equivalence bound. The alternative hypothesis is any effect that is less extreme than said equiva...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lymphocyte%20function-associated%20antigen%201
Lymphocyte function-associated antigen 1 (LFA-1) is an integrin found on lymphocytes and other leukocytes. LFA-1 plays a key role in emigration, which is the process by which leukocytes leave the bloodstream to enter the tissues. LFA-1 also mediates firm arrest of leukocytes. Additionally, LFA-1 is involved in the pro...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Lusztig
George Lusztig (born Gheorghe Lusztig; May 20, 1946) is a Romanian-born American mathematician and Abdun Nur Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was a Norbert Wiener Professor in the Department of Mathematics from 1999 to 2009. Education and career Born in Timișoara to a Hungarian-Jewish f...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osmotic%20concentration
Osmotic concentration, formerly known as osmolarity, is the measure of solute concentration, defined as the number of osmoles (Osm) of solute per litre (L) of solution (osmol/L or Osm/L). The osmolarity of a solution is usually expressed as Osm/L (pronounced "osmolar"), in the same way that the molarity of a solution i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess-3
Excess-3, 3-excess or 10-excess-3 binary code (often abbreviated as XS-3, 3XS or X3), shifted binary or Stibitz code (after George Stibitz, who built a relay-based adding machine in 1937) is a self-complementary binary-coded decimal (BCD) code and numeral system. It is a biased representation. Excess-3 code was used on...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code%20page%201043
Code page 1043 (CCSID 1043), also known as Traditional Chinese PC Data Extended, is a single byte character set (SBCS) used by IBM in its PC DOS operating system. This code page is intended for use with code page 927 (Traditional Chinese double byte character set). It is an extension of Code page 904. Codepage layout
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reports%20of%20Streptococcus%20mitis%20on%20the%20Moon
As part of the Apollo 12 mission, the camera from the Surveyor 3 probe was brought back from the Moon to Earth. On analyzing the camera it was found that the common bacterium Streptococcus mitis was alive on the camera. This was attributed by NASA to the camera not being sterilized on Earth prior to its launch two and ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insulated%20shipping%20container
Insulated shipping containers are a type of packaging used to ship temperature sensitive products such as foods, pharmaceuticals, organs, blood, biologic materials, vaccines and chemicals. They are used as part of a cold chain to help maintain product freshness and efficacy. The term can also refer to insulated inter...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerdfighteria
Nerdfighteria is a mainly online-based community subculture that originated on YouTube in 2007, when the VlogBrothers (John and Hank Green) rose to prominence in the YouTube community. As their popularity grew, so did coverage on Nerdfighteria, whose followers are individually known as Nerdfighters. The term was coined...