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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Manual%20of%20Diseases%20of%20the%20Nervous%20System | A Manual of Diseases of the Nervous System, also known as the ‘Bible of Neurology’, is a medical textbook by William Gowers. It was first published in 1886 by P. Blackiston & Son. A second volume appeared in 1888. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Zilsel | Edgar Zilsel (August 11, 1891, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – March 11, 1944, Oakland, California) was an Austrian-American historian and philosopher of science.
He is best known for the Zilsel Thesis, a scientific proposal which traces the origins of western science to the interactions between scholars and skilled artisa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutactic%20star | In Euclidean geometry, a eutactic star is a geometrical figure in a Euclidean space. A star is a figure consisting of any number of opposing pairs of vectors (or arms) issuing from a central origin. A star is eutactic if it is the orthogonal projection of plus and minus the set of standard basis vectors (i.e., the vert... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle%20%28BBS%20software%29 | Waffle is a bulletin-board system created by Tom Dell for the Dark Side of the Moon BBS which ran under DOS and later UNIX. The software was unique among DOS BBS software in many ways, including the fact that all of the configuration files were in readable text files, and that it fully supported Usenet and UUCP on the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflectance | The reflectance of the surface of a material is its effectiveness in reflecting radiant energy. It is the fraction of incident electromagnetic power that is reflected at the boundary. Reflectance is a component of the response of the electronic structure of the material to the electromagnetic field of light, and is in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball-and-socket%20joint | The ball-and-socket joint (or spheroid joint) is a type of synovial joint in which the ball-shaped surface of one rounded bone fits into the cup-like depression of another bone. The distal bone is capable of motion around an indefinite number of axes, which have one common center. This enables the joint to move in many... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photo-reactive%20amino%20acid%20analog | Photo-reactive amino acid analogs are artificial analogs of natural amino acids that can be used for crosslinking of protein complexes. Photo-reactive amino acid analogs may be incorporated into proteins and peptides in vivo or in vitro. Photo-reactive amino acid analogs in common use are photoreactive diazirine analog... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical%20Museum%20of%20the%20Palatinate | The Historical Museum of the Palatinate () is a museum in the city of Speyer in the Palatinate region of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is situated across the square from the Speyer Cathedral. The museum's focus is on the History of the Palatinate; it has a collection of about 1 million artifacts, the old... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aase%20syndrome | Aase syndrome or Aase–Smith syndrome is a rare inherited disorder characterized by anemia with some joint and skeletal deformities. Aase syndrome is thought to be an autosomal dominant inherited disorder. The genetic basis of the disease is not known. The anemia is caused by underdevelopment of the bone marrow, which i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VSCII | VSCII (Vietnamese Standard Code for Information Interchange), also known as TCVN 5712, ISO-IR-180, .VN, ABC or simply the TCVN encodings, is a set of three closely related Vietnamese national standard character encodings for using the Vietnamese language with computers, developed by the TCVN Technical Committee on Info... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel%20shifting | Pixel shifting refers to various technical methods, either to diminish damage to displays by preventing "burn in" of static images or to enhance resolution of displays, projectors, and digital imaging devices. The term is often used synonymously with the more specific term pixel shift.
Purposes
Avoid burn-in
See Pix... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong%20link/weak%20link | A strong link/weak link and exclusion zone nuclear detonation mechanism is a type of safety mechanism employed in the arming and firing mechanisms of modern nuclear weapons.
The safety mechanism starts by enclosing the electronics and mechanical components used to arm and fire the nuclear weapon with a mechanical and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid%20hydrogen | Solid hydrogen is the solid state of the element hydrogen, achieved by decreasing the temperature below hydrogen's melting point of . It was collected for the first time by James Dewar in 1899 and published with the title "Sur la solidification de l'hydrogène" (English: On the freezing of hydrogen) in the Annales de Ch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20F.%20Stephens | Clarence Francis Stephens (July 24, 1917 – March 5, 2018) was the ninth African American to receive a Ph.D. in mathematics. He is credited with inspiring students and faculty at SUNY Potsdam to form the most successful United States undergraduate mathematics degree programs in the past century. Stephens was recognized ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retinyl%20acetate | Retinyl acetate (retinol acetate, vitamin A acetate) is a natural form of vitamin A which is the acetate ester of retinol. It has potential antineoplastic and chemopreventive activities.
In the United States, retinyl acetate is classified generally recognized as safe (GRAS) in the amounts used to fortify foods with v... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20spin%20Hall%20effect | The quantum spin Hall state is a state of matter proposed to exist in special, two-dimensional semiconductors that have a quantized spin-Hall conductance and a vanishing charge-Hall conductance. The quantum spin Hall state of matter is the cousin of the integer quantum Hall state, and that does not require the applicat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenBSD%20security%20features | The OpenBSD operating system focuses on security and the development of security features. According to author Michael W. Lucas, OpenBSD "is widely regarded as the most secure operating system available anywhere, under any licensing terms."
API and build changes
Bugs and security flaws are often caused by programmer ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whip%20%28tree%29 | A whip is a slender, unbranched shoot or plant. This term is used typically in forestry to refer to unbranched young tree seedlings of approximately 0.5-1.0 m (1 ft 7 in-3 ft 3 in) in height and 2–3 years old, that have been grown for planting out. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20for%20the%20Study%20of%20Literature%20and%20Environment | The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE), also known as ASLE-USA, is the principal professional association for American and international scholars of ecocriticism and environmental humanities. It was founded in 1992 at a special session of the Western Literature Association conference in Reno... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spurious-free%20dynamic%20range | Spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) is the strength ratio of the fundamental signal to the strongest spurious signal in the output. It
is also defined as a measure used to specify analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters (ADCs and DACs, respectively) and radio receivers.
SFDR is defined as the ratio of the RM... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology%20of%20food | The sociology of food is the study of food as it relates to the history, progression, and future development of society, encompassing its production, preparation, consumption, and distribution, its medical, ritual, spiritual, ethical and cultural applications, and related environmental and labor issues.
The aspect of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/360-degree%20video | 360-degree videos, also known as surround video, or immersive videos or spherical videos, are video recordings where a view in every direction is recorded at the same time, shot using an omnidirectional camera or a collection of cameras. During playback on normal flat display the viewer has control of the viewing direc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring%20flip | In organic chemistry, a ring flip (also known as a ring inversion or ring reversal) is the interconversion of cyclic conformers that have equivalent ring shapes (e.g., from a chair conformer to another chair conformer) that results in the exchange of nonequivalent substituent positions. The overall process generally ta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportionality%20bias | The proportionality bias, also known as major event/major cause heuristic, is the tendency to assume that big events have big causes. It is a type of cognitive bias and plays an important role in people's tendency to accept conspiracy theories. Academic psychologist Rob Brotherton summarises it as “When something big h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycle%20basis | In graph theory, a branch of mathematics, a cycle basis of an undirected graph is a set of simple cycles that forms a basis of the cycle space of the graph. That is, it is a minimal set of cycles that allows every even-degree subgraph to be expressed as a symmetric difference of basis cycles.
A fundamental cycle basis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterated%20logarithm | In computer science, the iterated logarithm of , written (usually read "log star"), is the number of times the logarithm function must be iteratively applied before the result is less than or equal to . The simplest formal definition is the result of this recurrence relation:
On the positive real numbers, the conti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwin%20Spanier | Edwin Henry Spanier (August 8, 1921 – October 11, 1996) was an American mathematician at the University of California at Berkeley, working in algebraic topology. He co-invented Spanier–Whitehead duality and Alexander–Spanier cohomology, and wrote what was for a long time the standard textbook on algebraic topology .
S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kudzu | Kudzu (), also called Japanese arrowroot or Chinese arrowroot, is a group of climbing, coiling, and trailing deciduous perennial vines native to much of East Asia, Southeast Asia, and some Pacific islands, but invasive in many parts of the world, primarily North America.
The vine densely climbs over other plants and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beam%20tilt | Beam tilt is used in radio to aim the main lobe of the vertical plane radiation pattern of an antenna below (or above) the horizontal plane.
The simplest way is mechanical beam tilt, where the antenna is physically mounted in such a manner as to lower the angle of the signal on one side. However, this also raises it... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbonnet%20babies | Sunbonnet Babies are characters created by commercial artist Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950). Sunbonnet Babies featured two girls in pastel colored dresses with their faces covered by sunbonnets. Sunbonnet Babies appeared in books, illustrations and advertisements between the years of 1900 and 1930. Sunbonnet Babies... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform-based%20design | Platform-based design is defined in Taxonomies for the Development and Verification of Digital Systems as "an integration oriented design approach emphasizing systematic reuse, for developing complex products based upon platforms and compatible hardware and software virtual component, intended to reduce development ris... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wax%20motor | A wax motor is a linear actuator device that converts thermal energy into mechanical energy by exploiting the phase-change behaviour of waxes. During melting, wax typically expands in volume by 5–20% .
A wide range of waxes can be used in wax motors, ranging from highly refined hydrocarbons to waxes extracted from veg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermediate%20dorsal%20cutaneous%20nerve | The intermediate dorsal cutaneous nerve (external dorsal cutaneous branch), the smaller, passes along the lateral part of the dorsum of the foot, and divides into dorsal digital branches, which supply the contiguous sides of the third and fourth, and of the fourth and fifth toes.
It also supplies the skin of the later... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensation%20point | In mathematics, a condensation point p of a subset S of a topological space is any point p such that every neighborhood of p contains uncountably many points of S. Thus "condensation point" is synonymous with "-accumulation point".
Examples
If S = (0,1) is the open unit interval, a subset of the real numbers, then 0 i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reboot | In computing, rebooting is the process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally. Reboots can be either a cold reboot (alternatively known as a hard reboot) in which the power to the system is physically turned off and back on again (causing an initial boot of the machine... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riemann%E2%80%93Siegel%20theta%20function | In mathematics, the Riemann–Siegel theta function is defined in terms of the gamma function as
for real values of t. Here the argument is chosen in such a way that a continuous function is obtained and holds, i.e., in the same way that the principal branch of the log-gamma function is defined.
It has an asymptotic ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonvolatile%20BIOS%20memory | Nonvolatile BIOS memory refers to a small memory on PC motherboards that is used to store BIOS settings. It is traditionally called CMOS RAM because it uses a volatile, low-power complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) SRAM (such as the Motorola MC146818 or similar) powered by a small "CMOS" battery when system ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavenumber%E2%80%93frequency%20diagram | A wavenumber–frequency diagram is a plot displaying the relationship between the wavenumber (spatial frequency) and the frequency (temporal frequency) of certain phenomena. Usually frequencies are placed on the vertical axis, while wavenumbers are placed on the horizontal axis.
In the atmospheric sciences, these plots... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip%20van%20Winkle%20cipher | In cryptography, the Rip van Winkle cipher is a provably secure cipher with a finite key, assuming the attacker has only finite storage.
The cipher requires a broadcaster (perhaps a numbers station) publicly transmitting a series of random numbers.
The sender encrypts a plaintext message by XORing it with the random ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radial%20basis%20function%20interpolation | Radial basis function (RBF) interpolation is an advanced method in approximation theory for constructing high-order accurate interpolants of unstructured data, possibly in high-dimensional spaces. The interpolant takes the form of a weighted sum of radial basis functions, like for example Gaussian distributions. RBF in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal%20tooth%20development | Tooth development or odontogenesis is the process in which teeth develop and grow into the mouth. Tooth development varies among species.
Tooth development in vertebrates
Fish
In fish, Hox gene expression regulates mechanisms for tooth initiation.
However, sharks continuously produce new teeth throughout their lives... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20Molecular%20Genetics | Human Molecular Genetics is a semimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by the Oxford University Press. It covers all topics related to human molecular genetics. In addition, two "special review" issues are published each year. The editor-in-chief is CHaris Eng (Case Western Reserve University). The journa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy%E2%80%93Littlewood%20inequality | In mathematical analysis, the Hardy–Littlewood inequality, named after G. H. Hardy and John Edensor Littlewood, states that if and are nonnegative measurable real functions vanishing at infinity that are defined on -dimensional Euclidean space , then
where and are the symmetric decreasing rearrangements of and ,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus%20sinoedulis | Boletus sinoedulis is an edible basidiomycete mushroom, of the genus Boletus in the family Boletaceae. Morphologically similar to Boletus edulis and belonging to the porcini group (Boletus sect. Boletus), it was first described in 2015, and is known to be found only in China.
Morphology
Cap
The cap is 10 to 12 cm ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80%20character%20set | The TRS-80 computer manufacturered by Tandy / Radio Shack contains an 8-bit character set. It is partially derived from ASCII, and shares the code points from 32 - 95 on the standard model. Code points 96 - 127 are supported on models that have been fitted with a lower-case upgrade.
The character set consists of lette... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsch%20Group | Deutsch is a manufacturer of electrical and fibre optic connectors. They specialise in extreme environments such as high temperature, pressure (altitude and depth), high vibration and many other different applications like Space, Formula 1 cars, Railway, Defense, Civil & Military Aerospace and Battle Field applications... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse%20theory | In mathematics, specifically in differential topology, Morse theory enables one to analyze the topology of a manifold by studying differentiable functions on that manifold. According to the basic insights of Marston Morse, a typical differentiable function on a manifold will reflect the topology quite directly. Morse t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schreier%20vector | In mathematics, especially the field of computational group theory, a Schreier vector is a tool for reducing the time and space complexity required to calculate orbits of a permutation group.
Overview
Suppose G is a finite group with generating sequence which acts on the finite set . A common task in computational ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20postal%20abbreviations%20for%20provinces%20and%20territories | Canadian provincial and territorial postal abbreviations are used by Canada Post in a code system consisting of two capital letters, to represent the 13 provinces and territories on addressed mail. These abbreviations allow automated sorting.
ISO 3166-2:CA identifiers' second elements are all the same as these; ISO ad... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactimidomycin | Lactimidomycin is a glutarimide antibiotic derived from the bacteria Streptomyces amphibiosporus. It has antifungal, antiviral and anti-cancer properties, acting as a direct inhibitor of protein translation in ribosomes. Antiviral activity is seen against a variety of RNA viruses including flaviviruses such as dengue f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGML | Ontology Grounded Metalanguage (OGML) is a metalanguage like MOF. The goal of OGML is to tackle the difficulties of MOF: linear modeling architecture, ambiguous constructs and incomprehensible/unclear architecture.
OGML provides a nested modeling architecture with three fixed layers (models, languages and metalanguage... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gold-Bug | "The Gold-Bug" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe published in 1843. The plot follows William Legrand, who becomes fixated on an unusual gold-colored bug he has discovered. His servant Jupiter fears that Legrand is going insane and goes to Legrand's friend, an unnamed narrator, who agrees to visit his ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankel%20conjecture | In the mathematical fields of differential geometry and algebraic geometry, the Frankel conjecture was a problem posed by Theodore Frankel in 1961. It was resolved in 1979 by Shigefumi Mori, and by Yum-Tong Siu and Shing-Tung Yau.
In its differential-geometric formulation, as proved by both Mori and by Siu and Yau, th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huizen%20transmitter | The Huizen transmitter was one of the first large-scale radio transmitting stations to be built in the Netherlands.
History
It was opened in 1923 as an experimental 500-watt transmitter, and its power was increased to 5000 watts in 1926.
The original Huizen transmitter towers were well-known local landmarks, frequen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%20model | A color model is an abstract mathematical model describing the way colors can be represented as tuples of numbers, typically as three or four values or color components. When this model is associated with a precise description of how the components are to be interpreted (viewing conditions, etc.), taking account of vis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depolarizing%20prepulse | A depolarizing prepulse (DPP) is an electrical stimulus that causes the potential difference measured across a neuronal membrane to become more positive or less negative, and precedes another electrical stimulus. DPPs may be of either the voltage or current stimulus variety and have been used to inhibit neural activit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permocalculus | Permocalculus is a genus of red algae known from Permian to Cretaceous strata. Closely aligned to Gymnocodium, it is placed in the Gymnocodiaceae. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizomucor | Rhizomucor is a genus of fungi in the family Lichtheimiaceae. The widespread genus contains six species. Rhizomucor parasiticus, the species originally selected as the type, is now considered synonymous with Rhizomucor pusillus. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data-oriented%20design | As a design paradigm, data-oriented-design focuses on optimal transformations of data and focuses on modelling programs as transforms. Transforms are abstractions of code that solely focus on the mapping of inputs to outputs. They do not distinguish between accessing inputs by parameter, pointer, reference, upvalue, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mali%20%28elephant%29 | Vishwamali, commonly known as Mali, is a female Asian elephant which is best known for being a major attraction of Manila Zoo in Manila, Philippines.
Early life
Vishwamali, nicknamed Mali, was in Sri Lanka in 1974. Mali is a female Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). She was moved into the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mura%20Statistical%20Region | The Mura Statistical Region () is a statistical region in northeast Slovenia. It is predominantly agricultural with field crops representing over three-quarters of the total agricultural area (twice as much as the Slovene average). Climate and soil combined have made it the region with the highest crop production, but ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asplenium%20trichomanoides | Asplenium trichomanoides is an invalid species name, which may refer to:
Asplenium trichomanes, described in 1767 as Asplenium trichomanoides L.
Asplenium platyneuron, described in 1803 as Asplenium trichomanoides Michx.
Asplenium resiliens, described in 1848 as Asplenium trichomanoides Kunze
trichomanoides |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyclonal%20antibodies | Polyclonal antibodies (pAbs) are antibodies that are secreted by different B cell lineages within the body (whereas monoclonal antibodies come from a single cell lineage). They are a collection of immunoglobulin molecules that react against a specific antigen, each identifying a different epitope.
Production
The gene... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photometric%20stereo | Photometric stereo is a technique in computer vision for estimating the surface normals of objects by observing that object under different lighting conditions (photometry). It is based on the fact that the amount of light reflected by a surface is dependent on the orientation of the surface in relation to the light so... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassette%20deck | A cassette deck is a type of tape machine for playing and recording audio cassettes that does not have a built-in power amplifier or speakers, and serves primarily as a transport. It can be a part of an automotive entertainment system, a part of a portable mini system or a part of a home component system. In the latter... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probability%20matching | Probability matching is a decision strategy in which predictions of class membership are proportional to the class base rates. Thus, if in the training set positive examples are observed 60% of the time, and negative examples are observed 40% of the time, then the observer using a probability-matching strategy will pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringing%20artifacts | In signal processing, particularly digital image processing, ringing artifacts are artifacts that appear as spurious signals near sharp transitions in a signal. Visually, they appear as bands or "ghosts" near edges; audibly, they appear as "echos" near transients, particularly sounds from percussion instruments; most n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal%E2%80%93nitride%E2%80%93oxide%E2%80%93semiconductor%20transistor | The metal–nitride–oxide–semiconductor or metal–nitride–oxide–silicon (MNOS) transistor is a type of MOSFET (metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistor) in which the oxide layer is replaced by a double layer of nitride and oxide. It is an alternative and supplement to the existing standard MOS technology, wherein... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snowflake%20%28software%29 | Snowflake is a software package for assisting others in circumventing internet censorship by relaying data requests. Snowflake relay nodes are meant to be created by people in countries where Tor and Snowflake are not blocked. People under censorship then use a Snowflake client, packaged with the Tor Browser or Onion B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-access%20key | In phylogenetics, a single-access key (also called dichotomous key, sequential key, analytical key, or pathway key) is an identification key where the sequence and structure of identification steps is fixed by the author of the key. At each point in the decision process, multiple alternatives are offered, each leading ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E96%20cluster%20bomb | The E96 cluster bomb was an American anti-personnel biological cluster bomb developed in 1950.
History
A February 24, 1950 report prepared by William M. Creasy, a colonel in the Army Chemical Corps' Research and Engineering Division, characterized the E96 cluster bomb as in the final stages of development. According t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wozencraft%20ensemble | In coding theory, the Wozencraft ensemble is a set of linear codes in which most of codes satisfy the Gilbert-Varshamov bound. It is named after John Wozencraft, who proved its existence. The ensemble is described by , who attributes it to Wozencraft. used the Wozencraft ensemble as the inner codes in his constructio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-figure | A cross-figure (also variously called cross number puzzle or figure logic) is a puzzle similar to a crossword in structure, but with entries that consist of numbers rather than words, where individual digits are entered in the blank cells. Clues may be mathematical ("the seventh prime number"), use general knowledge ("... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgewater%20Triangle | The Bridgewater Triangle is an area of about within southeastern Massachusetts in the United States, claimed to be a site of alleged paranormal phenomena, ranging from UFOs to poltergeists, and other spectral phenomena, various bigfoot-like sightings, giant snakes and thunderbirds. The term was coined by New England b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell%20ablation | Cell ablation (from Latin Cellula "small chamber" and Ablatio "removal"). Also known as tissue ablation, cell ablation is a biotechnological tool for studying cell lineage. The process consists of selectively destroying or removing cells in an organism.
For example, a laser beam or controllable gene promoter for a tox... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosmochemistry | Cosmochemistry () or chemical cosmology is the study of the chemical composition of matter in the universe and the processes that led to those compositions. This is done primarily through the study of the chemical composition of meteorites and other physical samples. Given that the asteroid parent bodies of meteorites ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle%20of%20explosion | In classical logic, intuitionistic logic and similar logical systems, the principle of explosion (, 'from falsehood, anything [follows]'; or ), or the principle of Pseudo-Scotus (falsely attributed to Duns Scotus), is the law according to which any statement can be proven from a contradiction. That is, from a contradic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Seed | Richard Griffith Seed (1928 – 2013) was an American physicist and entrepreneur best known for forcing a national debate on human cloning in the late 1990s.
Life and career
Seed was born in Chicago and graduated from Oak Park and River Forest High School in Illinois before attending Harvard University, earning his und... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argand%20system | In mathematics, an nth-order Argand system (named after French mathematician Jean-Robert Argand) is a coordinate system constructed around the nth roots of unity. From the origin, n axes extend such that the angle between each axis and the axes immediately before and after it is 360/n degrees. For example, the number l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov%20chain%20Monte%20Carlo | In statistics, Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods comprise a class of algorithms for sampling from a probability distribution. By constructing a Markov chain that has the desired distribution as its equilibrium distribution, one can obtain a sample of the desired distribution by recording states from the chain. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, a flow formalizes the idea of the motion of particles in a fluid. Flows are ubiquitous in science, including engineering and physics. The notion of flow is basic to the study of ordinary differential equations. Informally, a flow may be viewed as a continuous motion of points over time. More formally, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psophometer | In telecommunications, a psophometer is an instrument that measures the perceptible noise of a telephone circuit.
The core of the meter is based on a true RMS voltmeter, which measures the level of the noise signal. This was used for the first psophometers, in the 1930s. As the human-perceived level of noise is more i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corosync%20Cluster%20Engine | The Corosync Cluster Engine is an open source implementation of the Totem Single Ring Ordering and Membership protocol. It was originally derived from the OpenAIS project and licensed under the new BSD License. The mission of the Corosync effort is to develop, release, and support a community-defined, open source clus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfried%20Imrich | Wilfried Imrich (born May 25, 1941) is an Austrian mathematician working mainly in graph theory. He is known for his work on graph products, and authored the books Product Graphs: Structure and Recognition (Wiley, 2000, with Sandi Klavžar), Topics in graph theory: Graphs and their Cartesian Products (AK Peters, 2008, w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof%20School | Proof School is a secondary school in San Francisco that offers a mathematics-focused liberal arts education. Currently, 113 students in grades 6–12 are enrolled in Proof School for the academic year (2023-2024).
The school was co-founded by Dennis Leary, Ian Brown, and Paul Zeitz, the chair of mathematics at Universi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustelid%20gammaherpesvirus%201 | Mustelid gammaherpesvirus 1 (MusHV-1) is a species of virus in the genus Percavirus, subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae, and order Herpesvirales. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20source%20%28mathematics%29 | In mathematics, an information source is a sequence of random variables ranging over a finite alphabet Γ, having a stationary distribution.
The uncertainty, or entropy rate, of an information source is defined as
where
is the sequence of random variables defining the information source, and
is the conditional infor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorenol | Fluorenol, also known as hydrafinil, is an alcohol derivative of fluorene. In the most significant isomer, fluoren-9-ol or 9-hydroxyfluorene, the hydroxy group is located on the bridging carbon between the two benzene rings. Hydroxyfluorene can be converted to fluorenone by oxidation. It is a white-cream colored solid ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxee | Boxee was a cross-platform freeware HTPC (Home Theater PC) software application with a 10-foot user interface and social networking features designed for the living-room TV. It enabled its users to view, rate and recommend content to their friends through many social network services and interactive media related featu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20piezoelectric%20materials | This page lists properties of several commonly used piezoelectric materials.
Piezoelectric materials (PMs) can be broadly classified as either crystalline, ceramic, or polymeric. The most commonly produced piezoelectric ceramics are lead zirconate titanate (PZT), barium titanate, and lead titanate. Gallium nitride an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting%20success | In ecology, hunting success is the proportion of hunts initiated by a predatory organism that end in success. Hunting success is determined by a number of factors such as the features of the predator, timing, different age classes, conditions for hunting, experience, and physical capabilities. Predators selectivity tar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/110%20block | A 110 block is a type of punch-down block used to terminate runs of on-premises wiring in a structured cabling system. The designation 110 is also used to describe a type of insulation displacement contact (IDC) connector used to terminate twisted pair cables, which uses a punch-down tool similar to the type used for t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeology%2C%20Anthropology%2C%20and%20Interstellar%20Communication | Archaeology, Anthropology, and Interstellar Communication is a 2014 collection of essays edited by Douglas Vakoch and published by NASA. The book is focused on the role that the humanities and social sciences, in particular anthropology and archaeology, play in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI). The s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Biological%20Information%20Infrastructure | The National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII) was a program coordinated by the United States Geological Survey's Biological Informatics Office within the USGS Biological Resources Discipline. Its purpose was to facilitate access to data and information on the biological resources of the United States, utili... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercondylar%20fossa%20of%20femur | The intercondylar fossa of femur (intercondyloid fossa of femur, intercondylar notch of femur) is a deep notch between the rear surfaces of the medial and lateral epicondyle of the femur, two protrusions on the distal end of the femur (thigh bone) that joins the knee. On the front of the femur, the condyles are but muc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNICOS | UNICOS is a range of Unix and after it Linux operating system (OS) variants developed by Cray for its supercomputers. UNICOS is the successor of the Cray Operating System (COS). It provides network clustering and source code compatibility layers for some other Unixes. UNICOS was originally introduced in 1985 with the C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycorine | Lycorine is a toxic crystalline alkaloid found in various Amaryllidaceae species, such as the cultivated bush lily (Clivia miniata), surprise lilies (Lycoris), and daffodils (Narcissus). It may be highly poisonous, or even lethal, when ingested in certain quantities. Regardless, it is sometimes used medicinally, a rea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophic%20mutualism | Trophic mutualism is a key type of ecological mutualism. Specifically, "trophic mutualism" refers to the transfer of energy and nutrients between two species. This is also sometimes known as resource-to-resource mutualism. Trophic mutualism often occurs between an autotroph and a heterotroph. Although there are many ex... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identifiers.org | Identifiers.org is a project providing stable and perennial identifiers for data records used in the Life Sciences. The identifiers are provided in the form of Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs). Identifiers.org is also a resolving system, that relies on collections listed in the MIRIAM Registry to provide direct acce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infanticide%20%28zoology%29 | In animals, infanticide involves the intentional killing of young offspring by a mature animal of the same species. Animal infanticide is studied in zoology, specifically in the field of ethology. Ovicide is the analogous destruction of eggs. The practice has been observed in many species throughout the animal kingdom,... |
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