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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geobacter%20argillaceus | Geobacter argillaceus is a non-spore-forming and motile bacterium from the genus of Geobacter which has been isolated from kaolin clay.
See also
List of bacterial orders
List of bacteria genera |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frigyes%20Riesz | Frigyes Riesz (, , sometimes spelled as Frederic; 22 January 1880 – 28 February 1956) was a Hungarian mathematician who made fundamental contributions to functional analysis, as did his younger brother Marcel Riesz.
Life and career
He was born into a Jewish family in Győr, Austria-Hungary and died in Budapest, Hungar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AES52 | AES52 is a standard first published by the Audio Engineering Society in March 2006 that specifies the insertion of unique identifiers into the AES3 digital audio transport structure.
Background
The AES3 transport stream continues to be used extensively in both discrete and network based audio systems alongside audio s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalysis%20software%20design%20method | Catalysis is a software design method for the specification and design of component-based computer systems originally developed by Desmond D’Souza and Alan Cameron Wills in their 1999 book.
Catalysis focuses on how to make precise abstractions, and emphasizes the formal specification of use cases using pre- and postc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vbcc | vbcc is a portable and retargetable ANSI C compiler. It supports C89 (ISO/IEC 9899:1989) as well as parts of C99 (ISO/IEC 9899:1999).
It is divided into two parts. One is target-independent and the other is target-dependent. vbcc provides complete abstraction of host-arithmetic and target-arithmetic. It fully support... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium%20hydroxide | Calcium hydroxide (traditionally called slaked lime) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca(OH)2. It is a colorless crystal or white powder and is produced when quicklime (calcium oxide) is mixed with water. It has many names including hydrated lime, caustic lime, builders' lime, slaked lime, cal, and pi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibody | An antibody (Ab), also known as an immunoglobulin (Ig), is a large, Y-shaped protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses. The antibody recognizes a unique molecule of the pathogen, called an antigen. Each tip of the "Y" of an antibody contains a p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diospyros%20blancoi | Diospyros blancoi, (synonym Diospyros discolor), commonly known as velvet apple, velvet persimmon, kamagong, or mabolo tree, is a tree of the genus Diospyros of ebony trees and persimmons. It produces edible fruit with a fine, velvety, reddish-brown fur-like covering. The fruit has a soft, creamy, pink flesh, with a ta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrable%20module | In algebra, an integrable module (or integrable representation) of a Kac–Moody algebra (a certain infinite-dimensional Lie algebra) is a representation of such that (1) it is a sum of weight spaces and (2) the Chevalley generators of are locally nilpotent. For example, the adjoint representation of a Kac–Moody alge... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20typographical%20symbols%20and%20punctuation%20marks | Typographical symbols and punctuation marks are marks and symbols used in typography with a variety of purposes such as to help with legibility and accessibility, or to identify special cases. This list gives those most commonly encountered with Latin script. For a far more comprehensive list of symbols and signs, see ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopsephy | Isopsephy (; isos meaning "equal" and psephos meaning "pebble") or isopsephism is the practice of adding up the number values of the letters in a word to form a single number. The total number is then used as a metaphorical bridge to other words evaluating the equal number, which satisfies isos or "equal" in the term... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumentation | Instrumentation is a collective term for measuring instruments, used for indicating, measuring and recording physical quantities. It is also a field of study about the art and science about making measurement instruments, involving the related areas of metrology, automation, and control theory.
The term has its origins... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnstar | A barnstar (or barn star, primitive star, or Pennsylvania star) is a painted object or image, often in the shape of a five-pointed star but occasionally in a circular "wagon wheel" style, used to decorate a barn in some parts of the United States. They have no structural purpose but may be considered lucky, akin to a h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compositional%20domain | A compositional domain in genetics is a region of DNA with a distinct guanine (G) and cytosine (C) G-C and C-G content (collectively GC content). The homogeneity of compositional domains is compared to that of the chromosome on which they reside. As such, compositional domains can be homogeneous or nonhomogeneous domai... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axess%20%28CRS%29 | Axess (アクセス国際ネットワーク) is a computer reservations system based in Japan which provides its services in the Japanese market. It originated as the IT department of Japan Airlines called Jalinfotech. In 1991 it was established as an independent company it began to be marketed to travel agencies in Japan. In 1995 Axess partn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VBox%20Home%20TV%20Gateway | VBox Home TV gateway is a network-enabled live TV tuner and PVR HDTV set-top-box produced by VBox Communications Ltd.
The VBox Home TV Gateway is also known as:
V@Home TV Gateway PVR
V@Home TV Gateway
VHome TV Gateway
VBox TV Gateway
XTi
History
VBox Communication was established in 2001 and received strategic i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping%20Beauty%20transposon%20system | The Sleeping Beauty transposon system is a synthetic DNA transposon designed to introduce precisely defined DNA sequences into the chromosomes of vertebrate animals for the purposes of introducing new traits and to discover new genes and their functions. It is a Tc1/mariner-type system, with the transposase resurrected... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy%E2%80%93Weinberg%20principle | In population genetics, the Hardy–Weinberg principle, also known as the Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, model, theorem, or law, states that allele and genotype frequencies in a population will remain constant from generation to generation in the absence of other evolutionary influences. These influences include genetic dr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickWin | QuickWin was a library from Microsoft that made it possible to compile command line MS-DOS programs as Windows 3.1 applications, displaying their output in a window.
Since the release of Windows NT, Microsoft has included support for console applications in the Windows operating system itself via the Windows Console, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounded%20growth | Bounded growth occurs when the growth rate of a mathematical function is constantly increasing at a decreasing rate. Asymptotically, bounded growth approaches a fixed value. This contrasts with exponential growth, which is constantly increasing at an accelerating rate, and therefore approaches infinity in the limit.
A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycosyl | In organic chemistry, a glycosyl group is a univalent free radical or substituent structure obtained by removing the hydroxyl () group from the hemiacetal () group found in the cyclic form of a monosaccharide and, by extension, of a lower oligosaccharide.
Glycosyl also reacts with inorganic acids, such as phosphoric ac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleonica | Nucleonica is a nuclear science web portal created by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre. which was later spun off to the company Nucleonica GmbH in March 2011.
History
The company Nucleonica GmbH was founded by Dr. Joseph Magill in 2011 as a spin-off from the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate%20fate%20of%20the%20universe | The ultimate fate of the universe is a topic in physical cosmology, whose theoretical restrictions allow possible scenarios for the evolution and ultimate fate of the universe to be described and evaluated. Based on available observational evidence, deciding the fate and evolution of the universe has become a valid cos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heme%20B | Heme B or haem B (also known as protoheme IX) is the most abundant heme. Hemoglobin and myoglobin are examples of oxygen transport proteins that contain heme B. The peroxidase family of enzymes also contain heme B. The COX-1 and COX-2 enzymes (cyclooxygenase) of recent fame, also contain heme B at one of two active s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puma%20lentivirus | Puma lentivirus (PLV) is a retrovirus. A study in 2003 indicated that domestic cats infected with Puma lentivirus or Lion lentivirus (LLV) began producing anti-FIV immune responses. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hairy%20root%20culture | Hairy root culture, also called transformed root culture, is a type of plant tissue culture that is used to study plant metabolic processes or to produce valuable secondary metabolites or recombinant proteins, often with plant genetic engineering.
A naturally occurring soil bacterium Agrobacterium rhizogenes that con... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAGA%20%28gene%29 | Alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the NAGA gene.
NAGA encodes the lysosomal enzyme alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminidase, which cleaves alpha-N-acetylgalactosaminyl moieties from glycoconjugates. Mutations in NAGA have been identified as the cause of Schindler disease types I and II ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke%20Hayes-Alexander | Luke Hayes-Alexander (born 1990) is a Canadian chef. He was the executive chef of Luke's Gastronomy in Kingston, Ontario, and held this position from 2006 until 2012 when the family sold the restaurant.
Hayes lived in Australia for a year before moving to Toronto and founding an underground supper club in 2013, based... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Perry%20Smith | Mary Perry Smith (May 29, 1926 – August 10, 2015) was an American mathematics educator who cofounded the Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement program and the Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame.
Early life and education
Perry Smith was born on May 29, 1926, and was originally from Evansville, Indiana, one of six ch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20file%20archivers | The following tables compare general and technical information for a number of file archivers. Please see the individual products' articles for further information. They are neither all-inclusive nor are some entries necessarily up to date. Unless otherwise specified in the footnotes section, comparisons are based on t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3scale | 3scale is an internet technology company that develops API management software.
History
3scale was co-founded by Steven Willmott and Martin Tantow in 2007. A public beta began in November 2008. The company's commercial product was released in March 2009. It sells API Management software called 3scale Connect and a pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Conference%20on%20Mechanical%20Industrial%20%26%20Energy%20Engineering | International Conference on Mechanical Industrial & Energy Engineering (ICMIEE) is held in Bangladesh every alternate 2 years starting from 2010. The objective of ICMIEE is to present the latest research and results of scientists and researchers. The conference provides opportunities for different area delegates to exc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoomed%20video%20port | In computing, a zoomed video port (often simply ZV port) is a unidirectional video bus allowing a device in a PC card slot to transfer video data directly into a VGA frame buffer, so as to allow laptops to display real-time video. The standard was created by the PCMCIA to allow devices such as TV tuners, video inputs a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symposium%20on%20Foundations%20of%20Computer%20Science | The IEEE Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science (FOCS) is an academic conference in the field of theoretical computer science. FOCS is sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society.
As writes, FOCS and its annual Association for Computing Machinery counterpart STOC (the Symposium on Theory of Computing) are con... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsimonious%20reduction | In computational complexity theory and game complexity, a parsimonious reduction is a transformation from one problem to another (a reduction) that preserves the number of solutions. Informally, it is a bijection between the respective sets of solutions of two problems. A general reduction from problem to problem is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanic%20zone | The oceanic zone is typically defined as the area of the ocean lying beyond the continental shelf (e.g. the neritic zone), but operationally is often referred to as beginning where the water depths drop to below , seaward from the coast into the open ocean with its pelagic zone.
It is the region of open sea beyond the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle%20%28ecology%29 | In marine and freshwater ecology, a particle is a small object. Particles can remain in suspension in the ocean or freshwater. However, they eventually settle (rate determined by Stokes' law) and accumulate as sediment. Some can enter the atmosphere through wave action where they can act as cloud condensation nuclei (C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitalant | Vitalant (formerly Blood Systems Inc.) is a nonprofit organization that collects blood from volunteer donors and provides blood, blood products and services across the United States. It was founded in 1943 as the Salt River Valley Blood Bank in Phoenix, Arizona.
Vitalant is the nation’s largest independent, nonprofit ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronecker%20coefficient | In mathematics, Kronecker coefficients gλμν describe the decomposition of the tensor product (= Kronecker product) of two irreducible representations of a symmetric group into irreducible representations. They play an important role algebraic combinatorics and geometric complexity theory. They were introduced by Murnag... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone%20crusher | A bone crusher is a device regularly used for crushing animal bones. Bones obtained during slaughter are cleaned, boiled in water and dried for several months. After that, they are suitable for crushing with the special machine into a relatively dry gritty powder which is used as fertilizer.
The machine, shown in th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutting-plane%20method | In mathematical optimization, the cutting-plane method is any of a variety of optimization methods that iteratively refine a feasible set or objective function by means of linear inequalities, termed cuts. Such procedures are commonly used to find integer solutions to mixed integer linear programming (MILP) problems, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knot%20polynomial | In the mathematical field of knot theory, a knot polynomial is a knot invariant in the form of a polynomial whose coefficients encode some of the properties of a given knot.
History
The first knot polynomial, the Alexander polynomial, was introduced by James Waddell Alexander II in 1923. Other knot polynomials were no... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rho%28D%29%20immune%20globulin | Rho(D) immune globulin (RhIG) is a medication used to prevent RhD isoimmunization in mothers who are RhD negative and to treat idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) in people who are Rh positive. It is often given both during and following pregnancy. It may also be used when RhD-negative people are given RhD-positi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorus | Acorus is a genus of monocot flowering plants. This genus was once placed within the family Araceae (aroids), but more recent classifications place it in its own family Acoraceae and order Acorales, of which it is the sole genus of the oldest surviving line of monocots. Some older studies indicated that it was placed i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenol | Eugenol is an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol, a member of the allylbenzene class of chemical compounds. It is a colorless to pale yellow, aromatic oily liquid extracted from certain essential oils especially from clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, basil and bay leaf. It is present in concentrations of 80–90% in clove bud oil ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cool%20Whip | Cool Whip is an American brand of imitation whipped cream, referred to as a whipped topping by its manufacturer, Kraft Heinz. It is used in North America as a topping for desserts, and in some no-bake pie recipes as a convenience food or ingredient that does not require physical whipping and can maintain its texture wi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smooth%20functor | In differential topology, a branch of mathematics, a smooth functor is a type of functor defined on finite-dimensional real vector spaces. Intuitively, a smooth functor is smooth in the sense that it sends smoothly parameterized families of vector spaces to smoothly parameterized families of vector spaces. Smooth fun... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonequilibrium%20Gas%20and%20Plasma%20Dynamics%20Laboratory | The Nonequilibrium Gas and Plasma Dynamics Laboratory (NGPDL) at the Aerospace Engineering Department of the University of Colorado Boulder is headed by Professor Iain D. Boyd and performs research of nonequilibrium gases and plasmas involving the development of physical models for various gas systems of interest, nume... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private%20signal | A private signal is a custom-designed flag used to symbolize and identify the owner of a boat. They generally have a
swallowtail shape but may instead be rectangular or sometimes triangular. Private signal tradition is drawn from heraldry but typically does not incorporate as intricate designs as a coat of arms.
Etiqu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic%20set | In the mathematical field of descriptive set theory, a subset of a Polish space is an analytic set if it is a continuous image of a Polish space. These sets were first defined by and his student .
Definition
There are several equivalent definitions of analytic set. The following conditions on a subspace A of a Po... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferranti%20Mark%201 | The Ferranti Mark 1, also known as the Manchester Electronic Computer in its sales literature, and thus sometimes called the Manchester Ferranti, was produced by British electrical engineering firm Ferranti Ltd. It was the world's first commercially available electronic general-purpose stored program digital computer.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dulmage%E2%80%93Mendelsohn%20decomposition | In graph theory, the Dulmage–Mendelsohn decomposition is a partition of the vertices of a bipartite graph into subsets, with the property that two adjacent vertices belong to the same subset if and only if they are paired with each other in a perfect matching of the graph. It is named after A. L. Dulmage and Nathan Men... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barro%20Colorado%20Island | Barro Colorado Island is located in the man-made Gatun Lake in the middle of the Panama Canal. The island was formed when the waters of the Chagres River were dammed to form the lake in 1913. When the waters rose, they covered a significant part of the existing tropical forest, but certain hilltops remained as islands... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algorithm%20BSTW | The Algorithm BSTW is a data compression algorithm, named after its designers, Bentley, Sleator, Tarjan and Wei in 1986. BSTW is a dictionary-based algorithm that uses a move-to-front transform to keep recently seen dictionary entries at the front of the dictionary. Dictionary references are then encoded using any of a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20photon | In theoretical physics, the dual photon is a hypothetical elementary particle that is a dual of the photon under electric–magnetic duality which is predicted by some theoretical models, including M-theory.
It has been shown that including magnetic monopole in Maxwell's equations introduces a singularity. The only way ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany%20of%20the%20Faeroes | Botany of the Færöes (based upon Danish investigations) – a three-volume classic scientific work on flora and vegetation of the Faroe Islands, including fungi, lichens, algae, bryophytes and vascular plants. It was published 1901 to 1908 and funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. The project was initiated by Eugen Warming... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cohn-Vossen%27s%20inequality | In differential geometry, Cohn-Vossen's inequality, named after Stefan Cohn-Vossen, relates the integral of Gaussian curvature of a non-compact surface to the Euler characteristic. It is akin to the Gauss–Bonnet theorem for a compact surface.
A divergent path within a Riemannian manifold is a smooth curve in the mani... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SetiQuest | setiQuest is an inactive project of the SETI Institute, whose declared aim is to "globalize the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence and empower a new generation of SETI enthusiasts", by creating means for a deeper involvement from the interested public. The project focuses on amplifying the human potential of SET... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%20implant | Brain implants, often referred to as neural implants, are technological devices that connect directly to a biological subject's brain – usually placed on the surface of the brain, or attached to the brain's cortex. A common purpose of modern brain implants and the focus of much current research is establishing a biomed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occipital%20artery | The occipital artery is a branch of the external carotid artery that provides arterial supply to the back of the scalp, sternocleidomastoid muscles, and deep muscles of the back and neck.
Structure
Origin
The occipital artery arises from (the posterior aspect of) the external carotid artery (some 2 cm distal to the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaspard%20Vieusseux | Gaspard Vieusseux (February 18, 1746 – October 21, 1814) was a Genevan physician born in Geneva.
In 1766 he obtained his doctorate from the University of Leiden, and subsequently returned to Geneva in order to practice medicine.
Vieusseux is remembered for his pioneer work with neurological disorders. In 1806 he prov... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wally%20Bear%20and%20the%20NO%21%20Gang | Wally Bear and the NO! Gang is an educational Nintendo Entertainment System game that was released in 1992 exclusively for a North American audience. It was not licensed by Nintendo. The game teaches children to say no to potentially harmful drugs like tobacco, alcohol and marijuana. Wally Bear and the NO! Gang was des... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigma%20%28anatomy%29 | A stigma, also called macula pellucida, in mammalian reproductive anatomy, refers to the area of the ovarian surface where the Graafian follicle will burst through during ovulation and release the ovum.
As the follicle matures, the area between the follicle and the ovarian surface begins to thin and weaken under the in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20will%20theorem | The free will theorem of John H. Conway and Simon B. Kochen states that if we have a free will in the sense that our choices are not a function of the past, then, subject to certain assumptions, so must some elementary particles. Conway and Kochen's paper was published in Foundations of Physics in 2006. In 2009, the au... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachial%20lymph%20nodes | A brachial lymph nodes (or lateral group) are group of four to six lymph nodes which lies in relation to the medial and posterior aspects of the axillary vein; the afferents of these glands drain the whole arm with the exception of that portion whose vessels accompany the cephalic vein.
The efferent vessels pass partl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition%20filters | The composition filters model denotes a modular extension to the conventional object model. It provides a solution for a wide range of problems in the construction of large and complex applications. Most notably, one implementation of composition filters provides an abstraction layer for message-passing systems.
Compo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Communication%20Foundation | The Windows Communication Foundation (WCF), previously known as Indigo, is a free and open-source runtime and a set of APIs in the .NET Framework for building connected, service-oriented applications.
.NET Core 1.0, released 2016, did not support WCF server side code. WCF support was added to the platform with support... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan%20and%20Morag | Megan and Morag, two domestic sheep, were the first mammals to have been successfully cloned from differentiated cells. They are not to be confused with Dolly the sheep which was the first animal to be successfully cloned from an adult somatic cell or Polly the sheep which was the first cloned and transgenic animal. Me... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisSim | VisSim is a visual block diagram program for simulation of dynamical systems and model-based design of embedded systems, with its own visual language. It is developed by Visual Solutions of Westford, Massachusetts. Visual Solutions was acquired by Altair in August 2014 and its products have been rebranded as Altair Emb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mononuclidic%20element | A mononuclidic element or monotopic element is one of the 21 chemical elements that is found naturally on Earth essentially as a single nuclide (which may, or may not, be a stable nuclide). This single nuclide will have a characteristic atomic mass. Thus, the element's natural isotopic abundance is dominated by one iso... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me-too%20drug | The term "me-too drug" or "follow-on drug" refers to a medication that is similar to a pre-existing drug, usually by making minor modifications to the prototype, reflected in slight changes in the profiles of side effects or activity, and used to treat conditions for which drugs already exist. While pharmaceutical comp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform%20convergence | In the mathematical field of analysis, uniform convergence is a mode of convergence of functions stronger than pointwise convergence. A sequence of functions converges uniformly to a limiting function on a set as the function domain if, given any arbitrarily small positive number , a number can be found such that e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Base%20L%C3%A9onore | Base Léonore, or the Léonore database, is a French database that lists the records of the members of the National Order of the Legion of Honor. The database lists the records of those inducted into the Legion of Honor since its 1802 inception and who died before 1977.
, the database contained 390,000 records. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skyline%20matrix | In scientific computing, skyline matrix storage, or SKS, or a variable band matrix storage, or envelope storage scheme is a form of a sparse matrix storage format matrix that reduces the storage requirement of a matrix more than banded storage. In banded storage, all entries within a fixed distance from the diagonal (c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval | An oval () is a closed curve in a plane which resembles the outline of an egg. The term is not very specific, but in some areas (projective geometry, technical drawing, etc.) it is given a more precise definition, which may include either one or two axes of symmetry of an ellipse. In common English, the term is used in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry%2010 | BlackBerry 10 (BB10) is a discontinued proprietary mobile operating system for the BlackBerry line of smartphones, both developed by BlackBerry Limited (formerly known as Research In Motion). Released in January 2013, BlackBerry 10 is a complete rework from the company's previous BlackBerry OS software.
It is based on... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Ben%20Embarek | Peter Karim Ben Embarek is a Danish food scientist and former program manager at World Health Organization (WHO) specializing in food safety and zoonoses.
Early life and education
Ben Embarek graduated with a master of science in food science and technology and a doctorate in food safety from the Royal Veterinary and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinsagu%20nu%20Hana | , also erroneously called Chinsagu nu Hana, is an Okinawan song about traditional Ryukyuan values such as filial piety and other Confucian teachings in the Okinawan language.
Description
The title of the song can be translated as "The Balsam Flowers". The song is an Okinawan children's song; Okinawan children would s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VT1.5 | VT1.5 is a type of virtual tributary in SONET.
SONET bandwidth is defined in multiples of an OC-1/STS-1, each of which can transport up to 51.84 Mbit/s. However, it is frequently desirable to address much smaller portions of bandwidth. To meet this need, sub-STS-1 facilities called Virtual Tributaries have been defi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diorama | A diorama is a replica of a scene, typically a three-dimensional full-size or miniature model, sometimes enclosed in a glass showcase for a museum. Dioramas are often built by hobbyists as part of related hobbies such as military vehicle modeling, miniature figure modeling, or aircraft modeling.
In the United States a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20instrument-resolved%20minor%20planets | The following list of instrument-resolved minor planets consists of minor planets whose disks have been resolved, whether by telescope, a visit by an uncrewed spacecraft, or by observing the occultation of a background star from multiple sites. Disk resolution allows the density of an body to be computed, providing use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Delphi%20%28software%29 | This page details the history of the programming language and software product Delphi.
Roots and birth
Delphi evolved from Borland's Turbo Pascal for Windows, itself an evolution with Windows support from Borland's Turbo Pascal and Borland Pascal with Objects, very fast 16-bit native-code MS-DOS compilers with their... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy%20Ellis | Amy Burns Ellis is a Full Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Science Education at the University of Georgia. She was formerly an associate professor in mathematics education in the Department of Curriculum & Instruction at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Education
Ellis received her BA in mathematics... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascial%20spaces%20of%20the%20head%20and%20neck | Fascial spaces (also termed fascial tissue spaces or tissue spaces) are potential spaces that exist between the fasciae and underlying organs and other tissues. In health, these spaces do not exist; they are only created by pathology, e.g. the spread of pus or cellulitis in an infection. The fascial spaces can also be ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20Transverse%20Mercator | Irish Transverse Mercator (ITM) is the geographic coordinate system for Ireland. It was implemented jointly by the Ordnance Survey Ireland (OSi) and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (OSNI) in 2001. The name is derived from the Transverse Mercator projection it uses and the fact that it is optimised for the islan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophobic%20sand | Hydrophobic sand (or magic sand) is a toy made from sand coated with a hydrophobic compound. The presence of the hydrophobic compound causes the grains of sand to adhere to one another and form cylinders (to minimize surface area) when exposed to water, and form a pocket of air around the sand. The pocket of air makes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20test%20documentation |
Status of IEEE 829
Note: IEEE 829-2008 has been superseded by ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-3:2013.
Background to IEEE 829
IEEE 829-2008, also known as the 829 Standard for Software and System Test Documentation, was an IEEE standard that specified the form of a set of documents for use in eight defined stages of software test... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted%20average%20return%20on%20assets | The weighted average return on assets, or WARA, is the collective rates of return on the various types of tangible and intangible assets of a company.
The presumption of a WARA is that each class of a company's asset base (such as manufacturing equipment, contracts, software, brand names, etc.) carries its own rate of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgs%20boson | The Higgs boson, sometimes called the Higgs particle, is an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics produced by the quantum excitation of the Higgs field, one of the fields in particle physics theory. In the Standard Model, the Higgs particle is a massive scalar boson with zero spin, even (positiv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrinsic%20motivation%20%28artificial%20intelligence%29 | Intrinsic motivation in the study of artificial intelligence and robotics is a mechanism for enabling artificial agents (including robots) to exhibit inherently rewarding behaviours such as exploration and curiosity, grouped under the same term in the study of psychology. Psychologists consider intrinsic motivation in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level%20sensor | Level sensors detect the level of liquids and other fluids and fluidized solids, including slurries, granular materials, and powders that exhibit an upper free surface. Substances that flow become essentially horizontal in their containers (or other physical boundaries) because of gravity whereas most bulk solids pile ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minkowski%E2%80%93Hlawka%20theorem | In mathematics, the Minkowski–Hlawka theorem is a result on the lattice packing of hyperspheres in dimension n > 1. It states that there is a lattice in Euclidean space of dimension n, such that the corresponding best packing of hyperspheres with centres at the lattice points has density Δ satisfying
with ζ the Rieman... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histoplasma%20capsulatum | Histoplasma capsulatum is a species of dimorphic fungus. Its sexual form is called Ajellomyces capsulatus. It can cause pulmonary and disseminated histoplasmosis.
H. capsulatum is "distributed worldwide, except in Antarctica, but most often associated with river valleys" and occurs chiefly in the "Central and Easter... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technetium%20%2899mTc%29%20arcitumomab | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Technetium (99mTc) arcitumomab}}
Technetium (99mTc) arcitumomab is a drug used for the diagnostic imaging of colorectal cancers, marketed by Immunomedics. It consists of the Fab' fragment of a monoclonal antibody (arcitumomab, trade name CEA-Scan) and a radionuclide, technetium-99m.
Chemistry
Technetiu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN/LOCODE | UN/LOCODE, the United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations, is a geographic coding scheme developed and maintained by United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). UN/LOCODE assigns codes to locations used in trade and transport with functions such as seaports, rail and road terminals, airports, Post... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpharetrovirus | Alpharetrovirus is a genus of the family Retroviridae. It has type C morphology. Members can cause sarcomas, other tumors, and anaemia of wild and domestic birds and also affect rats.
Species include the Rous sarcoma virus, avian leukosis virus, and avian myeloblastosis virus (AMV). Not all animals that can infect dev... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20television | Social television is the union of television and social media. Millions of people now share their TV experience with other viewers on social media such as Twitter and Facebook using smartphones and tablets. TV networks and rights holders are increasingly sharing video clips on social platforms to monetise engagement an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TMEM249 | TMEM249 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C8orfk29 gene.
Locus
TMEM249 is located near the end of the long arm of chromosome 8 in humans.
Common aliases
TMEM249 is also known as C8orfk29.
Primary sequence and variants or isoforms
The primary sequence found at NCBI and
Aceview on NCBI predicts there a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand%20oracle | In algorithmic game theory, a branch of both computer science and economics, a demand oracle is a function that, given a price-vector, returns the demand of an agent. It is used by many algorithms related to pricing and optimization in online market. It is usually contrasted with a value oracle, which is a function tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecke%20character | In number theory, a Hecke character is a generalisation of a Dirichlet character, introduced by Erich Hecke to construct a class of
L-functions larger than Dirichlet L-functions, and a natural setting for the Dedekind zeta-functions and certain others which have functional equations analogous to that of the Riemann zet... |
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