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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design%20closure | Design Closure is a part of the digital electronic design automation workflow by which an integrated circuit (i.e. VLSI) design is modified from its initial description to meet a growing list of design constraints and objectives.
Every step in the IC design (such as static timing analysis, placement, routing, and so o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron%20graph | The Cameron graph is a strongly regular graph of parameters .
External links
A.E. Brouwer's website: the Cameron graph
Individual graphs
Regular graphs
Strongly regular graphs |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamow%20factor | The Gamow factor, Sommerfeld factor or Gamow–Sommerfeld factor, named after its discoverer George Gamow or after Arnold Sommerfeld, is a probability factor for two nuclear particles' chance of overcoming the Coulomb barrier in order to undergo nuclear reactions, for example in nuclear fusion. By classical physics, ther... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optic%20canal | The optic foramen is the opening to the optic canal. The canal is located in the sphenoid bone; it is bounded medially by the body of the sphenoid and laterally by the lesser wing of the sphenoid.
The superior surface of the sphenoid bone is bounded behind by a ridge, which forms the anterior border of a narrow, trans... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosome%20microdissection | Chromosome microdissection is a technique that physically removes a large section of DNA from a complete chromosome. The smallest portion of DNA that can be isolated using this method comprises 10 million base pairs - hundreds or thousands of individual genes.
Scientists who study chromosomes are known as cytogenetici... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric%20window | An atmospheric window is a range of wavelengths of the electromagnetic spectrum that can pass through the atmosphere of Earth. The optical, infrared and radio windows comprise the three main atmospheric windows. The windows provide direct channels for Earth's surface to receive electromagnetic energy from the Sun, and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-Isopropylcholestane | 24-isopropyl cholestane is an organic molecule produced by specific sponges, protists and marine algae. The identification of this molecule at high abundances in Neoproterozoic rocks has been interpreted to reflect the presence of multicellular life prior to the rapid diversification and radiation of life during the Ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/107th%20meridian%20east | The meridian 107° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 107th meridian east forms a great circle with the 73rd meridian west.
From Pole to Pole
Starting at the North Pole and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superspace | Superspace is the coordinate space of a theory exhibiting supersymmetry. In such a formulation, along with ordinary space dimensions x, y, z, ..., there are also "anticommuting" dimensions whose coordinates are labeled in Grassmann numbers rather than real numbers. The ordinary space dimensions correspond to bosonic de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundu%20equation | The Kundu equation is a general form of integrable system that is gauge-equivalent to the mixed nonlinear Schrödinger equation. It was proposed by Anjan Kundu as
with arbitrary function and the subscripts denoting partial derivatives. Equation (1) is shown to be reducible for the choice of to an integrable class of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Do%27s%20Wild%20Ride | Mr. Do's Wild Ride is a platform game released in 1984 as the third in Universal's Mr. Do! arcade video game series. An MSX version was published in 1985.
Gameplay
Mr. Do!'s scenario is a roller coaster, and the object is to reach the top. As the cars (and eventually other objects) speed around the track, the player... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caloribacterium | Caldanaerobius is a moderately thermophilic and anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Thermoanaerobacteraceae with one known species (Caloribacterium cisternae). |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback%20Networks | Redback Networks provided hardware and software used by Internet service providers to manage broadband services. The company's products included the SMS (Subscriber Management System), SmartEdge, and SmartMetro product lines.
In January 2007, the company was acquired by Ericsson.
History
Redback Networks was founded ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Versatile%20Toroidal%20Facility | The Versatile Toroidal Facility (VTF) is a research group within the Physics Research Division of the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The VTF is a laboratory focused on studying the phenomenon of magnetic reconnection. For this purpose the group has a small tokamak d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softmax%20function | The softmax function, also known as softargmax or normalized exponential function, converts a vector of real numbers into a probability distribution of possible outcomes. It is a generalization of the logistic function to multiple dimensions, and used in multinomial logistic regression. The softmax function is often ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xg%20antigen%20system | The XG antigen is a red blood cell surface antigen discovered in 1962. by researchers at the MRC Blood Group Unit.
The PBDX gene that encodes the antigen is located on the short arm of the X chromosome. Since males normally have one X chromosome they are considered hemizygotes. Since women have two copies of the gene ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cometabolism | Cometabolism is defined as the simultaneous degradation of two compounds, in which the degradation of the second compound (the secondary substrate) depends on the presence of the first compound (the primary substrate). This is in contrast to simultaneous catabolism, where each substrate is catabolized concomitantly by ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Norsk%20Data | Norsk Data (ND) was a Norwegian manufacturer of minicomputers which operated between 1967 and 1992. The company was established as A/S Nordata – Norsk Data-Elektronikk on 7 July 1967 and took into use the Norsk Data brand in 1975. The company was founded by Lars Monrad-Krohn, Rolf Skår and Per Bjørge, three computer en... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Hillis | William Daniel Hillis (born September 25, 1956) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence. He founded Thinking Machines Corporation, a parallel supercomputer manufacturer, and subsequently was Vice President of Research and D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Mathematical%20Analysis%20and%20Applications | The Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications is an academic journal in mathematics, specializing in mathematical analysis and related topics in applied mathematics. It was founded in 1960, as part of a series of new journals on areas of mathematics published by Academic Press, and is now published by Elsevier.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankruptcy%20problem | A bankruptcy problem, also called a claims problem, is a problem of distributing a homogeneous divisible good (such as money) among people with different claims. The focus is on the case where the amount is insufficient to satisfy all the claims.
The canonical application is a bankrupt firm that is to be liquidated. T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrophage%20migration%20inhibitory%20factor%20domain | Macrophage migration inhibitory factor domain is an evolutionary conserved protein domain.
Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) is a key regulatory cytokine within innate and adaptive immune responses, capable of promoting and modulating the magnitude of the response. MIF is released from T-cells and macrophag... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KQCA | KQCA (channel 58) is a television station licensed to Stockton, California, United States, serving the Sacramento area as a dual affiliate of The CW and MyNetworkTV. It is owned by Hearst Television alongside NBC affiliate KCRA-TV (channel 3). Both stations share studios on Television Circle off D Street in downtown Sa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennel%20cough | Kennel cough (also "canine infectious respiratory disease" (CIRD), "canine infectious respiratory disease complex" (CIRDC) or "canine infectious tracheobronchitis" (CIT)) is an upper respiratory infection affecting dogs. There are multiple causative agents, the most common being the bacterium Bordetella bronchiseptica ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple%20Rain%20%28song%29 | "Purple Rain" is a song by American musician Prince and his backing band the Revolution. It is the title track from the 1984 album of the same name, which in turn is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film of the same name starring Prince, and was released as the third single from the album. The song is a power ballad t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultrex%20BME | Cultrex Basement Membrane Extract (BME) is the trade name for a extracellular protein mixture secreted by Engelbreth-Holm-Swarm (EHS) mouse sarcoma cells and manufactured into a hydrogel by R&D Systems, a brand of Bio-Techne. Similar to Matrigel, this hydrogel is a natural extracellular matrix that mimics the complex e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QA%20%26%20UX%20Manager | A QA & UX Manager work with both Quality Assurance (QA) and User Experience (UX) in relation to video game and software development. QA & UX Manager can work independently or in co-operation with other QA & UX Managers, like in larger QA & UX teams with other QA & UX Managers and game testers. In the larger QA & UX tea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66th%20meridian%20west | The meridian 66° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, North America, the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, South America, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 66th meridian west forms a great circle with the 114th meridian east.
From ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endoscopic%20group | In mathematics, endoscopic groups of reductive algebraic groups were introduced by in his work on the stable trace formula.
Roughly speaking, an endoscopic group H of G is a quasi-split group whose L-group is the connected component of the centralizer of a semisimple element of the L-group of G.
In the stable trace ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassler%20Whitney | Hassler Whitney (March 23, 1907 – May 10, 1989) was an American mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes, and geometric integration theory.
Biography
Life
Hassler Whitney was born on March 23, 1907, in New Y... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answer%20to%20reset | An Answer To Reset (ATR) is a message output by a contact Smart Card conforming to ISO/IEC 7816 standards, following electrical reset of the card's chip by a card reader. The ATR conveys information about the communication parameters proposed by the card, and the card's nature and state.
By extension, ATR often refers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envy%20ratio | Envy ratio, in finance, is the ratio of the price paid by investors to that paid by the management team for their respective shares of the equity. It is used to consider an opportunity for a management buyout. Managers are often allowed to invest at a lower valuation to make their ownership possible and to create a per... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensor%20fish | A sensor fish is a small, plastic tubular device containing sensors. It is designed to record information such as the physical stresses that a fish experiences while navigating currents from dam turbines.
Description
Created by the US Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the tubular de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CUT%26RUN%20sequencing | CUT&RUN sequencing, also known as cleavage under targets and release using nuclease, is a method used to analyze protein interactions with DNA. CUT&RUN sequencing combines antibody-targeted controlled cleavage by micrococcal nuclease with massively parallel DNA sequencing to identify the binding sites of DNA-associated... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20discharge | In electromagnetism, an electric discharge is the release and transmission of electricity in an applied electric field through a medium such as a gas (ie., an outgoing flow of electric current through a non-metal medium).
Applications
The properties and effects of electric discharges are useful over a wide range of ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite%20%28biology%29 | A satellite is a subviral agent that depends on the coinfection of a host cell with a helper virus for its replication. Satellites can be divided into two major classes: satellite viruses and satellite nucleic acids. Satellite viruses, which are most commonly associated with plants, are also found in mammals, arthropod... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolarsky%20mean | In mathematics, the Stolarsky mean is a generalization of the logarithmic mean. It was introduced by Kenneth B. Stolarsky in 1975.
Definition
For two positive real numbers x, y the Stolarsky Mean is defined as:
Derivation
It is derived from the mean value theorem, which states that a secant line, cutting the graph of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysis | Lysis ( ) is the breaking down of the membrane of a cell, often by viral, enzymic, or osmotic (that is, "lytic" ) mechanisms that compromise its integrity. A fluid containing the contents of lysed cells is called a lysate. In molecular biology, biochemistry, and cell biology laboratories, cell cultures may be subject... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federation%20of%20American%20Societies%20for%20Experimental%20Biology | The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB), based in Rockville, Maryland, is a non-profit organization of scientific societies in the United States. With a focus on the biological and biomedical sciences, the federation represents scientists in such fields as anatomy, physiology, immunology, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer-to-peer%20SIP | Peer-to-peer SIP (P2P-SIP) is an implementation of a distributed voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) or instant messaging communications application using a peer-to-peer (P2P) architecture in which session control between communication end points is facilitated with the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP).
SIP in a P2P ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicod%27s%20axiom | In logic, Nicod's axiom (named after the French logician and philosopher Jean Nicod) is a formula that can be used as the sole axiom of a semantically complete system of propositional calculus. The only connective used in the formulation of Nicod's axiom is the Sheffer's stroke.
The axiom has the following form:
((φ ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20History%20of%20the%20Kerala%20School%20of%20Hindu%20Astronomy | A History of the Kerala School of Hindu Astronomy (in perspective) is the first definitive book giving a comprehensive description of the contribution of Kerala to astronomy and mathematics. The book was authored by K. V. Sarma who was a Reader in Sanskrit at Vishveshvaranand Institute of Sanskrit and Indological Studi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20synthesis%20%2820th%20century%29 | The modern synthesis was the early 20th-century synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and Gregor Mendel's ideas on heredity into a joint mathematical framework. Julian Huxley coined the term in his 1942 book, Evolution: The Modern Synthesis. The synthesis combined the ideas of natural selection, Mendelian g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virt-manager | virt-manager is a desktop virtual machine monitor primarily developed by Red Hat.
Features
Virtual Machine Manager allows users to:
create, edit, start and stop VMs
view and control each VM's console
see performance and utilization statistics for each VM
view all running VMs and hosts, and their live performanc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20unusual%20units%20of%20measurement | An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of measurement that does not form part of a coherent system of measurement, especially because its exact quantity may not be well known or because it may be an inconvenient multiple or fraction of a base unit.
Many of the unusual units of measurements listed here are colloquial... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locality-sensitive%20hashing | In computer science, locality-sensitive hashing (LSH) is a fuzzy hashing technique that hashes similar input items into the same "buckets" with high probability. (The number of buckets is much smaller than the universe of possible input items.) Since similar items end up in the same buckets, this technique can be used ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium%20bromide | Potassium bromide (KBr) is a salt, widely used as an anticonvulsant and a sedative in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with over-the-counter use extending to 1975 in the US. Its action is due to the bromide ion (sodium bromide is equally effective). Potassium bromide is used as a veterinary drug, as an antiepile... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20the%20most%20common%20passwords | This is a list of the most common passwords, discovered in various data breaches. Common passwords generally are not recommended on account of low password strength.
List
NordPass
NordPass conducted the most breached passwords research in 2021. The company gathered top 200 worst passwords this year from a database o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantasome | Quantasomes are particles found in the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts in which photosynthesis takes place. They are embedded in a paracrystalline array on the surface of thylakoid discs in chloroplasts. They are composed of lipids and proteins that include various photosynthetic pigments and redox carriers. For thi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmoid%20sulcus | The inner surface of the mastoid portion of the temporal bone presents a deep, curved groove, the sigmoid sulcus, which lodges part of the transverse sinus; in it may be seen the opening of the mastoid foramen. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetomotive%20force | In physics, the magnetomotive force (abbreviated mmf or MMF, symbol ) is a quantity appearing in the equation for the magnetic flux in a magnetic circuit, Hopkinson's law. It is the property of certain substances or phenomena that give rise to magnetic fields:
where is the magnetic flux and is the reluctance of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragilariforma | Fragilariforma is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Fragilariaceae.
The genus was first described by D. M. Williams and Round in 1988.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species:
Fragilariforma bicapitata
Fragilariforma neoproducta
Fragilariforma virescens
Fragilariforma virescens |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communicating%20finite-state%20machine | In computer science, a communicating finite-state machine is a finite state machine labeled with "receive" and "send" operations over some alphabet of channels. They were introduced by Brand and Zafiropulo, and can be used as a model of concurrent processes like Petri nets. Communicating finite state machines are used ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femoral%20canal | The femoral canal is the medial (and smallest) compartment of the three compartments of the femoral sheath. It is conical in shape. The femoral canal contains lymphatic vessels, and adipose and loose connective tissue, as well as - sometimes - a deep inguinal lymph node. The function of the femoral canal is to accommod... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko%20%28software%29 | Gecko is a browser engine developed by Mozilla. It is used in the Firefox browser, the Thunderbird email client, and many other projects.
Gecko is designed to support open Internet standards, and is used by different applications to display web pages and, in some cases, an application's user interface itself (by rende... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid%20control%20prototyping | Rapid Control Prototyping (RCP) is a type of simulation methodology that allows for the rapid evaluation of control systems, especially for large machinery. It can test and evaluate algorithms as well as associated components such as sensors, actuators, pumps etc. The system requires some type of mock up, usually a sca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellas%20%28personification%29 | Hellas or Ellada is the personification of the nation of Greece, dating back to Ancient Greece. There was a desire for unification in Greece, and Hellas is the only national personification known from that period. She is mentioned frequently in literature but only appears once in the arts of late classical Athens.
Des... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS%20and%20public%20health | Geographic information systems (GISs) and geographic information science (GIScience) combine computer-mapping capabilities with additional database management and data analysis tools. Commercial GIS systems are very powerful and have touched many applications and industries, including environmental science, urban plan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccine%20efficacy | Vaccine efficacy or vaccine effectiveness is the percentage reduction of disease cases in a vaccinated group of people compared to an unvaccinated group. For example, a vaccine efficacy or effectiveness of 80% indicates an 80% decrease in the number of disease cases among a group of vaccinated people compared to a grou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%20Andrew%20Dirac | Gabriel Andrew Dirac (13 March 1925 – 20 July 1984) was a Hungarian-British mathematician who mainly worked in graph theory. He served as Erasmus Smith's Professor of Mathematics at Trinity College Dublin from 1964 to 1966. In 1952, he gave a sufficient condition for a graph to contain a Hamiltonian circuit. The previo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasian%20Ornithological%20Conference | Australasian Ornithological Conference is a biennial meeting of ornithologists that focuses on the Australasian region and Antarctica. Preceded by the short-lived series of two Southern Hemisphere Ornithological Congresses, they were initiated by the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU), also known as Birds ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral%20geometry | Spectral geometry is a field in mathematics which concerns relationships between geometric structures of manifolds and spectra of canonically defined differential operators. The case of the Laplace–Beltrami operator on a closed Riemannian manifold has been most intensively studied, although other Laplace operators in d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20microarray | A DNA microarray (also commonly known as DNA chip or biochip) is a collection of microscopic DNA spots attached to a solid surface. Scientists use DNA microarrays to measure the expression levels of large numbers of genes simultaneously or to genotype multiple regions of a genome. Each DNA spot contains picomoles (10−1... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Key | V-Key is a software-based digital security provider. Headquartered in Singapore, it provides products to financial institutions, mobile payment providers and governments to implement cloud-based payments, authentication for mobile banking, and secured mobile applications for user access and data protection.
Background... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euler%20product | In number theory, an Euler product is an expansion of a Dirichlet series into an infinite product indexed by prime numbers. The original such product was given for the sum of all positive integers raised to a certain power as proven by Leonhard Euler. This series and its continuation to the entire complex plane would l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%20in%20scattering%20media%20absorption%20spectroscopy | Gas in scattering media absorption spectroscopy (GASMAS) is an optical technique for sensing and analysis of gas located within porous and highly scattering solids, e.g. powders, ceramics, wood, fruit, translucent packages, pharmaceutical tablets, foams, human paranasal sinuses etc. It was introduced in 2001 by Prof. S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano%20key%20frequencies | This is a list of the fundamental frequencies in Hertz (cycles per second) of the keys of a modern 88-key standard or 108-key extended piano in twelve-tone equal temperament, with the 49th key, the fifth A (called A4), tuned to 440 Hz (referred to as A440). Every octave is made of twelve steps called semitones. A jump... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega2%20%28computer%29 | The Onion Omega series of personal single-board computer created by a startup company called Onion that is based in Boston, Toronto and Shenzhen. It is advertised as "the world's smallest Linux Server". The system combines a tiny form factor and power-efficiency with the power of a general purpose Operating System. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24-Norcholestane | 24-Norcholestane, a steroid derivative, is used as a biomarker to constrain the source age of sediments and petroleum through the ratio between 24-norcholestane and 27-norcholestane (24-norcholestane ratio, NCR), especially when used with other age diagnostic biomarkers, like oleanane. While the origins of this compoun... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypsometric%20equation | The hypsometric equation, also known as the thickness equation, relates an atmospheric pressure ratio to the equivalent thickness of an atmospheric layer considering the layer mean of virtual temperature, gravity, and occasionally wind. It is derived from the hydrostatic equation and the ideal gas law.
Formulation
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invader%20potential | Ecologically, invader potential is the qualitative and quantitative measures of a given invasive species probability to invade a given ecosystem. This is often seen through climate matching. There are many reasons why a species may invade a new area. The term invader potential may also be interchangeable with invasiven... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20303X | The IBM 303X is a discontinued line of mainframe computers, the first model of which, the IBM 3033 Processor, nicknamed "The Big One", was introduced March 25, 1977.
Two additional processors, the 3031 and the 3032, were announced on October 6, 1977.
All three 303X systems were withdrawn on February 5, 1985.
Feature... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20poker | Online poker is the game of poker played over the Internet. It has been partly responsible for a huge increase in the number of poker players worldwide. Christiansen Capital Advisors stated online poker revenues grew from $82.7 million in 2001 to $2.4 billion in 2005, while a survey carried out by DrKW and Global Betti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioceramic | Bioceramics and bioglasses are ceramic materials that are biocompatible. Bioceramics are an important subset of biomaterials. Bioceramics range in biocompatibility from the ceramic oxides, which are inert in the body, to the other extreme of resorbable materials, which are eventually replaced by the body after they hav... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distance%20from%20a%20point%20to%20a%20line | In Euclidean geometry, the distance from a point to a line is the shortest distance from a given point to any point on an infinite straight line. It is the perpendicular distance of the point to the line, the length of the line segment which joins the point to nearest point on the line. The algebraic expression for cal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20of%20Molecular%20Motions | The Database of Macromolecular Motions is a bioinformatics database and software-as-a-service tool that attempts to
categorize macromolecular motions, sometimes also known as conformational change. It was originally developed by Mark B. Gerstein, Werner Krebs, and Nat Echols in the Molecular Biophysics & Biochemistry D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamberger%20Ranch%20Preserve | Bamberger Ranch, also called Selah, is an ecological restoration and conservation project near Johnson City, in Blanco County, Texas in the Texas Hill Country.
History
The preserve was created in 1969 by restaurant chain executive J. David Bamberger.
Bamberger specifically sought out a worn-out ranch with poor econom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fideicommissum%20%28sculpture%29 | Fideicommissum is a public artwork by the Swedish artist Ann-Sofi Sidén, originally created in 2000 for the Wanås Sculpture Park in Skåne, Sweden. The work is an edition of six.
History
The first edition of Fideicommissum was placed in the Wanås Sculpture Park, which is situated at Wanås Castle in Skåne.
Description
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferon%20gamma | Interferon gamma (IFN-γ) is a dimerized soluble cytokine that is the only member of the type II class of interferons. The existence of this interferon, which early in its history was known as immune interferon, was described by E. F. Wheelock as a product of human leukocytes stimulated with phytohemagglutinin, and by o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repligen%20Corporation%20Award%20in%20Chemistry%20of%20Biological%20Processes | The Repligen Award in Chemistry of Biological Processes was established in 1985 and consists of a silver medal and honorarium. Its purpose is to acknowledge and encourage outstanding contributions to the understanding of the chemistry of biological processes, with particular emphasis on structure, function, and mechani... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic%20Mathematical%20Contest | The Nordic Mathematical Contest (NMC) is a mathematics competition for secondary school students from the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. It takes place every year in March or April and serves the double purpose of being a regional secondary school level mathematics competition for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oncotic%20pressure | Oncotic pressure, or colloid osmotic-pressure, is a type of osmotic pressure induced by the plasma proteins, notably albumin, in a blood vessel's plasma (or any other body fluid such as blood and lymph) that causes a pull on fluid back into the capillary. Participating colloids displace water molecules, thus creating a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priest%20of%20Nature | Priest of Nature: The Religious Worlds of Isaac Newton is a 2017 book by science historian Rob Iliffe on the religious views of Isaac Newton.
Background
Rob Iliffe is Professor of the History of Science, Linacre College, University of Oxford. For nearly twenty years leading up to the book's publication, he directed T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cramer%27s%20theorem%20%28algebraic%20curves%29 | In algebraic geometry, Cramer's theorem on algebraic curves gives the necessary and sufficient number of points in the real plane falling on an algebraic curve to uniquely determine the curve in non-degenerate cases. This number is
where is the degree of the curve. The theorem is due to Gabriel Cramer, who published... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiresolution%20Fourier%20transform | Multiresolution Fourier Transform is an integral fourier transform that represents a specific wavelet-like transform with a fully scalable modulated window, but not all possible translations.
Comparison of Fourier transform and wavelet transform
The Fourier transform is one of the most common approaches when it comes ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20C%2B%2B%20multi-threading%20libraries | List of cross-platform multi-threading libraries for the C++ programming language.
Apache Portable Runtime
Boost.Thread
C++ Standard Library Thread
Concurrencpp
Dlib
HPX
IPP
OpenMP
OpenThreads
Parallel Patterns Library
POCO C++ Libraries Threading
POSIX Threads
Qt QThread
Rogue Wave SourcePro Threads Mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tosyl%20phenylalanyl%20chloromethyl%20ketone | Tosyl phenylalanyl chloromethyl ketone (TPCK) is a protease inhibitor. Its structural formula is 1-chloro-3-tosylamido-4-phenyl-2-butanone.
Uses
TPCK is an irreversible inhibitor of chymotrypsin. Also inhibits some cysteine proteases such as caspase, papain, bromelain or ficin. It does not inhibit trypsin or zymogen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-selectin | E-selectin, also known as CD62 antigen-like family member E (CD62E), endothelial-leukocyte adhesion molecule 1 (ELAM-1), or leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion molecule 2 (LECAM2), is a selectin cell adhesion molecule expressed only on endothelial cells activated by cytokines. Like other selectins, it plays an importan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure%20Computing%20Corporation | Secure Computing Corporation (SCC) was a public company that developed and sold computer security appliances and hosted services to protect users and data. McAfee acquired the company in 2008.
The company also developed filtering systems used by governments such as Iran and Saudi Arabia that blocks their citizens from... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20symbolic%20stars | This is a list of symbolic uses of "star" ideograms.
Star (classification), a scoring system for hotels, restaurants and movies
Star (football badge), representing trophies won by a football team
Barnstar, a decorative painted object or image often used to adorn a barn
Brunswick star, an eight- or sixteen-pointed sta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotin | In molecular biology, ecotin is a protease inhibitor which belongs to MEROPS inhibitor family I11, clan IN. Ecotins are dimeric periplasmic proteins from Escherichia coli and related Gram-negative bacteria that have been shown to be potent inhibitors of many trypsin-fold serine proteases of widely varying substrate spe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodetic%20control%20network | A geodetic control network (also geodetic network, reference network, control point network, or control network) is a network, often of triangles, which are measured precisely by techniques of control surveying, such as terrestrial surveying or satellite geodesy.
A geodetic control network consists of stable, identifi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ionic%20strength | The ionic strength of a solution is a measure of the concentration of ions in that solution. Ionic compounds, when dissolved in water, dissociate into ions. The total electrolyte concentration in solution will affect important properties such as the dissociation constant or the solubility of different salts. One of the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1mos%20matroid | In mathematics, the Vámos matroid or Vámos cube is a matroid over a set of eight elements that cannot be represented as a matrix over any field. It is named after English mathematician Peter Vámos, who first described it in an unpublished manuscript in 1968.
Definition
The Vámos matroid has eight elements, which may b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Maitland%20%28physician%29 | Charles Maitland (–1748) was a Scottish surgeon who inoculated people against smallpox.
Career
In March 1718, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu had Maitland, who was then serving in the British embassy in Constantinople, Turkey, inoculate her five-year-old son Edward. The process was done by an elderly Greek woman from Pera u... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu%20FR | The Fujitsu FR (Fujitsu RISC) is a 32-bit RISC processor family. New variants include a floating point unit and partly video input analog-to-digital converter and digital signal processor. It is supported by Softune, GNU Compiler Collection and other integrated development environments.
Applications
Fujitsu FR are use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20Unicode%20encodings | This article compares Unicode encodings. Two situations are considered: 8-bit-clean environments (which can be assumed), and environments that forbid use of byte values that have the high bit set. Originally such prohibitions were to allow for links that used only seven data bits, but they remain in some standards and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baked%20beans | Baked beans is a dish traditionally containing white beans that are parboiled and then, in the US, baked in sauce at low temperature for a lengthy period. In the United Kingdom, the dish is sometimes baked, but usually stewed in sauce. Canned baked beans are not baked, but are cooked through a steam process.
Baked bea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room%20for%20PlayStation%20Portable | Room for PlayStation Portable (officially styled R∞M — that is, with the initial and final letters in capital case, and an intervening pair of (lowercase) letters O suggested by an intervening infinity symbol. also marketed as PlayStation Room) was a community-based social networking service that halted development on... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian%20neuroscience | The theories of Carl Jung are grounded in his evolutionary conception of human brain evolution. This had led to a resurgence of research into his work, beginning in the early 2000s, from the perspective of contemporary neuroscience. Much of this work looks at Jung's theories of a genetically inherited 'collective uncon... |
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