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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citral | Citral is an acyclic monoterpene aldehyde. Being a monoterpene, it is made of two isoprene units. Citral is a collective term which covers two geometric isomers that have their own separate names; the E-isomer is named geranial (trans-citral; α-citral) or citral A. The Z-isomer is named neral (cis-citral; β-citral) or ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume%20intolerance | Perfume intolerance or perfume allergy is a condition wherein people exhibit sensitivity or allergic reactions to ingredients in some perfumes and some other fragrances. It is a form of multiple chemical sensitivity, a more general phenomenon for this diagnosis.
Symptoms
Symptoms depend on each person's allergies an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular%20boundary%20method | In numerical analysis, the singular boundary method (SBM) belongs to a family of meshless boundary collocation techniques which include the method of fundamental solutions (MFS), boundary knot method (BKM), regularized meshless method (RMM), boundary particle method (BPM), modified MFS, and so on. This family of strong... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taste%20receptor | A taste receptor or tastant is a type of cellular receptor which facilitates the sensation of taste. When food or other substances enter the mouth, molecules interact with saliva and are bound to taste receptors in the oral cavity and other locations. Molecules which give a sensation of taste are considered "sapid".
V... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%20hominem | , short for argumentum ad hominem, is a term that refers to several types of arguments, most of which are fallacious. Typically this term refers to a rhetorical strategy where the speaker attacks the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than attacking the substance of the a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-level%20transient%20spectroscopy | Deep-level transient spectroscopy (DLTS) is an experimental tool for studying electrically active defects (known as charge carrier traps) in semiconductors. DLTS establishes fundamental defect parameters and measures their concentration in the material. Some of the parameters are considered as defect "finger prints" us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20Goldberg | Lewis R. Goldberg is an American personality psychologist and a professor emeritus at the University of Oregon. He is closely associated
with the lexical hypothesis that any culturally important personality characteristic will be represented in the language of that culture. This hypothesis led to a five factor struct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SailTimer | SailTimer is a technology for sailboat navigation, which calculates optimal tacking angles, distances and times.
Seafarers have had a dilemma for as long as sailboats could use lift to sail upwind. Should you head off the wind more, to get more speed (but at a longer distance)? Or should you sail upwind more, to les... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad%20Quadratum%3A%20The%20Practical%20Application%20of%20Geometry%20in%20Medieval%20Architecture | Ad Quadratum: The Practical Application of Geometry in Medieval Architecture is an edited volume on the mathematical design of medieval architecture. It was edited by Nancy Y. Wu, published in 2002 by Ashgate Publishing, and reprinted in 2016 by Routledge.
Title
The title, ad quadratum, refers to a phrase used by medi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinodal%20decomposition | Spinodal decomposition is a mechanism by which a single thermodynamic phase spontaneously separates into two phases (without nucleation). Decomposition occurs when there is no thermodynamic barrier to phase separation. As a result, phase separation via decomposition does not require the nucleation events resulting from... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20DeBlase | Tony DeBlase (1942–2000), also known as Anthony DeBlase, was part of the BDSM and leather subcultures. He was the designer of the leather pride flag.
Leather and BDSM activities
In 1979, he founded DungeonMaster magazine (about sadomasochistic technique), which ran from 1979 until 1994. He also wrote for that magazine... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub | GitHub, Inc. () is a platform and cloud-based service for software development and version control using Git, allowing developers to store and manage their code. It provides the distributed version control of Git plus access control, bug tracking, software feature requests, task management, continuous integration, and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20time%20scale | In astrophysics, the thermal time scale or Kelvin–Helmholtz time scale is the approximate time it takes for a star to radiate away its total kinetic energy content at its current luminosity rate. Along with the nuclear and free-fall (aka dynamical) time scales, it is used to estimate the length of time a particular st... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precursor%20%28physics%29 | Precursors are characteristic wave patterns caused by dispersion of an impulse's frequency components as it propagates through a medium. Classically, precursors precede the main signal, although in certain situations they may also follow it. Precursor phenomena exist for all types of waves, as their appearance is only ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-working%20function | The inter-working function (IWF) is a method for interfacing a wireless telecommunication network with the public switched telephone network (PSTN). The IWF converts the data transmitted over the air interface into a format suitable for the PSTN.
IWF contains both the hardware and software elements that provide the ra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK%20Atomic%20Energy%20Authority%20Constabulary | The United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority Constabulary was the armed security police force of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority. The force existed for 50 years, operating from 1955, until 1 April 2005.
On 1 April 2005, the Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) was established in adherence to the Energy Act 2004, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectroradiometer | A spectroradiometer is a light measurement tool that is able to measure both the wavelength and amplitude of the light emitted from a light source. Spectrometers discriminate the wavelength based on the position the light hits at the detector array allowing the full spectrum to be obtained with a single acquisition. Mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predictive%20adaptive%20response | A predictive adaptive response (PAR) is a developmental trajectory taken by an organism during a period of developmental plasticity in response to perceived environmental cues. This PAR does not confer an immediate advantage to the developing organism; however, if the PAR correctly anticipates the postnatal environment... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Leray | Jean Leray (; 7 November 1906 – 10 November 1998) was a French mathematician, who worked on both partial differential equations and algebraic topology.
Life and career
He was born in Chantenay-sur-Loire (today part of Nantes). He studied at École Normale Supérieure from 1926 to 1929. He received his Ph.D. in 1933. In... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese%20goat%20marriage%20incident | In 2006, a South Sudanese man named Charles Tombe was forced to "marry" a goat with which he was caught engaging in sexual activity, in the Hai Malakal suburb of Juba, at the time part of Sudan. The owner of the goat subdued the perpetrator and asked village elders to consider the matter. One elder noted that he and t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflection%20lines | Engineers use reflection lines to judge a surface's quality. Reflection lines reveal surface flaws, particularly discontinuities in normals indicating that the surface is not . Reflection lines may be created and examined on physical surfaces or virtual surfaces with the help of computer graphics. For example, the shin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcription%20activator-like%20effector%20nuclease | Transcription activator-like effector nucleases (TALEN) are restriction enzymes that can be engineered to cut specific sequences of DNA. They are made by fusing a TAL effector DNA-binding domain to a DNA cleavage domain (a nuclease which cuts DNA strands). Transcription activator-like effectors (TALEs) can be engineere... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lippmann%20plate | Gabriel Lippmann conceived a two-step method to record and reproduce colours, variously known as direct photochromes, interference photochromes, Lippmann photochromes, Photography in natural colours by direct exposure in the camera or the Lippmann process of colour photography. Lippmann won the Nobel Prize in Physics f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus%20Vivo | The Vivo is a lineup of portable computers developed by Asus. It consists of:
laptops (VivoBooks)
All-in-Ones (Vivo AiO)
desktops (VivoPC)
Stick PCs (VivoStick)
Mini PCs (VivoMini)
smartwatches (VivoWatch)
computer mouse (VivoMouse)
tablets (VivoTab).
VivoBook
Some Asus VivoBook models are branded under different s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close%20stool | A close stool was an early type of portable toilet, made in the shape of a cabinet or box at sitting height with an opening in the top. The external structure contained a pewter or earthenware chamberpot to receive the user's excrement and urine when they sat on it; this was normally covered (closed) by a folding lid. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VME%20eXtensions%20for%20Instrumentation | VME eXtensions for instrumentation bus (VXI bus) refers to standards for automated test based upon VMEbus.
VXI defines additional bus lines for timing and triggering as well as mechanical requirements and standard protocols for configuration, message-based communication, multi-chassis extension, and other features. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root%20effect | The Root effect is a physiological phenomenon that occurs in fish hemoglobin, named after its discoverer R. W. Root. It is the phenomenon where an increased proton or carbon dioxide concentration (lower pH) lowers hemoglobin's affinity and carrying capacity for oxygen. The Root effect is to be distinguished from the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-Life%20%28video%20game%29 | Half-Life is a 1998 first-person shooter (FPS) game developed by Valve Corporation and published by Sierra Studios for Microsoft Windows. It was Valve's debut product and the first game in the Half-Life series. The player assumes the role of Gordon Freeman, a scientist who must escape the Black Mesa Research Facility a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARD9 | Caspase recruitment domain-containing protein 9 is an adaptor protein of the CARD-CC protein family, which in humans is encoded by the CARD9 gene. It mediates signals from pattern recognition receptors to activate pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines, regulating inflammation. Homozygous mutations in CARD9... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20%28set%20theory%29 | In set theory, the union (denoted by ∪) of a collection of sets is the set of all elements in the collection. It is one of the fundamental operations through which sets can be combined and related to each other.
A refers to a union of zero () sets and it is by definition equal to the empty set.
For explanation of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modal%20algebra | In algebra and logic, a modal algebra is a structure such that
is a Boolean algebra,
is a unary operation on A satisfying and for all x, y in A.
Modal algebras provide models of propositional modal logics in the same way as Boolean algebras are models of classical logic. In particular, the variety of all modal alg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two-variable%20logic | In mathematical logic and computer science, two-variable logic is the fragment of first-order logic where formulae can be written using only two different variables. This fragment is usually studied without function symbols.
Decidability
Some important problems about two-variable logic, such as satisfiability and fi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur%20tooth | Dinosaur teeth have been studied since 1822 when Mary Ann Mantell (1795-1869) and her husband Dr Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) discovered an Iguanodon tooth in Sussex in England. Unlike mammal teeth, individual dinosaur teeth are generally not considered by paleontologists to be diagnostic to the genus or species... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash%20mob%20computing | Flash mob computing or flash mob computer is a temporary ad hoc computer cluster running specific software to coordinate the individual computers into one single supercomputer. A flash mob computer is distinct from other types of computer clusters in that it is set up and broken down on the same day or during a similar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entomophthoramycosis | Entomophthoramycosis (or Entomophthoromycosis) is a mycosis caused by Entomophthorales.
Examples include basidiobolomycosis and conidiobolomycosis.
Signs and symptoms
Diagnosis
A culture of the infected tissue of the individual suspected of having Entomophthoramycosis
Treatment
Treatment for phycomycosis is very di... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYP710%20family | Cytochrome P450, family 710, also known as CYP710, is a plant cytochrome P450 monooxygenase family, the proteins encoded by its family members are mainly sterol 22-desaturase, which was widely distributed in plants, and take participate in Phytosteroidogenesis. CYP710 family is considered to be the plant orthologous of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20%28video%20game%29 | Quantum is a color vector arcade video game developed at General Computer Corporation for Atari, Inc. and released in December 1982. It was designed by Betty Ryan () who was the first female developer at GCC. The premise of the game is related loosely to quantum physics; the player directs a probe with a trackball to e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoamerican%20Society%20for%20Ecological%20Economics | The Mesoamerican Society for Ecological Economics (SMEE) is a regional chapter of the International Society for Ecological Economics (ISEE). After its foundation in 2008 at Guatemala City, the organization has already celebrated its first International Conference in 2010 at Mexico City and will carry out the second Int... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing%20plague%20of%201518 | The dancing plague of 1518, or dance epidemic of 1518 (), was a case of dancing mania that occurred in Strasbourg, Alsace (modern-day France), in the Holy Roman Empire from July 1518 to September 1518. Somewhere between 50 and 400 people took to dancing for weeks. There are many theories behind the phenomenon, the most... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycinamide | Glycinamide is a organic compound with the molecular formula H2NCH2C(O)NH2. It is the amide derivative of the amino acid glycine. It is a water-soluble, white solid. Amino acid amides, such as glycinamide are prepared by treating the amino acid ester with ammonia.
It is a ligand for transition metals.
The hydrochlo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooley%27s%20delta%20function | In mathematics, Hooley's delta function (), also called Erdős--Hooley delta-function, defines the maximum number of divisors of in for all , where is the Euler's number. The first few terms of this sequence are
.
History
The sequence was first introduced by Paul Erdős in 1974, then studied by Christopher Hooley in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segre%27s%20theorem | In projective geometry, Segre's theorem, named after the Italian mathematician Beniamino Segre, is the statement:
Any oval in a finite pappian projective plane of odd order is a nondegenerate projective conic section.
This statement was assumed 1949 by the two Finnish mathematicians G. Järnefelt and P. Kustaanheimo an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal%20and%20nonterminal%20symbols | In formal languages, terminal and nonterminal symbols are the lexical elements used in specifying the production rules constituting a formal grammar. Terminal symbols are the elementary symbols of the language defined as part of a formal grammar. Nonterminal symbols (or syntactic variables) are replaced by groups of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Christmas%20Island | The flag of Christmas Island was unofficially adopted in 1986 after being chosen the winner in a competition for a flag for the territory. It was designed by Tony Couch of Sydney, Australia. The flag was made official in 2002 on Australia Day, when the administrator of the territory, Bill Taylor, presented the flag to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distonic%20ion | Distonic ions are chemical species that contain two ionic charges on the same molecule, separated by two or more carbon or heteroatoms. A feature of distonic radical ions is that their charges and radical sites are in different locations (on separate atoms), unlike regular radicals where the formal charge and unpaired ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement%E2%80%93length%20ratio | The displacement–length ratio (DLR or D/L ratio) is a calculation used to express how heavy a boat is relative to its waterline length.
DLR was first published in
It is calculated by dividing a boat's displacement in long tons (2,240 pounds) by the cube of one one-hundredth of the waterline length (in feet):
DLR ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolox%20equivalent%20antioxidant%20capacity | The Trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity (TEAC) assay measures the antioxidant capacity of a given substance, as compared to the standard, Trolox. Most commonly, antioxidant capacity is measured using the ABTS Decolorization Assay. Other antioxidant capacity assays which use Trolox as a standard include the diphenylp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symplectic%20integrator | In mathematics, a symplectic integrator (SI) is a numerical integration scheme for Hamiltonian systems. Symplectic integrators form the subclass of geometric integrators which, by definition, are canonical transformations. They are widely used in nonlinear dynamics, molecular dynamics, discrete element methods, acceler... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20gateway | A universal gateway is a device that transacts data between two or more data sources using communication protocols specific to each. Sometimes called a universal protocol gateway, this class of product is designed as a computer appliance, and is used to connect data from one automation system to another.
Typical appl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolutionary%20origin%20of%20religion | The evolutionary origin of religion and religious behavior is a field of study related to evolutionary psychology, the origin of language and mythology, and cross-cultural comparison of the anthropology of religion. Some subjects of interest include Neolithic religion, evidence for spirituality or cultic behavior in th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H-vector | In algebraic combinatorics, the h-vector of a simplicial polytope is a fundamental invariant of the polytope which encodes the number of faces of different dimensions and allows one to express the Dehn–Sommerville equations in a particularly simple form. A characterization of the set of h-vectors of simplicial polytope... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hadamard%20regularization | In mathematics, Hadamard regularization (also called Hadamard finite part or Hadamard's partie finie) is a method of regularizing divergent integrals by dropping some divergent terms and keeping the finite part, introduced by . showed that this can be interpreted as taking the meromorphic continuation of a convergent ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaussian%20q-distribution | In mathematical physics and probability and statistics, the Gaussian q-distribution is a family of probability distributions that includes, as limiting cases, the uniform distribution and the normal (Gaussian) distribution. It was introduced by Diaz and Teruel. It is a q-analog of the Gaussian or normal distribution.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strain%20%28mechanics%29 | In mechanics, strain is defined as relative deformation, compared to a position configuration. Different equivalent choices may be made for the expression of a strain field depending on whether it is defined with respect to the initial or the final configuration of the body and on whether the metric tensor or its dual... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow%20flag | A rainbow flag is a multicolored flag consisting of the colors of the rainbow. The designs differ, but many of the colors are based on the seven spectral colors of the visible light spectrum.
History
In the 18th century, American Revolutionary War writer Thomas Paine proposed that a rainbow flag be used as a maritime ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altruism | Altruism is the principle and practice of concern for the well-being and/or happiness of other humans or animals. While objects of altruistic concern vary, it is an important moral value in many cultures and religions. It may be considered a synonym of selflessness, the opposite of selfishness.
The word altruism was p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C-element | In digital computing, the Muller C-element (C-gate, hysteresis flip-flop, coincident flip-flop, or two-hand safety circuit) is a small binary logic circuit widely used in design of asynchronous circuits and systems. It outputs 0 when all inputs are 0, it outputs 1 when all inputs are 1, and it retains its output state ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normally%20flat%20ring | In algebraic geometry, a normally flat ring along a proper ideal I is a local ring A such that is flat over for each integer .
The notion was introduced by Hironaka in his proof of the resolution of singularities as a refinement of equimultiplicity and was later generalized by Alexander Grothendieck and others. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichome | Trichomes (; ) are fine outgrowths or appendages on plants, algae, lichens, and certain protists. They are of diverse structure and function. Examples are hairs, glandular hairs, scales, and papillae. A covering of any kind of hair on a plant is an indumentum, and the surface bearing them is said to be pubescent.
Alga... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory%20bandwidth | Memory bandwidth is the rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by a processor. Memory bandwidth is usually expressed in units of bytes/second, though this can vary for systems with natural data sizes that are not a multiple of the commonly used 8-bit bytes.
Memory bandwidth that is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transovarial%20transmission | Transovarial or transovarian transmission (transmission from parent to offspring via the ovaries) occurs in certain arthropod vectors as they transmit pathogens from parent to offspring. This process, used by a wide variety of parasites, is also known as vertical transmission. For example, Rickettsia rickettsii, carrie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serena%20Software | With operations in 11 countries, Serena Software Inc. is an American software company that provides IT management products to enterprises. Serena solutions offer a process orchestration approach and span the areas of development, DevOps and IT management.
Serena is headquartered in Silicon Valley, California and has ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SnapTag | SnapTag, invented by SpyderLynk, is a 2D mobile barcode alternative similar to a QR code, but that uses an icon or company logo and code ring rather than a square pattern of black dots.
Similar to a QR code, SnapTags can be used to take consumers to a brand’s website, but can also facilitate mobile purchases, coupon d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotropica | Ecotropica is the peer-reviewed international scientific journal of the European Society for Tropical Ecology, GTOE. The journal first appeared in 1995 and received an impact factor in 2011.
Ecotropica covers all aspects of tropical ecology, and normally appears twice annually. Papers reflect results of original resea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whole%20number%20rule | In chemistry, the whole number rule states that the masses of the isotopes are whole number multiples of the mass of the hydrogen atom. The rule is a modified version of Prout's hypothesis proposed in 1815, to the effect that atomic weights are multiples of the weight of the hydrogen atom. It is also known as the Aston... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical%20response | The numerical response in ecology is the change in predator density as a function of change in prey density. The term numerical response was coined by M. E. Solomon in 1949. It is associated with the functional response, which is the change in predator's rate of prey consumption with change in prey density. As Holling ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20delta | A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. This occurs when a river enters an ocean, sea, estuary, lake, reservoir, or (more rarely) another river that cannot carry away the supplied sediment. It is so... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero%20of%20a%20function | In mathematics, a zero (also sometimes called a root) of a real-, complex-, or generally vector-valued function , is a member of the domain of such that vanishes at ; that is, the function attains the value of 0 at , or equivalently, is the solution to the equation . A "zero" of a function is thus an input value t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra%20HD%20Blu-ray | Ultra HD Blu-ray (4K Ultra HD, UHD-BD, or 4K Blu-ray) is a digital optical disc data storage format that is an enhanced variant of Blu-ray. Ultra HD Blu-ray discs are incompatible with existing standard Blu-ray players. Ultra HD Blu-ray supports 4K UHD (3840 × 2160 pixel resolution) video at frame rates up to 60 progre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein%E2%80%93Weyl%20geometry | An Einstein–Weyl geometry is a smooth conformal manifold, together with a compatible Weyl connection that satisfies an appropriate version of the Einstein vacuum equations, first considered by and named after Albert Einstein and Hermann Weyl. Specifically, if is a manifold with a conformal metric , then a Weyl conne... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LydA%20holin%20family | The LydA Holin (LydA Holin) Family (TC# 1.E.4), named after the lydA gene which codes for its prototype member (LydA of E. coli; TC# 1.E.4.1.1), belongs to the Holin Superfamily III. Members of this family have 3 transmembrane segments (TMSs) and appear to possess between 90 and 120 amino acyl residues (aas). A represe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TPBG | Trophoblast glycoprotein, also known as TPBG, 5T4, Wnt-Activated Inhibitory Factor 1 or WAIF1, is a human protein encoded by a TPBG gene. TPBG is an antagonist of Wnt/β-catenin signalling pathway.
Clinical significance
5T4 is an antigen expressed in a number of carcinomas. It is an N-glycosylated transmembrane 72 kD... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramanujan%20theta%20function | In mathematics, particularly -analog theory, the Ramanujan theta function generalizes the form of the Jacobi theta functions, while capturing their general properties. In particular, the Jacobi triple product takes on a particularly elegant form when written in terms of the Ramanujan theta. The function is named afte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution%3A%20The%20Origin%20of%20Species | Evolution: The Origin of Species is a card game created by Dmitriy Knorre and Sergey Machin in 2010. The game is inspired by the evolutionary biology. It was published by SIA Rightgames RBG. English, French and German game editions were published in 2011.
Two or more players create their own animals, make them evol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamelan%20notation | Notation plays a relatively minor role in the oral traditions of Indonesian gamelan but, in Java and Bali, several systems of gamelan notation were devised beginning at the end of the 19th century, initially for archival purposes.
Kepatihan
Kepatihan is a type of cipher musical notation that was devised for the notat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Bourne%20%28cricketer%29 | Alfred Bourne (16 April 1848 – 17 July 1931) was an English cricketer. He played four first-class matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1870.
See also
List of Cambridge University Cricket Club players |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyominoid | In geometry, a polyominoid (or minoid for short) is a set of equal squares in 3D space, joined edge to edge at 90- or 180-degree angles. The polyominoids include the polyominoes, which are just the planar polyominoids. The surface of a cube is an example of a hexominoid, or 6-cell polyominoid, and many other polycube... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore%20LCD | The Commodore LCD (sometimes known in short as the CLCD) is an LCD-equipped laptop made by Commodore International. It was presented at the January 1985 Consumer Electronics Show, but never released. The CLCD was not directly compatible with other Commodore home computers, but its built-in Commodore BASIC 3.6 interpre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Federation%20of%20Agriculture%2C%20Food%2C%20Tobacco%20and%20Related%20Services%20Workers | The General Federation of Agriculture, Food, Tobacco and Related Services Workers (, FGTA) is a trade union representing workers in a range of related industries in France.
The union was founded in 1975, when the National Federation of Agricultural Workers merged with the Federation of Workers in Food and Retail. Lik... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britains%20Deetail | Britains' Deetail toy soldiers were a popular product in the 1970s and 1980s. Manufactured in England by W. Britain, the 1/32 (54mm) scale plastic figures were finished with hand painted details and came with sturdy Zamak metal bases. In the early 1990s production moved to China before eventually being phased out.
Dev... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic%20acid | 12-Hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (12-HETE) is a derivative of the 20 carbon polyunsaturated fatty acid, arachidonic acid, containing a hydroxyl residue at carbon 12 and a 5Z,8Z,10E,14Z Cis–trans isomerism configuration (Z=cis, E=trans) in its four double bonds. It was first found as a product of arachidonic acid metabo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20Experiments%20at%20Space%20Scale | Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS; ), is a Chinese research project in the field of quantum physics.
Tiangong-2 is China's second Space Laboratory module which was launched on 15 September 2016. Tiangong-2 carries a total of 14 mission and experiment packages, including Space-Earth quantum key distribution () ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Instruments%20and%20Methods%20in%20Physics%20Research | Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research (Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res.) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Elsevier. It was established in 1957 as Nuclear Instruments. It focuses on detectors descriptions and data analysis methods.
History
Nuclear Instruments (1957–1958)
Nuclear Instrum... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge%20integration | Knowledge integration is the process of synthesizing multiple knowledge models (or representations) into a common model (representation).
Compared to information integration, which involves merging information having different schemas and representation models, knowledge integration focuses more on synthesizing the un... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%286%29-Carboxymethyllysine | N(6)-Carboxymethyllysine (CML), also known as Nε-(carboxymethyl)lysine, is an advanced glycation endproduct (AGE). CML has been the most used marker for AGEs in food analysis.
Recently, it has been demonstrated that gut microbiota mediates an aging-associated decline in gut barrier function, allowing AGEs to leak in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volanesorsen | Volanesorsen, sold under the brand name Waylivra, is a triglyceride-reducing drug. It is a second-generation 2'-O-methoxyethyl (2'-MOE) chimeric antisense therapeutic oligonucleotide (ASO) that targets the messenger RNA for apolipoprotein C3 (apo-CIII).
The most common side effects include reduced platelet levels and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weil%E2%80%93Petersson%20metric | In mathematics, the Weil–Petersson metric is a Kähler metric on the Teichmüller space Tg,n of genus g Riemann surfaces with n marked points. It was introduced by using the Petersson inner product on forms on a Riemann surface (introduced by Hans Petersson).
Definition
If a point of Teichmüller space is represented b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20Domain%20of%20Interpretation | Group Domain of Interpretation or GDOI is a cryptographic protocol for group key management. The GDOI protocol is specified in an IETF Standard, RFC 6407, and is based on Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP), RFC 2408, and Internet Key Exchange version 1 (IKE). Whereas IKE is run between... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchidology | Orchidology is the scientific study of orchids. It is an organismal-level branch of botany.
See also
List of orchidologists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Botanical%20Society | The California Botanical Society was founded by Willis Linn Jepson in 1913, since when it has advanced the knowledge of botanical sciences in the Western United States
Services
The society services are: the journal Madroño, published since 1916; annual banquets in various California locations along with educational le... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne%20M.%20Holden | Joanne Merson Holden (September 5, 1946 – October 2, 2014) was an American nutritionist known for her food composition research. She served as head of the USDA Agricultural Research Service's Nutrient Data Laboratory and at the time of her death was ranked among the top 1% most cited researchers in agricultural science... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairness%20measure | Fairness measures or metrics are used in network engineering to determine whether users or applications are receiving a fair share of system resources. There are several mathematical and conceptual definitions of fairness.
Transmission Control Protocol fairness
Congestion control mechanisms for new network transmissio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virbhadra%E2%80%93Ellis%20lens%20equation | The Virbhadra-Ellis lens equation in astronomy and mathematics relates to the angular positions of an unlensed source , the image , the Einstein bending angle of light , and the angular diameter lens-source and observer-source distances.
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This lens equation is useful for studying gravitational lensing in a strong... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse%20food%20reaction | An adverse food reaction is an adverse response by the body to food or a specific type of food.
The most common adverse reaction is a food allergy, which is an adverse immune response to either a specific type or a range of food proteins.
However, other adverse responses to food are not allergies. These reactions in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%20Basic%20Programming%20Support | IBM Basic Programming Support/360 (BPS), originally called Special Support, was a set of standalone programs for System/360 mainframes with a minimum of 8 KiB of memory.
BPS was developed by IBM's General Products Division in Endicott, New York. The package included "assemblers, IOCS, compilers, sorts, and utilities ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicylaldehyde | Salicylic aldehyde (2-hydroxybenzaldehyde) is the organic compound with the formula (C7 H6 O2) C6H4CHO-2-OH. Along with 3-hydroxybenzaldehyde and 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde, it is one of the three isomers of hydroxybenzaldehyde. This colorless oily liquid has a bitter almond odor at higher concentration. Salicylaldehyde ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Entomological%20Society | The American Entomological Society was founded on March 1, 1859. It is the oldest continuously operating entomology society in the Western Hemisphere, and one of the oldest scientific societies in the United States. It is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The society publishes Entomological News, Transacti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ParaSail%20%28programming%20language%29 | Parallel Specification and Implementation Language (ParaSail) is an object-oriented parallel programming language. Its design and ongoing implementation is described in a blog and on its official website.
ParaSail uses a pointer-free programming model, where objects can grow and shrink, and value semantics are used f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Information%20Governance%20Board%20for%20Health%20and%20Social%20Care | The National Information Governance Board for Health and Social Care (NIGB) advised the United Kingdom government on information governance between 2008 and 2013.
History
The board was established under section 157 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008, with effect from October 2008, with a range of advisory functio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skin%20electrode%20gel | Skin electrode gels are used extensively to reduce electical resistance when using skin surface electrodes, both for medical instrumentation such as EEG, EMG and EKG, and for electrical stimulation treatments such as TENS, electrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy and defibrillation.
A typical electrode gel consists o... |
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