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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protosteroid | A protosteroid or primordial fat is a lipid precursor, which can be transformed during subsequent biochemical reactions and finally become steroid. The protosteroids are biomarkers that are produced by ancient eukaryotes belonged to the microorganisms in the protosterol biota. The intermediate compounds created by thes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemogenic%20endothelium | Hemogenic endothelium is a special subset of endothelial cells scattered within blood vessels that can differentiate into haematopoietic cells.
The development of hematopoietic cells in the embryo proceeds sequentially from mesoderm through the hemangioblast to the hemogenic endothelium and hematopoietic progenitors.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera%20module | A camera module is an image sensor integrated with a lens, control electronics
, and an interface like CSI, Ethernet or plain raw low-voltage differential signaling.
See also
IP camera
Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI)
Elphel - multi-sensor camera based on FPGA and Ethernet interface. Previous camera model... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set%20splitting%20problem | In computational complexity theory, the set splitting problem is the following decision problem: given a family F of subsets of a finite set S, decide whether there exists a partition of S into two subsets S1, S2 such that all elements of F are split by this partition, i.e., none of the elements of F is completely in S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrinsic%20flat%20distance | In mathematics, the intrinsic flat distance is a notion for distance between two Riemannian manifolds which is a generalization of Federer and Fleming's flat distance between submanifolds and integral currents lying in Euclidean space.
Overview
The Sormani–Wenger intrinsic flat (SWIF) distance is a distance between c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartesian%20tree | In computer science, a Cartesian tree is a binary tree derived from a sequence of distinct numbers. To construct the Cartesian tree, set its root to be the minimum number in the sequence, and recursively construct its left and right subtrees from the subsequences before and after this number. It is uniquely defined as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track%20%28disk%20drive%29 | A disk drive track is a circular path on the surface of a disk or diskette on which information is magnetically recorded and from which recorded information is read.
A track is a physical division of data in a disk drive, as used in the Cylinder-Head-Record (CCHHR) addressing mode of a CKD disk. The concept is concen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%E2%80%93Ramanujan%20continued%20fraction | The Rogers–Ramanujan continued fraction is a continued fraction discovered by and independently by Srinivasa Ramanujan, and closely related to the Rogers–Ramanujan identities. It can be evaluated explicitly for a broad class of values of its argument.
Definition
Given the functions and appearing in the Rogers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecomorphology | Ecomorphology or ecological morphology is the study of the relationship between the ecological role of an individual and its morphological adaptations. The term "morphological" here is in the anatomical context. Both the morphology and ecology exhibited by an organism are directly or indirectly influenced by their envi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snap%21%20%28programming%20language%29 | Snap! (formerly Build Your Own Blocks) is a free block-based educational graphical programming language and online community allowing students to explore, create, and remix interactive animations, games, stories, and more, while learning about mathematical and computational ideas. While inspired by Scratch, Snap! has m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian%20Islands | The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Nā Moku o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major volcanic islands, several atolls, and numerous smaller islets in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiʻi in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll. Formerly called the Sandwich Islands, the present name for th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATM%20%28computer%29 | The ATM Turbo (ru: "АТМ-ТУРБО"), also known simply as ATM (from ru: "Ассоциация Творческой Молодёжи", meaning "Association of Creative Youth") is a ZX Spectrum clone, developed in Moscow in 1991, by two firms, MicroArt and ATM.
It offers enhanced characteristics, compared to the original Spectrum, such as a , RAM, R... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domination%20analysis | Domination analysis of an approximation algorithm is a way to estimate its performance, introduced by Glover and Punnen in 1997. Unlike the classical approximation ratio analysis, which compares the numerical quality of a calculated solution with that of an optimal solution, domination analysis involves examining the r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coding%20strand | When referring to DNA transcription, the coding strand (or informational strand) is the DNA strand whose base sequence is identical to the base sequence of the RNA transcript produced (although with thymine replaced by uracil). It is this strand which contains codons, while the non-coding strand contains anticodons. Du... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSSP%20%28imaging%29 | DSSP stands for digital shape sampling and processing. It is an alternative and often preferred way of describing "reverse engineering" software and hardware. The term originated in a 2005 Society of Manufacturing Engineers' "Blue Book" on the topic, which referenced numerous suppliers of both scanning hardware and pro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servo%20control | Servo control is a method of controlling many types of RC/hobbyist servos by sending the servo a PWM (pulse-width modulation) signal, a series of repeating pulses of variable width where either the width of the pulse (most common modern hobby servos) or the duty cycle of a pulse train (less common today) determines the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pose%20%28computer%20vision%29 | In the fields of computing and computer vision, pose (or spatial pose) represents the position and orientation of an object, usually in three dimensions. Poses are often stored internally as transformation matrices. The term “pose” is largely synonymous with the term “transform”, but a transform may often include scale... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assimilation%20%28biology%29 | ' is the process of absorption of vitamins, minerals, and other chemicals from food as part of the nutrition of an organism. In humans, this is always done with a chemical breakdown (enzymes and acids) and physical breakdown (oral mastication and stomach churning).chemical alteration of substances in the bloodstream b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery%20eliminator%20circuit | In battery-powered equipment, a battery eliminator circuit (BEC) is an electronic voltage regulator used to power a subsystem at a different voltage without the need for a supplemental battery. BECs are commonly used in radio-controlled models, which need separate voltages to power the motor and the R/C equipment.
Rad... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicomplex%20number | In abstract algebra, a bicomplex number is a pair of complex numbers constructed by the Cayley–Dickson process that defines the bicomplex conjugate , and the product of two bicomplex numbers as
Then the bicomplex norm is given by
a quadratic form in the first component.
The bicomplex numbers form a commutative alg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security%20Account%20Manager | The Security Account Manager (SAM) is a database file in Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 that stores users' passwords. It can be used to authenticate local and remote users. Beginning with Windows 2000 SP4, Active Directory authenticates remote users. SAM uses cryptographic measures to prevent unau... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Institute%20for%20Astrophysics | The National Institute for Astrophysics (, or INAF) is an Italian research institute in astronomy and astrophysics, founded in 1999. INAF funds and operates twenty separate research facilities, which in turn employ scientists, engineers and technical staff. The research they perform covers most areas of astronomy, rang... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry%20O.%20Simons | Perry Oveitt Simons (October 6, 1869 – 1901) was an American scientific collector. He predominantly worked in the Neotropics.
Early life and education
Simons was born on October 6, 1869, in Mineral Point, Wisconsin. He had at least one brother, Luther B. Simons. In 1886 he left Wisconsin for Riverside, California, whe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garde%20manger | A (; French) is a cool, well-ventilated area where cold dishes (such as salads, , appetizers, canapés, pâtés, and terrines) are prepared and other foods are stored under refrigeration. The person in charge of this area is known as the "" or "pantry chef". Larger hotels and restaurants may have staff to perform additi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exocytosis | Exocytosis () is a form of active transport and bulk transport in which a cell transports molecules (e.g., neurotransmitters and proteins) out of the cell (exo- + cytosis). As an active transport mechanism, exocytosis requires the use of energy to transport material. Exocytosis and its counterpart, endocytosis, are use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penman%20equation | The Penman equation describes evaporation (E) from an open water surface, and was developed by Howard Penman in 1948. Penman's equation requires daily mean temperature, wind speed, air pressure, and solar radiation to predict E. Simpler Hydrometeorological equations continue to be used where obtaining such data is im... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20instruction%2C%20multiple%20data | In computing, multiple instruction, multiple data (MIMD) is a technique employed to achieve parallelism. Machines using MIMD have a number of processors that function asynchronously and independently. At any time, different processors may be executing different instructions on different pieces of data.
MIMD architectu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus%20Privy | The Cerberus Privy, at Gayhurst House, Buckinghamshire, England, is a communal lavatory built for the male servants of the house. It was constructed between 1859-1860 and was designed by William Burges. Now converted to a private home, it is a Grade II* listed building.
History
Gayhurst House was built in the early si... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postorgasmic%20illness%20syndrome | Postorgasmic illness syndrome (POIS) is a syndrome in which people have chronic physical and cognitive symptoms following ejaculation. The symptoms usually onset within seconds, minutes, or hours, and last for up to a week. The cause and prevalence are unknown; it is considered a rare disease.
Signs and symptoms
The ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball%20tree | In computer science, a ball tree, balltree or metric tree, is a space partitioning data structure for organizing points in a multi-dimensional space. A ball tree partitions data points into a nested set of balls. The resulting data structure has characteristics that make it useful for a number of applications, most not... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trottolino | Trottolino is the title character of an Italian humorous comics magazine.
Background
Trottolino was created in 1952 by Giorgio Rebuffi under the pen name "O'Layne" and was the title character of a comics magazine published between 1952 and 1990. It was the first comics magazine published by Renato Bianconi, a former ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological%20homomorphism | In functional analysis, a topological homomorphism or simply homomorphism (if no confusion will arise) is the analog of homomorphisms for the category of topological vector spaces (TVSs).
This concept is of considerable importance in functional analysis and the famous open mapping theorem gives a sufficient condition ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copiale%20cipher | The Copiale cipher is an encrypted manuscript consisting of 75,000 handwritten characters filling 105 pages in a bound volume. Undeciphered for more than 260 years, the document was decrypted in 2011 with computer assistance. An international team consisting of Kevin Knight of the University of Southern California Inf... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing%20fundamental | A harmonic sound is said to have a missing fundamental, suppressed fundamental, or phantom fundamental when its overtones suggest a fundamental frequency but the sound lacks a component at the fundamental frequency itself.
The brain perceives the pitch of a tone not only by its fundamental frequency, but also by the pe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-elliptic%20operator | In mathematics — specifically, in the theory of partial differential equations — a semi-elliptic operator is a partial differential operator satisfying a positivity condition slightly weaker than that of being an elliptic operator. Every elliptic operator is also semi-elliptic, and semi-elliptic operators share many of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal%20field%20theory | A conformal field theory (CFT) is a quantum field theory that is invariant under conformal transformations. In two dimensions, there is an infinite-dimensional algebra of local conformal transformations, and conformal field theories can sometimes be exactly solved or classified.
Conformal field theory has important ap... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montini%20%28toy%29 | Montini was a Dutch brand of Lego-like building bricks, manufactured between 1961 and 1969.
Montini blocks were produced by Berco Lux in Tiel. The bricks were compatible with Lego bricks, though the studs on the bricks were taller. The blocks were moulded in a flexible tough polypropylene, making them softer than Leg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fukuppy | was the short-lived English name of a mascot of the Japanese company Fukushima Industries. The mascot has the form of a genderless anthropomorphic egg with red feet, little blue wings, and a happy smiling face.
Fukushima Industries (now known as Fukushima Galilei) is based in Osaka, and manufactures industrial cooling... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive%20quality%20of%20service%20multi-hop%20routing | In multi-hop networks, Adaptive Quality of Service routing (AQoS or AQR) protocols have become increasingly popular and have numerous applications. One application in which it may be useful is in Mobile ad hoc networking (MANET).
Adaptive QoS routing is a cross-layer optimization adaptive routing mechanism. The cro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Brunner | Robert Brunner (born 1958) is an American industrial designer. Brunner was the Director of Industrial Design for Apple Computer from 1989 to 1996, and is a founder and current partner at Ammunition Design Group.
Biography
Brunner received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Design from San José State Universit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solenodonsaurus | Solenodonsaurus ("single-tooth lizard") is an extinct genus of reptiliomorphs that lived in what is now Czech Republic, during the Westphalian stage.
Description
Solenondosaurus had snout-vent length with a skull length .
Solenodonsaurus shows a curious mix of characters making it difficult to place phylogeneticall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NeXtProt | neXtProt is an on-line knowledge platform on human proteins.
It strives to be a comprehensive resource that provides a variety of
types of information on human proteins, such as their function,
subcellular location, expression, interactions and role in diseases.
The major part of the information in neXtProt
is obtain... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin%20shrink%20small%20outline%20package | The Thin Shrink Small Outline Package (TSSOP) is a rectangular surface mount plastic integrated circuit (IC) package with gull-wing leads.
Application
They are suited for applications requiring 1 mm or less mounted height and are commonly used in analog and operation amplifiers, controllers and Drivers, Logic, Memory... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haven%20%28graph%20theory%29 | In graph theory, a haven is a certain type of function on sets of vertices in an undirected graph. If a haven exists, it can be used by an evader to win a pursuit–evasion game on the graph, by consulting the function at each step of the game to determine a safe set of vertices to move into. Havens were first introduced... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forkhead-associated%20domain | In molecular biology, the forkhead-associated domain (FHA domain) is a phosphopeptide recognition domain found in many regulatory proteins. It displays specificity for phosphothreonine-containing epitopes but will also recognise phosphotyrosine with relatively high affinity. It spans approximately 80-100 amino acid res... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total%20least%20squares | In applied statistics, total least squares is a type of errors-in-variables regression, a least squares data modeling technique in which observational errors on both dependent and independent variables are taken into account. It is a generalization of Deming regression and also of orthogonal regression, and can be appl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-play%20attack | In the field of security engineering, a pre-play attack is a cryptographic attack in which an attacker prepares for the attack in advance by carrying out a simulated transaction while pretending to be the device to be attacked, and then repeats the attack a second time with the real device at a time when it is likely t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20H.%20Pribram | Karl H. Pribram (; ; February 25, 1919 – January 19, 2015) was a professor at Georgetown University, in the United States, an emeritus professor of psychology and psychiatry at Stanford University and distinguished professor at Radford University. Board-certified as a neurosurgeon, Pribram did pioneering work on the de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular%20frequency | In physics, angular frequency (symbol ω), also called angular speed and angular rate, is a scalar measure of the angle rate (the angle per unit time) or the temporal rate of change of the phase argument of a sinusoidal waveform or sine function (for example, in oscillations and waves).
Angular frequency (or angular spe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuFW | NuFW is a software package that extends Netfilter, the Linux kernel-internal packet filtering firewall module. NuFW adds authentication to filtering rules. NuFW is also provided as a hardware firewall, in the EdenWall firewalling appliance. NuFW has been restarted by the FFI and renamed into UFWI.
Introduction
NuFW ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosiwal%20scale | The Rosiwal scale is a hardness scale in mineralogy, with its name given in memory of the Austrian geologist August Karl Rosiwal. The Rosiwal scale attempts to give more quantitative values of scratch hardness, unlike the Mohs scale which is a qualitative measurement with relative values.
The Rosiwal method (also cal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchella%20pulchella | Morchella pulchella is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae that was described as new to science in 2012. It is found in France, where it grows on calcareous soil under Buddleja davidii. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extendible%20cardinal | In mathematics, extendible cardinals are large cardinals introduced by , who was partly motivated by reflection principles. Intuitively, such a cardinal represents a point beyond which initial pieces of the universe of sets start to look similar, in the sense that each is elementarily embeddable into a later one.
Def... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20dimorphism%20in%20Carnivorans | Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction. Sexual dimorphism in carnivorans, in which males are larger than females, is common among carnivorans. Sexual selection is frequently ci... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinole | Pinole, also called pinol or pinolillo, is roasted ground maize, which is then mixed with a combination of cocoa, agave, cinnamon, chia seeds, vanilla, or other spices. The resulting powder is then used as a nutrient-dense ingredient to make different foods, such as cereals, baked goods, tortillas, and beverages. The ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt | Cobalt is a chemical element with the symbol Co and atomic number 27. As with nickel, cobalt is found in the Earth's crust only in a chemically combined form, save for small deposits found in alloys of natural meteoric iron. The free element, produced by reductive smelting, is a hard, lustrous, silvery metal.
Cobalt-b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VGA%20connector | The Video Graphics Array (VGA) connector is a standard connector used for computer video output. Originating with the 1987 IBM PS/2 and its VGA graphics system, the 15-pin connector went on to become ubiquitous on PCs, as well as many monitors, projectors and high-definition television sets.
Other connectors have been... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6ller%E2%80%93Trumbore%20intersection%20algorithm | The Möller–Trumbore ray-triangle intersection algorithm, named after its inventors Tomas Möller and Ben Trumbore, is a fast method for calculating the intersection of a ray and a triangle in three dimensions without needing precomputation of the plane equation of the plane containing the triangle. Among other uses, it ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti%20sort | Spaghetti sort is a linear-time, analog algorithm for sorting a sequence of items, introduced by A. K. Dewdney in his Scientific American column. This algorithm sorts a sequence of items requiring O(n) stack space in a stable manner. It requires a parallel processor.
Algorithm
For simplicity, assume we are sorting a l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COPS%20%28software%29 | The Computer Oracle and Password System (COPS) was the first vulnerability scanner for Unix operating systems to achieve widespread use. It was created by Dan Farmer while he was a student at Purdue University. Gene Spafford helped Farmer start the project in 1989.
Features
COPS is a software suite comprising at least... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla%20Roadster%20%28second%20generation%29 | The Tesla Roadster is an upcoming battery electric four-seater sports car to be built by Tesla, Inc. The company has said that it will be capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in 1.9 seconds. The Roadster is the successor to Tesla's first production car, the 2008 Roadster.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has said that the Road... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile%20transducer | A tactile transducer or "bass shaker" is a device which is made on the principle that low bass frequencies can be felt as well as heard. They can be compared with a common loudspeaker, just that the diaphragm is missing. Instead, another object is used as a diaphragm. A shaker transmits low-frequency vibrations into va... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorial%20Theory%20%28journal%29 | Combinatorial Theory is a peer-reviewed diamond open access mathematical journal specializing in the field of combinatorics. It was established in 2021, when the vast majority of the editorial board of the Elsevier-published Journal of Combinatorial Theory left to create a new journal.
Operations
Combinatorial Theory ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six%20nines%20in%20pi | A sequence of six consecutive nines occurs in the decimal representation of the number pi (), starting at the 762nd decimal place. It has become famous because of the mathematical coincidence, and because of the idea that one could memorize the digits of up to that point, and then suggest that is rational. The earlie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20energy%20principle | The free energy principle is a theoretical framework suggesting that the brain reduces surprise or uncertainty by making predictions based on internal models and updating them using sensory input. It highlights the brain's objective of aligning its internal model with the external world to enhance prediction accuracy. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reusability | In computer science and software engineering, reusability is the use of existing assets in some form within the software product development process; these assets are products and by-products of the software development life cycle and include code, software components, test suites, designs and documentation. The opposi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual%20metrology | In semiconductor manufacturing, virtual metrology refers to methods to predict the properties of a wafer based on machine parameters and sensor data in the production equipment, without performing the (costly) physical measurement of the wafer properties. Statistical methods such as classification and regression are us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrionaceae | The Vibrionaceae are a family of Pseudomonadota given their own order, Vibrionales. Inhabitants of fresh or salt water, several species are pathogenic, including the type species Vibrio cholerae, which is the agent responsible for cholera. Most bioluminescent bacteria belong to this family, and are typically found as s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplitude%20amplification | Amplitude amplification is a technique in quantum computing which generalizes the idea behind Grover's search algorithm, and gives rise to a family of quantum algorithms.
It was discovered by Gilles Brassard and Peter Høyer in 1997, and independently rediscovered by Lov Grover in 1998.
In a quantum computer, amplitude... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CC41 | The CC41 Utility logo was an identifying mark of products produced and sold as part of the British Government's Second World War Utility Clothing Scheme.
The CC41 mark indicated that the item met the standards of the Government's Utility regulations, and could be sold as a product of the Utility Scheme. Easily recogn... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protocol%20engineering | Protocol engineering is the application of systematic methods to the development of communication protocols. It uses many of the principles of software engineering, but it is specific to the development of distributed systems.
History
When the first experimental and commercial computer networks were developed in the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St-connectivity | In computer science, st-connectivity or STCON is a decision problem asking, for vertices s and t in a directed graph, if t is reachable from s.
Formally, the decision problem is given by
.
Complexity
On a sequential computer, st-connectivity can easily be solved in linear time by either depth-first search or breadth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radon%E2%80%93Riesz%20property | The Radon–Riesz property is a mathematical property for normed spaces that helps ensure convergence in norm. Given two assumptions (essentially weak convergence and continuity of norm), we would like to ensure convergence in the norm topology.
Definition
Suppose that (X, ||·||) is a normed space. We say that X has the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrawide%20formats | Ultrawide formats refers to photos, videos, and displays with aspect ratios greater than 2. There were multiple moves in history towards wider formats, including one by Disney, with some of them being more successful than others.
Cameras usually capture ultra-wide photos and videos using an anamorphic format lens, w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google%20Moderator | Google Moderator was a Google service that used crowdsourcing to rank user-submitted questions, suggestions and ideas. It was launched on September 25, 2008 and shut down on June 30, 2015. The service allowed the management of feedback from a large number of people, who could vote for questions they thought should be p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum%20packing | Vacuum packing is a method of packaging that removes air from the package prior to sealing. This method involves placing items in a plastic film package, removing air from inside and sealing the package. Shrink film is sometimes used to have a tight fit to the contents. The intent of vacuum packing is usually to remove... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic%20angular%20momentum | In physics, relativistic angular momentum refers to the mathematical formalisms and physical concepts that define angular momentum in special relativity (SR) and general relativity (GR). The relativistic quantity is subtly different from the three-dimensional quantity in classical mechanics.
Angular momentum is an imp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawn | A lawn () is an area of soil-covered land planted with grasses and other durable plants such as clover which are maintained at a short height with a lawn mower (or sometimes grazing animals) and used for aesthetic and recreational purposes—it is also commonly referred to as part of a garden. Lawns are usually composed ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museum%20informatics | Museum informatics is an interdisciplinary field of study that refers to the theory and application of informatics by museums. It represents a convergence of culture, digital technology, and information science. In the context of the digital age facilitating growing commonalities across museums, libraries and archives,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothened%20agonist | Smoothened agonist (SAG) was one of the first small-molecule agonists developed for the protein Smoothened, a key part of the hedgehog signaling pathway, which is involved in brain development as well as having a number of other functions in the body.
Smoothened agonist has been shown to aid proliferation and survival... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX | MSX is a standardized home computer architecture, announced by ASCII Corporation on June 16, 1983. It was initially conceived by Microsoft as a product for the Eastern sector, and jointly marketed by Kazuhiko Nishi, the director at ASCII Corporation. Microsoft and Nishi conceived the project as an attempt to create uni... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmortem%20studies | Postmortem studies are a type of neurobiological research, which provides information to researchers and individuals who will have to make medical decisions in the future. Postmortem researchers conduct a longitudinal study of the brain of an individual, who has some sort of phenomenological condition (i.e. cannot spea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20steering | Computational steering is the practice of manually intervening with an otherwise autonomous computational process, to change its outcome. The term is commonly used within the numerical simulation community, where it more specifically refers to the practice of interactively guiding a computational experiment into some r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EnvZ/OmpR%20two-component%20system | EnvZ/OmpR is a two-component regulatory system widely distributed in bacteria and particularly well characterized in Escherichia coli. Its function is in osmoregulation, responding to changes in environmental osmolality by regulating the expression of the outer membrane porins OmpF and OmpC. EnvZ is a histidine kinase ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhash%20Kak | Subhash Kak is an Indian-American computer scientist and historical revisionist. He is the Regents Professor of Computer Science Department at Oklahoma State University–Stillwater, an honorary visiting professor of engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a member of the Indian Prime Minister's Science, Technolo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20brain | The human brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system. The brain consists of the cerebrum, the brainstem and the cerebellum. It controls most of the activities of the body, processing, integrating, and coordinating the information it receives from... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel%20Emer | Joel S. Emer (born March 2, 1954) is a pioneer in computer performance analysis techniques and a microprocessor architect. He is currently a researcher at Nvidia, and a Professor of the Practice at MIT,
and was formerly an Intel Fellow. He was the 2009 recipient of the Eckert–Mauchly Award, an ACM/IEEE joint award for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology%20of%20dinosaurs | The physiology of dinosaurs has historically been a controversial subject, particularly their thermoregulation. Recently, many new lines of evidence have been brought to bear on dinosaur physiology generally, including not only metabolic systems and thermoregulation, but on respiratory and cardiovascular systems as wel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference%20circuit | A reference circuit is a hypothetical electric circuit of specified equivalent length and configuration, and having a defined transmission characteristic or characteristics, used primarily as a reference for measuring the performance of other, i.e., real, circuits or as a guide for planning and engineering of circuits ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonnegative%20matrix | In mathematics, a nonnegative matrix, written
is a matrix in which all the elements are equal to or greater than zero, that is,
A positive matrix is a matrix in which all the elements are strictly greater than zero. The set of positive matrices is a subset of all non-negative matrices. While such matrices are commo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duplex%20perception | Duplex perception refers to the linguistic phenomenon whereby "part of the acoustic signal is used for both a speech and a nonspeech percept." A listener is presented with two simultaneous, dichotic stimuli. One ear receives an isolated third-formant transition that sounds like a nonspeech chirp. At the same time the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxillary%20nerve | In neuroanatomy, the maxillary nerve (V) is one of the three branches or divisions of the trigeminal nerve, the fifth (CN V) cranial nerve. It comprises the principal functions of sensation from the maxilla, nasal cavity, sinuses, the palate and subsequently that of the mid-face, and is intermediate, both in position ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactive%20planning | In artificial intelligence, reactive planning denotes a group of techniques for action selection by autonomous agents. These techniques differ from classical planning in two aspects. First, they operate in a timely fashion and hence can cope with highly dynamic and unpredictable environments. Second, they compute just... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudant | Cloudant is an IBM software product, which is primarily delivered as a cloud-based service. Cloudant is a non-relational, distributed database service of the same name. Cloudant is based on the Apache-backed CouchDB project and the open source BigCouch project.
Cloudant's service provides integrated data management, s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Institute%20of%20Public%20Health | Royal Institute of Public Health merged in 2008 with the Royal Society for Health to form Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH).
History
The institute was the amalgamation of a few societies. The Metropolitan Association of Medical Officers of Health was an English society of metropolitan Medical Officer for Health ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wholesome%20Meat%20Act | The Wholesome Meat Act (also called "Equal To" law) is a United States federal law passed by the 90th United States Congressional session and enacted into law by United States President Lyndon B. Johnson on December 15, 1967, amending the Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 which established a statute for federal meat ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20Centres%20Network | The Online Centres Network is a UK-based network which helps communities tackle social and digital exclusion.
Good Things Foundation coordinates the Online Centres Network of 5,000 community partners, who provide free or low-cost access to computers and the internet. The organisation also provide training and support ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Skinner%20Cooper | William Skinner Cooper (25 August 1884 – 8 October 1978) was an American ecologist. Cooper received his B.S. in 1906 from Alma College in Michigan. In 1909, he entered graduate school at the University of Chicago, where he studied with Henry Chandler Cowles, and completed his Ph.D. in 1911. His first major publicatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleoethnobotany%20of%20the%20Mapuche | The paleoethnobotany of the Mapuche focuses on archaeological evidence supporting plant use by past and present Mapuche populations collected from multiple sites in southern Chile and the Patagonia region of Argentina. Paleoethnobotany is the study of fossil and material remains from plants, mostly seeds and residues t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure%20drop | Pressure drop (often abbreviated as "dP" or "ΔP") is defined as the difference in total pressure between two points of a fluid carrying network. A pressure drop occurs when frictional forces, caused by the resistance to flow, act on a fluid as it flows through a conduit (such as a channel, pipe, or tube). This friction... |
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