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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20speed%20control | An electronic speed control (ESC) is an electronic circuit that controls and regulates the speed of an electric motor. It may also provide reversing of the motor and dynamic braking.
Miniature electronic speed controls are used in electrically powered radio controlled models. Full-size electric vehicles also have syst... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimal%20residual%20method | The Minimal Residual Method or MINRES is a Krylov subspace method for the iterative solution of symmetric linear equation systems. It was proposed by mathematicians Christopher Conway Paige and Michael Alan Saunders in 1975.
In contrast to the popular CG method, the MINRES method does not assume that the matrix is pos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N-terminal%20prohormone%20of%20brain%20natriuretic%20peptide | The N-terminal prohormone of brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP or BNPT) is a prohormone with a 76 amino acid N-terminal inactive protein that is cleaved from the molecule to release brain natriuretic peptide 32 (BNP, also known as B-type natriuretic peptide).
Both BNP and NT-proBNP levels in the blood are used for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENO%20methods | ENO (essentially non-oscillatory) methods are classes of high-resolution schemes in numerical solution of differential equations.
History
The first ENO scheme was developed by Harten, Engquist, Osher and Chakravarthy in 1987. In 1994, the first weighted version of ENO was developed.
See also
High-resolution scheme
W... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-lock%20braking%20system | An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses. ABS operates by preventing the wheels from locking up during braking, thereby maintaining tractive contact with the road surface and allowing the driver to maintain... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20chess%20software | Chess software comes in different forms. A chess playing program provides a graphical chessboard on which one can play a chess game against a computer. Such programs are available for personal computers, video game consoles, smartphones/tablet computers or mainframes/supercomputers. A chess engine generates moves, but ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20gyrobicupola | In geometry, the square gyrobicupola is one of the Johnson solids (). Like the square orthobicupola (), it can be obtained by joining two square cupolae () along their bases. The difference is that in this solid, the two halves are rotated 45 degrees with respect to one another.
The square gyrobicupola is the second i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity%20Probe%20A | Gravity Probe A (GP-A) was a space-based experiment to test the equivalence principle, a feature of Einstein's theory of relativity. It was performed jointly by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The experiment sent a hydrogen masera highly accurate frequenc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homotopy%20type%20theory | In mathematical logic and computer science, homotopy type theory (HoTT ) refers to various lines of development of intuitionistic type theory, based on the interpretation of types as objects to which the intuition of (abstract) homotopy theory applies.
This includes, among other lines of work, the construction of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security%20Assertion%20Markup%20Language | Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML, pronounced SAM-el, ) is an open standard for exchanging authentication and authorization data between parties, in particular, between an identity provider and a service provider. SAML is an XML-based markup language for security assertions (statements that service providers use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Density%20dependence | In population ecology, density-dependent processes occur when population growth rates are regulated by the density of a population. This article will focus on density dependence in the context of macroparasite life cycles.
Positive density-dependence
Positive density-dependence, density-dependent facilitation, or the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital%20gyri | The inferior or orbital surface of the frontal lobe is concave, and rests on the orbital plate of the frontal bone. It is divided into four orbital gyri by a well-marked H-shaped orbital sulcus. These are named, from their position, the medial, anterior, lateral, and posterior, orbital gyri. The medial orbital gyrus pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flood%20pulse%20concept | The flood pulse concept explains how the periodic inundation and drought (flood pulse) control the lateral exchange of water, nutrients and organisms between the main river channel (or lake) and the connected floodplain. The annual flood pulse is the most important aspect and the most biologically productive feature of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siliceous%20sponge | The siliceous sponges form a major group of the phylum Porifera, consisting of classes Demospongiae and Hexactinellida. They are characterized by spicules made out of silicon dioxide, unlike calcareous sponges.
Individual siliachoates (silica skeleton scaffolding) can be arranged tightly within the sponginocyte or cro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snub%20disphenoid | In geometry, the snub disphenoid, Siamese dodecahedron, triangular dodecahedron, trigonal dodecahedron, or dodecadeltahedron is a convex polyhedron with twelve equilateral triangles as its faces. It is not a regular polyhedron because some vertices have four faces and others have five. It is a dodecahedron, one of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle%20Fusion%20Applications | Oracle Fusion Applications (OFA) are a suite of applications built on Oracle Cloud that include cloud-based applications for enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise performance management (EPM), supply chain management and manufacturing (SCM), human capital management (HCM), and customer experience (CX).
Oracle... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial | In a written or published work, an initial capital (also referred to as a drop capital or simply an initial cap, initial, initcapital, initcap or init or a drop cap or drop) is a letter at the beginning of a word, a chapter, or a paragraph that is larger than the rest of the text. The word is derived from the Latin ini... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Wallace%20%28computer%20scientist%29 | Christopher Stewart Wallace (26 October 1933 – 7 August 2004) was an Australian computer scientist and physicist.
Wallace is notable for having devised:
The minimum message length principle — an information-theoretic principle in statistics, econometrics, machine learning, inductive inference and knowledge discovery ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solasodine | Solasodine is a poisonous alkaloid chemical compound that occurs in plants of the family Solanaceae such as potatoes and tomatoes. Solasonine and solamargine are glycoalkaloid derivatives of solasodine. Solasodine is teratogenic to hamster fetuses in a dose of 1200 to 1600 mg/kg.
Literature survey reveals that solasodi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanoconodon | Yanoconodon is a monotypic genus of extinct early mammal whose representative species Yanoconodon allini lived during the Mesozoic in what is now China. The holotype fossil of Yanoconodon was excavated in the Yan Mountains about 300 kilometres from Beijing in the Qiaotou member of the Huajiying Formation (which the ori... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candi%20sugar | Candi sugar is a Belgian sugar product commonly used in brewing beer. It is particularly associated with stronger Belgian style ales such as dubbel and tripel. Chemically, it is an unrefined sugar beet derived sugar which has been subjected to Maillard reaction and caramelization. A common misconception is to consider ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20precipitation | Protein precipitation is widely used in downstream processing of biological products in order to concentrate proteins and purify them from various contaminants. For example, in the biotechnology industry protein precipitation is used to eliminate contaminants commonly contained in blood. The underlying mechanism of pre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcriptome%20instability | Transcriptome instability is a genome-wide, pre-mRNA splicing-related characteristic of certain cancers. In general, pre-mRNA splicing is dysregulated in a high proportion of cancerous cells. For certain types of cancer, like in colorectal and prostate, the number of splicing errors per cancer has been shown to vary g... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st%20Century%20Medicine | 21st Century Medicine (21CM) is a California cryobiological research company which has as its primary focus the development of perfusates and protocols for viable long-term cryopreservation of human organs, tissues and cells at temperatures below −100 °C through the use of vitrification. 21CM was founded in 1993.
In 2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite%20methods%20for%20structural%20dynamics | Composite methods are an approach applied in structural dynamics and related fields. They combine various methods in each time step, in order to acquire the advantages of different methods. The existing composite methods show satisfactory accuracy and powerful numerical dissipation, which is particularly useful for sol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical%20Anatomy | Clinical Anatomy is a peer-reviewed medical journal that covers anatomy in all its aspects—gross, histologic, developmental, and neurologic—as applied to medical practice. It is the official publication of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists, the British Association of Clinical Anatomists, the Australian an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higgins%20project | Higgins is an open-source project dedicated to giving individuals more control over their personal identity, profile and social network data.
The project is organized into three main areas:
Active Clients — An active client integrates with a browser and runs on a computer or mobile device.
Higgins 1. X: the active cl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-sides%20model | The four-sides model (also known as communication square or four-ears model) is a communication model postulated in 1981 by German psychologist Friedemann Schulz von Thun. According to this model every message has four facets though not the same emphasis might be put on each. The four sides of the message are fact, sel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20large%20cardinal%20properties | This page includes a list of cardinals with large cardinal properties. It is arranged roughly in order of the consistency strength of the axiom asserting the existence of cardinals with the given property. Existence of a cardinal number κ of a given type implies the existence of cardinals of most of the types listed ab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Microbiology%20Laboratory | The National Microbiology Laboratory (NML) is part of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the agency of the Government of Canada that is responsible for public health, health emergency preparedness and response, and infectious and chronic disease control and prevention.
NML is located in several sites across th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20ratio | The information ratio measures and compares the active return of an investment (e.g., a security or portfolio) compared to a benchmark index relative to the volatility of the active return (also known as active risk or benchmark tracking risk). It is defined as the active return (the difference between the returns of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnapinna%20sp.%20B | Magnapinna'' sp. B is an undescribed species of bigfin squid known only from a single immature specimen collected in the northern Atlantic Ocean.
Description
It is characterised by its dark epidermal pigmentation, which is epithelial, as opposed to the chromatophoral pigmentation found in other Magnapinna species.
D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitwise%20operations%20in%20C | In the C programming language, operations can be performed on a bit level using bitwise operators.
Bitwise operations are contrasted by byte-level operations which characterize the bitwise operators' logical counterparts, the AND, OR, NOT operators. Instead of performing on individual bits, byte-level operators perfor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landau%20Gold%20Medal | The Landau Gold Medal () is the highest award in theoretical physics awarded by the Russian Academy of Sciences and its predecessor the Soviet Academy of Sciences. It was established in 1971 and is named after Soviet physicist and Nobel Laureate Lev Landau. When awarded by the Soviet Academy of Sciences the award was t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal%20iliac%20lymph%20nodes | The internal iliac lymph nodes (or hypogastric) surround the internal iliac artery and its branches (the hypogastric vessels), and receive the lymphatics corresponding to the distribution of the branches of it, i. e., they receive lymphatics from all the pelvic viscera, from the deeper parts of the perineum, including ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric-field%20screening | In physics, screening is the damping of electric fields caused by the presence of mobile charge carriers. It is an important part of the behavior of charge-carrying fluids, such as ionized gases (classical plasmas), electrolytes, and charge carriers in electronic conductors (semiconductors, metals).
In a fluid, with a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-locked%20loop%20range | The terms hold-in range, pull-in range (acquisition range), and lock-in range are widely used by engineers for the concepts of frequency deviation ranges within which phase-locked loop-based circuits can achieve lock under various additional conditions.
History
In the classic books on phase-locked loops, published in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemness | Systemness is the state, quality, or condition of a complex system, that is, of a set of interconnected elements that behave as, or appear to be, a whole, exhibiting behavior distinct from the behavior of the parts. The term is new and has been applied to large social phenomena and organizations (healthcare and higher ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20human%20cell%20types%20derived%20from%20the%20germ%20layers | This is a list of cells in humans derived from the three embryonic germ layers – ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.
Cells derived from ectoderm
Surface ectoderm
Skin
Trichocyte
Keratinocyte
Anterior pituitary
Gonadotrope
Corticotrope
Thyrotrope
Somatotrope
Lactotroph
Tooth enamel
Ameloblast
Neural crest
P... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In-target%20probe | In-target probe, or ITP is a device used in computer hardware and microprocessor design, to control a target microprocessor or similar ASIC at the register level. It generally allows full control of the target device and allows the computer engineer access to individual processor registers, program counter, and instruc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Gieson%27s%20stain | Van Gieson's stain is a mixture of picric acid and acid fuchsin. It is the simplest method of differential staining of collagen and other connective tissue. It was introduced to histology by American neuropsychiatrist and pathologist Ira Van Gieson.
HvG stain generally refers to the combination of hematoxylin and Van ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camidanlumab%20tesirine | Camidanlumab tesirine (Cami-T or ADCT-301) is an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) composed of a human antibody that binds to the protein CD25, conjugated to a pyrrolobenzodiazepine dimer toxin.
The experimental drug, developed by ADC Therapeutics is being tested in clinical trials for the treatment of B-cell Hodgkin's ly... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20thermal%20properties | The thermal properties of soil are a component of soil physics that has found important uses in engineering, climatology and agriculture. These properties influence how energy is partitioned in the soil profile. While related to soil temperature, it is more accurately associated with the transfer of energy (mostly in t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformal%20group | In mathematics, the conformal group of an inner product space is the group of transformations from the space to itself that preserve angles. More formally, it is the group of transformations that preserve the conformal geometry of the space.
Several specific conformal groups are particularly important:
The conformal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boron%20aluminum%20titanium%20hydride | Boron Aluminum Titanium Hydride (BATH) was developed as a radiation shielding material in the NERVA project for space nuclear thermal propulsion applications. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inertial%20fusion%20power%20plant | Inertial Fusion Energy is a proposed approach to building a nuclear fusion power plant based on performing inertial confinement fusion at industrial scale. This approach to fusion power is still in a research phase. ICF first developed shortly after the development of the laser in 1960, but was a classified US resear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyback%20converter | The flyback converter is used in both AC/DC, and DC/DC conversion with galvanic isolation between the input and any outputs. The flyback converter is a buck-boost converter with the inductor split to form a transformer, so that the voltage ratios are multiplied with an additional advantage of isolation. When driving, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founder%20effect | In population genetics, the founder effect is the loss of genetic variation that occurs when a new population is established by a very small number of individuals from a larger population. It was first fully outlined by Ernst Mayr in 1942, using existing theoretical work by those such as Sewall Wright. As a result of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmholtz%20Centre%20for%20Environmental%20Research | The work of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ (prior to 28 November 2006 UFZ-Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH) covers both basic research and applied research.
The UFZ was established on 12 December 1991. The Centre commenced its research activities on 2 January 1992. The UFZ has location... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PyLadies | PyLadies is an international mentorship group which focuses on helping more women become active participants in the Python open-source community. It is part of the Python Software Foundation. It was started in Los Angeles in 2011. The mission of the group is to create a diverse Python community through outreach, educat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language%20equation | Language equations are mathematical statements that resemble numerical equations, but the variables assume values of formal languages rather than numbers. Instead of arithmetic operations in numerical equations, the variables are joined by language operations. Among the most common operations on two languages A and B a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markus%20Ralser | Markus Ralser (born 3 April 1980 in Vipiteno, Italy) is an Italian biologist. His main research interest is metabolism of microorganisms. He is also known for his work on the origin of metabolism during the origin of life, and proteomics.
Life and career
Prof. Ralser serves since 2019 as head of the Institute of Bio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics%20committee | An ethics committee is a body responsible for ensuring that medical experimentation and human subject research are carried out in an ethical manner in accordance with national and international law.
Specific regions
An ethics committee in the European Union is a body responsible for oversight of medical or human resea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Query%20expansion | Query expansion (QE) is the process of reformulating a given query to improve retrieval performance in information retrieval operations, particularly in the context of query understanding.
In the context of search engines, query expansion involves evaluating a user's input (what words were typed into the search query a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NH41 | The NR4A1 gene is a transcription factor important in the development of cells that secrete the hormone insulin-like 3 (INSL3). In general, the NR4A gene family regulates cell growth and differentiation.
In humans, INSL3 aids in the regulation of testicular descent during fetal development. In an adult INSL3 helps in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic%20integral%20function | In mathematics, the logarithmic integral function or integral logarithm li(x) is a special function. It is relevant in problems of physics and has number theoretic significance. In particular, according to the prime number theorem, it is a very good approximation to the prime-counting function, which is defined as the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clockwise | Two-dimensional rotation can occur in two possible directions or senses of rotation. Clockwise motion (abbreviated CW) proceeds in the same direction as a clock's hands: from the top to the right, then down and then to the left, and back up to the top. The opposite sense of rotation or revolution is (in Commonwealth En... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dactylitis | Dactylitis or sausage digit is inflammation of an entire digit (a finger or toe), and can be painful.
The word dactyl comes from the Greek word "daktylos" meaning "finger". In its medical term, it refers to both the fingers and the toes.
Associated conditions
Dactylitis can occur in seronegative arthropathies, such... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boolean%20algebras%20canonically%20defined | Boolean algebras are models of the equational theory of two values; this definition is equivalent to the lattice and ring definitions.
Boolean algebra is a mathematically rich branch of abstract algebra. Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy defines Boolean algebra as 'the algebra of two-valued logic with only sententi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural%20drawing | An architectural drawing or architect's drawing is a technical drawing of a building (or building project) that falls within the definition of architecture. Architectural drawings are used by architects and others for a number of purposes: to develop a design idea into a coherent proposal, to communicate ideas and conc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutral%20mutation | Neutral mutations are changes in DNA sequence that are neither beneficial nor detrimental to the ability of an organism to survive and reproduce. In population genetics, mutations in which natural selection does not affect the spread of the mutation in a species are termed neutral mutations. Neutral mutations that are ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren%20Kohnfelder | Loren Kohnfelder invented what is today called public key infrastructure (PKI) in his May 1978 MIT S.B. (BSCSE) thesis, which described a practical means of using public key cryptography to secure network communications.
The Kohnfelder thesis introduced the terms 'certificate' and 'certificate revocation list' as well... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residence%20time | The residence time of a fluid parcel is the total time that the parcel has spent inside a control volume (e.g.: a chemical reactor, a lake, a human body). The residence time of a set of parcels is quantified in terms of the frequency distribution of the residence time in the set, which is known as residence time distri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motronic | Motronic is the trade name given to a range of digital engine control units developed by Robert Bosch GmbH (commonly known as Bosch) which combined control of fuel injection and ignition in a single unit. By controlling both major systems in a single unit, many aspects of the engine's characteristics (such as power, fu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Planck%20Institute%20for%20Solid%20State%20Research | The Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung) was founded in 1969 and is one of the 82 Max Planck Institutes of the Max Planck Society. It is located on a campus in Stuttgart, together with the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems.
Research focus
Resea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruhathkayosaurus | Bruhathkayosaurus (; meaning "huge-bodied lizard") is an extinct genus of sauropod dinosaur found in the Kallamedu Formation of India. The fragmentary remains were originally described as a theropod, but it was later determined to be a titanosaurian sauropod. Length estimates by researchers exceed those of the titanosa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neural%20tissue%20engineering | Neural tissue engineering is a specific sub-field of tissue engineering. Neural tissue engineering is primarily a search for strategies to eliminate inflammation and fibrosis upon implantation of foreign substances. Often foreign substances in the form of grafts and scaffolds are implanted to promote nerve regeneration... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic%20group | In mathematics, an automatic group is a finitely generated group equipped with several finite-state automata. These automata represent the Cayley graph of the group. That is, they can tell if a given word representation of a group element is in a "canonical form" and can tell if two elements given in canonical words d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Similarities%20between%20Wiener%20and%20LMS | The Least mean squares filter solution converges to the Wiener filter solution, assuming that the unknown system is LTI and the noise is stationary. Both filters can be used to identify the impulse response of an unknown system, knowing only the original input signal and the output of the unknown system. By relaxing th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paratransgenesis | Paratransgenesis is a technique that attempts to eliminate a pathogen from vector populations through transgenesis of a symbiont of the vector. The goal of this technique is to control vector-borne diseases. The first step is to identify proteins that prevent the vector species from transmitting the pathogen. The genes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hahn%20decomposition%20theorem | In mathematics, the Hahn decomposition theorem, named after the Austrian mathematician Hans Hahn, states that for any measurable space and any signed measure defined on the -algebra , there exist two -measurable sets, and , of such that:
and .
For every such that , one has , i.e., is a positive set for .
Fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9vy%20hierarchy | In set theory and mathematical logic, the Lévy hierarchy, introduced by Azriel Lévy in 1965, is a hierarchy of formulas in the formal language of the Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory, which is typically called just the language of set theory. This is analogous to the arithmetical hierarchy, which provides a similar classifi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Furber | Stephen Byram Furber (born 21 March 1953) is a British computer scientist, mathematician and hardware engineer, currently the ICL Professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Manchester, UK. After completing his education at the University of Cambridge (BA, MMath, PhD), ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wicksellian%20Differential | The Wicksellian Differential is derived from Knut Wicksell's theory of interest and is an approximation of the extent of disequilibrium in an economy.
Formula: Wicksellian Differential = Natural Rate of Interest - Money Rate of Interest
Wicksell argued in Interest and Prices that the equilibrium of a credit economy c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20capacity%20ratio | In thermal physics and thermodynamics, the heat capacity ratio, also known as the adiabatic index, the ratio of specific heats, or Laplace's coefficient, is the ratio of the heat capacity at constant pressure () to heat capacity at constant volume (). It is sometimes also known as the isentropic expansion factor and is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson%20%28unit%29 | The thomson (symbol: Th) is a unit that has appeared infrequently in scientific literature relating to the field of mass spectrometry as a unit of mass-to-charge ratio. The unit was proposed by Cooks and Rockwood naming it in honour of J. J. Thomson who measured the mass-to-charge ratio of electrons and ions.
Definiti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetter | Tetter refers to any skin condition characterized by reddish vesicular eruptions and intense itching. Common diseases called tetter include:
Eczema and Duhring's disease
Herpes
Porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
Psoriasis
Ringworm and jock itch
Cutaneous conditions
Inflammations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct-coupled%20amplifier | A direct-coupled amplifier or DC amplifier is a type of amplifier in which the output of one stage of the amplifier is coupled to the input of the next stage in such a way as to permit signals with zero frequency, also referred to as direct current, to pass from input to output. This is an application of the more gene... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membrane%20paradigm | In black hole theory, the black hole membrane paradigm is a simplified model, useful for visualising and calculating the effects predicted by quantum mechanics for the exterior physics of black holes, without using quantum-mechanical principles or calculations. It models a black hole as a thin, classically radiating su... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytosanitary%20certification | Phytosanitary certification verifies phytosanitary worthiness (plant health). These certificates are used to attest that consignments meet phytosanitary import requirements and are undertaken by a National Plant Protection Organization (NPPO). Under the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measure... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray%20transient | X-ray emission occurs from many celestial objects. These emissions can have a pattern, occur intermittently, or as a transient astronomical event. In X-ray astronomy many sources have been discovered by placing an X-ray detector above the Earth's atmosphere. Often, the first X-ray source discovered in many constellatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Gy%C3%A1rf%C3%A1s%20conjecture | In graph theory, the unproven Erdős–Gyárfás conjecture, made in 1995 by the prolific mathematician Paul Erdős and his collaborator András Gyárfás, states that every graph with minimum degree 3 contains a simple cycle whose length is a power of two. Erdős offered a prize of $100 for proving the conjecture, or $50 for a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGARD-B%20wind%20tunnel%20model | AGARD-B is a standard wind tunnel model (calibration model) that is used to verify, by comparison of test results with previously published data, the measurement chain in a wind tunnel.
Together with its derivative AGARD-C it belongs to a family of AGARD standard wind tunnel models. Its origin dates to the year 1952, a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torelli%20theorem | In mathematics, the Torelli theorem, named after Ruggiero Torelli, is a classical result of algebraic geometry over the complex number field, stating that a non-singular projective algebraic curve (compact Riemann surface) C is determined by its Jacobian variety J(C), when the latter is given in the form of a principal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PALISADE%20%28software%29 | PALISADE is an open-source cross platform software library that provides implementations of lattice cryptography building blocks and homomorphic encryption schemes.
History
PALISADE adopted the open modular design principles of the predecessor SIPHER software library from the DARPA PROCEED program. SIPHER developmen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gomphidius%20glutinosus | Gomphidius glutinosus, commonly known as the slimy spike-cap, is a gilled mushroom found in Europe & North America. Although it has gills, it is a member of the order Boletales, along with the boletes. The fruiting bodies sprout in pine, fir and spruce woodland in Europe in autumn. Initially, are completely covered wit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrinsic%20bond%20orbitals | Intrinsic bond orbitals (IBO) are localized molecular orbitals giving exact and non-empirical representations of wave functions. They are obtained by unitary transformation and form an orthogonal set of orbitals localized on a minimal number of atoms. IBOs present an intuitive and unbiased interpretation of chemical bo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton%20Prize | The ISCB Overton Prize is a computational biology prize awarded annually for outstanding accomplishment by a scientist in the early to mid stage of his or her career. Laureates have made significant contribution to the field of computational biology either through research, education, service, or a combination of the t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Many%20antennas | Many antennas is a smart antenna technique which overcomes the performance limitation of single user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) techniques. In cellular communication, the maximum number of considered antennas for downlink is 2 and 4 to support 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) and IMT Advanced requirements, res... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Shepherd-Barron | Nicholas Ian Shepherd-Barron, FRS (born 17 March 1955), is a British mathematician working in algebraic geometry. He is a professor of mathematics at King's College London.
Education and career
Shepherd-Barron was a scholar of Winchester College. He obtained his B.A. at Jesus College, Cambridge in 1976, and received... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidential%20computing | Confidential computing is a security and privacy-enhancing computational technique focused on protecting data in use. Confidential computing can be used in conjunction with storage and network encryption, which protect data at rest and data in transit respectively. It is designed to address software, protocol, cryptogr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agaricus%20xanthodermus | Agaricus xanthodermus, commonly known as the yellow-staining agaricus, yellow-staining mushroom or yellow-stainer, is a mushroom of the
genus Agaricus, which displays a strong yellow colouration at the base of the stem when cut. It has a phenolic smell. It is poisonous for most people, causing gastrointestinal upset, b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer%20matrix | In mathematics, an integer matrix is a matrix whose entries are all integers. Examples include binary matrices, the zero matrix, the matrix of ones, the identity matrix, and the adjacency matrices used in graph theory, amongst many others. Integer matrices find frequent application in combinatorics.
Examples
and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DESQview | DESQview (DV) is a text mode multitasking operating environment developed by Quarterdeck Office Systems which enjoyed modest popularity in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Running on top of DOS, it allows users to run multiple programs concurrently in multiple windows.
Desq
Quarterdeck's predecessor to DESQview was a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA/RNA%20non-specific%20endonuclease | In molecular biology, enzymes in the DNA/RNA non-specific endonuclease family of bacterial and eukaryotic endonucleases share the following characteristics: they act on both DNA and RNA, cleave double-stranded and single-stranded nucleic acids and require a divalent ion such as magnesium for their activity. A histidin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimpoteuthis%20abyssicola | Grimpoteuthis abyssicola, commonly known as the red jellyhead, is a species of small deep-sea octopus known from two specimens. The holotype specimen was a female collected on the Lord Howe Rise (central Tasman Sea off New Zealand), between 3154 and 3180 meters depth. A second specimen (a male) was collected on the con... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20real%20analysis%20topics | This is a list of articles that are considered real analysis topics.
General topics
Limits
Limit of a sequence
Subsequential limit – the limit of some subsequence
Limit of a function (see List of limits for a list of limits of common functions)
One-sided limit – either of the two limits of functions of real variable... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIESTA%20%28computer%20program%29 | SIESTA (Spanish Initiative for Electronic Simulations with Thousands of Atoms) is an original method and its computer program implementation, to efficiently perform electronic structure calculations and ab initio molecular dynamics simulations of molecules and solids. SIESTA uses strictly localized basis sets and the i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola%2068000%20series | The Motorola 68000 series (also known as 680x0, m68000, m68k, or 68k) is a family of 32-bit complex instruction set computer (CISC) microprocessors. During the 1980s and early 1990s, they were popular in personal computers and workstations and were the primary competitors of Intel's x86 microprocessors. They were best ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenius%20Nulty | Eugenius Nulty (1790 – July 3, 1871) was an Irish born American mathematician of the 19th century. He served on the faculty of Dickinson College from 1814 to 1816, and later taught and tutored prominent Philadelphians, including the brothers Mathew Carey Lea and Henry Charles Lea.
Career
After arriving in the United S... |
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