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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauda%20helicis | In the lower part of the helix the cartilage is prolonged downward as a tail-like process, the cauda helicis; this is separated from the antihelix by a fissure, the fissura antitragohelicina. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral%20shoot | A lateral shoot, commonly known as a branch, is a part of a plant's shoot system that develops from axillary buds on the stem's surface, extending laterally from the plant's stem.
Importance to photosynthesis
As a plant grows it requires more energy, it also is required to out-compete nearby plants for this energy. On... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelphogamy | Adelphogamy is a form of sexual partnership between sibling eukaryotes, especially in some species of fungi, flowering plants or ants, or in humans. In flowering plants, adelphogamy refers to sibling pollination: pollen and stigma belong to two individuals which derives from same mother plant.
In sociology, the term a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life-time%20of%20correlation | In probability theory and related fields, the life-time of correlation measures the timespan over which there is appreciable autocorrelation or cross-correlation in stochastic processes.
Definition
The correlation coefficient ρ, expressed as an autocorrelation function or cross-correlation function, depends on the la... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creditcall | Creditcall (now NMI) is a payment service provider and payment gateway with offices in the United States and UK, providing credit card authorisation and settlement services to banks and processors in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada.
History
Creditcall Limited, originally Creditcall Communications Limited,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gongronella | Gongronella is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Cunninghamellaceae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species:
Gongronella brasiliensis
Gongronella butleri
Gongronella guangdongensis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflected-wave%20switching | Reflected-wave switching is a signalling technique used in backplane computer buses such as PCI.
A backplane computer bus is a type of multilayer printed circuit board that has at least one (almost) solid layer of copper called the ground plane, and at least one layer of copper tracks that are used as wires for the si... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stomatorhinus | Stomatorhinus is a genus of small elephantfish in the family Mormyridae.
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
Stomatorhinus ater Pellegrin 1924 (Kidada mormyrid)
Stomatorhinus corneti Boulenger 1899 (Stanley Pool mormyrid)
Stomatorhinus fuliginosus Poll 1941 (Mosongolia mormyrid)
Stom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartan%27s%20lemma%20%28potential%20theory%29 | In potential theory, a branch of mathematics, Cartan's lemma, named after Henri Cartan, is a bound on the measure and complexity of the set on which a logarithmic Newtonian potential is small.
Statement of the lemma
The following statement can be found in Levin's book.
Let μ be a finite positive Borel measure on the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20form%20factor | In physics, the atomic form factor, or atomic scattering factor, is a measure of the scattering amplitude of a wave by an isolated atom. The atomic form factor depends on the type of scattering, which in turn depends on the nature of the incident radiation, typically X-ray, electron or neutron. The common feature of al... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20version-control%20software | This is a list of notable software for version control.
Local data model
In the local-only approach, all developers must use the same file system.
Open source
Revision Control System (RCS) – stores the latest version and backward deltas for fastest access to the trunk tip compared to SCCS and an improved user inte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%27%20law | Paris' law (also known as the Paris–Erdogan equation) is a crack growth equation that gives the rate of growth of a fatigue crack. The stress intensity factor characterises the load around a crack tip and the rate of crack growth is experimentally shown to be a function of the range of stress intensity seen in a loa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canthaxanthin | Canthaxanthin is a keto-carotenoid pigment widely distributed in nature. Carotenoids belong to a larger class of phytochemicals known as terpenoids. The chemical formula of canthaxanthin is C40H52O2. It was first isolated in edible mushrooms. It has also been found in green algae, bacteria, crustaceans, and bioaccumul... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CGB5 | Chorionic gonadotropin, beta polypeptide 5 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CGB5 gene.
Function
This gene is a member of the glycoprotein hormone beta chain family and encodes the beta 5 subunit of chorionic gonadotropin (CG). Glycoprotein hormones are heterodimers consisting of a common alpha subunit and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%20space | A color space is a specific organization of colors. In combination with color profiling supported by various physical devices, it supports reproducible representations of colorwhether such representation entails an analog or a digital representation. A color space may be arbitrary, i.e. with physically realized colors ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bragg%27s%20law | In physics and chemistry, Bragg's law, Wulff–Bragg's condition or Laue–Bragg interference, a special case of Laue diffraction, gives the angles for coherent scattering of waves from a large crystal lattice. It encompasses the superposition of wave fronts scattered by lattice planes, leading to a strict relation between... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCGamingWiki | The PCGamingWiki is a British-based collaboratively edited free wiki internet encyclopaedia focused on collecting video game behaviour data (such as save locations and startup parameters), to optimising gameplay, and fixing issues found in PC games. Intended fixes and optimisations range from simple cut-scene removals... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala%20School%20of%20Mathematics%2C%20Kozhikode | The Kerala School of Mathematics (KSoM) in Kozhikode, India is a research institute in Theoretical sciences with a focus on Mathematics. The institute is a joint venture of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE). Kerala School of Mathematics... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector%20algebra%20relations | The following are important identities in vector algebra. Identities that involve the magnitude of a vector , or the dot product (scalar product) of two vectors A·B, apply to vectors in any dimension. Identities that use the cross product (vector product) A×B are defined only in three dimensions.
Magnitudes
The magni... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple%20Key-Management%20for%20Internet%20Protocol | Simple Key-Management for Internet Protocol or SKIP was a protocol developed circa 1995 by the IETF Security Working Group for the sharing of encryption keys. SKIP and Photuris were evaluated as key exchange mechanisms for IPsec before the adoption of IKE in 1998.
Simple Key Management for Internet Protocols (SKIP) is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game%20tree | In the context of combinatorial game theory, which typically studies sequential games with perfect information, a game tree is a graph representing all possible game states within such a game. Such games include well-known ones such as chess, checkers, Go, and tic-tac-toe. This can be used to measure the complexity of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrasomy | A tetrasomy is a form of aneuploidy with the presence of four copies, instead of the normal two, of a particular chromosome.
Causes
Full
Full tetrasomy of an individual occurs due to non-disjunction when the cells are dividing (meiosis I or II) to form egg and sperm cells (gametogenesis). This can result in extra ch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20immunotherapy | Active immunotherapy is a type of immunotherapy that aims to stimulate the host's immune system or a specific immune response to a disease or pathogen and is most commonly used in cancer treatments. Active immunotherapy is also used for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders, such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANKK1 | Ankyrin repeat and kinase domain containing 1 (ANKK1) also known as protein kinase PKK2 or sugen kinase 288 (SgK288) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ANKK1 gene. The ANKK1 is a member of an extensive family of the Ser/Thr protein kinase family, and protein kinase superfamily involved in signal transducti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sottens%20transmitter | The Sottens Transmitter is the nationwide transmitter for French-speaking Switzerland. The transmitter is located at Sottens, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland. It is run on 765 kHz with a power of 600 kilowatts and is easily receivable during the night throughout the whole of Europe. Since 1989 the aerial used has been a c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochoidal%20wave | In fluid dynamics, a trochoidal wave or Gerstner wave is an exact solution of the Euler equations for periodic surface gravity waves. It describes a progressive wave of permanent form on the surface of an incompressible fluid of infinite depth. The free surface of this wave solution is an inverted (upside-down) trochoi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strausse | A Strausse or Strausswirtschaft (also Strauße or Straußwirtschaft) is a type of wine tavern in winegrowing areas of German-speaking countries that is only open during certain times of the year. Typically it is a pub run by winegrowers and winemakers themselves, in which they sell their own wine directly to the public. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem%20ecology | Ecosystem ecology is the integrated study of living (biotic) and non-living (abiotic) components of ecosystems and their interactions within an ecosystem framework. This science examines how ecosystems work and relates this to their components such as chemicals, bedrock, soil, plants, and animals.
Ecosystem ecology ex... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinogene%20Biotechnology | Sinogene Biotechnology is a biotechnology company focusing on animal cloning technology. Their services include dog, cat, and horse cloning.
Sinogene Biotechnology began by offering cloning dogs in 2017 and introduced cat cloning in 2019. In 2022, they cloned an Arctic wolf, and started horse cloning in 2023. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcuate%20vein | The arcuate vein is a vessel of the renal circulation. It is located at the border of the renal cortex and renal medulla. Arcuate veins pass around the renal pyramids at the border between the renal cortex and renal medulla in an arch shape. Arcuate veins receive blood from cortical radiate veins, and in turn deliver b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinding | Pathfinding or pathing is the plotting, by a computer application, of the shortest route between two points. It is a more practical variant on solving mazes. This field of research is based heavily on Dijkstra's algorithm for finding the shortest path on a weighted graph.
Pathfinding is closely related to the shortest... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain%20%28The%20Script%20song%29 | "Rain" is a song by Irish rock band The Script. It was written by James Barry, Camille Purcell, Mark Sheehan and Danny O'Donoghue, with the latter two and Andrew Frampton, Jimbo Wallace, Max Farrar handling the song's production. The song was released on 14 July 2017, through Sony Music, as the lead single from the ban... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gag/pol%20translational%20readthrough%20site | Gag/pol translational readthrough site (or Retroviral readthrough element) is a cis-regulatory element found in retroviruses. The readthrough site facilitates the mechanism of translation readthrough of the stop codon at the gag-pol junction producing the gag and pol fusion protein in certain retroviruses.
Retroviruses... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decussation | Decussation is used in biological contexts to describe a crossing (due to the shape of the Roman numeral for ten, an uppercase 'X' (), ). In Latin anatomical terms, the form is used, e.g. .
Similarly, the anatomical term chiasma is named after the Greek uppercase 'Χ' (chi). Whereas a decussation refers to a crossing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phagomimicry | Phagomimicry is a defensive behaviour of sea hares, in which the animal ejects a mixture of chemicals, which mimic food, and overwhelm the senses of their predator, giving the sea hare a chance to escape. The typical defence response of the sea hare to a predator is to release two chemicals - ink from the ink gland and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingual%20luring | Lingual luring is a form of aggressive mimicry in which a predator (typically a snake or turtle) uses its tongue to fool potential prey into approaching close to what appears to be a small wriggling worm.
Lingual lures are very well developed in young alligator snapping turtles which wait underwater with their mouths ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Descendants%202 | Descendants 2 is an American musical fantasy television film. It premiered as a Disney Channel Original Movie on July 21, 2017, and was simulcast on Disney-owned networks ABC, Disney XD, Freeform, Lifetime, and Lifetime Movies. It is the second installment in the Descendants franchise and the sequel to the 2015 film De... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted%20Computing%20Group | The Trusted Computing Group is a group formed in 2003 as the successor to the Trusted Computing Platform Alliance which was previously formed in 1999 to implement Trusted Computing concepts across personal computers. Members include Intel, AMD, IBM, Microsoft, and Cisco.
The core idea of trusted computing is to give h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SYN%20cookies | SYN cookie is a technique used to resist SYN flood attacks. The technique's primary inventor Daniel J. Bernstein defines SYN cookies as "particular choices of initial TCP sequence numbers by TCP servers." In particular, the use of SYN cookies allows a server to avoid dropping connections when the SYN queue fills up. In... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication%20terminator%20Tus%20family | Tus, also known as terminus utilization substance, is a protein that binds to terminator sequences and acts as a counter-helicase when it comes in contact with an advancing helicase. The bound Tus protein effectively halts DNA polymerase movement. Tus helps end DNA replication in prokaryotes.
In E. coli, Tus binds to ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosimilar | A biosimilar (also known as follow-on biologic or subsequent entry biologic) is a biologic medical product that is almost an identical copy of an original product that is manufactured by a different company. Biosimilars are officially approved versions of original "innovator" products and can be manufactured when the o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20transfer%20coefficient | In thermodynamics, the heat transfer coefficient or film coefficient, or film effectiveness, is the proportionality constant between the heat flux and the thermodynamic driving force for the flow of heat (i.e., the temperature difference, ). It is used in calculating the heat transfer, typically by convection or phas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DejaGnu | DejaGnu is a software framework for testing other programs. It has a main script called runtest that goes through a directory looking at configuration files and then runs some tests with given criteria. The purpose of the DejaGnu package is to provide a single front end for all tests. It is a part of the GNU Project a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/99%20%28number%29 | 99 (ninety-nine) is the natural number following 98 and preceding 100.
In mathematics
99 is:
a composite number; a square-prime, of the form (p2, q). It is the 11th composite number of this form and the third of the form (32, q). It has an aliquot sum of 57, within an aliquot sequence of two composite numbers (99,57,2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refraction%20microtremor | Refraction microtremor (ReMi) is a surface-performed geophysical survey developed by Dr. John Louie (and others) based on previously existing principles of evaluating surface waves and in particular Rayleigh waves. The refraction microtremor technology was developed at the University of Nevada and is owned by the State... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logarithmic%20norm | In mathematics, the logarithmic norm is a real-valued functional on operators, and is derived from either an inner product, a vector norm, or its induced operator norm. The logarithmic norm was independently introduced by Germund Dahlquist and Sergei Lozinskiĭ in 1958, for square matrices. It has since been extended to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volcano%20warning%20schemes%20of%20the%20United%20States | In October 2006, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) adopted a nationwide alert system for characterizing the level of unrest and eruptive activity at volcanoes. The system is now used by the Alaska Volcano Observatory, the California Volcano Observatory (California and Nevada), the Cascades Volcano Observatory ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banner%20of%20arms | A banner of arms is a type of heraldic flag, characterised by sharing its imagery with that of the coat of arms (i.e. the shield of a full heraldic achievement, rendered in a square or rectangular shape of the flag).
The term is derived from the terminology of heraldry but mostly used in vexillology. Examples of moder... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensorimotor%20network | The sensorimotor network (SMN), also known as somatomotor network, is a large-scale brain network that primarily includes somatosensory (postcentral gyrus) and motor (precentral gyrus) regions and extends to the supplementary motor areas (SMA). The auditory cortex may also be included. The SMN is activated during motor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20foundations | Quantum foundations is a discipline of science that seeks to understand the most counter-intuitive aspects of quantum theory, reformulate it and even propose new generalizations thereof. Contrary to other physical theories, such as general relativity, the defining axioms of quantum theory are quite ad hoc, with no obv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20anomalies | Sexual anomalies, also known as sexual abnormalities, are a set of clinical conditions due to chromosomal, gonadal and/or genitalia variation. Individuals with congenital (inborn) discrepancy between sex chromosome, gonadal, and their internal and external genitalia are categorised as individuals with a disorder of sex... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GC-content | In molecular biology and genetics, GC-content (or guanine-cytosine content) is the percentage of nitrogenous bases in a DNA or RNA molecule that are either guanine (G) or cytosine (C). This measure indicates the proportion of G and C bases out of an implied four total bases, also including adenine and thymine in DNA an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizophora%20%C3%97%20lamarckii | Rhizophora × lamarckii is a hybrid of Rhizophora apiculata and Rhizophora stylosa. Found in the Indo-West Pacific region within the Indomalaya biome in the Sunda Shelf mangroves ecoregion, the hybrid is widespread and shares many characters of its parents.
Description
The tree grows up to 25 meters in height. The bark... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%20series%20and%20Hilbert%20polynomial | In commutative algebra, the Hilbert function, the Hilbert polynomial, and the Hilbert series of a graded commutative algebra finitely generated over a field are three strongly related notions which measure the growth of the dimension of the homogeneous components of the algebra.
These notions have been extended to fil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependency%20need | Dependency need is "the vital, originally infantile needs for mothering, love, affection, shelter, protection, security, food, and warmth." (Segen, 1992)
A dependency need is thought to be characterized by two components: (1) It is a real need of an organism, something that must be present in order for the organism to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed%20sensing%20in%20speech%20signals | In communications technology, the technique of compressed sensing (CS) may be applied to the processing of speech signals under certain conditions. In particular, CS can be used to reconstruct a sparse vector from a smaller number of measurements, provided the signal can be represented in sparse domain. "Sparse domain"... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eared%20slider%20%C3%97%20yellow-bellied%20slider | The red-eared slider × yellow-bellied slider (Trachemys scripta elegans × Trachemys scripta scripta) is an intergradation of a red-eared slider and yellow-bellied slider subspecies. On the side of its head where a normal yellow-bellied slider would have solid yellow, there will be red interposed. The bottom of the shel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boreal%20ecosystem | A boreal ecosystem is an ecosystem with a subarctic climate located in the Northern Hemisphere, approximately between 50° to 70°N latitude. These ecosystems are commonly known as taiga and are located in parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. The ecosystems that lie immediately to the south of boreal zones are often... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsys | Alsys, SA. (founded 1980, merged 1995) was a software development company created to support initial work on the Ada programming language.
In July 1995, Alsys merged to become Thomson Software Products (TSP), which merged into Aonix in 1996.
History
Alsys SA. the French company was founded in 1980 by Jean Ichbiah (194... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen%20interpretation | The Copenhagen interpretation is a collection of views about the meaning of quantum mechanics, stemming from the work of Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and others. The term "Copenhagen interpretation" was apparently coined by Heisenberg during the 1950s to refer to ideas developed in the 1925–1927 period, glo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune%20receptor | An immune receptor (or immunologic receptor) is a receptor, usually on a cell membrane, which binds to a ligand (usually another protein, such as cytokine) and causes a response in the immune system.
Types
The main receptors in the immune system are pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), Toll-like receptors (TLRs), kil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PYGO1 | Pygopus homolog 1 (Drosophila) is a protein in humans that is encoded by the PYGO1 gene. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges%20Giraud | Georges Julien Giraud (22 July 1889 – 16 March 1943) was a French mathematician, working in potential theory, partial differential equations, singular integrals and singular integral equations: he is mainly known for his solution of the regular oblique derivative problem and also for his extension to –dimensional () si... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonspecific%20immune%20cell | A non-specific immune cell is an immune cell (such as a macrophage, neutrophil, or dendritic cell) that responds to many antigens, not just one antigen. Non-specific immune cells function in the first line of defense against infection or injury. The innate immune system is always present at the site of infection and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20crystallography | Quantum crystallography is a branch of crystallography that investigates crystalline materials within the framework of quantum mechanics, with analysis and representation, in position or in momentum space, of quantities like wave function, electron charge and spin density, density matrices and all properties related to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chmod | In Unix and Unix-like operating systems, is the command and system call used to change the access permissions and the special mode flags (the setuid, setgid, and sticky flags) of file system objects (files and directories). Collectively these were originally called its modes, and the name was chosen as an abbreviatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penrose%20interpretation | The Penrose interpretation is a speculation by Roger Penrose about the relationship between quantum mechanics and general relativity. Penrose proposes that a quantum state remains in superposition until the difference of space-time curvature attains a significant level.
Overview
Penrose's idea is inspired by quantum... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borromean%20nucleus | A Borromean nucleus is an atomic nucleus comprising three bound components in which any subsystem of two components is unbound. This has the consequence that if one component is removed, the remaining two comprise an unbound resonance, so that the original nucleus is split into three parts.
The name is derived from th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ModelSim | ModelSim is a multi-language environment by Siemens (previously developed by Mentor Graphics,) for simulation of hardware description languages such as VHDL, Verilog and SystemC, and includes a built-in C debugger. ModelSim can be used independently, or in conjunction with Intel Quartus Prime, PSIM, Xilinx ISE or Xilin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ATSC%20standards | Below are the published ATSC standards for ATSC digital television service, issued by the Advanced Television Systems Committee.
A/49: Ghost Canceling Reference Signal for NTSC (for adjacent-channel interference or co-channel interference with analog NTSC stations nearby)
A/52B: audio data compression (Dolby AC-3 and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azure%20Virtual%20Desktop | Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD), formerly known as Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD), is a Microsoft Azure-based system for virtualizing its Windows operating systems, providing virtualized desktops and applications securely in the cloud (over the Internet). It is aimed at enterprise customers rather than at individual users.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%20flight | Bird flight is the primary mode of locomotion used by most bird species in which birds take off and fly. Flight assists birds with feeding, breeding, avoiding predators, and migrating.
Bird flight is one of the most complex forms of locomotion in the animal kingdom. Each facet of this type of motion, including hoverin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency%20offset | In radio engineering, a frequency offset is an intentional slight shift of broadcast radio frequency (RF), to reduce interference with other transmitters.
Interference
The most important problem encountered in broadcasting via terrestrial transmitters is the interference from other broadcasters. In principle, each br... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photovoltaic%20effect | The photovoltaic effect is the generation of voltage and electric current in a material upon exposure to light. It is a physical and chemical phenomenon.
The photovoltaic effect is closely related to the photoelectric effect. For both phenomena, light is absorbed, causing excitation of an electron or other charge car... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weibel%20instability | The Weibel instability is a plasma instability present in homogeneous or nearly homogeneous electromagnetic plasmas which possess an anisotropy in momentum (velocity) space. This anisotropy is most generally understood as two temperatures in different directions. Burton Fried showed that this instability can be under... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20gastrin%20I | Little gastrin I is a form of gastrin commonly called as gastrin-17. This is a protein hormone, secreted by the intestine.
Gastrin II has identical amino acid composition to Gastrin I, the only difference is that the single tyrosine residue is sulfated in Gastrin II. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random%20Hacks%20of%20Kindness | Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a global community of technologists dedicated to solving problems for charities, non-profits and social enterprises by organising recurring Hackathons that has existed since 2009. The organisation currently has a presence in over 20 cities throughout 5 continents, and had 2000 partic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augmented%20Reality%20Sandtable | The Augmented Reality Sandtable (ARES) is an interactive, digital sand table that uses augmented reality (AR) technology to create a 3D battlespace map. It was developed by the Human Research and Engineering Directorate (HRED) at the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) to combine the positive aspects of traditional military... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schl%C3%BCsselger%C3%A4t%2039 | The Schlüsselgerät 39 (SG-39) was an electrically operated rotor cipher machine, invented by the German Fritz Menzer during World War II. The device was the evolution of the Enigma rotors coupled with three Hagelin pin wheels to provide variable stepping of the rotors. All three wheels stepped once with each encipherme... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Follicle-stimulating%20hormone%20receptor | The follicle-stimulating hormone receptor or FSH receptor (FSHR) is a transmembrane receptor that interacts with the follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) and represents a G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). Its activation is necessary for the hormonal functioning of FSH. FSHRs are found in the ovary, testis, and uterus.
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table%20of%20Gaussian%20integer%20factorizations | A Gaussian integer is either the zero, one of the four units (±1, ±i), a Gaussian prime or composite. The article is a table of Gaussian Integers followed either by an explicit factorization or followed by the label (p) if the integer is a Gaussian prime. The factorizations take the form of an optional unit multiplied... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatial%20ecology | Spatial ecology studies the ultimate distributional or spatial unit occupied by a species. In a particular habitat shared by several species, each of the species is usually confined to its own microhabitat or spatial niche because two species in the same general territory cannot usually occupy the same ecological nich... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominating%20set | In graph theory, a dominating set for a graph is a subset of its vertices, such that any vertex of is either in , or has a neighbor in . The domination number is the number of vertices in a smallest dominating set for .
The dominating set problem concerns testing whether for a given graph and input ; it is a cla... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolman%20surface%20brightness%20test | The Tolman surface brightness test is one out of six cosmological tests that were conceived in the 1930s to check the viability of and compare new cosmological models. Tolman's test compares the surface brightness of galaxies as a function of their redshift (measured as z). Such a comparison was first proposed in 1930 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict%20continuum | A conflict continuum is a model or concept various social science researchers use when modeling conflict on a continuum from low to high-intensity, such as from aggression to irritation to explosiveness.
The mathematical model of game theory originally posited only a winner and a loser (a zero-sum game) in a conflict,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EcosimPro | EcosimPro is a simulation tool developed by Empresarios Agrupados A.I.E for modelling simple and complex physical processes that can be expressed in terms of Differential algebraic equations or Ordinary differential equations and Discrete event simulation.
The application runs on the various Microsoft Windows platform... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20informatics | The term Engineering Informatics may be related to information engineering (differently understood information processing), computer engineering (development of computer hardware-software systems), or computational engineering (development of software for engineering purposes), among other meanings. This word is used w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path-based%20strong%20component%20algorithm | In graph theory, the strongly connected components of a directed graph may be found using an algorithm that uses depth-first search in combination with two stacks, one to keep track of the vertices in the current component and the second to keep track of the current search path. Versions of this algorithm have been pro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torticollis | Torticollis, also known as wry neck, is an extremely painful, dystonic condition defined by an abnormal, asymmetrical head or neck position, which may be due to a variety of causes. The term torticollis is derived from the Latin words tortus, meaning "twisted", and collum, meaning "neck".
The most common case has no o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycoside%20hydrolase%20family%204 | In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 4 is a family of glycoside hydrolases , which are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolases, based on seque... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working%20set | Working set is a concept in computer science which defines the amount of memory that a process requires in a given time interval.
Definition
Peter Denning (1968) defines "the working set of information of a process at time to be the collection of information referenced by the process during the process time interval... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20text%20editors | This article provides basic comparisons for notable text editors. More feature details for text editors are available from the Category of text editor features and from the individual products' articles. This article may not be up-to-date or necessarily all-inclusive.
Feature comparisons are made between stable versio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPOL1 | MIPOL1 (Mirror Image Polydactyly 1), also known as CCDC193 (Coiled-coil domain containing 193), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MIPOL1 gene. Mutation of this gene is associated with mirror-image polydactyly (also known as Laurin-Sandrow syndrome.) in humans, which is a rare genetic condition characterized... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search%20for%20Hidden%20Particles | The Search for Hidden Particle (SHiP) is a fixed-target experiment at CERN's Super Proton Synchrotron (SPS) with the goal of searching for the interactions and measurements of the weakly interacting particles. In October 2013, the Expression of Interest letter for SHiP was submitted to the SPS Council (SPSC). Following... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20and%20white%20hat%20symbolism%20in%20film | In American films of the Western genre between the 1920s and the 1940s, white hats were often worn by heroes and black hats by villains to symbolize the contrast in good versus evil. The 1903 short film The Great Train Robbery was the first to apply this convention. Two exceptions to the convention were portrayals by W... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banach%20space | In mathematics, more specifically in functional analysis, a Banach space (pronounced ) is a complete normed vector space. Thus, a Banach space is a vector space with a metric that allows the computation of vector length and distance between vectors and is complete in the sense that a Cauchy sequence of vectors always c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanne%20Moldenhauer | Joanne K. Moldenhauer (née Gatz, March 15, 1928 – February 14, 2016) was an American high school mathematics teacher and two-time winner of the Edyth May Sliffe Award.
Education
Moldenhauer's father served in the United States Army. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska, and attended Benson High School in Omaha. She graduat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Woods%20number | In number theory, a positive integer is said to be an Erdős–Woods number if it has the following property:
there exists a positive integer such that in the sequence of consecutive integers, each of the elements has a non-trivial common factor with one of the endpoints. In other words, is an Erdős–Woods number if t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Research%20Ethics%20Service | The National Research Ethics Service (NRES) is a UK medical quango which deals with research ethics. Principal Investigators must describe the experiment they intend to pursue to the NRES for its approval, failing which the study is prohibited.
History
The NRES was launched on 1 April 2007.
The adjective "National" w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biaxial%20tensile%20testing | In materials science and solid mechanics, biaxial tensile testing is a versatile technique to address the mechanical characterization of planar materials. It is a generalized form of tensile testing in which the material sample is simultaneously stressed along two perpendicular axes. Typical materials tested in biaxial... |
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