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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BKL%20singularity | A Belinski–Khalatnikov–Lifshitz (BKL) singularity is a model of the dynamic evolution of the universe near the initial gravitational singularity, described by an anisotropic, chaotic solution of the Einstein field equation of gravitation. According to this model, the universe is chaotically oscillating around a gravita... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20hat%20%28computer%20security%29 | A black hat (black hat hacker or blackhat) is a computer hacker who violates laws or typical ethical standards for nefarious purposes, such as cybercrime, cyberwarfare or malice.
The term originates from 1950s westerns, when bad guys typically wore black hats and good guys white hats. A black hat is contrasted with a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma%20protein%20binding | Plasma protein binding refers to the degree to which medications attach to blood proteins within the blood plasma. A drug's efficacy may be affected by the degree to which it binds. The less bound a drug is, the more efficiently it can traverse or diffuse through cell membranes. Common blood proteins that drugs bind to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrafiltration%20%28kidney%29 | In renal physiology, ultrafiltration occurs at the barrier between the blood and the filtrate in the glomerular capsule (Bowman's capsule) in the kidneys. As in nonbiological examples of ultrafiltration, pressure (in this case blood pressure) and concentration gradients lead to a separation through a semipermeable memb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weyl%20algebra | In abstract algebra, the Weyl algebra is the ring of differential operators with polynomial coefficients (in one variable), namely expressions of the form
More precisely, let F be the underlying field, and let F[X] be the ring of polynomials in one variable, X, with coefficients in F. Then each fi lies in F[X].
∂X i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FreeS/WAN | FreeS/WAN, for Free Secure Wide-Area Networking, was a free software project, which implemented a reference version of the IPsec network security layer for Linux. The project goal of ubiquitous opportunistic encryption of Internet traffic was not realized, although it did contribute to general Internet encryption.
Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cubic%20IDE | Cubic IDE is a modular development environment (IDE) for AmigaOS (versions 3.5 and 3.9 only) and MorphOS. Its central editor is GoldED 8, which supports file type centric configuration.
The specific features for developers include syntax highlighting for several programming languages (e.g. Hollywood), folding, a symbo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduated%20electronic%20decelerator | The graduated electronic decelerator (GED) is a device that delivers powerful electric shocks to the skin, described by the United Nations as torture, created by Matthew Israel for use on people at the Judge Rotenberg Center as part of the institution's behavior modification program. The school has since been condemned... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.50%20%28standard%29 | ITU-T recommendation T.50 specifies the International Reference Alphabet (IRA), formerly International Alphabet No. 5 (IA5), a character encoding. ASCII is the U.S. variant of that character set.
The original version from November 1988 corresponds to ISO 646. The current version is from September 1992.
History
At th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existentially%20closed%20model | In model theory, a branch of mathematical logic, the notion of an existentially closed model (or existentially complete model) of a theory generalizes the notions of algebraically closed fields (for the theory of fields), real closed fields (for the theory of ordered fields), existentially closed groups (for the theory... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi%20Protected%20Setup | Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) originally, Wi-Fi Simple Config, is a network security standard to create a secure wireless home network.
Created by Cisco and introduced in 2006, the point of the protocol is to allow home users who know little of wireless security and may be intimidated by the available security options t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20polar%20stereographic%20coordinate%20system | The universal polar stereographic (UPS) coordinate system is used in conjunction with the universal transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system to locate positions on the surface of the Earth. Like the UTM coordinate system, the UPS coordinate system uses a metric-based cartesian grid laid out on a conformally projecte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guided%20local%20search | Guided local search is a metaheuristic search method. A meta-heuristic method is a method that sits on top of a local search algorithm to change its behavior.
Guided local search builds up penalties during a search. It uses penalties to help local search algorithms escape from local minima and plateaus. When the given... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclopedic%20Dictionary%20of%20Mathematics | The Encyclopedic Dictionary of Mathematics is a translation of the Japanese . The editor of the first and second editions was Shokichi Iyanaga; the editor of the third edition was Kiyosi Itô; the fourth edition was edited by the Mathematical Society of Japan.
Editions
; paperback version of the 1987 edition |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20quadratic%20form | In mathematics, a binary quadratic form is a quadratic homogeneous polynomial in two variables
where a, b, c are the coefficients. When the coefficients can be arbitrary complex numbers, most results are not specific to the case of two variables, so they are described in quadratic form. A quadratic form with integ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinal%20data | Ordinal data is a categorical, statistical data type where the variables have natural, ordered categories and the distances between the categories are not known. These data exist on an ordinal scale, one of four levels of measurement described by S. S. Stevens in 1946. The ordinal scale is distinguished from the nomina... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%E2%80%93hepatic%E2%80%93pancreatic%20dysplasia | Renal–hepatic–pancreatic dysplasia is an autosomal recessive congenital disorder characterized by pancreatic fibrosis, renal dysplasia and hepatic dysgenesis. It is usually fatal soon after birth.An association with NPHP3 has been described.
It was characterized in 1959. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyubey | is the main antagonist of the 2011 anime series Puella Magi Madoka Magica and its 2013 sequel The Rebellion Story. They are a "messenger of magic" that can grant any wish to a certain girl, on the condition that she become a magical girl and fight against witches. It is later revealed that their true identity is Incuba... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20United%20States%20smallpox%20vaccination%20campaign | The 2003 United States smallpox vaccination campaign was a vaccination program announced by the White House on 13 December 2002 as preparedness for bioterrorism using smallpox virus. The campaign aimed to provide the smallpox vaccine to those who would respond to an attack, establishing Smallpox Response Teams and usin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begonia%20%C3%97%20tuberhybrida | Tuberous begonias (Begonia × tuberhybrida Voss, also known as the Tuberhybrida Group or the Tuberosa Group) are a group of Begonia cultivars, sometimes regarded as some of the most spectacular of the genus.
One of the first hybrids produced was B. x sedenii in 1870, a cross between B. boliviensis, collected by botani... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peanut%20butter | Peanut butter is a food paste or spread made from ground, dry-roasted peanuts. It commonly contains additional ingredients that modify the taste or texture, such as salt, sweeteners, or emulsifiers. Consumed in many countries, it is the most commonly used of the nut butters, a group that also includes cashew butter and... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20Q%26A%20sites | The following is a list of websites that follow a question-and-answer format. The list contains only websites for which an article exists, dedicated either wholly or at least partly to the websites.
For the humor "Q&A site" format first popularized by Forum 2000 and The Conversatron, see Q&A comedy website.
See also
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Psychopharmacology%20Algorithm%20Project | The International Psychopharmacology Algorithm Project (IPAP) is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to "enable, enhance, and propagate" use of algorithms for the treatment of some Axis I psychiatric disorders.
Kenneth O Jobson founded the Project. The Dean Foundation provides funding.
IPAP has organized and su... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Seymour%20%28mathematician%29 | Paul D. Seymour (born 26 July 1950) is a British mathematician known for his work in discrete mathematics, especially graph theory. He (with others) was responsible for important progress on regular matroids and totally unimodular matrices, the four colour theorem, linkless embeddings, graph minors and structure, the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware%20code%20page | In computing, a hardware code page (HWCP) refers to a code page supported natively by a hardware device such as a display adapter or printer. The glyphs to present the characters are stored in the alphanumeric character generator's resident read-only memory (like ROM or flash) and are thus not user-changeable. They are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20Software%20Foundation%20of%20India | The Free Software Foundation of India (FSFI) is the Indian sister organisation to the US-based Free Software Foundation. It was founded in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) (the capital of Kerala) in 2001 as a non-profit Company. The FSFI advocates to promote the use and development of free software in India. This inclu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20hosting%20service | A web hosting service is a type of Internet hosting service that hosts websites for clients, i.e. it offers the facilities required for them to create and maintain a site and makes it accessible on the World Wide Web. Companies providing web hosting services are sometimes called web hosts.
Typically, web hosting requi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abhyankar%27s%20inequality | Abhyankar's inequality is an inequality involving extensions of valued fields in algebra, introduced by .
Abhyankar's inequality states that for an extension K/k of valued fields, the transcendence degree of K/k is at least the transcendence degree of the residue field extension plus the rank of the quotient of the va... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point%20accepted%20mutation | A point accepted mutation — also known as a PAM — is the replacement of a single amino acid in the primary structure of a protein with another single amino acid, which is accepted by the processes of natural selection. This definition does not include all point mutations in the DNA of an organism. In particular, silent... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merkle%20tree | In cryptography and computer science, a hash tree or Merkle tree is a tree in which every "leaf" (node) is labelled with the cryptographic hash of a data block, and every node that is not a leaf (called a branch, inner node, or inode) is labelled with the cryptographic hash of the labels of its child nodes. A hash tree... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AmigaOS%204%20version%20history | A new version of AmigaOS was released on December 24, 2006 after five years of development by Hyperion Entertainment (Belgium) under license from Amiga, Inc. for AmigaOne registered users.
During the five years of development, users of AmigaOne machines could download from Hyperion repository Pre-Release Versions of A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hutchinson%27s%20triad | Hutchinson's triad is named after Sir Jonathan Hutchinson (1828–1913). It is a common pattern of presentation for late congenital syphilis, and consists of three phenomena: interstitial keratitis, malformed teeth (Hutchinson incisors and mulberry molars), and eighth nerve deafness. There may also be a deformity on the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu%20VP2000 | The VP2000 was the second series of vector supercomputers from Fujitsu. Announced in December 1988, they replaced Fujitsu's earlier FACOM VP Model E Series. The VP2000 was succeeded in 1995 by the VPP300, a massively parallel supercomputer with up to 256 vector processors.
The VP2000 was similar in many ways to their ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary%20growth | Primary growth in plants is growth that takes place from the tips of roots or shoots. It leads to lengthening of roots and stems and sets the stage for organ formation. It is distinguished from secondary growth that leads to widening. Plant growth takes place in well defined plant locations. Specifically, the cell divi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat%20comma | The fat comma (also termed hash rocket in Ruby and a fat arrow in JavaScript) is a syntactic construction that appears in a position in a function call (or definition) where a comma would usually appear. The original usage refers to the ")letters:(" construction in ALGOL 60. Newer usage refers to the "=>" operator pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss%E2%80%93Legendre%20quadrature | In numerical analysis, Gauss–Legendre quadrature is a form of Gaussian quadrature for approximating the definite integral of a function. For integrating over the interval , the rule takes the form:
where
n is the number of sample points used,
wi are quadrature weights, and
xi are the roots of the nth Legendre poly... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bromochlorofluoromethane | Bromochlorofluoromethane or fluorochlorobromomethane, is a chemical compound and trihalomethane derivative with the chemical formula CHBrClF. As one of the simplest possible stable chiral compounds, it is useful for fundamental research into this area of chemistry. However, its relative instability to hydrolysis, and l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bittering%20agent | A bittering agent is a flavoring agent added to a food or beverage to impart a bitter taste, possibly in addition to other effects. While many substances are bitter to a greater or lesser degree, a few substances are used specifically for their bitterness, especially to balance other flavors, such as sweetness. Notable... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autoimmune%20oophoritis | Autoimmune oophoritis is a rare autoimmune disease where the body's own immune system attacks the ovaries. This causes the ovaries to have inflammation, atrophy, and fibrosis. Such changes in the ovaries can cause them to not function properly. This disease is caused by primary ovarian insufficiency (POI), where reprod... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlanetPhysics | PlanetPhysics was a virtual community with several Internet sites supported by a non-profit organization registered in the USA in an open science, open data, peer-to-peer review mode that aimed to help make physics, and related mathematics, knowledge much more accessible, as well as to further develop physical, logica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Petersen | Julius Peter Christian Petersen (16 June 1839, Sorø, West Zealand – 5 August 1910, Copenhagen) was a Danish mathematician. His contributions to the field of mathematics led to the birth of graph theory.
Biography
Petersen's interests in mathematics were manifold, including: geometry, complex analysis, number theory, m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20California%20Wine%20Club | The California Wine Club is a wine club co-founded in 1990 by Bruce and Pam Boring in Ventura, California and is considered one of the largest mail-order wine businesses in the United States. The club offers hand-selected wines on a monthly basis from boutique and small, family-owned wineries in California, Oregon and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libarchive | libarchive is a free and open-source library for reading and writing various archive and compression formats. It is written in C and works on most Unix-like systems and Windows.
History
libarchive's development was started in 2003 as part of the FreeBSD project. During the early years it was led by the FreeBSD project... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%20blanketing | Tank blanketing, also called gas sealing or tank padding, is the process of applying a gas to the empty space in a storage container. The term storage container here refers to any container that is used to store products, regardless of its size. Though tank blanketing is used for a variety of reasons, it typically invo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelfand%E2%80%93Kirillov%20dimension | In algebra, the Gelfand–Kirillov dimension (or GK dimension) of a right module M over a k-algebra A is:
where the supremum is taken over all finite-dimensional subspaces and .
An algebra is said to have polynomial growth if its Gelfand–Kirillov dimension is finite.
Basic facts
The Gelfand–Kirillov dimension of a f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Harris%20%28mathematician%29 | Joseph Daniel Harris (born August 17, 1951) is a mathematician at Harvard University working in the field of algebraic geometry. After earning an AB from Harvard College, where he took Math 55, he continued at Harvard to study for a PhD under Phillip Griffiths.
Work
During the 1980s, he was on the faculty of Brown Uni... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von%20Neumann%20cardinal%20assignment | The von Neumann cardinal assignment is a cardinal assignment that uses ordinal numbers. For a well-orderable set U, we define its cardinal number to be the smallest ordinal number equinumerous to U, using the von Neumann definition of an ordinal number. More precisely:
where ON is the class of ordinals. This ordinal ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusobacteriaceae | The Fusobacteriaceae are a family of the bacterial order Fusobacteriales.
See also
List of bacteria genera
List of bacterial orders |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchholz%20hydra | In mathematics, especially mathematical logic, graph theory and number theory, the Buchholz hydra game is a type of hydra game, which is a single-player game based on the idea of chopping pieces off of a mathematical tree. The hydra game can be used to generate a rapidly growing function, , which eventually dominates a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personalized%20genomics | Personalized genomics is the human genetics-derived study of analyzing and interpreting individualized genetic information by genome sequencing to identify genetic variations compared to the library of known sequences. International genetics communities have spared no effort from the past and have gradually cooperated ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammes%20problem | In geometry, the Tammes problem is a problem in packing a given number of points on the surface of a sphere such that the minimum distance between points is maximized. It is named after the Dutch botanist Pieter Merkus Lambertus Tammes (the nephew of pioneering botanist Jantina Tammes) who posed the problem in his 193... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAX6 | Paired box protein Pax-6, also known as aniridia type II protein (AN2) or oculorhombin, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PAX6 gene.
Function
PAX6 is a member of the Pax gene family which is responsible for carrying the genetic information that will encode the Pax-6 protein. It acts as a "master control"... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper%20and%20lower%20bounds | In mathematics, particularly in order theory, an upper bound or majorant of a subset of some preordered set is an element of that is greater than or equal to every element of .
Dually, a lower bound or minorant of is defined to be an element of that is less than or equal to every element of .
A set with an upper... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-657%20microRNA%20precursor%20family | In molecular biology mir-657 microRNA is a short RNA molecule. MicroRNAs function to regulate the expression levels of other genes by several mechanisms.
See also
MicroRNA |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benbros | Benbros (London) Ltd was a British toy company in existence from the late 1940s to 1965.
The company was founded by two brothers, Jack and Nathan Benenson, the name, a contraction of "Benenson Brothers", was adopted in 1951 and the company was based at 145, Gosport Road, Walthamstow.
Benbros produced:
Die cast metal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20glyph%20set | The world glyph sets are character repertoires comprising a subset of Unicode characters. Their purpose is to provide an implementation guideline for producers of fonts for the representation of natural languages. Unlike Windows Glyph List 4 (WGL) it is specified by font foundries and not by operating system manufactur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable%20speed%20of%20light | A variable speed of light (VSL) is a feature of a family of hypotheses stating that the speed of light may in some way not be constant, for example, that it varies in space or time, or depending on frequency. Accepted classical theories of physics, and in particular general relativity, predict a constant speed of light... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorption | Sorption is a physical and chemical process by which one substance becomes attached to another. Specific cases of sorption are treated in the following articles:
Absorption "the incorporation of a substance in one state into another of a different state" (e.g., liquids being absorbed by a solid or gases being absorbed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisher%E2%80%93Tippett%E2%80%93Gnedenko%20theorem | In statistics, the Fisher–Tippett–Gnedenko theorem (also the Fisher–Tippett theorem or the extreme value theorem) is a general result in extreme value theory regarding asymptotic distribution of extreme order statistics. The maximum of a sample of iid random variables after proper renormalization can only converge in d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyferth%20study | The Eyferth study, conducted by German psychologist Klaus Eyferth, examined the IQs of white and racially-mixed children raised by single mothers in post-World War II West Germany. The mothers of the children studied were white German women, while their fathers were white and black members of the US occupation forces.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic%20learning%20machine | Logic learning machine (LLM) is a machine learning method based on the generation of intelligible rules. LLM is an efficient implementation of the Switching Neural Network (SNN) paradigm, developed by Marco Muselli, Senior Researcher at the Italian National Research Council CNR-IEIIT in Genoa.
LLM has been employed in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Rabbit%20Project | White Rabbit is the name of a collaborative project including CERN, GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research and other partners from universities and industry to develop a fully deterministic Ethernet-based network for general purpose data transfer and sub-nanosecond accuracy time transfer. Its initial use was as a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaking%20%28microbiology%29 | In microbiology, streaking is a technique used to isolate a pure strain from a single species of microorganism, often bacteria. Samples can then be taken from the resulting colonies and a microbiological culture can be grown on a new plate so that the organism can be identified, studied, or tested.
The modern streak p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaunay%20tessellation%20field%20estimator | The Delaunay tessellation field estimator (DTFE), (or Delone tessellation field estimator (DTFE)) is a mathematical tool for reconstructing a volume-covering and continuous density or intensity field from a discrete point set. The DTFE has various astrophysical applications, such as the analysis of numerical simulatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LDAP%20Data%20Interchange%20Format | The LDAP Data Interchange Format (LDIF) is a standard plain text data interchange format for representing Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) directory content and update requests. LDIF conveys directory content as a set of records, one record for each object (or entry). It also represents update requests, su... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duress%20code | A duress code is a covert distress signal used by an individual who is being coerced by one or more hostile persons. It is used to warn others that they are being forced to do something against their will. Typically, the warning is given via some innocuous signal embedded in normal communication, such as a code-word or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20stress%20response | The integrated stress response is a cellular stress response conserved in eukaryotic cells that downregulates protein synthesis and upregulates specific genes in response to internal or environmental stresses.
Background
The integrated stress response can be triggered within a cell due to either extrinsic or intrins... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayo-Smith%20pyramid | A Mayo-Smith pyramid is a triangle divided into a sequence of isosceles trapezoids configured such that the outer perimeter maintains the shape of a triangle with each additional element. A Mayo-Smith pyramid is used to describe system development methodologies adapted for scenarios characterized by schedule and resour... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide | Phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxamide (SAICAR) is an intermediate in the formation of purines. The conversion of ATP, L-aspartate, and 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxyribonucleotide (CAIR) to 5-aminoimidazole-4-(N-succinylcarboxamide) ribonucleotide, ADP, and phosphate by phosphoribosylaminoimidazolesuccinocarboxami... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCA%20Spectra%2070 | The RCA Spectra 70 was a line of electronic data processing (EDP) equipment manufactured by the Radio Corporation of America’s computer division beginning in April 1965. The Spectra 70 line included several CPU models, various configurations of core memory, mass-storage devices, terminal equipment, and a variety of sp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iterator | In computer programming, an iterator is an object that enables a programmer to traverse a container, particularly lists. Various types of iterators are often provided via a container's interface. Though the interface and semantics of a given iterator are fixed, iterators are often implemented in terms of the structures... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoscale%20secondary%20ion%20mass%20spectrometry | NanoSIMS (nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry) is an analytical instrument manufactured by CAMECA which operates on the principle of secondary ion mass spectrometry. The NanoSIMS is used to acquire nanoscale resolution measurements of the elemental and isotopic composition of a sample. The NanoSIMS is able to cre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendel%27s%20theorem | In geometric probability theory, Wendel's theorem, named after James G. Wendel, gives the probability that N points distributed uniformly at random on an -dimensional hypersphere all lie on the same "half" of the hypersphere. In other words, one seeks the probability that there is some half-space with the origin on it... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Egyptian%20flags | This is a list of flags used by and in Egypt. For more information about the national flag, visit the article Flag of Egypt.
National flags
Standards
Presidential standards
Throughout the republican era, the standard of the president of Egypt has been identical to the national flag, with the addition of the coat of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%20University%20Wine%20Society | The Cambridge University Wine Society (CUWS; formerly known as the Cambridge University Wine and Food Society) is a traditional membership club, one of the Registered Clubs & Societies of University of Cambridge, England, founded in 1792. The society aims to introduce university students to the world of wine through re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbrand%20quotient | In mathematics, the Herbrand quotient is a quotient of orders of cohomology groups of a cyclic group. It was invented by Jacques Herbrand. It has an important application in class field theory.
Definition
If G is a finite cyclic group acting on a G-module A, then the cohomology groups Hn(G,A) have period 2 for n≥1; i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unimolecular%20ion%20decomposition | Unimolecular ion decomposition is the fragmentation of a gas phase ion in a reaction with a molecularity of one. Ions with sufficient internal energy may fragment in a mass spectrometer, which in some cases may degrade the mass spectrometer performance, but in other cases, such as tandem mass spectrometry, the fragment... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Bogard | is a fictional character created by SNK as the protagonist of their Fatal Fury series. Introduced in Fatal Fury: King of Fighters in 1991, he is an American fighter who enters the worldwide "The King of Fighters" tournaments to combat his father's murderer, Geese Howard. Following Geese's defeat, Terry becomes the guar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matter%20power%20spectrum | The matter power spectrum describes the density contrast of the universe (the difference between the local density and the mean density) as a function of scale. It is the Fourier transform of the matter correlation function. On large scales, gravity competes with cosmic expansion, and structures grow according to lin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirth%20Research | Wirth Research is a group of engineering companies, founded by Nicholas Wirth in 2003, specialising in research, development, design and manufacture for the motor racing industry and other high technology sectors.
The companies use virtual engineering technologies to enable a completely simulated vehicle design, devel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sublunary%20sphere | In Aristotelian physics and Greek astronomy, the sublunary sphere is the region of the geocentric cosmos below the Moon, consisting of the four classical elements: earth, water, air, and fire.
The sublunary sphere was the realm of changing nature. Beginning with the Moon, up to the limits of the universe, everything (... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helix%20Board%2012%20FireWire | The Helix Board 12 FireWire is a mixer developed by Phonic Corporation that features a FireWire Interface, able to connect the mixer to Windows and Mac computers. The product was released in 2005 and has since become a signature product for the company
Outputs
The Helix Board 12 FireWire has a stereo main output, cont... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20simulation | Computer simulation is the process of mathematical modelling, performed on a computer, which is designed to predict the behaviour of, or the outcome of, a real-world or physical system. The reliability of some mathematical models can be determined by comparing their results to the real-world outcomes they aim to predic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrosamine | In organic chemistry, nitrosamines (or more formally N-nitrosamines) are organic compounds with the chemical structure , where R is usually an alkyl group. They feature a nitroso group () bonded to a deprotonated amine. Most nitrosamines are carcinogenic in nonhuman animals. A 2006 systematic review supports a "positi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Averest | Averest is a synchronous programming language and set of tools to specify, verify, and implement reactive systems. It includes a compiler for synchronous programs, a symbolic model checker, and a tool for hardware/software synthesis.
It can be used to model and verify finite and infinite state systems, at varied abstr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azonal | In geography, azonal is an adjective that refers to processes or things that are not restricted to any climate zone. It can be used to describe soils, landforms, geomorphic processes or vegetation. Volcanism and mountain-related processes are examples of azonal processes as they are largely independent of Earth's clima... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CineForm | CineForm Intermediate is an open source (from October 2017) video codec developed for CineForm Inc by David Taylor, David Newman and Brian Schunck. On March 30, 2011, the company was acquired by GoPro which in particular wanted to use the 3D film capabilities of the CineForm 444 Codec for its 3D HERO System.
The press... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzby | Buzby was a yellow (later orange) talking cartoon bird, launched in 1976 as part of a marketing campaign by Post Office Telecommunications, which later became British Telecommunications (BT).
Overview
Buzby appeared in a series of television commercials with the catchphrase: "Make someone happy with a phone call". Buz... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separable%20polynomial | In mathematics, a polynomial P(X) over a given field K is separable if its roots are distinct in an algebraic closure of K, that is, the number of distinct roots is equal to the degree of the polynomial.
This concept is closely related to square-free polynomial. If K is a perfect field then the two concepts coincide. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilus%20virus%20HP2 | Haemophilus virus HP2 is a virus of the family Myoviridae, genus Hpunavirus. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RepRap%20Morgan | The RepRap Morgan is an open-source fused deposition modeling 3D printer. The Morgan is part of the RepRap project and has an unusual SCARA arm design. The first Morgan printer was designed by Quentin Harley, a South African engineer (working for Siemens at the time) at the House4Hack Makerspace in Centurion. The SCARA... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escaped%20plant | Escaped plants are cultivated plants, usually garden plants, that are not originally native to an area, and due to their dispersal strategies, have escaped from cultivation and have settled in the wild and bred there, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Escaped plants are purposefully introduced plants that have ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSin3%20interaction%20domain | The mSin3 interaction domain (SID) is an interaction domain which is present on several transcriptional repressor proteins including TGFβ (transforming growth factor β) and Mad. It interacts with the paired amphipathic alpha-helix 2 (PAH2) domain of mSin3, a transcriptional repressor domain that is attached to transcri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jie-zhong%20Zou | Jie-zhong Zou (born October 15, 1947) is a mathematician known for his research on mathematical probability theory and its applications, in particular in topics such as homogeneous Markov chains, queuing theory and mathematical finance. He entered Changsha Railway Institute (Central South University now) in 1980 and re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Maxwell%27s%20equations | In the beginning of the 19th century, many experimental and theoretical works had been accomplished in the understanding of electromagnetics. In the 1780s, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb established his law of electrostatics. In 1825, André-Marie Ampère published his Ampère's force law. Michael Faraday discovered the elec... |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triploid%20syndrome | Triploid syndrome, also called triploidy, is a chromosomal disorder in which a fetus has three copies of every chromosome instead of the normal two. If this occurs in only some cells, it is called mosaic triploidy and is less severe.
Most embryos with triploidy miscarry early in development.
Signs and symptoms
Many ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multivariate%20optical%20element | A multivariate optical element (MOE), is the key part of a multivariate optical computer; an alternative to conventional spectrometry for the chemical analysis of materials.
It is helpful to understand how light is processed in a multivariate optical computer, as compared to how it is processed in a spectrometer. For... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SolarWinds | SolarWinds Corporation is an American company that develops software for businesses to help manage their networks, systems, and information technology infrastructure. It is headquartered in Austin, Texas, with sales and product development offices in a number of locations in the United States and several other countrie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superficial%20temporal%20artery | In human anatomy, the superficial temporal artery is a major artery of the head. It arises from the external carotid artery when it splits into the superficial temporal artery and maxillary artery.
Its pulse can be felt above the zygomatic arch, above and in front of the tragus of the ear.
Structure
The superficial ... |
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