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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo%20paw | Kangaroo paw is the common name for a number of species, in two genera of the family Haemodoraceae, that are native to the south-west of Western Australia. These rhizomatous perennial plants are noted for their unique bird-attracting flowers. The tubular flowers are coated with dense hairs and open at the apex with six... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orcein | Orcein, also archil, orchil, lacmus and C.I. Natural Red 28, are names for dyes extracted from several species of lichen, commonly known as "orchella weeds", found in various parts of the world. A major source is the archil lichen, Roccella tinctoria. Orcinol is extracted from such lichens. It is then converted to orce... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20Grid%20Reference%20System | The Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on Earth. The MGRS is derived from the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) grid system and the Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS) grid system, but uses a different labeling convention. The MGRS is used ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20Hama | Apache Hama is a distributed computing framework based on bulk synchronous parallel computing techniques for massive scientific computations e.g., matrix, graph and network algorithms. It was a Top Level Project under the Apache Software Foundation. Retired in April 2020, project resources are made available as part o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20Peripheral%20Interface | Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) is a de facto standard (with many variants) for synchronous serial communication, used primarily in embedded systems for short-distance wired communication between integrated circuits.
SPI uses a main–subnode (master/slave) architecture, where one main device orchestrates communicatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0-semigroup | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C0-semigroup }}
In mathematics, a C0-semigroup, also known as a strongly continuous one-parameter semigroup, is a generalization of the exponential function. Just as exponential functions provide solutions of scalar linear constant coefficient ordinary differential equations, strongly continuous semigrou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion%20ratio | The expansion ratio of a liquefied and cryogenic substance is the volume of a given amount of that substance in liquid form compared to the volume of the same amount of substance in gaseous form, at room temperature and normal atmospheric pressure.
If a sufficient amount of liquid is vaporized within a closed containe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistical%20epidemiology | Statistical epidemiology is an emerging branch of the disciplines of epidemiology and biostatistics that aims to:
Bring more statistical rigour to bear in the field of epidemiology
Recognise the importance of applied statistics, especially with respect to the context in which statistical methods are appropriate and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ScRGB | scRGB is a wide color gamut RGB color space created by Microsoft and HP that uses the same color primaries and white/black points as the sRGB color space but allows coordinates below zero and greater than one. The full range is −0.5 through just less than +7.5.
Negative numbers enables scRGB to encompass most of the C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MeBeam | MeBeam was a video chat website, that allowed any user to create videoconference rooms for up to 16 people. MeBeam did not require registration, login or downloading of software.
Overview
The site was launched by Ashod Apakian in November 2007 as a web-based demo of a research application he was working on. The goa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PlasMapper | PlasMapper (Plasmid Mapper) is a freely available web server that automatically generates and annotates high-quality circular plasmid maps. It is a particularly useful online service for molecular biologists wishing to generate plasmid maps without having to purchase or maintain expensive, commercial software. PlasMa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isenthalpic%20process | An isenthalpic process or isoenthalpic process is a process that proceeds without any change in enthalpy, H; or specific enthalpy, h.
Overview
If a steady-state, steady-flow process is analysed using a control volume, everything outside the control volume is considered to be the surroundings.
Such a process will be is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neddylation | Neddylation (also NEDDylation) is the process by which the ubiquitin-like protein NEDD8 is conjugated to its target proteins. This process is analogous to ubiquitination, although it relies on its own E1 and E2 enzymes. No NEDD8-specific E3 has yet been identified and it is possible that the Neddylation system relies o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourier-transform%20spectroscopy | Fourier-transform spectroscopy is a measurement technique whereby spectra are collected based on measurements of the coherence of a radiative source, using time-domain or space-domain measurements of the radiation, electromagnetic or not. It can be applied to a variety of types of spectroscopy including optical spectr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse%20dish |
Introduction
A Syracuse dish or Syracuse watch glass is a shallow, circular, flat-bottomed dish of thick glass. Usually, it is 67 mm in outer diameter and 52 mm in inner diameter.
Background
Nathan Cobb, one of the pioneers of nematology in the United States,was the first who suggested using the Syracuse Dish for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sammon%20mapping | Sammon mapping or Sammon projection is an algorithm that maps a high-dimensional space to a space of lower dimensionality (see multidimensional scaling) by trying to preserve the structure of inter-point distances in high-dimensional space in the lower-dimension projection.
It is particularly suited for use in explora... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linde%E2%80%93Buzo%E2%80%93Gray%20algorithm | The Linde–Buzo–Gray algorithm (introduced by Yoseph Linde, Andrés Buzo and Robert M. Gray in 1980) is a vector quantization algorithm to derive a good codebook.
It is similar to the k-means method in data clustering.
The algorithm
At each iteration, each vector is split into two new vectors.
A initial state: centro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endotype | An endotype is a subtype of a health condition, which is defined by a distinct functional or pathobiological mechanism. This is distinct from a phenotype, which is any observable characteristic or trait of a disease, such as development, biochemical or physiological properties without any implication of a mechanism. It... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Conference%20on%20Neutrino%20Physics%20and%20Astrophysics | The International Conference on Neutrino Physics and Astrophysics is a significant international conference series in the field of neutrino physics, during which talks detailing notable progress in theoretical and experimental work are given. In addition, the conference reviews the status of proposed research in neutr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherborne%20Sensors | Sherborne Sensors is a designer and manufacturer of precision inclinometers, accelerometers and load cells. Technologies utilized include mechanical servo, solid state and strain gauge. These precision measurement tools are available as both off-the-shelf and bespoke for use in military, aerospace, civil and industria... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay%20Vaishnavi | Vijay Kumar Vaishnavi is a noted researcher and scholar in the computer information systems field with contributions mainly in the areas of design science research, software engineering, and data structures & algorithms, authoring over 150 publications including seven books in these and related areas, and co-owning a p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9a%27s%20lemma | Céa's lemma is a lemma in mathematics. Introduced by Jean Céa in his Ph.D. dissertation, it is an important tool for proving error estimates for the finite element method applied to elliptic partial differential equations.
Lemma statement
Let be a real Hilbert space with the norm Let be a bilinear form with the pr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crying%20in%20the%20Rain | "Crying in the Rain" is a song composed by Carole King with lyrics by Howard Greenfield, originally recorded by American duo the Everly Brothers. The single peaked at number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1962.
The song was the only collaboration between songwriters Greenfield and King, both of whom worked for Ald... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Irwin%20Hutchinson | John Irwin Hutchinson (12 April 1867 – 1 December 1935) was an American mathematician born in Bangor, Maine. He was educated at Bates College, (A.B., 1889), Clark University (1890–92), and the University of Chicago (Ph.D., 1896). With Virgil Snyder he was coauthor of Differential and Integral Calculus (1902) and Elemen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20web%20page | A dynamic web page is a web page constructed at runtime (during software execution), as opposed to a static web page, delivered as it is stored.
A server-side dynamic web page is a web page whose construction is controlled by an application server processing server-side scripts. In server-side scripting, parameters det... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moti%20Yung | Mordechai M. "Moti" Yung is a cryptographer and computer scientist known for his work on cryptovirology and kleptography.
Career
Yung earned his PhD from Columbia University in 1988 under the supervision of Zvi Galil. In the past, he worked at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, CertCo, RSA Laboratories, and Goo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow%20Moon | The Hollow Moon and the closely related Spaceship Moon are pseudoscientific hypotheses that propose that Earth's Moon is either wholly hollow or otherwise contains a substantial interior space. No scientific evidence exists to support the idea; seismic observations and other data collected since spacecraft began to orb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog%20comment%20hosting%20service | A blog comment hosting service is a service which externally hosts comments posted by users to blog or online newspaper posts. Many such services allow for users to log into a blog comment hosting service using social network profile credentials such as those of Facebook Connect, Yahoo!, Google, LinkedIn, Myspace, etc.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Systems%20and%20Software | The Journal of Systems and Software is a computer science journal in the area of software systems, established in 1979 and published by Elsevier.
Content and scope
The journal publishes research papers, state-of-the-art surveys, and practical experience reports. It includes papers covering issues of programming metho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance%20for%20Biosecurity | The Alliance for Biosecurity is a consortium of companies that develop products to respond to national security threats, including bioterrorism pathogens and emerging infectious diseases. It is headquartered in Washington DC.
Background
The United States faces risks to national security posed by the danger of bioterr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photosystem%20II | Photosystem II (or water-plastoquinone oxidoreductase) is the first protein complex in the light-dependent reactions of oxygenic photosynthesis. It is located in the thylakoid membrane of plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Within the photosystem, enzymes capture photons of light to energize electrons that are then tran... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core-compact%20space | In general topology and related branches of mathematics, a core-compact topological space is a topological space whose partially ordered set of open subsets is a continuous poset. Equivalently, is core-compact if it is exponentiable in the category Top of topological spaces. Expanding the definition of an exponential... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM%204767 | The IBM 4767 PCIe Cryptographic Coprocessor is a hardware security module (HSM) that includes a secure cryptoprocessor implemented on a high-security, tamper resistant, programmable PCIe board. Specialized cryptographic electronics, microprocessor, memory, and random number generator housed within a tamper-responding e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPEX%20syndrome | Immunodysregulation polyendocrinopathy enteropathy X-linked syndrome (IPEX syndrome) is a rare autoimmune disease. It is one of the autoimmune polyendocrine syndromes. Most often, IPEX presents with autoimmune enteropathy, dermatitis (eczema), and autoimmune endocrinopathy (most often Type 1 diabetes), but other presen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adams%20resolution | In mathematics, specifically algebraic topology, there is a resolution analogous to free resolutions of spectra yielding a tool for constructing the Adams spectral sequence. Essentially, the idea is to take a connective spectrum of finite type and iteratively resolve with other spectra that are in the homotopy kernel ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrassiBase | BrassiBase is on online resource that documents information and research related to species within the plant family Brassicaceae. It is hosted by the University of Heidelberg. The website defines itself as "tools and biological resources for Brassicaceae character and trait studies". Researchers studying Brassicaceae s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File%20comparison | In computing, file comparison is the calculation and display of the differences and similarities between data objects, typically text files such as source code.
The methods, implementations, and results are typically called a diff, after the Unix diff utility. The output may be presented in a graphical user interface ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20botany | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to botany:
Botany – biological discipline which involves the study of plants.
Core concepts of botany
Bud
Cell wall
Chlorophyll
Chloroplast
Flora
Flower
Fruit
Forest
Leaf
Meristem
Photosynthesis
Plant
Plant cell
Pollen
Seed
Seedlin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20restriction%20enzyme%20cutting%20sites%3A%20S | This article contains a list of the most studied restriction enzymes whose names start with S. It contains approximately 130 enzymes.
The following information is given:
Whole list navigation
Restriction enzymes
S
Notes
Biotechnology
Restriction enzyme cutting sites
Restriction enzymes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaw%20drive | The yaw drive is an important component of the horizontal axis wind turbines' yaw system. To ensure the wind turbine is producing the maximal amount of electric energy at all times, the yaw drive is used to keep the rotor facing into the wind as the wind direction changes. This only applies for wind turbines with a hor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemidesmosome | Hemidesmosomes are very small stud-like structures found in keratinocytes of the epidermis of skin that attach to the extracellular matrix. They are similar in form to desmosomes when visualized by electron microscopy, however, desmosomes attach to adjacent cells. Hemidesmosomes are also comparable to focal adhesions, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-layer%20architecture | The Three-Layer Architecture is a hybrid reactive/deliberative robot architecture developed by R. James Firby that consists of three layers: a reactive feedback control mechanism, a reactive plan execution mechanism, and a mechanism for performing time-consuming deliberative computations.
See also
ATLANTIS architec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CXorf40A | Protein CXorf40A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CXorf40A gene. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanislas%20Dehaene | Stanislas Dehaene (born May 12, 1965) is a French author and cognitive neuroscientist whose research centers on a number of topics, including numerical cognition, the neural basis of reading and the neural correlates of consciousness. As of 2017, he is a professor at the Collège de France and, since 1989, the director ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necking%20%28engineering%29 | In engineering and materials science, necking is a mode of tensile deformation where relatively large amounts of strain localize disproportionately in a small region of the material. The resulting prominent decrease in local cross-sectional area provides the basis for the name "neck". Because the local strains in the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20acoustic%20ranging | Radio acoustic ranging, occasionally written as "radio-acoustic ranging" and sometimes abbreviated RAR, was a method for determining a ship's precise location at sea by detonating an explosive charge underwater near the ship, detecting the arrival of the underwater sound waves at remote locations, and radioing the time... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food%20Industry%20Centre | The Food Industry Centre (FIC) at Cardiff Metropolitan University (also known as UWIC) is a Welsh research and education organisation designed to address issues of food safety and food-related health concerns. Its mission also includes supporting the Welsh food industry. The centre, which is part of UWIC's Cardiff Scho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuchsian%20group | In mathematics, a Fuchsian group is a discrete subgroup of PSL(2,R). The group PSL(2,R) can be regarded equivalently as a group of orientation-preserving isometries of the hyperbolic plane, or conformal transformations of the unit disc, or conformal transformations of the upper half plane, so a Fuchsian group can be re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20coastal%20weather%20stations%20in%20the%20British%20Isles | Reports from these coastal stations and automatic weather logging stations in the British Isles are included in the extended Shipping Forecasts on BBC Radio 4 at 0048 and 0520 local time each day.
The stations are listed in the order they are read in the forecast, the numbers in brackets refer to the map on the right.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artin%27s%20conjecture%20on%20primitive%20roots | In number theory, Artin's conjecture on primitive roots states that a given integer a that is neither a square number nor −1 is a primitive root modulo infinitely many primes p. The conjecture also ascribes an asymptotic density to these primes. This conjectural density equals Artin's constant or a rational multiple th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job%20creation%20index | A job creation index is a measure of net hiring of full- and part-time adult workers. In the US, the index score is derived by subtracting the percentage of American workers who say their employers are 'firing' from the percentage of workers who say their employers are 'hiring'.
United States
The job creation index ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenophostin | Adenophostin A is a potent inositol trisphosphate (IP3) receptor agonist, but is much more potent than IP3.
IP3R is a ligand-gated intracellular Ca2+ release channel that plays a central role in modulating cytoplasmic free Ca2+ concentration (Ca2+i). Adenophostin A is structurally different from IP3 but could elicit ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ST2-PT | ST2-PT (Single Transition-to-single Transition Polarization Transfer) is a method of sensitivity enhancement in NMR spectroscopy, developed by K.V. Pervushin, G. Wider, and K. Wüthrich in 1998.
This method affords a sensitivity enhancement for kinetically stable amide 15N–1H groups in proteins. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M114%20bomb | The M114 bomb was a four-pound U.S. anti-personnel bomb and biological cluster bomb sub-munition. The M114 was used in the M33 cluster bomb.
History
The M114 was a sub-munition for the M33 cluster bomb, as such, it was the first standardized U.S. biological weapon in 1952. The M114 was an improved version of a British... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melly%20Oitzl | Melly S. Oitzl (in full: Maria-Silvana Oitzl, born 1955 in Lind/Arnoldstein) is an Austrian behavioral neuroscientist. She is associate professor of medical pharmacology at Leiden University and adjunct professor of cognitive neurobiology at the University of Amsterdam. Oitzl is mainly interested in the relationships b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikodym%20set | In mathematics, a Nikodym set is a subset of the unit square in with complement of Lebesgue measure zero (i.e. with an area of 1), such that, given any point in the set, there is a straight line that only intersects the set at that point. The existence of a Nikodym set was first proved by Otto Nikodym in 1927. Subsequ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom%20ensemble | In cryptography, a pseudorandom ensemble is a family of variables meeting the following criteria:
Let be a uniform ensemble
and be an ensemble. The ensemble is called pseudorandom if and
are indistinguishable in polynomial time. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated%20vulnerability%20disclosure | In computer security, coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD, formerly known as responsible disclosure) is a vulnerability disclosure model in which a vulnerability or an issue is disclosed to the public only after the responsible parties have been allowed sufficient time to patch or remedy the vulnerability or issu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi%E2%80%93Ulam%20model | The Fermi–Ulam model (FUM) is a dynamical system that was introduced by Polish mathematician Stanislaw Ulam in 1961.
FUM is a variant of Enrico Fermi's primary work on acceleration of cosmic rays, namely Fermi acceleration. The system consists of a particle that collides elastically between a fixed wall and a moving o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedgwick%20Memorial%20Medal | The Sedgwick Memorial Medal, given by the American Public Health Association, was established in 1929 for distinguished service and advancement of public health knowledge and practice. It is considered the APHA's highest honor.
The medal is established in honour of William Thompson Sedgwick (1855–1921).
Award recipie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouthbrooder | Mouthbrooding, also known as oral incubation and buccal incubation, is the care given by some groups of animals to their offspring by holding them in the mouth of the parent for extended periods of time. Although mouthbrooding is performed by a variety of different animals, such as the Darwin's frog, fish are by far th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PX5%20RTOS | PX5 RTOS is a real-time operating system (RTOS) designed for embedded systems. It is implemented using the ANSI C programming language.
Overview
The PX5 RTOS, created by William Lamie, is an embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) that was launched in January 2023. Lamie, who also developed other RTOSes such as Nuc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CA%20Anti-Spyware | CA Anti-Spyware is a spyware detection program distributed by CA, Inc. Until 2007, it was known as PestPatrol.
This product is now offered by Total Defense, Inc. and has been named Total Defense Anti-Virus.
History
PestPatrol, Inc. was a Carlisle, PA based software company founded by Dr. David Stang and Robert Bales... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CARNET | CARNET (Croatian Academic and Research Network, ) is the national research and education network of Croatia. It is funded from the government budget and it operates from offices in Zagreb and five other cities.
CARNET was established in 1991 as a project of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of Cro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NuSMV | In computer science, NuSMV is a reimplementation and extension of the SMV symbolic model checker, the first model checking tool based on binary decision diagrams (BDDs).
The tool has been designed as an open architecture for model checking. It is aimed at reliable verification of industrially sized designs, for use as ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20aerospace | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the aerospace field:
Aerospace – comprises the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space. Typically the term is used to refer to the aerospace industry, which researches, designs, manufactures, operates, and maintains vehicles moving through a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky%20%28bear%29 | Rocky (b. 1953) was a parachuting Asian black bear. She was purchased from a Kumamoto zoo to serve as a mascot for the U.S. 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team during the Korean War. She completed five parachute jumps, earning her parachutist badge. After sustaining injuries during an artillery attack, she was awarde... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic%20exosome | Exosomes are small vesicles secreted by cells that play a crucial role in intercellular communication. They contain a variety of biomolecules, including proteins, nucleic acids and lipids, which can be transferred between cells to modulate cellular processes. Exosomes have been increasingly acknowledged as promising th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Native%20Plant%20Society | The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a California environmental non-profit organization (501(c)3) that seeks to increase understanding of California's native flora and to preserve it for future generations. The mission of CNPS is to conserve California native plants and their natural habitats, and increase und... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humu%20%28software%29 | Humu is a software company that uses machine learning to send "nudges," small recommendations based in nudge theory, to employees at work.
History
Humu was founded in May 2017 by former Google executives Laszlo Bock, Wayne Crosby, and Jessie Wisdom. Before founding Humu, Laszlo Bock served as Google's original Head o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Materials%20Research%20Bulletin | Materials Research Bulletin is a peer-reviewed, scientific journal that covers the study of materials science and engineering. The journal is published by Elsevier and was established in 1966. The Editor-in-Chief is Rick Ubic.
The journal focuses on the development and understanding of materials, including their prope... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Centre%20for%20Mathematical%20Sciences | The International Centre for Mathematical Sciences (ICMS) is a mathematical research centre based in Edinburgh. According to its website, the centre is "designed to bring together mathematicians and practitioners in science, industry and commerce for research workshops and other meetings."
The centre was jointly estab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Annin%20Ames | Louis Annin Ames (1866–1952) was an American flagmaker. From 1896 to 1952 he served as chief executive officer of Annin & Co. In 1915 he designed the flag of the City of New York. He was a member of the Ames family.
Biography
Louis Annin Ames was born on Saint Helena Island, South Carolina on September 5, 1866.
He ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli%E2%80%93Lubanski%20pseudovector | In physics, the Pauli–Lubanski pseudovector is an operator defined from the momentum and angular momentum, used in the quantum-relativistic description of angular momentum. It is named after Wolfgang Pauli and Józef Lubański,
It describes the spin states of moving particles. It is the generator of the little group of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miraitowa%20and%20Someity | Miraitowa () is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Olympics, and Someity () is the official mascot of the 2020 Summer Paralympics. The events were held in Tokyo, Japan, in 2021. The checkered design on both mascots was inspired by the ichimatsu moyo pattern of the Tokyo 2020 official logo, while Someity's pink desi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mks%20vir | mks_vir (formerly: MkS_Vir) is a Polish antivirus program, created by Marek Sell in 1987.
The original reason for creation of this software was that the solutions existing on the market these times did not satisfy the author's needs. The first versions for DOS were distributed on floppy disks by Apexim, the company in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Votive%20ship | A votive ship, sometimes called a church ship, is a ship model displayed in a church. As a rule, votive ships are constructed and given as gifts to the church by seamen and ship builders. Votive ships are relatively common in churches in the Nordic countries Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland, as well as on Åland and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie%20Williams%20%28software%20engineer%29 | Laurie Williams is an American software engineer known for her writings on pair programming and agile software development. She is a distinguished professor of computer science at North Carolina State University, and interim head of the Department of Computer Science at North Carolina State University.
Education and c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.J.%20Han%20Vinck | Adrianus Johannes "Han" Vinck (born 15 May 1949, in Breda) is a Dutch computer scientist. He serves as senior professor in Digital Communications at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, since September 2014. He is a member of the digital signal processing group at the electrical engineering Department. His inter... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffing%20map | The Duffing map (also called as 'Holmes map') is a discrete-time dynamical system. It is an example of a dynamical system that exhibits chaotic behavior. The Duffing map takes a point (xn, yn) in the plane and maps it to a new point given by
The map depends on the two constants a and b. These are usually set to a = 2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ability | Abilities are powers an agent has to perform various actions. They include common abilities, like walking, and rare abilities, like performing a double backflip. Abilities are intelligent powers: they are guided by the person's intention and executing them successfully results in an action, which is not true for all ty... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended%20supersymmetry | In theoretical physics, extended supersymmetry is supersymmetry whose infinitesimal generators carry not only a spinor index , but also an additional index where is integer (such as 2 or 4).
Extended supersymmetry is also called , supersymmetry, for example. Extended supersymmetry is very important for analysis of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polysporangiophyte | Polysporangiophytes, also called polysporangiates or formally Polysporangiophyta, are plants in which the spore-bearing generation (sporophyte) has branching stems (axes) that bear sporangia. The name literally means 'many sporangia plant'. The clade includes all land plants (embryophytes) except for the bryophytes (li... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20cardiac%20vein | The great cardiac vein (left coronary vein) is a vein of the heart. It begins at the apex of the heart and ascends along the anterior interventricular sulcus before joining the oblique vein of the left atrium to form the coronary sinus upon the posterior surface of the heart.
Anatomy
Course
The great cardiac vein as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metaviridae | Metaviridae is a family of viruses which exist as Ty3-gypsy LTR retrotransposons in a eukaryotic host's genome. They are closely related to retroviruses: members of the family Metaviridae share many genomic elements with retroviruses, including length, organization, and genes themselves. This includes genes that encode... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous%20horticulture | Indigenous horticulture is practised in various ways across all inhabited continents. Indigenous refers to the native peoples of a given area and horticulture is the practice of small-scale intercropping.
Africa
North Africa
In North Africa, one such example is the farming practices of the Eggon, a Nigerian hill farm... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SdrG%20C%20terminal%20protein%20domain | In molecular biology, the protein domain SdrG C terminal refers to the C terminus domain of an adhesin found only on the cell walls of bacteria. More specifically, SdrG is only found in gram-positive bacteria. This particular domain binds to a glycoprotein named fibrinogen. SdrG stands for serine-aspartate dipeptide r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1/2%20%2B%201/4%20%2B%201/8%20%2B%201/16%20%2B%20%E2%8B%AF | In mathematics, the infinite series is an elementary example of a geometric series that converges absolutely. The sum of the series is 1.
In summation notation, this may be expressed as
The series is related to philosophical questions considered in antiquity, particularly to Zeno's paradoxes.
Proof
As with any in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propachlor | Propachlor (2-chloro-N-isopropylacetanilide) is an herbicide first marketed by Monsanto. It was registered for use in the United States during 1965.
The preparation acts on annual grasses and on some broadleaf weeds and was briefly sold in the UK as a germination inhibitor under the name Murphy Covershield.
Between ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framework%20Computer | Framework Computer, Inc. is an American laptop manufacturer. The company positions itself as a proponent of the electronics right to repair movement, and their laptops are designed to be easy to disassemble, with replaceable parts. In November 2021, Time magazine listed the Framework Laptop on their list of the 100 Bes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ribosomal%20L28e%20protein%20family | Ribosomal L28e protein family is a family of evolutionarily related proteins. Members include 60S ribosomal protein L28.
Ribosomes are the particles that catalyse mRNA-directed protein synthesis in all organisms. The codons of the mRNA are exposed on the ribosome to allow tRNA binding. This leads to the incorporation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzyme%20inhibitor | An enzyme inhibitor is a molecule that binds to an enzyme and blocks its activity. Enzymes are proteins that speed up chemical reactions necessary for life, in which substrate molecules are converted into products. An enzyme facilitates a specific chemical reaction by binding the substrate to its active site, a special... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping%20Zhang%20%28graph%20theorist%29 | Ping Zhang is a mathematician specializing in graph theory. She is a professor of mathematics at Western Michigan University and the author of multiple textbooks on graph theory and mathematical proof.
Zhang earned a master's degree in 1989 from the University of Jordan, working there on ring theory with Hasan Al-Ezeh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringa%20%C3%97%20persica | Syringa × persica, the Persian lilac, is a hybrid, thought to originate from a cross of Syringa × laciniata and S. afghanica. More compact than common lilacs, it grows up to and spreads about . Persian lilac prefers warmer winter climates (hardiness zones 5–9) than many species of lilac. Its hybrid with S. vulgaris... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycast | Anycast is a network addressing and routing methodology in which a single IP address is shared by devices (generally servers) in multiple locations. Routers direct packets addressed to this destination to the location nearest the sender, using their normal decision-making algorithms, typically the lowest number of BGP ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duodenojejunal%20flexure | The duodenojejunal flexure or duodenojejunal junction, also known as the angle of Treitz, is the border between the duodenum and the jejunum.
Structure
The ascending portion of the duodenum ascends on the left side of the aorta, as far as the level of the upper border of the second lumbar vertebra. At this point, it t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Anchorage%2C%20Alaska | The flag of Anchorage, Alaska, was adopted by the city of Anchorage in 1973. It is a field of yellow with the seal of the city, which features a blue anchor in the foreground as well as a blue airplane, yellow sun, and yellow sailboat in the background. The words "ANCHORAGE ALASKA" are also present.
History
In 1973, t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaon | In particle physics, a kaon (), also called a K meson and denoted , is any of a group of four mesons distinguished by a quantum number called strangeness. In the quark model they are understood to be bound states of a strange quark (or antiquark) and an up or down antiquark (or quark).
Kaons have proved to be a copiou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland%20Payment%20Systems | Heartland Payment Systems, Inc. is a U.S.-based payment processing and technology provider. Founded in 1997, Heartland Payment Systems' last headquarters were in Princeton, New Jersey. An acquisition by Global Payments, expected to be worth $3.8 billion or $4.3 billion was finalized on April 25, 2016.
Heartland Paymen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20Packet%20Interface | The System Packet Interface (SPI) family of Interoperability Agreements from the Optical Internetworking Forum specify chip-to-chip, channelized, packet interfaces commonly used in synchronous optical networking and Ethernet applications. A typical application of such a packet level interface is between a framer (for ... |
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