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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20%28nautical%29 | In nautical terms, the word sound is used to describe the process of determining the depth of water in a tank or under a ship. Tanks are sounded to determine if they are full (for cargo tanks) or empty (to determine if a ship has been holed) and for other reasons. Soundings may also be taken of the water around a shi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Figments%20of%20Reality | Figments of Reality: The Evolution of the Curious Mind (1997) is a book about the evolution of the intelligent and conscious human mind by biologist Jack Cohen and mathematician Ian Stewart.
Overview
In this book Cohen and Stewart give their ideas on how the sentient human being evolved. Various chapters discuss scien... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Gallier | Jean Henri Gallier (born 1949) is a researcher in computational logic at the University of Pennsylvania, where he holds appointments in the Computer and Information Science Department and the Department of Mathematics.
Biography
Gallier was born January 5, 1949, in Nancy, France, and holds dual French and American cit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20flight%20%28model%20aircraft%29 | Free flight is the segment of model aviation involving aircraft with no active external control after launch. Free Flight is the original form of hobby aeromodeling, with the competitive objective being to build and launch a self controlling aircraft that will consistently achieve the longest flight duration over mult... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subclavius%20muscle | The subclavius is a small triangular muscle, placed between the clavicle and the first rib. Along with the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor muscles, the subclavius muscle makes up the anterior axioappendicular muscles, also known as anterior wall of the axilla.
Structure
It arises by a short, thick tendon from th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard%20model%20of%20arithmetic | In mathematical logic, a non-standard model of arithmetic is a model of first-order Peano arithmetic that contains non-standard numbers. The term standard model of arithmetic refers to the standard natural numbers 0, 1, 2, …. The elements of any model of Peano arithmetic are linearly ordered and possess an initial se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Dubislav | Walter Dubislav (20 September 1895 – 17 September 1937) was a German logician and philosopher of science (Wissenschaftstheoretiker).
Biography
After studying mathematics and philosophy, Dubislav attained a doctorate in 1922 with "Contributions to the theories of definition and proof within mathematical logic" (Beiträg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popeye%20protein%20conserved%20region | Popeye protein conserved region is common to a family of evolutionarily related proteins, the Popeye domain containing (POPDC) family of proteins, which is found in many animal phyla (vertebrates, lower chordates, arthropodes, mollusca and some protostomia).
In vertebrates it is preferentially expressed in developing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multidimensional%20signal%20restoration | In multidimensional signal processing, Multidimensional signal restoration refers to the problem of estimating the original input signal from observations of the distorted or noise contaminated version of the original signal using some prior information about the input signal and /or the distortion process. Multidimens... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future%20Knight | Future Knight is a 2D, flip screen platform game released by Gremlin Graphics in 1986 for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MSX, and ZX Spectrum. The player must guide Randolph through twenty levels of hostile robots and aliens before defeating Spegbott and rescuing Amelia.
Plot
The space cruiser S.S. Rustbucket has cras... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Permease%20of%20phosphotransferase%20system | Permease of phosphotransferase system (or PTS-AG superfamily according to TCDB) is a superfamily of phosphotransferase enzymes that facilitate the transport of L-ascorbate (A) and galactitol (G). Classification has been established through phylogenic analysis and bioinformatics.
The bacterial phosphoenolpyruvate:sugar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolvability%20%28computer%20science%29 | The term evolvability is used for a recent framework of computational learning introduced by Leslie Valiant in his paper of the same name and described below. The aim of this theory is to model biological evolution and categorize which types of mechanisms are evolvable. Evolution is an extension of PAC learning and lea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispersal%20of%20invasive%20species%20by%20ballast%20water | The dispersal of invasive species by ballast water refers to the unintentional introduction of invasive species to new habitats via the ballast water carried by commercial shipping vessels. Ballast water spreads an estimated 7000 living species to new habitats across the globe. These species can affect the ecological b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ittiam%20Systems | Ittiam Systems is a venture capital funded technology company founded by ex-Managing Director of Texas Instruments' India Srini Rajam in 2001. It is headquartered in Bangalore, India and has marketing offices in the United States, UK, France, Japan, Mainland China, Singapore and Taiwan.
Ittiam Systems is India's firs... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioconvergence | Bioconvergence is a multidisciplinary method in life science. It uses the synergy between biotech, engineering and computerized systems to address unresolved challenges, like speeding up diagnostic processes, creating more advanced materials, or advancing drug development.
Along with healthcare, bioconvergence assists... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%20square | In mathematics and control theory, H2, or H-square is a Hardy space with square norm. It is a subspace of L2 space, and is thus a Hilbert space. In particular, it is a reproducing kernel Hilbert space.
On the unit circle
In general, elements of L2 on the unit circle are given by
whereas elements of H2 are given by
... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequent | In mathematical logic, a sequent is a very general kind of conditional assertion.
A sequent may have any number m of condition formulas Ai (called "antecedents") and any number n of asserted formulas Bj (called "succedents" or "consequents"). A sequent is understood to mean that if all of the antecedent conditions ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Periodic%20short-interval%20diffuse%20discharges | Periodic short-interval diffuse discharges are a type of EEG abnormality with periodicity less than 4.0 seconds. They can consist of sharp waves or spikes, spike and wave, polyspikes or triphasics with background attenuation in between transients. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precancerous%20condition | A precancerous condition is a condition, tumor or lesion involving abnormal cells which are associated with an increased risk of developing into cancer. Clinically, precancerous conditions encompass a variety of abnormal tissues with an increased risk of developing into cancer. Some of the most common precancerous cond... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macadamia%20oil | Macadamia oil (or macadamia nut oil) is the non-volatile oil collected from the nuts of the macadamia (Macadamia integrifolia), a native Australian plant. It is used in food as a frying or salad oil, and in cosmetic formulations as an emollient or fragrance fixative.
Description
Fruits
Macadamia integrifolia is an Au... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body%20of%20penis | The body or shaft of the penis is the free portion of the human penis that is located outside of the pelvic cavity. It is the continuation of the internal root which is embedded in the pelvis and extends to the glans behind which lies the neck of the penis. It is made up of the two corpora cavernosa and the corpus spon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll%27s%20critique | Roll's critique is a famous analysis of the validity of empirical tests of the capital asset pricing model (CAPM) by Richard Roll. It concerns methods to formally test the statement of the CAPM, the equation
This equation relates an asset's expected return to the asset's sensitivity to the market portfolio return .... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Fogg%20Osgood | William Fogg Osgood (March 10, 1864 – July 22, 1943) was an American mathematician.
Education and career
William Fogg Osgood was born in Boston on March 10, 1864. In 1886, he graduated from Harvard, where, after studying at the universities of Göttingen (1887–1889) and Erlangen (Ph.D., 1890), he was instructor (1890–... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastic%20pollution%20in%20the%20Mediterranean%20sea | The Mediterranean Sea has been defined as one of the seas most affected by marine plastic pollution.
It has concentrations of microplastics which are estimated to be higher than those on average found at the global level. Studies conducted within the WWF Mediterranean Marine Initiative of 2019 have estimated that 0.57... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left%20axis%20deviation | In electrocardiography, left axis deviation (LAD) is a condition wherein the mean electrical axis of ventricular contraction of the heart lies in a frontal plane direction between −30° and −90°. This is reflected by a QRS complex positive in lead I and negative in leads aVF and II.
There are several potential causes o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bailey%E2%80%93Borwein%E2%80%93Plouffe%20formula | The Bailey–Borwein–Plouffe formula (BBP formula) is a formula for . It was discovered in 1995 by Simon Plouffe and is named after the authors of the article in which it was published, David H. Bailey, Peter Borwein, and Plouffe. Before that, it had been published by Plouffe on his own site. The formula is
The BBP form... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kama%20%28food%29 | Kama (in Estonian) or talkkuna (in Finnish) or tolokno (in Russian: толокно), talqan (in Turkic languages) is a traditional Estonian, Finnish, Russian, Turkic finely milled flour mixture. The kama or talkkuna powder is a mixture of roasted barley, rye, oat and pea flour. The oat flour may be completely replaced by whea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Biodiversity%20Information%20Facility | The Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) is an international organisation that focuses on making scientific data on biodiversity available via the Internet using web services. The data are provided by many institutions from around the world; GBIF's information architecture makes these data accessible and sea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buchanan%20Medal | The Buchanan Medal is awarded by the Royal Society "in recognition of distinguished contribution to the medical sciences generally". The award was created in 1897 from a fund to the memory of London physician Sir George Buchanan (1831–1895). It was to be awarded once every five years, but since 1990 the medal has been... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Forefront%20Unified%20Access%20Gateway | Microsoft Forefront Unified Access Gateway (UAG) is a discontinued software suite that provides secure remote access to corporate networks for remote employees and business partners. Its services include reverse proxy, virtual private network (VPN), DirectAccess and Remote Desktop Services. UAG was released in 2010, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Society%20of%20Botanical%20Artists | The American Society of Botanical Artists (ASBA) is the principal United States society for those who practice and appreciate contemporary botanical art. Since its founding by Diane Bouchier in 1994, ASBA has grown to nearly 2000 individual members in 39 countries and more than 40 institutional members from around the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIPS-X | MIPS-X is a reduced instruction set computer (RISC) microprocessor and instruction set architecture (ISA) developed as a follow-on project to the MIPS project at Stanford University by the same team that developed MIPS. The project, supported by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), began in 1984, and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixed-target%20experiment | A fixed-target experiment in particle physics is an experiment in which a beam of accelerated particles is collided with a stationary target. The moving beam (also known as a projectile) consists of charged particles such as electrons or protons and is accelerated to relativistic speed. The fixed target can be a solid ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular%20adaptation | In cell biology and pathophysiology, cellular adaptation refers to changes made by a cell in response to adverse or varying environmental changes. The adaptation may be physiologic (normal) or pathologic (abnormal).
Morphological adaptations observed at the cellular level include atrophy, hypertrophy, hyperplasia, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low%20copy%20repeats | Low copy repeats (LCRs), also known as segmental duplications (SDs), are DNA sequences present in multiple locations within a genome that share high levels of sequence identity.
Repeats
The repeats, or duplications, are typically 10–300 kb in length, and bear greater than 95% sequence identity. Though rare in most mam... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20the%20nuclear%20program%20of%20Iran | This is the timeline of the nuclear program of Iran.
1956–1979
1957: The United States and Iran sign a civil nuclear co-operation agreement as part of the U.S. Atoms for Peace program.
August 9, 1963: Iran signs the Partial nuclear test ban treaty (PTBT) and ratifies it on December 23, 1963.
1967: The Tehran Nuclear... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20design%20%28electronics%29 | In integrated circuit design, physical design is a step in the standard design cycle which follows after the circuit design. At this step, circuit representations of the components (devices and interconnects) of the design are converted into geometric representations of shapes which, when manufactured in the correspond... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KMCI-TV | KMCI-TV (channel 38) is an independent television station licensed to Lawrence, Kansas, United States, serving the Kansas City metropolitan area. It is owned by the E. W. Scripps Company alongside NBC affiliate KSHB-TV (channel 41). Both stations share studios on Oak Street in Kansas City, Missouri, while KMCI-TV's tra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%20blood%20flow | In the physiology of the kidney, renal blood flow (RBF) is the volume of blood delivered to the kidneys per unit time. In humans, the kidneys together receive roughly 25% of cardiac output, amounting to 1.2 - 1.3 L/min in a 70-kg adult male.
It passes about 94% to the cortex. RBF is closely related to renal plasma flo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GridFTP | GridFTP is an extension of the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) for grid computing. The protocol was defined within the GridFTP working group of the Open Grid Forum. There are multiple implementations of the protocol; the most widely used is that provided by the Globus Toolkit.
The aim of GridFTP is to provide a more rel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomeranchuk%20Prize | The Pomeranchuk Prize is an international award for theoretical physics, awarded annually since 1998 by the Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP) from Moscow. It is named after Russian physicist Isaak Yakovlevich Pomeranchuk, who together with Landau established the Theoretical Physics Department of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carapace | A carapace is a dorsal (upper) section of the exoskeleton or shell in a number of animal groups, including arthropods, such as crustaceans and arachnids, as well as vertebrates, such as turtles and tortoises. In turtles and tortoises, the underside is called the plastron.
Crustaceans
In crustaceans, the carapace func... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaspina%20Expedition%202010 | The Malaspina circumnavigation expedition was an interdisciplinary research project to assess the impact of global change on the oceans and explore their biodiversity. The 250 scientists on board the Hespérides and Sarmiento de Gamboa embarked on an eight-month expedition (starting in December 2010) scientific researc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point%20in%20polygon | In computational geometry, the point-in-polygon (PIP) problem asks whether a given point in the plane lies inside, outside, or on the boundary of a polygon. It is a special case of point location problems and finds applications in areas that deal with processing geometrical data, such as computer graphics, computer vis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressure%20exchanger | A pressure exchanger transfers pressure energy from a high pressure fluid stream to a low pressure fluid stream. Many industrial processes operate at elevated pressures and have high pressure waste streams. One way of providing a high pressure fluid to such a process is to transfer the waste pressure to a low pressure ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robotic%20magnetic%20navigation | Robotic magnetic navigation (RMN) (also called remote magnetic navigation) uses robotic technology to direct magnetic fields which control the movement of magnetic-tipped endovascular catheters into and through the chambers of the heart during cardiac catheterization procedures.
Devices
Because the human heart beats d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20programming%20languages%20%28basic%20instructions%29 | This article compares a large number of programming languages by tabulating their data types, their expression, statement, and declaration syntax, and some common operating-system interfaces.
Conventions of this article
Generally, var, , or is how variable names or other non-literal values to be interpreted by the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%20parity | In physics, the C parity or charge parity is a multiplicative quantum number of some particles that describes their behavior under the symmetry operation of charge conjugation.
Charge conjugation changes the sign of all quantum charges (that is, additive quantum numbers), including the electrical charge, baryon number... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph%20algebra%20%28social%20sciences%29 | Graph algebra is systems-centric modeling tool for the social sciences. It was first developed by Sprague, Pzeworski, and Cortes as a hybridized version of engineering plots to describe social phenomena.
Notes and references
Algebra
Social science methodology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demand%20optimization | Demand optimization is the application of processes and tools to maximize return on sales. This usually involves the application of mathematical modeling techniques using computer software.
It has particular applications in retail, where merchants wish to identify the best combination of price and promotion to achieve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauchy%27s%20integral%20formula | In mathematics, Cauchy's integral formula, named after Augustin-Louis Cauchy, is a central statement in complex analysis. It expresses the fact that a holomorphic function defined on a disk is completely determined by its values on the boundary of the disk, and it provides integral formulas for all derivatives of a hol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20wind%20%28sleep%29 | Second wind (or third wind, fourth wind, etc.), a colloquial name for the scientific term wake maintenance zone, is a sleep phenomenon in which a person, after a prolonged period of staying awake, temporarily ceases to feel drowsy, often making it difficult to fall asleep when exhausted. They are the result of circadia... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir-282%20microRNA%20precursor%20family | In molecular biology, mir-282 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/Austin%20moving-knife%20procedures | The Austin moving-knife procedures are procedures for equitable division of a cake. To each of n partners, they allocate a piece of the cake which this partner values as exactly of the cake. This is in contrast to proportional division procedures, which give each partner at least of the cake, but may give more to som... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elongated%20triangular%20bipyramid | In geometry, the elongated triangular bipyramid (or dipyramid) or triakis triangular prism is one of the Johnson solids (), convex polyhedra whose faces are regular polygons. As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a triangular bipyramid () by inserting a triangular prism between its congruent halves.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medial%20pterygoid%20muscle | The medial pterygoid muscle (or internal pterygoid muscle), is a thick, quadrilateral muscle of the face. It is supplied by the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve (V). It is important in mastication (chewing).
Structure
The medial pterygoid muscle consists of two heads. The bulk of the muscle arises as a deep ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperprosociality | Hyperprosociality is extremely altruistic behavior towards unrelated individuals that has been described as a trait unique to Homo sapiens.
Definition
The term was introduced in 2015 by Curtis Marean as "extremely cooperative behavior with unrelated individuals, often for the benefit of others or society without expec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor%20algebra | In mathematics, the tensor algebra of a vector space V, denoted T(V) or T(V), is the algebra of tensors on V (of any rank) with multiplication being the tensor product. It is the free algebra on V, in the sense of being left adjoint to the forgetful functor from algebras to vector spaces: it is the "most general" algeb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonds%27%20algorithm | In graph theory, Edmonds' algorithm or Chu–Liu/Edmonds' algorithm is an algorithm for finding a spanning arborescence of minimum weight (sometimes called an optimum branching).
It is the directed analog of the minimum spanning tree problem.
The algorithm was proposed independently first by Yoeng-Jin Chu and Tseng-Hong ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroelongated%20pentagonal%20pyramid | In geometry, the gyroelongated pentagonal pyramid is one of the Johnson solids (). As its name suggests, it is formed by taking a pentagonal pyramid and "gyroelongating" it, which in this case involves joining a pentagonal antiprism to its base.
It can also be seen as a diminished icosahedron, an icosahedron with the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine%20Museum%2C%20Ehnen | The Wine Museum (Musée du Vin), located in Ehnen on the Luxembourg side of the Moselle, illustrates the art of wine-making with exhibits of traditional vintner's tools and bottling equipment together with old documents and photographs. The property was acquired by the state in 1974 and opened as a museum in 1978. It oc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camfrog | Camfrog is a video chat and instant messaging client that was created by Camshare in October 2003. The app allows users to contact others worldwide and find or create chat rooms to gather communities that share similar interests.
History
On October 19, 2010, it was announced that Paltalk acquired Camfrog.
In 2015, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron%20crystallography | Electron crystallography is a method to determine the arrangement of atoms in solids using a transmission electron microscope (TEM). It can involve the use of high-resolution transmission electron microscopy images, electron diffraction patterns including convergent-beam electron diffraction or combinations of these. I... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contagium%20vivum%20fluidum | Contagium vivum fluidum (Latin: "contagious living fluid") was a phrase first used to describe a virus, and underlined its ability to slip through the finest ceramic filters then available, giving it almost liquid properties. Martinus Beijerinck (1851–1931), a Dutch microbiologist and botanist, first used the term when... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin%20network | In physics, a spin network is a type of diagram which can be used to represent states and interactions between particles and fields in quantum mechanics. From a mathematical perspective, the diagrams are a concise way to represent multilinear functions and functions between representations of matrix groups. The diagram... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse%20dynamics | Inverse dynamics is an inverse problem. It commonly refers to either inverse rigid body dynamics or inverse structural dynamics. Inverse rigid-body dynamics is a method for computing forces and/or moments of force (torques) based on the kinematics (motion) of a body and the body's inertial properties (mass and moment o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit%20diagram | A circuit diagram (or: wiring diagram, electrical diagram, elementary diagram, electronic schematic) is a graphical representation of an electrical circuit. A pictorial circuit diagram uses simple images of components, while a schematic diagram shows the components and interconnections of the circuit using standardized... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary%20splitting | In mathematics, binary splitting is a technique for speeding up numerical evaluation of many types of series with rational terms. In particular, it can be used to evaluate hypergeometric series at rational points.
Method
Given a series
where pn and qn are integers, the goal of binary splitting is to compute integers ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20formulas%20in%20Riemannian%20geometry | This is a list of formulas encountered in Riemannian geometry. Einstein notation is used throughout this article. This article uses the "analyst's" sign convention for Laplacians, except when noted otherwise.
Christoffel symbols, covariant derivative
In a smooth coordinate chart, the Christoffel symbols of the first ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-covalent%20interaction | In chemistry, a non-covalent interaction differs from a covalent bond in that it does not involve the sharing of electrons, but rather involves more dispersed variations of electromagnetic interactions between molecules or within a molecule. The chemical energy released in the formation of non-covalent interactions is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamaenerion%20latifolium | Chamaenerion latifolium (formerly Epilobium latifolium, also called Chamerion latifolium) is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the English common names dwarf fireweed and river beauty willowherb. It has a circumboreal distribution, appearing throughout the northern regions of the Nort... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integral%20Equations%20and%20Operator%20Theory | Integral Equations and Operator Theory is a journal dedicated to operator theory and its applications to engineering and other mathematical sciences. As some approaches to the study of integral equations (theoretically and numerically) constitute a subfield of operator theory, the journal also deals with the theory of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudodeficiency%20alleles | A pseudodeficiency allele or pseudodeficiency mutation is a mutation that alters the protein product or changes the gene's expression, but without causing disease. For example, in the lysosomal storage diseases, patients with a pseudodeficiency allele show greatly reduced enzyme activity, yet they remain clinically hea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabibbo%E2%80%93Kobayashi%E2%80%93Maskawa%20matrix | In the Standard Model of particle physics, the Cabibbo–Kobayashi–Maskawa matrix, CKM matrix, quark mixing matrix, or KM matrix is a unitary matrix which contains information on the strength of the flavour-changing weak interaction. Technically, it specifies the mismatch of quantum states of quarks when they propagate f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discrete%20modelling | Discrete modelling is the discrete analogue of continuous modelling. In discrete modelling, formulae are fit to discrete data—data that could potentially take on only a countable set of values, such as the integers, and which are not infinitely divisible. A common method in this form of modelling is to use recurrence... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator%20algorithm | The elevator algorithm, or SCAN, is a disk-scheduling algorithm to determine the motion of the disk's arm and head in servicing read and write requests.
This algorithm is named after the behavior of a building elevator, where the elevator continues to travel in its current direction (up or down) until empty, stopping ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OwnCloud | ownCloud is an open-source software product for sharing and syncing of files in distributed and federated enterprise scenarios. It allows companies and remote end-users to organize their documents on servers, computers and mobile devices and work with them collaboratively, while keeping a centrally organized and synchr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunostaining | In biochemistry, immunostaining is any use of an antibody-based method to detect a specific protein in a sample. The term "immunostaining" was originally used to refer to the immunohistochemical staining of tissue sections, as first described by Albert Coons in 1941. However, immunostaining now encompasses a broad rang... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20integrator | In systems and control theory, the double integrator is a canonical example of a second-order control system. It models the dynamics of a simple mass in one-dimensional space under the effect of a time-varying force input .
Differential equations
The differential equations which represent a double integrator are:
wh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Geographic%20Reference%20System | The World Geographic Reference System (GEOREF) is a geocode, a grid-based method of specifying locations on the surface of the Earth. GEOREF is essentially based on the geographic system of latitude and longitude, but using a simpler and more flexible notation. GEOREF was used primarily in aeronautical charts for air n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument%20from%20authority | An argument from authority (argumentum ab auctoritate), also called an appeal to authority, or argumentum ad verecundiam (argument against shame), is a form of argument in which the mere fact that an influential figure holds a certain position is used as evidence that the position itself is correct. While it is not a ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exponential%20family | In probability and statistics, an exponential family is a parametric set of probability distributions of a certain form, specified below. This special form is chosen for mathematical convenience, including the enabling of the user to calculate expectations, covariances using differentiation based on some useful algebra... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AGK%20%28gene%29 | The human gene AGK encodes the enzyme mitochondrial acylglycerol kinase.
The protein encoded by this gene is a mitochondrial membrane protein involved in lipid and glycerolipid metabolism. It catalyzes the formation of phosphatidic and lysophosphatidic acids. Defects in this gene have been associated with mitochondria... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlyn%20Meltzer | Marlyn Wescoff Meltzer (1922 – December 7, 2008) was an American mathematician and computer programmer, and one of the six original programmers of ENIAC, the first general-purpose electronic digital computer.
Early life
Meltzer was born Marlyn Wescoff in Philadelphia in 1922. She graduated from Temple University in 1... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procedural%20generation | In computing, procedural generation (sometimes shortened as proc-gen) is a method of creating data algorithmically as opposed to manually, typically through a combination of human-generated content and algorithms coupled with computer-generated randomness and processing power. In computer graphics, it is commonly used ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredholm%20module | In noncommutative geometry, a Fredholm module is a mathematical structure used to quantize the differential calculus. Such a module is, up to trivial changes, the same as the abstract elliptic operator introduced by .
Definition
If A is an involutive algebra over the complex numbers C, then a Fredholm module over A co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisson%27s%20equation | Poisson's equation is an elliptic partial differential equation of broad utility in theoretical physics. For example, the solution to Poisson's equation is the potential field caused by a given electric charge or mass density distribution; with the potential field known, one can then calculate electrostatic or gravitat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin%20Blankenship | Erin E. Blankenship is an American statistician interested in nonlinear models and environmental statistics, and known for her work in statistics education. She is a professor of statistics at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
Recognition
Blankenship is the 2013 winner of the Mu Sigma Rho William D. Warde Statistica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutor.com | Tutor.com is an online tutoring company founded in 1998 that connects students to tutors in online classrooms. The service offers on-demand and scheduled tutoring to students, from fourth grade through college. Users can connect with live tutors of more than 40 subjects online, including math, science, essay writing, f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinct%20species%20in%20art | The artistic practice of depicting and representing extinct species can be in the form of painting, sculpture, photography, digital art, installation art, and various other artistic media. The practice dates back to prehistoric times and continues into the present day, with extinct species being depicted in both tradit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyber%20insurance | Cyber-insurance is a specialty insurance product intended to protect businesses from Internet-based risks, and more generally from risks relating to information technology infrastructure and activities. Risks of this nature are typically excluded from traditional commercial general liability policies or at least are n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagata%20ring | In commutative algebra, an N-1 ring is an integral domain whose integral closure in its quotient field is a finitely generated -module. It is called a Japanese ring (or an N-2 ring) if for every finite extension of its quotient field , the integral closure of in is a finitely generated -module (or equivalently a fi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolen%E2%80%93De%20Vries%20syndrome | Koolen–De Vries syndrome (KdVS), also known as 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome, is a rare genetic disorder caused by a deletion of a segment of chromosome 17 which contains six genes. This deletion syndrome was discovered independently in 2006 by three different research groups.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert%20Mittring | Gert Mittring (born 26 May 1966 in Stuttgart) is a German mental calculator. He was inspired by the late Wim Klein. He has competed in the MSO mental calculation event every year since 2004, failing to win the gold medal outright on only four occasions. He has held numerous world records for mental calculation, such as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blastodisc | The blastodisc, also called the germinal disc, is the embryo-forming part on the yolk of the egg of an animal that undergoes discoidal meroblastic cleavage. Discoidal cleavage occurs in those animals with a large proportion of yolk in their eggs, and include insects, fish, reptiles and birds. The blastodisc is a small ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bismuth%20telluride | Bismuth telluride () is a gray powder that is a compound of bismuth and tellurium also known as bismuth(III) telluride. It is a semiconductor, which, when alloyed with antimony or selenium, is an efficient thermoelectric material for refrigeration or portable power generation. is a topological insulator, and thus exhi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Association%20for%20Continence | National Association for Continence (NAFC) is a national, private, non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of people with incontinence, voiding dysfunction, and related pelvic floor disorders.
NAFC's purpose is to be the leading source for public education and advocacy about the causes, prev... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses%20Charikar | Moses Samson Charikar is an Indian computer scientist who works as a professor at Stanford University. He was previously a professor at Princeton University. The topics of his research include approximation algorithms, streaming algorithms, and metric embeddings. He is known for the creation of the SimHash algorithm us... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PncA | PncA is a gene encoding pyrazinamidase in Mycobacterium species. Pyrazinamidase converts the drug pyrazinamide to the active form pyrazinoic acid. There is a strong correlation between mutations in pncA and resistance of M. tuberculosis to pyrazinamide.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20Live%20%22Gotta%20Go%22%20Pets%20%28brand%29 | Little Live "Gotta Go" Pets is a sub-brand manufactured by the brand Moose Toys under its "Little Live" smart toy branding. The sub-brand is known for its highly interactive, technologically-developed toys of plush animals, most of which use the toilet or engage in toilet humor, reportedly to get child buyers intereste... |
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