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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UT-VPN | University of Tsukuba Virtual Private Network, UT-VPN is a free and open source software application that implements virtual private network (VPN) techniques for creating secure point-to-point or site-to-site connections in routed or bridged configurations and remote access facilities. It uses SSL/TLS security for encryption and is capable of traversing network address translators (NATs) and firewalls. It was written by Daiyuu Nobori and SoftEther Corporation, and is published under the GNU General Public License (GPL) by University of Tsukuba.
UT-VPN has compatible as PacketiX VPN product of SoftEther Corporation. UT-VPN developed based on PacketiX VPN, but some functions was deleted. For example, the RADIUS client is supported by PacketiX VPN Server, but it is not supported by UT-VPN Server.
Architecture
Encryption
UT-VPN uses the OpenSSL library to provide encryption to packets.
Authentication
UT-VPN offers username/password-based authentication.
Networking
UT-VPN is software to consist of UT-VPN Server and UT-VPN Client. UT-VPN functions as L2-VPN (over SSL/TLS).
UT-VPN Client
'Virtual NIC' (virtual network interface card) is installed in OS how UT-VPN Client was installed in. Virtual NIC is recognized as physical NIC by OS. UT-VPN does encapsulation to TCP (or SSL/TLS) packets from L2 frames by Virtual NIC.
UT-VPN Client connects with UT-VPN Server. If authorization with UT-VPN Server succeeded, UT-VPN Client establishes connection with Virtual HUB.
UT-VPN Server
UT-VPN Server have some 'Virtual HUB', and they function as virtual L2 switch. Virtual HUB does handle frames which received from UT-VPN Client. If necessary, UT-VPN Server forwards encapsulated L2 frames to UT-VPN Client.
Virtual HUB on UT-VPN Server has function cascading connection for Virtual HUB on other UT-VPN Server. Site-to-site connection can come true with cascading connection.
L2 Bridge
UT-VPN Server has bridging function between arbitrary NIC which OS has and virtual HUB.
L3 Switch
UT-VPN Server has Virtual L3 switch function. Virtual L3 switch does L3-switching between virtual HUB on the UT-VPN Server.
Operational Environment
UT-VPN Server
Windows
Windows 98 / Millennium Edition
Windows NT 4.0
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Hyper-V Server
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
* Supported for x86/x64
UNIX
Linux (2.4 or later)
FreeBSD (6.0 or later)
Solaris (8.0 or later)
Mac OS X (Tiger or later)
* If it is the environment where compiling it is possible of the source code, UT-VPN Server works.
UT-VPN Client
Windows
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2008
Hyper-V Server
Windows 7
Windows Server 2008 R2
*Supported for x86/x64
UNIX
Linux (2.4 or later)
* The Virtual NIC does not work in other UNIX operating systems.
Community
The primary method for community support is through the SoftEther mailing lists.
See also
Universi |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%20Crawl | "Art Crawl" is the eighth episode of the first season of the animated television series Bob's Burgers. The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 20, 2011.
The episode was written by Lizzie and Wendy Molyneux, and was directed by Kyounghee Lim. According to the Nielsen ratings, it was viewed by 4.43 million viewers during its original airing. The episode featured guest performances by Andy Kindler, Jerry Minor, Megan Mullally, Larry Murphy, Sam Seder, Laura Silverman and Sarah Silverman.
Plot
Bob and the kids walk through the town’s annual art crawl while Linda’s eccentric, “fragile” sister, Gayle, hangs her paintings in Bob’s Burgers. When Louise makes fun of a painting from the art supply store, Reflections, that someone bought for $200, the Belchers are shooed away by the store’s elderly owners Edith and Harold.
When the family returns to the restaurant, Bob is horrified to discover that all of Gayle’s paintings are of animal anuses. He is convinced that they will drive customers away. Later, after Bob has started taking down Gayle’s paintings to display the kids’ artwork instead, Edith and Harold arrive at the restaurant. Edith, chairperson of the art crawl, declares Gayle’s anus paintings to be too inappropriate for the art crawl and commends Bob for taking them down. Bob, not wanting to be told how to run his business, rebukes Edith and makes the paintings a permanent fixture of the restaurant.
Bob opens the restaurant the next morning to discover that someone has painted over Gayle’s anus paintings with pink underwear. Assuming that Edith is the culprit, Bob storms down to Reflections and confronts her. When Edith denies the vandalism, he defaces every painting in the store with black dots that he says are meant to be anuses.
Edith and Harold press charges against Bob for the vandalism and bring the police to the restaurant. When Bob says he wants to press charges against Edith for the underwear paintings, Linda admits that she was the one who painted the underwear. The anuses were haunting her in her dreams, and she couldn’t bring herself to be honest with Gayle about them.
Gayle arrives with new versions of her paintings, which now include pants and “huge, pendulous breasts.” The family is in shock, before Linda lies and tells her she loves them.
A subplot involves Louise trying to make money by selling bad art to tourists during the art crawl. After discovering that Gene and Tina have no artistic talent (despite Gene’s attempt to become like van Gogh by having Louise try to cut his ear off), she recruits Andy and Ollie Pesto and another child to paint instead, forcing them to work long hours while verbally abusing them and pocketing all the money. Louise later uses some of the money to pay back Edith and Harold for the damage Bob caused in Reflections. When Bob asks where she got it from, she simply replies, “It’s art crawl.”
Reception
In its original American broadcasting, "Art Crawl" was v |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20route%20E101 | European route E 101 is a road part of the International E-road network. It begins in Moscow, Russia, and ends in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is long.
Route
: Moscow - Kaluga - Bryansk - border with Ukraine
: border with Russia - Hlukhiv - Kipti
: Kipti - Kyiv
References
External links
UN Economic Commission for Europe: Overall Map of E-road Network (2007)
101
European routes in Ukraine
E101 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20programs%20broadcast%20by%20Speed | The following is a list of programs formerly broadcast by American and Australian television channel, Speed.
Final programming
Sports programming
Racing series
AMA GNCC Racing
AMA Arenacross
AMA Superbike
AMA Supercross
American Le Mans Series
ARCA Racing Series presented by Menards
Championship Off Road Racing
Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge
FIM MotoGP World Championship
FIM Superbike World Championship
Formula D
German Touring Car Championship (one-hour broadcasts during the winter months)
GP2 Series
IHRA
IndyCar Series (Australia only)
Lucas Oil Late Model Dirt Series
Lucas Oil Off Road Racing Series
Monster Jam
MSA British Touring Car Championship (one-hour broadcasts during the winter months)
NASCAR Camping World Truck Series (branded under NASCAR on Fox)
NASCAR Nationwide Series (branded under NASCAR on Fox)
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series (Budweiser Duel at Daytona & Sprint All-Star Race; branded under NASCAR on Fox)
Porsche Racing Series
Rolex Sports Car Series
V8 Supercar Series (Australia) - shown Spring to Summer in the northern hemisphere
Volkswagen Jetta TDI Cup
World of Outlaws
Other events
English Premier League Soccer
Spanish La Liga Soccer
News and talk programming
MotorWeek
NASCAR Live!
NASCAR Race Hub
NASCAR RaceDay
NASCAR Trackside
NASCAR Victory Lane
SPEED Center
Series programming
The 10
American Thunder
American Trucker
Barrett-Jackson: the Auctions
Barrett-Jackson LIFE on the BLOCK
Battle of the Supercars
Car Crazy
Car Science
The Car Show
Car Warriors
Chop Cut Rebuild
Dangerous Drives
Drag Race High
Dumbest Stuff On Wheels
Ferrari Legends and Passions (Ferrari Leggenda E Passione)
Intersections
Jacked: Auto Theft Task Force
KIT: An Autobody Experience
Livin' the Low Life
Lucas Oil on the Edge
My Classic Car
My Ride Rules
NASCAR Performance
NCWTS Setup (originally NCTS Setup)
Pass Time
Pimp My Ride
Pinks!
PINKS All Out
PINKS All Outtakes
Pumped!
Ship Shape TV
SPEED Test Drive
SPEED Test Ride
Stacey David's Gearz
Stealth Rider
SuperCars Exposed
Truck Universe
Two Guys Garage
Ultimate Factories
Unique Whips
WindTunnel with Dave Despain
Wrecked: Life in the Crash Lane
Specials
24 Hours of Le Mans
Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction
Bathurst 1000 (live instead of highlights)
Bristol Motor Speedway speed trials
Budweiser Duel
Budweiser Selection show (Drivers drew their starting spot for the Budweiser Shootout)
Nascar Pennzoil Victory Challenge
Nascar Pit Stop Challenge
Knoxville Nationals
Race of Champions
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion (select classes)
Sahlen's Six Hours of The Glen
SCCA National Championship Runoffs
Sprint All-Star Race (2007–present; branded under NASCAR on Fox)
The 10 Nascar Top 10 count down show
The Day, an hour-long Nascar documentary that went over subjects such as the 2001 Daytona 500, the 1984 Firecracker 400, the 1992 Hooters 500, and the 2012 Daytona 500.
The Roast of Kevin Harvick
UNOH Ba |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Brother%20Brasil%2012 | Big Brother Brasil 12 was the twelfth season of Big Brother Brasil which premiered January 10, 2012 with the season finale airing March 29, 2012 on the Rede Globo television network.
The show is produced by Endemol Globo and presented by news reporter Pedro Bial. The season is officially confirmed since 2008 as part of a millionaire contract between international Endemol and Rede Globo, which guaranteed seasons until 2012.
The grand prize was R$1.5 million with tax allowances, with a R$150,000 prize offered to the runner up and a R$50,000 prize offered to the 3rd place. In the end, veterinarian Fael Cordeiro from Aral Moreira, MS, won the competition over poster-girl Fabiana Teixeira with 92% of the final vote.
Production
Development and overview
The twelfth season of Big Brother Brasil lasted for 80 days. In addition, this season includes new graphics, a new opening sequence and a tuneup in the musical score. It also changed its main housemates names and info font.
Cast
National applications were due by August 14, 2011 until October 31, 2011.
Applicants chosen to be a finalist went to Rio de Janeiro during early November 2011 from which applicants were narrowed down to a pool of 150 finalists.
Final casting interviews took place early to mid-December 2011. The selected group of housemates were put into sequester on January 3, 2012.
Pre-season withdrawals controversy
Netinho
Twelve housemates were revealed on January 4. João José "Netinho" Neto, a 28-year-old lawyer from Visconde do Rio Branco walked during the pre-season sequester. At first, Rede Globo, the broadcaster of the program, stated that Netinho walked because he couldn't handle the confinement at the hotel.
The next day, however, Netinho's mother, Maria Ines Carmanini, came out stating that the producers tried to manipulate her son, forbidding him to maintain his daily routine. She also claimed that she couldn't specify the problem, since Netinho had signed a secrecy agreement with the network and such disclosure could harm him. Netinho was replaced on January 5 by Ronaldo Peres, a 31-year-old salesman from São Paulo.
On January 7, in an unexpected turn of events, it was revealed that Netinho would have regretted his decision and asked for another chance in the game. The producers however, denied the request. "Unfortunately, once you're out, you stay out" said Boninho, the main producer of the show. Netinho, on the other hand, denied the information and stated that he didn't have the producers' phone number and is happy with his decision.
Fernanda
Hours earlier in the day, Fernanda Girão, a 29-year-old businesswoman from Rio de Janeiro, also walked away from the show. Fernanda, who was expected to be one of the season's big characters, had already asked to leave 24 hours before the official announcement. In the first attempt, however, she was persuaded by Boninho to handle the pressure and stay in the game.
At first, the lack of a phone was believed to be the reason for Fe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon%20Network%20%28Central%20and%20Eastern%20Europe%29 | Cartoon Network is a European pay television channel broadcast in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Romania and Slovakia. It launched on 1 October 2008 as a separate feed from the Polish feed, and is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery under its International division.
History
Before the launch of the channel, Hungary, Romania and Moldova received the Polish feed of Cartoon Network on 30 September 2002, broadcasting in Polish, Hungarian, Romanian and English.
On 4 January 2008, the channel started broadcasting 24 hours a day in Romania. Initially only TV provider Dolce offered the 24h feed. A CEE feed specifically for Romania and Hungary was launched, replacing Cartoon Network Poland on 1 October 2008.
On 1 April 2015, the channel started broadcasting 24 hours a day in Hungary.
Czechia and Slovakia used to receive this feed in English. However, on 20 September 2017, a Czech audio track was added to the channel in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. That same year, on 20 October, Cartoon Network started broadcasting 24 hours a day.
On 26 February 2018, the channel launched a high-definition feed. Later, on 15 October, Cartoon Network changed its aspect ratio from 4:3 to 16:9.
Programming blocks
Afternoon Fun on Cartoon Network
Toony Tube
Fun With HITLO
See also
Cartoon Network around the world
List of programs broadcast by Cartoon Network
References
External links
Official Czech Site
Official Hungarian Site
Official Romanian Site
Children's television networks
Children's television channels in North Macedonia
Cartoon Network
Turner Broadcasting System Hungary
Turner Broadcasting System Romania
Television stations in Romania
Czech-language television stations
English-language television stations
Hungarian-language television stations
Romanian-language television stations
Television stations in the Czech Republic
Television channels in Hungary
Television channels in Moldova
Television channels in Slovakia
Television channels and stations established in 1998
2002 establishments in Hungary
2017 establishments in the Czech Republic
2017 establishments in Slovakia
1998 establishments in Romania
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EvidenceNetwork.ca | EvidenceNetwork.ca creates media content on public policy topics for publication in the mainstream media and links journalists with policy experts to provide access to non-partisan, evidence-based information. According to their annual reports, they have published hundreds of original articles in every major media outlet in Canada every year since 2011, reprinted over 3700 times across media outlets All of their content carries a Creative Commons license.
EvidenceNetwork.ca was created under the direction of Dr. Noralou Roos, the Founding Director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and co-founded with Dr. Sharon Manson Singer, professor, School of Public Policy at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Shannon Sampert, former Politics and Opinions Editor at the Winnipeg Free Press and academic at the University of Winnipeg edited the project from 2017-2018. Kathleen O'Grady Research Associate at Concordia University was the Managing Editor from 2011-2019. EvidenceNetwork.ca ceased operations as of the end of 2019 but the content and the site remains online under the direction of Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement until at least 2024.
The initiative was originally funded with a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Manitoba Health Research Council (MHRC) and the George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation. Additional support was provided by the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (CFHI). It is currently funded by CFHI with support from individual CIHR institutes.
Background
EvidenceNetwork.ca was established to address the complex debates leading up to the 2014 renegotiation of the Canada Health Accord, and after, to highlight evidence on health policy issues across the country. The Director, Dr, Roos, says, "Health policy issues are increasingly complex and are too often taken over by politics and ideology. We thought the best way to serve the Canadian public would be to create an accessible and reliable resource where journalists can quickly find independent experts and evidence on issues as they arise."
The site provides evidence-based information on controversial health policy issues for journalists such as the sustainability of the health care system, the impact of the aging population, the rising costs of drugs, accessibility and appropriateness of care, pharmaceutical policy, obesity, mental health, and the role of the private sector. There is also a section on the comparison between Canadian and international models of healthcare. The site offers background papers and provides a comprehensive list of experts from across the country that journalists can contact quickly as they report on breaking health policy stories.
The British Medical Journal's Evidence-Based Medicine highlighted the work of the network as an example for how to facilitate "the science and art of combining opinion and evidence." University Affairs says of the initiative, "The project aims to break the t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8D%C5%8D%20%28TV%20series%29 | is a Japanese television drama broadcast on the TV Tokyo network on Fridays. It is in its third season. Jyouou is based on the manga Jyouou Virgin by Kurashina Ryō (倉科遼), adapted for the screen by Kajiki Minako (梶木美奈子). The show is produced by Okabe Shinji (岡部紳二), Morita Noboru (森田昇), Abe Shinji (阿部真士), Takahashi Kazuhiko (高橋萬彦) and Iwata Kazuyuki (岩田和行). Directors include Iwata Kazuyuki, Oyamada Masakazu (小山田雅和), Ueda Yasushi (植田泰史), Nemoto Kazumasa (根本和政), and Morita Noboru. The music was composed by Yuki Hayashi.
Season 1
Season 1 was broadcast between 2005-Oct-07 and 2005-Dec-23, consisting of 12 episodes. The opening theme was "What's Up" by Koto and the ending theme was "Perpetual Snow" by Vo Vo Tau.
Synopsis
Fujisaki Aya is a young college student whose family is 150 million yen in debt after her father's corporation went bankrupt. To earn the money, she enters the Hostess Grand Prix.
Cast
Hiromi Kitagawa as Fujisaki Aya
Noboru Kaneko as Nishizaki Tatsuya
Nana Ogawa as Shizuka (20)
Sora Aoi as Nikaido Arisa (23)
Akiho Yoshizawa as Mochizuki Meg
Momo Iizawa as Kisaragi Reika
Kana Kobayashi (小林加奈) as Ran
Komyo as Erika
Aika Suzuki as Midori
Miki Asaoka as Tachibana Maho
Takeo Nakahara as Nakabo Seiji
Satoko Ohshima as Fujisaki Mitsuko
Yu Numazaki (沼崎悠) as Fujisaki Kosuke
Yusuke Kamiji as Kuroda
Season 2
Season 2 (AKA Jyouou Virgin) was broadcast between 2009-Oct-02 and 2009-Dec-18. The opening theme was "Kimi ga Ite" by May J. and the ending theme was "with..." by Sweet Black feat. Maki Goto
Synopsis
Ando Mai is a young girl with a "complex". A learned habit from bullying in school over her "large breasts", Mai often "escapes" from troubling situations, and ends up being mistreated. To become a stronger person, she enters the "Hostess Grand Prix" competition.
Cast
Mikie Hara as Ando Mai
Akira Nagata as Amamiya Junichi
Reon Kadena as Kirishima Kaori
Saori Hara (原紗央莉) as Izumi Yuika
Natsuko Tatsumi as Mizuki Sara
Akari Asahina (朝日奈あかり) as Kanzaki Erina
Rin Sakuragi (桜木凛) as Haruna Miu
Aya Kiguchi as Aoyama Shuri
Miyuki Yokoyama as Sasaki Shoko
Atsushi (敦士) as Fukuda
Shiriyoshi Tsumura (津村知与支) as Manager Kato
Yuma Asami as Ichijo Ami
Hiroshi Okouchi (大河内浩) as Kirishima Shoichiro
Mei Kurokawa as Kinoshita Tomo
Kengo Ohkuchi (大口兼悟) as Sakuragi Takashi
Season 3
Cast
Mikie Hara as Ando Mai
Akira Nagata as Amamiya Junichi
Reon Kadena as Kirishima Kaori
Saori Hara (原紗央莉) as Izumi Yuika
Mei Kurokawa as Kinoshita Tomo
References
Japanese drama television series
Japanese television dramas based on manga
2005 Japanese television series debuts
2010 Japanese television series endings
TV Tokyo original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20interview | An online interview is an online research method conducted using computer-mediated communication (CMC), such as instant messaging, email, or video. Online interviews require different ethical considerations, sampling and rapport than practices found in traditional face-to-face (F2F) interviews. Online interviews are separated into synchronous online interviews, for example via online chat which happen in 'real time' online and asynchronous online interviews, for example via email conducted in non-real time. Some authors discuss online interviews in relation to online focus groups whereas others look at online interviews as separate research methods. This article will only discuss online interviews.
Online interviews, like offline interviews, typically ask respondents to explain what they think or how they feel about an aspect of their social world. Interviews are especially useful for understanding the meanings participants assign to their activities; their perspectives, motives, and experiences. Interviews are also useful for eliciting the language used by group members, gathering information about processes that cannot be observed, or inquiring about the past. Thus the objectives researchers have do not differ significantly, however the methods and research design can be effected by the online component of the research which this article will take issue with.
Methodologies
In online interviews, data is primarily generated through conversations between a researcher and "respondent". Researchers often seek out a deliberate (or "non-random") selection of respondents, recruiting individuals who can provide insight on a particular phenomenon, situation, or practice. Online Interviews can utilize a selection of formats and employ varying means of computer-mediated communication (CMC).
Synchronous
The interview is synchronous if it is conducted in real time. Skype interviews allow participants and researchers to converse in real time. Video chat is the closest a researcher will get towards resembling a face-to-face interview. This is because it allows for facial expressions and other visual cues that are absent in textually based forms such as chatrooms. Another way of conducting synchronous interviews online is using WebRTC. When WebRTC is used web browser (Firefox, Chrome or IE) acts as a client and both the parties can connect over a real-time video-chat.
Asynchronous
An asynchronous online interview takes place when the researcher and the participant are not online at the same time. Typically these interviews will use email but other technologies might also be employed. This can be an advantage for research conducted across time zones or with busy participants, allowing them to answer questions at their convenience. Kitvits (2005 cited in Dowling 2012) point out that asynchronous interviews are very useful for reflective process which helps to assure rigor.
A concern related to the asynchronous method is the possibility of interviews gra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GA%C2%B2LEN | GA²LEN, or Global Allergy and Asthma European Network, is a consortium of leading European research centres specialized in allergic diseases, which include asthma. Funded by the European Union under the 6th Framework Programme, GA²LEN addresses the growing public health concern of allergic diseases.
Research teams were chosen for their scientific excellence, their record on multidisciplinary working and international collaboration, and their educational activities. Since the launch of the Network, it has grown to include an additional 50 collaborating centres making GA²LEN one of the largest multidisciplinary networks of researchers in allergy and asthma worldwide.
Integrating European research
Europe has produced some of the most important recent findings on allergy and asthma, but research tends to be fragmented in different institutes and even in different departments of the same organization. Findings are not always shared nor rapidly translated into changes in practice. The GA²LEN Network of Excellence (NoE) exists to help integrate research activities in Europe and to establish the structure for a European Research Area of excellence in allergy and asthma that will endure.
Spreading knowledge and excellence
The network aims to accelerate the application of research results into clinical practice, to meet the needs of patients, and to help guide policy development. It also aims to promote training and greater integration between public and private sectors in this medical field.
By addressing allergy and asthma in their totality, GA²LEN's ultimate objective is to benefit the well-being of patients by decreasing the burden of allergic diseases in Europe.
Personnel
Professor Paul van Cauwenberge, University of Ghent, - GA²LEN Co-ordinator
Professor Torsten Zuberbier - GA²LEN President
GA²LEN Publications and Journals
References
External links
www.ga2len.net Global Allergy and Asthma European Network
European Centre for Allergy Research Foundation - Partner of GA²LEN
Allergy organizations
European medical and health organizations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMA%20attack | A DMA attack is a type of side channel attack in computer security, in which an attacker can penetrate a computer or other device, by exploiting the presence of high-speed expansion ports that permit direct memory access (DMA).
DMA is included in a number of connections, because it lets a connected device (such as a camcorder, network card, storage device or other useful accessory or internal PC card) transfer data between itself and the computer at the maximum speed possible, by using direct hardware access to read or write directly to main memory without any operating system supervision or interaction. The legitimate uses of such devices have led to wide adoption of DMA accessories and connections, but an attacker can equally use the same facility to create an accessory that will connect using the same port, and can then potentially gain direct access to part or all of the physical memory address space of the computer, bypassing all OS security mechanisms and any lock screen, to read all that the computer is doing, steal data or cryptographic keys, install or run spyware and other exploits, or modify the system to allow backdoors or other malware.
Preventing physical connections to such ports will prevent DMA attacks. On many computers, the connections implementing DMA can also be disabled within the BIOS or UEFI if unused, which depending on the device can nullify or reduce the potential for this type of exploit.
Examples of connections that may allow DMA in some exploitable form include FireWire, CardBus, ExpressCard, Thunderbolt, USB 4.0, PCI, PCI-X, and PCI Express.
Description
In modern operating systems, non-system (i.e. user-mode) applications are prevented from accessing any memory locations not explicitly authorized by the virtual memory controller (called memory management unit (MMU)). In addition to containing damage that may be caused by software flaws and allowing more efficient use of physical memory, this architecture forms an integral part of the security of the operating system. However, kernel-mode drivers, many hardware devices, and user-mode vulnerabilities allow direct, unimpeded access of the physical memory address space. The physical address space includes all of the main system memory, as well as memory-mapped buses and hardware devices (which are controlled by the operating system through reads and writes as if they were ordinary RAM).
The OHCI 1394 specification allows devices, for performance reasons, to bypass the operating system and access physical memory directly without any security restrictions. But SBP2 devices can easily be spoofed, making it possible to trick an operating system into allowing an attacker to both read and write physical memory, and thereby to gain unauthorised access to sensitive cryptographic material in memory.
Systems may still be vulnerable to a DMA attack by an external device if they have a FireWire, ExpressCard, Thunderbolt or other expansion port that, like PCI and PCI Express |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure%20end%20node | A Secure End Node is a trusted, individual computer that temporarily becomes part of a trusted, sensitive, well-managed network and later connects to many other (un)trusted networks/clouds. SEN's cannot communicate good or evil data between the various networks (e.g. exfiltrate sensitive information, ingest malware, etc.). SENs often connect through an untrusted medium (e.g. the Internet) and thus require a secure connection and strong authentication (of the device, software, user, environment, etc.). The amount of trust required (and thus operational, physical, personnel, network, and system security applied) is commensurate with the risk of piracy, tampering, and reverse engineering (within a given threat environment). An essential characteristic of SENs is they cannot persist information as they change between networks (or domains).
The remote, private, and secure network might be organization's in-house network or a cloud service. A Secure End Node typically involves authentication of (i.e. establishing trust in) the remote computer's hardware, firmware, software, and/or user. In the future, the device-user's environment (location, activity, other people, etc.) as communicated by means of its (or the network's) trusted sensors (camera, microphone, GPS, radio, etc.) could provide another factor of authentication.
A Secure End Node solves/mitigates end node problem.
The common, but expensive, technique to deploy SENs is for the network owner to issue known, trusted, unchangeable hardware to users. For example, and assuming apriori access, a laptop's TPM chip can authenticate the hardware (likewise a user's smartcard authenticates the user). A different example is the DoD Software Protection Initiative's Cross Fabric Internet Browsing System that provides browser-only, immutable, anti-tamper thin clients to users Internet browsing. Another example is a non-persistent, remote client that boots over the network.
A less secure but very low cost approach is to trust any hardware (corporate, government, personal, or public) but restrict user and network access to a known kernel (computing) and higher software. An implementation of this is a Linux Live CD that creates a stateless, non-persistent client, for example Lightweight Portable Security. A similar system could boot a computer from a flashdrive or be an immutable operating system within a smartphone or tablet.
See also
Host (network)
Node (networking)
References
Computer networking
de:Netzwerkknoten |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asus%20Eee%20Pad%20Transformer%20TF101 | The Asus Eee Pad Transformer TF101 is a 2-in-1 detachable tablet developed by Asus that runs the Android operating system. It is the first tablet in the Asus Transformer Pad series. The Eee Pad Transformer features a display, an Nvidia Tegra 2 dual-core chip, 1 GB of RAM, and 16 or 32 GB of storage. The tablet initially launched with Android 3.1, nicknamed "Honeycomb", but was updated to support Android 4.0.3.
The Eee Pad Transformer was announced at CES 2011, and was made available on 30 March 2011. The Transformer design includes an optional docking keyboard.
History
In February 2010, Asus announced that it would be producing a tablet PC in its Asus Eee line of products, designed to rival the iPad. Semiconductor company Qualcomm had previously displayed an Android-based smartbook manufactured by Asus at Computex, generating interest in a laptop that uses the Android operating system; the device was ultimately scrapped out of concerns that the smartbook market was shrinking. In April, further details of a tablet PC in the Asus Eee line emerged, with Asus announcing that the device would support 3G connectivity and would be powered by an ARM processor, followed by reports in July that two models would be produced, running Android instead of Windows Embedded Compact 7. Both models were previously showcased at Computex 2010, although the larger model failed to turn on during the presentation, leaving the smaller model on display.
The Eee Pad Transformer was revealed at CES 2011.
Features
The Eee Pad is a tablet computer with a 10.1" IPS multi-touch screen with a resolution of 1280 × 800 and an Nvidia Tegra 2 system-on-a-chip (SoC). It has an 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi module, but lacks 3G connectivity. The price at launch of the Eee Pad was £379 (£429 with dock).
Docking keyboard
An optional docking keyboard was available at launch. It features full QWERTY keys, touchpad, two USB 2.0 ports and one SD card reader as well as an additional battery that increases overall battery life from 9.5 to 16 hours.
The USB ports support USB memory of any kind and also NTFS-formatted media with files larger than 4 GB. The SD card slot also supports NTFS-formatted media.
The units marketed in Canada marked Canadian BI Lingual (CBIL) have a slightly modified keyboard layout in addition to support of accented characters. The Shift key and Enter key have been made smaller to accommodate two additional keys.
Software
The Transformer originally ran a modified version of Android 3.1 Honeycomb, but has since been updated to Android 4.0.3. The on-screen navigation keys (home, back, menu) have been skinned to resemble the standard Android phone keys.
The tablet is bundled with MyNet, MyLibrary, MyCloud, Press Reader, MyDesktop and Polaris Office 3, for full document editing.
The first software update was released by Asus on 16 April 2011. This updated the system with extra widgets for MyZine, which is a desktop widget shop, for weather, email, calendar, gallery, etc. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20South%20Korean%20regions%20by%20GDP | This is a list of South Korean regions by GDP. All data are sourced from the latest regional statistics published by the South Korean Government, the OECD and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The South Korean won has been converted to the international dollar using the IMF's Purchasing Power Parity conversion rate.
By GDP (PPP, 2016)
By GDP per capita (nominal) (2021)
See also
Administrative divisions of South Korea
Economy of South Korea
List of subnational entities
References
S
GDP
GDP
South Korea |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PolyQ%20%28database%29 | PolyQ is a biological database of polyglutamine repeats in disease and non-disease associated proteins.
See also
Trinucleotide repeat disorder
References
External links
http://pxgrid.med.monash.edu.au/polyq
Biological databases
Post-translational modification |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line%2013%20%28CPTM%29 | Line 13 (Jade) (), also known as the Guarulhos Train, is one of the seven lines operated by CPTM and one of the thirteen lines that make up the São Paulo Metro Rail Transport Network. The route is long with a total of 3 stations. It connects the Engenheiro Goulart Station in São Paulo to the Guarulhos Airport Station, in the city of Guarulhos.
Opened on March 31, 2018, it was the first line completely built and operated by CPTM. That makes São Paulo's Guarulhos Airport the first major international airport in South America to be directly served by train.
History
Work has been authorized on September 23, 2013, and was initially expected to be completed in 2015. The line finally opened in 2018.
Special Services
On November 19, 2020, during the deliver of the fourth train CRRC Qingdao Sifang 2500 Series, Secretary of Transports Alexandre Baldy confirmed a new express service, which started operating on December 1, 2020. The new service connects Luz and Aeroporto Guarulhos stations, with stops at Guarulhos-CECAP and Brás (towards Luz only). The trains depart every hour from both terminus stations from 5 AM to midnight and there is no special fare for this service.
It was available since October 3, 2018 the special service Connect, which consisted of trains between Brás Station and Guarulhos Airport Station during peak hours (from 5:40am to 8:20am and from 5:20pm to 8:00pm), with no need to exchange trains at Engenheiro Goulart Station, offering direct access to São Paulo city center and also easier connections to other subway lines. There was no special fare for this service. The total route of the Connect service consisted of 5 stations and was long. The service was suspended in March 2020 and on November 16, 2020, Secretary Baldy confirmed that Airport Connect service was officially extinct.
There were also express trains between Luz Station and Guarulhos Airport Station during specific timetables: 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm and 10pm from Luz towards the Airport and 9am, 11am, 1pm, 3pm and 9pm from the Airport towards Luz. There was a convenience fare for this service: $8,60 BRL ($ USD), twice the price of normal fare at the time. Nowadays this express service still exists however there is no need of paying a new fare other than the normal one.
Future expansion
Original plans for Line 13 consisted of an underground route from Engenheiro Goulart to Chácara Klabin via the city centre, however this is expected to be replaced by using existing overground tracks from Engenheiro Goulart to Luz Station. A northward extension is planned from the airport to Bonsucesso in Guarulhos.
Stations
Gallery
References
External links
Official page of the CPTM
Secretaria dos Transportes Metropolitanos
CPTM
Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos
CPTM 13
Railway lines opened in 2018 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20default%20file%20systems | Default file system used in various operating systems.
See also
List of file systems
Comparison of file systems
List of partition IDs (MBR)
Master Boot Record (MBR)
GUID Partition Table (GPT)
Apple Partition Map
Amiga Rigid Disk Block
Timeline of DOS operating systems
History of Microsoft Windows
FDISK
References
Computer file systems
Computing-related lists |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate%20Data%20Exchange | The Climate Data Exchange (CDX) is a JPL software framework, built on the Apache Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) software, for sharing climate data and models.
References
External links
https://web.archive.org/web/20090803225237/http://cdx.jpl.nasa.gov/
http://oodt.apache.org
Object-oriented programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20OODT | The Apache Object Oriented Data Technology (OODT) is an open source data management system framework that is managed by the Apache Software Foundation. OODT was originally developed at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory to support capturing, processing and sharing of data for NASA's scientific archives.
History
The project started out as an internal NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory project incepted by Daniel J. Crichton, Sean Kelly and Steve Hughes. The early focus of the effort was on information integration and search using XML as described in Crichton et al.'s paper in the CODATA meeting in 2000.
After deploying OODT to the Planetary Data System and to the National Cancer Institute EDRN or Early Detection Research Network project, OODT in 2005 moved into the era of large scale data processing and management via NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) project. OODT's role on OCO was to usher in a new data management processing framework that instead of tens of jobs per day and tens of gigabytes of data would handle 10,000 jobs per day and hundreds of terabytes of data. This required an overhaul of OODT to support these new requirements. Dr. Chris Mattmann at NASA JPL led a team of 3-4 developers between 2005-2009 and completely re-engineered OODT to support these new requirements.
Influenced by the emerging efforts in Apache Nutch and Hadoop which Mattmann participated in, OODT was given an overhaul making it more amenable towards Apache Software Foundation like projects. In addition, Mattmann had a close relationship with Dr. Justin Erenkrantz, who as the Apache Software Foundation President at the time, and the idea to bring OODT to the Apache Software Foundation emerged. In 2009, Mattmann and his team received approval from NASA and from JPL to bring OODT to Apache making it the first NASA project to be stewarded by the foundation. Seven years later, the project has released a version 1.0.
Features
OODT focuses on two canonical use cases: Big Data processing and on Information integration. Both were described in Mattmann's ICSE 2006 and SMC-IT 2009 papers. It provides three core services.
File Manager
A File Manager is responsible for tracking file locations, their metadata, and for transferring files from a staging area to controlled access storage.
Workflow Manager
A Workflow Manager captures control flow and data flow for complex processes, and allows for reproducibility and the construction of scientific pipelines.
Resource Manager
A Resource Manager handles allocation of Workflow Tasks and other jobs to underlying resources, e.g., Python jobs go to nodes with Python installed on them; jobs that require a large disk or CPU are properly sent to those nodes that fulfill those requirements.
In addition to the three core services, OODT provides three client-oriented frameworks that build on these services.
File Crawler
A file Crawler automatically extracts metadata and uses Apache Tika to identify file types and ingest the associa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason%20Da%20Costa | Jason Da Costa is an English autodidact in the art and science of the aeroplane and flight simulation technology. His work in adapting computer based flight simulation technology with complete replication of airliner cockpits has attained industry recognition.
Da Costa's aviation endeavours include aerospace technology coursework, flight phobia solutions, lower cost flight simulation design and function.
References
British aerospace engineers
Living people
1970 births
People educated at Latymer Upper School |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noventiq | Noventiq Holdings plc (formerly known as Softline Holding plc) is an Information technology company focusing on digital transformation and cybersecurity. Headquartered in London, and incorporated in Cayman Islands, the company operates in roughly 60 countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America, India, and the Middle East.
History
The company was founded in 1993 in Moscow under the name of Softline as a supplier of scientific software. It later expanded its list of partners with Microsoft, Symantec, IBM, and up to 500 other vendors.
Starting in 2002, it expanded with representative offices in a number of the Russian and CIS cities in the following years. By that time, its services included IT outsourcing and audit, SAP and Microsoft Dynamics consulting. Since 2008, Softline expanded to over 30 countries outside CIS. In 2009, the company launched a venture investment arm. In 2014, it opened a subsidiary in India.
In 2016, the company received investments from the Da Vinci Capital fund. The company has conducted a number of mergers and acquisitions with the help of the M&A team established in 2016, which was based in Moscow and London.
In 2020, Softline relocated its HQ to London. In the same year, its annual revenue exceeded $1.8 billion. In October 2021, Softline ran an IPO on LSE. In 2022, Gartner included Softline's subsidiary Softline AG into its Magic Quadrant for Software Asset Management Managed Services. Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, in October, Softline ceased operations in Russia and sold its Russian assets to the company's founder Igor Borovikov. The same day the company announced a rebranding to Noventiq.
In April 2023, Borovikov sold Softline Russia to a local investor.
On July 26, 2023 Noventiq announced the cancellation of listing of the Global depository receipts ("GDRs") on the London Stock Exchange.
M&A
In 2020, the company acquired an Indian IT company Embee, a software development company Aplana, and a German Softline AG consulting company (namesake company) which operated in Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, and the UK. In 2022, Softline acquired Academy IT, majority stake in Softclub, Belitsoft, MMTR Technology, Umbrella Infocare, Seven Seas Technology, Makronet, Value Point Systems, Saga Group, G7CR.
In May 2023, Noventiq signed business combination agreement with the Corner Growth Acquisition Corp to achieve NASDAQ listing.
Management
Jacques Guers is the non-executive chairman of the board of Noventiq, Hervé Tessler the global CEO, and founder and coowner Igor Borovikov was a non-executive director. In April 2023, Borovikov sold his shares to a fund managed by TETIS Capital and resigned from management.
References
Companies established in 1993
Companies based in London
Technology companies established in 1993
Companies listed on the London Stock Exchange
Multinational companies headquartered in the United Kingdom |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9P | 9P or 9-P may refer to:
Science and technology
9P (protocol), a network protocol developed for the Plan 9 from Bell Labs distributed operating system
9P, NASA code for Progress M1-9
9p, an arm of Chromosome 9 (human)
9P/Tempel; see Tempel 1
Monosomy 9p, a chromosomal disorder due to deletion
Tetrasomy 9p, a genetic disease due to inclusion
Engineering
9P, a variant of Salmson 9
9P, a model of AIM-9 Sidewinder
GCR Class 9P, a class of British 4-6-0 steam locomotive
Yak-9P, a model of Yakovlev Yak-9
Other uses
New York State Route 9P
See also
P9 (disambiguation) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Genetic%20Disease%20Database | Indian Genetic Disease Database (IGDD) is the first patient-based genetic disease database in India. It is developed and maintained at Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), a unit of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research.
The first version of the database was published online. It is divided into 19 disease categories, including Blood Related Disorders, Bone and Joints Related Growth Disorders, Eye Disorders, Gastro-Intestinal Disorders, Hearing Disorders, Lysosomal Disorders, Multi-system Disorders, Muscle Related Disorders, Neurological Disorders, Pigmentary Disorders, and Skin Related Disorders.
This database keeps track of mutations in the causal genes for that genetic diseases common in India. The database will be helpful to physicians, geneticists, researchers, and other professionals in India and abroad related to genetic disorders to retrieve and use the information for the benefit of mankind.
Features
The database was launched in August 2010. It holds patient-based data with respect to the geographical location, age, sex, and ethnic group. Disease incidence can be compared with other regions. The mode of inheritance of a particular disease is also recorded..
Each disease is represented with gene name, chromosome location, mutations, and geospatial distribution.
The first version of the database covered 52 diseases with information on 5,760 individuals. It later expanded to 109 genetic diseases.
Achievements
The Publication was selected as a featured article in Nucleic Acid Research in 2011.
Submission
Patient-specific mutation information can be entered online.
References
External links
Indian Genetic Disease Database Website
Genetic diseases and disorders
Biological databases
Databases in India
Diseases and disorders in India
Medical databases |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monty%20Newborn | Monroe "Monty" Newborn (born May 21, 1938), former chairman of the Computer Chess Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery, is a professor emeritus of computer science at McGill University in Montreal (formerly professor of electrical engineering at Columbia University). He briefly served as president of the International Computer Chess Association and co-wrote a computer chess program named Ostrich In the 1970's.
Biography
Monty Newborn received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from The Ohio State University in 1967.
He was an assistant professor and associate professor at Columbia University in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from 1967 to 1975. In 1975, he joined the School of Computer Science at McGill University and has been with the School since then, serving as its director from 1976 to 1983. He was the chairman of the ACM Computer Chess Committee since the early 1980s. His chess program, Ostrich, competed in five world championships dating back to 1974. He served as president of the International Computer Chess Association from 1983 to 1986. He retired from the faculty of McGill University in 2008.
A notable quote by Newborn on the science of chess AI programming occurred in 2006: “I don’t know what one could get out of it at this point. The science is done,” Monty Newborn, Dec. 2006 in reference to world champion Vladimir Kramnik’s loss to Deep Fritz, 4-2, and the prospect of further human-computer matches. Newborn was belatedly correct; as of 2021, that was the last serious attempt by a world class player to defeat a top chess machine/program.
Bibliography
Beyond Deep Blue: Chess in the Stratosphere. Springer-Verlag, 2011
Deep Blue: An Artificial Intelligence Milestone. Springer-Verlag, 2003
Automated Theorem Proving: Theory and Practice. Springer-Verlag, 2001
Deep Blue: Computer Chess Comes of Age. Springer-Verlag, 1997
How Computers Play Chess. with D. Levy, WH. Freeman, NY, 1991
All About Chess and Computers. with D. Levy, Computer Sci Press, Potomac, MD, 1982
More Chess and Computers. with D. Levy, Computer Sci Press, Potomac, MD, 1980Computer Chess.'' Academic Press, NY, 1975
References
External links
Official site
Living people
1938 births
Ohio State University College of Engineering alumni
Academic staff of McGill University
Columbia University faculty
Computer programmers
Computer chess people |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20data%20management%20strategy | A mobile data management strategy is a structure imposed on a complex data model that is to be navigated by a user on a mobile device. This is a relatively new process born from the popularity of mobile applications that requires a flexible and in-depth navigation structure. There are several methods for such strategy, each describing approaches to a variety of tasks or activities.
Overview
The general aim is to create a data structure that provides a rich in-depth content with a simple and intuitive navigational paradigm, allowing the user to feel in control rather than feeling controlled by the software. The structure of the data/navigation should also allow the user to explore an interface without feeling lost, as users instinctively explore applications when using them for the first time.
Moult's Data Strategy
This approach was first used in the Sky News iPad project (March 2011) and later amended to form the constitution of Sky New's content management system for the expanded Sky News iPhone project (October 2011).
The main goal is to create a data structure that closely matches the applications navigation, ensuring a breadth of content, but forcing the depth of each content item to a maximum of two levels. Therefore, the root of the data is only ever a maximum of two back button taps anywhere in the navigation, adhering to the users exploring behavior while allowing them to keep a mental model of the structure of the content.
Due to the tight coupling of the data to the navigation structure it allows any issues discovered by users to be investigated and solved quickly by development teams that were not involved in the original development process.
This strategy is enshrined in Moult's Law.
Moult's Law
1. A Hub is the only data structure that is allowed to point to an Enhanced Module
2. An Enhanced Module can only point to a Basic Module.
Module - a set of data relating to a specific type of content
Enhanced Module - a module that has the possibility to point to another module
Basic Module - a module that contains no links to other modules.
Mobile telecommunications |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biz%20Television | Biz Television (commonly referred to as BizTV) is an American national television broadcast network owned by Center Post Media, which also owns BizTV's sister radio outlet, BizTalkRadio. The channel features programming devoted to entrepreneurs and small business owners. Uplinking facilities are located in Topeka, KS. The channel's corporate offices are located in Arlington, Texas.
Much of the radio and television content of BizTalkRadio and BizTV is the same on each medium, with numerous talk radio shows being carried on both.
As of 2022, BizTV is available to a total population of 65,191,831 in the United States. In addition to the coverage across the US, BizTV is offered as a free OTT feed.
Programming
Programs airing on BizTV include:
America's Real Deal with Marie Osmond
America Trends
The Big Biz Show
Bitcoin for Boomers
Business Rockstars
BTV Business Television
Coop Dreams
Coffee with America
Create. Build. Manage.
C-Suite
Daily Flash
Elevator Pitch
Financial Issues with Shanna Burt
Hiring America
That Kevin Show
Laura McKenzie's Traveler
Meet the Drapers
MoneyTV
Motorz
NextUP
The Playbook with David Meltzer
Small Town Big Deal
That Suki and Scott Show
Steel Dreams
Talk! with Audrey
Transformative CEOs
Travel TV with Stephanie Abrams
Affiliates
Former affiliates
References
Television networks in the United States
Business-related television channels
Television channels and stations established in 2011
English-language television stations in the United States
Business mass media in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein-RNA%20interface%20database | The Protein–RNA Interface Database (PRIDB) is a database of protein–RNA interfaces extracted from the Protein Data Bank.
See also
RNA-binding protein
Protein Data Bank
References
External links
http://bindr.gdcb.iastate.edu/PRIDB.
Biological databases
RNA-binding proteins
RNA |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root%20Sports%20Utah | Root Sports Utah was an American regional sports network that was owned by the AT&T Sports Networks subsidiary of AT&T Inc., as part of the AT&T SportsNet brand of networks and is an affiliate of Fox Sports Networks. Headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, the channel broadcasts regional coverage of sports events throughout Utah, namely the NBA's Utah Jazz and college teams including the Utah State Aggies, Utah Utes, BYU Cougars, and several other schools. Root Sports Utah was available on cable providers throughout the state of Utah, and nationwide on satellite via DirecTV and Dish Network.
History
Origins
In 1986, Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) and the Utah Jazz formed a joint-venture to broadcast 20 Jazz games during the 1986-87 season to cable subscribers in five western states starting. The channel, named Jazz Cable Network was ad-supported and offered as a basic service. In addition to the 20 live games, 4 classic games were also aired. Due to a lack of other sports content, the channel was part-time and only operated during the basketball season. The number of games were increased to 25 and then 26 for the 1987–88 and 1988-89 seasons respectively. In 1989, TCI announced a partnership with Bill Daniels to combine the two companies regional sports offerings into the Prime Sports Network.
Network history
The network launched in November 1989 as Prime Sports Network Utah; owned by TCI's Liberty Media, it served as an owned-and-operated outlet of the Prime Network group of regional sports networks. In its first year, the network carried 25 Utah Jazz games. At some point, the network was rebranded as Prime Sports Intermountain West. In 1995, Prime Sports began to carry Utah Grizzlies (IHL) games when the team relocated to the state.
In 1996, News Corporation, which formed a sports division for the Fox network two years earlier after it obtained the broadcast rights to the National Football Conference, acquired a 50% interest in the Prime Network from Liberty Media. On November 1, 1996, News Corporation and Liberty Media relaunched the Prime Network affiliates as part of the new Fox Sports Net group, with the Salt Lake City-based network officially rebranding as Fox Sports Utah. The channel was rebranded as Fox Sports Net Utah in 2000, as part of a collective brand modification of the FSN networks under the "Fox Sports Net" banner; subsequently in 2004, the channel shortened its name to FSN Utah, through the networks' de-emphasis of the "Fox Sports Net" brand.
On December 22, 2006, News Corporation sold its interest in FSN Utah and sister networks FSN Pittsburgh, FSN Northwest and FSN Rocky Mountain to Liberty Media, in an asset trade in which News Corporation also traded its 38.5% ownership stake in satellite provider DirecTV for $550 million in cash and stock, in exchange for Liberty Media's 16.3% stake in the company.
On May 4, 2009, DirecTV Group Inc. announced it would become a part of Liberty's entertainment unit, part of which would t |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zone%20Interdite%20%28TV%20program%29 | Zone interdite (, literally "Prohibited area") is a French newsmagazine that has been broadcast since on M6, the second-most watched TV network in the French-speaking world. Well known for its investigative journalism, the show has long been considered one of the most influential in France and has been awarded the 7 d'or in 2000 (France's most prestigious TV award) for best newsmagazine on TV. It is currently presented by Ophélie Meunier.
Broadcasting
Zone Interdite (often nicknamed Zone) is broadcast on M6 once every two weeks on Sunday prime time, and the following Tuesday at night. Summer shows are broadcast on a different schedule in July and August.
Format and public
Each episode features several investigative journalism reports, each one followed by a panel featuring experts, lawmakers, interviewees etc. who discuss the issue the report deals with.
The idea behind the show is best defined by its name: Zone Interdite meaning Forbidden Zone in French. It deals with the most important and sensitive social and political issues of the time, in order to give the public the best possible insight and to drive general and political attention on them.
Public
With an average of 3 to 5 million viewers and an average of 10% to 30% of the target market shares per episode, it is one of the most-watched newsmagazines on French TV.
Influence in France
With its large public, sensitive topics and high-end panels,
Zone Interdite is famous for being the first French TV show ever to expound anorexia and its dangers at a time the mental illness was almost unknown to the general public.
It was also instrumental in putting road traffic safety into national debate in the early 2000s, which has led to a complete re-writing of the French road safety laws in 2002 and 2007.
It has also been at the edge of such sensitive social issues as Prostitution, Poverty, Cults and Right to housing, driving public, media and political attention to these issues at a time they were not properly addressed by policymakers.
History
The show was created by famous French journalist Patrick de Carolis and was first aired on 7 March 1993. At that time Carolis - who later become CEO of France Television - was M6's Head of Programming.
Starting in December 1995, the show was broadcast every two weeks, instead of once a month.
In June 1999, 7.5 million people watched the special show about prostitution, which has been considered as a starting point for France's renewed lawmaking on the issue.
In 2000, the show was awarded the 7 d'or (France's most prestigious TV award) for best newsmagazine on TV.
In 2002, Zone Interdite celebrated its 200th show, in 2003, its 10 years on air, in 2008 its 15th anniversary. In 2011, it started its 19th season, making it one of the longest running French TV shows.
In 2006, Melissa Theuriau was appointed Zone Interdite'''s new anchor. The same year, the Daily Express voted her the world's most beautiful news reporter. She was similarly voted "T |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20Polar%20Satellite%20System | The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) is the latest generation of U.S. polar-orbiting, non-geosynchronous, environmental satellites. JPSS will provide the global environmental data used in numerical weather prediction models for forecasts, and scientific data used for climate monitoring. JPSS will aid in fulfilling the mission of the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an agency of the Department of Commerce. Data and imagery obtained from the JPSS will increase timeliness and accuracy of public warnings and forecasts of climate and weather events, thus reducing the potential loss of human life and property and advancing the national economy. The JPSS is developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), who is responsible for operation of JPSS. Three to five satellites are planned for the JPSS constellation of satellites. JPSS satellites will be flown, and the scientific data from JPSS will be processed, by the JPSS – Common Ground System (JPSS-CGS).
The first satellite in the JPSS is the Suomi NPP satellite, which launched on October 28, 2011. This was followed by JPSS-1, which was launched on November 18, 2017, three years later than originally anticipated when the contract was awarded in 2010. On November 21, 2017, after reaching its final orbit, JPSS-1 was renamed NOAA-20. The third satellite has been launched on November 10, 2022 with two more satellites scheduled to be launched.
In addition, the TSI Calibration Transfer Experiment, launched on the U.S. Air Force Space Test Program Satellite-3 (STPSat-3) on November 19, 2013, is also part of JPSS.
History
The United States has had two main polar orbiting satellite programs which both began in the 1960s. NOAA's POES (Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite) series and the USAF's DMSP (Defense Metrological Satellite Program). JPSS was created by the White House in February 2010 following the restructuring dissolution of the National Polar-orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) program. The original satellite orbit concept from the NPOESS program was divided between two sponsor agencies: NOAA was given responsibility for the afternoon orbit, while environmental measurements from morning orbit were to be obtained from the Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS). DWSS was cancelled in April 2012. The military will continue to rely on the Air Force Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) constellation of satellites until the Weather System Follow-on satellites are operational.
An independent review team (IRT) was assigned to provide an independent assessment of the total NOAA satellite enterprise, including JPSS. Its findings were published in 2012.
Purpose
Data imagery obtained from the Joint Polar Satellite System will increase timeliness and accuracy of public warnings such as predictions of climate, weather, and natural hazards, thus reducing the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox%20Christian%20Network | The Orthodox Christian Network (OCN) is an American broadcasting network which presents Orthodox Christian themed programming to the United States and to over 190 countries world-wide.
The Orthodox Christian Network is an official agency of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, originally commissioned by (SCOBA), OCN was established to create a sustainable and effective media witness for Orthodox Christians throughout North America. Established in the 1990s, OCN produces a variety of media tools that are aired 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, utilize today’s digital platforms to produce and provide unlimited access to faith-inspiring programming including podcasts, daily devotionals, blog posts, live streaming worship and much more. This include "Come Receive the Light," a nationally syndicated Orthodox radio program and the "RUDDER," a twenty-four-hour internet radio station that features traditional Orthodox liturgical music and chant. OCN not only produces original content but also works in direct collaboration with sister Assembly agencies (e.g., IOCC, OCMC, OCF, OCPM), as well as with various Orthodox Christian jurisdictions and pan-Orthodox, para-church organizations.
In the words of the founder and Executive Director of OCN, Rev. Fr. Christopher Metropulos, "OCN's mission is to bring the Orthodox Faith to the Fingertips of all Orthodox Christians around the world through modern media to communicate the timeless truth of Orthodoxy.”
OCN is not underwritten financially by any one organization, jurisdiction or individual. Rather, OCN is supported entirely by donations, partnerships and grants. The Orthodox Christian Network is a 501 (c) 3 corporation.
References
External links
The Orthodox Christian Network website
Eastern Orthodoxy in the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunle%20Olukotun | Oyekunle Ayinde "Kunle" Olukotun is a British-born Nigerian computer scientist who is the Cadence Design Systems Professor of the Stanford School of Engineering, Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Stanford University and the director of the Stanford Pervasive Parallelism Lab.
Olukotun is known as the “father of the multi-core processor”, and the leader of the Stanford Hydra Chip Multiprocessor research project. Olukotun's achievements include designing the first general-purpose multi-core CPU, innovating single-chip multiprocessor and multi-threaded processor design, and pioneering multicore CPUs and GPUs, transactional memory technology and domain-specific languages programming models. Olukotun's research interests include computer architecture, parallel programming environments and scalable parallel systems, domain specific languages and high-level compilers.
Education
Olukotun did his undergraduate studies at Calvin College, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He earned an MS (1987) and PhD (1991) from University of Michigan, in Computer Science and Engineering. His advisor was Trevor Mudge.
Career
Olukotun joined Stanford's Department of Electrical Engineering in 1991. While at Stanford, Olukotun became the leader of the Stanford Hydra chip multiprocessor (CMP) research project which allowed for the development of multiprocessors with support for thread-level speculation. In 2000, he founded Afara Websystems, a company that designed and manufactured high-throughput, low power processors for server systems with chip multiprocessor technology. Afara was purchased by Sun Microsystems in 2002. The Afara multicore processor Niagara, developed by Olukotun was acquired by Sun. Niagara derived processors currently power all Oracle SPARC-based servers and have generated billions of dollars of revenue. While at Sun, Olukotun was one of the architects of the 2005 UltraSPARC T1 processor.
In 2017 Olukotun and Chris Ré founded SambaNova Systems. SambaNova Systems is developing a next-generation computing platform to power machine learning and data analytics. Olukotun now leads the Stanford Pervasive Parallelism Lab, which focuses on making heterogeneous parallel computing easy to use, and he is a member of the Data Analytics for What’s Next (DAWN) Lab, which is developing infrastructure for usable machine learning.
Research
Olukotun's research focus is in computer architecture, parallel programming environments and scalable parallel systems, domain specific languages, and high-level compilers.
Olukotun leads the Stanford Hydra chip multiprocessor (CMP) research project, revolutionizing computing by bringing multi-core technology to consumers and high-end computing systems.
In the mid-1990s, Olukotun and his co-authors argued that multi-core computer processors were likely to make better use of hardware than existing superscalar designs.
In 2008, Olukotun returned to Stanford, and founded the Pervasive Parallelism Laboratory at Stan |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linwood%20Pendleton | Linwood Pendleton (born July 20, 1964), a Franco-American environmental economist, is the Executive Director of the Ocean Knowledge Action Network and formerly the Senior Vice-President for Science at the Centre for the 4th Industrial Revolution. Previously, he was the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Global Oceans Lead Scientist. Since October 2014, Pendleton has served as International Chair in Marine Ecosystem Services at the Laboratory of Excellence and European Institute for Marine Studies (IUEM - University of Western Brittany). He is also a senior fellow at Duke's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions (NIEPS) and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Duke University Marine Laboratory, part of NIEPS. He previously served as the Director of Ocean and Coastal Policy for the Nicholas Institute (2009-2013) and was the founder of the Marine Ecosystem Services Partnership. Pendleton was the Acting Chief Economist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) from 2011-2013.
Pendleton has collaborated with conservationists worldwide including at the WWF, The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund, NRDC, and he served for nearly ten years on the Board of the Conservation Strategy Fund. He served on the Science Advisory Committee of the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, GEO Blue Planet steering committee, the Blue Carbon Finance Working Group, and the OBIS science advisory committee. Pendleton has served on several government and scholarly advisory boards and committees, including the California Marine Life Protection Act Initiative, as part of the statewide Science Advisory Team and Central Coast Subteam. He currently sits on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics (JOCE).
His interests are now on building bottom-up networks to support ocean professionals and scientists working to co-design science for sustainable development.
Education and Academic Career
Pendleton left Lafayette High School after his junior year to start an undergraduate degree at the College of William and Mary where he graduated summa cum laude and a member of the Phi Beta Kappa and Sigma Xi honor societies. In 1986 he started a Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior at Princeton University where he studied the evolutionary strategies for co-existence two species of caiman in the upper Amazon Basin, in Manu National Park. In 1989 Pendleton left Princeton with a terminal masters degree. He next attended Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where he earned a masters of public administration; his studies included field work in Belize, Nicaragua, and Honduras. His work in Nicaragua led to a chapter on the potential pitfalls of non-timber forestry.
Immediately after graduating from Harvard, Pendleton enrolled in a doctoral degree in Forestry and Environmental Studies from Yale University. He left Yale in 1996 to become the first faculty member hired into the University of Southern California's new Environmental Stu |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20Blue%20C | Deep Blue C is a compiler for a subset of the C programming language for the Atari 8-bit family distributed by the Atari Program Exchange (APX). The compiler is a version of Ron Cain's public domain Small-C modified by John Howard Palevich to run on the Atari computer hardware. Palevich also wrote the Atari 8-bit game Dandy for APX. The syntax supported by Deep Blue C is close to that of ANSI C with significant limitations. The compiler creates binary code for Intel 8080 processor which is then executed by an 8080 virtual machine.
The source code to the compiler was sold by APX as Deep Blue Secrets.
Limitations
The following language constructs are not supported:
structs
unions
multidimensional arrays
floating point numbers
sizeof operator
type casting
functions returning types other than integer
Other non-standard properties of Deep Blue C:
The last part of switch clause must end with: break, continue, or return.
The maximum length of a source code line has to be less than 80 characters.
The number of arguments for functions cannot exceed 126.
$( and $) are used instead of { and }, because the Atari keyboard and standard character set does not include braces.
Sample program
This program prints "Hello World!":
main()
$(
printf("Hello World!");
$)
References
C (programming language) compilers
Atari 8-bit family software
Atari Program Exchange software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chessgames.com | Chessgames.com is an Internet chess community with over 224,000 members. The site maintains a large database of chess games, where each game has its own discussion page for comments and analysis. Limited primarily to games where at least one player is of master strength, the database begins with the earliest known recorded games and is updated with games from current top-level tournaments. Basic membership is free, and the site is open to players at all levels of ability, with additional features available for Premium members. While the primary purpose of Chessgames.com is to provide an outlet for chess discussion and analysis, consultation games are periodically organized with teams of members playing either other teams of members or very strong masters, including a former US champion and two former world correspondence champions.
Members can maintain their own discussion pages, and there are features to assist study of openings, endgames and sacrifices. The front page also features a puzzle of the day, player of the day, and game of the day, the puzzle varying in difficulty throughout the week from "very easy" on Mondays to "insane" on Sundays.
History
Chessgames.com was founded in 2001 by Daniel Freeman and Alberto Artidiello in association with 20/20 Technologies. They developed software to integrate a chess database with a discussion forum, so that all games and players have a unique message board. The concept was immediately popular as users can kibitz (post comments) on many games and pages throughout the site. The Kramnik–Lékó World Championship 2004 match in Brissago was broadcast live on the site. This led to substantial growth in membership and interest, which has steadily increased since then due to other live events and many site enhancements.
Co-founder Alberto Artidiello died on March 1, 2015, at the age of 56.
Co-founder and longtime webmaster Daniel Freeman died on July 24, 2018, at the age of 50. The site is currently being administered on an interim basis by a user with the handle "Sargon", a longtime friend and business partner of Freeman's who had assisted him with management of the site at various times.
Database
The site's database of games was originally constructed by combining six large databases and weeding out duplicate games. The primary criterion for inclusion in the Chessgames.com database is that one of the players should be master strength (an Elo rating of 2200 or above) to reduce low quality games and erroneous fabrications. Their original goal was 750,000 games, which was their estimate of the total number of serious chess games that had been recorded up to and including 2005. the database contains close to a million games. Each game page lists a user feedback process to eliminate bad games, help correct errors, and remove any duplicates.
Each game on Chessgames.com is hosted on a separate web page to allow internal and external weblinks to that particular game. Although other online databases may contai |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modular%20Debugger | The modular debugger (mdb) is an extensible, low-level debugger developed by Sun Microsystems for the Solaris 7 operating system. It is now open sourced, under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL).
Its source code is now available in all open source derivatives of Solaris, such as Illumos.
History
The mdb project was started in 1997 by Mike Shapiro and others when the Solaris operating system was adding support for 64-bit architectures. Up until that point, Solaris was using the aging adb debugger developed by Steve Bourne (initially for the AT&T SVR4 Unix distribution).
It was very difficult to simply port adb from a 32-bit architecture to a 64-bit architecture, so Sun engineers decided to make a new debugger that would feature enhanced debugging capabilities, while being backward compatible with adb.
See also
dbx (debugger)
References
Debuggers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psych%20%28season%206%29 | The sixth season of Psych, consisting of 16 episodes, premiered on the USA Network in the United States on October 12, 2011 and continued to air until April 11, 2012. James Roday, Dulé Hill, Timothy Omundson, Maggie Lawson, Corbin Bernsen and Kirsten Nelson all reprised their roles as the main characters.
Production
Steve Franks continued to act as showrunner of the series. The song "I Know, You Know," performed by The Friendly Indians, was used once again as the show's theme song, though it was edited three times for theme episodes: "The Amazing Psych-Man & Tap Man, Issue #2" utilized a comic book-style theme song and title sequence. A classic jazz variation was used in "Heeeeere's Lassie" while the theme used in the season four episode "High Top Fade Out" was used once more in "Let's Doo-Wop It Again."
Mel Damski returned to the series once again to direct three episodes, while Steve Franks and James Roday directed two each. John Badham, Andy Berman, Andrew Bernstein, Jay Chandrasekhar, David Crabtree, and Reginald Hudlin directed one episode each, while Timothy Busfield, Jennifer Lynch, and Brad Turner made their Psych directorial debuts in one episode each. Andy Berman, Todd Harthan, and Saladin K. Patterson wrote three episodes for the season. Kell Cahoon, Bill Callahan, Steve Franks, Tim Meltreger, and James Roday returned to the writing staff to pen two episodes each. Carlos Jacott joined the series to write one episode.
The season contained Indiana Jones, "Bull Durham", and Chinatown tributes, along with a Shining-themed episode. Series star Dulé Hill discussed the possibility of having another Twin Peaks themed episode, which would be a sequel to the season 5 episode "Dual Spires." A musical episode was also planned, but was later confirmed to be on hold until the seventh season. Another theme episode revolving around the film Clue was also announced, but was later pushed back to the seventh season as well. Production for the season began in late March, 2011.
Cast
James Roday continued in his tenure as the fake psychic detective Shawn Spencer. Dulé Hill continued to portray Burton "Gus" Guster. Timothy Omundson and Maggie Lawson appeared as detectives Carlton "Lassie" Lassiter and Juliet "Jules" O'Hara, respectively. Corbin Bernsen portrayed Henry Spencer, and Kirsten Nelson returned as SBPD Chief Karen Vick.
Sage Brocklebank made further appearances as Buzz McNab. Kurt Fuller returned in many episodes as Woody the Coroner, while Skyler Gisondo and Carlos McCullers II returned as young Shawn and Gus in flashbacks. Cary Elwes returned as Despereaux for an Indiana Jones-themed episode. Jaleel White returned as Gus's former bandmate, Tony. Kenan Thompson was expected to return as Joon, another bandmate, but he did not appear; this disappearance was referenced in "Let's Doo-Wop It Again." Kristy Swanson appeared as Marlowe Viccellio, a mysterious woman who catches Lassiter's eye; she reprised her role in a later epis |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubachevsky%E2%80%93Stillinger%20algorithm | Lubachevsky-Stillinger (compression) algorithm (LS algorithm, LSA, or LS protocol) is a numerical procedure suggested by F. H. Stillinger and B.D. Lubachevsky that simulates or imitates a physical process of compressing an assembly of hard particles. As the LSA may need thousands of arithmetic operations even for a few particles, it is usually carried out on a computer.
Phenomenology
A physical process of compression often involves a contracting hard boundary of the container, such as a piston pressing against the particles. The LSA is able to simulate such a scenario. However, the LSA was originally introduced in the setting without a hard boundary where the virtual particles were "swelling" or expanding in a fixed, finite virtual volume with periodic boundary conditions. The absolute sizes of the particles were increasing but particle-to-particle relative sizes remained constant. In general, the LSA can handle an external compression and an internal particle expansion, both occurring simultaneously and possibly, but not necessarily, combined with a hard boundary. In addition, the boundary can be mobile.
In a final, compressed, or "jammed" state, some particles are not jammed, they are able to move within "cages" formed by their immobile, jammed neighbors and the hard boundary, if any. These free-to-move particles are not an artifact, or pre-designed, or target feature of the LSA, but rather a real phenomenon. The simulation revealed this phenomenon, somewhat unexpectedly for the authors of the LSA. Frank H. Stillinger coined the term "rattlers" for the free-to-move particles, because if one physically shakes a compressed bunch of hard particles, the rattlers will be rattling.
In the "pre-jammed" mode when the density of the configuration is low and when the particles are mobile, the compression and expansion can be stopped, if so desired. Then the LSA, in effect, would be simulating a granular flow. Various dynamics of the instantaneous collisions can be simulated such as: with or without a full restitution, with or without tangential friction. Differences in masses of the particles can be taken into account. It is also easy and sometimes proves useful to "fluidize" a jammed configuration, by decreasing the sizes of all or some of the particles. Another possible extension of the LSA is replacing the hard collision force potential (zero outside the particle, infinity at or inside) with a piece-wise constant force potential. The LSA thus modified would approximately simulate molecular dynamics with continuous
short range particle-particle force interaction. External force fields, such as gravitation, can be also introduced, as long as the inter-collision motion of each particle can be represented by a simple one-step calculation.
Using LSA for spherical particles of different sizes and/or for jamming in a non-commeasureable size container proved to be a useful technique for generating and studying micro-structures formed under conditions of |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon%20Network%20%28Polish%20TV%20channel%29 | Cartoon Network is a Polish channel aimed at children, which launched in 1998 as a localised feed of the U.S. television network of the same name. The channel is owned by TVN Warner Bros. Discovery, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery.
History
Cartoon Network Poland was launched on 1 June 1998 replacing Cartoon Network Europe.
On 30 September 2002, the channel began airing in Hungary and Romania, thus sharing its video feed with those countries while adding two additional audio tracks in Hungarian and Romanian.
On 1 March 2007, Cartoon Network Poland started broadcasting 24 hours a day. On 1 October 2008, a separate feed of Cartoon Network was created for Hungary and Romania, while the two additional audio tracks that were previously to the channel added in September 2002 were moved there. Both feeds are transmitted from Warsaw. The channel also carried a Toonami programming block between 2002 and 2006.
On 14 October 2015, Cartoon Network launched in HD.
On 1 September 2016, Cartoon Network Poland rebranded using Check It 4.0 package. On 15 June 2023 between at 6:00 AM and 23:59, Cartoon Network Poland aires Cartoon Network Classics for the first time.
On 1 January 2021, Cartoon Network Poland began airing with the Czech license from RRTV.
See also
Cartoonito (CEE)
References
External links
Cartoon Network
Turner Broadcasting System Poland
Warner Bros. Discovery EMEA
Television channels in Poland
Television channels and stations established in 1998
1998 establishments in Poland
Polish-language television stations |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthologous%20MAtrix | OMA (Orthologous MAtrix) is a database of orthologs extracted from available complete genomes. The orthology predictions of OMA are available in several forms:
OMA Pairs: for a given gene, a list of predicted orthologs in other species is provided.
OMA Groups: a set of genes across different species which are all orthologous.
OMA Hierarchical Groups: the set of all genes that have evolved from a single ancestral gene in a given taxonomic range.
OMA Genome Pair view: the list of all predicted orthologs between two species.
See also
Homology (biology)
OrthoDB
TreeFam
References
Genetics databases
Evolutionary biology
Phylogenetics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IsoBase | IsoBase is a database identifying functionally related proteins integrating sequence data and protein–protein interaction networks.
See also
Protein–protein interaction
Homology (biology)
References
External links
http://isobase.csail.mit.edu/.
Biological databases
Proteomics
Phylogenetics |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA-binding%20protein%20database | The RNA-binding Proteins Database (RBPDB) is a biological database of RNA-binding protein specificities that includes experimental observations of RNA-binding sites. The experimental results included are both in vitro and in vivo from primary literature. It includes four metazoan species, which are Homo sapiens, Mus musculus, Drosophila melanogaster, and Caenorhabditis elegans. RNA-binding domains included in this database are RNA recognition motif, K homology, CCCH zinc finger, and more domains. , the latest RBPDB release (v1.3, September 2012) includes 1,171 RNA-binding proteins.
Background Information about RNA Binding Protein
Transcription and translation processes are different in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Unlike prokaryotes, these two processes occur separately in eukaryote's nucleus and cytoplasm. Because of this, eukaryotes apply a strategy called post-transcriptional modification which includes splicing, editing and polyadenylation to process the pre-mRNA. RNA-binding proteins ( RBPs ) play critical role during this process. All RBPs can bind to RNA depends on different specificities and affinities. RBPs contain at least one RNA-binding domains and usually they have multiple binding domains. RNA-binding domain (RBD, also known as RNP domain and RNA recognition motif, RRM), K-homology (KH) domain (type I and type II), RGG (Arg-Gly-Gly) box, Sm domain; DEAD/DEAH box, zinc finger (ZnF, mostly C-x8-X-x5-X-x3-H), double stranded RNA-binding domain (dsRBD), cold-shock domain; Pumilio/FBF (PUF or Pum-HD) domain, and the Piwi/Argonaute/Zwille (PAZ) domain have been well characterized.
RBPs are constructed by multiple binding domains. These domains contain a few basic modular units. Comparing with a single motif, RBPs can recognize a much longer stretch of nucleic acids with those multiple motifs. Meanwhile, RBPs bind to RNA by forming weak interactions. The weak interaction surface is largely increased by these motifs. As the result, RBPs can bind RNA with higher specificity and affinity than single domain. RNA-binding protein database has three main specific categories. They are RNA recognition motif (RRM), K-Homology domain (KH domain) and zinc fingers.
Related research
RNA-binding protein domains
In Lunde's article, their group has introduced different types of RNA-binding protein motif and their specific functions.
RNA recognition rotif (RRM)
RNA recognition rotif (RRM) contains about 80–90 amino acids that form four-stranded anti-parallel β-sheet with two helices (βαββαβ topology). The β-sheet plays critical role for RNA recognition. Usually, three conserved residues on the β-sheet are very important for this recognition process. Specifically, an Arg or Lys residue forms a salt bridge to the phosphodiester backbone and another two aromatic residues make stacking interactions with the nucleobases. Each of these four β-sheet recognize one nucleotides. However, with exposed loops and additional secondary structure, RRM can recogniz |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari%201020 | The Atari 1020 is a four-color computer plotter which was sold by Atari, Inc. for the Atari 8-bit home computers.
The 1020 is capable of 20-, 40- and 80-column text and graphics using a friction-fed roll of paper approximately 11.5 cm (4.5 inches) in width. Graphics are generated using one of four coloured pens to draw lines, using a combination of the horizontally moving pen barrel and the vertically scrolling paper to create diagonal lines.
The 1020 is based on a plotter mechanism manufactured by ALPS. The same mechanism formed the basis of several other low-cost plotters produced around the same time, including the Commodore 1520, the Oric MCP40, the Tandy/Radio Shack CGP-115, the Texas Instruments HX-1000, and the Mattel Aquarius 4615. However, the 1020 connected via the Atari 8-bit's proprietary SIO interface, eliminating the need for an 850 serial/parallel interface module, but limiting its use to Atari 8-bit computers.
The plotter can be controlled from Atari BASIC.
References
External links
COMPUTE! ISSUE 36 / MAY 1983 / PAGE 20 - "The New Low-Cost Printer/Plotters"
1020
Computer printers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porn%20Wikileaks | Porn Wikileaks was a wiki website which contained the personal information, including the real names, of over 15,000 pornographic actors. The information came from a patient database managed by AIM Medical Associates which has closed due to the lawsuits caused by the leaks, a clinic where many pornographic film performers were tested for sexually transmitted diseases.
Adult performer Christian XXX stated, "They posted my real name, the real names of my parents and pictures of them, their home address and telephone number, the name and picture and phone number of my brother, a picture of the cemetery where my grandfather recently passed away, not to mention saying that I have HIV."
Ownership
The website received criticism from performers such as Kimberly Kane who stated, "Most of us in the porn industry know who is behind Porn WikiLeaks; he is doing it out of hatred for a business that shunned him for being even too repugnant for porn." The man referred to stated that he has no connections to the site "other than having an account there". This was supported in the trial against GirlsDoPorn, where the witness Monica’s story was important to the case because the photos she had shared only with the men behind GirlsDoPorn.com, and then deleted, made their way onto PornWikiLeaks, establishing a connection beyond domain registrants between the two sites.
Ending
In August 2019, Porn Wikileaks was purchased by Bang Bros, who shut it down; Bang Bros subsequently posted a video of a pile of hard drives being set on fire.
References
Cyberbullying
American erotica and pornography websites
MediaWiki websites
Internet properties established in 2010
Internet properties disestablished in 2019
Internet vigilantism
Privacy controversies and disputes |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety%20code%20%28nuclear%20reactor%29 | In the context of nuclear reactors, a safety code is a computer program used to analyze the safety of a reactor, or to simulate possible accident conditions.
See also
Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport Code
External links
NRC Computer Codes for Safety Analysis
Nuclear Plant Safety Codes
Nuclear energy
Nuclear technology
Power station technology
Nuclear accidents and incidents
Nuclear safety and security |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RRQR%20factorization | An RRQR factorization or rank-revealing QR factorization is a matrix decomposition algorithm based on the QR factorization which can be used to determine the rank of a matrix. The singular value decomposition can be used to generate an RRQR, but it is not an efficient method to do so. An RRQR implementation is available in MATLAB.
References
Matrix decompositions
Numerical linear algebra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tipong%20Pinoy | Tipong Pinoy () is a Philippine television informative show broadcast by GMA Network. It was produced by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).
It is a 30-minute youth-orientated magazine-style show which features different aspects of both traditional and contemporary Filipino culture such as food, pop culture, beliefs and arts. Wency Cornejo and the late Susan Calo-Medina were the show's presenters.
Reruns of Tipong Pinoy are currently aired on the Knowledge Channel. It was formerly aired on IBC and The Mabuhay Channel.
Hosts
GMA Network
Susan Calo-Medina
Wency Cornejo
Studio 23
Janelle So
Alfred Vargas
Episodes
Cavite in History
Philippine Fiestas
Manila and Intramuros
Women in the Revolution
Trading in the Philippines
What is Filipino Music
Education
Islam
Cordillera
Indigenous Music
Philippine Drama
Courtship Practices
Western Influenced Filipino
Jeepney as a Folk
Museum
Pinoy Komiks
Philippine Cinema
Pinoy Food
Philippine Games and Toys
Todos Los Santos
Intramuros
The Wonders of Folk Medicines, Superstition and Beliefs
Earth, Wind, Fire and Water Lores
Philippine Dance
Philippine Architecture
Filipino Christmas
References
External links
1998 Philippine television series debuts
1999 Philippine television series endings
2003 Philippine television series debuts
2004 Philippine television series endings
ABS-CBN original programming
Filipino-language television shows
GMA Network original programming
Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation original programming |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%20protein-coupled%20receptors%20database | The GPCRdb database is the main repository of curated data for G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). It integrates various web tools and diagrams for GPCR analysis and stores manual annotations of all GPCR crystal structures made available through the PDB (Protein Data Bank), has the largest collections of receptor mutants and reference sequence alignments. A series of tools made available in the homepage for the GPCRdb can be run in the web browser to analyze structures, sequence similarities, receptor relationships, homology models, drug trends, genetic variants and ligand target profiles. Diagrams illustrate receptor sequences (using snake-plots and helix box diagrams) and relationships (phylogenetic trees).
Background and development
According to Gert Vriend, one of the creators of the GPCRdb, the resource began in the following way: "The GPCRdb was started in the early 90’s when Bob Bywater, Ad IJzerman, Friedrich Rippmann, and Gert Vriend organized a series of small GPCR workshops at the EMBL. Before the introduction of the first browsers, the GPCRdb worked as an automatic Email answering system that could send sequences, alignments, and homology models to the users.
In 1994 the internet was firmly established in its present form, and money was obtained from the fourth EU framework to set up the GPCRdb. Florence Horn joined us to do this project. When she left us at the end of a four-year post-doc period the GPCRdb was firmly established as the prime source of information for GPCR data." Over two decades, the GPCRdb evolved to be a comprehensive information system storing and analyzing data. In 2013, the stewardship of the GPCRdb was transferred to David Gloriam's group at the University of Copenhagen, backed up by an international team of contributors and developers from a EU COST Action called ‘GLISTEN’. The GPCRdb offers reference data and easy-to-use web tools and diagrams for a multidisciplinary audience investigating GPCR function, drug design or evolution and is actively involved in the European Research Network on Signal Transduction (‘ERNEST’).
Content and features
A visual overview of the main features of the GPCRdb can be glimpsed at gpcrdb.org.
The GPCRdb browsing system is structured on most relevant categories which are:
GPCRdb
Receptors
G Proteins
B-Arrestins
Biased Signaling
Ligands
Drugs
Structure Constructs
Tutorials, workshops and documentation of use.
Under the categories one can find subsections for specialized data and tools.
Future directions
As part of two orphan GPCR projects funded by the European Research Commission and the Lundbeck Foundation, respectively, the GPCRdb will deposit data and develop computational tools for identification of endogenous and surrogate GPCR ligands. The GPCRdb aims to grow from and enable new progress in GPCR structure, function and ligand design. It crosslinks to the GuideToPharmacology database and has adopted the official NC-IUPHAR receptor naming nomenclature, has |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laminin%20database | The Laminin database is a database of non-collagenous extracellular matrix proteins.
See also
Laminin
References
External links
http://www.lm.lncc.br
Biological databases
Laminins |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PottersWheel | PottersWheel is a MATLAB toolbox for mathematical modeling of time-dependent dynamical systems that can be expressed as chemical reaction networks or ordinary differential equations (ODEs). It allows the automatic calibration of model parameters by fitting the model to experimental measurements. CPU-intensive functions are written or – in case of model dependent functions – dynamically generated in C. Modeling can be done interactively using graphical user interfaces or based on MATLAB scripts using the PottersWheel function library. The software is intended to support the work of a mathematical modeler as a real potter's wheel eases the modeling of pottery.
Seven modeling phases
The basic use of PottersWheel covers seven phases from model creation to the prediction of new
experiments.
Model creation
The dynamical system is formalized into a set of reactions or differential equations using a visual model designer or a text editor. The model is stored as a MATLAB *.m ASCII file. Modifications can therefore be tracked using a version control system like subversion or git. Model import and export is supported for SBML. Custom import-templates may be used to import custom model structures. Rule-based modeling is also supported, where a pattern represents a set of automatically generated reactions.
Example for a simple model definition file for a reaction network A → B → C → A with observed species A and C:
function m = getModel()
% Starting with an empty model
m = pwGetEmtptyModel();
% Adding reactions
m = pwAddR(m, 'A', 'B');
m = pwAddR(m, 'B', 'C');
m = pwAddR(m, 'C', 'A');
% Adding observables
m = pwAddY(m, 'A');
m = pwAddY(m, 'C');
end
Data import
External data saved in *.xls or *.txt files can be added to a model creating a model-data-couple. A mapping dialog allows to connect data column names to observed species names. Meta information in the data files comprise information about the experimental setting. Measurement errors are either stored in the data files, will be calculated using an error model, or are estimated automatically.
Parameter calibration
To fit a model to one or more data sets, the corresponding model-data-couples are combined into a fitting-assembly. Parameters like initial values, rate constants, and scaling factors can be fitted in an experiment-wise or global fashion. The user may select from several numerical integrators, optimization algorithms, and calibration strategies like fitting in normal or logarithmic parameter space.
Interpretation of the goodness-of-fit
The quality of a fit is characterized by its chi-squared value. As a rule of thumb, for
N fitted data points and p calibrated parameters, the chi-squared value should have a similar value
as N − p or at least N. Statistically, this is expressed using a chi-squared test resulting in a p-value above a significance threshold of e.g. 0.05. For lower p-values, the model is
either not able to explain the data and has to be refined,
the standard |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses%20in%20Birmingham | The Birmingham trolleybus system once served the city of Birmingham, in the West Midlands region of England. Opened on , it supplemented Birmingham's original tramway network.
By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Birmingham system was a medium-sized one, even though Birmingham was then, and still is, the most populous British city outside London. With a total of only five routes, and a maximum fleet of 78 trolleybuses, it was closed relatively early, on .
None of the former Birmingham trolleybuses is recorded as having survived.
See also
History of Birmingham
Transport in Birmingham
List of trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom
References
Notes
Further reading
External links
SCT'61 website - photos and descriptions of early Birmingham motorbuses
National Trolleybus Archive
British Trolleybus Society, based in Reading
National Trolleybus Association, based in London
History of Birmingham, West Midlands
Transport in Birmingham, West Midlands
Birmingham
Birmingham |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretzky%20NHL%202006 | Gretzky NHL 06 is an ice hockey video game featuring professional NHL player Wayne Gretzky. It was developed by Page 44 Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. Mike Emrick and Darren Pang provide color commentary for the game. It is the only game in the Gretzky NHL series to feature officially licensed NHL on NBC branding during gameplay. The NBC integration was later used in the EA Sports NHL series, beginning with NHL 14 in 2013. The PS2 version features Wayne Gretzky on the cover in an Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers uniform, as well as himself as a coach.
Reception
The game received "mixed or average reviews" on both platforms according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.
References
External links
2005 video games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
National Hockey League video games
Page 44 Studios games
PlayStation 2 games
PlayStation Portable games
Sony Interactive Entertainment games
Video games developed in the United States
Wayne Gretzky games |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zynga%20Poker | Zynga Poker is a social game developed by Zynga as an application for the social-networking website Facebook as well as Android, iPhone, Windows Phone, Windows, MySpace, Tagged, and Google+. It was launched in July 2007.
In 2011, with 38 million players, Zynga Poker was the largest poker site in the world. In 2018, after increased competition in the market, Zynga Poker had a 6.1% market share in social casino games.
Gameplay
The game allows Facebook players to simulate playing Texas Hold 'em poker in a social gaming environment. Users enter a casino lobby and can play at any table or join friends for a game. Players can choose from casual tables, tournament play, or VIP tables. A leader board shows players how they compare in chip ranking to other players and allows players to send or receive gifts.
History
Development and market dominance
It was created and launched in July 2007 by a team consisting of some of the founders of the company including Justin Waldron, Michael Luxton, and Eric Schiermeyer.
In March 2011, Zynga Poker hosted PokerCon, a live poker tournament at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. According to a March 2011 ESPN article, with 38 million players, Zynga Poker at that time was the largest poker site in the world.
In July 2012, Zynga announced that it would be providing real-money gaming outside of United States in 2013.
According to a 2014 article by Dean Takahashi, about 350 million have played Zynga Poker, and the game has millions of daily players.
Update and loss of market dominance
In July 2014, the game received a major update. According to Jeff Grubb of VentureBeat, the change was unpopular with users, who believed that Zynga was "throwing too many unwanted features in the way" of playing poker.
In 2014, Zynga Poker "commanded 61 percent of the total social poker revenue market," and each month earned between $9 and $13 million. That year, its audiences dropped 44%. After the revamp in 2014, players "forced the publisher" to bring back a "classic" version of the original poker game. Also, Zynga Poker's CEO and games head left around that time. VentureBeat said in 2015 that Zynga Poker's players were increasingly moving to social casino games, with the overall social poker game industry struggling largely "due to the struggles of Zynga's Poker app, which dominates the marketplace."
In 2014, Zynga Poker was Zynga's flagship game and its top-grossing game.
Recent features and events
In the first quarter of 2017, the company reported a loss, although revenue was rising compared to the year prior. In 2018, Zynga Poker accounted for 23% of Zynga's game revenue. After added competition in the market, in 2018 analysts said that Zynga lost its market share in social casino games, with only a 6.1% market share. Zynga Poker introduced a new "Spin and Win" mode in its World Poker Tour Tournament Center in 2019, essentially combining poker with a prize wheel. In November 2018, Zynga Poker reported its mobile revenue |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot%20matrix%20%28disambiguation%29 | A dot matrix is a 2-dimensional array of dots used to represent characters, symbols and images.
"Dot matrix" may also refer to:-
Dot matrix printing (or impact matrix printing), a type of computer printing
Dot matrix printers, computer printers that implement dot-matrix impact printing
Dot-matrix display, a type of display device
Dot plot (bioinformatics), a display convention for illustrating the alignment of two DNA or protein sequences.
Dot Matrix, a character from the animated television series ReBoot
Dot Matrix, a character from the film Spaceballs
QR code, a matrix of square dots |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Asset%20Import%20Library | Open Asset Import Library (Assimp) is a cross-platform 3D model import library which aims to provide a common application programming interface (API) for different 3D asset file formats. Written in C++, it offers interfaces for both C and C++. Bindings to other languages (e.g., BlitzMax, C#, Python) are developed as part of the project or are available elsewhere. Given the importance and the benefits of Assimp, a pure Java (/Kotlin) port is being developed here.
The imported data is provided in a straightforward, hierarchical data structure. Configurable post processing steps (i.e., normal and tangent generation, various optimizations) augment the feature set.
Assimp currently supports 57 different file formats for reading, including COLLADA (.dae), 3DS, DirectX X, Wavefront OBJ and Blender 3D (.blend). As of Version 3.0 Assimp also provides export functionality for some file formats.
Projects using Assimp
Several open source projects use Assimp, such as MonoGame and Urho3D.
Godot added Assimp in Godot 3.2, but this was replaced in Godot 3.3 and later.
See also
OpenCTM
MeshLab
References
External links
Official project page
C++ libraries
Graphics libraries
Software using the BSD license |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PartyGaming | PartyGaming plc was a network of gambling sites operated by Ruth Parasol in the Caribbean. Founded in 1997, the network eventually operated under an umbrella company called iGlobalMedia, which then changed its name to PartyGaming. PartyGaming's flagship site, PartyPoker.com, was launched in 2001. Its primary shareholders were Parasol, Group Operations Director Anurag Dikshit, Marketing Director Vikrant Bhargava (who joined the company in 1998 and 1999, respectively), and Russ DeLeon (Parasol's ex-husband, Harvard attorney and serial entrepreneur).
The company merged with bwin Interactive Entertainment in March 2011 to form Bwin.Party Digital Entertainment.
History
In the 1990s, Las Vegas consultant and actuary Michael Shackleford ran a computer trial of the first blackjack and roulette games offered by the company. Shackleford stated that the "results clearly showed they (the games) weren't fair". Ruth Parasol's spokesman Jon Mendelsohn acknowledged that the chances had "tipped too much toward the house", but attributed the problems to "software flaws", not rigging. It led to the development of their own proprietary software rather than using external platforms.
The IPO
The foursome sold over 23% of their combined shares to take the company public on the London Stock Exchange in June 2005. The initial offer price of 116p valued the company at £4.64 billion ($8.46 billion). Within a month a rising share price rose saw the value of the company exceed $12 billion. In early September 2005, a cautious statement about future growth prospects saw the shares fall by a third in a day, but the same week the company was promoted to the FTSE 100 Index. By the end of November 2005 the stock had regained its original IPO value. During the IPO, no new shares of PartyGaming were issued, so all of the net proceeds went to the four original shareholders selling shares and nothing to the company itself.
Post IPO
Dikshit and Bhargava stepped down from the company's board in May 2006. Dikshit announced that he would remain with the company as the Chief Operating Officer; Bhargava would continue as an advisor and shareholder of the company while pursuing other business interests.
In February 2006, PartyGaming introduced a new integrated platform, enabling multiple games to be played without requiring customers to log in each time and deposit funds in separate accounts. An online backgammon site, PartyGammon.com, was launched in mid-2006. In August 2006 PartyGaming acquired Antigua and Barbuda–registered sports betting operator Gamebookers which focuses on the European market.
In its early days, PartyGaming entered into several marketing partnerships that allowed companies such as Empire Online, which ran Empire Poker, to share in a common pool of poker players. Players could access the PartyGaming network either through the PartyPoker.com software itself or through the software of one of PartyGaming's "skin" partners.
In mid-2005, PartyGaming made various moves |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhorn%20Network | Longhorn Network (LHN) is an American regional sports network owned as a joint venture between The University of Texas at Austin, ESPN and Learfield (formerly IMG College), and is operated by ESPN (itself owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company and the Hearst Communications). The network, which launched on August 26, 2011, focuses on the Texas Longhorns varsity sports teams of the University of Texas at Austin.
Longhorn Network was announced by ESPN on January 19, 2011. The name and logo were revealed during the Longhorns' spring football game on April 3, 2011. It holds the third-tier media rights to the Longhorns, and features events from 20 different sports involving the Texas Longhorns athletics department, along with original and historical programming. The network also features academic and cultural content from the UT Austin campus.
Due to the Longhorns' upcoming move from the Big 12 Conference (whose media rights structure allowed for the arrangement Longhorn Network was established under) on July 1, 2024 to the SEC (whose media rights are owned by ESPN), Longhorn Network is likely to wind down independent operations in the late spring of 2024, with its programming transitioning into ESPN's SEC Network.
Carriage
The first national provider to carry the Longhorn Network was fiber optic television service Verizon FiOS, which announced a deal to carry the network in August 2011. On August 31, 2012, the network began to be carried on AT&T U-verse. Several smaller cable providers throughout Texas have also added the channel – namely Consolidated Communications, Bay City Cablevision, Mid-Coast Cablevision, Texas Mid-Gulf Cablevision, En-Touch Systems, E-Tex Communications and Grande Communications.
The only major provider serving Texas that does not carry the Longhorn Network is Comcast.
Carriage agreements
2012
On October 4, 2012, New York-based Cablevision Systems Corporation began carrying LHN on its systems in the Western United States. Its New York City area systems were not included in the deal. Two months later on December 12, Cox Communications announced a comprehensive long-term distribution agreement that included adding the Longhorn Network to its systems in Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. On December 31, 2012, Charter Communications announced that it would add LHN as part of a wide-range long-term carriage deal with ESPN and The Walt Disney Company. Charter also took over Cablevision's western systems in the first quarter of 2013 and maintained the rights agreed to by Cablevision for LHN. It is available on its systems in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas and Virginia.
2013
On August 8, 2013, Time Warner Cable announced that it would begin carrying LHN in its Texas service areas.
2014
On March 3, 2014, The Walt Disney Company and Dish Network announced a deal to carry the Longhorn Network as part of a new long-term, wide-ranging distribution agreement.
The channel became available on the satellite provider on |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%207th%20Guest%3A%20Infection | The 7th Guest: Infection is a 2011 abstract strategy mobile game which originally appeared as the microscope puzzle in the 1993 computer game The 7th Guest. It is based on the Ataxx family of board games, whose lineage began with a 1988 computer game called Infection.
Gameplay
The object of the game is for the player to make their microbes the majority on the board by the end of the game. This is accomplished by infecting and converting the opponent's microbes.
The board is a square grid divided into 7 rows and 7 columns. Each player begins with two microbes, colored blue or red. The microbes are placed at the four corners of the grid, with blue in the top left and bottom right corners, while red occupies the other corners. Red takes the first turn. During a turn, a player may move one of their microbes one or two spaces in any direction, including diagonally. If the player moves to an adjacent space, a new microbe is created on the space the microbe moved from. If the player moves to a non-adjacent space, the space on which the microbe began the turn remains empty. Any of the opponent's microbes which are in spaces adjacent to the space a player moves onto will be "infected", turning to the color of the player who has moved. Players are required to move unless no legal move is possible. The game is over when either all cells of the board are filled or all microbes on the board are the same color. The player with the most microbes on the board at the end of the game is the winner.
The game can be played in either single-player or two-player mode. In single-player mode the opponent is the mad genius Henry Stauf, antagonist of The 7th Guest, who verbally taunts the player throughout the game. The player may choose from seven difficulty levels when playing against the AI.
History
The earliest version of this game was made in 1988 by Wise Owl software. Written by Dave Crummack and Craig Galley, Infection was programmed on the Amiga, Commodore 64 and Atari ST platforms. The rights to the game were subsequently sold to the Leland Corporation, who released it as an arcade game under the name Ataxx. The game became best known by this title.
In 1993 Trilobyte released The 7th Guest, which included a version of the game as the Microscope Puzzle. When Trilobyte re-released The 7th Guest for iPhone and iPad in 2010, they announced that some puzzles, including the Microscope Puzzle, would not be included due to technical challenges associated with adapting the original game to the new platforms. However, once the player has completed the game, they can access the older version of the Infection game, by simply clicking on any top corner of the menu board, and pressing the image for the laboratory. This puzzle, along with several others, can be played using this method. An updated version of the Microscope Puzzle was released for iPad as The 7th Guest: Infection, featuring updated graphics and gameplay settings in April 2011.
References
External lin |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wes%20Graham | James Wesley Graham, OC was a Canadian professor of computer science at the University of Waterloo.
Graham was born on January 17, 1932, in Copper Cliff, Ontario. His interest in computing developed while studying math and physics at the University of Toronto. After working at IBM as a systems engineer, Graham accepted a position at the University of Waterloo in 1959 becoming one of the first computer science professors at the university. In 1962, Graham was named the director of Waterloo's Computing Centre when it was established as a separate entity from Department of Mathematics.
In 1965, Waterloo undergraduate James G. Mitchell wrote a paper on how to create a teaching compiler for Fortran. Graham created a team for Mitchell to create the compiler, which was eventually known as WATFOR, and was eventually to be used by students at 420 postsecondary institutions around the world. WATFOR was followed by similar teaching compilers, like WATBOL, for teaching COBOL, and WATIAC for teaching the principles of assembly language programming.
Graham is credited with convincing leading computer manufacturers to donate equipment to Waterloo. A total of $35 million CAD in donated equipment is credited to Graham's efforts.
Graham, some of his colleagues, and students and former students of theirs, formed the University spin-off software company Watcom, which was sold to Powersoft in 1994, for $100 million CAD. Powersoft was then acquired by Sybase in 1994 which was subsequently acquired by SAP SE in 2010.
Graham was named an Officer of the Order of Canada, in July 1999, but died of cancer before the formal award ceremony in September 1999. The J.W. Graham Medal for excellence in Computer Science was named in his honor.
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1932 births
1999 deaths
Canadian computer scientists
Academic staff of the University of Waterloo
People from Greater Sudbury
Officers of the Order of Canada |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20State%20panic%20button%20software | The panic button software is an application being developed by the United States Department of State as part of its "Internet freedom programming.” The program, which is designed for mobile devices, will allow users to wipe the contacts in address books, history, and text messages and also sends out an alert to all the contacts. The application, which was first reported by Reuters, will be used by qualified social activists. The application has received criticism that it may be used against American law enforcement. The United States which has trained over 5000 activists plans to control the application's distribution.
References
Mobile software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGD | HGD, or hgd, may refer to:
Medical science
Hymenoptera Genome Database, a resource supporting the genomics of Hymenoptera
Homogentisate 1,2-dioxygenase, an enzyme which catalyzes the conversion of homogentisate to 4-maleylacetoacetate
2-hydroxymethylglutarate dehydrogenase (HgD), an enzyme belonging to the family of oxidoreductases
Transport
HGD, the Amtrak code for Huntingdon (Amtrak station), Pennsylvania, United States
HGD, the IATA code for Hughenden Airport, Queensland, Australia
HGD, the ICAO code for Hangard Airlines, a defunct Mongolian airline
HGD, the National Rail code for Hungerford railway station in the county of Berkshire, UK
See also |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCWA | KCWA (93.9 FM) is a radio station licensed to Loveland, Colorado, United States. It is owned by the WAY-FM Network, through licensee Hope Media Group. Its studios are in Longmont, and its transmitter is on Milner Mountain northwest of Loveland.
References
External links
CWA
WAY-FM Network
Radio stations established in 1992 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberworthiness | Cyberworthiness is an assessment of the resilience of a system from cyber attacks. It can be applied to a range of software and hardware elements (such as standalone software, code deployed on an internet site, the browser itself, military mission systems, commercial equipment, or IoT devices).
See also
Airworthiness
Crashworthiness
Roadworthiness
Railworthiness
Seaworthiness
Spaceworthiness
References
Information science
Computing terminology |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Krishnagiri | Krishnagiri, headquarters of Krishnagiri District, which is the Northern Gateway to Tamil Nadu, is well connected to all parts of south India by a strong network of national highways.
Roads
Transport via road in Krishnagiri district has gained much significance from the past, because of its location in the Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial corridor. Hosur SIPCOT (ever expanding sector of Tamil Nadu), Krishnagiri SIDCO and industries in other parts of this district such as the granite industry and mango pulp processing industry are much dependent on these road networks.
National highways at a glance
The following national highways originate from Krishnagiri.
Krishnagiri–Ranipet (NH-46)
Pondicherry (city)–Krishnagiri (NH-66)
Krishnagiri–Madanapalli (NH-219)
Varanasi–Kanyakumari via Krishnagiri (NH-7), the longest National Highway of India connecting Varanasi–Kanyakumari passes through it.
Hosur–Dobbaspet (NH-207)
Of the above, NH 46 highway is under the Golden Quadrilateral project. It has been converted to a four-lane/six-lane strip by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
The NH7 (North South Corridor) highway has recently undergone expansion to allow increased traffic access from Bangalore/Hosur to Krishnagiri.
Stretch of national highways
Apart from this, state highways and district highways link almost all the towns and villages of the district. Four national highways converge at the headquarters of this district is unique.
State highways at a glance
The following are the list of state highways running in the district. The villages and towns encircling these state highways are densely populated and agricultural settlements are found in abundance.
Government transport corporations
TNSTC, Salem of Dharmapuri region, formerly known as Annai Sathya Transport Corporation (ASTC), operates buses in this district. As this is bordered by adjacent states, inter-state coverage is also met. These buses connect Hosur and Krishnagiri to all major towns and cities in Tamil Nadu. Town buses connect important towns and villages of this district. Nearby corporations operating buses in this district include TNSTC Vellore region, TNSTC Salem region, TNSTC Tiruvannamalai and region. It has two TNSTC depots, Krishnagiri Nagar and Krishnagiri Puranagar.
Apart from this, SETC, Tamil Nadu and KSRTC, Karnataka also ply in this district thereby enhancing the speedy linking of all the towns in the express tracks of national highways.
One can see the latest types of omnibuses running in the roads of this district at the night times whether it may be royal Mercedes Benz of KSRTC or giant Volvo buses of private operators.
Private operators include KPN travels, Mettur Super Services, Sri Vijayalakshmi travels, and Kalaimagal travels.
Major bus stations
Krishnagiri municipality has two bus terminus in its limit:
Perarignar Anna Moffusil Bus terminus (inter/intrastate buses ply from here)
Oldpet Town Bus terminus (intra town/nearby village routes operati |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lossless%20join%20decomposition | In database design, a lossless join decomposition is a decomposition of a relation into relations such that a natural join of the two smaller relations yields back the original relation. This is central in removing redundancy safely from databases while preserving the original data.
Criteria
Lossless join can also be called nonadditive.
If is split into and , for this decomposition to be lossless (i.e., ) then at least one of the two following criteria should be met.
Check 1: Verify join explicitly
Projecting on and , and joining them back, results in the relation you started with.
Check 2: Via functional dependencies
Let be a relation schema.
Let be a set of functional dependencies on .
Let and form a decomposition of .
The decomposition is lossless if one of the sub-relations (i.e. or ) is a subset of the closure of their intersection. In other words, the decomposition is a lossless-join decomposition of if at least one of the following functional dependencies are in + (where + stands for the closure for every attribute or attribute sets in ):
Examples
Let be the relation schema, with attributes , , and .
Let be the set of functional dependencies.
Decomposition into and is lossless under because . is a superkey in , meaning we have a functional dependency . In other words, now we have proven that .
References
Databases
Data modeling
Database constraints
Database normalization
Relational algebra |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online%20search | Online search is the process of interactively searching for and retrieving requested information via a computer from databases that are online. Interactive searches became possible in the 1980s with the advent of faster databases and smart terminals. In contrast, computerized batch searching was prevalent in the 1960s and 1970s. Today, searches through web search engines constitute the majority of online searches.
Online searches often supplement reference transactions.
References
Internet terminology
Information retrieval genres |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses%20in%20Walsall | The Walsall trolleybus system once served the town of Walsall, then in Staffordshire, but now in West Midlands, England. Opened on , it gradually replaced the Walsall Corporation Tramways network.
By the standards of the various now defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Walsall system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 6 routes, and a maximum fleet of 60 trolleybuses. It was also one of the last to be closed, on .
In its final years, the Walsall system had a very diverse fleet of trolleybuses, many of which had been acquired secondhand from already closed trolleybus systems elsewhere in England.
Three of the former Walsall system trolleybuses are now preserved in their pale blue Walsall livery. Two of them are at the Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft, Lincolnshire, and one is at the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley. One of the vehicles bought from Cleethorpes is also preserved at Sandtoft, where it will revert to its Grimsby-Cleethorpes livery.
History
Walsall Corporation had run an electric tramway system since 1901, when it took over of electric tramway which had been constructed within its boundaries by the South Staffordshire Tramways Company. In 1911, when the first two trolleybus systems in Britain were opened, at Leeds and Bradford, they looked at the possibilities of using trolleybuses to feed traffic into the tramway network, and in 1914 obtained the powers necessary to do so, but no routes were constructed. The next significant move was enshrined in the Walsall Corporation Act (1925), which allowed them to run trolleybuses on any of the existing tramway routes, on some other roads within the borough, and to run services outside of their area to Willenhall, Shireoaks and Brownhills. Again, nothing was done immediately, but the tramway to Willenhall met the Wolverhampton tramway at that point until 1926, when Wolverhampton replaced their trams on the route with motorbuses. On 15 May 1927, they replaced the motorbus service with trolleybuses.
Walsall continued to run trams to Willenhall until 1928, when they were withdrawn and a joint motorbus service was introduced between the towns. However, they soon decided to extend the trolleybus wiring from Willenhall into the town centre, and on 22 July 1931 began operating their first trolleybuses, though only as far as Willenhall. To run the service they bought two three-axle double-deck vehicles from Associated Equipment Company (AEC) and two from Guy Motors. Wolverhampton had used singe-deck vehicles on the route, because there was a low bridge at Horseley Fields, but this was reconstructed to allow a through service to run from 16 November 1932. Conversion of the tram route to Walsall Wood, to the north east of the town, had been considered in 1927, but because the roads were affected by mining subsidence, the trams were replaced by motorbuses when they ceased in 1928.
That left just the tramway northwards from the town to Bloxwich, which already had trolleybus |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolleybuses%20in%20Ipswich | The Ipswich trolleybus system once served Ipswich, the county town of Suffolk, England. Opened on , it gradually replaced the Ipswich tramway network.
By the standards of the various now-defunct trolleybus systems in the United Kingdom, the Ipswich system was a medium-sized one, with a total of 14 routes, and a maximum fleet of 85 trolleybuses.
The system was closed on . In 1962, eight of its newest trolleybuses were sold to Walsall for further service; most of these survived until 1970.
Seven of the former Ipswich system trolleybuses are now preserved. Six are owned by the Ipswich Transport Museum, which is housed in the old Priory Heath trolleybus depot in Cobham Road. The seventh is located at the Long Shop Museum in Leiston, site of the former Garrett Engineering Works.
The Ipswich system remains unique in having a 100%-trolleybus fleet following tram abandonment as well as the unusual combination of green paint and unpainted aluminium side panelling.
History
Ipswich Corporation had been running a -gauge electric tramway system since 1900, when an Act of Parliament enabled them to take over and extend an existing horse tramway. However, there was some concern about the state of the roads and tram tracks in the town centre by the summer of 1922. Rather than replace the tram tracks, the Corporation decided to experiment with trolleybuses, and hired three Railless single deck vehicles to allow this to happen. The route between Ipswich railway station and Cornhill was chosen for the trials, as it was relatively short at and the overhead wiring had been altered by May 1923. Railless was a joint venture between Charles H Roe and Short Brothers of Rochester and Bedford, and around this time Charles Roe was experiencing financial difficulties, resulting in Short Brothers buying out Roe's share of the business and restructuring the company. Delivery of the new vehicles was consequently delayed, but trials finally began on 2 September 1923. The vehicles had solid tyres, an entrance at the front to allow for one-man operation, and an open smoking compartment at the rear. As the corporation were pleased with the results of the trials, in 1924 they bought the three vehicles they had hired, and ordered another experimental vehicle from local company Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies.
Next, the Corporation decided to run trolleybuses on the route southwards from the town centre to Bourne Bridge. They still considered themselves to be in an experimental phase, and purchased three more vehicles, one each from Richard Garrett & Sons of Leiston, Suffolk, Ransomes of Ipswich, and Tilling-Stevens of Maidstone, Kent. Once reliability had been assessed, 15 vehicles were ordered from Ransomes and another 15 from Garretts. Operation on the Bourne Bridge route began on 17 July 1925, and the Corporation laid plans to replace all of the trams with trolleybuses, resulting in the last tram operating on 26 July 1926. The Ipswich Corporation Act 1925 was obtained, and ro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMPdb | OMPdb is a dedicated database that contains beta barrel (β-barrel) outer membrane proteins from Gram-negative bacteria. Such proteins are responsible for a broad range of important functions, like passive nutrient uptake, active transport of large molecules, protein secretion, as well as adhesion to host cells, through which bacteria expose their virulence activity.
Their biological importance together with the inadequate annotation and classification found in public databases, urges the need for intensive studies and accurate data collection regarding β-barrel proteins.
Information included in OMPdb consists of sequence data, as well as annotation for structural characteristics (such as the transmembrane segments), literature references and links to other public databases, features that are unique worldwide. We also offer information regarding the existence of a 3D-structure of a given protein, if it is deposited in the PDB database. A list of protein entries with solved 3D-structure can be also found in each family entry page, when applicable.
Along with the database, a collection of profile Hidden Markov Models, originating mainly from the PFAM database, that were shown to be characteristic for β-barrel outer membrane proteins was also compiled. This set, when used in combination with the recently presented PRED-TMBB2 algorithm, will serve as a powerful tool in terms of discrimination and classification of novel β-barrel proteins and whole-proteome analyses.
The web interface of OMPdb offers the user the ability not only to view the available data, but also to submit advanced queries for text search within the database's protein entries or perform protein and domain searches. The most up-to-date version of the database can be downloaded in various formats (flat text, XML format or raw FASTA sequences).
In the download page, the user may download the complete dataset of β-barrel proteins, which is compiled following the regular updates of the PDBTM database, the OPM database and the list of membrane proteins of known 3D-structure from Stephen White's laboratory at UC Irvine.
During 11–12 August 2014, OMPdb participated at the Protein Bioinformatics and Community Resources retreat in the Wellcome Trust Conference Centre, brought together the principal investigators of several specialized protein resources as well as those from protein databases from the large Bioinformatics centres. During this meeting some common key challenges involved in creating and maintaining such resources were discussed, along with various approaches to address them. An important outcome was the creation of a Specialist Protein Resource Network that aims to improve coordination of the activities of its member resources.
References
External links
http://www.ompdb.org/
Biological databases
Protein structure
Protein folds
Gram-negative bacteria |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Scholarship%20in%20the%20Humanities | Digital Scholarship in the Humanities is a peer-reviewed academic journal of the European Association for Digital Humanities that covers all aspects of computing and information technology applied to Arts and Humanities research. It is one of the main journals in the field of Digital Humanities. The journal is published by Oxford University Press. The journal was formerly known as Literary and Linguistic Computing, but was renamed to emphasise a broadening in its subject focus beyond literary studies.
References
External links
Digital humanities
Academic journals established in 1986
Multidisciplinary humanities journals
English-language journals
Quarterly journals |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multum | The Multum from Information Computer Systems (ICS) was a 16-bit minicomputer developed in the early 1970s in Crewe, Cheshire by ex-employees of English Electric Company. It had a very early port of Pascal.
References
Minicomputers
Computer-related introductions in 1973
Crewe |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paeth | Paeth may refer to:
Paeth filter, a filtering algorithm used in the compression of PNG images
Alan W. Paeth (born 1956), Canadian computer scientist who developed the Paeth filter
Sascha Paeth (born 1970), German musician |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycymeris%20undata | Glycymeris undata, or the Atlantic bittersweet, is a species of bivalve mollusc in the family Glycymerididae. It can be found along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from North Carolina to the West Indies and Brazil.
References
undata
Bivalves described in 1758 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20MeTV%20affiliates | This is a list of current MeTV affiliates, arranged by U.S. state. There are links to and articles on each of the stations, describing their local programming, hosts and technical information, such as broadcast frequencies. In most markets, MeTV operates on a digital subchannel of the main station listed. In some markets, it operates on an LPTV or Class A station. The network is also available on streaming services Frndly TV and Philo.
Current affiliates
Notes:
1 Indicates station is a primary feed MeTV affiliate.
† Any launch dates noted are subject to change.
Bold Owned by Weigel Broadcasting.
Former affiliates
See also
List of programs broadcast by MeTV
References
External links
Me-TV Website-Affiliates
RabbitEars Website
MeTV |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Kolkata%20Metro%20stations | The Kolkata Metro is a Mass Rapid Transit Urban Railway network in Kolkata, India. It was the first underground railway to be built in India, with the first operations commencing in October, 1984 and the full stretch that was initially planned being operational by February, 1995. , there are 40 metro stations in the network.
Currently, there are three lines, the North-South Corridor (with 26 stations), East-West Corridor (with 8 stations) and Joka-Esplanade Corridor (with 6 stations). In the future, there will be three other metro lines.
Operational stations
Stations planned, proposed or under-construction
See also
List of Kolkata Metro depots and yards
List of Delhi Metro stations
List of Kochi Metro stations
List of Jaipur Metro stations
List of Chennai Metro stations
List of Namma Metro stations
List of Mumbai Metro stations
References
External links
Official Website for line 1
Official Website for line 2
Kolkata
Kolkata
Kolkata metro stations
Kolkata Metro |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenliant%20Systems | Greenliant Systems is an American manufacturer of NAND flash memory-based solid state storage and controller semiconductors for embedded systems and data center products. Greenliant Systems was founded by Bing Yeh in 2010,and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California along with offices in North America, Europe and Asia.
History
SST's founder and CEO Bing Yeh founded Greenliant along with other former SST executives after the acquisition. Silicon Storage Technology (SST) developed NANDrive technology, and was acquired in April 2010 by Microchip Technology. In May 2010, Greenliant acquired NANDrive technology and other assets from Microchip for an estimated $23.6 million.
The Greenliant logo symbolizes a multi-chip module with an energy-efficient core and the name represents green and reliable.
Greenliant Systems announced in June of 2015, began work with PLDA (Probabilistic Linear Discriminant Analysis), on a PCIe SSD controller.
Products
In November 2010, Greenliant began sampling its Serial ATA interface NANDrive GLS85LS products, which had up to 64GB capacity in a 14mm × 24mm × 1.95mm, 145 BGA (ball grid array), 1mm ball pitch package.
In June 2012, Greenliant began sampling its embedded MultiMediaCard (eMMC) interface NANDrive GLS85VM products, which operate at industrial temperatures between -40 and +85 degrees, and are offered in a 14mm × 18mm × 1.40mm, 100-ball, 1mm ball pitch package.
Greenlights SSD's and Memory Cards are mainly for Industrial and Automotive/Transportation Applications. The companies SSD's and Memory Cards will be showcased in Shanghai, China in June of 2023.
Variations
Greenliant's products include the GLS88ETx ArmourDrive™ Solid State Drives, ArmourDrive™ QX Memory Cards, G3100 SATA 2.5” PX Series Enterprise SSDs, and the ArmourDrive™ PX Industrial Memory Cards.
References
Fabless semiconductor companies
Companies based in Santa Clara, California
Manufacturing companies established in 2010
Semiconductor companies of the United States |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TreeBASE | TreeBASE was a repository of phylogenetic data published in scientific journals. In phylogenetic studies, research data are collected or generated, such as comparative observations (e.g. character state matrices or multiple sequence alignments) made on a set of taxa, metadata about these taxa, and the phylogenetic trees that are inferred to best describe the evolutionary relationships between the taxa.
Mission
The purpose of the TreeBASE project was to provide stable records and identifiers for these data, so that other workers can refer to their deposited data in their publication, and other scientists can locate the data and use them to verify the original research or to include or extend them in further analyses.
History and funding
The project was started in 1994, with funding from the US National Science Foundation. After this prototype, a redesign was initiated under the CIPRES project. This new version was released in March 2010 and has been supported by, among others, the pPOD project, which funded the addition of a RESTful web service interface with CQL search facilities, and National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent), which hosted the database and web server.
Starting in Winter 2010, TreeBASE was reorganized and became associated with the Phyloinformatics Research Foundation
In 2022, TreeBASE was taken offline due to security issues which were unable to be fixed with project resources; the future of the database is uncertain.
References
Bibliographic databases and indexes
Academic publishing |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formal%20semantics%20%28natural%20language%29 | Formal semantics is the study of grammatical meaning in natural languages using formal tools from logic, mathematics and theoretical computer science. It is an interdisciplinary field, sometimes regarded as a subfield of both linguistics and philosophy of language. It provides accounts of what linguistic expressions mean and how their meanings are composed from the meanings of their parts. The enterprise of formal semantics can be thought of as that of reverse-engineering the semantic components of natural languages' grammars.
Overview
Formal semantics studies the denotations of natural language expressions. High-level concerns include compositionality, reference, and the nature of meaning. Key topic areas include scope, modality, binding, tense, and aspect. Semantics is distinct from pragmatics, which encompasses aspects of meaning which arise from interaction and communicative intent.
Formal semantics is an interdisciplinary field, often viewed as a subfield of both linguistics and philosophy, while also incorporating work from computer science, mathematical logic, and cognitive psychology. Within philosophy, formal semanticists typically adopt a Platonistic ontology and an externalist view of meaning. Within linguistics, it is more common to view formal semantics as part of the study of linguistic cognition. As a result, philosophers put more of an emphasis on conceptual issues while linguists are more likely to focus on the syntax–semantics interface and crosslinguistic variation.
Central concepts
Truth conditions
The fundamental question of formal semantics is what you know when you know how to interpret expressions of a language. A common assumption is that knowing the meaning of a sentence requires knowing its truth conditions, or in other words knowing what the world would have to be like for the sentence to be true. For instance, to know the meaning of the English sentence "Nancy smokes" one has to know that it is true when the person Nancy performs the action of smoking.
However, many current approaches to formal semantics posit that there is more to meaning than truth-conditions. In the formal semantic framework of inquisitive semantics, knowing the meaning of a sentence also requires knowing what issues (i.e. questions) it raises. For instance "Nancy smokes, but does she drink?" conveys the same truth-conditional information as the previous example but also raises an issue of whether Nancy drinks. Other approaches generalize the concept of truth conditionality or treat it as epiphenomenal. For instance in dynamic semantics, knowing the meaning of a sentence amounts to knowing how it updates a context.
Pietroski treats meanings as instructions to build concepts.
Compositionality
The Principle of Compositionality is the fundamental assumption in formal semantics. This principle states that the denotation of a complex expression is determined by the denotations of its parts along with their mode of composition. For instance, |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halt%20and%20Catch%20Fire%20%28TV%20series%29 | Halt and Catch Fire is an American period drama television series created by Christopher Cantwell and Christopher C. Rogers. It aired on the cable network AMC in the United States from June 1, 2014, to October 14, 2017, spanning four seasons and 40 episodes. It depicts a fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and the early days of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. The show's title refers to computer machine code instruction Halt and Catch Fire (HCF), the execution of which would cause the computer's central processing unit to cease meaningful operation (and in an exaggeration, catch fire).
In season one, the fictional company Cardiff Electric makes its first foray into personal computing with a project to build an IBM PC clone, led by entrepreneur Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace) with the help of computer engineer Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy) and prodigy programmer Cameron Howe (Mackenzie Davis). Seasons two and three shift focus to a startup company, the online community Mutiny, headed by Cameron and Gordon's wife Donna (Kerry Bishé), while Joe ventures out on his own. The fourth and final season focuses on competing web search engines involving all the principal characters.
Halt and Catch Fire marked the first jobs that Cantwell and Rogers had in the television industry. They wrote the pilot hoping to use it to secure jobs as writers, but they instead landed their own series with AMC. The initial inspiration for the series was drawn from Cantwell's childhood in the Dallas–Fort Worth area, located within northern Texas's so-called Silicon Prairie, where his father worked as a software salesman. The creators subsequently researched the contributions of Texan firms to the emerging personal computing industry during the 1980s. Self-produced by the network and mostly filmed in the Atlanta, Georgia, area, the series is set in the Silicon Prairie for its first two seasons and Silicon Valley for its latter two.
Halt and Catch Fire experienced low viewership ratings throughout its run, with only the first episode surpassing one million viewers for its initial broadcast. The series debuted to generally favorable reviews, though many critics initially found it derivative of other series such as Mad Men. In each subsequent season, the series grew in acclaim, and by the time it concluded, critics considered it among the greatest shows of the 2010s. In 2022, Rolling Stone ranked it the 55th-greatest television series of all time, based on a poll of 46 actors, writers, producers, and critics.
Premise
Taking place over a period of more than ten years, Halt and Catch Fire depicts a fictionalized insider's view of the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and the early days of the World Wide Web in the early 1990s. The series begins in 1983, just as IBM is cornering the personal computer market with the IBM PC. Entrepreneur Joe MacMillan joins Cardiff Electric, a fictional Dallas-based mainframe software company, and h |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Log%20trigger | In relational databases, the log trigger or history trigger is a mechanism for automatic recording of information about changes inserting or/and updating or/and deleting rows in a database table.
It is a particular technique for change data capturing, and in data warehousing for dealing with slowly changing dimensions.
Definition
Suppose there is a table which we want to audit. This table contains the following columns:
Column1, Column2, ..., Columnn
The column Column1 is assumed to be the primary key.
These columns are defined to have the following types:
Type1, Type2, ..., Typen
The Log Trigger works writing the changes (INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE operations) on the table in another, history table, defined as following:
CREATE TABLE HistoryTable (
Column1 Type1,
Column2 Type2,
: :
Columnn Typen,
StartDate DATETIME,
EndDate DATETIME
)
As shown above, this new table contains the same columns as the original table, and additionally two new columns of type DATETIME: StartDate and EndDate. This is known as tuple versioning. These two additional columns define a period of time of "validity" of the data associated with a specified entity (the entity of the primary key), or in other words, it stores how the data were in the period of time between the StartDate (included) and EndDate (not included).
For each entity (distinct primary key) on the original table, the following structure is created in the history table. Data is shown as example.
Notice that if they are shown chronologically the EndDate column of any row is exactly the StartDate of its successor (if any). It does not mean that both rows are common to that point in time, since -by definition- the value of EndDate is not included.
There are two variants of the Log trigger, depending how the old values (DELETE, UPDATE) and new values (INSERT, UPDATE) are exposed to the trigger (it is RDBMS dependent):
Old and new values as fields of a record data structure
CREATE TRIGGER HistoryTable ON OriginalTable FOR INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE AS
DECLARE @Now DATETIME
SET @Now = GETDATE()
/* deleting section */
UPDATE HistoryTable
SET EndDate = @Now
WHERE EndDate IS NULL
AND Column1 = OLD.Column1
/* inserting section */
INSERT INTO HistoryTable (Column1, Column2, ...,Columnn, StartDate, EndDate)
VALUES (NEW.Column1, NEW.Column2, ..., NEW.Columnn, @Now, NULL)
Old and new values as rows of virtual tables
CREATE TRIGGER HistoryTable ON OriginalTable FOR INSERT, DELETE, UPDATE AS
DECLARE @Now DATETIME
SET @Now = GETDATE()
/* deleting section */
UPDATE HistoryTable
SET EndDate = @Now
FROM HistoryTable, DELETED
WHERE HistoryTable.Column1 = DELETED.Column1
AND HistoryTable.EndDate IS NULL
/* inserting section */
INSERT INTO HistoryTable
(Column1, Column2, ..., Columnn, StartDate, EndDate)
SELECT (Column1, Column2, ..., Columnn, @Now, NULL)
FROM INSERTED
Compatibility notes
The function GetDate() is used to get the system date a |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetking%20Infotrain | Established in 1947, Jetking Infotrain Limited is an Indian computer networking institute, which trains technical and non-technical students. Jetking has 100 centers spread across India .
Educational courses
Jetking is an ISO-recognised institute. Jetking provides courses like Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Gaming and Metaverse Design, Block Chain and Technical Support Engineer which entail student's education in the field of IT Industry. Other courses like CCNA and Advance Network Security and Ethical Hacking are also provided.
Operations and domestic expansion
Jetking, which has 100 centres across India and Overseas at present. The company provides training to nearly 35,000 students each year.
International foray
Jetking has been said to have plans to open centres in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal and Nigeria
References
Education companies established in 1947
Education companies of India
1947 establishments in India by state or union territory |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADMAR | ADMAR, an initialism for the German titleAbgesetzte Darstellung von MADAP Radar data, was the predecessor product of CIMACT.
Definition
The EUROCONTROL software product ADMAR did combine and merge several civilian surveillance- and military sensor data sources with Flight plan data sources. After data correlation it was able to provide a Recognised Air Picture (RAP). It could be operated on COTS hardware or special IT.
History
ADMAR was developed on the basis of ADKAR and GAME footing on the special Agreement of MOD Germany ( – A/13/D/HG/82, April 18, 1983) in cooperation with EUROCONTROL. It has been operational since 1983 and was used by the German Air Force exclusively. Since 2003 it became of interest for other European countries, NATO and security related authorities and organisations as well. ADMAR 2000 was the final software release.
Remark:
MADAP – Maastricht Automatic Data Processing system
ADKAR – Abgesetzte Darstellung von KARLDAP Radar-Daten
KARLDAP – Karlsruhe Automatic Data Processing system
GAME – GEADGE / ADKAR Message Exchange
GEADGE – German Air Defence Ground Environment
Utilisation
In Germany the utilisation of ADMAR was as follows:
Stationary Control and Reporting Centre (CRC), TACCS
Operation Centre National Air Defence (de: Nationales Lage- und Führungszentrum für Sicherheit im Luftraum - NLFZ SiLuRa)
General Air Force Office (de: Luftwaffenamt)
:de:Multinational Aircrew Electronic Warfare Tactics Facility Polygone / en:Polygone Co-ordination Centre (PCC)
Bundeswehr Air Traffic Service Office (de: Amt für Flugsicherung der Bundeswehr - AFSBw)
JG 71 and JG 74
See also
CIMACT - European Civil-Military Air Traffic Management Co-ordination Tool
External links
The EUROCONTROL OneSky Portal
Air traffic control in Europe
Air traffic control systems
Control engineering
Information systems |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strozzi%20NoSQL | Strozzi NoSQL is a shell-based relational database management system initialized and developed by Carlo Strozzi that runs under Unix-like operating systems, or others with compatibility layers (e.g., Cygwin under Windows). Its file name NoSQL merely reflects the fact that it does not express its queries using Structured Query Language; the NoSQL RDBMS is distinct from the circa-2009 general concept of NoSQL databases, which are typically non-relational, unlike the NoSQL RDBMS. Strozzi NoSQL is released under the GNU GPL.
Construction
NoSQL uses the operator-stream paradigm, where a number of "operators" perform a unique function on the passed data. The stream used is supplied by the UNIX input/output redirection system so that over the pipe system, the result of the calculation can be passed to other operators. As UNIX pipes run in memory, it is a very efficient way of implementation.
NoSQL, with development led by Carlo Strozzi, is the latest and perhaps the most active in a line of implementations of the stream-operator database design originally described by Evan Shaffer, Rod Manis, and Robert Jorgensen in a 1991 Unix Review article and an associated paper. Other implementations include the Perl-based RDB, a commercial version by the original authors called /rdb, and Starbase, a version with added astronomical data operators by John Roll of Harvard and the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory. Because of its strengths in dealing with pipe data, most implementations are a mixture of awk and other programming languages, usually C or Perl.
The concept was originally described in a 1991 Unix Review article, and later expanded in a paper (see reference above), as well as in the book, "Unix Relational Database Management". NoSQL (along with other similar stream-operator databases) is well-suited to a number of fast, analytical database tasks, and has the significant advantage of keeping the tables in ASCII text form, allowing many powerful text processing tools to be used as an adjunct to the database functions themselves. Popular tools for use with NoSQL include Python, Perl, awk, and shell scripts using the ubiquitous Unix text processing tools (cut, paste, grep, sort, uniq, etc.)
NoSQL is written mostly in interpretive languages, slowing actual process execution, but its ability to use ordinary pipes and filesystems means that it can be extremely fast for many applications when using RAM filesystems or heavily leveraging pipes, which are mostly memory-based in many implementations.
Philosophy
The reasons for avoiding SQL are as follows:
Complexity: Most commercial database products are often too costly for minor projects, and free databases are too complex. They also do not have the shell-level approach that NoSQL has.
Portability:
Data: The data from NoSQL can be easily ported to other types of machines, like Macintoshes or Windows computers, since tables exist as simple ASCII text and can be easily read from or redirected to files |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Family%20Movies | Fox Family Movies was a Southeast Asian pay television channel owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific, a subsidiary of Disney International Operations. The channel was initially available in Singapore via StarHub TV and Indonesia via Indovision, but it had expanded to Taiwan and Philippines and it broadcast to the rest of Southeast Asia.
Overview and History
Fox Family Movies has first-run contracts for movies distributed by Disney, (20th Century Studios), (Walt Disney Pictures), Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Warner Bros., StudioCanal, as well as featured movies from other movie distributors including Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment and The Weinstein Company. Unlike Fox Movies and Fox Action Movies this channel is also available in Dual Language for some movies.
The channel is also available in Middle East and North Africa region since 2016 along with Fox Action Movies and FX when Fox Networks Group Middle East signed a deal with Ericsson to provide playout services for the new channels.
The channel ceased its broadcast on October 1, 2021, along with other Disney-owned channels (excluding National Geographic channels and Star Chinese channels), the final movie aired was Annabelle Hooper and the Ghosts of Nantucket. Meanwhile, the Middle East and North Africa feed of the channel continued operating until December 1st, 2022, therefore ceasing the channel to exist.
References
External links
(archived)
Mass media in Southeast Asia
Cable television in Hong Kong
Defunct television channels
Fox Movies (TV channel)
Fox Networks Group
Television channels and stations established in 2010
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2022
English-language television stations
Movie channels in Singapore
Movie channels in Malaysia
Movie channels in Indonesia
Movie channels in Hong Kong
Movie channels in Thailand
Movie channels in the Philippines |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voldemort%20%28distributed%20data%20store%29 | Voldemort is a distributed data store that was designed as a key-value store used by LinkedIn for highly-scalable storage. It is named after the fictional Harry Potter villain Lord Voldemort.
Overview
Voldemort does not try to satisfy arbitrary relations and the ACID properties, but rather is a big, distributed, persistent hash table.
A 2012 study comparing systems for storing application performance management data reported that Voldemort, Apache Cassandra, and HBase all offered linear scalability in most cases, with Voldemort having the lowest latency and Cassandra having the highest throughput.
In the parlance of Eric Brewer's CAP theorem, Voldemort is an AP type system.
Voldemort's creator and primary corporate contributor, LinkedIn, has migrated all of their systems off of Voldemort as of approximately August 2018, with no replacement sponsor .
Properties
Voldemort uses in-memory caching to eliminate a separate caching tier. It has a storage layer that is possible to emulate. Voldemort reads and writes scale horizontally. The API decides data replication and placement and accommodates a wide range of application-specific strategies.
The Voldemort distributed data store supports pluggable placement strategies for distribution across data centers. Data is automatically replicated across servers. Data is partitioned meaning a single server contains only a portion of the total data. Each data node is independent to avoid central point of failure. Pluggable serialization allows rich keys and values including lists and tuples with named fields, as well as the integration with common serialisation frameworks such as Avro, Java Serialization, Protocol Buffers, and Thrift. Server failures are handled transparently. Data items are versioned, which maximizes data integrity.
See also
Distributed data store
NoSQL
Riak
Redis
References
External links
Project Voldemort - A distributed database
Project Voldemort Real Time Discussions
Distributed data stores
LinkedIn software
NoSQL
Microsoft free software
Software using the Apache license
2009 software |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung%20Galaxy%20Tab%2010.1 | The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is an Android-based tablet computer designed and manufactured by Samsung, introduced in 2011. It is part of the Samsung Galaxy Tab series, and features a display and a 1 GHz dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 processor.
History
Samsung first showed a new Galaxy Tab model in January 2011 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona alongside the Samsung Galaxy S II. The original model features a bigger 10.1" HD display with a dual-core Nvidia Tegra 2 SoC, running Google's Android 3.1 Honeycomb operating system, and was to be released in partnership with Vodafone. It was set for a US release in March 2011 and a European release in April. However, after the iPad 2 release, some specifications were described as "inadequate" by Lee Don-Joo, Samsung's CEO, pointing to a possible model review or a rethink of their market strategy.
This led to introducing a new, slimmer model at the Samsung Unpacked Event during CTIA Wireless convention in March 2011, and an 8.9" model, pushing the release date back to 8 June for the US and "early summer" for the latter. The already produced larger 10.1 units were renamed the 10.1v and sold exclusively through Vodafone in Europe, Australia, and South Africa.
At Google I/O 2011, during the Android Keynote, Hugo Barra introduced the Galaxy Tab 10.1 to the public, announcing that Samsung would give one to every attendee, estimated at 5,000 units. This version is labelled as the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition". It sports a white Android-themed back cover, Android Debug Bridge, Fastboot, and a 7000 mAh (Milliamp Hour) battery. The rest of specifications are in line with the 32 GB version of the Galaxy Tab.
Software
Both versions of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 run Android 3.1 Honeycomb. The 10.1v runs a "Pure Google" version with no customizations while the 10.1 runs a custom TouchWiz overlay. The latest OS version for Galaxy Tab 10.1 from Samsung is Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich.
Features
ChatON has basic features which are auto friends registration, text chat, & multimedia deliver, and put new features which are My Page, voice/video chat, & translate. The main function of ChatON is divided into Multimedia, Group Chat, Trunk, and Animation Message. ChatON can send text, picture, video, & audio as multimedia.
Users use the personal profile into My Page. They can create group chat rooms just by selecting more than 2 buddies. All the contents that have been shared in each chat is saved into each trunk. Animation Message turns some simple drawing and stamping into short moving videos.
Update
Samsung gave users in Italy, UK, and United States the Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (excluding the 10.1v version) and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, at various points in August 2012.
Samsung rolled out an over-the-air update to the new Samsung Galaxy Tab A interface, which will consist of:
Live Panels: A set of custom widgets and panels which will provide additional cont |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Tibshirani | Robert Tibshirani (born July 10, 1956) is a professor in the Departments of Statistics and Biomedical Data Science at Stanford University. He was a professor at the University of Toronto from 1985 to 1998. In his work, he develops statistical tools for the analysis of complex datasets, most recently in genomics and proteomics.
His most well-known contributions are the
Lasso method, which proposed the use of L1 penalization in regression and related problems, and Significance Analysis of Microarrays.
Education and early life
Tibshirani was born on 10 July 1956 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. He received his B. Math. in statistics and computer science from the University of Waterloo in 1979 and a Master's degree in Statistics from University of Toronto in 1980. Tibshirani joined the doctoral program at Stanford University in 1981 and received his Ph.D. in 1984 under the supervision of Bradley Efron. His dissertation was entitled "Local likelihood estimation".
Honors and awards
Tibshirani received the COPSS Presidents' Award in 1996. Given jointly by the world's leading
statistical societies, the award recognizes outstanding contributions to statistics by a statistician under the age of 40. He is a fellow of
the Institute of Mathematical Statistics and the American Statistical Association. He won an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada in 1997. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2001 and a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2012.
Tibshirani was made the 2012 Statistical Society of Canada's Gold Medalist at their yearly meeting in Guelph, Ontario for "exceptional contributions to methodology and theory for the analysis of complex data sets, smoothing and regression methodology, statistical learning, and classification, and application areas that include public health, genomics, and proteomics". He gave his Gold Medal Address at the 2013 meeting in Edmonton. He was elected to the Royal Society in 2019. Tibshirani was named as the 2021 recipient of the ISI Founders of Statistics Prize for his 1996 paper Regression Shrinkage and Selection via the Lasso.
Personal life
His son, Ryan Tibshirani, with whom he occasionally publishes scientific papers, is a professor at UC Berkeley in the Department of Statistics.
Publications
Tibshirani is a prolific author of scientific works on various topics in applied statistics, including statistical learning, data mining, statistical computing, and bioinformatics. He along with his collaborators has authored about 250 scientific articles. Many of Tibshirani's scientific articles were coauthored by his longtime collaborator, Trevor Hastie. Tibshirani is one of the most ISI Highly Cited Authors in Mathematics by the ISI Web of Knowledge. He has coauthored the following books:
T. Hastie and R. Tibshirani, Generalized Additive Models, Chapman and Hall, 1990.
B. Efron and R. Tibshirani, An Introduction to the |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon%20%28Asian%20TV%20channel%29 | Nickelodeon is a pan-Asian pay television channel operated by Paramount Networks EMEAA and owned by Paramount International Networks, based in Singapore and broadcast to audiences in Southeast Asia and certain regions in Oceania like Polynesia and Papua New Guinea. The channel was launched on 1998 and mainly broadcasts original series from Nickelodeon's namesake television channel in the United States.
History
The channel was first launched in the Middle East and North Africa on June 1996 as a 24-hour English-language TV channel.
In October 1998, Nickelodeon decided to reach the popular channel to the Philippines, Japan, Russia & the CIS as an attempt to bring the popular channel to Asia. One of their shorts were Right Here, Right Now (based on the 1993 Nick US shorts) and their ID's were by FRONT. In 2003, it became a part of NickSplat (Nickelodeon's headquarters in Asia).
On October 11, 2006, Viacom's subsidiary MTV Networks Asia Pacific set up a new unit to manage a feed based in Singapore. Nickelodeon was launched in Singapore and expanded its services in Southeast Asia and Polynesia. Nickelodeon Philippines, Nickelodeon Pakistan, and Nickelodeon India started working independently. They started their new website in 2003.
On March 15, 2010, it got a new logo and new programs from the United States. On April 11, 2011, a new schedule was launched to put live-action programs in the primetime slot and launched the Nick Jr. block. On 1 July 2011, the Nick Jr. block was removed. In February 2013, The Nicktoons block launched.
In 2012, Nickelodeon used new graphics used in the US and UK, but only applied to selected programs' promos and station IDs. The former Nick-Asia graphics is still used.
In November 2012, a 60-second ad called Nickelodeon Style aired.
On August 18, 2014, a new feed with a new schedule was launched to replace this feed in the rest of Asia (excluding Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines), Hong Kong, and Taiwan while the feed continues its broadcast and schedule in Indonesia and Malaysia.
On July 17, 2017, the channel was rebranded into the US version. It was made by Superestudio, an Argentinian branding agency.
On 29 August 2022, Nickelodeon merged all of its Asian feeds into one. This merge removed all text on the Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines feed. However, selected countries (such as Malaysia and Indonesia) will have local ads played over shorts produced by Nickelodeon or third-party companies.
On August 1, 2023, the channel rebranded at 6 a.m. SST, which included an updated version of the logo and a new design.
Availability
Middle East
In the Middle East, Nickelodeon Asia was made available to Middle Eastern viewers in the region via the ABS-2 satellite and it was broadcast in English. Previously, the channel was made available to Middle Eastern viewers in the region via the Palapa C2 and D satellites until 2010, when Nickelodeon Asia left Palapa D.
Singapore
In Singapore, Nickelodeon Asia is availa |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pravin%20Varaiya | Pravin Pratap Varaiya (29 October 1940 – 10 June 2022) was Nortel Networks Distinguished Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley.
Varaiya received his B.Sc. from University of Bombay and his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering in 1963 from University of California, Berkeley.
Varaiya has worked in the areas of control, communication networks and transportation systems. He is the author of High-Performance Communication Networks (with Jean Walrand and Andrea Goldsmith) (2nd edn., Morgan-Kaufmann, 2000).
In 1980, Varaiya became a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In 1999, he was elected to membership of the National Academy of Engineering and in 2006 he became Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In 2002, he received the IEEE Control Systems Award, "for outstanding contributions to stochastic and adaptive control and the unification of concepts from control and computer science". In 2008, he received the Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award from the American Automatic Control Council, "for pioneering contributions to stochastic control, hybrid systems and the unification of theories of control and computation".
Varaiya was ranked within the top 100 scientists in the world in the field of Engineering and Technology.
Varaiya died on 10 June 2022, due to injuries sustained when he was hit by a truck while out walking in April of that year.
References
1940 births
2022 deaths
Control theorists
American electrical engineers
American people of Indian descent
Richard E. Bellman Control Heritage Award recipients
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UC Berkeley College of Engineering faculty
UC Berkeley College of Engineering alumni
20th-century American engineers
American telecommunications engineers
People from Mumbai
University of Mumbai alumni |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peroxiredoxin%20classification%20index | PeroxiRedoxin classification indEX (PREX) is a database of peroxiredoxins (Prxs) classified into one of six distinct subfamilies. Classification relies on the Deacon Active Site Profiling (DASP) approach that utilizes a position specific scoring matrix (PSSM) created from aligned signatures (built from sequence fragments surrounding active sites of structurally-characterized Prx group members) to search sequence databases. Searches of PREX for Prxs of interest can be conducted using protein annotation, accession number, PDB ID, organism name, or protein sequence (using BLAST) for Prx proteins extracted from January 2008, November 2010, or October 2011 versions of GenBank (over 8000 validated Prx sequences represented). Output includes the subfamily to which each classified Prx belongs, accession and GI numbers, genus and species, and the active site signature used for classification. The query sequence is also presented aligned with a select group of Prxs for manual evaluation and interpretation by the user. This resource is freely available to the research community.
See also
Peroxiredoxin
References
External links
http://www.csb.wfu.edu/prex/
Biological databases
Antioxidants |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPO%20underpricing%20algorithm | IPO underpricing is the increase in stock value from the initial offering price to the first-day closing price. Many believe that underpriced IPOs leave money on the table for corporations, but some believe that underpricing is inevitable. Investors state that underpricing signals high interest to the market which increases the demand. On the other hand, overpriced stocks will drop long-term as the price stabilizes so underpricing may keep the issuers safe from investor litigation.
IPO underpricing algorithms
Underwriters and investors and corporations going for an initial public offering (IPO), issuers, are interested in their market value. There is always tension that results since the underwriters want to keep the price low while the companies want a high IPO price.
Underpricing may also be caused by investor over-reaction causing spikes on the initial days of trading. The IPO pricing process is similar to pricing new and unique products where there is sparse data on market demand, product acceptance, or competitive response. Thus it is difficult to determine a clear price which is compounded by the different goals issuers and investors have.
The problem with developing algorithms to determine underpricing is dealing with noisy, complex, and unordered data sets. Additionally, people, environment, and various environmental conditions introduce irregularities in the data. To resolve these issues, researchers have found various techniques from artificial intelligence that normalizes the data.
Artificial neural network
Artificial neural networks (ANNs) resolves these issues by scanning the data to develop internal representations of the relationship between the data. By determining the relationship over time, ANNs are more responsive and adaptive to structural changes in the data. There are two models for ANNs: supervised learning and unsupervised learning.
In supervised learning models, there are tests that are needed to pass to reduce mistakes. Usually, when mistakes are encountered i.e. test output does not match test input, the algorithms use back propagation to fix mistakes. Whereas in unsupervised learning models, the input is classified based on which problems need to be resolved.
Evolutionary models
Evolutionary programming is often paired with other algorithms e.g. ANN to improve the robustness, reliability, and adaptability. Evolutionary models reduce error rates by allowing the numerical values to change within the fixed structure of the program. Designers provide their algorithms the variables, they then provide training data to help the program generate rules defined in the input space that make a prediction in the output variable space.
In this approach, the solution is made an individual and the population is made of alternatives. However, the outliers cause the individuals to act unexpectedly as they try to create rules to explain the whole set.
Rule-based system
For example, Quintana first abstracts a model with 7 major |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA%20helicase%20database | The RNA helicase database stores data (sequence, structures...) about RNA helicases.
See also
Helicase
References
External links
www.rnahelicase.org
Biological databases
RNA
RNA-binding proteins |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnegie%20Library%20%28Muncie%2C%20Indiana%29 | The Carnegie Library is a historic Carnegie library located at Muncie, Indiana, United States. The building houses the Local History & Genealogy collection and an open computer lab. The facility also provides wireless access and a meeting room for local groups to reserve. It is one of four branches that make up the Muncie Public Library System. The building was made possible through a financial donation to the City of Muncie by Andrew Carnegie to expand their library system throughout the community. The foundation for Carnegie Library was built in 1902 and the building opened to the public in 1904. It has been in continuous use as a library since its opening. The building is located in downtown Muncie at the intersection of Jackson and Jefferson.
History
The Carnegie Library was dedicated on January 1, 1904. The library was built after a donation of $55,000 was given to the City of Muncie by Andrew Carnegie, with the goal to assist them in expanding their library system throughout the community. The library was one of the first structures in Indiana built from the funding of Andrew Carnegie, who was a major philanthropist, who supported library systems throughout the world. The plot of land where the building is located was a gift from local businessman George Spilker. , the library continues to house the local history and genealogy department of the Muncie Library System.
Architecture
The design and building of the library was conducted by the architectural firm of Wing and Mahurin of Fort Wayne, Indiana. The exterior structure is made of Indiana Limestone and modeled after Greek and classical architectural forms. The exterior of the building remains in its original state. The neoclassical architectural style includes a Romanesque dome located on the roof, in the central part of the library.
Local history and genealogy
The Carnegie Library offers a variety of resources to aid researchers in discovering local history and their ancestry. Some of the resources include: cemetery records; census records; county histories and records; court documents; directories; family histories; funeral home records; microfilm for various Muncie and Delaware County newspapers from 1837–present; obituaries; Sanborn fire insurance maps for 1883, 1887, 1889, 1892, 1902, and 1911–1950; and vital records such as marriage, birth, and death records from the 19th and 20th centuries.
See also
List of Carnegie libraries in Indiana
References
External links
Muncie Public Library
Muncie Public Library Historic Documents Digital Media Repository, Ball State University Libraries
"What Middletown Read" database A collaborative project between the Center for Middletown Studies, Muncie Public Library, and Ball State University Libraries
Carnegie libraries in Indiana
Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Neoclassical architecture in Indiana
Library buildings completed in 1904
Education in Delaware County, Indiana
Buildings and structures in M |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway%20electrification%20in%20Turkey | Railways powered by electricity in Turkey comprised less than half of the network in 2020, but the aim is for over three-quarters by 2023. Along with these several Turkish cities operate rapid transit and tram system electrified with either overhead wire or third rail.
By 2013, the electrified lines reached to 2416 km. There is also 888 km of electrified high speed train network, which makes 3304 km in total.
History
The Turkish State Railways started an electrification plan in 1953. The plan was to first electrify important suburban lines in Istanbul and Ankara. The main reason for this was the many complaints of citizens living in the city about the pollution of the steam locomotives. The railways chose the standard 25 kV 50 Hz AC system to electrify with. The first line to be electrified was the Sirkeci-Halkalı line on the İstanbul commuter railway. Three electric locomotives were ordered from Alsthom and Jeumont from France as well as several sets of multiple units. Electrification was complete and electric train started to run on December 4, 1955. The electrification got many positive reactions. In 1969, TCDD electrified the Haydarpaşa–Gebze part of the commuter railway in İstanbul. Several more sets of E8000 emus were ordered as well as 15 E40000 electric locomotives to meet the demands of the railway. The Ankara Suburban Railway was electrified in 1972 and brand new E14000 multiple units were ordered.
With the success of electrifying suburban lines, the State Railways turned to electrify important main lines. The main reason for this is that tough gradients would be easier to climb with electric traction than steam or diesel traction. On February 6, 1977, TCDD finished the electrification as well as major earthworks of the Gebze-Adapazarı part of the İstanbul–Adapazarı main line. The State Railway then turned to electrify the entire İstanbul-Ankara main line, to try to save its diminishing reputation. Construction started in 1987. Forty-five E43000 electric locomotives were ordered from Toshiba and built in Eskişehir by Tülomsaş, to be used on the line. Electrification was completed between Arifye and Eskişehir and electric trains began to run in 1989. Electrification was connected to Ankara in 1993. The major ore route between Divriği and İskenderun was electrified in 1994 to make it easier for heavy trains to go up steep gradients. İstanbul to Edirne and Kapıkule was electrified in 1997 and 15 new E52500 electric locomotives were delivered from ASEA in 1998. In an attempt to revive İzmir's suburban network, Alsancak-Cumaovası and Basmane-Aliağa lines were electrified in 2001 and 2002 respectively. However these were not used at all. In 2006 the wires were taken down and the line was re-electrified completely between 2006 and 2010. This line opened on August 30, 2010, between Alsancak-Cumaovası and October 29, 2010, between Alsancak and Aliağa.
Future plans
Almost 1500 km of track was planned to be completely electrified in 2020.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashok%20K.%20Chandra | Ashok K. Chandra (30 July 1948 – 15 November 2014) was a computer scientist at Microsoft Research in Mountain View, California, United States, where he was a general manager at the Internet Services Research Center. Chandra received his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University, an MS from University of California, Berkeley, and a BTech from IIT Kanpur.
He was previously Director of Database and Distributed Systems at IBM Almaden Research Center.
Chandra co-authored several key papers in theoretical computer science. Among other contributions, he introduced alternating Turing machines in computational complexity (with Dexter Kozen and Larry Stockmeyer), conjunctive queries in databases (with Philip M. Merlin), computable queries (with David Harel), and multiparty communication complexity (with Merrick L. Furst and Richard J. Lipton).
He was a founder of the annual IEEE Symposium on Logic in Computer Science and served as conference chair of the first three conferences, in 1986–8.
He was an IEEE Fellow.
References
External links
IIT Kanpur alumni
Stanford University alumni
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Microsoft Research people
Microsoft employees
IBM employees
Fellow Members of the IEEE
1948 births
2014 deaths |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ThYme%20%28database%29 | ThYme (Thioester-active enzYme) is database of enzymes constituting the fatty acid synthesis and polyketide synthesis cycles.
See also
Thioester
References
External links
http://www.enzyme.cbirc.iastate.edu
Biosynthesis
Enzyme databases
Fatty acids
Genetics databases
Metabolism
Thioesters |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Nelson%20%28researcher%29 | Peter C. Nelson is an American Artificial Intelligence researcher and Computer Science professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and as of 2008 he has been the Dean of the College of Engineering. Prior to assuming his deanship, he was head of the UIC Department of Computer Science. He received his B.A. in Computer Science and Mathematics from North Park University in 1984, and subsequently completed both his M.S. in Computer Science from in 1986 and his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 1988 from Northwestern University.
UIC's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, which he founded in 1991, has completed numerous projects in fields such as transportation, manufacturing, bioinformatics, e-mail spam countermeasures, and high-availability computer clusters facilitated by concurrent development of applied intelligence systems and heuristic search algorithms.
He has published over 75 scientific peer reviewed papers and received over $20 million in research grants and contracts on issues of importance such as computer-enhanced transportation systems, manufacturing, design optimization and bioinformatics. These projects have been funded by organizations such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Academy of Sciences, the U.S. Department of Transportation, Argonne National Laboratory and Motorola. Notably, between 1994 and 1995 the AI laboratory developed the first real-time traffic congestion map on the World Wide Web, the Gateway System, for the Illinois Department of Transportation, which won the Federal Highway Administration's award for "Outstanding Traveler Information Web Sites" two consecutive years (2002-3). The site now receives over 500 million hits per year.
References
External links
Peter Nelson's UIC Webpage
Peter Nelson's Artificial Intelligence Lab at UIC
Gateway System
American computer scientists
Artificial intelligence researchers
Living people
University of Illinois Chicago faculty
Year of birth missing (living people) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpon | Arpon may refer to:
ArpON, a computer software project
María Elena Arpón (born 1948), Spanish actress
Óscar Arpón (born 1975), Spanish former footballer
Rodolfo Arpon (born 1944), Filipino boxer
Spanish-language surnames |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promate | Promate is a Taiwanese electronics manufacturing company that develops mainly computing, communications and consumer electronics but also engages in the development, design and manufacturing of computer and mobile accessories. Promate produces personal computer peripherals, MFi certified product, mobile and smartphone accessories, USB products, power banks, universal power adaptors, audio devices, digital gadgets, LED, wired microphone and Solar lights and photography accessories. Founded in 2004, the company is headquartered right now in Shenzhen, China.
History
Promate Technologies was founded in early 2004 in Taipei, Taiwan by a group of industry leaders working at ASUS, Foxconn, and Pegatron. The company later moved its headquarter to Shenzhen, China and set up its manufacturing facilities on a large scale.
In 2006, Promate established its first overseas branch office in Dubai – UAE to serve the rapidly growing demand in the Middle East and Africa region, the MEA branch office is located in jebel Ali free zone with 5,000 Square Meters warehousing facility catering to more than 45 markets in MEA and staffed with 130+ personnel's.
In 2008, Promate became an Apple MFi Certified brand with a dedicated R&D and Design center in Shenzhen-China.
In 2010, Promate established a fully-fledged branch office in Manila – Philippines to serve the South east Asia region.
In 2013, Promate established a fully-fledged branch office in London – United Kingdom.
Products
Promate produces a variety of products. It mostly produces lifestyle technology accessories and peripherals ranging from smartphones, laptops to mobile car accessories. Its products also include power banks, chargers, speakers, earphones, headphones, universal power adaptors, bluetooth adaptors, card readers, mini projectors, cables, tripods, monopods, bag packs, wearable tech, selfie lights, LED lights, screen protectors, car holders, bike holders, iPhone cases, iPad cases, Macbook cases, travel kits etc.
Operation
Promate operates in over 150 countries worldwide through offline distribution, retail and e-commerce channels.
Awards and recognition
Promate has received a number of design and product awards that include;
iF Product Design Award, Germany 2014–2018, (5 times)
CES Best Innovation Award 2015
Japan RedDot Award in 2017
Retail Brand of year Award 2015
Taiwan Excellence Awards, 2006–2014, (7 times)
Distree EMEA Diamond Awards, 2018
DISTREE Middle East Awards 2017 - Best Product Design
EMEA Channel Academy 2014 Award - PC Accessories Vendor of the Year, nominated
CES Innovation Awards Honorees, 2018
Good Design Award (Japan), 2013 - Best Communication device
Computex D&I Awards, 2013
Taiwan Excellence Awards, 2009
Business Channel Awards, 2012
Brand of year Award 2016
Business Channel Awards 2009
References
External links
Official website
Taiwanese brands
Manufacturing companies based in Shenzhen
Mobile technology companies
Computer peripheral companies
Electr |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML5%20File%20API | HTML5 File API aspect provides an API for representing file objects in web applications and programmatic selection and accessing their data. In addition, this specification defines objects to be used within threaded web applications for the synchronous reading of files. The File API describes how interactions with files are handled, for reading information about them and their data as well, to be able to upload it. Despite the name, the File API is not part of HTML5.
See also
File select
HTML5
W3C Geolocation API
Binary Large Object
References
HTML5 File Writer API
HTML5 File API
Reading local files in JavaScript
A state of limbo: the html5 file api, filereader, and blobs
Geolocation API
External links
HTML5 Video Player
HTML5 |
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