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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biositemap | A Biositemap is a way for a biomedical research institution of organisation to show how biological information is distributed throughout their Information Technology systems and networks. This information may be shared with other organisations and researchers.
The Biositemap enables web browsers, crawlers and robots t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor%27s%20diagonal%20argument | In set theory, Cantor's diagonal argument, also called the diagonalisation argument, the diagonal slash argument, the anti-diagonal argument, the diagonal method, and Cantor's diagonalization proof, was published in 1891 by Georg Cantor as a mathematical proof that there are infinite sets which cannot be put into one-t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological%20network | A biological network is a method of representing systems as complex sets of binary interactions or relations between various biological entities. In general, networks or graphs are used to capture relationships between entities or objects. A typical graphing representation consists of a set of nodes connected by edges.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indefinite%20product | In mathematics, the indefinite product operator is the inverse operator of . It is a discrete version of the geometric integral of geometric calculus, one of the non-Newtonian calculi. Some authors use term discrete multiplicative integration.
Thus
More explicitly, if , then
If F(x) is a solution of this functional ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIBO%20stability | In signal processing, specifically control theory, bounded-input, bounded-output (BIBO) stability is a form of stability for signals and systems that take inputs. If a system is BIBO stable, then the output will be bounded for every input to the system that is bounded.
A signal is bounded if there is a finite value s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allometry | Allometry is the study of the relationship of body size to shape, anatomy, physiology and finally behaviour, first outlined by Otto Snell in 1892, by D'Arcy Thompson in 1917 in On Growth and Form and by Julian Huxley in 1932.
Overview
Allometry is a well-known study, particularly in statistical shape analysis for its ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice%20University%20Electrical%20and%20Computer%20Engineering | The Rice University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is one of nine academic departments at the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University. Ashutosh Sabharwal is the Department Chair. Originally the Rice Department of Electrical Engineering, it was renamed in 1984 to Electrical and Comput... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20virtualization%20platform | A network virtualization platform decouples the hardware plane from the software plane such that the host hardware plane can be administratively programmed to assign its resources to the software plane. This allows for the virtualization of CPU, memory, disk and most importantly network IO. Upon such virtualization of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting%20rods | Counting rods () are small bars, typically 3–14 cm (1" to 6") long, that were used by mathematicians for calculation in ancient East Asia. They are placed either horizontally or vertically to represent any integer or rational number.
The written forms based on them are called rod numerals. They are a true positional... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20ice%20%28aviation%29 | In aviation, blue ice is frozen sewage material that has leaked mid-flight from commercial aircraft lavatory waste systems. It is a mixture of human biowaste and liquid disinfectant that freezes at high altitude. The name comes from the blue color of the disinfectant. Airlines are not allowed to dump their waste tanks ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Label%20switching | Label switching is a technique of network relaying to overcome the problems perceived by traditional IP-table switching (also known as traditional layer 3 hop-by-hop routing). Here, the switching of network packets occurs at a lower level, namely the data link layer rather than the traditional network layer.
Each pack... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adesto%20Technologies | Adesto Technologies is an American corporation founded in 2006 and based in Santa Clara, California. The company provides application-specific semiconductors and embedded systems for the Internet of Things (IoT), and sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and original design manufacturer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Census%20of%20Marine%20Zooplankton | The Census of Marine Zooplankton is a field project of the Census of Marine Life that has aimed to produce a global assessment of the species diversity, biomass, biogeographic distribution, and genetic diversity of more than 7,000 described species of zooplankton that drift the ocean currents throughout their lives. CM... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altos%20586 | The Altos 586 was a multi-user microcomputer intended for the business market. It was introduced by Altos Computer Systems in 1983. A configuration with 512 kB of RAM, an Intel 8086 processor, Microsoft Xenix, and 10 MB hard drive cost about US$8,000. 3Com offered this Altos 586 product as a file server for their IBM ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copurification | Copurification in a chemical or biochemical context is the physical separation by chromatography or other purification technique of two or more substances of interest from other contaminating substances. For substances to co-purify usually implies that these substances attract each other to form a non-covalent complex ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase%20vocoder | A phase vocoder is a type of vocoder-purposed algorithm which can interpolate information present in the frequency and time domains of audio signals by using phase information extracted from a frequency transform. The computer algorithm allows frequency-domain modifications to a digital sound file (typically time expa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collision%20avoidance%20%28networking%29 | In computer networking and telecommunication, collision-avoidance methods try to avoid resource contention by attempting to avoid simultaneous attempts to access the same resource.
Collision-avoidance methods include prior scheduling of timeslots, carrier-detection schemes, randomized access times, and exponential bac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decapping | Decapping (decapsulation) or delidding of an integrated circuit is the process of removing the protective cover or integrated heat spreader (IHS) of an integrated circuit so that the contained die is revealed for visual inspection of the micro circuitry imprinted on the die. This process is typically done in order to d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20engineering%20compendium | This is a list of the individual topics in Electronics, Mathematics, and Integrated Circuits that together make up the Computer Engineering field. The organization is by topic to create an effective Study Guide for this field. The contents match the full body of topics and detail information expected of a person iden... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20P1906.1 | The IEEE P1906.1 - Recommended Practice for Nanoscale and Molecular Communication Framework is a standards working group sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society Standards Development Board whose goal is to develop a common framework for nanoscale and molecular communication. Because this is an emerging technology,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibration%20theory%20of%20olfaction | The vibration theory of smell proposes that a molecule's smell character is due to its vibrational frequency in the infrared range. This controversial theory is an alternative to the more widely accepted docking theory of olfaction (formerly termed the shape theory of olfaction), which proposes that a molecule's smell ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Mersenne%20primes%20and%20perfect%20numbers | Mersenne primes and perfect numbers are two deeply interlinked types of natural numbers in number theory. Mersenne primes, named after the friar Marin Mersenne, are prime numbers that can be expressed as for some positive integer . For example, is a Mersenne prime as it is a prime number and is expressible as . The n... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MERMOZ | MERMOZ (also, MERMOZ project and Monitoring planEtary suRfaces with Modern pOlarimetric characteriZation) is an astrobiology project designed to remotely detect biosignatures of life. Detection is based on molecular homochirality, a characteristic property of the biochemicals of life. The aim of the project is to remo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20variables%20and%20bound%20variables | In mathematics, and in other disciplines involving formal languages, including mathematical logic and computer science, a variable may be said to be either free or bound. The terms are opposites. A free variable is a notation (symbol) that specifies places in an expression where substitution may take place and is not a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenology | Phenology is the study of periodic events in biological life cycles and how these are influenced by seasonal and interannual variations in climate, as well as habitat factors (such as elevation).
Examples include the date of emergence of leaves and flowers, the first flight of butterflies, the first appearance of migr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copulas%20in%20signal%20processing | A copula is a mathematical function that provides a relationship between marginal distributions of random variables and their joint distributions. Copulas are important because it represents a dependence structure without using marginal distributions. Copulas have been widely used in the field of finance, but their use... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klepton | In biology, a klepton (abbr. kl.) and synklepton (abbr sk.) is a species that requires input from another biological taxon (normally from a species which is closely related to the kleptonic species) to complete its reproductive cycle. Specific types of kleptons are zygokleptons, which reproduce by zygogenesis; gynoklep... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pi%20%28art%20project%29 | Pi is the name of a multimedia installation in the vicinity of the Viennese Karlsplatz. Pi is located in the Opernpassage between the entrance to the subway and the subway stop in Secession near the Naschmarkt. The individual behind the project was the Canadian artist Ken Lum from Vancouver.
Pi, under construction fro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integraph | An Integraph is a mechanical analog computing device for plotting the integral of a graphically defined function.
History
Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis first described the fundamental principal of a mechanical integraph in 1836 in the Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées. A full description of an integraph was p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erd%C5%91s%E2%80%93Tenenbaum%E2%80%93Ford%20constant | The Erdős–Tenenbaum–Ford constant is a mathematical constant that appears in number theory. Named after mathematicians Paul Erdős, Gérald Tenenbaum, and Kevin Ford, it is defined as
where is the natural logarithm.
Following up on earlier work by Tenenbaum, Ford used this constant in analyzing the number of integers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line%20communication | Power-line communication (also known as power-line carrier), abbreviated as PLC, carries data on a conductor that is also used simultaneously for AC electric power transmission or electric power distribution to consumers.
In the past, powerlines were solely used for transmitting electricity. But with the advent of ad... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact%20Model%20Coalition | The Compact Model Coalition (formerly the Compact Model Council) is a working group in the Electronic Design Automation industry formed to choose, maintain and promote the use of standard semiconductor device models. Commercial and industrial analog simulators (such as SPICE) need to add device models as technology ad... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host%20system | Host system is any networked computer that provides services to other systems or users. These services may include printer, web or database access.
Host system is a computer on a network, which provides services to users or other computers on that network. Host system usually runs a multi-user operating system such as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive%20hearing%20science | Cognitive hearing science is an interdisciplinary science field concerned with the physiological and cognitive basis of hearing and its interplay with signal processing in hearing aids. The field includes genetics, physiology, medical and technical audiology, cognitive neuroscience, cognitive psychology, linguistics an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unreasonable%20ineffectiveness%20of%20mathematics | The unreasonable ineffectiveness of mathematics is a phrase that alludes to the article by physicist Eugene Wigner, "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics in the Natural Sciences". This phrase is meant to suggest that mathematical analysis has not proved as valuable in other fields as it has in physics.
Life s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHI-base | https://canto.phi-base.org/
The Pathogen-Host Interactions database (PHI-base) is a biological database that contains curated information on genes experimentally proven to affect the outcome of pathogen-host interactions. The database is maintained by researchers at Rothamsted Research, together with external collabo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdovanadate%20reagent | The molybdovanadate reagent is a solution containing both the molybdate and vanadate ions. It is commonly used in the determination of phosphate ion content. The reagent used is ammonium molybdovanadate with the addition of 70% perchloric acid (sulfuric acid is also known to be used). It is used for purposes such as th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid%20%28biology%29 | In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction. Generally, it means that each cell has genetic material from two different organisms, whereas an individual where some cells are derived from a different o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20inverse | In mathematics, and in particular, algebra, a generalized inverse (or, g-inverse) of an element x is an element y that has some properties of an inverse element but not necessarily all of them. The purpose of constructing a generalized inverse of a matrix is to obtain a matrix that can serve as an inverse in some sense... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percentage%20point | A percentage point or percent point is the unit for the arithmetic difference between two percentages. For example, moving up from 40 percent to 44 percent is an increase of 4 percentage points (although it is a 10-percent increase in the quantity being measured, if the total amount remains the same). In written text, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological%20rules | A biological rule or biological law is a generalized law, principle, or rule of thumb formulated to describe patterns observed in living organisms. Biological rules and laws are often developed as succinct, broadly applicable ways to explain complex phenomena or salient observations about the ecology and biogeographica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathemagician | A mathemagician is a mathematician who is also a magician. The term "mathemagic" is believed to have been introduced by Royal Vale Heath with his 1933 book "Mathemagic".
The name "mathemagician" was probably first applied to Martin Gardner, but has since been used to describe many mathematician/magicians, including A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary%20of%20power%20electronics | This glossary of power electronics is a list of definitions of terms and concepts related to power electronics in general and power electronic capacitors in particular. For more definitions in electric engineering, see Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering. For terms related to engineering in general, see ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20set | In mathematics, an index set is a set whose members label (or index) members of another set. For instance, if the elements of a set may be indexed or labeled by means of the elements of a set , then is an index set. The indexing consists of a surjective function from onto , and the indexed collection is typically ca... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phototroph | Phototrophs () are organisms that carry out photon capture to produce complex organic compounds (e.g. carbohydrates) and acquire energy. They use the energy from light to carry out various cellular metabolic processes. It is a common misconception that phototrophs are obligatorily photosynthetic. Many, but not all, pho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20team%20%28computer%20security%29 | A blue team is a group of individuals who perform an analysis of information systems to ensure security, identify security flaws, verify the effectiveness of each security measure, and to make certain all security measures will continue to be effective after implementation.
History
As part of the United States compute... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20eponyms%20of%20special%20functions | This is a list of special function eponyms in mathematics, to cover the theory of special functions, the differential equations they satisfy, named differential operators of the theory (but not intended to include every mathematical eponym). Named symmetric functions, and other special polynomials, are included.
A
Nie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representation%20theorem | In mathematics, a representation theorem is a theorem that states that every abstract structure with certain properties is isomorphic to another (abstract or concrete) structure.
Examples
Algebra
Cayley's theorem states that every group is isomorphic to a permutation group.
Representation theory studies propertie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20random%20number%20generators | Random number generators are important in many kinds of technical applications, including physics, engineering or mathematical computer studies (e.g., Monte Carlo simulations), cryptography and gambling (on game servers).
This list includes many common types, regardless of quality or applicability to a given use case.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete%20set%20of%20invariants | In mathematics, a complete set of invariants for a classification problem is a collection of maps
(where is the collection of objects being classified, up to some equivalence relation , and the are some sets), such that if and only if for all . In words, such that two objects are equivalent if and only if all inva... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registered%20state%20change%20notification | In Fibre Channel protocol, a registered state change notification (RSCN) is a Fibre Channel fabric's notification sent to all specified nodes in case of any major fabric changes. This allows nodes to immediately gain knowledge about the fabric and react accordingly.
Overview
Implementation of this function is obligat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20plasma%20physics%20articles | This is a list of plasma physics topics.
A
Ablation
Abradable coating
Abraham–Lorentz force
Absorption band
Accretion disk
Active galactic nucleus
Adiabatic invariant
ADITYA (tokamak)
Aeronomy
Afterglow plasma
Airglow
Air plasma, Corona treatment, Atmospheric-pressure plasma treatment
Ayaks, Novel "Magnet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20large%20numbers | In probability theory, the law of large numbers (LLN) is a theorem that describes the result of performing the same experiment a large number of times. According to the law, the average of the results obtained from a large number of trials should be close to the expected value and tends to become closer to the expected... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotricha | Isotricha is a genus of protozoa (single-celled organisms) which are commensals of the rumen of ruminant animals. They are approximately long.
Species include:
Isotricha intestinalis Stein 1858
Isotricha prostoma Stein 1858 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2.5D%20integrated%20circuit | A 2.5D integrated circuit (2.5D IC) is an advanced packaging technique that combines multiple integrated circuit dies in a single package without stacking them into a three-dimensional integrated circuit (3D-IC) with through-silicon vias (TSVs). The term "2.5D" originated when 3D-ICs with TSVs were quite new and still ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetry%20%28physics%29 | In physics, a symmetry of a physical system is a physical or mathematical feature of the system (observed or intrinsic) that is preserved or remains unchanged under some transformation.
A family of particular transformations may be continuous (such as rotation of a circle) or discrete (e.g., reflection of a bilaterall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20rules%20of%20inference | This is a list of rules of inference, logical laws that relate to mathematical formulae.
Introduction
Rules of inference are syntactical transform rules which one can use to infer a conclusion from a premise to create an argument. A set of rules can be used to infer any valid conclusion if it is complete, while neve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory%20%28animal%29 | In ethology, territory is the sociographical area that an animal consistently defends against conspecific competition (or, occasionally, against animals of other species) using agonistic behaviors or (less commonly) real physical aggression. Animals that actively defend territories in this way are referred to as being... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple-As-Possible%20computer | The Simple-As-Possible (SAP) computer is a simplified computer architecture designed for educational purposes and described in the book Digital Computer Electronics by Albert Paul Malvino and Jerald A. Brown. The SAP architecture serves as an example in Digital Computer Electronics for building and analyzing complex lo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplotype%20block | In genetics, a haplotype block is a region of an organism's genome in which there is little evidence of a history of genetic recombination, and which contain only a small number of distinct haplotypes. According to the haplotype-block model, such blocks should show high levels of linkage disequilibrium and be separated... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seshadri%20constant | In algebraic geometry, a Seshadri constant is an invariant of an ample line bundle L at a point P on an algebraic variety. It was introduced by Demailly to measure a certain rate of growth, of the tensor powers of L, in terms of the jets of the sections of the Lk. The object was the study of the Fujita conjecture.
The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nullor | A nullor is a theoretical two-port network consisting of a nullator at its input and a norator at its output. Nullors represent an ideal amplifier, having infinite current, voltage, transconductance and transimpedance gain. Its transmission parameters are all zero, that is, its input–output behavior is summarized with ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterotroph | A heterotroph (; ) is an organism that cannot produce its own food, instead taking nutrition from other sources of organic carbon, mainly plant or animal matter. In the food chain, heterotrophs are primary, secondary and tertiary consumers, but not producers. Living organisms that are heterotrophic include all animals... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bra%E2%80%93ket%20notation | Bra–ket notation, also called Dirac notation, is a notation for linear algebra and linear operators on complex vector spaces together with their dual space both in the finite-dimensional and infinite-dimensional case. It is specifically designed to ease the types of calculations that frequently come up in quantum mecha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20lemmas | This following is a list of lemmas (or, "lemmata", i.e. minor theorems, or sometimes intermediate technical results factored out of proofs). See also list of axioms, list of theorems and list of conjectures.
Algebra
Abhyankar's lemma
Aubin–Lions lemma
Bergman's diamond lemma
Fitting lemma
Injective test lemma
Hua's ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20prime%20knots | In knot theory, prime knots are those knots that are indecomposable under the operation of knot sum. The prime knots with ten or fewer crossings are listed here for quick comparison of their properties and varied naming schemes.
Table of prime knots
Six or fewer crossings
Seven crossings
Eight crossings
Nine cros... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of%20the%20form | In mathematics, the phrase "of the form" indicates that a mathematical object, or (more frequently) a collection of objects, follows a certain pattern of expression. It is frequently used to reduce the formality of mathematical proofs.
Example of use
Here is a proof which should be appreciable with limited mathematic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iddq%20testing | Iddq testing is a method for testing CMOS integrated circuits for the presence of manufacturing faults. It relies on measuring the supply current (Idd) in the quiescent state (when the circuit is not switching and inputs are held at static values). The current consumed in the state is commonly called Iddq for Idd (qu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landau%E2%80%93Ramanujan%20constant | In mathematics and the field of number theory, the Landau–Ramanujan constant is the positive real number b that occurs in a theorem proved by Edmund Landau in 1908, stating that for large , the number of positive integers below that are the sum of two square numbers behaves asymptotically as
This constant b was redis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthomorphism | In abstract algebra, an orthomorphism is a certain kind of mapping from a group into itself. Let G be a group, and let θ be a permutation of G. Then θ is an orthomorphism of G if the mapping f defined by f(x) = x−1 θ(x) is also a permutation of G. A permutation φ of G is a complete mapping if the mapping g defined b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intraguild%20predation | Intraguild predation, or IGP, is the killing and sometimes eating of a potential competitor of a different species. This interaction represents a combination of predation and competition, because both species rely on the same prey resources and also benefit from preying upon one another. Intraguild predation is commo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20design%20automation | Electronic design automation (EDA), also referred to as electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), is a category of software tools for designing electronic systems such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards. The tools work together in a design flow that chip designers use to design and analyze entire semicond... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variance%20Adaptive%20Quantization | Variance Adaptive Quantization (VAQ) is a video encoding algorithm that was first introduced in the open source video encoder x264. According to Xvid Builds FAQ: "It's an algorithm that tries to optimally choose a quantizer for each macroblock using advanced math algorithms." It was later ported to programs which encod... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrainability | The terrainability of a machine or robot is defined as its ability to negotiate terrain irregularities.
Terrainability is a term coined in the research community and related to locomotion in the field of mobile robotics. Its various definitions generically describe the ability of the robot to handle various terrains i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woody%20plant | A woody plant is a plant that produces wood as its structural tissue and thus has a hard stem. In cold climates, woody plants further survive winter or dry season above ground, as opposed to herbaceous plants that die back to the ground until spring.
Characteristics
Woody plants are usually trees, shrubs, or lianas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parametric%20family | In mathematics and its applications, a parametric family or a parameterized family is a family of objects (a set of related objects) whose differences depend only on the chosen values for a set of parameters.
Common examples are parametrized (families of) functions, probability distributions, curves, shapes, etc.
In... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrinsic%20motivation%20%28artificial%20intelligence%29 | Intrinsic motivation in the study of artificial intelligence and robotics is a mechanism for enabling artificial agents (including robots) to exhibit inherently rewarding behaviours such as exploration and curiosity, grouped under the same term in the study of psychology. Psychologists consider intrinsic motivation in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobalt%20in%20biology | Cobalt is essential to the metabolism of all animals. It is a key constituent of cobalamin, also known as vitamin B, the primary biological reservoir of cobalt as an ultratrace element. Bacteria in the stomachs of ruminant animals convert cobalt salts into vitamin B, a compound which can only be produced by bacteria or... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary%20contamination | Interplanetary contamination refers to biological contamination of a planetary body by a space probe or spacecraft, either deliberate or unintentional.
There are two types of interplanetary contamination:
Forward contamination is the transfer of life and other forms of contamination from Earth to another celestial bod... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monogastric | A monogastric organism has a simple single-chambered stomach (one stomach). Examples of monogastric herbivores are horses and rabbits. Examples of monogastric omnivores include humans, pigs, hamsters and rats. Furthermore, there are monogastric carnivores such as cats. A monogastric organism is comparable to ruminant o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarman%E2%80%93Bell%20principle | The Jarman–Bell principle is a concept in ecology that the food quality of a herbivore's intake decreases as the size of the herbivore increases, but the amount of such food increases to counteract the low quality foods. It operates by observing the allometric (non- linear scaling) properties of herbivores. The princip... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner%20distribution%20function | The Wigner distribution function (WDF) is used in signal processing as a transform in time-frequency analysis.
The WDF was first proposed in physics to account for quantum corrections to classical statistical mechanics in 1932 by Eugene Wigner, and it is of importance in quantum mechanics in phase space (see, by way o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkboard | The Hawkboard is a low-power, low-cost Single-board computer based on the Texas Instruments OMAP-L138. Along with the usage of the OMAP ARM9 processor, it also has a floating point DSP. It is a community supported development platform.
As of date, Hawkboard project is closed because of common hardware issue.
External... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrature%20%28geometry%29 | In mathematics, particularly in geometry, quadrature (also called squaring) is a historical process of drawing a square with the same area as a given plane figure or computing the numerical value of that area. A classical example is the quadrature of the circle (or squaring the circle).
Quadrature problems served as on... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperture%20%28computer%20memory%29 | In computing, an aperture is a portion of physical address space (i.e. physical memory) that is associated with a particular peripheral device or a memory unit. Apertures may reach external devices such as ROM or RAM chips, or internal memory on the CPU itself.
Typically, a memory device attached to a computer accepts... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath-Brown%E2%80%93Moroz%20constant | The Heath-Brown–Moroz constant C, named for Roger Heath-Brown and Boris Moroz, is defined as
where p runs over the primes.
Application
This constant is part of an asymptotic estimate for the distribution of rational points of bounded height on the cubic surface X03=X1X2X3. Let H be a positive real number and N(H) th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutritional%20science | Nutritional science (also nutrition science, sometimes short nutrition, dated trophology) is the science that studies the physiological process of nutrition (primarily human nutrition), interpreting the nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and disease of an org... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20group%20theory%20topics | In mathematics and abstract algebra, group theory studies the algebraic structures known as groups. The concept of a group is central to abstract algebra: other well-known algebraic structures, such as rings, fields, and vector spaces, can all be seen as groups endowed with additional operations and axioms. Groups recu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociome | The Sociome is a concept used by scientists in Biology and Sociology referring to the dimensions of existence that are social. The term is also an indication of the convergence of systems biology and the study of society as a complex system that has begun to occur among early 21st Century scientists. Just as the phenom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarifying%20agent | Clarifying agents are used to remove suspended solids from liquids by inducing flocculation, causing the solids to form larger aggregates that can be easily removed after they either float to the surface or sink to the bottom of the containment vessel.
Process
Particles finer than 0.1 µm (10−7m) in water remain contin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sooraj%20Surendran | Sooraj Surendran is an Indian technologist and electronic engineering graduate from Anna University. He has made significant contributions to motorized wheelchair deployment in Tamil Nadu.
Early life and education
Surendran was born in Kollam, Kerala, India. His mother Sudha was a housewife and his father was K Surend... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sums%20of%20powers | In mathematics and statistics, sums of powers occur in a number of contexts:
Sums of squares arise in many contexts. For example, in geometry, the Pythagorean theorem involves the sum of two squares; in number theory, there are Legendre's three-square theorem and Jacobi's four-square theorem; and in statistics, the an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-hijack%20system | An anti-hijack system is an electronic system fitted to motor vehicles to deter criminals from hijacking them. Although these types of systems are becoming more common on newer cars, they have not caused a decrease in insurance premiums as they are not as widely known as other more common anti-theft systems such as ala... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown%20measure | In mathematics, the Brown measure of an operator in a finite factor is a probability measure on the complex plane which may be viewed as an analog of the spectral counting measure (based on algebraic multiplicity) of matrices.
It is named after Lawrence G. Brown.
Definition
Let be a finite factor with the canonical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel%20Meow | Colonel Meow (October 11, 2011 – January 29, 2014) was an American Himalayan–Persian crossbreed cat, who temporarily held the 2014 Guinness world record for the longest fur on a cat (nine inches or about 23 cm). He became an Internet celebrity when his owners posted pictures of his scowling face to Facebook and Instagr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20regional%20mathematics%20competitions | Many math competitions in the United States have regional restrictions. Of these, most are statewide.
For a more complete list, please visit here .
The contests include:
Alabama
Alabama Statewide High School Mathematics Contest
Virgil Grissom High School Math Tournament
Vestavia Hills High School Math Tournament... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20repunit%20primes | This is a list of repunit primes.
Base 2 repunit primes
Base-2 repunit primes are called Mersenne primes.
Base 3 repunit primes
The first few base-3 repunit primes are
13, 1093, 797161, 3754733257489862401973357979128773, 6957596529882152968992225251835887181478451547013 ,
corresponding to of
3, 7, 13, 71, 10... |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniqueness%20theorem | In mathematics, a uniqueness theorem, also called a unicity theorem, is a theorem asserting the uniqueness of an object satisfying certain conditions, or the equivalence of all objects satisfying the said conditions. Examples of uniqueness theorems include:
Alexandrov's uniqueness theorem of three-dimensional polyhed... |
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