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Voiced alveolo-palatal fricative | The voiced alveolo-palatal sibilant fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨ʑ⟩ ("z", plus the curl also found in its voiceless counterpart ⟨ɕ⟩), and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is z\. It is the sibilant e... |
Cognatic kinship | Cognatic kinship is a mode of descent calculated from an ancestor counted through any combination of male and female links, or a system of bilateral kinship where relations are traced through both a father and mother. Such relatives may be known as cognates. |
Nepalese honey with tejpat oil | Tamala honey is a unique processed product from oil extracted from an indigenous tree species to Nepal, Cinnamomum tamala ("tejpat"), and incorporated into honey for digestion. With the rise of the tea industry in North America, C.tamala honey has its appeal and potential as a natural sweetener. |
Testicular nubbin | A testicular nubbin is the residual tissue of the human testis after a supposed perinatal vascular accident involving the testicular blood supply. The blood supply of the testis twists (called torsion) thereby cutting off the blood supply to the testis and results in testicular atrophy (shrinking). The nubbin is usuall... |
One (A Chorus Line song) | One is a song from the musical A Chorus Line. |
Von Zeipel theorem | In astrophysics, the von Zeipel theorem states that the radiative flux F in a uniformly rotating star is proportional to the local effective gravity eff . The theorem is named after Swedish astronomer Edvard Hugo von Zeipel.
The theorem is: eff , where the luminosity L and mass M∗ are evaluated on a surface of cons... |
Asteroid Pirates | Asteroid Pirates is a 1980 board game published by Yaquinto Publications. |
Glaser coupling | The Glaser coupling is a type of coupling reaction. It is by far the oldest acetylenic coupling and is based on cuprous salts like copper(I) chloride or copper(I) bromide and an additional oxidant like oxygen. The base in its original scope is ammonia. The solvent is water or an alcohol.
The reaction was first reported... |
Umu Chromotest | For pharmacology and genetics, the Umu Chromotest, first developed and published by Oda et al., is a biological assay (bioassay) to assess the genotoxic potential of chemical compounds. It is based on the ability of DNA-damaging agents to induce the expression of the umu operon. In connection with the damage inducible ... |
Erlong Zuoci Wan | Erlong Zuoci Wan (simplified Chinese: 耳聋左慈丸; traditional Chinese: 耳聾左慈丸) is a brownish-black honeyed pill used in Traditional Chinese medicine to "replenish the kidney and subdue hyperactivity of the liver". It is used in cases where there is "deficiency of yin of the liver and the kidney marked by tinnitus, impairment... |
Hydrogen assisted magnesiothermic reduction | The Hydrogen Assisted Magnesiothermic Reduction ("HAMR") process is a thermochemical process to obtain titanium metal from titanium oxides..A technical challenge in the production of titanium metal is the formation of oxide impurities. The Kroll process, which is widely used commercially, addresses this challenge by co... |
Short and distort | "Short and distort" is a type of securities fraud in which investors short sell a stock and then spread negative rumors about the company in an attempt to drive down stock prices.It is often performed as a form of naked short selling in which stock is sold without being borrowed and without any intent to borrow. Once t... |
Organology | Organology (from Ancient Greek ὄργανον (organon) 'instrument' and λόγος (logos), 'the study of') is the science of musical instruments and their classifications. It embraces study of instruments' history, instruments used in different cultures, technical aspects of how instruments produce sound, and musical instrument ... |
Strain energy density function | A strain energy density function or stored energy density function is a scalar-valued function that relates the strain energy density of a material to the deformation gradient. |
Hypomania Checklist | The Hypomania Checklist (HCL-32) is a questionnaire developed by Dr. Jules Angst to identify hypomanic features in patients with major depressive disorder in order to help recognize bipolar II disorder and other bipolar spectrum disorders when people seek help in primary care and other general medical settings. It asks... |
Enriched Xenon Observatory | The Enriched Xenon Observatory (EXO) is a particle physics experiment searching for neutrinoless double beta decay of xenon-136 at WIPP near Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S.
Neutrinoless double beta decay (0νββ) detection would prove the Majorana nature of neutrinos and impact the neutrino mass values and ordering. These are... |
Benefit performance | A benefit performance is a type of live entertainment which is undertaken for a cause. In its original usage, benefit performances were opportunities for an actor to supplement his/her income. In its modern usage, benefit performances are given to raise money for or awareness of a humanitarian cause, or for the immedia... |
Ligroin | Ligroin is the petroleum fraction consisting mostly of C7 and C8 hydrocarbons and boiling in the range 90‒140 °C (194–284 °F). The fraction is also called heavy naphtha. Ligroin is used as a laboratory solvent. Products under the name ligroin can have boiling ranges as low as 60‒80 °C and may be called light naphtha.Th... |
Ulotaront | Ulotaront (INN; developmental codes SEP-363856, SEP-856) is an investigational antipsychotic that is undergoing clinical trials for the treatment of schizophrenia and Parkinson's disease psychosis. The medication was discovered in collaboration between PsychoGenics Inc. and Sunovion Pharmaceuticals (which was subsequen... |
DnaD | DnaD is a 232 amino acid long protein that is part of the primosome involved in prokaryotic DNA replication. In Bacillus subtilis, genetic analysis has revealed three primosomal proteins, DnaB, DnaD, and DnaI, that have no obvious homologues in E. coli. They are involved in primosome function both at arrested replicati... |
Cloflubicyne | Cloflubicyne is a chemical compound which is a chlorinated derivative of BIDN. It's an irreversible GABA receptor antagonist with powerful convulsant effects. |
HD Pentax-D FA 645 Macro 90mm F2.8 ED AW SR | The HD Pentax-D FA 645 Macro 90mm F2.8 ED AW SR is an interchangeable macro lens for the Pentax 645 system, announced by Pentax on September 10, 2012. |
Typed lambda calculus | A typed lambda calculus is a typed formalism that uses the lambda-symbol ( λ ) to denote anonymous function abstraction. In this context, types are usually objects of a syntactic nature that are assigned to lambda terms; the exact nature of a type depends on the calculus considered (see kinds below). From a certain poi... |
Frequent urination | Frequent urination, or urinary frequency (sometimes called pollakiuria), is the need to urinate more often than usual. Diuretics are medications that increase urinary frequency. Nocturia is the need of frequent urination at night. The most common cause of this condition for women and children is a urinary tract infecti... |
IBM ThinkPad 220 | The IBM ThinkPad 220 is a subnotebook from the ThinkPad line by IBM. It was released in Japan only in 1993, and was jointly developed by IBM Japan Yamato Facility and IBM Japan and Ricoh joint project Rios System. |
Rectified 5-cell | In four-dimensional geometry, the rectified 5-cell is a uniform 4-polytope composed of 5 regular tetrahedral and 5 regular octahedral cells. Each edge has one tetrahedron and two octahedra. Each vertex has two tetrahedra and three octahedra. In total it has 30 triangle faces, 30 edges, and 10 vertices. Each vertex is s... |
Scientriffic | Scientriffic was a bi-monthly kids science magazine published by CSIRO Publishing. It was established in 1999 as a sister publication to The Helix, CSIRO Publishing's magazine for teens. Scientriffic targeted kids aged 7 and older.The magazine was usually 40 pages long and trimmed to quarto paper size. It typically con... |
Extended finite-state machine | In a conventional finite state machine, the transition is associated with a set of input Boolean conditions and a set of output Boolean functions. In an extended finite state machine (EFSM) model, the transition can be expressed by an “if statement” consisting of a set of trigger conditions. If trigger conditions are a... |
Ironomycin | Ironomycin is a derivative of salinomycin and potent small molecule against persister cancer stem cells, that is under preclinical evaluation by SideROS for the treatment of cancer. Ironomycin was shown to induce ferroptosis in breast cancer cell lines and its mechanism of action involves the targeting of lysosomal iro... |
Magic Link | The Magic Link was a Personal Intelligent Communicator marketed by Sony from 1994, based on General Magic's Magic Cap operating system. The Magic Link PIC-1000 was brought to market by Jerry Fiala Sr at Sony. The "Link" part of the name refers to the device's ability to send and receive data over a modem.A competing pr... |
Crown gear | A crown gear (also known as a face gear or a contrate gear) is a gear which has teeth that project at right angles to the face of the wheel. In particular, a crown gear is a type of bevel gear where the pitch cone angle is 90 degrees. A pitch cone of any other angle is simply called a bevel gear. Crown gears normally m... |
Tert-Butyl hypochlorite | tert-Butyl hypochlorite is the organic compound with the formula (CH3)3COCl. A yellow liquid, it is a rare example of an organic hypochlorite, i.e. a compound with an O-Cl bond. It is a reactive material that is useful for chlorinations. It can be viewed as a lipophilic version of sodium hypochlorite (bleach). |
Target fixation | Target fixation is an attentional phenomenon observed in humans in which an individual becomes so focused on an observed object (be it a target or hazard) that they inadvertently increase their risk of colliding with the object. It is associated with scenarios in which the operator is in control of a high-speed vehicle... |
Network Performance Monitoring Solution | Network Performance Monitor (NPM) in Operations Management Suite monitors network performance between office sites, data centers, clouds and applications in near real-time. It helps a network administrator locate and troubleshoot bottlenecks like network delay, data loss and availability of any network link across on-p... |
Bulldog forceps | A bulldog forceps, clamp or serrefine is a type of forceps which is used in surgery. It has serrated jaws and a spring action so that it will grip and hold sutures, tissues or vessels. The spring may be weak or the jaws sheathed in a soft material so that the item being gripped is not crushed too severely.
Forceps of t... |
Random minimum spanning tree | In mathematics, a random minimum spanning tree may be formed by assigning random weights from some distribution to the edges of an undirected graph, and then constructing the minimum spanning tree of the graph. |
Knowledge of human nature | Knowledge of human nature is the ability to correctly assess the behavior or character of people based on a first impression, and to gauge how they think and predict how they will act.
Life experience, intuition, intelligence, and wisdom are the decisive factors which contribute to this ability. Knowledge of human natu... |
Butterfly curve (transcendental) | The butterfly curve is a transcendental plane curve discovered by Temple H. Fay of University of Southern Mississippi in 1989. |
Marquisette | Marquisette is a lightweight, sheer fabric that has a structure similar to a mosquito net. |
Rod Jackson (epidemiologist) | Rodney Thornton Jackson (born 1954) is a New Zealand medically-trained epidemiologist who has had lead roles in publicly-funded research focussing on systems to effectively identify risk factors in the epidemiology of chronic diseases, in particular cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). This involved linking large cohort stu... |
TCP Gender Changer | TCP Gender Changer is a method in computer networking for making an internal TCP/IP based network server accessible beyond its protective firewall. |
Joubert syndrome | Joubert syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects the cerebellum, an area of the brain that controls balance and coordination.
Joubert syndrome is one of the many genetic syndromes associated with syndromic retinitis pigmentosa. The syndrome was first identified in 1969 by pediatric neurologi... |
Baby hamster kidney cell | Baby Hamster Kidney fibroblasts (BHK cells) are an adherent cell line used in molecular biology.
The cells were derived in 1961 by I. A. Macpherson and M. G. P. Stoker. Nowadays, subclone 13 is occasionally used, which was originally derived by single-cell isolation from the kidneys of five unsexed, 1-day-old hamsters. |
Rich-club coefficient | The rich-club coefficient is a metric on graphs and networks, designed to measure the extent to which well-connected nodes also connect to each other. Networks which have a relatively high rich-club coefficient are said to demonstrate the rich-club effect and will have many connections between nodes of high degree. The... |
Opportunistic Wireless Encryption | Opportunistic Wireless Encryption (OWE) is a Wi-Fi standard which ensures that the communication between each pair of endpoints is protected from other endpoints. Unlike conventional Wi-Fi, it provides "Individualized Data Protection" such that data traffic between a client and access point is "individualized". Other c... |
Cryoextraction (medicine) | In ophthalmology, cryoextraction is a form of intracapsular cataract extraction in which a cryoextractor, a special type of cryoprobe, is used to freeze the crystalline lens and pull it intact from the eye. Dr. Charles Kelman is credited with pioneering this surgical method in 1962. It can also be used in the treatment... |
Apple chip | Apple chips are chips or crisps that are prepared using apple. When stale, apple chips become drier and crispier. Contrary to modern belief, apple chips do not become chewier when stale, only harder. Apple chips may be fried, deep fried, vacuum fried, dehydrated or baked. Apple chips may have a dense and crispy texture... |
Spatika Lingam | Spatika Lingam or Crystal Lingam or Crystal Shivling is a type of Lingam made from quartz. Spatika Lingam is called sphatika Sivalingam (Tamil - ஸ்படிகக்கல் லிங்கம்) (Sanskrit: स्फटिक शिवलिंग), (Telugu-స్పటిక లింగం),(Kannada -ಸ್ಪಟಿಕ ಲಿಂಗ),. Sphatikam (Sanskrit: स्फटिक) in Sanskrit means "made of crystal, crystalline", ... |
National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting | National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting (NCMRWF) is a national agency for weather forecasting under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, (transferred from its former parent Ministry of Science and Technology), Government of India.
It is a premier institute in India to provide Medium Range Weather Forecasts thro... |
Glaciovolcanism | Glaciovolcanism is volcanism and related phenomena associated with glacial ice. The ice commonly constrains the erupted material and melts to create meltwater. Considerable melting of glacial ice can create massive lahars and glacial outburst floods known as jökulhlaups. |
MTCH1 | Mitochondrial carrier homolog 1 (MTCH1), also referred to as presenilin 1-associated protein (PSAP), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MTCH1 gene on chromosome 6. MTCH1 is a proapoptotic mitochondrial protein potentially involved in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). |
Abstract structure | An abstract structure is an abstraction that might be of the geometric spaces or a set structure, or a hypostatic abstraction that is defined by a set of mathematical theorems and laws, properties and relationships in a way that is logically if not always historically independent of the structure of contingent experien... |
Conditional comment | Conditional comments are conditional statements interpreted by Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 5 through 9 in HTML source code. They can be used to provide and hide code to and from these versions of Internet Explorer. Conditional comments are not supported in Internet Explorer 10 and 11. |
Old World ROM | Old World ROM computers are the Macintosh (Mac) models that use a Macintosh Toolbox read-only memory (ROM) chip, usually in a socket (but soldered to the motherboard in some models). All Macs prior to the iMac, the iBook, the Blue and White Power Mac G3 and the Bronze Keyboard (Lombard) PowerBook G3 use Old World ROM, ... |
Structured kNN | Structured k-Nearest Neighbours is a machine learning algorithm that generalizes the k-Nearest Neighbors (kNN) classifier.
Whereas the kNN classifier supports binary classification, multiclass classification and regression, the Structured kNN (SkNN) allows training of a classifier for general structured output labels. |
Chromophobia | Chromophobia (also known as chromatophobia or chrematophobia) is a persistent, irrational fear of, or aversion to, colors and is usually a conditioned response. While actual clinical phobias to color are rare, colors can elicit hormonal responses and psychological reactions.Chromophobia may also refer to an aversion of... |
Kock pouch | A Kock pouch is a continent pouch formed by the terminal ileum after colectomy. The procedure was detailed and first performed in 1969 by Dr Nils Kock. |
Red slaw | Red slaw (sometimes called barbecue slaw) is a condiment commonly served on hot dogs, on barbecue pork sandwiches, as a side dish for other types of barbecue, on hamburgers, or with other foods. It is an essential part of "Lexington style" North Carolina barbecue. |
Ceramide phosphoethanolamine synthase | In enzymology, a ceramide phosphoethanolamine synthase (EC 2.7.8.-) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction a ceramide + a phosphoethanolamine head group donor ⇌ a ceramide-phosphoethanolamine + side productCeramide phosphoethanolamine (CPE) is a sphingolipid consisted of a ceramide and a phosphoethanolamine... |
Maxwell's equations | Maxwell's equations, or Maxwell–Heaviside equations, are a set of coupled partial differential equations that, together with the Lorentz force law, form the foundation of classical electromagnetism, classical optics, and electric circuits. The equations provide a mathematical model for electric, optical, and radio tec... |
Generalized structure tensor | In image analysis, the generalized structure tensor (GST) is an extension of the Cartesian structure tensor to curvilinear coordinates. It is mainly used to detect and to represent the "direction" parameters of curves, just as the Cartesian structure tensor detects and represents the direction in Cartesian coordinates.... |
Reactive inhibition | Reactive inhibition is a phrase coined by Clark L. Hull in his 1943 book titled Principles of Behavior. He defined it as: Whenever any reaction is evoked in an organism there is left a condition or state which acts as a primary negative motivation in that it has an innate capacity to produce a cessation of the activity... |
Piotrowski signs | Piotrowski signs are ten signs of organic brain disease that can be found from having patients analyze Rorschach tests. They were identified by Zygmunt Piotrowski, who analyzed the Rorschach test interpretations of patients with organic brain disease, central nervous system diseases (non-cerebral), and conversion disor... |
Triangle fan | A triangle fan is a primitive in 3D computer graphics that saves on storage and processing time. It describes a set of connected triangles that share one central vertex (unlike the triangle strip that connects the next vertex point to the last two used vertices to form a triangle), possibly within a triangle mesh. If N... |
Supercow (dairy) | Supercow (also super cow or super-cow) is a term used in the dairy industry to denote lines or individual animals that have superior milk production: that is, which produce more milk per day, or in some cases produce more fat per gallon of milk. Until recently, super-cows have been developed through selective breeding ... |
Test of Adolescent and Adult Language | The Test of Adolescent and Adult Language: Third Edition (TOAL-3) is a standardized, norm-referenced assessment of receptive, written and expressive language. The TOAL-3 was published in 1994. The test used to help identify individuals who may have a language disorder, and to help determine in what area(s) the dysfunct... |
Tonic water | Tonic water (or Indian tonic water) is a carbonated soft drink in which quinine is dissolved. Originally used as a prophylactic against malaria, nowadays tonic water usually has a significantly lower quinine content and is often sweetened. It is consumed for its distinctive bitter flavor and is frequently used in mixed... |
Retinoid X receptor gamma | Retinoid X receptor gamma (RXR-gamma), also known as NR2B3 (nuclear receptor subfamily 2, group B, member 3) is a nuclear receptor that in humans is encoded by the RXRG gene. |
Glyconeogenesis | Glyconeogenesis is the synthesis of glycogen without using glucose or other carbohydrates, instead using substances like proteins and fats. One example is the conversion of lactic acid to glycogen in the liver. |
Geiringer–Laman theorem | The Geiringer–Laman theorem gives a combinatorial characterization of generically rigid graphs in 2 -dimensional Euclidean space, with respect to bar-joint frameworks. This theorem was first proved by Hilda Pollaczek-Geiringer in 1927, and later by Gerard Laman in 1970. An efficient algorithm called the Pebble Game is... |
Enteritis | Enteritis is inflammation of the small intestine. It is most commonly caused by food or drink contaminated with pathogenic microbes, such as Serratia, but may have other causes such as NSAIDs, radiation therapy as well as autoimmune conditions like Crohn's disease and celiac disease. Symptoms include abdominal pain, cr... |
Haken-Kelso-Bunz model | The Haken-Kelso-Bunz (HKB) is a theoretical model of motor coordination originally formulated by Hermann Haken, J. A. Scott Kelso and H. Bunz. The model attempts to provide the framework for understanding coordinated behavior in living things. It accounts for experimental observations on human bimanual coordination tha... |
Bracketing | In photography, bracketing is the general technique of taking several shots of the same subject using different camera settings, typically with the aim of combining the images in postprocessing. Bracketing is useful and often recommended in situations that make it difficult to obtain a satisfactory image with a single ... |
Momoko 120% | Momoko 120% (モモコ120%, Momoko Hyakunijū Pāsento) is a 1986 arcade game by Jaleco released only in Japan. The game was originally intended to be an Urusei Yatsura game, but for an unknown reason the license was not obtained for the arcade version—while the characters were changed, "Lum's Love Song" — the first opening th... |
IRAK1 | Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 1 (IRAK-1) is an enzyme in humans encoded by the IRAK1 gene. IRAK-1 plays an important role in the regulation of the expression of inflammatory genes by immune cells, such as monocytes and macrophages, which in turn help the immune system in eliminating bacteria, viruses, and ot... |
Macaroni and cheese | Macaroni and cheese (also called mac and cheese in Canada and the United States and macaroni cheese in the United Kingdom) is a dish of cooked macaroni pasta and a cheese sauce, most commonly cheddar sauce.The traditional macaroni and cheese is a casserole baked in the oven; however, it may be prepared in a sauce pan o... |
ChIP-on-chip | ChIP-on-chip (also known as ChIP-chip) is a technology that combines chromatin immunoprecipitation ('ChIP') with DNA microarray ("chip"). Like regular ChIP, ChIP-on-chip is used to investigate interactions between proteins and DNA in vivo. Specifically, it allows the identification of the cistrome, the sum of binding s... |
Gaffer (occupation) | In film and television crews, the gaffer or chief lighting technician is the head electrician, responsible for the execution (and sometimes the design) of the lighting plan for a production. The gaffer's assistant is the best boy electric. |
Delphinidin | Delphinidin (also delphinidine) is an anthocyanidin, a primary plant pigment, and also an antioxidant. Delphinidin gives blue hues to flowers in the genera Viola and Delphinium. It also gives the blue-red color of the grape variety Cabernet Sauvignon, and can be found in cranberries and Concord grapes as well as pomegr... |
Order (ring theory) | In mathematics, an order in the sense of ring theory is a subring O of a ring A , such that A is a finite-dimensional algebra over the field Q of rational numbers O spans A over Q , and O is a Z -lattice in A .The last two conditions can be stated in less formal terms: Additively, O is a free abelian group gene... |
Test of Arms | Test of Arms is a modern-day board wargame published in 1988 by Game Designers' Workshop. |
Anti-vibration compound | An anti-vibration compound is a temperature-resistant mixture of a liquid with fine particles, which is used to reduce oscillations in calender rolls and to dampen vibrations in fabricated structures like machine beds and housings. |
Margarite | Margarite is a calcium rich member of the mica group of the phyllosilicates with formula: CaAl2(Al2Si2)O10(OH)2. It forms white to pinkish or yellowish gray masses or thin laminae. It crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system. It typically has a specific gravity of around 3 and a Mohs hardness of 4. It is transluce... |
Carrageenan | Carrageenans or carrageenins ( KARR-ə-GHEE-nənz; from Irish carraigín 'little rock') are a family of natural linear sulfated polysaccharides that are extracted from red edible seaweeds. Carrageenans are widely used in the food industry, for their gelling, thickening, and stabilizing properties. Their main application i... |
Apricot Picobook Pro | The Apricot Picobook Pro is the first product of the reformed Apricot Computers. It is a netbook based on the VIA NanoBook, first shown to the press on October 15 2008. |
Polyfluoroalkoxyaluminates | Polyfluoroalkoxyaluminates (PFAA) are weakly coordinating anions many of which are of the form [Al(ORF)4]−. Most PFAA's possesses an Al(III) center coordinated by four −ORF (RF = -CPh(CF3)2 (hfpp), -CH(CF3)2 (hfip), -C(CH3)(CF3)2 (hftb), -C(CF3)3 (pftb)) ligands, giving the anion an overall -1 charge. The most weakly c... |
Brachial artery | The brachial artery is the major blood vessel of the (upper) arm. It is the continuation of the axillary artery beyond the lower margin of teres major muscle. It continues down the ventral surface of the arm until it reaches the cubital fossa at the elbow. It then divides into the radial and ulnar arteries which run do... |
Effective porosity | Effective porosity is most commonly considered to represent the porosity of a rock or sediment available to contribute to fluid flow through the rock or sediment, or often in terms of "flow to a borehole". Porosity that is not considered "effective porosity" includes water bound to clay particles (known as bound water)... |
Glypiation | Glypiation is the addition by covalent bonding of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor and is a common post-translational modification that localizes proteins to cell membranes. This special kind of glycosylation is widely detected on surface glycoproteins in eukaryotes and some Archaea.GPI anchors consist of a ... |
Isomorphism (Gestalt psychology) | The term isomorphism literally means sameness (iso) of form (morphism). In Gestalt psychology, Isomorphism is the idea that perception and the underlying physiological representation are similar because of related Gestalt qualities. Isomorphism refers to a correspondence between a stimulus array and the brain state cre... |
Mori domain | In algebra, a Mori domain, named after Yoshiro Mori by Querré (1971, 1976), is an integral domain satisfying the ascending chain condition on integral divisorial ideals. Noetherian domains and Krull domains both have this property. A commutative ring is a Krull domain if and only if it is a Mori domain and completely i... |
Leser–Trélat sign | The Leser–Trélat sign is the explosive onset of multiple seborrheic keratoses (many pigmented skin lesions), often with an inflammatory base. This can be a sign of internal malignancy as part of a paraneoplastic syndrome. In addition to the development of new lesions, preexisting ones frequently increase in size and be... |
Theano (software) | Theano is a Python library and optimizing compiler for manipulating and evaluating mathematical expressions, especially matrix-valued ones.
In Theano, computations are expressed using a NumPy-esque syntax and compiled to run efficiently on either CPU or GPU architectures. |
Hepatic microvascular dysplasia | Hepatic microvascular dysplasia (HMD or MVD) or portal atresia is a disorder where mixing of venous blood and arterial blood in the liver occurs at the microscopic level. It occurs most commonly in certain dog breeds such as the Cairn and Yorkshire terriers although any dog breed may be at risk.This disease may also be... |
Shewhart individuals control chart | In statistical quality control, the individual/moving-range chart is a type of control chart used to monitor variables data from a business or industrial process for which it is impractical to use rational subgroups.The chart is necessary in the following situations:: 231 Where automation allows inspection of each uni... |
Basha (tarpaulin) | A basha is a waterproof canvas or plastic sheet with eyelets or loops on the perimeter, which is used in camping, outdoor, or military situations to act as a shelter, in the form of an impromptu tent and/or groundsheet, usually supported with rope or even bungee cords attached to trees. |
Metolazone | Metolazone is a thiazide-like diuretic marketed under the brand names Zytanix, Metoz, Zaroxolyn, and Mykrox. It is primarily used to treat congestive heart failure and high blood pressure. Metolazone indirectly decreases the amount of water reabsorbed into the bloodstream by the kidney, so that blood volume decreases a... |
Combining rules | In computational chemistry and molecular dynamics, the combination rules or combining rules are equations that provide the interaction energy between two dissimilar non-bonded atoms, usually for the part of the potential representing the van der Waals interaction. In the simulation of mixtures, the choice of combining ... |
Continuous truss bridge | A continuous truss bridge is a truss bridge which extends without hinges or joints across three or more supports. A continuous truss bridge may use less material than a series of simple trusses because a continuous truss distributes live loads across all the spans; in a series of simple trusses, each truss must be capa... |
Demand-based switching | Demand-based switching (DBS) is a computer technology term which refers to the process of using software to optimize the use of hardware resources. |
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