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Loop 360 History Loop_360 > History Loop 360 was designated on March 29, 1962, on its current route from US 290 to US 183. On September 30, 1969, Loop 360 was extended north to Loop 1. On April 25, 1996, the section from US 183 to Loop 1 was cancelled and removed from the state highway system. The south section of Loop... |
Strategic resource Ecological economics Unit_of_production > Historical schools and factors > Ecological economics In the process, however, electricity is converted to heat, a less useful form of energy). Like matter, energy can neither be created nor destroyed and thus there is also an upper limit to the total amount ... |
Genetic entropy Beneficial mutation Mutation_load > Causes > Deleterious mutation > Beneficial mutation In sufficiently genetically loaded populations, new beneficial mutations create fitter genotypes than those previously present in the population. When load is calculated as the difference between the fittest genotype... |
Direct multiple shooting method Summary Direct_multiple_shooting_method In the area of mathematics known as numerical ordinary differential equations, the direct multiple shooting method is a numerical method for the solution of boundary value problems. The method divides the interval over which a solution is sought in... |
Electron magnetic dipole moment Orbital magnetic dipole moment Electron_spin > Magnetic moment of an electron > Orbital magnetic dipole moment The revolution of an electron around an axis through another object, such as the nucleus, gives rise to the orbital magnetic dipole moment. Suppose that the angular momentum for... |
Stoichiometric ratio Stoichiometry matrix Mass_ratio_(mixtures) > Stoichiometry matrix In complex reactions, stoichiometries are often represented in a more compact form called the stoichiometry matrix. The stoichiometry matrix is denoted by the symbol N.If a reaction network has n reactions and m participating molecul... |
Galactic nucleus Observational characteristics Host_galaxy > Observational characteristics In some radio-quiet AGN there is an excess of soft X-ray emission in addition to the power-law component. The origin of the soft X-rays is not clear at present. X-ray line emission. This is a result of illumination of cold heavy ... |
Electronic Materials Early transistors Electronic_Materials > Early history of semiconductors > Early transistors A slice cut from the specimen at the p–n boundary developed a voltage when exposed to light. The first working transistor was a point-contact transistor invented by John Bardeen, Walter Houser Brattain, and... |
Arbitrary constant of integration Necessity Constant_of_integration > Necessity This restriction can be rephrased in the language of differential equations. Finding an indefinite integral of a function f ( x ) {\displaystyle f(x)} is the same as solving the differential equation d y d x = f ( x ) . |
Spherical harmonics History Tesseral_harmonics > History The term "Laplace's coefficients" was employed by William Whewell to describe the particular system of solutions introduced along these lines, whereas others reserved this designation for the zonal spherical harmonics that had properly been introduced by Laplace ... |
Unit Cell Summary Conventional_cell A lattice can be characterized by the geometry of its unit cell, which is a section of the tiling (a parallelogram or parallelepiped) that generates the whole tiling using only translations. There are two special cases of the unit cell: the primitive cell and the conventional cell. T... |
Fusion tree Fusion hashing Fusion_tree > Fusion hashing An application of fusion trees to hash tables was given by Willard, who describes a data structure for hashing in which an outer-level hash table with hash chaining is combined with a fusion tree representing each hash chain. In hash chaining, in a hash table with... |
Mario Molina Work on CFCs Mario_Molina > Work on CFCs ClO· + O3 → Cl· + 2O2The radical Cl atom is not consumed by this pair of reactions, so it remains in the system.Molina and Rowland predicted that chlorine atoms, produced by this decomposition of CFCs, would act as an ongoing catalyst for the destruction of ozone. W... |
Skeleton (computer programming) Task-parallel Skeleton_(computer_programming) > Parallel programming > Task-parallel This follows the order in which the programmer has written their code. This is made parallel by computing varied tasks on a set of data, typically input, simultaneously to improve performance and speed. ... |
Reinforcement Learning Function approximation methods Reward_function > Algorithms for control learning > Value function > Function approximation methods The algorithms then adjust the weights, instead of adjusting the values associated with the individual state-action pairs. Methods based on ideas from nonparametric s... |
Kilopondmetre Summary Kilopondmetre The Kilopondmetre is an obsolete unit of torque and energy in the gravitational metric system. It is abbreviated kp·m or m·kp, older publications often use mkg and kgm as well. Torque is a product of the length of a lever and the force applied to the lever. One kilopond is the forc... |
Oceanic freshwater flux Influence on thermohaline circulation (THC) Oceanic_freshwater_flux > Influence on thermohaline circulation (THC) This leads to the formation of cold deep water in the North Atlantic. This cold deep water flows back to the south a depth of 2–3 km until it joins the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.... |
System Dynamics Overview Systems_dynamics > Overview This model forecast that exponential growth of population and capital, with finite resource sources and sinks and perception delays, would lead to economic collapse during the 21st century under a wide variety of growth scenarios. System dynamics is an aspect of syst... |
Osgood's lemma Summary Osgood's_lemma If we assume that a function f: R n → R {\displaystyle f:\mathbb {R} ^{n}\to \mathbb {R} } is globally continuous and separately differentiable on each variable (all partial derivatives exist everywhere), it is not true that f {\displaystyle f} will necessarily be differentiable. A... |
Solvent effects Substitution reactions Solvent_effect > Reaction examples > Substitution reactions The following table shows the relative solvolysis rates of tert-butyl chloride with acetic acid (CH3CO2H), methanol (CH3OH), and water (H2O). The case for SN2 reactions is quite different, as the lack of solvation on the ... |
École Nationale des Chartes Master's École_Nationale_des_Chartes > Training > Master's In 2006 the École des Chartes introduced a Master's program in Digital Technologies Applied to History and has since then trained approximately 20 students per year. In the first year, all students take the same basic modules plus th... |
Graph Theory Visual: Graph drawing Algorithmic_graph_theory > Representation > Visual: Graph drawing Graph drawing also can be said to encompass problems that deal with the crossing number and its various generalizations. The crossing number of a graph is the minimum number of intersections between edges that a drawing... |
Bland–Altman plot Application Bland–Altman_plot > Application One primary application of the Bland–Altman plot is to compare two clinical measurements each of which produced some error in their measures. It can also be used to compare a new measurement technique or method with a gold standard, as even a gold standard d... |
Premature ventricular contraction Molecular basis Premature_ventricular_contraction > Pathophysiology > Molecular basis Other sympathomimetic molecules such as amphetamines and cocaine will also cause this effect. Phosphodiesterase inhibitors such as caffeine directly affect the G-coupled signal transduction cascade by... |
Quantum gate teleportation Summary Quantum_gate_teleportation Additionally, gate teleportation is a key component of magic state distillation, a technique that can be used to overcome the limitations of the Eastin-Knill theorem. Quantum gate teleportation has been demonstrated in various types of quantum computers, inc... |
Gram-molecule Standardization Mole_number > History > Standardization Developments in mass spectrometry led to the adoption of oxygen-16 as the standard substance, in lieu of natural oxygen.The oxygen-16 definition was replaced with one based on carbon-12 during the 1960s. The mole was defined by International Bureau o... |
Petroleum refinement Chemical processes Petroleum_refinery > Chemical processes Fluid catalytic cracker (FCC) upgrades the heavier, higher-boiling fractions from the crude oil distillation by converting them into lighter and lower boiling, more valuable products. Hydrocracker uses hydrogen to upgrade heavy residual oil... |
Glossary of chemistry terms G Glossary_of_chemistry_terms > G Grignard reaction ground glass joint An apparatus designed to quickly and easily fit two pieces of leak-tight glassware together, featuring ground glass surfaces and typically a custom-made conical taper. ground state The lowest possible energy state for a g... |
Array index Element identifier and addressing formulas Array_element > Element identifier and addressing formulas Arrays can have multiple dimensions, thus it is not uncommon to access an array using multiple indices. For example, a two-dimensional array A with three rows and four columns might provide access to the el... |
Chaotic complex system Complexity and chaos theory Physics_of_Complex_Systems > Applications > Complexity and chaos theory Ilya Prigogine argued that complexity is non-deterministic and gives no way whatsoever to precisely predict the future.The emergence of complex systems theory shows a domain between deterministic o... |
For (command) Loop variable scope and semantics Iterative_for_loop > Additional semantics and constructs > Loop variable scope and semantics Still another possibility is that the code generated may employ an auxiliary variable as the loop variable, possibly held in a machine register, whose value may or may not be copi... |
Antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis Telomere Theory Antagonistic_pleiotropy_hypothesis > Potential Examples > DNA repair > Telomere Theory However, there is still the question whether telomere length causes these diseases or if the diseases cause shortened telomeres. Hence, the shortening of telomeres complies with anta... |
Anti-sigma factors Summary Anti-sigma_factors In the regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes, anti-sigma factors bind to sigma factors and inhibit transcriptional activity. Anti-sigma factors have been found in a number of bacteria, including Escherichia coli and Salmonella, and in the T4 bacteriophage. Anti-sigma... |
Mathematical Logic Set theory Symbolic_Logic > Set theory Set theory is the study of sets, which are abstract collections of objects. Many of the basic notions, such as ordinal and cardinal numbers, were developed informally by Cantor before formal axiomatizations of set theory were developed. The first such axiomatiza... |
Mycobacterium kansasii infection Pathogenesis Mycobacterium_kansasii_infection > Pathogenesis M. kansasii may cause chronic human pulmonary disease resembling tuberculosis. Extrapulmonary infections, such as cervical lymphadenitis in children, cutaneous and soft tissues infections, and musculoskeletal system involvemen... |
Physical stress Uniaxial normal Physical_stress > Simple types > Uniaxial normal If the bar's length L is many times its diameter D, and it has no gross defects or built-in stress, then the stress can be assumed to be uniformly distributed over any cross-section that is more than a few times D from both ends. (This obs... |
Torch (machine learning) nn Torch_(machine_learning) > nn What follows is an example use-case for building a multilayer perceptron using Modules: Loss functions are implemented as sub-classes of Criterion, which has a similar interface to Module. It also has forward() and backward() methods for computing the loss and b... |
Exchange traded fund ETFs vs. Mutual Funds Exchange_traded_fund > ETFs vs. Mutual Funds ETFs are similar in many ways to mutual funds, except that ETFs are bought and sold from other owners throughout the day on stock exchanges, whereas mutual funds are bought and sold from the issuer based on their price at day's end.... |
Argument from reason Criticism by computationalists Argument_from_reason > Criticism by computationalists Some people think it is easy to refute any argument from reason just by appealing to the existence of computers. Computers, according to the objection, reason, they are also undeniably a physical system, but they a... |
Causal adequacy principle Overview Causal_adequacy_principle > Overview Descartes defends CAP by quoting Roman philosopher Lucretius: "Ex nihilo nihil fit", meaning "Nothing comes from nothing".—Lucretius: 146–482 In his meditations, Descartes uses the CAP to support his trademark argument for the existence of God. : 4... |
Bloom filters Distributed Bloom filters Bloom_filter > Extensions and applications > Distributed Bloom filters For both approaches a "Single Shot" Bloom filter is used which only calculates one hash, resulting in one flipped bit per element, to reduce the communication volume. Distributed Bloom filters are initiated by... |
Epiphyte Marine epiphytes Epiphyte > Marine epiphytes Photosynthetic epiphytes account for a large amount of the photosynthesis in systems in which they occur. This is typically between 20 and 60% of the total primary production of the ecosystem. They are a general group of organisms and are highly diverse, providing f... |
Ruthlessness gene Rats Arginine_vasopressin_receptor_1A > Role in behavior > Rats Avpr1a transcripts are diurnally expressed 12 hours out of phase from vasopressin expression in vasopressin and vasoactive intestinal polypeptide neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus in both vasopressin-normal Sprague-Dawley rats, as we... |
Electrochemical reactions Electrochemical cells Galvanic_couple > Electrochemical cells The anode is defined as the electrode where oxidation occurs and the cathode is the electrode where the reduction takes place. Electrodes can be made from any sufficiently conductive materials, such as metals, semiconductors, graphi... |
Election audits Ballot transport and storage Election_audit > Ballot transport and storage Seal numbers and photos would need their own secure storage. Experienced testers can usually bypass all physical security systems. Locks and cameras are vulnerable before and after delivery.Since 1850, people have known how to cr... |
Uncertainty management theory Managing uncertainty in relationships Uncertainty_management_theory > Managing uncertainty in relationships Although this withholding reduces uncertainty around where the relationship is going, it can increase uncertainty or at least maintain uncertainty levels for the other party about th... |
Least mean squares filter Normalized least mean squares filter (NLMS) Least_mean_squares_filter > Normalized least mean squares filter (NLMS) The main drawback of the "pure" LMS algorithm is that it is sensitive to the scaling of its input x ( n ) {\displaystyle x(n)} . This makes it very hard (if not impossible) to ch... |
High resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy Impact scattering High_resolution_electron_energy_loss_spectroscopy > Physics of HREELS > Impact scattering Impact scattering is the regime which deals with electrons that are scattered further away from the specular direction. In those cases no macroscopic theory exist... |
Electromagnetic scattering Summary Scattering_theory Examples include: cosmic ray scattering in the Earth's upper atmosphere; particle collisions inside particle accelerators; electron scattering by gas atoms in fluorescent lamps; and neutron scattering inside nuclear reactors.The types of non-uniformities which can ca... |
Unconventional computing Cellular automata and amorphous computing Alternative_computing > Biological approaches > Cellular automata and amorphous computing Cellular automata are discrete models of computation consisting of a grid of cells in a finite number of states, such as on and off. The state of each cell is dete... |
Distributed Artificial Intelligence Approaches Distributed_Artificial_Intelligence > Approaches Two types of DAI has emerged: In Multi-agent systems agents coordinate their knowledge and activities and reason about the processes of coordination. Agents are physical or virtual entities that can act, perceive its environ... |
Transitivity of identity Metaphysics of identity Transitivity_of_identity > Metaphysics of identity More mundanely, an identity in mathematics may be an equation that holds true for all values of a variable. Hegel argued that things are inherently self-contradictory and that the notion of something being self-identical... |
Principal submatrix Matrices with more general entries Matrix_(mathematics) > Abstract algebraic aspects and generalizations > Matrices with more general entries Wherever eigenvalues are considered, as these are roots of a polynomial they may exist only in a larger field than that of the entries of the matrix; for inst... |
Prime (liturgy) Summary Prime_(liturgy) Prime, or the First Hour, is one of the canonical hours of the Divine Office, said at the first hour of daylight (6:00 a.m. at the equinoxes but earlier in summer, later in winter), between the dawn hour of Lauds and the 9 a.m. hour of Terce. It remains part of the Christian litu... |
Iterative for loop 1980: Ada For_(command) > Timeline of the for-loop syntax in various programming languages > 1980: Ada The exit statement may be used to exit the loop. Loops can be labeled, and exit may leave a specifically labeled loop in a group of nested loops: |
Single threading Programming language support Single_threading > Programming language support A few interpreted programming languages have implementations (e.g., Ruby MRI for Ruby, CPython for Python) which support threading and concurrency but not parallel execution of threads, due to a global interpreter lock (GIL). ... |
Lobules of liver Clinical significance Liver_lobules > Clinical significance Bridging fibrosis, a type of fibrosis seen in several types of liver injury, describes fibrosis from the central vein to the portal triad. |
Crystallization methods Thermodynamic view Crystallization_processes > Thermodynamic view The crystallization process appears to violate the second principle of thermodynamics. Whereas most processes that yield more orderly results are achieved by applying heat, crystals usually form at lower temperatures – especially ... |
Motorized bicycle Power sources Motorized_bicycle > Power sources Besides connecting the engine to a sprocket, the engine can also be connected directly to the crank. This is called "crank drive" or "mid-drive" and also allows incorporating the gears of the bicycle in the motorized system. Most of these bikes and kits ... |
Passive diffusion Osmosis Passive_transport > Osmosis In hypotonic solutions, the water moves into the cell, down its concentration gradient (from higher to lower water concentrations). That can cause the cell to swell. |
Differential algebraic equation Summary Differential-algebraic_equation This distinction between ODEs and DAEs is made because DAEs have different characteristics and are generally more difficult to solve.In practical terms, the distinction between DAEs and ODEs is often that the solution of a DAE system depends on the... |
Oxidation reaction Redox reactions in industry Redox_system > Redox reactions in industry Redox reactions are the foundation of electrochemical cells, which can generate electrical energy or support electrosynthesis. Metal ores often contain metals in oxidized states such as oxides or sulfides, from which the pure meta... |
Mathematical methods of physics Before Newton Mathematical_Physics > Prominent mathematical physicists > Before Newton Having introduced experimentation, Galileo then refuted geocentric cosmology by refuting Aristotelian physics itself. Galileo's 1638 book Discourse on Two New Sciences established the law of equal free... |
Stirling engines Theory Stirling_Cryocooler > Theory An internal regenerative heat exchanger increases the Stirling engine's thermal efficiency compared to simpler hot air engines lacking this feature. The Stirling engine uses the temperature difference between its hot end and cold end to establish a cycle of a fixed m... |
Two New Sciences The law of falling bodies Two_New_Sciences > The two new sciences > The motion of objects > The law of falling bodies The data from the inclined plane experiments were used to calculate the expected horizontal motion. However, discrepancies were found in the results of the experiment: the observed hori... |
CAD model Summary Computer_Aided_Design The terms computer-aided drafting (CAD) and computer-aided design and drafting (CADD) are also used.Its use in designing electronic systems is known as electronic design automation (EDA). In mechanical design it is known as mechanical design automation (MDA), which includes the p... |
Active sensory system Chemical Active_sensory_system > Examples > Chemical Because propagation of chemicals take longer than other sources, only organisms with slow locomotion can utilize chemical signals to probe the environment. The slime mold Dictyostelium discoideum uses ammonia to probe the environment to avoid ob... |
Nerve guidance conduits Olfactory ensheathing cells Nerve_guidance_conduit > Cellular therapies > Glial cells > Olfactory ensheathing cells Another interesting concept is that OECs are found in both the peripheral and central nervous system portions of the primary olfactory system, that is, the olfactory epithelium and... |
Neural ensemble Encoding Neuronal_ensemble > Encoding An alternative to the ensemble hypothesis is the theory that there exist highly specialized neurons that serve as the mechanism of neuronal encoding. In the visual system, such cells are often referred to as grandmother cells because they would respond in very speci... |
Fragility (glass physics) Definition Fragility_(glass_physics) > Definition Glass-formers with a high fragility are called "fragile"; those with a low fragility are called "strong". For example, silica has a relatively low fragility and is called "strong", whereas some polymers have relatively high fragility and are ca... |
Tumor marker Uses Tumour_marker > Uses Tumor markers may be used for the following purposes: Screening for common cancers on a population basis. Broad screening for all or most types of cancer was originally suggested, but has since been shown not to be a realistic goal. Screening for specific cancer types or locations... |
Quantum Tunnelling Composite Applications Quantum_Tunnelling_Composite > Applications Sensors on the material can relay information on the force of an impact. Mirror and window operation such as gesture, stroke, or swipe can be used in automotive applications. Depending on the amount of pressure applied from the gestur... |
Paranoid schizophrenia Medication Negative_symptoms_of_schizophrenia > Management > Medication The first-line treatment for schizophrenia is an antipsychotic. The first-generation antipsychotics, now called typical antipsychotics, are dopamine antagonists that block D2 receptors, and affect the neurotransmission of dop... |
Model Engineer Summary Model_Engineer Model Engineer magazine was first published (in the United Kingdom) to support the hobby of model engineering in 1898 by Percival Marshall, who was to remain its editor for over 50 years. It has been owned by Mortons Media Group since 2022. The magazine addressed the emergence of a... |
Small nucleolar RNA SNORD87 Summary Small_nucleolar_RNA_SNORD87 In molecular biology, SNORD87 (also known as U87) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryote cell which is a... |
Plane segment Point–normal form and general form of the equation of a plane Planar_surface > Representation > Point–normal form and general form of the equation of a plane In mathematics it is a common convention to express the normal as a unit vector, but the above argument holds for a normal vector of any non-zero le... |
DI box Passive units DI_box > Passive units A passive DI unit consists of an audio transformer used as a balun. The term "passive" indicates that the unit does not require a power source (such as batteries or phantom power) to operate. This makes passive DIs less expensive, but it also means that they cannot amplify si... |
Reproducibility crisis Base rate of hypothesis accuracy Reproducibility_crisis > Causes > Base rate of hypothesis accuracy Bird's argument works as follows. Assuming an ideal situation of a test of significance, whereby the probability of incorrectly rejecting the null hypothesis is 5% (i.e. Type I error) and the proba... |
Seismic wide-angle reflection and refraction Receiver Seismic_wide-angle_reflection_and_refraction > Acquisition > Receiver The sound waves are normally recorded using 3-component seismometers, with ocean-bottom seismometers (OBS) used offshore. The three components allow the recording of S-waves as well as the P-waves... |
Tetrad (chromosomal formation) In mammals Metaphase_I > Occurrence > In mammals Therefore, in females each primary oocyte that undergoes meiosis results in one mature ovum and two or three polar bodies. There are pauses during meiosis in females. Maturing oocytes are arrested in prophase I of meiosis I and lie dormant ... |
Primitive gut Diaphragm and thoracic cavity Primitive_gut > Diaphragm and thoracic cavity The diaphragm divides the body cavity into the thoracic cavity and the abdominal cavity. It develops from four components: the septum transversum (central tendon), the pleuroperitoneal membranes, the dorsal mesentery of the esopha... |
Overlay network Internet Overlay_network > Uses > Internet Telecommunication transport networks and IP networks (which combined make up the broader Internet) are all overlaid with at least an optical fiber layer, a transport layer and an IP or circuit switching layers (in the case of the PSTN). |
Quadratic eigenvalue problem Methods of solution Quadratic_eigenvalue_problem > Methods of solution Direct methods for solving the standard or generalized eigenvalue problems A x = λ x {\displaystyle Ax=\lambda x} and A x = λ B x {\displaystyle Ax=\lambda Bx} are based on transforming the problem to Schur or Generalize... |
Retroflect Summary Retroflect Retroflection is the movement of an ocean current that doubles back on itself. |
Fermat's right triangle theorem Fermat's proof Fermat's_right_triangle_theorem > Fermat's proof Because u 2 + v 2 = ( r 2 + s 2 ) / 2 = p {\displaystyle u^{2}+v^{2}=(r^{2}+s^{2})/2=p} is a square, u {\displaystyle u} and v {\displaystyle v} are the legs of another primitive Pythagorean triangle whose area is u v / 2 = ... |
List of water-miscible solvents Summary List_of_water-miscible_solvents The following compounds are liquid at room temperature and are completely miscible with water; they are often used as solvents. Many of them are hygroscopic. |
Metallogels Synthesis Method Metallogels > Synthesis Method Since the properties of gels depend on the type of non-covalent interactions involved, the metal-ligand interaction provide not only thermodynamic stability, but also kinetic liability. The general method for synthesizing gels is to heat the solution, which co... |
Psychological testing Sample of behavior Psychological_test > Principles > Sample of behavior The term sample of behavior refers to an individual's performance on tasks that have usually been prescribed beforehand. The samples of behavior that make up a paper-and-pencil test, the most common type of psychological test,... |
Tree structure Layered "icicle" diagrams Tree_structure > Representing trees > Layered "icicle" diagrams Layered "icicle" diagrams that use alignment/adjacency. |
Residue (complex analysis) Simple poles Residue_(complex_analysis) > Calculating residues > Simple poles If it is equal to infinity then the order is higher than 1. It may be that the function f can be expressed as a quotient of two functions, f ( z ) = g ( z ) h ( z ) {\displaystyle f(z)={\frac {g(z)}{h(z)}}} , where ... |
Mill (currency) Summary Mill_(currency) The mill (American English) or mil (Commonwealth English, except Canada) is a unit of currency (sometimes symbolized as ₥), used in several countries as one-thousandth of the base unit. In the United States, it is a notional unit equivalent to a thousandth of a United States doll... |
Finite element machine Summary Finite_element_machine Calculations on traditional computers are performed at each node point and results communicated to adjacent node points until the behavior of the entire structure is computed. On the Finite Element Machine, microprocessors located at each node point perform these no... |
Cancer genome sequencing Summary Cancer_genome_sequencing Cancer genome sequencing is not limited to WG sequencing and can also include exome, transcriptome, micronome sequencing, and end-sequence profiling. These methods can be used to quantify gene expression, miRNA expression, and identify alternative splicing event... |
Teleparallelism New translation teleparallel gauge theory of gravity Teleparallelism > New translation teleparallel gauge theory of gravity Independently in 1967, Hayashi and Nakano revived Einstein's idea, and Pellegrini and Plebanski started to formulate the gauge theory of the spacetime translation group. Hayashi po... |
TCP SYN Window scaling Selective_acknowledgement > Protocol operation > Window scaling This causes sending and receiving sides to assume different TCP window sizes. The result is non-stable traffic that may be very slow. The problem is visible on some sites behind a defective router. |
Gödel's First Incompleteness Theorem Implications for consistency proofs Godel's_Incompleteness_Theorem > Second incompleteness theorem > Implications for consistency proofs This corollary of the second incompleteness theorem shows that there is no hope of proving, for example, the consistency of Peano arithmetic using... |
Noise curve Summary Noise_curve Different rooms, locations, regulations, and applications may allow different acceptable noise ratings. In most cases, the goal is that background noise should not interfere with the purpose of the room, e.g. the noise of an office air-conditioning system and consistent noise of traffic ... |
Salt wedge (hydrology) Implications for marine life Tidal_estuary > Implications for marine life However, large numbers of bacteria are found within the sediment which has a very high oxygen demand. This reduces the levels of oxygen within the sediment often resulting in partially anoxic conditions, which can be furthe... |
CAD/CAM dentistry CAD Software CAD/CAM_dentistry > Computer-aided design (CAD) > CAD Software They can also be adjusted manually. The path of insertion axis can be determined automatically which dictates the direction the dental prosthesis must move to fit into the tooth/mouth. Measurements can be made between points o... |
Direct Rendering Manager Kernel Mode Setting Graphics_Execution_Manager > Software architecture > Kernel Mode Setting Any DRM driver can choose to provide the DRIVER_MODESET flag when it registers with the DRM core to indicate that supports the KMS API. Those drivers that implement Kernel Mode-Setting are often called ... |
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