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Risk factors of schizophrenia Other views Risk_factors_of_schizophrenia > Other views However, unlike the current medical model of mental disorders, they may argue that poor parenting in tribal societies causes the shamans' schizoid personalities. Commentators such as Paul Kurtz and others have endorsed the idea that m... |
X-inactivation Overview Lyon_hypothesis > Mechanism > Cycle of X-chromosome activation in rodents > Overview As the meiosis I only completes with ovulation, human germ cells exist in this stage from the first weeks of development until puberty. The completion of meiosis leads to: XaM AND XaP haploid germ cells (eggs).T... |
Hilbert R-tree Summary Hilbert_R-tree There are two types of Hilbert R-trees: one for static databases, and one for dynamic databases. In both cases Hilbert space-filling curves are used to achieve better ordering of multidimensional objects in the node. This ordering has to be "good", in the sense that it should group... |
Environmental stress Effects of chronic stress Environmental_stresses > Effects of chronic stress Similarly, the effects that acute stressors have on the immune system may be increased when there is perceived stress and/or anxiety due to other events. For example, students who are taking exams show weaker immune respon... |
Protein biosynthesis Transcription Protein_biosynthesis > Transcription Despite DNA being a double-stranded molecule, only one of the strands acts as a template for pre-mRNA synthesis - this strand is known as the template strand. The other DNA strand (which is complementary to the template strand) is known as the codi... |
Principal submatrix Symmetric or skew-symmetric matrix Matrix_equation > Square matrix > Main types > Symmetric or skew-symmetric matrix A square matrix A that is equal to its transpose, that is, A = AT, is a symmetric matrix. If instead, A is equal to the negative of its transpose, that is, A = −AT, then A is a skew-s... |
Mental models and reasoning Summary Mental_models_and_reasoning The mental model theory of reasoning was developed by Philip Johnson-Laird and Ruth M.J. Byrne (Johnson-Laird and Byrne, 1991). It has been applied to the main domains of deductive inference including relational inferences such as spatial and temporal dedu... |
Eventual consistency Strong eventual consistency Eventual_consistency > Strong eventual consistency Whereas eventual consistency is only a liveness guarantee (updates will be observed eventually), strong eventual consistency (SEC) adds the safety guarantee that any two nodes that have received the same (unordered) set ... |
Glossary of computer chess terms A–M Glossary_of_computer_chess_terms > A–M heuristic A method used to solve a problem that is not guaranteed to be optimal or correct, employed when a method for the exact solution of the problem is unknown or impractical. Heuristics can be used in computer chess to evaluate positions a... |
Contraction hierarchy Algorithm Contraction_hierarchies > Algorithm The contraction hierarchies (CH) algorithm is a two-phase approach to the shortest path problem consisting of a preprocessing phase and a query phase. As road networks change rather infrequently, more time (seconds to hours) can be used to once precomp... |
Pseudo-LRU Tree-PLRU Pseudo-LRU > Tree-PLRU To find a pseudo-LRU element, traverse the tree according to the values of the flags. To update the tree with an access to an item N, traverse the tree to find N and, during the traversal, set the node flags to denote the direction that is opposite to the direction taken. Thi... |
Space launch Energy Space_launch > Issues with reaching space > Energy In the past fifty years spaceflight has usually meant remaining in space for a period of time, rather than going up and immediately falling back to earth. This entails orbit, which is mostly a matter of velocity, not altitude, although that does not... |
Quickselect Summary Quickselect In computer science, quickselect is a selection algorithm to find the kth smallest element in an unordered list, also known as the kth order statistic. Like the related quicksort sorting algorithm, it was developed by Tony Hoare, and thus is also known as Hoare's selection algorithm. Lik... |
Rounded rectangle Mathematical properties Superellipse > Mathematical properties {\displaystyle \mathrm {Area} ={\frac {4ab}{n}}\mathrm {B} \!\left({\frac {1}{n}},{\frac {1}{n}}+1\right).} The pedal curve is relatively straightforward to compute. Specifically, the pedal of is given in polar coordinates by |
Beamforming Summary Antenna_beamforming Beamforming or spatial filtering is a signal processing technique used in sensor arrays for directional signal transmission or reception. This is achieved by combining elements in an antenna array in such a way that signals at particular angles experience constructive interferenc... |
Bacterial sepsis Summary Bacterial_sepsis A central venous catheter and an arterial catheter may be placed for access to the bloodstream and to guide treatment. Other helpful measurements include cardiac output and superior vena cava oxygen saturation. People with sepsis need preventive measures for deep vein thrombosi... |
Geography Scale Four_traditions_of_geography > Fundamentals > Core concepts > Scale Scale in the context of a map is the ratio between a distance measured on the map and the corresponding distance as measured on the ground. This concept is fundamental to the discipline of geography, not just cartography, in that phenom... |
Laplace Transform Bilateral Laplace transform S_plane > Formal definition > Bilateral Laplace transform When one says "the Laplace transform" without qualification, the unilateral or one-sided transform is usually intended. The Laplace transform can be alternatively defined as the bilateral Laplace transform, or two-si... |
MiR-122 Expression and regulation MiR-122 > Expression and regulation The mature sequence is excised from the 5' arm of the hairpin.There is evidence that miR-122 is regulated by Rev-ErbA alpha which is involved in circadian gene expression, suggesting that miR-122 is a circadian metabolic regulator. miR-122 regulates ... |
Cyanate anion Complexes with the cyanate ion Cyanate > Complexes with the cyanate ion Cyanate is an ambidentate ligand which can donate the pair of electrons on the nitrogen atom or the oxygen atom, or both. Structurally the isomers can be distinguished by the geometry of the complex. In N-bonded cyanate complexes the ... |
Picnic table Summary Picnic_table They are used for a wide range of dining, educational, recreational and community-building purposes. Their popularity has various impacts on the flora, fauna and soil around picnic table sites, where they often attract various species interested in feeding on human food. Picnic tables ... |
Optical lens design Lens optimization Optical_lens_design > Lens optimization A simple two-element air-spaced lens has nine variables (four radii of curvature, two thicknesses, one airspace thickness, and two glass types). A multi-configuration lens corrected over a wide spectral band and field of view over a range of ... |
Distributed data flow Formal representation Distributed_data_flow > Formal representation Consistent flows typically represent various sorts of global decisions made by the protocol or application. Monotonicity. A distributed flow is said to be weakly monotonic if for any pair of events e_1 and e_2 that occur at the sa... |
Foam cells Composition Foam_cell > Composition Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol (LDL-C — also known as “bad” cholesterol) and particularly modified forms of LDL cholesterol such as oxidized, glycated, or acetylated LDL, is contained by a foam cell - a marker of atherosclerosis. The uptake of LDL-C alone does n... |
GNU Autotools GNU Automake GNU_Build_System > Components > GNU Automake Automake helps to create portable Makefiles, which are in turn processed with the make utility. It takes its input as Makefile.am, and turns it into Makefile.in, which is used by the configure script to generate the file Makefile output. It also pe... |
Fish anatomy Cerebellum Fish_anatomy > Nervous system > Cerebellum In amphibians, lampreys, and hagfish, the cerebellum is little developed; in the latter two groups, it is barely distinguishable from the brain-stem. Although the spinocerebellum is present in these groups, the primary structures are small paired nuclei... |
Rydberg polaron Summary Rydberg_polaron Under these circumstances, the distance between the nucleus and the electron of the excited Rydberg atoms is higher than the average distance of the atoms of the condensate. As a result, some atoms lie inside the orbit of the Rydberg atom's electron. As the atoms don't have an el... |
Wave disk engine Operational principles Wave_disk_engine > Operational principles As with all heat engines, the efficiency of a wave disk engine is governed by the temperature difference between the hot and cold sides (see Carnot's theorem). Compared to a conventional piston engine (reciprocating engine), a wave disk e... |
Point-to-point laser technology Benefits Point-to-point_laser_technology > Benefits PPLT has many benefits in creating BIM or (CAD) models. Entering data directly into a CAD- or BIM-enabled work station allows a user or 'surveyor' to capture and confirm a building's geometry on site. This effectively builds a digital m... |
Periodic table of chemical elements Period 1 Mendeleev's_table > Variations > Period 1 Although the modern periodic table is standard today, the placement of the period 1 elements hydrogen and helium remains an open issue under discussion, and some variation can be found. Following electron configurations, hydrogen wou... |
Spinodal decomposition Fourier transform Spinodal_decomposition > Fourier transform The motivation for the Fourier transformation comes from the study of a Fourier series. In the study of a Fourier series, complicated periodic functions are written as the sum of simple waves mathematically represented by sines and cosi... |
Maximally informative dimensions Summary Maximally_informative_dimensions Maximally informative dimensions is a dimensionality reduction technique used in the statistical analyses of neural responses. Specifically, it is a way of projecting a stimulus onto a low-dimensional subspace so that as much information as possi... |
Program equilibrium Setting and definition Program_equilibrium > Setting and definition Finally, the utilities for the players are given by u i ( s 1 , s 2 ) {\displaystyle u_{i}(s_{1},s_{2})} for i = 1 , 2 {\displaystyle i=1,2} , i.e., by applying the utility functions for the base game to the chosen strategies. One h... |
Microsuction tape Summary Microsuction_tape Friction force is not significantly reduced over time and it does not depend significantly on contact area. Specific traction (force per surface unit) is roughly proportional to contact pressure. |
Wedderburn principal theorem Representation theory Commutative_algebra_(structure) > Examples > Representation theory The universal enveloping algebra of a Lie algebra is an associative algebra that can be used to study the given Lie algebra. If G is a group and R is a commutative ring, the set of all functions from G ... |
Extremal principles in non-equilibrium thermodynamics Paltridge Extremal_principles_in_non-equilibrium_thermodynamics > Historical development > Paltridge According to Tuck (2008), "On the macroscopic level, the way has been pioneered by a meteorologist (Paltridge 1975, 2001). Initially Paltridge (1975) used the termin... |
Compiler theory Compiled versus interpreted languages Semantic_analysis_(computer_science) > Compiled versus interpreted languages It only hides it from the user and makes it gradual. Even though an interpreter can itself be interpreted, a set of directly executed machine instructions is needed somewhere at the bottom ... |
Minimal standard model Journal articles Standard_Model_of_Particle_Physics > Further reading > Journal articles doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-012-2205-9. S2CID 15052448. Y. Hayato; et al. (1999). |
Multilinear subspace learning Summary Multilinear_subspace_learning Multilinear subspace learning is an approach for disentangling the causal factor of data formation and performing dimensionality reduction. The Dimensionality reduction can be performed on a data tensor that contains a collection of observations have b... |
AI capability control Motivation AI_box > Motivation Some hypothetical intelligence technologies, like "seed AI", are postulated to be able to make themselves faster and more intelligent by modifying their source code. These improvements would make further improvements possible, which would in turn make further iterati... |
Turing-computable function Description Universal_computation > Description Among these is the special start state with which the state register is initialized. These states, writes Turing, replace the "state of mind" a person performing computations would ordinarily be in. A finite table of instructions that, given the... |
Operon History Polycistronic_operon > History Therefore, it is not possible to talk of a general regulatory mechanism, because different operons have different mechanisms. Today, the operon is simply defined as a cluster of genes transcribed into a single mRNA molecule. Nevertheless, the development of the concept is c... |
Longitudinal stress Causes and effects Physical_stress > Causes and effects In general, the stress distribution in a body is expressed as a piecewise continuous function of space and time. Conversely, stress is usually correlated with various effects on the material, possibly including changes in physical properties li... |
RX J0822−4300 Summary RX_J0822−4300 RX J0822−4300, often referred to as a "Cosmic Cannonball", is a radio-quiet neutron star currently moving away from the center of the Puppis A supernova remnant at over 3 million miles per hour (5 400 000 km/h; 1500 km/s; ~0.5% the speed of light), making it one of the fastest moving... |
Time scale Summary Time_scale Time scale may refer to: Time standard, a specification of either the rate at which time passes, points in time, or both A duration or quantity of time: Orders of magnitude (time) as a power of 10 in seconds; A specific unit of time Geological time scale, a scale that divides up the histor... |
Residual dipolar coupling Summary Residual_dipolar_coupling The residual dipolar coupling between two spins in a molecule occurs if the molecules in solution exhibit a partial alignment leading to an incomplete averaging of spatially anisotropic dipolar couplings. Partial molecular alignment leads to an incomplete aver... |
NP-complete problem Common misconceptions NP_completeness > Common misconceptions Further, some NP-complete problems actually have algorithms running in superpolynomial, but subexponential time such as O(2√nn). For example, the independent set and dominating set problems for planar graphs are NP-complete, but can be so... |
Bicycle computer Cyclist power measurement Bicycle_computer > Additional information > Cyclist power measurement Some more sophisticated models are able to measure the rider's power in terms of watts. These units incorporate elements that measure torque at the crank, or rear wheel hub, or tension on the chain. This tec... |
Atom (text editor) Summary Atom_(text_editor) Atom was a free and open-source text and source code editor for macOS, Linux, and Windows with support for plug-ins written in JavaScript, and embedded Git Control. Developed by GitHub, Atom was released on June 25, 2015.Most of the extending packages have free software lic... |
Turing-computable function Computability theory Deterministic_Turing_machine > References > Computability theory Taylor L. Booth (1967), Sequential Machines and Automata Theory, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. Graduate level engineering text; ranges over a wide variety of topics, Chapter IX Turing Machines include... |
Ancestral reconstruction Empirical and hierarchical Bayes Ancestral_reconstruction > Methods and algorithms > Bayesian inference > Empirical and hierarchical Bayes Huelsenbeck and Bollback first proposed a hierarchical Bayes method to ancestral reconstruction by using Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods to sample a... |
Mathematical Logic Other classical logics Mathematical_Logic > Formal logical systems > Other classical logics The semantics are defined so that, rather than having a separate domain for each higher-type quantifier to range over, the quantifiers instead range over all objects of the appropriate type. The logics studied... |
Colonial morphology Interpretation Colony_morphology > Interpretation aureus. : 101: 203 Observation of hemolysis is useful in the presumptive identification of bacteria,: 165–6 especially streptococci, which are classified on the basis of their hemolytic reactions. : 92 For example, Streptococcus pyogenes, which cause... |
Monte Carlo methods for electron transport Schrödinger-based correction Monte_Carlo_method_for_electron_transport > Quantum corrections for Monte Carlo simulation > Schrödinger-based correction This approach involves periodical solving of a Schrödinger equation in a simulation with the input being the self-consistent e... |
Numerical-value equation Formalisms Numerical-value_equation > Dimensionless concepts > Formalisms Now, the correlation length is the relevant length scale related to critical phenomena, so one can, e.g., surmise on "dimensional grounds" that the non-analytical part of the free energy per lattice site should be ∼ 1 / ξ... |
Jing Fang Music theory Jing_Fang > Music theory 122 BC in the Huainanzi, a book is written for the prince of Huainan. Huainanzi emphasizes that the number of musical temperament and calendar reflect the path of heaven and earth.He accomplished this calculation by beginning with a suitable large starting value ( 3 11 = ... |
Abstract concept Arguments against the classical theory Abstract_concept > Notable theories on the structure of concepts > Classical theory > Arguments against the classical theory If concepts and categories were very well defined, such cases should be rare. Since then, many researches have discovered borderline member... |
Feedback linearization Summary Feedback_linearization Feedback linearization is a common strategy employed in nonlinear control to control nonlinear systems. Feedback linearization techniques may be applied to nonlinear control systems of the form where x ( t ) ∈ R n {\displaystyle x(t)\in \mathbb {R} ^{n}} is the stat... |
K-trivial set Developments after 2008 K-trivial_set > Brief history and development > Developments after 2008 From 2009 on, concepts from analysis entered the stage. This helped solving some notorious problems. One says that a set Y is a positive density point if every effectively closed class containing Y has positive... |
Pulmonary aspiration Prevention Pulmonary_aspiration > Prevention In patients at imminent risk of aspiration, tracheal intubation by a trained health professional provides the best protection. A simpler intervention that can be implemented is to lay the patient on their side in the recovery position (as taught in first... |
Achromatic refractor How it works Achromatic_telescope > How it works The image of a star can appear blue on one side and orange on the other. Early refracting telescopes with non-achromatic objectives were constructed with very long focal lengths to mask the chromatic aberration. An Achromatic telescope uses an achrom... |
XOXO (microformat) XML format XOXO_(microformat) > XML format Represents a hyperlink for an item in the outline. Possible attributes include: a title attribute to indicate additional information; a type attribute to indicate the MIME type of the link destination; a rel attribute to indicate the link resource’s relation... |
Genome editing with engineered nucleases Zinc finger nucleases Adenine_base_editing > Process > Engineered nucleases > Zinc finger nucleases It is also possible to fuse a protein constructed in this way with the catalytic domain of an endonuclease in order to induce a targeted DNA break, and therefore to use these prot... |
Harrod–Domar model Summary Harrod–Domar_model The Harrod–Domar model was the precursor to the exogenous growth model.Neoclassical economists claimed shortcomings in the Harrod–Domar model—in particular the instability of its solution—and, by the late 1950s, started an academic dialogue that led to the development of th... |
Solar power tower Design Solar_power_tower > Design Some concentrating solar power towers are air-cooled instead of water-cooled, to avoid using limited desert water Flat glass is used instead of the more expensive curved glass Thermal storage to store the heat in molten salt containers to continue producing electricit... |
Chemical game theory Summary Chemical_game_theory The reactions occurring in the reactors are comparable to the decision-making process of each player. The concentrations of the final products represent the likelihood of each outcome given the preexisting biases and pains for the situation. == References == |
Collaboration technologies Commons-based peer production Collaboration_technologies > Occupational examples > Technology > Commons-based peer production Commons-based peer production is a term coined by Yale Law professor Yochai Benkler to describe a new model of economic production in which the creative energy of larg... |
Subroutine call Language support Procedure_call > Language support High-level programming languages usually include specific constructs to: Delimit the part of the program (body) that makes up the function Assign an identifier (name) to the function Specify the names and data types of its parameters and return values P... |
Apoptotic pathway Viral infection Apoptotic_pathway > Implication in disease > Viral infection It can be interpreted by counting, measuring, and analyzing the cells of the Sub/G1 cell population. When HeLA cells are infected with OROV, the cytochrome C is released from the membrane of the mitochondria, into the cytosol... |
Genetics of cancer Point mutations Oncogenomics > Mitochondrial DNA > Point mutations Point mutations have been observed in the coding and non-coding region of the mtDNA contained in cancer cells. In individuals with bladder, head/neck and lung cancers, the point mutations within the coding region show signs of resembl... |
Naïve set theory Specifying sets Naive_Set_Theory > Specifying sets An extreme (but correct) example of this notation is {}, which denotes the empty set. The notation {x: P(x)}, or sometimes {x |P(x)}, is used to denote the set containing all objects for which the condition P holds (known as defining a set intensionall... |
Betti cohomology Sheaf cohomology Extraordinary_cohomology_theories > Sheaf cohomology Grothendieck defined sheaf cohomology groups to be the right derived functors of the left exact functor E ↦ E(X).That definition suggests various generalizations. For example, one can define the cohomology of a topological space X wi... |
Acute lymphocytic leukemia Genetics Acute_lymphocytic_leukemia > Cause > Risk factors > Genetics Common inherited risk factors include mutations in ARID5B, CDKN2A/2B, CEBPE, IKZF1, GATA3, PIP4K2A and, more rarely, TP53. These genes play important roles in cellular development, proliferation, and differentiation. Indivi... |
Long-term depression Prefrontal cortex Long_term_depression > Mechanisms that weaken synapses > Prefrontal cortex The neurotransmitter serotonin is involved in LTD induction in the prefrontal cortex (PFC). The serotonin system in the PFC plays an important role in regulating cognition and emotion. Serotonin, in coopera... |
Sign (mathematics) Complex numbers Nonnegative_number > Sign of a number > Complex numbers {\displaystyle e^{i\pi }=-1.} For the definition of a complex sign-function. see § Complex sign function below. |
Control–feedback–abort loop The control element Control–feedback–abort_loop > A description of the control–feedback–abort (CFA) loop > The control element The Control element is the ‘primary control’ for the system. While everything is operating within a ‘normal’ operational mode, the Control element remains the primar... |
List of undecidable problems Summary List_of_undecidable_problems In computability theory, an undecidable problem is a type of computational problem that requires a yes/no answer, but where there cannot possibly be any computer program that always gives the correct answer; that is, any possible program would sometimes ... |
Freewheeling diode Induction at the opening of a contact Flyback_diode > Induction at the opening of a contact Another way to dissipate energy is through electromagnetic radiation. Similarly, for non-mechanical solid-state switching (i.e., a transistor), large voltage drops across an unactivated solid-state switch can ... |
Geostationary Transfer Orbit Other considerations Geostationary_Transfer_Orbit > Other considerations Because of Baikonur's high latitude and range safety considerations that block launches directly east, it requires less delta-v to transfer satellites to GEO by using a supersynchronous transfer orbit where the apogee ... |
T-duality Superstrings T-duality > Superstrings Up until the mid 1990s, physicists working on string theory believed there were five distinct versions of the theory: type I, type IIA, type IIB, and the two flavors of heterotic string theory (SO(32) and E8×E8). The different theories allow different types of strings, an... |
Specific entropy Carnot cycle Entropy > Definitions and descriptions > Carnot cycle This allowed Kelvin to establish his absolute temperature scale. It is also known that the net work W produced by the system in one cycle is the net heat absorbed, which is the sum (or difference of the magnitudes) of the heat QH > 0 ab... |
Comparison of remote desktop software Terminology Comparison_of_remote_desktop_software > Features > Terminology NAT passthrough: the ability to connect to the server behind a NAT without configuring the router's port forwarding rules. It offers an advantage when you can't reconfigure the router/firewall (for example i... |
Double-loop learning Historical precursors Double-loop_learning > Historical precursors A Behavioral Theory of the Firm (1963) describes how organizations learn, using (what would now be described as) double-loop learning: An organization ... changes its behavior in response to short-run feedback from the environment a... |
Severe weather Heavy snowfall Severe_weather > Severe winter weather > Heavy snowfall Conditions within blizzards often include large quantities of blowing snow and strong winds that may significantly reduce visibility. Reduced viability of personnel on foot may result in extended exposure to the blizzard and increase ... |
Integer sorting Algorithms for few items Integer_sorting > Theoretical algorithms > Algorithms for few items As in the algorithm of Kirkpatrick and Reisch, they perform range reduction using a representation of the keys as numbers in base b for a careful choice of b. Their range reduction algorithm replaces each digit ... |
Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation History in Parkinson’s disease Adaptive_Deep_Brain_Stimulation > History in Parkinson’s disease A systematic multicentre international study consisted of six investigational sites (in Italy, Poland and The Netherlands) was also conducted to highlight safety and efficacy of aDBS vs cDBS u... |
Magnetic sense Electromagnetic induction Magnetoreception > Proposed mechanisms > In animals > Electromagnetic induction Another possible mechanism of magnetoreception in animals is electromagnetic induction in cartilaginous fish, namely sharks, stingrays, and chimaeras. These fish have electroreceptive organs, the amp... |
Mitsunobu reaction Summary Mitsunobu_reaction The alcohol reacts with the phosphine to create a good leaving group then undergoes an inversion of stereochemistry in classic SN2 fashion as the nucleophile displaces it. A common side-product is produced when the azodicarboxylate displaces the leaving group instead of the... |
Quantum Break Story Quantum_Break > Development > Story According to Louden, the story characters are not "black and white", and depending on the player's perspective, players will feel sympathy for the villain and feel torn when making the choices. Junction points were a tool used by Remedy to add replayability to the... |
Schedule III controlled substance Research exemptions Schedule_I_controlled_substance > Research exemptions The act contains several "generic statements" or "chemical space" laws, which aim to control all chemicals similar to the "named" substance, these provide detailed descriptions similar to Markushes, these include... |
NBench Shortcomings NBench > Shortcomings Currently, each benchmark test uses only a single execution thread. However, most modern operating systems have some multitasking component. How a system "scales" as more tasks are run simultaneously is an effect that NBench does not explore. |
Orthogonal basis In functional analysis Orthogonal_basis > In functional analysis In functional analysis, an orthogonal basis is any basis obtained from an orthonormal basis (or Hilbert basis) using multiplication by nonzero scalars. |
Telomere shortening End replication problem Telomere_shortening > Structure and function > End replication problem Most prokaryotes, relying on circular chromosomes, accordingly do not possess telomeres. A small fraction of bacterial chromosomes (such as those in Streptomyces, Agrobacterium, and Borrelia), however, are... |
Social immunity Concept Social_immunity > Concept Social immunity is the evolution of an additional level of immunity in the colonies of eusocial insects (some bees and wasps, all ants and termites). Social immunity includes collective disease defences in other stable societies, including those of primates, and has als... |
Allostasis Nature of concept Allostasis > Nature of concept Allostasis encourages increased attention to new solutions at the level of society, as well as the individual and immediate community.Allostatic regulation reflects, at least partly, cephalic involvement in primary regulatory events, in that it is anticipatory... |
H3K9me2 Epigenetic implications H3K9me2 > Epigenetic implications Different developmental stages were profiled in Drosophila as well, an emphasis was placed on histone modification relevance. A look in to the data obtained led to the definition of chromatin states based on histone modifications. Certain modifications w... |
Alcoholic fatty liver disease Laboratory findings Alcoholic_liver_disease > Diagnosis > Laboratory findings Other laboratory findings include red blood cell macrocytosis (mean corpuscular volume > 100) and elevations of serum gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), alkaline phosphatase, and bilirubin levels. Folate level is ... |
Double-layer capacitor Evolution of components Hybrid_capacitor > History > Evolution of components That changed around 1978 as Panasonic marketed its Goldcaps brand. This product became a successful energy source for memory backup applications. |
De Broglie wavelength Matter waves vs. electromagnetic waves (light) Matter_waves > Matter waves vs. electromagnetic waves (light) Obviously visible light interacts weakly with air molecules. By contrast, strongly interacting particles like slow electrons and molecules require vacuum: the matter wave properties rapidly... |
Cycle shape Definition Circular_notation > Definition To distinguish between these two, the identifiers active and passive are sometimes prefixed to the term permutation, whereas in older terminology substitutions and permutations are used.A permutation can be decomposed into one or more disjoint cycles, that is, the o... |
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