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Erdos–Renyi model Caveats Erdős–Rényi_model > Caveats Both of the two major assumptions of the G(n, p) model (that edges are independent and that each edge is equally likely) may be inappropriate for modeling certain real-life phenomena. Erdős–Rényi graphs have low clustering, unlike many social networks. Some modeling...
International Virtual Observatory Alliance VOTable International_Virtual_Observatory_Alliance > Working Groups > VOTable The VOTable Working Group is in charge of the VOTable format, which is an XML standard for the interchange of data represented as a set of tables. In this context, a table is an unordered set of rows...
Cayley–Hamilton theorem Summary Hamilton-Cayley_theorem One can create an analogous polynomial p A ( A ) {\displaystyle p_{A}(A)} in the matrix A instead of the scalar variable λ, defined as p A ( A ) = A n + c n − 1 A n − 1 + ⋯ + c 1 A + c 0 I n . {\displaystyle p_{A}(A)=A^{n}+c_{n-1}A^{n-1}+\cdots +c_{1}A+c_{0}I_{n}~...
Psychiatric epidemiology Assessment of disorders Psychiatric_epidemiology > Assessment of disorders Many different instruments are used to assess mental disorders in epidemiological studies depending on the age of the participants, available recourses and other considerations. Studies featuring adolescents and adults o...
History of general-purpose CPUs VLIW and EPIC History_of_general-purpose_CPUs > 1990 to today: Looking forward > VLIW and EPIC In January 2000, Transmeta Corporation took the novel step of placing a compiler in the central processing unit, and making the compiler translate from a reference byte code (in their case, x86...
Causes of Parkinson's disease Environmental factors Causes_of_Parkinson's_disease > Environmental factors Exposure to pesticides, metals, solvents, and other toxicants has been studied as a factor in the development of Parkinson's disease. No definitive causal relationship has yet been established. Recent studies also ...
Hydrogen evolution reaction Summary Hydrogen_evolution_reaction Hydrogen evolution reaction (HER) is a chemical reaction that yields H2. The conversion of protons to H2 requires reducing equivalents and usually a catalyst. In nature, HER is catalyzed by hydrogenase enzymes. Commercial electrolyzers typically employ pla...
Drosophila embryogenesis Life cycle Drosophila_embryogenesis > Life cycle At this time, segments of the embryo become visible, creating a striped arrangement along the anterior-posterior axis. The earliest signs of segmentation appear during this phase with the formation of parasegmental furrows. This is also when the ...
Anchor Modeling Philosophy Anchor_Modeling > Philosophy Anchor modeling was created in order to take advantage of the benefits from a high degree of normalization while avoiding its drawbacks which higher normal forms have with regards to human readability. Advantages such as being able to non-destructively evolve the ...
Pulse compression Summary Pulse_compression Pulse compression is a signal processing technique commonly used by radar, sonar and echography to either increase the range resolution when pulse length is constrained or increase the signal to noise ratio when the peak power and the bandwidth (or equivalently range resoluti...
DNA construct Applications Artificial_plasmids > Applications DNA constructs can be used to produce proteins, including both naturally occurring proteins and engineered mutant proteins. These proteins can be used to make therapeutic products, such as pharmaceuticals and antibodies. DNA constructs can also change the ex...
Vertical microcode Comparison to VLIW and RISC Microcode > Comparison to VLIW and RISC Analysis shows complex instructions are rarely used, hence the machine resources devoted to them are largely wasted. The machine resources devoted to rarely used complex instructions are better used for expediting performance of simp...
Werner Heisenberg Summary Werner_Heisenberg Werner Karl Heisenberg (pronounced ; 5 December 1901 – 1 February 1976) was a German theoretical physicist and one of the main pioneers of the theory of quantum mechanics. He published his work in 1925 in a major breakthrough paper. In the subsequent series of papers with Ma...
Polo-like kinase 1 Localization Polo-like_kinase_1 > Localization During interphase, PLK1 localizes to centrosomes. In early mitosis, it associates with mitotic spindle poles. A recombinant GFP-PLK1 protein localizes to centromere/kinetochore region, suggesting a possible role for chromosome separation.
Liouville's formula Proof of Liouville's formula Liouville's_formula > Proof of Liouville's formula . . , n} by the linearity of the determinant with respect to every row.
Kelvin water dropper Principles of operation Water-dropping_condenser > Principles of operation This energy comes from the gravitational potential energy released when the water falls. The charged falling water drops do work against the opposing electric field of the like-charged containers, which exerts an upward forc...
Neurosymbolic AI Summary Neuro-symbolic_AI System 2 handles planning, deduction, and deliberative thinking. In this view, deep learning best handles the first kind of cognition while symbolic reasoning best handles the second kind. Both are needed for a robust, reliable AI that can learn, reason, and interact with huma...
Serine endopeptidase Inhibition Serine_type_carboxypeptidase > Regulation of serine protease activity > Inhibition There are certain inhibitors that resemble the tetrahedral intermediate, and thus fill up the active site, preventing the enzyme from working properly. Trypsin, a powerful digestive enzyme, is generated in...
Inverse discrete Fourier transform Generalized DFT (shifted and non-linear phase) Circular_cross-correlation > Generalized DFT (shifted and non-linear phase) Another interesting choice is a = b = − ( N − 1 ) / 2 {\displaystyle a=b=-(N-1)/2} , which is called the centered DFT (or CDFT). The centered DFT has the useful p...
Acidity constant Applications and significance Acid–base_equilibrium > Applications and significance Compared with an aqueous solution, the pH of a buffer solution is relatively insensitive to the addition of a small amount of strong acid or strong base. The buffer capacity of a simple buffer solution is largest when p...
Passive sign convention AC circuits Passive_sign_convention > AC circuits However, the average power still obeys the passive sign convention. The average power dissipation over a cycle is P = I V cos ⁡ θ {\displaystyle P=IV\cos {\theta }} , where V {\displaystyle V} is the voltage amplitude, I {\displaystyle I} is the ...
Object Oriented Programming Criticism Object-oriented_software_engineering > Criticism It claims that everything is an object. Even if it is true it is not very interesting — saying that everything is an object is saying nothing at all. Paul Graham has suggested that OOP's popularity within large companies is due to "l...
Battery torque wrench Summary Battery_torque_wrench The torque output is adjusted by varying the voltage on the motor. The battery torque wrench is used to remove stubborn nuts, or to apply accurate torque. The gearboxes can have multiplication ratios up to 125:1.
Internet tracking Protection through information overflow Internet_privacy > Risks of Internet privacy > Reduction of risks to Internet privacy > Protection through information overflow According to Nicklas Lundblad, another perspective on privacy protection is the assumption that the quickly growing amount of informat...
Energy landscape Summary Energy_landscape An energy landscape is a mapping of possible states of a system. The concept is frequently used in physics, chemistry, and biochemistry, e.g. to describe all possible conformations of a molecular entity, or the spatial positions of interacting molecules in a system, or paramete...
Stress–strain analysis Fundamental problem Stress–strain_analysis > Scope > Fundamental problem The fundamental problem in stress analysis is to determine the distribution of internal stresses throughout the system, given the external forces that are acting on it. In principle, that means determining, implicitly or exp...
Outline of databases Types of databases Outline_of_databases > Types of databases Government database – collects personal information for various reasons (mass surveillance, Schengen Information System in the European Union, social security, statistics, etc.). Graph database – uses graph structures with nodes, edges, a...
Henry J. Kelley Summary Henry_J._Kelley In 1963, he left Grumman (as Assistant Chief of the Research Department) and founded Analytical Mechanics Associates with two partners. In 1978, he became a professor in the Aerospace and Ocean Engineering Department at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.His paper on "Gradient Th...
Ring signatures Applications and modifications Ring_signatures > Applications and modifications Namely, t parties (i1, i2, ..., it) can compute a (t, n)-ring signature, σ, on a message, m, on input (m, Si1, Si2, ..., Sit, P1, ..., Pn). Linkable ring signatures The property of linkability allows one to determine whether...
Graph grammar Summary Graph_grammar In computer science, graph transformation, or graph rewriting, concerns the technique of creating a new graph out of an original graph algorithmically. It has numerous applications, ranging from software engineering (software construction and also software verification) to layout alg...
Youth Without Youth (film) Critical response Youth_Without_Youth_(film) > Reception > Critical response You know it's pretentious when the ads print the logo backward and upside down. Not one word of this bilge makes one lick of sense, and it is two hours and six minutes long. The only way to survive Youth Without Yout...
Marine Life Marine bacteria Basal_animal > Microorganisms > Marine bacteria Bacteria constitute a large domain of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a number of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria were among the first life forms to appear on Earth, an...
AE index Spacecraft electronics AE_index > Effects > Spacecraft electronics In most cases, the radiation causes an erroneous signal or changes one bit in memory of a spacecraft's electronics (single event upsets). In a few cases, the radiation destroys a section of the electronics (single-event latchup). Spacecraft cha...
Enzyme cofactor Summary Enzyme_cofactor Many contain the nucleotide adenosine monophosphate (AMP) as part of their structures, such as ATP, coenzyme A, FAD, and NAD+. This common structure may reflect a common evolutionary origin as part of ribozymes in an ancient RNA world. It has been suggested that the AMP part of t...
Social immunity Role in the evolution of group living Social_immunity > Evolution > Role in the evolution of group living The transition from solitary living to group living (identified by John Maynard Smith as one of the seven major transitions in evolutionary history) brought with it many fitness benefits (increased ...
Amylmetacresol Mechanism of action Amylmetacresol > Pharmacology > Mechanism of action Amylmetacresol is an antibacterial and antiviral substance. It also blocks sodium channels in a manner similar to local anaesthetics. It has a Rideal-Walker coefficient of 250.
Adrenergic neuron blockers Selective beta 1 blockers Adrenergic_neuron_blockers > Adverse Effects > Selectivity > Selective beta 1 blockers Selective beta 1 blockers have been shown to have an array of cardiac common side effects, comprising bradycardia, reduced exercise tolerance, hypotension, atrioventricular block, ...
Bernoulli Numbers A combinatorial view: alternating permutations Generalized_Bernoulli_number > A combinatorial view: alternating permutations Around 1880, three years after the publication of Seidel's algorithm, Désiré André proved a now classic result of combinatorial analysis. Looking at the first terms of the Taylo...
Pythagorean equation Non-Euclidean geometry Pythagoras's_theorem > Generalizations > Non-Euclidean geometry The Pythagorean theorem is derived from the axioms of Euclidean geometry, and in fact, were the Pythagorean theorem to fail for some right triangle, then the plane in which this triangle is contained cannot be Eu...
Powder diffractometer Crystallinity Powder_diffractometer > Uses > Crystallinity In contrast to a crystalline pattern consisting of a series of sharp peaks, amorphous materials (liquids, glasses etc.) produce a broad background signal. Many polymers show semicrystalline behavior, i.e. part of the material forms an orde...
Complex Event Processing Summary Complex_Event_Processing Event processing is a method of tracking and analyzing (processing) streams of information (data) about things that happen (events), and deriving a conclusion from them. Complex event processing (CEP) consists of a set of concepts and techniques developed in the...
Sp2 bond Summary Hybridised_orbital In chemistry, orbital hybridisation (or hybridization) is the concept of mixing atomic orbitals to form new hybrid orbitals (with different energies, shapes, etc., than the component atomic orbitals) suitable for the pairing of electrons to form chemical bonds in valence bond theory....
Doppler beaming Summary Relativistic_beaming Relativistic beaming (also known as Doppler beaming, Doppler boosting, or the headlight effect) is the process by which relativistic effects modify the apparent luminosity of emitting matter that is moving at speeds close to the speed of light. In an astronomical context, re...
Discontinuities of monotone functions Jump functions Discontinuities_of_monotone_functions > Jump functions Examples. Let x1 < x2 < x3 < ⋅⋅⋅ be a countable subset of the compact interval and let μ1, μ2, μ3, ... be a positive sequence with finite sum. Set f ( x ) = ∑ n = 1 ∞ μ n χ ( x ) {\displaystyle f(x)=\sum _{n=1}...
Kenneth A. Loparo Summary Kenneth_A._Loparo Kenneth A. Loparo is Nord Professor of Engineering and Chair of Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Case Western Reserve University, OH, USA, where has been affiliated with since 1979. He was an assistant professor in the Mechanical Engineering De...
Electron Atomic theory Mass_of_electron > History > Atomic theory In turn, he divided the shells into a number of cells each of which contained one pair of electrons. With this model Langmuir was able to qualitatively explain the chemical properties of all elements in the periodic table, which were known to largely rep...
Communications management The communication process Communications_management > The communication process The feedback occurs when a receiver decoded the transmitted messaged (converts the message), then encoded a message and sends it back to the source. This also shows an interactive communication process (lumenlearni...
Ozone shield Summary Ozone_layer The ozone layer or ozone shield is a region of Earth's stratosphere that absorbs most of the Sun's ultraviolet radiation. It contains a high concentration of ozone (O3) in relation to other parts of the atmosphere, although still small in relation to other gases in the stratosphere. The...
System theory Ecology General_Systems_Theory > Applications > Biology > Ecology Systems ecology is an interdisciplinary field of ecology that takes a holistic approach to the study of ecological systems, especially ecosystems; it can be seen as an application of general systems theory to ecology. Central to the systems...
Insertion Sort Best, worst, and average cases Binary_insertion_sort > Best, worst, and average cases The best case input is an array that is already sorted. In this case insertion sort has a linear running time (i.e., O(n)). During each iteration, the first remaining element of the input is only compared with the right...
Human body Anatomy Human_Physiology > Anatomy Nerves connect the spinal cord and brain to the rest of the body. All major bones, muscles, and nerves in the body are named, with the exception of anatomical variations such as sesamoid bones and accessory muscles. Blood vessels carry blood throughout the body, which moves...
Rotational-vibrational spectroscopy Asymmetric top molecules Rotational-vibrational_spectroscopy > Asymmetric top molecules The bands at shorter wavelength are overtones and combination bands, all of which show rotational fine structure. Medium resolution spectra of the bands around 1600 cm−1 and 3700 cm−1 are shown in...
Hashcash Advantages and disadvantages Hashcash > Advantages and disadvantages Most of these issues may be addressed. E.g., botnets may expire faster because users notice the high CPU load and take counter-measures, and mailing list servers can be registered in white lists on the subscribers' hosts and thus be relieved ...
Generic top-level domain Geographic gTLD Generic_top-level_domain > Terminology > Geographic gTLD A geographic TLD (or GeoTLD) is a generic top-level domain using the name of or invoking an association with a geographical, geopolitical, ethnic, linguistic or cultural community. As of 2009, only two GeoTLDs existed: the...
Models of scientific inquiry Deduction Scientific_explanation > Aspects of scientific inquiry > Deduction and induction > Deduction To say that a theorem is proven means that it is impossible for the axioms to be true and the theorem to be false. For example, we could do a simple syllogism such as the following: Arches...
Entropy production Homogeneous systems Entropy_production > Homogeneous systems {\displaystyle \mathrm {d} U=T\mathrm {d} S-p\mathrm {d} V+(H_{\text{m}}-TS_{\text{m}})\mathrm {d} n.} Since H m − T S m = G m = μ {\displaystyle H_{\text{m}}-TS_{\text{m}}=G_{\text{m}}=\mu } with Gm the molar Gibbs free energy and μ the mo...
Curve on a sphere Basic terminology Surface_area_of_a_sphere > Basic terminology The great circle equidistant to each is then the equator. Great circles through the poles are called lines of longitude or meridians. A line connecting the two poles may be called the axis of rotation.
Lens adapter Summary Lens_adapter In photography and videography, a lens adapter is a device that enables the use of camera and lens combinations from otherwise incompatible systems. The most simple lens adapter designs, passive lens adapters provide a secure physical connection between the camera and the lens. Some pa...
Scientific management In the 1900s Scientific_management > Variations of scientific management after Taylorism > In the 1900s Taylorism was one of the first attempts to systematically treat management and process improvement as a scientific problem, and Taylor is considered a founder of modern industrial engineering. T...
Dini's theorem Summary Dini's_theorem In the mathematical field of analysis, Dini's theorem says that if a monotone sequence of continuous functions converges pointwise on a compact space and if the limit function is also continuous, then the convergence is uniform.
Complex functions Major results Complex-valued_function > Major results Functions that have only poles but no essential singularities are called meromorphic. Laurent series are the complex-valued equivalent to Taylor series, but can be used to study the behavior of functions near singularities through infinite sums of ...
Ozone destruction Observations on ozone layer depletion Ozone_hole > Observations on ozone layer depletion Marked decreases in column ozone in the Antarctic spring and early summer compared to the early 1970s and before have been observed using instruments such as the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS).Reductions ...
Microscopic scale Microscopic scale in the laboratory Microscopic_scale > Microscopic scale in the laboratory Whilst use of the microscopic scale has many roles and purposes in the scientific field, there are many biochemical patterns observed microscopically that have contributed significantly to the understanding of ...
Early transition metal pincer complexes Types of pincer ligands Pincer_ligand > Types of pincer ligands The pincer ligand is most often an anionic, two-electron donor to the metal centre. It consists of a rigid, planar backbone usually consisting of aryl frameworks and has two neutral, two-electron donor groups at the ...
RNA vaccine mRNA RNA_vaccines > mRNA The mRNA nucleotides can be modified to both decrease innate immune activation and increase the mRNA's half-life in the host cell. The nucleic acid sequence and codon usage impacts protein translation. Enriching the sequence with guanine-cytosine content improves mRNA stability and ...
Seaweed fertilizer Ecosystem services Seaweed_fertilizer > Aquaculture > Ecosystem services Seaweed mariculture for purposes including fertilizer production, has the potential to improve environmental conditions in coastal habitats, especially with regards to toxic algal blooms, as mariculture seaweeds uptake excess nu...
RefDB (chemistry) Features RefDB_(chemistry) > Features All chemical shifts in RefDB have been computationally re-referenced to DSS (a common NMR chemical shift standard). RefDB is a continuously updated resource that uses web-bots to query public databases (BMRB, GenBank, Protein Data Bank) and fetch assignment, seque...
Embedding (topology) Order theory and domain theory Metric_embedding > Order theory and domain theory In order theory, an embedding of partially ordered sets is a function F {\displaystyle F} between partially ordered sets X {\displaystyle X} and Y {\displaystyle Y} such that ∀ x 1 , x 2 ∈ X: x 1 ≤ x 2 ⟺ F ( x 1 ) ≤ F ...
Environmental veganism Research and guidance Environmental_veganism > Research and guidance There is inconsistent evidence for vegan diets providing an effect on metabolic syndrome. There is tentative evidence of an association between vegan diets and a reduced risk of cancer. A vegan diet without caloric restriction m...
Sigma-1 receptor Ligands Sigma-1_receptor > Ligands The following ligands have high affinity for the σ1 receptor and possess high binding selectivity over the subtype σ2: Agents exist that have high σ1 affinity but either lack subtype selectivity or have high affinity at other binding sites, thus being more or less dir...
Computer file system Summary Linux_file_systems In computing, a file system or filesystem (often abbreviated to fs) is a method and data structure that the operating system uses to control how data is stored and retrieved. Without a file system, data placed in a storage medium would be one large body of data with no wa...
Coefficient of kinetic friction Static friction Force_of_friction > Dry friction > Static friction Static friction is friction between two or more solid objects that are not moving relative to each other. For example, static friction can prevent an object from sliding down a sloped surface. The coefficient of static fr...
Coercive power Direct Coercive_power > Bases of power > Informational power > Direct Information presented by the influencing agent directly to the target of change.
Eigenvector slew Summary Eigenvector_slew In aerospace engineering, especially those areas dealing with spacecraft, the eigenvector slew is a method to calculate a steering correction (called a slew) by rotating the spacecraft around one fixed axis, or a gimbal. This corresponds in general to the fastest and most effic...
Online identity Communication Online_identity > In different contexts > Online learning > Communication There are pros and cons to each side. In a traditional classroom, students are able to visually connect with a teacher who was standing in the same room. During the class, if questions arise, clarification can be pro...
Beta adrenergic receptor kinase carboxyl-terminus Heart Failure Beta_adrenergic_receptor_kinase_carboxyl-terminus > Heart Failure During heart failure, the heart is not able to pump enough blood to the rest of the body and will begin to undergo processes in order to compensate for its decreased function. These processe...
Debug code C++ example Debug_code > Examples of debug code > Print debugging > C++ example algorithm run 3 times. algorithm run 4 times. algorithm run 5 times.
Substantia nigra Parkinson's disease Substantia_nigra > Clinical significance > Parkinson's disease Because the SNpr is connected to the posterior thalamus, ventral thalamus and specifically, the motor cortex, and because participants with Parkinson's disease report having a smaller SNprs (Menke, Jbabdi, Miller, Matthe...
Impact evaluation Experimental approaches Impact_evaluation > Experimental approaches Random sample surveys, in which the sample for the evaluation is chosen randomly, should not be confused with experimental evaluation designs, which require the random assignment of the treatment. The experimental approach is often he...
Uncertainty Quantification Frequentist Epistemic_probability > Selective methodologies > Inverse uncertainty > Frequentist In regression analysis and least squares problems, the standard error of parameter estimates is readily available, which can be expanded into a confidence interval.
Incidence geometry Fundamental geometric examples Incidence_geometry > Fundamental geometric examples Some of the basic concepts and terminology arises from geometric examples, particularly projective planes and affine planes.
Finite-state entropy Motivating examples Asymmetric_numeral_systems > Entropy coding > Motivating examples A = multiply by 2; B = multiply by 4, add 2; C = multiply by 4, add 3. Express the number in binary, then remove the first digit 1.Consider a more general source with k letters, with rational probabilities n 1 / N...
Animal model of schizophrenia Methylazoxymethanol acetate Animal_model_of_schizophrenia > Developmental models > Methylazoxymethanol acetate Methylazoxymethanol acetate (MAM) is used during gestation to affect aspects of neural development. MAM selectively targets neuroblasts in the central nervous system. As neuroblas...
Protective relay Induction disc overcurrent relay Overvoltage_relay > Types according to construction > Induction disc overcurrent relay "Induction" disk meters work by inducing currents in a disk that is free to rotate; the rotary motion of the disk operates a contact. Induction relays require alternating current; if ...
Discretization of Navier–Stokes equations Summary Discretization_of_Navier–Stokes_equations Discretization of the Navier–Stokes equations of fluid dynamics is a reformulation of the equations in such a way that they can be applied to computational fluid dynamics. Several methods of discretization can be applied: Finite...
Dynamic optimality Knuth's dynamic programming algorithm Dynamic_optimality > Static optimality > Knuth's dynamic programming algorithm Let E i j {\displaystyle E_{ij}} be the weighted path length of the statically optimal search tree for all values between ai and aj, let W i j {\displaystyle W_{ij}} be the total weigh...
Learning analytics Ethics and privacy Learning_analytics > Ethics and privacy I-nvolve: Talk to stakeholders and give assurances about the data distribution and use. C-onsent: Seek consent through clear consent questions. A-nonymise: De-identify individuals as much as possible T-echnical aspects: Monitor who has access...
Long COVID Stigma and discrimination Long_COVID > Society and culture > Stigma and discrimination Many people with long COVID have difficulty accessing appropriate healthcare. The severity of their symptoms may be disbelieved, they may be subject to unsympathetic care, and their symptoms may not be investigated properl...
ProgramByDesign Functional programming, computing, and algebra ProgramByDesign > Functional programming, computing, and algebra That's how movies are made. The background needed for such an example is little more than knowledge about making movies, about the algebra of pictures in DrRacket (which is like the one for nu...
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Differential diagnosis Progressive_Supranuclear_Palsy > Diagnosis > Differential diagnosis PSP is frequently misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease because they both involve slowed movements and gait difficulty, with PSP being one of a collection of diseases referred to as Parkinson plus syn...
LR parser Grammar for the example A*2 + 1 Shift-reduce_conflict > Overview > Grammar for the example A*2 + 1 They only happen as a result of the parser applying some grammar rule. Some nonterminals are defined with two or more rules; these are alternative patterns. Rules can refer back to themselves, which are called r...
Social simulation game Examples Social_simulation_game > Examples It has also been dubbed as a "communication game" by the company as had Cubivore, Doshin the Giant and GiFTPiA. Real Lives (2001)—an educational life simulator by Educational Simulations where the player is randomly "born" somewhere in the world and ofte...
Inflammatory disorder Acute process Inflammation > Types > Acute > Acute process The process of acute inflammation is initiated by resident immune cells already present in the involved tissue, mainly resident macrophages, dendritic cells, histiocytes, Kupffer cells and mast cells. These cells possess surface receptors ...
Functional calculus Summary Functional_calculus Consider the unilateral shift with the polynomials calculus; the ideal defined above is now trivial. Thus one is interested in functional calculi more general than polynomials. The subject is closely linked to spectral theory, since for a diagonal matrix or multiplication...
Deployment management Computer science Deployment_management > Industry-specific definitions > Computer science In computer science, a deployment is a realisation of a technical specification or algorithm as a program, software component, or other computer system through computer programming and deployment. Many implem...
Microcontroller unit Programming environments Micro_controller > Programming environments Simulators are available for some microcontrollers. These allow a developer to analyze what the behavior of the microcontroller and their program should be if they were using the actual part. A simulator will show the internal pro...
Dini's theorem Formal statement Dini's_theorem > Formal statement If X {\displaystyle X} is a compact topological space, and ( f n ) n ∈ N {\displaystyle (f_{n})_{n\in \mathbb {N} }} is a monotonically increasing sequence (meaning f n ( x ) ≤ f n + 1 ( x ) {\displaystyle f_{n}(x)\leq f_{n+1}(x)} for all n ∈ N {\display...
Simulated patient Advantages Simulated_patient > Advantages Compression/expansion of time: SPs can provide a longitudinal experience and enable students to follow through patients over time, even in a compressed time frame of examination. One technique employed in SP encounters is the use of information cards.
Laminar phase Examples Laminar_phase > Examples Here, the flow is laminar and the boundary layer is a laminar layer. Prandtl applied the concept of the laminar boundary layer to airfoils in 1904.
Multi-function printer Software development kits Multifunction_printer > Software development kits In addition to specific software packages, many vendors also provide the ability for the user to develop software to communicate with the MFP through a Software development kit. Different vendors have different licensing ...