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Passive Solar Radiative heat transfer Passive_solar_building > Passive solar heat transfer principles > Radiative heat transfer The main source of heat transfer is radiant energy, and the primary source is the sun. Solar radiation occurs predominantly through the roof and windows (but also through walls). Thermal radia... |
Fixed-point space Summary Fixed-point_space In mathematics, a Hausdorff space X is called a fixed-point space if every continuous function f: X → X {\displaystyle f:X\rightarrow X} has a fixed point. For example, any closed interval in R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } is a fixed point space, and it can be proved from th... |
Limbic system Etymology and history Limbic_system > History > Etymology and history In addition to identifying the limbic system, he hypothesized a supposedly more primitive brain called the R-complex, related to reptiles, which controls basic functions like muscle movement and breathing. According to him, the third pa... |
Financial investment Momentum investing Capital_investments > Investment strategies > Momentum investing Momentum investors generally seek to buy stocks that are currently experiencing a short-term uptrend, and they usually sell them once this momentum starts to decrease. Stocks or securities purchased for momentum inv... |
Serre spectral sequence Cohomology spectral sequence Serre_spectral_sequence > Cohomology spectral sequence Strictly speaking, what is meant is cohomology with respect to the local coefficient system on B given by the cohomology of the various fibers. Assuming for example, that B is simply connected, this collapses to ... |
Resuscitator History Resuscitator > History Once the unit reached this limit, it ceased to pump oxygen. For patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or any form of obstructive lung disease, the delivered pressure was insufficient pressure to fill the lungs with oxygen, meaning that, for patients with... |
Kelvin temperature Diffusion of thermal energy: black-body radiation Absolute_Temperature > Relationship of temperature, motions, conduction, and thermal energy > Diffusion of thermal energy: black-body radiation In any bulk quantity of a substance at equilibrium, black-body photons are emitted across a range of wavele... |
Gimbal Gimbal lock Gimbal > Gimbal lock Gimbal lock is the loss of one degree of freedom in a three-dimensional, three-gimbal mechanism that occurs when the axes of two of the three gimbals are driven into a parallel configuration, "locking" the system into rotation in a degenerate two-dimensional space. The word lock ... |
Metaphase I In life cycles Anaphase_I > Occurrence > In life cycles Meiosis occurs in eukaryotic life cycles involving sexual reproduction, consisting of the constant cyclical process of meiosis and fertilization. This takes place alongside normal mitotic cell division. In multicellular organisms, there is an intermedi... |
Generalized network Example Network_flow_(function) > Example In Figure 3 you see the residual network for the given flow. Notice how there is positive residual capacity on some edges where the original capacity is zero in Figure 1, for example for the edge ( d , c ) {\displaystyle (d,c)} . |
Lactate shuttle hypothesis Redox signaling Lactate_shuttle > Lactate as a signaling molecule: ‘lactormone’ > Redox signaling As illustrated by the peroxisomal intracellular lactate shuttle described above, the interconversion of lactate and pyruvate between cellular compartments plays a key role in the oxidative state ... |
Flyback transformer Operation and usage Flyback_transformer > Operation and usage The pulse train coming from the flyback transformer windings is converted to direct current by a simple half-wave rectifier. There is no point in using a full wave design as there are no corresponding pulses of opposite polarity. One turn... |
Fire hydrants Signage Fire_hydrant > Signage These are almost always coupled with a secondary form of signage. Hydrant Marker Plates – Found on power poles, fences, or street-signs, these are a comprehensive and effective system of identification. |
Feature recognition Technology Feature_recognition > Technology Work on features (generally called feature technology) can be divided into two rough categories: Design-by-features and Feature recognition. In design-by-features, also known as feature-based design (FBD), feature structures are introduced directly into a ... |
Peter R. Holland Summary Peter_R._Holland This is a considerable conceptual advantage in understanding quantum motion and is potentially a computational benefit too. Another difference with Feynman is that, while the trajectories do the job of evolving the quantum system in time, the initial wavefunction is integral to... |
Proton-pump inhibitor Other Proton-pump_inhibitor > Adverse effects > Other Associations have been shown between PPI use and an increased risk of pneumonia, particularly in the 30 days after starting therapy, where it was found to be 50% higher in community use. Other very weak associations of PPI use have been found, ... |
Cause and effect Contrasted with conditionals Causal_relationships > Concept > Contrasted with conditionals But the sentence: If Shakespeare of Stratford-on-Avon did not write Macbeth, then someone else did.intuitively seems to be true, even though there is no straightforward causal relation in this hypothetical situat... |
Resonant inductive coupling Overview Resonant_inductive_coupling > Mechanism details > Overview This process occurs in a resonant transformer, an electrical component which transformer consists of high Q coil wound on the same core with a capacitor connected across a coil to make a coupled LC circuit. The most basic re... |
Molar heat capacity Definition Molar_heat_capacity > Definition Paraffin wax, for example, has a specific heat of about 2500 J⋅K−1⋅kg−1 but a molar heat capacity of about 600 J⋅K−1⋅mol−1. The molar heat capacity is an "intensive" property of a substance, an intrinsic characteristic that does not depend on the size or s... |
Homonym (biology) Hemihomonyms Junior_homonym > Hemihomonyms Both codes only consider taxa that are in their respective scope (animals for the ICZN; primarily plants for the ICN). Therefore, if an animal taxon has the same name as a plant taxon, both names are valid. Such names are called hemihomonyms. |
Lt. Kernal Summary Lt._Kernal Lt. Kernal is a SCSI hard drive subsystem developed for the 8-bit Commodore 64 and Commodore 128 home computers. The Lt. Kernal is capable of a data transfer rate of more than 38 kilobytes per second and 65 kilobytes per second in Commodore 128 fast mode. |
Vernier scale Zero error Vernier_scale > Functioning > Zero error Zero error is defined as the condition where a measuring instrument registers a reading when there should not be any reading. In case of vernier calipers it occurs when a zero on main scale does not coincide with a zero on vernier scale. The zero error m... |
In vitro maturation Background In_vitro_maturation > Background A secondary follicle is formed with a few granulosa cell layers, as well as a theca layer. Finally before ovulation, a tertiary follicle is formed containing a follicular-fluid filled antrum. Of these small antral follicles, 1 will become dominant and ovul... |
Digest access authentication Alternative authentication protocols Digest_authentication > HTTP digest authentication considerations > Alternative authentication protocols Some strong authentication protocols for web-based applications that are occasionally used include: Public key authentication (usually implemented wi... |
Curse of dimensionality Machine learning Curse_of_dimensionality > Domains > Machine learning In other words, both the size of additional features and their (relative) cumulative discriminatory effect are important in observing a decrease or increase in the average predictive power. In metric learning, higher dimension... |
Power harvesting Energy sources Power_harvesting > Energy sources These can be utilized to capture mWs of energy from industrial equipment, structures, and even the human body. They are typically coupled with heat sinks to improve temperature gradient. Micro wind turbines are used to harvest kinetic energy readily avai... |
Joel H. Ferziger Summary Joel_H._Ferziger Joel Henry Ferziger (24 March 1937 – 16 August 2004) was a Professor Emeritus of mechanical engineering at the Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States. Ferziger was an internationally recognized authority in fluid mechanics. His main area of research was compu... |
A Line (RTD) History A_Line_(RTD) > History The first electric multiple unit railcars were pulled along the route on April 3, 2015, commencing testing and commissioning of the line.Revenue service began on April 22, 2016.Since the A line's opening in April 2016, there have been operational issues with the crossing gate... |
Open Core Protocol Summary Open_Core_Protocol OCP data transfer models range from simple request-grant handshaking through pipelined request-response to complex out-of-order operations. Legacy IP cores can be adapted to OCP, while new implementations may take advantage of advanced features: designers select only those ... |
Feature learning Text Feature_learning > Self-supervised > Text Word2vec is a word embedding technique which learns to represent words through self-supervision over each word and its neighboring words in a sliding window across a large corpus of text. The model has two possible training schemes to produce word vector r... |
Egyptian Arabic language Regular verb, form I, fíʕil/yífʕal Egyptian_Arabic_language > Morphology > Verbs > Strong verbs > Regular verb, form I, fíʕil/yífʕal Example: fíhim/yífham "understand" Boldfaced forms fíhm-it and fíhm-u differ from the corresponding forms of katab (kátab-it and kátab-u due to vowel syncope). No... |
Bibliography of biology Summary Bibliography_of_biology This bibliography of biology is a list of notable works, organized by subdiscipline, on the subject of biology.Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distr... |
Gravity of Earth Summary Gravity_of_Earth The agreed upon value for standard gravity is 9.80665 m/s2 (32.1740 ft/s2) by definition. This quantity is denoted variously as gn, ge (though this sometimes means the normal gravity at the equator, 9.7803267715 m/s2 (32.087686258 ft/s2)), g0, or simply g (which is also used fo... |
Laura Eisenstein Summary Laura_Eisenstein Laura B. Eisenstein (1942–1985) was a professor in the physics department at the University of Illinois until her early death. Eisenstein was known for her contributions to the understanding of light-energy transduction mechanisms in biological molecules and their higher order ... |
Decidable set Properties Computable_set > Properties The image of a computable set under a total computable bijection is computable. (In general, the image of a computable set under a computable function is c.e., but possibly not computable). A is a computable set if and only if it is at level Δ 1 0 {\displaystyle \Del... |
Skin temperature (of an atmosphere) Background Skin_temperature_(of_an_atmosphere) > Background The uppermost opaque layer (the emission level) will thus radiate as a blackbody at the planet's equilibrium temperature.The skin layer of an atmosphere references a layer far above the emission level, at a height where the ... |
Epistasis and functional genomics Inferring function: alleviating and aggravating mutations Epistasis_and_functional_genomics > Inferring function: alleviating and aggravating mutations Aggravating mutations on the other hand give rise to a phenotype which is worse than the cumulative effect of each single mutation. Th... |
Name space Java Name_space > In programming languages > Computer-science considerations > Use in common languages > Java In Java, the idea of a namespace is embodied in Java packages. All code belongs to a package, although that package need not be explicitly named. Code from other packages is accessed by prefixing the... |
Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm Summary Deutsch_algorithm The Deutsch–Jozsa algorithm is a deterministic quantum algorithm proposed by David Deutsch and Richard Jozsa in 1992 with improvements by Richard Cleve, Artur Ekert, Chiara Macchiavello, and Michele Mosca in 1998. Although of little practical use, it is one of the first... |
Background selection Summary Background_selection Background selection describes the loss of genetic diversity at a non-deleterious locus due to negative selection against linked deleterious alleles. It is one form of linked selection, where the maintenance or removal of an allele from a population is dependent upon th... |
Pulmonary contusion Signs and symptoms Pulmonary_contusion > Signs and symptoms Presentation may be subtle; people with mild contusion may have no symptoms at all. However, pulmonary contusion is frequently associated with signs (objective indications) and symptoms (subjective states), including those indicative of the... |
Comparison of TLS implementations Summary Comparison_of_TLS_implementations The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol provides the ability to secure communications across or inside networks. This comparison of TLS implementations compares several of the most notable libraries. There are several TLS implementations wh... |
Data mining Summary Data_mining It also is a buzzword and is frequently applied to any form of large-scale data or information processing (collection, extraction, warehousing, analysis, and statistics) as well as any application of computer decision support system, including artificial intelligence (e.g., machine learn... |
Epidemiology Causal inference Epidemiological_study > Causal inference Although epidemiology is sometimes viewed as a collection of statistical tools used to elucidate the associations of exposures to health outcomes, a deeper understanding of this science is that of discovering causal relationships. "Correlation does ... |
Immunological memory Innate immune memory Immune_memory > Innate immune memory Innate immune memory (trained immunity) is defined as a long-term functional reprogramming of innate immune cells evoked by exogenous or endogenous insults and leading to an altered response towards a second challenge after returning to a no... |
Electromagnetic wave equation Summary Electromagnetic_wave_equation In a vacuum, vph = c0 = 299792458 m/s, a fundamental physical constant. The electromagnetic wave equation derives from Maxwell's equations. In most older literature, B is called the magnetic flux density or magnetic induction. The following equationspr... |
Binary coding Summary Binary_coding Those methods may use fixed-width or variable-width strings. In a fixed-width binary code, each letter, digit, or other character is represented by a bit string of the same length; that bit string, interpreted as a binary number, is usually displayed in code tables in octal, decimal ... |
History of compiler construction Context-free grammars and parsers History_of_compiler_construction > Context-free grammars and parsers A parser is an important component of a compiler. It parses the source code of a computer programming language to create some form of internal representation. Programming languages ten... |
Bias of an estimator Bayesian view Unbiased_estimator > Bayesian view Most bayesians are rather unconcerned about unbiasedness (at least in the formal sampling-theory sense above) of their estimates. For example, Gelman and coauthors (1995) write: "From a Bayesian perspective, the principle of unbiasedness is reasonabl... |
Nuclear computation Summary Nuclear_computation Nuclear computation is a type of computation which allows threads to either spawn new threads or converge many threads to one. The aim of nuclear computation is to take advantage of threading abilities of modern multi-core processors where the trend is to increase their h... |
Stagnation point Summary Stagnation_point In fluid dynamics, a stagnation point is a point in a flow field where the local velocity of the fluid is zero. : § 3.2 A plentiful, albeit surprising, example of such points seem to appear in all but the most extreme cases of fluid dynamics in the form of the "no-slip conditio... |
Timeline of quantum computing and communication Summary Timeline_of_quantum_computing_and_communication This is a timeline of quantum computing. |
Convective acceleration Summary Convective_acceleration The Navier–Stokes equations are useful because they describe the physics of many phenomena of scientific and engineering interest. They may be used to model the weather, ocean currents, water flow in a pipe and air flow around a wing. The Navier–Stokes equations, ... |
Spur gears General Lantern_gear > Nomenclature > General {\displaystyle d_{w}={\frac {2a}{u+1}}={\frac {2a}{{\frac {z_{2}}{z_{1}}}+1}}.} Pitch surface In cylindrical gears, cylinder formed by projecting a pitch circle in the axial direction. |
Pea protein Functional ingredient Pea_protein > Uses > Functional ingredient Pea protein is also used as a low-cost functional ingredient in food manufacturing to improve the nutritional value and texture of food products. They can also optimize the viscosity, emulsification, gelation, stability, or fat-binding propert... |
M1 protein Summary M1_protein It is therefore required that M1 binds both membrane and RNA simultaneously.The M1 protein binds to the viral RNA. The binding is not specific to any RNA sequence, and is performed via a peptide sequence rich in basic amino acids.It also has multiple regulatory functions, performed by inte... |
Priming (psychology) Focal cortical lesions Priming_(psychology) > Effects of brain injuries > Focal cortical lesions Patient J.P., who suffered a stroke in the left medial/temporal gyrus, resulting in auditory verbal agnosia - the inability to comprehend spoken words, but maintaining the ability to read and write, and... |
Doppler optical coherence tomography Phase-Resolved Doppler OCT Method Doppler_optical_coherence_tomography > Phase-Resolved Doppler OCT Method In each scan, the phase would be different. Phase-resolved Doppler OCT uses this phase change to develop flow velocity images, which can obtain both high imaging speed, high ve... |
Glossary of probability and statistics I Glossary_of_probability_and_statistics > I independence independent variable interquartile range (IQR) Also midspread, middle 50%, and H-spread. A measure of the statistical dispersion or spread of a dataset, defined as the difference between the 25th and 75th percentiles of the... |
Geometric sum Euclid of Alexandria (c.300 BC) Geometric_series > History > Euclid of Alexandria (c.300 BC) For example, the contemporary notation for geometric series (i.e., a + ar + ar2 + ar3 + ... + arn) does not label specific portions of terms that are equal to each other. Also in the cited introduction the editor ... |
Biochemical Switches in the Cell Cycle Mitotic exit Biochemical_Switches_in_the_Cell_Cycle > Mitotic exit Mitotic exit is an important transition point that signifies the end of mitosis and the onset of new G1 phase for a cell, and the cell needs to rely on specific control mechanisms to ensure that once it exits mitos... |
Electronic feedback loops Education Feedback_loop > Applications > Education For feedback in the educational context, see corrective feedback. |
Geological structure Stress-strain curve Structural_geologist > Characterization of the mechanical properties of rock > Stress-strain curve One mechanism of plastic deformation is the movement of dislocations by an applied stress. Because rocks are essentially aggregates of minerals, we can think of them as poly-crysta... |
Economics of car usage Private benefits Economics_of_car_use > Private benefits The benefits of using a car differ by many factors, in regard to location and culture. One general benefit is availability of use which, when coupled with public support via infrastructure (such as roads or fuel stations), can allow highly ... |
Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Michelson interferometer Fourier_Transform_Infrared_Spectroscopy > Michelson interferometer In a Michelson interferometer adapted for FTIR, light from the polychromatic infrared source, approximately a black-body radiator, is collimated and directed to a beam splitter. Ideally 50... |
Cavalieri's quadrature formula History Cavalieri's_quadrature_formula > History A detailed discussion of the history, with original sources, is given in (Laubenbacher & Pengelley 1998, Chapter 3, Analysis: Calculating Areas and Volumes); see also history of calculus and history of integration. The case of the parabola ... |
Comparison of application virtualization software Comparison of virtual machines Comparison_of_application_virtualization_software > Comparison of virtual machines Any virtual machine which can be run can be interpreted, so the column designation here refers to whether the design includes provisions for efficient inter... |
Thermoelectric materials Refrigeration Thermoelectric_figure_of_merit > Applications > Refrigeration Thermoelectric materials can be used as refrigerators, called "thermoelectric coolers", or "Peltier coolers" after the Peltier effect that controls their operation. As a refrigeration technology, Peltier cooling is far ... |
Space habitat Access to solar energy Space_habitat > Advantages > Access to solar energy Space has an abundance of light produced from the Sun. In Earth orbit, this amounts to 1400 watts of power per square meter. This energy can be used to produce electricity from solar cells or heat engine based power stations, proce... |
Wheelchair access Buildings Wheelchair_access > Mobility and access > Buildings For access to public buildings, it is frequently necessary to adapt older buildings with features such as ramps or elevators in order to allow access by wheelchair users and other people with mobility impairments. Other important adaptation... |
Hasse principle Summary Hasse_principle In mathematics, Helmut Hasse's local–global principle, also known as the Hasse principle, is the idea that one can find an integer solution to an equation by using the Chinese remainder theorem to piece together solutions modulo powers of each different prime number. This is hand... |
Cholestatic hepatitis Mechanisms of drug-induced cholestasis Cholestatic_hepatitis > Mechanism > Mechanisms of drug-induced cholestasis However, hepatocytes have safety mechanisms that can compensate for impaired canalicular bile efflux. In response to cholestasis, MRP3 and MRP4 on the basolateral membrane are upregula... |
Alan Kostelecky Summary Alan_Kostelecky V. Alan Kostelecký is a theoretical physicist who is a distinguished professor of physics at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is noted for his work on Lorentz symmetry breaking in particle physics. He has been described as the world's leading authority on violations of space-t... |
Misuse of p-values Multiple comparisons problem Misuse_of_p-values > Multiple comparisons problem The multiple comparisons problem occurs when one considers a set of statistical inferences simultaneously or infers a subset of parameters selected based on the observed values. It is also known as the look-elsewhere effec... |
Restricted Lorentz group Connected components Lorentz_group > Basic properties > Connected components Because it is a Lie group, the Lorentz group O ( 1 , 3 ) {\displaystyle {\text{O}}(1,3)} is both a group and admits a topological description as a smooth manifold. As a manifold, it has four connected components. Intui... |
Human chromosomes SNP frequency across the human genome Human_chromosomes > Genomic variation in humans > SNP frequency across the human genome Therefore, the SNP Consortium protocol was designed to identify SNPs with no bias towards coding regions and the Consortium's 100,000 SNPs generally reflect sequence diversity ... |
Optician Automated Lensmeter Optician > Equipment > Automated Lensmeter An automated lensmeter uses the reflected wavelength of green light off of the lens surface along every lens meridian in order to determine all of the data points that the optician interprets with the manual lensometer. The benefits of an automated... |
Development of the nervous system in humans Early life stress Development_of_the_nervous_system_in_humans > Research > Early life stress Receptor type is another consideration when determining whether or not a brain region is sensitive to the effects of early life stress. Brain regions with a high density of glucocorti... |
Infinite-dimensional vector function Crinkled arcs Infinite-dimensional_vector_function > Integral and derivative > Crinkled arcs If {\displaystyle } is an interval contained in the domain of a curve f {\displaystyle f} that is valued in a topological vector space then the vector f ( b ) − f ( a ) {\displaystyle f(b)-... |
Hilbert transforms History Hilbert_transforms > History The Hilbert transform was a motivating example for Antoni Zygmund and Alberto Calderón during their study of singular integrals. Their investigations have played a fundamental role in modern harmonic analysis. Various generalizations of the Hilbert transform, such... |
Eye pattern Source data Eye_Diagram > Calculation > Source data The first step of computing an eye pattern is normally to obtain the waveform being analyzed in a quantized form. This may be done by measuring an actual electrical system with an oscilloscope of sufficient bandwidth, or by creating synthetic data with a c... |
Homology (biology) Summary Homologous_structure Significant similarity is strong evidence that two sequences are related by divergent evolution from a common ancestor. Alignments of multiple sequences are used to discover the homologous regions. Homology remains controversial in animal behaviour, but there is suggestiv... |
Stiffness method Summary Stiffness_method The direct stiffness method originated in the field of aerospace. Researchers looked at various approaches for analysis of complex airplane frames. These included elasticity theory, energy principles in structural mechanics, flexibility method and matrix stiffness method. It wa... |
Subtraction Notation and terminology Subtraction > Notation and terminology "Subtraction" is an English word derived from the Latin verb subtrahere, which in turn is a compound of sub "from under" and trahere "to pull". Thus, to subtract is to draw from below, or to take away. Using the gerundive suffix -nd results in ... |
Asymptotically optimal algorithm Summary Asymptotic_optimality On modern computers, hardware optimizations such as memory cache and parallel processing may be "broken" by an asymptotically optimal algorithm (assuming the analysis did not take these hardware optimizations into account). In this case, there could be sub-... |
ABX testing Summary ABX_test An ABX test is a method of comparing two choices of sensory stimuli to identify detectable differences between them. A subject is presented with two known samples (sample A, the first reference, and sample B, the second reference) followed by one unknown sample X that is randomly selected f... |
Wedge pattern Rising wedge Wedge_pattern > Rising wedge Although both lines point in the same direction, the lower line rises at a steeper angle than the upper one. Prices usually decline after breaking through the lower boundary line. |
Theory of algorithms Computational complexity theory Computational_theorist > Branches > Computational complexity theory So in our previous example, we might say that the problem requires O ( n ) {\displaystyle O(n)} steps to solve. Perhaps the most important open problem in all of computer science is the question of w... |
Gene nomenclature Summary Gene_nomenclature Gene nomenclature is the scientific naming of genes, the units of heredity in living organisms. It is also closely associated with protein nomenclature, as genes and the proteins they code for usually have similar nomenclature. An international committee published recommendat... |
Illusory correlation Working-memory capacity Illusory_correlation > Theories > Working-memory capacity In an experimental study done by Eder, Fiedler and Hamm-Eder (2011), the effects of working-memory capacity on illusory correlations were investigated. They first looked at the individual differences in working memory... |
Biological virus Vaccines Viral_particle > Role in human disease > Prevention and treatment > Vaccines Vaccination is a cheap and effective way of preventing infections by viruses. Vaccines were used to prevent viral infections long before the discovery of the actual viruses. Their use has resulted in a dramatic declin... |
Sepiapterin reductase deficiency Levodopa and Carbidopa Sepiapterin_reductase_deficiency > Treatment > Levodopa and Carbidopa Levodopa is in a class of medications called central nervous system agents where its main function is to become dopamine in the brain. Carbidopa is in a class of medications called decarboxylase... |
Joseph L. Ullman Selected works Joseph_L._Ullman > Selected works Soc. 107 (2): 291–299. doi:10.1090/s0002-9947-1963-0147817-0. |
Dynamic Delegation Discovery System Summary Dynamic_Delegation_Discovery_System DDDS defines a mechanism for using the Domain Name System (DNS) as the database for arbitrary identifier schemes. The primary logical DNS container used to hold DDDS information is the NAPTR record. DDDS is defined in RFC 3401, RFC 3402, RF... |
Social simulator Criticisms Social_simulator > Criticisms Since its creation, computerized social simulation has been the target of some criticism in regard to its practicality and accuracy. Social simulation's simplification of the complex to form models from which we can better understand the latter is sometimes seen... |
Membrane lipids Summary Membrane_lipid Membrane lipids are a group of compounds (structurally similar to fats and oils) which form the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane. The three major classes of membrane lipids are phospholipids, glycolipids, and cholesterol. Lipids are amphiphilic: they have one end that is soluble... |
Classical theory Comparison with modern physics Classical_theory > Comparison with modern physics From the point of view of classical physics as being non-relativistic physics, the predictions of general and special relativity are significantly different from those of classical theories, particularly concerning the pas... |
Axiom of constructibility Implications Axiom_of_constructibility > Implications The axiom of constructibility implies the axiom of choice (AC), given Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory without the axiom of choice (ZF). It also settles many natural mathematical questions that are independent of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory with... |
Anonymous P2P Summary Anonymous_P2P An anonymous P2P communication system is a peer-to-peer distributed application in which the nodes, which are used to share resources, or participants are anonymous or pseudonymous. Anonymity of participants is usually achieved by special routing overlay networks that hide the physic... |
Scientific management Taylorism and unions Taylor_system > Taylorism and unions Once the time-and-motion men had completed their studies of a particular task, the workers had very little opportunity for further thinking, experimenting, or suggestion-making. Taylorism was criticized for turning the worker into an "autom... |
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