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Piwi-interacting RNA Biogenesis Piwi-interacting_RNA > Biogenesis This results in the cleavage of the transcript at a point ten nucleotides from the 5’ end of the primary piRNA, producing the secondary piRNA. These secondary piRNAs are targeted toward sequences that possess an adenine at the tenth position. Since the p...
Interactive Connectivity Establishment IETF specifications Interactive_Connectivity_Establishment > IETF specifications RFC 5389: Session Traversal Utilities for NAT (STUN). RFC 8656: Traversal Using Relays around NAT (TURN): Relay Extensions to STUN. RFC 6544: TCP Candidates with Interactive Connectivity Establishment...
Pulsatile secretion Summary Pulsatile_secretion Variations of the concentration in a certain frequency can be critical to hormone function, as evidenced by the case of GnRH agonists, which cause functional inhibition of the receptor for GnRH due to profound downregulation in response to constant (tonic) stimulation. Pu...
Snubber capacitor Self-healing of metallized film capacitors Suppression_capacitor > Internal structure > Self-healing of metallized film capacitors These restrictions work like microscopic fuses so that if a point-defect short-circuit between the electrodes occurs, the high current of the short only burns out the fuse...
Visual double star Kepler's laws Visual_binary > Kepler's laws The two stars orbiting each other, as well as their centre of mass, must obey Kepler's laws. This means that the orbit is an ellipse with the centre of mass at one of the two foci (Kepler's 1st law) and the orbital motion satisfies the fact that a line join...
Generalised circle Extended complex plane Generalised_circle > Extended complex plane The extended Euclidean plane can be identified with the extended complex plane, so that equations of complex numbers can be used to describe lines, circles and inversions.
Reticular formation Attention Reticular_formation > Major subsystems > Ascending reticular activating system > Functions of the ARAS > Attention The ARAS also helps mediate transitions from relaxed wakefulness to periods of high attention. There is increased regional blood flow (presumably indicating an increased measu...
Glossary of calculus D Glossary_of_calculus > D differential operator . differential of a function In calculus, the differential represents the principal part of the change in a function y = f(x) with respect to changes in the independent variable. The differential dy is defined by d y = f ′ ( x ) d x , {\displaystyle ...
Laminar phase Examples Laminar_phase > Examples A common application of laminar flow is in the smooth flow of a viscous liquid through a tube or pipe. In that case, the velocity of flow varies from zero at the walls to a maximum along the cross-sectional centre of the vessel. The flow profile of laminar flow in a tube ...
Microbiomes of the built environment Examples of projects Microbiomes_of_the_built_environment > External links > Examples of projects There are a growing number of research projects and groups focusing directly or indirectly on microbiomes of the built environment. BIMERC - the Berkeley Indoor Microbial Ecology Resear...
Abstract group Summary Infinite_group_theory In abstract algebra, group theory studies the algebraic structures known as groups. The concept of a group is central to abstract algebra: other well-known algebraic structures, such as rings, fields, and vector spaces, can all be seen as groups endowed with additional opera...
Early life of Isaac Newton Academic career Early_life_of_Isaac_Newton > Academic career The publication, "Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy" introduced the three laws that Newton became famous for: law of inertia, summation of forces equals mass multiplied by acceleration and every action has an equal and o...
Ii antigen system Cold agglutinin disease Ii_antigen_system > Clinical significance > Cold agglutinin disease The autoantibodies involved in cold agglutinin disease are usually against I antigen. The antibodies are usually IgM (kappa subtype), unlike transient autoantibodies which are generally IgG. Cold-reactive IgM a...
Accessibility Visual impairments Low_floor > Disability, information technology (IT) and telecommunications > Examples of common assistive technologies > Visual impairments A wide range of technology products are available to deal with visual impairment. This includes screen magnification for monitors, screen-reading t...
Maitland Jones Jr. Academic experience Maitland_Jones_Jr. > Academic experience Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University (1963) Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Wisconsin–Madison (1963–1964) Instructor in Chemistry, Princeton University (1964–1966) Assistant Professor, Princeton University (1966–1970) Visiting Assistant ...
20 (number) In mathematics Score_(number) > In mathematics The compound of twenty octahedra can be obtained by orienting two pairs of compounds of ten octahedra, which can also coincide to yield a regular compound of five octahedra. In total, there are 20 semiregular polytopes that only exist up through the 8th dimensi...
Caenorhabditis elegans Programmed cell death Caenorhabditis_elegans > Use as a model organism > Programmed cell death Programmed cell death (apoptosis) eliminates many additional cells (131 in the hermaphrodite, most of which would otherwise become neurons); this "apoptotic predictability" has contributed to the elucid...
Alcoholic liver disease Alcoholic hepatitis Alcoholic_liver_disease > Pathophysiology > Alcoholic hepatitis This facilitates the absorption of the gut-produced endotoxin into the portal circulation. The Kupffer cells of the liver then phagocytose endotoxin, stimulating the release of TNF-α. TNF-α then triggers apoptoti...
Accessibility apps Case study Accessibility_apps > Case study Stores with such machines were no longer accessible to people who are blind or visually impaired. Such people were forced to resort to family members to complete their weekly grocery shop because the individual had stopped going to retailers with these machi...
Healthcare professional Tuberculosis screening, testing, and education Healthcare_professional > Occupational hazards > Biological hazards > Tuberculosis screening, testing, and education It is assumed that any HCP who has undergone a chest x-ray test has had a previous positive test result. When considering mental hea...
Omental cake Diagnosis and treatment Omental_cake > Diagnosis and treatment Yet, in both malignant and infectious cases, image-guided biopsy with pathologic correlation is the most definitive way to confirm the diagnosis. The presence of omental cakes have long been seen as an indication of poor prognosis in patients w...
Log-structured merge-tree Summary Log-structured_merge-tree This optimization reduces seek time in hard-disk drives (HDDs) and latency in solid-state drives (SSDs). Most LSM trees used in practice employ multiple levels.
Brakes (Rollercoaster) Friction brakes Brakes_(Rollercoaster) > Types of brakes > Friction brakes They slide between pairs of friction pads similar to automotive brake pads. Friction brakes are designed to be fail-safe, so that a loss of power will cause them to engage. Brakes are constructed according to a certain mea...
Statistical hypothesis test The testing process Statistical_hypothesis_testing > The testing process The calculations are now trivially performed with appropriate software. The difference in the two processes applied to the Radioactive suitcase example (below): "The Geiger-counter reading is 10. The limit is 9.
Atherosclerotic plaques Summary Coronary_atherosclerosis The narrowing of arteries limits the flow of oxygen-rich blood to parts of the body. Diagnosis is based upon a physical exam, electrocardiogram, and exercise stress test, among others.Prevention is generally by eating a healthy diet, exercising, not smoking, and ...
Cell Wall Evolution Plant_cell_walls > Evolution Cell walls evolved independently in many groups. The photosynthetic eukaryotes (so-called plant and algae) is one group with cellulose cell walls, where the cell wall is closely related to the evolution of multicellularity, terrestrialization and vascularization. The Ces...
Damp (structural) Effectiveness of rising damp treatments Damp_(structural) > Rising damp > Effectiveness of rising damp treatments BRE Digest 245 suggests that with the exception of replacement physical DPCs, only methods of treatment with third party accreditation (e.g. British Board of Agrément Certificate) should b...
Coordination (linguistics) Non-constituent conjuncts Coordination_(linguistics) > Coordination in different languages > Unique behaviour in English > Non-constituent conjuncts and presentation, there will be coffee. Fred sent and . We expect and .While some of these coordinate structures require a non-standard inton...
Theoretical and experimental justification for the Schrödinger equation Schrödinger equation in three dimensions Theoretical_and_experimental_justification_for_the_Schrödinger_equation > Schrödinger equation > Schrödinger equation in three dimensions In three dimensions the Schrödinger equation becomes
Vacuum engineering History Vacuum_engineering > History This method of engineering is typically used for R&D needs or large scale material production. Vacuum was used to propel trains experimentally. Pump technology hit a plateau until Geissler and Sprengle in the mid 19th century, who finally gave access to the high-v...
Distributed operating system The DYSEAC Distributed_operating_system > History > The DYSEAC …the various interruption facilities which have been described are based on mutual cooperation between the computer and the external devices subsidiary to it, and do not reflect merely a simple master-slave relationship. This is...
Brace (tool) Summary Brace_(tool) In most modern braces, immediately behind the chuck is a three position gear release that allows ratcheting of the handle when in tight spots. Turning the gear release from the center position allows ratcheting the brace in the required direction. Turning the gear release fully clockwi...
Closed map Competing definitions Open_function > Definitions and characterizations > Competing definitions Every strongly open map is a relatively open map. However, these definitions are not equivalent in general. Warning: Many authors define "open map" to mean "relatively open map" (for example, The Encyclopedia of M...
Protein metabolism Temperature Protein_metabolism > Protein breakdown > Protein catabolism via environmental changes > Temperature However, it relies on two factors; the type of protein used and the amount of heat applied. The amount of heat applied determines whether this change in protein is permanent or if it can be...
Personal automated transport Vehicle design Personal_Rapid_Transit > System design > Vehicle design Vehicle weight influences the size and cost of a system's guideways, which are in turn a major part of the capital cost of the system. Larger vehicles are more expensive to produce, require larger and more expensive guid...
Numerical integration Multidimensional integrals Squaring_of_curves > Multidimensional integrals The quadrature rules discussed so far are all designed to compute one-dimensional integrals. To compute integrals in multiple dimensions, one approach is to phrase the multiple integral as repeated one-dimensional integrals...
C2R2 Structure and bonding Alkyne_hydration > Structure and bonding Overlap of an sp orbital from each atom forms one sp–sp sigma bond. Each p orbital on one atom overlaps one on the other atom, forming two pi bonds, giving a total of three bonds. The remaining sp orbital on each atom can form a sigma bond to another a...
Branch Target Injection Mechanism Bounds_Check_Bypass > Mechanism The starting point of the white paper is that of a side-channel timing attack applied to the branch prediction machinery of modern out-of-order executing microprocessors. While at the architectural level documented in processor data books, any results of...
Complete pseudometric space Alternatives and generalizations Complete_metric > Alternatives and generalizations A common generalisation of these definitions can be found in the context of a uniform space, where an entourage is a set of all pairs of points that are at no more than a particular "distance" from each other...
Function evaluation Summary Empty_function (x+1)^{2}\right\vert _{x=4}} (which results in 25).A function is uniquely represented by the set of all pairs (x, f (x)), called the graph of the function, a popular means of illustrating the function. When the domain and the codomain are sets of real numbers, each such pair m...
2-Norbornyl cation Theory 2-Norbornyl_cation > Theory The nature of bonding in the 2-norbornyl cation was the center of a vigorous, well-known debate in the chemistry community through the middle of the twentieth century. While the majority of chemists believed that a three-center two-electron bond best depicted its gr...
Graph algorithm Monte Carlo Geometric_algorithms > Computational mathematics > Numerical algorithms > Monte Carlo Gibbs sampling: generates a sequence of samples from the joint probability distribution of two or more random variables Hybrid Monte Carlo: generates a sequence of samples using Hamiltonian weighted Markov ...
Regression diagnostics Assessing model structure Regression_diagnostic > Assessing model structure Adequacy of existing explanatory variablesPartial residual plot Ramsey RESET test F test for use when there are replicated observations, so that a comparison can be made between the lack-of-fit sum of squares and the pure...
Ecology Water Ecological_science > Relation to the environment > Physical environments > Water Diffusion of carbon dioxide and oxygen is approximately 10,000 times slower in water than in air. When soils are flooded, they quickly lose oxygen, becoming hypoxic (an environment with O2 concentration below 2 mg/liter) and ...
PID loop Setpoint step change Steady-state_error > Modifications to the algorithm > Setpoint step change Derivative of the process variable In this case the PID controller measures the derivative of the measured process variable (PV), rather than the derivative of the error. This quantity is always continuous (i.e., ne...
Epidemiological method Summary Epidemiological_method The science of epidemiology has matured significantly from the times of Hippocrates, Semmelweis and John Snow. The techniques for gathering and analyzing epidemiological data vary depending on the type of disease being monitored but each study will have overarching ...
Transgenerational epigenetic inheritance in plants Histone modification Transgenerational_epigenetic_inheritance_in_plants > Mechanisms > Histone modification Histone modification refers to the addition or subtraction of certain chemical groups from the amino acids of histones that change transcription activity by init...
Random neural network Summary Random_neural_network The random neural network (RNN) is a mathematical representation of an interconnected network of neurons or cells which exchange spiking signals. It was invented by Erol Gelenbe and is linked to the G-network model of queueing networks as well as to Gene Regulatory Ne...
Banach space Bidual Banach_Spaces > General theory > Dual space > Bidual For example, the dual of X = c 0 {\displaystyle X=c_{0}} is identified with ℓ 1 , {\displaystyle \ell ^{1},} and the dual of ℓ 1 {\displaystyle \ell ^{1}} is identified with ℓ ∞ , {\displaystyle \ell ^{\infty },} the space of bounded scalar sequen...
Negative-strand RNA virus Replication and transcription Negative-strand_RNA_virus > Characteristics > Replication and transcription Replication of −ssRNA genomes is executed by RdRp, which initiates replication by binding to a leader sequence on the 3'-end (usually pronounced "three prime end") of the genome. RdRp then...
Generative adversarial networks GANs with alternative architectures Generative_adversarial_networks > Variants > GANs with alternative architectures The GAN game is a general framework and can be run with any reasonable parametrization of the generator G {\displaystyle G} and discriminator D {\displaystyle D} . In the ...
Cognition Common types of tests on human cognition Cognition > Psychology > Common types of tests on human cognition This experiment focuses on human memory processes.Word superiority The word superiority experiment presents a subject with a word, or a letter by itself, for a brief period of time, i.e. 40 ms, and they ...
Tension headaches Synapses Tension_headache > Mechanism > Synapses In contrast, heterosynaptic facilitation occurs when synapses not normally involved in pain pathways become involved. Once this occurs innocuous signals are interpreted as painful signals. Allodynia and hyperalgesia of CTTH represent this heterosynaptic...
Social immunity Sanitary care of group members Social_immunity > Components of social immunity in insect societies > Sanitary care of group members Sanitary care reduces the risk of infection for group members and can slow the course of disease. For example, grooming is the first line of defence against externally-infe...
Functional calculus Summary Functional_calculus In mathematics, a functional calculus is a theory allowing one to apply mathematical functions to mathematical operators. It is now a branch (more accurately, several related areas) of the field of functional analysis, connected with spectral theory. (Historically, the te...
Linear progression Summary Linear_progression In music, a linear progression (Auskomponierungszug or Zug, abbreviated: Zg.) is a passing note elaboration involving stepwise melodic motion in one direction between two harmonic tones. "The compositional unfolding of a specific interval, one of the intervals of the chord ...
Hash tables Caching and locality of reference Hash_table > Collision resolution > Separate chaining > Caching and locality of reference The linked list of separate chaining implementation may not be cache-conscious due to spatial locality—locality of reference—when the nodes of the linked list are scattered across memo...
Node graph architecture Node Node_graph_architecture > Node Graph > Node Nodes perform some type of computation. They encapsulate this executable functionality and will often take inputs and produce outputs as a by-product of execution. A simple example is a node that adds two numbers together. The inputs are the two n...
Fucus vesiculosus Adverse effects Fucus_vesiculosus > Consumption > Adverse effects Consumption of F. vesiculosus can cause platelet inhibition, which may potentiate the anticoagulant activity of warfarin (Coumadin). It should be avoided before surgery.Some people may suffer an allergic reaction to the iodine in F. ves...
Interval tree Summary Interval_tree In computer science, an interval tree is a tree data structure to hold intervals. Specifically, it allows one to efficiently find all intervals that overlap with any given interval or point. It is often used for windowing queries, for instance, to find all roads on a computerized map...
Efficiency of a solar cell Radiative cooling Efficiency_of_a_solar_cell > Technical methods of improving efficiency > Radiative cooling An increase in solar cell temperature of approximately 1 °C causes an efficiency decrease of about 0.45%. To prevent this, a transparent silica crystal layer can be applied to solar pa...
Full repetend prime Base 10 Full_repetend_prime > Base 10 Generally, no such prime exists when b is congruent to 0 or 1 modulo 4. The values of p for which this formula produces cyclic numbers in decimal are: 7, 17, 19, 23, 29, 47, 59, 61, 97, 109, 113, 131, 149, 167, 179, 181, 193, 223, 229, 233, 257, 263, 269, 313, 3...
First law of thermodynamics Cited sources First_law_of_thermodynamics > References > Cited sources Thermodynamics of Complex Systems: Principles and applications. IOP Publishing, Bristol, UK. Bibcode:2020tcsp.book.....P. Prigogine, I.
Quantum Computer Quantum parallelism Quantum_Random_Access_Machine > Quantum information processing > Quantum parallelism Quantum parallelism refers to the ability of quantum computers to evaluate a function for multiple input values simultaneously. This can be achieved by preparing a quantum system in a superposition ...
Mercury pollution in the ocean Chemistry Mercury_pollution_in_the_ocean > Chemistry Fine aerosols in the atmosphere such as ocean water droplets can act as small reaction chambers in this process providing the special reaction conditions required. Oxidation and reduction of mercury in the ocean are not very simple reve...
Vaginal septum Summary Vaginal_septum A vaginal septum is a vaginal anomaly that is partition within the vagina; such a septum could be either longitudinal or transverse. In some affected women, the septum is partial or does not extend the length or width of the vagina. Pain during intercourse can be a symptom. A longi...
Fertilization in animals Humans Fertilization_in_animals > Fertilisation in animals > Mammals > Humans Its use makes it a subject of semantic arguments about the beginning of pregnancy, typically in the context of the abortion debate. Upon gastrulation, which occurs around 16 days after fertilisation, the implanted bla...
Artificial intelligence art Development Synthography > Tools and processes > Prompt engineering and sharing > Development Additional functionalities are under development and may improve various applications or enable new ones – such as "Textual Inversion" which refers to enabling the use of user-provided concepts (lik...
Chemotherapy regimen Summary Chemotherapy_regimen Because they have different dose-limiting adverse effects, they can be given together at full doses in chemotherapy regimens.The first successful combination chemotherapy was MOPP, introduced in 1963 for lymphomas. The term "induction regimen" refers to a chemotherapy r...
Nucleic Acid Deoxyribonucleic acid Nucleic_acids > Types > Deoxyribonucleic acid Within cells, DNA is organized into long sequences called chromosomes. During cell division these chromosomes are duplicated in the process of DNA replication, providing each cell its own complete set of chromosomes. Eukaryotic organisms (...
Quaternion Society Genesis Quaternion_Society > Genesis The algebra of space ought to include the algebra of the plane as a special case, just as the algebra of the plane includes the algebra of the line…When vector analysis is developed and presented...we may expect to see many zealous cultivators, many fruitful appli...
Incompleteness Theorem Proof sketch for the first theorem Gödel's_Incompleteness_Theorem > Proof sketch for the first theorem The proof by contradiction has three essential parts. To begin, choose a formal system that meets the proposed criteria: Statements in the system can be represented by natural numbers (known as ...
HPT axis Summary Thyroid_homeostasis The hypothalamic–pituitary–thyroid axis (HPT axis for short, a.k.a. thyroid homeostasis or thyrotropic feedback control) is part of the neuroendocrine system responsible for the regulation of metabolism and also responds to stress. As its name suggests, it depends upon the hypothala...
Q-guidance The Q matrix Q-guidance > The Q matrix The calculation of this matrix is non-trivial, but can be performed offline before the flight; experience shows that the matrix is only slowly time-varying, so only a few values of Q corresponding to different times during the flight need to be stored on board the vehic...
Fertility factor (bacteria) Function Fertility_factor_(bacteria) > Function The finO gene of the original F plasmid (in E. coli K12) is interrupted by an IS3 insertion, resulting in constitutive tra operon expression. F+ cells also have the surface exclusion proteins TraS and TraT on the bacterial surface. These protei...
Named data networking Router architecture Named_data_networking > Architecture overview > Router architecture To carry out the Interest and Data packet forwarding functions, each NDN router maintains three data structures, and a forwarding policy: Pending Interest Table (PIT): stores all the Interests that a router has...
Thermal conductivities Gases Thermal_impedance > Molecular origins > Gases For rigid elastic spheres, Ω ( T ) {\displaystyle \Omega (T)} is independent of T {\displaystyle T} and very close to 1 {\displaystyle 1} . More complex interaction laws introduce a weak temperature dependence. The precise nature of the dependen...
Flight Mechanical Flight > Types of flight > Aerodynamic flight > Mechanical Mechanical flight is the use of a machine to fly. These machines include aircraft such as airplanes, gliders, helicopters, autogyros, airships, balloons, ornithopters as well as spacecraft. Gliders are capable of unpowered flight.
Psychological resistance Realistic resistance Psychological_resistance > Contemporary understandings > Realistic resistance Realistic resistance is the understanding of the conscious and deliberate aspect of psychological resistance in therapeutic treatment. "Realistic resistance refers to clients' conscious, deliberat...
Code audit High-risk vulnerabilities Code_audit > Guidelines > High-risk vulnerabilities Some common high-risk vulnerabilities may exist due to the use of: Non-bounds-checking functions (e.g., strcpy, sprintf, vsprintf, and sscanf) that could lead to a buffer overflow vulnerability Pointer manipulation of buffers that ...
Glossary of genetics (0–L) C Glossary_of_gene_expression_terms > C chromatid One copy of a newly copied chromosome, which is joined to the original chromosome by a centromere. chromatin A complex of DNA, RNA, and protein found in eukaryotic cells that is the primary substance comprising chromosomes. Chromatin functions...
Electrical steel Metallurgy Electrical_steel > Metallurgy Carbon also causes magnetic aging when it slowly leaves the solid solution and precipitates as carbides, thus resulting in an increase in power loss over time. For these reasons, the carbon level is kept to 0.005% or lower. The carbon level can be reduced by ann...
C10H15Al Function as a ligand C10H15Al > Reactivity > Function as a ligand For example, treatment of with (dcpe = bis(dicyclohexylphosphino)ethane) yields . Other transition metals which use as a ligand include, but are not limited to d10 metal centre complexes such as and , and lanthanide/actinide metal centre com...
Input queue Weighted fair queue (WFQ) Input_queue > Networking > Weighted fair queue (WFQ) Weighted fair queue uses the min-max-fair-share algorithm to distribute packets. The min fair-share means the network OS will distribute equally minimum resource for each type of packet. The max fair-share means the network OS wi...
Object-oriented software engineering Object-orientation and databases Object-oriented_programming > Design patterns > Object-orientation and databases Both object-oriented programming and relational database management systems (RDBMSs) are extremely common in software today. Since relational databases do not store obje...
Units of mass Galilean free fall Inertial_Mass > Pre-Newtonian concepts > Galilean free fall And into this groove was placed "a hard, smooth and very round bronze ball". The ramp was inclined at various angles to slow the acceleration enough so that the elapsed time could be measured. The ball was allowed to roll a kno...
Direct sum of permutations Role in pattern avoidance Skew_and_direct_sums_of_permutations > Role in pattern avoidance Skew and direct sums of permutations appear (among other places) in the study of pattern avoidance in permutations. Breaking permutations down as skew and/or direct sums of a maximal number of parts (th...
Numerical integration History Numerical_quadrature > History In medieval Europe the quadrature meant calculation of area by any method. More often the Method of indivisibles was used; it was less rigorous, but more simple and powerful. With its help Galileo Galilei and Gilles de Roberval found the area of a cycloid arc...
Nuclear research Nuclear fusion Nuclear_research > Modern nuclear physics > Nuclear fusion Stars like the Sun are powered by the fusion of four protons into a helium nucleus, two positrons, and two neutrinos. The uncontrolled fusion of hydrogen into helium is known as thermonuclear runaway. A frontier in current resear...
Oxygen 3 Consumers Ozone_generator > Applications > Consumers Since ozone does not remain in the water long enough, ozone by itself is ineffective at preventing cross-contamination among bathers and must be used in conjunction with halogens. Gaseous ozone created by ultraviolet light or by corona discharge is injected ...
Empirical method Scientific research Empirical_study > Usage > Scientific research The more there is removal of concept from mental operations and experience, there can be performance over experience with increased plausibility in being innate. Further ahead, empiricism in context with a specific subject provides a rej...
Faddeev–Popov ghost Overcounting in Feynman path integrals Faddeev–Popov_ghost > Overcounting in Feynman path integrals The necessity for Faddeev–Popov ghosts follows from the requirement that quantum field theories yield unambiguous, non-singular solutions. This is not possible in the path integral formulation when a ...
History of measurement Metric conversion History_of_measurement > Metric conversion The metric system was first described in 1668 and officially adopted by France in 1799. Over the 19th and 20th centuries, it became the dominant system worldwide, although several countries, including the United States, China, and the U...
He Jiankui affair Medical ethics He_Jiankui_affair > Ethical controversies > Medical ethics Off-target mutations are likely to start at undesired sites, causing cell death or cell transformation. Sonia Ouagrham-Gormley, an associate professor in the Schar School of Policy and Government at George Mason University, and ...
Expressed genes Three prime untranslated regions and microRNAs Inducible_gene > Regulation of gene expression > Three prime untranslated regions and microRNAs Three prime untranslated regions (3′UTRs) of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) often contain regulatory sequences that post-transcriptionally influence gene expression. Suc...
Photon Quantization of the electromagnetic field Light_quanta > Quantum field theory > Quantization of the electromagnetic field He treated the interaction between a charge and an electromagnetic field as a small perturbation that induces transitions in the photon states, changing the numbers of photons in the modes, w...
Permutation polynomial Computational complexity Permutation_polynomial > Computational complexity The problem of testing whether a given polynomial over a finite field is a permutation polynomial can be solved in polynomial time.
Simulated environment Applications Virtual_reality_(VR) > Applications VR not only fits the trend of the digital industry but also enhances the film's visual effect. The film gives the audience more ways to interact through VR technology.In social sciences and psychology, virtual reality offers a cost-effective tool to...
Dirichlet boundary condition Other boundary conditions Dirichlet_condition > Other boundary conditions Many other boundary conditions are possible, including the Cauchy boundary condition and the mixed boundary condition. The latter is a combination of the Dirichlet and Neumann conditions.
Advanced Message Queuing Protocol Summary Advanced_Message_Queuing_Protocol Unlike JMS, which defines an API and a set of behaviors that a messaging implementation must provide, AMQP is a wire-level protocol. A wire-level protocol is a description of the format of the data that is sent across the network as a stream of...