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Human Epigenome Project ( HEP ) is a multinational science project, with the stated aim to "identify, catalog, and interpret genome-wide DNA methylation patterns of all human genes in all major tissues". [ 1 ] It is financed by government funds as well as private investment, via a consortium of genetic research organis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Epigenome_Project |
Human Factors in Engineering and Design is an engineering textbook, currently in its seventh edition. [ 1 ] First published in 1957 by Ernest J. McCormick, the book is considered a classic in human factors and ergonomics , and one of the best-established texts in the field. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is frequently taught in upper-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Factors_in_Engineering_and_Design |
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (c. 37) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . It created the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority which is in charge of human embryo research, along with monitoring and licensing fertility clinics in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ]
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The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom . The Act constitutes a major review and update of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 . The Guardian described the bill as a ‘landmark piece of legislation’ intended to bring UK... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Fertilisation_and_Embryology_Act_2008 |
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority ( HFEA ) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Department of Health and Social Care in the United Kingdom. It is a statutory body that regulates and inspects all clinics in the United Kingdom providing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), artificial insemination a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Fertilisation_and_Embryology_Authority |
The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization ( HFSPO ) is a non-profit organization, based in Strasbourg , France , that funds basic research in life sciences. The organization implements the Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) and is supported by 14 countries and the European Commission. Yoshihiro Y... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Frontier_Science_Program |
" Human Genetic Diversity: Lewontin's Fallacy " is a 2003 paper by A. W. F. Edwards in the journal BioEssays . [ 1 ] He criticises an argument first made in Richard Lewontin 's 1972 article " The Apportionment of Human Diversity ", that the practice of dividing humanity into races is taxonomically invalid because any g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genetic_Diversity:_Lewontin's_Fallacy |
The Human Genetics Commission (HGC) was an advisory non-departmental public body that advised the UK government on the ethical and social aspects of genetics . This included genetic testing , cloning and other aspects of molecular medicine. The Commission was created after a review of the UK government biotechnology ad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genetics_Commission |
The Human Genome Project ( HGP ) was an international scientific research project with the goal of determining the base pairs that make up human DNA , and of identifying, mapping and sequencing all of the genes of the human genome from both a physical and a functional standpoint. It started in 1990 and was completed in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Genome_Project |
Human HGF plasmid DNA therapy of cardiomyocytes is being examined as a potential treatment for coronary artery disease (a major cause of myocardial infarction (MI)), as well as treatment for the damage that occurs to the heart after MI. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] After MI, the myocardium suffers from reperfusion injury which leads to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_HGF_plasmid_DNA_therapy |
The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 in the United Kingdom were created, under statutory authority of the European Communities Act 1972 and the Medicines Act 1968 in 2012. The body responsible for their upkeep is the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency . The regulations partially repealed the Medicines ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Medicines_Regulations_2012 |
The Human Metabolome Database (HMDB) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] is a comprehensive, high-quality, freely accessible, online database of small molecule metabolites found in the human body. It has been created by the Human Metabolome Project funded by Genome Canada [ 5 ] and is one of the first dedicated metabolomics databa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Metabolome_Database |
The Human Microbiome Project ( HMP ) was a United States National Institutes of Health (NIH) research initiative to improve understanding of the microbiota involved in human health and disease. Launched in 2007, [ 1 ] the first phase (HMP1) focused on identifying and characterizing human microbiota. The second phase, k... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Microbiome_Project |
Human Proteinpedia , which is closely associated with Institute of Bioinformatics (IOB), Bangalore and Johns Hopkins University , is a portal for sharing and integration of human proteomic data. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It allows research laboratories to contribute and maintain protein annotations. Human Protein Reference Database ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Proteinpedia |
The Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001 (c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom "to prohibit the placing in a woman of a human embryo which has been created otherwise than by fertilisation". The act received Royal Assent on 4 December 2001.
On 14 January 2001, the British government passed The Human... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Reproductive_Cloning_Act_2001 |
The Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 4) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament enacted to consolidate and modernise the legal framework governing the removal, retention, and use of human tissue in Scotland . It replaces earlier legislation, including aspects of the Anatomy Act 1984 , and addresses ethical and legal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Tissue_(Scotland)_Act_2006 |
Human accelerated regions ( HARs ), first described in August 2006, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] are a set of 49 segments of the human genome that are conserved throughout vertebrate evolution but are strikingly different in humans . They are named according to their degree of difference between humans and chimpanzees (HAR1 showing the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_accelerated_regions |
A human artificial chromosome ( HAC ) is a microchromosome that can act as a new chromosome in a population of human cells. That is, instead of 46 chromosomes, the cell could have 47 with the 47th being very small, roughly 6–10 megabases (Mb) in size instead of 50–250 Mb for natural chromosomes, and able to carry new g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_artificial_chromosome |
Human betaretrovirus (HBRV) , also known as Human mammary tumor virus , or Mouse mammary tumor-like virus is the human homologue of the Mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV). The nomenclature for Human betaretrovirus was introduced following characterization of infection in patient with autoimmune liver disease suggesting t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_betaretrovirus |
Human biology is an interdisciplinary area of academic study that examines humans through the influences and interplay of many diverse fields such as genetics , evolution , physiology , anatomy , epidemiology , anthropology , ecology , nutrition , population genetics , and sociocultural influences. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is cl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_biology |
A human chimera is a human with a subset of cells with a distinct genotype than other cells, that is, having genetic chimerism . In contrast, an individual where each cell contains genetic material from a human and an animal is called a human–animal hybrid , while an organism that contains a mixture of human and non-hu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_chimera |
Human chorionic gonadotropin ( hCG ) is a hormone for the maternal recognition of pregnancy produced by trophoblast cells that are surrounding a growing embryo (syncytiotrophoblast initially), which eventually forms the placenta after implantation . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The presence of hCG is detected in some pregnancy tests (H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_chorionic_gonadotropin |
The human climate niche is the ensemble of climate conditions that have sustained human life and human activities, like agriculture, on the globe for the last millennia. The human climate niche is estimated by calculating the human population density with respect to mean annual temperature. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The human popula... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_climate_niche |
Human cloning is the creation of a genetically identical copy of a human. The term is generally used to refer to artificial human cloning , which is the reproduction of human cells and tissue . It does not refer to the natural conception and delivery of identical twins . The possibilities of human cloning have raised c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_cloning |
Human composting is a process for the final disposition of human remains in which microbes convert a deceased body into compost . In the early 21st century, a form of human composting that contains and accelerates the process was legalized in several U.S. states as natural organic reduction . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
In the 21st c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_composting |
Human decontamination is the process of removing hazardous materials from the human body, including chemicals, radioactive substances , and infectious material .
People suspected of being contaminated are usually separated by sex, and led into a decontamination tent, trailer, or pod, where they shed their potentially ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_decontamination |
Human ecosystems are human-dominated ecosystems of the anthropocene era that are viewed as complex cybernetic systems by conceptual models that are increasingly used by ecological anthropologists and other scholars to examine the ecological aspects of human communities in a way that integrates multiple factors as econo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_ecosystem |
Human engineered cardiac tissues (hECTs) are derived by experimental manipulation of pluripotent stem cells, such as human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and, more recently, human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to differentiate into human cardiomyocytes . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Interest in these bioengine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_engineered_cardiac_tissues |
In biology , the epigenome of an organism is the collection of chemical changes to its DNA and histone proteins that affects when, where, and how the DNA is expressed ; these changes can be passed down to an organism's offspring via transgenerational epigenetic inheritance . Changes to the epigenome can result in chang... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_epigenome |
The term human equivalent is used in a number of different contexts. This term can refer to human equivalents of various comparisons of animate and inanimate things.
Animal models are used to learn more about a disease, its diagnosis and its treatment , with animal models predicting human toxicity in up to 71% of case... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_equivalent |
Human evolutionary developmental biology or informally human evo-devo is the human-specific subset of evolutionary developmental biology . Evolutionary developmental biology is the study of the evolution of developmental processes across different organisms. It is utilized within multiple disciplines, primarily evoluti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolutionary_developmental_biology |
Human factors in diving equipment design are the influences of the interactions between the user and equipment in the design of diving equipment and diving support equipment . The underwater diver relies on various items of diving and support equipment to stay alive, healthy and reasonably comfortable and to perform p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_factors_in_diving_equipment_design |
Human Factors Integration (HFI) is the process adopted by a number of key industries (notably defence and hazardous industries like oil & gas) in Europe to integrate human factors and ergonomics into the systems engineering process. Although each industry has a slightly different domain, the underlying approach is the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_factors_integration |
Human genetic enhancement or human genetic engineering refers to human enhancement by means of a genetic modification . This could be done in order to cure diseases ( gene therapy ), prevent the possibility of getting a particular disease [ 1 ] (similarly to vaccines), to improve athlete performance in sporting events... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genetic_enhancement |
Human genetic resistance to malaria refers to inherited changes in the DNA of humans which increase resistance to malaria and result in increased survival of individuals with those genetic changes. The existence of these genotypes is likely due to evolutionary pressure exerted by parasites of the genus Plasmodium which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genetic_resistance_to_malaria |
Human genetic variation is the genetic differences in and among populations . There may be multiple variants of any given gene in the human population ( alleles ), a situation called polymorphism .
No two humans are genetically identical. Even monozygotic twins (who develop from one zygote) have infrequent genetic dif... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_genetic_variation |
Human geography or anthropogeography is the branch of geography which studies spatial relationships between human communities, cultures, economies, and their interactions with the environment, examples of which include urban sprawl and urban redevelopment . [ 1 ] It analyzes spatial interdependencies between social int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_geography |
Human germline engineering (HGE) is the process by which the genome of an individual is modified in such a way that the change is heritable. This is achieved by altering the genes of the germ cells , which mature into eggs and sperm. HGE is prohibited by law in more than 70 countries [ 1 ] and by a binding internationa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_germline_engineering |
Human activities affect marine life and marine habitats through overfishing , habitat loss , the introduction of invasive species , ocean pollution , ocean acidification and ocean warming . These impact marine ecosystems and food webs and may result in consequences as yet unrecognised for the biodiversity and continuat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_impact_on_marine_life |
Many river systems are shaped by human activity and through anthropogenic forces. [ 1 ] The process of human influence on nature, including rivers, is stated with the beginning of the Anthropocene , which has replaced the Holocene . [ citation needed ] This long-term impact is analyzed and explained by a wide range of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_impact_on_river_systems |
Human impact on the nitrogen cycle is diverse. Agricultural and industrial nitrogen (N) inputs to the environment currently exceed inputs from natural N fixation . [ 1 ] As a consequence of anthropogenic inputs, the global nitrogen cycle (Fig. 1) has been significantly altered over the past century. Global atmospheric ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_impact_on_the_nitrogen_cycle |
Human-information interaction or HII is the formal term for information behavior research in archival science ; the term was invented by Nahum Gershon in 1995. [ 1 ] HII is not transferable from analog to digital research because nonprofessional researchers greatly emphasize the need for further elaboration of context ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_information_interaction |
Various cultures throughout Africa utilize insects for many things and have developed unique interactions with insects : as food sources, for sale or trade in markets, or for use in traditional practices and rituals, as ethnomedicine or as part of their traditional ecological knowledge . As food, also known as entomoph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interactions_with_insects_in_southern_Africa |
The human interactome is the set of protein–protein interactions (the interactome ) that occur in human cells. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The sequencing of reference genomes, in particular the Human Genome Project , has revolutionized human genetics , molecular biology , and clinical medicine . Genome-wide association study results h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_interactome |
Human iron metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that maintain human homeostasis of iron at the systemic and cellular level. Iron is both necessary to the body and potentially toxic. Controlling iron levels in the body is a critically important part of many aspects of human health and disease. Hematologists have... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_iron_metabolism |
The human microbiome is the aggregate of all microbiota that reside on or within human tissues and biofluids along with the corresponding anatomical sites in which they reside, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] including the gastrointestinal tract , skin , mammary glands , seminal fluid , uterus , ovarian follicles , lung , saliva , oral mu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_microbiome |
Human milk immunity is the protection provided to the immune system of an infant via the biologically active components in human milk . Human milk was previously thought to only provide passive immunity primarily through Secretory IgA , but advances in technology have led to the identification of various immune-modulat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_milk_immunity |
Human milk oligosaccharides ( HMOs ), also known as human milk glycans , are short polymers of simple sugars that can be found in high concentrations in human breast milk . [ 1 ] Human milk oligosaccharides promote the development of the immune system, can reduce the risk of pathogen infections and improve brain develo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_milk_oligosaccharide |
The human mitochondrial molecular clock is the rate at which mutations have been accumulating in the mitochondrial genome of hominids during the course of human evolution . The archeological record of human activity from early periods in human prehistory is relatively limited and its interpretation has been controversi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mitochondrial_molecular_clock |
Human papillomavirus infection ( HPV infection ) is caused by a DNA virus from the Papillomaviridae family. [ 5 ] Many HPV infections cause no symptoms and 90% resolve spontaneously within two years. [ 1 ] In some cases, an HPV infection persists and results in either warts or precancerous lesions . [ 2 ] All warts are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_papillomavirus_infection |
A human pathogen is a pathogen ( microbe or microorganism such as a virus , bacterium , prion , or fungus ) that causes disease in humans .
The human physiological defense against common pathogens (such as Pneumocystis ) is mainly the responsibility of the immune system with help by some of the body's normal microbio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_pathogen |
Human presence in space (also anthropogenic presence in space or humanity in space ) is the direct and mediated presence or telepresence of humans in outer space , [ 1 ] and in an extended sense across space including astronomical bodies . Human presence in space, particularly through mediation, can take many physical ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_presence_in_space |
Since the discovery of ionizing radiation , a number of human radiation experiments have been performed to understand the effects of ionizing radiation and radioactive contamination on the human body, specifically with the element plutonium .
Numerous human radiation experiments have been performed in the United State... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_radiation_experiments |
Human reproductive ecology is a subfield in evolutionary biology that is concerned with human reproductive processes and responses to ecological variables. [ 1 ] It is based in the natural and social sciences , and is based on theory and models deriving from human and animal biology, evolutionary theory , and ecology .... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_reproductive_ecology |
A human resources management system ( HRMS ), also human resources information system ( HRIS ) or human capital management ( HCM ) system , is a form of human resources (HR) software that combines a number of systems and processes to ensure the easy management of human resources, business processes and data. Human reso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_resource_management_system |
Human satellite II is an exceptionally high-copy but unexplored sequence of the human genome thought of as junk DNA has a surprising ability to impact master regulators of our genome, and it goes awry in 50 percent of tumors. [ 1 ]
Because HSAT-II DNA is normally methylated (a form of gene regulation ), it remains dor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_satellite_II |
Human somatic variations are somatic mutations ( mutations that occur in somatic cells ) both at early stages of development and in adult cells. These variations can lead either to pathogenic phenotypes or not, even if their function in healthy conditions is not completely clear yet. [ 1 ]
The term mosaic (from mediev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_somatic_variation |
Human spaceflight (also referred to as manned spaceflight or crewed spaceflight ) is spaceflight with a crew or passengers aboard a spacecraft , often with the spacecraft being operated directly by the onboard human crew. Spacecraft can also be remotely operated from ground stations on Earth, or autonomously , without ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_spaceflight |
Human spaceflight programs have been conducted, started, or planned by multiple countries and companies. Until the 21st century, human spaceflight programs were sponsored exclusively by governments, through either the military or civilian space agencies. With the launch of the privately funded SpaceShipOne in 2004, a n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_spaceflight_programs |
Human systems engineering ( HSE ) is a field based on systems theory intended as a structured approach to influencing the intangible reality in organizations in a desirable direction. HSE claims to turn complexity into an advantage, to ease innovation processes in organizations and to master problems rooted in negative... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_systems_engineering |
Human systems integration ( HSI ) is an interdisciplinary managerial and technical approach to developing and sustaining systems which focuses on the interfaces between humans and modern technical systems. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The objective of HSI is to provide equal weight to human, hardware, and software elements of system de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_systems_integration |
In the context of human evolution , vestigiality involves those traits occurring in humans that have lost all or most of their original function through evolution . Although structures called vestigial often appear functionless, they may retain lesser functions or develop minor new ones. In some cases, structures once ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_vestigiality |
Viruses are a major cause of human waterborne and water-related diseases. Waterborne diseases are caused by water that is contaminated by human and animal urine and feces that contain pathogenic microorganisms . A subject can get infected through contact with or consumption of the contaminated water. Viruses affect all... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_viruses_in_water |
Human waste (or human excreta ) refers to the waste products of the human digestive system , menses , and human metabolism including urine and feces . As part of a sanitation system that is in place, human waste is collected, transported, treated and disposed of or reused by one method or another, depending on the type... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_waste |
The Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute ( HATII ) was a research and teaching institute at the University of Glasgow in Scotland . It was established in 1997 with Professor Seamus Ross as Founding Director until 2009. HATII led research in archival and library science and in information/knowledge m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities_Advanced_Technology_and_Information_Institute |
The Humanities Indicators is a project of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences that provides statistical tools for answering questions about humanities education in the United States. Researchers use the Indicators to analyze primary and secondary humanities education, undergraduate and graduate education in the h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanities_Indicators |
Humanium Metal is a brand of metal made by melting down illegal firearms seized in conflict zones . The creation and distribution of this metal is done through a marketing campaign called "The Humanium Metal Initiative", started in 2016 by Swedish nonprofit organization IM Swedish Development Partner. The stated object... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanium_Metal |
A human–animal hybrid and animal–human hybrid is an organism that incorporates elements from both humans and non-human animals . Technically, in a human–animal hybrid , each cell has both human and non-human genetic material. It is in contrast to an individual where some cells are human and some are derived from a diff... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human–animal_hybrid |
Human–city interaction is the intersection between human-computer interaction and urban computing . The area involves data-driven methods such as analysis tools, prediction methods to present the solutions to urban design problems. Practitioners, Designers, software engineers in this area employ large sets of user-cent... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human–city_interaction |
Human-Robot Collaboration is the study of collaborative processes in human and robot agents work together to achieve shared goals. Many new applications for robots require them to work alongside people as capable members of human-robot teams. These include robots for homes, hospitals, and offices, space exploration and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human–robot_collaboration |
Human–robot interaction ( HRI ) is the study of interactions between humans and robots. Human–robot interaction is a multidisciplinary field with contributions from human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , robotics , natural language processing , design , psychology and philosophy . A subfield known as p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human–robot_interaction |
In mathematics , the Humbert polynomials π λ n , m ( x ) are a generalization of Pincherle polynomials introduced by Humbert ( 1921 ) given by the generating function
Boas & Buck (1958 , p.58).
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Hume's principle or HP says that, given two collections of objects F {\displaystyle {\mathcal {F}}} and G {\displaystyle {\mathcal {G}}} with properties F {\displaystyle F} and G {\displaystyle G} respectively, the number of objects with property F {\displaystyle F} is equal to the number of objects with property G {\d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume's_principle |
Hume-Rothery rules , named after William Hume-Rothery , are a set of basic rules that describe the conditions under which an element could dissolve in a metal , forming a solid solution . There are two sets of rules; one refers to substitutional solid solutions, and the other refers to interstitial solid solutions.
F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hume-Rothery_rules |
Humeanism refers to the philosophy of David Hume and to the tradition of thought inspired by him. Hume was an influential eighteenth century Scottish philosopher well known for his empirical approach, which he applied to various fields in philosophy. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In the philosophy of science , he is notable for developi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humeanism |
Humic substances ( HS ) are colored relatively recalcitrant organic compounds naturally formed during long-term decomposition and transformation of biomass residues. The color of humic substances varies from bright yellow to light or dark brown leading to black. The term comes from humus , which in turn comes from the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humic_substance |
Humidity is the concentration of water vapor present in the air. Water vapor, the gaseous state of water, is generally invisible to the human eye. [ 2 ] Humidity indicates the likelihood for precipitation , dew , or fog to be present.
Humidity depends on the temperature and pressure of the system of interest. The same... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humidity |
Hummers' method is a chemical process that can be used to generate graphite oxide through the addition of potassium permanganate to a solution of graphite , sodium nitrate , and sulfuric acid . It is commonly used by engineering and lab technicians as a reliable method of producing quantities of graphite oxide. It is a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hummers'_method |
Humoral immunity is the aspect of immunity that is mediated by macromolecules – including secreted antibodies , complement proteins , and certain antimicrobial peptides – located in extracellular fluids . Humoral immunity is named so because it involves substances found in the humors , or body fluids . It contrasts wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humoral_immunity |
Humorism , the humoral theory , or humoralism , was a system of medicine detailing a supposed makeup and workings of the human body, adopted by Ancient Greek and Roman physicians and philosophers .
Humorism began to fall out of favor in the 17th century and it was definitively disproved with the discovery of microbes.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humorism |
Humphry John Moule Bowen (22 June 1929 – 9 August 2001) was a British botanist and chemist . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ excessive citations ]
Bowen was born in Oxford , son of the chemist Edmund Bowen and Edith Bowen (nee Moule). [ 8 ] He attended the Dragon School , gaining a scholarship to Rugby School and then... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humphry_Bowen |
A humster is a hybrid cell line made from a zona-free hamster oocyte fertilized with human sperm. [ 1 ] It always consists of single cells, and cannot form a multi-cellular being. Humsters are usually destroyed before they divide into two cells ; if isolated and left alone to divide, they would still be unviable . [ 2 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humster |
In rotational-vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of diatomic molecules , Hund 's coupling cases are idealized descriptions of rotational states in which specific terms in the molecular Hamiltonian and involving couplings between angular momenta are assumed to dominate over all other terms. There are five cases, p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hund's_cases |
Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity is a rule based on observation of atomic spectra , which is used to predict the ground state of an atom or molecule with one or more open electronic shells . The rule states that for a given electron configuration , the lowest energy term is the one with the greatest value of spin mu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hund's_rule_of_maximum_multiplicity |
In atomic physics and quantum chemistry , Hund's rules refers to a set of rules that German physicist Friedrich Hund formulated around 1925, which are used to determine the term symbol that corresponds to the ground state of a multi-electron atom . The first rule is especially important in chemistry , where it is often... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hund's_rules |
The Hundred-dollar, Hundred-digit Challenge problems are 10 problems in numerical mathematics published in 2002 by Nick Trefethen ( 2002 ). A $100 prize was offered to whoever produced the most accurate solutions, measured up to 10 significant digits . The deadline for the contest was May 20, 2002. In the end, 20 team... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred-dollar,_Hundred-digit_Challenge_problems |
The Hundred Fowls Problem is a problem first discussed in the fifth century CE Chinese mathematics text Zhang Qiujian suanjing (The Mathematical Classic of Zhang Qiujian), a book of mathematical problems written by Zhang Qiujian. It is one of the best known examples of indeterminate problems in the early history of mat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundred_Fowls_Problem |
In arithmetic , a hundredth is a single part of something that has been divided equally into a hundred parts. [ 1 ] For example, a hundredth of 675 is 6.75. In this manner it is used with the prefix " centi- " such as in centimeter . A hundredth is also one percent .
A hundredth is the reciprocal of 100.
A hundredth ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hundredth |
Hungarian Astronautical Society [ 1 ] abbreviated as MANT (Magyar Asztronautikai Társaság), is a non-profit organization focusing on educational and informative activities on space science , founded in 1986. The association considers itself a successor of the Astronautical Committee of the association called Scientific... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Astronautical_Society |
The Hungarian Chemical Society ( Hungarian : Magyar Kémikusok Egyesülete , pronounced [ˈmɒɟɒr ˈkeːmikuʃok ˈɛɟːɛʃylɛtɛ] ) was founded in 1907. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a voluntary society of more than 2,000 members [ 3 ] which aims to provide a forum for those interested in chemistry and promote chemistry in Hungary . [ 4 ]
T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_Chemical_Society |
In politics , humanitarian aid , and the social sciences , hunger is defined as a condition in which a person does not have the physical or financial capability to eat sufficient food to meet basic nutritional needs for a sustained period. In the field of hunger relief, the term hunger is used in a sense that goes beyo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunger |
The Hunsdiecker reaction (also called the Borodin reaction or the Hunsdiecker–Borodin reaction ) is a name reaction in organic chemistry whereby silver salts of carboxylic acids react with a halogen to produce an organic halide . [ 1 ] It is an example of both a decarboxylation and a halogenation reaction as the produc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunsdiecker_reaction |
In paleoanthropology , the hunting hypothesis is the hypothesis that human evolution was primarily influenced by the activity of hunting for relatively large and fast animals, and that the activity of hunting distinguished human ancestors from other hominins .
While it is undisputed that early humans were hunters, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_hypothesis |
In ecology , hunting success is the proportion of hunts initiated by a predatory organism that end in success. Hunting success is determined by a number of factors such as the features of the predator, timing, different age classes, conditions for hunting, experience, and physical capabilities. Predators selectively ta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting_success |
Huntingdon Life Sciences ( HLS ) was a contract research organisation (CRO) organized in Maryland and headquartered in East Millstone, New Jersey . It was founded in 1951 in Cambridgeshire, England . It had two laboratories in the United Kingdom and one in the United States. With over 1,600 employees, it was the larges... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntingdon_Life_Sciences |
In computer science , the Hunt–Szymanski algorithm , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] also known as Hunt–McIlroy algorithm , is a solution to the longest common subsequence problem . It was one of the first non-heuristic algorithms used in diff which compares a pair of files each represented as a sequence of lines. To this day, variations ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunt–Szymanski_algorithm |
The Hunza cuisine , also called the Burusho cuisine ( Burushaski : بروشو دݘیرس ), consists of a series of selective food and drink intake practiced by the Burusho people (also called the Hunza people) of northern Pakistan . Alternative medicine and natural health advocates have argued without providing any scientific e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunza_diet |
The Hurd–Mori 1,2,3-thiadiazole synthesis is a name reaction in organic chemistry that allows for the generation of 1,2,3- thiadiazoles through the reaction of hydrazone derivatives with an N -acyl or N - tosyl group reacted with thionyl chloride . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An analogous reaction gives 1,2,3-selenadiazole... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurd–Mori_1,2,3-thiadiazole_synthesis |
In mathematics, a Hurewicz space is a topological space that satisfies a certain basic selection principle that generalizes σ-compactness . A Hurewicz space is a space in which for every sequence of open covers U 1 , U 2 , … {\displaystyle {\mathcal {U}}_{1},{\mathcal {U}}_{2},\ldots } of the space there are finite set... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurewicz_space |
Tornadoes , cyclones , and other storms with strong winds damage or destroy many buildings. However, with proper design and construction, the damage to buildings by these forces can be greatly reduced. A variety of methods can help a building survive strong winds and storm surge .
Waves along coastal areas can destroy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane-proof_building |
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