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350,485 | Consider the behaviour of a belief distribution as it is updated a large number of times with independent and identically distributed trials. For sufficiently nice prior probabilities, the Bernstein-von Mises theorem gives that in the limit of infinite trials, the posterior converges to a Gaussian distribution independ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49571 | 350,302 |
1,322,171 | Early in 2005, German explorers Ulrich Joger and Edgar Sommer explored the semi-deserts south of Agadez after local Tuaregs had informed Sommer about the occurrence of large bones in the region. Sommer is the founder of CARGO, a relief organisation specialised in improving the local education system for the Tuareg peop... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24361405 | 1,321,445 |
247,964 | Biodiesel and its blends in general are known to reduce harmful tailpipe emissions such as: carbon monoxide; particulate matter (PM), otherwise known as soot; and unburned hydrocarbon emissions. While earlier studies suggested biodiesel could sometimes decrease and sometimes increase emissions, subsequent investigation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2630676 | 247,836 |
562,125 | Specifically the cognitive science-based theories lacked means of addressing a number of issues that came out of the empirical projects (see Bannon & Bødker, 1991): 1. Many of the early advanced user interfaces assumed that the users were the designers themselves, and accordingly built on an assumption of a generic use... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=628450 | 561,836 |
732,832 | SLM is a fast developing process that is being implemented in both research and industry. This advancement is very important to both material science and the industry because it can not only create custom properties but it can reduce material usage and give more degrees of freedom with designs that manufacturing techni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29017963 | 732,445 |
38,003 | It is largely unclear when human ancestors lost most of their body hair. Genetic analysis suggests that high activity in the melanocortin 1 receptor, which would produce dark skin, dates back to 1.2 Mya. This could indicate the evolution of hairlessness around this time, as a lack of body hair would have left the skin ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19554533 | 37,990 |
362,574 | A lesser-known contribution, however one of the first of its kind, was Hooke's scientific model of human memory. Hooke in a 1682 lecture to the Royal Society proposed a mechanistic model of human memory, which would bear little resemblance to the mainly philosophical models before it. This model addressed the component... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49720 | 362,384 |
1,882,288 | Polish Lower Toarcian palynology is assigned to the Paxillitriletes phyllicus (Ph) level (Isoetales), due to the abundance of this genus. The lower part of the Toarcian level has numerous occurrences of this species, sometimes before the genera "Erlansonisporites sparassis" (Selaginella-like) and "Minerisporites volucr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63042800 | 1,881,207 |
492,760 | Digital agriculture improves labor productivity through improved farmer knowledge. E-extension (electronic provision of traditional agricultural extension services) allows for farming knowledge and skills to diffuse at low cost. For example, the company Digital Green works with local farmers to create and disseminate v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59238166 | 492,505 |
1,293,738 | Hans Suess was recruited by Revelle, and they co-authored a 1957 article using carbon-14 isotope levels to assess the rate at which carbon dioxide added by fossil fuel combustion since the start of the industrial revolution had accumulated in the atmosphere. They concluded that most of it had been absorbed by the Earth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2296257 | 1,293,027 |
1,545,744 | The years of 1973-85, saw a peak in Warsaw Pact observation reports, which can be attributed to technological advancements that improved "clandestine" reporting and observation mechanisms. As reports of the Warsaw Pact increased, the US government was able to make appropriate decisions in regards to defence policies. D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=47355403 | 1,544,870 |
202,647 | Although most cases of radiculopathy are compressive and resolve with conservative treatment within 4–6 weeks, guidelines for managing radiculopathy recommend first excluding possible causes that, although rare, require immediate attention, among them the following. Cauda equina syndrome should be investigated in case ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8639835 | 202,543 |
117,221 | Pitt has a long history of success in other intercollegiate athletic events. In Track and Field, Pitt has produced several Olympic and NCAA champions such as 800 m Olympic gold medalist John Woodruff, two-time 110 m hurdle Olympic gold medalist Roger Kingdom, and seven-time NCAA champion and 2005 World Champion triple ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=239870 | 117,176 |
185,638 | The development of the university was delayed by World War I, but after the first world war the university enrolments for education and research took flight as demand for higher education increased in Australia. Thus, in the early 1920s the growing university had to look for a more spacious campus as its original site ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=192819 | 185,541 |
1,433,658 | Maths C extends the topics taught in Maths B, and covers additional pure-maths topics (including complex numbers, matrices, vectors, further calculus and number theory). Although not necessarily more difficult, it must be studied in conjunction with Maths B. Maths C gives the students an understanding of the methods an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5570773 | 1,432,854 |
401,560 | With the arrival of President Shirley Ann Jackson came the "Rensselaer Plan", announced in 1999. Its goal is to achieve greater prominence for Rensselaer as a technological research university. Various aspects of the plan include bringing in a larger graduate student population and new research faculty, and increasing ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=194026 | 401,361 |
1,119,508 | In 2014, Japan was the first country in the world to approve a pharmacological treatment for ADPKD followed by Canada and Europe, which approved the drug tolvaptan for ADPKD patients in the beginning of 2015. The USA FDA approved the use of tolvaptan in the treatment of ADPKD in 2018. Tolvaptan, an aquaretic drug, is a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24595 | 1,118,935 |
1,703,323 | On 12 June 2013, Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana, announced it had engaged Gonzalez as an assistant professor in the department of physics and astronomy. At the time, the university was already investigating a complaint that another assistant professor in that department, Eric Hedin, had been promoting intelli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4140198 | 1,702,367 |
148,986 | Palladio would often model his villa elevations on Roman temple façades. The temple influence, often in a cruciform design, later became a trademark of his work. Palladian villas are usually built with three floors: a rusticated basement or ground floor, containing the service and minor rooms; above this, the "piano no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=592136 | 148,925 |
677,267 | One of the possible application of DetNet is professional audio/video, such as music and film production, broadcast, cinema, live sound, and large venue (stadiums, halls, conference centers, theme parks, airports, train terminals, etc.) systems for public addressing, media streaming and emergency announcement. The stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=61628941 | 676,914 |
2,242,891 | TRK transporters, responsible for the bulk of K accumulation in plants, fungi, and bacteria, mediate ion currents driven by the large membrane voltages (-150 to -250 mV) common to non-animal cells. Bacterial TRK proteins resemble K channels in their primary sequence, crystallize as membrane dimers having intramolecular... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49302234 | 2,241,620 |
332,223 | The field of autophagy research experienced accelerated growth at the turn of the 21st century. Knowledge of ATG genes provided scientists more convenient tools to dissect functions of autophagy in human health and disease. In 1999, a landmark discovery connecting autophagy with cancer was published by Beth Levine's gr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=624361 | 332,046 |
1,792,458 | CAFM was initially used in the field of nanoelectronics to monitor the electrical properties of thin dielectrics with very high lateral resolution. The first CAFM development in 1993 had the goal of studying the local tunneling currents through 12 nm thick SiO films. In 1995 and 1996, O'Shea and Ruskell further improve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24580913 | 1,791,451 |
409,568 | The NTSB recommended in 1999 that operators be required to install two sets of CVDR systems, with the second CVDR set being "deployable or ejectable". The "deployable" recorder combines the cockpit voice/flight data recorders and an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) in a single unit. The "deployable" unit would depar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=938385 | 409,366 |
666,380 | In the origin of chemiosmosis, if early cells originated at alkaline hydrothermal vents, proton gradients can be maintained by the acidic ocean and alkaline water from white smokers while an inorganic membranous structure is in a rock cavity. If early cells originated in terrestrial pools such as hot springs, quinones ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19179678 | 666,032 |
1,838,698 | The main advantages of this technology are the extremely high image quality and the huge resulting files. This translates to very accurate color reproduction, because every pixel is measured individually, allowing printing in very large sizes without loss of detail. Previously only large format film cameras could print... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6095845 | 1,837,649 |
61,356 | After the 1940s, the campus's Gothic style began to give way to modern styles. In 1955, Eero Saarinen was contracted to develop a second master plan, which led to the construction of buildings both north and south of the Midway, including the Laird Bell Law Quadrangle (a complex designed by Saarinen); a series of arts ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32127 | 61,331 |
833,865 | The device consists of a hot cathode (filaments), grids and anodes (phosphor) encased in a glass envelope under a high vacuum condition. The cathode is made up of fine tungsten wires, coated by alkaline earth metal oxides (barium, strontium and calcium oxides), which emit electrons when heated to 650 °C by an electric ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=497899 | 833,416 |
1,119,718 | The competitive power rating span of standardized CCVs ranges from few megawatts up to many tens of megawatts. CCVs are used for driving mine hoists, rolling mill main motors, ball mills for ore processing, cement kilns, ship propulsion systems, slip power recovery wound-rotor induction motors (i.e., Scherbius drives) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2568485 | 1,119,145 |
345,861 | According to Faliszek, user-generated content for "Portal 2" would be available on all platforms, but because of software dependencies, the necessary modding tools would only be available for Windows. Valve released beta versions of the modding tools on May 10, 2011, and supported a competition held by the community ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15888290 | 345,680 |
1,726,493 | This area of long-lived volcanic activity has been studied and mapped in detail for many years by geoscientists. The first detail studying and mapping of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex was accomplished in the early 1970s by a Geological Survey of Canada society led by Canadian scientist Jack Souther. Edziza was a si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19294556 | 1,725,522 |
188,286 | In the early 1990s, the Volgograd tractor plant created a new self-propelled tank destroyer based on a modified prototype light tank classified as Object 934. The plant was also the designer and manufacturer of the BMD-1, BMD-2, BMD-3 and latest BMD-4 airborne combat vehicles that are used by the Russian Air Assault Di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22007513 | 188,189 |
16,113 | Not long after breaking up with Stier, Nash met Alicia Lardé Lopez-Harrison, a naturalized U.S. citizen from El Salvador. Lardé graduated from MIT, having majored in physics. They married in February 1957. Although Nash was an atheist, the ceremony was performed in an Episcopal church. In 1958, Nash was appointed to a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=102567 | 16,108 |
849,528 | Administratively headquartered in 29 floors of the U.S. Steel Tower in Pittsburgh's Central Business District, UPMC operates as a complete and integrated health provider system that, although legally separate from the University of Pittsburgh, identifies it as a supported organization in its articles of incorporation a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2156973 | 849,076 |
685,599 | Two related aspects of seacoast defense in the early part of the war were coastal beach patrols in the continental United States (CONUS) and the maintenance of mobile forces there to respond to potential enemy raids. The Coast Guard began these patrols after Pearl Harbor, and in early 1942 the Eastern and Western Defen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13422946 | 685,242 |
1,613,622 | In the field of energy research, the Center aims to quantify the potential for reducing the use of hydrocarbon-based energy sources through enhanced energy efficiency and increased use of renewable, particularly solar energy for electrical power generation and the heating and cooling of buildings. It will explore novel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22382061 | 1,612,717 |
1,380,344 | Many research facilities seek out volunteers with certain conditions or illnesses to participate in studies. Model organisms, while important, cannot completely model the complexity of the human body, making volunteers a key part to the progression of research. Along with gathering some basic information about medical ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18143331 | 1,379,582 |
1,345,204 | The German Empire also fortified its borders, but Chief of the General Staff Helmuth von Moltke the Elder desired to break through Franco-Belgian fortifications. Although German artillery had been effective during the Franco-Prussian War, by the 1880s the diameter of the German Army's most powerful gun, , had become th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19189421 | 1,344,466 |
1,653,262 | School-based interventions are also effective in improving the experiences of children from LGBTQ families. Typically, these interventions target school climate, in particular the aspects which pertain to homophobia and transphobia. Enforcing anti-bullying/harassment policies and laws in schools can protect students fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=55206108 | 1,652,330 |
1,985,765 | The university has good teaching resources. It has 1538 teachers including 377 professors and 566 associate professors. 473 teachers hold doctoral degrees. 80 scholars are awarded honorary titles by the State, Province and Ministry of Education. 20 academicians are employed to work part-time. There are over 48,000 full... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=919251 | 1,984,624 |
7,102 | The USAF 122nd Fighter Wing revealed it would deploy to the Middle East in October 2014 with 12 of the unit's 21 A-10 aircraft. Although the deployment had been planned a year in advance in a support role, the timing coincided with the ongoing Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIL militants. From mid-November, U.S. c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12502446 | 7,099 |
338,971 | In 1971, Lloyd Cross opened the San Francisco School of Holography and taught amateurs how to make holograms using only a small (typically 5 mW) helium-neon laser and inexpensive home-made equipment. Holography had been supposed to require a very expensive metal optical table set-up to lock all the involved elements do... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66338 | 338,791 |
1,077,106 | Type 1 is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. The disease usually starts during early adolescence or adulthood. The disease is characterized by the loss of pain sensation mainly in the distal parts of the lower limbs; that is, in the parts of the legs farther away from the center of the body. Since the affected i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17596014 | 1,076,551 |
522,711 | The initial analysis of the phenomenon was made by the research fellow of Sternberg Astronomical Institute Lev Gindilis using various testimonies and meteorological data available by 30 September 1977. He wrote that the passage of one object at a reasonably high altitude, which allows simultaneous observations from all... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36918866 | 522,439 |
199,727 | However, a ministerial ruling on 9 July 1962 decreed that all future tactical nuclear weapons should be limited to a yield of 10 kt.<ref name="air2/17325">"AIR 2/17325 E31B: Joint Naval/Air Staff Requirement G.D.A.15/O.R.1177 (Issue 3): An Improved Kiloton Bomb pp. 1–2". London: Public Record Office, 2010.</ref> The RA... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=225702 | 199,624 |
1,881,769 | Coached by Jud Heathcote, Michigan State featured sophomore Magic Johnson, who had been instrumental in helping the team win the Big Ten Conference championship the previous season. It was their first solo conference title since 1958–59; the Spartans reached the regional finals at the 1978 NCAA Tournament, but lost by ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=44630767 | 1,880,688 |
1,622,506 | The IOC Executive Board adopted bowling as an exhibition sport in January 1986, and the SLOOC created a bowling competition operation section in its secretariat in November 1987. The Bowling Operation was activated in March 1988. The organization hierarchy of the operation included the commissioner, secretary general, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25077151 | 1,621,590 |
1,472,899 | Patients with FHA should be screened for the presence of modifiable Axis I (mood) disorders or modified Axis II (personality) disorders and referred to appropriate psychiatric care where they can receive psychological support, such as CBT. This is especially true when psychological disorders (e.g. anorexia nervosa) co-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15738568 | 1,472,068 |
462,614 | Lastly, Nardini et al. (2010) recently hypothesised that young children have optimized their sensory appreciation for speed over accuracy. When information is presented in two forms, children may derive an estimate from the fastest available source, subsequently ignoring the alternate, even if it contains redundant inf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1619306 | 462,385 |
1,167,512 | Salerno based Magaldi Industries, partnered with University of Naples and National Research Council of Italy, pioneered a new form of CSP called Solar Thermoelectric Magaldi (STEM). The first plant of this type was pioneered in Sicily in 2016. This technology utilizes off-grid applications to produce 24-hour industrial... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32793086 | 1,166,894 |
72,260 | An idea of the complexity of the metabolic networks in cells that contain thousands of different enzymes is given by the figure showing the interactions between just 43 proteins and 40 metabolites to the right: the sequences of genomes provide lists containing anything up to 26.500 genes. However, it is now possible to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20374 | 72,233 |
154,877 | The last decade has seen a proliferation of information technology use in the planning and conduct of clinical trials. Clinical trial management systems are often used by research sponsors or CROs to help plan and manage the operational aspects of a clinical trial, particularly with respect to investigational sites. Ad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=241717 | 154,807 |
119,363 | Also, in 1966, Ivan Sutherland continued to innovate at MIT when he invented the first computer-controlled head-mounted display (HMD). It displayed two separate wireframe images, one for each eye. This allowed the viewer to see the computer scene in stereoscopic 3D. The heavy hardware required for supporting the displa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18567210 | 119,314 |
1,344,625 | Following the rise of the Industrial Revolution, many theorists became concerned with the underlying implications of modern, technological advancements and thus, re-explored the idea of ‘nature-centred architecture’. Most bionic architectures built during this era can be seen drawing away from the common iron construct... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10582830 | 1,343,887 |
32,360 | ISRO has signed various formal cooperative arrangements in the form of either Agreements or Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) or Framework Agreements with Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Hu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1019722 | 32,348 |
1,686,529 | In the same way as with the traditional system, when a physical token with the name of the section engraved on it would be carried in the cab, the electronic token is received and displayed by name on the train equipment. This token is the authority to occupy the single line, and it cannot be removed from the train unt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1424694 | 1,685,583 |
2,181,728 | There are many systems that can be considered as partially observable due to their unknown or partially known structures or the nature of their unknown products and/or partially known results. The impacts of the consumption of genetically modified food (GM) are an example of a system that is only partially observable. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53458550 | 2,180,481 |
631,596 | A large number of additive processes are now available. The main differences between processes are in the way layers are deposited to create parts and in the materials that are used. Some methods melt or soften the material to produce the layers, for example. selective laser melting (SLM) or direct metal laser sinterin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53292993 | 631,258 |
1,364,661 | While certain prey (salps, pyrosomes, and cnidaria) have additional uses for "P. sedentaria" in hosting their young and providing feeding platforms, the species is also carnivorous on zooplankton, krill, arrowworms, and other crustaceans. "P. sedentaria" use different feeding techniques depending on the food source, bu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14166896 | 1,363,905 |
1,487,735 | Sensory Stimulation Therapy is a developing technique aimed at recovering sensory loss after strokes and restoring losses from ageing. It has not been proven that sensory stimulation therapy can actually improve brain plasticity, nor cognitive function. The paradigm of brain plasticity marked a fundamental change in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29805136 | 1,486,896 |
1,792,010 | In his book ""Why Don't Students Like School?"" he provides nine fundamental principles that can effectively be applied to classroom use by teachers in an effort to help them understand how students' minds work, and to show how to use that knowledge to be a better teacher. He suggests it is more useful to view the huma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35197754 | 1,791,003 |
745,498 | The Red Queen hypothesis is used independently by Hartung and Bell to explain the evolution of sex, by John Jaenike to explain the maintenance of sex and W. D. Hamilton to explain the role of sex in response to parasites. In all cases, sexual reproduction confers species variability and a faster generational response t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9918043 | 745,104 |
1,780,574 | Gonzaga's season came to an end on March 21 with a 76–70 loss to ninth-seeded Wichita State. The Shockers had a 36–31 lead at halftime, and were ahead by as much as 13 at one point in the game. However, the Bulldogs would respond with a 12–0 run in the second half to give themselves a 49–41 lead with 11:53 left. Nevert... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36171940 | 1,779,570 |
2,203,306 | Suzuki is a member of the Pittsburgh Quantum Initiative. She joined Stanford University in 2012, where she studies materials for spin-current generation and detection. She is primarily located in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, serves on the affiliated faculty of Bio-X. She is a member of the Advance... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59534717 | 2,202,052 |
1,238,850 | While in active service, O'Callahan reported aboard USS "Franklin" on March 2, 1945. 17 days later, the ship was severely damaged at dawn by two bombs from a lone Japanese aircraft. The hangar deck immediately became an inferno of exploding gas tanks and ammunition. Although wounded by one of the explosions after the a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2964464 | 1,238,183 |
1,175,434 | Early detection of X-SCID (and other types of SCID) is also made possible through detection of T-cell recombination excision circles, or TRECs. TRECs are composed of excised DNA fragments which are generated during normal splicing of T-cell surface antigen receptors and T-cell maturation. This maturation process is abs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4529789 | 1,174,812 |
755,916 | Brassinosteroids are a class of polyhydroxysteroids, the only example of steroid-based hormones in plants. Brassinosteroids control cell elongation and division, gravitropism, resistance to stress, and xylem differentiation. They inhibit root growth and leaf abscission. Brassinolide was the first identified brassinoste... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=256641 | 755,513 |
12,394 | Development of the naval trainer, called the "Su-27KUB" (Russian for "Korabyelny Uchebno-Boyevoy" - "Shipborne Trainer-Combat"), began in 1989. The aim was to produce an airframe with dual roles for the Navy and Air Force suitable for a range of other missions such as reconnaissance, aerial refuelling, maritime strike,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65580 | 12,389 |
105,080 | As late as the 1990s gene flow into wild populations was thought to be unlikely and rare, and if it were to occur, easily eradicated. It was thought that this would add no additional environmental costs or risks – no effects were expected other than those already caused by pesticide applications. However, in the decade... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12339 | 105,035 |
1,634,921 | The discovery of leptin and its effects on appetite led to hopes of a treatment for obesity and type 2 diabetes, a major disease in the developed world. Unfortunately, clinical studies using leptin as a treatment for obesity in humans failed to show improvement, leading some scientists to conclude that the brain can be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16821917 | 1,633,998 |
1,211,601 | As James Jasinski explains, "the range of rhetoric began to be narrowed during the 16th century, thanks in part to the works of Peter Ramus." In using the word "narrowed," Jasinski is referring to Ramus argument for divorcing rhetoric from dialectic (logic), a move that had far reaching implications for rhetorical stud... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=311650 | 1,210,949 |
1,566,028 | In the 1980s, as the cognitive revolution had begun to make discussion of internal states and even the study of consciousness respectable again, scientists began to once again examine this fascinating phenomenon. Led by Lawrence E. Marks and Richard Cytowic in the United States, and by Simon Baron-Cohen and Jeffrey Gra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6462420 | 1,565,141 |
813,234 | A particular attraction of magnesium alloys lies in their extraordinarily good machining properties, in which respect they are superior even to screwing brass. The power required in cutting them is small, and extremely high speeds (5000 ft per min in some cases) may be used. The best cutting tools have special shapes, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4826789 | 812,801 |
956,684 | In 2009, a simple electronic circuit consisting of an LC network and a memristor was used to model experiments on adaptive behavior of unicellular organisms. It was shown that subjected to a train of periodic pulses, the circuit learns and anticipates the next pulse similar to the behavior of slime molds "Physarum poly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14246162 | 956,179 |
1,525,283 | Recently a few methods proposed that use SAXS data as constraints. The authors aimed to improve results of fold recognition and de novo protein structure prediction methods. SAXS data provide the Fourier transform of the histogram of atomic pair distances (pair distribution function) for a given protein. This can serve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=910107 | 1,524,422 |
2,012,665 | Because "Campylobacter upsaliensis" is considered a commensal bacteria of the gastrointestinal tract in many animals, diagnosis of "C. upsaliensis" can be cumbersome and laboratory results should be taken into consideration with regards to the context of the patient and other diagnostics. Vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13719794 | 2,011,512 |
253,896 | The descent module (), also known as a reentry capsule, is used for launch and the journey back to Earth. Half of the descent module is covered by a heat-resistant covering to protect it during reentry; this half faces forward during reentry. It is slowed initially by the atmosphere, then by a braking parachute, follow... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=178182 | 253,763 |
283,475 | Cognition refers to internal representations of the world and internal information processing. From an evolutionary psychology perspective, cognition is not "general purpose," but uses heuristics, or strategies, that generally increase the likelihood of solving problems that the ancestors of present-day humans routinel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9703 | 283,322 |
1,278,249 | When evaluating ataxic disorders and their treatments, there are numerous tests that a neurologist may perform. Tests may be evaluated individually or follow a scale for evaluating the ataxia. A cerebellar exam may include saying phrases with many consonants to detect scanning speech, detecting horizontal gaze nystagmu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54421246 | 1,277,556 |
330,626 | Energy conservation has been a foundational physical principle for about two hundred years. From the point of view of modern general relativity, the lab environment can be well approximated by Minkowski spacetime, where energy is exactly conserved. The entire Earth can be well approximated by the Schwarzschild metric, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67088 | 330,451 |
1,597,363 | JJK started the second day with a long jump. Not only was it the Olympic heptathlon best, it was the Olympic record for the long jump. To date it remains the World heptathlon best. John, in second place, was more than a half metre behind and she was 181 points behind in the competition. The sixth event, the javelin, wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14949593 | 1,596,464 |
168,504 | These usually come in the shape of a self-contained flat rectangular box that needs to be pointed in the general direction of the satellite—unlike VSAT the alignment need not be very precise and the modems have built in signal strength meters to help the user align the device properly. The modems have commonly used con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=769088 | 168,414 |
200,908 | Jane E. Milley became Chancellor at the School of the Arts in September 1984. In the spring of 1990, Alex C. Ewing was appointed Chancellor. He assumed the position in July 1990, following Philip R. Nelson, former Dean of music at Yale University, who served as Interim Chancellor during the 1989–90 school year. Ewing h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=524243 | 200,805 |
719,949 | High levels of poverty also lead to low levels of education among impoverished women concerning maternal health. This lack of information in combination with obstacles preventing rural women to easily travel to and from hospitals lead many to arrive at the birthing process without prenatal care. This can cause a develo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=231286 | 719,569 |
2,240,675 | Following the founding of Central Texas College in Killeen in the late 1960s, local citizens sought to establish an upper division college to meet the demand for a four-year, degree-granting institution. As a result, American Technological University (ATU), a private institution, was founded in September 1973. ATU init... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23274595 | 2,239,404 |
370,031 | The chamber opera "Savitri" (1908) is written for three solo voices, a small hidden female chorus, and an instrumental combination of two flutes, a cor anglais and a double string quartet. The music critic John Warrack comments on the "extraordinary expressive subtlety" with which Holst deploys the sparse forces: "... ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49241 | 369,837 |
1,093,132 | Funding became tighter and tighter. According to Bussard, "The funds were clearly needed for the more important War in Iraq." An extra $900k of Office of Naval Research funding allowed the program to continue long enough to reach WB-6 testing in November 2005. WB-6 had rings with circular cross sections that space apar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8151109 | 1,092,572 |
1,767,121 | The biomedical study of CO traces back to factitious airs in the 1790s when Thomas Beddoes, James Watt, James Lind, and many others investigated beneficial effects of hydrocarbonate (water gas) inhalation. Following Solomon Snyder's first report that CO is a normal neurotransmitter in 1993, CO has received significant ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3701628 | 1,766,127 |
1,549,573 | The first step in developing LMF was to design an overall framework based on the general features of existing lexicons and to develop a consistent terminology to describe the components of those lexicons. The next step was the actual design of a comprehensive model that best represented all of the lexicons in detail. A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14907562 | 1,548,692 |
400,626 | During the Middle Ages, Greek ideas about optics were resurrected and extended by writers in the Muslim world. One of the earliest of these was Al-Kindi (c. 801–873) who wrote on the merits of Aristotelian and Euclidean ideas of optics, favouring the emission theory since it could better quantify optical phenomena. In ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22483 | 400,427 |
607,652 | Environmental regulators of diapause generally display a characteristic seasonal pattern. In temperate regions, photoperiod is the most reliable cues of seasonal change. This informs entry into reproductive diapause for many northern insects, including the fruit fly "Drosophila montana." Depending on the season in whic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1221281 | 607,341 |
1,102,487 | The Vickers design still was reminiscent of the Great War types. It had a high, lozenge-shaped, track frame with side doors but it also showed some improvements. There was a fully revolving turret and the suspension was provided by vertical helical springs, while the Medium Mark C still had a fixed turret and was unspr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3747254 | 1,101,926 |
1,663,568 | Decaying plants is one of the most common places where "N. sphaerica" is found. Many studies around the world found "N. sphaerica" as a leaf pathogen. "N. sphaerica" was isolated from various plants displaying leaf spots. These reported cases reveal newly identified plant hosts for the pathogen "N. sphaerica" that have... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11684259 | 1,662,631 |
838,094 | The Asilomar Conference (Berg et al. 1975) established widespread agreement that recombinant techniques were insufficiently understood and needed to be tightly controlled. The DNA transmission capabilities of "Agrobacterium" have been vastly explored in biotechnology as a means of inserting foreign genes into plants. S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=646817 | 837,645 |
2,129,569 | Resolution of structural variation detection by ESP has been increased to the similar level as PCR, and can be further improved by selection of more evenly sized DNA fragments. ESP can be applied for either with or without constructed artificial chromosome. With BAC, precious samples can be immortalized and conserved, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=45458060 | 2,128,345 |
162,098 | Historians agree that in the 1840s, Britain adopted a free-trade policy, meaning open markets and no tariffs throughout the empire. The debate among historians involves what the implications of free trade actually were. "The Imperialism of Free Trade" is a highly influential 1952 article by John Gallagher and Ronald Ro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33643110 | 162,013 |
1,499,414 | Buchanan was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours for services to cyber security, and was the first person to receive an OBE related to cyber security. In 2018, he received an "Outstanding Contribution to Knowledge Exchange" award at the Scottish Knowledge Exchange awa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39136609 | 1,498,569 |
51,568 | The water table in this region was very high and replenished regularly—by winter storms in the headwaters of the Tigris and Euphrates from October to March and from snow-melt from March to July. Flood levels, that had been stable from about 3,000 to 2,600 BC, had started falling, and by the Akkadian period were a half-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1566 | 51,548 |
1,854,866 | In 1965, Brown was appointed to a post of chief engineer at Honeywell with a move to Hemel Hempstead. At Honeywell he worked on the design of open-heart surgery and coronary care machines, as well as prefabricated operating theatres. In 1967, Brown left Honeywell to work at Nuclear Enterprises in Edinburgh, the busines... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=61613264 | 1,853,800 |
400,614 | Early electrical substations required manual switching or adjustment of equipment, and manual collection of data for load, energy consumption, and abnormal events. As the complexity of distribution networks grew, it became economically necessary to automate supervision and control of substations from a centrally attend... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=320217 | 400,415 |
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