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698,703 | Analyses of ancient DNA preserved in various archives have transformed understanding of the evolution of species and ecosystems. Whilst earlier studies have concentrated on DNA extracted from taxonomically constrained samples (such as bones or frozen tissue), advances in high-throughput sequencing and bioinformatics no... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=46925036 | 698,339 |
1,869,800 | The “kelp highway” hypothesis is a corollary to the coastal migration theory developed by Erlandson and his colleagues to help explain the peopling of the Americas and the presence of pre-Clovis sites such as Monte Verde and Oregon's Paisley Caves that date to ~14,000 years ago, before the ice-free corridor appears to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37784948 | 1,868,723 |
921,379 | Despite the conflicting information about the psychometric characteristics of the TAT, proponents have argued that the TAT should not be judged using traditional standards of reliability and validity. According to Holt, “the TAT is a complex method of assessing people, which does not lend itself to the standard rules o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=546431 | 920,893 |
1,723,476 | The idea of a set of world reference levels was considered in May 2012, during the Third International Congress on TVET, held in Shanghai, China. The research included in this report was initiated by UNESCO based on the recommendation from the Congress to the UNESCO Director-General to undertake this work. The UNESCO T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53715889 | 1,722,506 |
316,148 | Nixie tubes were superseded in the 1970s by light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and vacuum fluorescent displays (VFDs), often in the form of seven-segment displays. The VFD uses a hot filament to emit electrons, a control grid and phosphor-coated anodes (similar to a cathode ray tube) shaped to represent segments of a digit, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66904 | 315,979 |
910,497 | The use of mathematics in the service of social and economic analysis dates back to the 17th century. Then, mainly in German universities, a style of instruction emerged which dealt specifically with detailed presentation of data as it related to public administration. Gottfried Achenwall lectured in this fashion, coin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18967255 | 910,018 |
403,373 | It is unsurprising, then, that MacArthur excluded USAF aircraft from the airspace over the Inchon Landing in September 1950, instead relying on Marine Aircraft Group 33 for CAS. In December 1951, Lt. Gen. James Van Fleet, commander of the Eighth U.S. Army, formally requested the United Nations Commander, Gen. Mark Clar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=600792 | 403,173 |
367,232 | The magnetic structure of α-hematite was the subject of considerable discussion and debate during the 1950s, as it appeared to be ferromagnetic with a Curie temperature of approximately , but with an extremely small magnetic moment (0.002 Bohr magnetons). Adding to the surprise was a transition with a decrease in tempe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14207 | 367,040 |
1,719,906 | He and his collaborators made many wide-ranging contributions to semiconductor devices, pioneering the design technique known as band-structure engineering. He applied it to novel low noise quantum well avalanche photodiodes, heterojunction transistors, memory devices and lasers. He and his collaborators invented and d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4167561 | 1,718,936 |
1,964,155 | Numerous functions for the organelles have been hypothesized, including that the organelles may be largely vestigial. Although lost in numerous taxa, the predominant retention and diversity of the organelles suggests an adaptive role, and their importance is quite evident. Theory over the years has implicated complex o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=70561866 | 1,963,027 |
402,532 | In 1979, space elevators were introduced to a broader audience with the simultaneous publication of Arthur C. Clarke's novel, "The Fountains of Paradise", in which engineers construct a space elevator on top of a mountain peak in the fictional island country of "Taprobane" (loosely based on Sri Lanka, albeit moved sout... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29192 | 402,333 |
641,620 | While SERS can be performed in colloidal solutions, today the most common method for performing SERS measurements is by depositing a liquid sample onto a silicon or glass surface with a nanostructured noble metal surface. While the first experiments were performed on electrochemically roughened silver, now surfaces are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3434894 | 641,281 |
1,807,192 | The blood–brain barrier (BBB) is composed of a system of capillaries that has an especially dense lining of endothelial cells which protects the central nervous system (CNS) against the diffusion of foreign substances into the cerebrospinal fluid. These harmful objects include microscopic bacteria, large hydrophobic mo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31726766 | 1,806,173 |
1,971,642 | "Capitella teleta" embryos and early larval stages develop in a brood tube that surrounds the mother. The embryos are approximately 200 µm in diameter. Over the course of approximately a week, the embryos develop into non-feeding larvae which form musculature, a centralized nervous system, two circular ciliary bands, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30545094 | 1,970,508 |
727,807 | The portal of entry is the gastrointestinal tract. The organism is acquired usually by insufficiently cooked pork or contaminated water, meat, or milk. In recent years "Y. enterocolitica" has increasingly been causing smaller outbreaks via Ready-To-Eat (RTE) vegetables. Acute "Y. enterocolitica" infections usually lead... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1539783 | 727,424 |
2,025,506 | Practical operation of SEU models encountered some of these challenges. For instance, in 2016, after an investigation into one of the Delaware SEU projects, the Delaware State Auditor issued a report indicating several problems with the Delaware SEU 2011 bond program. A former Delaware State Senator published an opinio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42798343 | 2,024,340 |
552,962 | As the heads of the expedition, Georgian archaeologists and anthropologist Abesalom Vekua and David Lordkipanidze (then in Tbilisi) were summoned to the site and on the next morning, the mandible was freed from the rock around it, a complicated process that took nearly an entire day. Once freed, the mandible was unmist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=60072585 | 552,673 |
210,369 | Another huge advantage of the liquid core is its ability to release xenon gas, which normally acts as a neutron absorber ( is the strongest known neutron poison and is produced both directly and as a decay product of as a fission product) and causes structural occlusions in solid fuel elements (leading to the early rep... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2046416 | 210,262 |
1,746,654 | Another circadian behavior in "Drosophila" is courtship between the male and female during mating. Courtship involves a song accompanied by a ritual locomotory dance in males. The main flight activity generally takes place in the morning and another peak occurs before sunset. Courtship song is produced by the male's wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56144090 | 1,745,668 |
650,731 | Abadie "et al." 2012 simulated both the development of waves using dispersive models that include non-linear effects, and the behaviour of the landslide generating them through slope stability and material strength models. They considered both volumes of , obtained from research on the stability of the flank of Cumbre ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65263449 | 650,390 |
1,568,943 | Recent studies provide evidence of the pathogenesis of HZE nuclei in the CNS. The authors of one of these studies were the first to suggest neurodegeneration with HZE nuclei, as shown in figure 6-1(a). These studies demonstrate that HZE radiation led to the progressive loss of neuronal progenitor cells in the SGZ at do... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39761773 | 1,568,056 |
138,221 | Glushko couldn't obtain the required thrust from the R-3 engines, so the project was canceled in 1952; and Korolev joined the Soviet Communist Party that year to request money from the government for future projects including the R-5, with a more modest range. It completed a first successful flight by 1953. The world's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=86655 | 138,165 |
1,646,081 | The "American Machinist" reported in 1922 that The Churchill Machine Tool Co was "now almost the only specialist in precision grinding machines in Great Britain" and that the uses of the process in the railway industry for the production of axle journals were by that time accepted as best practice and that the usage of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30046818 | 1,645,152 |
1,882,036 | In their 2002 study, William Cooper Jr. and Laurie Vitt investigated the dietary patterns of over a hundred lizards and found that many groups have representatives that consume plant material. Omnivory has evolved independently several times within lepidosaurs, whereas the evolution of obligate herbivory has proved to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42517908 | 1,880,955 |
510,726 | Due to the employee's alleged rough handling of the device, which Mann claimed was soundly attached to his head, the temporary storage buffer in the computer system could no longer be overwritten by new images, the damage to the system thus causing photos of these persons to remain stored in the glass memory. These wer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=88785 | 510,461 |
458,065 | To address this limitation, Optelecom, Inc. and General Instruments Corp. developed components to increase fiber bandwidth with far more channels. Optelecom and its head of Light Optics, engineer David Huber and Kevin Kimberlin co-founded Ciena Corp in 1992 to design and commercialize optical telecommunications systems... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3843580 | 457,842 |
35,799 | The new data that had been collected on the ocean basins also showed particular characteristics regarding the bathymetry. One of the major outcomes of these datasets was that all along the globe, a system of mid-oceanic ridges was detected. An important conclusion was that along this system, new ocean floor was being c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24944 | 35,787 |
725,692 | A well known example of selection occurring in human populations is lactose tolerance. Lactose intolerance is the inability to metabolize lactose, because of a lack of the required enzyme lactase in the digestive system. The normal mammalian condition is for the young of a species to experience reduced lactase producti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2339577 | 725,311 |
722,367 | Other surface features may include disturbed ground, pressure ridges, faults, water movement (including changes to the water table level), rockfalls, and ground slump. Most of the gas in the cavity is composed of steam; its volume decreases dramatically as the temperature falls and the steam condenses. There are howeve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7459891 | 721,987 |
1,345,405 | Given the complexity of the medical problems facing people with ideomotor apraxia, as they are usually experiencing a multitude of other problems, it is difficult to ascertain the impact that it has on their ability to function independently. Deficits due to Parkinson's or Alzheimer's disease could very well be suffici... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14368827 | 1,344,665 |
205,199 | In 1974, Rawitsch was hired by the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC), a state-funded organization that developed educational software for the classroom, as an entry-level liaison for local community colleges. The MECC had a similar system to the Minneapolis school district's setup in 1971, with a CDC Cy... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=354015 | 205,093 |
916,570 | Unlike eutheriodonts, but like some ectothermic creatures today, all gorgonopsians possessed a pineal eye on the top of the head, which is used to detect daylight (and thus, the optimal temperature to be active). It is possible that other theriodonts lost this due to the evolution of either endothermy, intrinsically ph... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3705573 | 916,087 |
747,423 | In July 2020, the UK's National Cyber Security Centre, the Canadian Communications Security Establishment, and the U.S.'s Homeland Security Department Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the National Security Agency (NSA) issued a joint statement saying that Russian state-backed hackers, specifically ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66426813 | 747,027 |
863,143 | On 3 May 2010, Northrop Grumman announced plans to fly a Bell 407 helicopter modified with autonomous controls from the MQ-8B. Named Fire-X, it was to demonstrate an unmanned cargo resupply capability to the US Navy. The unmanned Fire-X completed its first flight at Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona on 20 December 2010. O... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43435530 | 862,683 |
75,675 | For example, the Hoagland and Arnon study did not adequately appreciate that hydroponics has other key benefits compared to soil culture including the fact that the roots of the plant have constant access to oxygen and that the plants have access to as much or as little water and nutrients as they need. This is importa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14133 | 75,647 |
713,662 | Biomedical research generates one major source of unstructured data as researchers often publish their findings in scholarly journals. Though the language in these documents is challenging to derive structural elements from (e.g., due to the complicated technical vocabulary contained within and the domain knowledge req... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2751096 | 713,290 |
1,894,672 | In 1877 Beard registered at Owens College in Manchester. Owens, at the time a newer institution, was known for an emphasis on subjects such as evolutionary biology. Beard pursued and excelled in this field, studying under the tutelage of Arthur Milnes Marshall. Although he eventually received both a (BSc) and an honora... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43789744 | 1,893,588 |
630,391 | As the cost per genetic test decreases, the development of personalized drug therapies will increase. Technology now allows for genetic analysis of hundreds of target genes involved in medication metabolism and response in less than 24 hours for under $1,000. This a huge step towards bringing pharmacogenetic technology... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1004486 | 630,053 |
552,218 | Several methods have been tested for their effectiveness at improving thorough intensive-care unit environmental hygiene. A study conducted in 2010 across 3532 high risk environmental surfaces in 260 intensive care unit rooms in 27 acute-care hospitals (ICUs) assessed the consistency at which these surfaces met base li... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37791213 | 551,929 |
1,418,420 | Initially thirteen chapters were planned, but only the first four (making a total of approximately 1500 pages) were published. Much of the material which would have been found in the following chapters can be found, in a less polished form, in the "Séminaire de géométrie algébrique" (known as "SGA"). Indeed, as explain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=471387 | 1,417,621 |
1,069,360 | On May 6, 2016, Falcon 9 flight 24 delivered the JCSAT-14 satellite on a geostationary transfer orbit (GTO) while the first stage conducted a re-entry burn under ballistic conditions without prior boostback. Following the controlled descent through the atmosphere, the booster executed a short landing burn as it approac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43091601 | 1,068,806 |
698,691 | Terrestrial arthropods are experiencing massive decline in Europe as well as globally, although only a fraction of the species have been assessed and the majority of insects are still undescribed to science. As one example, grassland ecosystems are home to diverse taxonomic and functional groups of terrestrial arthropo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=46925036 | 698,327 |
498,427 | In December 2015, Happer was targeted in a sting operation by the environmental activist group Greenpeace. Posing as consultants for a Middle Eastern oil and gas company, they asked Happer to write a report touting the benefits of rising carbon emissions. Happer declined a fee for his work, calling it a "labor of love"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23405347 | 498,170 |
252,780 | During early July 1944, German test pilot Heini Dittmar reached , an unofficial flight airspeed record that remained unmatched by turbojet-powered aircraft up until 1953. That same year, the Me 163 begun flying operational missions, being typically used to defend against incoming enemy bombing raids. As part of their a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20486 | 252,647 |
1,332,589 | With an established mechanism for approximating non-symbolic number in both humans and primates, a necessary further investigation is needed to determine if this mechanism is innate and present in children, which would suggest an inborn ability to process numerical stimuli much like humans are born ready to process lan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6258906 | 1,331,860 |
56,644 | A number of events, most notably in aquatics, beach volleyball and track and field, were scheduled with sessions and matches occurring as late as 10:00 p.m. to midnight BRT. These scheduling practices were influenced primarily by United States broadcast rightsholder NBC, whose substantial rights fees are one of the maj... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=961522 | 56,620 |
870,480 | Ultimately, the stated lack of a suitable C++ compiler and accompanying class libraries for the platform led prominent development houses to focus on products for other platforms and to abandon plans to release new software for RISC OS. In 1994, Mark Colton of Colton Software criticised Acorn for not complementing its ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63145 | 870,020 |
778,948 | In an effort to prevent poisoning, often a bittering agent called denatonium benzoate, known by the trade name Bitrex, is added to ethylene glycol preparations as an adversant to prevent accidental or intentional ingestion. The bittering agent is thought to stop ingestion as part of the human defense against ingestion ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18936112 | 778,531 |
1,217,925 | Conventional FTCD has limitations for the study of cerebral lateralization. For example, it may not differentiate the lateralising effects due to stimulus characteristics from those due to light responsiveness, and does not distinguish between flow signals emanating from cortical and subcortical branches of the cerebra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3147406 | 1,217,272 |
60,850 | The opponents and supporters of chloroform were mainly at odds with the question of whether the complications were solely due to respiratory disturbance or whether chloroform had a specific effect on the heart. Between 1864 and 1910, numerous commissions in Britain studied chloroform but failed to come to any clear con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=82933 | 60,825 |
792,852 | The first practical mechanical steam engine was introduced by Thomas Newcomen in 1712. Newcomen apparently conceived his machine independently of Savery, but as the latter had taken out a wide-ranging patent, Newcomen and his associates were obliged to come to an arrangement with him, marketing the engine until 1733 un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1424698 | 792,427 |
1,375,375 | Aphids, small insects that can be found feeding on the sap of plants, exhibit many strategies in terms of chemical defense. Aphids have structures called cornicles along the posterior side of their abdomen which are used to deliver secretions containing both volatile and nonvolatile compounds. Volatile compounds serve ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30856926 | 1,374,615 |
1,471,705 | The reformed academic culture of the Soviet Union, after the death of Stalin and reforms of the Khrushchev era, allowed cybernetics to tear down its previous ideological criticisms and redeem itself in the public view. To Soviet scientists, cybernetics emerged as possible vector of escape from the ideological traps of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54974049 | 1,470,876 |
1,011,380 | "Cryptococcus neoformans" typically grows as a yeast (unicellular) and replicates by budding. It makes hyphae during mating, and eventually creates basidiospores at the end of the hyphae before producing spores. Under host-relevant conditions, including low glucose, serum, 5% carbon dioxide, and low iron, among others,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=562589 | 1,010,859 |
402,520 | In 1975, an American scientist, Jerome Pearson, reinvented the concept, publishing his analysis in the journal "Acta Astronautica". He designed a cross-section-area altitude profile that tapered and would be better suited to building the elevator. The completed cable would be thickest at the geostationary orbit, where ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29192 | 402,321 |
359,546 | Purkinje cells are among the most distinctive neurons in the brain, and one of the earliest types to be recognized—they were first described by the Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně in 1837. They are distinguished by the shape of their dendritic tree: The dendrites branch very profusely, but are severely flattene... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50397 | 359,359 |
2,025,939 | Proposed efforts to change the viewpoints of medical students have received academic study. For example, an analysis explored in a Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) conference held in 2010 inside Jacksonville, Florida received wider distribution afterwards, with Dr. Julie Phillips of the Michigan State Univ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=71941912 | 2,024,773 |
2,179,659 | Their first strategy was created in 2013 to determine the concerns and actions required to develop an innovation that can advance stem cell research and clinics. The Canadian Stem Cell Foundation's goals are to invest a strategy for new treatments, sustainable healthcare, therapies and beneficial products. Their goals ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23615662 | 2,178,414 |
1,925,292 | In the 21st century, significant gains in understanding the brain through the cognitive sciences opened up new areas of collaboration between archaeology and neuroscience. This has enabled archaeologists to base hypotheses about the biological and neural substrates of human cognitive abilities on archaeological data, e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=60879856 | 1,924,188 |
1,787,751 | This caused another rapid expansion, particularly in Germany. Between 1877 and 1887, 130 German patents for azo dyes were filed and 105 new dyes made it to market. It also lead to a difference in how chemical companies interacted with consumers. German dye firms developed in-house marketing and distribution capabilitie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=62919428 | 1,786,746 |
275,899 | Aerodynamic enrichment processes include the Becker jet nozzle techniques developed by E. W. Becker and associates using the LIGA process and the vortex tube separation process. These aerodynamic separation processes depend upon diffusion driven by pressure gradients, as does the gas centrifuge. They in general have th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37555 | 275,749 |
1,395,401 | The National General/Admiral Staff Officer Course (NGASOC) is considered to be the most challenging and hardest course. The two-year course is attended usually by 100 national and international participants from Army, Air Force, Navy, Central Medical Service, Armed Forces Logistic Services and Cyber-Information Service... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23002711 | 1,394,630 |
324,541 | What toxicity is shown appears to be at very high levels of exposure through ingestion of contaminated food and water, through inhalation of dust/smoke particles either as an occupational hazard or due to proximity to contaminated sites such as mines and cities. Therefore, the main issues that these residents would fac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=145440 | 324,368 |
1,532,411 | Early theorists like Saussure (1857–1913) proposed the theory that when the addresser wishes to transmit a message to an addressee, the intended meaning must be converted into content so that it can be delivered. Roman Jakobson (1896–1982) offered a structuralist theory that the transmission and response would not sust... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2108591 | 1,531,543 |
1,718,031 | During the 1980s, the unit grew from a company size to a battalion, taking on a range of new assignments at several points in time. Throughout much of the decade, the 203rd played a key role in educating candidate Foreign Service Officers as a component of the State Department's training and indoctrination course. The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67447284 | 1,717,061 |
34,304 | In chemistry, predicting gas solubility is essential to manufacturing polymers, but models using particle swarm optimization (PSO) tend to converge to the wrong points. An improved version of PSO has been created by introducing chaos, which keeps the simulations from getting stuck. In celestial mechanics, especially wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6295 | 34,292 |
1,459,388 | Arseneault in 1989 inherited a Grinnell program that had not had a winning season in 25 years. After a couple years of trying out traditional eight-player rotations, he felt Grinnell needed to change its basketball philosophy to rejuvenate the team and have more fun. Grinnell was a Division III school that did not offe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37719635 | 1,458,567 |
1,727,474 | Excavations on the Western Front often occur for humanitarian reasons, namely the recovery and identification of human remains and the disposal of unexploded ordnance. The unique conditions of Western Front excavations often pose a threat for archaeological excavations. For example, during the first five hours of the K... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6156184 | 1,726,500 |
1,393,373 | Since the work of August Weismann on germ-plasm theory in biology and of Julian Huxley on the nature of the individual in evolutionary theory, the various species of green algae belonging to the family Volvocaceae have been recognized as important ones in the study of evolutionary transitions from uni- to multicellular... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67845153 | 1,392,602 |
1,562,222 | Blanford was born in London to William Blanford and Elizabeth Simpson. His father owned a factory next to their house on Bouverie street, Whitefriars. He was educated in private schools in Brighton (until 1846) and Paris (1848). He joined his family business in carving and gilding and studied at the School of Design in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=879241 | 1,561,335 |
783,762 | Lashley (1951) proposed that behavioral sequences are typically controlled with central plans, and the structure of the plans is hierarchical. Some evidences also support this hypothesis. Same behaviors can have different functional interpretations depending on the context in which they occur. The same sound pattern ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=334507 | 783,343 |
1,233,303 | Despite its early successes quantum field theory was plagued by several serious theoretical difficulties. Basic physical quantities, such as the self-energy of the electron, the energy shift of electron states due to the presence of the electromagnetic field, gave infinite, divergent contributions—a nonsensical result—... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2078963 | 1,232,640 |
1,826,799 | On the other hand, specialised eukaryotic cells, such as red blood cells (RBCs), are one of the nature's most efficient passive carriers with high payload efficiency, deformability, degradability, and biocompatibility, and have also been used in various medical applications. RBCs and RBC-derived , such as nanoerythroso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=68657567 | 1,825,760 |
51,636 | BAE Systems has been investigated by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for the use of corruption to help sell arms to Chile, Czech Republic, Romania, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania and Qatar. In response, BAE Systems' 2006 Corporate Responsibility Report states "We continue to reject these allegations... We take our... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=200128 | 51,616 |
348,068 | In 2012 the USDA updated their plant hardiness map based on 1976–2005 weather data, using a longer period of data to smooth out year-to-year weather fluctuations. Two new zones (12 and 13) were added to better define and improve information sharing on tropical and semitropical plants, they also appear on the maps of Ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1720511 | 347,886 |
1,805,252 | After some debate, the spot chosen for the site was a city works yard near to the Health Sciences Centre (a major teaching hospital) and the University of Manitoba's medical school. The City of Winnipeg transferred the title for $1. Construction of the facility that came to be named the Canadian Science Centre for Huma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19298710 | 1,804,237 |
681,771 | Since about 1990, FDTD techniques have emerged as primary means to computationally model many scientific and engineering problems dealing with electromagnetic wave interactions with material structures. Current FDTD modeling applications range from near-DC (ultralow-frequency geophysics involving the entire Earth-ionos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1908142 | 681,415 |
379,095 | Siphonophores use a method of locomotion similar to jet propulsion. A siphonophore is a complex aggregate colony made up of many nectophores, which are clonal individuals that form by budding and are genetically identical. Depending on where each individual nectophore is positioned within the siphonophore, their functi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=631508 | 378,900 |
1,062,055 | A protein microarray (or protein chip) is a high-throughput method used to track the interactions and activities of proteins, and to determine their function, and determining function on a large scale. Its main advantage lies in the fact that large numbers of proteins can be tracked in parallel. The chip consists of a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1659679 | 1,061,501 |
1,846,375 | While eco-evolutionary dynamics have been successfully documented using models and laboratory studies, It has been difficult to research eco-evolutionary dynamics in natural systems. It is especially more challenging to study evolutionary and ecological dynamics in an ecosystem because of the large number of species an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67014213 | 1,845,320 |
810,820 | Rabi's Molecular Beam Laboratory began to attract others, including Sidney Millman, a graduate student who studied lithium for his doctorate. Another was Jerrold Zacharias who, believing that the sodium nucleus would be too difficult to understand, proposed studying the simplest of the elements, hydrogen. Its deuterium... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=196999 | 810,388 |
1,814,404 | In the 1990s Gordon Pask pointed out von Foerster's H and Hmax were not independent and interacted via countably infinite recursive concurrent spin processes (he favoured the Bohm interpretation) which he called concepts (liberally defined in "any" medium, "productive and, incidentally reproductive"). His strict defini... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52563216 | 1,813,370 |
1,168,145 | "Diphasiastrum digitatum" is a perennial vascular plant that does not contain a significant amount of wood tissue above or at the ground. They are low-growing, usually measuring less than 30 cm tall. Leaves are evergreen, which appear opposite, and are arranged spirally with four evenly spaced leaves; when viewed from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25309899 | 1,167,527 |
2,061,122 | In songbirds, "egr1" is a transcription factor encoding gene that is active in the auditory forebrain when hearing a song from another songbird. The strength of the expression of "egr1" has much variability, dependent on the nature of the song. Songs previously unheard result in strong responses whereas familiar songs ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20617241 | 2,059,935 |
326,416 | Climate change has the potential to greatly alter the distribution of Earth's biomes. Meaning, biomes around the world could change so much that they would be at risk of becoming new biomes entirely. General frequency models have been a staple in finding out the impact climate change could have on biomes. More specific... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4802 | 326,242 |
1,595,341 | The larger aim of student-directed teaching is to revolutionize education. Nascent in the progressive philosophy is a feeling that education has remained unchanged for far too long: since its inception, in fact, a century and a half ago. The global climate today differs vastly from that of 1850. Arguably, the most impo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22632519 | 1,594,443 |
67,349 | The air crib is an easily cleaned, temperature- and humidity-controlled box-bed intended to replace the standard infant crib. After raising one baby, Skinner felt that he could simplify the process for parents and improve the experience for children. He primarily thought of the idea to help his wife cope with the day-t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4868 | 67,323 |
194,032 | The first university in Aberdeen, King's College, formally The University and King's College of Aberdeen (Collegium Regium Aberdonense), was founded on 10 February 1494 by William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen, Chancellor of Scotland, and a graduate of the University of Glasgow drafting a request on behalf of King Ja... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=213135 | 193,932 |
159,208 | Amadeus is able to rapidly and without mechanical aid perform mental calculations of almost unimaginable complexity enabling him to, with minimal stimuli on his part, set multiple physical reactions into motion in his vicinity, forestalling technological and human activity with equal ease. This intelligence is portraye... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9945333 | 159,123 |
1,777,928 | Schemas are used to interpret the functions involved when individuals would make sense of their surroundings. This cognition happens through an explicit process of recalling an item routinely or an implicit process that is outside conscious awareness control. A recent study suggests individuals who have experienced a d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10271359 | 1,776,926 |
1,734,224 | This species of saltbush is endemic to Australia and is native to Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland and New South Wales, but has become naturalised in the Australian Capital Territory, on Norfolk Island and possibly Tasmania. It has also been introduced to North and South America, North Africa, the Horn of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8118349 | 1,733,247 |
1,028,833 | Scintillation properties of organic-inorganic methylamonium (MA) lead halide perovskites under proton irradiation were first reported by Shibuya et al. in 2002 and the first γ-ray pulse height spectrum, although still with poor energy resolution, was reported on () by van Eijk et al. in 2008 . Birowosuto at al. studied... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=454323 | 1,028,299 |
411,639 | Interrupted by the October Bolshevik uprising in 1917, Vygodskii never completed his formal studies at the Imperial Moscow University, and thus, he never obtained a degree. Following these events, he left Moscow and eventually returned to Gomel. There is virtually no information about his life when Gomel was under Germ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=95176 | 411,437 |
462,578 | A unimodal approach dominated scientific literature until the beginning of this century. Although this enabled rapid progression of neural mapping, and an improved understanding of neural structures, the investigation of perception remained relatively stagnant, with a few exceptions. The recent revitalized enthusiasm i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1619306 | 462,349 |
138,803 | Nitrogen dioxide (NO) gas is a rapid and effective sterilant for use against a wide range of microorganisms, including common bacteria, viruses, and spores. The unique physical properties of NO gas allow for sterilant dispersion in an enclosed environment at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The mechanism for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=414144 | 138,747 |
1,604,008 | In 2011, the University of Georgia acquired the former U.S. Navy Supply Corps School on the medical corridor of Prince Avenue near downtown Athens. The two primary occupants of the 56-acre Health Sciences Campus are the AU-UGA Medical Partnership and the UGA College of Public Health. The campus has an extensive landsca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59604425 | 1,603,107 |
1,781,308 | The last beds of the Cretaceous, which are also deposited directly over the Taylor formation and found east of Dallas are the Navarro beds. Navarro beds reflect anoxic waters at the time due to the shale present, and are a result of increased volcanic activity in the south-western part of the United States. During the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4384917 | 1,780,304 |
305,124 | After Saint-Simon's death in 1825 his followers, known as the Saint-Simonians, continued to spread and develop his teachings, initiating the widespread use of the terms "socialism", "socialize", "socialization", and "socializing the instruments of labor". His followers, led by Amand Bazard and Barthélemy Enfantin, bega... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=47246185 | 304,962 |
707,510 | Three men from Lia (later designated as patients 1-DN, 2-MG, and 3-MB by the IAEA) had driven to a forest overlooking the Enguri Dam reservoir to gather firewood. They drove up a nearly impassable road in snowy winter weather, and discovered two canisters at around 6 pm. Around the canisters there was no snow for about... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67844064 | 707,141 |
1,062,897 | The flight of Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961 was humanity's maiden spaceflight. While the mission was a necessary first step, Gagarin was more or less confined to a chair with a small view port from which to observe the cosmos – a far cry from the possibilities of life in space. Following space missions gradually impro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23516569 | 1,062,343 |
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