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1,516,768 | José Francisco Torrealba (Santa María de Ipire, June 16, 1896– Caracas, July 24, 1973). Graduated at the Central University of Venezuela as Doctor of Medical Sciences in 1922, he served as director of the "Asilo de Enajenados" in Caracas (1924–1927). In Germany visit the Institute of Tropical Diseases Hamburg in 1928. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29302481 | 1,515,916 |
1,920,726 | In 1984, David B. Weishampel proposed a new hypothesis on how hadrosaurids fed. His study of the sutures between bones in fossil skulls concluded that ornithopods, a group of bird-hipped dinosaurs that includes hadrosaurids, had flexible upper jaws and that when the lower jaw clamped shut, pressure would spread outward... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23481302 | 1,919,623 |
1,871,001 | In humans, mutations in SUMF1 result in defects in FGE, which in turn causes the impairment of sulfatases. The result is a disease called multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD), in which the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans or sulfolipids can cause early infant death. This disease can be further differentiated into neon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32753683 | 1,869,924 |
281,391 | Motivated by Lovelock's book, biophysicist Robert Haynes worked behind the scenes to promote terraforming, and contributed the neologism Ecopoiesis, forming the word from the Greek , "oikos", "house", and , "poiesis", "production". Ecopoiesis refers to the "origin of an ecosystem". In the context of space exploration, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29824 | 281,238 |
68,733 | Makkari was working as a medicine intern, Sersi was planning to kickstart her party planner business. Meanwhile, Thena was working as a weapons scientist in Stark Industries. She was also married and had a young son. Druig was apparently alive again and he was the Deputy minister of Vorozheika (a fictional post-soviet ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=705418 | 68,706 |
1,758,269 | In regard to source and receiver, Berlo discusses four features that determine the success of communication: communication skills, attitudes, knowledge, and social-cultural system. They correspond mainly to how good the communicators are at encoding and decoding messages, to whether they like or dislike the topic and e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53733087 | 1,757,276 |
221,867 | Turner syndrome is the most common sex chromosome-related inherited diseases in female around the world, with the incidence of 1 in 2000 live female births. One of the significant pathological features is the premature ovarian failure, leading to amenorrhea or even infertility. Follicle stimulating hormone and inhibin ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1494666 | 221,758 |
2,094,237 | The idea of a database to document all known molecular interactions was originally put forth by Tony Pawson in the 1990s and was later developed by scientists at the University of Toronto in collaboration with the University of British Columbia. The development of the Biomolecular Interaction Network Database (BIND) ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9774017 | 2,093,029 |
1,958,249 | Once an appropriate animal has been selected—whether for a specific locomotor function (i.e. frogs for jumping); or a specific animal strain, to answer a research question—a specific muscle is identified based on its "in vivo" function and fibre type distribution. Following ethical approval, and if necessary, governmen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29004758 | 1,957,122 |
348,595 | The Browning M1919 remains popular with civilian enthusiasts in the United States, though changes in 1986 to the National Firearms Act of 1934 (the US Federal law regulating private ownership of machine guns) prohibited the registration of new machine guns for sales to civilians, thus freezing the number of "transferab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30863956 | 348,413 |
1,377,287 | Conventional SNP typing methods are typically time-consuming and expensive, requiring several probe based assays to be multiplexed together or the use of DNA microarrays. HRM is more cost-effective and reduces the need to design multiple pairs of primers and the need to purchase expensive probes. The HRM method has bee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21003747 | 1,376,525 |
168,930 | Organisms vary in their ability to take up foreign dsRNA and use it in the RNAi pathway. The effects of RNAi can be both systemic and heritable in plants and "C. elegans", although not in "Drosophila" or mammals. In plants, RNAi is thought to propagate by the transfer of siRNAs between cells through plasmodesmata (chan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29188721 | 168,840 |
1,615,795 | Kahn experimented and developed reinforced concrete construction materials, with at least 75 patented inventions in the field by 1934. His first patent was "Kahn Trussed Bar", also called "the Kahn Bar" or "Kahn Bar System", patented in 1903. The Kahn bar was a straight steel beam whose edges were slightly bent, result... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43431470 | 1,614,886 |
567,350 | Another approach which is growing in popularity is the use of 3D-printed components to apply the phase delays necessary for levitation, creating a similar effect to the PATs but with the advantage that they can have a higher spatial resolution than the phased array, allowing more complex fields to be formed. These are ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6101054 | 567,060 |
242,305 | In Survey methodology, the population mean, of some quantity of interest "y", is calculated by taking an estimation of the total of "y" over all elements in the population ("Y" or sometimes "T") and dividing it by the population size – either known (formula_36) or estimated (formula_37). In this context, each value of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33274 | 242,178 |
652,540 | During the early twentieth century many more ankylosaurid fossils were uncovered in North America. Some were referred to "Euoplocephalus", others named as separate genera. In 1971 however, Walter Coombs submitted a dissertation containing a landmark re-appraisal of North American ankylosaurs. He noted that, among the m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1230089 | 652,198 |
1,248,650 | The female of this beetle will lay eggs in any damp, decaying timber, which has been attacked by fungus. The eggs are creamy white in colour, slightly curved with tapered ends. The larvae, also creamy white, is equipped with brown mandibles, ready to bore into the timber and feed on the wood. The adult insects are arou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14089766 | 1,247,974 |
1,780,767 | A parts washer is a piece of equipment used to remove contaminants or debris, such as dirt, grime, carbon, oil, grease, metal chips, cutting fluids, mold release agents, ink, paint, and corrosion from workpieces. Parts washers are used in new manufacturing and remanufacturing processes; they are designed to clean, degr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21442889 | 1,779,763 |
592,110 | Robert Todd Carroll writes, "More objectionable than the questionable scientific validity of the device, however, are the moral and legal questions its use raises." Carroll and others cite the legality of the depictions of minors, as well as the constitutionality of requiring PPG for admission to jobs or the military, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=410384 | 591,808 |
1,628,137 | "Keratella cochlearis" is dioecious, with female specimens being larger than males. In the main, reproduction in this species is by parthenogenesis. In this process, the female rotifer produces an unfertilised egg with a full set of chromosomes. This is carried around by the mother and hatches into a miniature adult. W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32704059 | 1,627,218 |
1,115,362 | In 2005, a set of 7 teeth from Tabun Cave in Israel were studied and found to most likely belong to a Neanderthal that may have lived around 90,000 years ago, and another Neanderthal (C1) from Tabun was estimated to be ~122,000 years old. If the dates are correct for these individuals, then it is possible that Neandert... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28021034 | 1,114,793 |
2,094,000 | Murphy began working with Jean-Michel Cousteau and his father, Jacques Cousteau, in 1968. Starting in 1973, Richard has worked with Jean-Michel Cousteau in creating field study programs for students of all ages. The Ambassadors of the Environment program is the most recent of their educational programs. He has been inv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33787599 | 2,092,793 |
1,724,997 | In addition to its use in photosynthesis, a vine's water supply is also depleted by the processes of evaporation and transpiration. In evaporation, heat (aided by wind and sunlight) causes water in the soil to evaporate and escape as vapor molecules. This process is inversely related to humidity with evaporation taking... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25762883 | 1,724,026 |
947,946 | Each of the SIFT keypoints specifies 2D location, scale, and orientation, and each matched keypoint in the database has a record of its parameters relative to the training image in which it was found. The similarity transform implied by these 4 parameters is only an approximation to the full 6 degree-of-freedom pose sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1208345 | 947,442 |
1,779,121 | In May 1938 A.P. Rowe took over Bawdsey Manor from Watt, who had been appointed Director of Communications Development at the Air Ministry. The remainder of 1938 was taken up with practical problems in the development of ASV. One change was the use of the new Western Electric 4304 tubes in place of the earlier 316As. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43239543 | 1,778,119 |
1,293,923 | Scholarship in archaeology commonly uses a variation of the Three-age system developed by Christian Jürgensen Thomsen to divide past societies into a Stone Age, a Bronze Age, and an Iron Age. Although this system is very useful for its original purpose of organizing museum collections, it is unable to fully characteriz... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4237797 | 1,293,212 |
425,508 | Because it falls under the more general rubric of communicative language teaching (CLT), the CBI classroom is learner- rather than teacher-centered (Littlewood, 1981). In such classrooms, students learn through doing and are actively engaged in the learning process. They do not depend on the teacher to direct all learn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11111776 | 425,300 |
1,805,554 | Even before the very beginning of human space exploration, serious and reasonable concerns were expressed about exposure of humans to the microgravity of space due to the potential systemic effects on terrestrially-evolved life forms adapted to Earth gravity. Unloading of skeletal muscle, both on Earth via bed-rest exp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39377992 | 1,804,539 |
230,891 | The body of the bowfin is elongated and cylindrical, with the sides and back olive to brown in color, often with vertical bars and dark reticulations or another camouflaged pattern. The dorsal fin has horizontal bars, and the caudal fin has irregular vertical bars. The underside is white or cream, and the paired fins a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=245146 | 230,773 |
1,014,447 | In 1898, the Dutch microbiologist Martinus Beijerinck (1851–1931), a microbiology teacher at the Agricultural School in Wageningen repeated experiments by Adolf Mayer and became convinced that filtrate contained a new form of infectious agent. He observed that the agent multiplied only in cells that were dividing and h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16234480 | 1,013,926 |
291,160 | The next six elements on the periodic table are expected to be the last main-group elements in their period, and are likely to be similar to the 5p elements indium through xenon. In elements 167 to 172, the 9p and 8p shells will be filled. Their energy eigenvalues are so close together that they behave as one combined ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=68326 | 291,002 |
283,969 | Biofilms can also be harnessed for constructive purposes. For example, many sewage treatment plants include a secondary treatment stage in which waste water passes over biofilms grown on filters, which extract and digest organic compounds. In such biofilms, bacteria are mainly responsible for removal of organic matter ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43946 | 283,816 |
1,474,271 | Steve Prefontaine arrived on campus in 1969 and immediately, head coach Bowerman and assistant coach Bill Dellinger had their hands full to rein in the rebellious new athlete. The bold running style of Prefontaine, front-running, was a strategy that altered the pace of the sport. At one point, Prefontaine held every Am... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30813159 | 1,473,440 |
1,869,101 | At the same time, Adams was also studying the peculiar petrological characteristics of a group of alkaline intrusions of much later geological age (now known to be Early Cretaceous), called by him the "Monteregian Hills." This work would be continued by his students, notably Joseph Austin Bancroft (1882-1957), who succ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1253997 | 1,868,025 |
47,774 | The standard diagnostic method is the analysis of the chromosomes' karyotype on lymphocytes. A small blood sample is sufficient as test material. In the past, the observation of the Barr body was common practice, as well. To investigate the presence of a possible mosaicism, analysis of the karyotype using cells from th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19833554 | 47,754 |
636,790 | Early Hurricanes lacked armour or self-sealing tanks. They used "ring and bead" gunsights, with the ring being mounted above the instrument panel and the bead mounted on a post above the engine cowling. The standard GM2 reflector gunsight was introduced in mid-1939, although many Hurricanes retained the "bead". Fuel ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10829023 | 636,451 |
74,433 | On the premise that radioactive decay is truly random (rather than merely chaotic), it has been used in hardware random-number generators. Because the process is not thought to vary significantly in mechanism over time, it is also a valuable tool in estimating the absolute ages of certain materials. For geological mate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=197767 | 74,406 |
1,690,899 | In 1882, before the Physical Society of London, Rowland gave a description of the diffraction gratings, with which his name is specially associated, and which have been of enormous advantage to astronomical spectroscopy. These gratings consist of pieces of metal or glass ruled by means of a diamond point with a very la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=747120 | 1,689,952 |
1,359,676 | Genes are subjected to heterologous expression often to study specific protein interactions. "E. coli", yeast ("S. cerevisiae, P. pastoris"), immortalized mammalian cells, and amphibian oocytes (i.e. unfertilized eggs) are commonly for studies that require heterologous expression. In choosing a particular system, econo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29071957 | 1,358,925 |
2,177,947 | Scientists from all over the world studied and recognized a plenty of pseudogenes. They have launched several projects which are worldwide to identify and study the potential roles of pseudogenes. ENCODE is one of such projects. Even though the pseudogenes accelerate the issues formolecular analysis, they are still reg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35568024 | 2,176,702 |
456,216 | Radiocarbon dating of the site indicated occupancy beginning 16,000 years ago and possibly as early as 19,000 years ago. However, the dates are still controversial. A recent (2013) survey carried out by the Society for American Archaeology reported support from 38% of archaeologists, with 20% rejecting the early dates.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4212686 | 455,993 |
597,374 | Agricultural biotechnology has been used to improve the nutritional content of a variety of crops in an effort to meet the needs of an increasing population. Genetic engineering can produce crops with a higher concentration of vitamins. For example, golden rice contains three genes that allow plants to produce compound... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=93829 | 597,069 |
1,465,171 | Collins' scientific accomplishments have been recognized by numerous awards, including the NIH Director's Pioneer Award, the Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar Award in Aging, the inaugural Anthony J. Drexel Exceptional Achievement Award, the Lagrange Prize from the CRT Foundation in Italy, the Sanofi-Institut P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10622545 | 1,464,348 |
877,678 | Atrophy of the teres minor muscle is often a consequence of a rotator cuff tear, but common isolated teres minor atrophies have also been found. A quadrangular space syndrome causes excessive and or chronically compression of the structures which pass through this anatomical tunnel. The axillary nerve and the posterior... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1287267 | 877,216 |
477,841 | Current retirement criteria for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles cite 80% capacity for end-of-first-life, and 65% capacity for end-of-second-life. The first-life defines the lifespan of the battery's intended use, while the second-life defines the lifespan of the battery's subsequent use-case. Lithium-ion bat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53528300 | 477,601 |
1,292,710 | Attenuation is a regulatory feature found throughout Archaea and Bacteria causing premature termination of transcription. Attenuators are 5'-"cis" acting regulatory regions which fold into one of two alternative RNA structures which determine the success of transcription. The folding is modulated by a sensing mechanism... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4232119 | 1,291,999 |
1,590,816 | Exmoor is a dissected plateau of Devonian sedimentary rock, rising to at Dunkery Beacon. It extends into Devon but the majority of the area is in Somerset. Much of the area is a National Park. The landscape is one of rounded hills, with hogs-back cliffs at the coast due to geological movements. Because of high rainfall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3407122 | 1,589,922 |
1,119,138 | Also on board were two experiments prepared by Ashford School of Art & Design in Kent, United Kingdom, which, at the time, was a girls-only school. The school had won a competition run by Independent Television News. The experiments were contained in G-520. The first one injected a few grams of cobalt nitrate crystals ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=499482 | 1,118,565 |
1,238,874 | The development of "The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion" began in 2002, immediately after its predecessor, "", was published. Rumors of a sequel to "Morrowind" started circulating in June 2004; the sequel's title was identified on September 10, 2004, the date of its official announcement. "" was developed by Bethesda Game S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12164267 | 1,238,207 |
240,613 | Another critique of offsetting has been that loose regulation of claims by carbon offsetting schemes that, combined with the difficulties in calculating greenhouse gas sequestration and emissions reductions, can result in schemes that do not in reality adequately offset emissions. Moves have been made to create better ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=351661 | 240,493 |
1,064,717 | Weber has received much criticism. It has been said that Weber did not effectively and realistically take into account geographic variation in market demand, which is considered a locational factor of paramount influence. Also his treatment of transport did not recognize that these costs are not proportional to distanc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=714940 | 1,064,163 |
670,965 | Montecuccoli's plans for the battleships gained approval from Emperor Franz Joseph I in January 1909, and by April plans for the ships' design, construction, and financing in the face of the ongoing budget crisis in Budapest were already being laid out. Upon learning that Austria-Hungary was planning or currently build... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1089216 | 670,613 |
1,964,402 | In January 1955 Dr. Harold W. Brown, Ex-Dean of the School of Public Health of Columbia University, submitted his study on the needs of Physicians and Dentists in Puerto Rico (1). This study was conducted at the request of the then Chancellor of the University of Puerto Rico, Graduate Jaime Benitez. The study revealed ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22281259 | 1,963,274 |
17,290 | In the 1850s and 1860s, German physicist Rudolf Clausius objected to the supposition that no change occurs in the working body, and gave that change a mathematical interpretation, by questioning the nature of the inherent loss of usable heat when work is done, e.g., heat produced by friction. He described his observati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9891 | 17,285 |
528,508 | In addition, many societies only tend to value a woman if she is able to produce at least one child, and a marriage can be considered a failure when the couple cannot conceive. The act of conceiving a child can be linked to the couple's consummation of marriage, and reflect their social role in society. This is seen in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3174918 | 528,234 |
1,726,662 | These mats are thin, firm mats about twelve feet in length. They usually have alternating color panels and can be folded, stacked and attached to other mats via velcro strips at the ends. Normally used for practicing tumbling moves, these mats may be stacked to provide a protective surface for gymnasts working on the l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1719505 | 1,725,691 |
1,452,086 | In 2008, three recent events were reported to have led to the decline of "B. affinis"' agricultural role: pathogen spillover, pesticide use, and habitat loss. Many bumblebees used in commercial businesses harbor harmful parasites that can impact nearby wild populations of "B. affinis". This often has lethal effects, an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=40570605 | 1,451,269 |
1,962,197 | With a 17–12 record after the loss to Connecticut, Georgetown missed the NCAA tournament for the fourth straight year and seventh time in the previous eight years. However, the Hoyas returned to post-season tournament play for the first time since the 2002-03 season when they were invited to the 2005 National Invitatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41096183 | 1,961,069 |
235,327 | After the STS-125 mission, a work light knob was discovered jammed in the space between one of "Atlantis"s front interior windows and the Orbiter dashboard structure. The knob was believed to have entered the space during flight, when the pressurized Orbiter was expanded to its maximum size. Then, once back on Earth, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28239 | 235,208 |
813,006 | As a mathematics student at Jesus College, Cambridge, Bronowski co-edited—with William Empson—the literary periodical "Experiment", which first appeared in 1928. Bronowski would pursue this sort of dual activity, in both the mathematical and literary worlds, throughout his professional life. He was also a strong chess ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=241528 | 812,573 |
1,379,133 | A variety of approaches have been suggested for high throughput assessment of novel metallic electrocatalysts. One functional, non-SECM approach, enabled the electrocatalytic activities of a large number of catalysts to be assessed optically by employing a technique that detected proton production on deposited arrays o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33179399 | 1,378,371 |
1,575,943 | Risk estimates made from data provided by analog studies have certain limitations for long duration missions. Unique problems that are inherent to the space environment include the effects of radiation, exposure and physiological adaptation to low gravity. Cardiovascular events are of particular interest for long durat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35819780 | 1,575,054 |
1,324,353 | Gadolinium-153 has a half-life of 240.4 ± 10 days and emits gamma radiation with strong peaks at 41 keV and 102 keV. It is used as a gamma ray source for X-ray absorptiometry and fluorescence, for bone density gauges for osteoporosis screening, and for radiometric profiling in the Lixiscope portable x-ray imaging syste... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2526932 | 1,323,627 |
1,987,122 | Stegenga et al. set out to establish the stability of spontaneous network bursts as a function of time. They saw bursts throughout the lifetime of the cell cultures, beginning at 4–7 days "in vitro" (DIV) and continuing until culture death. They gathered network burst profiles (BPs) through a mathematical observation o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10839226 | 1,985,980 |
657,312 | Fetal gonads develop primarily based on the presence or absence of androgen hormones, mainly testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and androstenedione; production of testosterone and conversion into dihydrotestosterone during weeks 6 to 12 of pregnancy are key factors in the production of a male fetus's penis, scrotu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30865543 | 656,968 |
429,875 | Lacking photosynthetic pigments, leucoplasts are not green and are located in non-photosynthetic tissues of plants, such as roots, bulbs and seeds. They may be specialized for bulk storage of starch, lipid or protein and are then known as amyloplasts, elaioplasts, or proteinoplasts (also called aleuroplasts) respective... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=444092 | 429,665 |
1,376,122 | New research has expanded the discussion on this disputed issue. A recent study did extensive spatial analysis and correlated several building, site plan and social factors with crime frequencies and identified nuances to the contrasting positions. The study looked at, among others, a) dwelling types, b) unit density (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14691776 | 1,375,361 |
2,056,085 | One major advantage of SPI is that it reliably provides sediment information regardless of water clarity. However, many SPI applications such as habitat mapping and side-scan sonar ground-truthing, would benefit from imagery of the seabed's surface when visibility permits. Since the tether provided a source of power an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14917968 | 2,054,901 |
122,773 | This is the generalized case of the paradigmatic two-loop cylindrical coil carrying a uniform low frequency current; the loops are independent closed circuits that can have different lengths, any orientation in space, and carry different currents. Nonetheless, the error terms, which are not included in the integral are... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=165146 | 122,724 |
1,050,084 | The rest of the day was devoted to assembling and configuring the new equipment and tools that would be required for the solar array repair, including a tool termed a "cufflink". The tear in the array is located at one of the hinges, which carries the load of the array, so the cufflink will be a load-bearing strap to r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2445038 | 1,049,538 |
1,337,169 | The works of these architects in the region during the 1950s and early 60s were significant. Rudolph launched an independent practice and produced the Walker Guest House, Sanderling Beach Club, Umbrella House, Deering Residence, Riverview High School, and Sarasota High School. Seibert designed Hiss Studio, Bay Plaza Co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9314726 | 1,336,438 |
54,799 | In 1765, Hume served as British Chargé d'affaires, writing "despatches to the British Secretary of State". He wrote of his Paris life, "I really wish often for the plain roughness of The Poker Club of Edinburgh…to correct and qualify so much lusciousness." In 1766, upon returning to Britain, Hume encouraged his patron ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7925 | 54,776 |
1,799,806 | Throughout the cardiac cycle, the annulus undergoes a sphincter motion, narrowing down the orifice area during systole to facilitate coaptation of the two leaflets and widens during diastole to allow for easy diastolic filling of the left ventricle. This motion is further enhanced by a pronounced three-dimensional conf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33566284 | 1,798,797 |
762,587 | Examining the role of citizen participation and representation in politics provides an excellent example of legacy thinking in society. The belief that one can spend money freely to gain influence has been popularized, leading to public acceptance of corporate lobbying. As a result, a self-established role in politics ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=411590 | 762,179 |
1,825,513 | The early Sciencenter was somatic nomadic as its gallery spaces moved among several donated storefronts in downtown Ithaca. The first exhibition space was opened in 1984 at 200 East Buffalo Street, in space donated by Sciarabba Walker and Co. When the Sciencenter had to move, it was able to find free space in the old H... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17460553 | 1,824,475 |
1,409,551 | After the end of the war, he was made Reader in Chemical Thermodynamics at Oxford University, where he experimented in the composition of fuel trying to find compounds which were resistant to freezing and less volatile, devising the concept of "toluene numbers", now referred to as octane ratings. After that work (large... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=614252 | 1,408,759 |
763,124 | Some ancient sources such as Polybius seem to imply that the legions could fight with gaps in their lines. Yet, most sources seem to admit that more usually a line would form into a solid front. Various approaches have been taken to reconcile these possibilities with the ancient writings. The advantages of gaps are obv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30855309 | 762,715 |
414,628 | The Monstral blue found to coat the inside of copper vessels used to process phthalic acid derivatives had led to the discovery of Phthalocyanine in 1907. Attracted by the brilliance, stability and insolubility of this chromophore, attempts were made to reversibly modify it so that it would be carried into fabric in a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21548765 | 414,425 |
42,510 | The Thompson was primarily developed in Cleveland, Ohio. Its principal designers were Theodore H. Eickhoff, Oscar V. Payne, and George E. Goll. By late 1917, the limits of the Blish Lock were discovered (which is essentially an extreme manifestation of static friction), and, rather than the firearm working as a locked ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=95006 | 42,495 |
53,330 | The LS6 is a higher-output version of GM's LS1 engine and retains the same capacity. The initial 2001 LS6 produced and , but the engine was modified for 2002 through 2004 to produce and of torque. The LS6 was originally only used in the high-performance C5 Corvette Z06 model, with the Cadillac CTS V-Series getting the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=877441 | 53,310 |
1,242,771 | Salt returned to Ethiopia in 1809 on a government mission to develop trade and diplomatic links with the Ethiopian Emperor Egwale Seyon. Upon arrival, he was unable to meet with the king due to unrest in the country, so instead he went to stay with his friend the Ras Wolde Selassie. During this venture, Salt took on th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1841304 | 1,242,099 |
2,018,429 | It was unusual that a small company like W:m Crichton & C:o could compete against the large Saint Petersburg shipyards for navy orders. The military's purchasing process, and those of other public institutions, was complex and a successful business required both strong credibility and the right contacts. Evidently, the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=48740213 | 2,017,266 |
99,204 | The high cost of sterilizing the fermentor between batches can be avoided using various open fermentation approaches that are able to resist contamination. One is to use a naturally evolved mixed culture. This is particularly favored in wastewater treatment, since mixed populations can adapt to a wide variety of wastes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6073894 | 99,161 |
1,652,865 | Ferrochelatase interacts with numerous other enzymes involved in heme biosynthesis, catabolism, and transport, including protoporphyrinogen oxidase, 5-aminolevulinate synthase, ABCB10, ABCB7, succinyl-CoA synthetase, and mitoferrin-1. Multiple studies have suggested the existence of an oligomeric complex that enables s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5758429 | 1,651,933 |
1,803,206 | Bruce was appointed assistant professor of pathology at the Army Medical School in Netley in 1889, and served there for five years. He returned to military field service in 1894 and was posted to Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa. He was assigned to investigate the case of cattle and horse sickness (called nagana) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2257142 | 1,802,193 |
79,647 | The Belgian philosopher of law Frank van Dun is one among those who are elaborating a secular conception of natural law in the liberal tradition. Anarcho-capitalist theorist Murray Rothbard argues that "the very existence of a natural law discoverable by reason is a potentially powerful threat to the status quo and a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22063 | 79,614 |
357,270 | The Lower Palaeolithic (Early Stone Age) comprises the Oldowan which was replaced by the Acheulian, which is characterised by the production of mostly symmetrical hand axes. The Acheulian has a timespan of about a million years, and such technological stagnation has typically been ascribed to comparatively limited cogn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=442638 | 357,084 |
1,590,393 | At Oppenheimer's request, the Hanford Engineer Works also produced polonium-210. Greenewalt protested the diversion of plutonium production capacity to Compton, but to no avail; polonium was required for the neutron initiators, and concentrating all production at the X-10 Graphite Reactor at Oak Ridge would jeopardize ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=72002318 | 1,589,499 |
1,424,252 | Whitney studied pure mathematics at the graduate level at the University of Toronto in the early 1980s. He then worked at Stanford University. He was first exposed to APL when he was 11 by its inventor, Ken Iverson, a family friend. He later worked extensively with APL, first at I. P. Sharp Associates alongside Ken Ive... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1803686 | 1,423,450 |
253,510 | Rat studies investigating the carcinogenicity of PFASs reported significant correlation with liver adenomas, Leydig cell tumors of the testis and pancreatic acinar cell tumors and dietary PFOA consumption. The C8 Science Panel investigated the potential relationship between PFAS exposure and these three cancer types as... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20471890 | 253,377 |
481,701 | BUAA was among the nation's first 16 key universities back in the 1950s and among the top 15 for priority development during China's 7th five-year plan period (1986–1990). During the 8th five-year plan it was listed among the top 14 for priority development and at the start of the 9th five-year plan BUAA was among the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=599903 | 481,457 |
1,336,667 | AHLs have hydrophobic and hydrophilic sections. The hydrophilic section consists of the homoserine lactone ring and the amide group. The hydrophobic section has a strain-specific hydrocarbon chain with varieties in length and level of oxygenation with a 3-oxo group. The length of the acyl chain generally ranges from 4 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1291547 | 1,335,937 |
1,886,383 | The "Galileo" spacecraft launched on October 18, 1989, the "Ulysses" on October 6, 1990, the "Cassini" on October 15, 1997, and the "New Horizons" on January 19, 2006. All of these spacecraft contain the general purpose heat source (GPHS) RTG commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy. The GPHS-RTG employs identical... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=45693651 | 1,885,301 |
1,361,150 | As part of his doctoral dissertation, Meehl worked with Hathaway to develop the K scale indicator of valid responding for the MMPI. During initial clinical testing of the MMPI, a subset of individuals exhibiting clear signs of mental illness still produced normal personality profiles on the various clinical scales. It ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3125942 | 1,360,397 |
475,939 | The regulation of tissue perfusion occurs in microcirculation. There, arterioles control the flow of blood to the capillaries. Arterioles contract and relax, varying their diameter and vascular tone, as the vascular smooth muscle responds to diverse stimuli. Distension of the vessels due to increased blood pressure is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=437670 | 475,701 |
2,187,380 | McNeill retired from Southampton University in 1971 and returned to Northern Ireland. In 1972, in the midst of The Troubles, he joined the non-sectarian Alliance Party. In 1974, on the death of his brother Sean, NcNeill took over chairmanship of the McNeill Group. He was subsequently invited to the board of trustees of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=64423622 | 2,186,132 |
1,760,605 | In 2001, the Wolverines were elevated to club-varsity status, competing at the Division I level of the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) in the Central Collegiate Lacrosse Association (CCLA). In 2008, the team became the first MCLA team to complete a season undefeated, finishing 20–0 and winning their first ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31948912 | 1,759,612 |
790,761 | There have been predictions, and some evidence, that global warming might cause loss of carbon from terrestrial ecosystems, leading to an increase of atmospheric levels. Several climate models indicate that global warming through the 21st century could be accelerated by the response of the terrestrial carbon cycle to s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26198824 | 790,336 |
663,728 | Another possible model for "Cretoxyrhina" evolution, proposed in 2014 by paleontologist Cajus Diedrich, suggests that "C. mantelli" was congeneric with the mako sharks of the genus "Isurus" and was part of an extended "Isurus" lineage beginning as far the Aptian stage in the Early Cretaceous. According to this model, t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1092359 | 663,382 |
369,295 | In 1917, an unknown American undergraduate chemical engineer named Linus Pauling was learning the Dalton hook-and-eye bonding method, which was the mainstream description of bonds between atoms at the time. Pauling, however, wasn't satisfied with this method and looked to the newly emerging field of quantum physics for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19555 | 369,102 |
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