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897,037 | On 1 November 2018, the US National Toxicology Program published the final version (after peer review that was performed through March 2018) of its "eagerly anticipated" study using rats and mice, conducted over some ten years. This report concludes after the review with an updated statement that "there is clear eviden... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1272748 | 896,565 |
1,402,404 | The Ordovician Wurawina supergroup comprises the Denison Group and the Gordon group. The Owen Conglomerate, part of the Denison group, lies conformably on the Dundas Group, but unconformably on the Mount Read Volcanics. The pebbles include quartz, quartzite, quartz sandstone, pale pink mudstone and chert, embedded in a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18521539 | 1,401,617 |
1,091,774 | In 2001, Strauss and colleagues reported the design of an application for PNA oligomers in living mammalian cells. The Xist chromatin binding region was first elucidated in female mouse fibroblastic cells, and embryonic stem cells though the use of a PNA molecular antagonist. The novel PNA approach directly demonstrate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=103437 | 1,091,214 |
1,811,967 | Before completing high school at 16, Kundu would help her father, a computer engineer, take apart computers. This influenced her studies at Stanford University, where she graduated with a bachelor's and master's degree in electrical engineering, and served as editor in chief of the university's undergraduate research j... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54865773 | 1,810,934 |
1,934,615 | The NASA program hosted technical conferences, inviting international partners. NASA even helped refurbish and operate the Danish three-bladed Gedser wind turbine between 1977 and 1979, so that its operation and characteristics could be studied as a model for larger units. This 1957 unit designed by Johannes Juul gener... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30251550 | 1,933,507 |
1,989,565 | Audiograms are produced using a piece of test equipment called an audiometer, and this allows different frequencies to be presented to the subject, usually over calibrated headphones, at any specified level. The levels are, however, not absolute, but weighted with frequency relative to a standard graph known as the min... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16110588 | 1,988,423 |
563,356 | Audiograms are produced using a piece of test equipment called an audiometer, and this allows different frequencies to be presented to the subject, usually over calibrated headphones, at any specified level. The levels are, however, not absolute, but weighted with frequency relative to a standard graph known as the min... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2485942 | 563,067 |
1,560,946 | In connection with his work on improving classical and new fermentation processes, Nielsen developed a number of experimental and computational tools that today are the foundation for metabolic engineering—the directed genetic modification of cells with the objective of improving the phenotype. He was the first to use ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37887859 | 1,560,060 |
252,956 | Similar colored fringing around highlights may also be caused by lens flare. Colored fringing around highlights or dark regions may be due to the receptors for different colors having differing dynamic range or sensitivity – therefore preserving detail in one or two color channels, while "blowing out" or failing to reg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54749 | 252,823 |
480,139 | Brown and his colleagues developed experimental methods for using DNA microarrays to investigate basic principles of genome organization, gene expression, cell regulation and specialization, physiology, development and disease, and the microbiome, along with statistical and computational tools for visualizing and inter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4508007 | 479,895 |
1,705,449 | Pesticides often pose serious problems to the environment. They kill not only targeted organisms, but also non-targeted organisms in the process. Pesticides are released into the natural environment intentionally by people who are often unaware that these chemicals will travel further than anticipated, Hatakeyama et al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14017274 | 1,704,492 |
1,818,338 | A number of major systemic changes were introduced in this version with the use of a new parametrized energy model ("Turner 2004"), restructuring of the RNAlib to support concurrent computations in thread-safe manner, improvements to the API, and inclusion of several new auxiliary tools. For example, tools to assess RN... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=48969961 | 1,817,303 |
2,112,956 | Marine aerosols contribute significantly to global aerosols. Traditionally, biogeochemical cycling and climate modeling have focused on sea-salt aerosols, with less attention on biogenically-derived aerosol particles such as sulfates and related chemical species emitted from phytoplankton. For example, in the eastern N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=62264747 | 2,111,741 |
1,544,873 | USAFSAM provides in-residence and distance learning courses graduating approximately 4000 students annually. Initial skills training is provided for enlisted and officers in the disciplines of public health and preventive medicine, Bioenvironmental Engineering, aerospace physiology, aeromedical evacuation for nurses an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49178570 | 1,543,999 |
1,298,215 | As "O"-GlcNAc is substoichiometric and ion suppression occurs in the presence of unmodified peptides, an enrichment step is usually performed prior to mass spectrometry analysis. This may be accomplished using lectins, antibodies, or chemical tagging. The "O"-GlcNAc modification is labile under collision-induced fragme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=44457563 | 1,297,502 |
715,947 | After the World War I there was an urgent need for reform of the education system at "Technische Hochschule Darmstadt", which was seen as a prerequisite for meeting the requirements of a modern industrial society. Intense discussions were held on the aim of extending the curriculum beyond the purely technical education... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1664084 | 715,572 |
1,049,737 | In December 1943, "Taiyō" was assigned to the Grand Escort Command and she began a lengthy refit at Yokohama that completed on 4 April 1944. On the 29th, the ship was assigned to the First Surface Escort Unit and she escorted Convoy HI-61 from Japan to Singapore, via Manila. Upon arrival at her destination on 18 May, "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9287958 | 1,049,191 |
752,128 | Soon after its entry to service on 22 April 1948, B-45 operations were troubled by technical problems, in particular poor engine reliability. The USAF found the plane to be useful during the Korean War performing both conventional bombing and aerial reconnaissance missions. On 4 December 1950, the first successful inte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=458807 | 751,726 |
1,016,329 | Other intercollegiate sports at UP include basketball, baseball, volleyball, track and field, tennis, and rowing. In November 2010, the school announced it would add women's crew effective with the 2011–12 academic year, while dropping both men's and women's golf. While none of these teams have the standing of the socc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=415982 | 1,015,806 |
1,090,219 | In 1957, Gerard W. Elverum Jr. was employed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and working under the supervision of Art Grant to characterize the reaction rates of new rocket propellants by using a device consisting of two concentric tubes, through which propellants were fed at a known flowrate, and a set of thermocoupl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19544011 | 1,089,659 |
188,294 | Possessing a high power-to-weight ratio of 28.3 hp/tonne, the 2S25 can operate in high altitudes of up to 4000 m, while the installed rubber-clad shoes or snow-riding tracks expand the vehicle's capabilities in various climates. According to the manufacturer, the 2S25 can also be employed as a light amphibious tank by ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22007513 | 188,197 |
152,659 | The third hypothesis shared by some scientists is that human impacts and natural climate changes led to the extinction of Australian megafauna. To begin with it is important to note that approximately 75% of Australia is semi-arid or arid landscape, therefore it makes sense that megafauna species utilized the same fres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18783051 | 152,591 |
1,712,939 | Additionally, the longitudinal data can serve as a transparent quality assurance measure for program reviews by providing an evaluation of the extent to which a school is meeting its curriculum objectives. The test also provides more reliable data for high-stakes assessment decisions by using measures of continuous lea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35032562 | 1,711,974 |
154,704 | A different study conducted in 2015 observed similar results. The goal of this study was to identify if SCT could be used to “…improve physical activity (PA) interventions by identifying which variables to target to maximize intervention impact.” By following 204 overweight men over the course of a three-month weight l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7715915 | 154,634 |
205,930 | The history of epiphenomenalism goes back to the post-Cartesian attempt to solve the riddle of Cartesian dualism, i.e., of how mind and body could interact. La Mettrie, Leibniz and Spinoza all in their own way began this way of thinking. The idea that even if the animal were conscious nothing would be added to the prod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13001588 | 205,824 |
17,118 | Princeton follows a liberal arts curriculum, and offers two bachelor's degrees to students: a Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (B.S.E.). Typically, A.B. students choose a major (called a concentration) at the end of sophomore year, while B.S.E. students declare at the end of their freshm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23922 | 17,113 |
827,175 | For the first time, a combination of the nuclear sterile insect technique (SIT) with the incompatible insect technique (IIT) was used in Mosquito Control in Guangzhou, China. The results of the recent pilot trial in Guangzhou, China, carried out with the support of the IAEA in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2887318 | 826,731 |
1,945,233 | TNX-1300 (T172R/G173Q double-mutant cocaine esterase 200 mg, "i.v." solution) is being developed under an Investigational New Drug application (IND) for the treatment of cocaine intoxication. TNX-1300 (formerly known as RBP-8000) is a recombinant protein enzyme produced through rDNA technology in a non-disease-producin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39003392 | 1,944,121 |
533,631 | The Burgundian compagnie d'ordonnance was a formidable combined arms force relying on close cooperation between heavily armored knights, dismounted men-at-arms, a variety of ranged troops including archers and crossbowmen, and an early form of field artillery. It was one of the most feared and most effective ground for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1397903 | 533,352 |
3,997 | Gorgon Eyes and Phoenix Feathers, found throughout the Greek games in unmarked chests (white chests in "Ascension"), increase the maximum amount of health and magic, respectively. Minotaur Horns, which increase the Items and Fire meter's maximum length, are available in "God of War III" and "Ghost of Sparta", respectiv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16282491 | 3,997 |
737,492 | By the late 1940s it was known that the properties of atomic nuclei could not be explained by then-current models such as the liquid drop model developed by Niels Bohr amongst others. The shell model, developed in 1949 by Maria Goeppert Mayer and others, allowed some additional features to be explained, in particular t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2201 | 737,103 |
283,330 | Additionally, there is growing government involvement in the development and implementation of energy standards; 62% of Middle Eastern respondents, 45% of African respondents, and 43% of Latin American respondents indicated that existing government agencies, such as building agencies and energy agencies, are involved i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=478933 | 283,177 |
1,039,783 | The scherzo is of an exceptionally strict form considering the piano part. The right and left hand play a stubborn unison, almost 1500 semiquavers each, literally without a moment's pause: Robert Layton describes the soloist in this movement being like "some virtuoso footballer who retains the initiative while the oppo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2153948 | 1,039,242 |
873,129 | Based on calculations that show that more complex gene networks are more vulnerable to mutations as more conditions that are necessary but not sufficient increases the risk of one of them being hit, there is a theory that mutagens in food cooked by human ancestors short of modern human intelligence that was more likely... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50773588 | 872,669 |
84,653 | Some versions of the chronology may omit the Late Sumerian phase and regard all texts written after 2000 BC as Post-Sumerian. The term "Post-Sumerian" is meant to refer to the time when the language was already extinct and preserved by Babylonians and Assyrians only as a liturgical and classical language for religious,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65677 | 84,619 |
1,455,638 | Pure alexia almost always involves an infarct to the left posterior cerebral artery (which perfuses the splenium of the corpus callosum and left visual cortex, among other things). The resulting deficit will be pure alexia – i.e., the patient can write but cannot read (even what they have just written). However, becaus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11630765 | 1,454,818 |
90,491 | In the modern era, scientists have continued to refine the theorem of electromagnetism to take into account the effects of modern physics, including quantum mechanics and relativity. Indeed, the theoretical implications of electromagnetism, particularly the establishment of the speed of light based on properties of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9532 | 90,451 |
991,871 | Dehaene's experiments were not designed specifically to investigate 0 but to compare competing models of how parity information is processed and extracted. The most specific model, the mental calculation hypothesis, suggests that reactions to 0 should be fast; 0 is a small number, and it is easy to calculate . (Subject... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13259237 | 991,354 |
40,149 | There are multiple theories about the cause of atrial fibrillation. An important theory is that the regular impulses produced by the sinus node for a normal heartbeat are overwhelmed by rapid electrical discharges produced in the atria and adjacent parts of the pulmonary veins. Sources of these disturbances are either ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20869694 | 40,134 |
160,738 | Hyperspectral remote sensing is used in a wide array of applications. Although originally developed for mining and geology (the ability of hyperspectral imaging to identify various minerals makes it ideal for the mining and oil industries, where it can be used to look for ore and oil), it has now spread into fields as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3928494 | 160,653 |
769,643 | In spring 2014, the mayor of Orange County, the mayor of Orlando, the GOAA Board, and other City of Orlando and GOAA officials approved the installation in the park of a restored USAF F-4 Phantom II aircraft. The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force picked an F-4D previously on display in Corsicana, Texas (Air Force s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=86868 | 769,231 |
518,788 | In the North Sea, breeding takes place in June and July. The mature adult "Branchiostoma lanceolatum", aged 2 to 3 years, congregate in masses on the sea floor. Individuals are either male or female and spawn once a year. The eggs are laid and fertilisation takes place externally. The early larval stages take place in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33759227 | 518,519 |
1,287,192 | Whether or not visual form learning is retained in older humans is unknown. Studies prove that training causes improvement in form perception in both young and old adults. Learning to integrate local elements is negatively affected by age, however. Advancing age hinders the ability to process stimuli efficiently to ide... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32197396 | 1,286,491 |
691,273 | Earlier educational software for the important corporate and tertiary education markets was designed to run on a single desktop computer (or an equivalent user device). In the years immediately following 2000, planners decided to switch to server-based applications with a high degree of standardization. This means that... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=290786 | 690,910 |
1,979,344 | Since its inception, Oncolytics Biotech Inc. has worked to take REOLYSIN, its proprietary formulation of human reovirus, through the development and regulatory requirements necessary to develop it as a potential cancer therapeutic. In 2000, Oncolytics Biotech Inc. received permission to conduct its first phase I clinic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28902690 | 1,978,206 |
1,995,432 | Verfaillie was noted to immediately benefit from the interest in adult stem cells with her lab size and funding immediately doubling. The discovery was considered so ground-breaking that she received several accolades in the first few years after the initial report. The British biomedical publication "New Scientist" de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11318854 | 1,994,289 |
1,324,217 | The unarmed RF-4C carried high resolution cameras and electronic sensors, which soon proved their worth to thousands of people in Idaho. RF-4C jets tracked flood waters pouring from the ruptured Teton Dam within hours of the dam's collapse in 1976 to show officials where flood waters were headed in time to warn people ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9359653 | 1,323,491 |
241,253 | The known isotopes of tennessine, Ts and Ts, are too short-lived to allow for chemical experimentation at present. Nevertheless, many chemical properties of tennessine have been calculated. Unlike the lighter group 17 elements, tennessine may not exhibit the chemical behavior common to the halogens. For example, fluori... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67611 | 241,133 |
1,787,321 | Activity awards for visual and performing art students were also added because CWC had established itself as the cultural center of the region with the construction of the Robert A. Peck Arts Center in 1983. Also in 1983, KCWC-TV went on the air for the first time, marking the beginning of what is now Wyoming PBS. Befo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15307285 | 1,786,316 |
366 | Prompted by Bohr, Wolfgang Pauli took up the problem of electron configurations in 1923. Pauli extended Bohr's scheme to use four quantum numbers, and formulated his exclusion principle which stated that no two electrons could have the same four quantum numbers. This explained the lengths of the periods in the periodic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23053 | 366 |
1,463,731 | Like most American colonies, the development South Carolina relied on the West Indies as a major market for exports and imports. English settlers were originally attracted to the region by two cash crops, tobacco and sugar cane. By 1660, entrepreneurs colonized the North American coastline below the Chesapeake in order... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21927183 | 1,462,908 |
864,816 | There are other considerations that limit the accuracy of this distance, besides detector calibration. Fortunately, gravitational waves are not subject to extinction due to an intervening absorbing medium. But they "are" subject to gravitational lensing, in the same way as light. If a signal is strongly lensed, then it... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=471487 | 864,356 |
215,347 | Margulis married astronomer Carl Sagan in 1957 soon after she got her bachelor's degree. Sagan was then a graduate student in physics at the University of Chicago. Their marriage ended in 1964, just before she completed her PhD. They had two sons, Dorion Sagan, who later became a popular science writer and her collabor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=45473 | 215,239 |
1,039,407 | During 1998, the Pathfinder was modified into the longer-winged Pathfinder-Plus configuration. It used four of the five sections from the original Pathfinder wing, but substituted a new long center wing section that incorporated a high-altitude airfoil designed for the follow-on Centurion/Helios. The new section was tw... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=673144 | 1,038,866 |
472,200 | During the production of "Fallout 2", several of Black Isle's key members left the studio to form Troika Games, citing disagreements with the development team structure. The new studio's first title was "" (2001), an original, nonlinear steampunk-themed RPG with fantasy elements. Several "Arcanum" designers worked on "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32408640 | 471,964 |
977,238 | The mission is stated as having three broad themes: Ethical Leadership, Cultural Competence and Community Engagement. The goal of the Ethical Leadership component has been articulated by MSU as "students will articulate their value systems, act ethically within the context of a democratic society, and demonstrate engag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=187859 | 976,727 |
118,233 | Wallerstein notes that never before had an economic system encompassed that much of the world, with trade links crossing so many political boundaries. In the past, geographically large economic systems existed but were mostly limited to spheres of domination of large empires (such as the Roman Empire); development of c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1582335 | 118,188 |
869,217 | In some cases FAP can manifest higher in the colon than usual (for example, the ascending colon, or proximal to the splenic flexure, or in the stomach or duodenum) where they show no symptoms until cancer is present and greatly advanced. APC mutations have been linked to certain other cancers such as thyroid cancer. As... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1106793 | 868,757 |
1,795,297 | BioPerl is an active open source software project supported by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation. The first set of Perl codes of BioPerl was created by Tim Hubbard and Jong Bhak at MRC Centre Cambridge, where the first genome sequencing was carried out by Fred Sanger. MRC Centre was one of the hubs and birth places of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=559864 | 1,794,288 |
1,234,185 | Other common elective surgical procedures in the United States are declawing in cats (onychectomy), ear-cropping in dogs, tail docking in dogs, horses, and dairy cattle, and livestock dehorning in cattle, sheep, and goats. These procedures have been controversial and recently debated among breeders, veterinary organiza... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5090546 | 1,233,522 |
1,978,752 | The violin concerto has been praised by music critics. Richard S. Ginell of the "Los Angeles Times" wrote, "The Violin Concerto ("Concentric Paths") is a good example of how Adès has been evolving over the last decade – the cynicism and cheekiness of youth giving way to a new lyrical bent, most apparent in the lengthy ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50637923 | 1,977,614 |
1,126,166 | In September 2021, Professor Ilya Vorotyntsev was appointed as the acting rector of the university. As of 2021, the university included eight faculties, two institutes, the Higher Chemical College of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Children's Technopark, the Center for Digital Transformation, and various other res... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20001197 | 1,125,589 |
457,716 | The industrial PC is a normal desktop computer packaged in 19-inch rack standards with sufficient PCI / PCIe slots for accommodating the Signal stimulator/sensing cards. This takes up the role of a controller in the ATE. Development of test applications and result storage is managed in this PC. Most modern semiconducto... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1430450 | 457,493 |
546,864 | The Clericus Cup is a soccer tournament that takes place annually between the various pontifical universities of Rome. The teams are composed of seminarians, priests, and lay students studying in each of the pontifical universities. The league was started by Cardinal Secretary of State, Tarcisio Bertone who is an unapo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2174683 | 546,578 |
434,652 | On June 7, 2013, Vermont's Public Service Board issued Entergy a Certificate of Public Good to install an outdoor diesel generator to replace a tie line from the nearby hydroelectric station as its station blackout power source. The outdoor generator would only operate if the plant's main emergency diesel generators lo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=519753 | 434,438 |
394,572 | Starting in 1900, investigations into atomic and subatomic phenomena forced a revision to the basic concepts of classical physics. However, it was not until a quarter-century had elapsed that the revision reached the status of a coherent theory. During the intervening period, now known as the time of the "old quantum t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5863 | 394,377 |
1,050,770 | "Bothriolepis africana" is the "Bothriolepis" species known from the highest paleolatitude, being described from deposits originally laid down within the Late Devonian Antarctic circle. Remains have exclusively been recovered from a single carbonaceous shale near the top of the Late Devonian, Famennian, Witpoort Format... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4467052 | 1,050,224 |
2,003,851 | HSA Headquarters is located at 67 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA, in the former Manter Hall School building which was built in 1927. Established in 1884, Manter Hall School helped students prepare for Harvard's entrance exams during the 1930s and offered four- and eight-hour review sessions before every major Harvar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16518258 | 2,002,702 |
1,305,473 | Walter Scheidel reviewed the previous scholarship when he explained the purpose of Stanford University's ancient Chinese and Mediterranean Empires Comparative History Project and the framework of its study in the early 21st century. Max Weber and Karl August Wittfogel both wrote works comparing ancient Mediterranean ci... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26519723 | 1,304,757 |
464,209 | Those working in manufacturing settings are prone to repetitive actions, awkward postures, high forces, and prolonged exposure to vibrations from equipment and/or tools. These exposures could not only result in increased rates of musculoskeletal disorders, but could also cause worker to develop cumulative trauma disord... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50504513 | 463,979 |
1,221,123 | Marine life is not evenly distributed in the oceans. Most of the really valuable ecosystems are in relatively shallow coastal waters, above or near the continental shelf, where the sunlit waters are often nutrient rich from land runoff or upwellings at the continental edge, allowing photosynthesis, which energizes the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=481277 | 1,220,467 |
1,631,708 | Huazhong Agricultural University (HZAU; ) is a public university in Wuhan, giving priority to agriculture, characterized by life sciences and supplemented by the combination of agriculture, basic sciences, engineering, liberal arts, law, economic trade, and management. HAU, one of the first groups of universities in Ch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7782678 | 1,630,786 |
1,741,915 | Lumiracoxib is unique amongst the coxibs in being a weak acid. It was developed for the treatment of osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and acute pain. The acidic nature of lumiracoxib allows it to penetrate well into areas of inflammation. It has shown to be rapidly and well absorbed, with peak plasma concentration ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20187427 | 1,740,931 |
1,825,833 | U.S. swimmer Tom Dolan blistered the entire field, and broke a six-year-old world record to successfully defend his Olympic title in the event. Acknowledging a massive roar from an Australian crowd, Dolan pulled away from the field on the backstroke leg, and then opened up his lead to a powerful finish in a sterling ti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12446535 | 1,824,795 |
881,410 | The team returned to San Francisco with Suspect X's "mysterious box" (actually a "Ghost Box") in tow and gave it to Hank along with a syringe filled with Suspect X's blood. After analyzing the box and blood, Hank told Scott that after having gone over Suspect X's file there appears to be talk about a secret war between... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=734034 | 880,946 |
663,860 | A 2018 study of the El Yunque National Forest in Puerto Rico reported a decline in arthropods, and in lizards, frogs, and birds (insect-eating species) based on measurements in 1976 and 2012. The American entomologist David Wagner called the study a "clarion call" and "one of the most disturbing articles" he had ever r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59924918 | 663,514 |
2,156,455 | As of May 2021, it’s been reported that over 49 million doses of the vaccine have been delivered via Covax. The World Health Organization’s director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that more funds are needed to ensure that poor nations become immunized. An estimate of $35-$45 billion is still needed for the rollout o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63936969 | 2,155,224 |
612,120 | Lockheed Missiles & Space became prime contractor for elements of Military Satellite System (WS 117L), calling for the development of a strategic satellite system. The core element was Lockheed's Agena spacecraft, the world's first multipurpose spacecraft with boost and maneuvering engines, also acting as the 2nd stage... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1391625 | 611,809 |
98,435 | Current research suggests that, if a person is able to walk with or without a mobility aid, physical therapy should include an exercise program addressing five components: static balance, dynamic balance, trunk-limb coordination, stairs, and contracture prevention. Once the physical therapist determines that the indivi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=969 | 98,393 |
1,262,317 | One of the objectives of the Quebec education system is to provide access to university services to the whole province of Quebec. Physical accessibility with these services results either in a physical university campus or a centre of teaching establishment in the area, or through distance education. University service... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17662107 | 1,261,630 |
864,537 | The BIPM's thermometry work led to the discovery of special alloys of iron-nickel, in particular invar, for which its director, the Swiss physicist Charles-Édouard Guillaume, was granted the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1920. In 1900, the International Committee for Weights and Measures responded to a request from the In... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28200487 | 864,077 |
316,557 | The method is based on finite differences where the differentiation operators exhibit summation-by-parts properties. Typically, these operators consist of differentiation matrices with central difference stencils in the interior with carefully chosen one-sided boundary stencils designed to mimic integration-by-parts in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6054681 | 316,388 |
1,521,899 | The different types of beta-ketoacyl-ACP synthases in type II FAS are called FabB, FabF, and FabH synthases. FabH catalyzes the quintessential ketoacyl synthase reaction with malonyl ACP and acetyl CoA. FabB and FabF catalyze other related reactions. Given that their function is necessary for proper biological function... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10904960 | 1,521,038 |
94,734 | During the 1980s, a further model, designated "A-6F", was being planned. Intended to feature the General Electric F404 turbofan engine, as well as various avionics and airframe improvements, this variant was cancelled under the presumption that the in-development McDonnell Douglas A-12 Avenger II would be entering prod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=379613 | 94,693 |
835,163 | Modern parasitology developed in the 19th century with accurate observations by several researchers and clinicians. In 1828, James Annersley described amoebiasis, protozoal infections of the intestines and the liver, though the pathogen, "Entamoeba histolytica", was not discovered until 1873 by Friedrich Lösch. James P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=383854 | 834,714 |
1,855,811 | If the Universe is a complex system affected by chaos then its invariant set (a fixed state of rest) is likely to be a fractal. According to Palmer this could resolve problems posed by the Kochen–Specker theorem, which appears to indicate that physics may have to abandon the idea of any kind of objective reality, and t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23705618 | 1,854,743 |
565,015 | Tracking of the target is done with monopulse signals with pulse compression, which improves the radar's low probability of intercept (LPI) ability. The radar processors conduct real-time signal processing of the received signals. The weapon locating algorithm is an adaptive algorithm based on a modified version of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15383119 | 564,725 |
117,346 | In 1943, "Reichsmarschall" Hermann Göring issued a request for design proposals to produce a bomber that was capable of carrying a load over at ; the so-called "3×1000 project". Conventional German bombers were capable of reaching Allied targets across Great Britain, but were suffering devastating losses from Allied fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=176778 | 117,301 |
1,046,812 | Additionally, a study done in the Virgin Islands National Park found that species diversity, in some locations, of shallow coral reefs increased after infrequent hurricane disturbance. In 1982, reefs in Kona, Hawaii were reported to have an increase in diversity after a moderate storm, although the effects of the storm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1999038 | 1,046,267 |
1,506,481 | The reports created a sensation. Oliver was fast to try adrenal extracts in patients, orally again and rather indiscriminately, from Addison's disease, hypotension (″loss of vasomotor tone″), Diabetes mellitus and Diabetes insipidus to Graves' disease (″exophthalmic goiter″). It seems he adhered to contemporary ideas o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38791208 | 1,505,635 |
157,990 | The Aermacchi MB-339 is a military jet trainer and light attack aircraft, featuring a conventional configuration, tricycle undercarriage and all-metal construction. It has many similarities with the design of the MB-326, sharing the majority of its airframe with the older aircraft. According to aviation periodical Air ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=946381 | 157,909 |
14,154 | The first public recognition of Feynman's work came in 1954, when Lewis Strauss, the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) notified him that he had won the Albert Einstein Award, which was worth $15,000 and came with a gold medal. Because of Strauss's actions in stripping Oppenheimer of his security clearance,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25523 | 14,149 |
912,178 | Bluebells are a species of deciduous woodland over much of their range, flowering and leafing early before the canopy closes in late spring. They may also be found growing under bracken or Japanese knotweed, perennial plants which also form stands with a dense summer canopy. They are most successful on slightly acid so... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=153112 | 911,699 |
386,735 | Each combatant command (CCMD) is headed by a four-star general or admiral (the CCDR) recommended by the Secretary of Defense, nominated for appointment by the President of the United States, confirmed by the Senate and commissioned, at the President's order, by the Secretary of Defense. The Goldwater–Nichols Act and it... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2092857 | 386,540 |
1,883,161 | In all my works from the Cello Sonata up through the Double Concerto I used specific chords mainly as unifying factors in the musical rhetoric—that is, as frequently recurring central sounds from which the different pitch material of the pieces was derived. For example, my First String Quartet is based on an "all-inter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16130990 | 1,882,080 |
1,477,316 | Advances during the last decades has led to the recent approval of several oral drugs. These drugs are expected to gain in popularity and frequency of use at the expense of previously existing therapies. Further oral drugs are still under investigation, the most notable example being laquinimod, which was announced in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7663818 | 1,476,484 |
541,770 | In 2016, cumulative CPV installations reached 350 megawatts (MW), less than 0.2% of the global installed capacity of 230,000 MW. Commercial HCPV systems reached instantaneous ("spot") efficiencies of up to 42% under standard test conditions (with concentration levels above 400) and the International Energy Agency sees ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28250168 | 541,490 |
1,318,859 | In looking at how equivocality evolves more closely, it can also manifest itself as a signature for highly interpretive events, along with those where the parameters (and uncertainty levels) are, traditionally, much more concrete. For instance, "equivocality also describes situations where there is agreement on a set o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33079593 | 1,318,134 |
915,668 | Helminths may cause iron-deficiency anemia. This is most severe in heavy hookworm infections, as "Necator americanus" and "Ancylostoma duodenale" feed directly on the blood of their hosts. Although the daily consumption of an individual worm (0.02–0.07 ml and 0.14–0.26 ml respectively) is small, the collective consumpt... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=971658 | 915,187 |
1,988,649 | The Y class was an example of the new policy of standard design principles being adopted by the railways of the time. The original pattern locomotive (an 0-6-0 tender engine) was built by Kitson & Co. at Leeds in England in 1885, and was exhibited, along with E426, in 1888 at the Melbourne Centennial Exhibition, held i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27783769 | 1,987,507 |
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