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625,641 | In the early 1990s APL began building robotic space probes. It won the contract to build NEAR for one third the price that Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA's traditional supplier, estimated. APL's bid caused NASA to create the Discovery Program to solicit competing proposals for other missions. By the early 21st c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2600983 | 625,308 |
3,157 | The HST & Beyond Committee was formed in 1994 "to study possible missions and programs for optical-ultraviolet astronomy in space for the first decades of the 21st century." Emboldened by HST's success, its 1996 report explored the concept of a larger and much colder, infrared-sensitive telescope that could reach back ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=434221 | 3,157 |
473,621 | Suppose one sender sends the same message formula_39 in encrypted form to a number of people formula_40, each using the same small public exponent formula_8, say formula_42, and different moduli formula_43. A simple argument shows that as soon as formula_44 ciphertexts are known, the message formula_45 is no longer sec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30639009 | 473,385 |
1,646,097 | The company was bought by BSA in 1961 at a cost of £8.5 million and became known in legal terms as BSA-Churchill Machine Tools Ltd. In October 1962 H G Sturgeon, OBE, previously managing director at de Havilland Aircraft, was appointed to the same position at Churchill; he moved on in 1964 to become managing director o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30046818 | 1,645,168 |
108,257 | The Australian Army is equipped with a wide range of equipment in order to be able to employ combined arms approaches in combat. , the Army's armoured fighting vehicle holdings included 59 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks, 1,426 M113 armoured personnel carriers (of which 431 had been upgraded, with many of the remainder b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67538 | 108,212 |
330,656 | Behavior of nanomaterials are dominated by long ranged non-bonding interactions. Electrochemical processes that occur throughout the brain generate an electric field which can inadvertently affect the behavior of some nanomaterials. Molecular dynamics simulations can mitigate the development phase of nanomaterials as w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21245 | 330,481 |
639,985 | The Institute of Nautical Archaeology (INA) began excavating in July 1984 under the direction of its founder, George F. Bass, and was then turned over to INA's Vice President for Turkey, Cemal Pulak, who directed the excavation from 1985 to 1994. The wreck lay between 44 and 52 meters deep on a steep, rocky slope riddl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=739150 | 639,646 |
1,682,761 | During final testing, engineers detected that the spacecraft's X band (NATO H/I/J bands) communications antenna was transmitting only a tiny fraction of the power that it should. Thermal imaging showed that the waveguide to the antenna, deep inside the spacecraft, was very hot. Clearly that was where the missing power ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19042915 | 1,681,818 |
2,016,586 | Research performed by Bakker et al. (2002) examined the relationship between the value of an item borrowed from a patient for a prospective task and the number of cues required by a patient for requesting its return. 63 patients (27 men, 36 women) who underwent neuropsychological examinations in Cortical Function Labor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35129609 | 2,015,424 |
948,095 | The clinical diagnosis is usually supported by documenting parvovirus antigen in feces by ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) and PCR (polymerase chain reaction) assays. The availability of validated assays varies by country but is becoming more common. PCR assays are so sensitive that FPV DNA can be amplified fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1982686 | 947,591 |
2,009,369 | At Illinois Arduengo examined more broadly the areas of organo-main group element chemistry, and molecules containing unusual valency. His first publications involving the chemistry of electron-deficient carbenes occurred during this period. This work with electron deficient carbenes led to the first structure determin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25307710 | 2,008,217 |
1,393,394 | Biohybrid microswimmers can be defined as microswimmers that consist of both biological and artificial constituents, for instance, one or several living microorganisms attached to one or various synthetic parts. The pioneers of this field, ahead of their time, were Montemagno and Bachand with a 1999 work regarding spec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67845153 | 1,392,623 |
738,043 | Kraepelin's great contribution in classifying schizophrenia and manic depression remains relatively unknown to the general public, and his work, which had neither the literary quality nor paradigmatic power of Freud's, is little read outside scholarly circles. Kraepelin's contributions were also to a large extent margi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10002 | 737,652 |
596,499 | The pathology of "N. americanus" is divided into two stages – larvae and adults. The larvae penetrate the uninfected skin and travel through various organs, including the respiratory tract and lymph nodes. Once in the lymph nodes, the larvae start entering the blood, lungs, and intestines. Some larvae cannot readily en... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1368351 | 596,194 |
833,870 | Besides brightness, VFDs have the advantages of being rugged, inexpensive, and easily configured to display a wide variety of customized messages, and unlike LCDs, VFDs are not limited by the response time of rearranging liquid crystals and are thus able to function normally in cold, even sub-zero, temperatures, making... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=497899 | 833,421 |
888,863 | The LAL test is a major source of animal product dependence in the biomedical industry, and a challenge to the Three Rs of science in relation to the use of animals in testing. With reports of higher-than anticipated mortality rates it has been considered more ethical to devise alternatives to the test. The idea that m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4425767 | 888,395 |
1,332,781 | Electrode spacing and operating time can be adjusted to balance the overall remediation cost with the desired cleanup time. A typical remediation may consist of electrodes spaced 15 to 20 feet apart with operating times usually less than a year. The design and cost of an ERH remediation system depends on a number of fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19777162 | 1,332,052 |
1,198,713 | PDZ is an acronym derived from the names of the first proteins in which the domain was observed. Post-synaptic density protein 95 (PSD-95) is a synaptic protein found only in the brain. Drosophila disc large tumor suppressor (Dlg1) and zona occludens 1 (ZO-1) both play an important role at cell junctions and in cell si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5109936 | 1,198,072 |
857,109 | Space Shuttle "Challenger" was launched on mission STS-51-L on 28 January 1986, resulting in the Space Shuttle "Challenger" disaster one minute and thirteen seconds into the flight. Subsequent analysis of the high-speed tracking films and telemetry signals showed that a leak occurred in a joint on one of the solid rock... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=113053 | 856,654 |
870,446 | Despite a trend of gradual adoption of desktop functionality, in 1990, Arcol from ExpLAN offered a single-tasking, full-screen, 256-colour editing experience using the lower resolution mode 13, supporting only bitmap fonts. Aimed at educational users, its strengths apparently included real-time transformation of canvas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63145 | 869,986 |
1,108,870 | The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) implemented the Renewable Energy Feed-In Tariff (REFIT) in 2009. The REFIT works to progressively reduce carbon-based power generation by moving in the direction of renewable energy sources. NERSA employed the REFIT in an attempt to meet the target of producing 10TW... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52924051 | 1,108,305 |
1,943,646 | In later years the methods became more sophisticated so that also non-Scherzer images could be processed. One of the most impressive applications at that time was the determination of the complete structure of the complex compound TiSe, which has been inaccessible by X-ray crystallography. Since CIP on single HREM imag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28157027 | 1,942,534 |
1,039,923 | In the following months, NASA did just that, and to the surprise of many both inside and outside the agency, LOR quickly became the front runner. Several factors decided the issue in its favor. First, there was growing disenchantment with the idea of direct ascent due to the time and money it was going to take to devel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1274313 | 1,039,382 |
243,070 | It was originally intended that CERN host the European branch of W3C; however, CERN wished to focus on particle physics, not information technology. In April 1995, the French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation became the European host of W3C, with Keio University Research Institute at SFC becomin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33149 | 242,943 |
660,658 | Once cooled to nearly absolute zero, a collection of bosons collapse into their lowest energy quantum state (the ground state) to form a state of matter known as Bose-Einstein Condensate. Unlike fermions, bosons may occupy the same quantum energy level (or quantum state) and do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle. C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1730328 | 660,313 |
357 | The definitive breakthrough came from the Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev. Although other chemists (including Meyer) had found some other versions of the periodic system at about the same time, Mendeleev was the most dedicated to developing and defending his system, and it was his system that most impacted the scienti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23053 | 357 |
2,117,869 | Watson et al. provide support for a specific specialization in language-dependent humor. Its adaptive value has both extrinsic and intrinsic components: humor facilitates social bonding if shared extrinsically, and provides pleasure if enjoyed in one's own mind. In addition, Johnson-Frey (2003) proposed a unique human ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3286366 | 2,116,651 |
113,323 | Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is an Indian state-owned aerospace and defence company, headquartered in Bangalore, India. Established on 23 December 1940, HAL is one of the oldest and largest aerospace and defence manufacturers in the world today. HAL began aircraft manufacturing as early as 1942 with licensed pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=241601 | 113,278 |
1,917,789 | In November 1894, Carnegie set out on his second prospecting expedition, this time in the company of two prospectors: an American named Jim Conley and an Irish-Victorian named Paddy Egan. The party initially travelled north, but hearing rumours of promising country near Lake Roe, they turned to the south east. After me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1403122 | 1,916,689 |
1,061,422 | There are a number of ways in which HDD can be calculated: the more detailed a record of temperature data, the more accurate the HDD that can be calculated. HDD are often calculated using simple approximation methods that use daily temperature readings instead of more detailed temperature records such as half-hourly re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1867864 | 1,060,869 |
1,951,403 | It is one of the classifications more worldwide known, this is a list compiled by a group of specialists in bibliometrics of Jiao Tong University. This list includes the major institutions of college in the world and are sorted according to a formula that takes into account: the number of awarded with the Nobel Prize o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=48233818 | 1,950,282 |
2,006,887 | Merkel cell polyomavirus (MCPyV), also known as "Human polyomavirus 5", naturally infects humans and is associated with Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), a rare form of skin cancer originating from Merkel cells. Although MCPyV infection is common and usually asymptomatic, a large majority of MCC tumors possess a genomically... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53151252 | 2,005,737 |
2,018,116 | The revolution caused his patron, Lord Dartmouth, to fall from power and perhaps out of bitterness, Phillips refused to go to Ireland in 1689 on the pretext that he was owed significant arrears of salary. The expedition's commander Frederick Schomberg dismissed Phillips from the post of second engineer. He returned to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16263583 | 2,016,953 |
893,913 | One proposed design is a freestanding tower composed of high strength material (e.g. kevlar) tubular columns inflated with a low density gas mix, and with dynamic stabilization systems including gyroscopes and "pressure balancing".<ref name='hdl.handle.net/10315/2587'> (P. 7.)</ref> Suggested benefits in contrast to ot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17037094 | 893,443 |
730,751 | OCD occurs in 15 to 30 people per 100,000 in the general population each year. Although rare, it is an important cause of joint pain in physically active children and adolescents. Because their bones are still growing, adolescents are more likely than adults to recover from OCD; recovery in adolescents can be attribute... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3762029 | 730,366 |
1,715,811 | The European Commission and the Parliament wants to reach the goals of “Europe 2020 Strategy” through a secure, competitive and sustainable supply of energy to the economy and the society. The correct transposition of the European electricity and gas legislation in all Member States is still not complete. Because of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32420086 | 1,714,844 |
200,849 | EDS can be used to determine which chemical elements are present in a sample, and can be used to estimate their relative abundance. EDS also helps to measure multi-layer coating thickness of metallic coatings and analysis of various alloys. The accuracy of this quantitative analysis of sample composition is affected by... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=682642 | 200,746 |
2,134,507 | Since the electrification of the Western Line in Taiwan, the units were moved to operate on the northern section of the Eastern Line; in 1979, the southern section was still under construction. They were eventually stripped of their express status in 1986, after 20 years of service. Failures were becoming commonplace d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36628413 | 2,133,282 |
778,066 | Released on 1 November 2002, this has a glossy black finish with silver speckles. It was a special 30th-anniversary edition. It was initially launched in Japan only (together with the MK5) but then became internationally available. It switches between ±8% and ±16% ranges for pitch adjustment, and the pitch control is d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=646753 | 777,649 |
1,126,399 | The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant is a facility located in Scioto Township, Pike County, Ohio, just south of Piketon, Ohio that previously produced enriched uranium, including highly enriched weapons-grade uranium, for the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), US nuclear weapons program, and Navy nuclear p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12653614 | 1,125,822 |
460,598 | The flight proceeded normally up to the point of the Agena booster engine cutoff, at which point the V-2 vernier engine lost pitch and yaw control. The vernier started oscillating and banging against its stops, resulting in a rapid roll of the launch vehicle that came close to threatening the integrity of the stack. At... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38780 | 460,372 |
360,552 | The Italian catalyst manufacturer Acta (chemical company) has proposed using hydrazine as an alternative to hydrogen in fuel cells. The chief benefit of using hydrazine is that it can produce over 200 mW/cm more than a similar hydrogen cell without the need to use expensive platinum catalysts. Because the fuel is liqui... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69955 | 360,364 |
57,043 | Drones are typically haploid, having only one set of chromosomes, and primarily exist for the purpose of reproduction. They are produced by the queen if she chooses not to fertilize an egg or by an unfertilized laying worker. There are rare instances of diploid drone larvae. This phenomenon usually arises when there ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58261 | 57,019 |
861,560 | "Archerfish" departed San Diego on 10 January 1963, bound for Yokosuka, where she began a three-week upkeep period. Following two and one-half months of operations she returned to the United States for a brief visit to San Francisco, California, before reentering Pearl Harbor early in May. Late May and most of June wer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1002122 | 861,101 |
1,186,712 | This phenomenon, known as quantum whistling, occurs when pressure is applied to push a superfluid through a very small hole, somewhat as sound is produced by blowing air through an ordinary whistle. A ring-shaped tube full of superfluid, blocked by a barrier containing a tiny hole, could in principle be used to detect ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3303981 | 1,186,083 |
1,488,718 | Helitrons were the first group of TEs to be discovered by computational analysis of whole genome sequences. The first Helitrons described were called Aie, AthE1, Atrep and Basho which are Non-autonomous Helitrons found in the genome of "Arabidopsis thaliana", a small flowering plant. Despite these discoveries, the clas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23838716 | 1,487,879 |
78,761 | The USAF plans to convert Block 15 F-16As, and Block 25, 30 F-16Cs into full-scale target drones under the QF-16 Air Superiority Target (AST) program. These AST drones are used in Weapon System Evaluation Programs (WSEP) for assessing upgrades or replacements for air-to-air missiles (AAM), and they are also useful for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18895385 | 78,728 |
538,245 | The R3000 and later microprocessors had only a typical amount of internal error checking, insufficient for Tandem's needs. So the Cyclone/R ran pairs of R3000 processors in lock step, running the same data thread. It used a curious variation of lock stepping. The checker processor ran 1 cycle behind the primary process... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=201353 | 537,966 |
261,974 | On the other hand, efficiency often improves if the recursion is stopped at relatively large base cases, and these are solved non-recursively, resulting in a hybrid algorithm. This strategy avoids the overhead of recursive calls that do little or no work and may also allow the use of specialized non-recursive algorithm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=201154 | 261,835 |
1,555,709 | Rest is almost always recommended for treatment of lameness because it reduces forces placed on damaged tissue, allowing the normal process of healing to occur. Type and severity of injury determines the duration and degree of rest required. Aggressive limitations of activity may be required in cases of fracture. Horse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=45517504 | 1,554,826 |
1,374,160 | A key role for the IXV is the gaining of data and experience in aerodynamically controlled reentry, which has been claimed by the ESA to represent significant advances on earlier ballistic and quasi-ballistic techniques previously employed. Throughout each mission, representative reentry performance data is recorded in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4410085 | 1,373,402 |
1,790,274 | GATA2 deficiency is a grouping of several disorders caused by common defect, viz., familial or sporadic inactivating mutations in one of the two parental "GATA2" genes. Being the gene haploinsufficient, mutations that cause a reduction in the cellular levels of the gene's product, GATA2, are autosomal dominant. The GAT... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=57618746 | 1,789,268 |
1,057,515 | Parallel coordinates were often said to be invented by Philbert Maurice d'Ocagne in 1885, but even though the words "Coordonnées parallèles" appear in the book title this work has nothing to do with the visualization techniques of the same name; the book only describes a method of coordinate transformation. But even be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1254148 | 1,056,966 |
1,729,664 | The Study No. 28 is another one of those complex pieces by Nancarrow. It is one of the few pieces which have actual rules and correlations between tempo and pitch. To serve as a guide for listeners, Nancarrow also added chords at regular intervals to provide a temporal orientation. It was first performed in the Nationa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=46321249 | 1,728,690 |
174,338 | The analysis of the debris at the 10-megaton "Ivy Mike" nuclear test was a part of long-term project. One of the goals of which was studying the efficiency of production of transuranium elements in high-power nuclear explosions. The motivation for these experiments was that synthesis of such elements from uranium requi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9479 | 174,247 |
90,815 | Interpreting the continuous flow of sounds coming from a human, in real time, is a difficult task for a computer, mostly because of the great variability of speech. The same word, spoken by the same person may sound different depending on local acoustics, volume, the previous word, whether or not the speaker has a cold... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20903754 | 90,775 |
65,780 | An updated version of this engine features Dual VVT-i, increasing output to at 5600 rpm and at 4400 rpm on 87 octane. Inside, the 1GR uses a "taper-squish" combustion chamber design with matching pistons to improve anti-knocking and engine performance, while also improving intake and fuel efficiency. Toyota adopted a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1596194 | 65,755 |
1,116,557 | Nevertheless, on 25 July 1944, a PRXVI Mosquito from No. 544 Squadron RAF was intercepted in the Munich area and attacked by Leutnant Alfred Schreiber, flying an Me 262 A-1a. The German fighter made six passes at the Mosquito MM 273, crewed by F/L A.E. Wall and F/O A.S. Lobban, but they managed to escape into cloud aft... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23908469 | 1,115,984 |
1,512,734 | Garcia has conducted several studies targeting cellular receptors for applications in cancer immunotherapy. In 2013, Garcia's group developed high affinity antagonists of the receptor CD47 that potently enhance the antitumor effects of established therapeutic antibodies. Garcia later determined that the therapeutic eff... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52035641 | 1,511,883 |
18,084 | The new transport would have a capacity of 92 passengers, 72 combat troops or 64 paratroopers in a cargo compartment that was approximately long, high, and wide. Unlike transports derived from passenger airliners, it was to be designed specifically as a combat transport with loading from a hinged loading ramp at the re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7697 | 18,078 |
1,848,427 | He has made many important contributions in nonlinear analysis, topological invariants and global solvability of nonlinear boundary value problems related to pseudodifferential operators, in particular, on global solvability of classical nonlinear Riemann–Hilbert problems. His current research interest include infinite... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41910361 | 1,847,369 |
1,255,639 | The range correction board is pictured below. This was a tabletop device that resembled a 1940s-vintage wide-carriage mechanical adding machine, without the operating arm on the side. It was used to figure out the individual corrections that might be required for factors #1 through #7 above and to cumulate these. The r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27451808 | 1,254,956 |
1,144,741 | He studied at Hull Grammar School but later abandoned his medical studies for economic reasons to pursue pharmacy-surgery. His parents expressed discomfort with the academic and social environment he was in so he transferred to London under the guidance of surgeon John Sawyer and took medical courses at St George's Hos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21870624 | 1,144,140 |
2,218,521 | Al-Azhar aside, contemporary higher education in the Arab world is often traced back to colonial and missionary universities established by Europe and the United States in the early nineteenth century. These institutions were few in number, and access was limited to upper-class individuals living in major cities. Highe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42281988 | 2,217,259 |
382,504 | In 2011, researchers reported a cellular based BCI with the capability of taking EEG data and converting it into a command to cause the phone to ring. This research was supported in part by Abraxis Bioscience LLP, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, and the Army Research Office. The developed technology was a wearable s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=623686 | 382,309 |
179,412 | The negotiations with American television broadcasters were in sharp contrast to negotiations for Western European rights with the European Broadcasting Union quickly closing an exclusive deal with the IOC for million led by Juan Antonio Samaranch and Marc Hodler on behalf of the IOC. The "Calgary Herald" headline afte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=187504 | 179,319 |
658,159 | "Oedogonium" resides in freshwater ecosystems and prefers stagnant waters, such as small ponds, pools, roadside ditches, marshes, lakes, and reservoirs. It grows over a large pH range (7.3-9.6) and presents a wide tolerance to variation in nutrient type and amount in water. Cells exist either fastened to substrate at t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2470464 | 657,814 |
126,471 | Early designs linked wings directly to the suspension, but several accidents led to rules stating that wings must be fixed rigidly to the chassis. The cars' aerodynamics are designed to provide maximum downforce with a minimum of drag; every part of the bodywork is designed with this aim in mind. Like most open-wheel c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=645083 | 126,419 |
1,947,872 | Phytosanitary irradiation is a treatment that uses ionizing radiation on commodities, such as fruits and vegetables to inactivate pests, such as insects. This method is used for international food trade as a means to prevent spread of non-native organisms. It is used as an alternative to conventional techniques, which ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56709386 | 1,946,759 |
236,425 | Notable faculty in science and engineering include David Evans and Ivan Sutherland, founders of Evans and Sutherland; Bui Tuong Phong, pioneer of computer graphics; Henry Eyring, known for studying chemical reaction rates; Stephen Jacobsen, founder of Sarcos; Jindřich Kopeček and Sung Wan Kim, pioneers of polymeric dru... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32097 | 236,306 |
1,831,568 | There appears to have been only one edition of the work. David Eugene Smith translated parts of the" Treviso Arithmetic" for educational purposes in 1907. Frank J. Swetz translated the complete work using Smith's notes in 1987 in his "Capitalism & Arithmetic: The New Math of the 15th Century". Swetz used a copy of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8272539 | 1,830,521 |
959,932 | On March 31, 2006, Governor Bob Taft signed House Bill 478, which merged the University of Toledo with the Medical University of Ohio. The merger became effective on July 1, 2006. The institution retained the University of Toledo name, and the former Medical University of Ohio facilities are referred to as the Health S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33431636 | 959,424 |
24,121 | Metformin is generally safe in people with mild to moderate chronic kidney disease, with proportional reduction of metformin dose according to severity of estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and with periodic assessment of kidney function, (e.g., periodic plasma creatinine measurement). The FDA recommends avoid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=253720 | 24,112 |
2,089,278 | AUH is seen to catalyze the transformation of 3-methylglutaconyl-CoA to 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA in the leucine catabolism pathway. Localized in the mitochondria, AUH is responsible for the fifth step in the leucine degradation pathway and deficiencies in this enzyme's activity leads to a metabolic block in which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11504708 | 2,088,075 |
650,893 | In the case of differential equations, as in the case of matrix equations, whenever the right-hand side of an equation is zero (For example, a forcing function, forcing vector, or the source of a force is zero.), the equation may still admit a non-trivial solution, known in applied mathematics as an eigenfunction solut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=312008 | 650,552 |
1,968,261 | Clayton was born on March 18, 1935 in a modest rented duplex on Walnut Street in Shenandoah, Iowa, while his parents were temporarily away from both family farms near Fontanelle seeking work during the Great Depression. Clayton spent much of his early childhood on those farms and has rhapsodized over his love of the fa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36061850 | 1,967,131 |
1,446,379 | The Second Cod War between the United Kingdom and Iceland lasted from September 1972 until the signing of a temporary agreement in November 1973. In 1972, Iceland unilaterally declared an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) extending beyond its territorial waters, before announcing plans to reduce overfishing. It policed its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18049009 | 1,445,563 |
572,591 | Genes coding for the enzyme are primarily expressed in the liver, in the kidney cortex and (to a lesser extent) in the β-cells of the pancreatic islets and intestinal mucosa (especially during times of starvation). According to Surholt and Newsholme, glucose 6-phosphatase is present in a wide variety of muscles across ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3019759 | 572,298 |
135,331 | During this stage of development, young children begin analyzing their environment using mental symbols. These symbols often include words and images and the child will begin to apply these various symbols in their everyday lives as they come across different objects, events, and situations. However, Piaget's main focu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9627698 | 135,276 |
359,936 | Potemkin argued with Suvorov and Catherine herself, who were both anxious to assault Ochakov, which the Turks twice managed to supply by sea. Finally, on 6 December, the assault began and four hours later the city was taken, a coup for Potemkin. Nearly ten thousand Turks had been killed at a cost of (only) two-and-a-ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=475101 | 359,749 |
1,013,220 | The "Flakvierling" four-autocannon anti-aircraft ordnance system, when not mounted into any self-propelled mount, was normally transported Sd. Ah. 52 trailer, and could be towed behind a variety of half-tracks or trucks, such as the Opel Blitz and the armoured Sd.Kfz. 251 and unarmored Sd.Kfz. 7/1 and Sd.Kfz. 11 artill... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3563538 | 1,012,699 |
2,140,436 | In December 1943, the squadron was redesignated the 30th Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Route, Medium and assigned to Air Transport Command (ATC). ATC grew out of the Air Corps Ferrying Command that started in 1941 when America was still nominally neutral. The Ferrying Command's sole duty was flying Lend-Lease ai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52897856 | 2,139,206 |
1,237,711 | Generalized billiards (GB) describe a motion of a mass point (a particle) inside a closed domain formula_17 with the piece-wise smooth boundary formula_18. On the boundary formula_18 the velocity of point is transformed as the particle underwent the action of generalized billiard law. GB were introduced by Lev D. Pusty... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2160429 | 1,237,046 |
356,343 | The IPCC argues that sustainable forest management "[...] aimed at providing timber, fibre, biomass and non-timber resources can provide long-term livelihood for communities, reduce the risk of forest conversion to non-forest uses (settlement, crops, etc.), and maintain land productivity, thus reducing the risks of lan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7906908 | 356,158 |
279,731 | The station, under Lt Commander Robert Truax, was developing another JATO engine in 1942 that used hypergolic propellants, eliminating the need for an ignition system. Chemist Ensign Ray Stiff had discovered in the literature in February that aniline and nitric acid burned fiercely immediately when mixed. Goddard's tea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=210597 | 279,581 |
40,041 | In a 1987 study by the International Conference of Symphony and Opera Musicians, it was reported that 27% of interviewed members said they used beta blockers such as propranolol for musical performances. For about 10–16% of performers, their degree of stage fright is considered pathological. Propranolol is used by musi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=185848 | 40,026 |
1,368,566 | While the game's primary gameplay modes were easily developed to account for unique abilities of all characters, the developers also had thought about a Capture the Flag mode for several years, recognizing that most team-based first-person shooters included some type of variant on this mode. The largest issue that this... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=55762533 | 1,367,810 |
1,075,608 | A core part of Chyr's design for the game was to leave it absent of any explicit instructions, using an initial puzzle that required the player, in order to activate a button across a chasm, to jump into the chasm and land on the other side as a result of falling through the game's repeating geometries. His team early ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=57093107 | 1,075,054 |
1,232,355 | The SHARP-B2 test that followed permitted recovery of four segmented strakes which had three sections, each consisting of a different HfB or ZrB composite as shown in Figure 1. The vehicle was successfully recovered, despite the fact that it impacted the sea at three times the predicted velocity. The four rear strake s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38050893 | 1,231,693 |
1,572,466 | The Force Concept Inventory is a test measuring mastery of concepts commonly taught in a first semester of physics developed by Hestenes, Halloun, Wells, and Swackhamer (1985). It was the first such "concept inventory" and several others have been developed since for a variety of topics. The FCI was designed to assess ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39335050 | 1,571,578 |
1,985,676 | Special departments were prepared engineers for industries which were still being created in the first five years. At the time, were of great importance establishment of a domestic pharmaceutical industry and the country's liberation on imports of medicines. Were developed and implemented methods of production of such ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22208238 | 1,984,535 |
51,651 | The first contemporary description of the structure was by Olaf Stapledon in his science fiction novel "Star Maker" (1937), in which he described "every solar system... surrounded by a gauze of light-traps, which focused the escaping solar energy for intelligent use". The concept was later popularized by Freeman Dyson ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8586 | 51,631 |
596,506 | "N. americanus" causes hookworm diseases, which are associated with blood loss and anemia. Patients who are infected with around 25 to 100 worms experience symptoms such as fatigue, weight loss, and slight headaches. As the infestation number reaches 100 to 500 worms, the patient experiences extreme fatigue, iron defic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1368351 | 596,201 |
1,539,746 | 2017: OIT researcher at Department of System Design, Faculty of Robotics and Design jointly developed an innovative Odor Measuring Platform that allows them to analyze and evaluate different kinds of odors objectively together with Konica Minolta through open innovation. Based on the platform, Konica Minolta unveiled "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4539862 | 1,538,873 |
348,580 | The "Stinger" was a field modification by Marines in the Pacific Theater during World War II and used on the ground as a light machine gun. These were salvaged from crashed and disabled aircraft and fitted with a bipod (spade grips still attached). Later more extensive modifications led to six being fitted with a custo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30863956 | 348,398 |
1,812,931 | She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Goucher College in 1908, and a master's degree in mathematics from Columbia University the following year. After teaching at Wisconsin, she decided to study civil engineering and studied at Cornell University, earning her degree in only one year. In 1920, she became only the se... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12651935 | 1,811,897 |
859,831 | However, data supporting deep-water anoxia during the glaciation contrasts with more extensive evidence for well-oxygenated waters. Black shales, which are indicative of an anoxic environment, become very rare in the early Hirnantian compared to surrounding time periods. Although early Hirnantian black shales can be fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=425753 | 859,373 |
254,637 | The name derives from the Greek "péntathlon" "contest of five events". The addition of "modern" to the name distinguishes it from the original pentathlon of the ancient Olympic Games, which consisted of the "stadion" foot race, wrestling, long jump, javelin, and discus. As the events of the ancient pentathlon were mode... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52892 | 254,504 |
259,193 | After being awarded a contract (AC-14582) on 14 February 1947, McDonnell built two prototypes, designated the XF-88 Voodoo. The first prototype (serial number "46-6525"), powered by two 3,000 lbf (13.3 kN) Westinghouse XJ34-WE-13 turbojets, flew from Muroc on 20 October 1948. Preliminary testing revealed that while han... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=222857 | 259,059 |
1,097,350 | CyTOF provides important information at a single cell level about protein expression, immunophenotype, and functional characterization. It is a valuable tool in immunology, where the large number of parameters has helped to elucidate the workings of this complex system. For example, natural killer cells have diverse pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31479811 | 1,096,790 |
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