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27,526 | Several disorders share some characteristics with EDS. For example, in cutis laxa, the skin is loose, hanging, and wrinkled. In EDS, the skin can be pulled away from the body, but is elastic and returns to normal when let go. In Marfan syndrome, the joints are very mobile and similar cardiovascular complications occur.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=156668 | 27,516 |
1,217,017 | Gerontological nurses walk a tight rope stretching across the centuries from the past to the present that introduced the notion that those who entered could survive and recover. The modern hospital is 18th century innovation and those who entered were youths with acute injuries rather than chronic illnesses heavily see... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8857878 | 1,216,364 |
468,948 | The findings show that "a continuous line" and "a line with gaps" was seen a majority of the time. With less frequency, a "shapeless spot", a "spot with a bright nucleus" and "concentric circles" were also reported. The data collected also suggested to the researchers that one's sensitivity to the LF tends to decrease ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1364633 | 468,712 |
830,841 | In the following years, the Air Force was to begin decommissioning dozens of its aging fighters, such as F-16s and F-15s, and with only 20 new F-35s, its fighter fleet would reach its lowest point ever. However, there was strong competition for funding. Israeli ground commanders argued that because of the potential thr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34226671 | 830,393 |
866,933 | In mathematics, approximation describes the process of finding estimates in the form of upper or lower bounds for a quantity that cannot readily be evaluated precisely, and approximation theory deals with finding simpler functions that are close to some complicated function and that can provide useful estimates. In sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36687154 | 866,473 |
1,434,643 | The modern era of CCC began with the development of the planetary centrifuge by Dr. Yoichiro Ito which was first introduced in 1966 as a closed helical tube which was rotated on a "planetary" axis as is turned on a "sun" axis. A flow-through model was subsequently developed and the new technique was called countercurre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30862402 | 1,433,839 |
1,639,656 | Network Controllability is concerned about the structural controllability of a network. Controllability describes our ability to guide a dynamical system from any initial state to any desired final state in finite time, with a suitable choice of inputs. This definition agrees well with our intuitive notion of control. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33813121 | 1,638,729 |
982,244 | The urate to creatinine (breakdown product of creatine phosphate in muscle) concentration ratio in urine is elevated. This is a good indicator of acid overproduction. For children under ten years of age with LNS, a urate to creatinine ratio above two is typically found. Twenty-four-hour urate excretion of more than 20 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1115749 | 981,732 |
905,365 | While running and high-impact sports are not recommended during treatment for Perthes disease, children can remain active through a variety of other activities that limit mechanical stress on the hip joint. Swimming is highly recommended, as it allows exercise of the hip muscles with full range of motion while reducing... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=295047 | 904,889 |
396,277 | Finally, Aristotle repeats that the discussion of the "Ethics" has not reached its aim if it has no effect in practice. Theories are not enough. However, the practice of virtue requires good education and habituation from an early age in the community. Young people otherwise do not ever get to experience the highest fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=591767 | 396,081 |
301,315 | During the reign of King Huiwen of Qin, the Chu state to the southeast became a target for Qin's aggression. Although Chu had the largest operation-ready army of all the Seven Warring States at over a million troops, its administrative and military strength was plagued by corruption and divided among the nobles. Zhang ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=361005 | 301,154 |
2,007,139 | The lines of a compact topological plane with a 2-dimensional point space form a family of curves homeomorphic to a circle, and this fact characterizes these planes among the topological projective planes. Equivalently, the point space is a surface. Early examples not isomorphic to the classical real plane formula_22 h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=55904512 | 2,005,988 |
670,395 | Such modern technology includes posting results to preprint servers, preregistration of studies, open peer review, and other open science practices. In all these initiatives, the role of gatekeeping remains prominent, as if a necessary feature of all scholarly communication, but critics argue that a proper, real-world ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33158412 | 670,044 |
1,430,386 | In the third chapter, 'Breast Cancer: Power vs. Prosthesis', Lorde describes her coming to terms with the results of and life after her mastectomy. This chapter centers around her decision not to wear a prosthesis after her double mastectomy. She explains that although it is a woman's choice as to whether or not she wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15970886 | 1,429,582 |
32,553 | Genes in "E. coli" are usually named in accordance with the uniform nomenclature proposed by Demerec et al. Gene names are 3-letter acronyms that derive from their function (when known) or mutant phenotype and are italicized. When multiple genes have the same acronym, the different genes are designated by a capital lat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=40114 | 32,541 |
538,243 | When Tandem was formed in 1974, every computer company had to design and build its CPUs from basic circuits, using its own proprietary instruction set and own compilers etc. With each year of semiconductor progress with Moore's Law, more of a CPU's core circuits could fit into single chips, and run faster and much chea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=201353 | 537,964 |
1,229,963 | Following Gallagher's death in 1940, A&M to find a coach who could continue their winning tradition. For that task, the Cowboys turned to Art Griffith, longtime coach at Central High School in Tulsa. In 15 years, Griffith he won 94 of 100 matches, including 50 in a row at one point. Once he arrived in Stillwater, Griff... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8145696 | 1,229,301 |
2,036,253 | In a pseudostatic slope stability analysis, the earthquake is modeled as a constant horizontal force. The fact that the earthquake force is modeled as a constant force acting in one direction, represents this model's major limitation. In a Newmark permanent deformation mathematical analysis, movement of a landfill occu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25249258 | 2,035,079 |
166,508 | In 1961, the first vice-chancellor, Frank Thistlethwaite, had approached Denys Lasdun, an adherent of the "New Brutalist" trend in architecture, who was at that time building Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, to produce designs for the permanent campus. The site chosen was on the western edge of the city, on the south si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=197027 | 166,422 |
1,785,791 | The Capitals lost their first round Semi Final against Bulleen 71–67, after leading 25–12 at quarter time. This result gave Bulleen their second consecutive home Grand Final. Captain Jess Bibby top scored for the Caps with 22 points, while bench forward Hannah Bowley grabbed the most boards with 8. Canberra then took c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4121869 | 1,784,787 |
177,501 | In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the developed countries of North America and Western Europe suffered economically in the face of stiff competition from Japan's ability to produce high-quality goods at competitive cost. For the first time since the start of the Industrial Revolution, the United Kingdom became a net i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=143996 | 177,409 |
213,543 | Although hyperlexic children usually learn to read in a non-communicative way, several studies have shown that they can acquire reading comprehension and communicative language after the onset of hyperlexia. They follow a different developmental trajectory relative to neurotypical individuals, with milestones being acq... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50592 | 213,435 |
5,434 | Borrowing from the Cynics, the foundation of Stoic ethics is that good lies in the state of the soul itself; in wisdom and self-control. Stoic ethics stressed the rule: "Follow where reason leads". One must therefore strive to be free of the passions, bearing in mind that the ancient meaning of "pathos" (plural "pathe"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19224834 | 5,431 |
63,111 | In 1947, Raytheon built the "Radarange", the first commercially available microwave oven. It was almost tall, weighed and cost about US$5,000 ($ in dollars) each. It consumed 3 kilowatts, about three times as much as today's microwave ovens, and was water-cooled. The name was the winning entry in an employee contest. A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58017 | 63,086 |
495,634 | CQDs were also applied in biosensing as biosensor carriers for their flexibility in modification, high solubility in water, nontoxicity, good photostability, and excellent biocompatibility. The biosensors based on CQD and CQs-based materials could be used for visual monitoring of cellular copper, glucose, pH, trace lev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=48534860 | 495,378 |
2,045,574 | Despite even tighter controls and warnings concerning doping, and the introduction of the blood passport by the UCI, several major races, including the Giro and Tour were faced with positive tests. In addition, the ongoing feud between the UCI and the race organizations almost came to a definite break in March, when th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20171659 | 2,044,393 |
1,611,011 | Any matter dissolved (or otherwise suspended) in the superfluid will tend to aggregate together in clumps, encapsulated by a 'quantum solvation shell'. Due to the totally frictionless nature of the superfluid medium, the entire object then proceeds to act very much like a nanoscopic ball bearing, allowing effectively c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=399116 | 1,610,106 |
17,188 | By October 2007, the USAF owned nine Reapers, and by December 2010 had 57 with plans to buy another 272, for a total of 329 Reapers. Critics have stated that the USAF's insistence on qualified pilots flying RPVs is a bottleneck to expanding deployment. USAF Major General William Rew stated on 5 August 2008, "For the wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4769988 | 17,183 |
1,804,758 | Borehole inclination, and the change in inclination over time, can be measured in a cased hole, a hole in which a hollow pipe has been placed as a "liner" to keep the hole open. This allows the three-dimensional position of the borehole to be mapped periodically, revealing the movement of the glacier, not only at the s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=55125362 | 1,803,743 |
2,110,218 | The Lenape or Delaware people have lived in Delaware and told myths likely influenced by the theropod dinosaur tracks common in the area. They believed that in the early days of earth's history the land and sea were full of Monsters. The grandfather of these Monsters was the most terrifying Monster of all and menaced a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37798975 | 2,109,004 |
1,041,316 | A phylogenetic analysis of 159 sequences made in 1998 by Axelsen and Palmgren suggested that P-type ATPases can be divided into five subfamilies (types; designated as P1-P5), based strictly on a conserved sequence kernel excluding the highly variable N and C terminal regions. Chan et al. (2010) also analyzed P-type ATP... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14655680 | 1,040,773 |
368,736 | The calendar era before and under the Roman kings is uncertain but dating by regnal years was common in antiquity. Under the Roman Republic, from 509BC, years were most commonly described in terms of their reigning ordinary consuls. (Temporary and honorary consuls were sometimes elected or appointed but were not used i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25792 | 368,543 |
1,568,718 | A common form of CBT that is used to treat eating disorders is called CBT-Enhanced (CBT-E) and was developed by Christopher G. Fairburn throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Originally intended for bulimia nervosa specifically, it was eventually extended to all eating disorders. Within Fairburn's enhanced CBT is CBT-Ef, desi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35285545 | 1,567,831 |
1,678,447 | Evidence of haptic memory was discovered in infants as young as two months by Myriam Lhote and Arlette Streti, who demonstrated that haptic habituation occurs asymmetrically between the hands of infants, and that differences in haptic memory exist between sexes. For instance, in 2-month-old infants, haptic habituation ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31122898 | 1,677,504 |
661,858 | Laboratories have developed grading methods to judge oocyte and embryo quality. In order to optimise pregnancy rates, there is significant evidence that a morphological scoring system is the best strategy for the selection of embryos. Since 2009 where the first time-lapse microscopy system for IVF was approved for clin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1399392 | 661,513 |
848,177 | Trade and trade policies can contribute to low-carbon economies by enabling more efficient use of resources and international exchange of climate-friendly goods and services. Removing tariffs and nontariff barriers to trade in clean energy and energy efficiency technologies are one such measure. In a sector where finis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8941842 | 847,727 |
1,034,576 | In the 1998 Tour de France Stuart O'Grady won one stage, held the Tour de France yellow jersey for three days, and came second in the points classification with the assistance of EPO. In 2010, Floyd Landis admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs, including EPO, throughout his career as a professional cyclist. In ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13768757 | 1,034,039 |
503,084 | Instead, the equation can more readily be solved iteratively, by repeatedly applying the single-bounce update formula above. Formally, this is a solution of the matrix equation by Jacobi iteration. Because the reflectivities ρ are less than 1, this scheme converges quickly, typically requiring only a handful of iterati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25974 | 502,826 |
1,931,922 | Lapham, Greene, Teller, Day, and another gentleman naturalist, C. E. Monroe, also gathered extensive collections from the Devonian Milwaukee Formation. The majority of those fossils came from natural cement quarries that operated between 1876 and 1911 along the Milwaukee River in the area now occupied by Estabrook and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37799080 | 1,930,814 |
851,683 | In 367 BC, with the Sextian-Licinian Rogations, plebeians were allowed to stand for the consulship. This implicitly opened both the censorship as well as the dictatorship to plebeians. This date also marks the emergence of the classical form of the republic, along with the discontinuation of consular tribunes (if they ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12170961 | 851,230 |
1,378,166 | The storage ring is the final destination for the accelerated electrons. It is 216 metres in circumference and consists of 14 nearly identical sectors. Each sector consists of a straight section and an arc, with the arcs containing two dipole 'bending' magnets each. Each dipole magnet is a potential source of synchrotr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4538295 | 1,377,404 |
893,081 | Phase-changing polymer (PCP) shows reversible phase transition between amorphous and semicrystalline states. This change of phase is dominated by temperature change in thermochromic smart glass application, making it completely automatic at no electricity cost. The structure of PCP often consists of two major component... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=917126 | 892,611 |
1,478,913 | Bradfield worked on a variety of projects during his time at the New South Wales Department of Public Works, including the Cataract Dam near Sydney and the Burrinjuck Dam across the Murrumbidgee River. In January 1909, he was promoted to the rank of assistant engineer with a salary of £400. The following year he applie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=750028 | 1,478,080 |
277,478 | Tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) is a compound that functionally reduces inhibitory transmissions in the nervous system resulting in muscular tetany. TeNT is similar to BTX, and is in fact highly similar in structure and origin; both belonging to the same category of clostridial neurotoxins. Like BTX, TeNT inhibits inter-neur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=326357 | 277,328 |
278,078 | Faculty of Pharmacy in Ljubljana provides reformed or new Bologna study programme. For the study of pharmacy the 5+0 uniform master's studies lasts 5 years - first and second cycles combined. Students have 5 months of pharmacy practice in their last yeat at the university. After completing master's studies it is possib... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=707762 | 277,928 |
1,167,835 | The Principle of Freedom and Responsibility in Science: the free and responsible practice of science is fundamental to scientific advancement and human and environmental well-being. Such practice, in all its aspects, requires freedom of movement, association, expression and communication for scientists, as well as equi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14869 | 1,167,217 |
1,529,889 | Venkatesan Guruswami (born 1976) is a senior scientist at the Simons Institute for the Theory of Computing and Professor of EECS and Mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley. He did his high schooling at Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan in Chennai, India. He completed his undergraduate in Computer Science from I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15394298 | 1,529,025 |
1,655,014 | In 1990, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required that nutrition labels be put on food products in the United States. The thought behind doing so was to provide consumers with the necessary information to make educated decisions about the foods that they purchased. Since that time, nutrition psychologists h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37161190 | 1,654,082 |
121,183 | Clinical decision support systems are interactive computer programs designed to assist health professionals with decision-making tasks. The clinician interacts with the software utilizing both the clinician's knowledge and the software to make a better analysis of the patients data than either human or software could m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19013767 | 121,134 |
592,257 | The study claims that the major part of the Balto-Slavic genetic variation can be primarily attributed to the assimilation of the pre-existing regional genetic components, which differed for present West, East and South Slavic-speaking people. For Slavic peoples correlations with linguistics came out much lower than hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50376130 | 591,954 |
325,368 | Fire-control technology advanced quickly during the years immediately preceding the First World War, and the most important development was the director firing system. This consisted of a fire-control director mounted high in the ship which electrically provided data to the turrets via pointers, which the turret crew w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=717448 | 325,195 |
1,793,296 | Reproductive rights activists say that selective-abortion bans do not serve to save people with disabilities but instead, seek to incrementally restrict abortion. Incremental restrictions on abortion take the form of legislation that codify specific rules limiting access to abortion without outright violating the Supre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10044714 | 1,792,287 |
855,023 | When George had built the Stockton & Darlington and Liverpool & Manchester he had placed the rails apart, as this was the gauge of the railway at the Killingworth Colliery. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, chief engineer to the Great Western Railway, had adopted the or broad gauge, arguing that this would allow for higher spee... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=252957 | 854,568 |
528,347 | Compared to the multistakeholder participation approach taken previously in the 2000s when drafting the Brazilian Internet Bill of Rights, Marco Civil da Internet, the Brazilian Bill is assessed to significantly lack perspective. Multistakeholderism, more commonly referred to as Multistakeholder Governance, is defined ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63451675 | 528,073 |
277,574 | Until the HST's introduction, the maximum speed of British trains was limited to 100 mph (160 km/h). The increased speed and rapid acceleration and deceleration of the HST made it ideal for passenger use, and it slashed journey times around the country. The prototype InterCity 125 (power cars 43000 and 43001) set the w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2025013 | 277,424 |
708,254 | Hypervisors provide some isolation between tenants but there can still be a noisy neighbour effect. If a physical server is multi-tenanted, peaks of load from one tenant may consume enough machine resources to temporarily affect other tenants. As the tenants are otherwise isolated, it is also hard to manage or load bal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49531132 | 707,885 |
1,564,521 | The eccentricities of the president were balanced by the firm's second-in-command, executive vice-president Oscar H. Schachter, a lawyer who had graduated from Yeshiva College and Harvard Law School and who had a more straight-laced personality. Schachter was a neighbor of Lecht's who did some legal work for the compan... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43706094 | 1,563,634 |
2,023,202 | NGC 1466 is the "New General Catalogue" designation for a globular cluster in the deep southern constellation of Hydrus. It is located in the outskirts of the Large Magellanic Cloud, which is a satellite galaxy of the Milky Way. The object was discovered November 26, 1834 by English astronomer John Herschel. John Dreye... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52590483 | 2,022,038 |
1,763,028 | Techniques that rely on the magnetic control of cellular process are relatively new. This technique may provide an approach that does not require implantation of invasive electrodes or optical devices. This method will allow penetration in to the deeper region of the brain, and may have lower response latency. In 1980,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=47814884 | 1,762,035 |
630,651 | Modern historians believe that mail armor was invented by the Celts. Possibly coming from conflicts with the Celts in the 3rd century BC, it was utilized by both legionary and "auxilia" troops. The first documented use occurred during the Roman conquest of Hispania. There were several versions of this type of armor, sp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1875107 | 630,313 |
368,652 | Because of their combined abilities of unlimited expansion and pluripotency, embryonic stem cells remain a theoretically potential source for regenerative medicine and tissue replacement after injury or disease., however, there are currently no approved treatments using ES cells. The first human trial was approved by t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27783 | 368,459 |
5,471 | The transition to a unified state happened more gradually than ancient Egyptian writers represented, and there is no contemporary record of Menes. Some scholars now believe, however, that the mythical Menes may have been the king Narmer, who is depicted wearing royal regalia on the ceremonial "Narmer Palette," in a sym... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=874 | 5,468 |
1,607,133 | The scale of a chemical process refers to the rough ranges in mass or volume of a chemical reaction or process that define the appropriate category of chemical apparatus and equipment required to accomplish it, and the concepts, priorities, and economies that operate at each. While the specific terms used—and limits of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=45413683 | 1,606,228 |
124,340 | The R-36 () is a family of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) and space launch vehicles (Tsyklon) designed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The original R-36 was deployed under the GRAU index 8K67 and was given the NATO reporting name SS-9 Scarp. It was able to carry three warheads and was the first So... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1068559 | 124,289 |
976,221 | The Department of Transportation (DOTr) is procuring 56 airport express EMU cars for its North–South Commuter Railway project, which will be operated by the Philippine National Railways (PNR). Bids commenced on 15 October 2021 with three contractors offered their proposed designs. One of the three bidders is Japanese f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17945845 | 975,710 |
710,291 | A 2009 study of Chinese social science studies in the Social Sciences Citation Index found a slow increase until 1999. The 1999-2007 period saw a very rapid increase. However, in 2007 China still only contributed 1.39% of the studies and mainland China only surpassed Hong Kong in 2006. Economics & business had larger s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277914 | 709,920 |
116,672 | In 1852, Karl Vierordt published the first procedure for performing a blood count, which involved spreading a known volume of blood on a microscope slide and counting every cell. The invention of the hemocytometer in 1874 by Louis-Charles Malassez simplified the microscopic analysis of blood cells, and in the late 19th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=241565 | 116,627 |
1,184,934 | This difference in theory can be seen in research on modern human sexual preferences, with behaviourists arguing that attraction has conditioning influences, such as from the media or cultural norms, while others arguing it is based on psychological adaptations. However, sexual preferences are a difficult subject to te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2232181 | 1,184,306 |
2,012,010 | The central proline-rich region of ActA is crucial for ensuring efficient bacterial motility. There are four proline-rich repeats containing either FPPPP or FPPIP motifs. These regions mimic those of the host cell cytoskeletal protein zyxin, vinculin and palladin, known to associate with focal adhesions or stress fiber... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27114297 | 2,010,857 |
28,441 | Unlike carbon steel, stainless steels do not suffer uniform corrosion when exposed to wet environments. Unprotected carbon steel rusts readily when exposed to a combination of air and moisture. The resulting iron oxide surface layer is porous and fragile. In addition, as iron oxide occupies a larger volume than the ori... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27059 | 28,431 |
108,548 | Generally, penicillamine is the first treatment used. This binds copper (chelation) and leads to excretion of copper in the urine. Hence, monitoring of the amount of copper in the urine can be done to ensure a sufficiently high dose is taken. Penicillamine is not without problems: about 20% experience a side effect or ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=60138 | 108,503 |
1,213,286 | By the end of World War II, the RAN's combat strength numbered 150 ships with an additional 200 auxiliary craft with the service reaching its peak in June 1945, when it ranks swelled to 39,650 personnel. During the six years of war, the RAN lost three cruisers, four destroyers, two sloops, a corvette, and an auxiliary ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5606945 | 1,212,634 |
946,690 | The reaction was discovered in 1884 by Swiss chemist Traugott Sandmeyer, when he attempted to synthesize phenylacetylene from benzenediazonium chloride and copper(I) acetylide. Instead, the main product he isolated was chlorobenzene. In modern times, the Sandmeyer reaction refers to any method for substitution of an ar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1792627 | 946,187 |
2,014,990 | The Navalis AWP system utilizes a seven-stage process to treat wastewater. The first stage involves wastewater entering the shaker screens which removes any noticeable solids. Then the wastewater is passed through an AET Roughing Reactor which help with chemical equalization and load. Then the influent is treated by a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=46458744 | 2,013,831 |
482,008 | Although the precise molecular cause of SCLS remains undetermined, scientific research in recent years, conducted mainly at a unit (NIAID) of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, has shed some light on its biological and chemical roots. The study of the peripheral microvasculature from patients’ biopsy specimens has... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7161873 | 481,764 |
1,494,440 | Many biologists and such have taken a close look at "S. p. hefneri" to determine and implement current conservation efforts. Action is currently underway at the species level and the habitat level. The most prominent method of conservation of "S. p. hefneri" is reintroducing the rabbits to unoccupied but potentially su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21497684 | 1,493,599 |
1,416,099 | Despite their importance, understanding of microbial interactions in the ocean and other aquatic systems is rudimentary, and the majority of them are still unknown. The earliest surveys of interactions between aquatic microbes date back to the 19th century. In 1851, while on board HMS "Rattlesnake" in the Pacific Ocean... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63933276 | 1,415,302 |
931,131 | GEOS was launched in 1986. Originally written for the 8-bit home computer Commodore 64 and shortly after, the Apple II series. The name was later used by the company as PC/Geos for IBM PC systems, then Geoworks Ensemble. It came with several application programs like a calendar and word processor, and a cut-down versio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13914 | 930,640 |
659,669 | As wages increase above the subsistence level (discussed below), there are two considerations affecting a worker's choice of how many hours to work per unit of time (usually day, week, or month). The first is the substitution or incentive effect. With wages rising, the tradeoff between working an additional hour for pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2119223 | 659,324 |
138,235 | Korolev proposed communications satellites and the Vostok craft was a spinoff from the Zenit spy satellite useful for photographic reconnaissance and the mission Vostok 1 had its defense importance acknowledged by the military. Korolev planned to move forward with Soyuz craft able to dock with other craft in orbit and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=86655 | 138,179 |
998,770 | FHIR builds on previous data format standards from HL7, like HL7 version 2.x and HL7 version 3.x. But it is easier to implement because it uses a modern web-based suite of API technology, including a HTTP-based RESTful protocol, and a choice of JSON, XML or RDF for data representation. One of its goals is to facilitate... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37083126 | 998,252 |
188,279 | The space sector was responsible for about 15% of French Guiana's GDP in 2014, around half of the 28% it was in 1990. This reduction is mostly due to expansion in other sectors, rather than decreasing space activity. As of 2020 the space sector employed 4620 people in Guiana, meaning the industry was responsible for ju... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=183717 | 188,182 |
1,353,381 | During World War II, the boys were evacuated to the seaside town of Cleveleys, Lancashire, where they shared accommodation with a primary school. Chetham's was damaged by an explosion in December 1940, when most of the windows were shattered and the roof set alight. The boys relocated to Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=483941 | 1,352,634 |
375,627 | The northern blot is used to study the presence of specific RNA molecules as relative comparison among a set of different samples of RNA. It is essentially a combination of denaturing RNA gel electrophoresis, and a blot. In this process RNA is separated based on size and is then transferred to a membrane that is then p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19200 | 375,432 |
1,407,722 | There are also benefits relating to the woman's role in the household. Educated women have been found to experience less domestic violence, regardless of other social status indicators like employment status. Women with an education are also more involved in the decision-making process of the family and report making m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=40860039 | 1,406,932 |
1,125,751 | The evolution of the current gravitational wave detectors Advanced Virgo and Advanced LIGO, as "second generation" detectors, is well defined. Currently they have been upgraded to their so-called enhanced level and they are expected to reach their design sensitivity in the next few years. LIGO detected gravitational wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22117860 | 1,125,176 |
2,018,007 | In 1987 she moved to the University of Pittsburgh where she became an Assistant Professor (1987-1992), an Associate Professor (1992-1999), and Bicentennial Engineering Alumni Faculty Fellow.Balazs research uses theoretical and computational modeling of the thermodynamic and kinetic behavior of polymer blends and compos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53943941 | 2,016,844 |
216,330 | The first successful classical unified field theory was developed by James Clerk Maxwell. In 1820, Hans Christian Ørsted discovered that electric currents exerted forces on magnets, while in 1831, Michael Faraday made the observation that time-varying magnetic fields could induce electric currents. Until then, electric... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=776713 | 216,222 |
1,221,854 | The U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced a second round of ARPA-E funding opportunities on December 7, 2009. ARPA-E solicited projects that focused on three critical areas: Biofuels from Electricity (Electrofuels), Batteries for Electrical Energy Storage in Transportation (BEEST), and Innovative Materials and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21687875 | 1,221,195 |
717,223 | The commission finished its work in 14 months, and the compilation was promulgated in April 529 by the "Constitutio Summa". However, this compilation did not eliminate all the conflicts that had arisen over the years in Roman jurisprudence, and the constitutions in the Code were to be used alongside the conflicting opi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41617292 | 716,846 |
19,327 | The Black Hawk helicopter series can perform a wide array of missions, including the tactical transport of troops, electronic warfare, and aeromedical evacuation. A VIP version known as the VH-60N is used to transport important government officials (e.g., Congress, Executive departments) with the helicopter's call sign... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37941 | 19,319 |
783,512 | An alternative technology, branched DNA assay, can be used for RNA (mRNA, lncRNA, and miRNA ) "in situ" hybridization assays with single molecule sensitivity without the use of radioactivity. This approach (e.g., ViewRNA assays) can be used to visualize up to four targets in one assay, and it uses patented probe design... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2313597 | 783,093 |
1,446,001 | During the winter months of 1916 the pioneers were well behind the front lines in comfortable billets where they were able to use local cafes and hotels, and socialise with French civilians. Often during these times they were able to play rugby against other military teams. In letters home they praised the French beer ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29254747 | 1,445,185 |
803,092 | STS-41-D "Discovery" (August 30 to September 5, 1984) was launched from the Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on its maiden flight and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California. During the seven-day mission, the crew successfully activated the OAST-1 solar cell wing experiment, deployed the SBS-D, SYNCOM IV-2, and TELS... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=499546 | 802,663 |
490,492 | The Royal Institution's Christmas Lectures were first held in 1825, and have continued on an annual basis since then except during the Second World War. They have been hosted each year at the Royal Institution itself, except in 1929 and between 2005–2006, each time due to refurbishment of the building. They were create... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1847603 | 490,238 |
230,354 | Spontaneous reporting system relies on vigilant physicians and other healthcare professionals who not only generate a suspicion of an adverse drug reaction, but also report it. It is an important source of regulatory actions such as taking a drug off the market or a label change due to safety problems. Spontaneous repo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1243554 | 230,236 |
1,028,592 | Having a single edge provides certain advantages; one being that the rest of the sword can be used to reinforce and support the edge. The Japanese style of sword-making takes full advantage of this. When forging is complete, the steel is not quenched in the conventional European fashion (i.e.: uniformly throughout the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7528817 | 1,028,058 |
768,647 | "O. vulgaris" can apply behavioral changes to manage wide varieties of environmental temperatures. Respiration rate in octopods is temperature-sensitive – respiration increases with temperature. Its oxygen consumption increases when in water temperatures between , reaches a maximum at , and then begins to drop at . The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10129055 | 768,235 |
1,585,003 | The 20 mm m/40 followed the same pattern of long-recoil operation as the 25 mm and 40 mm guns. It was chambered for a unique and quite powerful 20×145R cartridge, and could fire at 360 rpm. On a wheeled AA mounting, it weighed 300 kg, on a low tripod for anti-tank use, it weighed 65 kg (the same gun was used in both in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35542467 | 1,584,113 |
598,302 | The specificity of temporal coding requires highly refined technology to measure informative, reliable, experimental data. Advances made in optogenetics allow neurologists to control spikes in individual neurons, offering electrical and spatial single-cell resolution. For example, blue light causes the light-gated ion ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6147487 | 597,997 |
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