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1,801,458 | Time-sharing was first proposed in the mid- to late-1950s and first implemented in the early 1960s. The concept was born out of the realization that a single expensive computer could be efficiently utilized if a multitasking, multiprogramming operating system allowed multiple users simultaneous interactive access. Typi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8341200 | 1,800,449 |
1,656,371 | He eventually became the leading authority on the social and political effects of communications. In 1973, his name appeared in "The Communications Handbook", where he defined the social and political effects of technological advances in a chapter called "Public Opinion." In 1983, Pool proved to be at the forefront of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21474878 | 1,655,438 |
141,590 | Air-to-air combat testing suggested "The Six" was a reasonable match for the F-4 Phantom II in a dogfight, with superior high-altitude turn performance and overall maneuverability (aided by the aircraft's lower wing loading). The Phantom had better radar – operated by an additional crewman – and could carry a load of u... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=176871 | 141,532 |
2,032,927 | Nikolai Portelli was the oldest athlete to represent Malta at the Beijing Olympics at the age of 26. He had not participated in any previous Olympic Games. He qualified for the Olympics by using a wildcard because his personal best time of 22.11 seconds was 1.36 seconds slower than the "B" qualifying standard for the m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17438648 | 2,031,755 |
650,359 | The fact that zooxanthellate coral make up only about half of the order is unusual, as symbiosis is almost always an all-or-nothing phenomenon. This symbiotic equilibrium suggests that there must be evolutionary processes simultaneously maintaining and limiting symbiotic relationships. This is likely because despite th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=904556 | 650,018 |
1,284,456 | Drawing from the above theoretical foundations, the RCM as a framework acknowledges the central role that recordkeeping activities have on the creation, capture, organization and ongoing management of records over time and throughout spaces such as organizations and institutional archives. Recordkeeping is a practice a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=48000439 | 1,283,757 |
300,260 | By 1999, they produced recombinant dox A, a cytochrome P450 oxidase, and found that it catalyzes multiple steps in DXR biosynthesis, including steps leading to daunorubicin. This was significant because it became clear that all daunorubicin-producing strains have the necessary genes to produce DXR, the much more therap... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1802881 | 300,099 |
962,210 | Despite their success in space programs, fuel cell systems were limited to space missions and other special applications, where high cost could be tolerated. It was not until the late 1980s and early 1990s that fuel cells became a real option for wider application base. Several pivotal innovations, such as low platinum... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1049596 | 961,701 |
602,747 | Astroviruses have a genome composed of a single strand of positive sense RNA. The strand has a poly A tail at the 3' end, but no 5' cap. With the exclusion of polyadenylation at the 3' end, the genome is between 6.8–7.9 kb long. The genome is arranged into three open reading frames (ORFs), with an overlap of approximat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4388550 | 602,438 |
1,836,235 | Following the Japanese 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, according to Black & Veatch’s annual utility survey that took place after the disaster, of the 700 executives from the US electric utility industry that were surveyed, nuclear safety was the top concern. There are likely to be increased requirements for on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10054600 | 1,835,186 |
2,108,231 | The Bulldogs men's golf team represented the University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) in the sport of golf from 1947–1991. Overshadowed by the school's hockey, football and basketball programs, constrained by parsimonious budgets, disadvantaged by a short spring season, and without athletic scholarships, the UMD golf progr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50172482 | 2,107,017 |
835,998 | The American Association for the Advancement of Science was created on September 20, 1848, at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was a reformation of the Association of American Geologists and Naturalists. The society chose William Charles Redfield as their first president because he had ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=243062 | 835,549 |
147,891 | Most ecosystems are supported by the autotrophic primary production of plants and cyanobacteria that capture photons initially released by the sun. Plants can only use a fraction (approximately 1%) of this energy for photosynthesis. The process of photosynthesis splits a water molecule (HO), releasing oxygen (O) into t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25086118 | 147,832 |
659,962 | Some of the defining characteristics of Ceratosauria include an increase in height and ornamentation of the skull, as well as a shortening of the forelimbs. Likewise, ceratosaurs fused their ilium, ischium, and pubis together, as well as the astralagus and calcaneum. For less derived members of the group, such as "C. n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1252253 | 659,617 |
966,414 | In a bitheistic system, by contrast, where the two deities are not in conflict or opposition, one could be male and the other female (cf. duotheism). One well-known example of a bitheistic or duotheistic theology based on gender polarity is found in the neopagan religion of Wicca. In Wicca, dualism is represented in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13568947 | 965,904 |
888,287 | The resulting famine was severe enough that grain was imported from Germany and Holland. The price for cereal increased in Britain, France, and Italy. Outbreaks of disease occurred during this time in the Middle East and England. During and after the winter of 1258–59, exceptional weather was reported less commonly, bu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51811834 | 887,819 |
402,197 | The middle to late Eocene marks not only the switch from warming to cooling, but also the change in carbon dioxide from increasing to decreasing. At the end of the Eocene Optimum, carbon dioxide began decreasing due to increased siliceous plankton productivity and marine carbon burial. At the beginning of the middle Eo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9419 | 401,998 |
401,762 | The Queensland lungfish, "Neoceratodus forsteri", is endemic to Australia. Fossil records of this group date back 380 million years, around the time when the higher vertebrate classes were beginning to evolve. Fossils of lungfish belonging to the genus "Neoceratodus" have been uncovered in northern New South Wales, ind... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=230330 | 401,563 |
326,964 | The flat-faced, thick-lipped heads have caused some debate due to their resemblance to some African facial characteristics. Based on this comparison, some writers have said that the Olmecs were Africans who had emigrated to the New World. But the vast majority of archaeologists and other Mesoamerican scholars reject cl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=77260 | 326,790 |
47,669 | The FA-50 is the most advanced version of the T-50, possessing more internal fuel capacity, enhanced avionics, a longer radome and a tactical datalink. It is equipped with a modified Israeli EL/M-2032 pulse-Doppler radar with Korean-specific modifications by LIG Nex1. The engine could be either Eurojet EJ200 or General... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2309765 | 47,649 |
11,458 | The gunner carries a reusable Command Launch Unit, more commonly referred to as a CLU (pronounced "clue"), which is the targeting component of the two-part system. The CLU has three views which are used to find, target, and fire the missile and may also be used separately from the missile as a portable thermal sight. I... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=315575 | 11,453 |
1,240,056 | The book compiles all the mathematical references used throughout the show's run, and analyzes them in detail. Rather than just explaining the mathematical concepts in the context of how they relate to the relevant episodes of "The Simpsons", Singh "uses them as a starting point for lively discussions of mathematical t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42248286 | 1,239,388 |
193,529 | The very high breakdown voltages, high electron mobility and saturation velocity of GaN has also made it an ideal candidate for high-power and high-temperature microwave applications, as evidenced by its high Johnson's figure of merit. Potential markets for high-power/high-frequency devices based on GaN include microwa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=467198 | 193,429 |
56,903 | Solar and lunar eclipses were scientifically explained by Aryabhata. He states that the Moon and planets shine by reflected sunlight. Instead of the prevailing cosmogony in which eclipses were caused by Rahu and Ketu (identified as the pseudo-planetary lunar nodes), he explains eclipses in terms of shadows cast by and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=297204 | 56,879 |
411,011 | In the context of computational materials science, "ab initio" (from first principles) DFT calculations allow the prediction and calculation of material behavior on the basis of quantum mechanical considerations, without requiring higher-order parameters such as fundamental material properties. In contemporary DFT tech... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=209874 | 410,809 |
1,488,737 | Helitrons, like all other TEs, are potential insertional mutagens. They might get inserted within the promoter region of a gene that results in the abolition of measurable transcripts and the observed phenotypes. In some cases it has been seen that a Helitron insertion has provided regulatory motifs necessary for trans... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23838716 | 1,487,898 |
1,626,432 | The mid-1970s were a period of rapid change as new processes were being introduced at different companies at a rapid pace. Each new process led to a set of design rules that often ran to 40 pages. These would include details like "do not place to parallel lines on the metallization layer (MET) that are closer than 2 mi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3548726 | 1,625,514 |
1,321,517 | The concept of a natural circulation plant was relatively new when the Navy requested this design. The prototype plant in Idaho was therefore given quite a rigorous performance shakedown to determine if such a design would work for the US Navy. It was largely a success, although the design never became the basis for an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=417158 | 1,320,791 |
1,020,892 | FH is usually treated with statins. Statins act by inhibiting the enzyme hydroxymethylglutaryl CoA reductase (HMG-CoA-reductase) in the liver. In response, the liver produces more LDL receptors, which remove circulating LDL from the blood. Statins effectively lower cholesterol and LDL levels, although sometimes add-on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6834535 | 1,020,363 |
1,688,623 | Tully's approach to the study and teaching of politics is a form of historical and critical reflection on problems of political practice in the present. It is an attempt to renew and transform the tradition of public philosophy so it can effectively address the pressing political problems of our age in a genuinely demo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11699202 | 1,687,677 |
793,876 | In summer 2017, the U.S. Air Force will conduct flight demonstrations at Holloman AFB, New Mexico for the OA-X capability assessment for light attack and armed reconnaissance missions from austere locations : it will choose up to four industrials to bring one or two off-the-shelf low-cost, light-attack aircraft for a 3... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26298337 | 793,451 |
389,765 | On 21 May 2020, AstraZeneca agreed to provide 300million doses to the US for , implying a cost of per dose. An AstraZeneca spokesman said the funding also covers development and clinical testing. It also reached a technology transfer agreement with the Mexican and Argentinean governments and agreed to produce at least ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=64586749 | 389,570 |
995,832 | Research into the kinds of tolerances needed for critical systems involves a large amount of interdisciplinary work. The more complex the system, the more carefully all possible interactions have to be considered and prepared for. Considering the importance of high-value systems in transport, public utilities and the m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2091393 | 995,315 |
1,461,234 | A member of the Convention on Biological Diversity since 1994, South Korea has 298 protected areas, of which 289 are IUCN-categorized. The country joined IUCN in 2006. Hallasan National Park was designated by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve in 2002, a World Natural Heritage in 2007, and a Global Geopark in 2010, making t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=40899502 | 1,460,412 |
369,770 | The calorie-burning capacity of brown and beige fat has been extensively studied as research efforts focus on therapies targeted to treat obesity and diabetes. The drug 2,4-dinitrophenol, which also acts as a chemical uncoupler similarly to UCP1, was used for weight loss in the 1930s. However, it was quickly discontinu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=419094 | 369,577 |
1,352,599 | Injector pens are an alternative to the manufacture of medication for injection in vials containing either liquid or a powder to which a diluent such as sterile water is added. When a vial is used as a means of storage, the end-user must use a syringe to "draw up" or remove the medication from the vial to prepare it fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=64082754 | 1,351,853 |
840,053 | BVMOs have been widely studied due to their potential as biocatalysts, that is, for an application in organic synthesis. Considering the environmental concerns for most of the chemical catalysts, the use of enzymes is considered a greener alternative. BVMOs in particular are interesting for application because they ful... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2409216 | 839,603 |
726,301 | In humans, "P. multocida" is the most common cause of wound infections after dog or cat bites. The infection usually shows as soft tissue inflammation within 24 hours. High leukocyte and neutrophil counts are typically observed, leading to an inflammatory reaction at the infection site (generally a diffuse, localized c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8770937 | 725,920 |
2,237,334 | Bruce Rockwell undertook a number of promotional activities in his capacity as President of the WIQ. He attended the Institute of Engineers annual dinner at Rowe's Cafe in Brisbane in May 1912. A toast to "Kindred Associations" by Edward Gustavus Campbell Barton, was responded to in respect of the WIQ by Rockwell. On F... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=60879547 | 2,236,063 |
436,234 | The tower rises 21 stories to , breaking Cambridge's previous restriction on building height. However, the footprint of every floor measures only 60 by 120 feet (18 by 36m), which research groups quickly outgrew, forcing some of them to disperse elsewhere on campus. The isolated prominence of the building and its relat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8071866 | 436,020 |
1,358,757 | A large variety of artificial nucleobases have been developed for use as metal base pairs. These modified nucleobases exhibit tunable electronic properties, sizes, and binding affinities that can be optimized for a specific metal. For, example a nucleoside modified with a pyridine-2,6-dicarboxylate has shown to bind ti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14039006 | 1,358,007 |
303,615 | In October 1939, the Netherlands ordered 24 Hawk 75A-7s for their colonies of the Dutch East Indies ("Oost Indië"). These planes were powered by 1,200 hp Cyclones. Factory armament was one .50 inch and one .303 inch machine gun in the cowl with two .303 machine guns in the wings. After delivery, the .50 weapons were re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=493939 | 303,453 |
643,078 | In humans, metabolism of phosphatidylethanolamine is thought to be important in the heart. When blood flow to the heart is restricted, the asymmetrical distribution of phosphatidylethanolamine between membrane leaflets is disrupted, and as a result the membrane is disrupted. Additionally, phosphatidylethanolamine plays... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9431918 | 642,739 |
1,465,630 | "Endeavour" undocked from the International Space Station at 14:47 UTC. The total docked time was 11 days, 16 hours, and 46 minutes, making it the second-longest docked shuttle mission to the station, after STS-123's 11 days, 20 hours and 36 minutes. Pilot Eric Boe maneuvered the shuttle through a flyaround inspection ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5377365 | 1,464,807 |
425,769 | Dr. Rosenberg (voiced by Jon St. John) is a scientist and a survivor of the Black Mesa incident. He first appears in "Half-Life: Decay". When Gina Cross and Colette Green first arrive at the test chamber's control room and are receiving instructions from Dr. Keller, Rosenberg interrupts and voices his concern to Keller... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15033154 | 425,561 |
1,521,856 | The development of sickle cell nephropathy (SCN) typically occurs in childhood as seen in the appearance of hyperfiltration and proteinuria. Both are primarily caused by the polymerization of sickle cells in the kidney microvasculature due to the low O tension, high osmolarity, and low acidity. This polymerization fill... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21751036 | 1,520,995 |
726,566 | Most aptamers are based on a specific oligomer sequence of 20-100 bases and 3-20 kDa. Some have chemical modifications for functional enhancements or compatibility with larger engineered molecular systems. DNA, RNA, XNA, and peptide aptamer chemistries can each offer distinct profiles in terms of shelf stability, durab... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1970691 | 726,184 |
521,468 | On May 25, 1806, Wythe, Broadnax, and Brown all became violently ill. Richmond's leading doctors, Wythe's old friend James McClurg, James McCaw and his personal physician William Foushee at first suspected cholera, dismissing Wythe's claims of being poisoned. Two days later, Sweeney tried to cash a $100 check drawn on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=261191 | 521,197 |
523,048 | The descriptive phase exhibits the centrifugal, or outward, property of a symbol. For example, when a word such as 'cat' evokes a definition, image, experience or any property connected with the word 'cat' external to the literary context of the particular usage, we have the word taken in the descriptive sense. Frye la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1174994 | 522,776 |
73,015 | Uncertainty exists regarding the duration of the overall extinction and about the timing and duration of various groups' extinctions within the greater process. Some evidence suggests that there were multiple extinction pulses or that the extinction was spread out over a few million years, with a sharp peak in the last... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24749 | 72,988 |
176,945 | Polymorphism was crucial to research in ecological genetics by E. B. Ford and his co-workers from the mid-1920s to the 1970s (similar work continues today, especially on mimicry). The results had a considerable effect on the mid-century evolutionary synthesis, and on present evolutionary theory. The work started at a t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=498831 | 176,853 |
1,805,340 | The island of Newfoundland has an abundance of resources for hunter-gatherer peoples. For thousands of years it was occupied by a variety of native people. Maritime Archaic Indians were the first people to occupy the island of Newfoundland. A Maritime Archaic Indian cemetery dates as far back as 4400 B.P. was found in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37889669 | 1,804,325 |
784,679 | Some balance sheet items are much easier to value than others. Publicly traded stocks and bonds have prices that are quoted frequently and readily available. Other assets are harder to value. For instance, private firms that have no frequently quoted price. Additionally, financial instruments that have prices that are ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=347107 | 784,259 |
347,387 | St Andrews is made up of a variety of institutions, comprising three colleges — United College (a union of St Salvator's and St Leonard's Colleges), St Mary's College, and St Leonard's College, the last named being a non-statutory revival of St Leonard's as a post-graduate society. There are 18 academic schools organis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181348 | 347,206 |
1,272,978 | Where the 1997 Higher Education Act and ministerial appointments provided the framework by which the national government could assert control over postsecondary institutions, the 2001 Education Amendment Act and white paper expressed the government’s motivations to take a strong position of power in the governance of S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9177274 | 1,272,287 |
70,801 | Selenium (Greek σελήνη "selene" meaning "Moon") was discovered in 1817 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius and Johan Gottlieb Gahn. Both chemists owned a chemistry plant near Gripsholm, Sweden, producing sulfuric acid by the lead chamber process. The pyrite from the Falun Mine created a red precipitate in the lead chambers which w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27117 | 70,774 |
618,127 | The quadrature of the hyperbola "xy" = 1 by Gregoire de Saint-Vincent established the natural logarithm as the area of a hyperbolic sector, or an equivalent area against an asymptote. In spacetime theory, the connection of events by light divides the universe into Past, Future, or Elsewhere based on a Here and Now . On... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4520673 | 617,813 |
1,663,168 | The geology of Wales is complex and varied; its study has been of considerable historical significance in the development of geology as a science. All geological periods from the Cryogenian (late Precambrian) to the Jurassic are represented at outcrop, whilst younger sedimentary rocks occur beneath the seas immediately... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9406869 | 1,662,233 |
500,150 | To translate accurately, a machine must be able to understand the text. It must be able to follow the author's argument, so it must have some ability to reason. It must have extensive world knowledge so that it knows what is being discussed — it must at least be familiar with all the same commonsense facts that the ave... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2862 | 499,893 |
376,885 | Philosophy of psychology refers to issues at the theoretical foundations of modern psychology. Some of these issues are epistemological concerns about the methodology of psychological investigation. For example, is the best method for studying psychology to focus only on the response of behavior to external stimuli or ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37010 | 376,690 |
358,468 | In 1990, the two major funding agencies, DOE and the National Institutes of Health, developed a memorandum of understanding in order to coordinate plans and set the clock for the initiation of the Project to 1990. At that time, David Galas was Director of the renamed "Office of Biological and Environmental Research" in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5219699 | 358,282 |
435,358 | Tesla's wireless research required increasingly high voltages, and he had reached the limit of the voltages he could generate within the space of his New York lab. Between 1899 and 1900 he built a laboratory in Colorado Springs and performed experiments on wireless transmission there. He chose this location because the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56714254 | 435,144 |
769,121 | The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) have provided new guidelines for the ethical issue of pediatrics genetic testing and screening of children in the United States. Their guidelines state that performing pediatric genetic testing should be in the best interest of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=310782 | 768,709 |
400,833 | Donald Kent Slayton was born on March 1, 1924, on a farm near Leon, Wisconsin, to Charles Sherman Slayton (1887–1972) and Victoria Adelia Slayton (; 1895–1970). He was of English and Norwegian descent. From a young age, he worked on the farm to raise sheep and cows, and grow tobacco. Throughout Slayton's childhood, his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=331454 | 400,634 |
555,740 | Sweden was one of the first countries to instill stricter rules (for 1975), placing severe limitations on the number of vehicles available there. These standards also caused drivability problems and steeply increased fuel consumption - in part because manufacturers could not justify the expenditure to meet specific reg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=652195 | 555,451 |
1,042,615 | Both Toyota cars lined up in second and third places on the grid with Buemi and Davidson driving the No. 8 car and Nakajima and Lapierre in the sister No. 7 vehicle. The race was shortened because of heavy rain and poor visibility. The No. 8 Toyota secured the victory when the No. 1 Audi made unscheduled pit stops for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34484574 | 1,042,072 |
1,119,070 | The design followed the principles established by the Calder Hall nuclear power station, in that it used a reactor core of natural uranium fuel in Magnox alloy cans within a graphite moderator, all contained in a welded steel pressure vessel. The core was cooled by pumped by six nominal 7,000hp (5.2MW) gas circulators,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8161462 | 1,118,497 |
1,081,948 | Integration of SBUs into a covalent framework results in the synergistic emergence of conductivities much greater than the monomeric values. The nature of the SBUs can improve conductivity. Through the use of highly conjugated linkers throughout the COF scaffold, the material can be engineered to be fully conjugated, e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22272874 | 1,081,392 |
91,259 | Archaeometry aims to systematize archaeological measurement. It emphasizes the application of analytical techniques from physics, chemistry, and engineering. It is a field of research that frequently focuses on the definition of the chemical composition of archaeological remains for source analysis. Archaeometry also i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18951655 | 91,219 |
224,082 | Although it was based on the proof methods of logic, Planner, developed at MIT, was the first language to emerge within this proceduralist paradigm. Planner featured pattern-directed invocation of procedural plans from goals (i.e. goal-reduction or backward chaining) and from assertions (i.e. forward chaining). The mos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17927 | 223,968 |
895,615 | St Bartholomew's Hospital has existed on the same site since its founding in the 12th century, surviving both the Great Fire of London and the Blitz. Its museum, which is open Tuesdays to Fridays every week, shows how medical care has developed over this time and explains the history of the hospital. Part-way around th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1919470 | 895,144 |
88,444 | Similar to physical memory, allowing applications direct access to controller ports and registers can cause the controller to malfunction, or system to crash. With this, depending on the complexity of the device, some devices can get surprisingly complex to program, and use several different controllers. Because of thi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21346982 | 88,409 |
912,644 | In 2016, the university commenced work on a , 20-year "masterplan" for its three campuses. The masterplan envisages new facilities for all schools, and greatly enhanced campus amenities for students, with a focus on pedestrians and cyclists, providing better, safer pathways through the campus, and eliminating vehicle t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=206748 | 912,165 |
1,590,185 | The NNI has defined nanotechnology very broadly, to include a wide range of tiny structures, including those created by large and imprecise tools. However, nano manufacturing is not defined in the NNI's recent report, "Instrumentation and Metrology for Nanotechnology". In contrast, another "priority area," nanofabricat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49251542 | 1,589,291 |
2,065,131 | In November 2017, The Medical Technology Group launched its second major study, "Keeping Britain Working – How medical technology can help reduce the cost of ill health to the UK economy". Building on the Work Foundation's 2011 study, the report explores the societal and economic impact of eight technologies: hip repla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41214581 | 2,063,940 |
229,283 | Beginning in 1916, Canadian physicist Robert William Boyle and other scientists of the Anti-Submarine Detection Investigation Committee (ASDIC) undertook research which ultimately led to the development of sonar technology. Acoustic sounding equipment was developed which could be operated much more rapidly than the sou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=972800 | 229,166 |
1,906,946 | Many early-stage projects find that the dominant unknown values are the first-order range estimates of the major components of operating profits: revenue and manufacturing cost of goods sold (COGS). In turn the uncertainty about revenue is driven by guesstimates of either market demand price or size. Market price and s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32321546 | 1,905,850 |
56,966 | Astronaut candidate training included learning to fly NASA's T-38 Talon jet aircraft. Officially, mission specialists did not have to qualify as pilots, only ride in the back seat and handle an emergency if the pilot became incapacitated. They were never to control the aircraft below , but many of the astronaut pilots ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=94289 | 56,942 |
501,929 | The R40s and first 100 of the R40As were unique for their futuristic 10-degree slanted end (designed by the firm Raymond Loewy and Associates and William Snaith Inc.) and were nicknamed the R40 Slants or simply Slants. This was intended to beautify the subway, and thus, making it more attractive to car users. However, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=603216 | 501,671 |
1,552,603 | Like most flycatchers, it makes sallies to capture insects and returns to its perch. It forages mainly in the lower storey but can sometimes be found on top of the canopy. The song is a series of rich warbling notes (having a resemblance to the call of the pied bushchat) while the usual call is a soft nasal chipping "e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3395236 | 1,551,722 |
1,316,864 | Trichlorides are more thermodynamically stable than the corresponding fluoride salts, and can therefore be maintained in a strongly reducing state by contact with sacrificial nuclear-grade zirconium metal added as a coating on, or an insert within, the fuel tube of the SSR-W. As a result, using this patented approach, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52046282 | 1,316,139 |
748,310 | For agriculture to thrive in the future, changes must be made to address arising global issues. These issues are the lack of arable land, increasingly harsh cropping conditions and the need to maintain food security, which involves being able to provide the world population with sufficient nutrition. Crops need to be a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30876044 | 747,912 |
1,417,343 | The Gradient Model is an alternative theory on the distribution of spatial attention. This model proposes that attentional resources are allocated in a gradient pattern, with concentrated resources in the centre of focus and resources decrease in a continuous fashion away from the centre. Downing conducted research usi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42980268 | 1,416,545 |
1,016,061 | The 1960s saw the further development of the Queen's College campus with some of the earliest multi-story towers in Scotland being built for both teaching and student accommodation. The Tower Building, opened in 1961 by Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, exemplified early Scottish modernist architecture and was designed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=405480 | 1,015,538 |
221,152 | The first major shipment of CONEXes, containing engineering supplies and spare parts, was made by rail from the Columbus General Depot in Georgia to the Port of San Francisco, then by ship to Yokohama, Japan, and then to Korea, in late 1952. Transit times were almost halved. By the time of the Vietnam War the majority ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50387 | 221,043 |
1,401,215 | As a membrane surface receptor, TLR2 recognizes many bacterial, fungal, viral, and certain endogenous substances. In general, this results in the uptake (internalization, phagocytosis) of bound molecules by endosomes/phagosomes and in cellular activation; thus such elements of innate immunity as macrophages, PMNs and d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8143100 | 1,400,428 |
57,282 | In 2011, psychologist Brent Robbins co-authored a national letter for the Society for Humanistic Psychology that brought thousands into the public debate about the DSM. Approximately 13,000 individuals and mental health professionals signed a petition in support of the letter. Thirteen other American Psychological Asso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11973479 | 57,258 |
962,304 | There are currently three CGMS (continuous glucose monitoring system) available. The first is Medtronic's Minimed Paradigm RTS with a sub-cutaneous probe attached to a small transmitter (roughly the size of a quarter) that sends interstitial glucose levels to a small pager sized receiver every five minutes. The Dexcom ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1627125 | 961,795 |
364,228 | Although the total number of species is relatively small, conifers are ecologically important. They are the dominant plants over large areas of land, most notably the taiga of the Northern Hemisphere, but also in similar cool climates in mountains further south. Boreal conifers have many wintertime adaptations. The nar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=68085 | 364,038 |
920,983 | can be said to "mix" space and time in a way similar to the way a Euclidean rotation around the "z" axis mixes "x" and "y" coordinates. Consequences of this include relativity of simultaneity. More specifically, the Lorentz transformation is a hyperbolic rotation formula_5 which is a change of coordinates in the four-d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19595664 | 920,497 |
1,120,492 | A key aspect of specification by example is creating a single source of truth about required changes from all perspectives. When business analysts work on their own documents, software developers maintain their own documentation and testers maintain a separate set of functional tests, software delivery effectiveness is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34340129 | 1,119,918 |
2,155,638 | Significant events from the early 20th century included the 1916 transfer of the fossil collection curated by the Goucher College museum to the US National Museum at the Smithsonian. Less than a decade later, in 1923, renowned paleontologist Charles W. Gilmore became curator of the museum. In 1942, near the end of Gilm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37798963 | 2,154,407 |
556,171 | Multituberculates first appear in the fossil record during the Jurassic period, and then survived and even dominated for over one hundred million years, longer than any other order of mammaliforms, including placental mammals. The earliest known multituberculates are from the Middle Jurassic (Bathonian ~166-168 million... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=57624 | 555,882 |
1,070,731 | Standardized methods such as genome annotation may be inappropriate for the detection of overlapping genes as they are reliant on already curated genes while overlapping genes are generally overlooked contain atypical sequence composition. Genome annotation standards are also often biased against feature overlaps, such... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35960023 | 1,070,177 |
511,845 | The first approach for the controlled production of phototrophic organisms was a natural open pond or artificial raceway pond. Therein, the culture suspension, which contains all necessary nutrients and carbon dioxide, is pumped around in a cycle, being directly illuminated from sunlight via the liquid's surface. Racew... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6737988 | 511,579 |
1,497,215 | Compensatory growth in an organism can have impacts on the organism's behavior and muscle development. These changes can occur during or after the period of compensation, and can lead to changes in behavior, movement, and body composition. During compensation, animals may experience changes in food intake, body composi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32000094 | 1,496,372 |
2,026,711 | "Thermotoga naphthophila" was discovered by Takahata et al. in the subterranean Kubiki oil reservoir of Niigata, Japan. This organism was found with another bacterium called "Thermotoga petrophila, RKU-1""." In order to transport the species samples, they were placed into sterile glass bottles in cooler boxes with ice.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41048952 | 2,025,544 |
1,364,473 | In the early 2000s, Vogelstein and Kinzler, working with Victor Velculescu, Aman Amer Zakar, Mustak Akbar Zakar, Bishwas Banerjee, Carmen Flohlar, Couleen Mathers, Farheen Zuber Mohmed Patel, Nicholas Papadopoulos, and others in their group, began to perform large scale experiments to identify mutations throughout the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3272096 | 1,363,717 |
1,491,905 | Due to improvements in sensor and signal processing technology in the 1980s, substructuring techniques also became attractive for the experimental community. Methods dealing with structural dynamic modification were created in which coupling techniques were directly applied to measured frequency response functions (FRF... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50040777 | 1,491,066 |
724,465 | Drexler argues that we may need to wait until our conventional nanotechnology improves before solving these issues: "Molecular manufacturing will result from a series of advances in molecular machine systems, much as the first Moon landing resulted from a series of advances in liquid-fuel rocket systems. We are now in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19637 | 724,085 |
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