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648,934 | In a paper by Ken Olum and Allen Everett, the authors claimed to have found problems with Mallett's analysis. One of their objections is that the spacetime which Mallett used in his analysis contains a singularity even when the power to the laser is off, which would not be expected to arise naturally if the circulating... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1849686 | 648,593 |
494,047 | Most notably, the Chézy formula provided a substantial foundation for a new flow formula proposed in 1889 by Irish engineer Robert Manning. Manning's formula is a modified Chézy formula that combined many of his aforementioned contemporaries' work. Manning's modifications to the Chézy formula allowed the entire similar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17419853 | 493,792 |
1,108,239 | Increasing temperatures in Antarctica also leads to melting of permafrost which can release many chemicals. Similar to how soils have a variety of chemical contaminants and nutrients in them, the permafrost in Antarctica traps similar compounds until they melt and the contaminants are released again. These released che... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=46905624 | 1,107,675 |
260,393 | The report presents an analysis of scientific literature and concludes that medical records between 1986, the year of the accident, and 2004 reflect 985,000 deaths as a result of the radioactivity released. The authors suggest that most of the deaths were in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine, but others were spread through t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4155456 | 260,259 |
244,004 | Election districts in each state have recently been required to be structured so that each elected representative represents substantially equal populations, based on court interpretations of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, finding that, “construed in its historical context, the command of Art.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31646 | 243,877 |
226,511 | "S. bicolor" is rich in minerals like phosphorus, potassium and zinc. The nutritional values of "S. bicolor" are comparable to those of rice, corn and wheat. The energy value of 100 g "S. bicolor" grains ranges from 296.1 to 356.0 kcal. The grains contain 60 – 75% carbohydrates, 8 – 13% protein and 4 – 6 % fat. The sac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6647231 | 226,395 |
2,165,245 | In 1949, the Australian sugar industry comprised mainly small cane farms located along the continent's tropical and sub-tropical Queensland and New South Wales coastline. The 5.5 million tonne cane crop, almost entirely grown in Queensland, was crushed by 34 raw sugar mills, most of which were owned co-operatively by g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49038469 | 2,164,008 |
534,123 | For China's Shenzhou astronauts, training begins with a year-long program of education in the basics of spaceflight. During this period, candidates are also introduced to human physiology and psychology. The second phase of training, lasting nearly 3 years involves extensive training in piloting the Shenzhou vehicle in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34892999 | 533,844 |
1,764,373 | On June 21, 1919, mob action was replaced by a legal raid on the Rand School premises, in which representatives of New York's Lusk Committee, appointed by the state legislature to investigate radicalism in the state, obtained a search warrant that was served by 10 members of the state constabulary, assisted by 55 forme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3343414 | 1,763,380 |
689,261 | Early in his career, Strogatz worked on a variety of problems in mathematical biology, including the geometry of supercoiled DNA, the topology of three-dimensional chemical waves, and the collective behavior of biological oscillators, such as swarms of synchronously flashing fireflies. In the 1990s, his work focused on... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4781981 | 688,899 |
354,678 | Vettel, who was promoted from Toro Rosso to replace the retiring Coulthard, became Webber's teammate. Webber consistently scored points in seven of the first eight races, including three podium finishes to briefly become a championship contender. His performances improved when the new RB5 car's double diffuser was intr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=564161 | 354,495 |
814,033 | Photovoltaic (PV) energy harvesting wireless technology offers significant advantages over wired or solely battery-powered sensor solutions: virtually inexhaustible sources of power with little or no adverse environmental effects. Indoor PV harvesting solutions have to date been powered by specially tuned amorphous sil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1406812 | 813,600 |
2,022,595 | It is most illuminating to understand the SP formula in the context of the DLD model, which describes motion in dynamical disorder. In order to derive the dephasing rate formula from first principles, a purity-based definition of the dephasing factor can be adopted. The purity formula_7 describes how a quantum state be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27508223 | 2,021,431 |
245,964 | One common misconception about the anamorphic format concerns the actual width number of the aspect ratio, as 2.35, 2.39 or 2.40. Since the anamorphic lenses in virtually all 35 mm anamorphic systems provide a 2:1 squeeze, one would logically conclude that a full academy gate would lead to a aspect ratio when used with... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10515524 | 245,837 |
1,237,575 | On 12 November 1945, General of the Army Henry H. Arnold, the commanding general of the United States Army Air Forces, sent a report to Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson emphasizing that the future United States Air Force would need to invest heavily in space and ballistic missile capabilities, rather than just focu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66185637 | 1,236,911 |
82,417 | Oganesson has the highest atomic number and highest atomic mass of all known elements. The radioactive oganesson atom is very unstable, and since 2005, only five (possibly six) atoms of the isotope oganesson-294 have been detected. Although this allowed very little experimental characterization of its properties and po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=62200 | 82,383 |
269,338 | Drawing such a large percentage of overall electrical production from nuclear power is unique to France. This reliance has resulted in certain necessary deviations from the standard design and function of other nuclear power programs. For instance, in order to meet changing demand throughout the day, some plants must w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4131857 | 269,191 |
2,213,522 | ASSA is one of only two models used in South Africa; both are capable of making projections on the progression of the epidemic through an interaction of many factors. Four population risk groups are included, along with assumptions about sexual behaviour, rates of infection, conception rates, the median duration to mor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36175304 | 2,212,262 |
1,072,992 | In June 1975, O'Neill led a ten-week study of permanent space habitats at NASA Ames. During the study he was called away to testify on July 23 to the House Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications. On January 19, 1976, he also appeared before the Senate Subcommittee on Aerospace Technology and National Needs. In ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=758947 | 1,072,438 |
387,295 | Although the prevalence is low, concerns remain in this region. First, unlike the global downward trend in new HIV infections and AIDS-related deaths, the numbers have continuously increased in the MENA. Second, compared to the global rate of antiretroviral therapy (62%), the MENA region's rate is far below in 2020 (43... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2340554 | 387,100 |
1,783,320 | As with nitrobenzyl-based PPGs, several modifications are known. For example, the 3’,5’-dimethoxybenzoin PPG (DMB) contains a 3,5-dimethoxyphenyl substituent on the carbonyl's α-carbon. Under certain conditions, DMB has exhibited quantum yields as high as 0.64. Additionally, the p-hydroxyphenacyl PPG ("p"HP) has been d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53089397 | 1,782,316 |
291,168 | where "m" is the rest mass of the electron. For "Z" > 137, the wave function of the Dirac ground state is oscillatory, rather than bound, and there is no gap between the positive and negative energy spectra, as in the Klein paradox. More accurate calculations taking into account the effects of the finite size of the nu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=68326 | 291,010 |
782,581 | When the land was bought, trees were planted on bare land. Today, the gardens of Girton are large compared to those of other Cambridge colleges. They became a preoccupation for the college in 1875 when Miss Davies handed over the responsibility for developing the gardens to Miss Bernard. A pond, which originated from e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=457564 | 782,162 |
775,004 | During the Third Central Asiatic Expedition in 1923, a nearly complete "Protoceratops" skeleton (specimen AMNH 6418) was collected at the Flaming Cliffs. Unlike other specimens, it was discovered in a rolled-up position with its skull preserving a thin, hard, and wrinkled layer of matrix (surrounding sediments). This s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1064031 | 774,588 |
213,679 | The alternative hypothesis, called the transformation theory (or homologous theory), posits that the sporophyte might have appeared suddenly by delaying the occurrence of meiosis until a fully developed multicellular sporophyte had formed. Since the same genetic material would be employed by both the haploid and diploi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11008314 | 213,571 |
685,362 | After several close calls, Dahl meets Jenkins, a crew member who offers a different theory: their reality and timeline are under periodic influence of a badly written television show from the past. As the writers create the plot, characters' free will temporarily ceases in order to progress "the Narrative" of the show.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36437275 | 685,005 |
53,176 | According to Weber, Confucianism and Puritanism are mutually exclusive types of rational thought, each attempting to prescribe a way of life based on religious dogma. Notably, they both valued self-control and restraint and did not oppose accumulation of wealth. However, to both those qualities were just means to the f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19455 | 53,156 |
640,231 | The ruff forages in wet grassland and soft mud, probing or searching by sight for edible items. It primarily feeds on insects, especially in the breeding season, but it will consume plant material, including rice and maize, on migration and in winter. Classified as "least concern" on the IUCN Red List criteria, the glo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=350073 | 639,892 |
1,205,964 | Throughout 2011 and 2012, Ab-Soul was working on his second album. He had recorded the songs "Empathy" and "A Rebellion" with Alori Joh. On February 7, 2012, it was reported a young woman committed suicide by leaping from a radio tower; the woman was later identified as Loriana Johnson, also known as Alori Joh. In a Ju... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6834559 | 1,205,319 |
772,091 | Her selection at the age of 16 in late 2006 as wicket-keeper for Barker College First XI, the first time a girl had been picked to play among boys in the elite private schools' cricket competition in New South Wales, drew press commentary from various sources. This came about after an anonymous person, believed to be a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18501459 | 771,677 |
548,189 | In February 2022, archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority, led by Professor Ella Been, announced the discovery of a 1.5-million-year-old complete Hominini vertebra. According to the researchers, the fossilized bone belonging to a juvenile between the ages of 6-12 is the oldest evidence of ancient Hominini ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=673123 | 547,902 |
918,797 | It was reported that implementation of KPTI may lead to a reduction in CPU performance, with some researchers claiming up to 30% loss in performance, depending on usage, though Intel considered this to be an exaggeration. It was reported that Intel processor generations that support process-context identifiers (PCID), ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56208586 | 918,314 |
1,781,304 | Cretaceous formations that lie from eastern Fort Worth to east of Dallas are part of the Gulfian Series. Easterly progration of the formations go from west to east which also slowly get younger in age, ranging from ≈97Ma to 66 Ma. The Gulfian Series is known for the Cenomanian-Turonian transgression which deposited the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4384917 | 1,780,300 |
719,852 | In 2000, two teams independently analyzed the same event. The magnetometer team realized that the changes in the direction of the magnetic field mentioned above agreed with the "draping" pattern expected in a comet's ion, or plasma tail. The magnetometer team looked for likely suspects. No known comets were located nea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=141738 | 719,472 |
288,068 | This gastropod is a simultaneous hermaphrodite. It is the only species in the family Peltospiridae that is so far known to be a simultaneous hermaphrodite. It has a high fecundity. It lays eggs that are probably of lecithotrophic type. Eggs of the scaly-foot gastropod are negatively buoyant under atmospheric pressure. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17367123 | 287,912 |
1,207,278 | Nutritional deficiency relates to an insufficient amount of macronutrients and micronutrients being provided to the body. Nutrient deficiencies are most prevalent among infants, the elderly, the poverty-stricken, and individuals with eating disorders. Alcohol use disorder is the diagnosis of which an individual frequen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58596972 | 1,206,632 |
665,115 | White typically continues 9. Be2, and Black responds with 9...Bb7. This is an important prophylactic move by Black, as White is constantly threatening to push d4-d5 to break through in the center. White now has the option of playing either 10. h4 or 10. 0-0. A typical line after the former is 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. 0... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1967710 | 664,768 |
455,338 | The Fitness Assessment (FA) is taken by each cadet each semester and is formatted after the active-duty Air Force's FA. The FA is the primary instrument for evaluating the fitness level of each cadet. It is structured to assess the muscular endurance of specific muscle groups and the functional capacity of the cardiova... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1240787 | 455,116 |
2,162,090 | Before the 1860s, settlement in the Strathfield area was clustered around inns and other service industries scattered along Parramatta Road and Liverpool Road and near the Homebush Racecourse. The 1866 subdivision of James Wilshire's estate in Strathfield known as Redmire was marketed towards well-to-do families seekin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=62880865 | 2,160,855 |
355,127 | From 1926 to 1928, Teller studied mathematics and chemistry at the University of Karlsruhe, where he graduated with a bachelor of science in chemical engineering. He once stated that the person who was responsible for his becoming a physicist was Herman Mark, who was a visiting professor, after hearing lectures on mole... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37782 | 354,944 |
819,884 | Amyloid plaques (also known as neuritic plaques, amyloid beta plaques or senile plaques) are extracellular deposits of the amyloid beta (Aβ) protein mainly in the grey matter of the brain. Degenerative neuronal elements and an abundance of microglia and astrocytes can be associated with amyloid plaques. Some plaques oc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2218004 | 819,443 |
1,944,732 | The system attempts to model the human acoustic system by using an array of microphones to record sounds in human ears, which allows for a more accurate synthesis of 3D sounds. The HRTF is obtained by comparing these recordings to the original sounds. Then, the HRTF is used to develop pairs of Finite Impulse Response (... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52287299 | 1,943,620 |
1,267,101 | Morrison's electric carriage could carry up to twelve passengers on its three bench seats. The vehicle could move at a walking pace or cruise at on a flat and even road. It had a maximum speed of . It was steered by a small horizontal wheel controlled by the driver's hands. The steering wheel had a vertical rod apparat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63019379 | 1,266,411 |
522,374 | Hanuš Wihan first privately performed the concerto with the composer in Lužany in September 1895. Although he had rejected most of Wihan's suggested changes, Dvořák still very much wanted Wihan to premiere the work publicly and had promised him that role. An account of the sequence of events whereby it did not happen i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1604087 | 522,102 |
361,221 | Microvascular reconstruction repair is a common operation that is done on patients who see an Otorhinolaryngologist. Microvascular reconstruction repair is a surgical procedure that involves moving a composite piece of tissue from the patient's body and moves it to the head and or neck. Microvascular head and neck reco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22573 | 361,032 |
1,511,739 | Cotton Mather sent letters to Boston's 14 other physicians regarding the outbreak imploring them to wage a medical campaign against smallpox by inoculating their own patients or volunteers. Mather had been interested in inoculation since 1715 when a slave named Onesimus informed Mather about a procedure in Africa which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=61016641 | 1,510,889 |
517,693 | The range of percentages of tin content can vary from 20 to 26%, depending on the founder who has arrived empirically at their own alloy ratio. It has been found that increasing the tin content increases the decay time of the bell strike, thus making the bell more sonorous. Taking into consideration overall properties,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1208270 | 517,424 |
1,389,848 | As early as the 4th century BC, Hippocrates suggested in his essay "On Airs, Waters, and Places" that factors such as behavior and environment may play a role in disease. Epidemiology entered a more systematic phase with the work of John Graunt, who in 1662 tried to quantify mortality in London using a statistical appr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16017459 | 1,389,077 |
1,664,154 | The first edition of the book was published by Addison-Wesley in 1992. It covered programming for the two popular families of the Unix operating system, the Berkeley Software Distribution (in particular 4.3 BSD and 386BSD) and AT&T's UNIX System V (particularly SVR4). The book covers system calls for operations on sing... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32103630 | 1,663,217 |
1,426,456 | There are two crucial factors for the success of the CALPHAD method. The first factor is to find realistic as well as convenient mathematical models for the Gibbs energy for each phase. The Gibbs energy is used because most experimental data have been determined at known temperature and pressure and any other thermodyn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13776683 | 1,425,653 |
1,960,082 | Alice R. Tangerini was born on April 25, 1949 in Takoma Park, Maryland, and raised in Kensington. Drawing has been her "life's passion" since the age of four. As a high school student, she met botanist Lyman Bradford Smith through a friend of the family. He went on to become her mentor, with one of their lessons adding... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54480134 | 1,958,955 |
1,550,357 | The film has received mixed reviews, and holds a 46% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, and a score of 45 on Metacritic. Critics tended to praise its original concept, but criticized the characterization and romantic plotting as shallow, with the LA Times complaining that "Gil’s overly clever notion wears out its welc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=61127882 | 1,549,476 |
95,730 | At this time, physicists were puzzled by beta decay, in which an electron was emitted from the atomic nucleus. To satisfy the law of conservation of energy, Pauli postulated the existence of an invisible particle with no charge and little or no mass that was also emitted at the same time. Fermi took up this idea, which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10264 | 95,689 |
1,867,119 | In the summer of 1905, the Graduate School of Agriculture was held at Ohio State University. Professor Wilber J. Fraser of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign suggested a permanent "Dairy Instructors and Investigators Association". Attendees decided that Professor Fraser should discuss the matter further wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9206763 | 1,866,043 |
2,240,002 | The Center for Quantum Information Science & Technology (CQIST) is a Multi-School Organized Research Unit at the University of Southern California. Its mission is to advance fundamental experimental and theoretical knowledge in areas of Engineering and Physical Science relevant to Quantum Information Science. CQIST men... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27672026 | 2,238,731 |
1,938,451 | EES has been described as having good tolerability compared to EE in the treatment of prostate cancer, a property that has been described as "remarkable". The unique C3 sulfonate ester of EES seems to reduce its hepatic estrogenicity, which in turn reduces its adverse effects on liver protein synthesis. In particular, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50790968 | 1,937,341 |
1,360,851 | The resulting electroweak theory and Standard Model have correctly predicted (among other discoveries) weak neutral currents, three bosons, the top and charm quarks, and with great precision, the mass and other properties of some of these. Many of those involved eventually won Nobel Prizes or other renowned awards. A 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24038774 | 1,360,098 |
2,042,229 | Following graduation in 1864, Dr. Prescott joined the Union Army and was appointed as an Assistant Surgeon in Totten Hospital of Louisville, Kentucky after passing the medical service examination in the United States Army. Later in the war, he became a member of the Medical Board of Examiners and Chief Surgeon of Found... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5148188 | 2,041,049 |
2,181,389 | An allotment on the opposite corner of Stanley and Walker Streets was resumed in 1917 under the Public Works Land Resumption Act of 1906. The Architectural Branch of the Department of Works prepared plans for a new building with an estimated cost of . The local committee was required to fund one-fifth of the total amou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49773916 | 2,180,143 |
25,991 | Detachment G pilots began using the unmarked Taiwanese "Detachment H" U-2 for North Vietnam overflights in February 1962, but as tactical intelligence became more important, after the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution of August 1964 SAC took over all U-2 missions in Indochina. In late November 1962, Detachment G was deployed t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32310 | 25,982 |
10,650 | Around the beginning of the 8th millennium BCE, Göbekli Tepe lost its importance. The advent of agriculture and animal husbandry brought new realities to human life in the area, and the "Stone-age zoo" (Schmidt's phrase applied particularly to Layer III, Enclosure D) apparently lost whatever significance it had had for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=515395 | 10,645 |
918,292 | There have been periodic proposals to "patch" the SI system to reduce confusion regarding physical dimensions. For example, a 2017 op-ed in Nature argued for formalizing the radian as a physical unit. The idea was rebutted on the grounds that such a change would raise inconsistencies for both established dimensionless ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51331 | 917,809 |
1,960,770 | Enzymes are biological catalysts: biopolymers that catalyze a reaction. Although a small number of natural enzymes are built from RNA–termed Ribozymes–most enzymes are proteins. Like any other protein, an enzyme is an amino acid polymer with added cofactors and other post-translational modifications. Often, most of the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16633452 | 1,959,643 |
199,256 | As of 2021, studies have shown that the about 81.6 million people who live at elevations above have adapted to the lower oxygen levels. These adaptations are especially pronounced in people living in the Andes and the Himalayas. Compared with acclimatized newcomers, native Andean and Himalayan populations have better o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9091093 | 199,153 |
217,815 | Laser ablation is another method. While being less common in the past, is rapidly becoming popular has been used as a means of sample introduction, thanks to increased ICP-MS scanning speeds. In this method, a pulsed UV laser is focused on the sample and creates a plume of ablated material which can be swept into the p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49503 | 217,707 |
1,717,927 | First, GISP2, which was done after GRIP, left a result that overturned the result discovered by GRIP. It was initially hypothesized that severe climate change was repeated during the last interglacial period in Greenland, based on the fact that the oxygen isotope ratio fluctuated sharply near the bottom of the GRIP cor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1770354 | 1,716,957 |
336,379 | Signs are not seen immediately in cattle, due to the disease's extremely long incubation period. Some cattle have been observed to have an abnormal gait, changes in behavior, tremors and hyper-responsiveness to certain stimuli. Hindlimb ataxia affects the animal's gait and occurs when muscle control is lost. This resul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19344418 | 336,201 |
1,296,974 | The America for Bulgaria Student Center is the jewel in the crown of AUBG's contemporary campus. The spacious, generously sunlit, multi-functional center was built in 2013 with the financial help of the America for Bulgaria Foundation and embodies AUBG's unparalleled energy and dynamics. It hosts state-of-the-art theat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=432117 | 1,296,263 |
1,603,246 | Saxena has authored over 100 published papers in the areas of deep learning, robotics, and 3D computer vision. His work in the fields of computer vision and deep learning have been featured in press releases and academic journal reviews. Ashutosh's early work includes the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Robot (STAIR) ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=57588452 | 1,602,345 |
1,826,323 | During the late 1980s and early 1990s, FCVS were back-fitted to existing nuclear power plants in France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Finland (except for the VVER at Loviisa). In Germany, the device is nicknamed after then environment minister Walter Wallmann who was in charge of nuclear safety at the time. By the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37560609 | 1,825,284 |
1,959,463 | Dental microwear analysis is a method to infer diet and behavior in extinct animals, especially in fossil specimens. Typically, the patterns of pits and scratches on the occlusal or buccal surface of the enamel are compared with patterns observed in extant species to infer ecological information. Hard foods in particul... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67643956 | 1,958,336 |
75,232 | Non-explosive eruptions of lava and less-violent explosive eruptions have occurred in and near the Yellowstone caldera since the last supereruption. The most recent lava flow occurred about 70,000 years ago, while a violent eruption excavated the West Thumb of Lake Yellowstone 174,000 years ago. Smaller steam explosion... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=379647 | 75,204 |
1,838,129 | Cirri, plural for cirrus, are small, filament-like appendages that act like tentacles. Tentacles are elongated appendages from the cephalic region of organisms that aid in sensory and locomotive abilities. Buccal cirri extend from the oral hood on the anterior portion of the organism. The buccal cirri possess receptors... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51704974 | 1,837,080 |
1,676,633 | The book has received many reviews and recommendations since its initial publication in 1965. In his obituary for Purcell, Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. wrote in 1999 that it is an "excellent introductory textbook" with many foreign translations and was widely adopted. In a 2013 review of Andrew Zangwill's "Electrodynamics"... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65552296 | 1,675,691 |
1,200,543 | Synaptic signaling during synaptogenesis is not only activity-dependent, but is also dependent on the environment in which the neurons are located. For instance, brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is produced by the brain and regulates several functions within the developing synapse, including enhancement of tran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1224698 | 1,199,902 |
103,959 | The Kessler syndrome is troublesome because of the domino effect and feedback runaway wherein impacts between objects of sizable mass spall off debris from the force of the collision. The fragments can then hit other objects, producing even more space debris: if a large enough collision or explosion were to occur, such... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3099164 | 103,914 |
322,289 | Active mTORC1 is positioned on lysosomes. mTOR is inhibited when lysosomal membrane is damaged by various exogenous or endogenous agents, such as invading bacteria, membrane-permeant chemicals yielding osmotically active products (this type of injury can be modeled using membrane-permeant dipeptide precursors that poly... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2839255 | 322,117 |
191,804 | The solubility is highest in polar solvents (such as water) or ionic liquids, but tends to be low in nonpolar solvents (such as petrol/gasoline). This is principally because the resulting ion–dipole interactions are significantly stronger than ion-induced dipole interactions, so the heat of solution is higher. When the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=210000 | 191,705 |
1,933,432 | There is a general decrease in the expression of apoproteins after "C. oncophora" infection. However, the resistant host still maintains higher level of apoproteins compared to low responder. There is a disruption of lipid metabolism. It is known that dietary rearrangement of lipid metabolism can give protection agains... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49924759 | 1,932,324 |
466,870 | After the war, Shapley returned to Harvard and graduated with an A.B. in mathematics in 1948. After working for one year at the RAND Corporation, he went to Princeton University where he received a Ph.D. in 1953 based on the thesis "Additive and non-additive set functions". His thesis and post-doctoral work introduced ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1135560 | 466,637 |
126,078 | The rapid growth of the Internet in the mid-1990s was the next major historic event in programming languages. By opening up a radically new platform for computer systems, the Internet created an opportunity for new languages to be adopted. In particular, the JavaScript programming language rose to popularity because of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=896120 | 126,026 |
417,918 | Members of the British mission occupied several key positions in the electromagnetic project. Oliphant became Lawrence's "de facto" deputy, and was in charge of the Berkeley Radiation Laboratory when Lawrence was absent. His enthusiasm for the electromagnetic project was rivalled only by Lawrence's, and his involvement... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41957579 | 417,714 |
2,104,039 | Kodur has advised around 25 postdoctoral researchers, 26 PhD students, 24 MS students and number of undergraduate students over the last 20 years. Many of his (former) PhD and postdoctoral students are currently faculty members in reputed universities throughout the world. Dr. Kodur, together with his students and coll... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54449177 | 2,102,827 |
1,603,296 | Grassé continued his studies in Paris, focusing exclusively on science. He obtained his Licence in Biology and frequented the laboratory of biologist Étienne Rabaud (1868–1956). He abandoned his preparations for the agrégation to accept a position as professor in the École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Montpellie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11113150 | 1,602,395 |
1,248,554 | Percutaneous image-guided ablation is a minimally invasive treatment that can be offered to patients with early stage NSCLC or for palliative treatment for patients with metastatic disease. There are various types of ablation used for treating lung malignancies including radiofrequency ablation (RFA), cryoablation, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26608024 | 1,247,878 |
474,594 | Theil–Sen estimation has been applied to astronomy due to its ability to handle censored regression models. In biophysics, suggest its use for remote sensing applications such as the estimation of leaf area from reflectance data due to its "simplicity in computation, analytical estimates of confidence intervals, robust... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32292709 | 474,358 |
1,138,730 | Another example of indicator bacteria being measured for safety purposes is in Malibu, CA. The state of California requires that beaches with greater than 50,000 visitors a year be monitored for FIB. High FIB concentrations, exceeding what is considered acceptable by the EPA were observed in Malibu Lagoon and other Mal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14508339 | 1,138,137 |
1,746,267 | In 1928, a new parallel program was created to enable also civilian population to enter the training directly, which was called Flight Reserve Trainee Program (飛行予科練習生 "Hikō Yoka Renshū-sei") program or "Yokaren" (予科練) for short. The first class began their training in June 1930. "Yokaren" program drew from male civili... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66826349 | 1,745,281 |
1,949,830 | Ectodermin is a ubiquitin E3 ligase that inhibits the TGFβ and the BMP signaling pathways by inhibition of Smad4 via ubiquitination of Lysine 519 and also though direct binding to phospho-Smad2. Injection of Ecto mRNA in the marginal zone leads to an expansion of the early ectodermal marker, Sox2, and a reduction of me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26385653 | 1,948,709 |
1,637,857 | There was no horizontal stabilization required as the antenna was spinning continually and referenced to north with a Remote Reading Compass. The rotation rate could be controlled between 0 and 16 rpm, as well as offering a hand-controlled pointing mode. Elevation could also be adjusted by hand, displacing it from the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54204357 | 1,636,932 |
349,851 | Semenya is an intersex woman, with 5α-Reductase 2 deficiency, assigned female at birth, with XY chromosomes and naturally elevated testosterone levels caused by the presence of internal testes. Following her victory at the 2009 World Championships, she was made to undergo sex testing, and cleared to return to competiti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24019501 | 349,668 |
562,863 | A recent genetic study found that the Asian dipterocarps share a common ancestor with the Sarcolaenaceae, a tree family endemic to Madagascar. This suggests that ancestor of the dipterocarps originated in the southern supercontinent of Gondwana, and that the common ancestor of the Asian dipterocarps and the Sarcolaenac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=850778 | 562,574 |
306,933 | Since both phosphorescence (transition from T to S) and the generation of T from an excited singlet state (e.g., S) via intersystem crossing (ISC) are spin-forbidden processes, most organic materials exhibit insignificant phosphorescence as they mostly fail to populate the excited triplet state, and, even if T is forme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=309252 | 306,769 |
1,188,259 | One definition of a controlled process is an intentionally-initiated sequence of cognitive activities. In other words, when attention is required for a task, we are consciously aware and in control. Controlled processes require us to think about situations, evaluate and make decisions. An example would be reading this ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39068271 | 1,187,627 |
1,209,798 | The major challenge in controlling HIV-1 infection in the long term is immune escape. The extent and frequency to which an epitope will be targeted by a particular HLA allele differs from person-to-person. Moreover, as a consequence of immunodominance, an individual's CTL response is limited to a few epitopes of a spec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5951626 | 1,209,151 |
2,208,856 | The UDG superfamily typically contains a four-strand β-sheet surrounded by α-helices and undergoes the same or a similar mechanism to create abasic sites. The general catalytic mechanism involves activating the leaving group, stabilization of the oxocarbenium ion, and positioning of a water molecule. Structural studies... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39105823 | 2,207,596 |
328,441 | The SDLC is not a methodology per se, but rather a description of the phases in the life cycle of a software application. In a broad sense, these phases are: investigation, analysis, design, build, test, implement, and maintenance and support. All software development methodologies follow the SDLC phases but the method... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=573528 | 328,267 |
514,360 | Rising costs of materials and manufacturing, as well as public interest in more environmentally friendly electronics materials, have supported development of organic based electronics in more recent years. In 1986, Mitsubishi Electric researchers H. Koezuka, A. Tsumura and Tsuneya Ando reported the first organic field-... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1601998 | 514,094 |
934,968 | Sickle-cell anemia is an autosomal recessive disorder that affects 1 in 500 African Americans, and is one of the most common blood disorders in the United States. The single replacement of the sixth amino acid in the beta-globin, glutamic acid, with valine results in deformed red blood cells. These sickle-shaped cells ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=611074 | 934,474 |
522,040 | The ART is equipped with various optical and other types of sensors to allow the vehicle to automatically follow a route defined by a virtual track of markings on the roadway. A steering wheel also allows the driver to manually guide the vehicle, including around detours. A "Lane Departure Warning System" helps to keep... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54625341 | 521,768 |
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