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115,012 | Rawls posits two basic capacities that the individuals would know themselves to possess. First, individuals know that they have the capacity to form, pursue and revise a conception of the good, or life plan. Exactly what sort of conception of the good this is, however, the individual does not yet know. It may be, for e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=123612 | 114,967 |
1,106,398 | The surgeon will create an incised opening laterally between the known outer borders of the defect, retract the incised opening to the desired diameter, and position the graft to cover the incision. This will form a tunnel, or diversion through the stricture which is 10 mm (optimally) in estimated diameter, to allow fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14187008 | 1,105,834 |
1,166,244 | Earlier models for Bach's type of organ trio occurred in the first versions of the trios in the Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes, particularly "Allein Gott in der Höh' sei Ehr", BWV 664a, and "Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend", BWV 655a. Both these chorale preludes were written towards the end of Bach's years in Weima... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51501355 | 1,165,627 |
1,516,741 | The introduction of the book highlights that many environmental crises in the twentieth century, from those depicted in Rachel Carson's influential "Silent Spring" to the more recent events at Times Beach and Love Canal, stemmed from the poor practice of traditional industrial chemistry. As the environmental movement g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=46299644 | 1,515,889 |
1,396,379 | The cause of cytotoxic activity by TcdB within the host cell is mainly mediated via receptor endocytosis. Acidic endosomes allow toxin B to enter the cytosol. This phenomenon takes place by a binding receptor region, which enables toxin to enter host cells. Through the accessibility of the host cells' cytosol, TcdB dea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20637113 | 1,395,608 |
1,606,977 | Social contracts and their associated fairness norms are thought by many economists to be contingent on means of production. A hunter-gatherer society, for instance, may operate at an equilibrium where each person contributes to the best of his or her ability and receives according to need. But if this society were to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50431941 | 1,606,072 |
1,795,602 | When the intensity of the laser is strong, the "lowest-order perturbation theory" is not sufficient to describe the MPI process. In this case, the laser field on larger distances from the nucleus is more important than the Coulomb potential and the dynamic of the electron in the field should be properly taken into acco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1247989 | 1,794,593 |
1,350,435 | Successful ergonomic intervention in the area of cognitive tasks requires a thorough understanding not only of the demands of the work situation, but also of user strategies in performing cognitive tasks and of limitations in human cognition. In some cases, the artifacts or tools used to carry out a task may impose the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3225176 | 1,349,689 |
894,459 | In anthropology, field research is organized so as to produce a kind of writing called ethnography. Ethnography can refer to both a methodology and a product of research, namely a monograph or book. Ethnography is a grounded, inductive method that heavily relies on participant-observation. Participant observation is a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5669923 | 893,989 |
58,349 | On 10 September, the first F-104s arrived in Taiwan, delivered disassembled by C-124 Globemaster II transport aircraft. This was the first time that air transport was used to move fighter aircraft long distances. Within 30 hours of arriving, First Lieutenant Crosley J. Fitton had the first of the 83rd's airplanes in th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=82439 | 58,324 |
939,424 | The transport wagons were initially intended to be towed by the Mack NO -ton heavy truck. Because the truck was a wheeled vehicle, it had problems in soft ground such as mud due to its high ground pressure. The M6 High Speed Tractor, a tracked vehicle which was explicitly designed for towing the 8-inch gun and 240 mm h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11399166 | 938,923 |
917,597 | Since the habitat of alpine vegetation is subject to intense radiation, wind, cold, snow, and ice, it grows close to the ground and consists mainly of perennial grasses, sedges, and forbs. Perennial herbs (including grasses, sedges, and low woody or semi-woody shrubs) dominate the alpine landscape; they have much more ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=203104 | 917,114 |
1,350,189 | Such is the case in building applications where artificial light can be replaced by sunlight through a light transmittance design. Based on research and simulation performed by Joseph Arehart at the University of Colorado Boulder, transparent wood as a glass glazing system replacement could reduce the space conditionin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50561501 | 1,349,443 |
454,584 | does tend to infinity as formula_3 goes to infinity for formula_4.The "Buddhabrot" image can be constructed by first creating a 2-dimensional array of boxes, each corresponding to a final pixel in the image. Each box formula_5 for formula_6 and formula_7 has size in complex coordinates of formula_8 and formula_9, where... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1147024 | 454,362 |
1,167,481 | Apart from the more conventional solar PV technology, Italy may in the future challenge Spain as the role of Europe’s leading country in the developing technology concentrated solar power (CSP). CSP requires higher direct solar irradiation to function efficiently, which leaves only part of the country suitable for this... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32793086 | 1,166,863 |
1,893,727 | In 2000, Campbell was a founding member of the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators. The academy has a focus on improving health through diversity, advocacy, and innovation. He was awarded the Association for Surgical Education Education Award in 2003. In 2003 he was made Endowed Chair of Surgical Education, a 5... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=64134247 | 1,892,644 |
1,545,929 | Around the same time, he worked with Doyne Farmer and other friends in Santa Cruz, California to form the Eudaemons collective , to develop a strategy for beating the roulette wheel using a toe-operated computer. The computer could, in theory, predict in what area a roulette ball would land on a wheel, giving the playe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2857411 | 1,545,055 |
16,003 | The following figures provide a visual illustration how the Fourier transform measures whether a frequency is present in a particular function. The depicted function oscillates at 3 Hz (if measures seconds) and tends quickly to 0. (The second factor in this equation is an envelope function that shapes the continuous si... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52247 | 15,998 |
299,401 | Speech recognition can become a means of attack, theft, or accidental operation. For example, activation words like "Alexa" spoken in an audio or video broadcast can cause devices in homes and offices to start listening for input inappropriately, or possibly take an unwanted action. Voice-controlled devices are also ac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29468 | 299,240 |
711 | On 9 April 2019, a JASDF F-35A attached to Misawa Air Base disappeared from radar about east of the Aomori Prefecture during a training mission over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot, Major Akinori Hosomi, had radioed his intention to abort the drill before disappearing. The US and Japanese navies searched for the missing a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11812 | 711 |
181,900 | The final stage of Kamakura Buddhism, occurring some 50 years after Hōnen, was marked by new social and political conditions as the aristocracy declined, the military class asserted new influence, and Buddhist-infused local "kami" practice among peasants flourished. These changing conditions created a climate that enco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=201198 | 181,804 |
1,895,412 | Voltage-gated potassium (Kv) channels represent the most complex class of voltage-gated ion channels from both functional and structural standpoints. Their diverse functions include regulating neurotransmitter release, heart rate, insulin secretion, neuronal excitability, epithelial electrolyte transport, smooth muscle... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14813947 | 1,894,328 |
201,448 | Wide-field multiphoton microscopy refers to an optical non-linear imaging technique in which a large area of the object is illuminated and imaged without the need for scanning. High intensities are required to induce non-linear optical processes such as two-photon fluorescence or second harmonic generation. In scanning... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19567 | 201,345 |
1,898,132 | On 21 April 2006 the State Accreditation Commission reviewed all the submitted documents and expert opinions, taking into account the university's high standards and rapid development, the Kremenchug State Polytechnic University was awarded the accreditation level IV. That was an outstanding achievement not only for Kr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38540475 | 1,897,048 |
1,216,319 | The ability to carry out delicate manipulations relies greatly upon feedback. For example, it is easy to learn how much pressure is required to handle an egg. In robotic surgery, surgeons need to be able to perceive the amount of force being applied without directly touching the surgical tools. Systems known as force-f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=586307 | 1,215,667 |
864,959 | An immune response is a reaction which occurs within an organism for the purpose of defending against foreign invaders. These invaders include a wide variety of different microorganisms including viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi which could cause serious problems to the health of the host organism if not cleared... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=147561 | 864,499 |
338,652 | The traditional theory of cetacean evolution was that cetaceans were related to the mesonychids. These animals had unusual triangular teeth very similar to those of primitive cetaceans. This is why scientists long believed that cetaceans evolved from a form of mesonychid. Today, many scientists believe cetaceans evolve... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31744 | 338,472 |
777,882 | Hyman analyzed these experiments and wrote they met most, but not all of the "stringent standards" of the joint communiqué. He expressed concerns with the randomization procedure, the reliability of which he was not able to confirm based on the data provided by Honorton's collaborator, Daryl Bem. Hyman further noted th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=89774 | 777,465 |
841,000 | Chlorine and sodium/potassium hydroxide are among the most produced commodity chemicals in the world. Modern production methods produce Cl and NaOH/KOH from the electrolysis of brine using a Nafion membrane between half-cells. Before the use of Nafion, industries used mercury containing sodium amalgam to separate sodiu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1041043 | 840,550 |
961,037 | Cancer patient treatment and studies were restricted to individual physicians' practices until World War II when medical research centers discovered that there were large international differences in disease incidence. This insight drove national public health bodies to enable the compilation of health data across prac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34249574 | 960,528 |
2,058,541 | Currently the organization is focused on establishing Global Alliance for Nano-Bio-Electronics through its National Center for NanoBioElectronic and has shaped policies in the field of Nanoneuroscience and Nanoneurosurgery. In this regard, the foundation has established significant ties with international partners and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=40194202 | 2,057,356 |
1,572,949 | Developed in 1995, adoption of EVH accelerated in 2005 after the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) concluded that EVH should be the standard of care for vessel harvest. EVH is now the de facto standard of care, and is performed at most hospitals in the United States. However, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26267102 | 1,572,061 |
1,838,629 | In January 2004 a major new outbreak of H5N1 surfaced in Vietnam and Thailand's poultry industry, and within weeks spread to ten countries and regions in Asia, including Indonesia, South Korea, Japan and China. In October 2004 researchers discovered H5N1 is far more dangerous than previously believed because waterfowl ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7220761 | 1,837,580 |
174,476 | During the 1960s and 1970s, European aircraft manufacturers had, for the most part, undergone considerable corporate restructuring, including mergers and consolidations, as well as moved towards collaborative multi-national programmes, such as the newly launched Airbus A300. In line with this trend towards intra-Europe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=250004 | 174,385 |
1,801,256 | Additionally, there are biological limitations concerning various steps in the standard protocol, particularly in the library preparation method. One of the biggest concerns is the potential of bias in the base composition of sequences and over-representation of methylated DNA data following bioinformatics analyses. Bi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49662809 | 1,800,247 |
1,920,104 | Rhomboids were first named after a mutation in the fruit fly "Drosophila", discovered in a famous genetic screen that led to a Nobel Prize for Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Eric Wieschaus. In that screen they found a number of mutants with similar phenotypes: ‘pointy’ embryonic head skeletons. They named them each wi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32041135 | 1,919,002 |
1,370,832 | After receiving her M.Ed., she began part-time work at the Clearing House for Mental Defectives. It was her job to administer Binet intelligence tests. She had to teach herself how to administer them due to a lack of experience. The Civil Service began to supervise the administration of the tests in 1914 and demanded t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14276414 | 1,370,076 |
995,347 | Sec. 10 of the 1864 amending Pacific Railroad Act (13 Statutes at Large, 356) additionally authorized the company to issue its own "First Mortgage Bonds" in total amounts up to (but not exceeding) that of the bonds issued by the United States. Such company-issued securities had priority over the original Government Bon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7734 | 994,830 |
858,465 | Sustainable transport systems make a positive contribution to the environmental, social and economic sustainability of the communities they serve. Transport systems exist to provide social and economic connections, and people quickly take up the opportunities offered by increased mobility, with poor households benefiti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1002744 | 858,007 |
1,821,512 | The observed fluorescence intensity, formula_1, is the product of the excitation probability per unit time, formula_2, and the probability of measuring an emitted photon per unit time, formula_3. Both probabilities are a function of the fluorophore height above the silicon surface, so the observed intensity will also b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7901142 | 1,820,474 |
1,795,548 | Resource Utilization Groups (RUG) are part of this process, and provide the foundation upon which a resident's individual care plan is formulated. MDS assessment forms are completed for all residents in certified nursing homes, including SNFs, regardless of source of payment for the individual resident. MDS assessments... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4163498 | 1,794,539 |
1,434,319 | These organisms can be used for pest control and are referred to as biological control agents. They may be predators, parasites, parasitoids, or pathogens that attack harmful insect, weed or plant disease or any other organism in its vicinity. The inhibitory substance is highly specific in its action affecting only a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5494777 | 1,433,515 |
2,037,738 | In a 2009 "Yachting Monthly" review stated, "from her short coachroof and acres of flush, TBS-covered decks and her custom deck gear, to her stainless steel and white oak-veneered interior, this Harlé Mortain model from 1993 was strikingly different from her contemporaries. Sales probably suffered as a result, though s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67264594 | 2,036,563 |
272,434 | By the 1920s, most catch wrestling competitions started to become predetermined professional wrestling. As interest in professional matches started to wane, wrestlers began choreographing some of their matches to make the matches less physically taxing, shorter in duration, with better flow, more entertaining—giving em... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3459779 | 272,286 |
751,991 | In 1957 Vrba became aware, when he read Gerald Reitlinger's "The Final Solution" (1953), that the Vrba–Wetzler report had been distributed and had saved lives; he had heard something about this in or around 1951, but Reitlinger's book was the first confirmation. The following year he received an invitation to an intern... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5043162 | 751,589 |
98,386 | A soundtrack featuring the film's music was released by Columbia Records in 1979 together with the film debut, and was one of Goldsmith's best-selling scores. Sony's Legacy Recordings released an expanded two-disc edition of the soundtrack on November 10, 1998. The album added an additional 21 minutes of music to suppl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277006 | 98,344 |
1,417,468 | In a review of 153 patients treated for non-DS-AMKL between 1990 and 2014 with various intensive chemotherapy protocols that included cytarabine, an anthracycline (e.g. daunorubicin, doxorubicin), and in 25% of cases human stem cell transplantation, the probability of overall 4 year survival rate, probability of 4 year... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16187658 | 1,416,669 |
1,168,071 | Crosstalk can even be observed across membranes. Membrane interactions with the extracellular matrix (ECM) and with neighboring cells can trigger a variety of responses within the cell. However, the topography and mechanical properties of the ECM also come to play an important role in powerful, complex crosstalk with t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2995501 | 1,167,453 |
109,044 | Increased pollution is expected to occur in some areas with the adoption of PHEVs, but most areas will experience a decrease. A study by the ACEEE predicts that widespread PHEV use in heavily coal-dependent areas would result in an increase in local net sulfur dioxide and mercury emissions, given emissions levels from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1611987 | 108,999 |
945,701 | The Stanford Cardinal are the athletic teams that represent Stanford University. As of June, 2022, Stanford's program has won 131 NCAA team championships. Stanford has won at least one NCAA team championship each academic year for 46 consecutive years, starting in 1976–77 and continuing through 2021–22. Stanford won 25... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3577771 | 945,199 |
979,355 | The 19th-century American logician Charles Sanders Peirce, known as the father of pragmatism, developed his own views on the problem of universals in the course of a review of an edition of the writings of George Berkeley. Peirce begins with the observation that "Berkeley's metaphysical theories have at first sight an ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23474 | 978,844 |
743,629 | Asteroid mining has also been seriously considered. A NASA design study evaluated a 10,000-ton mining vehicle (to be assembled in orbit) that would return a 500,000-ton asteroid fragment to geostationary orbit. Only about 3,000 tons of the mining ship would be traditional aerospace-grade payload. The rest would be reac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6757017 | 743,235 |
330,644 | Perhaps one of the main unsolved problems in modern neuroscience is the so-called "cell types" problem which refers to the categorization, definition, and identification of all neuronal/astrocytic cell types in an organism. Usually, this refers to the mouse brain since an understanding of the mouse brain is seen as a s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21245 | 330,469 |
252,836 | However, many yeasts such as the commonly used baker's yeast "Saccharomyces cerevisiae" or fission yeast "Schizosaccharomyces pombe" under certain conditions, ferment rather than respire even in the presence of oxygen. In wine making this is known as the counter-Pasteur effect. These yeasts will produce ethanol even un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1088286 | 252,703 |
141,211 | The boundary of the south polar region is marked by a pattern of parallel, Y- and V-shaped ridges and valleys. The shape, orientation, and location of these features suggest they are caused by changes in the overall shape of Enceladus. As of 2006 there were two theories for what could cause such a shift in shape: the o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=208430 | 141,154 |
1,682,458 | aziridine opens cleanly to yield a diamine that immediately undergoes a second transimination. Acidic hydrolysis then removed the imine. Selective acylation with acetic anhydride (under buffered conditions, the 5-amino group is protonated owing to a considerable difference in p"K", 4.2 vs 7.9, preventing acetylation) y... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8906733 | 1,681,515 |
370,236 | Baran placed surplus extraction and capital accumulation at the center of his analysis. Development depends on a population's producing more than it needs for bare subsistence (a surplus). Further, some of that surplus must be used for capital accumulation – the purchase of new means of production – if development is t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=747259 | 370,042 |
2,056,669 | The light-front quantization of quantum field theories provides a useful alternative to ordinary equal-time quantization. In particular, it can lead to a relativistic description of bound systems in terms of quantum-mechanical wave functions. The quantization is based on the choice of light-front coordinates, where for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=44607491 | 2,055,485 |
1,636,147 | Currently, regular observing programs are held almost every Friday and Saturday night throughout the year. Programs are held on other evenings and during the day by special appointment. A monthly lecture series detailing various current topics in astronomy is ongoing. Occasional special events (like telescope fairs, ce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1261840 | 1,635,222 |
339,726 | About 700 British Army regulars in Boston, under Lieutenant Colonel Francis Smith, were given secret orders to capture and destroy Colonial military supplies reportedly stored by the Massachusetts militia at Concord. Through effective intelligence gathering, Patriot leaders had received word weeks before the expedition... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4321886 | 339,546 |
330,309 | The Ju 87 units were also instrumental in the Battle of France. It was here that most of the Ju 87-equipped units were concentrated. They assisted in the breakthrough at Sedan, the critical and first major land battle of the war on French territory. The "Stukawaffe" flew 300 sorties against French positions, with StG 7... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16590 | 330,134 |
1,202,983 | Announced for January 2011, these models have a high-resolution color display (396x224 screen with 384x216 pixels (21x8 characters) window with 2 colors), a USB 2.0 port, 16 MB of flash memory and a feature called Picture Plot. The Prizm is permitted on all major standardized tests including ACT, SAT, AP, GCSE and GCE ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14854010 | 1,202,339 |
504,892 | Electricity use can vary dramatically on short and medium time frames, depending on current weather patterns. Generally the wholesale electricity system adjusts to changing demand by dispatching additional or less generation. However, during peak periods, the additional generation is usually supplied by less efficient ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1595817 | 504,630 |
1,453,247 | Much of his work has focused on nonverbal communication, particularly its influence on expectations: for example, in doctor-patient or manager-employee situations. The many awards he has won include the 2003 Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in the Science of Psychology from the American Psychological Association a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5064839 | 1,452,430 |
1,070,722 | In 1977, Pierre-Paul Grassé proposed that one of the genes in the pair could have originated "de novo" by mutations to introduce novel ORFs in alternate reading frames; he described the mechanism as "overprinting". It was later substantiated by Susumu Ohno, who identified a candidate gene that may have arisen by this m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35960023 | 1,070,168 |
563,009 | An autonomously guided robot knows at least some information about where it is and how to reach various goals and or waypoints along the way. "Localization" or knowledge of its current location, is calculated by one or more means, using sensors such motor encoders, vision, Stereopsis, lasers and global positioning syst... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3808074 | 562,720 |
141,088 | First noted was the thermolytic behaviors of TLW and TSW in both the CO and N environments. For both TLW and TSW the thermolytic behaviors were identical at less than or equal to 660 °C in the CO and N environments. The differences between the environments start to occur when temperatures increase above 660 °C and the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=262252 | 141,031 |
1,155,497 | a new constraint on the shielding parameter 6×10 m²/kg. However, astronomical observations impose much more stringent limits. Based on lunar observations available in 1908, Poincaré established that h can be no greater than 10 m²/kg. Subsequently, this bound has been greatly improved. Eckhardt showed that lunar ranging... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4434871 | 1,154,887 |
515,884 | The wishbone's reliance on execution and discipline, along with its ability to eat up the play clock, make it a favorite of programs that routinely play opponents with superior size and speed, such as the three service academies. Air Force saw tremendous success running the option game out of the wishbone. In 1985, Air... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1947159 | 515,615 |
448,799 | Lucina originates from the Nintendo and Intelligent Systems video game "Fire Emblem Awakening", an entry in their long-running "Fire Emblem" series of video games. Internally, "Awakening" was treated as a last-ditch effort to save the series, as declining sales had led Nintendo to deem it the last game in the series if... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51706737 | 448,581 |
460,236 | An alternative to the use of the definitions is to consider general word-sense relatedness and to compute the semantic similarity of each pair of word senses based on a given lexical knowledge base such as WordNet. Graph-based methods reminiscent of spreading activation research of the early days of AI research have be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67065 | 460,010 |
1,677,111 | Male mammals can compete for harems as well with elephant seals competing fiercely for harems. As mammals reach sexual maturity, secondary sexual characteristic arise. Elephant seals have a proboscis in the adult male, which is used to project loud noises, frequently heard during the mating season. Elephant seals with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39300801 | 1,676,169 |
215,148 | In 1963, Milgram submitted the results of his obedience experiments in the article "Behavioral Study of Obedience". In the ensuing controversy, the American Psychological Association held up his application for membership for a year because of questions about the ethics of his work, but eventually did grant him full me... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27628 | 215,040 |
217,190 | The regulation of PIN protein localisation in a cell determines the direction of auxin transport from cell, and concentrated effort of many cells creates peaks of auxin, or auxin maxima (regions having cells with higher auxin – a maximum). Proper and timely auxin maxima within developing roots and shoots are necessary ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=496667 | 217,082 |
621,233 | Although the life cycle assessments of each energy source should attempt to cover the full life cycle of the source from cradle-to-grave, they are generally limited to the construction and operation phase. The most rigorously studied phases are those of material and fuel mining, construction, operation, and waste manag... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26894208 | 620,901 |
2,026,456 | Co-assembly with KCNE3 converts KCNQ1 from a voltage-dependent delayed rectifier K+ channel to a constitutively open K+ channel with an almost linear current/voltage (I/V) relationship. KCNQ1-KCNE3 channels have been detected in the basolateral membrane of mouse small intestinal crypts, where they provide a driving for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14798297 | 2,025,289 |
1,951,520 | Although organoids usually are referred to as miniature organs, they lack vital features to mimic organ-level complexity. For this reason, biofabricated devices have been developed, which surpass organoid limitations. Especially microfluidic devices hold great potential as platforms for in vitro models of organs, as th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69799974 | 1,950,399 |
1,468,411 | In IP networks, transport reliability under the end-to-end principle is the responsibility of the transport protocols, such as the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP). One area of evolution for Ethernet is to add extensions to the existing protocol suite to provide reliability without requiring the complexity of TCP. W... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22003500 | 1,467,587 |
1,528,436 | Large coordination numbers are the rule: thorium nitrate pentahydrate was the first known example of coordination number 11, the oxalate tetrahydrate has coordination number 10, and the anion in the calcium and magnesium salts is 12-coordinate. Due to the large size of the Th cation, thorium salts have a weaker tendenc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51135829 | 1,527,572 |
330,311 | During the Battle of Dunkirk, many Allied ships were lost to Ju 87 attacks while evacuating British and French troops. The French destroyer was sunk on 21 May 1940, followed by the paddle steamer "Crested Eagle" on 28 May. The French Channel-steamer "Côte d'Arzur" (3,047) followed. The Ju 87s operated to maximum effect... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16590 | 330,136 |
2,121,498 | From 1948 to 1952 Weber carried out independent investigations at the Sir William Dunn Institute of Biochemistry at Cambridge, supported by a British Beit Memorial Fellowship. He began to delve more deeply into the theory of fluorescence polarization and also began to develop methods which would allow study of proteins... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32663259 | 2,120,279 |
964,502 | As Amtrak's F40PH fleet was replaced by newer GE Genesis-series locomotives, Amtrak converted a number of the retired units into baggage/cab cars. Colloquially known as "cabbages" (a portmanteau of "cab" and "baggage"), and officially known as Non-Powered Control Units (NPCUs), these units had their diesel engines, tra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1081444 | 963,993 |
1,094,550 | The next formation in the Grand Canyon geologic column is the cliff-forming Redwall Limestone, which is thick (see 4b in figure 1). Redwall is composed of thick-bedded, dark brown to bluish gray limestone and dolomite with white chert nodules mixed in. It was laid down in a retreating shallow tropical sea near the equa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=621004 | 1,093,990 |
1,365,344 | The Asilomar Conference also gave recommendations for matching the types of containment necessary for different types of experiments. These recommendations were based on the different levels of risk associated with the experiment, which would require different levels of containment. These levels were minimal, low, mode... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8239144 | 1,364,588 |
2,188,906 | Tumours involve certain immune-checkpoint pathways as a major mechanism of immune resistance, particularly against T cells that are specific for tumor antigens. Therefore, the strategy in using immunological checkpoints in cancer therapy is to inhibit inhibitory molecules of the immune system, thus stimulating the immu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=47371486 | 2,187,657 |
398,644 | Both abdominal and endoanal ultrasound are frequently used in gastroenterology and colorectal surgery. In abdominal sonography, the major organs of the abdomen such as the pancreas, aorta, inferior vena cava, liver, gall bladder, bile ducts, kidneys, and spleen may be imaged. However, sound waves may be blocked by gas ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=143357 | 398,448 |
1,356,081 | Characteristics of the limbs of "Aardonyx" suggest that it was habitually bipedal. Evidence for bipedalism can be seen in the forelimbs; the structure of the radius and ulna limited the degree to which the manus could be pronated, and the length of the humerus is only 72 percent that of the femur. However, characterist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25044447 | 1,355,333 |
189,941 | The Japanese market for gaming consoles followed a similar path at this point. Nintendo had already been a business partner with Magnovox by 1971 and helped to design the early light guns for the console. Dedicated home game consoles in Japan appeared in 1975 with Epoch Co.'s TV Tennis Electrotennis. As in the United S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=982571 | 189,844 |
2,155,854 | Gill is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) and was awarded their Young Medal and Prize in 2008 for world-leading contributions to optical frequency metrology. He also received the I. I. Rabi Award in 2007 from the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium for contributions to time and frequency metrolog... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50559572 | 2,154,623 |
2,047,386 | "M. polycephala" is able to decompose chitin, liquify gelatin, and produce ethanol, oxalic acid and acetic acid if grown on a glucose medium. Minimal growth is observed at 4 °C; 17 °C is optimal for growth, and growth is not observed above 27 °C. In his experiments Dauphin exposed the fungus to extremely low temperatur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58518670 | 2,046,205 |
688,919 | The site where the boat was discovered, situated on arable land, had long been named "Gokstadhaugen" or "Kongshaugen" (from the Old Norse words "konungr" meaning king and "haugr" meaning mound), although the relevance of its name had been discounted as folklore, as other sites in Norway bear similar names. In 1880, son... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=723505 | 688,557 |
1,210,171 | Another requirement is to provide low-voltage electricity to a device from mains electricity; this would be done by what is usually called a "power supply". Most modern electronic devices require between 1.5 and 24 volts DC; lower-powered devices at these voltages can often work either from batteries or mains. Some dev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5304916 | 1,209,524 |
1,262,464 | On February 14, 2014, and March 3, 2014, hot fire testing of the lander's Roll Control System (RCS) using a variety of short and long pulses was performed at KSC. The multi-center Morpheus Team successfully completed Free Flight 8 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Shuttle Landing Facility (SLF) on Wednesday, March 5, 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31513219 | 1,261,777 |
1,970,193 | The 2016–17 Virginia Tech Hokies men's basketball team represented Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hokies were led by third-year head coach Buzz Williams and played their home games at Cassell Coliseum in Blacksburg, Virginia as a membe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51213299 | 1,969,059 |
1,343,034 | Landau was disturbed by the increasing influence of non-Talmudic sources on the Jewish community. He believed that many kabbalistic concepts were being understood in a heretical fashion, and was especially concerned with the prospect of the kabbalistic ideology of the Sabbatean movement infiltrating the populace. Landa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1276210 | 1,342,298 |
349,649 | In the early 1990s, ABB started expanding in Central and Eastern Europe. By the end of 1991, the company employed 10,000 people in the region. The following year, that number doubled. A similar pattern played out in Asia, where economic reforms in China and the lifting of some Western sanctions, helped open the region ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=195678 | 349,466 |
1,024,396 | Operational test and evaluation (OT&E) of the M247 T&E concluded that the system's gun could perform the mission as originally specified, but tests also showed that the system had considerable reliability problems, many as the result of trying to adapt a radar system developed for aircraft to the ground role. Subsequen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23200607 | 1,023,863 |
1,191,303 | Several advanced retort-house appliances were introduced for improved efficiency and convenience. The compressed-air or steam-driven clinkering pick was found to be especially useful in removing clinker from the primary combustion area of the indirectly fired benches – previously clinkering was an arduous and time-cons... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16593931 | 1,190,669 |
1,994,967 | This contest ultimately selected the AGR design, and several AGRs began construction in the late 1960s. These quickly ran into problems, and by the early 1970s the design was considered a failure. In 1974, a larger version of the SGHWR with a design power of 650 MWe was selected for future power plant builds. In 1976 t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3050174 | 1,993,824 |
379,842 | In September 1939, the UK announced the placement of extensive defensive minefields in waters surrounding the Home Islands. Offensive aerial mining operations began in April 1940 when 38 mines were laid at each of these locations: the Elbe River, the port of Lübeck and the German naval base at Kiel. In the next 20 mont... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22102 | 379,647 |
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