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1,644,333 | The Oparin-Haldane hypothesis addresses the formation, but not the dissociation, of nucleic acid polymers and duplexes. However, nucleic acids are unusual because, in the absence of counterions (low salt) to neutralize the high charges on opposing phosphate groups, the nucleic acid duplex dissociates into single chains... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=70660540 | 1,643,406 |
195,438 | Sometimes different terms are used to describe the corresponding supervised and unsupervised learning procedures for the same type of output. The unsupervised equivalent of classification is normally known as "clustering", based on the common perception of the task as involving no training data to speak of, and of grou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=126706 | 195,338 |
1,657,933 | About two million people occupy the Perth region in the south western corner of Western Australia. The Perth Seawater Desalination Plant (PSDP) was installed in late 2006 to produce up to 45 gigalitres of potable water per year. In addition, its brine discharge has been shown to have no adverse impact on the environmen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26980505 | 1,657,000 |
2,018,923 | The coordination of interlimb can be represented by an integrated model which contains a central pattern generator (CPG), nonlinear muscles, hexahedral geometry, and a representative proprioceptive sensory pathway. One-dimensional phase oscillators are used to stimulate the movement of agonist-antagonist muscle pairs. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=70422312 | 2,017,760 |
1,741,962 | Long term potentiation (LTP) is the enhancement of signal strength between neurons. LTP is the basis of synaptic plasticity and plays a pivotal role in memory formation. LTP is dependent on the activity of NMDA receptors in the brain and it has been shown that NMDA activity influences acetylation. When NMDA receptors a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=35812169 | 1,740,978 |
446,283 | In 1948 Skyhook balloons were used to show that in addition to protons and electrons, cosmic rays also include high energy atomic nuclei that are stripped of their electrons. Thirteen stratospheric plastic Skyhook balloons were launched in September 1953 as part of Project Churchy, an Office of Naval Research funded co... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1881329 | 446,067 |
256,929 | The horizon problem is the problem of determining why the Universe appears statistically homogeneous and isotropic in accordance with the cosmological principle. For example, molecules in a canister of gas are distributed homogeneously and isotropically because they are in thermal equilibrium: gas throughout the canist... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5382 | 256,795 |
1,886,505 | The Lesser Himalayas, to the north of the Damuda Belt contain Precambrian sedimentary rocks such as slate, dolomite and several kilometers of quartzite. "Slices" of basement granite and gneiss form mylonite at the edges. These rocks are believed to be part of the Indian Shield and are one billion years old. Geologists ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58235840 | 1,885,423 |
154,576 | The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences provides the academic thread that binds the three schools into a tightly integrated whole. The Cooper Union is committed to the principle that an education in the liberal arts provides the ethical, social and humanistic framework crucial to personal development and professi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=275339 | 154,506 |
14,977 | In 2004, Warner Home Video released "The Ultimate Matrix Collection", a 10-disc set of the films on DVD. It included the trilogy of films, "The Animatrix", and six discs of additional material, including the documentary film "The Matrix Revisited", the live-action footage shot for "Enter the Matrix", and a promotional ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=376228 | 14,972 |
1,407,100 | Although discovery-based and data-driven big data approaches can inform understanding of mechanisms behind the topic of concern, the success of these approaches depends on integrated analyses of the various types of relevant data, and the resultant insight provided. For example, when researching psychiatric dysfunction... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2780651 | 1,406,310 |
2,147,945 | In particle-based (sometimes called "agent-based") simulations, proteins, nucleic acids, macromolecular complexes or small molecules are represented as individual software objects, and their progress is tracked through the course of the entire simulation. Because particle-based rule evaluation keeps track of individual... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43966823 | 2,146,714 |
480,686 | Molten carbonate fuel cells (MCFCs) were developed for natural gas, biogas (produced as a result of anaerobic digestion or biomass gasification), and coal-based power plants for electrical utility, industrial, and military applications. MCFCs are high-temperature fuel cells that use an electrolyte composed of a molten ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1049637 | 480,442 |
1,525,144 | Junior Andrew Smith recorded his second career double-double and Butler used a staunch defensive effort to dispatch visiting Chattanooga, 57–46, in the Bulldogs' 2011–12 home-opener at Hinkle Fieldhouse on Tuesday, Nov. 15. The game was Butler's first in the five-team Hoosier Invitational. Smith (below), a 6–11 center,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29627686 | 1,524,283 |
1,011,746 | Central European University (CEU) is a private research university accredited in Austria, Hungary, and the United States, with campuses in Vienna and Budapest. The university is known for its strength in the social sciences and humanities, low student-faculty ratio, and international student body. A central tenet of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=625965 | 1,011,225 |
1,274,870 | Conditions within a continuous reactor change as the product passes along the flow channel. In an ideal reactor the design of the flow channel is optimised to cope with this change. In practice, this is achieved by breaking the reactor into a series of stages. Within each stage the ideal heat transfer conditions can be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18289011 | 1,274,178 |
995,486 | Although the New Jersey Plan only survived three days as a proposal, it served as an important alternative to the Virginia Plan. Substantial elements of the New Jersey Plan were eventually adopted. The articles were "revised, corrected and enlarged" for good government and preservation of the Union. The Senate is elect... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=497752 | 994,969 |
1,861,181 | The threshold probability compares the relative harm of unnecessary treatment (false positives) to the benefit of indicated treatment (true positives). The use of threshold probability to weight true and false positives derives from decision theory, in which the expected value of a decision can be calculated from the u... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65938707 | 1,860,112 |
41,052 | The publication of the structure of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick with contribution of Rosalind Franklin in 1953 demonstrated a physical mechanism for inheritance. Molecular biology improved understanding of the relationship between genotype and phenotype. Advances were also made in phylogenetic systematics, ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9236 | 41,037 |
330,570 | The outer edge of the habitable zone is where planets are completely frozen, but planets well inside the habitable zone can periodically become frozen. If orbital fluctuations or other causes produce cooling then this creates more ice, but ice reflects sunlight causing even more cooling, creating a feedback loop until ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9763 | 330,395 |
1,517,316 | Stress to the gate, relative to channel electrodes, can be applied in the form of fixed current or bias, driving ions toward - or away from - the electrolyte/channel interface where charge transfer occurs with free carriers. Upon insertion in the channel, the ionic charge is neutralized and the atomic species intercala... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=64305316 | 1,516,464 |
219,056 | In South America, there are several historic active volcanoes. In southern Chile, the Chaitén volcano erupted in 2011 adding 160 meters to its rim. Prehistoric weapons and tools, formed from obsidian tephra blocks, were dated at 5,610 years ago and were discovered 400 km away. Due to the location of the subduction zone... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=434543 | 218,947 |
758,683 | In 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education released a report titled "A Nation at Risk". Soon afterward, conservatives were calling for an increase in academic rigor including an increase in the number of school days per year, longer school days and higher testing standards. English scholar E.D. Hirsch ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9083795 | 758,277 |
1,703,786 | Yorkshire lay in the arid hinterland of Pangea, between 20° and 30° north of the equator. The rocks of this period are dominated by red desert sandstones. The area which is now beneath the North Sea was a dry area of subsidence which was filled with a great thickness of wind-blown sands. Later a marine transgression fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15480012 | 1,702,830 |
1,949,357 | In 1993 Basu joined Queen Mary University of London as a postdoctoral researcher, before moving to the Aarhus University. She won the 1996 "M. K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal" from the Astronomical Society of India. In 1997 she joined Princeton University as a member of the Institute for Advanced Study. In 2000 she was appoi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=57468070 | 1,948,236 |
1,152,880 | Enterprise modelling has its roots in systems modelling and especially information systems modelling. One of the earliest pioneering works in modelling information systems was done by Young and Kent (1958), who argued for "a precise and abstract way of specifying the informational and time characteristics of a data pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7466964 | 1,152,270 |
2,132,482 | This gene is a member of the aldehyde dehydrogenase family and encodes a bifunctional ATP- and NADPH-dependent mitochondrial enzyme with both gamma-glutamyl kinase and gamma-glutamyl phosphate reductase activities. The encoded protein catalyzes the reduction of glutamate to delta1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate, a critical st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15224555 | 2,131,257 |
1,098,124 | Although World War I had shown that direct fire, light field guns like the "mle" 1897 lacked adequate firepower to destroy an entrenched enemy, the majority of combatants had large numbers of them and had little impetus to replace them. With a limited peacetime budget, the US Army, like other armies, opted to modernize... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66810188 | 1,097,564 |
285,605 | Bueckers stands and plays the point guard position. She has a slim build, which encourages opposing teams to force her to play through contact, and displays quickness and agility. An adept passer and ball handler, Bueckers has described herself as a "pass-first" player. She exhibits a high level of court awareness, wit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=61733357 | 285,451 |
305,171 | A surge of popular interest in anarchism occurred during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1968 in Carrara, Italy the International of Anarchist Federations was founded during an international Anarchist conference in Carrara in 1968 by the three existing European federations of France, the Italian and the Iberian Anarchist Feder... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=47246185 | 305,009 |
1,927,373 | In 1989, the Board of Trustees directed then-Tufts University president Jean Mayer to initiate a search for a new leader of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (which at the time included the College of Engineering) with a vice presidential title. According to the second volume of Tufts official history, the then-chair of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1601171 | 1,926,269 |
209,935 | Undergoing amniocentesis in the third trimester has been associated with an increased risk of preterm labor, as defined as the onset of labor between 20 and 37 weeks' gestation, and preterm delivery. Preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM) and subsequent leakage of amniotic fluid are additional possible complica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=187698 | 209,828 |
407,715 | While research is lacking on the long-term degradation of R-value in insulation, recent research indicates that the R-values of products may deteriorate over time. For instance, the compaction of loose fill cellulose creates voids that reduce overall performance; this may be avoided by densely packing at initial instal... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=253849 | 407,514 |
1,291,476 | The major energy and carbon source of this organism is the beta-oxidation of long chain fatty acids. Through naturally occurring phase interfaces or its growth media, "L. interrogans" must physically obtain the long chain fatty acids in order to further metabolize them as an energy source. Unique to the metabolic chara... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20668493 | 1,290,766 |
697,772 | Investors and analysts are increasingly looking beyond financial statements for a more comprehensive view of company performance and seeking out sustainability data to enhance their understanding of ESG-related risks and opportunities. Asset managers and owners around the world have used SASB standards to inform their ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36656098 | 697,408 |
1,161,591 | The oxidation of estradiol by lactoperoxidase is a possible source of oxidative stress in breast cancer. The ability of lactoperoxidase to propagate a chain reaction leading to oxygen consumption and intracellular hydrogen peroxide accumulation could explain the hydroxyl radical-induced DNA base lesions recently report... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26914676 | 1,160,975 |
46,032 | One of the astronomers selected for the search was Giuseppe Piazzi, a Catholic priest at the Academy of Palermo, Sicily. Before receiving his invitation to join the group, Piazzi discovered Ceres on 1 January 1801. He was searching for "the 87th [star] of the Catalogue of the Zodiacal stars of Mr la Caille", but found ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5595163 | 46,014 |
1,477,112 | In the fall, most schools focus on building technical proficiency and improving physical strength and endurance. This is typically accomplished through long steady practice pieces, with occasional shorter interval pieces. In the United States fall is also the season of head races which are typically between three and s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1190034 | 1,476,280 |
1,189,037 | Estimates in 1982 showed lead and cadmium levels in the underground aquifer of Picher were five times the national standards for drinking water. Mine water has to be treated to prevent its contaminating other clean water sources, such as nearby Grand Lake, which already has elevated levels of lead due to mining activit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17402468 | 1,188,405 |
323,551 | Another upgrade to the Group II was the Hawkeye 2000, which featured the same APS-145 radar but incorporated an upgraded mission computer and CIC (Combat Information Center) workstations (Advanced Control Indicator Set or ACIS and carries the U.S. Navy's new CEC (cooperative engagement capability) data-link system. It ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56075 | 323,379 |
1,673,772 | RETScreen Expert is the current version of the software and was released to the public on September 19, 2016. The software allows for the comprehensive identification, assessment and optimization of the technical and financial viability of potential renewable energy, energy efficiency and cogeneration projects; the mea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28296423 | 1,672,830 |
1,937,785 | The STUCCO contrast set learner treats the task of learning from contrast sets as a tree search problem where the root node of the tree is an empty contrast set. Children are added by specializing the set with additional items picked through a canonical ordering of attributes (to avoid visiting the same nodes twice). C... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34055690 | 1,936,677 |
959,345 | In the simplest implementation of an electrophoretic display, titanium dioxide (titania) particles approximately one micrometer in diameter are dispersed in a hydrocarbon oil. A dark-colored dye is also added to the oil, along with surfactants and charging agents that cause the particles to take on an electric charge. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9225 | 958,837 |
1,990,056 | In addition to spiders, silkworms are another source of silk. Protein from Bombyx mori silkworms is a core of fibroin protein surrounded by sericin, which is a family of glue-like proteins. Fibroin has been characterized as a heavy chain with a repeated hydrophobic and crystallizable sequence: Gly-Ala-Gly-Ala-Gly-X (X ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11088829 | 1,988,913 |
589,400 | Based on the perspective of looking deeper into facts and drivers of events, there is a suggested change in media strategies: In this view the idea is to move "from attention to trust". The creation of attention, which has been a pillar of media business models has lost its relevance because reports of new events are o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33323131 | 589,098 |
278,369 | As non-fusing helium ash accumulates in the core of a main-sequence star, the reduction in the abundance of hydrogen per unit mass results in a gradual lowering of the fusion rate within that mass. Since it is the outflow of fusion-supplied energy that supports the higher layers of the star, the core is compressed, pro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19605 | 278,219 |
309,766 | The direction of current used in arc welding also plays an important role in welding. Consumable electrode processes such as shielded metal arc welding and gas metal arc welding generally use direct current, but the electrode can be charged either positively or negatively. In general, the positively charged anode will ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=440996 | 309,599 |
1,016,063 | The 2000s brought extensive renovation to the university's central campus, with a number of new and upgraded buildings introduced around 2007 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the university's independence. Large extensions have been placed on the Main Library and sports centre, and a number of new halls of residenc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=405480 | 1,015,540 |
1,993,766 | Publicly, Craig announced he intended to leave public life and work as a lawyer for the rest of his career. Secretly, however, he began making arrangement to run for the governorship of Indiana. He was an outsider to the Republican Party leadership and owed his rise in The American Legion largely to patronage from Demo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4300994 | 1,992,623 |
1,642,279 | On 1 July 1950, the University of Ceylon established its Faculty of Engineering, with staff and students from the Ceylon Technical College forming its nucleus. At the initial stages it was based in the Colombo campus and used facilities of the Technical College, later it was moved to Peradeniya Campus. This process was... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25801904 | 1,641,352 |
1,982,931 | CABS must satisfy different demands that compete or even conflict with each other. For example, they must find the compromise between daylight and glare, fresh air and draft, ventilation and excessive humidity, shutters and luminaires, heat gains and overheating, and others among them. The dynamism of the envelope requ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=44408590 | 1,981,792 |
261,186 | In the central Hallstatt regions toward the end of the period (Ha D), very rich graves of high-status individuals under large tumuli are found near the remains of fortified hilltop settlements. Tumuli graves had a chamber, rather large in some cases, lined with timber and with the body and grave goods set about the roo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=427479 | 261,049 |
676,643 | Beginning in 1913 Armstrong prepared a series of comprehensive demonstrations and papers that carefully documented his research, and in late 1913 applied for patent protection covering the regenerative circuit. On October 6, 1914, was issued for his discovery. Although Lee de Forest initially discounted Armstrong's fin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10315 | 676,290 |
1,972,224 | New York State funded the construction Martha Van Rensselaer Hall to house the New York State College of Human Ecology. The building was dedicated in 1932, shortly after Van Rensselaer] death. On the occasion of the dedication, co-director Flora Rose said, ""Martha Van Rensselaer conceived of home economics education a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38794180 | 1,971,090 |
1,573,838 | An ecosystem is Critically Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the criteria A to E for Critically Endangered. It is therefore considered to be at an extremely high risk of collapse. Formally this represents a 50% probability of collapse in a time frame of 50 years into the future ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56829617 | 1,572,949 |
1,030,545 | Alternating hemiplegia (also known as crossed hemiplegia) is a form of hemiplegia that has an ipsilateral cranial nerve palsies and contralateral hemiplegia or hemiparesis of extremities of the body. The disorder is characterized by recurrent episodes of paralysis on one side of the body. There are multiple forms of al... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38898732 | 1,030,010 |
2,034,462 | is the least studied amorphous chalcogenide compound, which are a group of semiconductors primarily used in nonlinear optics as glasses or lenses to redistribute light. It has not been studied widely due to the difficulty to synthesize into amorphous crystalline solids. In order to avoid crystalizing arsenic telluride,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69044552 | 2,033,289 |
209,952 | After an amniocentesis, patients may resume their routine activity level while withholding from strenuous exercise. Some sources recommend house rest for the initial 24 hours after the procedure, though data supporting this recommendation is limited. Follow-up one week after the procedure is recommended to undergo ultr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=187698 | 209,845 |
400,760 | Now a museum, the ship's opening was well received: in 1972 the HMS "Belfast" Trust won the British Tourist Authority's "Come to Britain" trophy. Support for the ship's restoration was received from individuals, from the Royal Navy, and from commercial businesses; in 1973, for example, the Worshipful Company of Bakers ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=209815 | 400,561 |
1,642,480 | The rapid-chase theory of response priming was proposed in 2006 by Thomas Schmidt, Silja Niehaus, and Annabel Nagel. It ties the direct parameter specification model to findings that newly occurring visual stimuli elicit a wave of neuronal activation in the visuomotor system, which spreads rapidly from visual to motor ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30601657 | 1,641,553 |
1,383,970 | First launched on 24 November 1947, the solid/liquid-fuel hybrid Aerobee quickly secured a reputation for reliability. With the development of these first generation purpose-built sounding rockets, the exploration of Earth's upper atmosphere and the nearest reaches of space began in earnest, a total of 46 Aerobee fligh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9894134 | 1,383,203 |
1,212,494 | Though corn wet-milling has been used for years to produce food, animal feed, and fuel, researchers continue seeking efficiencies. For example, one study showed that steeping time can be decreased from 40 hours to 6–8 hours, if enzymes like protease are added and if milling is done in two stages. This method eliminates... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50404522 | 1,211,842 |
1,068,496 | AGS is a genetically heterogeneous disease resulting from mutations in any of seven genes encoding: a 3' repair exonuclease with preferential activity on single stranded DNA (TREX1); any of the three components of the ribonuclease H2 endonuclease complex acting on ribonucleotides in RNA:DNA hybrids (RNASEH2A, RNASEH2B,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38887508 | 1,067,942 |
1,876,844 | The expected arrival of comet Halley in the Spring of 1986, after 76 years of wandering through the solar system, set the time schedule for the installation of the telescope, which having a wide field of view, and equipped with a highly sensitive electronic camera was especially suited for the observation of the comet.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54382576 | 1,875,766 |
810,821 | At the suggestion of C. J. Gorter, the team attempted to use an oscillating field. This became the basis for the nuclear magnetic resonance method. In 1937, Rabi, Kusch, Millman and Zacharias used it to measure the magnetic moment of several lithium compounds with molecular beams, including lithium chloride, lithium fl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=196999 | 810,389 |
930,364 | Starting in 2007, the Association of Chess Professionals (ACP) sponsored an annual event billed as the ACP World Rapid Cup. The 1st edition of the event was a 16-player knockout tournament, jointly organized by the Pivdenny Bank of Ukraine and the ACP and held in Odessa, Ukraine at the Hotel Londonskaya from 4 January ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20176027 | 929,873 |
245,960 | A third characteristic, particularly of simple anamorphic add-on attachments, is "anamorphic mumps". For reasons of practical optics, the anamorphic squeeze is not uniform across the image field in any anamorphic system (whether cylindrical, prismatic or mirror-based). This variation results in some areas of the film i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10515524 | 245,833 |
2,000,992 | The JMP curriculum is constructed around three distinct, interconnected branches of learning and each of which is built around themes of antiracism and change making. JMP students engage in deep scholarly exploration and inquiry through their Master's in Health and Medical Sciences. At the same time, students learn Fou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22837432 | 1,999,847 |
1,598,113 | North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR) is an autonomous society within the Indian Government. It operates under the Department of Science & Technology. Its headquarters are in Shillong, Meghalaya. The center work towards the social and economic development of the Northeastern region by harnessi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66439915 | 1,597,214 |
1,953,249 | In another form, the GDD involves one or more electrodes as above but biased with a generally high voltage (e.g. 20–500 V). The processes involved are the same as in the low voltage case with the addition of an amplification of signal along the principle of a proportional amplifier as used in particle physics. That is,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22712749 | 1,952,128 |
62,091 | Given all required funding and development support, the team produced working radar systems in 1935 and began deployment. By 1936, the first five Chain Home (CH) systems were operational and by 1940 stretched across the entire UK including Northern Ireland. Even by standards of the era, CH was crude; instead of broadca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25676 | 62,066 |
1,464,970 | The increased peripheral resistance and greater blood volume place further strain on the heart and accelerates the process of damage to the myocardium. Vasoconstriction and fluid retention produce an increased hydrostatic pressure in the capillaries. This shifts the balance of forces in favor of interstitial fluid form... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56264260 | 1,464,147 |
1,269,719 | The most striking concentrations of mid-crustal seismicity in western Washington outside of Puget Sound are the "Saint Helens Zone" (SHZ) and "Western Rainier Zone" (WRZ) at the southern edge of the Puget Lowland (see seismicity map, right). Indeed, it is mainly by their seismicity that these faults are known and have ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27651043 | 1,269,028 |
526,522 | In France, Clusius journeyed throughout most of Western Europe, making discoveries in the vegetable kingdom along the way. He compiled Flora of Spain (1576), and Austria and Hungary (1583). He was the first to propose dividing plants into classes. Meanwhile, in Switzerland, from 1554, Conrad Gessner (1516 – 1565) made ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25007304 | 526,249 |
1,527,726 | She started to play hockey at the age of 14 for Accrington High School and became the first working class girl to be capped by England when she won her first cap in 1963. The highlight of her international career was winning a World Championship with England in 1975 in Edinburgh. She played in five world championships ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53796009 | 1,526,862 |
225,876 | Ethical issues have surfaced for recombinant DNA and genetically modified organism (GMO) technologies and extensive regulations of genetic engineering and pathogen research were in place in many jurisdictions. Amy Gutmann, former head of the Presidential Bioethics Commission, argued that we should avoid the temptation ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=841429 | 225,760 |
4,489 | The number (; spelled out as "pi") is a mathematical constant that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter, approximately equal to 3.14159. The number appears in many formulas across mathematics and physics. It is an irrational number, meaning that it cannot be expressed exactly as a ratio of two integ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23601 | 4,487 |
1,431,800 | The Cyclones started the season 12–0, good for one of the best starts in school history, including being crowned the champion of the NIT Season Tip-Off with wins over 25th-ranked Xavier and 9th-ranked Memphis. In Otzelberger's first season as head coach he claimed the best start to an Iowa State coaching career by winn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=70767260 | 1,430,996 |
1,123,195 | Thalassodromeus is a genus of pterosaur that lived in what is now Brazil during the Early Cretaceous period, about a hundred million years ago. The original skull, discovered in 1983 in the Araripe Basin of northeastern Brazil, was collected in several pieces. In 2002, the skull was made the holotype specimen of Thalas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5382243 | 1,122,621 |
291,383 | Hydraulics (from Greek: Υδραυλική) is a technology and applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other sciences involving the mechanical properties and use of liquids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid counterpart of pneumatics, which concerns gases. Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical founda... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65424 | 291,225 |
579,618 | The humanization process takes advantage of the fact that production of monoclonal antibodies can be accomplished using recombinant DNA to create constructs capable of expression in mammalian cell culture. That is, gene segments capable of producing antibodies are isolated and cloned into cells that can be grown in a b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4414916 | 579,321 |
910,983 | The UK maintained good relations with Western Europe since 1945, and Eastern Europe since end of the Cold War in 1989. After years of dispute with France it joined the European Economic Community in 1973, which eventually evolved into the European Union through the Maastricht Treaty twenty years later. Unlike the major... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31731 | 910,504 |
1,862,501 | He began his academic career as an assistant professor at the University of Vienna, but soon moved to Southern Illinois University. During this period he also visited the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Institute for Advanced Study, and University of California, Los Angeles. In 1978 he moved again, becoming... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=47275252 | 1,861,432 |
228,980 | Knowledge of the traditional Polynesian methods of navigation was widely lost after contact with and colonization by Europeans. This caused debates over the reasons for the presence of the Polynesians in such isolated and scattered parts of the Pacific. According to Andrew Sharp, the explorer Captain James Cook, alread... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10712487 | 228,863 |
39,303 | Another controversial aspect of the test is its statistical norms. Exner's system was thought to possess normative scores for various populations. But, beginning in the mid-1990s others began to try to replicate or update these norms and failed. In particular, discrepancies seemed to focus on indices measuring narcissi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=276250 | 39,288 |
883,077 | For rotational spectroscopy, molecules are classified according to symmetry into spherical top, linear and symmetric top; analytical expressions can be derived for the rotational energy terms of these molecules. Analytical expressions can be derived for the fourth category, asymmetric top, for rotational levels up to J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=531239 | 882,613 |
1,241,165 | The University of Split was officially established on 15 June 1974 when the units having already had an effect in their professional, scientific and teaching areas entered its structure. As a predominant scientific and teaching public institution in the region the University of Split has expanded during the course of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5118739 | 1,240,494 |
736,728 | The history of the USAS-12 dates from the 1980s vintage designs of Maxwell Atchisson. In about 1989, Gilbert Equipment Co. (USA) decided to bring up the selective fired weapon, broadly based on principles employed in Atchisson shotguns. The design of the new weapon was produced by John Trevor, Jr. Since Gilbert Equipme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1718708 | 736,340 |
10,472 | The Maya produced a vast array of structures, and have left an extensive architectural legacy. Maya architecture also incorporates various art forms and hieroglyphic texts. Masonry architecture built by the Maya evidences craft specialization in Maya society, centralised organization and the political means to mobilize... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18449273 | 10,467 |
1,056,910 | AgRP is a paracrine signaling molecule made of 112 amino acids (the gene product of 132 amino acids is processed by removal of the N-terminal 20-residue signal peptide domain). It was independently identified by two teams in 1997 based on its sequence similarity with agouti signalling peptide (ASIP), a protein synthesi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2177013 | 1,056,361 |
345,673 | The earliest successful classical field theory is one that emerged from Newton's law of universal gravitation, despite the complete absence of the concept of fields from his 1687 treatise "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica". The force of gravity as described by Newton is an "action at a distance"—its effects ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25267 | 345,492 |
341,617 | JDAM and the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber made their combat debuts during Operation Allied Force. The B-2s, flying 30-hour, nonstop, round-trip flights from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, delivered more than 650 JDAMs during Allied Force. An article published in the "Acquisition Review Journal" in 2002 cites that "dur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=201690 | 341,436 |
116,068 | The power output of a photovoltaic (PV) device decreases over time. This decrease is due to its exposure to solar radiation as well as other external conditions. The degradation index, which is defined as the annual percentage of output power loss, is a key factor in determining the long-term production of a photovolta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=652531 | 116,023 |
75,416 | The power output of a photovoltaic (PV) device decreases over time. This decrease is due to its exposure to solar radiation as well as other external conditions. The degradation index, which is defined as the annual percentage of output power loss, is a key factor in determining the long-term production of a photovolta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3507365 | 75,388 |
310,511 | In the same year, electro-mechanical devices called bombes were built by British cryptologists to help decipher German Enigma-machine-encrypted secret messages during World War II. The bombe's initial design was created in 1939 at the UK Government Code and Cypher School (GC&CS) at Bletchley Park by Alan Turing, with a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13636 | 310,343 |
1,949,269 | Active databases of ROCI are maintained by the National Hurricane Center for systems tracked in the eastern north Pacific and north Atlantic basins, within a database known as the Extended Best Track Database. The values are determined in real-time every six hours. The eastern north Pacific database runs from 2001 to p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18434469 | 1,948,148 |
1,517,896 | Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (IMMT) (formerly, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar) is an advanced research institute in the field of mineralogy to materials engineering, established in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. It was established in 1964 by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38143330 | 1,517,044 |
1,437,003 | McCarty's scientific interests and energy had a counterpart in his rich personal life. Along with his second wife, Marjorie, McCarty had a wide circle of very close friends, both in the United States and abroad, who cherished his personal warmth, his low key, spare, and pragmatic character, his wit, and his wide-rangin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1040550 | 1,436,194 |
1,062,204 | The most common symptom of blockage is headache; other symptoms include fainting, dementia, and coma, all of which are associated with obstructive hydrocephalus of the affected side or sides. Hydrocephalus can be identified by a CT scan or MRI scan of the brain, and treatment involves a neurosurgical operation in which... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1708336 | 1,061,650 |
777,871 | A ganzfeld experiment (from the German words for “entire” and “field”) is an assessment used by parapsychologists that they contend can test for extrasensory perception (ESP) or telepathy. In these experiments, a "sender" attempts to mentally transmit an image to a "receiver" who is in a state of sensory deprivation. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=89774 | 777,454 |
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