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1,471,704 | Few of these critics had any access to primary sources on cybernetics: Agapov's sources were limited to the January 1950 issue of "Time"; the Institute's criticisms were based on the 1949 volume of ""; and, among Soviet articles on cybernetics, only the "Materialist" quoted Wiener's "Cybernetics" directly. Select sensa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=54974049 | 1,470,875 |
366,418 | On 29 July 1951, 77 Squadron began operating their Meteors on combat missions. The squadron had mainly been trained for ground attack and had difficulty when assigned to bomber escort duty at sub-optimum altitudes. On 29 August 1951, eight Meteors were on escort duty in "MiG Alley" when they were engaged by six MiG-15s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42702 | 366,226 |
997,871 | Although VAV hoods are much more complex than traditional constant-volume hoods, and correspondingly have higher initial costs, they can provide considerable energy savings by reducing the total volume of conditioned air exhausted from the laboratory. Since most hoods are operated the entire time a laboratory is open, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=245842 | 997,353 |
1,929,716 | Aberrant patterns of histone modifications can also take place at specific loci and ultimately manipulate gene activity. In terms of CGI promoter sites, methylation and loss of acetylation occurs frequently at H3K9. Furthermore, H3K9 dimethylation and trimethylation are repressive marks which, along with bivalent diffe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51304858 | 1,928,609 |
398,928 | The universe will become extremely dark after the last stars burn out. Even so, there can still be occasional light in the universe. One of the ways the universe can be illuminated is if two carbon–oxygen white dwarfs with a combined mass of more than the Chandrasekhar limit of about 1.4 solar masses happen to merge. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18478320 | 398,730 |
1,037,853 | Mars' volcanic features can be likened to Earth's geologic hotspots. Pavonis Mons is the middle of three volcanoes (collectively known as Tharsis Montes) on the Tharsis bulge near the equator of the planet Mars. The other Tharsis volcanoes are Ascraeus Mons and Arsia Mons. The three Tharsis Montes, together with some s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20386565 | 1,037,312 |
364,287 | Irène fought through these struggles to advocate for her own personal views. She was a passionate member of the feminist movement, especially regarding the sciences, and also advocated for peace. She continually applied to the French Academy of Sciences, an elite scientific organization, knowing that she would be denie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=62070 | 364,097 |
1,514,381 | The problems of privately funded research and development are not unique to peak oil mitigation. Bronwyn H. Hall, graduate economics professor at the Haas School of Business, points out that, "even if problems associated with incomplete appropriability of the returns to R&D are solved using intellectual property protec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11882110 | 1,513,530 |
1,650,189 | The company was founded in 1985 by Roman Ormandy. A prototype 3D video animation package for the Amiga Computer led to the incorporation of Octree Software in 1986. From 1988 to 1992, Octree released several software packages including Caligari1, Caligari2, Caligari Broadcast, and Caligari 24. Caligari wanted to provid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=533192 | 1,649,257 |
1,279,277 | On June 12, 2013, Armagno was promoted to brigadier general and took command of the 45th Space Wing and director of the Eastern Range at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida. She also became the first officer to command both the 30th Space Wing and the 45th Space Wing. There, she was responsible for the processing and launc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39657547 | 1,278,583 |
943,078 | In applications that require only one solution, rather than all solutions, the expected running time of a brute force search will often depend on the order in which the candidates are tested. As a general rule, one should test the most promising candidates first. For example, when searching for a proper divisor of a ra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=103127 | 942,576 |
1,460,983 | The state variables were chosen to be the angle of attack formula_2 and the yaw rate r, and have omitted the speed perturbation u, together with the associated derivatives e.g. formula_48. This may appear arbitrary. However, since the timescale of the speed variation is much greater than that of the variation in angle ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5730974 | 1,460,161 |
1,033,511 | Mutations in the WFS1 gene cause Wolfram syndrome, which is also known by the acronym DIDMOAD. This syndrome is characterised by childhood-onset diabetes mellitus (DM), which results from the improper control of glucose due to the lack of insulin; a gradual loss of vision caused by optic atrophy (OA), in which the nerv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=544743 | 1,032,974 |
1,389,246 | One of the main ideas in CFEngine is that changes in computer configuration should be carried out in a "convergent" manner. This means that each change operation made by the agent should have the character of a fixed point. Rather than describing the steps needed to make a change, CFEngine language describes the final ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1109117 | 1,388,475 |
1,562,830 | In comparison to eukaryotes, prokaryotic proteins with relationships to UBLs are phylogenetically restricted. Prokaryotic ubiquitin-like protein (Pup) occurs in some actinobacteria and has functions closely analogous to ubiquitin in labeling proteins for proteasomal degradation; however it is intrinsically disordered a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=55545264 | 1,561,943 |
1,020,256 | In high-intensity conflicts, advanced trainer type aircraft can have a military utility if they operate under an umbrella of other aerial assets. For example, the Franco-German Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet had an anti-shipping and light strike role when operating under an air umbrella provided by fighter aircraft, while ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=770846 | 1,019,729 |
1,601,415 | Teaching Ethics is a peer-reviewed academic journal devoted to the philosophical examination of ethical issues in all disciplines. Its mission is to foster dialogue about ethics instruction across disciplinary boundaries, with a focus on business, medicine, technology, law, and other areas of liberal education. Notable... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26551175 | 1,600,514 |
307,928 | The former chemistry student set up a private LSD lab in the mid-60s in San Francisco and supplied the LSD consumed at the famous Acid Test parties held by Ken Kesey and his Merry Pranksters, as well as the Human Be-In in San Francisco in January 1967 and the Monterey International Pop Festival in June 1967. He also ha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1119225 | 307,763 |
159,101 | The next three launches Missile N-5 (12 September), N-9 (12 October), and N-12 (26 October), were entirely successful, but the nagging pogo problem remained and the booster could not be considered man-rated until this was fixed. Martin–Marietta thus added a surge-suppressor standpipe to the oxidizer feed line in the fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=841594 | 159,019 |
775,027 | Brown and Schlaikjer in 1940 upon their large description and revision of "Protoceratops" remarked that the orbits, frontals, and lacrimals suffered a shrinkage in relative size as the animal aged; the top border of the nostrils became more vertical; the nasal bones progressively became elongated and narrowed; and the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1064031 | 774,611 |
2,146,068 | On his return, he established an architectural practice in New York with Ethan Allen Dennison (1881–1954). Hirons and Dennison produced many commercial structures in the Beaux-Arts and Art Deco styles including; Delaware Title & Insurance Company, Wilmington, Delaware; Federal Trust Company Building, Newark; City Natio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18409871 | 2,144,837 |
21,728 | In 2011, a conditional waiver was granted to LightSquared to operate a terrestrial broadband service near the L1 band. Although LightSquared had applied for a license to operate in the 1525 to 1559 band as early as 2003 and it was put out for public comment, the FCC asked LightSquared to form a study group with the GPS... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11866 | 21,719 |
1,363,218 | In nosological literature relating to the symptom or disorder of apathy, clinicians have used cognitive inertia as one of the three main criteria for diagnosis. The description of cognitive inertia differs from its use in cognitive and industrial psychology in that lack of motivation plays a key role. As a clinical dia... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24200321 | 1,362,465 |
1,419,987 | Thirty-five percent of the space inside the pressure hull was occupied by machinery. A single 8-cylinder diesel engine was installed for surface propulsion, while high underwater speed was given by two large electric motors arranged one behind the other to drive the single propeller shaft, and powered by a 200-cell bat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6974930 | 1,419,188 |
1,221,174 | Historian Martin Jay criticizes Allen's concept of 'metanormative contextualism' on two grounds. First, he argues that although Allen's framework is in part a postcolonial critique of European epistemologies, she fails to adequately draw "directly on voices from outside Europe," instead relying on the theories of Theod... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59739170 | 1,220,516 |
371,937 | The concept that mtDNA is particularly susceptible to reactive oxygen species generated by the respiratory chain due to its proximity remains controversial. mtDNA does not accumulate any more oxidative base damage than nuclear DNA. It has been reported that at least some types of oxidative DNA damage are repaired more ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=89796 | 371,742 |
188,213 | The other factor concerns metabolism of medications on skin. When the percutaneous drug is applied on skin, it will be gradually absorbed down the skin. Normally, when the drugs are absorbed, they will be metabolised by various enzymes in our body and the amount will be lower. The exact amount delivered to the target a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=867542 | 188,116 |
2,083,086 | A small complaint of Kidwell is that there is no bibliography of related literature on women in mathematics. A. E. L. Davis, a British reviewer, criticizes the US-centric focus of the book, as does Argentinian-born mathematician Marianne Korten. Davis writes that "only parts" of it would be of interest to British reade... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=63107772 | 2,081,886 |
1,529,472 | A number of Potosi pupfish, "Cyprinodon alvarezi", a species restricted to the same spring as the Catarina pupfish, were also brought into captivity. They fared better and today populations are maintained at several aquariums and by private aquarists for conservation purposes. These can be used for a future reintroduct... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12617844 | 1,528,608 |
921,497 | Initial predictions of the chemical properties of rutherfordium were based on calculations which indicated that the relativistic effects on the electron shell might be strong enough that the 7p orbitals would have a lower energy level than the 6d orbitals, giving it a valence electron configuration of 6d 7s 7p or even ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25927 | 921,011 |
895,906 | All different areas of the brain engage with environmentally relevant information. Some believe that the orbitofrontal cortex integrates environmentally relevant information from many distributed areas of the brain. Due to its anterior location within the frontal cortex, the orbitofrontal cortex may make judgments abou... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1639997 | 895,435 |
1,546,828 | Despite the team's record, its appearance in the championship game was seen as surprising because of its severely depleted roster. Two players missed the entire season to torn ACLs, and two others were lost to the same injury in December; this rash of injuries left the Irish with only seven scholarship players. Brianna... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=55895128 | 1,545,952 |
280,606 | The following Z80 assembly source code is for a subroutine named codice_30 that copies a block of data bytes of a given size from one location to another. Important: the example code does not handle the case where the destination block overlaps the source; a serious limitation, but one that is irrelevant for some appli... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34461 | 280,454 |
1,022,559 | Once it became accepted that light was an electromagnetic wave, it was clear that the frequency of light should not change from place to place, since waves from a source with a fixed frequency keep the same frequency everywhere. One way around this conclusion would be if time itself were altered—if clocks at different ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10346 | 1,022,030 |
299,860 | Due to the limits of CHS addressing, a transition was made to using LBA, or logical block addressing. Both the partition length and partition start address are sector values stored in the partition table entries as 32-bit quantities. The sector size used to be considered fixed at 512 (2) bytes, and a broad range of imp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24782330 | 299,699 |
1,325,916 | In "P. aeruginosa", pyoverdine non-producing “cheat” bacteria have been shown to i) evolve readily from a producing ancestor; and ii) outcompete cooperating strains in mixed culture in a density- and frequency-dependent manner. Since pyoverdine usage relies on passive diffusion and pyoverdine production is metabolicall... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28530696 | 1,325,189 |
1,750,898 | In 1912, the first patents for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) were founded in Britain and Germany. It was not until the early 1930s that PVC was able to be produced cheaply, limiting its marketable applications for the time. World War II helped make the substance popular, as manufacturers used it to make an assortment of ite... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2926948 | 1,749,912 |
164,237 | The meridian network is typically divided into two categories, the "jingmai" () or meridian channels and the "luomai" () or associated vessels (sometimes called "collaterals"). The jingmai contain the 12 tendinomuscular meridians, the 12 divergent meridians, the 12 principal meridians, the eight extraordinary vessels a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1208353 | 164,152 |
405,767 | The genus includes a wide variety of species molds that are the source molds of major antibiotics. Penicillin, a drug produced by "P. chrysogenum (formerly P. notatum)," was accidentally discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1929, and found to inhibit the growth of Gram-positive bacteria (see beta-lactams). Its potential ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=162264 | 405,567 |
1,625,510 | On 10 January 1913, "Asar-i Tevfik" supported another sortie by the fleet, this time patrolling off the Dardanelles while the rest of the fleet raided Imbros. While protecting the fleet's flank, she encountered Greek destroyers and forced them to withdraw after firing a few shots. Neither side scored any hits in the en... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=45446048 | 1,624,594 |
1,755,472 | Best known for its EnCase digital investigations software, Guidance Software's product line was organized around four markets: digital forensics, endpoint security analytics, cyber security incident response, and e-discovery. The company served law-enforcement and government agencies, as well as corporations in various... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31975187 | 1,754,482 |
539,723 | SBA Phase I Environmental Site Assessment means properties purchased through the United States Small Business Administration's 504 Fixed Asset Financing Program require specific and often higher due diligence requirements than regular Real Estate transactions. Due diligence requirements are determined according to the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6998695 | 539,443 |
1,867,755 | Traditional U–Th/He thermochronometry determines the temperature T that the analyzed sample had at a time in the past corresponding to the age given by its content of parent and daughter nuclides. More information, however, can be concluded about a mineral's thermal history if an analysis of the He distribution in-situ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16940953 | 1,866,679 |
343,661 | The concrete operational stage is the third stage of Piaget's theory of cognitive development. This stage, which follows the preoperational stage, occurs between the ages of 7 and 11 (middle childhood and preadolescence) years, and is characterized by the appropriate use of logic. During this stage, a child's thought p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1058599 | 343,480 |
1,382,850 | Reinforcement sensitivity theory (RST) proposes three brain-behavioral systems that underlie individual differences in sensitivity to reward, punishment, and motivation. While not originally defined as a theory of personality, the RST has been used to study and predict anxiety, impulsivity, and extraversion. The theory... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32020972 | 1,382,084 |
112,684 | Subirrigation is also used in the commercial greenhouse production, usually for potted plants. Water is delivered from below, absorbed by upwards, and the excess collected for recycling. Typically, a solution of water and nutrients floods a container or flows through a trough for a short period of time, 10–20 minutes, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42261 | 112,639 |
903,380 | Winged, virgin queens and males, known as alates, appear in colonies during January, before their nuptial flight. Twenty females or fewer are found in a single colony, while males are much more common. The nuptial flight begins at different times for each species; they have been recorded in mid-summer to autumn (Januar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1057147 | 902,904 |
428,782 | Strong, vertically shallow high-pressure systems moving from higher latitudes to lower latitudes in the northern hemisphere are associated with continental arctic air masses. The low, sharp inversion can lead to areas of persistent stratocumulus or stratus cloud, colloquially known as anticyclonic gloom. The type of we... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=519987 | 428,572 |
1,143,301 | Degaussing is most commonly used on hard disk drives (HDDs), and involves the utilization of high energy magnetic fields to permanently disrupt the functionality and memory storage of the device. When data is exposed to this strong magnetic field, any memory storage is neutralized and can not be recovered or used again... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67273665 | 1,142,701 |
1,564,331 | In 1840, August Knocke, a gunsmith who lived in Munich designed the first set of drums where the tuning was done using the player's foot rather than hands. He used a similar two-ring design where one ring remained stationary and the other moved up and down to alter the pitch. Gears were attached to the rings and anothe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26164030 | 1,563,444 |
119,083 | The principal, AMEs have high resolution (11 min visual angle), but the field of vision is narrow, from 2 to 5°. The central region of the retina, where acuity is highest, is no more than six or seven receptor rows wide. However, the eye can scan objects off the direct axis of vision. As the lens is attached to the car... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=276115 | 119,035 |
593,128 | As a junior, Heo was a major contributor to Yonsei winning the MBC Cup for the first time in eleven years, scoring points in the double digits in three out of five tournament games. Despite having the opportunity to declare eligibility early for the 2016 rookie draft, he chose not to as he felt unprepared to go profess... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=62987248 | 592,824 |
1,072,308 | In 1989 the U.S. Bureau of Mines published a study of eastern Kentucky drift mines as part of an ongoing research program to characterize the outcrop barrier zone. "Hillseams" were identified as the dominant geologic cause of roof instability unique to the outcrop barrier zone, with many roof fall injuries and fataliti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1754422 | 1,071,754 |
1,740,105 | Her will provided for the establishment of the Killam Trusts, whose stated purpose was to help in the building of Canada's future by encouraging advanced study... to increase the scientific and scholastic attainments of Canadians, to develop and expand the work of Canadian universities, and to promote understanding bet... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=46489032 | 1,739,124 |
241,332 | MRI uses strong magnetic fields to align atomic nuclei (usually hydrogen protons) within body tissues, then uses a radio signal to disturb the axis of rotation of these nuclei and observes the radio frequency signal generated as the nuclei return to their baseline states. The radio signals are collected by small antenn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=152623 | 241,212 |
1,516,823 | Adolf Ernst (Primkenau, Silesia, Kingdom of Prussia, (today Przemków, Poland) October 6, 1832 – Caracas, Venezuela, August 12, 1899) was a Prussian-born scientist. Ernst settled in Venezuela in 1861, where he taught at the "Universidad Central de Venezuela". He became the most important scientist in the country during ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29302481 | 1,515,971 |
512,045 | In 2012, Feinberg's entering medical students began a new curriculum, organized into three phases and emphasizing integration of four main curricular elements: science in medicine, clinical medicine, health & society, and professional development. The goal of the renewal process is to build a more learner-centered educ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5024816 | 511,779 |
1,620,035 | (iii) Most recently, Prof. Bashir's group has had a series of articles (many of them as journal covers) that use 3D stereolithography and printing of hydrogel and polymer structures for applications in tissue engineering and biological machines. They demonstrated the cells remain viable and that these can be used to ge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38591647 | 1,619,120 |
1,705,214 | In September 2020, the presidents of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medicine issued a joint statement saying, "We find ongoing reports and incidents of the politicization of science, particularly the overriding of evidence and advice from public health officials and derision of government ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65365100 | 1,704,258 |
204,302 | Historians of machine tools often focus on a handful of major industries that most spurred machine tool development. In order of historical emergence, they have been firearms (small arms and artillery); clocks; textile machinery; steam engines (stationary, marine, rail, and otherwise) (the story of how Watt's need for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=191490 | 204,197 |
1,985,630 | Do circadian timekeepers enhance the fitness of organisms growing under natural conditions? Despite the expectation that circadian clocks are usually assumed to enhance the fitness of organisms by improving their ability to adapt to daily cycles in environmental factors, there have been few rigorous tests of that propo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22398456 | 1,984,489 |
1,180,741 | Instead of allowing Mantinea to be flooded, the Argive army moved quicker than the Spartans anticipated, as the Argive hoplites were angry at their generals for not pursuing the Spartan army and accused them of treason. They surprised their enemies by drawing up as the Spartans emerged from a nearby wood. The Spartans ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=414947 | 1,180,117 |
202,373 | The SDSC has two operational orbital launch pads. SHAR is ISRO's satellite launching base and additionally provides launch facilities for the full range of Rohini sounding rockets. The Vehicle Assembly, Static Test and Evaluation Complex (VAST, previously STEX) and the Solid Propellant Space Booster Plant (SPROB) are l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2496664 | 202,269 |
880,931 | In August 2015, the LSST Camera project, which is separately funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, passed its "critical decision 3" design review, with the review committee recommending DoE formally approve start of construction. On August 31, the approval was given, and construction began at SLAC. As of September 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5205150 | 880,467 |
1,438,094 | In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, as the pace of technological progress increased before and during the industrial revolution, most scientific and technological research was carried out by individual inventors using their own funds. For example, Joseph Priestley was a clergyman and educator, who spoke freely ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5788461 | 1,437,284 |
1,555,918 | There are two main methods of determining protein structure on the atomic level. The first of these is by X-ray crystallography, starting in 1958 when the crystal structure of myoglobin was determined. The second method is by NMR, which began in the 1980s when Kurt Wüthrich outlined the framework for NMR structure dete... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36149098 | 1,555,035 |
2,069,856 | The advantages of a propeller with cosine response have been widely recognized. Weller and Davis designed the propeller sensors and their location within the pressure cage in order to obtain a response as close as possible to an ideal cosinusoidal angular response. After having fabricated and testes several families of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37797383 | 2,068,665 |
576,426 | The fungus "Pseudogymnoascus destructans", or a closely related species of fungus, has been found in soil samples from infected caves and suggests that it can be transported from cave to cave by soil, such as that carried by human clothing. Precautionary decontamination methods are being encouraged to inhibit the possi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15761556 | 576,132 |
342,065 | Recreational facilities on and around main campus include the Howard Gittis Student Center, which has a movie theater, food court, underground multi-purpose room, game room, computer lounge, and meeting and office space for student groups and organizations. Exercise facilities include the Independence Blue Cross Studen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=239930 | 341,884 |
43,619 | Limestone is a major industrial raw material that is in constant demand. This raw material has been essential in the iron and steel industry since the nineteenth century. Companies have never had a shortage of limestone; however, it has become a concern as the demand continues to increase and it remains in high demand ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17748 | 43,602 |
1,630,292 | A thermodynamic system consisting of a single phase, in the absence of external forces, in its own state of internal thermodynamic equilibrium, is homogeneous. This means that the material in any region of the system can be interchanged with the material of any congruent and parallel region of the system, and the effec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39144241 | 1,629,372 |
1,818,041 | The frontal aging hypothesis suggests that the prefrontal cortex is particularly vulnerable to the effects of aging and implies that functions supported by the frontal lobes will be disproportionately impaired. The volume of the frontal cortex and its pronounced age-related alterations in the 5-HT2 and D2 receptor avai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41122131 | 1,817,006 |
1,056,659 | Since the growth process will observes a slow-paced increase in the consumer purchasing power, the dualistic economies follow the path of natural austerity, which is characterized by more demand and hence importance of capital good industries as compared to consumer good ones. However, investment in capital goods comes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33183306 | 1,056,110 |
309,840 | Although traditional definitions of the habitable zone assume that carbon dioxide and water vapor are the most important greenhouse gases (as they are on the Earth), a study led by Ramses Ramirez and co-author Lisa Kaltenegger has shown that the size of the habitable zone is greatly increased if prodigious volcanic out... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1072751 | 309,673 |
843,942 | Müllerian mimicry relies on aposematism, or warning signals. Dangerous organisms with these honest signals are avoided by predators, which quickly learn after a bad experience not to pursue the same unprofitable prey again. Learning is not actually necessary for animals which instinctively avoid certain prey; however, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2355420 | 843,492 |
1,676,573 | ENO1 overexpression has been associated with multiple tumors, including glioma, neuroendocrine tumors, neuroblastoma, pancreatic cancer, prostate cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, thyroid carcinoma, lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, and breast cancer. In many of these tumors, ENO1 promoted cell proliferation by regulati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11189912 | 1,675,631 |
144,132 | Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducts research into materials science in a range of areas. Between 2002 and 2008 ORNL partnered with Caterpillar Inc. (CAT) to form a new material for their diesel engines that can withstand large temperature fluctuations. The new steel, named CF8C Plus, is based on conventional CF8C st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=38147 | 144,074 |
1,163,824 | The space policy of the Barack Obama administration was announced by U.S. President Barack Obama on April 15, 2010, at a major space policy speech at Kennedy Space Center. He committed to increasing NASA funding by $6 billion over five years and completing the design of a new heavy-lift launch vehicle by 2015 and to be... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26970135 | 1,163,207 |
189,804 | In the winter of 406/405 those allies met with Cyrus at Ephesus. Together they formulated an appeal to Sparta that Lysander be sent out for a second term. Both Spartan political norms and the Spartan constitution should have prevented his second term, but in the wake of the new Spartan defeat a circumvention was found.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19375990 | 189,707 |
1,740,405 | There has long been a standard account of the development of geometry in ancient Egypt, followed by Greek mathematics and the emergence of deductive logic. The modern sense of the term "mathematics", as meaning only those systems justified with reference to axioms, is however an anachronism if read back into history. S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=185493 | 1,739,424 |
1,746,068 | Alvin E. Dodd was hired as the first professional administrator of the school in 1907. Dodd divided the school into several departments: plastic and graphic arts, mechanical arts, household arts, library, gymnasium, clubs, social service house, and buildings and administration. Each department was assigned a head and b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34218923 | 1,745,082 |
1,673,747 | The prison of the environment of the study created a unique and complex social dynamic, with prisoners involved in many aspects of the study, not only as subjects. A well-known participant of the study was Nathan Leopold, who (together with Richard Loeb, who was killed after being sentenced) kidnapped and murdered a te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11257311 | 1,672,805 |
979,082 | Clinical practice guidelines regarding the use of thiazides vary by geographic region. Guidelines in the United States recommend thiazides as a first-line treatment for hypertension (JNC VIII). A systematic review by the Cochrane Collaboration specifically recommended that low-dose thiazides be used as the initial phar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1179748 | 978,571 |
281,270 | As Vietnam revealed the terrible performance of existing missile designs, a number of efforts began to address them. In the US, minor upgrades to the Sidewinder were carried out as soon as possible, but more broadly pilots were taught proper engagement techniques so they would not fire as soon as they heard the missile... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1396771 | 281,117 |
124,863 | The Martlets were modified for British use by Blackburn, which continued to do this for all later marks. British gunsights, catapult spools and other items were installed. After attempts to fit British radio sets, it was decided to use the superior American equipment. The first Martlets entered British service in Augus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=518897 | 124,811 |
1,506,267 | The International Grand Committee is a meeting hosted to bring discussion to Big Data, Privacy, and Democracy. The committee makes inquiries about topics of interest such as online safety or new developments in broadcasting. After inquiring a topic, the committee creates a report of its findings and also makes recommen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1175103 | 1,505,421 |
850,934 | A fire brick, firebrick, or refractory is a block of ceramic material used in lining furnaces, kilns, fireboxes, and fireplaces. A refractory brick is built primarily to withstand high temperature, but will also usually have a low thermal conductivity for greater energy efficiency. Usually dense firebricks are used in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1059742 | 850,481 |
1,872,426 | The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The qualification and final rounds took place on July 20, 22 and 28th at the Georgia Dome. There were 102 competitors from 31 nations, with nations in the team event having up to 7 gym... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23981827 | 1,871,349 |
1,581,795 | When CPSR was established, it was concerned solely about the use of computers in warfare. It was focused on the Strategic Computing Initiative, a US Defense project to use artificial intelligence in military systems, but added opposition to the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) shortly after the program was announced.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=610431 | 1,580,905 |
851,908 | A construct that is critical for scaffolding instruction is Vygotsky's concept of the zone of proximal development (ZPD). The zone of proximal development is the field between what a learner can do on their own (expert stage) and the most that can be achieved with the support of a knowledgeable peer or instructor (peda... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=263104 | 851,454 |
874,383 | The S.E.5 was powered by various engines, initially adopting a Hispano-Suiza 8 V8 engine. The Hispano-Suiza engine was advanced for the era, incorporating such features as an aluminium cylinder block with steel liners, dual ignition and forced lubrication that aided cooling; especially compared with contemporary rotary... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1004448 | 873,921 |
201,937 | The earliest alchemists in the Western tradition seemed to have come from Greco-Roman Egypt in the first centuries AD. In addition to technical work, many of them invented chemical apparatuses. The "bain-marie", or water bath, is named for Mary the Jewess. Her work also gives the first descriptions of the "tribikos" an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1416046 | 201,834 |
1,277,632 | TII was founded in May 2020 and its first Board meeting took place in August 2020. Ray O. Johnson is currently serving as the CEO of the institute. In April 2020, the institute started "Citizen Science," an initiative to address the need for specialized medical equipment, data analysis and related technical support in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67313792 | 1,276,939 |
95,505 | The shape and energy of the land are significantly affected by gravitational forces. On a large scale, the distribution of gravitational forces on the earth is uneven and influences the shape and movement of tectonic plates as well as influencing geomorphic processes such as orogeny and erosion. These forces govern man... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9630 | 95,464 |
1,392,890 | Horace B. Barlow was one of the first investigators to use the concept of the feature detector to relate the receptive field of a neuron to a specific animal behavior. In 1953, H.B. Barlow's electrophysiological recordings from excised retina of the frog provided the first evidence for the presence of an inhibitory sur... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25522368 | 1,392,119 |
282,224 | In Colombia, optometry education has been accredited by the Ministry of Health. The last official revision to the laws regarding healthcare standards in the country was issued in 1992 through the Law 30. Currently there are eight official universities that are entitled by ICFES to grant the optometrist certification. T... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181226 | 282,071 |
360,174 | In the winter of 1916–1917, a "new" illness suddenly appeared in Vienna and other cities, and rapidly spread world-wide over the next three years. Earlier reports appeared throughout Europe as early as the winter of 1915–1916, but communication about the disease was slow and chaotic, given the varied manifestation of s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=365012 | 359,987 |
842,038 | Retrotransposons ensure they are not lost by chance by occurring only in cell genetics that can be passed on from one generation to the next from parent gametes. However, LINEs can transpose into the human embryo cells that eventually develop into the nervous system, raising the question whether this LINE retrotranspos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=617379 | 841,588 |
637,922 | The event may have been caused by a large meltwater pulse from the final collapse of the Laurentide Ice Sheet of northeastern North America, most likely when the glacial lakes Ojibway and Agassiz suddenly drained into the North Atlantic Ocean. The same type of action produced the Missoula floods that formed the Channel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=12720946 | 637,583 |
1,666,799 | The Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) uses three telescopes, a 1.5 meter (60 inch) f/1.6 telescope on the peak of Mount Lemmon (MPC code G96), a 68 cm (27 inch) f/ 1.7 Schmidt telescope near Mount Bigelow (MPC code 703), and a 1-meter (40 inch) f/2.6 follow-up telescope also on Mount Lemmon (MPC code I52). The three telescopes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=614874 | 1,665,860 |
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