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1,507,322 | By performing the reaction of triphenylchloromethane with zinc under an atmosphere of carbon dioxide Gomberg obtained the free radical (2). This compound reacted readily with air, chlorine, bromine and iodine. On the basis of his experimental evidence Gomberg concluded that he had discovered the first instance of a per... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2447800 | 1,506,476 |
827,563 | Assessing for pronator drift helps to detect mild upper limb weakness in a patient who's awake and able to follow directions. Ask the patient to close the eyes, then to stretch out both arms in the appropriate position: Flex the shoulder joint to 90 degrees (45 degrees, if supine) and fully extend the elbow joint. The ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19898187 | 827,119 |
288,247 | Despite the difficulties between the crew and Mission Control, the mission successfully met its objectives to verify the Apollo command and service module's flightworthiness, allowing Apollo8's flight to the Moon to proceed just two months later. John T. McQuiston wrote in "The New York Times" after Eisele's death in 1... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1773 | 288,091 |
1,032,635 | The 'Dreaming Protoss' is often considered to be a Protoss version of Boxer due to his creative and daring play. He frequently hides his buildings in other parts of the map and pioneered and standardized several notable Protoss strategies such as fast expanding and using corsairs and reavers in tandem against Zerg. He ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5673170 | 1,032,099 |
1,098,753 | HMGB1 is a nuclear protein that binds to DNA and acts as an architectural chromatin-binding factor. It can also be released from cells, in which extracellular form it can bind the inflammatory receptor RAGE (Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products) and Toll-like receptors (TLRs). Release from cells seems to involv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14062118 | 1,098,193 |
1,645,977 | In 2000, Touretzky testified as an expert witness for the defense in Universal City Studios et al. v. Reimerdes et al., a suit brought by seven motion picture studios against the publishers of "" (the case name refers to Shawn Reimerdes, an unrelated defendant who settled prior to trial.) The suit concerned the publica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2039956 | 1,645,048 |
1,764,120 | After returning from the "Beagle" survey expedition in October 1836, Darwin was intensively occupied with further establishing his reputation as an innovative geologist, as well as finding suitable experts to describe his natural history collections and arranging for publication of their work as the multi-volume "Zoolo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21460789 | 1,763,127 |
1,008,379 | Baer's family fled Germany just before World War II and Baer served the American war effort, gaining an interest in electronics shortly thereafter. Through several jobs in the electronics industry, he was working as an engineer at Sanders Associates (now BAE Systems) in Nashua, NH, when he conceived the idea of playing... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=292874 | 1,007,858 |
700,600 | Most large skarn deposits experience a transition from early metamorphism—which forms hornfels, reaction skarns, and skarnoids—to late metamorphism, which forms relatively coarser grained, ore-bearing skarns. The magma intrusion triggers contact metamorphism in the region where sedimentary rocks are present, and forms ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=467420 | 700,235 |
901,401 | In use, the RDF operator would first tune the receiver to the correct frequency, then manually turn the loop, either listening or watching an S meter to determine the direction of the "null" (the direction at which a given signal is weakest) of a long wave (LW) or medium wave (AM) broadcast beacon or station (listening... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=820724 | 900,925 |
870,297 | The FEMA wood gas generator is (by definition of the FEMA manual) an emergency gasifier. It is designed to be rapidly assembled in a true fuel crisis. This simplified design has distinct benefits over the earlier European units such as easier refueling and construction but is less popular than the earlier Imbert design... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2541603 | 869,837 |
1,615,031 | There have been claims that there are several methodological issues in generative research. The subjects need to have a requisite level of the L2 to see if a principle is operating in their interlanguage grammar. Furthermore, complex structures are often needed to test for interlanguage grammar, and the speakers need t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6874571 | 1,614,125 |
1,567,923 | Mark Young carried out the reform proposal in the Legislative Council in 1947. The centerpiece of the plan was the creation of an elected Municipal Council. The new Municipal Council was to have an elected majority with the franchise open to all who were permanent residents and were literate in either Chinese or Englis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43298350 | 1,567,036 |
146,317 | Gentilly-1, in Bécancour, Quebec, near Trois-Rivières, Quebec, was also an experimental version of CANDU, using a boiling light-water coolant and vertical pressure tubes, but was not considered successful and closed after seven years of fitful operation. Gentilly-2, a CANDU-6 reactor, began operating in 1983. Following... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7475 | 146,259 |
79,180 | Excalibur was developed as a longer-range alternative to conventional artillery shells, with GPS guidance for improved accuracy. Excalibur has a range of approximately depending on configuration, with a circular error probable (CEP) of , while unguided Western artillery shells can land up to from the target at a range ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3766404 | 79,147 |
326,041 | Antoine Claudet had purchased a licence from Daguerre directly to produce daguerreotypes. His uncle, the banker Vital Roux, arranged that he should head the glass factory at Choisy-le-Roi together with Georges Bontemps and moved to England to represent the factory with a showroom in High Holborn. At one stage, Beard su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=103177 | 325,868 |
104,736 | Elliptical galaxies such as M87 are believed to form as the result of one or more mergers of smaller galaxies. They generally contain relatively little cold interstellar gas (in comparison with spiral galaxies) and they are populated mostly by old stars, with little or no ongoing star formation. M87's elliptical shape ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=214077 | 104,691 |
40,385 | Two NASA facilities have been named in her honor. On May 5, 2016, a new building was named the "Katherine G. Johnson Computational Research Facility" and formally dedicated at the agency's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The facility officially opened its doors on September 22, 2017. Johnson attended this... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25568315 | 40,370 |
1,917,219 | In 1955, at the age of 18, Maz'ya entered the Mathematics and Mechanics Department of Leningrad University. Taking part to the traditional mathematical olympiad of the faculty, he solved the problems for both first year and second year students and, since he did not make this a secret, the other participants did not su... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11713215 | 1,916,119 |
404,321 | Tetracycline inhibits protein synthesis by blocking the attachment of charged tRNA at the P site peptide chain. Tetracycline blocks the A-site so that a hydrogen bond is not formed between the amino acids. Tetracycline binds to the 30S and 50S subunit of microbial ribosomes. Thus, it prevents the formation of a peptide... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30649 | 404,121 |
935,228 | Isolated reports of scombroid food poisoning in humans caused by histamine present in the tissues of stale or rotten scombroid fish, usually tuna, have occurred over the years. In September 2016, authorities in Singapore intercepted canned tuna imported from Thailand after finding high levels of histamine. No human cas... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1660874 | 934,734 |
1,300,605 | Transparent data encryption (often abbreviated as TDE) is used to encrypt an entire database, which therefore involves encrypting "data at rest". Data at rest can generally be defined as "inactive" data that is not currently being edited or pushed across a network. As an example, a text file stored on a computer is "at... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37196658 | 1,299,891 |
676,034 | It was developed through 1958–1963 and selected as the winner of a contest that included three competing groups of designers, led by Sergei Simonov (prototype rejected in April 1960), Aleksandr Konstantinov, and Yevgeny Dragunov. Extensive field testing of the rifles conducted in a wide range of environmental condition... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=337494 | 675,681 |
768,326 | Mineral sequestration aims to trap carbon in the form of solid carbonate salts. This process occurs slowly in nature and is responsible for the deposition and accumulation of limestone over geologic time. Carbonic acid in groundwater slowly reacts with complex silicates to dissolve calcium, magnesium, alkalis and silic... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5980 | 767,914 |
1,340,360 | McCormack's early athletic career began in primary school where he participated in many team sports. He joined the school's soccer and rugby teams. McCormack's high school years were spent at Kirrawee High School in Sydney, where McCormack continued his sporting endeavours winning several distinguished sporting awards ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1647143 | 1,339,627 |
966,508 | De Grey is an international adjunct professor of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, the American Aging Association, and the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies. He has been interviewed in recent years in a number of news sources, including CBS "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=748517 | 965,998 |
397,787 | Latimer-Needham and Cockerell devised a high skirt design, which was fitted to the SR.N1 to produce the Mk V, displaying hugely improved performance, with the ability to climb over obstacles almost as high as the skirt. In October 1961, Latimer-Needham sold his skirt patents to Westland, who had recently taken over Sau... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=152690 | 397,591 |
1,745,726 | Investigations into healthful benefits of phytochemicals follow exactly the same principles of pharmacokinetics that are required to study drug therapy. The initial concentration of any non-nutritive phytochemical in the blood plasma is zero unless a person has recently ingested a food or beverage. For example, as incr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24608545 | 1,744,742 |
41,671 | A variety of oxygen-transport and -binding proteins exist in organisms throughout the animal and plant kingdoms. Organisms including bacteria, protozoans, and fungi all have hemoglobin-like proteins whose known and predicted roles include the reversible binding of gaseous ligands. Since many of these proteins contain g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13483 | 41,656 |
1,888,858 | Jacoby volunteered for duty in Saigon, Vietnam and joined Commander Seventh Fleet Detachment Charlie in June 1971 as the air intelligence officer. This small Navy detachment was charged with coordinating Seventh Fleet carrier operations with the Seventh Air Force Headquarters at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Saigon for the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24098384 | 1,887,775 |
2,057,329 | The first floor flat, where the Semmelweis family had lived, was totally destroyed when the house was hit by a bomb in 1945. Nothing is known about its original arrangement or furniture. A memorial room was established in the corner room on the first floor with the aim of recreating the atmosphere of Semmelweis' home i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=71667750 | 2,056,145 |
229,595 | Spores and crystalline insecticidal proteins produced by "B. thuringiensis" have been used to control insect pests since the 1920s and are often applied as liquid sprays. They are now used as specific insecticides under trade names such as DiPel and Thuricide. Because of their specificity, these pesticides are regarded... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4184 | 229,478 |
92,637 | Circumstantial evidence points to an infectious cause. Since recurrences are unusual in Kawasaki disease, it is thought that the trigger is more likely to be represented by a single pathogen, rather than a range of viral or bacterial agents. Various candidates have been implicated, including upper respiratory tract inf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1038491 | 92,596 |
400,857 | Deke Slayton was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 11, 1990, the International Space Hall of Fame in 1990, the National Aviation Hall of Fame in 1996, and the International Air & Space Hall of Fame in 2001. The Texas Oncology-Deke Slayton Cancer Center in Webster, Texas, is named in his honor. The ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=331454 | 400,658 |
1,433,185 | In plants, potassium plays a key role in maintaining plant health. High concentrations of potassium in plants play a key role in synthesis of essential proteins in plants as well as development of plant organelles like cell walls to prevent damage from viruses and insects. It also lowers the concentration of low molecu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6327272 | 1,432,381 |
504,376 | String theorists have constructed models in which a black hole is a very long (and hence very massive) string. This model gives rough agreement with the expected entropy of a Schwarzschild black hole, but an exact proof has yet to be found one way or the other. The chief difficulty is that it is relatively easy to coun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=529418 | 504,114 |
968,657 | Qualified Nutritionist: Any person who is the holder of a degree (baccalaureate, master, doctoral) in dietetics, foods, and nutrition awarded by a university or other institution recognized by the Association. Qualified Dietitian: Any person who is currently holder of a degree or a postgraduate diploma in dietetics rec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=771326 | 968,147 |
238,818 | As an automated corrective measure, the MCAS was given full authority to bring the aircraft nose down, and could not be overridden by pilot resistance against the control wheel as on previous versions of the 737. Following the Lion Air accident, Boeing issued an Operations Manual Bulletin (OMB) on November 6, 2018, to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=60203108 | 238,698 |
548,156 | PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane) is a material that can be used to create microchannels and microfluidic chips. It has many uses, including in experiments where living cells are to be tested or processed. If living organisms need to be kept alive, it is important to monitor and control their environment, such as heat and pH... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=459844 | 547,869 |
1,997,488 | For congenital cardiac malformations, even though surgery remains the treatment of choice, interventional cardiology approaches are increasingly being used. However, such percutaneous approaches can be challenging or even impossible because of difficult and complex anatomies (such as double-outlet right ventricle, or t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33398362 | 1,996,345 |
724,599 | The goals of Deterministic Networking are to migrate time-critical, high-reliability industrial and audio-video applications from special-purpose Fieldbus networks to IP packet networks. To achieve these goals, DetNet uses resource allocation to manage buffer sizes and transmission rates in order to satisfy end-to-end ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42906494 | 724,218 |
1,393,715 | In conjunction with The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, the ICR tested a promising new prostate cancer drug called abiraterone, which it discovered and developed. A randomised placebo-controlled Phase III trial reported in October 2010 that abiraterone could extend survival in some men with late stage prostate canc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=704015 | 1,392,944 |
584,084 | The Magdeburg hemispheres are a pair of large copper hemispheres, with mating rims. They were used to demonstrate the power of atmospheric pressure. When the rims were sealed with grease and the air was pumped out, the sphere contained a vacuum and could not be pulled apart by teams of horses in a famous first public d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=164969 | 583,785 |
584,423 | NF2 is a genetically transmitted condition. Diagnosis is most common in early adulthood (20–30 years); however, it can be diagnosed earlier. NF2 can be diagnosed due to the presence of a bilateral vestibular schwannoma, or an acoustic neuroma, which causes a hearing loss that may begin unilaterally. If a patient does n... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2792071 | 584,123 |
552,380 | The ground stations consisted of a set of four antennas that projected two overlapping directional figure-eight signal patterns at a 90 degree angle to each other. One of these patterns was "keyed" with the Morse code signal "A", dit-dah, and the second pattern "N", dah-dit. This created two opposed "A" quadrants and t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=153095 | 552,091 |
1,920,184 | TEMPO is intended to be attached as payload on a commercial geostationary communication satellite with a constant view of the face of the Earth. TEMPO's light-collecting mirror scans a complete and constant east to west field of regard (FOR). TEMPO detectors measure reflected sunlight to and from the Earth's surface an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=61012947 | 1,919,082 |
363,040 | In the United States, niacin is sold as a non-prescription dietary supplement with a range of 100 to 1000 mg per serving. These products often have a Structure/Function health claim allowed by the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA). An example would be "Supports a healthy blood lipid profile." The American Heart Assoc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37996 | 362,850 |
795,468 | During March 1940, No. 826 Naval Air Squadron was specially formed to operate the first Albacores; within weeks, the type has been put into active combat, performing attacks against enemy-held harbours and shipping in the English Channel, operating from shore bases, as well as providing convoy escort for the rest of 19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=523211 | 795,043 |
867,071 | The holotype, PBMNH.P.10.113.T, was found in a sandstone layer of the upper Hell Creek Formation, dating from the late Maastrichtian. It consists of a partial skeleton, lacking the skull, of an adult individual. It contains a piece of a back vertebra, ten tail vertebrae, both humeri, both ulnae, both radii, the first a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=48416755 | 866,611 |
645,296 | A 2022 study of the three known species of the two known alioramin genera, "Qianzhousaurus", "Alioramus" ("A. altai" and "A. remotus") respectively, suggests that the variation seen between the various species is consistent with the growth trends seen in other tyrannosaurid genera, though specimens that could constitut... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42692646 | 644,956 |
150,141 | Since 2010, undergraduate enrollment has increased 67 percent and full-time graduate enrollment has increased 73 percent. Stevens has adapted and expanded to accommodate that growth, with a focus on modernizing campus facilities and infrastructure. Under the 2012-22 university strategic plan, Stevens made AV and IT upg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=292132 | 150,073 |
2,013,282 | The goal of a study by Browning et al. was to investigate the potential enhancement of chemoradiation efficacy through combining it with sonodynamic therapy in pancreatic cancer patients. In one model, survival increased with the combination compared to chemoradiation alone. Differences in the results for the two diffe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36264089 | 2,012,124 |
1,394,974 | In 1970, he went to the United States to pursue graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, where he became interested in biophysics. Under the guidance of Richard Cone, he developed the now widely used method to determine the kinetics of diffusion through cells, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. His resear... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56524524 | 1,394,203 |
304,542 | A location in India was discussed at a Joint Commission meeting between India and the US in June 2012. In parallel, the proposal was evaluated by LIGO's funding agency, the NSF. As the basis of the LIGO-India project entails the transfer of one of LIGO's detectors to India, the plan would affect work and scheduling on ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=81610 | 304,380 |
1,326,068 | Rockafellar’s research is motivated by the goal of organizing mathematical ideas and concepts into robust frameworks that yield new insights and relations. This approach is most salient in his seminal book "Variational Analysis" (1998, with Roger J-B Wets), where numerous threads developed in the areas of convex analys... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26300644 | 1,325,341 |
1,293,366 | 8 throws into the final, Kristin Pudenz was the first thrower over 63 metres at 63.07m. Two throws later, Pérez got 65.72m to take the lead. That lasted long enough for Allman to take her first throw, capped with a pirouette, the former dancer launched it . Pérez was the only other athlete in the final who had thrown t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=60376857 | 1,292,655 |
829,630 | There have been ten Formula One World Drivers' Champions representing the United Kingdom, winning a total of 20 titles between them including the season. The first champion was Mike Hawthorn, who in 1958 became only the fourth different person to win the title. In the 15 seasons between 1962 and 1976 the title was won ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36898734 | 829,184 |
1,677,452 | GIS are able to store, manipulate and combine multiple data sets, making complex analyses of the landscape possible. Catchment analysis is the analysis of catchment areas, the region surrounding the site accessible with a given expenditure of time or effort. Viewshed analysis is the study of what regions surrounding th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3350640 | 1,676,510 |
2,054,598 | Eberhard in a study of the attack behaviour of araneids in 1980 and in a study of bolas spiders in 1982 showed that Simon's three groups shared similar characteristics and suggested that they should be placed together. In 1997, Scharff and Coddington published a phylogenetic analysis of the family Araneidae. They inclu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66443346 | 2,053,415 |
150,632 | However, the direct calorimetric method generally overestimates the actual energy that the body can obtain from the food, because it also counts the energy contents of dietary fiber and other indigestible components, and does not allow for partial absorption and/or incomplete metabolism of certain substances. For this ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=182303 | 150,564 |
1,855,570 | In January 2020, Clauset's work on scale-free networks and the distribution of terrorist events garnered public attention after two of his papers were cited in the blog of British political advisor Dominic Cummings. The blog post was released as part of an advertisement searching for "data scientists, project managers,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=50955454 | 1,854,504 |
313,087 | American aid proved insufficient to buy French support. In May 1941, Darlan agreed to the Paris Protocols, which granted Germany access to French military bases in Syria, Tunisia, and French West Africa, and in July the French granted Japan access to bases in French Indochina, which directly threatened the American pos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=448716 | 312,919 |
1,212,612 | In March 2006, the Ministry of Health issued the "Interim Provisions on Clinical Application and Management of Human Organ Transplantation", which stipulated that medical centres must meet new requirements for transplant services; the provinces were made responsible for plans for clinical applications. Establishments p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6497079 | 1,211,960 |
68,788 | An analysis published on July 21, 2014, based on observations by the ESO's Very Large Telescope in Chile, concluded alternatively that the cloud, rather than being isolated, might be a dense clump within a continuous but thinner stream of matter, and would act as a constant breeze on the disk of matter orbiting the bla... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=840191 | 68,761 |
680,282 | The International Geophysical Year increased research into space weather. Ground-based data obtained during IGY demonstrated that the aurorae occurred in an "auroral oval", a permanent region of luminescence 15 to 25° in latitude from the magnetic poles and 5 to 20° wide. In 1958, the Explorer I satellite discovered th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=113496 | 679,928 |
371,505 | Although an outcome may be considered a Pareto improvement, this does not imply that the outcome is satisfying or equitable. It is possible that inequality persists even after a Pareto improvement. Despite the fact that it is frequently used in conjunction with the idea of Pareto optimality, the term "efficiency" refer... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=45468 | 371,310 |
2,056,026 | Ferreira's research seeks to investigate the processes which allows for efficient comprehension and production of speech. One of Ferreira's theoretical contributions to the field of syntactic processing and representation is the Good Enough theory of sentence processing. Good Enough theory posits that listeners, when p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66690586 | 2,054,843 |
1,937,161 | In 2012, the title of Honorary Doctor of TNTU (Doctor Honoris Causa) for the prominent scientists, that closely cooperate with the University was introduced. According to the decision of the Academic Council for the significant contribution to the development of science and education in Ukraine and fruitful cooperation... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28181548 | 1,936,053 |
584,096 | Several amateur paleontologists, among them Keith and Jenny Simmonds, now began to search for additional remains of the predator. Ultimately, the total of secured bones included the snout, teeth, a front lower jaw, most of the vertebral column, ribs, belly ribs, chevrons, the left shoulder girdle, pelvis bones and a hi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2825408 | 583,797 |
874,863 | The above SIMD example could potentially fault and fail at the end of memory, due to attempts to read too many values: it could also cause significant numbers of page or misaligned faults by similarly crossing over boundaries. In contrast, by allowing the vector architecture the freedom to decide how many elements to l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58205 | 874,401 |
1,095,992 | A hyperlens is a real-time super-resolution lens that can transform evanescent waves into propagating waves and thus break the diffraction limit. In 2016 a hyperlens based on dielectric layered graphene and h-boron nitride (h-BN) can surpass metal designs. Based on its anisotropic properties, flat and cylindrical hyper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42482555 | 1,095,432 |
2,109,660 | IEE administers several programs to support research, implement research and engage with industry partners. A major program is being the West Coast Hub for the American Institute of Manufacturing Photonics (AIM Photonics), which is one of 16 manufacturing innovation institutes within the Manufacturing USA network. Othe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67511807 | 2,108,446 |
93,910 | Commodore Tim Hare, former Director of Nuclear Policy at the British Ministry of Defence, has described "sub-strategic use" as offering the Government "an extra option in the escalatory process before it goes for an all-out strategic strike which would deliver unacceptable damage". However, this sub-strategic capacity ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36880 | 93,869 |
244,850 | There are various ways animals can learn using observational learning but without the process of imitation. One of these is "stimulus enhancement" in which individuals become interested in an object as the result of observing others interacting with the object. Increased interest in an object can result in object manip... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9425 | 244,723 |
1,222,329 | In 2011, AGU created a Task Force on Scientific Ethics, "to review and update existing policies and procedures for dealing with scientific misconduct." This effort received a setback when its chairman, Peter Gleick, announced that he had lied to obtain internal documents from the Heartland Institute and then leaked the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=794329 | 1,221,670 |
1,988,293 | In 2019 the "fib" counts forty-five member countries. They are: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25316716 | 1,987,151 |
116,005 | The RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) is a small, lightweight, infrared homing surface-to-air missile in use by the German, Japanese, Greek, Turkish, South Korean, Saudi Arabian, Egyptian, Mexican, UAE, and U.S. Navies. It was originally intended and used primarily as a point-defense weapon against anti-ship missi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=957364 | 115,960 |
1,387,744 | Bisphenol A is a preferred color developer in carbonless copy paper and thermal point of sale receipt paper. When used in thermal paper, BPA is present as "free" (i.e., discrete, non-polymerized) BPA, which is likely to be more available for exposure than BPA polymerized into a resin or plastic. Upon handling, BPA in t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=57552333 | 1,386,977 |
945,333 | The simplest explanation for LTP is as follows (see the long-term potentiation article for a much more detailed account). Glutamate binds to postsynaptic AMPARs and another glutamate receptor, the NMDA receptor (NMDAR). Ligand binding causes the AMPARs to open, and Na flows into the postsynaptic cell, resulting in a de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=374335 | 944,831 |
2,046,378 | The digital version of the film premiered at EMPAC, in Troy, New York, on February 27, 2009. The IMAX version premiered at the Giant Screen Cinema Association International Conference and Trade Show in Indianapolis, Indiana, on September 22, 2009. The IMAX 3D Premiere was at the GSCA Film Expo in Los Angeles on Februar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6321284 | 2,045,197 |
1,020,810 | Anthropologists are also able to see other markers present on the bones. Past fractures will be evident by the presence of bone remodeling but only for a certain amount of time. After around seven years, bone remodelling should make the presence of a fracture impossible to see. The examination of any fractures on the b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=379047 | 1,020,281 |
1,196,418 | After reviewing the Augustine Report, and following congressional testimony, the Obama administration decided to exclude Constellation from the 2011 United States federal budget. On February 1, 2010, the President's proposed budget was released, which included no funding for the project, and it became law on April 15, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6640441 | 1,195,778 |
1,623,200 | Recent advances in data generation techniques lead to increasingly complex data. At the same time, science and engineering disciplines are rapidly becoming more and more data driven with the ultimate aim of better understanding and modeling the dynamics of complex systems. However complex data requires integration of i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39621288 | 1,622,284 |
1,410,627 | As a test before its planned use in deep space, an AstroRad vest launched to the International Space Station (ISS) in low Earth orbit on November 2, 2019 aboard Cygnus NG-12 as part of the Comfort and Human Factors AstroRad Radiation Garment Evaluation (CHARGE) study. Four female astronauts have worn the AstroRad vest ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=43439055 | 1,409,835 |
1,338,445 | Students can improve their bedroom environments to enhance how fast they fall asleep and better their sleep quality. Studies have shown that outside noise from traffic, students in dorms near them, or warmer temperatures within the bedroom negatively affect sleep. Another negative factor is the presence of outside lig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=56263767 | 1,337,712 |
291,001 | Human reproduction usually involves internal fertilization by sexual intercourse. In this process, the male inserts his penis into the female's vagina and ejaculates semen, which contains sperm. A small proportion of the sperm pass through the cervix into the uterus, and then into the Fallopian tubes for fertilization ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1906103 | 290,843 |
128,293 | Patients with stents are usually prescribed dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) which consists of a P2Y12 inhibitor, such as clopidogrel, which is taken at the same time as acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin). Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) is recommended for 1 month following bare metal stent placement, for 3 months followi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=69279 | 128,241 |
789,377 | In contrast, sign languages have a linguistic base and permit the expression of an unlimited number of messages. Approaches to signing can be divided into two major categories, those that encode an existing language, and those that are languages in their own right. In the United States of America, Signing Exact English... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2106968 | 788,953 |
12,398 | Starting in 2004, the Russian Air Force began a major update of the original Soviet Su-27 ('Flanker-B') fleet. The upgraded variants were designated "Su-27SM" (Russian for "Seriyniy Modernizovanniy" - literally "Serial Modernized"). This included upgrades in air-to-air capability with the R-77 missile with an active ra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65580 | 12,393 |
1,081,264 | "Science and Civilisation in China " is highly regarded among scholars because of its extensive comparative coverage of Chinese innovations. Needham spent a large amount of time translating, and decoding primary sources for "Science and Civilisation in China". All of his efforts helped to confirm that scientific advanc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17839582 | 1,080,708 |
836,208 | Social action is in direct relation to "political or party power" in combination with the class situation. The influence of laws is based on the social action of members of the classes. "The direction of interests may vary according to whether or not social action of a larger or smaller portion of those commonly affect... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=879261 | 835,759 |
1,098,061 | To provide the accuracy required for terrain following, TFR systems have to be based on the monopulse radar concept. The monopulse technique produces a beam of the same width as a traditional design, but adds additional information in the radio signal, often using polarization, which results in two separate signals bei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2220931 | 1,097,501 |
973,707 | Laminins are heterotrimeric proteins with a high molecular mass (~400 to ~900 kDa). They contain three different chains (α, β and γ) encoded by five, four, and three paralogous genes in humans, respectively. The laminin molecules are named according to their chain composition. Thus, laminin-511 contains α5, β1, and γ1 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2226150 | 973,197 |
1,247,613 | Herschbach was born in San Jose, California on June 18, 1932. The eldest of six children, he grew up in a rural area. He graduated from Campbell High School, where he played football. Offered both athletic and academic scholarships to Stanford University, Herschbach chose the academic. His freshman advisor, Harold S. J... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=174867 | 1,246,938 |
1,066,599 | In addition to many discoveries in the sea, some wrecks have been examined in lakes. Most notable are Caligula's pleasure barges in Lake Nemi, Italy. The Nemi ships and other shipwreck sites occasionally yield objects of unique artistic value. For instance, the Antikythera wreck contained a staggering collection of mar... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20064 | 1,066,045 |
1,284,419 | Tetranitrogen and other similar polynitrogen compounds are predicted to be good candidates for use as high-energy-density matter (HEDM), high energy fuel sources with small weight in comparison with traditional liquid and fuel cell-based energy sources. The N≡N triple bond of is much stronger (energy of formation of 22... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31730347 | 1,283,720 |
1,811,380 | Quillen considered the affine space formula_50 of unitary connections on a smooth complex vector bundle formula_51 over a compact Riemann surface, and the family of differential operators formula_52, the Dolbeault operators of the Chern connections formula_53, acting between Sobolev spaces of sections of formula_54, wh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49946643 | 1,810,347 |
812,443 | E – Termed the Janus intermediate after the Roman god of transitions, this intermediate is positioned after exactly half of the electron proton transfers and can either decay back to E or proceed with nitrogen binding and finish the catalytic cycle. This intermediate is proposed to contain the FeMo-co in its resting ox... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1080226 | 812,010 |
704,474 | The SR-4731 format describes binary data. While text information is contained in several fields, most numbers are represented as either 16-bit (2-byte) or 32-bit (4-byte) signed or unsigned integers stored as binary images. Byte ordering in this file format is explicitly low-byte ordering, as is common on Intel process... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41466 | 704,106 |
385,338 | Peléan eruptions (or nuée ardente) are a type of volcanic eruption named after the volcano Mount Pelée in Martinique, the site of a Peléan eruption in 1902 that is one of the worst natural disasters in history. In Peléan eruptions, a large amount of gas, dust, ash, and lava fragments are blown out the volcano's central... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8921015 | 385,143 |
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