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1,433,357 | The first stage in the operations that transfer information from a visual target in front of an observer into its neural representation in the brain and then allow a percept to emerge, is the imaging by the eye and the processing by the neural circuits in the retina. Some components of geometrical-optical illusions can... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31982810 | 1,432,553 |
1,887,644 | Thomas G. Kurtz (born 14 July 1941 in Kansas City, Missouri, United States) is an American emeritus professor of Mathematics and Statistics at University of Wisconsin-Madison known for his research contributions to many areas of probability theory and stochastic processes. In particular, Kurtz’s research focuses on con... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51178615 | 1,886,562 |
1,239,122 | The greatest influence on the development of the Cecchetti method was Carlo Blasis, a ballet master of the early 19th century. A student and exponent of the traditional French school of ballet, Blasis is credited as one of the most prominent ballet theoreticians and the first to publish a codified technique, the 'Trait... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=376553 | 1,238,455 |
1,881,208 | The men's rings competition was one of eight events for male competitors of the artistic gymnastics discipline contested in the gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 14 and August 22 at the O.A.C.A. Olympic Indoor Hall. There were 77 competitors from 2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11505842 | 1,880,127 |
285,344 | Starting with the Song dynasty, the imperial examination system became a more formal system and developed into a roughly three-tiered ladder from local to provincial to court exams. During the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), authorities narrowed the content down to mostly texts on Neo-Confucian orthodoxy; the highest degree,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=244479 | 285,190 |
380,370 | Besides having compositional effects on the upper mantle by replenishing the large-ion lithophile elements, volcanism affects plate movement. The plates will be moved towards a geoidal low perhaps where the slab avalanche occurred and pushed away from the geoidal high that can be caused by the plumes or superplumes. Th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28742 | 380,175 |
798,593 | In 1988, the studio collaborated with Steven Spielberg and Robert Zemeckis, producing "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", a comedic detective caper that mixed live-action and animation while paying homage to the Golden Age of Cartoons. Disney characters appeared with characters from Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Universal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=141959 | 798,168 |
567,860 | The growing ability of neuroscientists to manipulate neurons using methods from molecular biology in combination with optical tools (e.g., Adamantidis et al. 2007) depends on the simultaneous development of appropriate behavioral assays and model organisms amenable to large-scale genomic analysis and manipulation. It i... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18345264 | 567,570 |
1,075,902 | In 1923, upon some 25 years of researches, dentist Weston Andrew Price of Cleveland, Ohio, published a landmark book, then a related article in the "Journal of the American Medical Association" in 1925. Price concluded that after root canal therapy, teeth routinely host bacteria producing potent toxins. Transplanting t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9510615 | 1,075,347 |
407,644 | Traditionally markerless optical motion tracking is used to keep track on various objects, including airplanes, launch vehicles, missiles and satellites. Many of such optical motion tracking applications occur outdoors, requiring differing lens and camera configurations. High resolution images of the target being track... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=396968 | 407,443 |
1,516,549 | Euparkeriidae is an extinct family of small carnivorous archosauriforms which lived from the Early Triassic to the Middle Triassic (Anisian). While most other early archosauriforms walked on four limbs, euparkeriids were probably facultative bipeds that had the ability to walk on their hind limbs at times. The most wel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18183771 | 1,515,697 |
1,376,853 | where "R" is the loop resistance per metre and "Z" is the characteristic impedance. Making the diameter of the inner conductor larger will decrease "R" and decreasing "R" decreases the loss. On the other hand, "Z" depends on the ratio of the diameters of outer and inner conductors ("D") and will decrease with increasin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24559346 | 1,376,091 |
17,710 | Singapore is an important operator of the F-5E/F variant, first ordering the aircraft in 1976 during a massive expansion of the city-state's armed forces; delivery of this first batch of 18 F-5Es and three F-5Fs was completed by late February 1979, equipping the newly formed-up No. 144 "Black Kite" Squadron at Tengah A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11142 | 17,704 |
803,216 | Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a system of transportation that uses magnetic levitation to suspend, guide and propel vehicles with magnets rather than using mechanical methods, such as wheels, axles and bearings. With maglev a vehicle is levitated a short distance away from a guide way using magnets to cr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49023 | 802,787 |
123,204 | This may be due to medications, dehydration, significant bleeding or infection. The most susceptible individuals are elderly frail individuals, or persons who are dehydrated from hot environments or inadequate fluid intake. For example, medical students would be at risk for orthostatic hypotensive syncope while observi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20254750 | 123,155 |
1,606,836 | In an attempt to secure the institution, Prof Egwunyenga constructed a fence from one end of the institution to the other with the school gate properly tucked at the middle. An upgrade and re-equipping of certain departments like department of hotel and tourism management, department of welding and fabrication, and the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52431379 | 1,605,931 |
504,395 | In blood, anemia, hypoalbuminemia, and eosinophilia may be observed in all types of fasciolosis. Elevation of liver enzyme activities, such a glutamate dehydrogenase (GLDH), gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), is detected in subacute or chronic fasciolosis from 12 to 15 weeks after ingest... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1043902 | 504,133 |
54,401 | After 347 sorties with no enemy contact, the 1st and 14th Fighter Groups transferred from the UK to the 12th Air Force in North Africa as part of the force being built up for Operation Torch. The Lightning's long range allowed the pilots to fly their fighters over the Bay of Biscay, skirting neutral Spain and Portugal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25041 | 54,380 |
154,079 | The Fo.147 was to have been capable of speeds in excess of Mach 2, with the speed limit set by the temperature of the structure as a result of kinetic heating. It had a maximum all-up weight of , comparing well with the Gnat 5's more restrictive maximum. According to aviation author Derek Wood, the Fo.147: "would have ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=495874 | 154,009 |
135,295 | One of the projects took Pei back to Dallas, Texas, to design the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. The success of city's performing artists, particularly the Dallas Symphony Orchestra then led by conductor Eduardo Mata, led to interest by city leaders in creating a modern center for musical arts that could rival the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15155 | 135,240 |
486,724 | Critics argued that the $325 million contract NASA had with Russia was the only thing keeping the Russian space program alive, and only the Space Shuttle was keeping "Mir" aloft. NASA also had to pay hefty fees for training manuals and equipment used by astronauts training at Star City. Problems came to a head when ABC... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=976586 | 486,475 |
178,291 | As of October 2020, among its notable alumni, faculty and researchers are 11 Nobel Laureates, 5 Fields Medalists, 12 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize winners as well as some of the most gifted minds in Natural science, e.g. August Kekulé, Heinrich Hertz and Justus von Liebig; Eminent mathematicians, such as Karl Weierst... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=89061 | 178,198 |
1,442,769 | The Military Nutrition Division, in collaboration with the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, has made several scientific advances in understanding the energy and nutritional requirements of healthy individuals performing in extreme environments, addressed comprehensive menu modification and enabled the development... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26529555 | 1,441,956 |
1,236,196 | It is important that the gas mixture in a cylinder is thoroughly mixed before analysing or the results will be inaccurate. When partial pressure or mass blending is done at low flow rates the gases entering the cylinder are not moving fast enough to ensure good mixing, and particularly when blends contain Helium, they ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=996061 | 1,235,532 |
1,821,776 | It is important that the gas mixture in a cylinder is thoroughly mixed before analysing or the results will be inaccurate. When partial pressure or mass blending is done at low flow rates the gases entering the cylinder are not moving fast enough to ensure good mixing, and particularly when blends contain helium, they ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39089192 | 1,820,738 |
1,087,505 | The two types of inheritance during Han included the common inheritance of property from the deceased, which all social groups (except for slaves) participated in, and the inheritance of titles, which only the people of twenty ranks, nobility, and royalty could enjoy. In the first form, officials and commoners bequeath... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21786810 | 1,086,946 |
1,493,304 | Conductive framework materials have similar mechanisms for sensing; however these materials may be designed with installed active sites tuned for a specific molecular interaction. Bimetallic metallophthalocyanine metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and covalent organic frameworks (COFs) have shown promise in single device ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66888952 | 1,492,464 |
1,745,237 | Prior to the flooding, units 1, 2 and 4 were at full power, while unit 3 was shut down for refuelling. Starting from 7:30 pm all four units lost their 225 kV power supplies, while units 2 and 4 also lost their 400 kV power supplies. The isolator circuits that should have allowed units 2 and 4 to supply themselves with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31256193 | 1,744,253 |
1,039,574 | By understanding the components and mechanisms of intracellular transport it is possible to see its implication in diseases. Defects encompass improper sorting of cargo into transport carriers, vesicle budding, issues in movement of vesicles along cytoskeletal tracks, and fusion at the target membrane. Since the life c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=46319796 | 1,039,033 |
1,194,065 | In a Podcast interview with Social Science Space Massey talks about the idea of physical space being alive: "A lot of what I've been trying to do over the all too many years when I’ve been writing about space is to bring space alive, to dynamize it and to make it relevant, to emphasize how important space is in the liv... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7505043 | 1,193,425 |
1,172,272 | As a further measure, in order to utilize the heat content of the exhaust gas (temperature > 700 °C), a downstream heat/power coupling is technically possible or has already been tested on a large scale. However, the necessary maintenance effort of such a system is associated with considerable costs and is therefore to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=55785489 | 1,171,653 |
934,854 | Adverse effects have been poorly studied. The single systematic review of the literature did not report of the types and number of adverse events. In 2019, Health Canada stated that most autologous cell therapies have little evidence showing they work and can pose risks, such as cross-contamination between people if eq... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22050188 | 934,360 |
1,277,677 | Box counting is a method of gathering data for analyzing complex patterns by breaking a dataset, object, image, etc. into smaller and smaller pieces, typically "box"-shaped, and analyzing the pieces at each smaller scale. The essence of the process has been compared to zooming in or out using optical or computer based ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34552620 | 1,276,984 |
161,075 | Game theory is closely related to decision theory and the problem of rational choice. Rational choice is based on the idea that rational agents perform a cost-benefit analysis of all available options and choose the option that is most beneficial from their point of view. In the case of game theory, several agents are ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=61032 | 160,990 |
1,776,891 | After the end of World War II, Akademia Lekarska was founded in Gdańsk. In 1950 its name was changed to Akademia Medyczna (The Medical University of Gdańsk). Among the professors of the newly established college, there were many eminent Polish scholars from the University of Stefan Batory in Vilnius, who had come to Gd... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2613731 | 1,775,892 |
1,057,767 | Dutch draper and pioneering microbiologist Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723), a contemporary of artist Vermeer (and an executor for Vermeer when he died in 1675) in Delft was known to have exceptional lens making skills, having created single small lenses capable of 200x magnification, far exceeding those of more com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10082768 | 1,057,218 |
868,674 | During the summer, a pre-production run of 10 Ju 88 B-0 based on the pre-production Ju 88 A-4 airframes were delivered. The A-4 used a longer wing of span from new rounded wingtips for better altitude performance, when compared to the initial Ju 88A-1's shorter span, but attention to streamlining and new pointed wing t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=188045 | 868,214 |
1,580,243 | In yeast, Osh4 is an OSBP homologue the crystal structure of which, obtained in both the sterol-bound and unbound states, showed a soluble β-barrel protein with a hydrophilic external surface and a hydrophobic pocket that can carry a single sterol molecule. Seven OSBP homologues (OSH proteins) have been identified in "... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21683238 | 1,579,353 |
1,605,398 | While any plant can be a weed, approximately 250 plant species are sufficiently troublesome, cosmopolitan and economically injurious to warrant targeted research into their biology to assist in their management and control. Examples of some of these troublesome weed species in North America are Palmer amaranth ("Amaran... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=53497560 | 1,604,494 |
488,439 | Weismann's work on the demarcation between germ-line and soma can scarcely be appreciated without considering the work of (mostly) German biologists during the second half of the 19th century. This was the time that the mechanisms of cell division began to be understood. Eduard Strasburger, Walther Flemming, Heinrich v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=46846 | 488,189 |
1,874,851 | Reviews have indicated that most individuals diagnosed with bipolar disorder, but who are euthymic (not experiencing major depression or mania), do not show neuropsychological deficits on most tests. Meta-analyses have indicated, by averaging the variable findings of many studies, cognitive deficits on some measures of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=30639411 | 1,873,774 |
1,024,893 | In 1999 Martill suggested that a climate change at the end of the Callovian led to the extinction of "Leedsichthys" in the northern seas, the southern Ocean offering a last refuge during the Oxfordian. However, in 2010 Liston pointed out that "Leedsichthys" during the later Kimmeridgian was still present in the north, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1987761 | 1,024,360 |
7,950 | In June 1994, Airbus announced its plan to develop its own very large airliner, designated as A3XX. Airbus considered several designs, including an unusual side-by-side combination of two fuselages from its A340, the largest Airbus jet at the time. The A3XX was pitted against the VLCT study and Boeing's own New Large A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=181173 | 7,947 |
9,830 | Among 787 flight systems, a key change from traditional airliners is the electrical architecture. The architecture is bleedless and replaces bleed air with electrically powered compressors and four of six hydraulic power sources with electrically driven pumps while eliminating pneumatics and hydraulics from some subsys... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=307133 | 9,826 |
2,061,995 | Professional biology in Canada dates from the creation of departments of natural history, which included the study of biology, at the Universities of Toronto and McGill in 1854 and 1858 respectively. Government interest in biology was reflected in the establishment of the Experimental Farm Service in 1886 with Professo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18401364 | 2,060,805 |
383,027 | The first functional imaging technique utilized in pheochromocytoma patients was I-MIBG scintigraphy (Image Right). Given the compounds similar structure to the catecholamine norepinephrine (secreted by pheochromocytomas), MIBG was well-suited for uptake by most neuroendocrine tumors. Furthermore, if a patient was foun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277088 | 382,832 |
1,753,939 | Whenever there has been an absence of effective policy implementation, other players have stepped up to the plate to deliver knowledge transfer and technological absorption, including through public–private partnerships. Examples are the National Innovation Centre, created through crowdsourcing organized by individuals... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52027146 | 1,752,949 |
2,181,157 | This Centre received several research and development grants from the Secretary of Science and Technology of the University of Buenos Aires. At the Scientific Renewable Programming 2004–2007, they got a stipendium for the creation of a Mathematics & Design Laboratory MyD_Lab. This Laboratory was officially inaugurated ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14064719 | 2,179,911 |
266,436 | Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of gravitational potential energy of water, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277237 | 266,292 |
2,153,130 | In 1988, Martin Ralph and Menaker serendipitously came across a tau mutant male golden hamster in a shipment from their commercial supplier, Charles River Laboratories, that was observed to have a circadian period significantly shorter than what is characteristic of that breed. These golden hamsters are recognized for ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39100385 | 2,151,899 |
1,367,063 | The Decca Navigation System was originally developed in the US, but eventually deployed by the Decca Radio company in the UK and commonly referred to as a British system. Initially developed for the Royal Navy as an accurate adjunct to naval versions of Gee, Decca was first used on 5 June 1944 to guide minesweepers in ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33739081 | 1,366,307 |
381,274 | Preference of early scholars towards the use of the Syrian/Syriac label was also relied upon its notable use as an alternative designation for Aramaic language in the ""Cave of Treasures"", long held to be the 4th century work of an authoritative writer and revered Christian saint Ephrem of Edessa (d. 373), who was thu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59412 | 381,079 |
1,156,509 | Symptoms of an infection of "P. oryzihabitans" are actually quite vague and similar to the signs that can indicate other illnesses or diseases, so it is relatively difficult to identify when only looking at symptoms. However, in several cases, these infections result after an individual's immune system has been weakene... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10330881 | 1,155,899 |
1,960,198 | One method to reduce the rate of PUFA oxidation is to replace a portion of the dietary PUFAs with reinforced PUFAs of identical chemical structure to natural PUFA, but more resistant to oxidation. Those hydrogen atoms that are most prone to oxidation are replaced with deuterium atoms. This change has no discernible imp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=66508692 | 1,959,071 |
3,275 | The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V). As such, it is informally, and not completely accurately, referred to as a yellow dwarf (its light is actually white). It formed approximately 4.6 billion years ago from the gravitational collapse of matter within a region of a large molecular cloud. Most of this matter gat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26751 | 3,275 |
53,063 | The U.S. Army, after berating the South Vietnamese for flouting battle doctrine, came out with their own ACAV version. This more or less standardized ACAV kit included shields and a circular turret for the .50-caliber M2 machine gun in the track commander (TC) position, two M60 machine guns with shields for the left an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=449687 | 53,043 |
1,251,420 | In spite of the many Canadians in military aviation, the Canadian government had shown little interest or ability to organize its own air force. Canadian politicians made no attempt to fund flight training, aircraft purchase, or construction of airfields. The Canadian Aviation Corps, with only three members, was founde... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33486410 | 1,250,742 |
312,459 | The name "Tiktaalik" is an Inuktitut word meaning "large freshwater fish". The "fishapod" genus received this name after a suggestion by Inuit elders of Canada's Nunavut Territory, where the fossil was discovered. The specific name "roseae" cryptically honours an anonymous donor. Taking a detailed look at the internal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4639256 | 312,291 |
2,209,779 | Grant O. Gale Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by Grinnell College Department of Physics. The observatory is located in Grinnell, Iowa (USA). Constructed in 1984, it is named after Grant O. Gale, a distinguished teacher and curator of the Grinnell Physics Historical Museum. Designed by Wood... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3049485 | 2,208,519 |
2,083,789 | The entomological collections are primarily housed at the National Museum of Natural History in downtown Washington, D.C. (70%), the NMNH Museum Support Center (MSC) in Suitland, Maryland (20%), and the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC) in Beltsville, Maryland (10%). The collections are loaned to qualified... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39216233 | 2,082,589 |
1,780,421 | Dung flies are a polygamous species that mate on cowpats. The copulation behavior of this species can also be modeled using the marginal value theorem. It has been discovered that in cases where two male dung flies copulate with the same female in relatively rapid succession, the second male will fertilize 80% of the e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37551669 | 1,779,417 |
1,135,041 | Every laser beam wanders and jitters — albeit a small amount. The typical kinematic tip-tilt mount drifts by around 100 μrad per day in a laboratory environment (vibration isolation via optical table, constant temperature and pressure, and no sunlight that causes parts to heat). A laser beam incident upon this mirror w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=15267398 | 1,134,448 |
393,918 | A centrifuge is a device that uses centrifugal force to separate various components of a fluid. This is achieved by spinning the fluid at high speed within a container, thereby separating fluids of different densities (e.g. cream from milk) or liquids from solids. It works by causing denser substances and particles to ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=106284 | 393,723 |
431,360 | Even though combinatorial chemistry has been an essential part of early drug discovery for more than two decades, so far only one de novo combinatorial chemistry-synthesized chemical has been approved for clinical use by FDA (sorafenib, a multikinase inhibitor indicated for advanced renal cancer). The analysis of the p... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36680 | 431,148 |
2,063,144 | Sherman exploited the yeast cytochrome c system to investigate nearly every stage and regulatory mechanism in gene expression including: 1) Identification of critical DNA sequences that control transcription initiation and termination; 2) Identification of mechanisms of RNA processing and degradation; 3) Identification... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41010273 | 2,061,954 |
1,121,725 | Since the discovery of ENAs, they have been used as a diagnostic tool in connective tissue disease. Two widely used gel-based techniques were used to identify anti-ENAs and their associations to disease in early work, double immunodiffusion (DID) and counterimmunoelectrophoresis (CIEP). Both of these techniques require... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4948393 | 1,121,151 |
927,035 | Founded in 1917 as Deep Springs, Collegiate and Preparatory, it was originally a men's college backed by funding from L. L. Nunn, a lawyer and businessman. He envisioned a form of education that combined academic rigor, manual labor, and self-governance—an unorthodox combination at the time. Located in a geological dep... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=353345 | 926,548 |
959,029 | In general, it can be said that experimental infections in humans are tightly linked to a history of scandals in medical research, with scandals being followed by stricter regulatory rules. Ethical guidelines that govern the use of human subjects in research are a fairly new construct. In 1906 some regulations were put... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=447842 | 958,523 |
1,727,827 | More than 116,000 members of the U.S. military died in the war, far fewer than combatants from other countries. No one has estimated how many orphans resulted. Additionally, as the male workforce left for battle, mothers and sisters began working in factories to take their positions, and the family dynamic began to cha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26048493 | 1,726,853 |
553,162 | First, there is the panoramic, one of the four single-wall exposure/single-wall view (SWE/SWV) arrangements. This exposure is created when the radiographer places the source of radiation at the center of a sphere, cone, or cylinder (including tanks, vessels, and piping). Depending upon client requirements, the radiogra... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6856520 | 552,873 |
1,389,167 | Adaptive design is a broad approach to web design that focuses on suitability for a variety of interfaces rather than restricting itself to the format intended for a desktop display. This is especially significant in 2018 when smartphone search volumes have overtaken desktop search volumes in 10 countries, even with ta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39594074 | 1,388,397 |
615,159 | The ascetic practices of total renunciation of worldly affairs and possessions, refusal to stay in a single place for a long time, continuous practice of austerities like fasting etc. are geared towards observance of . The Jain mendicants abide by a rigorous set of rules of conduct, where they must eat, sleep and even ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13323241 | 614,845 |
1,514,158 | To measure this electrical difference precisely, Pauling assigned graduate student John Singer to work with Itano and another medical researcher, Ibert C. Wells, before Pauling left in early 1948 for a guest lectureship in England. Using a "Tiselius Apparatus" to perform free-boundary electrophoresis, Pauling's three r... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20815897 | 1,513,307 |
537,427 | Until recently, it was thought that all species lived in the sediment on the seabed, subsisting as deposit feeders or suspension feeders. However, the early 21st century has seen the description of a new family, the Torquaratoridae, evidently limited to the deep sea, in which most of the species crawl on the surface of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1790775 | 537,148 |
1,407,369 | The magnetic field is highly variable from −2,300 to +3,100 gauss, matching the brightness variations and the likely rotational period. This requires a magnetic dipole of at least 10,000 G. Around minimum brightness, a shell type spectrum appears, attributed to plasma clouds rotating above the photosphere. The helium e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3991369 | 1,406,579 |
1,489,104 | From 2007 to 2014 UNSW Business School was ranked by the "Financial Times" as having the best full-time MBA program in the country. The school's primary undergraduate degree, the Bachelor of Commerce, has the highest Australian high school entry score for a business undergraduate program in Australia. The 2022 QS World... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=16766976 | 1,488,265 |
182,684 | The Buran orbital vehicle program was developed in response to the U.S. Space Shuttle program, which in the 1980s raised considerable concerns among the Soviet military and especially Defense Minister Dmitry Ustinov. An authoritative chronicler of the Soviet and later Russian space programs, the academic Boris Chertok,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36716 | 182,588 |
10,053 | Mallinckrodt Incorporated in St. Louis, Missouri, took the raw ore and dissolved it in nitric acid to produce uranyl nitrate. Ether was then added in a liquid–liquid extraction process to separate the impurities from the uranyl nitrate. This was then heated to form uranium trioxide, which was reduced to highly pure ura... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19603 | 10,049 |
1,261,979 | Epoxy putty refers to a group of room-temperature-hardening substances used as space-filling adhesives. Exact compositions vary according to manufacturer and application. They are stored until used as two components of clay-like consistency. Kneading the two components into each other creates an exothermic chemical rea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21490478 | 1,261,292 |
2,098,683 | In this program, complex systems and network theory was applied to economics and business to understand how evolutionary change occurs. Multi-agent modelling and associated simulation and calibration techniques were core components of the methodology used. We investigated new ways of testing for complex patterns in hig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23623750 | 2,097,475 |
2,169,174 | Although originally thought to have the exact same mechanism as the "Renilla" luciferase [1], this luminescence has two possible reaction routes [2], as shown in figure 3. In the top route, "Oplophorus luciferin" (the coelenterazine displayed as I in the scheme) is oxidized when it combines with O2(radioactively labell... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14144383 | 2,167,937 |
277,710 | Another primitive technique of attacking submarines was the dropping of hand-thrown guncotton bombs. The Lance Bomb was developed, also; this featured a cone-shaped steel drum on a shaft, intended to be thrown at a submarine. Firing Lyddite shells, or using trench mortars, was tried. Use of nets to ensnare U-boats was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3480866 | 277,560 |
1,114,975 | In December 1941 Admiral Ben Moreell proposed the creation of 3 Naval Construction Battalions. A problem then confronted BuDocks, who would command the Construction Battalions? Naval regulations stated that military command of naval personnel was strictly limited to line officers, yet BuDocks deemed it essential that t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7197000 | 1,114,407 |
653,644 | The energy difference between the "m" = 0 and "m" = ±1 states corresponds to the microwave regime. Population can be transferred between the states by applying a resonant magnetic field perpendicular to the defect axis. Numerous dynamic effects (spin echo, Rabi oscillations, etc.) can be exploited by applying a careful... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14461309 | 653,300 |
905,123 | The 1977 legislation, either despite or because of its language, did not expressly allow WASPs to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. That was because Arlington National Cemetery, unlike most other national cemeteries, is administered by the Department of the Army, not the Department of Veterans Affairs, and thus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1549788 | 904,647 |
1,305,236 | Saliency of a feature facilitates the ease with which it can be indexed. For example, the greater the difference between a specific feature and surrounding ones, the more easily it can be indexed. The indexed features, or anchor points, can serve as a "spotlight" that directs focal attention to certain objects, which c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1616390 | 1,304,520 |
1,280,971 | Studies on children show that the average child is at greater risk for memory loss, due to the brain's immaturity and plasticity, when compared to an average adult. Poorer memory performance in young kids was shown when youth of different ages were asked to recall a doctor's visit. Children aged 3–5 answered with much ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33106906 | 1,280,276 |
30,242 | The impact of sickle cell trait on malaria immunity illustrates some evolutionary trade-offs that have occurred because of endemic malaria. Sickle cell trait causes a change in the haemoglobin molecule in the blood. Normally, red blood cells have a very flexible, biconcave shape that allows them to move through narrow ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20423 | 30,232 |
972,170 | During the Communist takeover of mainland China, when he was only a few months old, his family moved to Hong Kong where he was forced to learn to speak the Cantonese language as well as speak Chinese Hakka. He was not able to revisit until 1979, at the invitation of Hua Luogeng, when mainland China entered the reform a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=303137 | 971,660 |
407,739 | He was admitted to Pripyat Hospital but was quickly transferred to Moscow Hospital 6. By 28 April, the symptoms of radiation sickness had mostly worn away. His wife visited him in hospital and while aware he might not survive, he told her that he would give up working in the nuclear industry. During his stay, he discus... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4854766 | 407,538 |
495,258 | Sports analytics have had significant impact on the field of play but sports analytics have also contributed to the growing industry of sports gambling, which accounts for approximately 13% of the global gambling industry. Valued somewhere between $700-$1,000 billion, sports gambling is extremely popular among groups o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51589225 | 495,002 |
720,136 | During hydrostatic burning these fuels synthesize overwhelmingly the alpha nuclides (), nuclei composed of integer numbers of helium-4 nuclei. A rapid final explosive burning is caused by the sudden temperature spike owing to passage of the radially moving shock wave that was launched by the gravitational collapse of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2443027 | 719,756 |
629,691 | The "George Washington" class were essentially "Skipjack" class submarines with a missile compartment, inserted between the ship's control/navigation areas and the nuclear reactor compartment. Contrary to some popular accounts, the "Skipjack"s were not literally "cut in half" to become ballistic missile submarines. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=231819 | 629,353 |
65,891 | On March 25, 1925, John Logie Baird demonstrated the transmission of moving pictures at the London department store Selfridges. Baird's device relied upon the Nipkow disk and thus became known as the mechanical television. It formed the basis of experimental broadcasts done by the British Broadcasting Corporation begin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33094374 | 65,866 |
1,915,716 | "Some of the professional and popular ambivalence toward ECT is related to the fact that we still do not know exactly how it works”. The lack of awareness on the effectiveness of ECT and the poor understanding of the exact functionality behind the treatment leads others to believe that ECT is unscientific. “The precise... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=51477023 | 1,914,617 |
949,493 | Low angle trajectories normally used by guns, howitzers and rockets were more difficult. Purely ballistic low-angle trajectories are lopsided, being relatively parabolic for the start of the flight but becoming much more curved near the end. This is further modified by otherwise minor effects like wind, air pressure di... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1543320 | 948,989 |
1,341,369 | Although the DC-3 had never been part of the original ILRV plans, Faget's name was so well respected that others at NASA MSC in Houston quickly rallied around him. Other NASA departments all selected their own favorite designs, including recoverable versions of Saturn boosters developed at the Marshall Space Flight Cen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18952422 | 1,340,636 |
1,702,489 | The difference between languages does not consist only in differences in pronunciation, vocabulary or grammar, but also in different "cultures of speaking". Some cultures for example have elaborate systems of "social deixis", systems of signalling social distance through linguistic means. In English, social deixis is s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41831802 | 1,701,534 |
841,853 | In the 19th and early 20th century, American elm was a common street and park tree owing to its tolerance of urban conditions, rapid growth, and graceful form. This however led to extreme overplanting of the species, especially to form living archways over streets, which ultimately produced an unhealthy monoculture of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=74223 | 841,403 |
584,872 | In NSW the first attempt to incorporate environmental assessment and protection into planning law began in 1974 with the appointment of a Planning and Environment Commission to overhaul the existing predominately urban land-use system. After various delays the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 (EP&A Act) c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3909826 | 584,572 |
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