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2,088,745 | He began a natural product research and regulatory consultancy company in 2001. Despite leaving Middlesex University in 2004, he ran the company until 2012, while undertaking research as an independent scientist. He then established "Dr John Wilkinson Consultancy" as a business and also a vehicle for conducting and fun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=24352538 | 2,087,542 |
1,245,985 | Rohrer was born in Buchs, St. Gallen half an hour after his twin sister. He enjoyed a carefree country childhood until the family moved to Zürich in 1949. He enrolled in the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in 1951, where he was student of Wolfgang Pauli and Paul Scherrer. His PhD thesis was supervised by Pr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7790184 | 1,245,310 |
1,433,480 | Key to avoiding these problems is replacing the flash lamps with more efficient pumps, typically based on laser diodes. These are far more efficient at generating light from electricity, and thus run much cooler. More importantly, the light they do generate is fairly monochromatic and can be tuned to frequencies that c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7401066 | 1,432,676 |
1,696,918 | To get the attention of the audience, the message should be accessible to them. When talking, for example, one should talk loud enough to be heard. To ensure that the message is understandable, the sender should be aware of the field of experience of the audience in order to choose words and examples that are familiar ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=72106078 | 1,695,965 |
1,488,690 | A clavicytherium sacrifices this simplicity and must find some other means to make the jacks return. In some instruments, this is accomplished with a spring. Another possibility is to couple the jack mechanically to other portions of the action (e.g. keys, levers) that do return by gravity, pulling the jacks back with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1628306 | 1,487,851 |
1,929,389 | Establishment of the BII coincided with a convergence of a critical mass of young and energetic scientists from around the world in Basel to staff three startup research ventures to exploit the newly breaking technologies related to molecular biology, gene cloning and development of mouse models. In addition to BII, th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3547497 | 1,928,284 |
377,167 | Lightning struck the Saturn V 36.5 seconds after lift-off, triggered by the vehicle itself. The static discharge caused a voltage transient that knocked all three fuel cells offline, meaning the spacecraft was being powered entirely from its batteries, which could not supply enough current to meet demand. A second stri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1967 | 376,972 |
10,180 | MIT's School of Architecture, now the School of Architecture and Planning, was the first formal architecture program in the United States, and it has a history of commissioning progressive buildings. The first buildings constructed on the Cambridge campus, completed in 1916, are sometimes called the "Maclaurin building... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18879 | 10,176 |
338,334 | Two traits are not so obviously linked to ontogeny. The neural spines of the rear dorsal vertebrae and the front sacral vertebrae are extremely compressed transversely, being eight times longer from front to rear than wide from side to side. The spinodiapophyseal lamina or "SPOL", the ridge normally running from each s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20598015 | 338,154 |
1,217,605 | It is known that during postnatal life a critical step to nervous system development is synapse elimination. The changes in synaptic connections and strength are results from LTP and LTD and are strongly regulated by the release of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), an activity-dependent synapse-development prot... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20510214 | 1,216,952 |
254,713 | A very rare form includes the diaphragmatic flutter, the Belly Dancer's Syndrome, or Van Leeuwenhoek's disease. It was first described by Antonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1723, who had it. The condition characterizes spoken communication that sounds like a short-breathed hiccup. These muscle spasms can recur dozens of times ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=650825 | 254,580 |
1,465,262 | MIMO-OFDM is the foundation for most advanced wireless local area network (wireless LAN) and mobile broadband network standards because it achieves the greatest spectral efficiency and, therefore, delivers the highest capacity and data throughput. Greg Raleigh invented MIMO in 1996 when he showed that different data st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=41824003 | 1,464,439 |
607,501 | Apart from the main lines 4.Bf4, 4.Nf3 and 4.e4, the only significant other fourth move is 4.e3 to continue by 4...Nxe5 5.Nh3 (or the other move-order 4.Nh3 and 5.e3) so that the white knight starts the journey Ng1–h3–f4–d5 reach its ideal d5-square. The idea with 4.e3 and 5.Nh3 was favourite of a leading Soviet coach ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1630627 | 607,191 |
734,791 | Due to the increasing rate of latex allergy among health professionals , and in the general population, gloves made of non-latex materials such as polyvinyl chloride, nitrile rubber, or neoprene have become widely used. Chemical processes may be employed to reduce the amount of antigenic protein in Hevea latex, resulti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1009912 | 734,404 |
236,035 | Nine-story Patterson Hall, with a capacity of approximately 600 freshmen, is the university's largest residence hall. The tallest and most notable landmark on the Columbia campus is the 18-story Capstone House. Top of Carolina Dining Room is on the 18th floor and was the only revolving restaurant on an American college... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=963887 | 235,916 |
580,679 | The IDEF0 Functional Modeling method is designed to model the decisions, actions, and activities of an organization or system. It was derived from the established graphic modeling language Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT) developed by Douglas T. Ross and SofTech, Inc. In its original form, IDEF0 includes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2361538 | 580,382 |
532,638 | The IDEF0 Functional Modeling method is designed to model the decisions, actions, and activities of an organization or system. It was derived from the established graphic modeling language structured analysis and design technique (SADT) developed by Douglas T. Ross and SofTech, Inc. In its original form, IDEF0 includes... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19433066 | 532,359 |
997,369 | Loop antennas may be in the shape of a circle, a square or any other closed geometric shape that allows the total perimeter to be slightly more than one wavelength. The most popular shape in amateur radio is the quad antenna or "quad", a self-resonant loop in a square shape so that it can be constructed of wire strung ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2159451 | 996,851 |
792,996 | Further discoveries by astrophysics teams from both the University of Virginia and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, drawing upon the 2MASS Two-Micron All Sky Infrared Survey data, revealed the entire loop-shaped structure. In 2003 with the aid of infrared telescopes and super computers, Steven Majewski, Michael... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=428052 | 792,571 |
1,832,318 | Magnetic Abrasive Finishing refers to using 1 μm - 2 mm iron particles mixed with an abrasive to apply the machining force through manipulation of the particles with a magnetic field. The magnetic particle and abrasive mixture is commonly referred to the "magnetic brush" because it appears and behaves similar to a wire... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31817651 | 1,831,271 |
961,103 | Menus included 72 items; for the first time about 15% was frozen. Shrimp cocktail and butter cookies were consistent favorites; Lobster Newberg, fresh bread, processed meat products, and ice cream were among other choices. A dining room table and chairs, fastened to the floor and fitted with foot and thigh restraints, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6117013 | 960,594 |
732,733 | Research also suggests that ocean acidification due to increasing concentrations of CO in the atmosphere may affect the calcification machinery of coccolithophores. This may not only affect immediate events such as increases in population or coccolith production, but also may induce evolutionary adaptation of coccolith... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=47520 | 732,346 |
2,122,818 | The Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) is a mathematical institute created in 1996 by universities in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States to promote research and excellence in all areas of the mathematical sciences. It provides training and support for graduate students and post-doctor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34978739 | 2,121,598 |
1,302,535 | Region S2 was first described by Adrian in 1940, who found that feeling in cats' feet was not only represented in the primary somatosensory cortex (S1) but also in a second region adjacent to S1. In 1954, Penfield and Jasper evoked somatosensory sensations in human patients during neurosurgery by electrically stimulati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2399754 | 1,301,821 |
377,149 | The original Lunar Module pilot assigned to work with Conrad was Clifton C. Williams Jr., who was killed in October 1967 when the T-38 he was flying crashed near Tallahassee. When forming his crew, Conrad had wanted Alan L. Bean, a former student of his at the test pilot school, but had been told by Director of Flight ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1967 | 376,954 |
192,386 | After entering service the F-111 proved highly successful. Although it never saw combat, the F-111C was the fastest, longest range combat aircraft in Southeast Asia. Aviation historian Alan Stephens has written that they were "the preeminent weapons system in the Asia-Pacific region" throughout their service and provid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=25595226 | 192,287 |
1,255,897 | It is not possible to pin-point when sea otters began using tools consistently. It is hypothesized that certain behaviors were selected for, in the process of evolution, which led to this adaptation. The first instance of a rock as a tool may have occurred when an otter was unable to access a prey item at the bottom of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=48861989 | 1,255,213 |
559,740 | After losing a bid for a third presidential term in the 1912 election, Roosevelt had originally planned to go on a speaking tour of Argentina and Brazil, followed by a cruise of the Amazon River organized by his friend Father John Augustine Zahm. Instead, the government of Brazil suggested that Roosevelt accompany famo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2588027 | 559,451 |
1,774,260 | The appointment of George Atherton as president in 1882 created an era of extraordinary stability and growth for Penn State. Top priority was given to enlarging the engineering program, and Atherton immediately approved an equipment expenditure of $3,000 for practicums and laboratory sessions. Atherton held strongly to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=31430357 | 1,773,263 |
1,787,445 | The CKGSB faculty comprises an international staff of 45 full-time professors and 10 long-term visiting professors as of 2015. Most of the faculty members are of Chinese origin, but all have pursued higher education at leading Western graduate schools, including Stanford, Harvard, Wharton and Yale. According to the sch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21857790 | 1,786,440 |
2,035,575 | Pediatric ependymomas are similar in nature to the adult form of ependymoma in that they are thought to arise from radial glial cells lining the ventricular system. However, they differ from adult ependymomas in which genes and chromosomes are most often affected, the region of the brain they are most frequently found ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32016376 | 2,034,402 |
1,088,043 | The father Tomasz Nijinsky, by his skills as ballet master, managed to form and direct his own small troupe of a dozen dancers, plus students. He created a ballet pantomime, and performed in circus-theaters, using Polish and Russian music. In 1896 he staged "The Fountain of Bakhchisarai", from an 1823 poem by Pushkin. ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=780188 | 1,087,484 |
563,951 | Once in the gut, "A. caninum" attaches to and ingests the mucosal lining along with some consumption of blood; up to 0.1 ml in 24hrs. In a 24hr period "A. caninum" typically feeds from six sites. This damage to the mucosa compromises the body's defences and can result in secondary infections by microbes. A group of ant... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=21556727 | 563,661 |
1,246,091 | Turbulent diffusion is the transport of mass, heat, or momentum within a system due to random and chaotic time dependent motions. It occurs when turbulent fluid systems reach critical conditions in response to shear flow, which results from a combination of steep concentration gradients, density gradients, and high vel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=22187097 | 1,245,416 |
115,384 | Besides the neural connections of the receptors, the optical system is an equally key player in retinal resolution. In the ideal eye, the image of a diffraction grating can subtend 0.5 micrometre on the retina. This is certainly not the case, however, and furthermore the pupil can cause diffraction of the light. Thus, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=648954 | 115,339 |
320,313 | When Priestley's friend Theophilus Lindsey decided to found a new Christian denomination that would not restrict its members' beliefs, Priestley and others hurried to his aid. On 17 April 1774, Lindsey held the first Unitarian service in Britain, at the newly formed Essex Street Chapel in London; he had even designed h... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=40176 | 320,141 |
785,324 | Thermal upconversion is based on the absorption of photons with low energies in the upconverter, which heats up and re-emits photons with higher energies. The upconversion efficiency can be improved by controlling the optical density of states of the absorber and also by tuning the angularly-selective emission characte... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20055670 | 784,903 |
1,928,900 | Utah's solar easement provisions are similar to those in other states, in that parties may voluntarily enter into written contracts, enforceable by law, that once created run with the land. However, The Utah Public Service Commission plans to execute a cost-benefit analysis of consumer-produced electricity and its effe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=36085934 | 1,927,795 |
864,499 | In his famous work "Théorie de la figure de la terre, tirée des principes de l'hydrostatique" ('Theory of the Figure of the Earth, drawn from the Principles of Hydrostatics') published in 1743, Alexis Claude Clairaut synthesized the relationships existing between gravity and the shape of the Earth. Clairaut exposed the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28200487 | 864,039 |
1,703,558 | Belarus has been characterized by some as a slow land reformer compared to other CIS countries. Nevertheless, the share of traditional collective and state farms in agricultural land decreased from 94% in 1991 to 83% in 2004 as nearly 1 million hectares moved to family farms in the process of transition reforms. The sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4562610 | 1,702,602 |
33,254 | In North American terrestrial sequences, the extinction event is best represented by the marked discrepancy between the rich and relatively abundant late-Maastrichtian pollen record and the post-boundary fern spike. A highly informative sequence of dinosaur-bearing rocks from the K–Pg boundary is found in western North... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=44503418 | 33,242 |
1,698,508 | Apart from cardiac MRI other real-time applications deal with functional studies of joint kinetics (e.g., temporomandibular joint, knee and the wrist) or address the coordinated dynamics of the articulators such as lips, tongue, soft palate and vocal folds during speaking (articulatory phonetics) or swallowing. Musculo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=28687367 | 1,697,554 |
1,720,296 | In March 2020, the governor of Herat at the time, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Afghanistan and a scarcity of ventilators, sought help with the design of low-cost ventilators, and the Afghan Girls Robotics Team was one of six teams contacted by the government. Using a design from Massachusetts Institute of Te... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=68581533 | 1,719,326 |
1,202,785 | The recognition of species diversity in this genus remained problematic for many decades due to the challenges of identifying morphological and biochemical traits useful for diagnosing species. Presently, phylogenetic, ecological, and population genetic data can be more rapidly acquired to resolve "Symbiodinium" into s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11375187 | 1,202,142 |
1,634,931 | Males have less investment in potential offspring and are generally less adept in their nurturing skills due to a greater emphasis on genetic reproduction, because any children that their mate births may or may not be their own. This phenomenon is termed paternal insecurity. However, "Human males do spend a lot of time... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39179280 | 1,634,008 |
1,231,601 | Renewable energy accounted for more than 85.4% of the domestically produced electricity used in Brazil, according to preliminary data from the 2009 National Energy Balance, conducted by the Energy Research Corporation (EPE). After the oil shocks of the 1970s, Brazil started focusing on developing alternative sources of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=17618723 | 1,230,939 |
1,870,958 | Constant improvement has been the watchword of the shipowner and the shipbuilder, and every decade has seen the ships of its predecessor become obsolete. The mixed paddle and screw leviathan, the "Great Eastern", built in the late 1850s, was so obviously before her time by some fifty years, and was so under-powered for... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3969301 | 1,869,881 |
871,346 | AI has been explored for use in cancer diagnosis, risk stratification, molecular characterization of tumors, and cancer drug discovery. A particular challenge in oncologic care that AI is being developed to address is the ability to accurately predict which treatment protocols will be best suited for each patient based... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=52588198 | 870,886 |
498,403 | Competitions on which modern strongman events are modeled, Scottish Highland Gatherings, were formalized around 1820 by Sir Walter Scott. In 1848, Queen Victoria attended the Braemar Highland Games. A sport known as "odd lifts" developed, in which competitors would be allowed three attempts at each of a wide variety of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=37894764 | 498,146 |
534,866 | Access to the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, and many river basins provides Iran the potential to develop excellent fisheries. The government assumed control of commercial fishing in 1952. One government-owned enterprise, the Northern Sheelat Company, was established in 1952, and a second, the Souther... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7459175 | 534,587 |
62,914 | In cases where antibiotics have been suggested to affect the efficiency of birth control pills, such as for the broad-spectrum antibiotic rifampicin, these cases may be due to an increase in the activities of hepatic liver enzymes' causing increased breakdown of the pill's active ingredients. Effects on the intestinal ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1805 | 62,889 |
1,997,759 | Like its predecessor, the X1, the X8 system included core memory, 27-bit word length, and drum memory as secondary storage (not as primary storage). The memory address was increased from 15 to 18 bits, for a theoretical maximum memory size of 256k words. The X8 included an independent peripheral processor called CHARON... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6654038 | 1,996,616 |
1,479,871 | Work also started on a suitable gun-laying computer that could use electrical, as opposed to mechanical, inputs for pointing data. Bell Labs delivered an analog computer known as the M9 Gun Director for this role. The M9 had four sets of outputs, allowing a single M9 to control four of the Army's standard 90 mm M1 guns... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=3972623 | 1,479,037 |
2,155,497 | MICAST studies microstructure formation during casting of technical alloys under diffusive and magnetically controlled convective conditions. The experimental results together with parametric studies using numerical simulations, will be used to optimize industrial casting processes. MICAST identifies and controls exper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23922461 | 2,154,266 |
265,468 | Many electronic circuits, especially amplifiers, incorporate negative feedback. This reduces their gain, but improves their linearity, input impedance, output impedance, and bandwidth, and stabilises all of these parameters, including the closed-loop gain. These parameters also become less dependent on the details of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=213354 | 265,325 |
19,704 | In October 2017, Madhavan confirmed that pre-production work for the film was underway and that he would portray Narayanan from the ages of 27 to 75, and that he was gaining weight to film the scenes featuring the older version of Narayanan first, after taking advice from Aamir Khan. Madhavan also announced that alongs... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58932491 | 19,696 |
1,514,003 | The Arctic has historically been deemed a low risk region for NIS invasion due to its harsh conditions, limited food sources, and limited access, which in turn resulted in low chances of survival and growth for the NIS (Chan 2018). Due to the recent increases in the amount of human development paired with the melting o... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11180149 | 1,513,152 |
696,883 | The Nintendo Entertainment System then consisted of the Deluxe Set and an initial library of 17 games which were chosen by playtester Howard Phillips. The Deluxe Set included a Control Deck console, two gamepads, R.O.B., the Zapper light gun, and the Game Paks "Gyromite" and "Duck Hunt". Fifteen additional games were s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=1571248 | 696,519 |
1,196,700 | Born of Irish descent in Oak Park, Illinois, on February 19, 1932, Kerwin graduated from Fenwick High School, a private school in Oak Park, in 1949. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1953; a Doctor of Medicine degree from Northwestern Un... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=606188 | 1,196,060 |
82,646 | The anti-submarine module had its focus changed from stationary to en-stride systems (while the ship is moving) that are useful in the open ocean as well as in coastal areas. One of the items to be added is a "torpedo detection capability" so that the ship can know when it is under attack. Thales has sold one CAPTAS 4 ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=460005 | 82,612 |
946,777 | In advanced modeling, with the requisite computational support such as knowledge-based engineering, mappings must be maintained between a real-world object, its abstracted counterparts as defined by the domain and its experts, and the computer models. Mismatches between domain models and their computational mirrors can... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=65692 | 946,274 |
125,066 | Working like genetic scissors, the Cas9 nuclease opens both strands of the targeted sequence of DNA to introduce the modification by one of two methods. Knock-in mutations, facilitated via homology directed repair (HDR), is the traditional pathway of targeted genomic editing approaches. This allows for the introduction... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=59990826 | 125,014 |
848,220 | The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) estimates that economic losses related to climate change for Peru could reach over 15% of national gross domestic product (GDP) by 2100. Being a large country with a long coastline, snow-capped mountains and sizeable forests, Peru's varying ecosystems ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8941842 | 847,770 |
786,482 | Invented in 1984, a rather different method called radiosity was faithful to both principles. However, radiosity relates the total illuminance falling on a surface with a uniform luminance that leaves the surface. This forced all surfaces to be Lambertian, or "perfectly diffuse". While radiosity received a lot of atten... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2057223 | 786,059 |
2,063,277 | Ribosomes, the organelles that catalyze protein synthesis, consist of a small 40S subunit and a large 60S subunit. Together these subunits are composed of 4 RNA species and approximately 80 structurally distinct proteins. This gene encodes a ribosomal protein that is a component of the 40S subunit and a member of the S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=14881311 | 2,062,087 |
1,250,621 | One of the first patents on ground improvement by MICP was the patent “Microbial Biocementation” by Murdoch University (Australia). A large scale (100 m) have shown a significant increase in shear wave velocity was observed during the treatment. Originally MICP was tested and designed for underground applications in wa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=39190731 | 1,249,945 |
850,552 | These devices measure the direct time-of-flight required for a single laser pulse to leave the camera and reflect back onto the focal plane array. Also known as "trigger mode", the 3D images captured using this methodology image complete spatial and temporal data, recording full 3D scenes with single laser pulse. This ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=19991513 | 850,100 |
1,510,339 | Coleman Instruments had recently coupled a pH meter with an optical phototube unit to examine the visual spectrum (the Coleman Model DM). Beckman had already developed a successful pH meter for measuring acidity of solutions, his company's breakthrough product. Seeing the potential to build upon their existing expertis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49602444 | 1,509,489 |
800,906 | The initial order placed in 1950 for 100 aircraft was intended to serve as an insurance policy in the event that Hawker failed to produce a viable aircraft. The two aircraft became known as the Supermarine Swift and the Hawker Hunter respectively. In early 1946, the Type 541 order was increased to 150 aircraft, while t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=690470 | 800,479 |
1,501,907 | The unfortunate side effect of this controversy was an "arms race" in which isochores are frequently redefined and relabeled following conflicting findings that failed to reveal "mosaic of isochores." The unfortunate outcomes of this controversy and the following terminological-methodological mud were the loss of inter... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10705831 | 1,501,061 |
158,525 | Toyota Motor Corporation published an official description of TPS for the first time in 1992; this booklet was revised in 1998. In the foreword it was said: "The TPS is a framework for conserving resources by eliminating waste. People who participate in the system learn to identify expenditures of material, effort and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=342815 | 158,444 |
1,247,226 | As ETSU's enrollment declined in the late 1970s and early 1980s, however, its student body became increasingly diverse: older non-traditional students, ethnic and racial minority students, and international students all grew in numbers. African Americans constituted the largest minority group on campus: after first bei... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49751816 | 1,246,551 |
1,025,702 | The word processor was a stand-alone office machine in the 1960s, combining the keyboard text-entry and printing functions of an electric typewriter with a recording unit, either tape or floppy disk (as used by the Wang machine) with a simple dedicated computer processor for the editing of text. Although features and d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33236 | 1,025,168 |
1,228,906 | Air Ambulance resources available to support the increased workload were 2 medical companies (air ambulance) located at Long Binh and Qui Nhon, and 8 medical detachments (RA) located at Gia Le, Phu Bi and Chu Lai in the I CTZ, Pleiku and Nha Trang in the II CTZ, Long Binh and Cu Chi in the III CTZ, and Soc Trang in the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8709111 | 1,228,244 |
987,015 | The second serial of "Doctor Who" was always planned to be futuristic due to the historical nature of the first. Comedy writer Terry Nation had written a 26-page outline for a story entitled "The Survivors" at his home, influenced by the threat of racial extermination by the Nazis and the concerns of advanced warfare, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34564137 | 986,500 |
329,945 | Charged nuclei are characteristic of galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events and except for alpha particles (charged helium nuclei) have no natural sources on the earth. In space, however, very high energy protons, helium nuclei, and HZE ions can be initially stopped by relatively thin layers of shielding, cloth... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=202522 | 329,770 |
628,786 | The International Kriegsspiel Society has modified the original rules of Kriegsspiel to allow for shorter games that can be played with larger numbers of players. Because Kriegsspiel requires a lot of effort from players and adjudication from umpires, the game is almost unplayable in its original form unless a large nu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4215716 | 628,450 |
362,546 | The publication of Hooke's diary in 1935 revealed previously unknown details about his social and familial relationships. Biographer Margaret argued that "the picture which is usually painted of Hooke as a morose... recluse is completely false." Hooke interacted with noted craftsmen such as Thomas Tompion, the clockmak... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=49720 | 362,356 |
1,758,846 | Thrust augmentation of existing afterburning engine installations for special short-duration tasks has been the subject of studies for launching small payloads into low earth orbits using aircraft such as McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II, McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle, Dassault Rafale and Mikoyan MiG-31, and also for ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58858795 | 1,757,853 |
1,485,792 | PSR J1719-1438 was discovered in 2011 by the High Time Resolution Survey, a radio astronomy search for astronomical objects that rapidly vary in radio brightness, such as pulsars. Timing measurements using the Parkes Telescope and Lovell Telescope showed that it has a low-mass companion: PSR J1719-1438 b. The companion... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=32867902 | 1,484,954 |
1,194,823 | Phillip W. Jackson (1968) may have coined the term "hidden curriculum" in his book "Life in Classrooms". He argued that primary school emphasized specific skills: learning to wait quietly, exercising restraint, trying, completing work, keeping busy, cooperating, showing allegiance to both teachers and peers, being neat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8741613 | 1,194,183 |
12,225 | The space station (to be constructed using rockets with recoverable and reusable ascent stages) would be a toroid structure, with a diameter of ; this built on the concept of a rotating wheel-shaped station introduced in 1929 by Herman Potočnik in his book "The Problem of Space Travel – The Rocket Motor". The space sta... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=33783 | 12,220 |
944,519 | As a freshman at Kansas, Braun averaged 5.3 points and 2.9 rebounds per game, earning Big 12 All-Freshman Team honors. On November 27, 2020, he recorded a career-high 30 points, nine rebounds and four steals in a 94–72 win over Saint Joseph's. As a sophomore, Braun averaged 9.7 points and 5.2 rebounds per game. He was ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=67741718 | 944,017 |
2,146,266 | In 2007, despite being Vassar's youngest completed academic building, a report by Platt Byard Dovell White Architects report found that many components of Mudd's structure were in either "Fair" or "Poor" condition. The structure was slated for demolition in spring 2016 as part of the college's Science Center project, w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42057902 | 2,145,035 |
2,242,463 | Zachary Pilon, for "Comic Book Resources", commented that alignment in 5th Edition "Dungeons & Dragons" is now "more of a storytelling tool" than something with "mechanical benefits", adding that "the history of the mechanic means that Wizards of the Coast is unlikely to ever remove it in entirely, but the current nine... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=904826 | 2,241,192 |
654,393 | Benefits of the EBF³ process include increased strength and reduced material usage. The technique has the ability to build functionally graded unitized parts directly from CAD. Recently, LaRC has become home to this type of machining process, which is used by their room-sized High Frequency , X-ray emitting electron gu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=337034 | 654,049 |
459,837 | There is conflict among parents as to who should provide the care as well as how much care to provide. Each parent must decide whether or not to stay and care for their offspring, or to desert their offspring. This decision is best modeled by game theoretic approaches to evolutionarily stable strategies (ESS) where the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=292265 | 459,612 |
1,809,776 | With the purpose of detecting individual gamma rays ranging from 30 MeV to 30 GeV, EGRET was equipped with a plastic scintillator anti-coincidence dome, spark chamber, and calorimeter. Starting from the outside of the telescope, scientists covered EGRET with a plastic scintillator anti-coincidence dome. The dome acted ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=5247371 | 1,808,755 |
1,745,905 | On 14 February 1943, Brigadier Orde Wingate launched Operation Longcloth. This operation saw the 77th Indian Infantry Brigade operate behind the Japanese lines, supplied via air drops, ambushing Japanese troops and destroying rail lines. The force returned to Allied lines during April, having lost nearly a third of its... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=4468060 | 1,744,920 |
28,553 | In 1959 the U.S. Air Force, concerned about losing pilots over hostile territory, began planning for the use of uncrewed aircraft. Planning intensified after the Soviet Union shot down a U-2 in 1960. Within days, a highly-classified UAV program started under the code name of "Red Wagon". The August 1964 clash in the To... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=58900 | 28,543 |
158,431 | Numerous contributions to the overall improvement of the efficiency of energy infrastructure are anticipated from the deployment of smart grid technology, in particular including demand-side management, for example turning off air conditioners during short-term spikes in electricity price, reducing the voltage when pos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=13201685 | 158,350 |
287,705 | The cytoskeleton changes the mechanics of the cell in response to detected forces. For example, increasing tension within the plasma membrane makes it more likely that ion channels will open, which increases ion conductance and makes cellular change ion influx or efflux much more likely. Moreover, the mechanical proper... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=156970 | 287,549 |
1,839,363 | Its other resources include primary partnership in the UNSW Analytical Centre (see below), field research stations at Cowan, Smiths Lake, Wellington and Fowlers Gap, and it is a partner in the Sydney Institute of Marine Science, located on Sydney Harbour at Chowder Bay. The Faculty is the primary administrative base fo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=18070017 | 1,838,311 |
710,317 | Rapid industrialization has been accompanied by many environmental problems and rising pollution in China. One part of the Chinese response involves advanced technology such as the world's largest high-speed rail network and high fuel efficiency requirements for vehicles. China is rapidly expanding its wastewater treat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=277914 | 709,946 |
1,099,909 | SCEE David Reeves, has stated that the main reason that Europe is often affected by significant content delays is because of language localization. He stated "the problem is that there isn't enough incentive for developers to work on multiple language translations during development. Hence, Europeans suffer delays and ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8735708 | 1,099,349 |
1,265,939 | Each Adcock range station had four antenna towers erected on the corners of a 425 × 425 ft square, with an optional extra tower in the center for voice transmission and homing. The stations emitted directional electromagnetic radiation at 190 to 535 kHz and from 50 to 1,500 watts, into four quadrants. The radiation of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=23697364 | 1,265,251 |
758,597 | The College of William & Mary was founded by Virginia government in 1693, with of land for an endowment, and a penny tax on every pound of tobacco, together with an annual appropriation. It was closely associated with the established Anglican Church. James Blair, the leading Anglican minister in the colony, was preside... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9083795 | 758,191 |
408,130 | Some evidence suggests that Earth's original atmosphere might have contained fewer of the reducing molecules than was thought at the time of the Miller–Urey experiment. There is abundant evidence of major volcanic eruptions 4 billion years ago, which would have released carbon dioxide, nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide (HS), ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=20821 | 407,929 |
1,426,476 | Alaska Airlines Flight 261: Took off from Mexico en route to California. The MD-83 had been in maintenance, and the T-tail's jackscrew had not been checked as called for in the maintenance schedule. After several tries, the crew was able to unfreeze the stabilizer, and the airplane pitched downward into a dive. The pil... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=34461092 | 1,425,673 |
1,672,861 | Hsu "et al." (2004) compared MIB to a similar phenomenon of perceptual filling-in (PFI), which likewise reveals a striking dissociation between the percept and the sensory input. They describe both as visual attributes which are perceived in a certain region of the visual field regardless of being in the background (in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10751304 | 1,671,919 |
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