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Queensland Academy for Science, Mathematics and Technology
Principals: Stephen Loggie (2007–2009) Kath Kayrooz (2010–2013) Judy Neilson (2014) Kath Kayrooz (2015–present) Aims QASMT was advertised as a school for "Queensland's best and brightest" students. It was initially designed as a school where the most academically minded Year 10, 11 and 12 students in the state cou...
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The Civil War (miniseries)
See also The War,'' World War II documentary miniseries by Ken Burns The Vietnam War, Vietnam War documentary series by Ken Burns Still image film Lost Cause of the Confederacy References External links PBS: The Civil War Alexander Klein's interview with pianist Jacqueline Schwab americanarchive.org Documentary...
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Landscape engineering
Source: McKenna, G.T., 2002. Sustainable mine reclamation and landscape engineering. PhD Thesis, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada 661p. Example
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Jian Wang (cellist)
External links Standard short biography of Jian Wang on the site of Deutsche Grammophon 1968 births Living people Chinese classical cellists People's Republic of China musicians Yale School of Music alumni Musicians from Xi'an
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Rose (mathematics)
The limaçon trisectrix A rose with is a limaçon trisectrix that has the property of trisectrix curves that can be used to trisect angles. The rose has a single petal with two loops. (See the animation below.)
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Nanotechnology
Further applications allow tennis balls to last longer, golf balls to fly straighter, and even bowling balls to become more durable and have a harder surface. Trousers and socks have been infused with nanotechnology so that they will last longer and keep people cool in the summer. Bandages are being infused with silver...
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Functional group
There are also a large number of branched or ring alkanes that have specific names, e.g., tert-butyl, bornyl, cyclohexyl, etc. Hydrocarbons may form charged structures: positively charged carbocations or negative carbanions. Carbocations are often named -um. Examples are tropylium and triphenylmethyl cations and the cy...
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Algorithm
Manipulation of symbols as "place holders" for numbers: algebra Muhammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, a Persian mathematician, wrote the Al-jabr in the 9th century. The terms "algorism" and "algorithm" are derived from the name al-Khwārizmī, while the term "algebra" is derived from the book Al-jabr. In Europe, the word "alg...
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Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary
Nielson's philosophy of administration stressed: Transition and progress by continuity; Building consensus rather than operating by decree or by majority; Commitment to delegated authority; Accessibility to faculty and students (with recognition as well for the need for privacy); Unity, equitability, fairness; Th...
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Gene regulatory network
Bacterial regulatory networks Regulatory networks allow bacteria to adapt to almost every environmental niche on earth. A network of interactions among diverse types of molecules including DNA, RNA, proteins and metabolites, is utilised by the bacteria to achieve regulation of gene expression. In bacteria, the principa...
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Head direction cell
The remarkable properties of HD cells, most particularly their conceptual simplicity and their ability to maintain firing when visual cues were removed or perturbed, led to considerable interest from theoretical neuroscientists. Several mathematical models were developed, which differed on details but had in common a ...
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Select Committee on Reserves (Reserve 43131) Bill 2003
On 12 February 1999 a 15-year-old Aboriginal woman named Susan Taylor committed suicide in the reserve and on 22–30 October 2001 a coronial inquiry was held. The inquest investigated the circumstances in which Taylor and other Aboriginal young people lived. It accepted evidence that rape and sexual abuse of Aboriginal ...
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Thin-film solar cell
In addition to surface texturing, the plasmonic light-trapping scheme attracted a lot of attention to aid photocurrent enhancement in thin film solar cells. This method makes use of collective oscillation of excited free electrons in noble metal nanoparticles, which are influenced by particle shape, size and dielectric...
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Engineering informatics
Greece University of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki, Greece Technological Educational Institute of Central Macedonia, Serres, Greece Technological Educational Institute of West Macedonia, Kastoria, Greece Hungary Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Bu...
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The Da Vinci Code
Janet Maslin of The New York Times said that one word "concisely conveys the kind of extreme enthusiasm with which this riddle-filled, code-breaking, exhilaratingly brainy thriller can be recommended. That word is wow. The author is Dan Brown (a name you will want to remember). In this gleefully erudite suspense novel,...
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An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Contents Part I. Of the General Characteristics of Human Nature. Part II. Of the History of Rude Nations. Part III. Of the History of Policy and Arts. Part IV. Of Consequences that result from the Advancement of Civil and Commercial arts. Part V. Of the Decline of Nations. Part VI. Of Corruption and Political Slavery. ...
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Ambiguity function
The ambiguity function plays a key role in the field of time–frequency signal processing, as it is related to the Wigner–Ville distribution by a 2-dimensional Fourier transform. This relationship is fundamental to the formulation of other time–frequency distributions: the bilinear time–frequency distributions are obtai...
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Computer graphics (computer science)
Applications for their use Bitmap Design / Image Editing Adobe Photoshop Corel Photo-Paint GIMP Krita Vector drawing Adobe Illustrator CorelDRAW Inkscape Affinity Designer Sketch Architecture VariCAD FreeCAD AutoCAD QCAD LibreCAD DataCAD Corel Designer Video editing Adobe Premiere Pro Sony Vegas Fi...
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Control engineering
Resilient control systems extend the traditional focus of addressing only planned disturbances to frameworks and attempt to address multiple types of unexpected disturbance; in particular, adapting and transforming behaviors of the control system in response to malicious actors, abnormal failure modes, undesirable huma...
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Matheme
Serge Leclaire, who is one of the most respected and distinguished of all French analysts, remarked in 1975, for example, that whilst the mathemes might have a certain pedagogic utility, they were basically no more than "graffiti"'. References External links Lacanian Matheme Fonts provided by the Australian Centre fo...
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Hadley cell
In the early 18th century, George Hadley, an English lawyer and amateur meteorologist, was dissatisfied with the theory that the astronomer Edmond Halley had proposed for explaining the trade winds. What was no doubt correct in Halley's theory was that solar heating creates upward motion of equatorial air, and air mass...
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Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Geographic distribution Australia The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority 2015 report entitled, National STEM School Education Strategy, stated that "A renewed national focus on STEM in school education is critical to ensuring that all young Australians are equipped with the necessary STEM skills...
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Chinese mathematics
As a result of obvious linguistic and geographic barriers, as well as content, Chinese mathematics and the mathematics of the ancient Mediterranean world are presumed to have developed more or less independently up to the time when The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art reached its final form, while the Book on Numb...
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Scale (insect anatomy)
Scales greatly reduce fatalities among Lepidoptera after flying into spiderwebs. The detachable scales pull away freely and enable the insect to escape. (Forsyth 1992:12) Thomas Eisner tested spiderwebs' effectiveness by dropping various insects onto the webs. Moths were consistently able to escape, and all left impact...
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Hardware-assisted virtualization
Disadvantages Hardware-assisted virtualization requires explicit support in the host CPU, which is not available on all x86/x86_64 processors. A "pure" hardware-assisted virtualization approach, using entirely unmodified guest operating systems, involves many VM traps, and thus high CPU overheads, limiting scalability...
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Pravetz computers
The line of Bulgarian personal computers at the time of release was prohibitively expensive for individuals and in addition were only sold to different government institutions - educational sector, military and administrative sector. Pravetz computers were of major importance in the economy of the Comecon. Model line 8...
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Big Red Software
History Big Red Software was incorporated on 16 October 1989 by Paul Ranson, and was based in Leamington Spa, England. In their early years, they focused on the 8-bit home computer game market, especially for ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC. During this time, they formed a close relationship with Codemasters, who publishe...
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Fireproofing
Proprietary boards and sheets, made of gypsum, calcium silicate, vermiculite, perlite, mechanically-bonded composite boards made of punched sheet-metal and cellulose-reinforced concrete have all been used to clad items for increased fire resistance. An alternative method to keep building steel below its softening tempe...
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Columbia (supercomputer)
Missions run on Columbia include high-fidelity simulations of the Space Shuttle vehicle and launch systems, hurricane track prediction, global ocean circulation, and the physics of supernova detonations. History Columbia debuted as the second most powerful supercomputer on the TOP500 list in November 2004 at a LINPACK ...
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The Mechanical Man
Cast André Deed: Modestino D'Ara, or Saltarello Valentina Frascaroli: Margherita Donadieff, or Mado Mathilde Lambert: Elena D'Ara Gabriel Moreau: Professor D'Ara Ferdinando Vivas-May Giulia Costa Lost footage Most of the lost footage consists of the beginning third of the film. Also lost are the cast credits, so some...
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Merit Network
During 2016, Merit added new publicly accessible hubs of the Michigan Cyber Range in Southeast Michigan. Cyber Range Hubs opened inside the Velocity Center at Macomb-Oakland University in Sterling Heights on March 18 and at Pinckney Community High School on December 7. Each location provides certification courses, cy...
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Cell 211
Cast Luis Tosar – Malamadre (Badmother in English) Alberto Ammann – Juan Antonio Resines – Utrilla Marta Etura – Elena Carlos Bardem – Apache Manuel Morón – Almansa Luis Zahera – Releches Vicente Romero – Tachuela Production The screenplay was adapted from a homonymous novel by Francisco Pérez Gandul set duri...
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Plasticity (physics)
Inelastic deformations of rocks and concrete are primarily caused by the formation of microcracks and sliding motions relative to these cracks. At high temperatures and pressures, plastic behavior can also be affected by the motion of dislocations in individual grains in the microstructure. Mathematical descriptions D...
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Sorangium cellulosum
Sorangium cellulosum is a soil-dwelling Gram-negative bacterium of the group myxobacteria. It is motile and shows gliding motility. Under stressful conditions this motility, as in other myxobacteria, the cells congregate to form fruiting bodies and differentiate into myxospores. These congregating cells make isolation ...
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History of biology
The European Renaissance brought expanded interest in both empirical natural history and physiology. In 1543, Andreas Vesalius inaugurated the modern era of Western medicine with his seminal human anatomy treatise De humani corporis fabrica, which was based on dissection of corpses. Vesalius was the first in a series o...
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Loop entropy
As an example, consider the entropy lost upon making the contacts between residues 26 and 84 and residues 58 and 110 in a polymer (cf. ribonuclease A). The first and second loops have lengths 58 (=84-26) and 52 (=110-58), respectively, and they have 26 (=84-58) residues in common. The corresponding Wang-Uhlenbeck mat...
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Principles and Standards for School Mathematics
The PSSM replaces three prior publications by NCTM: Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics (1989), which was the first such publication by an independent professional organization instead of a government agency and outlined what students should learn and how to measure their learning. Professiona...
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Robotics Institute
RI robots and researchers have been featured in the Scientific American Frontiers episode "Natural Born Robots" and in multiple NPR radio segments. The Advanced Robotic Laser Coating Removal System (ARLCRS) won a 2013 Edison Award gold award in the category of materials science processes. Notable faculty (current and p...
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Industrial applications of nanotechnology
Nanoparticle based systems can provide better adhesion and transparency. The TiO2 coating captures and breaks down organic and inorganic air pollutants by a photocatalytic process, which leads to putting roads to good environmental use. Fire Protection and detection Fire resistance of steel structures is often provided...
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Canalisation (genetics)
Waddington used the concept of canalisation to explain his experiments on genetic assimilation. In these experiments, he exposed Drosophila pupae to heat shock. This environmental disturbance caused some flies to develop a crossveinless phenotype. He then selected for crossveinless. Eventually, the crossveinless phenot...
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List of expansion operations and planning of the Axis powers
1941–1943 Control of all of Indochina Advances in the China Mainland, Second Sino-Japanese War Pearl Harbor strike Invasion of the Philippines Invasion of Thailand Invasion of the Dutch Indies (now Indonesia) Japanese Invasion of Burma Invasion of Guam and Wake Island Invasion of New Guinea/Solomons Christmas...
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Phonological history of English
Diphthongs This table describes the main developments of Middle English diphthongs, starting with the Old English sound sequences that produced them (sequences of vowels and g, h or ƿ'') and ending with their Modern English equivalents. Many special cases have been ignored. Development of Old English vowels
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Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics
Sources Obituary Notices of Fellows Deceased. (1895). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 58, I-Lx. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/115800 (Obituary of Arthur Cayley written by Andrew Forsyth). University of Cambridge DPMMS https://web.archive.org/web/20160624155328/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offi...
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Functional equation (L-function)
See also Explicit formula (L-function) Riemann–Siegel formula (particular approximate functional equation) References External links Zeta and L-functions Functional equations
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Mathilde Blind
While in Switzerland she was barred as a woman from entry to lectures at the University of Zürich, but spent much time in the company of revolutionary colleagues of her mother and stepfather. She also took private lessons from the renowned philosopher and Sanscrit scholar Kuno Fischer. In 1854 Fischer had begun work on...
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Geologic temperature record
The Neoproterozoic era (), provides evidence of at least two and possibly more major glaciations. The more recent of these ice ages, encompassing the Marinoan & Varangian glacial maxima (about ), has been proposed as a snowball Earth event with continuous sea ice reaching nearly to the equator. This is significantly mo...
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Cellulose triacetate
See also Cellulose acetate Vinegar syndrome Rayon References External links Description of triacetate fibre Description of triacetate film Federal Trade Commission definition of triacetate The long term archival of triacetate photographic films Glossary of terms relation to the manufacture of cellulose / aceta...
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Crash simulation
A crash simulation is a virtual recreation of a destructive crash test of a car or a highway guard rail system using a computer simulation in order to examine the level of safety of the car and its occupants. Crash simulations are used by automakers during computer-aided engineering (CAE) analysis for crashworthiness i...
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Special linear Lie algebra
The algebra plays an important role in the study of chaos and fractals, as it generates the Möbius group SL(2,R), which describes the automorphisms of the hyperbolic plane, the simplest Riemann surface of negative curvature; by contrast, SL(2,C) describes the automorphisms of the hyperbolic 3-dimensional ball. Represe...
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RTTOV (radiative transfer code)
References Eyre J. R. 1991 A fast radiative transfer model for satellite sounding systems. ECMWF Research Dept. Tech. Memo. 176 (available from the librarian at ECMWF). Matricardi, M., F. Chevallier and S. Tjemkes 2001 An improved general fast radiative transfer model for the assimilation of radiance observations. E...
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Multi-function printer
Some of these devices, like the Hewlett-Packard Photosmart C8180 printer, have a DVD burner and LightScribe functionality where the user could burn DVDs and create an image on a special Lightscribe DVD or CD using special software like Roxio or Nero AG Software Suite to create the image. To create a Lightscribe image t...
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British Airways Engineering
Opposite TBJ/K hangars there is a parking area for the up to eight planes and an engine test run pen. TBA: (4 Hangar, 8 bay complex): All of BA's A380, 787, 747, 777 & long-haul 767 fleet 'light' maintenance is done in the East and North pens. West pen is reserved for A380 casualty maintenance. South pen is the only un...
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School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton
Electronics and Electrical Engineering in ECS was ranked 2nd in the UK in both Good University Guide published by the Times and the Complete University Guide published by the Independent. Computer Science was ranked 4th and 5th in the UK respectively in these two publications.
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Dynamic Bayesian network
Software : the Bayes Net Toolbox for Matlab, by Kevin Murphy, (released under a GPL license) Graphical Models Toolkit (GMTK): an open-source, publicly available toolkit for rapidly prototyping statistical models using dynamic graphical models (DGMs) and dynamic Bayesian networks (DBNs). GMTK can be used for applicat...
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Ecological stability
History of the concept The term 'oekology' was coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866. Ecology as a science was developed further during the late 19th and the early 20th century, and increasing attention was directed toward the connection between diversity and stability. Frederic Clements and Henry Gleason contributed knowle...
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Astrobiology
Astrobiology, known as exobiology, is an interdisciplinary scientific field that studies the origins, early evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe. Astrobiology is the multidisciplinary field that investigates the deterministic conditions and contingent events with which life arises, distributes, ...
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Energy in Queensland
The CopperString transmission line is a proposed project to link Mount Isa to Townsville and the National Electricity Market. The power lines are expected to cost A$1.5 billion to develop and have a total length of 1,028 km. The CopperString project was postponed after Xstrata decided to source their electricity from a...
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Euler equations (fluid dynamics)
Spatial dimensions For certain problems, especially when used to analyze compressible flow in a duct or in case the flow is cylindrically or spherically symmetric, the one-dimensional Euler equations are a useful first approximation. Generally, the Euler equations are solved by Riemann's method of characteristics. This...
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Boolean algebra (structure)
The term "Boolean algebra" honors George Boole (1815–1864), a self-educated English mathematician. He introduced the algebraic system initially in a small pamphlet, The Mathematical Analysis of Logic, published in 1847 in response to an ongoing public controversy between Augustus De Morgan and William Hamilton, and lat...
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Paramount Television Network
The table below lists stations that carried Paramount Television Network programs, including the company's two owned-and-operated stations, KTLA and WBKB. DuMont's three VHF stations, WABD, WTTG and WDTV, which aired little or no Paramount programming but which the FCC ruled were O&Os of the same entity, also appear in...
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Civilization (video game)
The 1999 game Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri was also created by Meier and is in the same genre, but with a futuristic/space theme; many of the interface and gameplay innovations in this game eventually made their way into Civilization III and IV. Alpha Centauri is not actually a sequel to Civilization, despite beginning w...
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Phased-array optics
Complicated patterns of phase variation can be used to produce diffractive optical elements, such as dynamic virtual lenses, for beam focusing or splitting in addition to aiming. Dynamic phase variation can also produce real-time holograms. Devices permitting detailed addressable phase control over two dimensions are ...
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Cherokee in the American Civil War
Further reading Fisher, Paul Thomas. "Confederate empire and the Indian treaties: Pike, McCulloch, and the Five Civilized Tribes, 1861–1862" (MA thesis Baylor U. 2011). online; bibliography pp 107–19. Moore, Jessie Randolph. "The Five Great Indian Nations: Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Seminole, and Creek: ...
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The Power of Failing
Personnel Mineral Chris Simpson  – guitar, vocals Jeremy Gomez – bass guitar Gabriel Wiley – drums Scott McCarver – guitar Additional personnel Andre Zweers – engineering assistant Paul Drake – photography Judy Kirschner – engineering assistant Kevin Reeves – mastering References 1997 albums Mineral (band) albums
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History of biology
1900 marked the so-called rediscovery of Mendel: Hugo de Vries, Carl Correns, and Erich von Tschermak independently arrived at Mendel's laws (which were not actually present in Mendel's work). Soon after, cytologists (cell biologists) proposed that chromosomes were the hereditary material. Between 1910 and 1915, Thomas...
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I Know There's an Answer
1990 – Sonic Youth, Smiles, Vibes & Harmony: A Tribute to Brian Wilson 1993 – Frank Black, Frank Black (as "Hang On to Your Ego") 1997 – The Levellers, "What a Beautiful Day" B-side 2002 – Aaron Sprinkle, Making God Smile 2005 – The Vitamin String Quartet, VSQ Performs the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds 2013 – The Ashes, ...
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Tire code
The code has grown in complexity over the years, as is evident from the mix of SI and USC units, and ad-hoc extensions to lettering and numbering schemes. New automotive tires frequently have ratings for traction, treadwear, and temperature resistance (collectively known as The Uniform Tire Quality Grade (UTQG) ratings...
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AMOS (programming language)
On the 4 April 2019, François Lionet announced the release of AMOS2 on his website amos2.org. AMOS2 replaces STOS and AMOS together, using JavaScript as its code interpreter, making the new development system independent and generally deployed in internet browsers. Amos 2 is now called AOZ Studio. Its website is at htt...
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Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Academics The institute has a graduate research program to which a group of students are admitted each year to work towards a Ph.D. degree. IMSc hosts scientists at the post-doctoral level and supports a visiting scientist program in areas of research in the Institute. Campus
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Algebraic specification
An algebraic specification achieves these goals by defining one or more data types, and specifying a collection of functions that operate on those data types. These functions can be divided into two classes: constructor functions: functions that create or initialize the data elements, or construct complex elements fro...
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Psychological abuse
Some studies say that fundamentalist religious prohibitions against divorce may make it more difficult for religious men or women to leave an abusive marriage. A 1985 survey of Protestant clergy in the United States by Jim M Alsdurf found that 21% of them agreed that "no amount of abuse would justify a woman's leaving ...
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Uniform Adoption Act
PART 6. EVALUATION OF ADOPTEE AND PROSPECTIVE ADOPTIVE PARENT § 3-601 Evaluation during proceeding for adoption § 3-602 Content of evaluation § 3-603 Time and filing of evaluation PART 7. DISPOSITIONAL HEARING: DECREE OF ADOPTION § 3-701 Time for hearing on petition § 3-702 Disclosure of fees and charges § 3-703 Granti...
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Stress (mechanics)
If the material rotates without a change in stress state (rigid rotation), the components of the 2nd Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor remain constant, irrespective of material orientation. The 2nd Piola–Kirchhoff stress tensor is energy conjugate to the Green–Lagrange finite strain tensor. See also
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Ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene
Development Polymerization of UHMWPE was commercialized in the 1950s by Ruhrchemie AG, which has changed names over the years. Today UHMWPE powder materials, which may be directly molded into a product's final shape, are produced by Ticona, Braskem, DSM, Teijin (Endumax), Celanese, and Mitsui. Processed UHMWPE is ava...
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Powerball
Illinois joining Powerball on the expansion date, it became the second multi-jurisdictional lottery game (after Mega Millions, which Illinois already participated in) whose drawings were carried nationally. Both games' drawings were simulcast via Chicago cable superstation WGN-TV through its national WGN America feed. ...
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List of MeSH codes (C04)
– neoplasms, nerve tissue – meningioma – nerve sheath neoplasms – neurilemmoma – neurofibroma – neurofibroma, plexiform – neurofibromatosis – neurofibromatosis 1 – neurofibromatosis 2 – neurofibrosarcoma – neurofibrosarcoma – neuroma – neurilemmoma – neuroma, acoustic – neurofibromatosis 2 ...
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Country Code Names Supporting Organization
The Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO) of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is the policy-development body for a narrow range of global issues regarding country code top-level domains (ccTLD) within the ICANN structure. Established under the bylaws of ICANN, it is responsib...
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Composite Software
Post-Acquisition Development at Cisco Composite Software was incorporated into Cisco as the Data Virtualization Business Unit. The Composite Data Virtualization Platform was renamed Cisco Data Virtualization, and Composite Information Server (CIS) became Cisco Information Server (CIS). It continues to be sold to addres...
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TN postcode area
The TN postcode area, also known as the Tunbridge Wells postcode area, is a group of 40 postcode districts in England, within 24 post towns. These cover south Kent (including Royal Tunbridge Wells, Tonbridge, Ashford, Sevenoaks, Cranbrook, Edenbridge, New Romney, Romney Marsh and Tenterden) and northern and eastern Eas...
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Corridors of Power (album)
Additional musicians John Sloman – backing vocals Jack Bruce – co-lead vocals on track 6 Bobby Chouinard – drums on track 6 Mo Foster – bass guitar on track 5 Don Airey – keyboards track 5 Production Jeff Glixman – producer Steve Prestage – engineer, mixing Nigel Walker – engineer Ian Cooper – mastering Steve Barnett, ...
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Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics
Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (SICM) is a classical mechanics textbook written by Gerald Jay Sussman and Jack Wisdom with Meinhard E. Mayer. The first edition was published by MIT Press in 2001, and a second edition was released in 2015. The book is used at the Massachusetts Institute of Technolog...
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Immunological synapse
The immune synapse is also known as the supramolecular activation cluster or SMAC. This structure is composed of concentric rings each containing segregated clusters of proteins—often referred to as the bull’s-eye model of the immunological synapse: c-SMAC (central-SMAC) composed of the θ isoform of protein kinase C, ...
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Computer monitor
Liquid crystal display There are multiple technologies that have been used to implement liquid crystal displays (LCD). Throughout the 1990s, the primary use of LCD technology as computer monitors was in laptops where the lower power consumption, lighter weight, and smaller physical size of LCDs justified the higher pri...
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Overture Networks
Ethernet over bonded copper Overture LPM 8 Overture 239 Overture 400 Overture 4000 Ethernet over TDM, SONET, SDH, and PDH Overture 34 Overture 45 and 45+ Overture 140 Overture 180 Overture 500 Mobile Backhaul Overture 600 Overture 400 Overture 65 Overture 6500 Optical Ethernet Overture 65 Overture 6500 Ov...
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Physics education
There are also Enrichment Stream in Theoretical Physics offered by CUHK and International Research Enrichment Track offered by HKUST. In that stream, additional topics include astrophysics, particle physics, computational physics, and quantum physics. The practices of solving theoretical systems and the discussions of ...
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Atlas (computer)
Atlas was a second-generation computer, using discrete germanium transistors. Atlas was created in a joint development effort among the University of Manchester, Ferranti International plc and the Plessey Co., plc. Two other Atlas machines were built: one for British Petroleum and the University of London, and one for ...
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Live looping
Juana Molina KRNFX Howie Day Keller Williams Boxwood Ed Sheeran Mavka Dub FX Battles Ambre McLean Jacob Moon Amy X Neuburg Beardyman Kimbra KT Tunstall Kid Beyond Tune-Yards David Torn Spirit Cool Reggie Watts THePETEBOX French Kiwi Juice Rick Walker David Ford Netta Barzilai Val Vigoda Jarle Bernhoft Marc Rebi...
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List of mythological objects
Yggdrasil, an immense tree that connects the nine worlds. (Norse mythology) Sefirot, (counting, enumeration) the kabbalistic tree of life which encompasses both the physical and higher metaphysical realm. It consists of the ten attributes/emanations in Kabbalah. (Jewish mythology) Irminsul (Great/Mighty Pillar or Ari...
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History of geophysics
There are several descriptions and discussions about a philosophical theory of the water cycle by Marcus Vitruvius, Leonardo da Vinci and Bernard Palissy. Pioneers in hydrology include Pierre Perrault, Edme Mariotte and Edmund Halley in studies of such things as rainfall, runoff, drainage area, velocity, river cross-se...
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Civil registration
Births, deaths and marriages must be registered by register office called Body of registration of acts of civil status (орган записи актов гражданского состояния - organ zapisi aktov grazhdanskogo sostoyaniya or орган ЗАГС - organ ZAGS for short) or the Palace of Marriages (Дворец бракосочетаний) for civil marriage cer...
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Comparison of programming languages (associative array)
Ruby supports hash looping and iteration with the following syntax:
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Matrix multiplication algorithm
Directly applying the mathematical definition of matrix multiplication gives an algorithm that takes time on the order of field operations to multiply two matrices over that field ( in big O notation). Better asymptotic bounds on the time required to multiply matrices have been known since the Strassen's algorithm in...
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ATC code C03
C03BX Other low-ceiling diuretics C03BX03 Cicletanine C03C High-ceiling diuretics C03CA Sulfonamides, plain C03CA01 Furosemide C03CA02 Bumetanide C03CA03 Piretanide C03CA04 Torasemide C03CB Sulfonamides and potassium in combination C03CB01 Furosemide and potassium C03CB02 Bumetanide and potassium
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Energy Technology Engineering Center
The LMEC and the LMIC were established within a western portion of Santa Susana Field Laboratory called Area IV. In 1978, the LMEC charter was expanded to include general energy-related technology and the center was renamed the Energy Technology Engineering Center. Research and development at ETEC primarily involved m...
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National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute)
In recent years, the institute has been working to improve its curricula in the humanities, economic sciences, and foreign languages. MEPhI in leading international and national university rankings Student population The student population, especially on natural science departments, is predominantly male. During the fi...
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Physics
The seven-volume Book of Optics (Kitab al-Manathir) hugely influenced thinking across disciplines from the theory of visual perception to the nature of perspective in medieval art, in both the East and the West, for more than 600 years. Many later European scholars and fellow polymaths, from Robert Grosseteste and Leon...
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Class (computer programming)
Example (Simplified Objective-C 2.0 code, from iPhone SDK): @interface UIResponder : NSObject //... @interface UIView : UIResponder //... @interface UIScrollView : UIView //... @interface UITableView : UIScrollView //... In this example, a UITableView is a UIScrollView is a UIView is a UIResponder is an NSObject. Defin...
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Race, Evolution, and Behavior
Race, Evolution, and Behavior: A Life History Perspective is a book by Canadian psychologist and author J. Philippe Rushton. Rushton was a professor of psychology at the University of Western Ontario for many years, and the head of the controversial Pioneer Fund. The first unabridged edition of the book came out in 199...
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Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki
Derveni krater The statue of Harpocrates (2nd century AD) The Head of Serapis (2nd century BC) Bronze helmet and gold mask (cemetery of Sindos, end of 6th century BC) Marble door (Macedonia tomb of Agia Paraskevi) Copy of "Unveiling" Aphrodite (421/420 BC) Gold medals (250–225 BC) Inlaid floors (mosaic) Gold d...
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Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy
Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (INRNE) of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences is the leading center for research and application of the nuclear physics in Bulgaria.
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