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5,452,205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading%20zones | The metaphor of a trading zone is being applied to collaborations in science and technology. The basis of the metaphor is anthropological studies of how different cultures are able to exchange goods, despite differences in language and culture.
Overview
Peter Galison produced the "trading zone" metaphor in order to e... | Trading zones | [
"Technology"
] | 1,129 | [
"Science and technology studies"
] |
5,452,285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Brothers | Space Brothers may refer to:
The Space Brothers, British trance music act
Space Brothers (manga), a Japanese manga series by Chūya Koyama about two brothers wanting to go into space, which has been adapted into a live action film and anime series
Nordic aliens, sometimes referred to as 'space brothers' | Space Brothers | [
"Technology"
] | 63 | [
"UFO conspiracy theories",
"Science and technology-related conspiracy theories"
] |
5,452,591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner%20%26%20Swasey%20Company | The Warner & Swasey Company was an American manufacturer of machine tools, instruments, and special machinery. It operated as an independent business firm, based in Cleveland, from its founding in 1880 until its acquisition in 1980. It was founded as a partnership in 1880 by Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929) and Ambro... | Warner & Swasey Company | [
"Astronomy"
] | 2,295 | [
"Telescope manufacturers",
"People associated with astronomy"
] |
5,452,697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dember%20effect | In physics, the Dember effect is when the electron current from a cathode subjected to both illumination and a simultaneous electron bombardment is greater than the sum of the photoelectric current and the secondary emission current .
History
Discovered by Harry Dember (1882–1943) in 1925, this effect is due to the ... | Dember effect | [
"Physics"
] | 301 | [
"Physical phenomena",
"Electrical phenomena"
] |
5,452,760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20precursor | A protein precursor, also called a pro-protein or pro-peptide, is an inactive protein (or peptide) that can be turned into an active form by post-translational modification, such as breaking off a piece of the molecule or adding on another molecule. The name of the precursor for a protein is often prefixed by pro-. Exa... | Protein precursor | [
"Chemistry"
] | 309 | [
"Biochemistry stubs",
"Protein stubs"
] |
5,452,870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microbial%20fuel%20cell | Microbial fuel cell (MFC) is a type of bioelectrochemical fuel cell system also known as micro fuel cell that
generates electric current by diverting electrons produced from the microbial oxidation of reduced compounds (also known as fuel or electron donor) on the anode to oxidized compounds such as oxygen (also known... | Microbial fuel cell | [
"Chemistry"
] | 4,475 | [
"Electrochemistry",
"Bioelectrochemistry"
] |
5,453,142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodiversity%20of%20Israel%20and%20Palestine | The biodiversity of Israel and Palestine is the fauna, flora and fungi of the geographical region of Israel and of the Palestinian National Authority (the West Bank and the Gaza Strip). This geographical area within the historical region of Palestine extends from the Jordan River and Wadi Araba in the east, to the Medi... | Biodiversity of Israel and Palestine | [
"Biology"
] | 1,479 | [
"Biodiversity"
] |
5,453,152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20attraction%20%28New%20Thought%29 | The law of attraction is the New Thought spiritual belief that positive or negative thoughts bring positive or negative experiences into a person's life. The belief is based on the idea that people and their thoughts are made from "pure energy" and that like energy can attract like energy, thereby allowing people to im... | Law of attraction (New Thought) | [
"Physics"
] | 3,518 | [
"Quantum mechanics",
"Quantum mysticism"
] |
5,453,292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threaded%20pipe | A threaded pipe is a pipe with screw-threaded ends for assembly.
Tapered threads
The threaded pipes used in some plumbing installations for the delivery of gases or liquids under pressure have a tapered thread that is slightly conical (in contrast to the parallel sided cylindrical section commonly found on bolts and... | Threaded pipe | [
"Chemistry",
"Engineering"
] | 504 | [
"Building engineering",
"Chemical engineering",
"Plumbing",
"Construction",
"Mechanical engineering",
"Piping"
] |
5,453,466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylighting%20%28streams%29 | Daylighting is the opening up and restoration of a previously buried watercourse, one which had at some point been diverted below ground. Typically, the rationale behind returning the riparian environment of a stream, wash, or river to a more natural above-ground state is to reduce runoff, create habitat for species in... | Daylighting (streams) | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry",
"Engineering",
"Environmental_science"
] | 5,543 | [
"Hydrology",
"Ecological restoration",
"Physical systems",
"Hydraulics",
"Civil engineering",
"Environmental engineering",
"Riparian zone",
"Hydraulic engineering"
] |
5,453,536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zij-i%20Ilkhani | Zīj-i Īlkhānī () or Ilkhanic Tables (literal translation: "The Ilkhan Stars", after ilkhan Hulagu, who was the patron of the author at that time) is a Zij book with astronomical tables of planetary movements. It was compiled by the Muslim astronomer Nasir al-Din al-Tusi in collaboration with his research team of astron... | Zij-i Ilkhani | [
"Astronomy"
] | 813 | [
"Astronomical tables",
"History of astronomy"
] |
5,453,553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn%20nut | An acorn nut, also referred to as crown hex nut, blind nut, cap nut, domed cap nut, or dome nut (UK), is a nut that has a domed end on one side. When used together with a threaded fastener with an external male thread, the domed end encloses the external thread, either to protect the thread or to protect nearby objects... | Acorn nut | [
"Engineering"
] | 274 | [
"Mechanical engineering stubs",
"Mechanical engineering"
] |
5,453,739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Computer%20Wore%20Tennis%20Shoes | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes is a 1969 American science fiction comedy film starring Kurt Russell, Cesar Romero, Joe Flynn and William Schallert. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions and distributed by Buena Vista Distribution Company.
It was one of several films made by Disney using the setting of Medfield Co... | The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes | [
"Technology"
] | 1,279 | [
"Works about computing",
"Films about computing"
] |
5,454,012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11%20Brigade%20%28United%20Kingdom%29 | The 11th Brigade is a brigade of the British Army which is transitioning to the tactical recce-strike role. The brigade was formerly the 11th Security Force Assistance Brigade, providing training and guidance for foreign militaries.
Originally formed in the Second Boer War, the brigade was engaged during both World Wa... | 11 Brigade (United Kingdom) | [
"Engineering"
] | 4,439 | [
"Military projects",
"Future Soldier"
] |
5,454,081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android%20science | Android science is an interdisciplinary framework for studying human interaction and cognition based on the premise that a very humanlike robot (that is, an android) can elicit human-directed social responses in human beings. The android's ability to elicit human-directed social responses enables researchers to employ ... | Android science | [
"Engineering"
] | 355 | [
"Android (robot)",
"Human–machine interaction"
] |
5,454,132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem%20of%20future%20contingents | Future contingent propositions (or simply, future contingents) are statements about states of affairs in the future that are contingent: neither necessarily true nor necessarily false.
The problem of future contingents seems to have been first discussed by Aristotle in chapter 9 of his On Interpretation (De Interpreta... | Problem of future contingents | [
"Physics",
"Mathematics"
] | 2,694 | [
"Physical quantities",
"Time",
"Future",
"Mathematical logic",
"Spacetime",
"Modal logic"
] |
5,454,277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Librascope | Librascope was a Glendale, California, division of General Precision, Inc. (GPI). It was founded in 1937 by Lewis W. Imm to build and operate theater equipment, and acquired by General Precision in 1941. During World War II it worked on improving aircraft load balancing.
Later, Librascope became a manufacturer of ear... | Librascope | [
"Technology"
] | 557 | [
"Computing stubs",
"Computer company stubs"
] |
5,454,605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20Bell%20Prize | The Gordon Bell Prize is an award presented by the Association for Computing Machinery each year in conjunction with the SC Conference series (formerly known as the Supercomputing Conference). The prize recognizes outstanding achievement in high-performance computing applications. The main purpose is to track the prog... | Gordon Bell Prize | [
"Technology"
] | 631 | [
"Science and technology awards",
"Computer science",
"Computer science awards"
] |
5,455,183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Custom%20Integrated%20Circuits%20Conference | IEEE Custom Integrated Circuits Conference (CICC) is an international conference devoted to IC development, showcasing original, first published technical work and circuit techniques that tackle practical problems. CICC is a forum for circuit, IC, and SoC designers, CAD developers, manufacturers and ASIC users to pres... | Custom Integrated Circuits Conference | [
"Technology"
] | 157 | [
"Computing stubs",
"Computer hardware stubs"
] |
5,455,191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...First%20Do%20No%20Harm | ...First Do No Harm is a 1997 American drama television film produced and directed by Jim Abrahams, written by Ann Beckett, and starring Meryl Streep, Fred Ward, and Seth Adkins. It is about a boy whose severe epilepsy, unresponsive to medications with terrible side effects, is controlled by the ketogenic diet. Aspects... | ...First Do No Harm | [
"Chemistry"
] | 1,426 | [
"Carbohydrates",
"Low-carbohydrate diets"
] |
5,455,427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axilrod%E2%80%93Teller%20potential | The Axilrod–Teller potential in molecular physics, is a three-body potential that results from a third-order perturbation correction to the attractive London dispersion interactions (instantaneous induced dipole-induced dipole)
where is the distance between atoms and , and is the angle between the vectors
and . T... | Axilrod–Teller potential | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry",
"Materials_science"
] | 121 | [
"Materials science stubs",
"Quantum mechanics",
"Quantum mechanical potentials",
"Condensed matter physics",
"nan",
"Chemical bonding",
"Electromagnetism stubs",
"Quantum physics stubs"
] |
5,455,478 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till%20roll | Till rolls are paper rolls for use in cash registers and Electronic Point of Sale printers. There are a number of different types available, including:
Thermal: One side of the paper has a special coating that is heat sensitive.
2 & 3 ply: These rolls require an impact printer and produce multiple copies
Thermal: One ... | Till roll | [
"Technology"
] | 122 | [
"Retail point of sale systems",
"Information systems"
] |
5,455,816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20Power%20Format | The Si2 Common Power Format, or CPF is a file format for specifying power-saving techniques early in the design process. In the design of integrated circuits, saving power is a primary goal, and designers are forced to use sophisticated techniques such as clock gating, multi-voltage logic, and turning off the power en... | Common Power Format | [
"Engineering"
] | 705 | [
"Electrical engineering",
"Power standards"
] |
5,455,932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium%28IV%29%20carbide | Thorium(IV) carbide (ThC) is an inorganic thorium compound and a carbide.
References
Carbides
Thorium(IV) compounds
Rock salt crystal structure | Thorium(IV) carbide | [
"Chemistry"
] | 40 | [
"Inorganic compounds",
"Inorganic compound stubs"
] |
5,455,963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium%28IV%29%20chloride | Thorium(IV) chloride describes a family of inorganic compounds with the formula ThCl4(H2O)n. Both the anhydrous and tetrahydrate (n = 4) forms are known. They are hygroscopic, water-soluble white salts.
Structures
The structure of thorium(IV) chloride features 8-coordinate Th centers with doubly bridging chloride ... | Thorium(IV) chloride | [
"Chemistry"
] | 409 | [
"Chlorides",
"Inorganic compounds",
"Salts"
] |
5,456,001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium%28IV%29%20fluoride | Thorium(IV) fluoride (ThF4) is an inorganic chemical compound. It is a white hygroscopic powder which can be produced by reacting thorium with fluorine gas. At temperatures above 500 °C, it reacts with atmospheric moisture to produce ThOF2.
Uses
Despite its (mild) radioactivity, thorium fluoride is used as an antirefl... | Thorium(IV) fluoride | [
"Chemistry"
] | 232 | [
"Fluorides",
"Salts"
] |
5,456,056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium%28IV%29%20iodide | Thorium(IV) iodide (ThI4) is an inorganic chemical compound composed of thorium and iodine. It is one of three known thorium iodides, the others being ThI3 and ThI2.
References
Iodides
Actinide halides
Thorium(IV) compounds | Thorium(IV) iodide | [
"Chemistry"
] | 66 | [
"Inorganic compounds",
"Inorganic compound stubs"
] |
5,456,153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium%28IV%29%20orthosilicate | Thorium(IV) orthosilicate (ThSiO4) is an inorganic chemical compound. Thorite is a mineral that consists essentially of thorium othosilicate.
References
Silicates
Thorium(IV) compounds | Thorium(IV) orthosilicate | [
"Chemistry"
] | 49 | [
"Inorganic compounds",
"Inorganic compound stubs"
] |
5,456,164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney%20extension%20theorem | In mathematics, in particular in mathematical analysis, the Whitney extension theorem is a partial converse to Taylor's theorem. Roughly speaking, the theorem asserts that if A is a closed subset of a Euclidean space, then it is possible to extend a given function of A in such a way as to have prescribed derivatives a... | Whitney extension theorem | [
"Mathematics"
] | 844 | [
"Theorems in mathematical analysis",
"Mathematical analysis",
"Mathematical problems",
"Mathematical theorems"
] |
5,456,186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium%28IV%29%20sulfide | Thorium(IV) sulfide (ThS2) is an inorganic chemical compound composed of one thorium atom ionically bonded to two atoms of sulfur. This salt is dark brown and has a melting point of 1905 °C. ThS2 adopts the same orthorhombic lattice structure as PbCl2.
References
Sulfides
Thorium(IV) compounds
Dichalcogenides | Thorium(IV) sulfide | [
"Chemistry"
] | 82 | [
"Inorganic compounds",
"Inorganic compound stubs"
] |
5,456,269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium%28II%29%20oxide | Titanium(II) oxide (TiO) is an inorganic chemical compound of titanium and oxygen. It can be prepared from titanium dioxide and titanium metal at 1500 °C. It is non-stoichiometric in a range TiO0.7 to TiO1.3 and this is caused by vacancies of either Ti or O in the defect rock salt structure. In pure TiO 15% of both Ti... | Titanium(II) oxide | [
"Chemistry"
] | 305 | [
"Non-stoichiometric compounds"
] |
5,456,301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium%28II%29%20sulfide | Titanium(II) sulfide (TiS) is an inorganic chemical compound of titanium and sulfur.
A meteorite, Yamato 691, contains tiny flecks of this compound, making it a new mineral called wassonite.
References
Monosulfides
Titanium(II) compounds
Nickel arsenide structure type | Titanium(II) sulfide | [
"Chemistry"
] | 66 | [
"Inorganic compounds",
"Inorganic compound stubs"
] |
5,456,343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium%20tetrafluoride | Titanium(IV) fluoride is the inorganic compound with the formula TiF4. It is a white hygroscopic solid. In contrast to the other tetrahalides of titanium, it adopts a polymeric structure. In common with the other tetrahalides, TiF4 is a strong Lewis acid.
Preparation and structure
The traditional method involves tre... | Titanium tetrafluoride | [
"Chemistry"
] | 338 | [
"Fluorides",
"Salts"
] |
5,456,458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium%28III%29%20phosphide | Titanium(III) phosphide (TiP) is an inorganic chemical compound of titanium and phosphorus. Normally encountered as a grey powder, it is a metallic conductor with a high melting point. It is not attacked by common acids or water. Its physical properties stand in contrast to the group 1 and group 2 phosphides that co... | Titanium(III) phosphide | [
"Chemistry"
] | 222 | [
"Inorganic compounds",
"Inorganic compound stubs"
] |
5,456,701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technoculture | Technoculture is a neologism that is not in standard dictionaries but that has some popularity in academia, popularized by editors Constance Penley and Andrew Ross in a book of essays bearing that title. It refers to the interactions between, and politics of, technology and culture.
Programs of study
"Technoculture" ... | Technoculture | [
"Technology"
] | 1,055 | [
"Philosophy of technology",
"Science and technology studies"
] |
5,456,797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Method%20of%20moments%20%28probability%20theory%29 | In probability theory, the method of moments is a way of proving convergence in distribution by proving convergence of a sequence of moment sequences. Suppose X is a random variable and that all of the moments
exist. Further suppose the probability distribution of X is completely determined by its moments, i.e., the... | Method of moments (probability theory) | [
"Physics",
"Mathematics"
] | 181 | [
"Mathematical analysis",
"Moments (mathematics)",
"Physical quantities",
"Moment (physics)"
] |
5,456,815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carter%20subgroup | In mathematics, especially in the field of group theory, a Carter subgroup of a finite group G is a self-normalizing subgroup of G that is nilpotent. These subgroups were introduced by Roger Carter, and marked the beginning of the post 1960 theory of solvable groups .
proved that any finite solvable group has a Carte... | Carter subgroup | [
"Mathematics"
] | 545 | [
"Mathematical structures",
"Algebraic structures",
"Finite groups"
] |
5,456,824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ergodicity | In mathematics, ergodicity expresses the idea that a point of a moving system, either a dynamical system or a stochastic process, will eventually visit all parts of the space that the system moves in, in a uniform and random sense. This implies that the average behavior of the system can be deduced from the trajectory ... | Ergodicity | [
"Mathematics"
] | 7,779 | [
"Ergodic theory",
"Dynamical systems"
] |
5,457,138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Java%20APIs | There are two types of Java programming language application programming interfaces (APIs):
The official core Java API, contained in the Android (Google), SE (OpenJDK and Oracle), MicroEJ. These packages (java.* packages) are the core Java language packages, meaning that programmers using the Java language had to use... | List of Java APIs | [
"Technology"
] | 705 | [
"Computing-related lists",
"Lists of software"
] |
5,457,188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitoid%20wasp | Parasitoid wasps are a large group of hymenopteran superfamilies, with all but the wood wasps (Orussoidea) being in the wasp-waisted Apocrita. As parasitoids, they lay their eggs on or in the bodies of other arthropods, sooner or later causing the death of these hosts. Different species specialise in hosts from differe... | Parasitoid wasp | [
"Biology"
] | 3,158 | [
"Parasitism",
"Symbiosis"
] |
5,457,193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasitica | Parasitica (the parasitican wasps) is an obsolete, paraphyletic infraorder of Apocrita containing the parasitoid wasps. It includes all Apocrita except for the Aculeata. Parasitica has more members as a group than both the Symphyta and the Aculeata combined.
Parasitica also contains groups of phytophagous hymenoptera... | Parasitica | [
"Biology"
] | 117 | [
"Phylogenetics",
"Paraphyletic groups"
] |
5,457,285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DSSAM%20Model | The DSSAM Model (Dynamic Stream Simulation and Assessment Model) is a computer simulation developed for the Truckee River to analyze water quality impacts from land use and wastewater management decisions in the Truckee River Basin. This area includes the cities of Reno and Sparks, Nevada as well as the Lake Tahoe Basi... | DSSAM Model | [
"Chemistry",
"Engineering",
"Environmental_science"
] | 938 | [
"Environmental engineering",
"Hydrology",
"Water pollution"
] |
5,457,518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noryl | The NORYL family of modified resins consists of amorphous blends of polyphenylene oxides (PPO) or polyphenylene ether (PPE) resins with polystyrene. They combine the inherent benefits of PPE resin (affordable high heat resistance, good electrical insulation properties, excellent hydrolytic stability and the ability to ... | Noryl | [
"Chemistry",
"Materials_science"
] | 622 | [
"Polymers",
"Polymer chemistry"
] |
5,457,540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ka/Ks%20ratio | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Ka/Ks ratio}}
In genetics, the Ka/Ks ratio, also known as ω or dN/dS ratio, is used to estimate the balance between neutral mutations, purifying selection and beneficial mutations acting on a set of homologous protein-coding genes. It is calculated as the ratio of the number of nonsynonymous substitution... | Ka/Ks ratio | [
"Chemistry",
"Biology"
] | 2,434 | [
"Evolutionary processes",
"Genetics",
"Molecular evolution",
"Molecular biology"
] |
5,458,288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse%20Tamers | The colossal pair of marble "Horse Tamers"—often identified as Castor and Pollux—have stood since antiquity near the site of the Baths of Constantine on the Quirinal Hill, Rome. Napoleon's agents wanted to include them among the classical booty removed from Rome after the 1797 Treaty of Tolentino, but they were too lar... | Horse Tamers | [
"Astronomy"
] | 933 | [
"Castor and Pollux",
"Astronomical myths"
] |
5,458,586 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20psychedelic%20drugs | The following is a list of psychedelic drugs of various chemical classes, including both naturally occurring and synthetic compounds. Serotonergic psychedelics are usually considered the "classical" psychedelics, whereas the other classes are often seen as having only secondary psychedelic properties; nonetheless all o... | List of psychedelic drugs | [
"Chemistry"
] | 8,703 | [
"Drug-related lists"
] |
5,458,832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texperts | Texperts was a UK-based SMS question-and-answer service. In December 2008, Texperts was bought by the United States–based Knowledge Generation Bureau, operator of the 118 118 services, a directory services company which had also entered the SMS question-and-answer market. The service was later renamed Kgb Answers and i... | Texperts | [
"Technology"
] | 358 | [
"SMS-based question answering services"
] |
5,458,969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer%20Institute%20for%20Applied%20Optics%20and%20Precision%20Engineering | The Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF), also referred to as the Fraunhofer IOF, is an institute of the Fraunhofer Society for the Advancement of Applied Research (FHG). The institute is based in Jena. Its activities are attributed to applied research and development in the branch of... | Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering | [
"Engineering"
] | 975 | [
"Engineering research institutes"
] |
5,459,336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity%20%28novel%29 | Eternity is a science fiction novel by American author Greg Bear published by Warner Books in 1988. It is the second book in his The Way series, dealing largely with the aftermath of the decision to split Axis City and abandon the Way in the preceding book, Eon.
Plot summary
In Eon, Axis City split into two: a segmen... | Eternity (novel) | [
"Materials_science"
] | 1,839 | [
"Fiction about nanotechnology",
"Nanotechnology"
] |
5,459,698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bits%20and%20Bytes | Bits and Bytes was the name of two Canadian educational television series produced by TVOntario that taught the basics of how to use a personal computer.
The first series, made in 1983, starred Luba Goy as the Instructor and Billy Van as the Student. Bits and Bytes 2 was produced in 1991 and starred Billy Van as the ... | Bits and Bytes | [
"Technology"
] | 831 | [
"Works about computing",
"Computer television series"
] |
5,459,710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Rekers | George Alan Rekers (born July 11, 1948) is an American psychologist and ordained Southern Baptist minister. He is emeritus professor of Neuropsychiatry and Behavioral Science at the University of South Carolina School of Medicine. Rekers has a PhD from University of California, Los Angeles and has been a research fello... | George Rekers | [
"Biology"
] | 4,278 | [
"Behaviourist psychologists",
"Behavior",
"Behaviorism"
] |
5,459,797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai%20Institute%20of%20Chemical%20Engineering%20and%20Applied%20Chemistry | The Thai Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry (TIChE) () is a professional organization for chemical engineers. TIChE was established in 1996 to distinguish chemical engineers as a profession independent of chemists and mechanical engineers.
History
TIChE was established to force the chemical engin... | Thai Institute of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry | [
"Chemistry",
"Engineering"
] | 769 | [
"Chemical engineering",
"Chemical engineering organizations"
] |
5,460,248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAVID | MAVID is a multiple sequence alignment program suitable for the alignment of large numbers of DNA sequences. The sequences can be small mitochondrial genomes or large genomic regions up to megabases long. The latest version is 2.0.4.
The program can be used through the MAVID web server or as a standalone program which... | MAVID | [
"Chemistry",
"Biology"
] | 116 | [
"Biochemistry stubs",
"Biotechnology stubs",
"Bioinformatics",
"Bioinformatics stubs"
] |
5,460,636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterocytozoon%20bieneusi | Enterocytozoon bieneusi is a species of the order Chytridiopsida (in the division Microsporidia) which infects the intestinal epithelial cells. It is an obligate intracellular parasite.
Microbiology
Enterocytozoon bieneusi, commonly known as microsporidia, is a unicellular, obligate intracellular eukaryote. Their lif... | Enterocytozoon bieneusi | [
"Biology"
] | 2,442 | [
"Fungi",
"Fungus species"
] |
5,460,644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil%20thermal%20properties | The thermal properties of soil are a component of soil physics that has found important uses in engineering, climatology and agriculture. These properties influence how energy is partitioned in the soil profile. While related to soil temperature, it is more accurately associated with the transfer of energy (mostly in t... | Soil thermal properties | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry",
"Mathematics"
] | 1,122 | [
"Thermodynamic properties",
"Applied and interdisciplinary physics",
"Physical quantities",
"Quantity",
"Soil physics",
"Thermodynamics"
] |
5,460,692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teva%20Pharmaceuticals | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (also known as Teva Pharmaceuticals) is an Israeli multinational pharmaceutical company. Teva specializes primarily in generic drugs, but other business interests include branded-drugs, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and, to a lesser extent, contract manufacturing services... | Teva Pharmaceuticals | [
"Biology"
] | 5,229 | [
"Life sciences industry"
] |
5,460,807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ODIN%20Technologies | ODIN provides RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) software for the Aerospace, Government, Healthcare, Financial Services and Social Media markets. ODIN's world headquarters is located in San Diego, CA. ODIN was acquired by Quake Global in December 2012 and continues to focus on healthcare and asset tracking.
History... | ODIN Technologies | [
"Technology",
"Engineering"
] | 424 | [
"Radio-frequency identification",
"Radio electronics",
"Data",
"Automatic identification and data capture"
] |
5,460,997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyssus | In the pre-modern chemistry of Paracelsus, a clyssus, or clissus, was one of the effects, or productions of that art; consisting of the most efficacious principles of any body, extracted, purified, and then remixed.
Or, a clyssus is when the several constituents of a body are prepared and purified separately, and then... | Clyssus | [
"Chemistry"
] | 235 | [
"Alchemical substances"
] |
5,461,026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycarpic | Polycarpic plants are those that flower and set seeds many times before dying. A term of identical meaning is pleonanthic and iteroparous. Polycarpic plants are able to reproduce multiple times due to at least some portion of its meristems being able to maintain a vegetative state in some fashion so that it may reprodu... | Polycarpic | [
"Biology"
] | 643 | [
"Plant morphology",
"Plants"
] |
2,155,690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20hash%20functions | This is a list of hash functions, including cyclic redundancy checks, checksum functions, and cryptographic hash functions.
Cyclic redundancy checks
Adler-32 is often mistaken for a CRC, but it is not: it is a checksum.
Checksums
Universal hash function families
Non-cryptographic hash functions
Keyed cryptographi... | List of hash functions | [
"Technology"
] | 109 | [
"Computing-related lists",
"Cryptography lists and comparisons"
] |
2,155,701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20149026 | HD 149026, also named Ogma , is a yellow subgiant star approximately 250 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Hercules. An extrasolar planet (designated HD 149026 b, later named Smertrios) is believed to orbit the star.
Nomenclature
HD 149026 in the star's identifier in the Henry Draper Catalog. Following ... | HD 149026 | [
"Astronomy"
] | 724 | [
"Hercules (constellation)",
"Constellations"
] |
2,155,746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20phone%20feature | A mobile phone feature is a capability, service, or application that a mobile phone offers to its users. Mobile phones are often referred to as feature phones, and offer basic telephony. Handsets with more advanced computing ability through the use of native code try to differentiate their own products by implementing ... | Mobile phone feature | [
"Technology"
] | 5,023 | [
"Software features"
] |
2,155,752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizen%20science | Citizen science (similar to community science, crowd science, crowd-sourced science, civic science, participatory monitoring, or volunteer monitoring) is research conducted with participation from the general public, or amateur/nonprofessional researchers or participants for science, social science and many other disci... | Citizen science | [
"Technology"
] | 17,249 | [
"Information systems",
"Human-based computation"
] |
2,155,853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta%20Geminorum | Zeta Geminorum (ζ Geminorum, abbreviated Zeta Gem, ζ Gem) is a bright star with cluster components, distant optical components and a likely spectroscopic partner in the zodiac constellation of Gemini — in its south, on the left 'leg' of the twin Pollux. It is a classical Cepheid variable star, of which over 800 have be... | Zeta Geminorum | [
"Astronomy"
] | 1,497 | [
"Gemini (constellation)",
"Constellations"
] |
2,156,007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetAid | NetAid was an anti-poverty initiative. It started as a joint venture between the United Nations Development Programme and Cisco Systems. It became an independent nonprofit organization in 2001. In 2007, NetAid became a part of Mercy Corps.
Launch concerts
NetAid began with a concert event on 9 October 1999 with simu... | NetAid | [
"Technology"
] | 1,031 | [
"Information and communications technology",
"Information and communication technologies for development",
"Information technology",
"Non-profit technology"
] |
2,156,081 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One%20Laptop%20per%20Child | One Laptop per Child (OLPC) was a non-profit initiative that operated from 2005 to 2014 with the goal of transforming education for children around the world by creating and distributing educational devices for the developing world, and by creating software and content for those devices.
When the program launched, the... | One Laptop per Child | [
"Technology"
] | 6,584 | [
"Information and communications technology",
"Information and communication technologies for development"
] |
2,156,133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperdescent | Hyperdescent is the practice of classifying a child of mixed race ancestry in the more socially dominant of the parents' races.
Hyperdescent is the opposite of hypodescent (the practice of classifying a child of mixed race ancestry in the more socially subordinate parental race). Both hyperdescent and hypodescent vary... | Hyperdescent | [
"Biology"
] | 1,050 | [
"Behavior",
"Human behavior",
"Kinship and descent"
] |
2,156,176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delay-insensitive%20minterm%20synthesis | Within digital electronics, the DIMS (delay-insensitive minterm synthesis) system is an asynchronous design methodology making the least possible timing assumptions. Assuming only the quasi-delay-insensitive delay model the generated designs need little if any timing hazard testing. The basis for DIMS is the use of two... | Delay-insensitive minterm synthesis | [
"Engineering"
] | 337 | [
"Electronic engineering",
"Digital electronics"
] |
2,156,522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institution%20%28computer%20science%29 | The notion of institution was created by Joseph Goguen and Rod Burstall in the late 1970s, in order to deal with the "population explosion among the logical systems used in computer science". The notion attempts to "formalize the informal" concept of logical system.
The use of institutions makes it possible to develo... | Institution (computer science) | [
"Mathematics"
] | 730 | [
"Theoretical computer science",
"Applied mathematics",
"Mathematical logic",
"Model theory"
] |
2,156,625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypodescent | In societies that regard some races or ethnic groups of people as dominant or superior and others as subordinate or inferior, hypodescent refers to the automatic assignment of children of a mixed union to the subordinate group. The opposite practice is hyperdescent, in which children are assigned to the race that is co... | Hypodescent | [
"Biology"
] | 3,174 | [
"Behavior",
"Human behavior",
"Kinship and descent"
] |
2,156,733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neonatal%20line | The neonatal line is a particular band of incremental growth lines seen in histologic sections of both enamel and dentin of primary teeth. It belongs to a series of a growth lines in tooth enamel known as the Striae of Retzius denoting the prolonged rest period of enamel formation that occurs at the time of birth. The ... | Neonatal line | [
"Chemistry"
] | 294 | [
"Histology",
"Microscopy"
] |
2,156,756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tan%20line | A tan line is a visually clear division on the human skin between an area of pronounced comparative paleness relative to other areas that have been suntanned by exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation or by sunless tanning. The source of the radiation may be the sun or artificial UV sources such as tanning lamps. Tan li... | Tan line | [
"Chemistry"
] | 1,476 | [
"Sun tanning",
"Ultraviolet radiation"
] |
2,156,774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20149026%20b | HD 149026 b, formally named Smertrios , is an extrasolar planet and hot Jupiter approximately 250 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Hercules. HD 149026, also named Ogma ,
The 2.8766-day period planet orbits the yellow subgiant star HD 149026 at a distance of and is notable first as a transiting planet,... | HD 149026 b | [
"Astronomy"
] | 1,464 | [
"Hercules (constellation)",
"Constellations"
] |
2,156,814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiological%20information%20system | A radiological information system (RIS) is the core system for the electronic management of medical imaging departments. The major functions of the RIS can include patient scheduling, resource management, examination performance tracking, reporting, results distribution, and procedure billing. RIS complements HIS (hosp... | Radiological information system | [
"Technology"
] | 275 | [
"Information systems",
"Information technology",
"Electronic health records"
] |
2,157,145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollin%20film | A Rollin film, named after Bernard V. Rollin, is a -thick liquid film of helium in the helium II state. It exhibits a "creeping" effect in response to surfaces extending past the film's level (wave propagation). Helium II can escape from any non-closed container via creeping toward and eventually evaporating from cap... | Rollin film | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry",
"Materials_science",
"Engineering"
] | 430 | [
"Bose–Einstein condensates",
"Physical phenomena",
"Phase transitions",
"Phases of matter",
"Superfluidity",
"Civil engineering",
"Condensed matter physics",
"Exotic matter",
"Fluid mechanics",
"Matter",
"Fluid dynamics"
] |
2,157,178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta%E2%80%93Mendota%20Canal | The Delta–Mendota Canal is a aqueduct in central California, United States. The canal was designed and completed in 1951 by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation as part of the Central Valley Project. It carries freshwater to replace San Joaquin River water which is diverted into the Madera Canal and Friant-Kern Canal at Fri... | Delta–Mendota Canal | [
"Engineering"
] | 1,999 | [
"Irrigation projects",
"Central Valley Project"
] |
2,157,818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite%20Railway | The Granite Railway was one of the first railroads in the United States, built to carry granite from Quincy, Massachusetts, to a dock on the Neponset River in Milton. From there boats carried the heavy stone to Charlestown for construction of the Bunker Hill Monument. The Granite Railway is popularly termed the first ... | Granite Railway | [
"Engineering"
] | 2,609 | [
"Civil engineering",
"Historic Civil Engineering Landmarks"
] |
2,157,874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterwolf | Waterwolf, or Water-wolf is a Dutch word that comes from the Netherlands, which refers to the tendency of lakes in low lying peaty land, sometimes previously worn-down by men digging peat for fuel, to enlarge or expand by flooding, thus eroding the lake shores, and potentially causing harm to infrastructure, or death. ... | Waterwolf | [
"Engineering",
"Environmental_science"
] | 589 | [
"Hydrology",
"Coastal engineering",
"Hydrology stubs",
"Civil engineering",
"Lakes"
] |
2,158,328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision%20approach%20radar | Precision approach radar or PAR is a type of radar guidance system designed to provide lateral and vertical guidance to an aircraft pilot for landing, until the landing threshold is reached. Controllers monitoring the PAR displays observe each aircraft's position and issue instructions to the pilot that keep the aircra... | Precision approach radar | [
"Technology"
] | 771 | [
"Aircraft instruments",
"Aircraft landing systems"
] |
2,158,403 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum%20weirdness | Quantum weirdness encompasses the aspects of quantum mechanics that challenge and defy human physical intuition.
Human physical intuition is based on macroscopic physical phenomena as are experienced in everyday life, which can mostly be adequately described by the Newtonian mechanics of classical physics. Early 20th-... | Quantum weirdness | [
"Physics"
] | 252 | [
"Theoretical physics",
"Quantum mechanics",
"Quantum physics stubs"
] |
2,158,485 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smart%20bookmark | Smart bookmarks are an extended kind of Internet bookmark used in web browsers. By accepting an argument, they directly give access to functions of web sites, as opposed to filling web forms at the respective web site for accessing these functions. Smart bookmarks can be used for web searches, or access to data on web ... | Smart bookmark | [
"Technology"
] | 439 | [
"Home automation",
"Smart devices"
] |
2,158,574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotating%20bolt | Rotating bolt is a method of locking the breech (or rear barrel) of a firearm closed for firing. Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse developed the first rotating bolt firearm, the "Dreyse needle gun", in 1836. The Dreyse locked using the bolt handle rather than lugs on the bolt head like the Mauser M 98 or M16. The first rotati... | Rotating bolt | [
"Technology"
] | 839 | [
"Firearm components",
"Components"
] |
2,158,646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20electron%20capture | Double electron capture is a decay mode of an atomic nucleus. For a nuclide (A, Z) with a number of nucleons A and atomic number Z, double electron capture is only possible if the mass of the nuclide (A, Z−2) is lower.
In this mode of decay, two of the orbital electrons are captured via the weak interaction by two pro... | Double electron capture | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry"
] | 826 | [
"Radioactivity",
"Nuclear physics"
] |
2,158,784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Quinton | Anthony Meredith Quinton, Baron Quinton, FBA (25 March 192519 June 2010) was a British political and moral philosopher, metaphysician, and materialist philosopher of mind. He served as President of Trinity College, Oxford from 1978 to 1987; and as chairman of the board of the British Library from 1985 to 1990. He is al... | Anthony Quinton | [
"Physics"
] | 1,881 | [] |
2,158,869 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Jackson | Ian Jackson is a longtime free software author and Debian developer. Jackson wrote dpkg (replacing a more primitive Perl tool with the same name), SAUCE (Software Against Unsolicited Commercial Email), userv and debbugs. He used to maintain the Linux FAQ. He runs chiark.greenend.org.uk, a Linux system which is home to ... | Ian Jackson | [
"Technology"
] | 274 | [
"Computing stubs",
"Computer specialist stubs"
] |
2,158,886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-event%20upset | A single-event upset (SEU), also known as a single-event error (SEE), is a change of state caused by one single ionizing particle (e.g. ions, electrons, photons) striking a sensitive node in a live micro-electronic device, such as in a microprocessor, semiconductor memory, or power transistors. The state change is a re... | Single-event upset | [
"Engineering"
] | 2,078 | [
"Electronic engineering",
"Digital electronics"
] |
2,159,159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shishira%20%28season%29 | Shishira () is the season of winter in the Hindu calendar. It comprises the months of Pausha and Magha or mid-January to mid-March in the Gregorian calendar.
References
Sources
Selby, Martha Ann (translator). The Circle of Six Seasons, Penguin, New Delhi, 2003,
Raghavan, V. Ṛtu in Sanskrit literature, Shri Lal Bah... | Shishira (season) | [
"Physics"
] | 97 | [
"Physical phenomena",
"Earth phenomena",
"Seasons"
] |
2,159,451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop%20antenna | A loop antenna is a radio antenna consisting of a loop or coil of wire, tubing, or other electrical conductor, that for transmitting is usually fed by a balanced power source or for receiving feeds a balanced load. Within this physical description there are two (possibly three) distinct types:
Large loop antennas Lar... | Loop antenna | [
"Engineering"
] | 6,872 | [
"Radio electronics",
"Wireless tuning and filtering"
] |
2,159,645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tresigallo | Tresigallo (Ferrarese: ) is an Italian municipality in the province of Ferrara, which is in the region of Emilia-Romagna. It has about 4,700 inhabitants.
Despite its medieval origins, to which only a 16th-century palace (Palazzo Pio) of the House of Este bears witness today, it was transformed by the Fascist Minister... | Tresigallo | [
"Engineering"
] | 212 | [
"Architecture related to utopias",
"Architecture"
] |
2,159,669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuffing%20box | A stuffing box or gland package is an assembly which is used to house a gland seal. It is used to prevent leakage of fluid, such as water or steam, between sliding or turning parts of machine elements.
Components
A stuffing box of a sailing boat will have a stern tube that is slightly bigger than the prop shaft. It w... | Stuffing box | [
"Physics",
"Technology",
"Engineering"
] | 905 | [
"Seals (mechanical)",
"Engines",
"Piston engines",
"Materials",
"Marine engineering",
"Marine propulsion",
"Matter"
] |
2,159,690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterflies%20in%20the%20stomach | Butterflies in the stomach is the physical sensation in humans of a "fluttery" feeling in the stomach, caused by a reduction of blood flow to the organ. This is as a result of the release of adrenaline and norepinephrine in the fight-or-flight response, which causes increased heart rate and blood pressure, consequently... | Butterflies in the stomach | [
"Biology"
] | 184 | [
"Emotion",
"Behavior",
"Human behavior"
] |
2,159,714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturation%20%28magnetic%29 | Seen in some magnetic materials, saturation is the state reached when an increase in applied external magnetic field H cannot increase the magnetization of the material further, so the total magnetic flux density B more or less levels off. (Though, magnetization continues to increase very slowly with the field due to p... | Saturation (magnetic) | [
"Physics",
"Materials_science"
] | 1,170 | [
"Physical phenomena",
"Hysteresis",
"Magnetic hysteresis"
] |
2,159,805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformer%20oil | Transformer oil or insulating oil is an oil that is stable at high temperatures and has excellent electrical insulating properties. It is used in oil-filled wet transformers, some types of high-voltage capacitors, fluorescent lamp ballasts, and some types of high-voltage switches and circuit breakers. Its functions are... | Transformer oil | [
"Chemistry"
] | 2,051 | [
"Oils",
"Carbohydrates"
] |
2,159,838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxford%20Electric%20Bell | The Oxford Electric Bell or Clarendon Dry Pile is an experimental electric bell, in particular a type of bell that uses the electrostatic clock principle that was set up in 1840 and which has run nearly continuously ever since. It was one of the first pieces purchased for a collection of apparatus by clergyman and phys... | Oxford Electric Bell | [
"Physics"
] | 621 | [
"Experimental physics",
"Physics experiments"
] |
2,160,112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FUJIC | FUJIC was the first electronic digital computer in operation in Japan. It was finished in March 1956, the project having been effectively started in 1949, and was built almost entirely by Dr. Okazaki Bunji. Originally designed to perform calculations for lens design by Fuji, the ultimate goal of FUJIC's construction wa... | FUJIC | [
"Technology"
] | 290 | [
"Computing stubs"
] |
2,160,183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20recovery | In computing, data recovery is a process of retrieving deleted, inaccessible, lost, corrupted, damaged, or formatted data from secondary storage, removable media or files, when the data stored in them cannot be accessed in a usual way. The data is most often salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard... | Data recovery | [
"Technology",
"Engineering"
] | 3,767 | [
"Cybersecurity engineering",
"Reliability engineering",
"Computer data",
"Backup",
"Data management",
"Data",
"Computer forensics"
] |
2,160,193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopentane | Neopentane, also called 2,2-dimethylpropane, is a double-branched-chain alkane with five carbon atoms. Neopentane is a flammable gas at room temperature and pressure which can condense into a highly volatile liquid on a cold day, in an ice bath, or when compressed to a higher pressure.
Neopentane is the simplest alka... | Neopentane | [
"Chemistry"
] | 885 | [
"Organic compounds",
"Alkanes"
] |
2,160,196 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopentane | Isopentane, also called methylbutane or 2-methylbutane, is a branched-chain saturated hydrocarbon (an alkane) with five carbon atoms, with formula or .
Isopentane is a volatile and flammable liquid. It is one of three structural isomers with the molecular formula C5H12, the others being pentane (n-pentane) and neopen... | Isopentane | [
"Chemistry"
] | 550 | [
"Organic compounds",
"Alkanes"
] |
2,160,219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native%20resolution | The native resolution of a liquid crystal display (LCD), liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS) or other flat panel display refers to its single fixed resolution. As an LCD consists of a fixed raster, it cannot change resolution to match the signal being displayed as a cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitor can, meaning that optimal... | Native resolution | [
"Engineering"
] | 601 | [
"Electronic engineering",
"Display technology"
] |
2,160,429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamical%20billiards | A dynamical billiard is a dynamical system in which a particle alternates between free motion (typically as a straight line) and specular reflections from a boundary. When the particle hits the boundary it reflects from it without loss of speed (i.e. elastic collisions). Billiards are Hamiltonian idealizations of the g... | Dynamical billiards | [
"Physics",
"Mathematics"
] | 3,429 | [
"Mechanics",
"Dynamical systems"
] |
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