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962,174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Node%20of%20Ranvier | Nodes of Ranvier ( ), also known as myelin-sheath gaps, occur along a myelinated axon where the axolemma is exposed to the extracellular space. Nodes of Ranvier are uninsulated axonal domains that are highly enriched in sodium and potassium ion channels complexed with cell adhesion molecules, allowing them to participa... | Node of Ranvier | [
"Chemistry",
"Biology"
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"Membrane biology",
"Signal transduction",
"Molecular biology",
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"Neurochemistry"
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962,292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outfall | An outfall is the discharge point of a waste stream into a body of water; alternatively it may be the outlet of a river, drain or a sewer where it discharges into the sea, a lake or ocean.
United States of America
In the United States, industrial facilities that discharge storm water which was exposed to industrial ac... | Outfall | [
"Chemistry"
] | 336 | [
"Water treatment",
"Sewerage infrastructure"
] |
962,389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulk%20mail | Bulk mail broadly refers to mail that is mailed and processed in bulk at reduced rates. The term is sometimes used as a synonym for advertising mail.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) defines bulk mail broadly as "quantities of mail prepared for mailing at reduced postage rates." The preparation includes preso... | Bulk mail | [
"Technology"
] | 243 | [
"Transport systems",
"Postal systems"
] |
962,428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryggenet | Bryggenet is a community network in the Islands Brygge quarter of Copenhagen, Denmark. Bryggenet serves an area of about 4000 residences with fast Internet access, cable TV and radio, and telephone services at cost prices.
Bryggenet was started in 2001 by a group of volunteers, initially with the intent of providing f... | Bryggenet | [
"Technology"
] | 464 | [
"Computing stubs",
"Computer network stubs"
] |
962,481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin%20Quasar | The Twin Quasar (also known as Twin QSO, Double Quasar, SBS 0957+561, TXS 0957+561, Q0957+561 or QSO 0957+561 A/B), was discovered in 1979 and was the first identified gravitationally lensed double quasar, not to be confused with the first detection of light deflection in 1919. It is a quasar that appears as two image... | Twin Quasar | [
"Astronomy"
] | 1,255 | [
"Ursa Major",
"Constellations"
] |
962,501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating%20car%20data | Floating car data (FCD) in traffic engineering and management is typically timestamped geo-localization and speed data directly collected by moving vehicles, in contrast to traditional traffic data collected at a fixed location by a stationary device or observer. In a physical interpretation context, FCD provides a Lag... | Floating car data | [
"Technology",
"Engineering"
] | 854 | [
"Transport systems",
"Measuring instruments",
"Industrial engineering",
"Information systems",
"Transportation engineering",
"Civil engineering",
"Warning systems",
"Speed sensors",
"Intelligent transportation systems"
] |
962,509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solitude | Solitude, also known as social withdrawal, is a state of seclusion or isolation, meaning lack of socialisation. Effects can be either positive or negative, depending on the situation. Short-term solitude is often valued as a time when one may work, think, or rest without disturbance. It may be desired for the sake of p... | Solitude | [
"Biology"
] | 1,603 | [
"Behavior"
] |
962,547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ideological%20symbols | This is a partial list of symbols and labels used by political parties, groups or movements around the world. Some symbols are associated with one or more worldwide ideologies and used by many parties that support a particular ideology. Others are region or country-specific.
Colors
Worldwide
Black – anarchism, fa... | List of ideological symbols | [
"Mathematics"
] | 5,768 | [
"Symbols",
"Lists of symbols"
] |
558,397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogue%20planet | A rogue planet, also termed a free-floating planet (FFP) or an isolated planetary-mass object (iPMO), is an interstellar object of planetary mass which is not gravitationally bound to any star or brown dwarf.
Rogue planets may originate from planetary systems in which they are formed and later ejected, or they can als... | Rogue planet | [
"Astronomy"
] | 3,839 | [
"Planetary-mass objects",
"Astronomical objects"
] |
558,812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterrestrial%20UFO%20hypothesis | The extraterrestrial hypothesis (ETH) proposes that some unidentified flying objects (UFOs) are best explained as being physical spacecraft occupied by extraterrestrial intelligence or non-human aliens, or non-occupied alien probes from other planets visiting Earth. In spite of ardent believers that various UFO sightin... | Extraterrestrial UFO hypothesis | [
"Technology"
] | 5,912 | [
"UFO conspiracy theories",
"Science and technology-related conspiracy theories"
] |
558,847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien%20abduction | Alien abduction (also called abduction phenomenon, alien abduction syndrome, or UFO abduction) refers to the phenomenon of people reporting what they believe to be the real experience of being kidnapped by extraterrestrial beings and subjected to physical and psychological experimentation. People claiming to have been ... | Alien abduction | [
"Technology"
] | 6,963 | [
"UFO conspiracy theories",
"Science and technology-related conspiracy theories"
] |
558,959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railway%20electrification | Railway electrification is the use of electric power for the propulsion of rail transport. Electric railways use either electric locomotives (hauling passengers or freight in separate cars), electric multiple units (passenger cars with their own motors) or both.
Electricity is typically generated in large and relativel... | Railway electrification | [
"Technology"
] | 7,645 | [
"Trains",
"Transport systems"
] |
559,009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%20Ball%20%28TV%20series%29 | is a Japanese anime television series produced by Toei Animation that ran for 153 episodes from February 26, 1986, to April 19, 1989, on Fuji TV. The series is an adaptation of the first 194 chapters of the manga series of the same name created by Akira Toriyama, which were published in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to ... | Dragon Ball (TV series) | [
"Physics",
"Mathematics"
] | 4,093 | [
"Fiction about size change",
"Quantity",
"Physical quantities",
"Size"
] |
559,066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobra%20probe | A Cobra probe is a device to measure the pressure and velocity components of a moving fluid. It is a multi-holed pressure probe with rotational axis of the probe shaft coplanar with the measurement plane of the instrument. Because of this geometry, when the instrument is rotated around the shaft's axis, the measuremen... | Cobra probe | [
"Physics",
"Engineering",
"Environmental_science"
] | 215 | [
"Hydrology",
"Physical systems",
"Hydraulics",
"Civil engineering",
"Hydraulic engineering"
] |
559,155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric%20modulation | In music, metric modulation is a change in pulse rate (tempo) and/or pulse grouping (subdivision) which is derived from a note value or grouping heard before the change. Examples of metric modulation may include changes in time signature across an unchanging tempo, but the concept applies more specifically to shifts fr... | Metric modulation | [
"Physics"
] | 972 | [
"Spacetime",
"Rhythm and meter",
"Physical quantities",
"Time"
] |
559,212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrez | The Entrez () Global Query Cross-Database Search System is a federated search engine, or web portal that allows users to search many discrete health sciences databases at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) website. The NCBI is a part of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), which is itself a dep... | Entrez | [
"Biology"
] | 947 | [
"Bioinformatics",
"Biological databases"
] |
559,220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captopril | Captopril, sold under the brand name Capoten among others, is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor used for the treatment of hypertension and some types of congestive heart failure. Captopril was the first oral ACE inhibitor found for the treatment of hypertension. It does not cause fatigue as associated wi... | Captopril | [
"Chemistry"
] | 1,785 | [
"Stereochemistry",
"Thiols",
"Functional groups",
"Enantiopure drugs",
"Carboxylic acids",
"Organic compounds"
] |
559,305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritualization | Ritualization refers to the process by which a sequence of non-communicating actions or an event is invested with cultural, social or religious significance. This definition emphasizes the transformation of everyday actions into rituals that carry deeper meaning within a cultural or religious context. Rituals are symbo... | Ritualization | [
"Biology"
] | 1,675 | [
"Behavior",
"Behavioral ecology",
"Behavioural sciences",
"Ritual",
"Ethology",
"Human behavior"
] |
559,361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precancel | A precanceled stamp, or precancel for short, is a postage stamp that has been legitimately cancelled before being affixed to mail. A number of nations of the world use precancels, typically in the form of an overprint on definitive series stamps.
Use
Precanceled stamps are typically used by mass mailers, who can save ... | Precancel | [
"Technology"
] | 748 | [
"Transport systems",
"Postal systems"
] |
559,368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lactococcus%20virus%20P008 | Lactococcus virus P008 is a phage specific to Lactococcus lactis, a lactic acid bacteria used in the first stage of making cheese. P008 and related species are responsible for important loss each year in cheese factories.
References
Bacteriophages | Lactococcus virus P008 | [
"Biology"
] | 60 | [
"Virus stubs",
"Viruses"
] |
559,622 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level%20set | In mathematics, a level set of a real-valued function of real variables is a set where the function takes on a given constant value , that is:
When the number of independent variables is two, a level set is called a level curve, also known as contour line or isoline; so a level curve is the set of all real-value... | Level set | [
"Mathematics"
] | 813 | [
"Multivariable calculus",
"Calculus"
] |
559,640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat%20Roy%20Mooney | Pat Mooney (born in 1947) has worked with civil society organizations on international trade and development issues related to agriculture, biodiversity and emerging technologies for over 40 years.
Career
Pat Mooney had no formal university training, but, together with Cary Fowler and Hope Shand, he began working on ... | Pat Roy Mooney | [
"Biology"
] | 386 | [
"Synthetic biology",
"Synthetic biologists"
] |
559,764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roentgen%20equivalent%20man | The roentgen equivalent man (rem) is a CGS unit of equivalent dose, effective dose, and committed dose, which are dose measures used to estimate potential health effects of low levels of ionizing radiation on the human body.
Quantities measured in rem are designed to represent the stochastic biological risk of ionizin... | Roentgen equivalent man | [
"Chemistry",
"Materials_science",
"Mathematics",
"Biology"
] | 1,526 | [
"Radiation health effects",
"Equivalent quantities",
"Units of measurement",
"Non-SI metric units",
"Radiobiology",
"Quantity",
"Units of radiation dose",
"Equivalent units",
"Radiation effects",
"Radioactivity"
] |
559,838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backtick | The backtick is a typographical mark used mainly in computing. It is also known as backquote, grave, or grave accent.
The character was designed for typewriters to add a grave accent to a (lower-case) base letter, by overtyping it atop that letter. On early computer systems, however, this physical dead key+overtype f... | Backtick | [
"Mathematics"
] | 1,911 | [
"Symbols",
"Typographical symbols"
] |
559,858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioJava | BioJava is an open-source software project dedicated to provide Java tools to process biological data. BioJava is a set of library functions written in the programming language Java for manipulating sequences, protein structures, file parsers, Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) interoperability, Distribu... | BioJava | [
"Biology"
] | 3,792 | [
"Bioinformatics",
"Bioinformatics software"
] |
559,864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BioPerl | BioPerl is a collection of Perl modules that facilitate the development of Perl scripts for bioinformatics applications. It has played an integral role in the Human Genome Project.
Background
BioPerl is an active open source software project supported by the Open Bioinformatics Foundation. The first set of Perl codes... | BioPerl | [
"Biology"
] | 801 | [
"Bioinformatics",
"Bioinformatics software"
] |
559,868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biopython | The Biopython project is an open-source collection of non-commercial Python tools for computational biology and bioinformatics, created by an international association of developers. It contains classes to represent biological sequences and sequence annotations, and it is able to read and write to a variety of file for... | Biopython | [
"Mathematics",
"Biology"
] | 2,236 | [
"Computational science",
"Applied mathematics",
"Bioinformatics",
"Bioinformatics software"
] |
559,871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Bioinformatics%20Foundation | The Open Bioinformatics Foundation is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization focused on supporting open source programming in bioinformatics. The mission of the foundation is to support the development of open source toolkits for bioinformatics, organise developer-centric hackathon events and generally assist in the ... | Open Bioinformatics Foundation | [
"Biology"
] | 432 | [
"Bioinformatics",
"Bioinformatics organizations"
] |
559,970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jetty | A jetty is a man-made structure that protrudes from land out into water. A jetty may serve as a breakwater, as a walkway, or both; or, in pairs, as a means of constricting a channel. The term derives from the French word , "thrown", signifying something thrown out.
For regulating rivers
Wing dams
One form of jetties,... | Jetty | [
"Engineering"
] | 1,671 | [
"Construction",
"Coastal construction"
] |
560,061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe%20semilanceata | Psilocybe semilanceata, commonly known as the liberty cap, is a species of fungus which produces the psychoactive compounds psilocybin, psilocin and baeocystin. It is both one of the most widely distributed psilocybin mushrooms in nature, and one of the most potent. The mushrooms have a distinctive conical to bell-shap... | Psilocybe semilanceata | [
"Biology"
] | 5,126 | [
"Fungi",
"Fungus species"
] |
560,165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe%20cyanescens | Psilocybe cyanescens, commonly known as the wavy cap or potent psilocybe, is a species of potent psychedelic mushroom. The main compounds responsible for its psychedelic effects are psilocybin and psilocin. It belongs to the family Hymenogastraceae. A formal description of the species was published by Elsie Wakefield i... | Psilocybe cyanescens | [
"Biology"
] | 2,190 | [
"Fungi",
"Fungus species"
] |
560,402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fang%20Lizhi | Fang Lizhi (; February 12, 1936 – April 6, 2012) was a Chinese astrophysicist, vice-president of the University of Science and Technology of China, and activist whose liberal ideas inspired the pro-democracy student movement of 1986–87 and, finally, the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Fang was considered as one of t... | Fang Lizhi | [
"Physics"
] | 3,513 | [
"Relativity theorists",
"Theory of relativity"
] |
560,502 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromosomal%20translocation | In genetics, chromosome translocation is a phenomenon that results in unusual rearrangement of chromosomes. This includes balanced and unbalanced translocation, with two main types: reciprocal, and Robertsonian translocation. Reciprocal translocation is a chromosome abnormality caused by exchange of parts between non-h... | Chromosomal translocation | [
"Biology"
] | 1,468 | [
"Modification of genetic information",
"Molecular genetics"
] |
560,782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes%E2%80%93Dodson%20law | The Yerkes–Dodson law is an empirical relationship between arousal and performance, originally developed by psychologists Robert M. Yerkes and John Dillingham Dodson in 1908. The law dictates that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point. When levels of arousal become too high,... | Yerkes–Dodson law | [
"Biology"
] | 772 | [
"Behavior",
"Behavioral concepts",
"Behaviorism"
] |
560,807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feedlot | A feedlot or feed yard is a type of animal feeding operation (AFO) which is used in intensive animal farming, notably beef cattle, but also swine, horses, sheep, turkeys, chickens or ducks, prior to slaughter. Large beef feedlots are called concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) in the United States and intensi... | Feedlot | [
"Chemistry"
] | 2,401 | [
"Eutrophication",
"Intensive farming"
] |
560,876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaceutical%20industry | The pharmaceutical industry is a medical industry that discovers, develops, produces and markets pharmaceutical goods such as medications and medical devices. Medications are then administered to (or self-administered by) patients for curing or prevention of disease, as well as alleviating symptoms of illness or injury... | Pharmaceutical industry | [
"Chemistry",
"Biology"
] | 10,709 | [
"Pharmacology",
"Life sciences industry",
"Pharmacy",
"Pharmaceutical industry",
"Medicinal chemistry"
] |
560,941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASat-Alfa | FASat-Alfa was to become the first Chilean satellite, and was constructed under a Technology Transfer Program between the Chilean Air Force (FACH) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) of the United Kingdom. The primary goal of the Program was to obtain for Chile the basic scientific and technological experience r... | FASat-Alfa | [
"Astronomy"
] | 327 | [
"Astronomy stubs",
"Spacecraft stubs"
] |
561,018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanohydrin | In organic chemistry, a cyanohydrin or hydroxynitrile is a functional group found in organic compounds in which a cyano and a hydroxy group are attached to the same carbon atom. The general formula is , where R is H, alkyl, or aryl. Cyanohydrins are industrially important precursors to carboxylic acids and some amino... | Cyanohydrin | [
"Chemistry"
] | 660 | [
"Functional groups"
] |
561,065 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%20herd | A bachelor herd is a herd of (usually) juvenile male animals who are still sexually immature or 'harem'-forming animals who have been thrown out of their parent groups but not yet formed a new family group. It may also refer to a group of males who are not currently territorial or mating with females.
Examples include... | Bachelor herd | [
"Biology"
] | 1,174 | [
"Behavior",
"Animals",
"Behavioural sciences",
"Animal sexuality",
"Ethology",
"Sexuality"
] |
561,173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Maltman | Kim Maltman (born 1951) is a Canadian poet and physicist who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a professor of applied mathematics at York University and pursues research in theoretical nuclear/particle physics. He is serving as a judge for the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize.
Works
The Country of the Mapmakers (1977),
The... | Kim Maltman | [
"Physics"
] | 225 | [
"Particle physicists",
"Particle physics"
] |
561,445 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naugahyde | Naugahyde is an American brand of artificial leather. Naugahyde is a composite knit fabric backing and expanded polyvinyl chloride (PVC) coating. It was developed by Byron A. Hunter, a senior chemist at the United States Rubber Company, and is now manufactured and sold by the corporate spin-off Uniroyal Engineered Prod... | Naugahyde | [
"Chemistry"
] | 370 | [
"Artificial leather",
"Synthetic materials"
] |
561,460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hack%20and%20slash | Hack and slash, also known as hack and slay (H&S or HnS) or slash 'em up, refers to a type of gameplay that emphasizes combat with melee-based weapons (such as swords or blades). They may also feature projectile-based weapons as well (such as guns) as secondary weapons. It is a sub-genre of beat 'em up games, which foc... | Hack and slash | [
"Technology"
] | 883 | [
"Computing terminology",
"Video game terminology"
] |
561,585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20theorem%20%28analysis%20of%20algorithms%29 | In the analysis of algorithms, the master theorem for divide-and-conquer recurrences provides an asymptotic analysis for many recurrence relations that occur in the analysis of divide-and-conquer algorithms. The approach was first presented by Jon Bentley, Dorothea Blostein (née Haken), and James B. Saxe in 1980, where... | Master theorem (analysis of algorithms) | [
"Mathematics"
] | 1,355 | [
"Mathematical analysis",
"Recurrence relations",
"Theorems in discrete mathematics",
"Mathematical relations",
"Asymptotic analysis",
"Theorems in computational complexity theory"
] |
561,590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Positive%20pressure | Positive pressure is a pressure within a system that is greater than the environment that surrounds that system. Consequently, if there is any leak from the positively pressured system, it will egress into the surrounding environment. This is in contrast to a negative pressure room, where air is sucked in.
Use is also... | Positive pressure | [
"Physics"
] | 476 | [
"Scalar physical quantities",
"Mechanical quantities",
"Physical quantities",
"Pressure",
"Classical mechanics",
"Mechanics",
"Wikipedia categories named after physical quantities"
] |
561,597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield%20Vietnam | Battlefield Vietnam is a 2004 first-person shooter video game developed by Digital Illusions Canada and published by Electronic Arts for Microsoft Windows. It is the second installment of the Battlefield franchise, coming after Battlefield 1942. Battlefield Vietnam takes place during the Vietnam War and features a larg... | Battlefield Vietnam | [
"Physics"
] | 742 | [
"Asymmetrical multiplayer video games",
"Symmetry",
"Asymmetry"
] |
561,717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimethylmercury | Dimethylmercury is an extremely toxic organomercury compound with the formula (CH3)2Hg. A volatile, flammable, dense and colorless liquid, dimethylmercury is one of the strongest known neurotoxins. Less than 0.1 mL is capable of inducing severe mercury poisoning resulting in death.
Synthesis, structure, and reactions... | Dimethylmercury | [
"Chemistry"
] | 1,406 | [
"Neurochemistry",
"Neurotoxins"
] |
561,845 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20Bekenstein | Jacob David Bekenstein (; May 1, 1947 – August 16, 2015) was a Mexican-born American-Israeli theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation.
Biography
Jacob Bekenstein was born in Mexico... | Jacob Bekenstein | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry"
] | 1,776 | [
"Thermodynamics",
"Thermodynamicists"
] |
561,885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armillaria%20mellea | Armillaria mellea, commonly known as honey fungus, is an edible basidiomycete fungus in the genus Armillaria. It is a plant pathogen and part of a cryptic species complex of closely related and morphologically similar species. It causes Armillaria root rot in many plant species and produces mushrooms around the base of... | Armillaria mellea | [
"Biology"
] | 2,783 | [
"Fungi",
"Fungus species"
] |
561,940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasumasa%20Kanada | was a Japanese computer scientist most known for his numerous world records over the past three decades for calculating digits of . He set the record 11 of the past 21 times.
Career
Kanada was a professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Tokyo in Tokyo, Japan until 2015.
Pi records
From... | Yasumasa Kanada | [
"Mathematics"
] | 188 | [
"Pi-related people",
"Pi"
] |
561,962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upsilon%20Pi%20Epsilon | Upsilon Pi Epsilon () is the first honor society dedicated to the computing and information disciplines. Informally known as UPE, Upsilon Pi Epsilon was founded in 1967, at Texas A&M University. It has more than 300 chapters worldwide.
About
Upsilon Pi Epsilon was established at Texas A&M University in January 1967 a... | Upsilon Pi Epsilon | [
"Engineering"
] | 774 | [
"Engineering societies",
"Engineering honor societies"
] |
562,007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnesium%20chloride | Magnesium chloride is an inorganic compound with the formula . It forms hydrates , where n can range from 1 to 12. These salts are colorless or white solids that are highly soluble in water. These compounds and their solutions, both of which occur in nature, have a variety of practical uses. Anhydrous magnesium chlorid... | Magnesium chloride | [
"Chemistry"
] | 1,869 | [
"Deliquescent materials",
"Chlorides",
"Inorganic compounds",
"Salts"
] |
562,061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorting%20network | In computer science, comparator networks are abstract devices built up of a fixed number of "wires", carrying values, and comparator modules that connect pairs of wires, swapping the values on the wires if they are not in a desired order. Such networks are typically designed to perform sorting on fixed numbers of value... | Sorting network | [
"Mathematics",
"Technology",
"Engineering"
] | 1,869 | [
"Electrical engineering",
"Order theory",
"Computer engineering",
"Sorting algorithms"
] |
562,067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brillouin%20zone | In mathematics and solid state physics, the first Brillouin zone (named after Léon Brillouin) is a uniquely defined primitive cell in reciprocal space. In the same way the Bravais lattice is divided up into Wigner–Seitz cells in the real lattice, the reciprocal lattice is broken up into Brillouin zones. The boundaries... | Brillouin zone | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry",
"Materials_science",
"Engineering"
] | 583 | [
"Electron",
"Spectrum (physical sciences)",
"Materials science",
"Spectroscopy",
"Crystallography",
"Electronic band structures",
"Condensed matter physics",
"Vibrational spectroscopy"
] |
562,077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toothing | Toothing was originally a hoax claim that Bluetooth-enabled mobile phones or PDAs were being used to arrange random sexual encounters, perpetrated as a prank on the media who reported it. The hoax was created by Ste Curran, then Editor at Large at the gaming magazine Edge, and ex-journalist Simon Byron. They based it o... | Toothing | [
"Technology"
] | 1,724 | [
"Wireless networking",
"Computing and society",
"Sexuality and computing",
"Bluetooth"
] |
562,079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Latsis%20Prize | The European Latsis Prize is awarded annually by the European Science Foundation for "outstanding and innovative contributions in a selected field of European research". The prize is worth 100,000 Swiss francs and is awarded within a different discipline each year. The prize was inaugurated in 1999 by the Latsis Founda... | European Latsis Prize | [
"Technology"
] | 104 | [
"Science and technology awards",
"Science award stubs"
] |
562,163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Stott | John Robert Walmsley Stott (27 April 1921 – 27 July 2011) was a British Anglican priest and theologian who was noted as a leader of the worldwide evangelical movement. He was one of the principal authors of the Lausanne Covenant in 1974. In 2005, Time magazine ranked Stott among the 100 most influential people in the ... | John Stott | [
"Biology"
] | 2,736 | [
"Non-Darwinian evolution",
"Theistic evolutionists",
"Biology theories"
] |
562,353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butterworth%20filter | The Butterworth filter is a type of signal processing filter designed to have a frequency response that is as flat as possible in the passband. It is also referred to as a maximally flat magnitude filter. It was first described in 1930 by the British engineer and physicist Stephen Butterworth in his paper entitled "On ... | Butterworth filter | [
"Engineering"
] | 3,053 | [
"Electronic design",
"Electronic engineering",
"Design"
] |
7,066,527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Height%20Modernization | Height Modernization is the name of a series of state-by-state programs recently begun by the United States' National Geodetic Survey, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The goal of each state program is to place GPS base stations at various locations within each participating state to m... | Height Modernization | [
"Mathematics"
] | 114 | [
"Applied mathematics",
"Geodesy"
] |
7,066,763 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shack%E2%80%93Hartmann%20wavefront%20sensor | A Shack–Hartmann (or Hartmann–Shack) wavefront sensor (SHWFS) is an optical instrument used for characterizing an imaging system. It is a wavefront sensor commonly used in adaptive optics systems. It consists of an array of lenses (called lenslets) of the same focal length. Each is focused onto a photon sensor (typical... | Shack–Hartmann wavefront sensor | [
"Technology",
"Engineering"
] | 522 | [
"Sensors",
"Measuring instruments"
] |
7,066,954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-energy%20transfer | A low-energy transfer, or low-energy trajectory, is a route in space that allows spacecraft to change orbits using significantly less fuel than traditional transfers. These routes work in the Earth–Moon system and also in other systems, such as between the moons of Jupiter. The drawback of such trajectories is that the... | Low-energy transfer | [
"Engineering"
] | 725 | [
"Astrodynamics",
"Aerospace engineering"
] |
7,067,238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danishefsky%27s%20diene | Danishefsky's diene (Kitahara diene) is an organosilicon compound and a diene with the formal name trans-1-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-buta-1,3-diene named after Samuel J. Danishefsky. Because the diene is very electron-rich it is a very reactive reagent in Diels-Alder reactions. This diene reacts rapidly with electrop... | Danishefsky's diene | [
"Chemistry"
] | 392 | [
"Functional groups",
"Trimethylsilyl compounds",
"Reagents for organic chemistry"
] |
7,067,420 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%92-Methylamino-L-alanine | {{DISPLAYTITLE:β-Methylamino-L-alanine}}
β-Methylamino--alanine, or BMAA, is a non-proteinogenic amino acid produced by cyanobacteria. BMAA is a neurotoxin. Its potential role in various neurodegenerative disorders is the subject of scientific research.
Structure and properties
BMAA is a derivative of the amino acid... | Β-Methylamino-L-alanine | [
"Chemistry"
] | 1,688 | [
"Neurochemistry",
"Neurotoxins"
] |
7,067,473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial%20applications%20of%20nanotechnology | Nanotechnology is impacting the field of consumer goods, several products that incorporate nanomaterials are already in a variety of items; many of which people do not even realize contain nanoparticles, products with novel functions ranging from easy-to-clean to scratch-resistant. Examples of that car bumpers are made... | Industrial applications of nanotechnology | [
"Materials_science",
"Engineering"
] | 4,495 | [
"Nanotechnology",
"Materials science"
] |
7,068,038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20barrier%20coating | Thermal barrier coatings (TBCs) are advanced materials systems usually applied to metallic surfaces on parts operating at elevated temperatures, such as gas turbine combustors and turbines, and in automotive exhaust heat management. These 100 μm to 2 mm thick coatings of thermally insulating materials serve to insulate... | Thermal barrier coating | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry",
"Materials_science",
"Mathematics",
"Engineering"
] | 3,719 | [
"Applied and interdisciplinary physics",
"Thin film deposition",
"Coatings",
"Thin films",
"Materials science",
"nan",
"Planes (geometry)",
"Solid state engineering"
] |
7,068,198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20lines%20of%20drift | Natural lines of drift are those paths across terrain that are the most likely to be used when going from one place to another. These paths are paths of least resistance: those that offer the greatest ease while taking into account obstacles (e.g. rivers, cliffs, dense unbroken woodland, etc.) and modes of transit (e.... | Natural lines of drift | [
"Environmental_science"
] | 171 | [
"Environmental social science stubs",
"Environmental social science",
"Human geography"
] |
7,068,306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloudbuster | A cloudbuster is a device designed by Austrian psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957), which Reich claimed could produce rain by manipulating what he called "orgone energy" present in the atmosphere.
The cloudbuster was intended to be used in a way similar to a lightning rod: focusing it on a location in the sky and ... | Cloudbuster | [
"Engineering"
] | 604 | [
"Planetary engineering",
"Weather modification"
] |
7,068,593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active%20safety | The term active safety (or primary safety) is used in two distinct ways.
The first, mainly in the United States, refers to automobile safety systems that help avoid accidents, such as good steering and brakes. In this context, passive safety refers to features that help reduce the effects of an accident, such as seat... | Active safety | [
"Engineering"
] | 793 | [
"Safety engineering",
"Systems engineering"
] |
7,069,425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prentice%20Hall%20International%20Series%20in%20Computer%20Science | Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science was a series of books on computer science published by Prentice Hall.
The series' founding editor was Tony Hoare. Richard Bird subsequently took over editing the series. Many of the books in the series have been in the area of formal methods in particular.
Select... | Prentice Hall International Series in Computer Science | [
"Technology"
] | 524 | [
"Computing stubs",
"Computer book stubs"
] |
7,069,430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurtosis%20risk | In statistics and decision theory, kurtosis risk is the risk that results when a statistical model assumes the normal distribution, but is applied to observations that have a tendency to occasionally be much farther (in terms of number of standard deviations) from the average than is expected for a normal distribution.... | Kurtosis risk | [
"Mathematics"
] | 464 | [
"Applied mathematics",
"Mathematical finance"
] |
7,069,871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20A.%20Pyle | John Adrian Pyle is a British atmospheric scientist, Director of the Centre for Atmospheric Science in Cambridge, England. He is a Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge, and since 2007 has held the 1920 Chair of Physical Chemistry in the Chemistry Department. He is also a Fellow of th... | John A. Pyle | [
"Chemistry"
] | 271 | [
"Professors of Physical Chemistry (Cambridge)",
"Physical chemists"
] |
7,070,301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telescope | A telescope is a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation. Originally, it was an optical instrument using lenses, curved mirrors, or a combination of both to observe distant objects – an optical telescope. Nowadays, the word "telescope" is defined ... | Telescope | [
"Astronomy"
] | 2,491 | [
"Telescopes",
"Astronomical instruments"
] |
7,070,302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alagoas%20curassow | The Alagoas curassow (Mitu mitu) is a glossy-black, pheasant-like bird. It was formerly found in forests in Northeastern Brazil in what is now the states of Pernambuco and Alagoas, which is the origin of its common name. It is now extinct in the wild; there are about 130 individuals in captivity.
German naturalist Geo... | Alagoas curassow | [
"Biology"
] | 1,492 | [
"Species extinct in the wild",
"Biota by conservation status"
] |
7,070,579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetics%20of%20aggression | The field of psychology has been greatly influenced by the study of genetics. Decades of research have demonstrated that both genetic and environmental factors play a role in a variety of behaviors in humans and animals (e.g. Grigorenko & Sternberg, 2003). The genetic basis of aggression, however, remains poorly unders... | Genetics of aggression | [
"Biology"
] | 2,904 | [
"Behavior",
"Behavioral neuroscience",
"Behavioural sciences",
"Aggression",
"Human behavior"
] |
7,070,643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum%20geologist | A petroleum geologist is an earth scientist who works in the field of petroleum geology, which involves all aspects of oil discovery and production. Petroleum geologists are usually linked to the actual discovery of oil and the identification of possible oil deposits, gas caps, or leads. It can be a very labor-intensiv... | Petroleum geologist | [
"Chemistry"
] | 770 | [
"Petroleum",
"Petroleum geology",
"Petroleum stubs"
] |
7,071,096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20design%20process | The engineering design process, also known as the engineering method, is a common series of steps that engineers use in creating functional products and processes. The process is highly iterative – parts of the process often need to be repeated many times before another can be entered – though the part(s) that get iter... | Engineering design process | [
"Physics",
"Engineering"
] | 1,757 | [
"Systems engineering",
"nan",
"Applied and interdisciplinary physics",
"Mechanical engineering"
] |
7,071,234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose%20madder | Rose madder (also known as madder) is a red paint made from the pigment madder lake, a traditional lake pigment extracted from the common madder plant Rubia tinctorum.
Madder lake contains two organic red dyes: alizarin and purpurin. As a paint, it has been described as a fugitive, transparent, nonstaining, mid value... | Rose madder | [
"Biology"
] | 1,518 | [
"Biological pigments",
"Pigmentation"
] |
7,071,490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20molecular%20theory | In chemistry, the history of molecular theory traces the origins of the concept or idea of the existence of strong chemical bonds between two or more atoms.
A modern conceptualization of molecules began to develop in the 19th century along with experimental evidence for pure chemical elements and how individual atoms ... | History of molecular theory | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry"
] | 4,654 | [
"Molecular physics",
"Molecules",
"Physical objects",
"nan",
"Atoms",
"Matter"
] |
7,072,506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignition%20timing | In a spark ignition internal combustion engine, ignition timing is the timing, relative to the current piston position and crankshaft angle, of the release of a spark in the combustion chamber near the end of the compression stroke.
The need for advancing (or retarding) the timing of the spark is because fuel does not... | Ignition timing | [
"Engineering"
] | 2,979 | [
"Telecommunications engineering",
"Synchronization"
] |
7,073,120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20criticality%20safety | Nuclear criticality safety is a field of nuclear engineering dedicated to the prevention of nuclear and radiation accidents resulting from an inadvertent, self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
Nuclear criticality safety is concerned with mitigating the consequences of a nuclear criticality accident.
A nuclear criti... | Nuclear criticality safety | [
"Physics"
] | 1,846 | [
"Nuclear technology",
"Nuclear physics"
] |
7,073,138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fin%20%28extended%20surface%29 | In the study of heat transfer, fins are surfaces that extend from an object to increase the rate of heat transfer to or from the environment by increasing convection. The amount of conduction, convection, or radiation of an object determines the amount of heat it transfers. Increasing the temperature gradient between t... | Fin (extended surface) | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry"
] | 1,019 | [
"Transport phenomena",
"Physical phenomena",
"Heat transfer",
"Thermodynamics"
] |
7,073,526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management%20of%20Pacific%20Northwest%20riparian%20forests | Management of Pacific Northwest riparian forests is necessary because many of these forests have been dramatically changed from their original makeup. The primary interest in riparian forest and aquatic ecosystems under the Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) is the need to restore stream habitat for fish populations, particu... | Management of Pacific Northwest riparian forests | [
"Environmental_science"
] | 2,477 | [
"Riparian zone",
"Hydrology"
] |
7,073,994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Organization%20for%20the%20Professional%20Advancement%20of%20Black%20Chemists%20and%20Chemical%20Engineers | The National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers or NOBCChE (pronounced No-be-shay) is a nonprofit, professional organization. NOBCChE's goal is to increase the number of minorities in science, technology, and engineering fields. The organization accomplishes this by c... | National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers | [
"Chemistry"
] | 522 | [
"Chemistry societies",
"nan"
] |
7,074,070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus%20granulatus | Suillus granulatus is a pored mushroom of the genus Suillus in the family Suillaceae. It is similar to the related S. luteus, but can be distinguished by its ringless stalk. Like S. luteus, it is an edible mushroom that often grows in a symbiosis (mycorrhiza) with pine. It has been commonly known as the weeping bolete... | Suillus granulatus | [
"Biology"
] | 838 | [
"Fungi",
"Fungus species"
] |
7,074,436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20graphical%20user%20interface%20elements | Graphical user interface elements are those elements used by graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to offer a consistent visual language to represent information stored in computers. These make it easier for people with few computer skills to work with and use computer software.
This article explains the most common elemen... | List of graphical user interface elements | [
"Technology"
] | 1,530 | [
"Components",
"Graphical user interface elements"
] |
7,074,545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn%20simulation | Dawn simulation is a technique that involves timing a light, often called a wake-up light, sunrise alarm clock, or natural light alarm clock, in the bedroom to come on gradually, over a period of 30 minutes to 2 hours, before awakening to simulate dawn.
History
The concept of dawn simulation was first patented in 1890... | Dawn simulation | [
"Biology"
] | 631 | [
"Behavior",
"Sleep",
"Circadian rhythm"
] |
7,074,591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burra%20Charter | The Burra Charter is a document published by the Australian ICOMOS which defines the basic principles and procedures to be followed in the conservation of Australian heritage places. The Charter was first endorsed in 1979 as an Australian adaptation of the Venice Charter, but with the introduction of a new analytical c... | Burra Charter | [
"Engineering"
] | 488 | [
"Urban planning",
"Architectural history",
"Architecture"
] |
7,074,727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesoporous%20silicate | Mesoporous silicates are silicates with a special morphology.
Background
Porous inorganic solids have found great utility as catalysts and sorption media because of their large internal surface area, i.e. the presence of voids of controllable dimensions at the atomic, molecular, and nanometer scales. With increasing ... | Mesoporous silicate | [
"Chemistry",
"Materials_science",
"Engineering"
] | 439 | [
"Catalysis",
"Catalysts",
"Materials science stubs",
"Porous media",
"Mesoporous material",
"Materials science",
"Chemical kinetics"
] |
7,074,871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lighting%20ratio | Lighting ratio in photography refers to the comparison of key light (the main source of light from which shadows fall) to the total fill light (the light that fills in the shadow areas). The higher the lighting ratio, the higher the contrast of the image; the lower the ratio, the lower the contrast. The lighting ratio ... | Lighting ratio | [
"Mathematics",
"Engineering"
] | 373 | [
"Quantity",
"Metrics",
"Engineering ratios"
] |
7,075,005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium%20tetrafluoroborate | Lithium tetrafluoroborate is an inorganic compound with the formula LiBF4. It is a white crystalline powder. It has been extensively tested for use in commercial secondary batteries, an application that exploits its high solubility in nonpolar solvents.
Applications
Although BF4− has high ionic mobility, solutions o... | Lithium tetrafluoroborate | [
"Chemistry"
] | 350 | [
"Inorganic compounds",
"Electrolytes",
"Lithium salts",
"Inorganic compound stubs",
"Salts",
"Electrochemistry",
"Electrochemistry stubs",
"Physical chemistry stubs"
] |
7,075,186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mere%20%28lake%29 | A mere is a shallow lake, pond, or wetland, particularly in Great Britain and other parts of western Europe.
Derivation of the word
Etymology
The word mere is recorded in Old English as mere ″sea, lake″, corresponding to
Old Saxon meri,
Old Low Franconian *meri (Dutch meer ″lake, pool″, Picard mer ″pool, lake″, Nor... | Mere (lake) | [
"Environmental_science"
] | 2,148 | [
"Lakes",
"Hydrology"
] |
7,075,191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azrieli%20Center | Azrieli Center (; Merkaz Azrieli) is a complex of three skyscrapers in Tel Aviv. At the base of the complex lies a large shopping mall. The complex was designed by Israeli-American architect Eli Attia. After Attia and the developer of the complex David Azrieli (after whom it is named) fell out, completion of the projec... | Azrieli Center | [
"Engineering"
] | 1,074 | [
"Postmodern architecture",
"Architecture"
] |
7,075,448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphiphysin | Amphiphysin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AMPH gene.
Function
This gene encodes a protein associated with the cytoplasmic surface of synaptic vesicles. A subset of patients with stiff person syndrome who were also affected by breast cancer are positive for autoantibodies against this protein. Alterna... | Amphiphysin | [
"Chemistry"
] | 334 | [
"Biomolecules by chemical classification",
"Proteins",
"Molecular biology"
] |
7,075,607 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence%20%28biology%29 | A sequence in biology is the one-dimensional ordering of monomers, covalently linked within a biopolymer; it is also referred to as the primary structure of a biological macromolecule. While it can refer to many different molecules, the term sequence is most often used to refer to a DNA sequence or a protein sequence.
... | Sequence (biology) | [
"Chemistry",
"Biology"
] | 86 | [
"Biochemistry",
"Molecular biology stubs",
"Molecular biology"
] |
7,075,619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20oil%20company | A national oil company (NOC) is a petroleum company that is fully or partly owned by the government of a sovereign nation. NOCs produce about half the world’s oil and gas.
Due to their increasing dominance over global reserves, the importance of NOCs has risen dramatically in recent decades relative to International O... | National oil company | [
"Chemistry"
] | 118 | [
"Petroleum",
"Petroleum stubs"
] |
7,075,678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Difference%20density%20map | In X-ray crystallography, a difference density map or Fo–Fc map shows the spatial distribution of the difference between the measured electron density of the crystal and the electron density explained by the current model.
A way to compute this map has been formulated for cryo-EM.
Display
Conventionally, they are dis... | Difference density map | [
"Physics",
"Chemistry",
"Materials_science",
"Engineering"
] | 412 | [
"Crystallography",
"Condensed matter physics",
"Materials science"
] |
7,075,785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaghetti%20plot | A spaghetti plot (also known as a spaghetti chart, spaghetti diagram, or spaghetti model) is a method of viewing data to visualize possible flows through systems. Flows depicted in this manner appear like noodles, hence the coining of this term. This method of statistics was first used to track routing through factor... | Spaghetti plot | [
"Physics"
] | 837 | [
"Weather",
"Physical phenomena",
"Climate and weather statistics"
] |
7,075,895 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Oread | Mount Oread is a hill in Lawrence, Kansas, upon which the University of Kansas, and parts of the city of Lawrence, Kansas, are located. It sits on the water divide between the Kansas River and the Wakarusa River. It was named after the long defunct Oread Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts, where many of the settle... | Mount Oread | [
"Chemistry",
"Engineering",
"Environmental_science"
] | 492 | [
"Hydrology",
"Environmental engineering"
] |
7,075,936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Centre%20for%20Nanotechnology | The London Centre for Nanotechnology is a multidisciplinary research centre in physical and biomedical nanotechnology in London, United Kingdom. It brings together three institutions that are referents in nanotechnology, University College London, Imperial College London and King's College London. It was conceived from... | London Centre for Nanotechnology | [
"Materials_science"
] | 719 | [
"Nanotechnology",
"Nanotechnology institutions"
] |
7,076,369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonido%2013 | Sonido 13 is a theory of microtonal music created by the Mexican composer Julián Carrillo around 1900 and described by Nicolas Slonimsky as "the field of sounds smaller than the twelve semitones of the tempered scale." Carrillo developed this theory in 1895 while he was experimenting with his violin. Though he became i... | Sonido 13 | [
"Physics"
] | 430 | [
"Physical quantities",
"Musical symmetry",
"Logarithmic scales of measurement",
"Equal temperaments",
"Symmetry"
] |
7,076,617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million%20standard%20cubic%20feet%20per%20day | Million standard cubic feet per day is a unit of measurement for gases that is predominantly used in the United States. It is frequently abbreviated MMSCFD. MMSCFD is commonly used as a measure of natural gas, liquefied petroleum gas, compressed natural gas and other gases that are extracted, processed or transported ... | Million standard cubic feet per day | [
"Mathematics"
] | 208 | [
"Units of flow",
"Quantity",
"Units of measurement"
] |
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