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76,556,523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug%20antagonism | Drug antagonism refers to a medicine stopping the action or effect of another substance, preventing a biological response. The stopping actions are carried out by four major mechanisms, namely chemical, pharmacokinetic, receptor and physiological antagonism. The four mechanisms are widely used in reducing overstimulate... | Drug antagonism | Chemistry,Biology | 3,800 |
672,499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graph-structured%20stack | In computer science, a graph-structured stack (GSS) is a directed acyclic graph where each directed path represents a stack.
The graph-structured stack is an essential part of Tomita's algorithm, where it replaces the usual stack of a pushdown automaton. This allows the algorithm to encode the nondeterministic choices ... | Graph-structured stack | Technology | 534 |
1,632,111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrobromide | In chemistry, a hydrobromide is an acid salt resulting, or regarded as resulting, from the reaction of hydrobromic acid with an organic base (e.g. an amine). The compounds are similar to hydrochlorides.
Some drugs are formulated as hydrobromides, e.g. eletriptan hydrobromide.
See also
Bromide, inorganic salts of hyd... | Hydrobromide | Chemistry | 103 |
27,330,293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20Internet%20Freedom%20Consortium | The Global Internet Freedom Consortium is a consortium of organizations that develop and deploy anti-censorship technologies for use by Internet users in countries whose governments restrict Web-based information access. The organization was reportedly begun in 2001 by Chinese-born scientists living in the United Stat... | Global Internet Freedom Consortium | Technology | 179 |
2,695,433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wess%E2%80%93Zumino%20model | In theoretical physics, the Wess–Zumino model has become the first known example of an interacting four-dimensional quantum field theory with linearly realised supersymmetry. In 1974, Julius Wess and Bruno Zumino studied, using modern terminology, dynamics of a single chiral superfield (composed of a complex scalar and... | Wess–Zumino model | Physics | 1,693 |
3,529,850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20Certified%20Network%20Administrator | SCNA (an abbreviation of Sun Certified Network Administrator) is a certification for system administrators and covers LANs and Solaris.
Requirements
Candidates must pass a certification exam. The examination includes multiple-choice, scenario-based questions, drag-and-drop questions, and tests the candidate on Solari... | Sun Certified Network Administrator | Technology | 140 |
59,469,155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collidinic%20acid | Collidinic acid (pyridine-2,4,6-tricarboxylic acid) is an organic compound that belongs to the heterocycles (more precisely the heteroaromatics). It belongs to the group of pyridinetricarboxylic acids and consists of a pyridine ring which carries three carboxy groups in the 2-, 4- and 6-positions. The name is derived f... | Collidinic acid | Chemistry | 181 |
6,168,349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20energy%20consumption | Electric energy consumption is energy consumption in the form of electrical energy. About a fifth of global energy is consumed as electricity: for residential, industrial, commercial, transportation and other purposes.
The global electricity consumption in 2022 was 24,398 terawatt-hour (TWh), almost exactly three time... | Electric energy consumption | Physics,Engineering,Environmental_science | 1,630 |
3,994,748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrier-to-noise%20ratio | In telecommunications, the carrier-to-noise ratio, often written CNR or C/N, is the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a modulated signal. The term is used to distinguish the CNR of the radio frequency passband signal from the SNR of an analog base band message signal after demodulation. For example, with FM radio, the str... | Carrier-to-noise ratio | Physics,Mathematics,Engineering | 874 |
9,331,271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20Systems%20Biology | Molecular Systems Biology is a peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering systems biology at the molecular level (examples include: genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, microbial systems, the integration of cell signaling and regulatory networks), synthetic biology, and systems medicine. It was established in... | Molecular Systems Biology | Chemistry,Biology | 119 |
41,549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase%20noise | In signal processing, phase noise is the frequency-domain representation of random fluctuations in the phase of a waveform, corresponding to time-domain deviations from perfect periodicity (jitter). Generally speaking, radio-frequency engineers speak of the phase noise of an oscillator, whereas digital-system engineer... | Phase noise | Physics | 1,582 |
77,656,313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Satellite%20Test%20Facility | The National Satellite Test Facility (NSTF) is a testing site for artificial satellites, located in Harwell, Oxfordshire, in the United Kingdom. It is the first dedicated satellite testing facility in the UK. Construction began in 2018 and was completed in 2024. The facility opened in May 2024. It was built through a c... | National Satellite Test Facility | Astronomy | 113 |
14,502,375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston%20Bonnier | Gaston Eugène Marie Bonnier (; 9 April 1853 – 2 January 1922) was a French botanist and plant ecologist.
Biography
Bonnier first studied at École Normale Supérieure in Paris from 1873 to 1876. Together with Charles Flahault, he studied at Uppsala University in 1878. They published two articles about their impressions... | Gaston Bonnier | Biology | 569 |
4,586,351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%27s%20matrix | In mathematics, and in particular ordinary differential equations, a Green's matrix helps to determine a particular solution to a first-order inhomogeneous linear system of ODEs. The concept is named after George Green.
For instance, consider where is a vector and is an matrix function of , which is continuous fo... | Green's matrix | Mathematics | 219 |
1,616,977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coefficient%20of%20haze | The coefficient of haze (also known as smoke shade) is a measurement of visibility interference in the atmosphere.
One way to measure this is to draw about 1000 cubic feet of air sample through an air filter and obtain the radiation intensity through the filter. The coefficient is then calculated based on the absorban... | Coefficient of haze | Physics,Mathematics | 96 |
49,536,531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logging%20trail | A logging trail is a type of unpaved trail used to transport logged wood by means of machinery or horse power. In contrast to a logging road the logging trail is also free of gravel or other material and a pure earth trail.
Characteristics
For ease of transport when using machinery like forwarders on sloped terrain, t... | Logging trail | Engineering | 187 |
993,533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inclusionary%20zoning | Inclusionary zoning (IZ) is municipal and county planning ordinances that require or provide incentives when a given percentage of units in a new housing development be affordable by people with low to moderate incomes. Such housing is known as inclusionary housing. The term inclusionary zoning indicates that these ord... | Inclusionary zoning | Engineering | 4,149 |
917,280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nutrient%20sensing | Nutrient sensing is a cell's ability to recognize and respond to fuel substrates such as glucose. Each type of fuel used by the cell requires an alternate pathway of utilization and accessory molecules such as enzymes and cofactors. In order to conserve resources a cell will only produce molecules that it needs at the ... | Nutrient sensing | Chemistry | 1,384 |
53,906,579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge%20tender%27s%20house | A bridge tender's house is a structure near or upon a moveable bridge from which a bridge tender may operate the bridge and monitor river traffic, and in which they may reside. It may contain the controls and the mechanicals to operate the bridge.
References
External links
Moveable bridges
Bridge components | Bridge tender's house | Technology | 61 |
30,875,305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Activation-synthesis%20hypothesis | The activation-synthesis hypothesis, proposed by Harvard University psychiatrists John Allan Hobson and Robert McCarley, is a neurobiological theory of dreams first published in the American Journal of Psychiatry in December 1977. The differences in neuronal activity of the brainstem during waking and REM sleep were ob... | Activation-synthesis hypothesis | Biology | 2,850 |
26,414,007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosemary%20A.%20Bailey | Rosemary A. Bailey (born 1947) is a British statistician who works in the design of experiments and the analysis of variance and in related areas of combinatorial design, especially in association schemes. She has written books on the design of experiments, on association schemes, and on linear models in statistics.
... | Rosemary A. Bailey | Mathematics | 391 |
49,146,103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcodon%20conchyliatus | Sarcodon conchyliatus is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Found in Malaysia, it was described as new to science in 1971 by Dutch mycologist Rudolph Arnold Maas Geesteranus. The fruit bodies have finely tomentose caps that are dull ochraceous, greyish or brownish, and typically have drab to purplish ... | Sarcodon conchyliatus | Biology | 156 |
11,542,343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcription%20factor%20II%20A | Transcription factor TFIIA is a nuclear protein involved in the RNA polymerase II-dependent transcription of DNA. TFIIA is one of several general (basal) transcription factors (GTFs) that are required for all transcription events that use RNA polymerase II. Other GTFs include TFIID, a complex composed of the TATA bin... | Transcription factor II A | Chemistry,Biology | 574 |
37,092,814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterobranchia%20mitochondrial%20code | The pterobranchia mitochondrial code (translation table 24) is a genetic code used by the mitochondrial genome of Rhabdopleura compacta (Pterobranchia). The Pterobranchia are one of the two groups in the Hemichordata which together with the Echinodermata and Chordata form the three major lineages of deuterostomes. AUA... | Pterobranchia mitochondrial code | Chemistry,Biology | 705 |
22,762,908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20of%20BCH%20is%20an%20independent%20source | A certain family of BCH codes have a particularly useful property, which is that
treated as linear operators, their dual operators turns their input into an -wise independent source. That is, the set of vectors from the input vector space are mapped to an -wise independent source. The proof of this fact below as the ... | Dual of BCH is an independent source | Mathematics | 409 |
3,946,940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Stern | Sol Alan Stern (born November 22, 1957) is an American engineer, planetary scientist and space tourist. He is the principal investigator of the New Horizons mission to Pluto and the Chief Scientist at Moon Express.
Stern has been involved in 24 suborbital, orbital, and planetary space missions, including eight for whi... | Alan Stern | Astronomy | 2,358 |
980,240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachistoscope | A tachistoscope is a device that displays a picture, text, or an object for a specific amount of time. It can be used for various purposes such as to increase recognition speed, to show something too fast to be consciously recognized, or to test which elements of a display are memorable.
Early tachistoscopes were mech... | Tachistoscope | Materials_science,Engineering | 531 |
24,884,148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%20Aquarii | The Bayer designation c Aquarii is shared by three stars in the constellation Aquarius:
c1 Aquarii or 86 Aquarii
c2 Aquarii or 88 Aquarii
c3 Aquarii or 89 Aquarii
c Aquarii
Aquarii, c | C Aquarii | Astronomy | 57 |
40,914,072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunoadsorption | Immunoadsorption is a procedure that removes specific blood group antibodies from the blood. It is needed to remove the antibodies against pathogenic antibodies.
The procedure generally takes about three to four hours.
Immunoadsorption was developed in the 1990s as a method of extracorporeal removal of molecules from... | Immunoadsorption | Biology | 509 |
59,761,321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%202985 | NGC 2985 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of circa 70 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 2985 is about 95,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 3, 1785.
The galaxy is seen with an i... | NGC 2985 | Astronomy | 385 |
74,550,274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RO5256390 | RO5256390 or RO-5256390 is a drug developed by Hoffmann-La Roche which acts as an agonist for the trace amine associated receptor 1 (TAAR1). It is a full agonist of the rat, cynomolgus monkey, and human TAAR1, but a partial agonist of the mouse TAAR1.
Pharmacology
Pharmacodynamics
Actions
RO5256390 is a full agonist... | RO5256390 | Chemistry | 896 |
7,356,531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAL-M | PAL-M is the analogue colour TV system used in Brazil since early 1972, making it the first South American country to broadcast in colour.
It is unique among analogue TV systems in that it combines the 525-line 30 frames-per-second System M with the PAL colour encoding system (using very nearly the NTSC colour subcar... | PAL-M | Technology | 1,241 |
31,773,185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stargate%20%28asterism%29 | The Stargate Asterism or Stargate Cluster is an asterism in the constellation Corvus consisting of six stars, also known as STF 1659.
Gallery
See also
Lists of stars
References
Asterisms (astronomy) | Stargate (asterism) | Astronomy | 48 |
2,287,401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crooked%20spire | A crooked spire, (also known as a twisted spire) is a tower showing a twist and/or a deviation from the vertical. A church tower usually consists of a square stone tower topped with a pyramidal wooden structure, the spire is usually cladded with slates or lead to protect the wood. Through accident or design the spire m... | Crooked spire | Engineering | 387 |
13,500,312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideotype | In systematics, an ideotype is a specimen identified as belonging to a specific taxon by the author of that taxon, but collected from somewhere other than the type locality.
The concept of ideotype in plant breeding was introduced by Donald in 1968 to describe the idealized appearance of a plant variety. It literally ... | Ideotype | Chemistry,Biology | 281 |
54,626,053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGC%206614 | UGC 6614 is a giant spiral galaxy located about 330 million light-years away in the constellation Leo. It has an estimated diameter of nearly 300,000 light-years.
Physical characteristics
UGC 6614 is classified as a low surface brightness (LSB) galaxy. The galaxy is nearly face-on and has a ring-like feature around i... | UGC 6614 | Astronomy | 460 |
2,627,025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obligatory%20passage%20point | The concept of an obligatory passage point (OPP) was developed by sociologist Michel Callon in a seminal contribution to actor–network theory: Callon, Michel (1986), "Elements of a sociology of translation: Domestication of the Scallops and the Fishermen of St Brieuc Bay". In John Law (Ed.), Power, Action and Belief: A... | Obligatory passage point | Technology | 421 |
33,846,186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20root%20of%20a%202%20by%202%20matrix | A square root of a 2×2 matrix M is another 2×2 matrix R such that M = R2, where R2 stands for the matrix product of R with itself. In general, there can be zero, two, four, or even an infinitude of square-root matrices. In many cases, such a matrix R can be obtained by an explicit formula.
Square roots that are not t... | Square root of a 2 by 2 matrix | Mathematics | 1,047 |
6,040,372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology%20of%20dinosaurs | The physiology of dinosaurs has historically been a controversial subject, particularly their thermoregulation. Recently, many new lines of evidence have been brought to bear on dinosaur physiology generally, including not only metabolic systems and thermoregulation, but on respiratory and cardiovascular systems as wel... | Physiology of dinosaurs | Biology | 11,516 |
48,593,539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seasonal%20tropical%20forest | Seasonal tropical forest, also known as moist deciduous, semi-evergreen seasonal, tropical mixed or monsoon forest, typically contains a range of tree species: only some of which drop some or all of their leaves during the dry season. This tropical forest is classified under the Walter system as (i) tropical climate wi... | Seasonal tropical forest | Biology | 867 |
1,543,682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC%20One%20Million | "DC One Million" is a comic book crossover storyline which ran through an eponymous weekly miniseries and through special issues of almost all of the "DCU" titles published by DC Comics in November 1998. It featured a vision of the DC Universe in the 853rd century (85,201–85,300 AD), chosen because that is the century ... | DC One Million | Materials_science | 3,058 |
47,933,030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propadienone | Propadienone is an organic compound with molecular formula C3H2O consisting of a propadiene carbon framework with a ketone functional group. The structure of propadienone is not the same as propadiene or carbon suboxide. In propadienone, oxygen has +1 formal charge and C2 carbon has -1 formal charge.
See also
Propadie... | Propadienone | Chemistry | 85 |
20,723,955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight%20envelope%20protection | Flight envelope protection is a human machine interface extension of an aircraft's control system that prevents the pilot of an aircraft from making control commands that would force the aircraft to exceed its structural and aerodynamic operating limits. It is used in some form in all modern commercial fly-by-wire airc... | Flight envelope protection | Technology,Engineering | 1,960 |
2,985,223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apomorphine | Apomorphine, sold under the brand name Apokyn among others, is a type of aporphine having activity as a non-selective dopamine agonist which activates both D2-like and, to a much lesser extent, D1-like receptors. It also acts as an antagonist of 5-HT2 and α-adrenergic receptors with high affinity. The compound is an al... | Apomorphine | Chemistry | 4,000 |
62,582,674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2060803 | HD 60803 is a binary star system in the equatorial constellation of Canis Minor, located less than a degree to the northwest of the prominent star Procyon. It has a yellow hue and is visible to the naked eye as a dim point of light with a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.904. The distance to this system is 135 l... | HD 60803 | Astronomy | 255 |
20,888,413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force%20lines | Force lines is a method used in solid mechanics for visualization of internal forces in a deformed body. A force line is a curve representing graphically the internal force acting within a body across imaginary internal surfaces. The force lines show the maximal internal forces and their directions.
Force lines drawin... | Force lines | Physics,Materials_science,Engineering | 388 |
8,946 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decipherment | In philology and linguistics, decipherment is the discovery of the meaning of the symbols found in extinct languages and/or alphabets. Decipherment is possible with respect to languages and scripts. One can also study or try to decipher how spoken languages that no longer exist were once pronounced, or how living langu... | Decipherment | Mathematics,Engineering,Biology | 2,783 |
5,879 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium | Caesium (IUPAC spelling; also spelled cesium in American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Cs and atomic number 55. It is a soft, silvery-golden alkali metal with a melting point of , which makes it one of only five elemental metals that are liquid at or near room temperature. Caesium has physical and chemi... | Caesium | Physics,Chemistry,Technology | 7,981 |
38,375,237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server-based%20signatures | In cryptography, server-based signatures are digital signatures in which a publicly available server participates in the signature creation process. This is in contrast to conventional digital signatures that are based on public-key cryptography and public-key infrastructure. With that, they assume that signers use the... | Server-based signatures | Mathematics,Engineering | 787 |
695,046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternionic%20representation | In the mathematical field of representation theory, a quaternionic representation is a representation on a complex vector space V with an invariant quaternionic structure, i.e., an antilinear equivariant map
which satisfies
Together with the imaginary unit i and the antilinear map k := ij, j equips V with the struc... | Quaternionic representation | Mathematics | 853 |
48,853,442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadometer%20%28odometer%29 | The roadometer was a 19th-century device like an odometer for measuring mileage, mounted on a wagon wheel. One such device was invented in 1847 by William Clayton, Orson Pratt, and Appleton Harmon, pioneers of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
History
Brass odometers were used by many pioneers making th... | Roadometer (odometer) | Technology,Engineering | 794 |
3,035,321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet-related%20injuries%20and%20deaths | There have been many toilet-related injuries and deaths throughout history and in urban legends.
Accidental injuries
Infants and toddlers have fallen headfirst into toilet bowls and drowned. Safety devices exist to help prevent such accidents. Injuries to adults include bruised buttocks and tail bones, as well as disl... | Toilet-related injuries and deaths | Technology,Biology | 2,404 |
6,474,767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freundlich%20equation | The Freundlich equation or Freundlich adsorption isotherm, an adsorption isotherm, is an empirical relationship between the quantity of a gas adsorbed into a solid surface and the gas pressure. The same relationship is also applicable for the concentration of a solute adsorbed onto the surface of a solid and the concen... | Freundlich equation | Chemistry | 886 |
11,360,494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Inter-University%20Association%20on%20Society%2C%20Science%20and%20Technology | The European Inter-University Association on Society, Science and Technology (ESST) is an association of universities that teach and research together in the field of social, scientific and technological developments. Universities from all over Europe are members of the association, which was founded in 1991 and is reg... | European Inter-University Association on Society, Science and Technology | Technology | 1,013 |
76,944,753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Dunn | Craig P. Dunn is an American professor in the fields of business and sustainability. He is a professor in the management department at Western Washington University, where from 2016 to 2023 he served as Wilder Distinguished Professor of Business and Sustainability, an endowed professorship. Dunn attended California Sta... | Craig Dunn | Environmental_science | 282 |
18,766,223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequent%20flyer%20program%20%28Guantanamo%29 | The frequent flyer program is a controversial technique used by the United States in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba. Guards deprived detainees of sleep by moving them from one cell to another, multiple times a day, for days or weeks on end.
The technique was used to "soften up" detainees prior to interrog... | Frequent flyer program (Guantanamo) | Biology | 231 |
4,551,386 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20submarines | The history of the submarine goes back to antiquity. Humanity has employed a variety of methods to travel underwater for exploration, recreation, research and significantly, warfare. While early attempts, such as those by Alexander the Great, were rudimentary, the advent of new propulsion systems, fuels, and sonar, pro... | History of submarines | Technology | 13,181 |
589,548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prothrombin%20time | The prothrombin time (PT) – along with its derived measures of prothrombin ratio (PR) and international normalized ratio (INR) – is an assay for evaluating the extrinsic pathway and common pathway of coagulation. This blood test is also called protime INR and PT/INR. They are used to determine the clotting tendency of ... | Prothrombin time | Chemistry | 2,901 |
1,530,575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungal%20infection | Fungal infection, also known as mycosis, is a disease caused by fungi. Different types are traditionally divided according to the part of the body affected; superficial, subcutaneous, and systemic. Superficial fungal infections include common tinea of the skin, such as tinea of the body, groin, hands, feet and beard, a... | Fungal infection | Biology | 2,189 |
62,047,186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotzig%27s%20theorem | In graph theory and polyhedral combinatorics, areas of mathematics, Kotzig's theorem is the statement that every polyhedral graph has an edge whose two endpoints have total degree at most 13. An extreme case is the triakis icosahedron, where no edge has smaller total degree. The result is named after Anton Kotzig, who ... | Kotzig's theorem | Mathematics | 298 |
60,579,044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promenade%20architecturale | Promenade architecturale is a concept developed by Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier that refers to the implied "itinerary" of a built environment. Le Corbusier coined the term in reference to his houses: Villas La Roche and Savoye. In the study of architecture there is a longstanding tradition of walking to achieve ... | Promenade architecturale | Engineering | 151 |
38,636,554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C14H28 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C14H28}}
The molecular formula C14H28 (molar mass: 196.37 g/mol, exact mass: 196.2191 u) may refer to:
Cyclotetradecane
Tetradecene
Molecular formulas | C14H28 | Physics,Chemistry | 60 |
30,954,342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Rheinstein | Peter Howard Rheinstein (born September 7, 1943) is an American physician, lawyer, author, and administrator (both private and governmental). He was an official of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) from 1974 to 1999.
Education
Rheinstein, a General Motors Scholar, received a B.A. with high honors from Michigan S... | Peter Rheinstein | Chemistry | 943 |
3,014,061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NPH%20insulin | Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin, also known as isophane insulin, is an intermediate-acting insulin given to help control blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. The words refer to neutral pH (pH = 7), protamine a protein, and Hans Christian Hagedorn, the insulin researcher who invented this formulation. It... | NPH insulin | Biology | 971 |
11,817,652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loupe | A loupe ( ) is a simple, small magnification device used to see small details more closely. They generally have higher magnification than a magnifying glass, and are designed to be held or worn close to the eye. A loupe does not have an attached handle, and its focusing lens(es) are contained in an opaque cylinder or c... | Loupe | Technology,Engineering | 1,609 |
3,526,072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20field | In theoretical physics, a source is an abstract concept, developed by Julian Schwinger, motivated by the physical effects of surrounding particles involved in creating or destroying another particle. So, one can perceive sources as the origin of the physical properties carried by the created or destroyed particle, and ... | Source field | Physics | 2,863 |
337,976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirin%20Ebadi | Shirin Ebadi (; born 21 June 1947) is an Iranian Nobel laureate, lawyer, writer, teacher and a former judge and founder of the Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran. In 2003, Ebadi was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her pioneering efforts for democracy and women's, children's, and refugee rights. She was the firs... | Shirin Ebadi | Technology | 5,590 |
8,861,618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson%20power%20cell | The Patterson power cell is a cold fusion device invented by chemist James A. Patterson, which he claimed created 200 times more energy than it used. Patterson claimed the device neutralized radioactivity without emitting any harmful radiation. Cold fusion was the subject of an intense scientific controversy in 1989, b... | Patterson power cell | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 877 |
25,666,577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-dense%20water | Super-dense water is water that has been contained in an environment with both molecular uniformity and extreme depth, which causes the molecules of water to be packed tightly together and thus gain a tougher solidity and higher density than regular ice. Super dense water is found on planets, such as the moons Tethys,... | Super-dense water | Astronomy,Environmental_science | 132 |
393,055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20set | In mathematics, an index set is a set whose members label (or index) members of another set. For instance, if the elements of a set may be indexed or labeled by means of the elements of a set , then is an index set. The indexing consists of a surjective function from onto , and the indexed collection is typically ca... | Index set | Mathematics | 219 |
58,877,790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaomi%20Mi%20MIX%203 | The Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 is an Android smartphone launched in Beijing on 25 October 2018. It is the successor for the Mi MIX 2 and Mi MIX 2S. This time Xiaomi uses a true bezel-less display with a magnetic sliding front camera setup.
The Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 has an overall score of 103 and a photo score of 108 on DxOMark.
Xiao... | Xiaomi Mi MIX 3 | Technology | 582 |
64,050,069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Geometry%20of%20Musical%20Rhythm | The Geometry of Musical Rhythm: What Makes a "Good" Rhythm Good? is a book on the mathematics of rhythms and drum beats. It was written by Godfried Toussaint, and published by Chapman & Hall/CRC in 2013 and in an expanded second edition in 2020. The Basic Library List Committee of the Mathematical Association of Americ... | The Geometry of Musical Rhythm | Physics | 1,015 |
403,326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/66%20%28number%29 | 66 (sixty-six) is the natural number following 65 and preceding 67.
In mathematics
66 is a sphenic number, a semiperfect number, and a Erdős–Woods number.
In computing
66 (more specifically 66.667) megahertz (MHz) is a common divisor for the front side bus (FSB) speed, overall central processing unit (CPU) speed, and... | 66 (number) | Mathematics | 222 |
67,840,660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%201351 | NGC 1351 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Fornax. It has a redshift of z=0.00505, and its distance from Earth can be estimated as 21 million parsecs (68 million light-years). It is elongated in shape, and was discovered by John Herschel on October 19, 1835.
The diameter of the galaxy is about 33 kpc, which ... | NGC 1351 | Astronomy | 178 |
27,250,860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%20Blueprint | Open Blueprint was an IBM framework developed in the early 1990s (and released in March 1992) that provided a standard for connecting network computers. The open blueprint structure reduced redundancy by combining protocols.
References
IBM software | Open Blueprint | Technology | 46 |
52,852,412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus%20stone | The octopus stone, Taiko-ishi 蛸石 (also called "Drum Rock") is a large stone at Osaka Castle in Japan. The stone is near Sakura Gate.
It is one of the largest of several megaliths at the castle (by face area), at 5.5×11.7 meters and over . Its name is derived from the octopus shape visible on its lower left corner.
S... | Octopus stone | Physics | 96 |
1,735,228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenstra%E2%80%93Lenstra%E2%80%93Lov%C3%A1sz%20lattice%20basis%20reduction%20algorithm | The Lenstra–Lenstra–Lovász (LLL) lattice basis reduction algorithm is a polynomial time lattice reduction algorithm invented by Arjen Lenstra, Hendrik Lenstra and László Lovász in 1982. Given a basis with n-dimensional integer coordinates, for a lattice L (a discrete subgroup of Rn) with , the LLL algorithm calculate... | Lenstra–Lenstra–Lovász lattice basis reduction algorithm | Mathematics | 1,492 |
20,396,782 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thymidine%20kinase%20from%20herpesvirus | Thymidine kinase from herpesvirus is a sub-family of thymidine kinases that catalyses the transfer of phospho group of ATP to thymidine to generate thymidine monophosphate, which serves as a substrate during viral DNA replication.
Its presence in herpesvirus-infected cells is used to activate a range of antivirals aga... | Thymidine kinase from herpesvirus | Chemistry,Biology | 235 |
45,690,648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory%20droplet | A respiratory droplet is a small aqueous droplet produced by exhalation, consisting of saliva or mucus and other matter derived from respiratory tract surfaces. Respiratory droplets are produced naturally as a result of breathing, speaking, sneezing, coughing, or vomiting, so they are always present in our breath, but ... | Respiratory droplet | Chemistry | 1,484 |
1,038,753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cut%20rule | In mathematical logic, the cut rule is an inference rule of sequent calculus. It is a generalisation of the classical modus ponens inference rule. Its meaning is that, if a formula A appears as a conclusion in one proof and a hypothesis in another, then another proof in which the formula A does not appear can be deduce... | Cut rule | Mathematics | 196 |
445,618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.7 | IEEE 802.7 is a sub-standard of the IEEE 802 which covers broadband local area networks. The working group did issue a recommendation in 1989, but is currently inactive and in hibernation.
IEEE 802.07
Working groups | IEEE 802.7 | Technology | 48 |
16,714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov%E2%80%93Smirnov%20test | In statistics, the Kolmogorov–Smirnov test (also K–S test or KS test) is a nonparametric test of the equality of continuous (or discontinuous, see Section 2.2), one-dimensional probability distributions. It can be used to test whether a sample came from a given reference probability distribution (one-sample K–S test), ... | Kolmogorov–Smirnov test | Physics | 3,369 |
55,557,578 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen-deficient%20star | A hydrogen-deficient star is a type of star that has little or no hydrogen in its atmosphere.
Hydrogen deficiency is unusual in a star, as hydrogen is typically the most common element in a stellar atmosphere. Despite being rare, there are a variety of star types that display a hydrogen deficiency.
Observational histo... | Hydrogen-deficient star | Astronomy | 1,360 |
2,816,523 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Nuclear%20Safety%20Commission | The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC; ) is the federal regulator of nuclear power and materials in Canada.
Mandate and history
Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission was established under the 1997 Nuclear Safety and Control Act with a mandate to regulate nuclear energy, nuclear substances, and relevant equipment i... | Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission | Engineering | 379 |
31,302,381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oven%20temperatures | Common oven temperatures (such as terms: cool oven, very slow oven, slow oven, moderate oven, hot oven, fast oven, etc.) are set to control the effects of baking in an oven, for various lengths of time.
Standard phrases
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65,667,384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detecting%20Earth%20from%20distant%20star-based%20systems | There are several methods currently used by astronomers to detect distant exoplanets from Earth. Theoretically, some of these methods can be used to detect Earth as an exoplanet from distant star systems.
History
In June 2021, astronomers identified 1,715 stars (with likely related exoplanetary systems) within 326 li... | Detecting Earth from distant star-based systems | Astronomy,Biology | 833 |
20,425,200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%2031 | NGC 31 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Phoenix. It was discovered on October 28, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel. Its morphological type is SB(rs)cd, meaning that it is a late-type barred spiral galaxy.
References
External links
Galaxies discovered in 1834
0031
Barred spiral galaxies
Phoenix... | NGC 31 | Astronomy | 73 |
1,200,329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Mayer | Ben Mayer (1925 in Germany – 28 December 1999) was an amateur astronomer perhaps best known for the invention of the projection blink comparator (PROBLICOM), a low-cost version of the blink comparator. This inexpensive tool allowed amateur astronomers to contribute to some phases of serious research. Professionally, Ma... | Ben Mayer | Astronomy | 298 |
20,943,440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge%20scour | Bridge scour is the removal of sediment such as sand and gravel from around bridge abutments or piers. Hydrodynamic scour, caused by fast flowing water, can carve out scour holes, compromising the integrity of a structure.
In the United States, bridge scour is one of the three main causes of bridge failure (the others... | Bridge scour | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 3,440 |
9,249,813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward%20kinematics | In robot kinematics, forward kinematics refers to the use of the kinematic equations of a robot to compute the position of the end-effector from specified values for the joint parameters.
The kinematics equations of the robot are used in robotics, computer games, and animation. The reverse process, that computes the ... | Forward kinematics | Physics,Engineering | 755 |
6,393,600 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhenium%20trioxide | Rhenium trioxide or rhenium(VI) oxide is an inorganic compound with the formula ReO3. It is a red solid with a metallic lustre that resembles copper in appearance. It is the only stable trioxide of the Group 7 elements (Mn, Tc, Re).
Preparation and structure
Rhenium trioxide can be formed by reducing rhenium(VII) oxi... | Rhenium trioxide | Chemistry | 482 |
16,592,105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kith%20%28Poul%20Anderson%29 | The Kith are a starfaring culture featured in a number of science fiction stories by American writer Poul Anderson. They are:
"Ghetto" (1954)
"The Horn of Time the Hunter" (also known as "Homo Aquaticus", 1963)
The novel Starfarers (1998) - John W. Campbell Memorial Award nominee, 1999
The Kith develop out of early i... | Kith (Poul Anderson) | Physics | 402 |
29,548,278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum%20design%20metal%20temperature | MDMT is one of the design conditions for pressure vessels engineering calculations, design and manufacturing according to the ASME Boilers and Pressure Vessels Code. Each pressure vessel that conforms to the ASME code has its own MDMT, and this temperature is stamped on the vessel nameplate. The precise definition can ... | Minimum design metal temperature | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 316 |
22,116,598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GHS%20precautionary%20statements | Precautionary statements form part of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS). They are intended to form a set of standardized phrases giving advice about the correct handling of chemical substances and mixtures, which can be translated into different languages. As such, they s... | GHS precautionary statements | Chemistry | 389 |
2,396,907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSC%20Inc. | PSC Inc. was a manufacturer of portable data terminals, mobile data terminals, wireless terminals, barcode readers, linear barcode verifiers, and RFID readers. It was founded in 1969 by John E. Blackert (Xerox) and Lawrence P. Albertson (Kodak) as Photographic Sciences Corporation in Webster, New York (a suburb of Roch... | PSC Inc. | Engineering | 300 |
48,811,710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified%20Uniformly%20Redundant%20Array | A modified uniformly redundant array (MURA) is a type of mask used in coded aperture imaging. They were first proposed by Gottesman and Fenimore in 1989.
Mathematical Construction of MURAs
MURAs can be generated in any length L that is prime and of the form
the first five such values being . The binary sequence of... | Modified Uniformly Redundant Array | Physics,Chemistry | 181 |
51,008,855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SX000i | SX000i - International guide for the use of the S-Series of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) specifications, is a specification developed jointly by a multinational team from the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) and Aerospace Industries Association (AIA). SX000i is part of the S-Series of ... | SX000i | Engineering | 1,876 |
78,173,887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butralin | Butralin is a preemergent herbicide used to control suckers on tobacco in the United States, Australia, Mozambique and, for food crops also, China. It is a dinitroaniline, first registered in the US in 1976. It was used in the EU until a ban in 2009 due to its ecotoxicity.
Mode of action and effects
Butralin works by... | Butralin | Biology | 587 |
1,773,278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20of%20computation | In computer science, and more specifically in computability theory and computational complexity theory, a model of computation is a model which describes how an output of a mathematical function is computed given an input. A model describes how units of computations, memories, and communications are organized. The comp... | Model of computation | Mathematics | 445 |
17,081,128 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20bioinformatics%20journals | This is a list of notable peer-reviewed scientific journals that focus on bioinformatics and computational biology.
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics | List of bioinformatics journals | Engineering,Biology | 32 |
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