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11,491,940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karger%27s%20algorithm | In computer science and graph theory, Karger's algorithm is a randomized algorithm to compute a minimum cut of a connected graph. It was invented by David Karger and first published in 1993.
The idea of the algorithm is based on the concept of contraction of an edge in an undirected graph . Informally speaking, the c... | Karger's algorithm | Mathematics | 1,500 |
44,376,370 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevention%20of%20Damage%20by%20Pests%20Act%201949 | The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 55) is legislation in the United Kingdom, that creates a duty on local authorities to control mice and rats. The legislation grants powers to local authorities to compel land owners and/or occupiers to take action to keep land free from rats and mice.
... | Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 | Biology | 88 |
19,727,998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aero%20Controls | Aero Controls, Inc. is an aerospace engineering company founded in October 1984 by John Titus, the CEO and President of the Company, headquartered in Seattle, Washington.
History
It is a minority-owned, FAA certified repair station. The company overhauls, repairs, sells, exchanges and modifies components of aircraf... | Aero Controls | Engineering | 285 |
2,405,440 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enthalpy%20of%20atomization | In chemistry, the enthalpy of atomization (also atomisation in British English) is the enthalpy change that accompanies the total separation of all atoms in a chemical substance either an element or a compound. This is often represented by the symbol or All bonds in the compound are broken in atomization and none are... | Enthalpy of atomization | Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics | 314 |
67,601,526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Luc%20Sandoz | Jean-Luc Sandoz (born 1960 in Montandon) is a French-Swiss engineer and an expert in wood construction. He is the founder of several companies in the field of engineering, industrialization, construction and expertise, all related to wood. Formerly, he was a professor and lecturer at EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale ... | Jean-Luc Sandoz | Engineering | 708 |
12,821,736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presentation%20complex | In geometric group theory, a presentation complex is a 2-dimensional cell complex associated to any presentation of a group G. The complex has a single vertex, and one loop at the vertex for each generator of G. There is one 2-cell for each relation in the presentation, with the boundary of the 2-cell attached along ... | Presentation complex | Physics,Mathematics | 504 |
26,311,829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20Engineering%20Units | Some fields of engineering in the United States use a system of measurement of physical quantities known as the English Engineering Units. Despite its name, the system is based on United States customary units of measure.
Definition
The English Engineering Units is a system of units used in the United States. The set ... | English Engineering Units | Mathematics | 310 |
5,939,526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing%20salt | Curing salt is used in meat processing to generate a pinkish shade and to extend shelf life. It is both a color agent and a means to facilitate food preservation as it prevents or slows spoilage by bacteria or fungus. Curing salts are generally a mixture of sodium chloride (table salt) and sodium nitrite, and are used ... | Curing salt | Chemistry | 632 |
39,611,408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balloon%20flange%20girder | A balloon flange girder is a form of vertical I-beam wrought iron plate girder, where the top flange, instead of being a simple flat plate, is extended into a hollow tube. When a girder is subjected to a positive bending moment the top flange acts in compression making a flat plate flange more susceptible to local buck... | Balloon flange girder | Technology | 2,310 |
25,887,718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe%20collybioides | Psilocybe collybioides is a species of agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was first described scientifically by mycologists Rolf Singer and Alexander H. Smith in 1958, from collections made in montane habitat near Tafí del Valle, Argentina. It is in the section Zapotecorum of the genus Psilocybe, other me... | Psilocybe collybioides | Biology | 259 |
26,374,846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastropila%20fumosa | Gastropila fumosa is a species of puffball in the family Agaricaceae. It was first described as Calvatia fumosa by American mycologist Sanford Myron Zeller in 1947, and later transferred to Gastropila in 1976. Some authors place it instead in the genus Handkea, circumscribed by Hanns Kreisel in 1989.
Description
The f... | Gastropila fumosa | Biology | 218 |
10,049,973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyromax | The Gyromax is the trade name for an adjustable mass (or adjustable inertia) balance wheel used in Patek Philippe wristwatches. Instead of weight adjustment screws on the outside of the rim, as in traditional balances, the Gyromax has turnable weights recessed into the top of the rim. The advantages claimed for this d... | Gyromax | Physics,Technology | 473 |
45,548,188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium%20giganteum | Penicillium giganteum is a species of the genus of Penicillium which was isolated from soil.
References
giganteum
Fungi described in 1968
Fungus species | Penicillium giganteum | Biology | 36 |
31,548,039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenel%27s%20conjectures | In mathematics, the Ravenel conjectures are a set of mathematical conjectures in the field of stable homotopy theory posed by Douglas Ravenel at the end of a paper published in 1984. It was earlier circulated in preprint. The problems involved have largely been resolved, with all but the "telescope conjecture" being pr... | Ravenel's conjectures | Mathematics | 271 |
2,914,124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yumemi%20Kobo | Yumemi Kōbō (夢見 工房) is a device sold by the Japanese company Takara Toys that is claimed to be able to induce lucid dreams.
Measuring some in height, the device is equipped with a picture frame, a voice recorder, a timer, a fragrance dispenser, musical recordings and speakers. This assortment of components is claime... | Yumemi Kobo | Biology | 178 |
24,385,510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C11H10 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C11H10}}
The molecular formula C11H10 may refer to:
Methano[10]annulenes
1,5-Methano[10]annulene
1,6-Methano[10]annulene
Methylazulenes
1-Methylazulene
2-Methylazulene
4-Methylazulene
5-Methylazulene
6-Methylazulene
Methylnaphthalenes
1-Methylnaphthalene
2-Methylnaphthalene | C11H10 | Chemistry | 113 |
76,384,954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%203D%20printing%20software | This is a list of 3D printing software.
See also
3D printing - or additive manufacturing
3D scanning - replicating objects to 3D models to potentially 3D print
Comparison of computer-aided design software
3D Manufacturing Format - open source file format standard developed and published by the 3MF Consortium
PLa... | List of 3D printing software | Engineering | 236 |
18,860,920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streptazolin | Streptazolin is an antibiotic and antifungal substance isolated in 1981 from Streptomyces viridochromogenes.
Because of its polymerisation tendency, it is not suitable for therapeutic use. 1,4-reduction of the conjugated diene gives dihydrostreptazolin which is stable, but has very limited antimicrobial properties.
T... | Streptazolin | Biology | 132 |
77,396,324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Thomas%20Sabler | Georg Thomas Sabler (Russian: Его́р Его́рович Са́блер or Георг Заблер, Lithuanian: Georgas Tomas Sableris; – 7 December 1865) was an astronomer and geodesist of Baltic German origin active in territories of modern-day Estonia, Lithuania, Ukraine, and Russia (then all part of the Russian Empire).
A student of Friedric... | Georg Thomas Sabler | Astronomy | 1,476 |
34,252,996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repiping | Repiping means replacing the pipes in a building, oil or gas well, or centrifuge.
References
See also
Plumbing
Piping | Repiping | Chemistry,Engineering | 30 |
1,658,385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkman%20Klein%20Center%20for%20Internet%20%26%20Society | The Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society is a research center at Harvard University that focuses on the study of cyberspace. Founded at Harvard Law School, the center traditionally focused on internet-related legal issues. On May 15, 2008, the center was elevated to an interfaculty initiative of Harvard Universi... | Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society | Technology | 1,265 |
1,910,119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanadium%28V%29%20oxide | Vanadium(V) oxide (vanadia) is the inorganic compound with the formula V2O5. Commonly known as vanadium pentoxide, it is a dark yellow solid, although when freshly precipitated from aqueous solution, its colour is deep orange. Because of its high oxidation state, it is both an amphoteric oxide and an oxidizing agent.... | Vanadium(V) oxide | Chemistry | 1,769 |
173,977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symplectic%20group | In mathematics, the name symplectic group can refer to two different, but closely related, collections of mathematical groups, denoted and for positive integer n and field F (usually C or R). The latter is called the compact symplectic group and is also denoted by . Many authors prefer slightly different notations, u... | Symplectic group | Mathematics | 2,007 |
67,263,972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imidine | In chemistry imidines are a rare functional group, being the nitrogen analogues of anhydrides and imides. They were first reported by Adolf Pinner in 1883, but did not see significant investigation until the 1950s, when Patrick Linstead and John Arthur Elvidge developed a number of compounds.
Imidines may be prepared ... | Imidine | Chemistry | 171 |
26,095,262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canes%20Venatici%20II | Canes Venatici II or CVn II is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the Canes Venatici constellation and discovered in 2006 in data obtained by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The galaxy is located at a distance of about 150 kpc from the Sun and moves towards the Sun with the velocity of about 130 km/s. It is classified... | Canes Venatici II | Astronomy | 334 |
7,781,429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novikov%20ring | In mathematics, given an additive subgroup , the Novikov ring of is the subring of consisting of formal sums such that and . The notion was introduced by Sergei Novikov in the papers that initiated the generalization of Morse theory using a closed one-form instead of a function. The notion is used in quantum coho... | Novikov ring | Mathematics | 529 |
1,623,707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underlay | Underlay may refer to flooring or roofing materials, bed padding, or a musical notation.
Flooring
Underlay or underlayment generally refers to a layer of cushioning made of materials such as sponge rubber, foam, felt, crumb rubber, or recycled plastic; this material is laid beneath carpeting to provide comfort underfo... | Underlay | Engineering | 696 |
13,431,657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siemens%20Hearing%20Instruments | Sivantos, Inc. (formerly Siemens Hearing Instruments) is the United States affiliate of Sivantos Group, which maintains a global headquarters in Singapore. Sivantos Group (formerly Siemens Audiology Group, a division of Siemens Healthcare) is one of the world's leading manufacturers of hearing aids. They serve hearing ... | Siemens Hearing Instruments | Biology | 188 |
43,563,159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhino%20ferry | A rhino ferry is a barge constructed from several pontoons which are connected and equipped with outboard engines, used to transport heavy equipment and people. Rhino ferries were used extensively during the Normandy landings and other theaters (Attu, Africa, Sicily, Italy); their low draft was well-suited for shallow ... | Rhino ferry | Engineering | 209 |
67,821,139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasive%20species%20in%20the%20Philippines | The following is a list of invasive alien species (IAS) in the Philippines. These species are regarded to have a negative effect on the local ecosystem and the economy, although not all species introduced from outside the archipelago are considered as "invasive".
Notable species
Animals
Plants
References
Philippin... | Invasive species in the Philippines | Biology | 73 |
46,355,761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SARL%20%28programming%20language%29 | The SARL programming language is a modular agent-oriented programming language. It aims at providing the fundamental abstractions for dealing with concurrency, distribution, interaction, decentralization, reactivity, autonomy and dynamic reconfiguration.
SARL is platform-independent and agent's architecture-agnostic. ... | SARL (programming language) | Engineering | 1,915 |
10,799,349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIS%20and%20hydrology | Geographic information systems (GISs) have become a useful and important tool in the field of hydrology to study and manage Earth's water resources. Climate change and greater demands on water resources require a more knowledgeable disposition of arguably one of our most vital resources. Because water in its occurrence... | GIS and hydrology | Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 888 |
6,740,960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheerios%20effect | In fluid mechanics, the Cheerios effect is a colloquial name for the phenomenon of floating objects appearing to either attract or repel one another. The example which gives the effect its name is the observation that pieces of breakfast cereal (for example, Cheerios) floating on the surface of a bowl will tend to clu... | Cheerios effect | Engineering | 882 |
16,017,237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Style%20guide | A style guide is a set of standards for the writing, formatting, and design of documents. A book-length style guide is often called a style manual or a manual of style (MoS or MOS). A short style guide, typically ranging from several to several dozen pages, is often called a style sheet. The standards documented in a s... | Style guide | Engineering | 1,129 |
2,902,215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20fire-bellied%20newt | The Japanese fire-bellied newt or Japanese fire-bellied salamander (Cynops pyrrhogaster) is a species of newt endemic to Japan. The skin on its upper body is dark and its lower regions bright red, although coloration varies with age, genetics, and region. Adults are long. To deter predators, Japanese fire-bellied newt... | Japanese fire-bellied newt | Biology | 3,689 |
26,681,002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text%20annotation | Text annotation is the practice and the result of adding a note or gloss to a text, which may include highlights or underlining, comments, footnotes, tags, and links. Text annotations can include notes written for a reader's private purposes, as well as shared annotations written for the purposes of collaborative writi... | Text annotation | Engineering | 3,720 |
66,016,527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coded%20Bias | Coded Bias is an American documentary film directed by Shalini Kantayya that premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival. The film includes contributions from researchers Joy Buolamwini, Deborah Raji, Meredith Broussard, Cathy O’Neil, Zeynep Tufekci, Safiya Noble, Timnit Gebru, Virginia Eubanks, and Silkie Carlo, and ... | Coded Bias | Technology | 1,019 |
36,842,500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brauer%E2%80%93Wall%20group | In mathematics, the Brauer–Wall group or super Brauer group or graded Brauer group for a field F is a group BW(F) classifying finite-dimensional graded central division algebras over the field. It was first defined by as a generalization of the Brauer group.
The Brauer group of a field F is the set of the similarity... | Brauer–Wall group | Physics,Mathematics | 565 |
8,987,796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix2dos | (sometimes named or ) is a tool to convert line breaks in a text file from Unix format (Line feed) to DOS format (carriage return + Line feed) and vice versa. When invoked as the program will convert a Unix text file to DOS format, when invoked as it will convert a DOS text file to Unix format.
Usage
Unix2dos and ... | Unix2dos | Technology | 502 |
248,132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arachnology | Arachnology is the scientific study of arachnids, which comprise spiders and related invertebrates such as scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Those who study spiders and other arachnids are arachnologists. More narrowly, the study of spiders alone (order Araneae) is known as araneology.
The word "arachnology"... | Arachnology | Biology | 946 |
40,927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companding | In telecommunications and signal processing, companding (occasionally called compansion) is a method of mitigating the detrimental effects of a channel with limited dynamic range. The name is a portmanteau of the words compressing and expanding, which are the functions of a compander at the transmitting and receiving e... | Companding | Technology,Engineering | 976 |
39,987,943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanco%201 | Blanco 1 (ζ Sculptoris cluster) is a nearby open cluster of stars located around 850 light years away from the Sun in the southern constellation of Sculptor near the star ζ Sculptoris. It was discovered by Puerto Rican astronomer Víctor Manuel Blanco in 1959, who noticed an unusually high proportion of A-type stars in... | Blanco 1 | Astronomy | 304 |
35,643,341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RO5166017 | RO5166017, or RO-5166017, is a drug developed by Hoffmann-La Roche which acts as a potent and selective agonist for the trace amine-associated receptor 1 (TAAR1), with no significant activity at other targets. It is a partial agonist or near-full agonist depending on the species.
The drug is important for the study of... | RO5166017 | Chemistry | 1,371 |
506,682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluid%20power | Fluid power is the use of fluids under pressure to generate, control, and transmit power. Fluid power is conventionally subdivided into hydraulics (using a liquid such as mineral oil or water) and pneumatics (using a gas such as compressed air or other gases). Although steam is also a fluid, steam power is usually cl... | Fluid power | Physics,Engineering | 1,361 |
1,460,619 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Nations%20Office%20on%20Drugs%20and%20Crime | The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC; French: Office des Nations unies contre la drogue et le crime) is a United Nations office that was established in 1997 as the Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention by combining the United Nations International Drug Control Program (UNDCP) and the Crime Prevent... | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime | Chemistry | 2,553 |
37,251,345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercomputing%20in%20Pakistan | The high performance supercomputing program started in mid-to-late 1980s in Pakistan. Supercomputing is a recent area of Computer science in which Pakistan has made progress, driven in part by the growth of the information technology age in the country. Developing on the ingenious supercomputer program started in 1980s... | Supercomputing in Pakistan | Technology | 1,663 |
52,128,652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20325 | NGC 325 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 27, 1864, by Albert Marth. It was described by Dreyer as "very faint, very small".
References
External links
0325
18640927
Cetus
Spiral galaxies
Discoveries by Albert Marth
003454 | NGC 325 | Astronomy | 65 |
42,443,120 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed | Heartbleed is a security bug in some outdated versions of the OpenSSL cryptography library, which is a widely used implementation of the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol. It was introduced into the software in 2012 and publicly disclosed in April 2014. Heartbleed could be exploited regardless of whether the vuln... | Heartbleed | Technology | 6,096 |
7,811,968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20solution | In chemistry, a regular solution is a solution whose entropy of mixing is equal to that of an ideal solution with the same composition, but is non-ideal due to a nonzero enthalpy of mixing. Such a solution is formed by random mixing of components of similar molar volume and without strong specific interactions, and its... | Regular solution | Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics | 549 |
29,386,470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomical%20ceiling%20of%20Senenmut%27s%20Tomb | Astronomical ceiling decoration in its earliest form can be traced to the tomb of Senenmut (Theban tomb no. 353), located at the site of Deir el-Bahri, discovered in Thebes, Upper Egypt. The tomb and the ceiling decorations date back to the XVIII Dynasty of ancient Egypt (circa 1479–1458 BCE). It is closed to the publi... | Astronomical ceiling of Senenmut's Tomb | Astronomy | 1,024 |
11,128,390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pucciniastrum%20arcticum | Pucciniastrum arcticum is a plant pathogen infecting caneberries.
References
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Small fruit diseases
Pucciniales
Fungi described in 1895
Fungus species | Pucciniastrum arcticum | Biology | 39 |
393,164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emetophilia | Emetophilia is a paraphilia where an individual is sexually aroused by vomit or the act of vomiting. Being vomited on in a sexual context is called a roman shower.
See also
Emetophobia
References
Further reading
Paraphilias
Vomiting | Emetophilia | Biology | 52 |
8,115,641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NP-40 | NP-40 (also known as Tergitol-type NP-40 and nonyl phenoxypolyethoxylethanol) is a commercially available detergent with CAS Registry Number 9016-45-9. NP-40 is an ethoxylated nonylphenol for non-ionic surfactants and can act as emulsifier and demulsifier agent.
NP-40 is often used to break open all membranes within ... | NP-40 | Chemistry,Biology | 423 |
4,998,573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/41%20G.%20Arae | 41 G. Arae (abbreviated to 41 G. Ara), also known as GJ 666, is a trinary star system in the constellation Ara from the Sun. Although often called just 41 Arae, it is more accurate to call it 41 G. Arae, as the number 41 is the Gould designation (Flamsteed only covered the northern hemisphere).
The primary star in th... | 41 G. Arae | Astronomy | 482 |
30,870,527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined%20DNA%20Index%20System | The Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) is the United States national DNA database created and maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. CODIS consists of three levels of information; Local DNA Index Systems (LDIS) where DNA profiles originate, State DNA Index Systems (SDIS) which allows for laboratories within ... | Combined DNA Index System | Biology | 2,324 |
13,787,601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympiadane | Olympiadane is a mechanically interlocked molecule composed of five interlocking macrocycles that resembles the Olympic rings. The molecule is a linear pentacatenane or a [5]catenane. It was synthesized and named by Fraser Stoddart and coworkers in 1994. The molecule was designed without any practical use in mind, alt... | Olympiadane | Chemistry,Materials_science,Mathematics | 122 |
51,666,001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20clavatus | Aspergillus clavatus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus with conidia dimensions 3–4.5 x 2.5–4.5 μm. It is found in soil and animal manure. The fungus was first described scientifically in 1834 by the French mycologist John Baptiste Henri Joseph Desmazières.
The fungus can produce the toxin patulin, which ... | Aspergillus clavatus | Biology | 2,959 |
729,690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluticasone | Fluticasone is a manufactured glucocorticoid used to treat nasal congestion. Both the esters, fluticasone propionate (sold as Flovent) and fluticasone furoate, are also used as topical anti-inflammatories and inhaled corticosteroids, and are used much more commonly in comparison.
It is on the World Health Organization... | Fluticasone | Chemistry | 211 |
61,375,018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teegarden%27s%20Star%20c | Teegarden's Star c (also known as Teegarden c) is an exoplanet found orbiting in the habitable zone of Teegarden's Star, an M-type red dwarf star 12.5 light years away from the Solar System. It orbits in the conservative habitable zone around its star. Along with Teegarden's Star b, it is among the closest known potent... | Teegarden's Star c | Astronomy | 830 |
32,776,800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational%20loads%20monitoring | Operational loads monitoring (OLM) is a term given to act of investigating the characteristics of a structure in its normal operating environment. This term is often used to describe programs involving aircraft to extending their in-service life in a manner that does not compromise flight safety. A typical program woul... | Operational loads monitoring | Engineering | 280 |
2,239,212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20BizTalk%20Server | Microsoft BizTalk Server is an inter-organizational middleware system (IOMS) that automates business processes through the use of adapters which are tailored to communicate with different software systems used in an enterprise. Created by Microsoft, it provides enterprise application integration, business process autom... | Microsoft BizTalk Server | Technology,Engineering | 1,537 |
1,170,852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiction | Stiction (a portmanteau of the words static and friction) is the force that needs to be overcome to enable relative motion of stationary objects in contact.
Any solid objects pressing against each other (but not sliding) will require some threshold of force parallel to the surface of contact in order to overcome static... | Stiction | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science | 1,109 |
286,027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turacin | Turacin is a naturally occurring red pigment that is 6% copper complexed to uroporphyrin III. Arthur Herbert Church discovered turacin in 1869.
It is found only in the bird family Musophagidae, the turacos. Other birds derive their red coloration from carotenoids (bright and orange-reds) or phaeomelanins (rusty and br... | Turacin | Biology | 199 |
47,110,350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal%20integrity%20profiling | Thermal Integrity Profiling (TIP) is a non-destructive testing method used to evaluate the integrity of concrete foundations. It is standardized by ASTM D7949 - Standard Test Methods for Thermal Integrity Profiling of Concrete Deep Foundations.
The testing method was first developed in the mid 1990s at the University ... | Thermal integrity profiling | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 373 |
159,472 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight | Flight or flying is the motion of an object through an atmosphere, or through the vacuum of outer space, without contacting any planetary surface. This can be achieved by generating aerodynamic lift associated with gliding or propulsive thrust, aerostatically using buoyancy, or by ballistic movement.
Many things can f... | Flight | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 4,272 |
32,603,552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhula%20quisquiliaris | Typhula quisquiliaris, commonly known as the bracken club, is a species of club fungus in the family Typhulaceae. It produces small, white fruit bodies up to in height, each with a single distinct "head" and "stem". The head is fertile, while the stem attaches to a sclerotium embedded in the substrate. The fruit bodie... | Typhula quisquiliaris | Biology | 834 |
23,389,157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wirecast | Wirecast is a live video streaming production tool by Telestream. It allows users to create live or on-demand broadcasts for the web.
Wirecast is a software video switcher, controlling real-time switching between multiple live video cameras, while dynamically mixing in other source media, such as QuickTime movies, mus... | Wirecast | Technology | 256 |
18,379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20timecode | Linear (or Longitudinal) Timecode (LTC) is an encoding of SMPTE timecode data in an audio signal, as defined in SMPTE 12M specification. The audio signal is commonly recorded on a VTR track or other storage media. The bits are encoded using the biphase mark code (also known as FM): a 0 bit has a single transition at ... | Linear timecode | Technology,Engineering | 1,287 |
1,891,018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Crawford%20on%20Game%20Design | Chris Crawford on Game Design () is a book about computer and video game design by Chris Crawford. Although initially intended to be the second edition of The Art of Computer Game Design, the publisher decided, because it was a considerable expansion on the previous book, it should be considered a wholly new work. It w... | Chris Crawford on Game Design | Technology | 209 |
15,942,369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugacity%20capacity | The fugacity capacity constant (Z) is used to help describe the concentration of a chemical in a system (usually in mol/m3Pa). Hemond and Hechner-Levy (2000) describe how to utilize the fugacity capacity to calculate the concentration of a chemical in a system. Depending on the chemical, fugacity capacity varies. The c... | Fugacity capacity | Chemistry,Environmental_science | 630 |
14,033,442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasma%20Sources%20Science%20and%20Technology | Plasma Sources Science and Technology is an international journal dedicated solely to non-fusion aspects of plasma science.
The journal is indexed in Scopus, INSPEC Information Services, ISI (SciSearch, ISI Alerting Services, Current Contents/Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences), Chemical Abstracts, INIS Atomindex ... | Plasma Sources Science and Technology | Physics | 142 |
55,765,801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C14H13N3O5S | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C14H13N3O5S}}
The molecular formula C14H13N3O5S (molar mass: 335.335 g/mol, exact mass: 335.0576 u) may refer to:
Isoxicam
Sulfanitran
Molecular formulas | C14H13N3O5S | Physics,Chemistry | 67 |
33,813,121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network%20controllability | Network controllability concerns the structural controllability of a network. Controllability describes our ability to guide a dynamical system from any initial state to any desired final state in finite time, with a suitable choice of inputs. This definition agrees well with our intuitive notion of control. The contr... | Network controllability | Mathematics | 1,245 |
56,749,646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McNary%20Levee%20System | The McNary Levee System, also known as the Tri-Cities Levees, is an appurtenant or dam-related structure to McNary Lock and Dam, and consists of three groups of levee segments along the banks of the Columbia River that provide flood risk reduction for portions of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland, Washington. The levee gr... | McNary Levee System | Engineering | 231 |
4,549,998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flower%20induction | Flower induction is the physiological process in the plant by which the shoot apical meristem becomes competent to develop flowers. Biochemical changes at the apex, particularly those caused by cytokinins, accompany this process. Usually flower induction is followed by flower differentiation, with some notable exceptio... | Flower induction | Biology | 98 |
2,846,545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient%20monument | An ancient monument can refer to any early or historical manmade structure or architecture. Certain ancient monuments are of cultural importance for nations and become symbols of international recognition, including the ruins of Baalbek on Lebanese currency, the Angkor Wat on Cambodian currency and the Great Wall of Ch... | Ancient monument | Engineering | 2,237 |
7,474,528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandora%20FMS | Pandora FMS (for Pandora Flexible Monitoring System) is software for monitoring computer networks. Pandora FMS allows monitoring in a visual way the status and performance of several parameters from different operating systems, servers, applications and hardware systems such as firewalls, proxies, databases, web server... | Pandora FMS | Engineering | 855 |
76,444,788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silence%20%28software%29 | Silence is a free, open-source messaging encryption software, based on a fork from TextSecure software. It allows the secure exchange of SMS and MMS-type messages with other Silence or TextSecure users. The program allows message encryption and identity verification between correspondents by comparing the fingerprint o... | Silence (software) | Mathematics | 211 |
28,027,824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LIBOX | LIBOX was a free platform that allowed users to access and share their high definition media collections, including video, photos and music, across various devices and with friends. LIBOX offered this service for free thanks to a patent pending combination of peer-to-peer, grid and distributed computing technologies. L... | LIBOX | Technology | 617 |
35,759,507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav%20Zei%20Award | The Grand Miroslav Zei Award for Life Work in the Field of the Activities of the National Institute of Biology () is a scientific award in Slovenia awarded each year for outstanding scientific achievements in Biology. It has been bestowed since 2010 by the National Institute of Biology and includes a prize for achievem... | Miroslav Zei Award | Technology | 120 |
28,706,924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20Kashlinsky | Alexander (Sasha) Kashlinsky (born 1957 in Riga) is an astronomer and cosmologist working at NASA Goddard-Space-Flight-Center, known for work on dark flow
and the cosmic infrared background.
Kashlinsky has been interviewed by Morgan Freeman in season 2 of Through the Wormhole.
Biography
1976-1979: Tel Aviv University... | Alexander Kashlinsky | Astronomy | 115 |
44,455,674 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conflict-free%20replicated%20data%20type | In distributed computing, a conflict-free replicated data type (CRDT) is a data structure that is replicated across multiple computers in a network, with the following features:
The application can update any replica independently, concurrently and without coordinating with other replicas.
An algorithm (itself part o... | Conflict-free replicated data type | Technology,Engineering | 2,993 |
51,714,844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Henslow | George Henslow (23 March 1835, Cambridge, UK – 30 December 1925, Bournemouth) was an Anglican curate, botanist and author. Henslow was notable for being a defender of Lamarckian evolution.
Biography
The third son of Rev. John Stevens Henslow, George Henslow was educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds and th... | George Henslow | Biology | 577 |
56,598,639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innate%20immune%20defect | An innate immune defect is a defect in the innate immune response that blunts the response to infection. These defects may occur in monocytes, neutrophils, natural killer cells, basophils, mast cells or complement proteins.
Types
Toll-like Receptor (TLR) immunodeficiencies
Several TLR immunodeficiencies have been... | Innate immune defect | Biology | 1,016 |
24,143,904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C19H30O2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C19H30O2}}
The molecular formula C19H30O2 (molar mass: 290.44 g/mol, exact mass 290.22458) may refer to:
Androstanolone
1-Androstenediol
4-Androstenediol
5-Androstenediol
Androsterone
Cetadiol
5α-Dihydronormethandrone
Dihydrotestosterone
5β-Dihydrotestosterone
Epiandrosterone
Epietiocholanolo... | C19H30O2 | Chemistry | 127 |
12,019,156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeromechanics | Aeromechanics is the science about mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases, involving aerodynamics, thermophysics and aerostatics. It is the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of gases (especially air) and their effects on bodies in the flow. The fluid flow and structure are interactive ... | Aeromechanics | Chemistry,Engineering | 216 |
33,170,008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSC%20Sim | HSC Sim is a process simulator based on the HSC Chemistry software and databases. It has been implemented as a module to HSC Chemistry 7.0 in 2007 and can be used primarily for static process simulation. HSC stands for H ([enthalpy]), S ([entropy]) and Cp([heat capacity]).
Applications
HSC Sim has been primarily deve... | HSC Sim | Chemistry,Engineering | 152 |
36,521,970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinclorac | Quinclorac is an organic compound with the formula . A colorless solid, it is soluble in hydrocarbons and alcohols. The compound is the carboxylic acid of 3,7-dichloroquinoline.
Applications
Quinclorac is an herbicide used primarily to control crabgrass. It is found in some household herbicides for lawn use. Most l... | Quinclorac | Chemistry | 221 |
25,958,403 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiotropy%20%28drugs%29 | In pharmacology, pleiotropy includes all of a drug's actions other than those for which the agent was specifically developed. It may include adverse effects which are detrimental ones, but is often used to denote additional beneficial effects.
For example, statins are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors that primarily act by... | Pleiotropy (drugs) | Chemistry | 250 |
3,687,954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauerbrey%20equation | The Sauerbrey equation was developed by the German Günter Sauerbrey in 1959, while working on his doctoral thesis at Technische Universität Berlin, Germany. It is a method for correlating changes in the oscillation frequency of a piezoelectric crystal with the mass deposited on it. He simultaneously developed a method ... | Sauerbrey equation | Physics,Technology,Engineering | 691 |
22,846,993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy%E2%80%93Littlewood%20Tauberian%20theorem | In mathematical analysis, the Hardy–Littlewood Tauberian theorem is a Tauberian theorem relating the asymptotics of the partial sums of a series with the asymptotics of its Abel summation. In this form, the theorem asserts that if the sequence
is such that there is an asymptotic equivalence
then there is also an asym... | Hardy–Littlewood Tauberian theorem | Mathematics | 715 |
7,912,765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malleco%20Viaduct | The Malleco Viaduct () is a railway bridge located in central Chile, passing over the Malleco River valley, south of Collipulli in the Araucania Region. It was opened by President José Manuel Balmaceda on October 26, 1890. At that time, it was the highest such bridge in the world. The Panamerican Highway passes right n... | Malleco Viaduct | Engineering | 213 |
54,823,918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas%20venting | Gas venting, more specifically known as natural-gas venting or methane venting, is the intentional and controlled release of gases containing alkane hydrocarbons - predominately methane - into Earth's atmosphere.
It is a widely used method for disposal of unwanted gases which are produced during the extraction of co... | Gas venting | Chemistry | 2,420 |
2,928,794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Cane%20Safety%20Day | White Cane Safety Day is a national observance in the United States, celebrated on October 15 of each year since 1964. The date is set aside to celebrate the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired and the important symbol of blindness and tool of independence, the white cane.
On October 6, 1964, a j... | White Cane Safety Day | Engineering | 242 |
55,213,021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsimonious%20reduction | In computational complexity theory and game complexity, a parsimonious reduction is a transformation from one problem to another (a reduction) that preserves the number of solutions. Informally, it is a bijection between the respective sets of solutions of two problems. A general reduction from problem to problem is ... | Parsimonious reduction | Mathematics | 1,092 |
12,694,131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown%20%28botany%29 | The crown of a plant is the total of an individual plant's aboveground parts, including stems, leaves, and reproductive structures. A plant community canopy consists of one or more plant crowns growing in a given area.
The crown of a woody plant (tree, shrub, liana) is the branches, leaves, and reproductive structures... | Crown (botany) | Biology | 690 |
42,779,491 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Bail%20method | Le Bail analysis is a whole diffraction pattern profile fitting technique used to characterize the properties of crystalline materials, such as structure. It was invented by Armel Le Bail around 1988.
Background
The Le Bail method extracts intensities (Ihkl) from powder diffraction data. This is done in order to find... | Le Bail method | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 951 |
36,625,178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20HTML%20parsers | HTML parsers are software for automated Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) parsing. They have two main purposes:
HTML traversal: offer an interface for programmers to easily access and modify the "HTML string code". Canonical example: DOM parsers.
HTML clean: to fix invalid HTML and to improve the layout and indent ... | Comparison of HTML parsers | Technology | 193 |
58,086,538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TBPO | TBPO is an extremely toxic bicyclic phosphate convulsant and GABA receptor antagonist. It is the most toxic bicyclic phosphate known, with an of 36 μg/kg in mice.
Some sources claim that TBPO is as toxic as VX.
Synthesis
The synthesis is equivalent to the synthesis of IPTBO while the triol is produced by the conden... | TBPO | Chemistry | 152 |
33,662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak%20topology | In mathematics, weak topology is an alternative term for certain initial topologies, often on topological vector spaces or spaces of linear operators, for instance on a Hilbert space. The term is most commonly used for the initial topology of a topological vector space (such as a normed vector space) with respect to it... | Weak topology | Physics,Mathematics | 2,583 |
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