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10,512,032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAT%20%28bioinformatics%29 | BLAT (BLAST-like alignment tool) is a pairwise sequence alignment algorithm that was developed by Jim Kent at the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC) in the early 2000s to assist in the assembly and annotation of the human genome. It was designed primarily to decrease the time needed to align millions of mouse g... | BLAT (bioinformatics) | Biology | 2,254 |
53,276,317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C7H5FO2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C7H5FO2}}
The molecular formula C7H5FO2 (molar mass: 140.11 g/mol) may refer to:
Fluorobenzoic acids
2-Fluorobenzoic acid
3-Fluorobenzoic acid
4-Fluorobenzoic acid | C7H5FO2 | Chemistry | 72 |
39,904,365 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upptalk | Upptalk (formerly known as Yuilop) was a proprietary voice-over-IP service and software application that provided mobile phone numbers in the cloud and allows users to call or text any phone for free whether or not the device receiving the calls and texts has the Yuilop application. The service was discontinued in 2017... | Upptalk | Technology | 892 |
55,731,085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus%20pyrrhosceles | Boletus pyrrhosceles is a species of bolete (pored mushroom) native to Colombia. It was described by Roy Halling in 1992 from material collected on 20 November 1988 near the highway between Pasto and Chachagüí in Nariño Department in the country's southwest, at an altitude of 2700 m. It was classified in section Luridi... | Boletus pyrrhosceles | Biology | 404 |
188,517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micropsia | Micropsia is a condition affecting human visual perception in which objects are perceived to be smaller than they actually are. Micropsia can be caused by optical factors (such as wearing glasses), by distortion of images in the eye (such as optically, via swelling of the cornea or from changes in the shape of the reti... | Micropsia | Physics | 2,837 |
220,050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philanthropy | Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material gain; and with government endeavors that are public initiatives for public go... | Philanthropy | Biology | 6,351 |
39,583,234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tale%20homotopy%20type | In mathematics, especially in algebraic geometry, the étale homotopy type is an analogue of the homotopy type of topological spaces for algebraic varieties.
Roughly speaking, for a variety or scheme X, the idea is to consider étale coverings and to replace each connected component of U and the higher "intersections",... | Étale homotopy type | Mathematics | 273 |
35,307,783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium%20error | In digital storage, a Medium Error is a class of errors that a storage device can experience, which imply that a physical problem was encountered when trying to access the device. The word "medium" refers to the physical storage layer, the medium on which the data is stored; as opposed to errors related to e.g. protoco... | Medium error | Technology | 423 |
68,486,117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WASP-159 | WASP-159 is a faint star located in the southern constellation Caelum. With an apparent magnitude of 12.84, a powerful telescope is needed to see the star. The star is located based on parallax, but is drifting away with a heliocentric radial velocity of +35.16 km/s.
Properties
WASP-159 is a F-type subgiant with 1.4... | WASP-159 | Astronomy | 188 |
27,287,672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Harvester%201066 | The International Harvester 1066 is a farm tractor that was made by International Harvester from 1971 to 1976. The 1066 has a six-cylinder diesel engine and about 105 drawbar and 125 PTO horsepower. The 1066 is significant for its popularity, with over 50,000 units having been built in its six-year run.
Features
DT-... | International Harvester 1066 | Engineering | 363 |
39,477,390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthoconium%20stramineum | Xanthoconium stramineum is a species of bolete fungus and the type species of the genus Xanthoconium. First described as a species of Gyroporus by William Alphonso Murrill in 1940, it was placed in its current genus by Rolf Singer in 1944.
See also
List of North American boletes
References
External links
Boletaceae... | Xanthoconium stramineum | Biology | 96 |
164,346 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20of%20Motion%20Picture%20and%20Television%20Engineers | The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) (, rarely ), founded in 1916 as the Society of Motion Picture Engineers or SMPE, is a global professional association of engineers, technologists, and executives working in the media and entertainment industry. As an internationally recognized standards org... | Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers | Engineering | 1,959 |
3,396,759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pooper-scooper | A pooper-scooper, or poop scoop, is a device used to pick up animal feces from public places and yards, particularly those of dogs. Pooper-scooper devices often have a bag or bag attachment. 'Poop bags' are alternatives to pooper scoopers, and are simply a bag, usually turned inside out, to carry the feces to a proper ... | Pooper-scooper | Biology | 1,176 |
21,729,932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy.co.uk | Playboy.co.uk is an internet web address owned by the PLBY Group. Since 2012 it has redirected to playboy.com, but prior to that a separate website was maintained at the address.
Playboy.co.uk was originally operated on a paid-for-content basis. It was re-launched in February 2009 as a free-access website funded by ad... | Playboy.co.uk | Technology | 201 |
42,361,280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%28532037%29%202013%20FY27 | (provisional designation ) is a trans-Neptunian object and binary system that belongs to the scattered disc (like Eris). Its discovery was announced on 31 March 2014. It has an absolute magnitude (H) of 3.2. is a binary object, with two components approximately and in diameter. It is the ninth-intrinsically-brightes... | (532037) 2013 FY27 | Physics,Astronomy | 689 |
76,876,760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather%20of%202001 | The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2001. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including tornadoes, floods and tropical cyclones. The deadliest disaster was Typhoon Lingling in November, which caused 379 fatalities. The costliest e... | Weather of 2001 | Physics | 738 |
518,211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca | A cloaca ( ), : cloacae ( or ), or vent, is the rear orifice that serves as the only opening for the digestive (rectum), reproductive, and urinary tracts (if present) of many vertebrate animals. All amphibians, reptiles, birds, and a few mammals (monotremes, afrosoricids, and marsupial moles, etc.) have this orifice,... | Cloaca | Biology | 1,040 |
18,171,647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20telephone-related%20articles | These are some of the links to articles that are telephone related.
0-9
116 telephone number
800 number
A-F
Alexander Graham Bell
Answering machine
Antonio Meucci
Area code
Bell labs
Bell System
Call Login Systems
Carterfone
Cell site
Cellular network
Charles Bourseul
Cordless telephone
Martin Cooper
... | Index of telephone-related articles | Mathematics | 244 |
4,566,237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-PLOR | X-PLOR is a computer software package for computational structural biology originally developed by Axel T. Brunger at Yale University. It was first published in 1987 as an offshoot of CHARMM - a similar program that ran on supercomputers made by Cray Inc. It is used in the fields of X-ray crystallography and nuclear ma... | X-PLOR | Chemistry,Technology,Biology | 182 |
37,212,381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aureoboletus%20auriflammeus | Aureoboletus auriflammeus, commonly known as the flaming gold bolete, is a species of bolete fungus in the family Boletaceae. Described as new to science in 1872, it is found in eastern North America, where it grows in a mycorrhizal association with oaks. The caps of the fruit bodies are golden orange, with a yellow po... | Aureoboletus auriflammeus | Biology | 1,111 |
10,606,078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%E2%80%93sink%20dynamics | Source–sink dynamics is a theoretical model used by ecologists to describe how variation in habitat quality may affect the population growth or decline of organisms.
Since quality is likely to vary among patches of habitat, it is important to consider how a low quality patch might affect a population. In this model, ... | Source–sink dynamics | Biology | 2,988 |
15,419,078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHLDB2 | Pleckstrin homology-like domain family B member 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PHLDB2 gene.
Interactions
PHLDB2 has been shown to interact with FLNC.
References
Further reading | PHLDB2 | Chemistry | 48 |
18,069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lubricant | A lubricant (sometimes shortened to lube) is a substance that helps to reduce friction between surfaces in mutual contact, which ultimately reduces the heat generated when the surfaces move. It may also have the function of transmitting forces, transporting foreign particles, or heating or cooling the surfaces. The pro... | Lubricant | Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 5,165 |
4,938,776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerotor | A gerotor is a positive displacement pump. The name gerotor is derived from "generated rotor." A gerotor unit consists of an inner and an outer rotor. The inner rotor has n teeth, while the outer rotor has n + 1 teeth, with n defined as a natural number greater than or equal to 2. The axis of the inner rotor is offset... | Gerotor | Physics,Chemistry,Technology | 592 |
568,248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paralanguage | Paralanguage, also known as vocalics, is a component of meta-communication that may modify meaning, give nuanced meaning, or convey emotion, by using techniques such as prosody, pitch, volume, intonation, etc. It is sometimes defined as relating to nonphonemic properties only. Paralanguage may be expressed consciously... | Paralanguage | Biology | 2,486 |
18,110,071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HR%204049 | HR 4049, also known as HD 89353 and AG Antliae, is a binary post-asymptotic-giant-branch (post-AGB) star in the constellation Antlia. A very metal-poor star, it is surrounded by a thick unique circumbinary disk enriched in several molecules. With an apparent magnitude of about 5.5, the star can readily be seen with t... | HR 4049 | Astronomy | 629 |
31,222,291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchella%20tomentosa | Morchella tomentosa, commonly called the gray, fuzzy foot, or black foot morel, is a species of fungus in the family Morchellaceae. M. tomentosa is a fire-associated species described from western North America, formally described as new to science in 2008.
Morchella tomentosa is identified by its post-fire occurrence... | Morchella tomentosa | Biology | 299 |
34,406,020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAV001 | SAV001-H is the first candidate preventive HIV vaccine using a killed or "dead" version of the HIV-1 virus (inactivated vaccine).
The vaccine was developed by Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his research team at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry in Canada.
The results of the Phase I clinical trial, ... | SAV001 | Chemistry | 1,273 |
10,905,663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia%20and%20South%20Pacific%20Design%20Automation%20Conference | The Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, or ASP-DAC is the international conference on VLSI design automation in Asia and South Pacific regions, the most active region of design, CAD and fabrication of silicon chips in the world. The ASP-DAC is a high-quality and premium conference on electronic design... | Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference | Technology | 181 |
36,448,428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Date%20windowing | Date windowing is a method by which dates with two-digit years are converted to and from dates with four-digit years. The year at which the century changes is called the pivot year of the date window. Date windowing was one of several techniques used to resolve the year 2000 problem in legacy computer systems.
Reasoni... | Date windowing | Physics,Mathematics | 579 |
58,623,400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20pachycristatus | Aspergillus pachycristatus is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Nidulantes section. The species was first described in 2012. It has been isolated from soil in Xinjiang in China. It has been reported to produce echinocandins.
Growth and morphology
A. pachycristatus has been cultivated on bot... | Aspergillus pachycristatus | Biology | 132 |
3,482,688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetramethrin | Tetramethrin is a potent synthetic insecticide in the pyrethroid family. It is a white crystalline solid with a melting point of 65–80 °C. The commercial product is a mixture of stereoisomers.
It is commonly used as an insecticide, and affects the insect's nervous system. It is found in many household insecticide p... | Tetramethrin | Chemistry | 187 |
77,930,248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body%20roundness%20index | Body roundness index (BRI) is a calculated geometric index used to quantify an aspect of a person's individual body shape. Based on the principle of body eccentricity, it provides a rapid visual and anthropometric tool for health evaluation.
Introduced in 2013, the BRI calculation can be used to estimate total and vis... | Body roundness index | Mathematics | 1,356 |
56,542,129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulis%20of%20Dion | The Hydraulis of Dion () is a unique exhibit of the Archaeological Museum of Dion. It is the earliest archeological example of a pipe organ to date.
Excavation history
At the beginning of the 1980s, the area was drained east of the main road of ancient Dion. The neighboring river had permanently flooded parts of the... | Hydraulis of Dion | Environmental_science | 792 |
24,312,430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheath%20current%20filter | Sheath current filters are electronic components that can prevent noise signals travelling in the sheath of sheathed cables, which can cause interference. Using sheath current filters, ground loops causing mains hum and high frequency common-mode signals can be prevented.
Depending on the type, sheath current filters ... | Sheath current filter | Chemistry,Engineering | 789 |
8,504,807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theta%20Columbae | Theta Columbae, also named Elkurud , is a solitary star in the southern constellation of Columba. It is faintly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of 5.02. Based upon parallax measurements taken during the Hipparcos mission, it is roughly distant from the Sun. At its present distance, the vi... | Theta Columbae | Astronomy | 508 |
46,420,664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandrashekhar%20Joshi | Chandrashekhar Janardan Joshi (born July 22, 1953, at Wai, Maharashtra, India) is an Indian–American experimental plasma physicist. He is known for his pioneering work in plasma-based particle acceleration techniques for which he won the 2006 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics and the 2023 Hannes Alfvén Prize... | Chandrashekhar Joshi | Physics | 742 |
35,292,139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BareMetal | BareMetal is an exokernel-based single address space operating system (OS) created by Return Infinity.
It is written in assembly to achieve high-performance computing with minimal footprint with a "just enough operating system" (JeOS) approach. The operating system is primarily targeted towards virtualized environment... | BareMetal | Technology | 516 |
67,112,408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empowerment%20%28artificial%20intelligence%29 | Empowerment in the field of artificial intelligence formalises and quantifies (via information theory) the potential an agent perceives that it has to influence its environment. An agent which follows an empowerment maximising policy, acts to maximise future options (typically up to some limited horizon). Empowerment ... | Empowerment (artificial intelligence) | Technology,Engineering | 566 |
42,128,108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surgical%20stress | Surgical stress is the systemic response to surgical injury and is characterized by activation of the sympathetic nervous system, endocrine responses as well as immunological and haematological changes. Measurement of surgical stress is used in anaesthesia, physiology and surgery.
Analysis of the surgical stress respo... | Surgical stress | Biology | 548 |
60,444,111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fracture%20of%20soft%20materials | The fracture of soft materials involves large deformations and crack blunting before propagation of the crack can occur. Consequently, the stress field close to the crack tip is significantly different from the traditional formulation encountered in the Linear elastic fracture mechanics. Therefore, fracture analysis fo... | Fracture of soft materials | Physics,Materials_science,Engineering | 1,673 |
31,858,593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DC%20distribution%20system%20%28ship%20propulsion%29 | The DC distribution system has been proposed, as a replacement for the present AC power distribution system for ships with electric propulsion.
This concept represents a new way of distributing energy for low-voltage installations on ships. It can be used for any electrical ship application up to 20 megawatts and oper... | DC distribution system (ship propulsion) | Engineering | 1,231 |
24,397,233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C15H13NO3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C15H13NO3}}
The molecular formula C15H13NO3 (molar mass: 255.27 g/mol) may refer to:
Amfenac, also known as 2-amino-3-benzoylbenzeneacetic acid
Dinoxyline
Ketorolac
Polyfothine
Pranoprofen
Molecular formulas | C15H13NO3 | Physics,Chemistry | 81 |
29,181,673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOSCED | MOSCED (short for “modified separation of cohesive energy density" model) is a thermodynamic model for the estimation of limiting activity coefficients (also known as activity coefficient at infinite dilution). From a historical point of view MOSCED can be regarded as an improved modification of the Hansen method and t... | MOSCED | Physics,Chemistry | 924 |
43,515,506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguerre%20formula | The Laguerre formula (named after Edmond Laguerre) provides the acute angle between two proper real lines, as follows:
where:
is the principal value of the complex logarithm
is the cross-ratio of four collinear points
and are the points at infinity of the lines
and are the intersections of the absolute coni... | Laguerre formula | Mathematics | 281 |
21,708,896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still%20engine | The Still engine was a piston engine that simultaneously used both steam power from an external boiler, and internal combustion from gasoline or diesel, in the same unit. The waste heat from the cylinder and internal combustion exhaust was directed to the steam boiler, resulting in claimed fuel savings of up to 10%.
H... | Still engine | Engineering | 628 |
38,707,224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snub%20octaoctagonal%20tiling | In geometry, the snub octaoctagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of sr{8,8}.
Images
Drawn in chiral pairs, with edges missing between black triangles:
Symmetry
A higher symmetry coloring can be constructed from [8,4] symmetry as s{8,4}, . In this construction there is on... | Snub octaoctagonal tiling | Physics | 218 |
35,142,051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Digital%20District | Founded in 2010, the New York Digital District (NYDD) is an initiative located in the DUMBO area of Brooklyn, NY, USA. Representing more than 80 digital businesses The District promotes the area's ability to support an array of businesses, from technology to startups to agencies. The NYDD is an organized body of pro... | New York Digital District | Technology | 440 |
58,644,759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20engineering | Information engineering is the engineering discipline that deals with the generation, distribution, analysis, and use of information, data, and knowledge in electrical systems. The field first became identifiable in the early 21st century.
The components of information engineering include more theoretical fields suc... | Information engineering | Engineering | 760 |
12,357,222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition%20metal%20dinitrogen%20complex | Transition metal dinitrogen complexes are coordination compounds that contain transition metals as ion centers the dinitrogen molecules (N2) as ligands.
Historical background
Transition metal complexes of N2 have been studied since 1965 when the first complex was reported by Allen and Senoff. This diamagnetic comple... | Transition metal dinitrogen complex | Chemistry | 1,842 |
1,989,599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean%20plane%20isometry | In geometry, a Euclidean plane isometry is an isometry of the Euclidean plane, or more informally, a way of transforming the plane that preserves geometrical properties such as length. There are four types: translations, rotations, reflections, and glide reflections (see below ).
The set of Euclidean plane isometries ... | Euclidean plane isometry | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Mathematics,Engineering | 2,938 |
16,153,473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device%20fingerprint | A device fingerprint or machine fingerprint is information collected about the software and hardware of a remote computing device for the purpose of identification. The information is usually assimilated into a brief identifier using a fingerprinting algorithm. A browser fingerprint is information collected specificall... | Device fingerprint | Technology,Engineering | 2,626 |
43,624,349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denaturing%20high%20performance%20liquid%20chromatography | Denaturing High Performance Liquid Chromatography (DHPLC) is a method of chromatography for the detection of base substitutions, small deletions or insertions in the DNA. Due to its speed and high resolution, this method is particularly useful for finding polymorphisms in DNA.
In practice, the analysis begins with a s... | Denaturing high performance liquid chromatography | Chemistry | 625 |
18,424,177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wavelength%20selective%20switching | Wavelength selective switching components are used in WDM optical communications networks to route (switch) signals between optical fibres on a per-wavelength basis.
What is a WSS
A WSS comprises a switching array that operates on light that has been dispersed in wavelength without the requirement that the dispersed ... | Wavelength selective switching | Materials_science,Engineering | 1,984 |
9,363,315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Aboriginal%20astronomy | Australian Aboriginal astronomy has been passed down orally, through ceremonies, and in their artwork of many kinds. The astronomical systems passed down thus show a depth of understanding of the movement of celestial objects which allowed them to use them as a practical means for creating calendars and for navigating ... | Australian Aboriginal astronomy | Astronomy | 3,800 |
9,516,673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RNA%20activation | RNA activation (RNAa) is a small RNA-guided and Argonaute (Ago)-dependent gene regulation phenomenon in which promoter-targeted short double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) induce target gene expression at the transcriptional/epigenetic level. RNAa was first reported in a 2006 PNAS paper by Li et al. who also coined the term "R... | RNA activation | Chemistry,Biology | 1,020 |
1,438,662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saha%20ionization%20equation | In physics, the Saha ionization equation is an expression that relates the ionization state of a gas in thermal equilibrium to the temperature and pressure. The equation is a result of combining ideas of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics and is used to explain the spectral classification of stars. The express... | Saha ionization equation | Physics,Chemistry | 1,603 |
1,705,111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamboge | Gamboge ( ) is a deep-yellow pigment derived from a species of tree that primarily grows in Cambodia. Popular in east Asian watercolor works, it has been used across a number of media dating back to the 8th century. Easy to transport and manipulate into a durable watercolor paint, gamboge is notable for its versatility... | Gamboge | Physics | 1,170 |
4,704,503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sikhye | Sikhye (, also spelled shikhye or shikeh; also occasionally termed dansul or gamju) is a traditional sweet Korean rice beverage, usually served as a dessert. It is a popular beverage in South Korea, often found in the beverage sections of convenience stores. It is a drink made by fermenting rice with malt to give it a ... | Sikhye | Biology | 917 |
20,590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematical%20model | A mathematical model is an abstract description of a concrete system using mathematical concepts and language. The process of developing a mathematical model is termed mathematical modeling. Mathematical models are used in applied mathematics and in the natural sciences (such as physics, biology, earth science, chemis... | Mathematical model | Mathematics | 4,945 |
72,075,093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20in%20El%20Salvador | El Salvador observes Central Standard Time (UTC−6) year-round.
IANA time zone database
In the IANA time zone database, El Salvador is given one zone in the file zone.tab—America/El_Salvador. "SV" refers to the country's ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Data for El Salvador directly from zone.tab of the IANA time zone... | Time in El Salvador | Physics | 130 |
906,193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native%20chemical%20ligation | Native Chemical Ligation (NCL) is an important extension of the chemical ligation concept for constructing a larger polypeptide chain by the covalent condensation of two or more unprotected peptides segments. Native chemical ligation is the most effective method for synthesizing native or modified proteins of typical... | Native chemical ligation | Chemistry | 1,618 |
43,553,152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Coote | Michelle Louise Coote FRSC FAA is an Australian polymer chemist. She has published extensively in the fields of polymer chemistry, radical chemistry and computational quantum chemistry. She is an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellow, Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) and Fellow of the Australi... | Michelle Coote | Chemistry | 821 |
73,411,485 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americium%20hexafluoride | Americium hexafluoride is an inorganic chemical compound of americium metal and fluorine with the chemical formula . It is still a hypothetical compound. Synthesis by fluorination of americium tetrafluoride was unsuccessfully attempted in 1990. A thermochromatographic identification in 1986 remains inconclusive. Calcul... | Americium hexafluoride | Chemistry | 144 |
25,732,074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plastigauge | Plastigauge is a measuring tool used for measuring plain bearing clearances, such as in engines. Other uses include marine drive shaft bearings, turbine housing bearings, pump and pressure system bearings, shaft end-float, flatness and clearance in pipe-flanges and cylinder heads. Wherever it is required to determine t... | Plastigauge | Physics,Mathematics | 227 |
24,122,756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reisekamera | The Reisekamera, meaning a "travel camera", is a large-format wooden bellows tailboard view camera of almost standardised design, unlike the much lighter and more flexible field camera, but not as cumbersome as the studio camera. A sturdy tripod is always brought along, but it might just as well be placed on a tabletop... | Reisekamera | Technology | 907 |
38,310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis | Cannabis () is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cannabaceae that is widely accepted as being indigenous to and originating from the continent of Asia. However, the number of species is disputed, with as many as three species being recognized: Cannabis sativa, C. indica, and C. ruderalis. Alternatively, C. rude... | Cannabis | Biology | 7,323 |
6,773,580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual%20%28numerical%20analysis%29 | Loosely speaking, a residual is the error in a result. To be precise, suppose we want to find x such that
Given an approximation x0 of x, the residual is
that is, "what is left of the right hand side" after subtracting f(x0)" (thus, the name "residual": what is left, the rest). On the other hand, the error is... | Residual (numerical analysis) | Mathematics | 303 |
24,509,228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnopilus%20norfolkensis | Gymnopilus norfolkensis is a species of mushroom in the Hymenogastraceae family.
See also
List of Gymnopilus species
External links
Gymnopilus norfolkensis at Index Fungorum
norfolkensis
Fungi of North America
Fungus species | Gymnopilus norfolkensis | Biology | 53 |
2,421,481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotropic%20radiator | An isotropic radiator is a theoretical point source of waves which radiates the same intensity of radiation in all directions. It may be based on sound waves or electromagnetic waves, in which case it is also known as an isotropic antenna. It has no preferred direction of radiation, i.e., it radiates uniformly in all... | Isotropic radiator | Physics,Chemistry | 2,107 |
17,187,970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle%20of%20least%20motion | In organic chemistry, the principle of least motion is the hypothesis that when multiple species with different nuclear structures could theoretically form as products of a given chemical reaction, the more likely to form tends to be the one requiring the least amount of change in nuclear structure or the smallest chan... | Principle of least motion | Chemistry | 63 |
61,099,017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt%20pattern%20matching | Gestalt pattern matching, also Ratcliff/Obershelp pattern recognition, is a string-matching algorithm for determining the similarity of two strings. It was developed in 1983 by John W. Ratcliff and John A. Obershelp and published in the Dr. Dobb's Journal in July 1988.
Algorithm
The similarity of two strings and is... | Gestalt pattern matching | Mathematics,Technology,Engineering | 686 |
17,601,646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restoration%20of%20the%20Everglades | An ongoing effort to remedy damage inflicted during the 20th century on the Everglades, a region of tropical wetlands in southern Florida, is the most expensive and comprehensive environmental repair attempt in history. The degradation of the Everglades became an issue in the United States in the early 1970s after a pr... | Restoration of the Everglades | Chemistry,Engineering,Biology | 8,391 |
4,743,665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum%20%28software%20development%29 | Scrum is an agile team collaboration framework commonly used in software development and other industries.
Scrum prescribes for teams to break work into goals to be completed within time-boxed iterations, called sprints. Each sprint is no longer than one month and commonly lasts two weeks. The scrum team assesses pro... | Scrum (software development) | Technology,Engineering | 2,879 |
44,004,087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent%20longitude | Apparent longitude is celestial longitude corrected for aberration and nutation as opposed to mean longitude.
Apparent longitude is used in the definition of equinox and solstice. At equinox, the apparent geocentric celestial longitude of the Sun is 0° or 180°. At solstice, it is equal to 90° or 270°. This does not ma... | Apparent longitude | Astronomy,Mathematics | 117 |
13,387,024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-consolidating%20concrete | Self-consolidating concrete or self-compacting concrete (SCC) is a concrete mix which has a low yield stress, high deformability, good segregation resistance (prevents separation of particles in the mix), and moderate viscosity (necessary to ensure uniform suspension of solid particles during transportation, placement ... | Self-consolidating concrete | Engineering | 1,497 |
3,189 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascending%20chain%20condition | In mathematics, the ascending chain condition (ACC) and descending chain condition (DCC) are finiteness properties satisfied by some algebraic structures, most importantly ideals in certain commutative rings. These conditions played an important role in the development of the structure theory of commutative rings in th... | Ascending chain condition | Mathematics | 564 |
3,638,822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilfak%20Guilfanov | Ilfak Guilfanov (, born 12 November 1966) is a Russian software developer, computer security researcher and blogger. He became well known when he issued a free hotfix for the Windows Metafile vulnerability on 31 December 2005. His unofficial patch was favorably reviewed and widely publicized because no official patch ... | Ilfak Guilfanov | Technology | 301 |
2,389,749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedotransfer%20function | In soil science, pedotransfer functions (PTF) are predictive functions of certain soil properties using data from soil surveys.
The term pedotransfer function was coined by Johan Bouma as translating data we have into what we need. The most readily available data comes from a soil survey, such as the field morphology... | Pedotransfer function | Physics | 1,084 |
45,641,381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeamNote | TeamNote is a mobile-first business communication and collaboration software developed by the Hong Kong–based technology company TeamNote Limited. TeamNote is a product that is provided as a white label solution to corporations and deployed in a private cloud or an on-premises server. It allows users to send text messa... | TeamNote | Technology | 1,081 |
18,368,163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KCNF1 | Potassium voltage-gated channel subfamily F member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the KCNF1 gene. The protein encoded by this gene is a voltage-gated potassium channel subunit.
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Ion channels | KCNF1 | Chemistry | 51 |
433,827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%27s%20ghost | Pepper's ghost is an illusion technique, used in the theatre, cinema, amusement parks, museums, television, and concerts, in which an image of an object off-stage is projected so that it appears to be in front of the audience.
The technique is named after the English scientist John Henry Pepper, who popularised the ef... | Pepper's ghost | Physics | 5,545 |
72,635,333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolson%E2%80%93Ross%E2%80%93Weir%20method | Nicolson–Ross–Weir method is a measurement technique for determination of complex permittivities and permeabilities of material samples for microwave frequencies. The method is based on insertion of a material sample with a known thickness inside a waveguide, such as a coaxial cable or a rectangular waveguide, after wh... | Nicolson–Ross–Weir method | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 564 |
43,862,507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Bradshaw%20%28aeronautical%20engineer%29 | Peter Bradshaw FRS (26 December 1935 – 27 July 2024) was an aeronautical engineer specialising in fluid mechanics.
He was educated at Torquay Grammar School and Cambridge University, where he was awarded a B.A. in Aeronautical Engineering in 1957.
Career
He worked at the National Physical Laboratory in the Aerodynami... | Peter Bradshaw (aeronautical engineer) | Chemistry | 343 |
58,401,614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20sclerotioniger | Aspergillus sclerotioniger is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It belongs to the group of black Aspergilli which are important industrial workhorses. A. sclerotioniger belongs to the Nigri section. The species was first described in 2004. It has been found in green coffee beans from India. It is a very eff... | Aspergillus sclerotioniger | Biology | 265 |
623,560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Draper%20Medal | The Henry Draper Medal is awarded every 4 years by the United States National Academy of Sciences "for investigations in astronomical physics". Named after Henry Draper, the medal is awarded with a gift of USD $15,000. The medal was established under the Draper Fund by his widow, Anna Draper, in honor of her husband, a... | Henry Draper Medal | Astronomy,Technology | 337 |
28,487,427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witsenhausen%27s%20counterexample | Witsenhausen's counterexample, shown in the figure below, is a deceptively simple toy problem in decentralized stochastic control. It was formulated by Hans Witsenhausen in 1968. It is a counterexample to a natural conjecture that one can generalize a key result of centralized linear–quadratic–Gaussian control systems—... | Witsenhausen's counterexample | Mathematics | 1,126 |
31,314,347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardy%E2%80%93Littlewood%20zeta%20function%20conjectures | In mathematics, the Hardy–Littlewood zeta function conjectures, named after Godfrey Harold Hardy and John Edensor Littlewood, are two conjectures concerning the distances between zeros and the density of zeros of the Riemann zeta function.
Conjectures
In 1914, Godfrey Harold Hardy proved that the Riemann zeta functi... | Hardy–Littlewood zeta function conjectures | Mathematics | 285 |
38,763,736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CU%20Virginis | CU Virginis is a single star in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 4.99, which is bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye. The distance to this star can be estimated from its annual parallax shift of , yielding a separation of 234 light years.
This is one of the ... | CU Virginis | Astronomy | 475 |
34,864,428 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parkerioideae | Parkerioideae, synonym Ceratopteridoideae, is one of the five subfamilies in the fern family Pteridaceae. It includes only the two genera Acrostichum and Ceratopteris. The following diagram shows a likely phylogenic relationship between the two Parkerioideae genera and the other Pteridaceae subfamilies.
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Pt... | Parkerioideae | Biology | 91 |
31,747,442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von%20Babo%27s%20law | Von Babo's law (sometimes styled Babo's law) is an experimentally determined scientific law formulated by German chemist Lambert Heinrich von Babo in 1857. It states that the vapor pressure of solution decreases according to the concentration of solute. The law is related to other laws concerning the vapor pressure of ... | Von Babo's law | Physics,Chemistry | 97 |
44,047,930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulrich%20Frank | Ulrich Frank (born 1958) is a German Business informatician and Professor of Business informatics at the University of Duisburg-Essen, known for his work on the state of the art in information systems research and the development of the Multi-Perspective Enterprise Modeling (MEMO) meta modelling framework.
Life and wo... | Ulrich Frank | Technology | 811 |
30,088,610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervasive%20informatics | Pervasive informatics is the study of how information affects interactions with the built environments they occupy. The term and concept were initially introduced by Professor Kecheng Liu during a keynote speech at the SOLI 2008 international conference.
The built environment is rich with information which can be util... | Pervasive informatics | Technology | 1,256 |
15,682,872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval%20Materials%20Research%20Laboratory | Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) is an Indian defence laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Located at Ambernath, in Thane district, Maharashtra. It develops materials and alloys for Naval use, and is a single-window agency for all materials requirement of the Indian Navy. NM... | Naval Materials Research Laboratory | Materials_science | 442 |
49,387,073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG%20G5 | The LG G5 is an Android smartphone developed by LG Electronics as part of the LG G series. It was announced during Mobile World Congress as the successor to the 2015 LG G4. The G5 is distinguished from its predecessors by its aluminum chassis and a focus on modularity. Its lower housing, which holds the user-replaceabl... | LG G5 | Technology,Engineering | 2,069 |
2,902,596 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9%20Andromedae | 9 Andromedae, abbreviated 9 And by convention, is a variable binary star system in the northern constellation Andromeda. 9 Andromedae is the Flamsteed designation, while it bears the variable star designation AN Andromedae, or AN And. The maximum apparent visual magnitude of the system is 5.98, which places it near the... | 9 Andromedae | Astronomy | 314 |
5,533,026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferon%20regulatory%20factors | Interferon regulatory factors (IRF) are proteins which regulate transcription of interferons (see regulation of gene expression). Interferon regulatory factors contain a conserved N-terminal region of about 120 amino acids, which folds into a structure that binds specifically to the IRF-element (IRF-E) motifs, which is... | Interferon regulatory factors | Chemistry,Biology | 967 |
6,043,076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbrand%20quotient | In mathematics, the Herbrand quotient is a quotient of orders of cohomology groups of a cyclic group. It was invented by Jacques Herbrand. It has an important application in class field theory.
Definition
If G is a finite cyclic group acting on a G-module A, then the cohomology groups Hn(G,A) have period 2 for n≥1; i... | Herbrand quotient | Mathematics | 604 |
22,457,411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isophote | In geometry, an isophote is a curve on an illuminated surface that connects points of equal brightness. One supposes that the illumination is done by parallel light and the brightness is measured by the following scalar product:
where is the unit normal vector of the surface at point and the unit vector of the lig... | Isophote | Engineering | 727 |
23,090,341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Mir%20visitors | This is a list of visitors to the Mir space station in alphabetical order. Station crew names are in bold. The suffix (twice) refers to the individual's number of Mir visits, not their total number of space flights. Entries without a flag symbol indicate that the person was a citizen from the bloc of countries comprisi... | List of Mir visitors | Engineering | 758 |
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