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15,167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICQ | ICQ was a cross-platform instant messaging (IM) and VoIP client founded in June 1996 by Yair Goldfinger, Sefi Vigiser, Amnon Amir, Arik Vardi, and Arik's father, Yossi Vardi. The name ICQ derives from the English phrase "I Seek You". Originally developed by the Israeli company Mirabilis in 1996, the client was bought b... | ICQ | Technology | 3,414 |
7,754,624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkali%E2%80%93aggregate%20reaction | Alkali–aggregate reaction is a term mainly referring to a reaction which occurs over time in concrete between the highly alkaline cement paste and non-crystalline silicon dioxide, which is found in many common aggregates. This reaction can cause the expansion of the altered aggregate, leading to spalling and loss of st... | Alkali–aggregate reaction | Chemistry,Engineering | 385 |
11,436,480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercospora%20longipes | Cercospora longipes is a fungal plant pathogen.
References
longipes
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Fungus species | Cercospora longipes | Biology | 25 |
72,125,412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dicumyl%20peroxide | Dicumyl peroxide is an organic compound with the formula (Me = CH3). Classified as a dialkyl peroxide, it is produced on a large scale industrially for use in polymer chemistry. It serves as an initiator and crosslinking agent in the production of low density polyethylene.
Production
It is synthesized as a by-produc... | Dicumyl peroxide | Chemistry | 200 |
11,848,801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keldysh%20formalism | In non-equilibrium physics, the Keldysh formalism or Keldysh–Schwinger formalism is a general framework for describing the quantum mechanical evolution of a system in a non-equilibrium state or systems subject to time varying external fields (electrical field, magnetic field etc.). Historically, it was foreshadowed by... | Keldysh formalism | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 1,256 |
77,315,178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolo%20Calafat | Bartolomé "Tolo" Calafat Marcus (17 September 1970 Palma de Mallorca — 29 April 2010, Annapurna) was a Spanish mountaineer. Calafat was climbing as part of an expedition led by Juanito Oiarzabal on Annapurna when he died of cerebral edema.
Calafat and his team were trapped on Annapurna by a blizzard when he became ill... | Tolo Calafat | Engineering | 206 |
14,662,924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarry%20point | In geometry, the Tarry point for a triangle is a point of concurrency of the lines through the vertices of the triangle perpendicular to the corresponding sides of the triangle's first Brocard triangle . The Tarry point lies on the other endpoint of the diameter of the circumcircle drawn through the Steiner point. T... | Tarry point | Physics,Mathematics | 83 |
32,552,139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic%20Network%20for%20Interdisciplinary%20Environmental%20Studies | The Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (NIES) is a research network for environmental studies based primarily in the humanities. By organizing regular conferences, symposia and workshops, NIES aims to create opportunities for researchers in the Nordic countries who address environmental question... | Nordic Network for Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies | Environmental_science | 317 |
4,825,433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Wahl | Arthur Charles Wahl (September 8, 1917 – March 6, 2006) was an American chemist who, as a doctoral student of Glenn T. Seaborg at the University of California, Berkeley, first isolated plutonium (94) in February 1941 shortly after the element neptunium (93) was discovered by McMillan and Abelson in 1940.
Wahl was a re... | Arthur Wahl | Chemistry | 200 |
205,488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Whewell | William Whewell ( ; 24 May 17946 March 1866) was an English polymath, scientist, Anglican priest, philosopher, theologian, and historian of science. He was Master at Trinity College, Cambridge. In his time as a student there, he achieved distinction in both poetry and mathematics.
The breadth of Whewell's endeavours ... | William Whewell | Mathematics | 4,852 |
73,724,979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Respiratory%20syncytial%20virus%20F%20protein | Fusion glycoprotein F0 of the human respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is a critical fusion glycoprotein that facilitates entry of the virus into host cells by mediating the fusion of the viral and cellular membranes. This class I fusion protein is synthesized as an inactive precursor (F0), which undergoes cleavage to f... | Respiratory syncytial virus F protein | Chemistry | 191 |
6,893,544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folding%20funnel | The folding funnel hypothesis is a specific version of the energy landscape theory of protein folding, which assumes that a protein's native state corresponds to its free energy minimum under the solution conditions usually encountered in cells. Although energy landscapes may be "rough", with many non-native local mini... | Folding funnel | Chemistry,Biology | 2,580 |
22,390,444 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20coloring%20and%20color%20marking | Glass coloring and color marking may be obtained in several ways.
by the addition of coloring ions,
by precipitation of nanometer-sized colloids (so-called striking glasses such as "gold ruby" or red "selenium ruby"),
by colored inclusions (as in milk glass and smoked glass)
by light scattering (as in phase separat... | Glass coloring and color marking | Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 1,459 |
30,784,263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanguard%20International%20Semiconductor%20Corporation | Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation (VIS) is a Taiwanese specialized IC foundry service provider, founded in December 1994 in Hsinchu Science Park by Morris Chang. In March 1998, VIS became a listed company on the Taiwan Over-The-Counter Stock Exchange (OTC) with the main shareholders TSMC, National Develo... | Vanguard International Semiconductor Corporation | Technology | 354 |
30,353,647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bufferbloat | Bufferbloat is the undesirable latency that comes from a router or other network equipment buffering too many data packets. Bufferbloat can also cause packet delay variation (also known as jitter), as well as reduce the overall network throughput. When a router or switch is configured to use excessively large buffers,... | Bufferbloat | Technology,Engineering | 2,012 |
9,606,667 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervious%20concrete | Pervious concrete (also called porous concrete, permeable concrete, no fines concrete and porous pavement) is a special type of concrete with a high porosity used for concrete flatwork applications that allows water from precipitation and other sources to pass directly through, thereby reducing the runoff from a site a... | Pervious concrete | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 1,304 |
71,881,589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleanor%20Janega | Eleanor Janega is an American broadcaster and medievalist. Her scholarship focuses on gender and sexuality; apocalyptic thought; propaganda; and the urban experience, in the late medieval period.
Biography
Despite her initial interest in pursuing Chinese history in college, particularly the 17th century transition fro... | Eleanor Janega | Biology | 341 |
876,956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnandTech | AnandTech was an online computer hardware magazine owned by Future plc. It was founded in April 1997 by then-14-year-old Anand Lal Shimpi, who served as CEO and editor-in-chief until August 30, 2014, with Ryan Smith replacing him as editor-in-chief. The web site was a source of hardware reviews for off-the-shelf compon... | AnandTech | Technology | 743 |
2,692,659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%20Tauri | Chi Tauri, Latinised from χ Tauri, is a star system in the constellation of Taurus. Parallax measurements made by the Hipparcos spacecraft put it at a distance of about from Earth. The primary component has an apparent magnitude of about 5.4, meaning it is visible with the naked eye.
The main component of the system ... | Chi Tauri | Astronomy | 546 |
35,938,288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubins%20path | In geometry, the term Dubins path typically refers to the shortest curve that connects two points in the two-dimensional Euclidean plane (i.e. x-y plane) with a constraint on the curvature of the path and with prescribed initial and terminal tangents to the path, and an assumption that the vehicle traveling the path ca... | Dubins path | Mathematics,Engineering | 762 |
35,155,163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eichler%20order | In mathematics, an Eichler order, named after Martin Eichler, is an order of a quaternion algebra that is the intersection of two maximal orders.
References
Number theory | Eichler order | Mathematics | 40 |
72,497,805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aperiodic%20crystal | Aperiodic crystals are crystals that lack three-dimensional translational symmetry, but still exhibit three-dimensional long-range order. In other words, they are periodic crystals in higher dimensions. They are classified into three different categories: incommensurate modulated structures, incommensurate composite st... | Aperiodic crystal | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Mathematics | 890 |
26,901,900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodobenzene%20dichloride | Iodobenzene dichloride (PhICl2) is a complex of iodobenzene with chlorine. As a reagent for organic chemistry, it is used as an oxidant and chlorinating agent.
Chemical structure
Single-crystal X-ray crystallography has been used to determine its structure; as can be predicted by VSEPR theory, it adopts a T-shaped geo... | Iodobenzene dichloride | Chemistry | 321 |
38,647,394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TUGSAT-1 | TUGSAT-1, also known as BRITE-Austria and CanX-3B, is the first Austrian satellite. It is an optical astronomy spacecraft operated by the Graz University of Technology as part of the international BRIght-star Target Explorer programme.
Details
TUGSAT-1 was manufactured by the University of Toronto based on the Generic... | TUGSAT-1 | Astronomy | 448 |
443,235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covariant%20transformation | In physics, a covariant transformation is a rule that specifies how certain entities, such as vectors or tensors, change under a change of basis. The transformation that describes the new basis vectors as a linear combination of the old basis vectors is defined as a covariant transformation. Conventionally, indices ide... | Covariant transformation | Engineering | 1,997 |
37,300,477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20ICAO%20Data%20Interchange%20Network | The Common ICAO Data Interchange Network (CIDIN) is a network, run by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), which makes up part of the aeronautical fixed service. It is used to transmit text or binary messages for the purposes of air traffic control.
References
Aviation communications | Common ICAO Data Interchange Network | Technology | 57 |
9,931,105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrainment%20%28chronobiology%29 | In the study of chronobiology, entrainment refers to the synchronization of a biological clock to an environmental cycle. An example is the interaction between circadian rhythms and environmental cues, such as light and temperature. Entrainment helps organisms adapt their bodily processes according to the timing of a c... | Entrainment (chronobiology) | Biology | 835 |
770,475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodie%20knob | A brodie knob (alternative spelling: brody knob) is a doorknob-shaped handle that attaches to the steering wheel of an automobile or other vehicle or equipment with a steering wheel. Other names for this knob include suicide, necker, granny, knuckle buster, and wheel spinner.
Design and use
The device is a small, ind... | Brodie knob | Technology,Engineering | 819 |
31,734,604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbinil | Sorbinil (INN) is an aldose reductase inhibitor being investigated for treatment of diabetic complications including neuropathy and retinopathy. Aldose reductase is an enzyme present in lens and brain that removes excess glucose by converting it to sorbitol. Sorbitol accumulation can lead to the development of cataract... | Sorbinil | Chemistry | 168 |
22,055,435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December%202030%20lunar%20eclipse | A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Monday, December 9, 2030, with an umbral magnitude of −0.1613. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side pas... | December 2030 lunar eclipse | Astronomy | 620 |
44,441,512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sporobolomyces%20salmonicolor | Sporobolomyces salmonicolor is a species of fungus in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina. It occurs in both a yeast state and a hyphal state, the latter formerly known as Sporidiobolus salmonicolor. It is generally considered a Biosafety Risk Group 1 fungus; however isolates of S. salmonicolor have been recovered from ce... | Sporobolomyces salmonicolor | Biology | 2,419 |
15,354,822 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSG10 | Pregnancy-specific beta-1-glycoprotein 10 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PSG10 gene.
References
Further reading | PSG10 | Chemistry | 33 |
69,116,423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reducing%20subspace | In linear algebra, a reducing subspace of a linear map from a Hilbert space to itself is an invariant subspace of whose orthogonal complement is also an invariant subspace of That is, and One says that the subspace reduces the map
One says that a linear map is reducible if it has a nontrivial reducing subspa... | Reducing subspace | Mathematics | 182 |
16,797,206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursa%20Major%20II%20Dwarf | Ursa Major II Dwarf (UMa II dSph) is a dwarf spheroidal galaxy situated in the Ursa Major constellation and discovered in 2006 in the data obtained by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The galaxy is located approximately 30 kpc from the Sun and moves towards the Sun with the velocity of about 116 km/s. It has an elliptical... | Ursa Major II Dwarf | Astronomy | 368 |
24,507,573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnopilus%20subpenetrans | Gymnopilus subpenetrans is a species of mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae.
See also
List of Gymnopilus species
External links
Gymnopilus subpenetrans at Index Fungorum
subpenetrans
Taxa named by William Alphonso Murrill
Fungus species | Gymnopilus subpenetrans | Biology | 68 |
3,739,375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q-systems | Q-systems are a method of directed graph transformations according to given grammar rules, developed at the Université de Montréal by Alain Colmerauer in 1967–70 for use in natural language processing. The Université de Montréal's machine translation system, TAUM-73, used the Q-Systems as its language formalism.
The d... | Q-systems | Technology | 827 |
47,166,226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Moving%20Museum | The Moving Museum is a not-for-profit organisation that runs a nomadic programme of contemporary art exhibitions. It has held projects in Dubai, Istanbul, and London comprising large-scale exhibitions, artist residencies, public programming, publishing, artwork commissions, and digital programming.
Artists are invited... | The Moving Museum | Engineering | 315 |
14,005,182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inter-protocol%20exploitation | Inter-protocol exploitation is a class of security vulnerabilities that takes advantage of interactions between two communication protocols, for example the protocols used in the Internet. It is commonly discussed in the context of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP). This attack uses the potential of the two differ... | Inter-protocol exploitation | Technology,Engineering | 686 |
48,624,090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireille%20Bousquet-M%C3%A9lou | Mireille Bousquet-Mélou (born 12 May 1967) is a French mathematician who specializes in enumerative combinatorics and who works as a senior researcher for the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) at the computer science department (LaBRI) of the University of Bordeaux.
Education and career
Bousquet-Mélo... | Mireille Bousquet-Mélou | Mathematics | 433 |
5,069,503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrate%20gun%20hypothesis | The clathrate gun hypothesis is a proposed explanation for the periods of rapid warming during the Quaternary. The hypothesis is that changes in fluxes in upper intermediate waters in the ocean caused temperature fluctuations that alternately accumulated and occasionally released methane clathrate on upper continental ... | Clathrate gun hypothesis | Chemistry | 3,649 |
30,173,444 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maerdy%20Branch | The Maerdy Branch was a railway branch line in South Wales. Financed and operated by the Taff Vale Railway, on amalgamation it became part of the Great Western Railway in 1923. Designed and mainly operated as a coal mining freight railway, its creation and demise was wholly defined by the South Wales Coalfield.
Design... | Maerdy Branch | Engineering | 577 |
39,007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall | A wall is a structure and a surface that defines an area; carries a load; provides security, shelter, or soundproofing; or, is decorative. There are many kinds of walls, including:
Border barriers between countries
Brick walls
Defensive walls in fortifications
Permanent, solid fences
Retaining walls, which hold ba... | Wall | Technology,Engineering | 3,147 |
2,683,768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucitol | Fucitol, also known as L-fucitol, 1-deoxy-L-galactitol, and (2R,3S,4R,5S)-hexane-1,2,3,4,5-pentol, is a sugar alcohol derived from fucoidan which is found in the North Atlantic seaweed Fucus vesiculosus or by the reduction of fucose.
See also
Galactitol
References
External links
Sugar alcohols | Fucitol | Chemistry | 107 |
172,911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20weapon%20design | Nuclear weapons design are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate. There are three existing basic design types:
Pure fission weapons are the simplest, least technically demanding, were the first nuclear weapons built, and so far the only type eve... | Nuclear weapon design | Engineering | 16,940 |
18,512,183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20Matham | Jacob Matham (15 October 1571 – 20 January 1631), of Haarlem, was an engraver and pen-draftsman.
Biography
He was the stepson and pupil of painter and draftsman Hendrik Goltzius, and brother-in-law to engraver Simon van Poelenburgh, having married his sister, Marijtgen. He made several engravings after the paintings... | Jacob Matham | Engineering | 208 |
938,571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirola | The hirola (Beatragus hunteri), also called the Hunter's hartebeest or Hunter's antelope, is a critically endangered antelope species found as of now, only in Kenya along the border of Somalia. It was first described by the big game hunter and zoologist H.C.V. Hunter in 1888. It is the only living member of the genus ... | Hirola | Biology | 2,425 |
8,338,259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center%20for%20Drug%20Evaluation%20and%20Research | The Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER, pronounced "see'-der") is a division of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that monitors most drugs as defined in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Some biological products are also legally considered drugs, but they are covered by the Center for Biologics Ev... | Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | Biology | 1,312 |
3,711,679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NETCONF | The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) is a network management protocol developed and standardized by the IETF. It was developed in the NETCONF working group and published in December 2006 as RFC 4741 and later revised in June 2011 and published as RFC 6241. The NETCONF protocol specification is an Internet Stand... | NETCONF | Technology,Engineering | 1,422 |
49,636,277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth%20Sonntag%20Nussenzweig | Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig (20 June 1928 – 1 April 2018) was an Austrian-Brazilian immunologist specializing in the development of malaria vaccines. In a career spanning over 60 years, she was primarily affiliated with New York University (NYU). She served as C.V. Starr Professor of Medical and Molecular Parasitology at ... | Ruth Sonntag Nussenzweig | Biology | 1,258 |
44,374,849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sayre%27s%20paradox | Sayre's paradox is a dilemma encountered in the design of automated handwriting recognition systems. A standard statement of the paradox is that a cursively written word cannot be recognized without being segmented and cannot be segmented without being recognized. The paradox was first articulated in a 1973 publicatio... | Sayre's paradox | Technology | 929 |
21,747,724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geer%20tube | The Geer tube was an early single-tube color television cathode ray tube, developed by Willard Geer. The Geer tube used a pattern of small phosphor-covered three-sided pyramids on the inside of the CRT faceplate to mix separate red, green, and blue signals from three electron guns. The Geer tube had a number of disadva... | Geer tube | Technology | 2,287 |
7,521,584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodemography | Biodemography is the science dealing with the integration of biological theory and demography.
Overview
Biodemography is a new branch of human (classical) demography concerned with understanding the complementary biological and demographic determinants of and interactions between the birth and death processes that sh... | Biodemography | Environmental_science | 1,082 |
242,527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robe | A robe is a loose-fitting outer garment. Unlike garments described as capes or cloaks, robes usually have sleeves. The English word robe derives from Middle English robe ("garment"), borrowed from Old French robe ("booty, spoils"), itself taken from the Frankish word *rouba ("spoils, things stolen, clothes"), and is ... | Robe | Engineering,Biology | 436 |
3,532,943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enid%20Mumford | Enid Mumford (6 March 1924 – 7 April 2006) was a British social scientist, computer scientist and Professor Emerita of Manchester University and a visiting fellow at Manchester Business School, largely known for her work on human factors and socio-technical systems.
Biography
Enid Mumford was born on Merseyside in No... | Enid Mumford | Technology | 4,685 |
3,986,130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational%20phylogenetics | Computational phylogenetics, phylogeny inference, or phylogenetic inference focuses on computational and optimization algorithms, heuristics, and approaches involved in phylogenetic analyses. The goal is to find a phylogenetic tree representing optimal evolutionary ancestry between a set of genes, species, or taxa. Max... | Computational phylogenetics | Technology,Biology | 7,513 |
428,848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alginite | Alginite is a component of some types of kerogen alongside amorphous organic matter. Alginite consists of organic-walled marine microfossils, distinct from inorganic (silica)-walled microfossils that comprise diatomaceous earth.
Alginite is a complex soil aggregate of algae based biomass fossil, clay, volcanic ash an... | Alginite | Chemistry | 189 |
39,535,144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Force%20Plant%20PJKS | Air Force Plant Peter J. Kiewit and Sons (AFP PJKS, AFP #79) is a Formerly Used Defense Site (CO7570090038) at the Colorado Front Range and used during the Cold War (1957-1968) to provide "rocket assembly, engine testing, and research and development") for the Titan missile complexes southeast of Denver (construction b... | Air Force Plant PJKS | Engineering | 460 |
4,194,311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stealth%20wallpaper | For computer network security, stealth wallpaper is a material designed to prevent an indoor Wi-Fi network from extending or "leaking" to the outside of a building, where malicious persons may attempt to eavesdrop or attack a network. While it is simple to prevent all electronic signals from passing through a building... | Stealth wallpaper | Technology,Engineering | 236 |
648,042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADE%20classification | In mathematics, the ADE classification (originally A-D-E classifications) is a situation where certain kinds of objects are in correspondence with simply laced Dynkin diagrams. The question of giving a common origin to these classifications, rather than a posteriori verification of a parallelism, was posed in . The com... | ADE classification | Mathematics | 2,329 |
1,268,216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury%28I%29%20chloride | Mercury(I) chloride is the chemical compound with the formula Hg2Cl2. Also known as the mineral calomel (a rare mineral) or mercurous chloride, this dense white or yellowish-white, odorless solid is the principal example of a mercury(I) compound. It is a component of reference electrodes in electrochemistry.
History... | Mercury(I) chloride | Chemistry | 1,379 |
230,978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder%20head | In a piston engine, the cylinder head sits above the cylinders, forming the roof of the combustion chamber. In sidevalve engines the head is a simple plate of metal containing the spark plugs and possibly heat dissipation fins. In more modern overhead valve and overhead camshaft engines, the head is a more complicated ... | Cylinder head | Technology | 947 |
31,184,294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment%20of%20infections%20after%20exposure%20to%20ionizing%20radiation | Infections caused by exposure to ionizing radiation can be extremely dangerous, and are of public and government concern. Numerous studies have demonstrated that the susceptibility of organisms to systemic infection increased following exposure to ionizing radiation. The risk of systemic infection is higher when the or... | Treatment of infections after exposure to ionizing radiation | Chemistry,Materials_science | 1,689 |
205,670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20154 | Ross 154 (V1216 Sgr) is a star in the southern zodiac constellation of Sagittarius. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 10.44, making it much too faint to be seen with the naked eye. At a minimum, viewing Ross 154 requires a telescope with an aperture of
under ideal conditions. The distance to this star can be esti... | Ross 154 | Astronomy | 748 |
55,643,561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20George%20Nash | Alfred George Nash FRSE (1853–23 December 1930) was a Jamaican civil engineer of Scots descent who held several legislative roles there.
Life
He was born in Mandeville, Jamaica in 1853. He was educated at St George's College in Kingston. He was traveled to Scotland to study engineering at the University of Edinburgh, ... | Alfred George Nash | Engineering | 214 |
78,187,130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%206644 | NGC 6644 is a bipolar planetary nebula located in the constellation Sagittarius. NGC 6644 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Charles Pickering in 1880. With an apparent visual magnitude of 10.7, a telescope with an aperture of at least 150 millimeters must be used to observe it. The nebula is located about 1.... | NGC 6644 | Astronomy | 140 |
522,037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Yuk | Mr. Yuk is a trademarked graphic image, created by UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, and widely employed in the United States in labeling of substances that are poisonous if ingested.
Objective
To help children learn to avoid ingesting poisons, Mr. Yuk was conceived by Richard Moriarty, a pediatrician and clini... | Mr. Yuk | Mathematics | 766 |
35,134,363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20LM-series%20integrated%20circuits | The following is a list of LM-series integrated circuits. Many were among the first analog integrated circuits commercially produced since late 1965; some were groundbreaking innovations. As of 2007, many are still being used. The LM series originated with integrated circuits made by National Semiconductor. The prefix ... | List of LM-series integrated circuits | Engineering | 517 |
61,594,718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercopithecine%20gammaherpesvirus%2014 | Cercopithecine gammaherpesvirus 14 (CeHV-14) is a species of virus in the genus Lymphocryptovirus, subfamily Gammaherpesvirinae, family Herpesviridae, and order Herpesvirales.
References
External links
Gammaherpesvirinae | Cercopithecine gammaherpesvirus 14 | Biology | 64 |
39,313,775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliable%20Event%20Logging%20Protocol | Reliable Event Logging Protocol (RELP), a networking protocol for computer data logging in computer networks, extends the functionality of the syslog protocol to provide reliable delivery of event messages. It is most often used in environments which do not tolerate message loss, such as the financial industry.
Overvi... | Reliable Event Logging Protocol | Technology | 578 |
347,726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schematron | Schematron is a rule-based validation language for making assertions about the presence or absence of patterns in XML trees. It is a structural schema language expressed in XML using a small number of elements and XPath languages. In many implementations, the Schematron XML is processed into XSLT code for deployment a... | Schematron | Technology | 1,177 |
30,872,597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypoxia%20%28environmental%29 | Hypoxia (hypo: "below", oxia: "oxygenated") refers to low oxygen conditions. Hypoxia is problematic for air-breathing organisms, yet it is essential for many anaerobic organisms. Hypoxia applies to many situations, but usually refers to the atmosphere and natural waters.
Atmospheric hypoxia
Atmospheric hypoxia occurs... | Hypoxia (environmental) | Chemistry,Biology,Environmental_science | 1,829 |
44,690,496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary%20CQC%20Mark%20Certification | The Voluntary CQC Mark Certification is a voluntary product certification for Chinese products or products that are imported to China. The Voluntary CQC Mark Certification can be applied for products which are not in the China Compulsory Certification product catalogue and thus cannot receive a China Compulsory Certifi... | Voluntary CQC Mark Certification | Mathematics | 999 |
19,330,337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20%26%20Knowledge%20Engineering | Data & Knowledge Engineering is a monthly peer-reviewed academic journal in the area of database systems and knowledge base systems. It is published by Elsevier and was established in 1985. The editor-in-chief is P.P. Chen (Louisiana State University).
Abstracting and indexing
The journal is abstracted and indexed in ... | Data & Knowledge Engineering | Engineering | 143 |
31,675,783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taphrina%20bullata | Taphrina bullata is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen. It causes leaf blisters on pear trees.
References
Fungal tree pathogens and diseases
Pear tree diseases
Taphrinomycetes
Fungi described in 1866
Taxa named by Miles Joseph Berkeley
Taxa named by Christopher Edmund Broome
Fungus species | Taphrina bullata | Biology | 65 |
49,479,058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20intergenic%20non-protein%20coding%20rna%20598 | Long intergenic non-protein coding RNA 598 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the LINC00598 gene.
References
Further reading
Proteins | Long intergenic non-protein coding rna 598 | Chemistry | 33 |
7,867,732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot%20seed%20oil | Carrot seed oil is the essential oil extract of the seed from the carrot plant Daucus carota. The oil has a woody, earthy sweet smell and is yellow or amber-coloured to pale orange-brown in appearance. The pharmacologically active constituents of carrot seed extract are three flavones: luteolin, luteolin 3'-O-beta-D-gl... | Carrot seed oil | Chemistry | 184 |
23,091,839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axle%20track | In automobiles (and other wheeled vehicles which have two wheels on an axle), the axle track is the distance between the hub flanges on an axle. Wheel track, track width or simply track refers to the distance between the centerline of two wheels on the same axle. In the case of an axle with dual wheels, the centerline ... | Axle track | Engineering | 429 |
64,039,598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iodine%20azide | Iodine azide () is an explosive inorganic compound, which in ordinary conditions is a yellow solid. Formally, it is an inter-pseudohalogen.
Preparation
Iodine azide can be prepared from the reaction between silver azide and elemental iodine:
Since silver azide can only be handled safely while moist, but even small t... | Iodine azide | Chemistry | 567 |
1,683,605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reckless%20burning | Reckless burning is a crime that involves illegally setting fire to something not of building proportions, such as leaves or trash. It is a lesser charge than arson. It is usually enacted and levied in areas of high fire risk to prevent people from starting fires that could easily get out of control.
See also
Vandal... | Reckless burning | Chemistry | 73 |
10,686,369 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species%20at%20Risk%20Act | The Species at Risk Act (, SARA) is a piece of Canadian federal legislation which became law in Canada on December 12, 2002. It is designed to meet one of Canada's key commitments under the International Convention on Biological Diversity. The goal of the Act is to prevent wildlife species in Canada from disappearing b... | Species at Risk Act | Biology | 669 |
5,177,332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20helix | A beta helix is a tandem protein repeat structure formed by the association of parallel beta sheet in a helical pattern with either two or three faces. The beta helix is a type of solenoid protein domain. The structure is stabilized by inter-strand hydrogen bonds, protein-protein interactions, and sometimes bound metal... | Beta helix | Biology | 469 |
49,436,429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghir%20A.%20Suleimanov | Baghir A. Suleimanov () — Petroleum Scientist, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Early life and career
Suleimanov was born in Baku on June 22, 1959. He graduated from the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University.
He received his PhD in 1987, ... | Baghir A. Suleimanov | Engineering | 5,088 |
77,310,453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single-pixel%20imaging | Single-pixel imaging is a computational imaging technique for producing spatially-resolved images using a single detector instead of an array of detectors (as in conventional camera sensors). A device that implements such an imaging scheme is called a single-pixel camera. Combined with compressed sensing, the single-pi... | Single-pixel imaging | Technology,Engineering | 1,902 |
868,936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%20Gun | The Paris Gun () was a type of German long-range siege gun, several of which were used to bombard Paris during World War I. They were in service from March to August 1918. When the guns were first employed, Parisians believed they had been bombed by a high-altitude Zeppelin, as the sound of neither an airplane nor a gu... | Paris Gun | Physics | 2,694 |
626,077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lites | Lites is a discontinued Unix-like operating system, based on 4.4BSD and the Mach microkernel. Specifically, Lites is a multi-threaded server and emulation library that provided unix functions to a Mach-based system. At the time of its release, Lites provided binary compatibility with 4.4BSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, 386BSD, U... | Lites | Technology | 161 |
7,040,363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource%20breakdown%20structure | In project management, the resource breakdown structure (RBS) is a hierarchical list of resources related by function and resource type that is used to facilitate planning and controlling of project work. The Resource Breakdown Structure includes, at a minimum, the personnel resources needed for successful completion ... | Resource breakdown structure | Physics | 656 |
57,621,897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O.%20Frank%20Tuttle | Orville Frank Tuttle (June 25, 1916, Olean, New York – December 13, 1983, Tucson, Arizona) was an American mineralogist, geochemist, and petrologist, known for his research on granites and feldspars, with pioneering development of apparatus in experimental petrography.
After completing high school in Smethport, Pennsy... | O. Frank Tuttle | Chemistry | 463 |
30,370,937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20codes%20%28database%29 | Genetic codes is a simple ASN.1 database hosted by the National Center for Biotechnology Information and listing all the known Genetic codes.
See also
Genetic code
References
External links
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Utils/wprintgc.cgi
ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/entrez/misc/data/gc.prt
Biological databases... | Genetic codes (database) | Chemistry,Biology | 104 |
34,296,790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20infrastructure | A data infrastructure is a digital infrastructure promoting data sharing and consumption.
Similarly to other infrastructures, it is a structure needed for the operation of a society as well as the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function, the data economy in this case.
Background
There is an int... | Data infrastructure | Technology | 483 |
45,162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peridot | Peridot ( ), sometimes called chrysolite, is a yellow-green transparent variety of olivine. Peridot is one of the few gemstones that occur in only one color.
Peridot can be found in mafic and ultramafic rocks occurring in lava and peridotite xenoliths of the mantle. The gem occurs in silica-deficient rocks such as vol... | Peridot | Physics | 1,634 |
873,829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derecho | A derecho (, from , 'straight') is a widespread, long-lived, straight-line wind storm that is associated with a fast-moving group of severe thunderstorms known as a mesoscale convective system.
Derechos cause hurricane-force winds, heavy rains, and flash floods. In many cases, convection-induced winds take on a bow e... | Derecho | Physics | 3,555 |
5,309,463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camber%20beam | In building, a camber beam is a piece of timber cut archwise, and steel bent or rolled, with an obtuse angle in the middle, commonly used in platforms as church leads, and other occasions where long and strong beams are required. The camber curve is ideally a parabola, but practically a circle segment as even with mod... | Camber beam | Technology,Engineering | 125 |
1,088,971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop-and-wait%20ARQ | Stop-and-wait ARQ, also referred to as alternating bit protocol, is a method in telecommunications to send information between two connected devices. It ensures that information is not lost due to dropped packets and that packets are received in the correct order. It is the simplest automatic repeat-request (ARQ) mecha... | Stop-and-wait ARQ | Engineering | 772 |
31,766,044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20collaboration | Mobile collaboration is a technology-based process of communicating using electronic assets and accompanying software designed for use in remote locations. Newest generation hand-held electronic devices feature video, audio, and telestration (on-screen drawing) capabilities broadcast over secure networks, enabling mult... | Mobile collaboration | Technology | 997 |
11,005,376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotational%20modulation%20collimator | Rotational modulation collimators (or RMCs) are a specialization of the modulation collimator, an imaging device invented by Minoru Oda. Devices of this type create images of high energy X-rays (or other radiations that cast shadows). Since high energy X-rays are not easily focused, such optics have found applications... | Rotational modulation collimator | Astronomy | 165 |
1,959,273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabelian%20group | In mathematics, a metabelian group is a group whose commutator subgroup is abelian. Equivalently, a group G is metabelian if and only if there is an abelian normal subgroup A such that the quotient group G/A is abelian.
Subgroups of metabelian groups are metabelian, as are images of metabelian groups over group homom... | Metabelian group | Mathematics | 513 |
41,392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narrowband%20modem | In telecommunications, a narrowband modem is a modem whose modulated output signal has an essential frequency spectrum that is limited to that which can be wholly contained within, and faithfully transmitted through, a voice channel with a nominal 4 kHz bandwidth.
Note: High frequency (HF) modems are limited to ope... | Narrowband modem | Technology | 80 |
25,865,359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat-panel%20detector | Flat-panel detectors are a class of solid-state x-ray digital radiography devices similar in principle to the image sensors used in digital photography and video. They are used in both projectional radiography and as an alternative to x-ray image intensifiers (IIs) in fluoroscopy equipment.
Principles
X-rays pass th... | Flat-panel detector | Materials_science | 767 |
2,854,670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic%20use%20restriction%20technology | Genetic use restriction technology (GURT), also known as terminator technology or suicide seeds, is designed to restrict access to "genetic materials and their associated phenotypic traits." The technology works by activating (or deactivating) specific genes using a controlled stimulus in order to cause second generati... | Genetic use restriction technology | Chemistry,Engineering,Biology | 2,099 |
3,828,350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Rectifier | International Rectifier was an American power management technology company manufacturing analog and mixed-signal ICs, advanced circuit devices, integrated power systems, and high-performance integrated components for computing. On 13 January 2015, the company became a part of Infineon Technologies.
IR's products, as ... | International Rectifier | Engineering | 570 |
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