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21,669,817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvency%20ratio | A solvency ratio measures the extent to which assets cover commitments for future payments, the liabilities.
The solvency ratio of an insurance company is the size of its capital relative to all risks it has taken. The solvency ratio is most often defined as:
The solvency ratio is a measure of the risk an insurer fac... | Solvency ratio | Mathematics | 340 |
63,541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glutamic%20acid | Glutamic acid (symbol Glu or E; the anionic form is known as glutamate) is an α-amino acid that is used by almost all living beings in the biosynthesis of proteins. It is a non-essential nutrient for humans, meaning that the human body can synthesize enough for its use. It is also the most abundant excitatory neurotran... | Glutamic acid | Chemistry | 3,087 |
68,032,808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balneolaceae | Balneolaceae is a family of bacteria.
Phylogeny
The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
See also
List of bacterial orders
List of bacteria genera
References
Bacteria families | Balneolaceae | Biology | 64 |
10,372,077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammatical%20Framework%20%28programming%20language%29 | Grammatical Framework (GF) is a programming language for writing grammars of natural languages. GF is capable of parsing and generating texts in several languages simultaneously while working from a language-independent representation of meaning. Grammars written in GF can be compiled into a platform independent format... | Grammatical Framework (programming language) | Technology | 2,868 |
22,449,676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulosesus%20bisporiger | Tulosesus bisporiger is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Psathyrellaceae.
Taxonomy
It was first described by the English mycologist Peter Darbishire Orton in 1976 and placed in the Coprinus genus.
In 2001, a phylogenetic study resulted in a major reorganization and reshuffling of that genus and t... | Tulosesus bisporiger | Biology | 134 |
78,435,872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemeprol | Clemeprol is an serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) antidepressant and anticholinergic agent.
It is an enantiomeric mixture of R and S isomers. Both isomers show similar pharmacological activity.
Synthesis
A synthetic pathway for clemeprol is disclosed:
The Corey-Chaykovsky epoxidation between 3-chl... | Clemeprol | Chemistry | 326 |
1,601,611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempering%20%28metallurgy%29 | Tempering is a process of heat treating, which is used to increase the toughness of iron-based alloys. Tempering is usually performed after hardening, to reduce some of the excess hardness, and is done by heating the metal to some temperature below the critical point for a certain period of time, then allowing it to co... | Tempering (metallurgy) | Chemistry | 6,776 |
19,022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Measurement | Measurement is the quantification of attributes of an object or event, which can be used to compare with other objects or events.
In other words, measurement is a process of determining how large or small a physical quantity is as compared to a basic reference quantity of the same kind.
The scope and application of mea... | Measurement | Physics,Mathematics | 3,524 |
25,038,967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%27s%20paradox | Gray's Paradox is a paradox posed in 1936 by British zoologist Sir James Gray. The paradox was to figure out how dolphins can obtain such high speeds and accelerations with what appears to be a small muscle mass. Gray made an estimate of the power a dolphin could exert based on its physiology, and concluded the power w... | Gray's paradox | Physics,Biology | 820 |
11,460,686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhytidhysteron%20rufulum | Rhytidhysteron rufulum is a saprobic ascomycete able to infect humans.
References
External links
Index Fungorum
Fungal citrus diseases
Enigmatic Dothideomycetes taxa
Fungi described in 1820
Taxa named by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel
Fungus species | Rhytidhysteron rufulum | Biology | 61 |
35,899,529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucuronoxylan | Glucuronoxylans are the primary components of hemicellulose as found in hardwood trees, for example birch.
They are hemicellulosic plant cell wall polysaccharides, containing glucuronic acid and xylose as its main constituents. They are linear polymers of β-D-xylopyranosyl units linked by (1→4) glycosidic bonds, with m... | Glucuronoxylan | Chemistry,Biology | 274 |
24,328,126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIEMAT | The Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT), until 1986 Junta de Energía Nuclear (JEN), is a Spanish public research institution.
History
The Centre for Energy, Environmental and Technological Research (CIEMAT) is a Spanish public research institution which specializes in energy and the e... | CIEMAT | Engineering | 343 |
23,218,433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodotus | Rhodotus is a genus in the fungus family Physalacriaceae. There are two species in the genus with the best known, Rhodotus palmatus, called the netted rhodotus, the rosy veincap, or the wrinkled peach. This uncommon species has a circumboreal distribution, and has been collected in eastern North America, northern Afric... | Rhodotus | Biology | 3,010 |
6,095,467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erland%20Samuel%20Bring | Erland Samuel Bring (19 August 1736 – 20 May 1798) was a Swedish mathematician.
Bring studied at Lund University between 1750 and 1757. In 1762 he obtained a position of a reader in history and was promoted to professor in 1779. At Lund he wrote eight volumes of mathematical work in the fields of algebra, geometry, an... | Erland Samuel Bring | Mathematics | 213 |
10,825,303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Kay%20%28engineer%29 | Leslie Kay (14 January 1922 – 2 June 2020) was a British–New Zealand electrical engineer, particularly known for the development of ultrasonic devices to assist the blind.
Early life and family
Kay was born in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England, on 14 January 1922, the son of a colliery manager. He left school... | Leslie Kay (engineer) | Engineering | 866 |
14,390,885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective%20molarity | In chemistry, the effective molarity (denoted EM) is defined as the ratio between the first-order rate constant of an intramolecular reaction and the second-order rate constant of the corresponding intermolecular reaction (kinetic effective molarity) or the ratio between the equilibrium constant of an intramolecular re... | Effective molarity | Chemistry | 164 |
947,875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johns%20Manville | Johns Manville is an American company based in Denver, Colorado, that manufactures insulation, roofing materials and engineered products. For much of the 20th century, the then-titled Johns-Manville Corporation was the global leader in the manufacture of asbestos-containing products, including asbestos pipe insulation... | Johns Manville | Environmental_science | 1,258 |
1,121,587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schur%20multiplier | In mathematical group theory, the Schur multiplier or Schur multiplicator is the second homology group of a group G. It was introduced by in his work on projective representations.
Examples and properties
The Schur multiplier of a finite group G is a finite abelian group whose exponent divides the order of G. If a... | Schur multiplier | Mathematics | 1,582 |
8,563,704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antistatic%20device | An antistatic device is any device that reduces, dampens, or otherwise inhibits electrostatic discharge, or ESD, which is the buildup or discharge of static electricity. ESD can damage electrical components such as computer hard drives, and even ignite flammable liquids and gases.
Many methods exist for neutralizing s... | Antistatic device | Engineering | 1,598 |
4,418,574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macropore | In soil, macropores are defined as cavities that are larger than 75 μm. Functionally, pores of this size host preferential soil solution flow and rapid transport of solutes and colloids. Macropores increase the hydraulic conductivity of soil, allowing water to infiltrate and drain quickly, and shallow groundwater to mo... | Macropore | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering,Environmental_science | 1,529 |
50,669,213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20141 | NGC 141 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Pisces. Discovered by Albert Marth on August 29, 1864, it is about 525 million light-years away and is approximately 100,000 light-years across.
References
External links
Barred spiral galaxies
0141
Astronomical objects discovered in 1864
Pisces (constellatio... | NGC 141 | Astronomy | 67 |
10,976,022 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean%20shortest%20path | The Euclidean shortest path problem is a problem in computational geometry: given a set of polyhedral obstacles in a Euclidean space, and two points, find the shortest path between the points that does not intersect any of the obstacles.
Two dimensions
In two dimensions, the problem can be solved in polynomial time i... | Euclidean shortest path | Mathematics | 398 |
57,131,412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20bridges | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to bridges:
Bridges – a structure built to span physical obstacles without closing the way underneath such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle.
What type of thing is a bridge?
Bridges can be... | Outline of bridges | Engineering | 1,380 |
77,925,756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy%20Millis%20Medal%20for%20Women%20in%20Science | The Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science, also known as the Nancy Millis Medal, is an annual award conferred by the Australian Academy of Science. It is named in honour of Nancy Millis (1922–2012) and recognises women scientists, with eight to 15 years's experience after completing their PhD, for their outstanding c... | Nancy Millis Medal for Women in Science | Technology | 183 |
2,971,205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20Deemter%20equation | The van Deemter equation in chromatography, named for Jan van Deemter, relates the variance per unit length of a separation column to the linear mobile phase velocity by considering physical, kinetic, and thermodynamic properties of a separation. These properties include pathways within the column, diffusion (axial and... | Van Deemter equation | Chemistry,Mathematics | 834 |
78,543,490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud-init | cloud-init is a software tool developed by Canonical. It is used for doing the initial setup of virtual machines in cloud computing.
References
External links
Canonical (company) | Cloud-init | Technology | 36 |
70,611,659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ormanc%C4%B1k%2C%20Savur | Ormancık () is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of Savur, Mardin Province of Turkey. The village is populated by Kurds of the Dereverî tribe and had a population of 31 in 2021.
History
On 21 January 1994 it was reportedly attacked with grenades by the PKK. Nineteen people, composed of nine women, six... | Ormancık, Savur | Chemistry | 139 |
7,387,672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri%20Filipchenko | Yuri Aleksandrovich Filipchenko, sometimes Philipchenko (; 1882 — 1930) was a Russian entomologist who coined the terms microevolution and macroevolution, as well as the mentor of geneticist Theodosius Dobzhansky. Though he himself was an orthogeneticist, he was one of the first scientists to incorporate the laws of Me... | Yuri Filipchenko | Biology | 2,538 |
4,582,891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CER-200 | CER ( – Digital Electronic Computer) model 200 is an early digital computer developed by Mihajlo Pupin Institute (Serbia) in 1966.
See also
CER Computers
Mihajlo Pupin Institute
History of computer hardware in the SFRY
References
One-of-a-kind computers
CER computers | CER-200 | Technology | 64 |
1,764,804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminal | In organic chemistry, an aminal or aminoacetal is a functional group or type of organic compound that has two amine groups attached to the same carbon atom: . (As is customary in organic chemistry, R can represent hydrogen or an alkyl group). A common aminal is bis(dimethylamino)methane, a colorless liquid that is pre... | Aminal | Chemistry | 201 |
1,119,342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic%20nuclear%20polarization | Dynamic nuclear polarization (DNP) is one of several hyperpolarization methods developed to enhance the sensitivity of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. While an essential analytical tool with applications in several fields, NMR’s low sensitivity poses major limitations to analyzing samples with low concen... | Dynamic nuclear polarization | Physics,Chemistry | 3,471 |
8,088,302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual%20chemical%20shift%20anisotropy | Residual chemical shift anisotropy (RCSA) is the difference between the chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) of aligned and non-aligned molecules. It is normally three orders of magnitude smaller than the static CSA, with values on the order of parts-per-billion (ppb). RCSA is useful for structural determination and it is a... | Residual chemical shift anisotropy | Physics,Chemistry,Astronomy | 103 |
22,495,354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SN%202005gl | SN 2005gl was a supernova in the barred-spiral galaxy NGC 266. It was discovered using CCD frames taken October 5, 2005, from the 60 cm automated telescope at the Puckett Observatory in Georgia, US, and reported by Tim Puckett in collaboration with Peter Ceravolo. It was independently identified by Yasuo Sano in Japan.... | SN 2005gl | Chemistry,Astronomy | 255 |
48,825,442 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic%20trauma | Acoustic trauma is the sustainment of an injury to the eardrum as a result of a very loud noise. Its scope usually covers loud noises with a short duration, such as an explosion, gunshot or a burst of loud shouting. Quieter sounds that are concentrated in a narrow frequency may also cause damage to specific frequency r... | Acoustic trauma | Physics | 1,284 |
51,778,056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20virgineoides | Amanita virgineoides, known as the false virgin's lepidella, is a species of fungus in the genus Amanita.
Description
The basidiocarps are medium-sized to large. The cap is wide, convex to applanate, sometimes concave, and white, covered with white, conical to pyramid volval remnants high and wide. The cap margin i... | Amanita virgineoides | Biology | 293 |
30,469,350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textbook%20of%20Biochemistry | Textbook of Biochemistry, first published in 1928, is scientific textbook authored by Alexander Thomas Cameron. The textbook became a standard of its field, and, by 1948, had gone through six editions, in addition to one Chinese and two Spanish editions.
Publication
Textbook of Biochemistry consists entirely of lectur... | Textbook of Biochemistry | Chemistry | 544 |
21,215,479 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIPS%20199 | FIPS 199 (Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems) is a United States Federal Government standard that establishes security categories of information systems used by the Federal Government, one component of risk assess... | FIPS 199 | Technology,Engineering | 183 |
10,468,961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliptic%20boundary%20value%20problem | In mathematics, an elliptic boundary value problem is a special kind of boundary value problem which can be thought of as the steady state of an evolution problem. For example, the Dirichlet problem for the Laplacian gives the eventual distribution of heat in a room several hours after the heating is turned on.
Differ... | Elliptic boundary value problem | Mathematics | 2,153 |
32,191,953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Louie | Mr. Louie is a former self-elevating drilling barge (jackup rig) converted into an oil platform. It was the first self-elevating drilling barge classed by the American Bureau of Shipping. As an oil platform, it operates at the Saltpond Oil Field, offshore Ghana.
Description
Mr. Louie weighs 6200 tons. Its minimal oper... | Mr. Louie | Chemistry,Engineering | 580 |
52,264,448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20357 | NGC 357 is a barred lenticular or spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus. It was discovered on September 10, 1785, by William Herschel. It was described by Dreyer as "faint, small, irregularly round, suddenly brighter middle, 14th magnitude star 20 arcsec to northeast."
See also
List of NGC objects (1–1000)
Refer... | NGC 357 | Astronomy | 98 |
11,819,900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postia%20tephroleuca | Postia tephroleuca, also known as greyling bracket, is a species of fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae infecting broad-leaved trees, typically beech and plane.
References
Fungi described in 1821
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Fomitopsidaceae
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
Fungus species | Postia tephroleuca | Biology | 68 |
10,403,265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moritz%20Wagner%20%28naturalist%29 | Moritz Wagner (Bayreuth, 3 October 1813 – Munich, 31 May 1887) was a German explorer, collector, geographer and natural historian. Wagner devoted three years (1836–1839) to the exploration of Algiers: it was here that he made important observations in natural history, which he later supplemented and developed: that geo... | Moritz Wagner (naturalist) | Biology | 1,983 |
65,101,829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20grabbing | Green grabbing or green colonialism is the foreign land grabbing and appropriation of resources for environmental purposes, resulting in a pattern of unjust development. The purposes of green grabbing are varied; it can be done for ecotourism, conservation of biodiversity or ecosystem services, for carbon emission trad... | Green grabbing | Environmental_science | 2,151 |
44,661,721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sprague%20Electric | Sprague Electric Company was an electronic component maker founded by Robert C. Sprague in 1926.
Sprague was best known for making a large line of capacitors used in a wide variety of electrical and electronic in commercial, industrial and military/space applications. Other products include resistive components, magnet... | Sprague Electric | Engineering | 3,235 |
1,256,648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmatropic%20reaction | In organic chemistry, a sigmatropic reaction () is a pericyclic reaction wherein the net result is one sigma bond (σ-bond) is changed to another σ-bond in an intramolecular reaction. In this type of rearrangement reaction, a substituent moves from one part of a π-system to another part with simultaneous rearrangement o... | Sigmatropic reaction | Chemistry | 2,717 |
54,147,053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NR%20Vulpeculae | NR Vulpeculae is a red supergiant and irregular variable star in the constellation Vulpecula. It has an apparent magnitude varying between 9.13 and 9.61, which is too faint to be seen to the naked eye.
Characteristics
It has an spectral classification of M1Ia, meaning that it is a supergiant star of higher luminosity ... | NR Vulpeculae | Astronomy | 283 |
33,485,966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20dopaminergic%20drugs | This is a list of dopaminergic drugs. These are pharmaceutical drugs, naturally occurring compounds and other chemicals that influence the function of the neurotransmitter dopamine.
Dopamine receptor ligands
Dopamine receptors are a class of G protein-coupled receptors that are prominent in the vertebrate central ne... | List of dopaminergic drugs | Chemistry | 3,930 |
1,326,932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beamforming | Beamforming or spatial filtering is a signal processing technique used in sensor arrays for directional signal transmission or reception. This is achieved by combining elements in an antenna array in such a way that signals at particular angles experience constructive interference while others experience destructive in... | Beamforming | Technology,Engineering | 3,105 |
3,244,435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20garden%20types | A wide range of garden types exist. Below is a list of examples.
By country of origin
Chinese garden
Cantonese garden
Sichuanese garden
Dutch garden
Egyptian garden
English garden
English landscape garden
French garden
French formal garden
French landscape garden
Gardens of the French Renaissance
German garden
... | List of garden types | Engineering | 374 |
38,203,359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse%20genetics | Reverse genetics is a method in molecular genetics that is used to help understand the function(s) of a gene by analysing the phenotypic effects caused by genetically engineering specific nucleic acid sequences within the gene. The process proceeds in the opposite direction to forward genetic screens of classical genet... | Reverse genetics | Chemistry,Engineering,Biology | 2,277 |
146,153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overburden%20pressure | Pressure is force magnitude applied over an area. Overburden pressure is a geology term that denotes the pressure caused by the weight of the overlying layers of material at a specific depth under the earth's surface. Overburden pressure is also called lithostatic pressure, or vertical stress.
In a stratigraphic layer... | Overburden pressure | Physics,Engineering | 259 |
143,794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20ibn%20Ezra | Abraham ben Meir Ibn Ezra (, often abbreviated as ; Ibrāhim al-Mājid ibn Ezra; also known as Abenezra or simply Ibn Ezra, 1089 / 1092 – 27 January 1164 / 23 January 1167) was one of the most distinguished Jewish biblical commentators and philosophers of the Middle Ages. He was born in Tudela, Taifa of Zaragoza (presen... | Abraham ibn Ezra | Astronomy | 3,410 |
52,803,768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%20Velorum | The Bayer designations d Velorum and D Velorum are distinct.
Due to technical limitations, both designations link here.
For the star :
d Velorum, see HD 74772 (HR 3477)
D Velorum, see HD 74753 (HR 3476)
See also
δ Velorum (Delta Velorum)
Vela (constellation)
Velorum, d | D Velorum | Astronomy | 84 |
66,400,165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1370%20aluminium%20alloy | 1370 Aluminium alloy is primarily aluminium (≥99.7%) alloyed with small amounts of boron, chromium, copper, gallium, iron, magnesium, manganese, silicon, vanadium and zinc.
Properties of Aluminium alloy
References
Aluminium alloys | 1370 aluminium alloy | Chemistry | 57 |
33,096,981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Boston%20CSO%20Storage%20Tunnel | The South Boston CSO Storage Tunnel, also known as the North Dorchester Bay CSO Storage Tunnel, is a large underground facility designed to reduce untreated sewage discharges into Boston Harbor from the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority combined sewer and stormwater system. It was opened on July 23, 2011, and is... | South Boston CSO Storage Tunnel | Engineering | 311 |
161,293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoterism | In chemistry, an amphoteric compound () is a molecule or ion that can react both as an acid and as a base. What exactly this can mean depends on which definitions of acids and bases are being used.
Etymology and terminology
Amphoteric is derived from the Greek word () meaning "both". Related words in acid-base chemi... | Amphoterism | Chemistry | 1,714 |
46,964,197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxus%20%C3%97%20media | Taxus × media, also referred to as the Hybrid yew, Anglo-Japanese yew, or Anglojap yew is a conifer (more specifically, a yew) created by the hybridization of English yew Taxus baccata and Japanese yew Taxus cuspidata. This hybridization is thought to have been performed by the Massachusetts-based horticulturalist T.D... | Taxus × media | Biology | 354 |
2,629,669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot-assisted%20surgery | Robot-assisted surgery or robotic surgery are any types of surgical procedures that are performed using robotic systems. Robotically assisted surgery was developed to try to overcome the limitations of pre-existing minimally-invasive surgical procedures and to enhance the capabilities of surgeons performing open surger... | Robot-assisted surgery | Biology | 5,495 |
1,188,176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat%20Park | Rat Park was a series of studies into drug addiction conducted in the late 1970s and published between 1978 and 1981 by Canadian psychologist Bruce K. Alexander and his colleagues at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada.
At the time of the studies, research exploring the self-administration of morphine ... | Rat Park | Chemistry | 1,636 |
38,273,940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20LED | Crystal LED (CLED) refers to a screen manufacturing technique. It was invented by Sony and revealed at CES 2012.
Overview
This technology makes use of light emitting diodes mounted on each segment RGB of the display, such that each pixel is illuminated independently. This makes it the first "true" LED television.
Hi... | Crystal LED | Engineering | 261 |
30,079,285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Buenaventura%20Conservancy | The San Buenaventura Conservancy for Preservation is an historic preservation organization in Ventura, California also known by its early name of San Buenaventura. It works to recognize and revitalize historic, archeological and cultural resources in the region. The Conservancy is a non-profit 501c3 organization. The g... | San Buenaventura Conservancy | Engineering | 1,426 |
3,261,205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landspout |
Landspout is a term created by atmospheric scientist Howard B. Bluestein in 1985 for a tornado not associated with a mesocyclone. The Glossary of Meteorology defines a landspout:
"Colloquial expression describing tornadoes occurring with a parent cloud in its growth stage and with its vorticity originating in the b... | Landspout | Chemistry,Mathematics | 659 |
7,274,018 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debye%E2%80%93Falkenhagen%20effect | The increase in the conductivity of an electrolyte solution when the applied voltage has a very high frequency is known as Debye–Falkenhagen effect. Impedance measurements on water-p-dioxane and the methanol-toluene systems have confirmed Falkenhagen's predictions made in 1929.
See also
Peter Debye
Debye length
Hans F... | Debye–Falkenhagen effect | Chemistry | 98 |
5,145,183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20art%20media | Media, or mediums, are the core types of material (or related other tools) used by an artist, composer, designer, etc. to create a work of art. For example, a visual artist may broadly use the media of painting or sculpting, which themselves have more specific media within them, such as watercolor paints or marble.
Th... | List of art media | Engineering | 1,504 |
5,656,649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spillage | In industrial production, spillage is the loss of production output due to production of a series of defective or unacceptable products which must be rejected. Spillage is an often costly event which occurs in manufacturing when a process degradation or failure occurs that is not immediately detected and corrected, and... | Spillage | Physics | 172 |
18,470,082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essence%20%28Electronic%20Surveillance%20System%20for%20the%20Early%20Notification%20of%20Community-based%20Epidemics%29 | Essence is an abbreviation/acronym for the United States Department of Defense's Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics. Essence's goal is to monitor health data as it becomes available and discover epidemics and similar health concerns before they get out of control. The... | Essence (Electronic Surveillance System for the Early Notification of Community-based Epidemics) | Environmental_science | 215 |
1,364,686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cognitive%20liberty | Cognitive liberty, or the "right to mental self-determination", is the freedom of an individual to control their own mental processes, cognition, and consciousness. It has been argued to be both an extension of, and the principle underlying, the right to freedom of thought. Though a relatively recently defined concept,... | Cognitive liberty | Technology,Engineering,Biology | 2,661 |
1,093,124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20of%20guaiac | Oil of guaiac is a fragrance ingredient used in soap and perfumery. Despite its name it does not come from the Guaiacum tree, but from the palo santo tree (Bulnesia sarmientoi).
Oil of guaiac is produced through steam distillation of a mixture of wood and sawdust from palo santo. It is sometimes incorrectly called gu... | Oil of guaiac | Chemistry | 308 |
302,506 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelly%20fungus | Jelly fungi are a paraphyletic group of several heterobasidiomycete fungal orders from different classes of the subphylum Agaricomycotina: Tremellales, Dacrymycetales, Auriculariales and Sebacinales. These fungi are so named because their foliose, irregularly branched fruiting body is, or appears to be, the consistenc... | Jelly fungus | Biology | 485 |
321,962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodall%20number | In number theory, a Woodall number (Wn) is any natural number of the form
for some natural number n. The first few Woodall numbers are:
1, 7, 23, 63, 159, 383, 895, … .
History
Woodall numbers were first studied by Allan J. C. Cunningham and H. J. Woodall in 1917, inspired by James Cullen's earlier study of the simi... | Woodall number | Mathematics | 950 |
44,871,096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Punter | Steve Punter (born 1958 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Toronto-based programmer and media personality.
Punter is noted for his work with Commodore microcomputers. He created WordPro, the first major word processor for the Commodore PET and Commodore 64 computers. He is also the designer of the Punter binary file transfer... | Steve Punter | Technology | 193 |
8,407,466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imbert%E2%80%93Fedorov%20effect | The Imbert–Fiodaraŭ effect (named after Fiodar Ivanavič Fiodaraŭ (1911–1994) and Christian Imbert (1937–1998) is an optical phenomenon in which a beam of circularly or elliptically polarized light undergoes a small sideways shift when refracted or totally internally reflected. The sideways shift is perpendicular to the... | Imbert–Fedorov effect | Physics | 104 |
69,901,594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anixia%20berkeleyi | Anixia berkeleyi is a species of fungus belonging to the Anixia genus. It was discovered 1927 by Russian mycologist Nikolai Aleksandrovich Naumov.
References
Agaricomycetes
Fungi described in 1927
Fungus species | Anixia berkeleyi | Biology | 48 |
15,467,255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health%202.0 | "Health 2.0" is a term introduced in the mid-2000s, as the subset of health care technologies mirroring the wider Web 2.0 movement. It has been defined variously as including social media, user-generated content, and cloud-based and mobile technologies. Some Health 2.0 proponents see these technologies as empowering pa... | Health 2.0 | Biology | 2,735 |
63,989,962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topological%20vector%20lattice | In mathematics, specifically in functional analysis and order theory, a topological vector lattice is a Hausdorff topological vector space (TVS) that has a partial order making it into vector lattice that possesses a neighborhood base at the origin consisting of solid sets.
Ordered vector lattices have important app... | Topological vector lattice | Mathematics | 376 |
5,181,859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nassib%20Lahoud | Nassib Lahoud (23 November 19441 February 2012) was a Lebanese political figure. He held various posts including Member of parliament, Ambassador to the United States of America, and Minister of State (without portfolio) . He was also head of the Democratic Renewal Movement and a leading figure in the March 14 coalitio... | Nassib Lahoud | Engineering | 1,508 |
40,014,290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greedy%20embedding | In distributed computing and geometric graph theory, greedy embedding is a process of assigning coordinates to the nodes of a telecommunications network in order to allow greedy geographic routing to be used to route messages within the network. Although greedy embedding has been proposed for use in wireless sensor net... | Greedy embedding | Mathematics,Technology | 1,227 |
9,729,735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonesetting | Stonesetting is the art of securely setting or attaching gemstones into jewelry.
Cuts
There are two general types of gemstone cutting: cabochon and facet. Cabochons are smooth, often domed, with flat backs. Agates and turquoise are usually cut this way, but precious stones such as rubies, emeralds and sapphires may a... | Stonesetting | Physics | 1,670 |
18,327,191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MEDUSA%20%28weapon%29 | MEDUSA (Mob Excess Deterrent Using Silent Audio) is a directed-energy non-lethal weapon designed by WaveBand Corporation in 2003-2004 for temporary personnel incapacitation. The weapon is based on the microwave auditory effect resulting in a strong sound sensation in the human head when it is subject to certain kinds o... | MEDUSA (weapon) | Biology | 292 |
24,716,821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Non-GMO%20Project | The Non-GMO Project is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focusing on genetically modified organisms. The organization began as an initiative of independent natural foods retailers in the U.S. and Canada, with the stated aim to label products produced in compliance with their Non-GMO Project Standard, which aims to pr... | The Non-GMO Project | Engineering,Biology | 875 |
12,565,998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%203603-A1 | NGC 3603-A1 (HD 97950A1) is a double-eclipsing binary star system located at the centre of the HD 97950 cluster in the NGC 3603 star-forming region, about 25,000 light years from Earth. Both stars are of spectral type WN6h and among the most luminous and most massive known.
HD 97950 was catalogued as a star, but was ... | NGC 3603-A1 | Astronomy | 523 |
9,059,911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempest%20prognosticator | The tempest prognosticator, also known as the leech barometer, is a 19th-century invention by George Merryweather in which leeches are used in a barometer. The twelve leeches are kept in small bottles inside the device; when they become agitated by an approaching storm, they attempt to climb out of the bottles and trig... | Tempest prognosticator | Technology,Engineering | 773 |
3,257,382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIATRA | VIATRA
is an open-source model transformation framework based on the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) and hosted by the Eclipse Foundation.
VIATRA supports the development of model transformations with specific focus on event-driven,
reactive transformations, i.e., rule-based scenarios where transformations occur as... | VIATRA | Mathematics | 1,058 |
36,443,298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clavulina%20ingrata | Clavulina ingrata is a species of coral fungus in the family Clavulinaceae. Found in Malaysia, it was described by E.J.H. Corner in 1950.
References
External links
Fungi described in 1950
Fungi of Asia
ingrata
Fungus species | Clavulina ingrata | Biology | 54 |
9,632,792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophile%20Group | The Pedophile Group, Pedophile Group Association or Danish Pedophile Association was a Danish organisation which was disbanded on 21 March 2004. A website is still running, operated by a group of active members of the former association. It was founded in 1985.
On 23 July 1996, the group had eighty registered members ... | Pedophile Group | Biology | 353 |
75,604,717 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20coordinate%20systems | In solar observation and imaging, coordinate systems are used to identify and communicate locations on and around the Sun. The Sun is made of plasma, so there are no permanent demarcated points that can be referenced.
Background
The Sun is a rotating sphere of plasma at the center of the Solar System. It lacks a soli... | Solar coordinate systems | Astronomy,Mathematics | 672 |
52,190,906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eukaryogenesis | Eukaryogenesis, the process which created the eukaryotic cell and lineage, is a milestone in the evolution of life, since eukaryotes include all complex cells and almost all multicellular organisms. The process is widely agreed to have involved symbiogenesis, in which an archeon and a bacterium came together to create ... | Eukaryogenesis | Biology | 1,706 |
19,865,904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MullenLowe%20Profero | MullenLowe Profero is a digital marketing agency operating across twelve offices, with over 600 employees globally. Its services typically include customer experience, digital marketing, creative, media, technology, user experience (UX) and strategy. It is part of the MullenLowe Group global network, which is owned by ... | MullenLowe Profero | Technology | 518 |
49,557,682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20rock | Fire rock is manufactured lava rock that is sold in various shapes and sizes, and is used as a medium for retaining direct heat. Fire rocks are used in natural gas fireplaces or in natural gas or propane burning fire pits. It may be used as the main fuel distributor or as padding for fire glass to go on top. Fire rocks... | Fire rock | Physics | 330 |
309,392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigner%27s%20classification | In mathematics and theoretical physics, Wigner's classification
is a classification of the nonnegative energy irreducible unitary representations of the Poincaré group which have either finite or zero mass eigenvalues. (These unitary representations are infinite-dimensional; the group is not semisimple and it does not... | Wigner's classification | Physics,Mathematics | 1,230 |
33,639,328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20orbital%20launcher%20families | This article compares different orbital launcher families (launchers which are significantly different from other members of the same 'family' have separate entries). The article is organized into two tables: the first contains a list of currently active and under-development launcher families, while the second contain... | Comparison of orbital launcher families | Technology | 407 |
60,073,107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOC101928193 | LOC101928193 is a protein which in humans is encoded by the LOC101928193 gene. There are no known aliases for this gene or protein. Similar copies of this gene, called orthologs, are known to exist in several different species across mammals, amphibians, fish, mollusks, cnidarians, fungi, and bacteria. The human LOC101... | LOC101928193 | Chemistry | 2,400 |
58,350,677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%206056 | NGC 6056 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 525 million light-years away in the constellation Hercules. It was discovered by astronomer Lewis Swift on June 8, 1886. It was then rediscovered by Swift on June 8, 1888 and was later listed as IC 1176. NGC 6056 is a member of the Hercules Cluster.
See also
List o... | NGC 6056 | Astronomy | 105 |
39,682,014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamabad%E2%80%93New%20Delhi%20hotline | The Islamabad–New Delhi hotline is a system that allows direct communication between the leaders of India and Pakistan. The hotline, according to the media sources, was established in 1971, shortly after the end of the 1971 war. The hotline linked the Prime minister's Office in Islamabad via Directorate-General of Mil... | Islamabad–New Delhi hotline | Engineering | 496 |
41,734,688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malware%20analysis | Malware analysis is the study or process of determining the functionality, origin and potential impact of a given malware sample such as a virus, worm, trojan horse, rootkit, or backdoor. Malware or malicious software is any computer software intended to harm the host operating system or to steal sensitive data from us... | Malware analysis | Technology,Engineering | 691 |
459,471 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breathing%20gas | A breathing gas is a mixture of gaseous chemical elements and compounds used for respiration. Air is the most common and only natural breathing gas, but other mixtures of gases, or pure oxygen, are also used in breathing equipment and enclosed habitats. Oxygen is the essential component for any breathing gas. Breathing... | Breathing gas | Chemistry | 6,407 |
36,685,545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low-tide%20elevation | Low-tide elevation is a naturally formed area of land which is above water and
surrounded by water at low tide but submerged at high tide. It may be a mudflat or reef.
Legal status
Low tide elevations may be used as basepoints for the calculation of maritime zones unless they lie at a distance exceeding the breadth o... | Low-tide elevation | Environmental_science | 170 |
73,554,993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligand-targeted%20liposome | A ligand-targeted liposome (LTL) is a nanocarrier with specific ligands attached to its surface to enhance localization for targeted drug delivery. The targeting ability of LTLs enhances cellular localization and uptake of these liposomes for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes. LTLs have the potential to enhance drug d... | Ligand-targeted liposome | Chemistry,Biology | 2,514 |
58,960,535 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1ES%201101-232 | 1ES 1101-232 is an active galactic nucleus of a distant galaxy known as a blazar. It is also a BL Lac object.
An X-ray source (catalogued as A 1059-22) was first recorded by Maccagni and colleagues in a 1978 paper; they thought the source arose from a galaxy in the Abell 1146 galaxy cluster, which contained many giant... | 1ES 1101-232 | Astronomy | 252 |
44,633,072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe%20subhoogshagenii | Psilocybe subhoogshagenii is a species of psilocybin mushroom in the family Hymenogastraceae. Described as new to science in 2004, it is found in Colombia, where it grows on bare clay soil in tropical forest.
See also
List of psilocybin mushrooms
List of Psilocybe species
Psilocybe hoogshagenii
References
External l... | Psilocybe subhoogshagenii | Biology | 116 |
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