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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20high-tech%20architecture
British high-tech architecture is a form of high-tech architecture, also known as structural expressionism, a type of late modern architectural style that emerged in the 1970s, incorporating elements of high tech industry and technology into building design. High-tech architecture grew from the modernist style, using n...
British high-tech architecture
Engineering
4,321
12,509,537
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogeza
is an element of traditional Japanese etiquette which involves kneeling directly on the ground and bowing to prostrate oneself while touching one's head to the floor. It is used to show deference to a person of higher status, as a deep apology or to express the desire for a favor from said person. The term is used in ...
Dogeza
Biology
440
58,640,005
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECOSTRESS
ECOSTRESS (Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station) is an ongoing scientific experiment in which a radiometer mounted on the International Space Station (ISS) measures the temperature of plants growing in specific locations on Earth over the course of a solar year. These measurements give sc...
ECOSTRESS
Physics,Technology,Engineering
775
20,424
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar%20phase
A lunar phase or Moon phase is the apparent shape of the Moon's directly sunlit portion as viewed from the Earth. Because the Moon is tidally locked with the Earth, the same hemisphere is always facing the Earth. In common usage, the four major phases are the new moon, the first quarter, the full moon and the last quar...
Lunar phase
Astronomy
2,837
20,081,270
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscodor%20albus
Muscodor albus (frequently spelled "muscador albus") is a plant-dwelling fungus in the family Xylariaceae. It was first discovered in the bark of a cinnamon tree in Honduras. It has the ability to produce a mixture of volatile compounds, including alcohols and esters, which can kill pathogens like molds and bacteria su...
Muscodor albus
Biology
407
1,703,421
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl%20nitrite
Methyl nitrite is an organic compound with the chemical formula . It is a gas, and is the simplest alkyl nitrite. Structure At room temperature, methyl nitrite exists as a mixture of cis and trans conformers. The cis conformer is 3.13 kJ mol−1, more stable than the trans form, with an energy barrier to rotation of 4...
Methyl nitrite
Chemistry
695
36,705,726
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia%20Fedoruk%20Canadian%20Centre%20for%20Nuclear%20Innovation
The Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation (Fedoruk Centre) is an institute located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada that was established by the University of Saskatchewan in 2011 as the Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation (CCNI). The Fedoruk Centre does not have a mandate to conduct research itsel...
Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation
Engineering
559
28,690,619
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin%20Blignault
Calvin Blignault (4 September 1979 – 21 August 2010) was a South African mechanical engineer. Life and work Blignault attended the Kabega Park Primary and Hoërskool Framesby Secondary schools. He earned his NDip, BTech, MTech and DTech qualifications as a mechanical engineer. He completed both his master's and doctor...
Calvin Blignault
Engineering
1,006
64,170,708
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-freedom
Value-freedom is a methodological position that the sociologist Max Weber offered that aimed for the researcher to become aware of their own values during their scientific work, to reduce as much as possible the biases that their own value-judgements could cause. The demand developed by Max Weber is part of the criter...
Value-freedom
Technology
290
24,424,280
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C20H31NO
{{DISPLAYTITLE: C20H31NO}} The molecular formula C20H31NO (molar mass: 301.46 g/mol, exact mass: 301.2406 u) may refer to: Trihexyphenidyl, also known as benzhexol Deramciclane (EGIS-3886) Molecular formulas
C20H31NO
Physics,Chemistry
77
27,455,487
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20oxychloride
Iron oxychloride is the inorganic compound with the formula FeOCl. This purple solid adopts a layered structure, akin to that of cadmium chloride. The material slowly hydrolyses in moist air. The solid intercalates electron donors such as tetrathiafulvalene and even pyridine to give mixed valence charge-transfer sa...
Iron oxychloride
Chemistry
201
31,585,265
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clock%20position
A clock position, or clock bearing, is the direction of an object observed from a vehicle, typically a vessel or an aircraft, relative to the orientation of the vehicle to the observer. The vehicle must be considered to have a front, a back, a left side and a right side. These quarters may have specialized names, such ...
Clock position
Physics,Mathematics,Technology,Engineering
3,651
2,454,472
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gypsum%20concrete
Gypsum concrete is a building material used as a floor underlayment used in wood-frame and concrete construction for fire ratings, sound reduction, radiant heating, and floor leveling. It is a mixture of gypsum plaster, Portland cement, and sand. Gypsum concrete is sometimes called gypcrete by construction professiona...
Gypsum concrete
Engineering
1,374
35,419,067
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pita%20skate
The pita skate (Raja pita) is a medium-sized skate in the family Rajidae. The holotype and only known specimen was found in the northern Persian Gulf, in Iraqi waters. It was collected at a depth of less than . It is around in length, and the coloration pattern (described from a specimen preserved in alcohol) is ligh...
Pita skate
Biology
663
43,507,260
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantifier%20%28logic%29
In logic, a quantifier is an operator that specifies how many individuals in the domain of discourse satisfy an open formula. For instance, the universal quantifier in the first order formula expresses that everything in the domain satisfies the property denoted by . On the other hand, the existential quantifier in ...
Quantifier (logic)
Mathematics
4,873
71,390,999
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucocoprinus%20austrofragilis
Leucocoprinus austrofragilis is a species of mushroom producing fungus in the family Agaricaceae. Taxonomy It was first described in 1992 by the Australian mycologist John Errol Chandos Aberdeen who classified it as Leucocoprinus austrofragilis. Description Leucocoprinus austrofragilis is a cream or very pale brown...
Leucocoprinus austrofragilis
Biology
355
74,612,310
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Guards%20Fortified%20Region
The 1st Guards Fortified Region (, also translated as 1st Guards Fortified District) was a field fortified region of the Red Army during World War II. It was formed in early 1942 as the 76th Fortified Region and became the only fortified region to receive elite Guards status for its performance in the Rostov Offensive ...
1st Guards Fortified Region
Engineering
2,140
11,422,295
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SroH%20RNA
The bacterial sroH RNA is a non-coding RNA that is 160 nucleotides in length. The function of this family is unknown. An SroH gene deletion strain was shown to be sensitive to cell wall stress. SroE and SroD were identified in the same bioinformatics search. References External links Non-coding RNA
SroH RNA
Chemistry
72
40,591,522
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afzal%20Husain
Afzal Husain was born in 1975 and received B.E. and MTech degrees in mechanical engineering with specialization in Thermal Sciences from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India in 2003 and 2005, respectively. He received the PhD degree in Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics from Inha University, Incheon, South Korea, ...
Afzal Husain
Engineering
258
41,787,575
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruko%20Obokata
is a former stem-cell biologist and research unit leader at Japan's Laboratory for Cellular Reprogramming, Riken Center for Developmental Biology. She claimed in 2014 to have developed a radical and remarkably easy way to generate stimulus-triggered acquisition of pluripotency (STAP) cells that could be grown into tiss...
Haruko Obokata
Biology
1,431
73,291,755
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generative%20artificial%20intelligence
Generative artificial intelligence (generative AI, GenAI, or GAI) is a subset of artificial intelligence that uses generative models to produce text, images, videos, or other forms of data. These models learn the underlying patterns and structures of their training data and use them to produce new data based on the inp...
Generative artificial intelligence
Engineering
6,880
65,266,916
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lark%20Health
Lark Health is an American digital health company based in Mountain View, California. It provides a 24/7 nursing platform for chronic conditions, powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and has a text-messaging type interface. Lark also provides AI nurses for type 2 diabetes care, hypertension care, tobacco cessation, ...
Lark Health
Biology
360
424,410
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph%20A.%20Marcus
Rudolph Arthur Marcus (born July 21, 1923) is a Canadian-born American chemist who received the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems". Marcus theory, named after him, provides a thermodynamic and kinetic framework for describing one electr...
Rudolph A. Marcus
Chemistry
1,414
5,972,029
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Customer%20Care%20Framework
Microsoft Customer Care Framework (CCF) was a desktop-based framework which was used to address issues faced by service providers caused by multiple line of business (LOB) systems while interacting with their customers. It was discontinued though many of its core functions were moved to an add-in for the Microsoft Dyna...
Microsoft Customer Care Framework
Technology
904
59,562,660
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bota%C5%9F%20D%C3%B6rtyol%20LNG%20Storage%20Facility
Botaş Dörtyol LNG Storage Facility () is a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Hatay Province, southern Turkey. It is the country's second floating LNG storage facility after the Egegaz Aliağa LNG Storage Facility. The floating LNG storage facility is the world's largest ...
Botaş Dörtyol LNG Storage Facility
Chemistry
376
10,118,279
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%203D%20graphics%20libraries
3D graphics have become so popular, particularly in video games, that specialized APIs (application programming interfaces) have been created to ease the processes in all stages of computer graphics generation. These APIs have also proved vital to computer graphics hardware manufacturers, as they provide a way for prog...
List of 3D graphics libraries
Technology
511
11,422,149
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20Z101
In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA Z101 is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the modification of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is usually located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It is known as a small nucleolar ...
Small nucleolar RNA Z101
Chemistry
197
38,145
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Alamos%20National%20Laboratory
Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in the American southwest. Best known for its central role in helping develop t...
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Physics,Engineering
4,500
10,924,883
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethylmethylthiambutene
Ethylmethylthiambutene (; Emethibutin) is an opioid analgesic drug from the thiambutene family, around 1.3x the potency of morphine. It is under international control under Schedule I of the UN Single Convention On Narcotic Drugs 1961, presumably due to high abuse potential. It is a Schedule I controlled substance in...
Ethylmethylthiambutene
Chemistry
125
2,571,292
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Z-variant
In Unicode, two glyphs are said to be Z-variants (often spelled zVariants) if they share the same etymology but have slightly different appearances and different Unicode code points. For example, the Unicode characters 說 and U+8AAC 説 are Z-variants. The notion of Z-variance is only applicable to the "CJKV scripts"—Chi...
Z-variant
Technology
535
69,634,673
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie%20Marhoefer
Laurie Marhoefer is a historian of queer and trans politics who is employed as the Jon Bridgman Endowed Professor of History at the University of Washington. In January 2021, together with Jennifer V. Evans, they facilitated the Jack and Anita Hess Research Seminar at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on LGBT...
Laurie Marhoefer
Biology
100
615,385
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate%20valve
A gate valve, also known as a sluice valve, is a valve that opens by lifting a barrier (gate) out of the path of the fluid. Gate valves require very little space along the pipe axis and hardly restrict the flow of fluid when the gate is fully opened. The gate faces can be parallel but are most commonly wedge-shaped (in...
Gate valve
Physics,Chemistry
857
3,509,706
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20network
A home network or home area network (HAN) is a type of computer network, specifically a type of local area network (LAN), that facilitates communication among devices within the close vicinity of a home. Devices capable of participating in this network, for example, smart devices such as network printers and handheld m...
Home network
Technology,Engineering
1,389
42,777,911
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9non%E2%80%93Heiles%20system
While at Princeton University in 1962, Michel Hénon and Carl Heiles worked on the non-linear motion of a star around a galactic center with the motion restricted to a plane. In 1964 they published an article titled "The applicability of the third integral of motion: Some numerical experiments". Their original idea was ...
Hénon–Heiles system
Astronomy,Mathematics
418
55,904,412
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20star%20cluster
A nuclear star cluster (NSC) or compact stellar nucleus (sometimes called young stellar nucleus) is a star cluster with high density and high luminosity near the center of mass of most galaxies. NSCs are the central massive objects of fainter, low-mass galaxies where supermassive black holes (SMBHs) are not present or...
Nuclear star cluster
Astronomy
539
15,210,932
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists%20of%20star%20names
In astronomy, star names, in contrast to star designations, are proper names of stars that have emerged from usage in pre-modern astronomical traditions. Lists of these names appear in the following articles: List of Arabic star names List of Chinese star names List of proper names of stars: traditional proper name...
Lists of star names
Astronomy
71
35,171,726
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20effect%20%28semiconductor%29
In physics, the field effect refers to the modulation of the electrical conductivity of a material by the application of an external electric field. In a metal, the electron density that responds to applied fields is so large that an external electric field can penetrate only a very short distance into the material. H...
Field effect (semiconductor)
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering
1,130
1,010,745
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giemsa%20stain
Giemsa stain (), named after German chemist and bacteriologist Gustav Giemsa, is a nucleic acid stain used in cytogenetics and for the histopathological diagnosis of malaria and other parasites. Uses It is specific for the phosphate groups of DNA and attaches itself to regions of DNA where there are high amounts of ...
Giemsa stain
Chemistry
593
72,420,474
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano-ARPES
Nano Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (Nano-ARPES), is a variant of the experimental technique ARPES (Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy). It has the ability to precisely determine the electronic band structure of materials in momentum space with submicron lateral resolution. Due to its demanding experi...
Nano-ARPES
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science
2,377
5,036,959
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20exoplanet%20extremes
The following are lists of extremes among the known exoplanets. The properties listed here are those for which values are known reliably. The study of exoplanets is one of the most dynamic emerging fields of science, and these values may change as new discoveries are made. Extremes from Earth's viewpoint Planetary ch...
List of exoplanet extremes
Astronomy
157
23,892,026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharq%20El%20Owainat
Sharq El Owainat, or East Oweinat is a 110,000 acre desert land reclamation project that started in 1991, in the New Valley Governorate, Egypt. It is in a remote location in the Western Desert in the extreme south-west of the country, east of Oweinat Mountain, delimiting Egypt's south western border with Libya and Suda...
Sharq El Owainat
Environmental_science
489
10,085,323
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical%20centre%20of%20Scotland
There is some debate as to the location of the geographical centre of Scotland. This is due to different methods of calculating the centre, and whether surrounding islands are included. Centre of gravity method In 2002, the Ordnance Survey calculated the centre using a mathematical centre of gravity method. This is th...
Geographical centre of Scotland
Physics,Mathematics
948
65,785,668
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fully%20Automatic%20Installation
Fully Automated Installation (FAI) is a group of shell and Perl scripts that install and configure a complete Linux distribution quickly on a large number of computers. It's the oldest automated deployment system for Debian. Automation FAI allows for installing Debian and Ubuntu distributions. But it also supports Cen...
Fully Automatic Installation
Technology,Engineering
229
1,370,289
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epizootiology
Epizootiology, epizoology, or veterinary epidemiology is the study of disease patterns within animal populations. See also Epizootic Epidemiology References Epidemiology Veterinary medicine
Epizootiology
Environmental_science
45
32,170,042
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile%20technology%20in%20Africa
Mobile technology in Africa is a fast growing market. Nowhere is the effect more dramatic than in Africa, where mobile technology often represents the first modern infrastructure of any kind. Over 10% of Internet users are in Africa. However, 50% of Africans have mobile phones and their penetration is expanding rapidly...
Mobile technology in Africa
Technology
2,008
60,675,751
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossbeevera%20griseobrunnea
Rossbeevera griseobrunnea is a species of the fungal family Boletaceae. This species was first described in April 2019 from southern China. References Fungi of China Boletaceae Fungus species
Rossbeevera griseobrunnea
Biology
42
27,040,743
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockfish%20%28chess%29
Stockfish is a free and open-source chess engine, available for various desktop and mobile platforms. It can be used in chess software through the Universal Chess Interface. Stockfish has been one of the strongest chess engines in the world for several years; it has won all main events of the Top Chess Engine Champion...
Stockfish (chess)
Engineering
3,078
35,360,069
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%20surface
In mathematics, Fresnel's wave surface, found by Augustin-Jean Fresnel in 1822, is a quartic surface describing the propagation of light in an optically biaxial crystal. Wave surfaces are special cases of tetrahedroids which are in turn special cases of Kummer surfaces. In projective coordinates (w:x:y:z) the wave su...
Wave surface
Physics
241
3,236,606
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrer
The barrer is a non-SI unit of permeability of gases used in the membrane technology and contact lens industry. It is named after the New Zealand-born chemist Richard Barrer. Definition The barrer is defined as follows: Confusingly, the centimetre notation is used in four different ways. To denote an amount of sub...
Barrer
Mathematics
382
23,124,520
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-spline
In the mathematical subfield of numerical analysis, an I-spline is a monotone spline function. Definition A family of I-spline functions of degree k with n free parameters is defined in terms of the M-splines Mi(x|k, t) where L is the lower limit of the domain of the splines. Since M-splines are non-negative, I-spl...
I-spline
Mathematics
203
23,577
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partial%20function
In mathematics, a partial function from a set to a set is a function from a subset of (possibly the whole itself) to . The subset , that is, the domain of viewed as a function, is called the domain of definition or natural domain of . If equals , that is, if is defined on every element in , then is said to be...
Partial function
Mathematics
1,800
3,170,341
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peptostreptococcus
Peptostreptococcus is a genus of anaerobic, Gram-positive, non-spore forming bacteria. The cells are small, spherical, and can occur in short chains, in pairs or individually. They typically move using cilia. Peptostreptococcus are slow-growing bacteria with increasing resistance to antimicrobial drugs. Peptostreptococ...
Peptostreptococcus
Biology
3,394
67,513
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systematic%20element%20name
A systematic element name is the temporary name assigned to an unknown or recently synthesized chemical element. A systematic symbol is also derived from this name. In chemistry, a transuranic element receives a permanent name and symbol only after its synthesis has been confirmed. In some cases, such as the Transfer...
Systematic element name
Chemistry
818
14,306,107
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20Nvidia%20nForce%20chipsets
This is a comparison of chipsets designed by Nvidia. Nvidia stopped producing chipsets in 2009. Nvidia codenames its chipsets MCPs (Media and Communications Processors). nForce nForce nForce Southbridges nForce2 nForce2 nForce2 Southbridges nForce3 The memory controller is integrated into the CPU, the supported...
Comparison of Nvidia nForce chipsets
Technology
545
315,927
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20architecture
Modern architecture, also called modernist architecture, was an architectural movement and style that was prominent in the 20th century, between the earlier Art Deco and later postmodern movements. Modern architecture was based upon new and innovative technologies of construction (particularly the use of glass, steel, ...
Modern architecture
Engineering
14,654
42,375,327
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born%E2%80%93Mayer%20equation
The Born–Mayer equation is an equation that is used to calculate the lattice energy of a crystalline ionic compound. It is a refinement of the Born–Landé equation by using an improved repulsion term. where: NA = Avogadro constant; M = Madelung constant, relating to the geometry of the crystal; z+ = charge number of c...
Born–Mayer equation
Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science
173
34,020,979
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20W.%20Turek
Fred W. Turek is the Director of the Center for Sleep & Circadian Biology and the Charles E. & Emma H. Morrison Professor of Biology in the Department of Neurobiology, both at Northwestern University. Turek received his Ph.D from Stanford University. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1991. Background Turek gr...
Fred W. Turek
Biology
1,002
26,803,784
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcoscypha%20occidentalis
Sarcoscypha occidentalis, commonly known as the stalked scarlet cup or the western scarlet cup, is a species of fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae of the Pezizales order. Phylogenetic analysis has shown that it is most closely related to other Sarcoscypha species that contain large oil droplets in their spores. S. oc...
Sarcoscypha occidentalis
Biology
1,852
73,444,592
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eutrema%20salsugineum
Eutrema salsugineum (syn. Thellungiella salsuginea), the saltwater cress or salt-lick mustard, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae. A petite annual or biennial, it is native to Central Asia, Siberia, Mongolia, northern and eastern China, northwestern and western Canada, Montana and Colorado in th...
Eutrema salsugineum
Chemistry
206
10,647,616
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future%20Internet%20Research%20and%20Experimentation
Future Internet Research and Experimentation (FIRE) is a program funded by the European Union to do research on the Internet, its prospects, and its future, a field known as "future Internet". History Some researchers met with government officials in Zurich in March 2007. The first FIRE projects started in 2008, with ...
Future Internet Research and Experimentation
Technology
414
40,159,918
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem%20health
Ecosystem health is a metaphor used to describe the condition of an ecosystem. Ecosystem condition can vary as a result of fire, flooding, drought, extinctions, invasive species, climate change, mining, fishing, farming or logging, chemical spills, and a host of other reasons. There is no universally accepted benchmar...
Ecosystem health
Biology
3,537
47,168,664
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penicillium%20primulinum
Penicillium primulinum is an anamorph species of fungus in the genus Penicillium. References Further reading primulinum Fungi described in 1927 Fungus species
Penicillium primulinum
Biology
40
6,303,113
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artifact%20%28software%20development%29
An artifact is one of many kinds of tangible by-products produced during the development of software. Some artifacts (e.g., use cases, class diagrams, requirements and design documents) help describe the function, architecture, and design of software. Other artifacts are concerned with the process of development itself...
Artifact (software development)
Technology,Engineering
636
23,971
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilus
A pilus (Latin for 'hair'; : pili) is a hair-like cell-surface appendage found on many bacteria and archaea. The terms pilus and fimbria (Latin for 'fringe'; plural: fimbriae) can be used interchangeably, although some researchers reserve the term pilus for the appendage required for bacterial conjugation. All conjug...
Pilus
Biology
2,375
6,836,056
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HBsAg
HBsAg (also known as the Australia antigen) is the surface antigen of the hepatitis B virus (HBV). Its presence in blood indicates existing hepatitis B infection. Structure and function The viral envelope of an enveloped virus has different surface proteins from the rest of the virus which act as antigens. These antig...
HBsAg
Chemistry
880
1,569,192
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2027894
HD 27894 is a single star with a system of orbiting exoplanets, located in the southern constellation of Reticulum. It is too faint to be seen with the naked eye at an apparent visual magnitude of 9.36. This system lies at a distance of 142.5 light years from the Sun, as determined via parallax measurements, and is dri...
HD 27894
Astronomy
383
3,656,208
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Shuttle%20design%20process
Before the Apollo 11 Moon landing in 1969, NASA began studies of Space Shuttle designs as early as October 1968. The early studies were denoted "Phase A", and in June 1970, "Phase B", which were more detailed and specific. The primary intended use of the Phase A Space Shuttle was supporting the future space station, fe...
Space Shuttle design process
Engineering
2,843
52,071,403
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20314
NGC 314 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Sculptor. It was discovered on September 27, 1834 by John Herschel. References 0314 18340927 Sculptor (constellation) Lenticular galaxies 003395
NGC 314
Astronomy
45
2,959,989
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosgenite
Phosgenite is a rare mineral consisting of lead carbonate chloride, (PbCl)2CO3. The tetragonal crystals are prismatic or tabular in habit: they are usually colorless and transparent, and have a brilliant adamantine lustre. Sometimes the crystals have a curious helical twist about the tetrad or principal axis. The hardn...
Phosgenite
Chemistry
401
23,774,097
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placebo%20button
A placebo button is a push-button or other control that appears to have functionality but has no physical effect when pressed. Such buttons can appear to work, by lighting up or otherwise reacting, which rewards the user by giving them an illusion of control. They are commonly placed in situations where it would have o...
Placebo button
Technology
1,129
42,568,964
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%20Standards%20Association
The KSA, formerly known as Korean Standards Association (,) is a public organization that is under the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE).⁣of the Republic of Korea. The KSA was established in 1962 pursuant to Article 32 of the Industrial Standardization Act. The Chairman and CEO is Lee Sang-jin. At the ...
Korean Standards Association
Mathematics
141
6,533,332
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watercut%20meter
A water cut meter measures the water content (cut) of crude oil and hydrocarbons as they flow through a pipeline. While the title "Water cut" has been traditionally used, the current API naming is Water Cut Analyser or WCA as OWD or On-Line Water Determination is trademarked. The API and ISO committees have not yet ...
Watercut meter
Technology,Engineering
231
51,319,038
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigyromonada
Bigyromonada is a recently described non-photosynthetic lineage of stramenopiles that at present contains two classes. Description Bigyromonads are characterized by biciliate cells that feed on bacteria through phagotrophy. They are marine organisms. Taxonomy Subphylum Bigyromonada Cavalier-Smith 1998 Class Deve...
Bigyromonada
Biology
290
52,772,188
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosomycin
Drosomycin is an antifungal peptide from Drosophila melanogaster and was the first antifungal peptide isolated from insects. Drosomycin is induced by infection by the Toll signalling pathway, while expression in surface epithelia like the respiratory tract is instead controlled by the immune deficiency pathway (Imd). T...
Drosomycin
Chemistry
631
52,048,474
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20306
NGC 306 is an open cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud. It is located in the constellation Tucana. It was discovered on October 4, 1836, by John Herschel. References 0306 18361004 Tucana Small Magellanic Cloud Open clusters
NGC 306
Astronomy
55
18,630,254
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyacinthe%20de%20Valroger
Hyacinthe de Valroger, CO (6 January 1814, at Caen – 10 October 1876), was a French Catholic priest and Oratorian. Career As a young man, Valroger first studied medicine, but later entered the seminary and was ordained a priest in 1837, after which he made Director of the minor seminary of Bayeux. In 1847 he became a...
Hyacinthe de Valroger
Biology
454
78,153,179
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Examples%20of%20anonymous%20functions
Examples of anonymous functions Numerous languages support anonymous functions, or something similar. APL Only some dialects support anonymous functions, either as dfns, in the tacit style or a combination of both. f←{⍵×⍵} As a dfn f 1 2 3 1 4 9 g←⊢×⊢ As a tacit 3-train (fork) g 1 2 ...
Examples of anonymous functions
Mathematics
12,349
73,955,301
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paquier%20Event
The Paquier Event (OAE1b) was an oceanic anoxic event (OAE) that occurred around 111 million years ago (Ma), in the Albian geologic stage, during a climatic interval of Earth's history known as the Middle Cretaceous Hothouse (MKH). Timeline OAE1b had three main subevents: the Kilian, Paquier, and Leenhardt. The Kilia...
Paquier Event
Chemistry
1,248
217,741
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write%E2%80%93read%20conflict
In computer science, in the field of databases, write–read conflict (also known as reading uncommitted data and dirty read), is a computational anomaly associated with interleaved execution of transactions. Specifically, a write–read conflict occurs when "a transaction requests to write an entity, for which an unclosed...
Write–read conflict
Technology
214
14,838,867
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20Algebra
Journal of Algebra (ISSN 0021-8693) is an international mathematical research journal in algebra. An imprint of Academic Press, it is published by Elsevier. Journal of Algebra was founded by Graham Higman, who was its editor from 1964 to 1984. From 1985 until 2000, Walter Feit served as its editor-in-chief. In 2004, J...
Journal of Algebra
Mathematics
209
351,088
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency%20%28telecommunication%29
In telecommunications, transparency can refer to: The property of an entity that allows another entity to pass through it without altering either of the entities. The property that allows a transmission system or channel to accept, at its input, unmodified user information, and deliver corresponding user information ...
Transparency (telecommunication)
Engineering
409
30,939,251
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coccomyces%20clavatus
Coccomyces clavatus is a species of foliicolous fungus found on fallen phylloclades of Phyllocladus alpinus in New Zealand. The ascocarps are angular, up to 0.8 mm in diameter, forming within pale yellow lesions. The asci have a broad apex and the paraphyses are unbranched. This species is very similar to Coccomyces p...
Coccomyces clavatus
Biology
131
3,632,584
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digi-Comp%20II
The Digi-Comp II was a toy computer invented by John "Jack" Thomas Godfrey (1924–2009) in 1965 and manufactured by E.S.R., Inc. in the late 1960s, that used marbles rolling down a ramp to perform basic calculations. Description A two-level masonite platform with blue plastic guides served as the medium for a supply ...
Digi-Comp II
Physics,Technology
699
54,330,259
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichomitus%20eucalypti
Dichomitus eucalypti is a crust fungus that was described as a new species in 1985 by Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden. The fruit body of the fungus measures 1–2 cm in diameter, and has a white to pale cream pore surface with small round pores numbering 2–3 per millimetre. D. eucalypti has a dimitic hyphal structure,...
Dichomitus eucalypti
Biology
274
78,370,025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma%20Nilotica%20%28constellation%29
Norma Nilotica (Genitive Normae Nilotica, Abbreviation NoN) is an obsolete constellation, or asterism, no longer in use by astronomers. Its name means "The Nile's Ruler" in Latin. It was created by Alexander Jamieson and first appeared in his book A Celestial Atlas, published in 1822. It subsequently appeared in Urania...
Norma Nilotica (constellation)
Astronomy
470
1,473,483
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20data%20network
A public data network (PDN) is a network established and operated by a telecommunications administration, or a recognized private operating agency, for the specific purpose of providing data transmission services for the public. The first public packet switching networks were RETD in Spain (1972), the experimental RCP...
Public data network
Technology
1,042
62,094,228
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank%20leak%20detection
Tank leak detection is implemented to alert the operator to a suspected release from any part of a storage tank system, what enables to prevent from soil contamination and loss of product. In many countries regulated UST are required to have an approved leak detection method so that leaks are discovered quickly and th...
Tank leak detection
Chemistry
1,544
40,799,331
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyratory%20equipment
Gyratory equipment, used in mechanical screening and sieving is based on a circular motion of the machine. Unlike other methods, gyratory screen operates in a gentler manner and is more suited to handle fragile things, enabling it to produce finer products. This method is applicable for both wet and dry screening. A d...
Gyratory equipment
Engineering
2,883
12,017,661
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antibiosis
Antibiosis, also referred to as antagonism, a process of biological interaction between two or more organisms that is detrimental to at least one of them; it can also be an antagonistic association between an organism and the metabolic substances produced by another. Antibiosis can occur through a variety of mechanisms...
Antibiosis
Biology
818
522,176
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imine
In organic chemistry, an imine ( or ) is a functional group or organic compound containing a carbon–nitrogen double bond (). The nitrogen atom can be attached to a hydrogen or an organic group (R). The carbon atom has two additional single bonds. Imines are common in synthetic and naturally occurring compounds and th...
Imine
Chemistry
2,325
1,025,345
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense%20Message%20System
The Defense Message System or Defense Messaging System (DMS) is a deployment of secure electronic mail and directory services in the United States Department of Defense. DMS was intended to replace the AUTODIN network, and is based on implementations of the OSI X.400 mail, X.500 directory and X.509 public key certific...
Defense Message System
Engineering
463
12,155,770
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20measure
In mathematics — specifically, in stochastic analysis — the Green measure is a measure associated to an Itō diffusion. There is an associated Green formula representing suitably smooth functions in terms of the Green measure and first exit times of the diffusion. The concepts are named after the British mathematician...
Green measure
Physics,Mathematics
429
40,159,314
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativistic%20chaos
In physics, relativistic chaos is the application of chaos theory to dynamical systems described primarily by general relativity, and also special relativity. Barrow (1982) showed that the Einstein equations exhibit chaotic behaviour and modelled the Mixmaster universe as a dynamical system. Later work showed that rel...
Relativistic chaos
Physics,Mathematics
84
514,534
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical%20transformation
In Hamiltonian mechanics, a canonical transformation is a change of canonical coordinates that preserves the form of Hamilton's equations. This is sometimes known as form invariance. Although Hamilton's equations are preserved, it need not preserve the explicit form of the Hamiltonian itself. Canonical transformations...
Canonical transformation
Physics,Mathematics
4,408
46,680,206
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20countries%20by%20engine%20exports
The following is a list of countries by combustion engine exports. Data are from 2022, in billions of United States dollars, as reported by The Observatory of Economic Complexity. Currently, the top ten countries are listed: References - The Observatory of Economic Complexity - Combustion Engines (2022) Engine engine...
List of countries by engine exports
Physics,Technology
63
57,017,151
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20gases
This is a list of gases at standard conditions, which means substances that boil or sublime at or below and 1 atm pressure and are reasonably stable. List This list is sorted by boiling point of gases in ascending order, but can be sorted on different values. "sub" and "triple" refer to the sublimation point and the ...
List of gases
Physics,Chemistry
1,827
2,467,132
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Planck%20Institute%20for%20Chemical%20Energy%20Conversion
The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion (MPI CEC) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society. It is located in the German town of Mülheim. Research The MPI CEC investigates fundamental chemical processes in energy transformation and contributes to the development of new and efficient catalysts....
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Energy Conversion
Chemistry
575
40,328,133
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detyrosination
Detyrosination is a form of posttranslational modification that occurs on alpha-tubulin. It consists of the removal of the C-terminal tyrosine to expose a glutamate at the newly formed C-terminus. Tubulin polymers, called microtubules, that contain detyrosinated alpha-tubulin are usually referred to as Glu-microtubules...
Detyrosination
Chemistry
391
29,630,590
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimball%20tag
A Kimball tag was a cardboard tag that included both human- and machine-readable data to support punched card processing. A Kimball tag was an early form of stock control label that, like its later successor the barcode, supported back office data processing functions. They were predominantly used by the retail clothi...
Kimball tag
Technology
294
24,073,428
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conference%20on%20Computer%20Vision%20and%20Pattern%20Recognition
The Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is an annual conference on computer vision and pattern recognition. Affiliations The conference was first held in 1983 in Washington, DC, organized by Takeo Kanade and Dana H. Ballard. From 1985 to 2010 it was sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society. In 2011 it ...
Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Technology
512