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214,241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terpenoid | The terpenoids, also known as isoprenoids, are a class of naturally occurring organic chemicals derived from the 5-carbon compound isoprene and its derivatives called terpenes, diterpenes, etc. While sometimes used interchangeably with "terpenes", terpenoids contain additional functional groups, usually containing oxy... | Terpenoid | Chemistry,Biology | 799 |
3,469,770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20anatomy | Molecular anatomy is the subspecialty of microscopic anatomy concerned with the identification and description of molecular structures of cells, tissues, and organs in an organism.
References
Anatomy | Molecular anatomy | Biology | 35 |
47,767,987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phellodon%20nothofagi | Phellodon nothofagi is a species of tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. Found in New Zealand, it was described as new to science in 1971 by mycologist Robert Francis Ross McNabb.
References
External links
Fungi described in 1971
Fungi of New Zealand
Inedible fungi
nothofagi
Fungus species | Phellodon nothofagi | Biology | 65 |
29,107,838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mortality%20forecasting | Mortality forecasting refers to the art and science of determining likely future mortality rates. It is especially important in rich countries with a high proportion of aged people, since populations with lower mortality accumulate more pensions.
References
See also
Lee-Carter model
Life expectancy
Actuarial scie... | Mortality forecasting | Mathematics | 64 |
40,543,246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUN%20Innovations | SUN Innovations is a holding company, developer and manufacturer of wide-format printing equipment. Its main products are a UV-LED printer (NEO Evolution) and UV; solvent inks for wide format printing ("Sunflower" and "NANOiNK" respectively). SUN Innovations is a pioneer in the sphere of UV-LED printing technologies. I... | SUN Innovations | Technology | 486 |
28,549,106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaluli%20creation%20myth | The Kaluli creation myth is a traditional creation myth of the Kaluli people of Papua New Guinea. In the version as was recorded by anthropologist and ethnographer Edward L. Shieffelin whose first contact with them took place in the late 1960s. The story begins in a time the Kaluli call hena madaliaki, which translate... | Kaluli creation myth | Astronomy | 513 |
55,740,699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BV%20Centauri | BV Centauri is a cataclysmic variable binary star in the constellation Centaurus. It is a dwarf nova, and undergoes rapid increases in brightness that are recurrent with a mean period of 150 days. This period seems to have increased in the last few decades. During quiescence, its visual apparent magnitude is about 13, ... | BV Centauri | Astronomy | 574 |
33,203,965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Additive%20Architecture | Additive Architecture is an approach used by Danish architect Jørn Utzon to describe his development of architectural projects on the basis of growth patterns in nature.
Mogens Prip-Buus, one of Utzon's closest colleagues, reports that the term was coined in 1965 in Utzon's Sydney office when, after a discussion of th... | Additive Architecture | Engineering | 544 |
54,246,592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osilodrostat | Osilodrostat, sold under the brand name Isturisa, is a medication for the treatment of adults with Cushing's disease who either cannot undergo pituitary gland surgery or have undergone the surgery but still have the disease. Osilodrostat is an orally active (taken by mouth), nonsteroidal corticosteroid biosynthesis inh... | Osilodrostat | Chemistry | 1,063 |
5,692,791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuropeptide%20Y%20receptor | Neuropeptide Y receptors are a family of receptors belonging to class A G-protein coupled receptors and they are activated by the closely related peptide hormones neuropeptide Y, peptide YY and pancreatic polypeptide. These receptors are involved in the control of a diverse set of behavioral processes including appet... | Neuropeptide Y receptor | Chemistry | 224 |
18,198,410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern%20Greek%20architecture | After the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans and the following trends of Greek migration to the Diaspora, Greek architecture was concentrated mainly on the Greek Orthodox churches of the Diaspora. These churches, such as other intellectual centres built by Greeks (foundations, schools, etc.), were used also as a me... | Modern Greek architecture | Engineering | 1,176 |
24,519,420 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graded%20manifold | In algebraic geometry, graded manifolds are extensions of the concept of manifolds based on ideas coming from supersymmetry and supercommutative algebra. Both graded manifolds and supermanifolds are phrased in terms of sheaves of graded commutative algebras. However, graded manifolds are characterized by sheaves on smo... | Graded manifold | Physics | 1,000 |
1,967,067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-Nitro-2-propoxyaniline | 5-Nitro-2-propoxyaniline, also known as P-4000 and Ultrasüss, is about 4,000 times the intensity of sucrose (hence its alternate name, P-4000). It is an orange solid that is only slightly soluble in water. It is stable in boiling water and dilute acids. 5-Nitro-2-propoxyaniline was once used as an artificial sweetene... | 5-Nitro-2-propoxyaniline | Chemistry | 182 |
51,646,890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplarithm | Parental (paternal and maternal) haplarithms are the outputs of haplarithmisis process. For instance, paternal haplarithm represents chromosome specific profile illuminating paternal haplotype of that chromosome (including homologous recombination between the two paternal homologous chromosomes) and the amount of those... | Haplarithm | Chemistry,Biology | 109 |
26,205,474 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat%20trap | Heat traps are valves or loops of pipe on the cold water inlet and hot water outlet of water heaters. The heat traps allow cold water to flow into the water heater tank, but prevent unwanted natural convection and heated water to flow out of the tank. Newer water heaters have built-in heat traps.
About
Many water-heat... | Heat trap | Engineering | 218 |
30,823,935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System%20of%20parameters | In mathematics, a system of parameters for a local Noetherian ring of Krull dimension d with maximal ideal m is a set of elements x1, ..., xd that satisfies any of the following equivalent conditions:
m is a minimal prime over (x1, ..., xd).
The radical of (x1, ..., xd) is m.
Some power of m is contained in (x1, ...... | System of parameters | Mathematics | 211 |
6,840,173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20A.%20Leadon | Steven A. (Tony) Leadon is a former professor of radiation oncology at the University of North Carolina.
In 2003, a university found that Leadon had fabricated and falsified data in his research on DNA repair. In 2006, the United States Office of Research Integrity came to the same conclusion, saying that "Leadon eng... | Steven A. Leadon | Biology | 220 |
11,421,806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20Z196/R39/R59%20family | In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA Z196/R39/R59 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 nu... | Small nucleolar RNA Z196/R39/R59 family | Chemistry | 210 |
101,352 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga%20Advanced%20Graphics%20Architecture | Amiga Advanced Graphics Architecture (AGA) is the third-generation Amiga graphic chipset, first used in the Amiga 4000 in 1992. Before release AGA was codenamed Pandora by Commodore International.
AGA was originally called AA for Advanced Architecture in the United States. The name was later changed to AGA for the Eur... | Amiga Advanced Graphics Architecture | Technology | 828 |
1,831,103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foamcore | Foamcore, foam board, or paper-faced foam board is a lightweight and easily cut material used for mounting of photographic prints, as backing for picture framing, for making scale models, and in painting. It consists of a board of polystyrene foam clad with an outer facing of paper on either side, typically white clay... | Foamcore | Physics | 595 |
32,122,188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescein-labeled%20proaerolysin | Fluorescein-labeled proaerolysin (FLAER) is used in a flow cytometric assay to diagnose paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH). The assay takes advantage of the action of proaerolysin, a prototoxin of aerolysin, a virulence factor of the bacterium Aeromonas hydrophila. Proaerolysin binds to the glycophosphatidyli... | Fluorescein-labeled proaerolysin | Chemistry | 189 |
11,471,865 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturia%20pyrina | Venturia pyrina is a species of fungus in the family Venturiaceae. A plant pathogen, it causes scab or black spot of pear. It has a widespread distribution in temperate and subtropical regions wherever pears are grown.
References
Fungi described in 1896
Fungal tree pathogens and diseases
Pear tree diseases
Venturiace... | Venturia pyrina | Biology | 68 |
11,996,219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gooseneck%20%28piping%29 | A gooseneck (or goose neck) is a 180° pipe fitting at the top of a vertical pipe that prevents entry of water. Common implementations of goosenecks are ventilator piping or ducting for bathroom and kitchen exhaust fans, ship holds, landfill methane vent pipes, or any other piping implementation exposed to the weather w... | Gooseneck (piping) | Chemistry,Engineering | 390 |
24,896,405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ILCD | iLCD (Lighting Cell Display) is a device developed by a research team from Universidad Politecnica de Valencia, a MIT educated bioengineer, undergraduate students of the Universidad Politéctica de Valencia and Universitat de València and several members of the faculty and research staff from Universidad de València (Ma... | ILCD | Biology | 398 |
33,747,254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz%20Gassmann | Fritz Gassmann (1899–1990) was a Swiss mathematician and geophysicist.
Life
His Ph.D. advisors at ETH Zurich were George Pólya and Hermann Weyl. He was a geophysics professor at the ETH Zurich.
Legacy
Gassmann is the eponym for the Gassmann triple and Gassmann's equation.
Selected publications
Gassmann, Fritz (1951)... | Fritz Gassmann | Mathematics | 204 |
3,890,383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caries%20vaccine | A caries vaccine is a vaccine to prevent and protect against tooth decay. Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) has been identified as the major etiological agent of human dental caries. The development of a vaccine for tooth decay has been under investigation since the 1970s. In 1972, a caries vaccine was said to be in ani... | Caries vaccine | Biology | 998 |
3,067,278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heisenberg%27s%20microscope | Heisenberg's microscope is a thought experiment proposed by Werner Heisenberg that has served as the nucleus of some commonly held ideas about quantum mechanics. In particular, it provides an argument for the uncertainty principle on the basis of the principles of classical optics.
The concept was criticized by Heise... | Heisenberg's microscope | Physics | 626 |
5,933,061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfer%20%28public%20transit%29 | A transfer allows the rider of a public transportation vehicle who pays for a single-trip fare to continue the trip on another bus or train. Depending on the network, there may or may not be an additional fee for the transfer. Historically, transfers may have been stamped or hole-punched with the time, date, and direct... | Transfer (public transit) | Physics | 253 |
75,077,678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overhaul%20hook%20ball | An overhaul hook ball, also known as an overhaul ball or headache ball, is a heavy weight that is attached to the end of a crane's cable, above the lifting hook. It is used to keep the cable under sufficient tension even when no load is attached. Although commonly spherical as the name suggests, overhaul balls may also... | Overhaul hook ball | Physics,Technology | 104 |
28,321,462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity%20Discovery%20Centre | The Gravity Discovery Centre and Observatory is a "hands-on" science education, astronomy, Aboriginal culture and tourist centre, situated on the site of the Gravity Precinct in bushland near Gingin, north of Perth, Western Australia.
It is a not-for-profit interactive science education centre, operated by The Gravit... | Gravity Discovery Centre | Astronomy | 1,537 |
19,484,497 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEC-HMS | The Hydrologic Modeling System (HEC-HMS) is designed to simulate the precipitation-runoff processes of dendritic drainage basins. It is designed to be applicable in a wide range of geographic areas for solving the widest possible range of problems. This includes large river basin water supply and flood hydrology, and... | HEC-HMS | Environmental_science | 416 |
68,063,156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halococcaceae | Halococcaceae is a family of halophilic and mostly chemoorganotrophic archaea within the order Halobacteriales. The type genus of this family is Halococcus. Its biochemical characteristics are the same as the order Halobacteriales.
The name Halococcaceae is derived from the Latin term Halococcus, referring to the type... | Halococcaceae | Biology | 290 |
2,702,790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda1%20Tucanae | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Lambda1 Tucanae}}
Lambda1 Tucanae is the Bayer designation for one member of a pair of stars sharing a common proper motion through space, which lie within the southern constellation of Tucana. As of 2013, the pair had an angular separation of 20.0 arc seconds along a position angle of 82°. Together, th... | Lambda1 Tucanae | Astronomy | 307 |
26,274,126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue%20of%20Hope | The Statue of Hope is an allegorical figure that is typically a private memorial or monumental sculpture displayed in a graveyard or cemetery, often a Rural cemetery. Hope is one of the Seven Virtues of the Christian religion.
History
Most commonly used in the Victorian era and believed to be popularized by the Statu... | Statue of Hope | Mathematics | 557 |
394,070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congr%C3%A8s%20Internationaux%20d%27Architecture%20Moderne | The Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM), or International Congresses of Modern Architecture, was an organization founded in 1928 and disbanded in 1959, responsible for a series of events and congresses arranged across Europe by the most prominent architects of the time, with the objective of spreading ... | Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne | Engineering | 1,439 |
12,138,221 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20switch | A molecular switch is a molecule that can be reversibly shifted between two or more stable states. The molecules may be shifted between the states in response to environmental stimuli, such as changes in pH, light, temperature, an electric current, microenvironment, or in the presence of ions and other ligands. In some... | Molecular switch | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Technology | 1,697 |
37,633,023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20220074 | HD 220074 is a star located in the northern constellation of Cassiopeia, near the western border with Cepheus. It has a reddish hue and is dimly visible to the naked eye, having an apparent visual magnitude of +6.39. The star is located at a distance of approximately 1,070 light years from the Sun based on parallax, bu... | HD 220074 | Astronomy | 388 |
38,496,244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering%20disasters | Engineering disasters often arise from shortcuts in the design process. Engineering is the science and technology used to meet the needs and demands of society. These demands include buildings, aircraft, vessels, and computer software. In order to meet society’s demands, the creation of newer technology and infrastruct... | Engineering disasters | Technology,Engineering,Biology | 2,431 |
29,127,124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunosurgery | Immunosurgery is a method of selectively removing the external cell layer (trophoblast) of a blastocyst through a cytotoxicity procedure. The protocol for immunosurgery includes preincubation with an antiserum, rinsing it with embryonic stem cell derivation media to remove the antibodies, exposing it to complement, and... | Immunosurgery | Biology | 495 |
24,175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern%20welding | Pattern welding is a practice in sword and knife making by forming a blade of several metal pieces of differing composition that are forge-welded together and twisted and manipulated to form a pattern. Often called Damascus steel, blades forged in this manner often display bands of slightly different patterning along t... | Pattern welding | Chemistry,Engineering | 1,491 |
679,987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euclidean%20division | In arithmetic, Euclidean division – or division with remainder – is the process of dividing one integer (the dividend) by another (the divisor), in a way that produces an integer quotient and a natural number remainder strictly smaller than the absolute value of the divisor. A fundamental property is that the quoti... | Euclidean division | Mathematics | 2,031 |
25,596,814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Configuration%20design | Configuration design is a kind of design where a fixed set of predefined components that can be interfaced (connected) in predefined ways is given, and an assembly (i.e. designed artifact) of components selected from this fixed set is sought that satisfies a set of requirements and obeys a set of constraints.
The asso... | Configuration design | Engineering | 286 |
50,556,155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobias%20de%20Boer | Pieter Cornelis Tobias de Boer (21 May 1930 – 2 May 2016) was a Dutch scientist. He was a professor at the Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering of Cornell University. His research interest were in the field of thermodynamics and fluid mechanics.
Career
De Boer was born on 21 May 1930 in Leiden, the Ne... | Tobias de Boer | Chemistry | 420 |
56,824,574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20effect%20%28chemistry%29 | A field effect is the polarization of a molecule through space. The effect is a result of an electric field produced by charge localization in a molecule. This field, which is substituent and conformation dependent, can influence structure and reactivity by manipulating the location of electron density in bonds and/or ... | Field effect (chemistry) | Physics,Chemistry | 1,113 |
77,548,143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Haglund | James Haglund is an American mathematician who specializes in algebraic combinatorics and enumerative combinatorics, and works as a professor of mathematics at the University of Pennsylvania.
Education
Haglund received his Ph.D. in 1993 from the University of Georgia, with the dissertation Compositions, Rook Placement... | James Haglund | Mathematics | 400 |
39,474,050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer%20network | The notion of consumer networks expresses the idea that people's embeddedness in social networks affects their behavior as consumers. Interactions within consumer networks such as information exchange and imitation can affect demand and market outcomes in ways not considered in the neoclassical theory of consumer choic... | Consumer network | Mathematics | 430 |
6,051,606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safety%20harness | A safety harness is a form of protective equipment designed to safeguard the user from injury or death from falling. The core item of a fall arrest system, the harness is usually fabricated from rope, braided wire cable, or synthetic webbing. It is attached securely to a stationary object directly by a locking device o... | Safety harness | Engineering,Environmental_science | 1,677 |
43,106,038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IGR%20J11014%E2%88%926103 | IGR J11014−6103, also called the Lighthouse Nebula, is a pulsar wind nebula trailing the neutron star which has the longest relativistic jet observed in the Milky Way galaxy.
Description
The object consists of a neutron star with a radius of about 12 km, which formed about 10,000–30,000 years ago in a supernova explo... | IGR J11014−6103 | Astronomy | 444 |
5,068,268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2073390 | HD 73390, also called e1 Carinae, is a binary star system in the constellation Carina. It is approximately 870 light years from Earth. The primary is a blue-white B-type main sequence dwarf with an apparent magnitude of +5.27. It displays an infrared excess and is a candidate host of an orbiting debris disk. The seco... | HD 73390 | Astronomy | 125 |
51,322,860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vera%20Danchakoff | Vera Mikhaĭlovna Danchakoff (née Grigorevskaya, March 21, 1879 – September 22, 1950) was an anatomist, cell biologist and embryologist from the Russian Empire. In 1908 she was the first woman in the Russian Empire to be appointed as a professor and she became a pioneer in stem cell research. She emigrated to the United... | Vera Danchakoff | Biology | 1,090 |
36,379,613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-spondin%204 | For chromosome 20, R-spondin 4 is a protein in humans that is encoded by the RSPO4 gene.
This gene encodes a member of the R-spondin family of proteins that share a common domain organization consisting of a signal peptide, cysteine-rich/furin-like domain, thrombospondin domain and a C-terminal basic region. The encod... | R-spondin 4 | Chemistry | 151 |
30,283,480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure%20of%20liquids%20and%20glasses | The structure of liquids, glasses and other non-crystalline solids is characterized by the absence of long-range order which defines crystalline materials. Liquids and amorphous solids do, however, possess a rich and varied array of short to medium range order, which originates from chemical bonding and related interac... | Structure of liquids and glasses | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 3,116 |
4,810,981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer%20operator | A computer operator is a role in IT which oversees the running of computer systems, ensuring that the machines, and computers are running properly. The job of a computer operator as defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics is to "monitor and control ... and respond to ... enter commands ... set controls ... | Computer operator | Technology | 1,134 |
13,526,853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column%20wave | The column wave is a 16th-century stage machine created to mimic movement of the ocean.
Developed by Nicola Sabbatini, the machine was an effective way to give the appearance of a wave-filled sea. It was used to great effect through the following centuries. The machine was documented in Practica di Fabricar Scene e ... | Column wave | Engineering | 247 |
49,269,127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isoxicam | Isoxicam is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that was taken or applied to reduce inflammation and as an analgesic reducing pain in certain conditions. The drug was introduced in 1983 by the Warner-Lambert Company. Isoxicam is a chemical analog of piroxicam (Feldene) which has a pyridine ring in lieu of an ... | Isoxicam | Chemistry | 161 |
6,945,073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Raziuddin%20Siddiqui | Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui, FPAS, NI, HI, SI (Urdu: , ; 8 January 1908 – 8 January 1998), also known as Dr. Razi, was a Pakistani theoretical physicist and a mathematician who played a role in Pakistan's education system, and Pakistan's indigenous development of nuclear weapons. An educationist and a scientist, Siddiq... | Muhammad Raziuddin Siddiqui | Physics | 2,138 |
4,544,328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galilei%20number | In fluid dynamics, the Galilei number (Ga), sometimes also referred to as Galileo number (see discussion), is a dimensionless number named after Italian scientist Galileo Galilei (1564-1642).
It may be regarded as proportional to gravity forces divided by viscous forces. The Galilei number is used in viscous flow and... | Galilei number | Chemistry,Engineering | 240 |
2,149,972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convective%20inhibition | Convective inhibition (CIN or CINH) is a numerical measure in meteorology that indicates the amount of energy that will prevent an air parcel from rising from the surface to the level of free convection.
CIN is the amount of energy required to overcome the negatively buoyant energy the environment exerts on an air par... | Convective inhibition | Physics,Mathematics | 783 |
75,634,850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20friabilis | Amanita gioiosa is a species of Amanita found across Europe. It grows amongst Alder.
References
External links
friabilis
Fungi of Europe
Fungus species | Amanita friabilis | Biology | 36 |
19,513,545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy%20over%20the%20discovery%20of%20Haumea | was the first of the IAU-recognized dwarf planets to be discovered since Pluto in 1930. Its naming as a dwarf planet was delayed by several years due to controversy over who should receive credit for its discovery. A California Institute of Technology (Caltech) team headed by Michael E. Brown first noticed the object, ... | Controversy over the discovery of Haumea | Astronomy | 2,469 |
45,242,025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foam%20concrete | Foam concrete, also known as Lightweight Cellular Concrete (LCC) and Low Density Cellular Concrete (LDCC), and by other names, is defined as a cement-based slurry, with a minimum of 20% (per volume) foam entrained into the plastic mortar. As mostly no coarse aggregate is used for production of foam concrete the correct... | Foam concrete | Engineering | 1,435 |
74,430,591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pool%20skimmer | A skimmer or surface separator (it separates substances from the surface of a liquid) is an essential accessory for the maintenance and cleaning of the water in a swimming pool. It is used to remove all the surface dirt floating on the water surface, such as leaves, tanning oil and human secretions. These impurities r... | Pool skimmer | Chemistry | 1,999 |
66,374,807 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Jane%20Dockeray | Mary Jane Patricia Dockeray (March 8, 1927 – August 18, 2020) was an American environmental educator, founder of the Blandford Nature Center and Environmental Education Center in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 2012, she was admitted to the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame.
Early life
Dockeray grew up on poultry farm in Walk... | Mary Jane Dockeray | Environmental_science | 1,076 |
36,952,901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothopanus%20noctilucens | Nothopanus noctilucens is a species of agaric fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. Found in Japan, the fruit bodies of the fungus are bioluminescent.
See also
List of bioluminescent fungi
References
External links
Marasmiaceae
Bioluminescent fungi
Fungi described in 1844
Fungi of Asia
Taxa named by Joseph-Henri Léve... | Nothopanus noctilucens | Biology | 79 |
2,681,733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20Sextantis | Beta Sextantis, Latinized from β Sextantis, is a variable star in the equatorial constellation of Sextans. With an apparent visual magnitude of 5.07, it is faintly visible to the naked eye on a dark night. According to the Bortle scale, it can be viewed from brighter lit suburban skies. The distance to this star, based... | Beta Sextantis | Astronomy | 273 |
9,302,344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Nuclear%20Energy%20Tribunal | The European Nuclear Energy Tribunal (ENET) is an international tribunal, established 1 January 1960, that operates under the auspices of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Its member states are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway,... | European Nuclear Energy Tribunal | Engineering | 348 |
35,609,401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Spencer%20%28navigational%20instrument%20maker%29 | William Spencer (c. 1751 – c. 1816) was an English mathematical instrument maker of the 18th and 19th centuries. Spencer entered into a partnership with Samuel Browning to form the company of Spencer & Browning after he apprenticed with instrument maker Richard Rust. When Ebenezer Rust joined the partnership, the resul... | William Spencer (navigational instrument maker) | Astronomy | 1,289 |
77,691,279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica%20Milligan | Veronica “Ronnie” Jean Kathleen Milligan (11 March 1926 – 3 September 1989) was an electrical engineer with expertise in construction management and president of the Women's Engineering Society.
Early life and education
Veronica Jean Kathleen O’Neil was born on 11 March 1926 in Pontypridd, South Wales to Jennie K. and... | Veronica Milligan | Engineering | 721 |
44,286,896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Growth%20curve%20%28statistics%29 | The growth curve model in statistics is a specific multivariate linear model, also known as GMANOVA (Generalized Multivariate Analysis-Of-Variance). It generalizes MANOVA by allowing post-matrices, as seen in the definition.
Definition
Growth curve model: Let X be a p×n random matrix corresponding to the observations... | Growth curve (statistics) | Mathematics | 358 |
32,776,711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coherent%20states%20in%20mathematical%20physics | Coherent states have been introduced in a physical context, first as quasi-classical states in quantum mechanics, then as the backbone of quantum optics and they are described in that spirit in the article Coherent states (see also). However, they have generated a huge variety of generalizations, which have led to a tr... | Coherent states in mathematical physics | Physics,Mathematics | 3,125 |
582,127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antenna%20tuner | An antenna tuner, a matchbox, transmatch, antenna tuning unit (ATU), antenna coupler, or feedline coupler is a device connected between a radio transmitter or receiver and its antenna to improve power transfer between them by matching the impedance of the radio to the antenna's feedline. Antenna tuners are particularl... | Antenna tuner | Engineering | 6,039 |
53,584,972 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addiction%20by%20Design | Addiction by Design is a 2012 non-fiction book by Natasha Dow Schüll and published by Princeton University Press that describes machine gambling in Las Vegas. It offers an analysis of machine gambling and the intensified forms of consumption that computer-based technologies enable and the innovations that deliberately... | Addiction by Design | Engineering | 161 |
3,090,397 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20over%20IP | Radio over Internet Protocol, or RoIP, is similar to Voice over IP (VoIP), but augments two-way radio communications rather than telephone calls. From the system point of view, it is essentially VoIP with push-to-talk. To the user it can be implemented like any other radio network.
With RoIP, at least one node of a ne... | Radio over IP | Engineering | 1,197 |
1,991,469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civetone | Civetone is a macrocyclic ketone and the main odorous constituent of civet oil. It is a pheromone sourced from the African civet. It has a strong musky odor that becomes pleasant at extreme dilutions. Civetone is closely related to muscone, the principal odoriferous compound found in musk; the structure of both compoun... | Civetone | Chemistry | 199 |
59,903,213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audiomack | Audiomack (often stylized as audiomack) is a music streaming and audio discovery platform that allows artists to upload music and fans to stream and download songs. It is especially popular among emerging artists, offering a space to share their music . The platform supports genres such as Hip-hop, R&B, Afrobeats, and ... | Audiomack | Technology | 1,579 |
1,623,051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypher%20%28film%29 | Cypher (also known as Brainstorm and Company Man), is a 2002 science fiction spy-fi thriller film directed by Vincenzo Natali and written by Brian King. The film follows an accountant (Jeremy Northam) whose sudden career as a corporate spy takes an unexpected turn when he meets a mysterious woman (Lucy Liu), uncovering... | Cypher (film) | Technology | 1,278 |
22,494,279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Realization%20%28linguistics%29 | In linguistics, realization is the process by which some kind of surface representation is derived from its underlying representation; that is, the way in which some abstract object of linguistic analysis comes to be produced in actual language. Phonemes are often said to be realized by speech sounds. The different sou... | Realization (linguistics) | Technology | 716 |
5,056,680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi%20Capricorni | The Bayer designation Xi Capricorni (ξ Cap, ξ Capricorni) is shared by two star systems, in the constellation Capricornus:
ξ¹ Capricorni
ξ² Capricorni, being the brighter of the two, often simply called ξ Capricorni
They are separated by 0.25° in the sky.
Capricorni, Xi
Capricornus | Xi Capricorni | Astronomy | 85 |
77,388,818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zirconium%20dichloride | Zirconium dichloride is an inorganic chemical compound with the chemical formula . is a black solid. It adopts a layered structure as molybdenum disulfide
The compound can be formed by heating zirconium monochloride and zirconium tetrachloride:
Related compounds
Zirconium diiodide.
References
Chlorides
Metal ha... | Zirconium dichloride | Chemistry | 91 |
339,742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinnation | Pinnation (also called pennation) is the arrangement of feather-like or multi-divided features arising from both sides of a common axis. Pinnation occurs in biological morphology, in crystals, such as some forms of ice or metal crystals, and in patterns of erosion or stream beds.
The term derives from the Latin word p... | Pinnation | Biology | 832 |
20,747,917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricyclic%20antidepressant%20overdose | Tricyclic antidepressant overdose is poisoning caused by excessive medication of the tricyclic antidepressant (TCA) type. Symptoms may include elevated body temperature, blurred vision, dilated pupils, sleepiness, confusion, seizures, rapid heart rate, and cardiac arrest. If symptoms have not occurred within six hours ... | Tricyclic antidepressant overdose | Environmental_science | 1,471 |
61,275,333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spatiality%20%28architecture%29 | Spatiality is a term used in architecture for characteristics that, looked at from a certain aspect, define the quality of a space. In comparison to the term spaciousness, which includes formal, dimensional determination of size—depth, width or height—spatiality is a higher category term. It includes not only formal bu... | Spatiality (architecture) | Engineering | 950 |
8,290,097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putt-Putt%20Saves%20the%20Zoo | Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo is a 1995 video game and the third of seven adventure games in the Putt-Putt series of games developed and published by Humongous Entertainment. The animation style also changed with this game to hand-drawn animation, in contrast to the pixel art graphics of the previous two games, following the... | Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo | Biology | 663 |
21,843,217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20of%20Things | The Web of Things (WoT) refers to a set of standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to ensure interoperability across different Internet of things platforms and application domains.
Building blocks
The four WoT building blocks provide a way to implement systems that conform with the WoT architecture... | Web of Things | Technology | 1,459 |
3,633,138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source%20transformation | Source transformation is the process of simplifying a circuit solution, especially with mixed sources, by transforming voltage sources into current sources, and vice versa, using Thévenin's theorem and Norton's theorem respectively.
Process
Performing a source transformation consists of using Ohm's law to take an ex... | Source transformation | Physics,Technology,Engineering | 618 |
61,878,439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesh%20Jasti | Ramesh Jasti is a professor of organic chemistry at the University of Oregon. He was the first person to synthesize the elusive cycloparaphenylene in 2008 during post doctoral work in the laboratory of Professor Carolyn Bertozzi. He started his laboratory at Boston University where he was the recipient of the NSF CAREE... | Ramesh Jasti | Chemistry | 244 |
73,308,571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium%20benzenesulfonate | Sodium benzenesulfonate is an organic compound with the formula . It is white, water-soluble solid, It is produced by the neutralization benzenesulfonic acid with sodium hydroxide. It is also a common ingredient in some detergents. The compound typically crystallizes from water as the monohydrate.
Heating this sal... | Sodium benzenesulfonate | Chemistry | 118 |
3,734,039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANOVA%20gauge%20R%26R | ANOVA gauge repeatability and reproducibility is a measurement systems analysis technique that uses an analysis of variance (ANOVA) random effects model to assess a measurement system.
The evaluation of a measurement system is not limited to gauge but to all types of measuring instruments, test methods, and other meas... | ANOVA gauge R&R | Physics,Mathematics | 1,117 |
4,603,713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel%20Ocean%20Program | The Parallel Ocean Program (POP) is a three-dimensional ocean circulation model designed primarily for studying the ocean climate system. The model is developed and supported primarily by researchers at LANL.
External links
Physical oceanography | Parallel Ocean Program | Physics | 44 |
59,545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sagrada%20Fam%C3%ADlia | The Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, otherwise known as Sagrada Família, is a church under construction in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is the largest unfinished Catholic church in the world. Designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), in 2005 his work on Sa... | Sagrada Família | Technology | 6,213 |
42,725,214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shapley-Ames%20Catalog | The Shapley-Ames Catalog of Bright Galaxies is a catalog of galaxies published in 1932 that includes observations of 1249 objects brighter than 13.2 magnitude. It was compiled by Harlow Shapley and Adelaide Ames. They identified 1189 objects based on the New General Catalogue and 48 based on the Index Catalogue. With t... | Shapley-Ames Catalog | Astronomy | 355 |
58,267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual%20schema | A conceptual schema or conceptual data model is a high-level description of informational needs underlying the design of a database. It typically includes only the core concepts and the main relationships among them. This is a high-level model with insufficient detail to build a complete, functional database. It descr... | Conceptual schema | Engineering | 743 |
2,008,686 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poikilotherm | A poikilotherm () is an animal (Greek poikilos – 'various', 'spotted', and therme – 'heat') whose internal temperature varies considerably. Poikilotherms have to survive and adapt to environmental stress. One of the most important stressors is outer environment temperature change, which can lead to alterations in memb... | Poikilotherm | Biology | 1,219 |
15,560,529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative%20biological%20effectiveness | In radiobiology, the relative biological effectiveness (often abbreviated as RBE) is the ratio of biological effectiveness of one type of ionizing radiation relative to another, given the same amount of absorbed energy. The RBE is an empirical value that varies depending on the type of ionizing radiation, the energies ... | Relative biological effectiveness | Chemistry,Materials_science | 1,979 |
55,242,463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zetron | Zetron, Inc. is an American company that manufactures integrated communications systems. Founded in 1980, formerly a subsidiary of JVCKenwood, in May 2021 it was purchased by Codan Communications. Its products are for use by Emergency and Public Safety Agencies (Fire, Ambulance and Police), Utilities and Transportation... | Zetron | Technology,Engineering | 405 |
28,786,437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson%20assembly | Gibson assembly is a molecular cloning method that allows for the joining of multiple DNA fragments in a single, isothermal reaction. It is named after its creator, Daniel G. Gibson, who is the chief technology officer and co-founder of the synthetic biology company, Telesis Bio. The technology is more efficient than m... | Gibson assembly | Engineering,Biology | 736 |
222,990 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiane%20N%C3%BCsslein-Volhard | Christiane (Janni) Nüsslein-Volhard (; born 20 October 1942) is a German developmental biologist and a 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate. She is the only woman from Germany to have received a Nobel Prize in the sciences.
Nüsslein-Volhard earned her PhD in 1974 from the University of Tübingen, where s... | Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | Technology | 2,192 |
25,464,987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20eclipse%20of%20September%2012%2C%202053 | A total solar eclipse will take place at the Moon's ascending node of orbit on Friday, September 12, 2053, with a magnitude of 1.0328. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when ... | Solar eclipse of September 12, 2053 | Astronomy | 635 |
46,365,465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20Cannon | Tim Cannon is an American software developer, entrepreneur, and biohacker based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known as Chief Information Officer of Grindhouse Wetware, a biotechnology startup company that creates technology to augment human capabilities. Grindhouse was co-founded by Cannon and Shawn Sarver i... | Tim Cannon | Biology | 643 |
4,238,602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urchin%20%28software%29 | Urchin was a web statistics analysis program that was developed by Urchin Software Corporation. Urchin analyzed web server log file content and displayed the traffic information on that website based upon the log data. Sales of Urchin products ended on March 28, 2012.
Urchin software could be run in two different data... | Urchin (software) | Technology | 270 |
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