id int64 580 79M | url stringlengths 31 175 | text stringlengths 9 245k | source stringlengths 1 109 | categories stringclasses 160
values | token_count int64 3 51.8k |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
57,552,007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fostriecin | Fostriecin is a type I polyketide synthase (PKS) derived natural product, originally isolated from the soil bacterium Streptomyces pulveraceus. It belongs to a class of natural products which characteristically contain a phosphate ester, an α,β-unsaturated lactam and a conjugated linear diene or triene chain produced b... | Fostriecin | Chemistry | 960 |
73,196,367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celloscope%20automated%20cell%20counter | Celloscope automated cell counter was developed in the 1950s for enumeration of erythrocytes, leukocytes, and thrombocytes in blood samples. Together with the Coulter counter, the Celloscope analyzer can be considered one of the predecessors of today's automated hematology analyzers, as the principle of the electrical ... | Celloscope automated cell counter | Technology,Engineering | 1,469 |
55,287,698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagel%20machine | A bagel machine is a machine that automatically produces bagels. It rolls, presses, and shapes dough into perfect circles.
History
In 1950, Daniel Thompson, son of Mickey Thompson, began designing an automatic bagel-making machine when he was 29. His father had been trying to make a working automatic bagel-making mac... | Bagel machine | Physics,Technology,Engineering | 435 |
20,436,774 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitization%20%28immunology%29 | In immunology, the term sensitization is used for the following concepts:
Immunization by inducing an adaptive response in the immune system. In this sense, sensitization is the term more often in usage for induction of allergic responses.
To bind antibodies to cells such as erythrocytes in advance of performing an ... | Sensitization (immunology) | Biology | 230 |
73,396,228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computing%20in%20Science%20%26%20Engineering | Computing in Science & Engineering (CiSE) is a bimonthly technical magazine published by the IEEE Computer Society. It was founded in 1999 from the merger of two publications: Computational Science & Engineering (CS&E) and Computers in Physics (CIP), the first published by IEEE and the second by the American Institute... | Computing in Science & Engineering | Engineering | 581 |
9,019,594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pantsing | Pantsing, also known as depantsing, debagging, dacking, flagging, sharking, and scanting, is the act of pulling down a person's trousers and sometimes underpants, usually against their wishes, and typically as a practical joke or a form of bullying, but in other instances as a sexual fetish.
Pantsing is a more common... | Pantsing | Biology | 681 |
1,945,510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansco%20Panda | The Ansco Panda was a simple child's box camera made by the Ansco camera corporation of Binghamton, New York in the 1940s. Its appearance is quite similar to the Kodak Baby Brownie and was designed to compete directly with it. The camera features a black plastic body with cream accents around the lenses, a cream colo... | Ansco Panda | Technology | 169 |
354,102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-92%20series | The TI-92 series are a line of graphing calculators produced by Texas Instruments. They include: the TI-92 (1995), the TI-92 II (1996), the TI-92 Plus (1998, 1999) and the Voyage 200 (2002). The design of these relatively large calculators includes a QWERTY keyboard. Because of this keyboard, it was given the status o... | TI-92 series | Mathematics | 1,116 |
75,471,835 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KPD%200005%2B5106 | KPD 0005+5106 is a helium-rich white dwarf located 1,350 light-years from Earth. As a "pre-white dwarf", it is believed to still be in the helium-burning phase, just before nuclear fusion finally stops. It is one of the hottest known white dwarfs, with a temperature of 200,000 K.
Possible companion object
KPD 0005+51... | KPD 0005+5106 | Astronomy | 216 |
28,872,395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methoxetamine | Methoxetamine (MXE) is a dissociative hallucinogen that has been sold as a designer drug. It differs from many dissociatives such as ketamine and phencyclidine (PCP) that were developed as pharmaceutical drugs for use as general anesthetics in that it was designed specifically to increase the antidepressant effects of ... | Methoxetamine | Chemistry | 1,782 |
56,141,758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabine%20Brunswicker | Sabine Brunswicker is a Full Professor for Digital Innovation at Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States, and the Founder and Director of Research Center for Open Digital Innovation (RCODI). She is a computational social scientist with a particular focus on open digital innovation who engages with an interdi... | Sabine Brunswicker | Technology | 1,922 |
29,102,236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biodilution | Biodilution, sometimes referred to as bloom dilution, is the decrease in concentration of an element or pollutant with an increase in trophic level. This effect is primarily observed during algal blooms whereby an increase in algal biomass reduces the concentration of pollutants in organisms higher up in the food chain... | Biodilution | Biology | 632 |
18,632,796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacking%20at%20Random | Hacking at Random was an outdoor hacker conference that took place in the Netherlands from August 13 to August 16, 2009. It had an attendance of 2300 people.
It was situated on a large camp-site near the small town Vierhouten in the Netherlands called the Paasheuvel.
This conference was the second most recent event i... | Hacking at Random | Technology | 322 |
61,503,405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergen | Watergen Inc. (formerly Water-Gen) is an Israel-based global company that develops atmospheric water generator (AWG) systems. Its systems generate water from air at 250 Wh per liter.
History
Watergen was founded in 2009 by entrepreneur and former military commander Arye Kohavi and a team of engineers with the goal of ... | Watergen | Environmental_science | 313 |
31,537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transuranium%20element | The transuranium (or transuranic) elements are the chemical elements with atomic number greater than 92, which is the atomic number of uranium. All of them are radioactively unstable and decay into other elements. Except for neptunium and plutonium, which have been found in trace amounts in nature, none occur naturally... | Transuranium element | Physics | 2,568 |
58,105,226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavg | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Cavg}}
Cavg is the average concentration of a drug in the central circulation during a dosing interval in steady state. It is calculated by
where is the area under the curve and the dosing interval.
See also
Area under the curve (pharmacokinetics)
Cmax (pharmacology)
References
Pharmacokinetic me... | Cavg | Chemistry | 83 |
68,724,006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone%2013%20Pro | The iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max are smartphones developed and marketed by Apple Inc. They were the flagship smartphones in the fifteenth generation of the iPhone, succeeding the iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max respectively. The devices were unveiled alongside the iPhone 13 and iPhone 13 Mini at an Apple Spe... | IPhone 13 Pro | Technology | 1,727 |
45,049,970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GLACIER%20%28refrigerator%29 | GLACIER (General Laboratory Active Cryogenic ISS Experiment Refrigerator) was designed and developed by University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering (CBSE) for NASA Cold Stowage. Glacier was originally designed for use on board the Space Shuttle, but is now used for storing ... | GLACIER (refrigerator) | Physics | 537 |
6,317,457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/258%20%28number%29 | 258 (two hundred [and] fifty-eight) is the natural number following 257 and preceding 259.
In mathematics
258 is:
a sphenic number
a nontotient
the sum of four consecutive prime numbers because 258 = 59 + 61 + 67 + 71
63 + 62 + 6
an Ulam number
References
Integers | 258 (number) | Mathematics | 66 |
574,775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstraction%20layer | In computing, an abstraction layer or abstraction level is a way of hiding the working details of a subsystem. Examples of software models that use layers of abstraction include the OSI model for network protocols, OpenGL, and other graphics libraries, which allow the separation of concerns to facilitate interoperabili... | Abstraction layer | Technology,Engineering | 845 |
53,697,574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teresa%20W.%20Haynes | Teresa W. Haynes (born 1953) is an American professor of mathematics and statistics at East Tennessee State University known for her research in graph theory and particularly on dominating sets.
Education and career
Haynes earned three degrees from Eastern Kentucky University: a B.S. in mathematics and education in 19... | Teresa W. Haynes | Mathematics | 247 |
454,486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%209x | Windows 9x is a generic term referring to a line of discontinued Microsoft Windows operating systems from 1995 to 2000, which were based on the Windows 95 kernel and its underlying foundation of MS-DOS, both of which were updated in subsequent versions. The first version in the 9x series was Windows 95, which was succe... | Windows 9x | Technology | 6,696 |
25,178,379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrographer%20of%20the%20Navy | The Hydrographer of the Navy is the principal hydrographical Royal Naval appointment. From 1795 until 2001, the post was responsible for the production of charts for the Royal Navy, and around this post grew the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).
In 2001, the post was disassociated from UKHO, and the Hydrograp... | Hydrographer of the Navy | Environmental_science | 858 |
1,988,772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatung%20Company | Tatung Company () (Tatung; ) is a multinational corporation established in 1918 and headquartered in Zhongshan, Taipei, Taiwan.
Established in 1918 and headquartered in Taipei, Tatung Company holds 3 business groups, which includes 8 business units: Industrial Appliance BU, Motor BU, Wire & Cable BU, Solar BU, Smart M... | Tatung Company | Technology | 1,008 |
73,540,660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male%20heir | A male heir (sometimes heirs male)—usually describing the first-born son (primogeniture) or oldest surviving son of a family—has traditionally been the recipient of the residue of the estate, titles, wealth and responsibilities of his father in a patrilineal system. This system may vary by region but has ancient, perha... | Male heir | Biology | 242 |
27,367,408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibor%20Erdey-Gr%C3%BAz | Tibor Erdey-Grúz (27 October 1902 – 16 August 1976) was a Hungarian chemist and politician, who served as Minister of Higher Education between 1952 and 1953 and after that as Minister of Education from 1953 to 1956.
References
Magyar Életrajzi Lexikon
1902 births
1976 deaths
People from Budapest
Members of the Hunga... | Tibor Erdey-Grúz | Chemistry | 116 |
28,707,577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola%20APCOR | The Motorola APCOR (Advanced Portable Coronary Observation Radio) was a 12 watt, paramedic telemetry radio produced by the Motorola company during the 1970s and 1980s. The Motorola APCOR could transmit voice and EKG simultaneously and was battery operated. There were three or more versions of the Motorola APCOR, the fi... | Motorola APCOR | Biology | 590 |
40,624,233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postmenopausal%20confusion | Postmenopausal confusion, also commonly referred to as postmenopausal brain fog, is a group of symptoms of menopause in which women report problems with cognition at a higher frequency during postmenopause than before.
Multiple studies on cognitive performance following menopause have reported noticeable declines in g... | Postmenopausal confusion | Biology | 2,305 |
3,536,499 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E4M | Encryption for the Masses (E4M) is a free disk encryption software for Windows NT and Windows 9x families of operating systems. E4M is discontinued; it is no longer maintained. Its author, former criminal cartel boss Paul Le Roux, joined Shaun Hollingworth (the author of the Scramdisk) to produce the commercial encryp... | E4M | Mathematics | 352 |
42,268,134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium%20looping | Calcium looping (CaL), or the regenerative calcium cycle (RCC), is a second-generation carbon capture technology. It is the most developed form of carbonate looping, where a metal (M) is reversibly reacted between its carbonate form (MCO3) and its oxide form (MO) to separate carbon dioxide from other gases coming from ... | Calcium looping | Chemistry,Engineering | 6,125 |
1,166,647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic%20reconnection | Magnetic reconnection is a physical process occurring in electrically conducting plasmas, in which the magnetic topology is rearranged and magnetic energy is converted to kinetic energy, thermal energy, and particle acceleration. Magnetic reconnection involves plasma flows at a substantial fraction of the Alfvén wave s... | Magnetic reconnection | Physics | 4,732 |
2,278,435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valnoctamide | Valnoctamide (INN, USAN) has been used in France as a sedative-hypnotic since 1964. It is a structural isomer of valpromide, a valproic acid prodrug; unlike valpromide, however, valnoctamide is not transformed into its homologous acid, valnoctic acid, in vivo.
Indications
In addition to being a sedative, valnoctamide ... | Valnoctamide | Chemistry | 404 |
366,007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank%20%28computer%20programming%29 | In computer programming, rank with no further specifications is usually a synonym for (or refers to) "number of dimensions"; thus, a two-dimensional array has rank two, a three-dimensional array has rank three and so on.
Strictly, no formal definition can be provided which applies to every programming language, since e... | Rank (computer programming) | Engineering | 532 |
488,059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic%20cartridge | A magnetic cartridge, more commonly called a phonograph cartridge or phono cartridge or (colloquially) a pickup, is an electromechanical transducer that is used to play phonograph records on a turntable.
The cartridge contains a removable or permanently mounted stylus, the tip - usually a gemstone, such as diamond or ... | Magnetic cartridge | Technology,Engineering | 2,177 |
240,863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological%20pricing | Psychological pricing (also price ending or charm pricing) is a pricing and marketing strategy based on the theory that certain prices have a psychological impact. In this pricing method, retail prices are often expressed as just-below numbers: numbers that are just a little less than a round number, e.g. $19.99 or £2.... | Psychological pricing | Biology | 2,872 |
60,841,716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APBS%20%28software%29 | APBS (previously also Advanced Poisson-Boltzmann Solver) is a free and open-source software for solving the equations of continuum electrostatics intended primarily for the large biomolecular systems. It is available under the BSD license.
PDB2PQR prepares the protein structure files from Protein Data Bank for use wit... | APBS (software) | Chemistry | 173 |
3,452,765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ViroPharma | ViroPharma Incorporated was a pharmaceutical company that developed and sold drugs that addressed serious diseases treated by physician specialists and in hospital settings. The company focused on product development activities on viruses and human disease, including those caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis ... | ViroPharma | Biology | 963 |
56,227,208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haploporus%20latisporus | Haploporus latisporus is a species of poroid white rot crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is found in Central China, where it grows on decomposing pine twigs.
Taxonomy
The type collection of Haploporus latisporus was made in Jigongshan (Henan Province) in August 2005, and described as a new species in 2007. T... | Haploporus latisporus | Biology | 280 |
52,926,101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-10%20%28material%29 | G-10 or garolite is a high-pressure fiberglass laminate, a type of composite material. It is created by stacking multiple layers of glass cloth, soaked in epoxy resin, then compressing the resulting material under heat until the epoxy cures. It is manufactured in flat sheets, most often a few millimeters thick.
G-10... | G-10 (material) | Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 533 |
2,654,483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enterprise%20data%20management | Enterprise data management (EDM) is the ability of an organization to precisely define, easily integrate and effectively retrieve data for both internal applications and external communication. EDM focuses on the creation of accurate, consistent, and transparent content. EDM emphasizes data precision, granularity, and... | Enterprise data management | Technology | 959 |
42,395,737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grape%20syrup | Grape syrup is a condiment made with concentrated grape juice. It is thick and sweet because of its high ratio of sugar to water. Grape syrup is made by boiling grapes, removing their skins, and squeezing them through a sieve to extract the juice. Like other fruit syrups, a common use of grape syrup is as a topping to ... | Grape syrup | Environmental_science | 2,397 |
9,944,425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamiltonian%20completion | The Hamiltonian completion problem is to find the minimal number of edges to add to a graph to make it Hamiltonian.
The problem is clearly NP-hard in the general case (since its solution gives an answer to the NP-complete problem of determining whether a given graph has a Hamiltonian cycle). The associated decision pr... | Hamiltonian completion | Mathematics | 220 |
37,360,538 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20interactions%20with%20insects | Human interactions with insects include both a wide variety of uses, whether practical such as for food, textiles, and dyestuffs, or symbolic, as in art, music, and literature, and negative interactions including damage to crops and extensive efforts to control insect pests.
Academically, the interaction of insects an... | Human interactions with insects | Biology,Environmental_science | 7,069 |
75,384,564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Laboratory%20of%20Scientific%20Computation%20%28Brazil%29 | The National Laboratory of Scientific Computation or the National Laboratory for Scientific Computing (LNCC; Portuguese: Laboratório Nacional de Computação Científica) is a Brazilian institution for scientific research and technological development linked to the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI), sp... | National Laboratory of Scientific Computation (Brazil) | Technology | 259 |
988,114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20logger | A data logger (also datalogger or data recorder) is an electronic device that records data over time or about location either with a built-in instrument or sensor or via external instruments and sensors. Increasingly, but not entirely, they are based on a digital processor (or computer), and called digital data loggers... | Data logger | Technology,Engineering | 2,121 |
1,168,490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metatable | A metatable is the section of a database or other data holding structure that is designated to hold data that will act as source code or metadata. In most cases, specific software has been written to read the data from the metatables and perform different actions depending on the data it finds.
See also
Magic number... | Metatable | Technology | 85 |
2,465,097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%27s%20band | Alexander's band or Alexander's dark band is an optical phenomenon associated with rainbows which was named after Alexander of Aphrodisias who first described this phenomenon in Aphrodisias, Commentary on Book IV of Aristotle's Meteorology (also known as: Commentary on Book IV of Aristotle's De Meteorologica or On A... | Alexander's band | Physics | 323 |
44,111,699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer%20Gardy | Jennifer Gardy is a Canadian scientist, educator and broadcaster, with expertise in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, and bioinformatics. Since February 2019 she has been the Deputy Director, Surveillance, Data, and Epidemiology on the Global Health: Malaria team at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She... | Jennifer Gardy | Chemistry | 825 |
20,254,389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mining%20and%20metallurgy%20in%20medieval%20Europe | During the Middle Ages, between the 5th and 16th century AD, Western Europe saw a period of growth in the mining industry. The first important mines were those at Goslar in the Harz mountains, taken into commission in the 10th century. Another notable mining town is Falun in Sweden where copper has been mined since at ... | Mining and metallurgy in medieval Europe | Chemistry,Materials_science | 2,348 |
237,770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negative%20resistance | In electronics, negative resistance (NR) is a property of some electrical circuits and devices in which an increase in voltage across the device's terminals results in a decrease in electric current through it.
This is in contrast to an ordinary resistor in which an increase of applied voltage causes a proportional in... | Negative resistance | Physics,Mathematics | 11,309 |
3,332,762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naphthalenesulfonic%20acid | Naphthalenesulfonic acid may refer to:
Naphthalene-1-sulfonic acid
Naphthalene-2-sulfonic acid
Sulfonic acids | Naphthalenesulfonic acid | Chemistry | 39 |
60,944,280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning%20helium%20microscopy | The scanning helium microscope (SHeM) is a form of microscopy that uses low-energy (5–100 meV) neutral helium atoms to image the surface of a sample without any damage to the sample caused by the imaging process. Since helium is inert and neutral, it can be used to study delicate and insulating surfaces. Images are for... | Scanning helium microscopy | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Technology,Engineering | 3,932 |
61,019,132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20golfer%20problem | In discrete mathematics, the social golfer problem (SGP) is a combinatorial-design problem derived from a question posted in the usenet newsgroup sci.op-research in May 1998. The problem is as follows: 32 golfers play golf once a week in groups of 4. Schedule these golfers to play for as many weeks as possible without ... | Social golfer problem | Mathematics | 721 |
2,338,230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Local%20Supervoid | The Southern Local Supervoid is a tremendously large, nearly empty region of space (a void).
It lies next to the Local Supercluster, which contains our galaxy the Milky Way. Its center is 96 megaparsecs away and the void is 112 megaparsecs in diameter across its narrowest width. Its volume is very approximately 600 bi... | Southern Local Supervoid | Astronomy | 107 |
22,059,695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%202038%20lunar%20eclipse | A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Thursday, June 17, 2038, with an umbral magnitude of −0.5259. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side pass... | June 2038 lunar eclipse | Astronomy | 689 |
73,056,460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candle%20Corporation | Candle Corporation was an American software company active from 1976 to 2004. The company spent the first two decades developing system monitoring applications for a variety of IBM mainframes and their corresponding software, their first being OMEGAMON which saw quick widespread adoption in commercial enterprises. In t... | Candle Corporation | Technology,Engineering | 1,679 |
48,188,587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cll1 | Toxin Cll1 is a toxin from the venom of the Mexican scorpion Centruroides limpidus limpidus, which changes the activation threshold of sodium channels by binding to neurotoxin binding site 4, resulting in increased excitability.
Etymology and source
The toxin Cll1 is named after its producing species, Centruroides li... | Cll1 | Chemistry | 670 |
228,626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parazoa | Parazoa (Parazoa, gr. Παρα-, para, "next to", and ζωα, zoa, "animals") are a taxon with sub-kingdom category that is located at the base of the phylogenetic tree of the animal kingdom in opposition to the sub-kingdom Eumetazoa; they group together the most primitive forms, characterized by not having proper tissues or ... | Parazoa | Biology | 631 |
27,478,191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enforce%20In-order%20Execution%20of%20I/O | Enforce In-order Execution of I/O (EIEIO) is an assembly language instruction used on the PowerPC central processing unit (CPU) which prevents one memory or input/output (I/O) operation from starting until the previous memory or I/O operation completed. This instruction is needed as I/O controllers on the system bus re... | Enforce In-order Execution of I/O | Technology | 191 |
21,530,594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grocott%27s%20methenamine%20silver%20stain | In pathology, the Grocott–Gömöri's methenamine silver stain, abbreviated GMS, is a popular staining method in histology. The stain was originally named after György Gömöri, the Hungarian physician who developed the stain.
It is used widely as a screen for fungal organisms. It is particularly useful in staining carboh... | Grocott's methenamine silver stain | Chemistry,Biology | 258 |
1,436,372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transition%20point | In the field of fluid dynamics the point at which the boundary layer changes from laminar to turbulent is called the transition point. Where and how this transition occurs depends on the Reynolds number, the pressure gradient, pressure fluctuations due to sound, surface vibration, the initial turbulence level of the f... | Transition point | Chemistry | 668 |
639,737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TechSoup | TechSoup, founded in 1987 as CompuMentor and later known as TechSoup Global, is a nonprofit international network of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that provides technical support and technological tools to other nonprofits.
History
After discussing the technology needs of nonprofits with members of the WELL,... | TechSoup | Technology | 885 |
75,876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walther%20Nernst | Walther Hermann Nernst (; 25 June 1864 – 18 November 1941) was a German physical chemist known for his work in thermodynamics, physical chemistry, electrochemistry, and solid-state physics. His formulation of the Nernst heat theorem helped pave the way for the third law of thermodynamics, for which he won the 1920 No... | Walther Nernst | Physics,Chemistry | 2,862 |
55,849,011 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%204519 | NGC 4519 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. NGC 4519 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 15, 1784. It has a companion galaxy known as PGC 41706 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
Physical characteristics
NGC 4519 has an asymmetric struc... | NGC 4519 | Astronomy | 127 |
52,001,960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20guidance | Contact guidance refers to a phenomenon for which the orientation of cells and stress fibers is influenced by geometrical patterns such as nano/microgrooves on substrates, or collagen fibers in gels and soft tissues. This phenomenon was discovered in 1912, and the terminology was introduced in 1945, but it is with the ... | Contact guidance | Biology | 893 |
62,955,446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt%20Koffka%20Medal | The Kurt-Koffka Medal, Kurt Koffka Medal, Kurt Koffka Award, or Koffka Prize is an annual, international award bestowed by Giessen University's Department of Psychology for "advancing the fields of perception or developmental psychology to an extraordinary extent". The prize commemorates the German psychologist Kurt Ko... | Kurt Koffka Medal | Technology | 626 |
12,046,704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphatidylglycerol | Phosphatidylglycerol is a glycerophospholipid found in pulmonary surfactant and in the plasma membrane where it directly activates lipid-gated ion channels.
The general structure of phosphatidylglycerol consists of a L-glycerol 3-phosphate backbone ester-bonded to either saturated or unsaturated fatty acids on carbons... | Phosphatidylglycerol | Chemistry | 663 |
16,848,644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TXN2 | Thioredoxin, mitochondrial also known as thioredoxin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TXN2 gene on chromosome 22. This nuclear gene encodes a mitochondrial member of the thioredoxin family, a group of small multifunctional redox-active proteins. The encoded protein may play important roles in the regulat... | TXN2 | Chemistry | 750 |
23,155,814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacketed%20vessel | In chemical engineering, a jacketed vessel is a container that is designed for controlling temperature of its contents, by using a cooling or heating "jacket" around the vessel through which a cooling or heating fluid is circulated.
A jacket is a cavity external to the vessel that permits the uniform exchange of heat... | Jacketed vessel | Chemistry,Engineering | 752 |
6,796,295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paecilomyces | Paecilomyces is a genus of fungi. A number of species in this genus are plant pathogens.
Several of the entomopathogenic species, such as "Paecilomyces fumosoroseus" have now been placed in the genus Isaria, in the order Hypocreales and family Cordycipitaceae.
In 1974, R.A. Samson transferred the nematicidal species ... | Paecilomyces | Biology | 1,739 |
457,210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pure%20mathematics | Pure mathematics is the study of mathematical concepts independently of any application outside mathematics. These concepts may originate in real-world concerns, and the results obtained may later turn out to be useful for practical applications, but pure mathematicians are not primarily motivated by such applications.... | Pure mathematics | Mathematics | 1,847 |
26,285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restriction%20fragment%20length%20polymorphism | In molecular biology, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) is a technique that exploits variations in homologous DNA sequences, known as polymorphisms, populations, or species or to pinpoint the locations of genes within a sequence. The term may refer to a polymorphism itself, as detected through the differ... | Restriction fragment length polymorphism | Chemistry,Biology | 1,437 |
76,566,332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lak%C3%A1skult%C3%BAra | Lakáskultúra (, ) is a monthly interior design magazine which has been in circulation since 1964. The magazine is headquartered in Budapest, Hungary.
History and profile
Lakáskultúra was established by the Hungarian Architects’ Association in Budapest in 1964. The Association was also one of the sponsors of the magazi... | Lakáskultúra | Engineering | 229 |
20,126,705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FERET%20%28facial%20recognition%20technology%29 | The Facial Recognition Technology (FERET) program was a government-sponsored project that aimed to create a large, automatic face-recognition system for intelligence, security, and law enforcement purposes. The program began in 1993 under the combined leadership of Dr. Harry Wechsler at George Mason University (GMU) an... | FERET (facial recognition technology) | Technology | 1,266 |
5,766,547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebesgue%20differentiation%20theorem | In mathematics, the Lebesgue differentiation theorem is a theorem of real analysis, which states that for almost every point, the value of an integrable function is the limiting average taken around the point. The theorem is named for Henri Lebesgue.
Statement
For a Lebesgue integrable real or complex-valued function ... | Lebesgue differentiation theorem | Mathematics | 1,149 |
35,862,964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geomagic | Geomagic is the professional engineering software brand of Hexagon AB. The products are focused on computer-aided design, with an emphasis on 3D scanning and other non-traditional design methodologies, such as voxel-based modeling with haptic input.
History
Geomagic was founded in 1997 by Ping Fu and Herbert Edelsbrun... | Geomagic | Engineering | 425 |
19,467,882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urbilaterian | The urbilaterian (from German ur- 'original') is the hypothetical last common ancestor of the bilaterian clade, i.e., all animals having a bilateral symmetry.
Appearance
Its appearance is a matter of debate, for no representative has been (or may or may not ever be) identified in the fossil record. Two reconstructed ... | Urbilaterian | Biology | 2,859 |
43,672,606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openpass | OpenPass is a method for data recording on RFID card in an integrated access control system, with proprietary software by different providers.
OpenPass is released under the GPL license.
The OpenPass system
The OpenPass system consist of:
contactless smartcard ISO 15693, without proprietary restrictions;
ticket count... | Openpass | Engineering | 651 |
46,259,599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20computers%20with%20on-board%20BASIC | This is a list of computers with on-board BASIC. They shipped standard with a version of BASIC that was installed in the computer. The computers can access the BASIC language without the user inserting cartridges or loading software from external media.
BASICs with Bitwise Ops use -1 as true and the AND and OR operato... | List of computers with on-board BASIC | Technology | 257 |
15,343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intron | An intron is any nucleotide sequence within a gene that is not expressed or operative in the final RNA product. The word intron is derived from the term intragenic region, i.e., a region inside a gene. The term intron refers to both the DNA sequence within a gene and the corresponding RNA sequence in RNA transcripts. T... | Intron | Chemistry,Biology | 4,566 |
32,895,691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kune%20%28software%29 | Kune was a free/open source distributed social network focused on collaboration rather than just on communication. That is, it focused on online real-time collaborative editing, decentralized social networking and web publishing, while focusing on workgroups rather than just on individuals. It aimed to allow for the cr... | Kune (software) | Technology | 1,939 |
10,366,709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-chaperone | Co-chaperones are proteins that assist chaperones in protein folding and other functions. Co-chaperones are the non-client binding molecules that assist in protein folding mediated by Hsp70 and Hsp90. They are particularly essential in stimulation of the ATPase activity of these chaperone proteins. There are a great nu... | Co-chaperone | Chemistry | 713 |
13,649,130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO/IEC%20JTC%201/SC%2022 | ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22 Programming languages, their environments and system software interfaces is a standardization subcommittee of the Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1 of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) that develops and facilitates ... | ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 22 | Technology | 1,130 |
60,934,902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillion | Trillion is a number with two distinct definitions:
1,000,000,000,000, i.e. one million million, or (ten to the twelfth power), as defined on the short scale. This is now the meaning in both American and British English.
1,000,000,000,000,000,000, i.e. (ten to the eighteenth power), as defined on the long scale. This... | Trillion | Mathematics | 418 |
77,276,707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20ecology | Transport ecology is the science of the human-transport-environment system. There are two chairs of transport ecology in Germany, in Dresden and Karlsruhe.
Vocabulary
Mobility is about satisfying the need to travel. To achieve mobility, means of transport are needed. Mobility corresponds to the human need to travel -... | Transport ecology | Physics | 675 |
2,898,771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambda%20Aurigae | Lambda Aurigae, Latinized from λ Aurigae, is the Bayer designation for a solar analog star in the northern constellation of Auriga. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.71. Based upon parallax measurements, it is approximately distant from the Earth. The star is drifting further away w... | Lambda Aurigae | Astronomy | 646 |
12,821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate | A gate or gateway is a point of entry to or from a space enclosed by walls. The word derived from old Norse "gat" meaning road or path; But other terms include yett and port. The concept originally referred to the gap or hole in the wall or fence, rather than a barrier which closed it. Gates may prevent or control the ... | Gate | Engineering | 430 |
3,057,614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-form%20electrodynamics | In theoretical physics, -form electrodynamics is a generalization of Maxwell's theory of electromagnetism.
Ordinary (via. one-form) Abelian electrodynamics
We have a one-form , a gauge symmetry
where is any arbitrary fixed 0-form and is the exterior derivative, and a gauge-invariant vector current with density 1 s... | P-form electrodynamics | Astronomy,Mathematics | 459 |
20,635,292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SOAtest | Parasoft SOAtest is a testing and analysis tool suite for testing and validating APIs and API-driven applications (e.g., cloud, mobile apps, SOA). Basic testing functionality include functional unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, system testing, security testing, simulation and mocking, runtime error... | SOAtest | Engineering | 261 |
23,433,902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C14H18N4O3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C14H18N4O3}}
The molecular formula C14H18N4O3 (molar mass: 290.318 g/mol, exact mass: 290.1379 u) may refer to:
Benomyl
Trimethoprim (TMP)
Molecular formulas | C14H18N4O3 | Physics,Chemistry | 68 |
1,406,322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20garden%20features | Garden features are physical elements, both natural and manmade, used in garden design.
Artificial waterfall
Avenue
Aviary
Bog garden
Borrowed scenery
Bosquet
Broderie
Belvedere
Chashitsu (tea house)
Chōzubachi (basin)
Deck
Dirty kitchen
Exedra
Fish pond
Folly
Footbridge
Fountain
Garden pond
Garden railway
Garden roo... | List of garden features | Engineering | 213 |
49,248,459 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transactivation%20domain | The transactivation domain or trans-activating domain (TAD) is a transcription factor scaffold domain which contains binding sites for other proteins such as transcription coregulators. These binding sites are frequently referred to as activation functions (AFs). TADs are named after their amino acid composition. The... | Transactivation domain | Chemistry,Biology | 790 |
35,728,290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20semantics%20%28computer%20science%29 | In computer science, algebraic semantics is a form of axiomatic semantics based on algebraic laws for describing and reasoning about program specifications in a formal manner.
Syntax
The syntax of an algebraic specification is formulated in two steps: (1) defining a formal signature of data types and operation symbols... | Algebraic semantics (computer science) | Mathematics,Engineering | 770 |
20,740,416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human-centered%20design | Human-centered design (HCD, also human-centered design, as used in ISO standards) is an approach to problem-solving commonly used in process, product, service and system design, management, and engineering frameworks that develops solutions to problems by involving the human perspective in all steps of the problem-sol... | Human-centered design | Engineering | 2,601 |
55,708,307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean%20Boating%20Act%20of%202008 | The Clean Boating Act of 2008 (CBA) is a United States law that requires recreational vessels to implement best management practices to control pollution discharges. The law exempts these vessels from requirements to obtain a discharge permit under the Clean Water Act (i.e. they are exempt from coverage under the EPA V... | Clean Boating Act of 2008 | Chemistry,Environmental_science | 226 |
1,813,588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20distribution | Digital distribution, also referred to as content delivery, online distribution, or electronic software distribution, among others, is the delivery or distribution of digital media content such as audio, video, e-books, video games, and other software.
The term is generally used to describe distribution over an online... | Digital distribution | Technology | 1,796 |
24,955,243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWire%20%28library%29 | OpenWire is an open-source dataflow programming library that extends the functionality of Embarcadero Delphi and C++ Builder by providing pin type component properties. The properties can be connected to each other. The connections can be used to deliver data or state information between the pins, simulating the funct... | OpenWire (library) | Technology | 480 |
1,966,125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christer%20Fuglesang | Arne Christer Fuglesang (born 18 March 1957) is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first launched aboard the STS-116 Space Shuttle mission on 10 December 2006, making him the first Swedish citizen in space.
Married with three children, he was a Fellow at CERN and taught mathematics at the Royal Institute... | Christer Fuglesang | Physics | 1,661 |
11,816,342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cercospora%20solani-tuberosi | Cercospora solani-tuberosi is a fungal plant pathogen.
References
solani-tuberosi
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Fungus species | Cercospora solani-tuberosi | Biology | 33 |
78,135,250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisa%20Facio | Elisa Facio became Uruguay's Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay in November 2023.
Life
Facio attended the University of the Republic where she studied computer engineering. She graduated and then went on to take a master's degree at the same university before she became a computer engineer.
She was th... | Elisa Facio | Engineering | 350 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.