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986,353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20leakage | Information leakage happens whenever a system that is designed to be closed to an eavesdropper reveals some information to unauthorized parties nonetheless. In other words: Information leakage occurs when secret information correlates with, or can be correlated with, observable information. For example, when designing ... | Information leakage | Mathematics,Engineering | 448 |
11,648,907 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20buffering%20verifier | The Video Buffering Verifier (VBV) is a theoretical MPEG video buffer model, used to ensure that an encoded video stream can be correctly buffered, and played back at the decoder device.
By definition, the VBV shall not overflow nor underflow when its input is a compliant stream, (except in the case of low_delay). It ... | Video buffering verifier | Technology | 353 |
75,049,414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tremella%20olens | Tremella olens is a species of fungus in the family Tremellaceae. It produces soft, whitish, lobed to frondose, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) and is parasitic on other fungi on dead branches of broad-leaved trees. It was originally described from Tasmania.
Taxonomy
Tremella olens was first published in 1860 ... | Tremella olens | Biology | 431 |
23,665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel | In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest addressable element in a dot matrix display device. In most digital display devices, pixels are the smallest element that can be manipulated through software.
Each pixel is a sa... | Pixel | Technology,Engineering | 3,856 |
37,504,915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphinooxazolines | Phosphinooxazolines (often abbreviated PHOX) are a class of chiral ligands used in asymmetric catalysis. Colorless solids, PHOX ligands feature a tertiary phosphine group, often diphenyl, and an oxazoline ligand in the ortho position. The oxazoline, which carries the stereogenic center, coordinates through nitrogen, t... | Phosphinooxazolines | Chemistry | 643 |
1,529,485 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neighbourhood%20%28mathematics%29 | In topology and related areas of mathematics, a neighbourhood (or neighborhood) is one of the basic concepts in a topological space. It is closely related to the concepts of open set and interior. Intuitively speaking, a neighbourhood of a point is a set of points containing that point where one can move some amount in... | Neighbourhood (mathematics) | Mathematics | 799 |
67,061,566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PJ352%E2%80%9315 | PSO J352.4034–15.3373, or PJ352-15, is a quasar with an astrophysical jet ascribed to a billion-solar-mass supermassive black hole. It is one of the brightest objects so far discovered. Its discovery, using the Chandra X-Ray Observatory, was reported in March 2021. At 12.7 billion light years from Earth, the X-ray jet ... | PJ352–15 | Physics,Astronomy | 137 |
20,490,804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CI-988 | CI-988 (PD-134,308) is a drug which acts as a cholecystokinin antagonist, selective for the CCKB subtype. In animal studies it showed anxiolytic effects and potentiated the analgesic action of both morphine and endogenous opioid peptides, as well as preventing the development of tolerance to opioids and reducing sympto... | CI-988 | Chemistry | 228 |
75,259,344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatreez | Tatreez () is a form of traditional Palestinian embroidery. Tatreez, meaning ‘embroidery’ in Arabic, is used to refer to the traditional style of embroidery practiced in Palestine and Palestinian diaspora communities. The contemporary form of tatreez is often dated back to the 19th century, but the style of cross-stitc... | Tatreez | Engineering | 1,917 |
13,110,217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fique | Fique is a natural fibre that grows in the leaves of plants in the genus Furcraea. Common names include fique, cabuya, pita, penca, penco, maguey, cabui, chuchao and coquiza.
History
The Indigenous peoples of the Americas extracted and used the fique fibers to make garments, ropes, and hammocks—among many things—for s... | Fique | Physics,Chemistry | 1,147 |
61,011,970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estradiol%20benzoate/estradiol%20valerate/norethisterone%20acetate/testosterone%20enanthate | Estradiol benzoate/estradiol valerate/norethisterone acetate/testosterone enanthate (EB/EV/NETA/TE), sold under the brand name Ablacton, is an injectable combination medication of estradiol benzoate (EB), an estrogen, estradiol valerate (EV), an estrogen, norethisterone acetate (NETA), a progestin, and testosterone ena... | Estradiol benzoate/estradiol valerate/norethisterone acetate/testosterone enanthate | Chemistry | 240 |
21,039,740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium%20tetrachloroaluminate | Lithium tetrachloroaluminate is an inorganic compound with the formula . It consists of lithium cations and tetrahedral tetrachloroaluminate anions .
Uses
Lithium tetrachloroaluminate is used in some lithium batteries. A solution of lithium tetrachloroaluminate in thionyl chloride is the liquid cathode and electrolyt... | Lithium tetrachloroaluminate | Chemistry | 275 |
37,364,815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptolide | Triptolide is a diterpenoid epoxide which is produced by the thunder god vine, Tripterygium wilfordii. It has in vitro and in vivo activities against mouse models of polycystic kidney disease and pancreatic cancer, but its physical properties and severe toxicity limit its therapeutic potential. Consequently, a syntheti... | Triptolide | Chemistry | 519 |
3,470,484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced%20biological%20phosphorus%20removal | Enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) is a sewage treatment configuration applied to activated sludge systems for the removal of phosphate.
The common element in EBPR implementations is the presence of an anaerobic tank (nitrate and oxygen are absent) prior to the aeration tank. Under these conditions a group ... | Enhanced biological phosphorus removal | Chemistry,Engineering,Biology | 456 |
636,222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chyle | Chyle () is a milky bodily fluid consisting of lymph and emulsified fats, or free fatty acids (FFAs). It is formed in the small intestine during digestion of fatty foods, and taken up by lymph vessels specifically known as lacteals. The lipids in the chyle are colloidally suspended in chylomicrons.
Clinical significan... | Chyle | Biology | 490 |
29,159,433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ML%20domain | The MD-2-related lipid-recognition (ML) domain is implicated in lipid recognition, particularly in the recognition of pathogen related products. It has an immunoglobulin-like beta-sandwich fold similar to that of immunoglobulin E-set domains. This domain is present in the following proteins:
Epididymal secretory prot... | ML domain | Biology | 198 |
30,487,327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cundall%20%28engineering%20consultancy%29 | Cundall is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy. Originally based in Newcastle and Edinburgh, the company had spread its operations across five continents.
The firm was founded in 1976 on the basis that it would offer a more client-focused service with a multi-disciplinary and ecologically friendly approach to... | Cundall (engineering consultancy) | Engineering | 1,697 |
4,887,687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20mining | List mining can be defined as the use, for purposes of scientific research, of messages sent to Internet-based electronic mailing lists. List mining raises novel issues in Internet research ethics. These ethical issues are especially important for health related lists. Some questions that need to be considered by a Res... | List mining | Technology | 880 |
14,718,234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnsen%E2%80%93Rahbek%20effect | The Johnsen–Rahbek effect occurs when an electric potential is applied across the boundary between a metallic surface and the surface of a semiconducting material or a polyelectrolyte. Under these conditions an attractive force appears, whose magnitude depends on the voltage and the specific materials involved. The at... | Johnsen–Rahbek effect | Physics,Engineering | 124 |
22,405,720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CS-BLAST | CS-BLAST
(Context-Specific BLAST) is a tool that searches a protein sequence that extends BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool), using context-specific mutation probabilities. More specifically, CS-BLAST derives context-specific amino-acid similarities on each query sequence from short windows on the query seq... | CS-BLAST | Mathematics,Biology | 2,197 |
25,451,462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEMAT | SEMAT (Software Engineering Method and Theory) is an initiative to reshape software engineering such that software engineering qualifies as a rigorous discipline. The initiative was launched in December 2009 by Ivar Jacobson, Bertrand Meyer, and Richard Soley with a call for action statement and a vision statement. Th... | SEMAT | Mathematics,Technology,Engineering | 1,980 |
27,240,024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gudea%20cylinders | The Gudea cylinders are a pair of terracotta cylinders dating to , on which is written in cuneiform a Sumerian myth called the Building of Ningirsu's temple. The cylinders were made by Gudea, the ruler of Lagash, and were found in 1877 during excavations at Telloh (ancient Girsu), Iraq and are now displayed in the Louv... | Gudea cylinders | Astronomy | 2,978 |
3,251,788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithol%20Rubine%20BK | Lithol Rubine BK is a reddish synthetic azo dye. It has the appearance of a red powder and is magenta when printed. It is slightly soluble in hot water, insoluble in cold water, and insoluble in ethanol. When dissolved in dimethylformamide, its absorption maximum lies at about 442 nm. It is usually supplied as a calci... | Lithol Rubine BK | Chemistry | 208 |
51,933,299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbatustoxin | Limbatustoxin (LbTX; α-KTx 1.4), is an ion channel toxin from the venom of the Centruroides limbatus scorpion. This toxin is a selective blocker of BK channels, calcium-activated potassium channels.
Etymology and source
Limbatustoxin is purified from the venom of the Centruroides limbatus, a bark scorpion that lives ... | Limbatustoxin | Environmental_science | 486 |
38,210,237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32%20Pegasi | 32 Pegasi is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Pegasus. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint, blue-white hued point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of 4.81 The system is located approximately 560 light years away from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a rad... | 32 Pegasi | Astronomy | 308 |
32,688,617 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MChip | mChip is a portable blood test device which is capable of diagnosing an infection of HIV or Syphilis within 15 minutes and could be used effectively against HIV/AIDS in developing countries. The mChip costs about US$ 1 and the entire diagnostic kit costs about US$ 100. mChip was developed so that people in regions with... | MChip | Chemistry | 473 |
45,197,429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified%20aldol%20tandem%20reaction | Modified aldol tandem reaction is a sequential chemical transformation that combines aldol reaction with other chemical reactions that generate enolates. Enolates are a common building block in chemical syntheses and are typically formed by the addition of base to a ketone or aldehyde. Modified Aldol tandem reactions a... | Modified aldol tandem reaction | Chemistry | 435 |
2,238,152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20scheme | The theory of association schemes arose in statistics, in the theory of experimental design for the analysis of variance. In mathematics, association schemes belong to both algebra and combinatorics. In algebraic combinatorics, association schemes provide a unified approach to many topics, for example combinatorial des... | Association scheme | Mathematics | 1,503 |
10,499,099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%205824 | NGC 5824 is a globular cluster in the constellation Lupus, almost on its western border with Centaurus. Astronomers James Dunlop (1826), John Herschel (1831) and E.E. Barnard (1882) all claim to have independently discovered the cluster. It is condensed and may be observed with small telescopes, but larger apertures ar... | NGC 5824 | Astronomy | 152 |
4,635,792 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexfenfluramine | Dexfenfluramine, formerly sold under the brand name Redux, is a serotonergic drug that was used as an appetite suppressant to promote weight loss. It is the d-enantiomer of fenfluramine and is structurally similar to amphetamine, but lacks any psychologically stimulating effects.
Dexfenfluramine was, for some years in... | Dexfenfluramine | Chemistry | 451 |
29,119,741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axes%20conventions | In ballistics and flight dynamics, axes conventions are standardized ways of establishing the location and orientation of coordinate axes for use as a frame of reference. Mobile objects are normally tracked from an external frame considered fixed. Other frames can be defined on those mobile objects to deal with relativ... | Axes conventions | Physics,Mathematics | 1,653 |
33,664,739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre%20for%20Nanoscience%20and%20Quantum%20Information | The Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information (abbreviated NSQI) is a research center within the University of Bristol. The center opened in 2009 and was initially intended to serve multiple institutions; however, it was eventually absorbed into the School of Physics of the University of Bristol in 2016. The build... | Centre for Nanoscience and Quantum Information | Materials_science | 892 |
54,651,190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para-Nitroblebbistatin | para-Nitroblebbistatin is a non-phototoxic, photostable myosin inhibitor with low fluorescence. Its myosin inhibitory properties are very similar to those of blebbistatin.
Myosin specificity
Applications
para-Nitroblebbistatin has been successfully used in fluorescent imaging experiments involving myosin IIA-GFP exp... | Para-Nitroblebbistatin | Chemistry | 129 |
14,655,670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20megaprojects%20%282003%29 | This page summarizes projects that brought more than of new liquid fuel capacity to market with the first production of fuel beginning in 2003. This is part of the Wikipedia summary of Oil Megaprojects—see that page for further details. 2003 saw 30 projects come on stream with an aggregate capacity of when full pro... | Oil megaprojects (2003) | Engineering | 112 |
75,428,852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adebrelimab | Adebrelimab is a drug that is being evaluated for the treatment of solid tumors. Adebrelimab is recombinant humanized IgG4 monoclonal antibody with specificity for PD-L1.
In 2023, adebrelimab was approved for use in China for the treatment of small cell lung cancer.
References
Cancer immunotherapy
Monoclonal antibo... | Adebrelimab | Chemistry | 84 |
13,205,517 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krapcho%20decarboxylation | Krapcho decarboxylation is a chemical reaction used to manipulate certain organic esters. This reaction applies to esters with a beta electron-withdrawing group (EWG).
The reaction proceeds by nucleophilic dealkylation of the ester by the halide followed by decarboxylation, followed by hydrolysis of the resulting sta... | Krapcho decarboxylation | Chemistry | 589 |
6,959,832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cation%20channels%20of%20sperm | The cation channels of sperm also known as Catsper channels or CatSper, are ion channels that are related to the two-pore channels and distantly related to TRP channels. The four members of this family form voltage-gated Ca2+ channels that seem to be specific to sperm. As sperm encounter the more alkaline environment o... | Cation channels of sperm | Chemistry | 580 |
12,851,824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexible%20cable | Flexible cables, or 'continuous-flex' cables, are electrical cables specially designed to cope with the tight bending radii and physical stress associated with moving applications, such as inside cable carriers.
Due to increasing demands within the field of automation technology in the 1980s, such as increasing loads,... | Flexible cable | Engineering | 694 |
1,460,183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swale%20%28landform%29 | A swale is a shady spot, or a sunken or marshy place. In US usage in particular, it is a shallow channel with gently sloping sides. Such a swale may be either natural or human-made. Artificial swales are often infiltration basins, designed to manage water runoff, filter pollutants, and increase rainwater infiltration.... | Swale (landform) | Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 472 |
45,004,618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrodenitrogenation | Hydrodenitrogenation (HDN) is an industrial process for the removal of nitrogen from petroleum. Organonitrogen compounds, even though they occur at low levels, are undesirable because they cause poisoning of downstream catalysts. Furthermore, upon combustion, organonitrogen compounds generate NOx, a pollutant. HDN i... | Hydrodenitrogenation | Chemistry | 327 |
33,289,253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glycoside%20hydrolase%20family%207 | In molecular biology, glycoside hydrolase family 7 is a family of glycoside hydrolases , which are a widespread group of enzymes that hydrolyse the glycosidic bond between two or more carbohydrates, or between a carbohydrate and a non-carbohydrate moiety. A classification system for glycoside hydrolases, based on seque... | Glycoside hydrolase family 7 | Biology | 344 |
77,263,284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syntrichia%20caninervis | Syntrichia caninervis, also known as steppe screw moss, is a desert moss species distributed throughout the world. As an extremophile, it is able to withstand desiccation under dry conditions with little access to water and is commonly found in hypolithic communities. It makes use of a novel adaptation to the desert ... | Syntrichia caninervis | Biology,Environmental_science | 824 |
53,332,613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei%20P10 | The Huawei P10 is an Android phablet smartphone manufactured by Huawei. Announced at Mobile World Congress 2017 on 26 February 2017, the P10 is the successor to the Huawei P9 and was succeeded by the Huawei P20 in 2018.
Specifications
Hardware
The P10 is constructed with a metal chassis, available in various color f... | Huawei P10 | Technology | 715 |
59,524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Next-Generation%20Secure%20Computing%20Base | The Next-Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB; codenamed Palladium and also known as Trusted Windows) is a software architecture designed by Microsoft which claimed to provide users of the Windows operating system with better privacy, security, and system integrity. NGSCB was the result of years of research and deve... | Next-Generation Secure Computing Base | Mathematics,Engineering | 5,595 |
46,220,142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20Microscopii | Beta Microscopii (Beta Mic), Latinized from β Microscopii, is a solitary star in the constellation Microscopium. It is close to the lower limit of stars that are visible to the naked eye having an apparent visual magnitude of 6.05 Based upon an annual parallax shift of as seen from Earth, this star is located 502 ligh... | Beta Microscopii | Astronomy | 295 |
65,296,384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Pollard%20%28immunologist%29 | Sir Andrew John Pollard (born 29 August 1965) is the Ashall Professor of Infection & Immunity at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford. He is an honorary consultant paediatrician at John Radcliffe Hospital and the director of the Oxford Vaccine Group. He is the chief investigator on the Uni... | Andrew Pollard (immunologist) | Biology | 930 |
2,167,630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Till | James Edgar Till (born August 25, 1931) is a University of Toronto biophysicist, best known for demonstrating – in a partnership with Ernest McCulloch – the existence of stem cells.
Early work
Till was born in Lloydminster, which is located on the border between Saskatchewan and Alberta. The family farm was located n... | James Till | Biology | 815 |
72,482,500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subdivision%20%28simplicial%20complex%29 | A subdivision (also called refinement) of a simplicial complex is another simplicial complex in which, intuitively, one or more simplices of the original complex have been partitioned into smaller simplices. The most commonly used subdivision is the barycentric subdivision, but the term is more general. The subdivision... | Subdivision (simplicial complex) | Mathematics | 1,170 |
46,670,461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentyl%20nitrite | Pentyl nitrite is a chemical compound with the molecular formula, classified as an alkyl nitrite, used as an antihypertensive medicine. It is also used to treat cyanide poisoning.
It is one of the active ingredients for a recreational drug known as poppers.
References
alkyl nitrites
Inhalants
Amyl esters | Pentyl nitrite | Chemistry | 78 |
14,755,566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glypican%203 | Glypican-3 is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the GPC3 gene. The GPC3 gene is located on human X chromosome (Xq26) where the most common gene (Isoform 2, GenBank Accession No.: NP_004475) encodes a 70-kDa core protein with 580 amino acids. Three variants have been detected that encode alternatively spliced for... | Glypican 3 | Biology | 1,145 |
11,143,722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mef2 | In the field of molecular biology, myocyte enhancer factor-2 (Mef2) proteins are a family of transcription factors which through control of gene expression are important regulators of cellular differentiation and consequently play a critical role in embryonic development. In adult organisms, Mef2 proteins mediate the ... | Mef2 | Chemistry,Biology | 1,535 |
67,640,100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrodocain | Tetrodocain () is medical injection produced by the Korea Jangsaeng Joint Venture Company () in North Korea. The injection was first claimed to be invented by the company in 2004. According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the main ingredient of the injection is tetrodotoxin, isolated from puffer poi... | Tetrodocain | Chemistry | 229 |
5,658,096 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exotic%20material | Exotic Materials are metals that have high strength and hardness. It does not mean any metal that is rare, but rather strong in its characteristics. Exotic Materials are used for high performance tasks.
Exotic Materials can include plastics, superalloys, semiconductors, superconductors, and ceramics.
Exotic metals an... | Exotic material | Physics | 224 |
3,226,546 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20Drever | Ronald William Prest Drever (26 October 1931 – 7 March 2017) was a Scottish experimental physicist. He was a professor emeritus at the California Institute of Technology, co-founded the LIGO project, and was a co-inventor of the Pound–Drever–Hall technique for laser stabilisation, as well as the Hughes–Drever experimen... | Ronald Drever | Physics,Astronomy | 634 |
360,507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimel%20function | In axiomatic set theory, the gimel function is the following function mapping cardinal numbers to cardinal numbers:
where cf denotes the cofinality function; the gimel function is used for studying the continuum function and the cardinal exponentiation function. The symbol is a serif form of the Hebrew letter gimel.
... | Gimel function | Mathematics | 339 |
28,809,645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetPoint | NetPoint is a graphically-oriented project planning and scheduling software application first released for commercial use in 2009. NetPoint's headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois. The application uses a time-scaled activity network diagram to facilitate interactive project planning and collaboration. NetPoint ... | NetPoint | Physics | 184 |
26,724,003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid-state%20dye%20laser | A solid-state dye laser (SSDL) is a solid-state lasers in which the gain medium is a laser dye-doped organic matrix such as poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), rather than a liquid solution of the dye. These lasers are also referred to as solid-state organic lasers and solid-state dye-doped polymer lasers.
SSDLs were in... | Solid-state dye laser | Chemistry | 409 |
4,068,867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projective%20cone | A projective cone (or just cone) in projective geometry is the union of all lines that intersect a projective subspace R (the apex of the cone) and an arbitrary subset A (the basis) of some other subspace S, disjoint from R.
In the special case that R is a single point, S is a plane, and A is a conic section on S, t... | Projective cone | Mathematics | 292 |
1,179,005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerulean | The color cerulean (American English) or caerulean (British English, Commonwealth English), is a variety of the hue of blue that may range from a light azure blue to a more intense sky blue, and may be mixed as well with the hue of green. The first recorded use of cerulean as a color name in English was in 1590. The wo... | Cerulean | Chemistry | 1,289 |
15,062,488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IZMIRAN | The Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IZMIRAN, ) is a scientific institution of the Russian Academy of Sciences. this institute was founded in 1939 by Nikolay Pushkov.
Institute owns several space satellites programs:
CORONAS - Comple... | IZMIRAN | Physics,Astronomy | 230 |
13,920,709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seifallah%20Randjbar-Daemi | Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi (, born 1950) is an Iranian theoretical physicist. He is currently an emeritus scientist at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics.
Education and Academic career
Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi received his PhD in 1980 from Imperial College London, University of London, UK. Randjbar-Daemi'... | Seifallah Randjbar-Daemi | Physics | 416 |
23,568,909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superagonist | In the field of pharmacology, a superagonist is a type of agonist that is capable of producing a maximal response greater than the endogenous agonist for the target receptor, and thus has an efficacy of more than 100%. For example, goserelin is a superagonist of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor.
See also
... | Superagonist | Chemistry | 85 |
30,876,071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20dipole%20moment | The electric dipole moment is a measure of the separation of positive and negative electrical charges within a system: that is, a measure of the system's overall polarity. The SI unit for electric dipole moment is the coulomb-metre (C⋅m). The debye (D) is another unit of measurement used in atomic physics and chemistry... | Electric dipole moment | Physics,Mathematics | 5,067 |
4,899,414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-bialgebra | In mathematics, quasi-bialgebras are a generalization of bialgebras: they were first defined by the Ukrainian mathematician Vladimir Drinfeld in 1990. A quasi-bialgebra differs from a bialgebra by having coassociativity replaced by an invertible element which controls the non-coassociativity. One of their key properti... | Quasi-bialgebra | Mathematics | 1,032 |
23,984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyxis | Pyxis is a small and faint constellation in the southern sky. Abbreviated from Pyxis Nautica, its name is Latin for a mariner's compass (contrasting with Circinus, which represents a draftsman's compasses). Pyxis was introduced by Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille in the 18th century, and is counted among the 88 modern constel... | Pyxis | Astronomy | 2,877 |
1,524,006 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirt-sleeve%20environment | "Shirt-sleeve environment" is a term used in aircraft design to describe the interior of an aircraft in which no special clothing need be worn. Early aircraft had no internal pressurization, so the crews of those that reached the stratosphere had to be garbed to withstand the low temperature and pressure of the air out... | Shirt-sleeve environment | Engineering | 414 |
58,448,044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20cavernicola | Aspergillus cavernicola (also named A. amylovorus) is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Cavernicolus section. The species was first described in 1969. It has been isolated from the wall of a cave in Romania and from wheat starch in Ukraine.
Growth and morphology
A. cavernicola has been cult... | Aspergillus cavernicola | Biology | 134 |
12,528,789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Azzopardi | Barry Azzopardi (1947–2017) was a professor of chemical engineering specialising in multiphase flow research. He was a chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.
Life
Azzopardi was born in Gibraltar, obtained a BTech degree in chemical engineering at the University of Bradford in 1972 and ... | Barry Azzopardi | Chemistry | 863 |
23,897,117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slope%20stability%20analysis | Slope stability analysis is a static or dynamic, analytical or empirical method to evaluate the stability of slopes of soil- and rock-fill dams, embankments, excavated slopes, and natural slopes in soil and rock.
It is performed to assess the safe design of a human-made or natural slopes (e.g. embankments, road cuts, ... | Slope stability analysis | Environmental_science | 4,000 |
22,149,789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weingarten%20function | In mathematics, Weingarten functions are rational functions indexed by partitions of integers that can be used to calculate integrals of products of matrix coefficients over classical groups. They were first studied by who found their asymptotic behavior, and named by , who evaluated them explicitly for the unitary gr... | Weingarten function | Physics,Mathematics | 558 |
43,962,754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese%20251 | Gliese 251, also known as HIP 33226 or HD 265866, is a star located 18.2 light-years away from the Solar System. Located in the constellation of Gemini, it is the nearest star in this constellation. It is located near the boundary with Auriga, 49 arcminutes away from the bright star Theta Geminorum; due to its apparent... | Gliese 251 | Astronomy | 364 |
51,021,329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIP%2041378 | HIP 41378 is a star located 346 light-years away in the constellation of Cancer. The star has an apparent magnitude of 8.92. This F-type main sequence dwarf has a mass of and a radius of . It has a surface temperature of about .
Planetary system
In 2016, the K2 Kepler mission discovered five planets around HIP 4137... | HIP 41378 | Astronomy | 226 |
48,526,070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20des%20Bordes | The , renamed Fort des Bordes by the French in 1919, is a military structure located in the district of Boric in Metz. It is part of the first fortified belt of the forts of Metz. Buried since the construction of the Eastern expressway in 1968, it is covered by a green space, although some remnants of the fort remain v... | Fort des Bordes | Engineering | 1,000 |
5,145,378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyBitz | SkyBitz is an American company based in Herndon, Virginia, that provides machine to machine (M2M) products for the tracking and management of mobile assets. Parent company Telular Corporation is a fully owned subsidiary of Avista Capital Partners, a private equity firm based in the United States. SkyBitz is a remote as... | SkyBitz | Engineering | 2,447 |
4,338,718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PortMidi | PortMidi is a computer library for real time input and output of MIDI data. It is designed to be portable to many different operating systems. PortMidi is part of the PortMusic project.
See also
PortAudio
External links
portmidi.h – definition of the API and contains the documentation for PortMidi
Audio libraries
C... | PortMidi | Technology | 71 |
13,677,019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20drop | A cold drop is a term used in Spain and France that has commonly come to refer to any high impact rainfall event occurring in the autumn along the Spanish Mediterranean coast or across France. In Europe, cold drops belong to the characteristics of the Mediterranean climate.
The Spanish-language name of was directly a... | Cold drop | Physics,Chemistry,Environmental_science | 571 |
1,262,571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diazo | In organic chemistry, the diazo group is an organic moiety consisting of two linked nitrogen atoms at the terminal position. Overall charge-neutral organic compounds containing the diazo group bound to a carbon atom are called diazo compounds or diazoalkanes and are described by the general structural formula . The si... | Diazo | Chemistry | 1,479 |
15,057,268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grassy%20Knob%20Wilderness | Grassy Knob Wilderness is a wilderness area in the Klamath Mountains of southwestern Oregon, within the Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest. It was designated wilderness by the United States Congress in 1984 and now comprises a total of . Like most wilderness areas in Oregon, Grassy Knob is managed by the Forest Ser... | Grassy Knob Wilderness | Biology | 349 |
11,774,456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoma%20draconis | Phoma draconis is a fungal plant pathogen.
See also
List of foliage plant diseases (Agavaceae)
References
External links
Index Fungorum
USDA ARS Fungal Database
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
draconis
Fungi described in 1983
Fungus species | Phoma draconis | Biology | 52 |
11,015,023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective%20exposure%20theory | Selective exposure is a theory within the practice of psychology, often used in media and communication research, that historically refers to individuals' tendency to favor information which reinforces their pre-existing views while avoiding contradictory information. Selective exposure has also been known and defined ... | Selective exposure theory | Technology | 6,299 |
30,818,436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAN/ULC%20S801 | CAN/ULC S801: Standard on Electric Utility Workplace Electrical Safety for Generation, Transmission and Distribution.
This National Standard of Canada applies to the construction, operation, maintenance and replacement of electric utility systems that are used to generate, transform, transmit, distribute and deliver e... | CAN/ULC S801 | Physics | 216 |
61,142,179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C18H18N2O | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C18H18N2O}}
The molecular formula C18H18N2O (molar mass: 278.348 g/mol) may refer to:
AC-262,536
Demexiptiline
Mariptiline
Proquazone
Molecular formulas | C18H18N2O | Physics,Chemistry | 65 |
49,115,109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20de%20Grossouvre | Marie Félix Albert Durand de Grossouvre (23 August 1849, Bourges – 18 May 1932, Bourges) was a French geologist, best known for his research in the fields of stratigraphy and paleontology.
Biography
He studied at the École Polytechnique and the École des Mines de Paris, and afterwards worked as a mining engineer in h... | Albert de Grossouvre | Engineering | 607 |
32,500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum%20pump | A vacuum pump is a type of pump device that draws gas particles from a sealed volume in order to leave behind a partial vacuum. The first vacuum pump was invented in 1650 by Otto von Guericke, and was preceded by the suction pump, which dates to antiquity.
History
Early pumps
The predecessor to the vacuum pump was t... | Vacuum pump | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 4,016 |
310,889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coproduct | In category theory, the coproduct, or categorical sum, is a construction which includes as examples the disjoint union of sets and of topological spaces, the free product of groups, and the direct sum of modules and vector spaces. The coproduct of a family of objects is essentially the "least specific" object to which... | Coproduct | Mathematics | 1,766 |
72,458,942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20suballiacea | Amanita suballiacea is a species of Amanita found in US coast of the Gulf of Mexico occurring with Quercus and Pinus.
References
External links
suballiacea
Fungi of North America
Fungus species | Amanita suballiacea | Biology | 46 |
8,533,740 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenker%20synthesis | The Wenker synthesis is an organic reaction converting a beta amino alcohol to an aziridine with the help of sulfuric acid. It is used industrially for the synthesis of aziridine itself.
The original Wenker synthesis of aziridine itself takes place in two steps. In the first step ethanolamine is reacted with sulfuric... | Wenker synthesis | Chemistry | 238 |
10,928,330 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollow%20atom | Hollow atoms (discovered in 1990 by a French team of researchers around Jean-Pierre Briand) are short-lived multiply excited neutral atoms which carry a large part of their Z electrons (Z ... projectile nuclear charge) in high-n levels while inner shells remain (transiently) empty. The hollow atoms are exotic atomic sp... | Hollow atom | Physics | 254 |
2,657,761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indole-3-butyric%20acid | Indole-3-butyric acid (1H-indole-3-butanoic acid, IBA) is a white to light-yellow crystalline solid, with the molecular formula C12H13NO2. It melts at 125°C in atmospheric pressure and decomposes before boiling. IBA is a plant hormone in the auxin family and is an ingredient in many commercial horticultural plant root... | Indole-3-butyric acid | Chemistry | 636 |
10,324,687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometric%20median | In geometry, the geometric median of a discrete point set in a Euclidean space is the point minimizing the sum of distances to the sample points. This generalizes the median, which has the property of minimizing the sum of distances or absolute differences for one-dimensional data. It is also known as the spatial media... | Geometric median | Physics,Mathematics | 1,696 |
35,369,355 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20equivalence | According to the principle of nuclear equivalence, the nuclei of essentially all differentiated adult cells of an individual are genetically (though not necessarily metabolically) identical to one another and to the nucleus of the zygote from which they descended. This means that virtually all somatic cells in an adult... | Nuclear equivalence | Biology | 124 |
9,737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics | Eugenics ( ; ) is a set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter the frequency of various human phenotypes by inhibiting the fertility of people and groups they considered inferior, or promoting that of those considered sup... | Eugenics | Technology | 5,337 |
69,832,190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute%20of%20Particle%20Physics | The Institute of Particle Physics (IPP) is a Canadian organization that fosters expertise in particle physics research and advanced education. IPP is a nonprofit organization operated by the institutional and individual members for the benefit of particle physics research in Canada.
IPP supported projects can be access... | Institute of Particle Physics | Physics | 462 |
32,095,347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reststrahlen%20effect | The Reststrahlen effect (German: “residual rays”) is a reflectance phenomenon in which electromagnetic radiation within a narrow energy band cannot propagate within a given medium due to a change in refractive index concurrent with the specific absorbance band of the medium in question; this narrow energy band is terme... | Reststrahlen effect | Physics,Chemistry | 589 |
15,642,481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furaneol | Furaneol, or strawberry furanone, is an organic compound used in the flavor and perfume industry. It is formally a derivative of furan. It is a white or colorless solid that is soluble in water and organic solvents.
Odor and occurrence
Although malodorous at high concentrations, it exhibits a sweet strawberry aroma w... | Furaneol | Chemistry | 313 |
61,078,954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Hook%20Wi-Fi | Red Hook Wi-Fi is a free-to-use, Wi-Fi mesh network that provides internet access to the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. It is operated by the Red Hook Initiative.
Background
Due to the location of Red Hook, Brooklyn, between the Red Hook Channel and the Buttermilk Channel, many of its residents face var... | Red Hook Wi-Fi | Technology | 437 |
31,199,340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence%20%28discontinuity%29 | Persistence determines the possibilities of relative movement along a discontinuity in a soil or rock mass in geotechnical engineering. Discontinuities are usually differentiated in persistent, non-persistent, and abutting discontinuities (figure).
Persistent discontinuity
A persistent discontinuity is a continuous p... | Persistence (discontinuity) | Physics | 353 |
571,325 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sample%20and%20hold | In electronics, a sample and hold (also known as sample and follow) circuit is an analog device that samples (captures, takes) the voltage of a continuously varying analog signal and holds (locks, freezes) its value at a constant level for a specified minimum period of time. Sample and hold circuits and related peak de... | Sample and hold | Engineering | 946 |
48,432,026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vserv%20Digital%20Services | Vserv is a platform for mobile marketing and commerce. The platform has a mobile internet user base in India and Southeast Asia with insights on users in these markets. Founded in 2010, Vserv has over 500 million user profiles and is backed by Maverick Capital, IDG Ventures India and Epiphany Ventures.
History
Vserv w... | Vserv Digital Services | Technology | 528 |
3,428,791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20hour | The blue hour (from French ; ) is the period of twilight (in the morning or evening, around the nautical stage) when the Sun is at a significant depth below the horizon. During this time, the remaining sunlight takes on a mostly blue shade. This shade differs from the colour of the sky on a clear day, which is caused b... | Blue hour | Physics,Astronomy,Mathematics,Technology | 681 |
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