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40,324,167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inside%E2%80%93outside%E2%80%93beginning%20%28tagging%29 | The IOB format (short for inside, outside, beginning), also commonly referred to as the BIO format, is a common tagging format for tagging tokens in a chunking task in computational linguistics (ex. named-entity recognition). It was presented by Ramshaw and Marcus in their paper "Text Chunking using Transformation-Bas... | Inside–outside–beginning (tagging) | Technology | 1,141 |
64,258,653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact%20region | A Contact Region is a concept in robotics which describes the region between an object and a robot’s end effector. This is used in object manipulation planning, and with the addition of sensors built into the manipulation system, can be used to produce a surface map or contact model of the object being grasped.
In Rob... | Contact region | Technology,Engineering,Biology | 455 |
1,044,109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLAST%20model%20checker | The Berkeley Lazy Abstraction Software verification Tool (BLAST) is a software model checking tool for C programs. The task addressed by BLAST is the need to check whether software satisfies the behavioral requirements of its associated interfaces. BLAST employs counterexample-driven automatic abstraction refinement to... | BLAST model checker | Mathematics | 212 |
1,710,634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramaturgy%20%28sociology%29 | Dramaturgy is a sociological perspective that analyzes micro-sociological accounts of everyday social interactions through the analogy of performativity and theatrical dramaturgy, dividing such interactions between "actors", "audience" members, and various "front" and "back" stages.
The term was first adapted into soc... | Dramaturgy (sociology) | Biology | 4,124 |
31,676,967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP%20Neoview | HP Neoview was a data warehouse and business intelligence computer server line based on the Hewlett-Packard NonStop line. It acted as a database server, providing NonStop OS and NonStop SQL, but lacked the transaction processing functionality of the original NonStop systems.
The line was retired, and no longer markete... | HP Neoview | Technology,Engineering | 77 |
33,990,395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DDoS%20attacks%20during%20the%20October%202011%20South%20Korean%20by-election | The DDoS attacks during the October 2011 South Korean by-election were allegedly two separate distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that occurred on October 26, 2011. The attacks, which took place during the October 2011 Seoul mayoral by-election, targeted the websites of the National Election Commission (NEC) a... | DDoS attacks during the October 2011 South Korean by-election | Technology | 576 |
9,508,543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacterial%20initiation%20factor | A bacterial initiation factor (IF) is a protein that stabilizes the initiation complex for polypeptide translation.
Translation initiation is essential to protein synthesis and regulates mRNA translation fidelity and efficiency in bacteria. The 30S ribosomal subunit, initiator tRNA, and mRNA form an initiation complex... | Bacterial initiation factor | Chemistry,Biology | 1,414 |
18,906,408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allsport%20GPS | Allsport GPS was a fitness tracking phone application combined with a website. As of March 2016, it was discontinued and services were shut down.
It uses GPS to provide performance statistics and is run on a GPS-enabled cell phone. The GPS gives Allsport GPS a precise way of measuring statistics such as pace, speed, t... | Allsport GPS | Technology | 627 |
33,217,864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C24H25ClFN5O3 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C24H25ClFN5O3}}
The molecular formula C24H25ClFN5O3 (molar mass: 485.94 g/mol, exact mass: 485.1630 u) may refer to:
Afatinib
Canertinib (CI-1033)
Molecular formulas | C24H25ClFN5O3 | Physics,Chemistry | 75 |
18,904,461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface%20%28magazine%29 | Surface is an American publication covering design, architecture, fashion, culture and travel; with print and digital publications. The publication has an online presence through the Design Dispatch daily newsletter, as well as through social media.
History
Surface was founded in 1993 by Richard Klein and Riley Joh... | Surface (magazine) | Engineering | 929 |
48,759,979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermicelle | Supermicelle is a hierarchical micelle structure (supramolecular assembly) where individual components are also micelles. Supermicelles are formed via bottom-up chemical approaches, such as self-assembly of long cylindrical micelles into radial cross-, star- or dandelion-like patterns in a specially selected solvent; s... | Supermicelle | Chemistry,Materials_science | 156 |
55,901,257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%201980 | NGC 1980 (also known as OCL 529, Collinder 72 and The Lost Jewel of Orion) is a young open cluster associated with an emission nebula in the constellation Orion. It was discovered by William Herschel on 31 January 1786. Its apparent size is 14 × 14 arc minutes and it is located around the star Iota Orionis on the south... | NGC 1980 | Astronomy | 144 |
52,768,641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhairya%20Dand | Dhairya Dand (; born 1989) is an Indian-American inventor and artist based in New York City.
His work investigates the human body as a medium for computation; new materials as a tool to embody interactions; and design as a vehicle for mindfulness. His work takes the form of devices, objects, installations, new technol... | Dhairya Dand | Engineering | 1,085 |
35,690,482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birge%E2%80%93Sponer%20method | In molecular spectroscopy, the Birge–Sponer method or Birge–Sponer plot is a way to calculate the dissociation energy of a molecule. This method takes its name from Raymond Thayer Birge and Hertha Sponer, the two physical chemists that developed it.
A detailed example may be found here.
Description
By observing trans... | Birge–Sponer method | Physics,Chemistry | 287 |
51,752,859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linear%20graph%20grammar | In computer science, a linear graph grammar (also a connection graph reduction system or a port graph grammar) is a class of graph grammar on which nodes have a number of ports connected together by edges and edges connect exactly two ports together. Interaction nets are a special subclass of linear graph grammars in ... | Linear graph grammar | Mathematics,Technology | 264 |
1,249,541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20of%20crystallization | In chemistry, water(s) of crystallization or water(s) of hydration are water molecules that are present inside crystals. Water is often incorporated in the formation of crystals from aqueous solutions. In some contexts, water of crystallization is the total mass of water in a substance at a given temperature and is mos... | Water of crystallization | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 1,401 |
8,433,728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulse%20compression | Pulse compression is a signal processing technique commonly used by radar, sonar and echography to either increase the range resolution when pulse length is constrained or increase the signal to noise ratio when the peak power and the bandwidth (or equivalently range resolution) of the transmitted signal are constrai... | Pulse compression | Technology,Engineering | 3,716 |
598,801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmara-Massawa%20Cableway | The Asmara-Massawa Cableway was a cableway (or "ropeway") built in Italian Eritrea before World War II. The Eritrean Ropeway, completed in 1937, ran 71.8 km from the south end of Asmara to the city-port of Massawa.
History
The cableway was built by the Italian engineering firm Ceretti and Tanfani S.A. in Eritrea. It ... | Asmara-Massawa Cableway | Technology | 371 |
56,215,685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C8H10N2O3S | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C8H10N2O3S}}
The molecular formula C8H10N2O3S (molar mass: 214.242 g/mol) may refer to:
Diazald, or N-methyl-N-nitroso-p-toluenesulfonamide
Sulfacetamide
Molecular formulas | C8H10N2O3S | Physics,Chemistry | 76 |
45,521,144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging%20and%20society | Aging has a significant impact on society. People of different ages and genders tend to differ in many aspects, such as legal and social responsibilities, outlooks on life, and self-perceptions. Young people tend to have fewer legal privileges (if they are below the age of majority), they are more likely to push for po... | Aging and society | Biology | 4,173 |
1,436,839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%20Roitt | Ivan Maurice Roitt (born 30 September 1927) is a British scientist. He was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham and Balliol College, Oxford University. He was Head of the Department of Immunology at University College London from 1967 to 1992, and is currently Honorary Director of the Centre for Investigative &... | Ivan Roitt | Chemistry | 274 |
10,777,559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvannealed | Galvannealed or galvanneal (galvannealed steel) is the result from the processes of galvanizing followed by annealing of sheet steel.
Galvannealed steel is a matte uniform grey color, which can be easily painted. In comparison to galvanized steel the coating is harder, and more brittle.
Production and properties
Pro... | Galvannealed | Chemistry | 704 |
15,066,184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoestrogen | Mycoestrogens are xenoestrogens produced by fungi. They are sometimes referred to as mycotoxins. Among important mycoestrogens are zearalenone, zearalenol and zearalanol. Although all of these can be produced by various Fusarium species, zearalenol and zearalanol may also be produced endogenously in ruminants that ha... | Mycoestrogen | Chemistry,Biology | 1,055 |
11,889,100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife%20of%20Eritrea | The wildlife of Eritrea is composed of its flora and fauna. Eritrea has 96 species of mammals and a rich avifauna of 566 species of birds.
Fauna
Mammals
Birds
References
External links
Eastern Africa: Ethiopia, extending into Eritrea,
Eritrean coastal desert
Eastern Africa: Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, and S... | Wildlife of Eritrea | Biology | 71 |
2,376,390 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20lightbulb | A nuclear lightbulb is a hypothetical type of spacecraft engine using a gaseous fission reactor to achieve nuclear propulsion. Specifically it would be a type of gas core reactor rocket that uses a quartz wall to separate nuclear fuel from coolant/propellant. It would be operated at temperatures of up to 22,000°C where... | Nuclear lightbulb | Physics | 286 |
216,219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronic%20toxicity | Chronic toxicity, the development of adverse effects as a result of long term exposure to a contaminant or other stressor, is an important aspect of aquatic toxicology. Adverse effects associated with chronic toxicity can be directly lethal but are more commonly sublethal, including changes in growth, reproduction, or ... | Chronic toxicity | Environmental_science | 1,093 |
9,250,314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective%20adsorption | In surface science, selective adsorption is the effect when minima associated with bound-state resonances occur in specular intensity in atom-surface scattering.
In crystal growth, selective adsorption refers to the phenomenon where adsorbing molecules attach preferentially to certain crystal faces.
An example of sel... | Selective adsorption | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science | 267 |
2,243,695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propanamide | Propanamide has the chemical formula CH3CH2C=O(NH2). It is the amide of propanoic acid.
This organic compound is a mono-substituted amide. Organic compounds of the amide group can react in many different organic processes to form other useful compounds for synthesis.
Preparation
Propanamide can be prepared by the c... | Propanamide | Chemistry | 131 |
888,959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudanese%20kinship | Sudanese kinship, also referred to as the descriptive system, is a kinship system used to define family. Identified by Lewis Henry Morgan in his 1871 work Systems of Consanguinity and Affinity of the Human Family, the Sudanese system is one of the six major kinship systems (Eskimo, Hawaiian, Iroquois, Crow, Omaha and S... | Sudanese kinship | Biology | 645 |
21,889,162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao%20L%E1%BB%97 | Cao Lỗ (高魯, also known as Cao Thông, Đô Lỗ, Thạch Thần, or Đại Than Đô Lỗ Thạch Thần) was a Vietnamese weaponry engineer and minister who lived during the reign of King An Dương Vương. According to mythology, he built a crossbow from the claw of a turtle god that can fire 300 arrows in a single shot.
See also
Âu Lạc
... | Cao Lỗ | Engineering | 121 |
10,224,728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kir6.2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Kir6.2}}
Kir6.2 is a major subunit of the ATP-sensitive K+ channel, a lipid-gated inward-rectifier potassium ion channel. The gene encoding the channel is called KCNJ11 and mutations in this gene are associated with congenital hyperinsulinism.
Structure
It is an integral membrane protein. The protein,... | Kir6.2 | Chemistry | 265 |
70,903,695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EP%20Aquarii | EP Aquarii is a semiregular variable star in the equatorial constellation of Aquarius. At its peak brightness, visual magnitude 6.37, it might be faintly visible to the unaided eye under ideal observing conditions. A cool red giant on the asymptotic giant branch (AGB), its visible light brightness varies by about 1/2... | EP Aquarii | Astronomy | 599 |
4,271,984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent%20tuberculosis | Latent tuberculosis (LTB), also called latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is when a person is infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, but does not have active tuberculosis (TB). Active tuberculosis can be contagious while latent tuberculosis is not, and it is therefore not possible to get TB from someone with laten... | Latent tuberculosis | Biology | 5,649 |
30,876,732 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CULTAN%20Fertilization | CULTAN Fertilization, or Controlled Uptake Long Term Ammonium Nutrition, is a type of injection fertilization where the entire amount of nitrogen needed for a plant to grow is injected at one time. During CULTAN fertilization, nitrogen is applied at the first signs of nitrogen deficiency in plants. Fertilizer is more c... | CULTAN Fertilization | Chemistry | 413 |
3,072,173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossorial | A fossorial animal () is one that is adapted to digging and which lives primarily (but not solely) underground. Examples of fossorial vertebrates are badgers, naked mole-rats, meerkats, armadillos, wombats, and mole salamanders. Among invertebrates, many molluscs (e.g., clams), insects (e.g., beetles, wasps, bees), and... | Fossorial | Physics,Biology | 1,462 |
23,195,101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement%20spend-down | At retirement, individuals stop working and no longer get employment earnings, and enter a phase of their lives, where they rely on the assets they have accumulated, to supply money for their spending needs for the rest of their lives. Retirement spend-down, or withdrawal rate, is the strategy a retiree follows to spe... | Retirement spend-down | Mathematics | 2,810 |
2,584,881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugunruhe | Zugunruhe (/ˈtsuːk:ʊnʁuːə/; German: [tsuːk:ʊnʁuːə] ; lit. 'migration-anxiety') is the experience of migratory restlessness.
Ethology
In ethology, Zugunruhe describes anxious behavior in migratory animals, especially in birds during the normal migration period. When these animals are enclosed, such as in an Emlen fun... | Zugunruhe | Biology | 545 |
1,250,286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentachlorophenol | Pentachlorophenol (PCP) is an organochlorine compound used as a pesticide and a disinfectant. First produced in the 1930s, it is marketed under many trade names. It can be found as pure PCP, or as the sodium salt of PCP, the latter of which dissolves easily in water. It can be biodegraded by some bacteria, including S... | Pentachlorophenol | Chemistry,Biology | 1,854 |
36,921,205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V831%20Centauri | V831 Centauri is a multiple star system in the constellation Centaurus. It is visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude that ranges from 4.49 down to 4.66. The system is located at a distance of approximately 380 light years from the Sun based on parallax, and is drifting further away with a radial vel... | V831 Centauri | Astronomy | 405 |
50,906,889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel%208289 | The Intel 8289 is a Bus arbiter designed for Intel 8086/8087/8088/8089. The chip is supplied in 20-pin DIP package. The 8086 (and 8088) operate in maximum mode, so they are configured primarily for multiprocessor operation or for working with coprocessors. Necessary control signals are generated by the 8289. This vers... | Intel 8289 | Technology | 164 |
40,458,005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deoxyschizandrin | Deoxyschizandrin is a bio-active isolate of Schisandra chinensis.
Deoxyschizandrin has been found to act as an agonist of the adiponectin receptor 2 (AdipoR2).
References
Adiponectin receptor agonists
Phytochemicals | Deoxyschizandrin | Chemistry | 66 |
14,431,176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photochemical%20Reflectance%20Index | The Photochemical Reflectance Index (PRI) is a reflectance measurement developed by John Gamon during his tenure as a postdoctorate fellow supervised by Christopher Field at the Carnegie Institution for Science at Stanford University. The PRI is sensitive to changes in carotenoid pigments (e.g. xanthophyll pigments) in... | Photochemical Reflectance Index | Physics,Biology | 362 |
2,802,279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poetaster | Poetaster (), like rhymester or versifier, is a derogatory term applied to bad or inferior poets. Specifically, poetaster has implications of unwarranted pretensions to artistic value. The word was coined in Latin by Erasmus in 1521. It was first used in English by Ben Jonson in his 1600 play Cynthia's Revels; immediat... | Poetaster | Biology | 754 |
11,775,588 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascochyta%20humuli | Ascochyta humuli is a plant pathogen that causes leaf spot on hops.
See also
List of Ascochyta species
References
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Hop diseases
humuli
Fungus species | Ascochyta humuli | Biology | 42 |
41,351,768 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imidoyl%20chloride | Imidoyl chlorides are organic compounds that contain the functional group RC(NR')Cl. A double bond exist between the R'N and the carbon centre. These compounds are analogues of acyl chloride. Imidoyl chlorides tend to be highly reactive and are more commonly found as intermediates in a wide variety of synthetic proce... | Imidoyl chloride | Chemistry | 1,092 |
51,049,784 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chip%20budding | Chip budding is a grafting technique
A chip of wood containing a bud is cut out of scion with desirable properties (tasty fruit, pretty flowers, etc.). A similarly shaped chip is cut out of the rootstock, and the scion bud is placed in the cut, in such a way that the cambium layers match. The new bud is usually fixed... | Chip budding | Biology | 209 |
73,592,462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plectocarpon%20galapagoense | Plectocarpon galapagoense is a species of lichenicolous fungus in the family Lecanographaceae. Native to the Galápagos Islands, it grows on and within the ascomata and thallus of Sarcographa tricosa, a host lichen species. Although it appears to be a weak parasite, it may cause significant damage to the host lichen's r... | Plectocarpon galapagoense | Biology | 538 |
9,634,133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local%20insertion | In broadcasting, local insertion (known in the United Kingdom as an opt-out) is the act or capability of a broadcast television station, radio station or cable system to insert or replace part of a network feed with content unique to the local station or system. Most often this is a station identification (required by ... | Local insertion | Engineering | 2,216 |
2,198,678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wet%20wipe | A wet wipe, also known as a wet towel, wet one, moist towelette, disposable wipe, disinfecting wipe, or a baby wipe (in specific circumstances) is a small to medium-sized moistened piece of plastic or cloth that either comes folded and individually wrapped for convenience or, in the case of dispensers, as a large roll ... | Wet wipe | Biology | 1,975 |
18,303,800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20181433%20c | HD 181433 c is an extrasolar planet located approximately 87 light-years away in the constellation of Pavo, orbiting the star HD 181433. This planet is at least 0.64 times as massive as Jupiter and takes 962 days to orbit the star at an orbital distance of 1.76 astronomical units (AU), or 263 gigametres (Gm). The orbit... | HD 181433 c | Astronomy | 149 |
42,682,745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potential%20theory%20of%20Polanyi | The potential theory of Polanyi, also called Polanyi adsorption potential theory, is a model of adsorption proposed by Michael Polanyi where adsorption can be measured through the equilibrium between the chemical potential of a gas near the surface and the chemical potential of the gas from a large distance away. In th... | Potential theory of Polanyi | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science | 2,812 |
16,781,783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20100777%20b | HD 100777 b, formally named Laligurans, is an extrasolar planet located approximately 172 light-years away in the constellation of Leo, orbiting the star HD 100777. It has a minimum mass about 1.17 times greater than Jupiter and takes about 384 days to orbit its star. It has a semi-major axis of 1.03 AU and a moderatel... | HD 100777 b | Astronomy | 164 |
31,938,922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scytonemin | Scytonemin is a secondary metabolite and an extracellular matrix (sheath) pigment synthesized by many strains of cyanobacteria, including Nostoc, Scytonema, Calothrix, Lyngbya, Rivularia, Chlorogloeopsis, and Hyella. Scytonemin-synthesizing cyanobacteria often inhabit highly insolated terrestrial, freshwater and coasta... | Scytonemin | Chemistry,Biology | 588 |
4,585,564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monoidal%20monad | In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a monoidal monad is a monad on a monoidal category such that the functor is a lax monoidal functor and the natural transformations and are monoidal natural transformations. In other words, is equipped with coherence maps and satisfying certain properties (again: the... | Monoidal monad | Mathematics | 871 |
51,851,681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DU%20Crucis | DU Crucis is a red supergiant and slow irregular variable star in the open cluster NGC 4755, which is also known as the Kappa (κ) Crucis Cluster or Jewel Box Cluster.
Location
DU Crucis is one of the brighter members of the Jewel Box Cluster and the brightest red supergiant, strongly contrasting with the other bright... | DU Crucis | Astronomy | 318 |
26,417,040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-Prove | U-Prove is a free and open-source technology and accompanying software development kit for user-centric identity management. The underlying cryptographic protocols were designed by Dr. Stefan Brands and further developed by Credentica and, subsequently, Microsoft. The technology was developed to allow internet users to... | U-Prove | Technology | 419 |
14,910,292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seashell%20resonance | Seashell resonance refers to a popular folk myth that the sound of the ocean may be heard through seashells, particularly conch shells. This effect is similarly observed in any resonant cavity, such as an empty cup or a hand clasped to the ear.
The resonant sounds are created from ambient noise in the surrounding envi... | Seashell resonance | Physics | 238 |
51,926,519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolitrem%20B | Lolitrem B is one of many toxins produced by a fungus called Epichloë festucae var. lolii), which grows in Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass). The fungus is symbiotic with the ryegrass; it doesn't harm the plant, and the toxins it produces kill insects that feed on ryegrass. Lolitrem B is one of these toxins, but it ... | Lolitrem B | Chemistry | 1,898 |
14,816,883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIDO1 | Death-inducer obliterator 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DIDO1 gene.
Function
Apoptosis, a major form of cell death, is an efficient mechanism for eliminating unwanted cells and is of central importance for development and homeostasis in metazoan animals. In mice, the death inducer-obliterator-1 gen... | DIDO1 | Chemistry,Biology | 176 |
12,024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20relativity | General relativity, also known as the general theory of relativity, and as Einstein's theory of gravity, is the geometric theory of gravitation published by Albert Einstein in 1915 and is the current description of gravitation in modern physics. General relativity generalizes special relativity and refines Newton's law... | General relativity | Physics,Astronomy | 12,128 |
12,910,645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuromedin%20B%20receptor | The neuromedin B receptor (NMBR), now known as BB1 is a G protein-coupled receptor whose endogenous ligand is neuromedin B. In humans, this protein is encoded by the NMBR gene.
Neuromedin B receptor binds neuromedin B, a potent mitogen and growth factor for normal and neoplastic lung and for gastrointestinal epithel... | Neuromedin B receptor | Chemistry | 99 |
868,391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobbit%20%28computer%29 | Hobbit (Russian: Хоббит) is a Soviet/Russian 8-bit home computer, based on the ZX Spectrum hardware architecture.
Besides Sinclair BASIC it also featured CP/M, Forth or LOGO modes, with the Forth or LOGO operating environment residing in an on-board ROM chip.
Overview
Hobbit was invented by Dmitry Mikhailov (Russian:... | Hobbit (computer) | Technology | 674 |
60,999,584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestranol/hydroxyprogesterone%20acetate | Mestranol/hydroxyprogesterone acetate (ME/OHPA), sold under the brand name Hormolidin, is a combination medication of mestranol (ME), an estrogen, and hydroxyprogesterone acetate (OHPA), a progestin, which was reportedly used as a sequential combined birth control pill for women in the early 1970s. It was formulated as... | Mestranol/hydroxyprogesterone acetate | Chemistry | 173 |
7,451,605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critically%20endangered | An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of the 157,190 species currently on the IUCN Red List, 9,760 of those are listed as ... | Critically endangered | Biology | 823 |
29,917,965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrigley%20Trophy | The Wrigley Trophy is an award given for motorboats. It was awarded as early as 1912 with a $1,500 cash prize. In 1912 the award was disputed when James A. Pugh contested the win by J. Stuart Blackton. He argued that Baby Reliance II was allowed a late entry and had already missed two rounds of competition.
Winners
Ca... | Wrigley Trophy | Technology | 105 |
21,557,464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal%20%28computer%20security%29 | A principal in computer security is an entity that can be authenticated by a computer system or network. It is referred to as a security principal in Java and Microsoft literature.
Principals can be individual people, computers, services, computational entities such as processes and threads, or any group of such thing... | Principal (computer security) | Technology,Engineering | 198 |
2,866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammeter | An ammeter (abbreviation of ampere meter) is an instrument used to measure the current in a circuit. Electric currents are measured in amperes (A), hence the name. For direct measurement, the ammeter is connected in series with the circuit in which the current is to be measured. An ammeter usually has low resistance so... | Ammeter | Chemistry,Technology,Engineering | 2,603 |
21,861,922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subunit%20vaccine | A subunit vaccine is a vaccine that contains purified parts of the pathogen that are antigenic, or necessary to elicit a protective immune response. Subunit vaccine can be made from dissembled viral particles in cell culture or recombinant DNA expression, in which case it is a recombinant subunit vaccine.
A "subunit" ... | Subunit vaccine | Chemistry,Biology | 5,265 |
28,953,468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Dickson%20Lang | William Dickson Lang (28 September 1878 – 3 March 1966) was Keeper of the Department of Geology at the British Museum from 1928 until 1938.
Early life
Lang was born at Kurnal, India the second son of Edward Tickle Lang and Hebe, the daughter of John Venn Prior. At the age of 1, the family returned to England from the ... | William Dickson Lang | Biology | 746 |
50,953,582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galegine | Galegine is a toxic chemical compound that has been isolated from Galega officinalis. It has also been found to be the principal cause of the toxicity of poison sedge (Schoenus asperocarpus).
Galegine was used in the 1920s as a pharmaceutical treatment for diabetes; however, because of its toxicity, its use was soon ... | Galegine | Chemistry | 126 |
43,411,017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorencoelia%20versiformis | Chlorencoelia is a species of fungus in the family Hemiphacidiaceae. It was originally described in 1798 by Christian Hendrik Persoon as Peziza versiformis. The species was transferred to Chlorencoelia in 1975.
References
External links
Fungi described in 1798
Helotiales
Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon
Fung... | Chlorencoelia versiformis | Biology | 78 |
6,688,378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewvaporation | Dewvaporation is a novel desalination technology developed at Arizona State University (Tempe) as an energy efficient tool for freshwater procurement and saline waste stream management. The system has relatively low installation costs and low operation and maintenance requirements.
The process uses air as a carrier ga... | Dewvaporation | Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 508 |
29,072,679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20gateway | A universal gateway is a device that transacts data between two or more data sources using communication protocols specific to each. Sometimes called a universal protocol gateway, this class of product is designed as a computer appliance, and is used to connect data from one automation system to another.
Typical appl... | Universal gateway | Technology,Engineering | 612 |
231,064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrestrial%20television | Terrestrial television, or over-the-air television (OTA) is a type of television broadcasting in which the content is transmitted via radio waves from the terrestrial (Earth-based) transmitter of a TV station to a TV receiver having an antenna. The term terrestrial is more common in Europe and Latin America, while in C... | Terrestrial television | Technology | 2,042 |
42,917,948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulfuric%20acid%20poisoning | Sulfuric acid poisoning refers to ingestion of sulfuric acid, found in lead-acid batteries and some metal cleaners, pool cleaners, drain cleaners and anti-rust products.
Signs and symptoms
Brown to black streak from angle of mouth
Brown to black vomitus
Brown to black stomach wall
Black swollen tongue
White (cha... | Sulfuric acid poisoning | Chemistry,Environmental_science | 338 |
49,731,496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20cycling | Chemical cycling describes systems of repeated circulation of chemicals between other compounds, states and materials, and back to their original state, that occurs in space, and on many objects in space including the Earth. Active chemical cycling is known to occur in stars, many planets and natural satellites.
Chemi... | Chemical cycling | Chemistry,Astronomy | 1,255 |
54,644,701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%207080 | NGC 7080 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 204.5 million light-years away in the constellation of Vulpecula. It has an estimated diameter of about 100,000 light-years which would make it similar in size to the Milky Way. NGC 7080 was discovered by astronomer Albert Marth on September 6, 1863.
According to Harol... | NGC 7080 | Astronomy | 153 |
318,413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20Institute%20for%20Research%20in%20Computer%20Science%20and%20Automation | The National Institute for Research in Digital Science and Technology (Inria) () is a French national research institution focusing on computer science and applied mathematics.
It was created under the name French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (IRIA) () in 1967 at Rocquencourt near Paris, p... | French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation | Mathematics,Technology | 916 |
56,089,649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Secure%20Software-defined%20Radio | European Secure Software-defined Radio (ESSOR) is a planned European Union (EU) Permanent Structured Cooperation project for the development of common technologies for European military software-defined radio systems, to guarantee the interoperability and security of voice and data communications between EU forces in j... | European Secure Software-defined Radio | Engineering | 226 |
55,178,467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20specificity%20phosphatase%208 | Dual specificity phosphatase 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DUSP8 gene.
Function
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the dual specificity protein phosphatase subfamily. These phosphatases inactivate their target kinases by dephosphorylating both the phosphoserine/threonine and phosphotyros... | Dual specificity phosphatase 8 | Chemistry | 253 |
71,429,322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List | A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Li... | List | Technology | 2,127 |
604,067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemetschek | Nemetschek Group is a vendor of software for architects, engineers and the construction industry. The company develops and distributes software for planning, designing, building and managing buildings and real estate, as well as for media and entertainment.
History
20th century
The company was founded by Prof. Georg ... | Nemetschek | Engineering | 830 |
14,165,837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAB4A | Ras-related protein Rab-4A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RAB4A gene.
Interactions
RAB4A has been shown to interact with:
CD2AP,
KIF3B,
RAB11FIP1,
RABEP1, and
STX4.
References
Further reading | RAB4A | Chemistry | 67 |
13,629,379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small%20nucleolar%20RNA%20SNORA77 | In molecular biology, Small nucleolar RNA SNORA77 (also known as ACA63) is a non-coding RNA (ncRNA) molecule which functions in the biogenesis (modification) of other small nuclear RNAs (snRNAs). This type of modifying RNA is located in the nucleolus of the eukaryotic cell which is a major site of snRNA biogenesis. It ... | Small nucleolar RNA SNORA77 | Chemistry | 237 |
19,363,223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trivial%20Graph%20Format | Trivial Graph Format (TGF) is a simple text-based adjacency list file format for describing graphs, widely used because of its simplicity.
Format
The format consists of a list of node definitions, which map node IDs to labels, followed by a list of edges, which specify node pairs and an optional edge label. Because of... | Trivial Graph Format | Mathematics | 321 |
6,111,026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-NFB%20Reader | The K-NFB Reader (an acronym for Kurzweil — National Federation of the Blind Reader) is a handheld electronic reading device for the blind. It was developed in a partnership between Ray Kurzweil and the National Federation of the Blind.
The original version of the reader was composed of a digital camera and a PDA, whi... | K-NFB Reader | Technology | 295 |
24,575,247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonyhurst%20disks | A Stonyhurst disk is a transparent circular grid with lines of longitude and latitude that can overlay a solar image to reference the positions of sunspots. This overlay system was originally created at the Stonyhurst College observatory.
References
Astronomical instruments
Stonyhurst College | Stonyhurst disks | Astronomy | 53 |
32,038,866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FASTRAD | FASTRAD is a tool dedicated to the calculation of radiation effects (Dose and Displacement Damage) on electronics. The software has uses in high energy physics and nuclear experiments, medical areas, and accelerator and space physics studies, though it is primarily used in the design of satellites.
History
FASTRAD is... | FASTRAD | Physics,Materials_science,Engineering | 1,603 |
49,241,310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anion%20exchanger%20family | The anion exchanger family (TC# 2.A.31, also named bicarbonate transporter family) is a member of the large APC superfamily of secondary carriers. Members of the AE family are generally responsible for the transport of anions across cellular barriers, although their functions may vary. All of them exchange bicarbonate.... | Anion exchanger family | Biology | 2,627 |
22,236,311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasi-homogeneous%20polynomial | In algebra, a multivariate polynomial
is quasi-homogeneous or weighted homogeneous, if there exist r integers , called weights of the variables, such that the sum is the same for all nonzero terms of . This sum is the weight or the degree of the polynomial.
The term quasi-homogeneous comes from the fact that a po... | Quasi-homogeneous polynomial | Mathematics | 396 |
71,320,302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come%20into%20My%20Cellar | Come into My Cellar, alternatively titled Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!, is a science fiction short story by American writer Ray Bradbury. It was originally published in Galaxy Magazine in October 1962, and was subsequently included in the short-story collection S is for Space.
The story is about an alie... | Come into My Cellar | Biology | 1,343 |
71,655,197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroko%20Nagahara | Hiroko Nagahara (, born 1952) is a Japanese cosmochemist and astromineralogist whose research studies the chemical composition and formation of chondrules, the molten mineral droplets that accrete to form asteroids and meteoroids. She is a fellow of the Earth–Life Science Institute of the Tokyo Institute of Technology,... | Hiroko Nagahara | Chemistry | 391 |
102,490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dell | Dell Inc. is an American technology company that develops, sells, repairs, and supports personal computers (PCs), servers, data storage devices, network switches, software, computer peripherals including printers and webcams among other products and services. Dell is based in Round Rock, Texas.
Founded by Michael Dell... | Dell | Technology | 13,162 |
60,264,107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURO%20Journal%20on%20Decision%20Processes | The EURO Journal on Decision Processes (EJDP) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that was established in 2012 and originally published by Springer Science+Business Media. In 2021, the journal will instead be published by Elsevier.
It is an official journal of the Association of European Operational Research Societie... | EURO Journal on Decision Processes | Mathematics,Biology | 153 |
24,053,951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C20H25N3O2 | The molecular formula C20H25N3O2 (molar mass: 339.43 g/mol, exact mass: 339.1947 u) may refer to:
Methylergometrine, or methylergonovine
WAY-317,538 (SEN-12333)
Molecular formulas | C20H25N3O2 | Physics,Chemistry | 64 |
14,241,105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van%20der%20Waals%20surface | The van der Waals surface of a molecule is an abstract representation or model of that molecule, illustrating where, in very rough terms, a surface might reside for the molecule based on the hard cutoffs of van der Waals radii for individual atoms, and it represents a surface through which the molecule might be conceiv... | Van der Waals surface | Physics,Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 1,131 |
33,884,098 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Phillips%20%28chemist%29 | David Phillips, (born 3 December 1939) is a British chemist specialising in photochemistry and lasers, and was president of the Royal Society of Chemistry from 2010 to 2012.
Education and early life
Phillips was born 3 December 1939 in Kendal, lived in South Shields and attended the Grammar School. He studied at the ... | David Phillips (chemist) | Chemistry | 526 |
57,589,493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiaomi%20Mi%208 | The Xiaomi Mi 8 is a flagship Android smartphone developed by Xiaomi Inc. It was launched at an event held in Shenzhen, China as the successor to the Xiaomi Mi 6. The naming of the Xiaomi Mi 8 (skipping the Mi 7) is in celebration of Xiaomi Inc's eighth anniversary. The Mi 8 draws parallels to the iPhone X, as both the... | Xiaomi Mi 8 | Technology | 422 |
9,124,553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generalized%20assignment%20problem | In applied mathematics, the maximum generalized assignment problem is a problem in combinatorial optimization. This problem is a generalization of the assignment problem in which both tasks and agents have a size. Moreover, the size of each task might vary from one agent to the other.
This problem in its most general... | Generalized assignment problem | Mathematics | 658 |
14,903,178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yield%20gap | The yield gap or yield ratio is the ratio of the dividend yield of an equity and the yield of a long-term government bond. Typically equities have a higher yield (as a percentage of the market price of the equity) thus reflecting the higher risk of holding an equity.
The purpose of calculating the yield gap is to ass... | Yield gap | Mathematics | 155 |
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