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8,570,918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Energy%20Institute | The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is a nuclear industry trade association in the United States, based in Washington, D.C.
Synopsis
The Nuclear Energy Institute represents the nuclear technologies industry. NEI’s stated mission “is to promote the use and growth of nuclear energy through efficient operations and effec... | Nuclear Energy Institute | Engineering | 2,039 |
4,878,864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DISCUS | DISCUS, or distributed source coding using syndromes, is a method for distributed source coding. It is a compression algorithm used to compress correlated data sources. The method is designed to achieve the Slepian–Wolf bound by using channel codes.
History
DISCUS was invented by researchers S. S. Pradhan and K. Ra... | DISCUS | Mathematics,Technology,Engineering | 258 |
1,080,186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FLEX%20%28protocol%29 | FLEX is a communications protocol developed by Motorola and used in many pagers. FLEX provides one-way communication only (from the provider to the pager device), but a related protocol called ReFLEX provides two-way messaging.
Protocol
Transmission of message data occurs in one of four modes: 1600/2, 3200/2, 3200/4,... | FLEX (protocol) | Technology | 478 |
18,575,557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informatization | Informatization or informatisation refers to the extent by which a geographical area, an economy or a society is becoming information-based, i.e. the increase in size of its information labor force. Usage of the term was inspired by Marc Porat’s categories of ages of human civilization: the Agricultural Age, the Indust... | Informatization | Technology | 2,587 |
31,587,409 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanov%27s%20theorem | In mathematics and information theory, Sanov's theorem gives a bound on the probability of observing an atypical sequence of samples from a given probability distribution. In the language of large deviations theory, Sanov's theorem identifies the rate function for large deviations of the empirical measure of a sequence... | Sanov's theorem | Mathematics,Technology,Engineering | 501 |
4,536,556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arp%20299 | Arp 299 (parts of it also known as IC 694 and NGC 3690) is a pair of colliding galaxies approximately 134 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. Both of the galaxies involved in the collision are barred irregular galaxies. NGC 3690 was discovered on 18 March 1790 by German-British astronomer Willia... | Arp 299 | Astronomy | 207 |
9,360,334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modified-release%20dosage | Modified-release dosage is a mechanism that (in contrast to immediate-release dosage) delivers a drug with a delay after its administration (delayed-release dosage) or for a prolonged period of time (extended-release [ER, XR, XL] dosage) or to a specific target in the body (targeted-release dosage).
Sustained-release ... | Modified-release dosage | Chemistry | 3,019 |
19,236,636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecosystem-based%20management | Ecosystem-based management is an environmental management approach that recognizes the full array of interactions within an ecosystem, including humans, rather than considering single issues, species, or ecosystem services in isolation. It can be applied to studies in the terrestrial and aquatic environments with chall... | Ecosystem-based management | Physics,Environmental_science | 5,363 |
4,322,218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical%20geography | Critical geography is theoretically informed geographical scholarship that promotes social justice, liberation, and leftist politics. Critical geography is also used as an umbrella term for Marxist, feminist, postmodern, poststructural, queer, left-wing, and activist geography.
Critical geography is one variant of cri... | Critical geography | Environmental_science | 1,733 |
35,862,124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garrett%20Lynch | Garrett Lynch (born 1977) is an Irish new media artist working with networked technologies in a variety of forms including online art, installation, performance and writing.
Career
Since 2000 Lynch has a developed an artistic practice centred on the use of networks. He has published papers including "Google and Art: ... | Garrett Lynch | Technology | 738 |
39,263,282 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa%20Kugel | Sister Theresa Kugel, OP (1912, Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire – 2 December 1977, Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union), was a convert from Orthodox Judaism to the Russian Catholic Church, a Byzantine Rite Dominican nun in the community founded by Mother Catherine Abrikosova, and a Gulag survivor.... | Theresa Kugel | Biology | 3,221 |
20,967,190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octadecanal | Octodecanal is a long-chain aldehyde, with the chemical formula C18H36O (also known as stearyl aldehyde). Octadecanal is used by several species of insect as a pheromone.
References
Fatty aldehydes
Alkanals | Octadecanal | Chemistry | 63 |
35,172,634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publications%20of%20the%20Astronomical%20Society%20of%20Japan | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan (PASJ) is a peer-reviewed scientific journal of astronomy published by the Astronomical Society of Japan on a bimonthly basis. The journal was established in 1949. The current editor-in-chief is M. Ando.
See also
List of astronomy journals
External links
Publication... | Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan | Astronomy | 95 |
1,033,633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden%20Powell%20%28mathematician%29 | Baden Powell, MA FRS FRGS (22 August 1796 – 11 June 1860) was an English mathematician and Church of England priest. He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1827 to 1860. Powell was a prominent liberal theologian who put forward advanced ideas about evolution.
Origins
Baden Powell II wa... | Baden Powell (mathematician) | Biology | 3,866 |
20,227,419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmembrane%20channels | Transmembrane channels, also called membrane channels, are pores within a lipid bilayer. The channels can be formed by protein complexes that run across the membrane or by peptides. They may cross the cell membrane, connecting the cytosol, or cytoplasm, to the extracellular matrix. Transmembrane channels are also foun... | Transmembrane channels | Chemistry | 609 |
3,675,281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vector-valued%20function | A vector-valued function, also referred to as a vector function, is a mathematical function of one or more variables whose range is a set of multidimensional vectors or infinite-dimensional vectors. The input of a vector-valued function could be a scalar or a vector (that is, the dimension of the domain could be 1 or g... | Vector-valued function | Mathematics | 1,855 |
1,053,500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DNA%20extraction | The first isolation of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) was done in 1869 by Friedrich Miescher. DNA extraction is the process of isolating DNA from the cells of an organism isolated from a sample, typically a biological sample such as blood, saliva, or tissue. It involves breaking open the cells, removing proteins and othe... | DNA extraction | Chemistry,Engineering,Biology | 3,499 |
46,801,272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos%20Dajczer | Marcos Dajczer (born 19 November 1948, in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine-born Brazilian mathematician whose research concerns geometry and topology.
Dajczer obtained his Ph.D. from the Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada in 1980 under the supervision of Manfredo do Carmo.
In 2006, he received Brazil's Nat... | Marcos Dajczer | Mathematics | 277 |
40,411,234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molybdenum%28II%29%20bromide | Molybdenum(II) bromide is an inorganic compound with the formula MoBr2. It forms yellow-red crystals.
Preparation
Molybdenum(II) bromide is created by the reaction of elemental molybdenum(II) chloride with lithium bromide.
Alternatively, it can be prepared by the disproportionation of molybdenum(III) bromide in a vac... | Molybdenum(II) bromide | Chemistry | 123 |
1,002,527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tab%20%28interface%29 | In interface design, a tab is a graphical user interface object that allows multiple documents or panels to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents. It is an interface style most commonly associated with web browsers, web applications, text editor... | Tab (interface) | Technology | 1,191 |
34,902,187 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusion%20knitting | Illusion knitting or shadow knitting is a form of textile art, in which the knitting is viewed as simply narrow stripes from one angle, and as an image when viewed from another angle. Illusion knitting has been recognised as an art form since 2010, largely due to the advances made by Steve Plummer who has created sever... | Illusion knitting | Physics | 1,911 |
36,250,088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltego | Maltego is a platform for open-source intelligence (OSINT) and cyber investigations, developed by Maltego Technologies GmbH, a company headquartered in Munich, Germany.
Maltego is used by organizations across both the private and public sectors to support OSINT investigations, especially by cyber threat intelligence t... | Maltego | Technology | 1,535 |
484,764 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Process%20theory | A process theory is a system of ideas that explains how an entity changes and develops. Process theories are often contrasted with variance theories, that is, systems of ideas that explain the variance in a dependent variable based on one or more independent variables. While process theories focus on how something happ... | Process theory | Biology | 435 |
42,882,484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield%20Hardline | Battlefield Hardline is a first-person shooter video game developed by Visceral Games and published by Electronic Arts. It was released in March 2015 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox 360, and Xbox One. The game is chronologically set between Battlefield 3 and Battlefield 4, Hardline focuses on crime, he... | Battlefield Hardline | Physics | 4,815 |
36,347,942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weak-Link%20Approach | The Weak-Link Approach (WLA) is a supramolecular coordination-based assembly methodology, first introduced in 1998 by the Mirkin Group at Northwestern University. This method takes advantage of hemilabile ligands -ligands that contain both strong and weak binding moieties- that can coordinate to metal centers and quant... | Weak-Link Approach | Physics,Chemistry | 2,335 |
4,588,735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anecortave%20acetate | Anecortave (rINN) is a novel angiogenesis inhibitor used in the treatment of the exudative (wet) form of age-related macular degeneration. Although similar in chemical structure to the corticosteroid hydrocortisone acetate, it possesses no glucocorticoid activity. If it is approved, it will be marketed by Alcon as ane... | Anecortave acetate | Chemistry,Biology | 812 |
19,357,000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20H.%20Lindsey | Charles Hodgson Lindsey was a British computer scientist, most known for his involvement with the programming language ALGOL 68.
He was an editor of the Revised Report on Algol 68, and co-wrote a ground breaking book on the language An Informal Introduction to Algol 68, which was unusual because it was written so that... | Charles H. Lindsey | Technology | 365 |
41,432 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical%20aperture | In optics, the numerical aperture (NA) of an optical system is a dimensionless number that characterizes the range of angles over which the system can accept or emit light. By incorporating index of refraction in its definition, has the property that it is constant for a beam as it goes from one material to another, p... | Numerical aperture | Physics,Chemistry | 2,098 |
679,582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypocenter | A hypocenter or hypocentre (), also called ground zero or surface zero, is the point on the Earth's surface directly below a nuclear explosion, meteor air burst, or other mid-air explosion. In seismology, the hypocenter of an earthquake is its point of origin below ground; a synonym is the focus of an earthquake.
Gene... | Hypocenter | Physics,Mathematics | 1,285 |
24,529,515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20optical%20disc%20manufacturers | This aims to be a complete list of optical disc manufacturers, including pre-recorded/pressed/replicated, record-able/write-once and re-writable discs.
This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see a manufacturer that should be here but is not (or one that should not be here but is), please update th... | List of optical disc manufacturers | Technology | 638 |
1,461,070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGHUP | On POSIX-compliant platforms, SIGHUP ("signal hang up") is a signal sent to a process when its controlling terminal is closed. It was originally designed to notify the process of a serial line drop. SIGHUP is a symbolic constant defined in the header file signal.h.
History
Access to computer systems for many years co... | SIGHUP | Technology | 715 |
4,148,957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons-grade%20nuclear%20material | Weapons-grade nuclear material is any fissionable nuclear material that is pure enough to make a nuclear weapon and has properties that make it particularly suitable for nuclear weapons use. Plutonium and uranium in grades normally used in nuclear weapons are the most common examples. (These nuclear materials have oth... | Weapons-grade nuclear material | Physics | 1,620 |
3,147,902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer%20horn | A deer horn, or deer whistle, is a whistle mounted on automobiles intended to help prevent collisions with deer. Air moving through the device produces sound (ultrasound in some models), intended to warn deer of a vehicle's approach. Deer are highly unpredictable, skittish animals whose normal reaction to an unfamilia... | Deer horn | Biology | 658 |
798,654 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy%20Elson | Jeremy Elson (born 1974) is a computer researcher specializing in wireless Sensor Networks. He is also the creator of the popular CircleMUD. Elson received his Ph.D. from UCLA in 2003. He previously worked at Microsoft Research in the Distributed Systems and Security group within Systems and Networking Research. Rece... | Jeremy Elson | Technology | 143 |
1,402,262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby%20colic | Baby colic, also known as infantile colic, is defined as episodes of crying for more than three hours a day, for more than three days a week, for three weeks in an otherwise healthy child. Often crying occurs in the evening. It typically does not result in long-term problems. The crying can result in frustration of the... | Baby colic | Biology | 1,942 |
32,473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccination | Vaccination is the administration of a vaccine to help the immune system develop immunity from a disease. Vaccines contain a microorganism or virus in a weakened, live or killed state, or proteins or toxins from the organism. In stimulating the body's adaptive immunity, they help prevent sickness from an infectious dis... | Vaccination | Biology | 7,395 |
24,142,446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable%20landscaping | Sustainable landscaping is a modern type of gardening or landscaping that takes the environmental issue of sustainability into account. According to Loehrlein in 2009 this includes design, construction and management of residential and commercial gardens and incorporates organic lawn management and organic gardening te... | Sustainable landscaping | Engineering | 2,231 |
52,186,542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haploporus%20cylindrosporus | Haploporus cylindrosporus is a species of poroid crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. Found in China, it causes a white rot in decomposing angiosperm wood.
Taxonomy
The fungus was collected from Ailaoshan Nature Reserve in Jingdong County (Yunnan Province) in August 2015, and described as a new species the follow... | Haploporus cylindrosporus | Biology | 262 |
17,807,412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extrusion%20coating | Extrusion coating is the coating of a molten web of synthetic resin onto a substrate material. It is a versatile coating technique used for the economic application of various plastics, notably polyethylene, onto paperboard, corrugated fiberboard, paper, aluminium foils, cellulose, non-wovens, or plastic films. It was.... | Extrusion coating | Chemistry | 400 |
531,239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotational%20spectroscopy | Rotational spectroscopy is concerned with the measurement of the energies of transitions between quantized rotational states of molecules in the gas phase. The rotational spectrum (power spectral density vs. rotational frequency) of polar molecules can be measured in absorption or emission by microwave spectroscopy or ... | Rotational spectroscopy | Physics,Chemistry | 5,690 |
1,399,085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods%20engineering | Methods engineering is a subspecialty of industrial engineering and manufacturing engineering concerned with human integration in industrial production processes.
Overview
Alternatively it can be described as the design of the productive process in which a person is involved. The task of the Methods engineer is to de... | Methods engineering | Engineering | 714 |
200,129 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair%20loss | Hair loss, also known as alopecia or baldness, refers to a loss of hair from part of the head or body. Typically at least the head is involved. The severity of hair loss can vary from a small area to the entire body. Inflammation or scarring is not usually present. Hair loss in some people causes psychological distress... | Hair loss | Chemistry,Materials_science,Biology | 5,293 |
30,958,460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20reaction%20card%20method | The Microsoft Reaction Card, developed by Microsoft in 2002 by Joey Benedek and Trish Miner, is a method used to check the emotional response and desirability of a design or product. This method is commonly used in the field of software design.
Using this method involves a participant describing a design / product bas... | Microsoft reaction card method | Engineering | 183 |
452,985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Jonas | Hans Jonas (; ; 10 May 1903 – 5 February 1993) was a German-born American Jewish philosopher. From 1955 to 1976 he was the Alvin Johnson Professor of Philosophy at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
Biography
Jonas was born in Mönchengladbach, on 10 May 1903 to a Jewish family. He studied philosophy... | Hans Jonas | Environmental_science | 3,678 |
22,842,507 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioxane%20tetraketone | Dioxane tetraketone (or 1,4-dioxane-2,3,5,6-tetrone) is an organic compound with the formula C4O6. It is an oxide of carbon (an oxocarbon), which can be viewed as the fourfold ketone of dioxane. It can also be viewed as the cyclic dimer of oxiranedione (C2O3), the hypothetical anhydride of oxalic acid.
In 1998, Paol... | Dioxane tetraketone | Chemistry,Materials_science | 277 |
66,812,671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota%20Mensae | Iota Mensae is a single star about away in the faint constellation Mensa. It has a very slightly variable apparent magnitude of 6.0, making it visible with the naked eye under good skies.
Iota Mensae has a spectral type of B8III, indicating that it has exhausted hydrogen at its core and expanded away from the main s... | Iota Mensae | Astronomy | 244 |
11,830,372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menger%20curvature | In mathematics, the Menger curvature of a triple of points in n-dimensional Euclidean space Rn is the reciprocal of the radius of the circle that passes through the three points. It is named after the Austrian-American mathematician Karl Menger.
Definition
Let x, y and z be three points in Rn; for simplicity, assume ... | Menger curvature | Physics | 694 |
4,970,131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoprotection | Photoprotection is the biochemical process that helps organisms cope with molecular damage caused by sunlight. Plants and other oxygenic phototrophs have developed a suite of photoprotective mechanisms to prevent photoinhibition and oxidative stress caused by excess or fluctuating light conditions. Humans and other a... | Photoprotection | Chemistry,Biology | 1,990 |
71,402,863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equisingularity | In algebraic geometry, an equisingularity is, roughly, a family of singularities that are not non-equivalent and is an important notion in singularity theory. There is no universal definition of equisingularity but Zariki's equisingularity is the most famous one. Zariski's equisingualrity, introduced in 1971 under the... | Equisingularity | Mathematics | 167 |
1,869,575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache%20tears | Apache tears are rounded pebbles of obsidian or "obsidianites" composed of black or dark-colored natural volcanic glass, usually of rhyolitic composition and bearing conchoidal fracture. Also known by the lithologic term marekanite, this variety of obsidian occurs as subrounded to subangular bodies up to about in diam... | Apache tears | Physics | 529 |
2,236,083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopenia | Osteopenia, known as "low bone mass" or "low bone density", is a condition in which bone mineral density is low. Because their bones are weaker, people with osteopenia may have a higher risk of fractures, and some people may go on to develop osteoporosis. In 2010, 43 million older adults in the US had osteopenia. Unli... | Osteopenia | Chemistry,Biology | 1,798 |
75,217,983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/299%20%28number%29 | 299 is the natural number following 298 and preceding 300.
In mathematics
299 is an odd composite number with two prime factors.
299 is a highly cototient number, meaning that it has more values for x-phi(x)= that number than any before it.
299 is a self number, meaning that it has 298 integer partitions.
299 is the t... | 299 (number) | Mathematics | 118 |
16,260,043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20E.%20Amoore | John E. Amoore (1930–1998) was a British biochemist who first proposed the stereochemical theory for olfaction.
Bibliography
Molecular Basis of Odor John E. Amoore, Published 1970, Thomas
How Smells Shape Up John E. Amoore, Published 1977, American Chemical Society
References
British biochemists
1930 births
1998 de... | John E. Amoore | Chemistry | 72 |
2,830,832 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community%20studies | Community studies is an academic field drawing on both sociology and anthropology and the social research methods of ethnography and participant observation in the study of community. In academic settings around the world, community studies is variously a sub-discipline of anthropology or sociology, or an independent d... | Community studies | Environmental_science | 711 |
16,855,172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF%20%28gene%29 | Peptide deformylase, mitochondrial is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PDF gene.
References
Further reading
External links | PDF (gene) | Chemistry | 27 |
64,790,461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse%20Micro | Morse Micro is a Sydney-based developer of Wi-Fi HaLow microprocessors; chips that enable high data rates, with long range and low power consumption. Amongst all Wi-Fi HaLow systems on a chip, Morse Micro processors are reported to be the smallest, fastest, longest-range with lowest-power-use.
The main application of ... | Morse Micro | Technology,Engineering | 1,513 |
20,007,666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alverine | Alverine is a drug used for functional gastrointestinal disorders. Alverine is a smooth muscle relaxant. Smooth muscle is a type of muscle that is not under voluntary control; it is the muscle present in places such as the gut and uterus.
Adverse effects
The side effects of Alverine include:
Difficulties in breathin... | Alverine | Chemistry | 609 |
54,248,584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimal%20instruments | In statistics and econometrics, optimal instruments are a technique for improving the efficiency of estimators in conditional moment models, a class of semiparametric models that generate conditional expectation functions. To estimate parameters of a conditional moment model, the statistician can derive an expectation ... | Optimal instruments | Physics,Mathematics | 557 |
6,126,579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender%20sexuality | Sexuality in transgender individuals encompasses all the issues of sexuality of other groups, including establishing a sexual identity, learning to deal with one's sexual needs, and finding a partner, but may be complicated by issues of gender dysphoria, side effects of surgery, physiological and emotional effects of h... | Transgender sexuality | Biology | 3,863 |
36,588,778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable-isotope%20probing | Stable-isotope probing (SIP) is a technique in microbial ecology for tracing uptake of nutrients in biogeochemical cycling by microorganisms. A substrate is enriched with a heavier stable isotope that is consumed by the organisms to be studied. Biomarkers with the heavier isotopes incorporated into them can be separate... | Stable-isotope probing | Chemistry,Biology,Environmental_science | 578 |
41,799,896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clumping%20factor | The clumping factor is a measurement of how density varies within a gaseous medium, and is commonly used in astrophysical settings where gas is not distributed uniformly. Gas densities can vary over many orders of magnitude, from the low density plasma in the Intergalactic medium between galaxies, to the neutral and de... | Clumping factor | Physics,Astronomy | 244 |
425,850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20system | A thermodynamic system is a body of matter and/or radiation separate from its surroundings that can be studied using the laws of thermodynamics.
Thermodynamic systems can be passive and active according to internal processes. According to internal processes, passive systems and active systems are distinguished: passiv... | Thermodynamic system | Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics | 4,253 |
468,641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20perpetual%20motion%20machines | The history of perpetual motion machines dates at least back to the Middle Ages. For millennia, it was not clear whether perpetual motion devices were possible or not, but modern theories of thermodynamics have shown that they are impossible. Despite this, many attempts have been made to construct such machines, contin... | History of perpetual motion machines | Physics,Chemistry,Technology | 3,139 |
12,229,840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holdridge%20life%20zones | The Holdridge life zones system is a global bioclimatic scheme for the classification of land areas. It was first published by Leslie Holdridge in 1947, and updated in 1967. It is a relatively simple system based on few empirical data, giving objective criteria. A basic assumption of the system is that both soil and th... | Holdridge life zones | Engineering | 1,073 |
6,348,399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gate%20%28airport%29 | A gate is an area in an airport terminal that controls access to a passenger aircraft. While the exact specifications vary from airport to airport and country to country, most gates consist of a seated waiting area, a counter and a doorway leading to the aircraft. A gate adjacent to the stand where the aircraft is park... | Gate (airport) | Engineering | 458 |
23,264,296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee%20to%20End%20Pay%20Toilets%20in%20America | The Committee to End Pay Toilets in America, or CEPTIA, was a 1970s grass-roots political organization which was one of the main forces behind the elimination of pay toilets in many American cities and states.
History
Founded in 1970 by nineteen-year-old Ira Gessel, the Committee's purpose was to "eliminate pay toil... | Committee to End Pay Toilets in America | Biology | 485 |
8,696,590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CCL23 | Chemokine (C-C motif) ligand 23 (CCL23) is a small cytokine belonging to the CC chemokine family that is also known as Macrophage inflammatory protein 3 (MIP-3) and Myeloid progenitor inhibitory factor 1 (MPIF-1). CCL23 is predominantly expressed in lung and liver tissue, but is also found in bone marrow and placenta.... | CCL23 | Chemistry | 199 |
22,084,621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ventricose | Ventricose is an adjective describing the condition of a mushroom, gastropod or plant that it is "swollen, distended, or inflated especially on one side".
Mycology
In mycology, ventricose is a condition in which the cystidia, lamella or stipe of a mushroom is swollen in the middle.
Gastropods
In gastropods, if the sh... | Ventricose | Biology | 109 |
20,656,697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varacin | Varacin is a bicyclic organosulfur compound originally found in marine Ascidiacea from the Polycitor genus. It contains an unusual pentathiepin ring which reacts with DNA, and varacin and synthetic analogues have been investigated for their antimicrobial and antitumour properties. Because of its potent biological activ... | Varacin | Chemistry | 120 |
5,666,707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architectural%20terracotta | Architectural terracotta refers to a fired mixture of clay and water that can be used in a non-structural, semi-structural, or structural capacity on the exterior or interior of a building. Terracotta is an ancient building material that translates from Latin as "baked earth". Some architectural terracotta is stronger... | Architectural terracotta | Engineering | 4,135 |
3,354,769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola%20A780 | The Motorola A780 is the second cellular PDA running the Linux operating system.
It was introduced in 2003 and sold in Europe and Asia. Some models include GPS and navigation software.
Design
The Motorola A780 is a Linux-based smartphone. When the lid is closed, the phone appears like a traditional phone, with a key... | Motorola A780 | Technology | 703 |
15,358,229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20works%20based%20on%20dreams | Dreams have been credited as the inspiration for several creative works and scientific discoveries.
Books and poetry
Kubla Khan
Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote Kubla Khan (completed in 1797 and published in 1816) upon awakening from an opium-influenced dream. In a preface to the work, he described having the poem come ... | List of works based on dreams | Biology | 2,916 |
54,711,947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D%20structure%20change%20detection | 3D Structure Change Detection is a type of Change detection (GIS) processes for GIS (geographical information systems). It is a process that measures how the volume of a particular area have changed between two or more time periods. A high-spatial resolution Digital elevation model (DEM) that provides accurate 4-d (s... | 3D structure change detection | Technology | 224 |
20,644,427 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankanam | An Ankanam is a unit of measure similar to an acre. It is used mainly in regions of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Nellore, Anekal, Bengaluru and Tirupati. An Ankanam is measured as , (mostly in the Nellore District) and, in some places (such as Tirupati), . In Nellore, one acre equals 605 Ankanams, and 1 cent amounts t... | Ankanam | Mathematics | 353 |
6,461,404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban%20bias | Urban bias refers to a political economy argument according to which economic development is hampered by groups who, by their central location in urban areas, are able to pressure governments to protect their interests. It is a structural condition of overurbanization and its growth leads to saturated urban labour mark... | Urban bias | Engineering | 241 |
21,961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleon | In physics and chemistry, a nucleon is either a proton or a neutron, considered in its role as a component of an atomic nucleus. The number of nucleons in a nucleus defines the atom's mass number (nucleon number).
Until the 1960s, nucleons were thought to be elementary particles, not made up of smaller parts. Now they... | Nucleon | Physics | 3,104 |
2,729,585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working%20animal | A working animal is an animal, usually domesticated, that is kept by humans and trained to perform tasks instead of being slaughtered to harvest animal products. Some are used for their physical strength (e.g. oxen and draft horses) or for transportation (e.g. riding horses and camels), while others are service animals... | Working animal | Physics,Mathematics | 2,584 |
33,415,439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai%20units%20of%20measurement | Thailand adopted the metric system on 17 December 1923.
Before metrication, the traditional system of measurement used in Thailand employed anthropic units. Some of these units are still in use, albeit standardised to SI/metric measurements. When the Royal Thai Survey Department began cadastral survey in 1896, Directo... | Thai units of measurement | Mathematics | 226 |
58,402,119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20uvarum | Aspergillus uvarum is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It belongs to the group of black Aspergilli which are important industrial workhorses. A. uvarum belongs to the Nigri section. The species was first described in 2008. A. uvarum has been isolated from grapes in Europe. It has been shown to produce seca... | Aspergillus uvarum | Biology | 264 |
24,374,127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macromolecular%20Materials%20and%20Engineering | Macromolecular Materials and Engineering is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering polymer science. It publishes Reviews, Feature Articles, Communications, and Full Papers on design, modification, characterization, and processing of advanced polymeric materials. Published topics include materials research ... | Macromolecular Materials and Engineering | Materials_science,Engineering | 127 |
7,130,691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%20recognition%20particle%20receptor | Signal recognition particle (SRP) receptor, also called the docking protein, is a dimer composed of 2 different subunits that are associated exclusively with the rough ER in mammalian cells. Its main function is to identify the SRP units. SRP (signal recognition particle) is a molecule that helps the ribosome-mRNA-pol... | Signal recognition particle receptor | Chemistry,Biology | 829 |
24,448,165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3%ADlica%20Catedral%20Nuestra%20Se%C3%B1ora%20de%20la%20Altagracia | The Basilica-Cathedral of Our Lady of Altagracia (in Spanish, Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia) is a Roman Catholic minor basilica and cathedral in the Dominican Republic dedicated to Our Lady of Altagracia, patroness of the nation. It is in Salvaleón de Higüey. The basilica is the seat of the Roman Ca... | Basílica Catedral Nuestra Señora de la Altagracia | Engineering | 436 |
734,585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning%20probe%20microscopy | Scanning probe microscopy (SPM) is a branch of microscopy that forms images of surfaces using a physical probe that scans the specimen. SPM was founded in 1981, with the invention of the scanning tunneling microscope, an instrument for imaging surfaces at the atomic level. The first successful scanning tunneling micros... | Scanning probe microscopy | Chemistry,Materials_science | 2,390 |
43,680,319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia%20Jarlskog | Cecilia Jarlskog (born in 1941) is a Swedish theoretical physicist, working mainly on elementary particle physics.
Jarlskog obtained her doctorate in 1970 in theoretical particle physics at the Technical University of Lund. She is known for her work on CP violation in the electroweak sector of the Standard Model, intr... | Cecilia Jarlskog | Physics | 1,038 |
1,663,983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rework%20%28electronics%29 | In electronics, rework (or re-work) is repair or refinish of a printed circuit board (PCB) assembly, usually involving desoldering and re-soldering of surface-mounted electronic components (SMD). Mass processing techniques are not applicable to single device repair or replacement, and specialized manual techniques by e... | Rework (electronics) | Engineering | 1,565 |
23,881,008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Kaisei | Project Kaisei (from 海星, kaisei, "ocean planet" in Japanese) is a scientific and commercial mission to study and clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a large body of floating plastic and marine debris trapped in the Pacific Ocean by the currents of the North Pacific Gyre. Discovered by NOAA, and publicized by Capt... | Project Kaisei | Physics,Chemistry,Environmental_science | 1,760 |
5,827,634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucagon%20receptor | The glucagon receptor is a 62 kDa protein that is activated by glucagon and is a member of the class B G-protein coupled family of receptors (secretin receptor family), coupled to G alpha i, Gs and to a lesser extent G alpha q. Stimulation of the receptor results in the activation of adenylate cyclase and phospholipase... | Glucagon receptor | Chemistry | 534 |
187,344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20drop%20experiment | The oil drop experiment was performed by Robert A. Millikan and Harvey Fletcher in 1909 to measure the elementary electric charge (the charge of the electron). The experiment took place in the Ryerson Physical Laboratory at the University of Chicago. Millikan received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923.
The experiment... | Oil drop experiment | Physics | 2,404 |
29,240,014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cobicistat | Cobicistat, sold under the brand name Tybost, is a medication for use in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV/AIDS). Its major mechanism of action is through the inhibition of human CYP3A proteins.
Like ritonavir (Norvir), cobicistat is of interest for its ability to inhibit liver enzymes that ... | Cobicistat | Chemistry | 941 |
10,573,521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syringaldehyde | Syringaldehyde is an organic compound that occurs in trace amounts widely in nature. Some species of insects use syringaldehyde in their chemical communication systems. Scolytus multistriatus uses it as a signal to find a host tree during oviposition.
Because it contains many functional groups, it can be classified in... | Syringaldehyde | Chemistry | 250 |
50,787,899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortinarius%20catarracticus | Cortinarius catarracticus is a species of potentially lethal fungus in the family Cortinariaceae native to South Australia.
References
catarracticus
Fungi described in 2004
Fungi native to Australia
Fungus species | Cortinarius catarracticus | Biology | 44 |
22,456,841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujitsu%20Technology%20Solutions | Fujitsu Technology Solutions GmbH (FTS) is a Munich-based information technology vendor in the so-called "EMEIA" markets: Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa. A subsidiary of Fujitsu in Tokyo, FTS was founded in 2009 when the parent firm bought out Siemens' 50% share of Fujitsu Siemens Computers.
Products and se... | Fujitsu Technology Solutions | Technology | 404 |
3,255,966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health%20technology | Health technology is defined by the World Health Organization as the "application of organized knowledge and skills in the form of devices, medicines, vaccines, procedures, and systems developed to solve a health problem and improve quality of lives". This includes pharmaceuticals, devices, procedures, and organization... | Health technology | Engineering,Biology | 5,323 |
39,758,449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20structural%20engineering%20companies | The following is a list of notable structural engineering companies. Only companies with a Wikipedia article should be included in the list. Many of the companies included in this list do not practice only structural engineering, but may also be involved in civil engineering, architecture, and other related practices.
... | List of structural engineering companies | Engineering | 206 |
768,379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market%20Square%20Arena | Market Square Arena (MSA) was an indoor arena in Indianapolis. Completed in 1974, at a cost of $23 million, it seated 16,530 for basketball and 15,993 for ice hockey. Seating capacity for concerts and other events was adjusted by the use of large curtains which sealed off the upper rows. The arena closed down in 1999 a... | Market Square Arena | Engineering | 2,073 |
9,026,175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera%20Link | Camera Link is a serial communication protocol standard designed for camera interface applications based on the National Semiconductor interface Channel-link. It was designed for the purpose of standardizing scientific and industrial video products including cameras, cables and frame grabbers. The standard is maintaine... | Camera Link | Engineering | 1,612 |
78,076,558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rat%20Guard | A rat guard is a device used to prevent rats from boarding ships or entering buildings via ropes, cables, or wires. These guards are typically conical or disc-shaped and are designed to stop rats from climbing by creating a physical barrier they cannot pass. Rat guards are essential in maritime environments and areas w... | Rat Guard | Biology | 544 |
46,965,308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean%20Water%20Rule | The Clean Water Rule is a 2015 regulation published by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to clarify water resource management in the United States under a provision of the Clean Water Act of 1972. The regulation defined the scope of federal water protec... | Clean Water Rule | Engineering | 3,142 |
43,608,571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methoxyamine | Methoxyamine is the organic compound with the formula CH3ONH2. Also called O-methylhydroxylamine, it is a colourless volatile liquid that is soluble in polar organic solvent and in water. It is a derivative of hydroxylamine with the hydroxyl hydrogen replaced by a methyl group. Alternatively, it can be viewed as a der... | Methoxyamine | Chemistry | 512 |
2,684,812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcyone%20%28star%29 | Alcyone , designated η Tauri (Eta Tauri, abbreviated Eta Tau, η Tau), is a star in the constellation of Taurus. Approximately 440 light-years from the Sun, it is the brightest star in the Pleiades open cluster, which is a young cluster, around 100 million years old. There are a number of fainter stars very close to Alc... | Alcyone (star) | Astronomy | 807 |
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