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6,984,314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obturator%20ring | An obturator ring was a type of piston ring used in the early rotary engines of some World War I fighter aircraft for improved sealing in the presence of cylinder distortion.
Purpose
The cylinders of rotary aircraft engines (engines with the crankshaft fixed to the airframe and rotating cylinders) suffered from uneven... | Obturator ring | Engineering | 312 |
5,355,609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashen%20light | Ashen light is a hypothesised subtle glow that has been claimed to be seen on the night side of the planet Venus. The phenomenon has not been scientifically confirmed, and theories as to the observed phenomenon's cause are numerous, such as emission of light by Venus, or optical phenomena within the observing telescope... | Ashen light | Astronomy | 1,384 |
18,813,134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protosuchia | Protosuchia is a group of extinct Mesozoic crocodyliforms. They were small in size (~1 meter in length) and terrestrial. In phylogenetic terms, Protosuchia is considered an informal group because it is a grade of basal crocodyliforms, not a true clade.
Classification
Recent phylogenetic analyses have not supported Pro... | Protosuchia | Biology | 350 |
38,266,327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhombitetrapentagonal%20tiling | In geometry, the rhombitetrapentagonal tiling is a uniform tiling of the hyperbolic plane. It has Schläfli symbol of t0,2{4,5}.
Dual tiling
The dual is called the deltoidal tetrapentagonal tiling with face configuration V.4.4.4.5.
Related polyhedra and tiling
References
John H. Conway, Heidi Burgiel, Chaim Goodman... | Rhombitetrapentagonal tiling | Physics | 187 |
927,421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20lesion | A molecular lesion or point lesion is damage to the structure of a biological molecule such as DNA, RNA, or protein. This damage may result in the reduction or absence of normal function, and in rare cases the gain of a new function. Lesions in DNA may consist of breaks or other changes in chemical structure of the hel... | Molecular lesion | Chemistry,Biology | 3,345 |
9,014,291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger%20Creek%20Wilderness | The Badger Creek Wilderness is a wilderness area located east of Mount Hood in the northwestern Cascades of Oregon, United States. It is one of six designated wilderness areas in the Mount Hood National Forest, the others being Mark O. Hatfield, Salmon-Huckleberry, Mount Hood, Mount Jefferson, and Bull of the Woods.
... | Badger Creek Wilderness | Biology | 391 |
4,905,213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomson%20%28unit%29 | The thomson (symbol: Th) is a unit that has appeared infrequently in scientific literature relating to the field of mass spectrometry as a unit of mass-to-charge ratio. The unit was proposed by R. Graham Cooks and Alan L. Rockwood naming it in honour of J. J. Thomson who measured the mass-to-charge ratio of electrons a... | Thomson (unit) | Physics,Chemistry,Mathematics | 495 |
18,180,411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siderophilic%20bacteria | Siderophilic bacteria are bacteria that require or are facilitated by free iron. They may include Vibrio vulnificus, Listeria monocytogenes, Yersinia enterocolica, Salmonella enterica (serotype Typhimurium), Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli. One possible symptom of haemochromatosis is susceptibility to infect... | Siderophilic bacteria | Biology | 142 |
2,925,602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulegone | Pulegone is a naturally occurring organic compound obtained from the essential oils of a variety of plants such as Nepeta cataria (catnip), Mentha piperita, and pennyroyal. It is classified as a monoterpenoid, which means that it is an oxidized derivative of a terpene, a large class of naturally occurring C10 hydrocarb... | Pulegone | Chemistry | 326 |
1,044,681 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh | A mesh is a barrier made of interlaced strands of metal, fiber or other flexible or ductile materials. A mesh is similar to a web or a net in that it has many interwoven strands.
Types
A plastic mesh may be extruded, oriented, expanded, woven or tubular. It can be made from polypropylene, polyethylene, nylon, PVC or ... | Mesh | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 659 |
13,683,591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytochelatin | Phytochelatins are oligomers of glutathione, produced by the enzyme phytochelatin synthase. They are found in plants, fungi, nematodes and all groups of algae including cyanobacteria. Phytochelatins act as chelators, and are important for heavy metal detoxification. They are abbreviated PC2 through PC11.
A mutant Arab... | Phytochelatin | Chemistry | 441 |
1,023,575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glioblastoma | Glioblastoma, previously known as glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), is the most aggressive and most common type of cancer that originates in the brain, and has a very poor prognosis for survival. Initial signs and symptoms of glioblastoma are nonspecific. They may include headaches, personality changes, nausea, and sympto... | Glioblastoma | Biology | 5,572 |
37,647,193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/11%20Librae | 11 Librae is a single, fifth-magnitude star in the southern zodiac constellation of Libra. It is faintly visible to the naked eye with an apparent visual magnitude is 4.93. The star is moving further from the Sun with a heliocentric radial velocity of +83.6 km/s. The distance to this star, as estimated from its annual ... | 11 Librae | Astronomy | 277 |
409,951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isothermal%20process | An isothermal process is a type of thermodynamic process in which the temperature T of a system remains constant: ΔT = 0. This typically occurs when a system is in contact with an outside thermal reservoir, and a change in the system occurs slowly enough to allow the system to be continuously adjusted to the temperatur... | Isothermal process | Physics,Chemistry | 2,299 |
21,711,296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valery%20Glivenko | Valery Ivanovich Glivenko (, ; 2 January 1897 (Gregorian calendar) / 21 December 1896 (Julian calendar) in Kyiv – 15 February 1940 in Moscow) was a Soviet mathematician. He worked in the foundations of mathematics, real analysis, probability theory, and mathematical statistics. He taught at the Moscow Industrial Pedag... | Valery Glivenko | Mathematics | 168 |
22,059,685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January%202038%20lunar%20eclipse | A penumbral lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s ascending node of orbit on Thursday, January 21, 2038, with an umbral magnitude of −0.1127. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A penumbral lunar eclipse occurs when part or all of the Moon's near side pa... | January 2038 lunar eclipse | Astronomy | 686 |
41,996,200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20text%20mining%20software | Text mining computer programs are available from many commercial and open source companies and sources.
Commercial
Angoss – Angoss Text Analytics provides entity and theme extraction, topic categorization, sentiment analysis and document summarization capabilities via the embedded
AUTINDEX – is a commercial text mi... | List of text mining software | Technology | 945 |
10,059,094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%94-opioid%20receptor | The δ-opioid receptor, also known as delta opioid receptor or simply delta receptor, abbreviated DOR or DOP, is an inhibitory 7-transmembrane G-protein coupled receptor coupled to the G protein Gi/G0 and has enkephalins as its endogenous ligands. The regions of the brain where the δ-opioid receptor is largely expresse... | Δ-opioid receptor | Chemistry | 1,521 |
25,270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quine%20%28computing%29 | A quine is a computer program that takes no input and produces a copy of its own source code as its only output. The standard terms for these programs in the computability theory and computer science literature are "self-replicating programs", "self-reproducing programs", and "self-copying programs".
A quine is a fixe... | Quine (computing) | Biology | 4,401 |
2,324,711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers%E2%80%93Ramanujan%20identities | In mathematics, the Rogers–Ramanujan identities are two identities related to basic hypergeometric series and integer partitions. The identities were first discovered and proved by , and were subsequently rediscovered (without a proof) by Srinivasa Ramanujan some time before 1913. Ramanujan had no proof, but rediscove... | Rogers–Ramanujan identities | Mathematics | 3,047 |
64,037,719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Hijarah%20%28missile%29 | The al-Hijarah missile was an Iraqi liquid propelled inertial Short-range ballistic missile, it was also a Scud missile and considered an upgrade of the al-Hussein missile equipped with chemical warheads. It was developed by 1990 and was first used in the Persian Gulf War where the al-Hijarah missile would release pois... | Al Hijarah (missile) | Chemistry,Biology | 270 |
40,841,737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/75D/Kohoutek | 75D/Kohoutek is a short-period comet discovered in February 1975, by Luboš Kohoutek. Even on the discovery plate the comet was only apparent magnitude 14. Assuming the comet has not disintegrated the 2020-2021 perihelion passage is only expected to peak around apparent magnitude 20.
Not to be confused with the much be... | 75D/Kohoutek | Astronomy | 286 |
2,574,552 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compactly%20supported%20homology | In mathematics, a homology theory in algebraic topology is compactly supported if, in every degree n, the relative homology group Hn(X, A) of every pair of spaces
(X, A)
is naturally isomorphic to the direct limit of the nth relative homology groups of pairs (Y, B), where Y varies over compact subspaces of X and B va... | Compactly supported homology | Mathematics | 227 |
55,589,664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx%20X-ray%20Observatory | The Lynx X-ray Observatory (Lynx) is a NASA-funded Large Mission Concept Study commissioned as part of the National Academy of Sciences 2020 Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey. The concept study phase is complete as of August 2019, and the Lynx final report has been submitted to the Decadal Survey for prioritiza... | Lynx X-ray Observatory | Astronomy | 2,360 |
72,333,949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitryl%20azide | Nitryl azide (tetranitrogen dioxide) is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is an unstable nitrogen oxide consisting of a covalent nitrogen–nitrogen bond between a nitro group and an azide group. It has been detected by infrared spectroscopy as a short-lived product of the reaction between sodium azide... | Nitryl azide | Chemistry | 119 |
699,235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square%20foot | The square foot (; abbreviated sq ft, sf, or ft2; also denoted by '2 and ⏍, also known as "squeet") is an imperial unit and U.S. customary unit (non-SI, non-metric) of area, used mainly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Ghana, Liberia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore and... | Square foot | Mathematics | 579 |
2,388,685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anemophily | Anemophily or wind pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind. Almost all gymnosperms are anemophilous, as are many plants in the order Poales, including grasses, sedges, and rushes. Other common anemophilous plants are oaks, pecans, pistachios, sweet chestnuts, alders, hops, and members... | Anemophily | Biology | 808 |
3,971,914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIGMOBILE | SIGMOBILE is the Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Mobility of Systems, Users, Data and Computing, which specializes in the field of mobile computing and wireless networks and wearable computing.
Conceived in early 1995, ACM SIGMOBILE started out as an organization that fostered research ... | SIGMOBILE | Technology | 293 |
74,596,521 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CodeWeek | EU Codeweek (also stylized as CodeWeek) is an initiative started in 2013 by the European Union to increase basic programming knowledge among children and young people.
History
Codeweek was launched in 2013 by Neelie Kroes – at the time Vice President of the European Commission – as part of a broader European digital a... | CodeWeek | Technology | 243 |
4,197,790 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germabenzene | Germabenzene (C5H6Ge) is the parent representative of a group of chemical compounds containing in their molecular structure a benzene ring with a carbon atom replaced by a germanium atom. Germabenzene itself has been studied theoretically, and synthesized with a bulky 2,4,6-tris[bis(trimethylsilyl)methyl]phenyl or Tbt ... | Germabenzene | Chemistry | 266 |
18,404,411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commutation%20theorem%20for%20traces | In mathematics, a commutation theorem for traces explicitly identifies the commutant of a specific von Neumann algebra acting on a Hilbert space in the presence of a trace.
The first such result was proved by Francis Joseph Murray and John von Neumann in the 1930s and applies to the von Neumann algebra generated by ... | Commutation theorem for traces | Mathematics | 2,618 |
329,806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleight%20of%20hand | Sleight of hand (also known as prestidigitation or legerdemain ()) refers to fine motor skills when used by performing artists in different art forms to entertain or manipulate. It is closely associated with close-up magic, card magic, card flourishing and stealing. Because of its heavy use and practice by magicians, s... | Sleight of hand | Biology | 976 |
15,213,988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIAA0930 | KIAA0930 is a protein that, in humans, is encoded by the KIAA0930 gene.
References
External links
Further reading
Uncharacterized proteins | KIAA0930 | Biology | 37 |
36,175,775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C28H42O2 | {{DISPLAYTITLE:C28H42O2}}
The molecular formula C28H42O2 (molar mass: 410.63 g/mol, exact mass: 410.3185 u) may refer to:
Tocotrienols
β-Tocotrienol
γ-Tocotrienol | C28H42O2 | Chemistry | 67 |
4,701,722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsey%E2%80%93Cass%E2%80%93Koopmans%20model | The Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans model, or Ramsey growth model, is a neoclassical model of economic growth based primarily on the work of Frank P. Ramsey, with significant extensions by David Cass and Tjalling Koopmans. The Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans model differs from the Solow–Swan model in that the choice of consumption is explic... | Ramsey–Cass–Koopmans model | Mathematics | 2,500 |
30,874,071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passivity%20%28engineering%29 | Passivity is a property of engineering systems, most commonly encountered in analog electronics and control systems. Typically, analog designers use passivity to refer to incrementally passive components and systems, which are incapable of power gain. In contrast, control systems engineers will use passivity to refer t... | Passivity (engineering) | Engineering | 2,087 |
65,931,909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuka%20oil | Manuka oil is an essential oil obtained from the steam distillation of the leaves and small branches of the tree Leptospermum scoparium (commonly known as mānuka, or New Zealand tea tree).
Though it is used in a wide range of cosmetics, cosmeceuticals and naturopathic and topical medications, manuka oil is a relatively... | Manuka oil | Chemistry | 539 |
77,003,143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%28II%29%20phthalocyanine | Lead(II) Phthalocyanine (PbPc), also known as phthalocyanine lead, is a salt consisting of a lead ion and Pc2−, the conjugate base of pythalocyanine. It is a organolead dye and bright purple powder. It's also used as a near infared light absorber for photodetectors. It has a unique structural feature which is called an... | Lead(II) phthalocyanine | Chemistry | 119 |
36,106,398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UGC%205497 | UGC 5497 is a dwarf galaxy, located about 12 million light years away in the constellation Ursa Major. It is a member of the M81 Group.
See also
Lists of galaxies
References
Dwarf galaxies
M81 Group
05497
Ursa Major | UGC 5497 | Astronomy | 55 |
16,763,358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eles%2C%20Tunisia | Eles (also transliterated as Ellès and Al Las) is a village in the Siliana Governorate, Tunisia. It is located around , about 13 km northwest of Maktar in Siliana Governorate.
Eles, Tunisia sits over a natural spring at the base of the surrounding hills.
The village is notable for the large number of dolmens found im... | Eles, Tunisia | Astronomy | 262 |
1,567,889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triparental%20mating | Triparental mating is a form of bacterial conjugation where a conjugative plasmid present in one bacterial strain assists the transfer of a mobilizable plasmid present in a second bacterial strain into a third bacterial strain. Plasmids are introduced into bacteria for such purposes as transformation, cloning, or trans... | Triparental mating | Chemistry,Biology | 426 |
37,784,287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voluntary%20Protection%20Program | Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) is an Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) initiative that encourages private industry and federal agencies to prevent workplace injuries and illnesses through hazard prevention and control, worksite analysis, training; and cooperation between management and workers. ... | Voluntary Protection Program | Engineering | 379 |
659,902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid%E2%80%93base%20titration | An acid–base titration is a method of quantitative analysis for determining the concentration of Brønsted-Lowry acid or base (titrate) by neutralizing it using a solution of known concentration (titrant). A pH indicator is used to monitor the progress of the acid–base reaction and a titration curve can be constructed.
... | Acid–base titration | Chemistry | 2,517 |
37,852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion%20rocket | A fusion rocket is a theoretical design for a rocket driven by fusion propulsion that could provide efficient and sustained acceleration in space without the need to carry a large fuel supply. The design requires fusion power technology beyond current capabilities, and much larger and more complex rockets.
Fusion nucl... | Fusion rocket | Physics,Chemistry | 1,605 |
31,722,896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciluprevir | Ciluprevir was a drug used experimentally in the treatment of hepatitis C. It is manufactured by Boehringer Ingelheim and developed under the research code of BILN 2061. It was the first-in-class NS3/4A protease inhibitor to enter clinical development and tested in human. Ciluprevir is a potent competitive reversible i... | Ciluprevir | Chemistry | 221 |
14,439,377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OXGR1 | OXGR1, i.e., 2-oxoglutarate receptor 1 (also known as GPR99, cysteinyl leukotriene receptor E, i.e., CysLTE, and cysteinyl leukotriene receptor 3, i.e., CysLT3) is a G protein-coupled receptor located on the surface membranes of certain cells. It functions by binding one of its ligands and thereby becoming active in tr... | OXGR1 | Chemistry | 3,872 |
5,600,755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotition%20and%20partition | In arithmetic, quotition and partition are two ways of viewing fractions and division. In quotitive division one asks "how many parts are there?" while in partitive division one asks "what is the size of each part?"
In general, a quotient where , , and are integers or rational numbers, can be conceived of in either ... | Quotition and partition | Mathematics | 576 |
269,036 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cent%20%28music%29 | The cent is a logarithmic unit of measure used for musical intervals. Twelve-tone equal temperament divides the octave into 12 semitones of 100 cents each. Typically, cents are used to express small intervals, to check intonation, or to compare the sizes of comparable intervals in different tuning systems. For humans, ... | Cent (music) | Physics,Mathematics | 2,300 |
680,030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unilineality | Unilineality is a system of determining descent groups in which one belongs to one's father's or mother's line, whereby one's descent is traced either exclusively through male ancestors (patriline), or exclusively through female ancestors (matriline). Both patrilineality and matrilineality are types of unilineal desce... | Unilineality | Biology | 298 |
2,945,880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hobble%20%28device%29 | A hobble (also, and perhaps earlier, hopple), or spancel, is a device which prevents or limits the locomotion of an animal, by tethering one or more legs. Although hobbles are most commonly used on horses, they are also sometimes used on other animals. On dogs, they are used especially during force-fetch training to ... | Hobble (device) | Biology | 1,102 |
910,263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawaiian%20earring | In mathematics, the Hawaiian earring is the topological space defined by the union of circles in the Euclidean plane with center and radius for endowed with the subspace topology:
The space is homeomorphic to the one-point compactification of the union of a countable family of disjoint open intervals.
The Hawai... | Hawaiian earring | Mathematics | 1,066 |
2,377,453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cauliflory | Cauliflory is a botanical term referring to plants that flower and fruit from their main stems or woody trunks, rather than from new growth and shoots. It is rare in temperate regions but common in tropical forests.
There have been several strategies to distinguish among types of cauliflory historically, including the... | Cauliflory | Biology | 1,050 |
78,888,751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bistrifluron | Bistrifluron is an insecticide of the benzoylurea class. It is used to control chewing insects such as aphids, whiteflies, caterpillars, and termites. It is not highly toxic to mammals, but bioaccumulation may be a concern. It has a low level of toxicity to birds and moderate to high toxicity to most aquatic animals, ... | Bistrifluron | Chemistry | 124 |
681,190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression%20%28functional%20analysis%29 | In functional analysis, the compression of a linear operator T on a Hilbert space to a subspace K is the operator
,
where is the orthogonal projection onto K. This is a natural way to obtain an operator on K from an operator on the whole Hilbert space. If K is an invariant subspace for T, then the compression of T t... | Compression (functional analysis) | Mathematics | 191 |
1,985,954 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poka-yoke | is a Japanese term that means "mistake-proofing" or "error prevention". It is also sometimes referred to as a forcing function or a behavior-shaping constraint.
A poka-yoke is any mechanism in a process that helps an equipment operator avoid () mistakes () and defects by preventing, correcting, or drawing attention t... | Poka-yoke | Engineering | 1,372 |
6,139,311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%20euro%20coin | The 1 euro coin (€1) is a euro coin with a value of one euro. It is made of two alloys: the inner part of cupronickel, the outer part of nickel brass. All coins have a common reverse side and country-specific national sides. The coin has been used since 2002, with the present common side design dating from 2007.
As of... | 1 euro coin | Chemistry | 1,754 |
5,828,038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatomedin%20receptor | A somatomedin receptor is a receptor which binds the somatomedins (IGFs). Somatomedin is abbreviated to IGF, in reference to insulin-like growth factor.
There are two types:
Insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R)
Insulin-like growth factor 2 receptor (IGF-2R)
External links
Receptors | Somatomedin receptor | Chemistry,Biology | 80 |
71,638,720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%20168-9 | L 168-9 (also known as GJ 4332 or TOI-134, officially named Danfeng) is a red dwarf star located away from the Solar System in the constellation of Tucana. The star has about 61% the mass and 60% the radius of the Sun. It has a temperature of and a rotation period of 29 days. L 168-9 is orbited by one known exoplanet... | L 168-9 | Astronomy | 447 |
228,190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanillin | Vanillin is an organic compound with the molecular formula . It is a phenolic aldehyde. Its functional groups include aldehyde, hydroxyl, and ether. It is the primary component of the extract of the vanilla bean. Synthetic vanillin is now used more often than natural vanilla extract as a flavoring in foods, beverag... | Vanillin | Chemistry | 3,135 |
18,209,139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIKE%20FLOOD | is a computer program that simulates inundation for rivers, flood plains and urban drainage systems. It dynamically couples 1D (MIKE 11 and Mouse) and 2D (MIKE 21) modeling techniques into one single tool. MIKE FLOOD is developed by DHI.
MIKE FLOOD is accepted by US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for use ... | MIKE FLOOD | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 156 |
72,492,288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita%20rhacopus | Amanita rhacopus is a species of Amanita found in east coast of the United States
References
External links
rhacopus
Fungi of North America
Fungi described in 2018
Fungus species | Amanita rhacopus | Biology | 41 |
55,130,878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trim%20drag | Trim drag, denoted as Dm in the diagram, is the component of aerodynamic drag on an aircraft created by the flight control surfaces, mainly elevators and trimable horizontal stabilizers, when they are used to offset changes in pitching moment and centre of gravity during flight. For longitudinal stability in pitch and ... | Trim drag | Chemistry | 314 |
578,412 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acetone%20peroxide | Acetone peroxide ( also called APEX and mother of Satan) is an organic peroxide and a primary explosive. It is produced by the reaction of acetone and hydrogen peroxide to yield a mixture of linear monomer and cyclic dimer, trimer, and tetramer forms. The monomer is dimethyldioxirane. The dimer is known as diacetone ... | Acetone peroxide | Chemistry,Materials_science | 2,149 |
415,000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Drinker%20Cope | Edward Drinker Cope (July 28, 1840 – April 12, 1897) was an American zoologist, paleontologist, comparative anatomist, herpetologist, and ichthyologist. Born to a wealthy Quaker family, he distinguished himself as a child prodigy interested in science, publishing his first scientific paper at the age of 19. Though his ... | Edward Drinker Cope | Biology | 9,383 |
4,646,810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TM%2031-210%20Improvised%20Munitions%20Handbook | The TM 31-210 Improvised Munitions Handbook is a 256-page United States Army technical manual intended for the United States Army Special Forces. It was first published in 1969 by the Department of the Army. Like many other U.S. military manuals dealing with improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and unconventional warfar... | TM 31-210 Improvised Munitions Handbook | Chemistry | 601 |
40,095,376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panvalet | Computer Associates Panvalet (also known as CA-Panvalet) is a revision control and source code management system originally developed by Pansophic Systems for mainframe computers such as the IBM System z and IBM System/370 running the z/OS and z/VSE operating systems.
CA-PAN/LCM is a similar product for PCs.
Overview... | Panvalet | Engineering | 399 |
57,483,158 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunbury%20woodchip%20bombing | The Bunbury woodchip bombing was an unprecedented and politically motivated act of property destruction that took place on 19 July 1976 at a woodchip export terminal in Bunbury, Western Australia.
More than 1,000 sticks of gelignite were planted by two environmental protesters, with the resulting partial detonation ca... | Bunbury woodchip bombing | Chemistry | 1,038 |
24,045,080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium%20bromate | Calcium bromate, Ca(BrO3)2, is a calcium salt of bromic acid. It is most commonly encountered as the monohydrate, Ca(BrO3)2•H2O.
It can be prepared by reacting calcium hydroxide with sodium bromate or calcium sulfate with barium bromate. Above 180 °C, calcium bromate decomposes to form calcium bromide and oxygen. In ... | Calcium bromate | Chemistry | 139 |
36,210,519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recombinant%20factor%20VIIa | Recombinant factor VIIa (rfVIIa) is a form of blood factor VII that has been manufactured via recombinant technology. It is administered via an injection into a vein. It is used to treat bleeding episodes in people who have acquired haemophilia, among other indications. There are several disimilar forms, and biosimilar... | Recombinant factor VIIa | Chemistry | 1,634 |
1,572,553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shravana | Shravana (Devanagari: श्रवण), also known as Thiruvonam in Tamil and Malayalam (Tamil: திருவோணம், Malayalam: തിരുവോണം), is the 22nd nakshatra (Devanagari नक्षत्र) or lunar mansion as used in Hindu astronomy, Hindu calendar and Hindu astrology. It belongs to the constellation Makara (Devanagari: मकर), a legendary sea cre... | Shravana | Astronomy | 314 |
3,651,757 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving%20%28horse%29 | Weaving is a behaviour in horses that is classified as a stable vice, in which the horse repetitively sways on its forelegs, shifting its weight back and forth by moving the head and neck side to side. It may also include swaying of the rest of the body and picking up the front legs. Some horses exhibit non-stereotypic... | Weaving (horse) | Biology | 1,073 |
28,795,715 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favstar | Favstar (also known as favstar.fm) was an online service that tracked Twitter activity, launched in July 2009. Favstar utilized Twitter's API to rank tweets based on popularity metrics such as Favorites and Retweets. The platform gained popularity among users who wanted to see trending tweets and engage with popular co... | Favstar | Technology | 291 |
5,779,959 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonic%20mixer | The harmonic mixer and subharmonic mixer are a type of frequency mixer, which is a circuit that changes one signal frequency to another. The ordinary mixer has two input signals and one output signal. If the two input signals are sinewaves at frequencies f1 and f2, then the output signal consists of frequency component... | Harmonic mixer | Engineering | 940 |
48,554,735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich%20Hecht | Friedrich Hecht (3 August 1903, Vienna – 8 March 1980, Vienna) was an Austrian chemist and writer.
Hecht studied chemistry at the University of Vienna, and in 1928 was awarded a PhD. He was an assistant at the Institute of Chemistry. He wrote science fiction under the pseudonym Manfred Langrenus. In 1980, he died in V... | Friedrich Hecht | Chemistry | 515 |
36,805,856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa%20Pyxidis | Kappa Pyxidis, Latinized from κ Pyxidis, is a single, orange-hued star in the southern constellation of Pyxis. It is visible to the naked eye as a faint point of light with an apparent visual magnitude of +4.62. The star is located approximately 520 light years from the Sun based on parallax, but is drifting closer wit... | Kappa Pyxidis | Astronomy | 288 |
63,070,573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derived%20noncommutative%20algebraic%20geometry | In mathematics, derived noncommutative algebraic geometry, the derived version of noncommutative algebraic geometry, is the geometric study of derived categories and related constructions of triangulated categories using categorical tools. Some basic examples include the bounded derived category of coherent sheaves on ... | Derived noncommutative algebraic geometry | Mathematics | 2,498 |
65,380,994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huang%27s%20law | Huang's law is the observation in computer science and engineering that advancements in graphics processing units (GPUs) are growing at a rate much faster than with traditional central processing units (CPUs). The observation is in contrast to Moore's law that predicted the number of transistors in a dense integrated c... | Huang's law | Technology | 894 |
25,918,856 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psilocybe%20tasmaniana | Psilocybe tasmaniana is a species of coprophilous agaric fungus in the family Hymenogastraceae. It was described by Gastón Guzmán and Roy Watling in 1978 as a small tawny orange mushroom that grows on dung, with a slight blueing reaction to damage, known only from Tasmania and southeastern Australia. It was likened to ... | Psilocybe tasmaniana | Biology | 2,081 |
63,425,559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caesium%20cyanide | Cesium cyanide (chemical formula: CsCN) is the cesium salt of hydrogen cyanide. It is a white solid, easily soluble in water, with a smell reminiscent of bitter almonds, and with crystals similar in appearance to sugar. Caesium cyanide has chemical properties similar to potassium cyanide and is very toxic.
Production
... | Caesium cyanide | Chemistry | 121 |
73,519,725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californium%28II%29%20iodide | Californium(II) iodide is a binary inorganic compound of californium and iodine with the formula .
Synthesis
It can be produced by reducing californium triiodide with hydrogen in a quartz thin tube at 570 °C:
Physical properties
The compound forms a dark purple solid. At slightly higher temperatures, it melts and re... | Californium(II) iodide | Chemistry | 222 |
14,509,372 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20ProCurve%20products | HP ProCurve was the name of the networking division of Hewlett-Packard from 1998 to 2010 and associated with the products that it sold. The name of the division was changed to HP Networking in September 2010. Please use HP Networking Products for an actual list of products.
The HP ProCurve division sold network switch... | List of ProCurve products | Technology,Engineering | 2,754 |
30,497,848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UgMicroSatdb | UgMicroSatdb (UniGene Microsatellites database) is a database of microsatellites present in uniGene.
See also
Microsatellites
Unigene
References
External links
http://veenuash.info/web1/index.htm
Biological databases
Genetics databases
Repetitive DNA sequences | UgMicroSatdb | Biology | 69 |
33,109,308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Oleoylglycerol | 2-Oleoylglycerol (2OG) is a monoacylglycerol that is found in biologic tissues. Its synthesis is derived from diacylglycerol precursors. It is metabolized to oleic acid and glycerol primarily by the enzyme monoacylglycerol lipase (MAGL). In 2011, 2OG was found to be an endogenous ligand to GPR119. 2OG has been shown t... | 2-Oleoylglycerol | Chemistry | 202 |
26,777,830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HL7%20Services%20Aware%20Interoperability%20Framework | This article documents the effort of the Health Level Seven(HL7) community and specifically the former HL7 Architecture Board (ArB) to develop an interoperability framework that would support services, messages, and Clinical Document Architecture(CDA) ISO 10871.
HL7 provides a framework and standards for the exchang... | HL7 Services Aware Interoperability Framework | Technology | 976 |
448,270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Rutherford | Daniel Rutherford (3 November 1749 – 15 November 1819) was a Scottish physician, chemist and botanist who is known for the isolation of nitrogen in 1772.
Life
Rutherford was born on 3 November 1749, the son of Anne Mackay and Professor John Rutherford (1695–1779). He began college at the age of 16 at Mundell's Schoo... | Daniel Rutherford | Chemistry | 734 |
10,450,522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nystr%C3%B6m%20method | In mathematics numerical analysis, the Nyström method or quadrature method seeks the numerical solution of an integral equation by replacing the integral with a representative weighted sum. The continuous problem is broken into discrete intervals; quadrature or numerical integration determines the weights and locatio... | Nyström method | Mathematics | 302 |
70,400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bounded%20rationality | Bounded rationality is the idea that rationality is limited when individuals make decisions, and under these limitations, rational individuals will select a decision that is satisfactory rather than optimal.
Limitations include the difficulty of the problem requiring a decision, the cognitive capability of the mind, a... | Bounded rationality | Mathematics,Biology | 4,050 |
3,061,815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homogeneous%20broadening | Homogeneous broadening is a type of emission spectrum broadening in which all atoms radiating from a specific level under consideration radiate with equal opportunity. If an optical emitter (e.g. an atom) shows homogeneous broadening, its spectral linewidth is its natural linewidth, with a Lorentzian profile.
Broadeni... | Homogeneous broadening | Physics,Chemistry | 707 |
11,861,063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global%20serializability | In concurrency control of databases, transaction processing (transaction management), and other transactional distributed applications, global serializability (or modular serializability) is a property of a global schedule of transactions. A global schedule is the unified schedule of all the individual database (and ot... | Global serializability | Technology | 1,156 |
61,932,070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazing%20%28behaviour%29 | Grazing is a method of feeding in which a herbivore feeds on low-growing plants such as grasses or other multicellular organisms, such as algae. Many species of animals can be said to be grazers, from large animals such as hippopotamuses to small aquatic snails. Grazing behaviour is a type of feeding strategy within th... | Grazing (behaviour) | Biology | 1,226 |
2,923,194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-grid | Off-the-grid or off-grid is a characteristic of buildings and a lifestyle designed in an independent manner without reliance on one or more public utilities. The term "off-the-grid" traditionally refers to not being connected to the electrical grid, but can also include other utilities like water, gas, and sewer system... | Off-the-grid | Physics,Engineering | 4,199 |
9,996,449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atarsamain | Atarsamain (also spelled Attar-shamayin, Attarshamayin, Attarsame (ʿAttarsamē); "morning star of heaven") () was an astral deity of uncertain gender, worshipped in the pre-Islamic northern and central Arabian Peninsula. Worshipped widely by Arab tribes, Atarsamain is known from around 800 BC and is identified in letter... | Atarsamain | Astronomy | 434 |
45,468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareto%20efficiency | In welfare economics, a Pareto improvement formalizes the idea of an outcome being "better in every possible way". A change is called a Pareto improvement if it leaves at least one person in society better-off without leaving anyone else worse off than they were before. A situation is called Pareto efficient or Pareto ... | Pareto efficiency | Mathematics | 4,865 |
3,251,189 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudorandom%20generator%20theorem | In computational complexity theory and cryptography, the existence of pseudorandom generators is related to the existence of one-way functions through a number of theorems, collectively referred to as the pseudorandom generator theorem.
Introduction
Pseudorandomness
A distribution is considered pseudorandom if no ef... | Pseudorandom generator theorem | Mathematics | 3,151 |
208,656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-standard%20cosmology | A non-standard cosmology is any physical cosmological model of the universe that was, or still is, proposed as an alternative to the then-current standard model of cosmology. The term non-standard is applied to any theory that does not conform to the scientific consensus. Because the term depends on the prevailing cons... | Non-standard cosmology | Physics,Astronomy | 5,071 |
2,146,106 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edip%20Y%C3%BCksel | Edip Yüksel (born December 20, 1957) is an American-Kurdish activist and prominent figure in the Quranism movement. Born in Güroymak, Yuksel is the author of more than twenty books on religion, politics, philosophy and law in Turkish. After settling in the United States, where he began his career as a lawyer, he became... | Edip Yüksel | Biology | 416 |
40,253,698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclerotiorin | Sclerotiorin is an antimicrobial Penicillium frequentans isolate. Sclerotiorin is an aldose reductase inhibitor (IC50=0.4 μM) as well as a reversible lipoxygenase inhibitor (IC50=4.2 μM).
Notes
Chloroarenes
Acetate esters
Heterocyclic compounds with 2 rings
Oxygen heterocycles | Sclerotiorin | Chemistry | 91 |
25,459,021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlornaphazine | Chlornaphazine, a derivative of 2-naphthylamine, is a nitrogen mustard that was developed in the 1950s for the treatment of polycythemia and Hodgkin's disease. However, a high incidence of bladder cancers in patients receiving treatment with chlornaphthazine led to use of the drug being discontinued.
The Internation... | Chlornaphazine | Chemistry | 2,586 |
5,065,981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrodynamic%20radius | The hydrodynamic radius of a macromolecule or colloid particle is . The macromolecule or colloid particle is a collection of subparticles. This is done most commonly for polymers; the subparticles would then be the units of the polymer. For polymers in solution, is defined by
where is the distance between subpar... | Hydrodynamic radius | Chemistry,Materials_science | 441 |
65,176,759 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Marks%20%28physician%29 | Peter Marks is an American hematologist oncologist serving as the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research within the Food and Drug Administration. He was appointed to the position in 2016 after previously serving as deputy director.
Education
Marks earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Columbi... | Peter Marks (physician) | Biology | 500 |
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