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37,725,284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Track%20renewal%20train | A track renewal train (also known as a track renewal system or new track construction machine) is a work train that consists of many units of machinery and materials required for track renewal (rail and sleeper replacement) projects.
Rail preparation
To minimize the time of track during a track renewal project, a trac... | Track renewal train | Technology | 1,211 |
67,062,109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2070514 | HD 70514, also known as HR 3280, is a solitary, orange hued star located in the southern circumpolar constellation Volans, the flying fish. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.06, making it one of the brighter members of this generally faint constellation. Based on parallax measurements from the Gaia spacecraft, the sta... | HD 70514 | Astronomy | 284 |
66,951,111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%2053501 | HD 53501 (HR 2662; Gliese 3422), is a solitary star in the southern circumpolar constellation Volans. It has an apparent magnitude of 5.18, allowing it to be seen with the naked eye under ideal conditions. The object is located at a distance of 308 light years but is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of .
H... | HD 53501 | Astronomy | 231 |
38,345,378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-resolved%20fluorescence%20energy%20transfer | Time-resolved fluorescence energy transfer (TR-FRET) is the practical combination of time-resolved fluorometry (TRF) with Förster resonance energy transfer (FRET) that offers a powerful tool for drug discovery researchers. TR-FRET combines the low background aspect of TRF with the homogeneous assay format of FRET. The... | Time-resolved fluorescence energy transfer | Biology | 1,442 |
1,224,250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breakdown%20voltage | The breakdown voltage of an insulator is the minimum voltage that causes a portion of an insulator to experience electrical breakdown and become electrically conductive.
For diodes, the breakdown voltage is the minimum reverse voltage that makes the diode conduct appreciably in reverse. Some devices (such as TRIACs)... | Breakdown voltage | Physics,Engineering | 1,791 |
32,008,778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYND%20zinc%20finger | In molecular biology the MYND-type zinc finger domain is a conserved protein domain. The MYND domain (myeloid, Nervy, and DEAF-1) is present in a large group of proteins that includes RP-8 (PDCD2), Nervy, and predicted proteins from Drosophila, mammals, Caenorhabditis elegans, yeast, and plants. The MYND domain consist... | MYND zinc finger | Biology | 356 |
64,351,483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn%20salad%20necrosis%20virus | The corn salad necrosis virus is a virus infecting corn salad. It is related to tobacco necrosis virus and is highly similar to TNVA and Satellite tobacco necrosis virus.
Even though corn salad necrosis virus and tobacco necrosis virus are similar, only corn salad necrosis virus can systemically infect corn salad.
In... | Corn salad necrosis virus | Biology | 109 |
5,670,694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laboratory%20automation | Laboratory automation is a multi-disciplinary strategy to research, develop, optimize and capitalize on technologies in the laboratory that enable new and improved processes. Laboratory automation professionals are academic, commercial and government researchers, scientists and engineers who conduct research and devel... | Laboratory automation | Chemistry,Technology,Engineering | 1,001 |
34,076,613 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interferon-inducible%20GTPase | In molecular biology, the interferon-inducible GTPase (IIGP) family of proteins is thought to play a role in intracellular defence. IIGP is predominantly associated with the Golgi apparatus and also localises to the endoplasmic reticulum and exerts a distinct role in IFN-induced intracellular membrane trafficking or pr... | Interferon-inducible GTPase | Biology | 106 |
579,844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Downs%20National%20Park | The South Downs National Park is England's newest national park, designated on 31 March 2010. The park, covering an area of in southern England, stretches for from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east, through the counties of Hampshire, West Sussex and East Sussex. The national park covers the chalk hills... | South Downs National Park | Astronomy | 2,582 |
70,135,602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%204326 | NGC 4326 is a barred spiral galaxy with a ring located about 330 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1784, who described it as "vF, S, R, bM, 1st of 3". It is a large galaxy, with a diameter of around making it nearly twice the size of the ... | NGC 4326 | Astronomy | 250 |
167,181 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopping%20hours | Customs and regulations for shopping hours (times that shops are open) vary between countries and between cities.
Shopping days and impact of holidays
Some countries, particularly those with predominantly Christian populations or histories, do not allow Sunday shopping. In Islamic countries, some shops are closed on F... | Shopping hours | Physics | 5,675 |
12,026,279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pancreatic%20ribonuclease%20family | Pancreatic ribonuclease family (, RNase, RNase I, RNase A, pancreatic RNase, ribonuclease I, endoribonuclease I, ribonucleic phosphatase, alkaline ribonuclease, ribonuclease, gene S glycoproteins, Ceratitis capitata alkaline ribonuclease, SLSG glycoproteins, gene S locus-specific glycoproteins, S-genotype-assocd. glyco... | Pancreatic ribonuclease family | Biology | 795 |
12,089,705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuous%20function%20%28set%20theory%29 | In set theory, a continuous function is a sequence of ordinals such that the values assumed at limit stages are the limits (limit suprema and limit infima) of all values at previous stages. More formally, let γ be an ordinal, and be a γ-sequence of ordinals. Then s is continuous if at every limit ordinal β < γ,
and
... | Continuous function (set theory) | Mathematics | 177 |
7,996,261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergence%20in%20measure | Convergence in measure is either of two distinct mathematical concepts both of which generalize
the concept of convergence in probability.
Definitions
Let be measurable functions on a measure space The sequence is said to to if for every
and to to if for every and every with
On a finite measure space, both... | Convergence in measure | Mathematics | 887 |
23,907,348 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ElasticHosts | ElasticHosts was a computer service provider based in London, England. It was founded in , and closed on 30 June 2020. It provided a cloud computing service, which used ten data centres; in the United Kingdom (two sites), Netherlands, United States (four sites), Canada, Hong Kong and Australia.
Company
ElasticHosts w... | ElasticHosts | Technology | 1,270 |
40,715,082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypogeal%20germination | Hypogeal germination (from Ancient Greek [] 'below ground', from [] 'below' and [] 'earth, ground') is a botanical term indicating that the germination of a plant takes place below the ground. An example of a plant with hypogeal germination is the pea (Pisum sativum). The opposite of hypogeal is epigeal (above-groun... | Hypogeal germination | Biology | 639 |
11,547,923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperisporium%20caricae | Asperisporium caricae is an ascomycete fungus that is a plant pathogen, found in North and South America. It is responsible for the black spot disease on papaya trees. It affects generally leaves and fruits at any time. Sporodochia of Asperisporium caricae was growing under side of leaf, dark blackish brown to black, ... | Asperisporium caricae | Biology | 294 |
20,362,189 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iocetamic%20acid | Iocetamic acid (trade name Cholebrin) is a pharmaceutical drug taken by mouth and used as an iodinated contrast medium for X-ray imaging of the gall bladder.
It is not known to be marketed anywhere in the world in 2021.
References
Radiocontrast agents
Iodobenzene derivatives
Acetanilides | Iocetamic acid | Chemistry | 70 |
53,264,144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny%20Drumgoole | Jenny Drumgoole is a multimedia artist, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who works in both video and performance, as well as photography. Many of her videos include her taking part in competitions such as "The Real Women of Philadelphia" or The Wing Bowl, as well as performing as one of her personas, Soxx Roxx, and... | Jenny Drumgoole | Technology | 236 |
6,317,340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/205%20%28number%29 | 205 (two hundred [and] five) is the natural number following 204 and preceding 206.
In mathematics
205 is a lucky number, and a Wolstenholme number.
On an infinite chessboard, a knight can reach exactly 205 squares within four moves or less. There are 205 different ways of forming a connected graph by adding six edges... | 205 (number) | Mathematics | 81 |
59,638,244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%20759 | NGC 759 is an elliptical galaxy located 230 million light-years away in the constellation Andromeda. NGC 759 was discovered by astronomer by Heinrich d'Arrest on September 17, 1865. It is a member of Abell 262.
Despite being classified as a radio galaxy, the radio emission in NGC 759 could be due to star formation rat... | NGC 759 | Astronomy | 386 |
2,813,522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Storm%20Lake | Mount Storm Lake – also known as New Stony River Reservoir – is a reservoir created in 1965 on the Stony River in Grant County, West Virginia. It serves as a cooling pond for the Dominion 1.6 gigawatt Mount Storm Power Station, which provides electricity to more than two million customers in Northern Virginia. The res... | Mount Storm Lake | Chemistry,Environmental_science | 327 |
25,676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radar | Radar is a system that uses radio waves to determine the distance (ranging), direction (azimuth and elevation angles), and radial velocity of objects relative to the site. It is a radiodetermination method used to detect and track aircraft, ships, spacecraft, guided missiles, motor vehicles, map weather formations, and... | Radar | Technology,Engineering | 12,083 |
32,415,133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HD%20132563 | HD 132563 is a triple star system in the constellation Boötes. The two resolvable components of this system are designated HD 132563 AC and HD 132563 B. The primary star, HD 132563 AC, is actually a spectroscopic binary with a period of more than 15 years and an orbital eccentricity of greater than 0.65. The smaller me... | HD 132563 | Astronomy | 212 |
24,354 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmacology | Pharmacology is the science of drugs and medications, including a substance's origin, composition, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, therapeutic use, and toxicology. More specifically, it is the study of the interactions that occur between a living organism and chemicals that affect normal or abnormal biochemical fun... | Pharmacology | Chemistry,Biology | 4,650 |
31,199,281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shear%20strength%20%28discontinuity%29 | The shear strength of a discontinuity in a soil or rock mass may have a strong impact on the mechanical behavior of a soil or rock mass. The shear strength of a discontinuity is often considerably lower than the shear strength of the blocks of intact material in between the discontinuities, and therefore influences, fo... | Shear strength (discontinuity) | Physics,Engineering | 502 |
171,526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subaru%20Telescope | is the telescope of the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, located at the Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii. It is named after the open star cluster known in English as the Pleiades. It had the largest monolithic primary mirror in the world from its commissioning until the Large Binocular Telescope opened in 20... | Subaru Telescope | Astronomy | 1,629 |
24,319,141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fritz%20Hofmann%20%28chemist%29 | Fritz Hofmann (Friedrich Carl Albert) (2 November 1866 in Kölleda – 22 October 1956 in Hanover) was a German organic chemist who first synthesized synthetic rubber.
Hofmann studied chemistry in Rostock. On September 12, 1909, he filed a patent for the manufacture of the world's first synthetic rubber.
Honors
In 1912,... | Fritz Hofmann (chemist) | Chemistry | 154 |
14,594,241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGLE-TR-211 | OGLE-TR-211 is a magnitude 15 star located about 6,000 light years away in the constellation of Carina.
Planetary system
OGLE-TR-211 has a transiting planet in a very close orbit, another hot Jupiter.
See also
OGLE-TR-182
List of extrasolar planets
References
External links
F-type stars
Planetary transit var... | OGLE-TR-211 | Astronomy | 85 |
50,165,057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NKX%202-9 | Nkx 2.9 is a transcription factor responsible for the formation of the branchial and visceral motor neuron subtypes of cranial motor nerves in vertebrates. Nkx 2.9 works together with another transcription factor, Nkx 2.2, to direct neural progenitor cells to their cell fate.
Gene defects
Cell lineage analysis of Nkx... | NKX 2-9 | Chemistry,Biology | 267 |
40,207,657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brezis%E2%80%93Gallou%C3%ABt%20inequality | In mathematical analysis, the Brezis–Gallouët inequality, named after Haïm Brezis and Thierry Gallouët, is an inequality valid in 2 spatial dimensions. It shows that a function of two variables which is sufficiently smooth is (essentially) bounded, and provides an explicit bound, which depends only logarithmically on... | Brezis–Gallouët inequality | Mathematics | 221 |
739,199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continued%20fraction | A continued fraction is a mathematical expression that can be written as a fraction with a denominator that is a sum that contains another simple or continued fraction. Depending on whether this iteration terminates with a simple fraction or not, the continued fraction is finite or infinite.
Different fields of mathem... | Continued fraction | Mathematics | 4,269 |
2,255,444 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retention%20basin | A retention basin, sometimes called a retention pond, wet detention basin, or storm water management pond (SWMP), is an artificial pond with vegetation around the perimeter and a permanent pool of water in its design. It is used to manage stormwater runoff, for protection against flooding, for erosion control, and to s... | Retention basin | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering,Environmental_science | 672 |
73,427,711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iridium%28II%29%20chloride | Iridium(II) chloride is an inorganic chemical compound of iridium metal and chlorine with the chemical formula . This is a metal salt of iridium and hydrochloric acid.
Synthesis
The substance is obtained by the interaction of powdered metallic iridium with chlorine gas when heated:
Iridium(II) chloride can also be ma... | Iridium(II) chloride | Chemistry | 198 |
10,021,126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumi%20%28software%29 | lumi is a free, open source and open development software project for the analysis and comprehension of Illumina expression and methylation microarray data. The project was started in the summer of 2006 and set out to provide algorithms and data management tools of Illumina in the framework of Bioconductor. It is based... | Lumi (software) | Chemistry,Materials_science,Biology | 579 |
73,776,279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School-choice%20mechanism | A school-choice mechanism is an algorithm that aims to match pupils to schools in a way that respects both the pupils' preferences and the schools' priorities. It is used to automate the process of school choice. The most common school-choice mechanisms are variants of the deferred-acceptance algorithm and random seria... | School-choice mechanism | Mathematics | 449 |
51,237,142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silica%20sulfuric%20acid | Silica sulfuric acid (-, SSA), a solid acid, is prepared by soaking silica gel with sulfuric acid. SSA is used as a catalyst in different organic synthesis process. Silica sulfuric acid is considered as cheap, nonhazardous and easy to handle solid acid catalyst with high acidity.
Synthesis
In a typical process, SSA i... | Silica sulfuric acid | Chemistry | 173 |
34,879,119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cash%20mob | A cash mob is a group of people who assemble at a local business to make purchases. The purpose of these mobs is to support both the local businesses and the overall community. They may also serve a secondary purpose in providing social opportunities. They are a form of flash mob, and are inspired by them. The cash mo... | Cash mob | Biology | 1,088 |
71,233,034 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Peter%20Edmund%20Faulkner | John Peter Edmund Faulkner (born 1937) is a retired naval and commercial pilot, and a Member of the Order of Australia for service to the aviation industry, particularly to air safety, and as a contributor to tertiary education programs in Australia.
Career
Royal Navy
John Faulkner was born 15 November 1937 in Sale,... | John Peter Edmund Faulkner | Engineering | 821 |
13,994,533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20de%27%20Medici%27s%20building%20projects | The French queen Catherine de' Medici was patron for building projects including the Valois chapel at the Basilica of Saint-Denis, the Tuileries Palace, and the Hôtel de la Reine in Paris, and extensions to the Château de Chenonceau, near Blois. Born in 1519 in Florence, Catherine de' Medici was a daughter of both the ... | Catherine de' Medici's building projects | Engineering | 6,133 |
6,090,384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave-piercing%20hull | A wave-piercing boat hull has a very fine bow, with reduced buoyancy in the forward portions. When a wave is encountered, the lack of buoyancy means the hull pierces through the water rather than riding over the top, resulting in a smoother ride than traditional designs, and in diminished mechanical stress on the vesse... | Wave-piercing hull | Physics,Chemistry,Engineering | 166 |
15,075,040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEPW1 | Selenoprotein W is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SEPW1 gene.
Function
This gene encodes a selenoprotein, which contains a selenocysteine (Sec) residue at its active site. The selenocysteine is encoded by the UGA codon that normally signals translation termination. The 3' UTR of selenoprotein genes have ... | SEPW1 | Chemistry | 183 |
21,713,669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20demolition%20munition | Atomic demolition munitions (ADMs), colloquially known as nuclear land mines, are small nuclear explosive devices. ADMs were developed for both military and civilian purposes. As weapons, they were designed to be exploded in the forward battle area, in order to block or channel enemy forces. Non-militarily, they were d... | Atomic demolition munition | Engineering | 2,859 |
51,494,341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature%20thelarche | Premature thelarche (PT) is a medical condition, characterised by isolated breast development in female infants. It occurs in females younger than 8 years, with the highest occurrence before the age of 2. PT is rare, occurring in 2.2-4.7% of females aged 0 to 2 years old. The exact cause of the condition is still unkno... | Premature thelarche | Biology | 1,998 |
31,426,860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Rapp | Barbara Rapp (also known as Barbara Ambrusch-Rapp) (born 1972) is an Austrian multi-media artist. She makes paintings, collages, and sculptures that examine women's sexuality, queerness, gender and heteronormativity, often using humor. As a crossover artist, she generally focuses on socio-political issues, human right... | Barbara Rapp | Technology | 354 |
55,427,179 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20TS%20Ho | Anthony TS Ho (何东旋教授) is a British computer scientist and Professor of Multimedia Security at the University of Surrey.
Biography
Anthony TS Ho received his PhD in Digital Image Processing at King's College London in 1983. He was awarded an MSc in Applied Optics at Imperial College in 1980. Prior to that, he graduated... | Anthony TS Ho | Engineering | 404 |
21,110,226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eng-Tips%20Forums | Eng-Tips Forums is an English-language knowledge market website that allows users to post engineering-related questions to be answered and answer questions asked by other users. The targeted audience of Eng-Tips is engineering professionals.
The website's content is primarily composed of engineering forums. All of the... | Eng-Tips Forums | Engineering | 264 |
34,134,211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMPDH/GMPR%20family | In molecular biology, the IMPDH/GMPR family of enzymes includes IMP dehydrogenase and GMP reductase. These enzymes are involved in purine metabolism. These enzymes adopt a TIM barrel structure.
References
Protein domains | IMPDH/GMPR family | Biology | 48 |
58,812,001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LQ%20Andromedae | LQ Andromedae (shortened as LQ And, also known as HR 9070 in the Bright Star Catalogue) is a variable star in the constellation Andromeda. Its maximum apparent visual magnitude is 6.5, placing it at the limit of the visibility to the naked eye. The brightness, however, drops down to 6.66 with a periodic cycle of roughl... | LQ Andromedae | Astronomy | 290 |
44,674,880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitot%20pressure | Pitot pressure is the pressure that can be measured by a Pitot tube, with an open-ended tube facing into the oncoming fluid with the other end closed off. The stationary fluid can be connected to a pressure-measuring device, or used in various devices. For subsonic flow, pitot pressure is equal to the stagnation press... | Pitot pressure | Physics | 143 |
1,280,825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexanderson%20alternator | An Alexanderson alternator is a rotating machine, developed by Ernst Alexanderson beginning in 1904, for the generation of high-frequency alternating current for use as a radio transmitter. It was one of the first devices capable of generating the continuous radio waves needed for transmission of amplitude modulated (... | Alexanderson alternator | Engineering | 2,891 |
58,044,999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast-in-place%20concrete | Cast-in-place concrete or Cast-in-situ concrete is a technology of construction of buildings where walls and slabs of the buildings are cast at the site in formwork. This differs from precast concrete technology where slabs are cast elsewhere and then brought to the construction site and assembled. It uses concrete sla... | Cast-in-place concrete | Engineering | 131 |
3,190,888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDM%20%28lighting%29 | Remote Device Management (RDM) is an addition to the DMX512 control protocol for stage lighting equipment, introduced in 2006. DMX512 was developed in the late 1980s as a standard protocol for lighting consoles to communicate with dimmers, but has since been used for more complex applications, including the control of ... | RDM (lighting) | Technology | 2,141 |
16,786,571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Medievalist | Digital Medievalist is an academic project and community-building organization for those who are interested in the use of computers and computational techniques in the academic field of medieval studies, a sub-field of digital humanities.
History
Digital Medievalist was established in 2003 as an international collabo... | Digital Medievalist | Technology | 1,129 |
29,706,699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phi%20Draconis | Phi Draconis (φ Dra / φ Draconis) is a fourth-magnitude variable star in the constellation Draco. It has the Flamsteed designation 43 Draconis. It is also a triple star system where the brightest component is a chemically peculiar Ap star.
The brightness of φ Draconis varies by about 0.04 of a magnitude every 1.7 days... | Phi Draconis | Astronomy | 378 |
10,504,376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral%20element%20method | In the numerical solution of partial differential equations, a topic in mathematics, the spectral element method (SEM) is a formulation of the finite element method (FEM) that uses high-degree piecewise polynomials as basis functions. The spectral element method was introduced in a 1984 paper by A. T. Patera. Although ... | Spectral element method | Physics,Chemistry | 1,150 |
58,701,994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus%20canadensis | Aspergillus canadensis is a species of fungus in the genus Aspergillus. It is from the Robusti section. The species was first described in 2017. It has been isolated from house dust in Canada. It has been reported to produce asperglaucide, aurantiamide, and asperphenamate.
References
canadensis
Fungi described in 20... | Aspergillus canadensis | Biology | 82 |
17,196,610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrocell | A macrocell or macrosite is a cell in a mobile phone network that provides radio coverage served by a high power cell site (tower, antenna or mast). Generally, macrocells provide coverage larger than microcell. The antennas for macrocells are mounted on ground-based masts, rooftops and other existing structures, at a ... | Macrocell | Technology | 247 |
21,580,889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Carlos%20Mehen | Thomas Carlos Mehen (born September 8, 1970; died December 29, 2024) was an American physicist. His research consisted of primarily Quantum chromodynamics (QCD) and the application of effective field theory to problems in hadronic physics. He also worked on effective field theory for non-relativistic particles whose sh... | Thomas Carlos Mehen | Physics | 593 |
20,569,756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Shoe%20Machinery%20Corporation | United Shoe Machinery Corporation (USMC) was a U.S.-based manufacturer of various industrial machinery, particularly for the shoe manufacturing industry and monopolized the American shoe machinery business. It was an important federal government's defense contractor during the World War I, Interbellum years, World War ... | United Shoe Machinery Corporation | Engineering | 1,610 |
40,623,623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted%20interventions | Computer-assisted interventions (CAI) is a field of research and practice, where medical interventions are supported by computer-based tools and methodologies. Examples include:
Medical robotics
Surgical and interventional navigation
Imaging and image processing methods for CAI
Clinical feasibility studies of computer-... | Computer-assisted interventions | Biology | 1,021 |
24,051,592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonlinear%20resonance | In physics, nonlinear resonance is the occurrence of resonance in a nonlinear system. In nonlinear resonance the system behaviour – resonance frequencies and modes – depends on the amplitude of the oscillations, while for linear systems this is independent of amplitude. The mixing of modes in non-linear systems is term... | Nonlinear resonance | Physics,Engineering | 844 |
10,992,237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G418 | G418 (geneticin) is an aminoglycoside antibiotic similar in structure to gentamicin B1. It is produced by Micromonospora rhodorangea. G418 blocks polypeptide synthesis by inhibiting the elongation step in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Resistance to G418 is conferred by the neo gene from Tn5 encoding an aminogl... | G418 | Chemistry,Biology | 734 |
43,297,496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceramic%20valve | A ceramic valve is a valve with ceramic trim, ball, seat, disc or lining. A carbon steel or stainless steel body is used to protect the ceramic trim from being damaged by sudden thermal or mechanical shock. Advanced ceramics are used in the manufacture including alumina, zirconia and silicon nitride. Significant benef... | Ceramic valve | Engineering | 143 |
764,016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thread%20pool | In computer programming, a thread pool is a software design pattern for achieving concurrency of execution in a computer program. Often also called a replicated workers or worker-crew model, a thread pool maintains multiple threads waiting for tasks to be allocated for concurrent execution by the supervising program. B... | Thread pool | Technology | 823 |
964,113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messier%2063 | Messier 63 or M63, also known as NGC 5055 or the seldom-used Sunflower Galaxy, is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Canes Venatici with approximately 400 billion stars. M63 was first discovered by the French astronomer Pierre Méchain, then later verified by his colleague Charles Messier on 14 June 1779. ... | Messier 63 | Astronomy | 674 |
1,298,982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled%20combustion%20engine | Controlled combustion engine (CCE) is a term used by TechViki, an engine design company, to identify a type of experimental internal combustion engine (ICE) designed by Brad Howell-Smith. It uses two counter-rotating cams instead of a crankshaft. Pairs of cylinders oppose each other in a boxer flat engine or X engine a... | Controlled combustion engine | Technology | 1,233 |
21,685,501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad%20mine | The Konrad mine (Schacht Konrad) is a former iron ore mine proposed as a deep geological repository for medium- and low level radioactive waste in the city Salzgitter in the Metropolitan region Hannover-Braunschweig-Göttingen-Wolfsburg in southeast Lower Saxony, Germany, located between Hildesheim and Braunschweig. It ... | Konrad mine | Chemistry,Technology | 954 |
24,188,897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouging | Rouging is a form of corrosion found in stainless steel. It can be due to iron contamination of the stainless steel surface due to welding of non-stainless steel for support columns, or other temporary means, which when welded off leaves a low chromium area.
There are three classes of rouging: Class I, Class II, and C... | Rouging | Chemistry,Materials_science,Engineering | 171 |
66,382 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta%20Carinae | Beta Carinae is the second-brightest star in the southern constellation of Carina. It has the official name Miaplacidus; Beta Carinae is the star's Bayer designation, which is Latinised from β Carinae and abbreviated Beta Car or β Car. With apparent magnitude of 1.69, it is one of the brightest stars in the night sky. ... | Beta Carinae | Astronomy | 528 |
75,365,855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMT%20Digital | WMT Digital is a web engineering and technology company headquartered in Miami, Florida. The company provides engineering web platforms for colleges and professional sports leagues including content creation, streaming services, subscriptions, ticketing, and marketing.
History
WMT Digital began when Andres Focil was ... | WMT Digital | Technology | 680 |
36,034,360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeta%20Circini | Zeta Circini, Latinized from ζ Circini, is the Bayer designation for a star located in the southern constellation of Circinus. With an apparent visual magnitude of 6.08, it is barely visible to the naked eye on a dark night. (According to the Bortle scale, it requires the lighting level of suburban skies or darker to b... | Zeta Circini | Astronomy | 302 |
14,230,861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microwave%20chemistry%20sensor | Surface acoustic wave gas sensor or surface acoustic wave (SAW) sensors consist of an input transducer, a chemically adsorbent polymer film, and an output transducer on a piezoelectric substrate, which is typically made of quartz.
The input transducer launches an acoustic wave that travels through the chemical film and... | Microwave chemistry sensor | Chemistry,Technology,Engineering | 388 |
14,880,904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDM3B | Lysine-specific demethylase 3B is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the KDM3B gene. KDM3B belongs to the alpha-ketoglutarate-dependent hydroxylase superfamily.
References
Further reading
External links
Transcription factors
Human 2OG oxygenases
EC 1.14.11 | KDM3B | Chemistry,Biology | 69 |
28,081,672 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx%20in%20Chinese%20astronomy | The modern constellation Lynx lies across two of the quadrants symbolized by the White Tiger of the West (西方白虎, Xī Fāng Bái Hǔ) and Vermilion Bird of the South (南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què), that divide the sky in traditional Chinese uranography.
The name of the western constellation in modern Chinese is 天貓座 (tiān māo zuò)... | Lynx in Chinese astronomy | Astronomy | 184 |
23,979,808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorton | A vorton is a hypothetical circular cosmic string loop stabilized by the angular momentum of the charge and current trapped on the string.
References
Further reading
Physical cosmology
Large-scale structure of the cosmos
String theory | Vorton | Physics,Astronomy | 43 |
11,734,700 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pistonless%20pump | A pistonless pump is a type of pump designed to move fluids without any moving parts other than three chamber valves.
The pump contains a chamber which has a valved inlet from the fluid to be pumped, a valved outlet – both of these at the bottom of the pump, and a pressurant inlet at the top of the pump. A pressurant ... | Pistonless pump | Physics,Chemistry | 1,060 |
23,650,426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20of%20Glass%20Technology | The Society of Glass Technology (SGT) is an organisation for individuals and organizations with a professional interest in glass manufacture and usage. The Society is based in the United Kingdom, with its offices in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, but it has a worldwide membership.
The objects of the Society "are... | Society of Glass Technology | Materials_science,Engineering | 682 |
4,262,738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Hollander | Bernard Hollander (1864 – 6 February 1934) was a London psychiatrist and one of the main proponents of the new interest in phrenology in the early 20th century.
Life and work
Hollander was born in Vienna, and settled in London in 1883, where he attended King's College. After graduation he was appointed to the post of ... | Bernard Hollander | Biology | 560 |
541,701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ember%20days | Ember days (quarter tense in Ireland) are quarterly periods of prayer and fasting in the liturgical calendar of Western Christian churches. The term is from , possibly derived from . These fasts traditionally take place on the Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday of the weeks following St Lucy's Day (13 December), the firs... | Ember days | Physics | 3,053 |
19,287,276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple%20system | In algebra, a triple system (or ternar) is a vector space V over a field F together with a F-trilinear map
The most important examples are Lie triple systems and Jordan triple systems. They were introduced by Nathan Jacobson in 1949 to study subspaces of associative algebras closed under triple commutators [[u, v], w]... | Triple system | Mathematics | 1,049 |
37,621,788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stenella%20novae-zelandiae | Stenella novae-zelandiae is a species of anamorphic fungi.
References
External links
novae-zelandiae
Fungi described in 1985
Fungus species | Stenella novae-zelandiae | Biology | 34 |
31,822,809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia%20N9 | The Nokia N9 (codename Lankku) is a flagship smartphone developed by Nokia, running on the Linux-based MeeGo mobile operating system. Announced in June 2011 and released in September, it was the first and only device from Nokia with MeeGo, partly because of the company's partnership with Microsoft announced that year. ... | Nokia N9 | Technology | 4,537 |
33,924,463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journal%20of%20the%20International%20Association%20of%20Providers%20of%20AIDS%20Care | The Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care is a bimonthly peer-reviewed medical journal that covers research on AIDS. The editor-in-chief is Jose M. Zuniga (International Association of Providers of AIDS Care). The journal was established in 2002 and is published by SAGE Publications.
Abstr... | Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care | Biology | 129 |
8,321,871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATM%20SafetyPIN%20software | ATM SafetyPIN software is a software application that allows users of automated teller machines (ATMs) to alert law enforcement of a forced cash withdrawal (such as in a robbery) by entering their personal identification number (PIN) in reverse order. The system was patented by Illinois lawyer Joseph Zingher ().
Safe... | ATM SafetyPIN software | Engineering | 773 |
39,487,754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tylopilus%20atratus | Tylopilus atratus is a fungus of the genus Tylopilus native to North America. It was described scientifically by Ernst Both in 1998.
See also
List of North American boletes
References
External links
atratus
Fungi described in 1998
Fungi of North America
Fungus species | Tylopilus atratus | Biology | 60 |
20,640,249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Green%20Collar%20Economy | The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems is a 2008 book by Van Jones. It outlines a plan for simultaneously solving socioeconomic inequality and environmental problems. The book has received favorable reviews from Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Laurie David, Paul Hawken, Winona LaDuke and Ben... | The Green Collar Economy | Environmental_science | 235 |
40,556,829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20School%20Mathematics%20Curriculum%20Improvement%20Study | The Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum Improvement Study (SSMCIS) was the name of an American mathematics education program that stood for both the name of a curriculum and the name of the project that was responsible for developing curriculum materials. It is considered part of the second round of initiatives in ... | Secondary School Mathematics Curriculum Improvement Study | Technology | 2,834 |
76,880,557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather%20of%202000 | The following is a list of weather events that occurred on Earth in the year 2000. There were several natural disasters around the world from various types of weather, including floods, droughts, heat waves, tornadoes, and tropical cyclones. The deadliest disaster were the 2000 Mozambique Floods which killed 800 people... | Weather of 2000 | Physics | 1,345 |
13,982,131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic%20optimization | Traffic optimization is the methods by which time stopped in road traffic (particularly, at traffic signals) is reduced.
Need for traffic optimization
Texas Transportation Institute estimates travel delays of between 17–55 hours of delay per person per year relating to congestion on the streets. Traffic device optimi... | Traffic optimization | Technology | 791 |
42,487,295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-Hydroxyisocaproic%20acid | 2-Hydroxyisocaproic acid (HICA or leucic acid) is a metabolite of the branched-chain amino acid leucine. It is commonly sold as a purported muscle building supplement. It also has fungicidal properties. HICA was shown to increase protein synthesis and muscle mass in rats who were recovering from a period of induced atr... | 2-Hydroxyisocaproic acid | Chemistry,Biology | 109 |
20,640,976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum%20bubble%20pressure%20method | In physics, the maximum bubble pressure method, or in short bubble pressure method, is a technique to measure the surface tension of a liquid, with surfactants.
Background
When the liquid forms an interface with a gas phase, a molecule on the border has quite different physical properties due to the unbalance of at... | Maximum bubble pressure method | Engineering | 1,006 |
13,522,147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical%20coder | A clinical coder—also known as clinical coding officer, diagnostic coder, medical coder, or nosologist—is a health information professional whose main duties are to analyse clinical statements and assign standardized codes using a classification system. The health data produced are an integral part of health informatio... | Clinical coder | Biology | 2,468 |
597,998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multinomial%20theorem | In mathematics, the multinomial theorem describes how to expand a power of a sum in terms of powers of the terms in that sum. It is the generalization of the binomial theorem from binomials to multinomials.
Theorem
For any positive integer and any non-negative integer , the multinomial theorem describes how a sum wit... | Multinomial theorem | Mathematics | 912 |
3,090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic%E2%80%93geometric%20mean | In mathematics, the arithmetic–geometric mean (AGM or agM) of two positive real numbers and is the mutual limit of a sequence of arithmetic means and a sequence of geometric means. The arithmetic–geometric mean is used in fast algorithms for exponential, trigonometric functions, and other special functions, as well a... | Arithmetic–geometric mean | Physics,Mathematics | 866 |
16,875,276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compliance%20%28psychology%29 | Compliance is a response—specifically, a submission—made in reaction to a request. The request may be explicit (e.g., foot-in-the-door technique) or implicit (e.g., advertising). The target may or may not recognize that they are being urged to act in a particular way.
Compliance psychology is the study of the process... | Compliance (psychology) | Biology | 5,315 |
544,571 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruelty%20Free%20International | Cruelty Free International is a British animal rights and advocacy group that campaigns for the abolition of all animal testing. It organises certification of cruelty-free products which are marked with the symbol of a leaping bunny.
It was founded in 1898 by Irish writer and suffragette Frances Power Cobbe as the Bri... | Cruelty Free International | Environmental_science | 905 |
3,311,741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Chemicals%20Agency | The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA; ) is an agency of the European Union working for the safe use of chemicals. It manages the technical and administrative aspects of the implementation of the European Union regulation called Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH). ECHA is the d... | European Chemicals Agency | Chemistry | 1,449 |
30,816,265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bus%20monitoring | Bus monitoring is a term used in flight testing when capturing data from avionics buses and networks in data acquisition telemetry systems.
Types of monitors
Typically a bus monitor must listen-only on the bus and intercept a copy of the messages on the bus. In general a bus monitor never transmits on the monitored bu... | Bus monitoring | Technology | 671 |
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