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Camille Noûs is a fictional name assumed by the French collective academic project RogueESR. The character of "Camille Noûs" was created in 2020 when the group signed an open letter concerning French science policy. In 2021, "Camille Noûs" was listed as an author on 180 journal papers in several scientific disciplines.... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Noûs |
Camille Sandorfy , OC CQ FRSC (9 December 1920 – 6 June 2006) was a Hungarian - Canadian quantum chemist .
Born in Budapest , Hungary , he received his Bachelor of Science in 1943 and Ph.D. in chemistry in 1946 from the University of Szeged . In 1949, he received his second doctorate, a D.Sc., from the Sorbonne .
In ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_Sandorfy |
Caminalcules are a fictive group of animal -like life forms, which were created as a tool for better understanding phylogenetics in real organisms. They were created by Joseph H. Camin ( University of Kansas ) and consist of 29 living 'species' and 48 fossil forms. [ 1 ]
The name of the taxon Caminalcules seems to com... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminalcules |
A camouflet , in military science , is an artificial cavern created by an explosion ; if the resulting structure is open to the surface it is called a crater . [ 1 ]
The term was originally defined as a countermine dug by defenders to prevent the undermining of a fortress's walls during a siege . The defenders would d... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camouflet |
The Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway (CEBR) is an internet-based campaign group formed in 2018, whose aim is to convince the government to completely electrify the British Railway network . Its slogan is "Down with Dirty Diesel ." The campaign promotes a rolling programme of electrification, which it considers e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_to_Electrify_Britain's_Railway |
Campbell's theorem , named after John Edward Campbell , also known as Campbell’s embedding theorem and the Campbell-Magaard theorem , is a mathematical theorem guaranteeing that any n-dimensional Riemannian manifold can be locally embedded in an ( n + 1)-dimensional Ricci-flat Riemannian manifold. [ 1 ]
Campbell's the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_theorem_(geometry) |
In probability theory and statistics , Campbell's theorem or the Campbell–Hardy theorem is either a particular equation or set of results relating to the expectation of a function summed over a point process to an integral involving the mean measure of the point process, which allows for the calculation of expected val... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell's_theorem_(probability) |
A Campbell diagram plot represents a system's response spectrum as a function of its oscillation regime. It is named for Wilfred Campbell, who introduced the concept. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is also called an interference diagram. [ 3 ]
In rotordynamical systems, the eigenfrequencies often depend on the rotation rates due to t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbell_diagram |
A Campenot chamber is a three-chamber petri dish culture system devised by Robert Campenot to study neurons . [ 1 ] Commonly used in neurobiology , the neuron soma or cell body is physically compartmentalized from its axons allowing for spatial segregation during investigation. This separation, typically done with a fl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campenot_chamber |
Camphor ( / ˈ k æ m f ər / ) is a waxy, colorless solid with a strong aroma. [ 5 ] It is classified as a terpenoid and a cyclic ketone . It is found in the wood of the camphor laurel ( Cinnamomum camphora ), a large evergreen tree found in East Asia; and in the kapur tree ( Dryobalanops sp. ), a tall timber tree from S... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camphor |
Camphorsultam , also known as bornanesultam , is a crystalline solid primarily used as a chiral auxiliary in the synthesis of other chemicals with a specific desired stereoselectivity . Camphorsultam is commercially available in both enantiomers of its exo forms: (1 R )-(+)-2,10-camphorsultam and (1 S )-(−)-2,10-campho... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camphorsultam |
The Camps quinoline synthesis (also known as the Camps cyclization ) is a chemical reaction whereby an o-acylaminoacetophenone is transformed into two different hydroxyquinolines (products A and B ) using hydroxide ion. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
The relative proportions of the hydroxyquinolines ( A and B ) produced are ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camps_quinoline_synthesis |
The Camunian rose ( Italian : rosa camuna ; Lombard : roeusa camuna/rösa camüna ) is the name given to a particular symbol represented among the rock carvings of Camonica Valley (Brescia, Italy). It consists of a meandering closed line that winds around nine cup marks . It can be symmetrical, asymmetrical or form a swa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camunian_rose |
In computing , file system fragmentation , sometimes called file system aging , is the tendency of a file system to lay out the contents of files non-continuously to allow in-place modification of their contents. It is a special case of data fragmentation . File system fragmentation negatively impacts seek time in spin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can't_extend |
A can seamer is a machine used to seal the lid to the can body. The lid or "end" is usually tinplated steel (food) or aluminum (drinks) while the body can be of metal (such as cans for beverages and soups), paperboard ( whisky cans) or plastic .
The seam formed is generally leak proof, but this depends on the product ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_seamer |
The Canadian Academy of Engineering ( French : L'Académie canadienne du génie ) is a national academy of distinguished professional engineers in fields of engineering , [ 1 ] who are elected on the basis of "their distinguished service and contribution to society, to the country and to the profession". Founded in 1987,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Academy_of_Engineering |
Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops (CBW) are a series of advanced training workshops in bioinformatics , founded in 1999 in response to an identified need for a skilled bioinformatics workforce in Canada .
The Canadian Bioinformatics Workshops series began offering one- and two-week short courses in bioinformatics, gen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Bioinformatics_Workshops |
The Canadian Centre for Alternatives to Animal Methods (CCAAM) was a research centre founded in 2017 and based at the University of Windsor , in Canada . Its goal was "to develop, validate, and promote laboratory methods and techniques that don't use animal test subjects". [ 1 ] It was the first centre in Canada dedica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Centre_for_Alternatives_to_Animal_Methods |
The Canadian Centre for Energy Information ( CCEI ) is a Canadian federal government website and portal that was announced on May 23, 2019. [ 1 ]
The Canadian Energy Information Portal was launched by Statistics Canada , in partnership with Natural Resources Canada , Environment and Climate Change Canada , and the Can... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Centre_for_Energy_Information |
The Canadian Chemical Workers' Union ( CCWU ) was a trade union in Canada.
The union was established in 1975 by 30 Canadian locals, formerly affiliated to the International Chemical Workers' Union . On formation, it had 2,825 members. [ 1 ]
In 1976, women working as clerks in the Bank of Nova Scotia and Canadian Imp... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Chemical_Workers'_Union |
The Canadian Energy Centre Limited ( CEC ), [ 3 ] also commonly called the "Energy War Room" , [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] was an Alberta provincial corporation [ a ] mandated to promote Alberta's energy industry and rebut "domestic and foreign-funded campaigns against Canada's oil and gas industry". [ 1 ]
The creation of an or... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Energy_Centre |
The Canadian Institute of Technology ( CIT ; Albanian : Instituti Kanadez i Teknologjisë ) is a for-profit university college located in Tirana , Albania . [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The university college is known to offer Bachelor and Master programs, entirely in English , divided into two faculties, the two faculties being the Fac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Institute_of_Technology |
The National Calibration Reference Centre for Bioassay and In Vivo Monitoring ( NCRC ) is administered by the Radiation Protection Bureau of the Canadian Federal Department of Health . It was created in 1982 through a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed between the regulator of the nuclear industry, the Canadian N... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_National_Calibration_Reference_Centre |
The Canadian Northern Corridor (CNC) is a concept for a multi-modal (road, rail, pipeline, electrical transmission and communication) transportation corridor through Canada's North and Near-North.
The CNC would be a multi-use corridor infrastructure megaproject spanning Canada's east-west mid-latitude with several nor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Northern_Corridor |
The Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS) is a not-for-profit organization representing individuals contributing to, or otherwise supporting, nuclear science and engineering in Canada . Since 2017, the group has invested in the development of small modular reactor technology. [ 1 ]
The CNS is a member of the International Nu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Nuclear_Society |
Canadian Reference Materials ( CRM ) are certified reference materials of high-quality and reliability produced by the National Metrology Institute of Canada – the National Research Council Canada . The NRC Certified Reference Materials program is operated by the Measurement Science and Standards portfolio and provides... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Reference_Materials |
The Canadian Society for Mass Spectrometry is an organization that promotes mass spectrometry in Canada . The goal of the society is to stimulate interest and collaborations in the Canadian mass spectrometry community. [ 1 ] The society organizes conferences, awards prices and runs an online job board. The society is a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Society_for_Mass_Spectrometry |
The Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists ( CSCC ) is a nonprofit scientific society that represents clinical chemists (also known as clinical biochemists) in Canada . The organization aims to advance the practice of clinical chemistry in Canada through the promotion of importance in education, research, and practice, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Society_of_Clinical_Chemists |
The Canadian Welding Bureau is a certification and registration organization for companies involved in the welding of steel structures. Welders in Canada are required to be retested every two years by the Canadian Welding Bureau. The CWB Group was formed in 1947 to administer the then, new W47.1 welding standard for st... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Welding_Bureau |
In anatomy , a canal (or canalis in Latin ) is a tubular passage or channel which connects different regions of the body. | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_(anatomy) |
Canal lining is the process of reducing seepage loss of irrigation water by adding an impermeable layer to the edges of the trench. Seepage can result in losses of 30 to 50 percent of irrigation water from canals, so adding lining can make irrigation systems more efficient. Canal linings are also used to prevent weed g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canal_lining |
Canalisation is a measure of the ability of a population to produce the same phenotype regardless of variability of its environment or genotype . It is a form of evolutionary robustness . The term was coined in 1942 by C. H. Waddington to capture the fact that "developmental reactions, as they occur in organisms submit... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canalisation_(genetics) |
The Canalizations of Zenobia or El Kanat are canals that according to traditions, were built by Queen Zenobia to channel water from the Orontes river in the Anti-Lebanon mountains to Palmyra . [ 1 ] Remains of the ruins of the canals can be seen in places around Lebanon . [ 1 ]
Some of the canals were built in the sec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canalizations_of_Zenobia |
Cancelling out is a mathematical process used for removing subexpressions from a mathematical expression , when this removal does not change the meaning or the value of the expression because the subexpressions have equal and opposing effects. [ 1 ] For example, a fraction is put in lowest terms by cancelling out the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancelling_out |
Cancer Minor ( Latin for "lesser crab ") was a constellation composed from a few stars in Gemini adjacent to Cancer . The constellation was introduced in 1612 (or 1613) by Petrus Plancius . [ 1 ]
The 5th-magnitude stars constituting Cancer Minor were HIP 36616 , and 68 , 74 , 81 and 85 Geminorum , forming a faint natu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Minor |
A cancer biomarker refers to a substance or process that is indicative of the presence of cancer in the body. A biomarker may be a molecule secreted by a tumor or a specific response of the body to the presence of cancer. Genetic , [ 1 ] epigenetic , [ 2 ] proteomic , [ 3 ] glycomic , [ 4 ] and imaging biomarkers can b... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_biomarker |
The cancer exodus hypothesis establishes that circulating tumor cell clusters (CTC clusters) maintain their multicellular structure throughout the metastatic process. It was previously thought that these clusters must dissociate into single cells during metastasis. [ 1 ] According to the hypothesis, CTC clusters intrav... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_exodus_hypothesis |
Cancer genome sequencing is the whole genome sequencing of a single, homogeneous or heterogeneous group of cancer cells. It is a biochemical laboratory method for the characterization and identification of the DNA or RNA sequences of cancer cell(s).
Unlike whole genome (WG) sequencing which is typically from blood cel... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_genome_sequencing |
Cancer immunology ( immuno-oncology ) is an interdisciplinary branch of biology and a sub-discipline of immunology that is concerned with understanding the role of the immune system in the progression and development of cancer ; the most well known application is cancer immunotherapy , which utilises the immune system ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_immunology |
Cancer immunoprevention is the prevention of cancer onset with immunological means such as vaccines , immunostimulators or antibodies . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Cancer immunoprevention is conceptually different from cancer immunotherapy , which aims at stimulating immunity in patients only after tumor onset, however the same immuno... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_immunoprevention |
Cancer immunotherapy ( immuno-oncotherapy ) is the stimulation of the immune system to treat cancer , improving the immune system's natural ability to fight the disease. [ 1 ] It is an application of the fundamental research of cancer immunology ( immuno-oncology ) and a growing subspecialty of oncology .
Cancer immun... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_immunotherapy |
Cancer selection can be viewed through the lens of natural selection . The animal host's body is the environment which applies the selective pressures upon cancer cells. The most fit cancer cells will have traits that will allow them to out compete other cancer cells which they are related to, but are genetically dif... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_selection |
Cancer slope factors (CSF) are used to estimate the risk of cancer associated with exposure to a carcinogenic or potentially carcinogenic substance. A slope factor is an upper bound, approximating a 95% confidence limit , on the increased cancer risk from a lifetime exposure to an agent by ingestion or inhalation . Thi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_slope_factor |
Cancer systems biology encompasses the application of systems biology approaches to cancer research, in order to study the disease as a complex adaptive system with emerging properties at multiple biological scales. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Cancer systems biology represents the application of systems biology approaches to the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_systems_biology |
The candidate division SR1 and gracilibacteria code (translation table 25) is used in two groups of (so far) uncultivated bacteria found in marine and fresh-water environments and in the intestines and oral cavities of mammals among others. [ 1 ] The difference to the standard and the bacterial code is that UGA repres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidate_division_SR1_and_gracilibacteria_code |
Candidatus Atelocyanobacterium thalassa , also referred to as UCYN-A , is a nitrogen-fixing species of cyanobacteria commonly found in measurable quantities throughout the world's oceans and some seas. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Members of A. thalassa are spheroid in shape and are 1-2 μm in diameter, [ 3 ] and provide nitrogen to oce... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidatus_Atelocyanobacterium_thalassa |
" Candidatus Brocadia anammoxidans" is a bacterial member of the phylum Planctomycetota and therefore lacks peptidoglycan in its cell wall , and has a compartmentalized cytoplasm .
" Candidatus Brocadia anammoxidans" was the first discovered organism capable of the anaerobic oxidation of ammonium , and it is the only ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidatus_Brocadia_anammoxidans |
" Candidatus Heimdallarchaeum " is a genus of archaea that in turn forms a distinct group within the Promethearchaeati kingdom . [ 1 ] Named after the mythical Norse god , Heimdall , one of the sons of Odin , it is considered the closest relative of eukaryotes . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The first specimens were discovered by a team... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidatus_Heimdallarchaeum |
Candidatus Liberimonas magnetica is a species of bacteria from the phylum of Elusimicrobiota . [ 1 ] It is considered part of the " rare biosphere ", [ 2 ] meaning it is found at very low concentrations in the environments they inhabit. Liberimonas magnetica is uncultured as of yet, [ 3 ] so its name is currently provi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidatus_Liberimonas_magnetica |
Candidatus Parvarchaeum is a genus of Archaea in the proposed phylum of Nanoarchaeota . [ 2 ] There are two species in the genus, Candidatus Parvarchaeum acidiphilum and Candidatus Parvarchaeum paracidiphilum (synonym Candidatus Parvarchaeum acidophilus), both of which are currently uncultured . [ 1 ]
The currently ac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidatus_Parvarchaeum |
" Candidatus Pelagibacter" , with the single species " Ca. P. communis" , was isolated in 2002 and given a specific name, [ 2 ] although it has not yet been described as required by the bacteriological code . [ 3 ] It is an abundant member of the SAR11 clade in the phylum Alphaproteobacteria . SAR11 members are highly ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidatus_Pelagibacter_communis |
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" Candidatus Scalindua" is a bacterial genus , and a proposed member of the order Planctomycetales . [ 1 ] These bacteria lack peptidoglycan in their cell wall and have a compartmentalized cytoplasm . They are ammonium oxidizing bacteria found in marine environments.
" Candidatus Scalindua " is a bacterial g... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidatus_Scalindua |
Candido's identity , named after the Italian mathematician Giacomo Candido , is an identity for real numbers. It states that for two arbitrary real numbers x {\displaystyle x} and y {\displaystyle y} the following equality holds: [ 2 ]
The identity however is not restricted to real numbers but holds in every commutati... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candido's_identity |
Candoluminescence is the light given off by certain materials at elevated temperatures (usually when exposed to a flame ) that has an intensity at some wavelengths which can, through chemical action in flames, be higher than the blackbody emission expected from incandescence at the same temperature. [ 1 ] The phenomeno... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candoluminescence |
Cannabinoidergic , or cannabinergic , means "working on the endocannabinoid neurotransmitters ". As with terms such as dopaminergic and serotonergic , related proteins and cellular components involved in endocannabinoid signaling, such as the cannabinoid (CB 1 ) receptor , as well as exogenous compounds, such as phytoc... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabinoidergic |
Cannabis in South Africa is an indigenous plant with a rich historical, social, and cultural significance for various communities. South Africa’s cannabis policy evolution has been marked by significant shifts, particularly following decriminalisation by the Constitutional Court in 2018, and the passing of the Cannabis... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_South_Africa |
Cannabis sativa is an annual herbaceous flowering plant . The species was first classified by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. [ 1 ] The specific epithet sativa means 'cultivated'. Indigenous to Eastern Asia , the plant is now of cosmopolitan distribution due to widespread cultivation. [ 2 ] It has been cultivated throughout rec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_sativa |
Cannabis strains is a popular name to refer to plant varieties of the monospecific genus Cannabis sativa L. . They are either pure or hybrid varieties of the plant, which encompasses various sub-species C. sativa , C. indica , and C. ruderalis . [ 1 ]
Varieties are developed to intensify specific characteristics of th... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_strain |
Canned responses are predetermined responses to common questions.
In fields such as technical support , canned responses to frequently asked questions may be an effective solution for both the customer and the technical adviser, as they offer the possibility to provide a quick answer to common inquiries while requirin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canned_response |
The Cannizzaro reaction , named after its discoverer Stanislao Cannizzaro , is a chemical reaction which involves the base -induced disproportionation of two molecules of a non- enolizable aldehyde to give a primary alcohol and a carboxylic acid . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Cannizzaro first accomplished this transformation in 1853, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannizzaro_reaction |
In the mathematics of figurate numbers , the cannonball problem asks which numbers are both square and square pyramidal . The problem can be stated as: given a square arrangement of cannonballs, for what size squares can these cannonballs also be arranged into a square pyramid? Equivalently, which squares can be repres... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannonball_problem |
In mathematics , a Cannon–Thurston map is any of a number of continuous group-equivariant maps between the boundaries of two hyperbolic metric spaces extending a discrete isometric actions of the group on those spaces.
The notion originated from a seminal 1980s preprint of James Cannon and William Thurston "Group-inva... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannon–Thurston_map |
Cannula transfer or cannulation is a set of air-free techniques used with a Schlenk line , in transferring liquid or solution samples between reaction vessels via cannulae , avoiding atmospheric contamination. Syringes are not the same as cannulae, but cannula transfer techniques remain relevant when using them for thi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannula_transfer |
A cannulated cow or fistulated cow refers to a cow that has been surgically fitted with a cannula . [ 1 ] A cannula acts as a porthole-like device that allows access to the rumen of a cow, to perform research and analysis of the digestive system and to allow veterinarians to transplant rumen contents from one cow to an... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannulated_cow |
The Canon Sinuum is the main part of Bartholomaeus Pitiscus ' Thesaurus Mathematicus sive Canon Sinuum ad radium 1.00000.00000.00000 published as a folio in 1613 (misprinted on two of the titles 1513, by omission of a C in the Roman numeral MLCXIII) in Frankfurt . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a table of sines, originally computed... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_Sinuum_(Pitiscus) |
In mathematics and classical mechanics , canonical coordinates are sets of coordinates on phase space which can be used to describe a physical system at any given point in time. Canonical coordinates are used in the Hamiltonian formulation of classical mechanics . A closely related concept also appears in quantum mecha... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_coordinates |
In mathematics , a canonical map , also called a natural map , is a map or morphism between objects that arises naturally from the definition or the construction of the objects. Often, it is a map which preserves the widest amount of structure. A choice of a canonical map sometimes depends on a convention (e.g., a sign... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonical_map |
In biology , the canopy is the aboveground portion of a plant cropping or crop , formed by the collection of individual plant crowns . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] In forest ecology , the canopy is the upper layer or habitat zone, formed by mature tree crowns and including other biological organisms ( epiphytes , lianas , arborea... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopy_(biology) |
Canopy interception is the rainfall that is intercepted by the canopy of a tree and successively evaporates from the leaves. Precipitation that is not intercepted will fall as throughfall or stemflow on the forest floor.
Many methods exist to measure canopy interception. The most often used method is by measuring rain... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopy_interception |
Canopy research is the field of scientific research based upon data collected in the canopy of trees.
Canopy research is a relatively new scientific field which was hampered for a long time by lack of means of access to the tree canopies and lack of appropriate means of housing researchers.
Climbing gear, tree houses... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canopy_research |
A cant in architecture is an angled ( oblique-angled ) line or surface that cuts off a corner. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Something with a cant is canted .
Canted façades are a typical of, but not exclusive to, Baroque architecture . The angle breaking the façade is less than a right angle , thus enabling a canted façade to be viewe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cant_(architecture) |
Cantarella was a poison allegedly used by the Borgias during the papacy of Pope Alexander VI . It may have been arsenic , [ 1 ] came in the shape of "a white powder with a pleasant taste", [ 2 ] and was sprinkled on food or in wine. If it did exist, it left no trace in the works of contemporary writers. [ 3 ]
The exac... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantarella |
A cantenna (a portmanteau blending the words can and antenna ) is a homemade directional waveguide antenna , made out of an open-ended metal can.
Cantennas are typically used to increase the range (or discovery) of Wi-Fi networks.
The cylinder portion of the can may consist of metal-coated paperboard .
Although some... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantenna |
Cantera is an open-source chemical kinetics software used for solving chemically reacting laminar flows. It has been used as a third-party library in external reacting flow simulation codes, such as FUEGO and CADS, using Fortran , C++ , etc. to evaluate properties and chemical source terms that appear in the applicatio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantera_(software) |
The Canterbury corpus is a collection of files intended for use as a benchmark for testing lossless data compression algorithms. It was created in 1997 at the University of Canterbury , New Zealand and designed to replace the Calgary corpus . The files were selected based on their ability to provide representative per... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canterbury_corpus |
A cantilever is a rigid structural element that extends horizontally and is unsupported at one end. Typically it extends from a flat vertical surface such as a wall, to which it must be firmly attached. Like other structural elements, a cantilever can be formed as a beam , plate, truss , or slab .
When subjected to a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever |
Cantilever enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy enables the detection of small amount of trace gases which is vital in many applications. Photoacoustic spectroscopy is one of the most sensitive optical detection schemes. It is based on detecting a gas specific acoustic wave generated that originates from the absorption ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_enhanced_photoacoustic_spectroscopy |
The cantilever method is an approximate method for calculating shear forces and moments developed in beams and columns of a frame or structure due to lateral loads. The applied lateral loads typically include wind loads and earthquake loads, which must be taken into consideration while designing buildings. The assumpti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever_method |
Cantor's diagonal argument (among various similar names [ note 1 ] ) is a mathematical proof that there are infinite sets which cannot be put into one-to-one correspondence with the infinite set of natural numbers – informally, that there are sets which in some sense contain more elements than there are positive intege... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor's_diagonal_argument |
Cantor's intersection theorem refers to two closely related theorems in general topology and real analysis , named after Georg Cantor , about intersections of decreasing nested sequences of non-empty compact sets.
Theorem. Let S {\displaystyle S} be a topological space . A decreasing nested sequence of non-empty compa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor's_intersection_theorem |
In set theory , Cantor's paradox states that there is no set of all cardinalities . This is derived from the theorem that there is no greatest cardinal number . In informal terms, the paradox is that the collection of all possible "infinite sizes" is not only infinite, but so infinitely large that its own infinite size... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor's_paradox |
In mathematical set theory , Cantor's theorem is a fundamental result which states that, for any set A {\displaystyle A} , the set of all subsets of A , {\displaystyle A,} known as the power set of A , {\displaystyle A,} has a strictly greater cardinality than A {\displaystyle A} itself.
For finite sets , Cantor's the... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor's_theorem |
In dynamical systems , the Cantor tree is an infinite- genus surface homeomorphic to a sphere with a Cantor set removed. The blooming Cantor tree is a Cantor tree with an infinite number of handles added in such a way that every end is a limit of handles. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor_tree_surface |
In set theory and order theory , the Cantor–Bernstein theorem states that the cardinality of the second type class, the class of countable order types , equals the cardinality of the continuum . It was used by Felix Hausdorff and named by him after Georg Cantor and Felix Bernstein . Cantor constructed a family of count... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor–Bernstein_theorem |
In mathematical logic , the Cantor–Dedekind axiom is the thesis that the real numbers are order- isomorphic to the linear continuum of geometry . In other words, the axiom states that there is a one-to-one correspondence between real numbers and points on a line.
This axiom became a theorem proved by Emil Artin in his... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor–Dedekind_axiom |
In computational algebra , the Cantor–Zassenhaus algorithm is a method for factoring polynomials over finite fields (also called Galois fields).
The algorithm consists mainly of exponentiation and polynomial GCD computations. It was invented by David G. Cantor and Hans Zassenhaus in 1981. [ 1 ]
It is arguably the dom... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantor–Zassenhaus_algorithm |
Cantuzumab mertansine (SB-408075; huC242-DM1) is an antibody-drug conjugate investigated to treat colorectal cancer and other types of cancer. [ 1 ] It is a humanized monoclonal antibody , cantuzumab (huC242) linked to a cytotoxic agent , mertansine (DM1). [ 2 ] It was developed by ImmunoGen .
After the huC242 mab bin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantuzumab_mertansine |
Cantuzumab ravtansine (huC242-SPDB-DM4) is an antibody-drug conjugate designed for the treatment of cancers. The humanized monoclonal antibody cantuzumab (huC242) is linked to a cytotoxic agent , ravtansine (DM4). [ 1 ] It uses a more hindered disulfide linkage than cantuzumab mertansine . [ 2 ]
This monoclonal antibo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantuzumab_ravtansine |
Cap analysis of gene expression ( CAGE ) is a gene expression technique used in molecular biology to produce a snapshot of the 5′ end of the messenger RNA population in a biological sample (the transcriptome ). The small fragments (historically 27 nucleotides long, but now limited only by sequencing technologies) from ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_analysis_of_gene_expression |
When molecules on the surface of a motile eukaryotic cell are crosslinked , they are moved to one end of the cell to form a "cap". This phenomenon, the process of which is called cap formation , was discovered in 1971 on lymphocytes [ 1 ] and is a property of amoebae and all locomotory animal cells except sperm. The cr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_formation |
The cap torque tester is used in the packaging industry to measure the opening or closing torque of the screw cap . Proper torque is required for the cap to perform its functions of maintaining a tight seal. [ 1 ] It is a piece of specific quality control equipment that can be placed on the production line or in the la... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cap_torque_tester |
A capability , in the systems engineering sense, is defined as the ability to execute a specified course of action. A capability may or may not be accompanied by an intention. [ 1 ] The term is used in the defense industry but also in private industry (e.g. gap analysis ).
The Joint Capabilities Integration Developmen... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_(systems_engineering) |
Capability Maturity Model Integration ( CMMI ) is a process level improvement training and appraisal program. Administered by the CMMI Institute , a subsidiary of ISACA , it was developed at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). It is required by many U.S. Government contracts, especially in software development . CMU clai... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capability_Maturity_Model_Integration |
A capacitance meter is a piece of electronic test equipment used to measure capacitance , [ 1 ] mainly of discrete capacitors . Depending on the sophistication of the meter, it may display the capacitance only, or it may also measure a number of other parameters such as leakage , equivalent series resistance (ESR), and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_meter |
Capacitance sensors (or Dielectric sensors) use capacitance to measure the dielectric permittivity of a surrounding medium.
The configuration is like the neutron probe where an access tube made of PVC is installed in the soil ; probes can also be modular (comb-like) and connected to a logger. The sensing head consists... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitance_probe |
In mathematics, the capacitated arc routing problem (CARP) is that of finding the shortest tour with a minimum graph/travel distance of a mixed graph with undirected edges and directed arcs given capacity constraints for objects that move along the graph that represent snow-plowers, street sweeping machines, or winter ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitated_arc_routing_problem |
Capacitive deionization ( CDI ) is a technology to deionize water by applying an electrical potential difference over two electrodes, which are often made of porous carbon. [ 2 ] In other words, CDI is an electro-sorption method using a combination of a sorption media and an electrical field to separate ions and charge... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_deionization |
Capacitive displacement sensors are a kind of non-contact displacement sensor , measuring the position and change of position in capacitive materials to a high resolution. [ 1 ] They are also able to measure the thickness or density of non-conductive materials. [ 2 ] Capacitive displacement sensors are used in a wide v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitive_displacement_sensor |
There are several formal analogies that can be made between electricity, which is invisible to the eye, and more familiar physical behaviors, such as the flowing of water or the motion of mechanical devices .
In the case of capacitance, one analogy to a capacitor in mechanical rectilineal terms is a spring where the c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capacitor-spring_analogy |
The Cape Provinces of South Africa is a biogeographical area used in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD). It is part of the WGSRPD region 27 Southern Africa. The area has the code "CPP". [ 1 ] It includes the South African provinces of the Eastern Cape , the Northern Cape and the We... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Provinces |
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