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Acronym: IBS
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irritable bowel syndrome
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d leaves]] In 2007, Italian investigators reported that 75% of the patients in their study who took peppermint oil capsules for four weeks had a major reduction in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) symptoms, compared with just 38% of those who took a placebo. Similarly, some poorly designed earlier trials found that peppermint oil has the ability to reduce colicky abdominal pain due to |
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Acronym: DFT
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discrete Fourier transform
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\textstyle{\frac{1}{2}}\left(r_1-r_2\right).\\ \end{align} Thus, solving for the resolvents gives the original roots. Formally, the resolvents are called the discrete Fourier transform (DFT) of order 2, and the transform can be expressed by the matrix \left(\begin{smallmatrix}1 & 1\\ 1 & -1\end{smallmatrix}\right), with inverse matrix \left(\begin{smallmatrix}1/2 & 1/2\\ 1 |
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Acronym: GRAPE
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Gravity Pipe
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d is similar to the addition/subtraction technique used for high-speed electronic circuits with the logarithmic number system in specialized computer applications like the Gravity Pipe (GRAPE) supercomputer and hidden Markov models. The second method utilizes a sliding linear L scale available on some models. Addition and subtraction are performed by sliding the cursor left (for su |
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Acronym: OSB
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oriented strand board
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) and used as a raw material for other building materials such as chipboard, engineered wood, hardboard, medium-density fiberboard (MDF), oriented strand board (OSB). Such wood derivatives are widely used: wood fibers are an important component of most paper, and cellulose is used as a component of some synthetic materials. Wood derivatives can also be us |
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Acronym: IFS
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Iterated function system
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clude air pollutants and maintain the necessary humidity. * Image:Fractal fern1.png|thumb|left|150px|[[Fractal fern created using chaos game, through an Iterated function system (IFS).]] The dried form of ferns was also used in other arts, being used as a stencil or directly inked for use in a design. The botanical work, ''The Ferns of Great Britain and Ireland'', is a notabl |
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Acronym: GFR
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glomerular filtration rate
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r reabsorbed by the tubules. This property of inulin allows the Clearance (medicine)|clearance of inulin to be used clinically as a highly accurate measure of glomerular filtration rate (GFR)—the rate of plasma from the afferent arteriole that is filtered into Bowman's capsule measured in mL/min. It is useful to contrast the properties of inulin with those of [[para-aminohipp |
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Acronym: GRAS
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generally recognized as safe
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C1 Text]) Inulin is also used in medical tests to measure the total amount of extracellular volume and determine the function of the kidneys. Inulin is generally recognized as safe (GRAS) by the Food and Drug Administration (United States)|U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). GRAS Notice No. GRN 000118, available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~rdb/opa-g118.html. There is a s |
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Acronym: PAA
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phenylacetic acid
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lly labile in aqueous solution, so IAA is not used commercially as a plant growth regulator. * ''Naturally-occurring auxins'' include 4-chloro-indoleacetic acid, phenylacetic acid (PAA) and indole-3-butyric acid (IBA). * ''Synthetic auxin analogs'' include 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid|1-naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA), 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), and others. |
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Acronym: USGS
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New Jersey
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the effects of rapid lateral change in density, eg. edge of plateau, cliffs, steep mountains, etc. Image:Nj cboug.jpg|thumb|right|(Bouguer) gravity anomaly map of the state of [[New Jersey (USGS)]] For these reductions, different methods are used: * '''free-air anomaly''' (or Faye's anomaly): application of the ''normal gradient'' 0.3086, but no terrain model. This anomaly means |
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Acronym: MDNR
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Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
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n.us/volunteer/marapr07/driftless.html "The Driftless Area"], ''Minnesota Conservation Volunteer'', March, 2007 (popular article from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)), Retrieved July 7, 2007 While some glacial drift has been discovered, this is said to be of "Pre-Illinoian|Pre-Illinoian age" about 500,000 years old. [http://www.iowadnr.com/forestr |
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Acronym: BJT
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transistor
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riangle]], opposite the side ''B'' ** one root of a quadratic equation, where α represents the other ** the ratio of collector current to base current in a bipolar junction transistor (BJT) in electronics (CURRENT GAIN) ** the false negative rate in statistics ** the beta coefficient, the non-diversifiable risk, of an asset in mathematical finance |
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Acronym: LBL
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Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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y Laboratory== Hess's hacking activities were discovered by Clifford Stoll, an astronomer turned systems administrator of the computer center of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) in California. Stoll's first job duty was to track an accounting error in the LBL system. Early in his investigation, Stoll determined that the LBL computer system was compromised and that the |
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Acronym: OLS
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ordinary least squares
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, while Var(y_{2}) = 2\sigma^2 . Note that the variance of the series is diverging to infinity with t. ==Estimation in the presence of a unit root== Often, ordinary least squares (OLS) is used to estimate the slope coefficients of the autoregressive model. Use of OLS relies on the stochastic process being stationary. When the stochastic process is non-stationary, the use of OLS |
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Acronym: DO
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oxygen
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hly vertically downward into soil, usually passing through water first. One early assumption of their function was that they provided oxygen to the roots that grow in the low dissolved oxygen (DO) waters typical of a swamp (see also mangroves, which have similar adaptations), acting as pneumatophores. However, there is little actual evidence for this; in fact, swamp-dwelling specimens |
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Acronym: PDO
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Protected Designation of Origin
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rld's winter forced rhubarb from the forcing sheds that were common across the fields in the area. In February 2010, Yorkshire Forced Rhubarb was awarded Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) status by the European Commission’s Protected Food Name scheme after being recommended by Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (Defra). == Cultivation == [[file:Rhubar |
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Acronym: QDA
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qualitative data analysis
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d events''' which are then compared to experimental data. See also: Computational physics. 3 ==Qualitative data analysis== Qualitative research uses qualitative data analysis (QDA) to analyze text, interview transcripts, photographs, art, field notes of (ethnographic) observations, et cetera. ==The process of data analysis== Data analysis is a process, wi |
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Acronym: PWP
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permanent wilting point
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usion in soil|gas diffusion rate]] ODR value of 0.2 micro-g/cm2/min as criteria for satisfactory aeration status. The lower limit (dry end) is not only limited to permanent wilting point (PWP) but also the ability of root penetration. This is measured as soil mechanical resistance taken at an arbitrary value, say penetration at 3 MPa. The lower limit is defined as: max {mechanica |
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Acronym: DNS
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domain name system
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e Point]]s (IXPs) throughout the world; operation of the INOC-DBA global Internet infrastructure protection hotline communications system; support for globally anycast domain name system (DNS) resources including the root and more than seventy Top Level Domains; implementation of network research data collection initiatives in more than three dozen |
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Acronym: UPM
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UNIX Privilege Manager
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l provide cross-platform, client/server security solutions - Newsfront - Brief Article | Software Magazine | Find Articles at BNET.com ] , and the product was re-named UNIX Privilege Manager (UPM). Axent was subsequently sold to Symantec Corporation, who later spun of UPM and other products as PassGo Technologies, now part of Quest Software. * BeyondTrust continues to sell the pro |
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Acronym: MUA
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Mail user agent
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good or ill. == Notes == == See also == * Chain e-mail |Chain E-mail * Electronic mailing list * E-mail alias * E-mail subject abbreviations * Mail user agent (MUA) a.k.a. email client * Message transfer agent (MTA) * E-Mail Letter * Reply All * E-mail spam == External links== * [http://www.feep.net/sendmail/tutorial/intro/forward.html send |
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Acronym: SOC
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Soil organic carbon
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psulation within soil aggregates (singular masses of coherent soil particles, or peds) or chemical complexing—here, carbon may reside for tens of thousands of years. Soil organic carbon (SOC) refers to the amount of carbon stored in the soil—it is expressed as a percentage by weight (g C/kg soil). SOC is closely related to the amount of organic matter in the soil ([[soil organic matter] |
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Acronym: TFTP
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Trivial File Transfer Protocol
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ommon network applications that use UDP include the Domain Name System (DNS), streaming media applications such as IPTV, Voice over IP (VoIP), Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) and online games. ===Ports=== UDP uses ports to allow application-to-application communication. The port field is a 16 bit value, allowing for port numbers to ra |
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Acronym: DNS
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Domain Name System
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ng media. While the total amount of UDP traffic found on a typical network is often in the order of only a few percent, numerous key applications use UDP, including the Domain Name System (DNS), the simple network management protocol (SNMP), the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), to name just a few. ===Sample code ([[Python |
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Acronym: DHCP
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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only a few percent, numerous key applications use UDP, including the Domain Name System (DNS), the simple network management protocol (SNMP), the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and the Routing Information Protocol (RIP), to name just a few. ===Sample code (Python (programming language)|Python) === The following, minimalistic example shows how to use UDP for c |
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Acronym: RUDP
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Reliable User Datagram Protocol
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onnectionless protocol]] * UDP flood attack * UDP Data Transport * UDP Lite, a variant that will deliver packets even if they are malformed * Reliable User Datagram Protocol (RUDP) * Transmission Control Protocol * IP or Internet Protocol, on top of which rests UDP * [[Transport_layer#Transport_protocol_comparison_table|Transport protocol comparison |
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Acronym: CPN
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Carnivorous Plant Newsletter
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/www.carnivorousplants.org/cpn/samples/Science273anthocyanin.htm |format=htm| author = Jack Sullivan | title = Anthocyanin | year = 1998 | journal = Carnivorous Plant Newsletter (CPN) September 1998 | accessdate = 2009-10-06}} #These streams meet and are coupled together by the enzyme '''chalcone synthase''' (CHS), which forms an intermediate chalcone via a polyketide |
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Acronym: IAA
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indoleacetic acid
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kers stated that when more oxidizing takes place in the cells of roots quiescent center it is the direct result from high activity of ascorbate oxidase activated by indoleacetic acid (IAA) accumulating in these cells.The Stem cells that are contained in root tips asymmetrically divide multiple times to produce stem cells themselves and at the same time also producing differentiated [[r |
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Acronym: RFLP
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restriction fragment length polymorphism
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m|mycelia]] of one individual fungal colony (biology)|colony covered , weighing over , with an estimated age of 1,500 years. The analysis used restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) to examine isolates collected from fruit bodies and rhizomorphs (underground aggregations of fungal cells that rese |