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Plasma (physics) (6,401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Plasma (from Ancient Greek πλάσμα (plásma) 'moldable substance') is one of four fundamental states of matter (the other three being solid, liquid, and
Semen (5,148 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the seminal fluid. Seminal plasma of humans contains a complex range of organic and inorganic constituents. The seminal plasma provides a nutritive and
Cell membrane (6,906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1,839 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
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Multiple myeloma (13,509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Multiple myeloma (MM), also known as plasma cell myeloma and simply myeloma, is a cancer of plasma cells, a type of white blood cell that normally produces
Biological half-life (2,515 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
decrease from its maximum concentration (Cmax) to half of Cmax in the blood plasma. It is denoted by the abbreviation t 1 2 {\displaystyle t_{\frac {1}{2}}}
Plasma display (6,459 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A plasma display panel is a type of flat-panel display that uses small cells containing plasma: ionized gas that responds to electric fields. Plasma televisions
Pharmacokinetics (4,509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mathematical modeling that places great emphasis on the relationship between drug plasma concentration and the time elapsed since the drug's administration. Pharmacokinetics
Directed-energy weapon (6,226 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
beams, as ions of like charge repel one another. Plasma weapons fire a beam, bolt, or stream of plasma, which is an excited state of matter consisting
Tokamak (14,205 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
uses a powerful magnetic field generated by external magnets to confine plasma in the shape of an axially symmetrical torus. The tokamak is one of several
Blood (6,801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
those same cells. Blood is composed of blood cells suspended in blood plasma. Plasma, which constitutes 55% of blood fluid, is mostly water (92% by volume)
State of matter (4,382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
states of matter are observable in everyday life: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. Many intermediate states are known to exist, such as liquid crystal, and
Plasma protein binding (1,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma protein binding refers to the degree to which medications attach to blood proteins within the blood plasma. A drug's efficacy may be affected by
Plasma globe (1,983 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A plasma ball, plasma globe, or plasma lamp is a clear glass container filled with noble gases, usually a mixture of neon, krypton, and xenon, that has
Weapons in Star Trek (6,919 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
phase cannons. Plasma cannons fire a plasma discharge in the form of a beam or a burst, similar to the plasma bullets fired by hand-held plasma weapons, but
Antibody (13,514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plasma cells. The literature is sloppy at times and often describes plasmablasts as just short-lived plasma cells- formally this is incorrect. Plasma
Weapons in science fiction (2,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
USA faction, including their "superweapon" particle cannon. Weapons using plasma (high-energy ionized gas) have been featured in a number of fictional universes
Chemical vapor deposition (5,006 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
temperature. Plasma methods (see also Plasma processing): Microwave plasma-assisted CVD (MPCVD) Plasma-enhanced CVD (PECVD) – CVD that utilizes plasma to enhance
American Physical Society (2,278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Nuclear Physics (DNP) Particles and Fields (DPF) Physics of Beams (DPB) Plasma Physics (DPP) Polymer Physics (DPOLY) Quantum Information (DQI) Soft Matter
ITER (15,006 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
first plasma, planned for 2033–2034, ITER will be the largest of more than 100 fusion reactors built since the 1950s, with six times the plasma volume
Catecholamine (2,076 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from phenylalanine. Catecholamines are water-soluble and are 50% bound to plasma proteins in circulation. Included among catecholamines are epinephrine (adrenaline)
Plasma cell (2,793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma cells, also called plasma B cells or effector B cells, are white blood cells that originate in the lymphoid organs as B cells and secrete large
B cell (3,748 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
produce antibody molecules which may be either secreted or inserted into the plasma membrane where they serve as a part of B-cell receptors. When a naïve or
Homeostasis (9,856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the pH of the plasma falls. The concomitant rise in the plasma bicarbonate mops up the increased hydrogen ions (caused by the fall in plasma pH) and the
University of Colorado Boulder (9,190 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States. Founded in 1876,
Magnetosphere (2,373 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
lines can be significantly distorted by the flow of electrically conducting plasma, as emitted from the Sun (i.e., the solar wind) or a nearby star. Planets
Blood type (6,523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
receive type AB plasma. Type O carries both antibodies, so individuals of blood group O can receive plasma from any blood group, but type O plasma can be used
Solar wind (6,717 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plasma mostly consists of electrons, protons and alpha particles with kinetic energy between 0.5 and 10 keV. The composition of the solar wind plasma
Stellar corona (7,675 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
layer of a star's atmosphere. It is a hot but relatively dim region of plasma populated by intermittent coronal structures known as solar prominences
Magnetohydrodynamics (5,253 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
primarily concerned with the low-frequency, large-scale, magnetic behavior in plasmas and liquid metals and has applications in multiple fields including space
Hannes Alfvén (2,554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
[alˈveːn]; 30 May 1908 – 2 April 1995) was a Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on
Plasmapheresis (3,062 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Greek πλάσμα, plasma, something molded, and ἀφαίρεσις aphairesis, taking away) is the removal, treatment, and return or exchange of blood plasma or components
Serum (blood) (736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
blood which does not play a role in clotting. It may be defined as blood plasma without the clotting factors, or as blood with all cells and clotting factors
KDE Plasma 5 (2,201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
KDE Plasma 5 is the fifth generation of the KDE Plasma graphical workspaces environment, created by KDE primarily for Linux systems. KDE Plasma 5 is the
Plasma cosmology (3,556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma cosmology is a non-standard cosmology whose central postulate is that the dynamics of ionized gases and plasmas play important, if not dominant
Quark–gluon plasma (7,377 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Quark–gluon plasma (QGP or quark soup) is an interacting localized assembly of quarks and gluons at thermal (local kinetic) and (close to) chemical (abundance)
Lipoprotein (2,599 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
transport hydrophobic lipid (also known as fat) molecules in water, as in blood plasma or other extracellular fluids. They consist of a triglyceride and cholesterol
Aneutronic fusion (5,642 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Lawrenceville Plasma Physics published initial results and outlined a theory and experimental program for aneutronic fusion with the dense plasma focus (DPF)
Eugene Parker (1,292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Newman Parker (June 10, 1927 – March 15, 2022) was an American solar and plasma physicist. In the 1950s he proposed the existence of the solar wind and
Nuclear fusion (10,485 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
will deliver ten times more fusion energy than the amount needed to heat plasma to the required temperatures are in development (see ITER). The ITER facility
Plasma cutting (1,920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma cutting is a process that cuts through electrically conductive materials by means of an accelerated jet of hot plasma. Typical materials cut with
Esterase (293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
acetylcholine Pseudocholinesterase, broad substrate specificity, found in the blood plasma and in the liver Pectinesterase (EC 3.1.1.11), clarifies fruit juices EC
Dopamine transporter (9,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
DAT-mediated dopamine reuptake is the ion concentration gradient generated by the plasma membrane Na+/K+ ATPase. In the most widely accepted model for monoamine
Hypercholesterolemia (6,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Since cholesterol is insoluble in water, it is transported in the blood plasma within protein particles (lipoproteins). Lipoproteins are classified by
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (6,588 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) is a type of mass spectrometry that uses an inductively coupled plasma to ionize the sample. It atomizes
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (2,137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is a United States Department of Energy national laboratory for plasma physics and nuclear fusion science.
Magnetic confinement fusion (4,314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
power that uses magnetic fields to confine fusion fuel in the form of a plasma. Magnetic confinement is one of two major branches of controlled fusion
Extracellular fluid (3,610 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with a blood circulatory system, a proportion of this fluid is blood plasma. Plasma and interstitial fluid are the two components that make up at least
Butyrylcholinesterase (2,226 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
3.1.1.8), also known as BChE, BuChE, BuChase, pseudocholinesterase, or plasma (cholin)esterase, is a nonspecific cholinesterase enzyme that hydrolyses
Dense plasma focus (4,605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A dense plasma focus (DPF) is a type of plasma generating system originally developed as a fusion power device starting in the early 1960s. The system
Phase (matter) (1,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
be described as different states of matter such as gas, liquid, solid, plasma or Bose–Einstein condensate. Useful mesophases between solid and liquid
KDE Plasma 4 (1,701 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
desktop PCs and notebooks, Plasma Netbook for netbooks, and Plasma Active for tablet PCs and similar devices. KDE Plasma 4 was released as part of KDE
Blood sugar level (4,139 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dissolved glucose (also called "blood glucose") is maintained in the blood plasma at all times. Glucose that is not circulating in the blood is stored in
Institute for Plasma Research (1,659 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) is a public research institute in India. The institute conducts research in plasma science, including basic plasma physics
Plasma protein (565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma proteins, sometimes referred to as blood proteins, are proteins present in blood plasma. They serve many different functions, including transport
Ion thruster (8,869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
direction whatever their electric charge, and are specifically referred to as plasma propulsion engines, where the electric field is not in the direction of
Spectrometer (1,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
through a high voltage on the surface which vaporizes particles into a plasma. The particles and ions then emit radiation that is measured by detectors
Plasma lamp (918 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma lamps are a type of electrodeless gas-discharge lamp energized by radio frequency (RF) power. They are distinct from the novelty plasma lamps that
List of plasma physics articles (195 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
This is a list of plasma physics topics. Contents:  Top 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Physics portal G.S. Miller, E.E. Salpeter
Clearance (pharmacology) (1,926 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
its concentration. The parameter also indicates the theoretical volume of plasma from which a substance would be completely removed per unit time. Usually
Aldosterone (3,398 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
It plays a central role in the homeostatic regulation of blood pressure, plasma sodium (Na+), and potassium (K+) levels. It does so primarily by acting
Inflammation (9,751 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the body to harmful stimuli, and is achieved by the increased movement of plasma and leukocytes (in particular granulocytes) from the blood into the injured
Blood substitute (2,748 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
blood types. Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes, and Biotechnology Blood plasma substitute (disambiguation) Blood transfusion Bloodless surgery Erythromer
Interplanetary medium (1,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
interplanetary medium includes interplanetary dust, cosmic rays, and hot plasma from the solar wind.[failed verification] The density of the interplanetary
Glycoprotein (2,653 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in the blood, the extracellular matrix, or on the outer surface of the plasma membrane, and make up a large portion of the proteins secreted by eukaryotic
Lyman Spitzer (1,046 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
formation and plasma physics and in 1946 conceived the idea of telescopes operating in outer space. Spitzer invented the stellarator plasma device and is
CHIPS (satellite) (575 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
CHIPS (Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer, also Explorer 82 or UNEX-2) was a NASA Explorer program satellite. It was launched on 12 January 2003
Blister (1,674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A blister is a small pocket of body fluid (lymph, serum, plasma, blood, or pus) within the upper layers of the skin, usually caused by forceful rubbing
Z-pinch (1,740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Z-pinch (zeta pinch) is a type of plasma confinement system that uses an electric current in the plasma to generate a magnetic field that compresses
Cassini–Huygens (12,144 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
infrared spectrometer, a cosmic dust analyzer, a radio and plasma wave experiment, a plasma spectrometer, an ultraviolet imaging spectrograph, a magnetospheric
Solar radio emission (9,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mechanisms are thermal bremsstrahlung (braking) emission, gyromagnetic emission, plasma emission, and electron-cyclotron maser emission. The first two are incoherent
Exocytosis (1,782 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
portals at the cell plasma membrane called porosomes. Porosomes are permanent cup-shaped lipoprotein structures at the cell plasma membrane, where secretory
Stellarator (8,641 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A stellarator confines plasma using external magnets. Scientists aim to use stellarators to generate fusion power. It is one of many types of magnetic
KDE neon (1,371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
additional software repositories containing the latest versions of the Plasma 6 desktop environment/framework, Qt 6 toolkit and other compatible KDE software
Whey (2,642 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Whey is the liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained. It is a byproduct of the manufacturing of cheese or casein and has several commercial
Plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (1,860 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) is a transport protein in the plasma membrane of cells that functions as a calcium pump to remove calcium (Ca2+)
Plasma Mobile (409 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma Mobile is a Plasma variant for smartphones. It is currently available for the PinePhone, and supported devices for postmarketOS such as the OnePlus
P. I. John (603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Pucadyil, is an Indian plasma physicist. He occupies the Meghnad Saha Chair in Plasma Science and Technology at the Institute for Plasma Research, Ahmedabad
Corona treatment (1,058 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(sometimes referred to as air plasma) is a surface modification technique that uses a low temperature corona discharge plasma to impart changes in the properties
Magnetosphere of Jupiter (9,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
direction as the planet. The torus in turn loads the magnetic field with plasma, in the process stretching it into a pancake-like structure called a magnetodisk
Madison Symmetric Torus (3,531 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
experiment with applications to both fusion energy research and astrophysical plasmas. MST is located at the Center for Magnetic Self Organization (CMSO) at
Coronal mass ejection (6,828 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a significant ejection of plasma mass from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere. CMEs are often associated with solar
Plasmon (3,181 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
physics, a plasmon is a quantum of plasma oscillation. Just as light (an optical oscillation) consists of photons, the plasma oscillation consists of plasmons
Coagulation (6,553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Coagulation is a part of an integrated series of haemostatic reactions, involving plasma, platelet, and vascular components. Hemostasis consists of four main stages:
Fresh frozen plasma (1,769 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Fresh frozen plasma (FFP) is a blood product made from the liquid portion of whole blood. It is used to treat conditions in which there are low blood clotting
Ball lightning (8,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
resulting plasma, forming a spherical plasma bubble that stably traps the radiation. Microwaves trapped inside the ball continue to generate plasma for a
Plasma membrane monoamine transporter (1,447 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The plasma membrane monoamine transporter (PMAT) is a low-affinity monoamine transporter protein which in humans is encoded by the SLC29A4 gene. It is
Marshall Rosenbluth (1,204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Nicholas Rosenbluth (5 February 1927 – 28 September 2003) was an American plasma physicist and member of the National Academy of Sciences, and member of
KDE (4,551 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
that enable collaborative work on its projects. Its products include the Plasma Desktop, KDE Frameworks, and a range of applications such as Kate, digiKam
Inductively coupled plasma (879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
An inductively coupled plasma (ICP) or transformer coupled plasma (TCP) is a type of plasma source in which the energy is supplied by electric currents
Reference ranges for blood tests (6,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In this article, all values (except the ones listed below) denote blood plasma concentration, which is approximately 60–100% larger than the actual blood
Reversed field pinch (759 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
near-thermonuclear plasmas. It is a toroidal pinch that uses a unique magnetic field configuration as a scheme to magnetically confine a plasma, primarily to
Factor XI (2,024 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Factor XI, or plasma thromboplastin antecedent, is the zymogen form of factor XIa, one of the enzymes involved in coagulation. Like many other coagulation
Television set (5,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and Plasma TVs. They were larger and lighter than contemporary CRT TVs and had a flat screen just like LCD and Plasma, but unlike LCD and Plasma, RPTVs
Plasma Physics Laboratory (Saskatchewan) (244 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
The Plasma Physics Laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan was established in 1959 by H. M. Skarsgard. Early work centered on research with a Betatron
Chalcedony (1,845 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Revelation is the same as the mineral known by this name today. The term plasma is sometimes used to refer to green translucent chalcedony. Chalcedony occurs
Ion source (7,155 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sources use a plasma source or electric discharge to create ions. Ions can be created in an inductively coupled plasma, which is a plasma source in which
ATP2B4 (1,161 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma membrane calcium-transporting ATPase 4 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ATP2B4 gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the
Cmax (pharmacology) (345 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Cmax is the maximum (or peak) serum concentration that a drug achieves in a specified compartment or test area of the body after the drug has been administered
Plasma Bigscreen (159 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is based on KDE Plasma 5. Voice control is provided through integration with Mycroft AI. Plasma Bigscreen supports HDMI-CEC. Plasma Bigscreen is currently
Enormous Toroidal Plasma Device (930 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Enormous Toroidal Plasma Device (ETPD) is an experimental physics device housed at the Basic Plasma Science Facility at University of California,
Heliosphere (6,598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"inflated" by plasma originating from the Sun, known as the solar wind. Outside the heliosphere, this solar plasma gives way to the interstellar plasma permeating
ATP2B1 (1,274 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma membrane calcium-transporting ATPase 1 also known as Plasma membrane calcium pump isoform 1 is a plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase, an enzyme that in
Photosphere (777 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from which light is radiated. It extends into a star's surface until the plasma becomes opaque, equivalent to an optical depth of approximately 2⁄3, or
Field-reversed configuration (2,914 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
configuration (FRC) is a type of plasma device studied as a means of producing nuclear fusion. It confines a plasma on closed magnetic field lines without
Electric arc (3,485 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
current through a normally nonconductive medium such as air produces a plasma, which may produce visible light. An arc discharge is initiated either by
Fusor (5,391 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gas-like state of matter known as a plasma, consisting of free nuclei known as ions, and their former electrons. As a plasma consists of free-moving charges
Rocket jumping (1,231 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
In shooter games, rocket jumping is the technique of using the knockback of an explosive weapon, most often a rocket launcher, to launch the shooter airborne
Polywell (10,113 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
theorized that a high-beta plasma pressure combined with a cusped magnetic field would improve plasma confinement. A diamagnetic plasma rejects the external
Predhiman Krishan Kaw (333 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1948 – 18 June 2017) was an Indian plasma physicist. He had been the founding director of the Institute for Plasma Research and served the institute as
RECOVERY Trial (2,545 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
adults: eight repurposed drugs, one newly developed drug and convalescent plasma. The RECOVERY Trial is a large-scale, randomized controlled trial. It is
The Plasma Shaft (175 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Plasma Shaft is a compilation box set of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It was released in Australia and Japan as a bonus to Blood Sugar Sex Magik in a
KDE Software Compilation (5,781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
onward until the final release 4.14 in July 2014. It consisted of the KDE Plasma 4 desktop and those KDE applications, whose development teams chose to follow
Comet tail (1,230 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the solar wind as it is strongly affected by the magnetic field of the plasma of the solar wind. The ion tail follows the magnetic field lines rather
Magnetized target fusion (2,256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
confined at lower density by magnetic fields while it is heated into a plasma. As with the inertial approach, fusion is initiated by rapidly squeezing
General Fusion (6,052 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
employees. The technology under development injects the magnetized target, a plasma mass in the form of a compact toroid, into a cylinder of spinning liquid
The Rock (film) (3,606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
An airstrike is initiated to destroy Alcatraz with experimental thermite plasma bombs, which will neutralize the gas but kill everyone on the island. Goodspeed
Plasma cell gingivitis (892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
called plasma cell gingivitis where the gingiva (gums) are involved, plasma cell cheilitis, where the lips are involved, and other terms such as plasma cell
Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (201 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik, IPP) is a physics institute investigating the physical foundations
Calcium metabolism (1,458 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ions excreted in the urine per day is partially under the influence of the plasma parathyroid hormone (PTH) level - high levels of PTH decreasing the rate
Joint European Torus (3,347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Joint European Torus (JET) was a magnetically confined plasma physics experiment, located at Culham Centre for Fusion Energy in Oxfordshire, UK. Based
Stellar magnetic field (2,725 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magnetic field is a magnetic field generated by the motion of conductive plasma inside a star. This motion is created through convection, which is a form
Interstellar cloud (800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
An interstellar cloud is generally an accumulation of gas, plasma, and dust in our and other galaxies. But differently, an interstellar cloud is a denser-than-average
Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (3,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
propellant, forming a plasma, then a magnetic field to confine and accelerate the expanding plasma, generating thrust. It is a plasma propulsion engine,
ATP2B2 (977 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma membrane calcium-transporting ATPase 2 is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ATP2B2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the
Norepinephrine transporter (3,479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
be associated with various diseases that involve abnormally high or low plasma levels of norepinephrine due to altered NET function. NET SNPs and possible
Pioneer Corporation (2,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
recording, the first AV receiver with Dolby Digital, plasma display (with the last 2 years of plasma models being branded as Kuro, lauded for their outstanding
Magnetic sail (21,856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
spacecraft propulsion where an onboard magnetic field source interacts with a plasma wind (e.g., the solar wind) to form an artificial magnetosphere (similar
Eric Lerner (1,780 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
writer and independent plasma researcher. He wrote the 1991 book The Big Bang Never Happened, which advocates Hannes Alfvén's plasma cosmology instead of
Electrical resistivity and conductivity (7,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the plasma potential, or space potential. If an electrode is inserted into a plasma, its potential generally lies considerably below the plasma potential
ATP1B3 (804 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and maintaining the electrochemical gradients of Na and K ions across the plasma membrane. These gradients are essential for osmoregulation, for sodium-coupled
Calcium ATPase (567 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) Plasma membrane Ca2+ ATPase (PMCA) is a transport protein in the plasma
Propellant (3,819 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
molecular weight gases (e.g. hydrogen, helium, ammonia) into a plasma and expel the plasma as propellant. In the case of a resistojet rocket engine, the
Helically Symmetric Experiment (941 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Experiment (HSX, stylized as Helically Symmetric eXperiment), is an experimental plasma confinement device at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with design principles
Volume of distribution (1,132 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
blood plasma. In other words, it is the ratio of amount of drug in a body (dose) to concentration of the drug that is measured in blood, plasma, and un-bound
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (5,041 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
supported by measuring activity of or antibodies against ADAMTS13. With plasma exchange the risk of death has decreased from more than 90% to less than
Ablation (2,946 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
drills a hole through a block of nitrile. The intense burst of infrared radiation ablates the highly absorbing rubber, releasing an eruption of plasma.
Reactionless drive (1,282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
methods have also been proposed, like the Mach effect, the quantum vacuum plasma thruster or various hypotheses associated with resonant cavity thrusters
Blood transfusion (14,272 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
practice commonly uses only components of the blood, such as red blood cells, plasma, platelets, and other clotting factors. White blood cells are transfused
Blood product (172 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prepared from human blood. This includes whole blood; blood components; and plasma derivatives. Blood components include: red blood cell concentrates or suspensions;
Distribution (pharmacology) (1,433 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
drug can be moved from the plasma to the tissue until the equilibrium is established (for unbound drug present in plasma). The concept of compartmentalization
Plasmacytoma (1,939 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasmacytoma is a plasma cell dyscrasia in which a plasma cell tumour grows within soft tissue or within the axial skeleton. The International Myeloma
Lockheed Martin Compact Fusion Reactor (1,687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Skunk Works. Its high-beta configuration, which implies that the ratio of plasma pressure to magnetic pressure is greater than or equal to 1 (compared to
Spheromak (3,357 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A spheromak is an arrangement of plasma formed into a toroidal shape similar to a smoke ring. The spheromak contains large internal electric currents and
Cell signaling (6,781 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
such they are unable to diffuse freely across the bi-lipid layer of the plasma membrane, so their action is mediated by a cell membrane bound receptor
List of fusion experiments (3,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
confinement, the tendency of the hot plasma to expand is counteracted by the Lorentz force between currents in the plasma and magnetic fields produced by external
Voyager 2 (6,852 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
direct measurements of the density and temperature of the interstellar plasma. Voyager 2 remains in contact with Earth through the NASA Deep Space Network
Endocytosis (2,981 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vesicles (CCVs) are found in virtually all cells and form domains of the plasma membrane termed clathrin-coated pits. Coated pits can concentrate large
Pappalysin-1 (562 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Pappalysin-1, also known as pregnancy-associated plasma protein A, and insulin-like growth factor binding protein-4 protease is a protein encoded by the
List of fusion experiments (3,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
confinement, the tendency of the hot plasma to expand is counteracted by the Lorentz force between currents in the plasma and magnetic fields produced by external
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (1,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP), also called plasma lipid transfer protein, is a plasma protein that facilitates the transport of cholesteryl
Force field (technology) (1,794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
gravitational fields, electric fields, quantum fields, telekinetic fields, plasma, particles, radiation, solid light, magic, or pure force. It protects a
Comparison of CRT, LCD, plasma, and OLED displays (1,146 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
following table compares cathode-ray tube (CRT), liquid-crystal display (LCD), plasma and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device technologies. These
Stellar-wind bubble (217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
where its kinetic energy is thermalized, producing 106 K, X-ray-emitting plasma. The hot, high-pressure, shocked wind expands, driving a shock into the
ATP2B3 (770 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma membrane calcium-transporting ATPase 3 (PMCA3) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ATP2B3 gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs
Neon lighting (3,775 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
antiques, the technology of the neon glow lamp developed into contemporary plasma displays and televisions. Neon was discovered in 1898 by the British scientists
Vesicle (biology and chemistry) (3,649 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
(exocytosis), uptake (endocytosis), and the transport of materials within the plasma membrane. Alternatively, they may be prepared artificially, in which case
OpenSUSE (5,625 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
NetworkManager and Kickoff – a new K menu for KDE Plasma Desktop. From openSUSE Leap 42.1 to 15.0, the default Plasma 5 desktop for openSUSE used the traditional
Endosome (2,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from the trans Golgi network. Molecules or ligands internalized from the plasma membrane can follow this pathway all the way to lysosomes for degradation
Convection zone (837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
movement of plasma within the star which usually forms a circular convection current with the heated plasma ascending and the cooled plasma descending
Acid–base homeostasis (2,428 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
three dimensional structures of many extracellular proteins, such as the plasma proteins and membrane proteins of the body's cells, are very sensitive to
Aurora (13,049 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
disturbances alter the trajectories of charged particles in the magnetospheric plasma. These particles, mainly electrons and protons, precipitate into the upper
Wendelstein 7-X (3,018 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
stellarator built in Greifswald, Germany, by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP), and completed in October 2015. Its purpose is to advance
Living Monolith (875 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
before Thor throws him into outer space. Abdol's relative, Leila O'Toole / Plasma, joins the Cult of the Living Pharaoh and tries to capture Havok for the
Hypertriglyceridemia (1,614 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(October 1992). "Comparison of effects of high and low carbohydrate diets on plasma lipoproteins and insulin sensitivity in patients with mild NIDDM". Diabetes
Neurotransmitter transporter (988 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Neurotransmitter transporters are a class of membrane transport proteins that span the cellular membranes of neurons. Their primary function is to carry
Levitated dipole (670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Earth's magnetosphere. It is claimed that such an apparatus could contain plasma more efficiently than other fusion reactor designs. The concept of using
Red blood cell (7,856 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
space for hemoglobin; they can be viewed as sacks of hemoglobin, with a plasma membrane as the sack. Approximately 2.4 million new erythrocytes are produced
Pegasus Toroidal Experiment (193 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Pegasus Toroidal Experiment is a plasma confinement experiment relevant to fusion power production, run by the Department of Engineering Physics of
Spacecraft electric propulsion (2,000 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
acceleration. Types: Electrodeless plasma thruster Magnetoplasmadynamic thruster Pulsed inductive thruster Pulsed plasma thruster Helicon Double Layer Thruster
Tokamak de Fontenay-aux-Roses (2,227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Symmetrical Tokamak, but had a larger internal plasma volume and a much more powerful power supply that drove plasma currents up to 400,000 amps and as long
Space physics (767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Space physics, also known as space plasma physics, is the study of naturally occurring plasmas within Earth's upper atmosphere and the rest of the Solar
Corona discharge (3,073 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fluid, usually air, by ionizing that fluid so as to create a region of plasma around the electrode. The ions generated eventually pass the charge to nearby
National Spherical Torus Experiment (1,047 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
based on the spherical tokamak concept. It was constructed by the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Bremsstrahlung (9,429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
electrons (from whatever source) slowing in matter. Bremsstrahlung emitted from plasma is sometimes referred to as free–free radiation. This refers to the fact
Hereditary spherocytosis (3,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
within the plasma membrane lipid bilayer. This results in the release of band 3-free microvesicles. Both pathways result in compromised plasma membrane
Faraday cup (1,517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Faraday cup is applied for measurements of ion (or electron) flows from plasma boundaries and comprises a metallic cylindrical receiver-cup – 1 (Fig. 1)
Plasma (game engine) (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
CyanWorlds.com Engine (formerly Plasma) is a real-time 3D game engine originally called Headspin and developed by Headspin Technologies in 1997 and later
Kubuntu (2,619 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is an official flavor of the Ubuntu operating system that uses the KDE Plasma Desktop instead of the GNOME desktop environment. As part of the Ubuntu
WHO Model List of Essential Medicines (4,835 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Hydroxycarbamide (hydroxyurea)α Cryoprecipitate, pathogen-reduced Fresh frozen plasma Platelets Red blood cells Whole blood Rho(D) immune globulin (anti-D immunoglobulin)
Endomembrane system (4,771 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
endoplasmic reticulum, the Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, vesicles, endosomes, and plasma (cell) membrane among others. The system is defined more accurately as the
Plasma cell dyscrasias (10,828 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In hematology, plasma cell dyscrasias (also termed plasma cell disorders and plasma cell proliferative diseases) are a spectrum of progressively more severe
KWin (301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Window System and a Wayland compositor. It is released as a part of KDE Plasma, for which it is the default window manager. KWin can also be used on its
Hemolysis (2,689 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
release of their contents (cytoplasm) into surrounding fluid (e.g. blood plasma). Hemolysis may occur in vivo or in vitro. One cause of hemolysis is the
Seismic source (2,268 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and the small chambers (less than 1 L) give higher frequency signals. A plasma sound source (PSS), otherwise called a spark gap sound source, or simply
Plasma arc welding (2,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma arc welding (PAW) is an arc welding process similar to gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). The electric arc is formed between an electrode (which is
Sustained Spheromak Physics Experiment (209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
investigate spheromak plasma. A spheromak device produces a plasma in magnetohydrodynamic equilibrium mainly through self-induced plasma currents, as opposed
Hemodynamics (6,468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
hemorheology. Blood is a complex liquid. Blood is composed of plasma and formed elements. The plasma contains 91.5% water, 7% proteins and 1.5% other solutes
List of Star Wars weapons (2,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is that a high-energy gas is charged by a power cell and converted into plasma, which is fired as a coherent energy bolt at the enemy via magnetic bottle
Young blood transfusion (1,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Administration, in 2019, cautioned "consumers against receiving young donor plasma infusions" stating that they are an "unproven treatment". Experiments beginning
Blood bank (4,965 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
than regular. Plasma transfusion is indicated to patients with liver failure, severe infections or serious burns. Fresh frozen plasma can be stored at
DIII-D (tokamak) (837 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
are characterized by operation at high plasma β through strong plasma shaping, active control of various plasma instabilities, and achievement of steady-state
Nitriding (1,733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The three main methods used are: gas nitriding, salt bath nitriding, and plasma nitriding. In gas nitriding the donor is a nitrogen-rich gas, usually ammonia
Sulfur lamp (2,572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
light is generated by sulfur plasma that has been excited by microwave radiation. They are a particular type of plasma lamp, and one of the most modern
Inertial electrostatic confinement (6,741 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a class of fusion power devices that use electric fields to confine the plasma rather than the more common approach using magnetic fields found in magnetic
List of Pokémon characters (6,870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Seven Sages devoted to Team Plasma's cause. During the climax of the first games, it is revealed he manipulated N and Team Plasma as part of his plan to rule
Electric arc furnace (4,863 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of molten metal or in the worst case a steam explosion. A plasma arc furnace (PAF) uses plasma torches instead of graphite electrodes. Each of these torches
Metanephrine (116 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the American Medical Association, 2002, indicated that the measurement of plasma free levels of the metanephrines group of molecules (including metanephrine
Young blood transfusion (1,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Administration, in 2019, cautioned "consumers against receiving young donor plasma infusions" stating that they are an "unproven treatment". Experiments beginning
Metanephrine (116 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the American Medical Association, 2002, indicated that the measurement of plasma free levels of the metanephrines group of molecules (including metanephrine
LCD television (1,530 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
dropped rapidly after that, as did sales of competing technologies such as plasma display panels and rear-projection television. Passive matrix LCDs first
MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center (279 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a university research center for the study of plasmas,
Neon (3,847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
red light of helium–neon lasers. Although neon has some applications in plasma tubes and as a refrigerant, its commercial uses are relatively limited.
HL-2M (98 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
nuclear fusion research, in particular to study heat extraction from the plasma. With a major radius of 1.78 m, the tokamak is a medium-scale device. The
Plasma propulsion engine (1,462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A plasma propulsion engine is a type of electric propulsion that generates thrust from a quasi-neutral plasma. This is in contrast with ion thruster engines
Garuda Linux (600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Arch Linux. It is available in multiple desktop environments, but the KDE Plasma version is the main one. The term Garuda, originating from Hinduism and
Tokamak à configuration variable (991 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
de Lausanne (EPFL) Swiss Plasma Center (SPC) in Lausanne, Switzerland. As the largest experimental facility of the Swiss Plasma Center, the TCV tokamak
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (2,814 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
performed. The ESR is influenced by the aggregation of red blood cells: blood plasma proteins, mainly fibrinogen, promote the formation of red cell clusters
XBP1 (1,418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
IL-6 which promotes plasma cell growth and of immunoglobulins in B lymphocytes. XBP1 is also essential for differentiation of plasma cells (a type of antibody
Magnetosphere of Saturn (5,818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
hundreds of Saturn radii behind it. Saturn's magnetosphere is filled with plasmas originating from both the planet and its moons. The main source is the
Voyager 1 (8,788 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Voyager 1's plasma spectrometer had stopped working in 1980. In September 2013, NASA released recordings of audio transductions of these plasma waves, the
Plasma oscillation (1,803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma oscillations, also known as Langmuir waves (after Irving Langmuir), are rapid oscillations of the electron density in conducting media such as plasmas
Instability (938 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
instability) Plasma instabilities can be divided into two general groups (1) hydrodynamic instabilities (2) kinetic instabilities. Plasma instabilities
Galileo (spacecraft) (5,008 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
minimize interference from the spacecraft; a plasma instrument for detecting low-energy charged particles and a plasma-wave detector to study waves generated
Platelet-rich plasma (5,437 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP), also known as autologous conditioned plasma, is a concentrate of plasma protein derived from whole blood, centrifuged to remove
Nuclear pulse propulsion (2,924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Nuclear pulse propulsion or external pulsed plasma propulsion is a hypothetical method of spacecraft propulsion that uses nuclear explosions for thrust
EndeavourOS (766 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
installing the Xfce, KDE Plasma, GNOME, MATE, Cinnamon, Budgie, LXQt, LXDE desktop environments and the i3 window manager. KDE Plasma can be installed without
Electric current (4,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
electrons or holes. In an electrolyte the charge carriers are ions, while in plasma, an ionized gas, they are ions and electrons. In the International System
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (2,440 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
source. The laser is focused to form a plasma, which atomizes and excites samples. The formation of the plasma only begins when the focused laser achieves
Railgun (12,299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
often the preferred form of railgun armature but plasma or 'hybrid' armatures can also be used. A plasma armature is formed by an arc of ionised gas that
Cloaking device (1,771 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma at certain density ranges absorbs certain bandwidths of broadband waves, potentially rendering an object invisible. However, generating plasma
ADITYA (tokamak) (237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
ADITYA is a medium size tokamak installed at the Institute for Plasma Research in India. Its construction began in 1982, and it was commissioned in 1989
Mer (software distribution) (1,640 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
architecture: Mer was used as a reference platform for KDE's Plasma Active. In January 2012 a Plasma Active-tablet device, initially known as 'Spark tablet'
Surface chemistry of paper (1,403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
papers printability. Three different plasma-solid interactions are used: etching/ablation, plasma activation, and plasma coating. Etching or ablation is when
Induction lamp (2,608 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
conventional fluorescent lamps[citation needed] Two systems are common: plasma lamps, in which microwaves or radio waves, energizes a bulb filled with
Calcium in biology (4,219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
difference across excitable cell membranes, as well as proper bone formation. Plasma calcium levels in mammals are tightly regulated, with bone acting as the
Thermal spraying (3,824 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a surface. The "feedstock" (coating precursor) is heated by electrical (plasma or arc) or chemical means (combustion flame). Thermal spraying can provide
Technology in Star Trek (2,677 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
warp core or sometimes intermix chamber, generates a high-energy plasma. This plasma is transported to warp field generators via lines that are reminiscent
Glow discharge (2,855 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A glow discharge is a plasma formed by the passage of electric current through a gas. It is often created by applying a voltage between two electrodes
ATP1B1 (1,011 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and maintaining the electrochemical gradients of Na and K ions across the plasma membrane. These gradients are essential for osmoregulation, for sodium-coupled
Timeline of nuclear fusion (7,572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
built a toroidal magnetic bottle and heat the plasma with a 150 W radio source. Hoping to heat the plasma to millions of degrees, the system fails and
Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (1,076 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
achieve plasma pulses of up to 1,000 seconds. EAST followed China's first superconducting tokamak device, dubbed HT-7, built by the Institute of Plasma Physics
Cholinesterase (1,803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
butyrylcholinesterase (also called choline esterase II or plasma cholinesterase); it is found mainly in the blood plasma. The two types of cholinesterase are acetylcholinesterase
HT-7 (165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tokamak reactor. The reactor was built by the Hefei-based Institute of Plasma Physics under the direction of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The HT-7
Albumin (1,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and experience heat denaturation. Albumins are commonly found in blood plasma and differ from other blood proteins in that they are not glycosylated.
Mikhail Leontovich (110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
physicist, member of Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, specializing in plasma and radiophysics. He was awarded: Three Orders of Lenin Five Orders of the
Thermonuclear weapon (11,605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"foam plasma pressure" focus on unclassified analysis from similar high energy physics fields that indicate that the pressure produced by such a plasma would
Hybrid Illinois Device for Research and Applications (3,512 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Laboratory and operated by the Center for Plasma-Material Interactions (CPMI) within the Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering at the University
IRF4 (2,598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
when B cells prepare to leave the germinal center to form plasma cells. Long-lived plasma cells are memory B cells that secrete high-affinity antibodies
KSTAR (1,147 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
project's construction phase was completed on September 14, 2007. The first plasma was achieved in June 2008. KSTAR is one of the first research tokamaks in
SST-1 (tokamak) (1,097 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Steady State Superconducting Tokamak) is a plasma confinement experimental device in the Institute for Plasma Research (IPR), an autonomous research institute
Vlasov equation (2,489 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In plasma physics, the Vlasov equation is a differential equation describing time evolution of the distribution function of collisionless plasma consisting
Plasma gasification (1,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma gasification is an extreme thermal process using plasma which converts organic matter into a syngas (synthesis gas) which is primarily made up of
Electron transport chain (4,063 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
An electron transport chain (ETC) is a series of protein complexes and other molecules which transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors
Irving Langmuir (2,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
scientists to work with plasmas, and he was the first to call these ionized gases by that name because they reminded him of blood plasma. Langmuir and Tonks
QCD matter (3,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
include quarks and gluons, of which the prominent example is quark-gluon plasma. Several series of conferences in 2019, 2020, and 2021 were devoted to this
Levitated Dipole Experiment (1,572 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plasma on Friday, August 13, 2004, at 12:53 PM. First plasma was done by (1) successfully levitating the dipole magnet and (2) RF heating the plasma.
KDesktop (102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
KDesktop, and SuperKaramba were replaced by KDE Plasma 4. The graphical shells KDE Plasma 4 and KDE Plasma 5 being widget engines of their own, SuperKaramba
Plasma gasification (1,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma gasification is an extreme thermal process using plasma which converts organic matter into a syngas (synthesis gas) which is primarily made up of
Vlasov equation (2,489 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In plasma physics, the Vlasov equation is a differential equation describing time evolution of the distribution function of collisionless plasma consisting
Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (2,115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
acceleration, and turbulence⁠ — processes that occur in many astrophysical plasmas. As of March 2020, the MMS spacecraft has enough fuel to remain operational
ISEE-2 (2,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magnetosphere, (3) to investigate motions of and mechanisms operating in the plasma sheets, and (4) to continue the investigation of cosmic rays and solar flare
Potassium (10,936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the body with more potassium than is present in all plasma (20–25 mmol). This surge causes the plasma potassium to rise up to 10% before clearance by renal
ROSA Linux (1,125 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
March 2023, is available with four different desktop environments: KDE Plasma 5, GNOME, LXQt and Xfce. It also contains open source software developed
KDE Frameworks (1,603 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
checking, the collection serves as the technological foundation for KDE Plasma and KDE Gear. It is distributed under the GNU Lesser General Public License
National Compact Stellarator Experiment (1,580 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
motion of plasmas in the stars, realized that any simple arrangements of magnets would not confine a plasma inside a machine - the plasma would drift
Explorer 10 (1,005 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was a NASA satellite that investigated Earth's magnetic field and nearby plasma. Launched on 25 March 1961, it was an early mission in the Explorer program
Large Helical Device (606 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fusion plasma confinement research in a steady state in order to elucidate possible solutions to physics and engineering problems in helical plasma reactors
Astrophysical plasma (735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Astrophysical plasma is plasma outside of the Solar System. It is studied as part of astrophysics and is commonly observed in space. The accepted view
ZETA (fusion reactor) (10,154 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
experiment in the early history of fusion power research. Based on the pinch plasma confinement technique, and built at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment
Adrenaline (6,586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
circulating catecholamines (L-DOPA is at a higher concentration in the plasma), though it contributes over 90% of circulating adrenaline. Little adrenaline
Cosmic microwave background (13,171 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
filled with an opaque fog of dense, hot plasma of sub-atomic particles. As the universe expanded, this plasma cooled to the point where protons and electrons
T-15 (reactor) (870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
use superconducting magnets to control the plasma. These enormous superconducting magnets confined the plasma the reactor produced, but failed to sustain
Hall-effect thruster (4,417 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(Russian: СПД, стационарный плазменный двигатель; English: SPT, Stationary Plasma Thruster) at Design Bureau Fakel thrusters with narrow acceleration zone
Princeton Large Torus (4,425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Princeton Large Torus (or PLT), was an early tokamak built at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). It was one of the first large scale tokamak machines
Blood (video game) (3,831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Blood franchise was continued with two official expansion packs titled Plasma Pak (developed by Monolith) and Cryptic Passage (developed by Sunstorm Interactive)
Bow shock (2,052 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magnetosphere of an astrophysical object interacts with the nearby flowing ambient plasma such as the solar wind. For Earth and other magnetized planets, it is the
Solar granule (270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
convection cells in the Sun's photosphere. They are caused by currents of plasma in the Sun's convective zone, directly below the photosphere. The grainy
Hormone (4,214 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Lipid soluble hormones, (such as steroids) generally pass through the plasma membranes of target cells (both cytoplasmic and nuclear) to act within their
Uragan-2M (185 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a stellarator (magnetic plasma confinement, controlled thermonuclear fusion experiment) installed at the Institute of Plasma Physics National Science
Large Plasma Device (1,665 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Large Plasma Device (often stylized as LArge Plasma Device or LAPD) is an experimental physics device located at UCLA. It is designed as a general
Noora (vaccine) (1,679 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
University of Medical Sciences in collaboration with Plasma Darman Sarv Sepid Co. (lit. White Cypress Plasma Treatment) in Iran. Introduced in June 2021, it
Orosomucoid (582 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (α1AGp, AGP or AAG) is an acute phase protein found in plasma. It is an alpha-globulin glycoprotein and is modulated by two polymorphic
Cluster II (spacecraft) (12,938 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
11 instruments designed to study the small-scale plasma structures in space and time in the key plasma regions: solar wind, bow shock, magnetopause, polar
Fibrinogen (3,908 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
molecule is 475 ± 25 Å. The fibrinogen molecule circulates as a soluble plasma glycoprotein with a typical molecular weight of ~340 – ~420 kDa (kilodaltons)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (12,340 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
electrons, and energetic atoms generated in plasmas and the surfaces of materials. CPMI encompasses fusion plasmas in its research. In Bill Gates' February
Spectrin (1,110 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Spectrin is a cytoskeletal protein that lines the intracellular side of the plasma membrane in eukaryotic cells. Spectrin forms pentagonal or hexagonal arrangements
Clinical chemistry (1,353 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
scientists collect for clinical routine tests, with a main focus on serum and plasma in blood. There are now many blood tests and clinical urine tests with extensive
Plasma osmolality (1,269 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma osmolality measures the body's electrolyte–water balance. There are several methods for arriving at this quantity through measurement or calculation
Avantgarde Music (229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Avantgarde Music is an Italian record label, formed as a continuation of Obscure Plasma Records, focusing on black and doom metal artists. The label had a sub-label
ETE (tokamak) (270 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
machine dedicated to plasma studies in low aspect ratio tokamaks. The ETE was entirely designed and assembled at the Associated Plasma Laboratory (Laboratório
Cryosupernatant (231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cryosupernatant (also called cryo-poor plasma, cryoprecipitate depleted, cryoprecipitate reduced plasma) refers to plasma from which the cryoprecipitate has
Viral load (1,138 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
viral particles. Viral load is measured using body fluids sputum and blood plasma. As an example of environmental specimens, the viral load of norovirus can
Fibronectin (3,686 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
vertebrates: soluble plasma fibronectin (formerly called "cold-insoluble globulin", or CIg) is a major protein component of blood plasma (300 μg/ml) and is
Donald William Kerst (1,731 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts (accelerator physics) and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel
Sputtering (3,314 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
surface, after the material is itself bombarded by energetic particles of a plasma or gas. It occurs naturally in outer space, and can be an unwelcome source
WEST (formerly Tore Supra) (693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
plasmas. The upgrade to WEST took place between 2013 and 2016. WEST has been operating since 2016. Tore Supra holds the record of the longest plasma duration
Satya Prakash (2,289 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Satya Prakash (born 1 July 1929) is an Indian plasma physicist and a former senior professor at the Physical Research Laboratory. He is known for his studies
James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics (1,094 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics is an annual American Physical Society (APS) award that is given in recognition of outstanding contributions
Magnetic mirror (4,237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
confinement fusion device used in fusion power to trap high temperature plasma using magnetic fields. The mirror was one of the earliest major approaches
Plasma recombination (327 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma recombination is a process by which positive ions of a plasma capture a free (energetic) electron and combine with electrons or negative ions to
Kallikrein (1,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
proteases, enzymes capable of cleaving peptide bonds in proteins. In humans, plasma kallikrein (encoded by KLKB1 gene) has no known paralogue, while tissue
SuperKaramba (515 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
KDesktop, and SuperKaramba were replaced by KDE Plasma 4. The graphical shells KDE Plasma 4 and KDE Plasma 5 being widget engines of their own, SuperKaramba
Lithium Tokamak Experiment (634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
devices dedicated to the study of liquid lithium as a plasma-facing component (PFC) at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory. One of the ongoing research issues
Blood donation (10,059 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
frequently used to collect source plasma that is used for manufacturing into medications much like the plasma from whole blood. Plasma collected at the same time
Spherical tokamak (6,405 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tokamak reduces the size of the hole as much as possible, resulting in a plasma shape that is almost spherical, often compared to a cored apple. The spherical
HL-2A (145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from early 1999 to 2002, based on the main components (magnet coils and plasma vessel) of the former German ASDEX device. HL-2A was the first tokamak with
Pulsed plasma thruster (1,257 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A pulsed plasma thruster (PPT), also known as a Pulsed Plasma Rocket (PPR), or as a plasma jet engine (PJE), is a form of electric spacecraft propulsion
Kallikrein (1,173 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
proteases, enzymes capable of cleaving peptide bonds in proteins. In humans, plasma kallikrein (encoded by KLKB1 gene) has no known paralogue, while tissue
Plasma antenna (729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A plasma antenna is a type of radio antenna currently in development in which plasma is used instead of the metal elements of a traditional antenna. A
Electric discharge (324 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
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Magnetic mirror (4,237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
confinement fusion device used in fusion power to trap high temperature plasma using magnetic fields. The mirror was one of the earliest major approaches
Alcator C-Mod (1,979 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
between 1991 and 2016 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC). Notable for its high toroidal magnetic
Stomatitis (2,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ulceration. Chronic exposure to the allergen may result in a lichenoid lesion. Plasma cell gingivitis may also occur, which may be accompanied by glossitis and
Biological membrane (2,215 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
rest only on one surface of the membrane and not the other. • Both the plasma membrane and internal membranes have cytosolic and exoplasmic faces • This
List of IEEE awards (991 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Instrumentation (RITC)". Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society. 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-08-14. "Nuclear & Plasma Sciences Society | Plasma Science and Applications
Laser ablation (3,200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sublimates. At high laser flux, the material is typically converted to a plasma. Usually, laser ablation refers to removing material with a pulsed laser
Platelet (8,534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plasma. The platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is removed from the red cells, then centrifuged at a faster setting to harvest the platelets from the plasma.
Renal physiology (1,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ultrafiltration, leaving an ultrafiltrate that resembles plasma (except that the ultrafiltrate has negligible plasma proteins) to enter Bowman's space. Filtration
Alternate lighting of surfaces (145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Alternate lighting of surfaces (ALiS) is type of plasma display technology jointly developed by Fujitsu and Hitachi in 1999. Alternate lighting of surfaces
Blood test (1,336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
it is a minimally invasive way to obtain cells and extracellular fluid (plasma) from the body for analysis. Blood flows throughout the body, acting as
Sphingomyelin (1,972 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
represents ~85% of all sphingolipids, and typically makes up 10–20 mol % of plasma membrane lipids. Sphingomyelin was first isolated by German chemist Johann
Hemolymph (1,363 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
It is composed of a fluid plasma in which hemolymph cells called hemocytes are suspended. In addition to hemocytes, the plasma also contains many chemicals
ISEE-1 (3,936 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magnetosphere, (3) to investigate motions of and mechanisms operating in the plasma sheets, and (4) to continue the investigation of cosmic rays and solar flare
Sintering (7,041 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
hot pressing) and spark plasma sintering, while electro sinter forging is the latest advancement in this field. In spark plasma sintering (SPS), external
Compact Toroidal Hybrid (2,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Auburn University that uses magnetic fields to confine high-temperature plasmas. CTH is a torsatron type of stellarator with an external, continuously
Mega Ampere Spherical Tokamak (794 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
increase the plasma current and/or maintain the required current flat-top. MAST's plasma volume was about 8 cubic meters. It confined plasmas with densities
Band 3 anion transport protein (1,244 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mediating the exchange of chloride (Cl−) with bicarbonate (HCO3−) across plasma membranes. Functionally similar members of the AE clade are AE2 and AE3
Kicker (KDE) (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
KDesktop, and SuperKaramba were replaced by KDE Plasma 4. The graphical shells KDE Plasma 4 and KDE Plasma 5 being widget engines of their own, SuperKaramba
Rapid plasma reagin (532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The rapid plasma reagin test (RPR test or RPR titer) is a type of rapid diagnostic test that looks for non-specific antibodies in the blood of the patient
Plasmasphere (831 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is a region of the Earth's magnetosphere consisting of low-energy (cool) plasma. It is located above the ionosphere. The outer boundary of the plasmasphere
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 (3,089 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
events of its predecessors, the criminal organization Team Plasma have come back as Neo Team Plasma, and the player must thwart their plans throughout the
ISTTOK (212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1s. Minor radius: 0.085 metre Major radius: 0.46 metre Plasma current: ~7kA kiloAmperes Plasma life span: 30/1000 milliseconds (DC/AC) Maximum toroidal
Lam Research (2,012 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
It was while he was at Hewlett Packard that he saw the need for better plasma etching equipment, to keep up with the rapid miniaturization of semiconductor
Cerebrospinal fluid (4,954 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
CSF is derived from blood plasma and is largely similar to it, except that CSF is nearly protein-free compared with plasma and has some different electrolyte
Antihypotensive (220 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to blood loss, then preparations increasing volume of blood circulation—plasma-substituting solutions such as colloid and crystalloid solutions (salt solutions)—will
Proteomics (9,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
thought that characterizing the proteome of blood plasma is a daunting challenge. The depth of the plasma proteome encompasses a dynamic range of more than
CD20 (2,953 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
from the pre-B phase, the expression is lost in terminally differentiated plasma cells. CD20 is used as a therapeutical target of B-cell malignancies and
5-HT receptor (5,263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Excitatory 5-HT3 Ligand-gated Na+ and K+ cation channel. Depolarizing plasma membrane. Excitatory 5-HT4 Gs-protein coupled. Increasing cellular levels
Oxygen Project (419 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma Workspaces. It consists of a set of computer icons, a window decoration for KWin, widget toolkit themes for GTK and Qt, two themes for Plasma Workspaces
PureOS (382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Linux distribution focusing on privacy and security, using the GNOME or KDE Plasma desktop environment. It is maintained by Purism for use in the company's
Explorer 35 (1,967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the Explorer program. It was designed for the study of the interplanetary plasma, magnetic field, energetic particles, and solar X-rays, from lunar orbit
Particle-in-cell (3,407 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In plasma physics, the particle-in-cell (PIC) method refers to a technique used to solve a certain class of partial differential equations. In this method
Hyperion Cantos (2,138 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Hyperion Cantos is a series of science fiction novels by Dan Simmons. The title was originally used for the collection of the first pair of books in
ASDEX Upgrade (568 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
experiments under reactor-like conditions possible, essential plasma properties, particularly the plasma density and pressure and the wall load, have been adapted
Thomson scattering (1,584 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the wave is scattered. Thomson scattering is an important phenomenon in plasma physics and was first explained by the physicist J. J. Thomson. As long
Princeton field-reversed configuration (1,381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
experiments in plasma physics, an experimental program to evaluate a configuration for a fusion power reactor, at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Janus laser (208 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
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Columbia Non-neutral Torus (847 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
University Plasma Physics Laboratory designed by Thomas Sunn Pedersen with the aid of Wayne Reiersen and Fred Dahlgren of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Wind (spacecraft) (5,637 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
satellite is a NASA science spacecraft designed to study radio waves and plasma that occur in the solar wind and in the Earth's magnetosphere. It was launched
Phagocytosis (2,468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
eat' and κύτος (kytos) 'cell') is the process by which a cell uses its plasma membrane to engulf a large particle (≥ 0.5 μm), giving rise to an internal
H-1NF (362 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The H-1NF (or H-1 Australian Plasma Fusion Research Facility) was a research institute of the H-1 heliac, a large stellarator device located in the ANU
Plasma Wave Subsystem (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma Wave Subsystem (sometimes called Plasma Wave System), abbreviated PWS, is an instrument that is on board the Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 unmanned probes
Birkeland current (2,554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) and by bulk motions of plasma through the magnetosphere (convection indirectly driven by the interplanetary
Edema (3,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a parvovirus B19 infection may cause generalized edemas. Although a low plasma oncotic pressure is widely cited for the edema of nephrotic syndrome, most
Jet propulsion (1,509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
propulsion, the pump-jet used for marine propulsion, and the rocket engine and plasma thruster used for spacecraft propulsion. Underwater jet propulsion is also
Gas (6,617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the four fundamental states of matter. The others are solid, liquid, and plasma. A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon)
ARF6 (1,429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
specifically been implicated in endocytosis of plasma membrane proteins and also, to a lesser extent, plasma membrane protein recycling. This gene encodes
ARF6 (1,429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
specifically been implicated in endocytosis of plasma membrane proteins and also, to a lesser extent, plasma membrane protein recycling. This gene encodes
Gas (6,617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the four fundamental states of matter. The others are solid, liquid, and plasma. A pure gas may be made up of individual atoms (e.g. a noble gas like neon)
Wendelstein 7-AS (1,024 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which was in operation from 1988 to 2002 by the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching. It was the first of a new class of advanced stellarators
Serum albumin (793 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
similar. Serum albumin is produced by the liver, occurs dissolved in blood plasma and is the most abundant blood protein in mammals. Albumin is essential
Glucose test (721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
diagnose illnesses and such methods include fasting blood sugar (FBS), fasting plasma glucose (FPG): 10–16 hours after eating glucose tolerance test: continuous
Mariner 5 (1,228 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
measure interplanetary and Venusian magnetic fields, charged particles, plasma, radio refractivity and UV emissions of the Venusian atmosphere. Mariner
AMPTE-CCE (1,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and energization of magnetospheric particles, and the interactions of plasmas in space. The AMPTE-CCE is one of the three components of the international
Bioavailability (2,749 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
mathematically, bioavailability equals the ratio of comparing the area under the plasma drug concentration curve versus time (AUC) for the extravascular formulation
Royal Rife (1,814 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Royal Raymond Rife (May 16, 1888 – August 5, 1971) was an American inventor and early exponent of high-magnification time-lapse cine-micrography. Rife
Osmotic concentration (1,360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
no net change in solution volume. Plasma osmolarity, the osmolarity of blood plasma, can be calculated from plasma osmolality by the following equation:
Flat-panel display (2,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
commercial failure. The plasma display panel was invented in 1964 at the University of Illinois, according to The History of Plasma Display Panels. The MOSFET
Lawson criterion (3,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Lawson criterion gives a minimum required value for the product of the plasma (electron) density ne and the "energy confinement time" τ E {\displaystyle
MYO1G (464 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the plasma membrane and is dependent on both the motor domain and the tail domain. MYO1G regulates cell elasticity possibly by interaction plasma membrane
Germinal center (2,792 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fates for GC B cells that have been positively selected in the light zone: plasma cell, memory B cell or B cell licensed to return to the dark zone for proliferation
Helios (spacecraft) (3,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
spacecraft orbit. Measures the velocity and distribution of solar wind plasma. Developed by the Max Planck Institute for Aeronomy for the study of low-energy
SCR-1 (371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the magnetic confinement of plasma located at Cartago, Costa Rica. It is developed by the plasmaTEC group of the Plasma Laboratory for Fusion Energy
Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (1,595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectroscopy (ICP-AES), also referred to as inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES)
Small Tight Aspect Ratio Tokamak (901 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was a nuclear fusion experiment that used magnetic confinement to hold plasma. START was the first full-sized machine to use the spherical tokamak design
Raygun (1,371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
weapons which send current along an electrically conductive laser-induced plasma channel.[citation needed] A very early example of a raygun is the Heat-Ray
Lymph (1,254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
undergoes continual change in composition. It is generally similar to blood plasma, which is the fluid component of blood. Lymph returns proteins and excess
Z Pulsed Power Facility (2,032 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
uses the well known principle of Z-pinch to produce hot short-lived plasmas. The plasma can be used as a source of x-rays, as a surrogate for the inside
Ankyrin (970 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
maintain the integrity of the plasma membranes and to anchor specific ion channels, ion exchangers and ion transporters in the plasma membrane. The name is derived
2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi (8,623 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plasma for the treatment of others. Hundreds of recovered Tablighi Jamaat members came forward or expressed willingness to donate their blood plasma in
Atomic emission spectroscopy (1,383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
chemical analysis that uses the intensity of light emitted from a flame, plasma, arc, or spark at a particular wavelength to determine the quantity of an
Inertial confinement fusion (8,070 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in order to understand the interaction of high-intensity laser light and plasma. These led to the design of much larger machines that achieved ignition-generating
Mars 96 (3,425 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
activity. Plasma studies were to study the strength and orientation of the magnetic field, study of ions and energy composition of plasma during interplanetary
Magnetic field of the Moon (1,092 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2013. The plasma sheet is a very dynamic structure, in a constant state of motion, so as the Moon orbits through the magnetotail the plasma sheet can
Hydroxybupropion (1,880 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
metabolism. With oral bupropion treatment, hydroxybupropion is present in plasma at area under the curve concentrations that are as many as 16 to 20 times
Poliovirus receptor-related 2 (1,179 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
nectin-2 and CD112 (formerly herpesvirus entry mediator B, HVEB), is a human plasma membrane glycoprotein. This gene encodes a single-pass type I membrane glycoprotein
Blood volume (1,117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Blood volume (volemia) is the volume of blood (blood cells and plasma) in the circulatory system of any individual. A typical adult has a blood volume
Tokamak Chauffage Alfvén Brésilien (1,322 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
1999. The TCABR plasma is made of hydrogen and has a circular format. In general, its discharges are ohmically heated and the plasma current in TCABR
Electrostatic discharge (2,002 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Garrett and Albert C. Whittlesey: Spacecraft charging, an update; IEEE Trans. Plasma Science, 28(6), 2000. CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (PDF) "Fundamentals
Trisops (647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Trisops was an experimental machine for the study of magnetic confinement of plasmas with the ultimate goal of producing fusion power. The configuration was
Solar prominence (1,885 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
physics, a prominence, sometimes referred to as a filament, is a large plasma and magnetic field structure extending outward from the Sun's surface, often
Etching (microfabrication) (1,558 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
etching, and use plasma etching instead. Plasma etchers can operate in several modes by adjusting the parameters of the plasma. Ordinary plasma etching operates
Magnetosheath (420 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
particles across those boundaries. Kinetic plasma instabilities may cause further complexity by generating plasma waves and energetic particle beams in the
Apheresis (2,658 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
component collections: Plasmapheresis – blood plasma. Plasmapheresis is useful in collecting FFP (fresh frozen plasma) of a particular ABO group. Commercial
CSL Limited (2,916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prevent serious human medical conditions. CSL's product areas include blood plasma derivatives, vaccines, antivenom, and cell culture reagents used in various
Io (moon) (12,533 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
extensive magnetosphere. Io's volcanic ejecta also produce a large, intense plasma torus around Jupiter, creating a hostile radiation environment on and around
Angioedema (2,990 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
esterase inhibitor, ecallantide, or icatibant may be used. Fresh frozen plasma may be used instead. In the United States the disease affects about 100
KDE System Guard (204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
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COMPASS tokamak (774 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
flexible research facility dedicated mostly to plasma physics studies in circular and D-shaped plasmas. When it was decommissioned at Culham, it was offered
Whole blood (1,422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is made up of red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets, and blood plasma. It is best within a day of collection; however, can be used for up to three
Plasmoid (792 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A plasmoid is a coherent structure of plasma and magnetic fields. Plasmoids have been proposed to explain natural phenomena such as ball lightning, magnetic
Eugene Levich (1,206 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
chapters in the fields of plasma physics, astrophysics, phase transitions, nonlinear phenomena and chaos, turbulence in fluids and plasma and geophysics. He
Long path laser (145 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
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X-ray laser (1,076 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in hot, dense plasmas or as a free-electron laser in an accelerator. This article describes the x-ray lasers in plasmas, only. The plasma x-ray lasers
Fusion energy gain factor (4,438 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
produced in a nuclear fusion reactor to the power required to maintain the plasma in steady state. The condition of Q = 1, when the power being released by
Alfvén wave (4,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In plasma physics, an Alfvén wave, named after Hannes Alfvén, is a type of plasma wave in which ions oscillate in response to a restoring force provided
Nephron (2,842 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
first with the interstitial fluid outside the tubules, and then into the plasma in the adjacent peritubular capillaries through the endothelial cells lining
CSL Limited (2,916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
prevent serious human medical conditions. CSL's product areas include blood plasma derivatives, vaccines, antivenom, and cell culture reagents used in various
Integrin beta 2 (1,299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
meaning they are not anchored into the plasma membrane of the cell, but rather exist outside of the cell in the plasma, and are capable of ligand binding
X-ray laser (1,076 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in hot, dense plasmas or as a free-electron laser in an accelerator. This article describes the x-ray lasers in plasmas, only. The plasma x-ray lasers
Pinch (plasma physics) (4,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Harrison Bennett), electromagnetic pinch, magnetic pinch, pinch effect, or plasma pinch.) is the compression of an electrically conducting filament by magnetic
Carburizing (1,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
as case hardening), but modern techniques use carbon-bearing gases or plasmas (such as carbon dioxide or methane). The process depends primarily upon
Vaginal lubrication (1,347 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
glands, and therefore the vagina must rely on other methods of lubrication. Plasma from the vaginal walls due to vascular engorgement is considered to be the
Plasmoid (792 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A plasmoid is a coherent structure of plasma and magnetic fields. Plasmoids have been proposed to explain natural phenomena such as ball lightning, magnetic
Alfvén wave (4,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In plasma physics, an Alfvén wave, named after Hannes Alfvén, is a type of plasma wave in which ions oscillate in response to a restoring force provided
History of display technology (745 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and video display technology for several decades until being displaced by plasma, liquid crystal (LCD), and solid-state devices such as thin-film transistors
Model C stellarator (384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Planned since 1952, construction began in 1961 at what is today the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL). The Model C followed the table-top sized Model
Belgian Institute for Space Aeronomy (807 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plasma, a gas of charged particles, in the form of a constant solar wind. Also the Earth's outer atmosphere, the magnetosphere, is filled with plasma
Tweeter (3,260 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sphere of plasma as a tweeter. Such tweeters are called a plasma tweeter or ion tweeter. They can be more complex than other tweeters (plasma generation
Gelsolin (1,645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
has a closely related secreted form, Plasma gelsolin, that contains an additional 24 AA N-terminal extension. Plasma gelsolin's ability to sever actin filaments
Magnetopause (1,653 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magnetopause is the abrupt boundary between a magnetosphere and the surrounding plasma. For planetary science, the magnetopause is the boundary between the planet's
Mahendra Singh Sodha (1,117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
popularly known as M. S. Sodha, was an Indian physicist specialising in Plasma, Optics and Energy and a vice chancellor of Lucknow University, Devi Ahilya
Receptor-mediated endocytosis (1,096 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
hormones, proteins – and in some cases viruses – by the inward budding of the plasma membrane (invagination). This process forms vesicles containing the absorbed
Theta pinch (5,471 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
design. The name refers to the configuration of currents used to confine the plasma fuel in the reactor, arranged to run around a cylinder in the direction
Perhapsatron (1,191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
industrial scale would not be easy, since plasma at that temperature would melt any physical container. As plasma is electrically conductive it was obvious
Plasma etching (1,840 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma etching is a form of plasma processing used to fabricate integrated circuits. It involves a high-speed stream of glow discharge (plasma) of an appropriate
Human fertilization (2,753 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
shell called the zona pellucida of the egg. The sperm plasma then fuses with the egg's plasma membrane and their nuclei fuse, triggering the sperm head
Mesuximide (152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
N-desmethylmethosuximide, which has a longer half-life and attains much higher plasma levels than its parent. is indicated for the control of absence seizures
Magnetic reconnection (5,475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reconnection is a physical process occurring in electrically conducting plasmas, in which the magnetic topology is rearranged and magnetic energy is converted
Large-screen television technology (4,114 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
technologies are being developed, but only liquid crystal display (LCD), plasma display (PDP) and Digital Light Processing (DLP) have been publicly released
Star (16,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A star is a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by self-gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked
Syndecan 1 (2,522 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
detected in several different tumor types. Syndecan 1 can be a marker for plasma cells. The syndecan-1 core protein consists of an extracellular domain which
Linus (fusion experiment) (2,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
the project was to produce a controlled fusion reaction by compressing plasma inside a metal liner. The basic concept is today known as magnetized target
Buspirone (3,634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Itraconazole: Increased plasma level of buspirone Rifampicin: Decreased plasma levels of buspirone Nefazodone: Increased plasma levels of buspirone Haloperidol:
Prothrombin time (3,092 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
centrifuged to separate blood cells from plasma (as prothrombin time is most commonly measured using blood plasma). In newborns, a capillary whole blood
Ferritic nitrocarburizing (2,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ferritic nitrocarburizing include gaseous processes such as Nitrotec and ion (plasma) ones. The processing temperature ranges from 525 °C (977 °F) to 625 °C
Homovanillic acid (288 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
supports a diagnosis of neuroblastoma and malignant pheochromocytoma. Fasting plasma levels of HVA are known to be higher in females than in males.[citation
Waves in plasmas (489 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In plasma physics, waves in plasmas are an interconnected set of particles and fields which propagate in a periodically repeating fashion. A plasma is
Plasma stability (3,165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In plasma physics, plasma stability concerns the stability properties of a plasma in equilibrium and its behavior under small perturbations. The stability
PROTO (fusion reactor) (105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
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Triiodothyronine (2,756 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
closed-loop feedback process: Elevated concentrations of T3, and T4 in the blood plasma inhibit the production of TSH in the anterior pituitary gland. As concentrations
Glycocalyx (2,183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
epithelial cells have a fuzz-like coating on the external surface of their plasma membranes. This viscous coating is the glycocalyx that consists of several
POEMS syndrome (2,233 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
syndrome) is a rare paraneoplastic syndrome caused by a clone of aberrant plasma cells. The name POEMS is an acronym for some of the disease's major signs
Coagulase (816 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
which enables the enzyme to act as a protease to convert fibrinogen, a plasma protein produced by the liver, to fibrin. This results in clotting of the
Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (1,520 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) is a chemical vapor deposition process used to deposit thin films from a gas state (vapor) to a solid
Helicon double-layer thruster (710 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gas to break down and form a plasma. The antenna then excites a helicon wave in the plasma, which further heats the plasma. The device has a roughly constant
Cryoprecipitate (805 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(AHF), is a frozen blood product prepared from blood plasma. To create cryoprecipitate, Plasma is slowly thawed to 1–6 °C. A cold-insoluble precipitate
Cheilitis (2,526 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
treatment of choice. Plasma cell cheilitis is a very rare presentation of a condition which more usually occurs on the gingiva (termed "plasma cell gingivitis")
Plasma window (1,093 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The plasma window (not to be confused with a plasma shield) is a technology that fills a volume of space with plasma confined by a magnetic field. With
ITER Neutral Beam Test Facility (1,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
container: in order to deposit sufficient heating power in the plasma core instead of the plasma edges, the beam particle energy shall be about 1 MeV, thus
Q4OS (1,543 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Desktop Environment, which is a fork of K Desktop Environment 3. or KDE Plasma 5 LookSwitcher, which lets the user switch visual themes Desktop Profiler
SPARC (tokamak) (634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
(CFS) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC). Funding has come from Eni, Breakthrough
KDE Display Manager (258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
display manager of the KDE Software Compilation, until it was retired in KDE Plasma 5 in favour of SDDM. KDM allowed the user to choose a desktop environment
Super Dual Auroral Radar Network (1,334 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Southern Hemispheres. SuperDARN radars are primarily used to map high-latitude plasma convection in the F region of the ionosphere, but the radars are also used
Magnetized liner inertial fusion (1,143 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magneto-inertial fusion approach, which attempts to compress a pre-heated plasma. The goal is to produce fusion conditions without the level of compression
Charles R. Drew (3,348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and transport large quantities of blood plasma for distribution in the United Kingdom. Drew understood that plasma extraction from blood required both centrifugation
List of Star Wars species (U–Z) (6,183 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
small, non-sentient species of plasma leech parasite whose entire life-cycle occurs on spacecraft where they feed on plasma and other energetic power sources
SPARC (tokamak) (634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
(CFS) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Plasma Science and Fusion Center (PSFC). Funding has come from Eni, Breakthrough
Globulin (1,630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
created in the liver and the gamma globulin are made by lymphocytes and plasma cells in lymphoid tissue. These globulins should consist of non-albumin
KDE Display Manager (258 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
display manager of the KDE Software Compilation, until it was retired in KDE Plasma 5 in favour of SDDM. KDM allowed the user to choose a desktop environment
Probenecid (805 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
competitively inhibit renal excretion of some drugs, thereby increasing their plasma concentration and prolonging their effects. Probenecid is primarily used
Caveolae (1,461 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
special type of lipid raft, are small (50–100 nanometer) invaginations of the plasma membrane in the cells of many vertebrates. They are the most abundant surface
Plasma parameters (2,384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Plasma parameters define various characteristics of a plasma, an electrically conductive collection of charged and neutral particles of various species
Charles R. Drew (3,348 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and transport large quantities of blood plasma for distribution in the United Kingdom. Drew understood that plasma extraction from blood required both centrifugation
E-6837 (336 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was associated with a 50% decrease in plasma leptin levels, and also reduced glucose and insulin levels in plasma after a glucose tolerance test. This
Coronal loop (1,691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
arch-like structure in the Sun's atmosphere made up of relatively dense plasma confined and isolated from the surrounding medium by magnetic flux tubes
MEMS (5,604 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
etching, and use plasma etching instead. Plasma etchers can operate in several modes by adjusting the parameters of the plasma. Ordinary plasma etching operates
Kelvin–Helmholtz instability (1,007 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of this instability is applicable in plasma physics, for example in inertial confinement fusion and the plasma–beryllium interface. In situations where
Baxter International (4,153 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
business produces recombinant and blood plasma proteins to treat hemophilia and other bleeding disorders; plasma-based therapies to treat immune deficiencies
Darodipine (457 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
functioning of the cerebral capillary activities. The effect of darodipine on plasma concentration was also tested on a group of healthy male human volunteers
Renal blood flow (925 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
are often assumed equal. Renal plasma flow is the volume of plasma that reaches the kidneys per unit time. Renal plasma flow is given by the Fick principle:
International Cometary Explorer (3,299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ICE, it became the first spacecraft to visit a comet, passing through the plasma tail of comet Giacobini-Zinner within about 7,800 km (4,800 mi) of the nucleus
Ion-beam shepherd (690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
a beam of quasi-neutral plasma impinging against its surface to create a force and/or a torque on the target. Ion and plasma thrusters commonly used to
Parathyroid hormone (4,157 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
phosphate (HPO42−) from the tubular fluid, resulting in a decrease in the plasma phosphate concentration. Phosphate ions form water-insoluble salts with
Shiva laser (1,290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
study of inertial confinement fusion (ICF) and long-scale-length laser-plasma interactions. Presumably, the device was named after the multi-armed form
Debye length (2,757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
In plasmas and electrolytes, the Debye length λ D {\displaystyle \lambda _{\rm {D}}} (Debye radius or Debye–Hückel screening length), is a measure of
Manjaro (3,338 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with one of three desktops: Manjaro Plasma, featuring Manjaro's own dark Plasma theme and the latest KDE Plasma 6, apps and frameworks. Manjaro Xfce
Neurofilament light polypeptide (2,167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
biomarker that can be measured with immunoassays in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma and reflects axonal damage in a wide variety of neurological disorders.
CD19 (3,916 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
expressed in all B lineage cells. Contrary to some early doubts, human plasma cells do express CD19. CD19 plays two major roles in human B cells: on the
480p (317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
displayed progressively as opposed to interlaced. 480p was used for many early plasma televisions. Standard definition has always been a 4:3 aspect ratio with
Neon sign (4,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
used frequently by artists and architects, and (in a modified form) in plasma display panels and televisions. The signage industry has declined in the
American Red Cross (11,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Cross offers services and development programs such as blood donations, plasma and tissue services, and additional research. It has also had a long-standing
Adrenoleukodystrophy (3,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of ALD after positive plasma VLCFA determination usually involves molecular genetic analysis of ABCD1. In females, where plasma VLCFA measurement is not
PK-3 Plus (ISS experiment) (699 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
joint Russian-German laboratory for the investigation of dusty/complex plasmas on board the International Space Station (ISS), with the principal investigators
Chromosphere (1,521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
homogeneous layer at the boundary with the photosphere. Narrow jets of plasma, called spicules, rise from this homogeneous region and through the chromosphere
Naive B cell (278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
becomes a memory B cell or a plasma cell that secretes antibodies specific to the antigen that was originally bound. Plasma cells do not last long in the
Tandem Mirror Experiment (2,970 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"tandem mirror" concept in which two mirrors trapped a large volume of plasma between them in an effort to increase the efficiency of the reactor. The
Fractional excretion of sodium (885 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
by the kidney which is excreted in the urine. It is measured in terms of plasma and urine sodium, rather than by the interpretation of urinary sodium concentration
Electrodeless plasma thruster (600 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The electrodeless plasma thruster is a spacecraft propulsion engine commercialized under the acronym "E-IMPAcT" for "Electrodeless-Ionization Magnetized
Ionosphere (6,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ginzburg has developed a theory of electromagnetic wave propagation in plasmas such as the ionosphere. In 1962, the Canadian satellite Alouette 1 was
Physical vapor deposition (1,868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sources which then condense upon a substrate. Sputter deposition: a glow plasma discharge (usually localized around the "target" by a magnet) bombards the
Explorer 47 (2,984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
propulsion Star-17A. Explorer 47 was designed to measure energetic particles, plasma, electric fields and magnetic fields. The spin axis was normal to the ecliptic
Blood lipids (1,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
metabolites into very low density lipoproteins (VLDL) and secretes them into plasma where they are converted to intermediate-density lipoproteins(IDL), which
Clumping factor A (106 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
protein. It is responsible for the clumping of blood plasma observed when adding S. aureus to human plasma. Clumping factor can be detected by the slide test
Haustorium (739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cell wall and siphon nutrients from the space between the cell wall and plasma membrane but do not penetrate the membrane itself. Larger (usually botanical
Dual segmented Langmuir probe (527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Czech researchers and engineers to study the magnetospheric background plasma flown on board the spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA) Proba 2
ATP1A4 (937 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and maintaining the electrochemical gradients of Na and K ions across the plasma membrane. These gradients are essential for osmoregulation, for sodium-coupled
Renin (2,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
renin-angiotensin-aldosterone axis—that increases the volume of extracellular fluid (blood plasma, lymph, and interstitial fluid) and causes arterial vasoconstriction. Thus
Plasmoacanthoma (51 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the oral mucosa characterized by a verrucous tumor with a plasma cell infiltrate.: 797  Plasma cell cheilitis Skin lesion James, William D.; Berger, Timothy
Waldenström macroglobulinemia (5,773 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
of cancer affecting two types of B cells: lymphoplasmacytoid cells and plasma cells. Both cell types are white blood cells. It is characterized by having
Photodissociation region (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
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SUNIST (131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
tokamak plasmas Alfven wave can generate toroidal plasma current without density limits. This is very favourable for spherical tokamak plasmas, which have
Effective renal plasma flow (236 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Effective renal plasma flow (eRPF) is a measure used in renal physiology to calculate renal plasma flow (RPF) and hence estimate renal function. Because
Meghnad Saha (2,035 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Meghnad Saha (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist who helped devise the theory of thermal ionisation. His Saha ionisation equation
Lipopeptide (869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
activity is generally linked to interactions with the plasma membrane, and sterol components of the plasma membrane could play a major role in this interaction
Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS) is a Faraday cup based instrument that will fly on board the Europa Clipper orbiter to explore Jupiter's
Interleukin 6 (7,473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
there seems to be an increase in IL-6 expression in working muscle and plasma IL-6 concentration during exercise in rodents. Studies in mice with IL-6
Interleukin 6 (7,473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
there seems to be an increase in IL-6 expression in working muscle and plasma IL-6 concentration during exercise in rodents. Studies in mice with IL-6
Number density (809 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The number density (symbol: n or ρN) is an intensive quantity used to describe the degree of concentration of countable objects (particles, molecules,
Meghnad Saha (2,035 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Meghnad Saha (6 October 1893 – 16 February 1956) was an Indian astrophysicist who helped devise the theory of thermal ionisation. His Saha ionisation equation
PostmarketOS (1,344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
capable of running different X and Wayland based user interfaces, such as Plasma Mobile, MATE, GNOME, and XFCE; later updates added support for Unity8 and
Membrane potential (8,224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and therefore create a voltage between the two sides of the membrane. All plasma membranes have an electrical potential across them, with the inside usually
Explorer 50 (2,797 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
medium and magnetotail studies of cosmic rays, energetic solar particles, plasma, and electric and magnetic fields. Its initial orbit was more elliptical
Electronic firing (295 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
electrothermal-chemical technology which utilizes a plasma cartridge. In this mechanism, an electric current is used to generate plasma that ignites the propellant in a
Humoral immunity (1,673 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
same antigen due to reinfection, they divide and form plasma cells. On the other hand, the plasma cells produce a large number of antibodies which are
Gas torus (254 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
A gas torus is a toroidal cloud of gas or plasma that encircles a planet or moon. In the Solar System, gas tori tend to be produced by the interaction
FASTSAT (742 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
the plasma surrounding FASTSAT with a short antenna. This technique identifies natural resonance frequencies in the plasma (such as the "plasma frequency")
Eslicarbazepine acetate (1,248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
metabolites can be dialyzed. Like oxcarbazepine, eslicarbazepine can reduce plasma levels of drugs that are metabolized by the liver enzymes CYP3A4 (verified
Gas Dynamic Trap (506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics in Akademgorodok, Russia. Dimensions The plasma inside the machine fills a cylinder of space, 7 meters long and 28 centimeters
Plasma torch (955 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
plasma torch (also known as a plasma arc, plasma gun, plasma cutter, or plasmatron) is a device for generating a directed flow of plasma. The plasma jet
CELSR2 (493 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
does not interact with catenins. The flamingo cadherins are located at the plasma membrane and have nine cadherin domains, seven epidermal growth factor-like
Microvillus (1,063 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cellular adhesion, and mechanotransduction. Microvilli are covered in plasma membrane, which encloses cytoplasm and microfilaments. Though these are
Kopete (550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
numerous environments, it was designed for and integrates with the KDE Plasma Workspaces. Kopete was started because ICQ blocked Licq from their network
Martin David Kruskal (2,986 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, ranging from plasma physics to general relativity and from nonlinear analysis to asymptotic
Balanitis plasmacellularis (1,317 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
or plasma cell balanitis, is a cutaneous condition characterized by a benign inflammatory skin lesion characterized histologically by a plasma cell
Saliva (2,740 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
2–21 mmol/L sodium (lower than blood plasma) 10–36 mmol/L potassium (higher than plasma) 1.2–2.8 mmol/L calcium (similar to plasma) 0.08–0.5 mmol/L magnesium 5–40 mmol/L
Parker Solar Probe (8,718 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
corona. It will assess the structure and dynamics of the Sun's coronal plasma and magnetic field, the energy flow that heats the solar corona and impels
Sceptre (fusion reactor) (1,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
a series of early fusion power devices based on the Z-pinch concept of plasma confinement, built in the UK starting in 1956. They were the ultimate versions
Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The Plasma Instrument for Magnetic Sounding (PIMS) is a Faraday cup based instrument that will fly on board the Europa Clipper orbiter to explore Jupiter's
Spectrin, alpha 1 (1,026 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
is an actin crosslinking and molecular scaffold protein that links the plasma membrane to the actin cytoskeleton, and functions in the determination of
Flux tube (2,698 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
magnetic field passes, in which the behavior of matter (usually ionized gas or plasma) is strongly influenced by the field. They are commonly found around stars
Immunoglobulin therapy (5,999 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
relatively safe during pregnancy. Human immunoglobulin is made from human blood plasma. It contains antibodies against many viruses. Human immunoglobulin therapy
Gravity gun (2,117 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Resurrection of Evil. The device is noted in the Doom 3 storyline as an "ionized plasma levitator", created by the Union Aerospace Corporation for moving hazardous
Volume expander (1,388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
in normal saline), which, in addition, contains normal saline. Plasma-Lyte A and Plasma-Lyte 148 are buffered crystalloid solutions that may be infused
CELSR3 (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
does not interact with catenins. The flamingo cadherins are located at the plasma membrane and have nine cadherin domains, seven epidermal growth factor-like
Lercanidipine (1,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
likely ineffective because most of the lercanidipine is bound to blood plasma proteins and lipid membranes of cells. The substance is metabolised by the
John Bryan Taylor (813 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
26 December 1928) is a British physicist known for his contributions to plasma physics and their application in the field of fusion energy. Notable among
Antithrombin (5,418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
sites. α-Antithrombin is the dominant form of antithrombin found in blood plasma and has an oligosaccharide occupying each of its four glycosylation sites
Electrodynamic tether (9,669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
demonstrated electrodynamic tethers in space, most notably the TSS-1, TSS-1R, and Plasma Motor Generator (PMG) experiments. As part of a tether propulsion system
MYLIP (744 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
cholesterol. Pharmacologic inhibition of IDOL could reduce plasma LDL cholesterol by increasing plasma LDL receptor density. The ERM protein family members
Blood cell (1,297 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
blood tissue by volume, with the remaining 55% of the volume composed of plasma, the liquid component of blood. Red blood cells or erythrocytes primarily
Opacity (1,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
describes the absorption and scattering of radiation in a medium, such as a plasma, dielectric, shielding material, glass, etc. An opaque object is neither
Von Willebrand factor (2,121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
purpura, Heyde's syndrome, and possibly hemolytic–uremic syndrome. Increased plasma levels in many cardiovascular, neoplastic, metabolic (e.g. diabetes), and
Cell surface receptor (2,456 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
receptors, transmembrane receptors) are receptors that are embedded in the plasma membrane of cells. They act in cell signaling by receiving (binding to)
GLUT4 (3,453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
primary sequence of GLUT4 is what allows it to transport glucose across the plasma membrane. In addition to the phenylalanine on the N-terminus, two Leucine
Ceruloplasmin (2,245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Ceruloplasmin carries more than 95% of the total copper in healthy human plasma. The rest is accounted for by macroglobulins. Ceruloplasmin exhibits a copper-dependent
Wilson disease protein (1,309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
balances the copper level in the body by excreting excess copper into bile and plasma. Genetic disorder of the ATP7B gene may cause Wilson's disease, a disease
Antiserum (2,376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Therapy Study with Convalescent Plasma". "Convalescent Plasma COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization". Convalescent Plasma COVID-19 Emergency Use Authorization
ATPase, Na+/K+ transporting, alpha 1 (1,208 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
and maintaining the electrochemical gradients of Na and K ions across the plasma membrane. These gradients are essential for osmoregulation, for sodium-coupled
Ultra low frequency (737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
near-Earth plasma environment. The speed of the ULF waves is often associated with the Alfvén velocity that depends on the ambient magnetic field and plasma mass
Polar wind (1,376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
The polar wind or plasma fountain is a permanent outflow of plasma from the polar regions of Earth's magnetosphere.: 29  Conceptually similar to the solar
Uterine epithelium (1,667 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
epithelial cells, the uterine epithelial cells lie on a basal lamina. The apical plasma membrane displays compositional variations that change at the time of implantation
Spacecraft propulsion (8,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
needed] Plasma propulsion engines Magnetoplasmadynamic thrusters Electrodeless plasma thrusters Pulsed inductive thrusters Pulsed plasma thrusters Variable
Steven Cowley (1,647 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
fusion and astrophysical plasmas. He has served as director of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL)
GPR64 (1,044 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
reported to be cleaved at the GPS domain to allow for trafficking to the plasma membrane. After cleavage the N-terminus is believed to remain non-covalently
Zopiclone (6,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
by AUC), but reduces peak plasma levels and delays its occurrence, thus may delay the onset of therapeutic effects. The plasma protein-binding of zopiclone
Excitatory amino acid transporter 1 (1,818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
ASpartate Transporter 1 (GLAST-1). EAAT1 is predominantly expressed in the plasma membrane, allowing it to remove glutamate from the extracellular space.