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  2. Occam's razor - Wikipedia

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    In philosophy, Occam's razor (also spelled Ockham's razor or Ocham's razor; Latin: novacula Occami) is the problem-solving principle that recommends searching for explanations constructed with the smallest possible set of elements.

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    In American football, the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs to win the Super Bowl.; Former president of Namibia Sam Nujoma (pictured) dies at the age of 95.; A series of boycotts against retail stores expands to several countries in Southeast Europe.

  4. Boussinesq approximation (buoyancy) - Wikipedia

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    The Boussinesq approximation is applied to problems where the fluid varies in temperature (or composition) from one place to another, driving a flow of fluid and heat transfer (or mass transfer [1]).

  5. Monte Carlo method - Wikipedia

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    The approximation of a normal distribution with a Monte Carlo method. Monte Carlo methods, or Monte Carlo experiments, are a broad class of computational algorithms that rely on repeated random sampling to obtain numerical results.

  6. Timeline of human evolution - Wikipedia

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    Date Event 4.3-4.1 Ga The earliest life appears, possibly as protocells.Their genetic material was probably composed of RNA, capable of both self replication and enzymatic activity; their membranes were composed of lipids.

  7. Viscosity - Wikipedia

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    Viscosity is a measure of a fluid's rate-dependent resistance to a change in shape or to movement of its neighboring portions relative to one another. [1] For liquids, it corresponds to the informal concept of thickness; for example, syrup has a higher viscosity than water. [2]

  8. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics - Wikipedia

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    In the early 1990s the acronym STEM was used by a variety of educators. Charles E. Vela was the founder and director of the Center for the Advancement of Hispanics in Science and Engineering Education (CAHSEE) [6] [7] [8] and started a summer program for talented under-represented students in the Washington, D.C. area called the STEM Institute.

  9. Overall equipment effectiveness - Wikipedia

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    Overall equipment effectiveness [1] (OEE) is a measure of how well a manufacturing operation is utilized (facilities, time and material) compared to its full potential, during the periods when it is scheduled to run.