Orphan date September 2010 Synthetic mycoides refers to an artificial life form created by Craig Venter at the J Craig Venter Institute in May 2010. A synthetic genome was transferred into an empty cell to form the bacterium . ref BBC news, Artificial life breakthrough announced by scientists , Victoria Gill. Retrieved 20 May 2010. http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi science and environment 10132762.stm ref References Reflist Category Artificial life Biology stub ... more details
italictitle Synthetic Pleasures 1995 is a documentary film by Iara Lee that explores the implications of virtual reality, digital and biotechnology, plastic surgery and mood altering drugs. Awards and nominations 1996 Sundance Film Festival Nominated for the Grand Jury Prize in the Documentary category 1996 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival Won Jury Award for Best Documentary External links IMDB title id 0114597 title Synthetic Pleasures Category 1995 films Category 1990s documentary films Category Documentary films about technology Category Virtual reality Category American documentary films Category Works about the future documentary film stub de Synthetic Pleasures ... more details
main Mycoplasma laboratorium Synthetic genomics is a nascent field of synthetic biology that uses aspects of genetic modification on pre existing life forms with the intent of producing some product or desired behavior on the part of the life form so created. Synthetic genomics is unlike genetic modification in the sense that it does not use naturally occurring genes in its life forms. It may make use of nucleic acid analogues custom designed base pair series , though in a more expanded and presently unrealized sense synthetic genomics could utilize genetic codes that are not composed of the base pair four base pairs of DNA that are currently used by life. The development of synthetic genomics is related to certain recent technical abilities and technologies in the field of genetics. The ability to construct long base pair chains cheaply and accurately on a large scale has allowed researchers to perform experiments on genomes that do not exist in nature. Coupled with the developments in protein folding models and decreasing computational costs the field synthetic genomics is beginning to enter a productive stage of vitality. The J. Craig Venter Institute has assembled a quasi synthetic Mycoplasma genitalium yeast genome by recombination of 25 overlapping fragments in a single step. The use of yeast recombination greatly simplifies the assembly of large DNA molecules from both synthetic and natural fragments. ref name Venter cite journal author Daniel G. Gibson, Gwynedd A. Benders, Kevin C. Axelrod, Jayshree Zaveri, Mikkel A. Algire, Monzia Moodie, Michael G. Montague, J. Craig ... of 25 overlapping DNA fragments to form a complete synthetic Mycoplasma genitalium genome journal PNAS ... pnas.0811011106 pmid 19073939 pmc 2600582 ref Other companies, such as Synthetic Genomics , have ... reflist See also Bioroid External links http www.science.doe.gov ober berac SynBio.pdf Synthetic ... Synthetic biology it Genomica di sintesi lt Sintetin genomika ru ... more details
Fibre sidebar Synthetic fibres are the result of extensive research by scientist s to improve on naturally occurring animal fibre animal and plant fibre plant fibre s. In general, Synthetic chemical synthetic fibres are created by forcing, usually through extrusion , fiber forming materials through holes called spinnerets into the air, forming a thread. Before synthetic fibres were developed, artificially ... cellulose fibre s. Synthetic Fibers are made from synthesized polymers or small molecules. The compounds ... there are several different synthetic fibers, they generally have the same common properties ... There are several methods of manufacturing synthetic fibers but the most common is the Melt Spinning ... made from heat sensitive fibers. Synthetic fibers account for about half of all fiber usage ... on synthetic polymers have been evaluated as potentially valuable commercial products, four of them ... for approximately 98 per cent by volume of synthetic fiber production, with polyester alone accounting ... are both artificial fibers, but not truly synthetic, being made from wood . Although these artificial ... later see the dates below . Nylon , the first synthetic fiber, made its debut in the United States ... s and other military uses. Common synthetic fibers include Nylon 1939 Modacrylic 1949 Olefin fiber Olefin 1949 Acrylic fiber Acrylic 1950 Polyester 1953 Carbon fiber 1968 Specialty synthetic fibers ... artificial, not synthetic Polylactide PLA 2002 M5 fiber M 5 PIPD fiber Orlon Zylon PBO fiber Vectran TLCP fiber made from Vectra LCP polymer Derclon used in manufacture of rugs EndMultiCol Other synthetic ... the last quarter of the 20th century, the Asian share of global output of synthetic fibers doubled ... turf References reflist The original source of this article and much of the synthetic fiber articles ... External links http www.wholeearthmag.com ArticleBin 113.html Inventory of Synthetic Fibers DEFAULTSORT Synthetic Fiber Category Synthetic fibers ca Fibra sint tica cs Um l textiln vl kna ... more details
Synthetic crude is the output from a bitumen extra heavy oil upgrader facility used in connection with oil sand production. It may also refer to shale oil , an output from an oil shale pyrolysis . The properties of the synthetic crude depend on the processes used in the upgrading. Typically, it is low in sulfur and has an API gravity of around 30. It is also known as upgraded crude . Synthetic crude is an intermediate product produced when an extra heavy or unconventional oil source is upgraded into a transportable form. Synthetic crude is then shipped to oil refineries where it is further upgraded into finished products. Syncrude Syncrude Canada , Suncor Energy Suncor Energy Inc. , and Canadian Natural Resources Limited are the three largest worldwide producers of synthetic crude with a cumulative production of approximately convert 600000 oilbbl d m3 d . The NewGrade Energy Upgrader became operational in 1988, and was the first upgrader in Canada, now part of the CCRL Refinery Complex . ref cite web url http esask.uregina.ca entry heavy oil upgraders.html title Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan HEAVY OIL UPGRADERS publisher University of Regina accessdate 2011 08 07 ref See also Albian Sands Canadian Centre for Energy Information History of the petroleum industry in Canada oil sands and heavy oil Manure derived synthetic crude oil Scotford Upgrader Suncor Syncrude References Reflist External links http www.shell.ca home content ca en about shell what we do oil sands aosp scotfordupgrader.html Scotford Upgrader Shell Canada website http www.shell.ca home content ca en about shell what we do oil products scotford dir scotford.html Scotford Complex Shell Canada website http www.shell.ca home content ca en about shell what we do oil sands aosp muskegriver.html Muskeg River Mine Shell Canada website http www.timesonline.co.uk tol news environment article4133668.ece Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol Times Online Category Synthetic fuels Category Bituminous ... more details
File Horse in vinyl fence.jpg thumb A horse behind a vinyl fence of flexible rail and coated wire A synthetic fence , plastic fence or when made of vinyl vinyl or PVC fence is a fence made using synthetic plastic s, such as vinyl Polyvinyl chloride PVC , polypropylene , ref http www.boddingtons ltd.com construction euromesh barrier fencing.htm ref ref http www.invisible deer fence.com options options2.htm ref nylon , ref http uk.alibaba.com products nylon fence.html ref polythene polyethylene or from various Recycling recycled plastics. It is used for agricultural fencing , horse racing and residential use. Synthetic fence is generally available preformed, in a wide variety of styles. It tends to be easy to clean, resists weathering and has low maintenance requirements. However, it also can be more expensive than comparable materials, and cheaper products can be less sturdy than more traditional fence materials. Some types may become brittle, faded or degrade in quality after long exposure to extreme hot or cold conditions. Synthetic materials used for residential fences can be in a solid cast form, or a reinforced hollow rail design that resembles sawn timber, Most commonly extruded profiles. Higher quality vinyl fence components are ribbed or include reinforcements, often of aluminum, for added strength. For Agricultural fencing agricultural use , synthetic fencing can consist of a heavy synthetic strapping product inlaid with cable, synthetic coated high tensile wire, or a synthetic coating over a wood or metal rail or plank. Residential synthetic fencing products are usually ... dogs or other pets. Residential grade rails are also made of a thinner material. Synthetic fences ... english intro.htm Example supplier of racecourse barrier fencing. ref Synthetic fence profiles are made ... to lifetime for some brands. Synthetic fence posts are placed into pre dug holes, or sometimes the synthetic ... or pickets are inserted into specifically designed slots and grooves within the rails. Synthetic ... more details
refimprove date November 2010 Synthetic rubber is any type of artificial elastomer , invariably a polymer ... and still return to its previous size without permanent deformation. Synthetic rubber serves as a substitute .... Comparison of natural and synthetic rubber Natural rubber coming from latex is mostly polymerized .... Synthetic rubber can be made from the polymerization of a variety of monomer s including isoprene ... bond double bonds . History In 1879, Bouchardat created one form of synthetic rubber, producing ... succeeded in polymerizing methyl isoprene , the first synthetic rubber. ref The Moving Powers of Rubber ... synthesized from butadiene in 1910. This form of synthetic rubber provided the basis for the first ... rubber. This early form of synthetic rubber was again replaced with natural rubber after the war ended, but investigations of synthetic rubber continued. Russian American Ivan Ostromislensky did significant early research on synthetic rubber and a couple of monomers in the early 20th century ..., also led to a search for alternative forms of synthetic rubber. By 1925 the price of natural rubber had increased to the point that many companies were exploring methods of producing synthetic ... scientist Hermann Staudinger led in 1931 to one of the first successful synthetic rubbers, known ... in 1930. The first rubber plant in Europe ru 1 SK 1 from Russian Synthetic Kauchuk ... the first of a series of synthetic rubbers known as Reppe chemistry Reppe chemistry Buna rubbers . These were ... II File Sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant of Goodrich.jpg thumb Sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant of BFGoodrich Goodrich 1941 File WATCH FOR THESE MARKS NARA 516054.jpg thumb WWII poster about synthetic rubber tires Goodrich Corporation B.F. Goodrich Company scientist Waldo Semon developed a new and cheaper version of synthetic rubber known as Ameripol synthetic rubber Ameripol in 1940. Ameripol made synthetic rubber production ... more details
Synthetic or axiomatic geometry is the branch of geometry which makes use of axiom s, theorem s and logical arguments to draw conclusions, as opposed to analytic geometry analytic and algebraic geometry algebraic geometries which use mathematical analysis analysis and algebra to perform geometric computations and solve problems. Logical synthesis The process of logical synthesis begins with some arbitrary ... The geometry of Euclid was synthetic, though not all of his books covered topics of pure geometry . The heyday of synthetic geometry can be considered to have been the 19th century, when analytic methods ... such as Jakob Steiner , in favour of a purely synthetic development of projective geometry . For example ... of dimension three. Projective geometry has in fact the simplest and most elegant synthetic expression of any geometry. In his Erlangen program , Felix Klein played down the tension between synthetic and analytic methods On the Antithesis between the Synthetic and the Analytic Method in Modern Geometry ... geometry. Although the synthetic method has more to do with space perception and thereby imparts ... , which can be considered synthetic in spirit. The closely related operation of multiplicative inverse ... Lewis and Wilson developed a synthetic approach ref Edwin B. Wilson & Gilbert N. Lewis 1912 The Space ... 5koAax8ct Synthetic Spacetime , a digest of the axioms used, and theorems proved, by Wilson and Lewis ... and Paul J. Kelley sounded a nostalgic note for synthetic geometry Although reluctantly, geometers must admit that the beauty of synthetic geometry has lost its appeal for the new generation. The reasons are clear not so long ago synthetic geometry was the only field in which the reasoning proceeded ... by Mario Pieri and Alfred Tarski have established modern synthetic geometry, see Tarski s axioms . Computational synthetic geometry In conjunction with computational geometry , a computational synthetic geometry has been founded, having close connection, for example, with matroid theory. Synthetic ... more details
Image C F B synthetic chord.png thumb right C F B chord, according to Arnold Schoenberg Schoenberg a, synthetic chord which differs considerably from the original scale harmonies ref Brelet, Gisele 1947 . Esthetique et creation musicale , p.60. cited in Dufrenne, Mikel 1989 . The Phenomenology of Aesthetic Experience , p.253. ISBN 0810105918. ref audio C F B synthetic chord.mid Play . See quartal and quintal harmony . Image C triad.svg thumb right 220px C E G, major triad audio Major triad on C.mid Play , a traditional chord. In music theory and harmony harmonic musical analysis analysis , a synthetic chord is a made up or Common practice period non traditional synthetic chord music chord collection of pitches which cannot be analyzed in terms of traditional harmonic structures, inconsistent date September 2011 such as the triad music triad or seventh chord . Quote This title is applied to a group of notes, usually a musical scale scale like succession of pitches, with a fixed progression of whole tone tones and semitone s. This scale can obviously be transposition music transposed to any pitch, and depending on its intervallic makeup, will have a fixed number of possible transpositions. Furthermore, the sintetakkord can be used either melody vertically or horizontally Nikolai Roslavets Roslavets music is not concerned with the order of the pitches, but rather with the whole field thus created, so that the system is less oriented toward theme music themes and more toward harmonic ... Avant Garde, 1900 1929 , p.42. ISBN 9780313267093. ref However, synthetic chords originated not with Roslavets ..., if a composer uses a synthetic scale as the basis for a passage music passage of music and constructs ... or minor scale s notes to build harmony harmonies , then the resulting chords may be synthetic chords and referred to as such. Some synthetic chords may be analyzed as traditional chords, inconsistent ... chord. An example of a synthetic chord would be the repeated chord in the first act of Giacomo Puccini ... more details
refimprove date December 2010 In finance , a synthetic position is a way to create the payoff of a financial instrument using other financial instruments. A synthetic position can be created by buying or selling physical Clarify post text it s not really physical, is it? date March 2012 financial instruments and or derivatives . If you buy several instruments which have the same payoff as investing in a share, you have a synthetic underlying position. In a similar way, a synthetic option position can be created. For example, a position which is long a 60 strike call and short a 60 strike put will always result in purchasing the underlying asset for 60 at exercise or expiration. If the underlying asset is above 60, the call is in the money and will be exercised if the underlying asset is below 60 then the short put position will be assigned, resulting in a forced purchase of the underlying at 60. Another example is that of a naked put option, which has the same profit loss potential of a covered call where an investor is long in the stock and short in the call option . ref http www.borntosell.com covered call tutorial covered call definition Covered call definition ref One advantage of a synthetic position over buying or shorting the underlying stock is there is no need to borrow the stock if you are short selling it. Another advantage is that we don t have to worry about dividend payments on the short stock. if any, declared by the Underlying Security. When the underlying asset is a stock, a synthetic underlying position is sometimes called a synthetic stock. Synthetic long put The synthetic long put position consists of three elements shorting one stock, holding one European call option and holding math Ke rT math dollars in your bank account. Here math K math is the strike price of the option, and math r math is the continuously compounded interest rate , math T math ... Synthetic Underlying Position Category Options Category Derivatives finance ... more details
Synthetic data are any production data applicable to a given situation that are not obtained by direct ... Synthetic data. n.d. . McGraw Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms . Retrieved November 29, 2009, from Answers.com Web site http www.answers.com topic synthetic data ref where Craig S. Mullins ... archive 2009 02 05 What is Production Data 3F00 .aspx ref The creation of synthetic data is an involved process of data Anonymity anonymization that is to say that synthetic data is a subset of anonymized ... last4 Gehrke first4 Johannes last5 Vilhuber first5 Lars ref Synthetic data is used in a variety of fields ..., etc. . Usefulness Synthetic data are generated to meet specific needs or certain conditions that may ... the synthetic data are used as a simulation or as a theoretical value, situation, etc. This allows ... to be unsatisfactory. Synthetic data are often generated to represent the authentic data and allows ... stamp stamp.jsp?tp &arnumber 1254343&isnumber 28060 ref Another use of synthetic data is to protect privacy and confidentiality of authentic data. As stated previously, synthetic data is used ... that describes a software that generates synthetic data for testing fraud detection systems ... of the generation of synthetic data dates back to 1993. In 1993, the idea of original fully synthetic ... Abowd first John M. title Confidentiality Protection of Social Science Micro Data Synthetic Data and Related Methods. Powerpoint slides url http www.idre.ucla.edu events PPT 2006 01 30 abowd UCLA synthetic ... synthetic data was created by Little. Little used this idea to synthesize the sensitive values ... Abowd Later, other important contributors to the development of synthetic data generation are Trivellore ... Woodcock . Collectively they came up with a solution for how to treat partially synthetic data ... Imputation statistics Imputation . ref name Abowd Applications Synthetic data are used in the process ... of system is devised using synthetic data. As described previously, synthetic data may seem as just ... more details
Multiple issues notability November 2008 refimprove November 2008 Infobox musical artist name Synthetic Breed image caption background group or band alias origin Melbourne , Australia genre Extreme metal br Industrial metal br Nu metal br Deathcore br Djent years active 2002 &ndash present label Rogue Records America associated acts website http www.syntheticbreed.com Official Site current members M. Refalaeda br Vincent Zylstra br Luke Thiel br Daniel Luttick past members Cal Hughes br Jonas Bahlo br Mark Condello br Nick Bose br Reza Nasseri br Darcy Mildren Synthetic Breed are an Australian extreme metal band formed in Melbourne , 2002. History Synthetic Breed originated as a four piece, consisting of Vincent Zylstra and Reza Nasseri on guitars, Jonas Bahlo on bass and Mark Condello on vocals. Nick Bose joined and left the band a number of times, but never actually played drums live. By March 2004, after many months of auditioning suitable drummers, Daniel Luttick had been brought into the line up. The line up lasted two shows after the show at EV s Metalfest, the band played one more ... of October 2004, Synthetic Breed were back on stage with Nasseri taking on vocal duties, but on the 13th ... once replaced Reza, suffering from a cold, during a show in April. Synthetic Breed supported Sweden Swedish metal group Arch Enemy on their Australian tour. ref http loudside.com music artists Synthetic ... of the year. Synthetic Breed released their second full length album, Perpetual Motion Machine ... 25Y&cntnt01returnid 75 ref The start of 2011 saw Synthetic Breed begin to organize their return to the stage ... 2006 2008 Jonas Bahlo bass 2002 2010 Callan Hughes vocals 2005 2011 Discography Synthetic Breed EP, 2003 Fractured EP, 2005 With Full Force 2006 Live in Germany 2007 Synthetic Breed EP, Redux, 2007 ..., 2012 ref http www.metalunderground.com news details.cfm?newsid 79438 Synthetic Breed Reveals New ... quartets it Synthetic Breed ... more details
Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name Synthetic Cover Spineshank synthetic.png Cover size Caption Artist Spineshank Album The Height of Callousness A side B side Released September 2000 Format CD Recorded Mushroom Studios Genre Industrial metal , nu metal Length 3 14 Label Roadrunner Records Roadrunner Writer Spineshank Producer GGGarth br Tommy Decker br Mike Sarkisyan Certification Last single This single Synthetic br 2000 Next single New Disease 2001 Misc Synthetic was the first single taken from Spineshank Spineshank s album The Height of Callousness . The music video shows the band performing in a room with bright lighting whilst a woman walks in and starts using a computer to create a synthesizing sequence whilst Johnny Santos is plugged into a computer. Then robots start to appear in the room. Johnny Santos shouts at the robots until the system overloads and the band members start to escape. The song has also been featured in the MTV The Return of the Rock Vol. 2 CD. DEFAULTSORT Synthetic Song Category 2000 singles 2000s song stub ... more details
Orphan date December 2009 Synthetic morphology is a sub discipline of the broader field of synthetic biology . In standard synthetic biology , artificial gene networks are introduced into Cell biology cell s, inputs eg chemicals, light are applied to those networks, and the networks perform logical operations on them and output the result of the operation as the activity of an enzyme or as the amount of green fluorescent protein . Using this approach, synthetic biologists have demonstrated the ability of their gene networks to perform Boolean logic Boolean computation , to hold a memory, and to generate pulses and oscillation . Synthetic morphology extends this idea by adding output modules that alter the shape or social behaviour of cells in response to the state of the artificial gene network. For example, instead of just making a fluorescent protein, a gene network may switch on an adhesion molecule so that cells stick to each other, or activate a motility system so that cells move. It has been argued that the formation of properly shaped tissues by mammalian cells involves mainly a set of about ten basic cellular events cell proliferation, cell death, cell adhesion, differential adhesion, cell de adhesion, cell fusion, cell locomotion, chemotaxis, haptotaxis, cell wedging ref name Davies Davies JA 2008 Synthetic morphology prospects for engineered, self constructing anatomies. J Anat. 2008 Jun 212 6 707 19. PMID 18510501 ref . Broadly similar lists exist for tissues of plants, fungi etc. In principle, therefore, a fairly small set of output modules might allow biotechnologists to program cells to produce artificially designed arrangements, shapes and eventually tissues . The term synthetic morphology was introduced to the peer review ed scientific literature in 2008 ref name Davies and is now becoming more widely used both in peer reviewed literature ref name Tanaka Tanaka H, Yi TM 2009 Synthetic morphology using alternative inputs. PLoS One. 2009 Sep 10 4 9 e6946 ... more details
A Synthetic CDO Collateralized Debt Obligation is a complex financial security used to speculate or manage ... that may or may not be owned by the parties involved. Definition A synthetic CDO is typically negotiated ... s. In technical terms, the synthetic CDO is a form of collateralized debt obligation CDO in which ... investment vehicle vehicle buy assets such as bonds. Synthetic CDOs can either be single tranche CDOs or fully distributed CDOs. Synthetic CDOs are also commonly divided into balance sheet and arbitrage ... or terror LHRJP?OpenDocument ref Synthetic CDOs are highly controversial, because of their role ... all NYT Banks Bundled Bad Debt, Bet Against It, and Won April 2010 ref Characteristics of the synthetic CDO File Synthetic CDO Diagram FCIC.png thumb 400px right Synthetic CDO Diagram from Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission A synthetic CDO is a portfolio of credit default swaps CDS . It may help ... in the swap may be very, very large. In contrast, a synthetic CDO references a portfolio of securities .... In turn, synthetic CDOs give buyers the flexibility to take on only as much credit risk as they wish to assume. The seller of the synthetic CDO gets premiums for the component CDS and is taking the Long .... The buyers of the synthetic CDO are taking a long in the component CDS pool, as if the referenced securities default the seller of the synthetic CDO must pay out to the buyers of the component CDS rather than the buyers of the synthetic CDO. The term synthetic CDO arises because the cash flows ... the long position on a synthetic CDO i.e., receiving regular premium payments is like taking ... CDO or synthetic CDO suffer large losses. With the synthetic CDO, the long investor pays the short ... investor. Synthetic CDO Example Party A wants to bet that at least some mortgage bonds and CDOs will default ... can bundle CDS related to these securities into a synthetic CDO contract. Party C agrees to take the long ..., would take a fee for arranging the deal. One investment bank described a synthetic CDO as having ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Synthetic Socks Type studio Artist Gene Ween Cover Synthetic Socks Gene Ween album cover art.jpg Released 1987 Recorded Genre Length 60 04 Label TeenBeat Records Producer Scott Lowe and Gene Ween Reviews Last album This album Next album Synthetic Socks is a very early recording by Gene Ween , released on TeenBeat Records in 1987. It is almost entirely the product of Gene Ween making personal recordings in his bedroom Dean Ween appears only a few times on this cassette . Instruments include Synsonic Drums, Korg Poly 800 , piano, and reel to reel. Scott Lowe assisted in post production using delay and additional keyboards. Credited as Synthetic Sox not Socks as in the album title , three of the TeenBeat tracks Tree, Sea of Mellichis Verify source date January 2011 , and Investigating Tornadoes were released on vinyl as part of Shadow Mouth Compilation One, released on the Shadow Mouth Record label based in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Synthetic Socks features a very embryonic version of Ween s trademark sound. Track listing Baked Potatoe Cops Hence it Came Instrumental Living Together Once I Lived Anything Quickly Instrumental Get Back Here Son take the .45 Gi. Go. Stop. No Ho Ho Ho Some Weird Shit Eurshishyshen Tree Instrumental Love Justcruisin Acoustic Lawn Jam I Hate Snuggles Style of Carpet Instrumental Collectives Cheese Fries I Had A Party What do you think about a woman? Verify source date January 2011 reason was women this may have been correct and either a deliberate mistake or an error on Ween s part Sea Of Mellchis Investigating Tornadoes Today It Is My Birthday Sonata in A G Overture Instrumental Happy Family School Days Prank Calls Literally Ween Category 1987 albums Category TeenBeat Records albums Category Ween albums ... more details
unreferenced date November 2006 Synthetic monitoring also known as active monitoring is website monitoring that is done using a web browser emulation or iMacros scripted real web browsers . Behavioral scripts or paths are created to simulate an action or path that a customer or end user would take on a site. Those paths are then continuously monitored at specified intervals for performance, such as functionality, availability , and response time measures. Synthetic monitoring is valuable because it enables a webmaster to identify problems and determine if his website or web application is slow or experiencing downtime before that problem affects actual end user s or customers. This type of monitoring does not require actual web traffic so it enables companies to test web applications 24x7, or test new applications prior to a live customer facing launch. This is a good complement when used with passive monitoring to help provide visibility on application health during off peak hours when transaction volume is low. ref cite web url http www.apmdigest.com prioritizing gartners apm model title Prioritizing Gartner s APM Model date 15 March 2012 publisher APM Digest ref Because synthetic monitoring is a simulation of typical user behavior or navigation through a website, it is often best used to monitor commonly trafficked paths and critical business processes. Synthetic tests must be scripted in advance, so it is not feasible to measure performance for every permutation of a navigational path an end user might take. This is more suited for passive monitoring . Synthetic testing is useful for measuring availability and response time of critical pages and transaction how a site performs from all geographies but doesn t monitor or capture actual end user interactions. Passive monitoring is also known as real user monitoring and can be used to monitor actual user sessions on web sites to detect and capture errors and performance slowdowns. Passive monitoring products are sometimes ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A synthetic lease is a financing structure by which a company structures the ownership of an asset so that for financial accounting purposes under pre 2003 U.S. financial accounting rules , the asset is owned by a special purpose entity and leased to the operating company under an operating lease. The special purpose entity special purpose entity is usually owned by the lessee operating company, and is given just enough independence so that it can be taken off the operating company s balance sheet. The asset is thus recorded as an asset on the balance sheet of the special purpose entity, not of the lessee operating company. Thus, depreciation of the asset need not be charged against income of the operating company. Instead, the lease payments are recorded as an expense on the income statement. for tax purposes, the asset is owned by the operating company or the special purpose entity is consolidated with the operating company, so that the two are treated as a single entity for tax accounting purposes . Thus, the operating company can deduct depreciation of the asset for tax purposes, generally on an accelerated depreciation schedule. Effectively, the asset is owned indirectly by the lessee operating company, and the company leases the asset to itself. The post Enron rules of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which require some measure of independence of a special purpose entity from the operating company, and genuine economic substance to the transaction in which the SPE is a party, made it difficult or impossible to structure a synthetic lease SPE, so synthetic leases have essentially passed out of existence. Synthetic leases are considered vulnerable in some jurisdictions to recharacterisation . Generally, the money to finance the asset is borrowed, and the lender takes a security interest against the asset, but has no further nonrecourse debt recourse against the borrower operating company. DEFAULTSORT Synthetic Lease Category ... more details
refimprove date July 2010 Synthetic ice is a solid polymer material designed for skating using normal metal bladed ice skates. Rinks are constructed by interlocking panels. Synthetic ice is sometimes called ... launched the first full size synthetic skating floor under the trade name of Ice Magic International ... 46 Research and development in the field of synthetic ice has improved its skating characteristics ... by improvements in production and assembly methods. It is estimated that synthetic ice has 90 ... of ice volume 347 number 1651 year 1976 last Evans last2 Nye last3 Cheeseman pages 493 512 ref On synthetic ice rinks, liquid surface enhancements are common among synthetic ice products to further reduce drag on the skate blade over the artificial surface. Although some synthetic ice products allow skating without liquid, liquid is still used to optimize gliding. With most synthetic ice products ..., skaters report to miss out on the fun of effortless skating. Synthetic ice surface wears out skates ... Campbell first2 Kit year 1996 publisher Architectural Press ref Most synthetic ice products still wear down the skate blades very fast, with 30 min 120 min the industry average. Many synthetic rinks .... Only permanently embedded markings do not scratch off. Materials A typical synthetic ice rink will consist ... to create a large skating area. Usage Synthetic ice rinks are sometimes used where frozen ice surfaces are impractical due to temperatures making natural ice impossible. Synthetic ice rinks are also ... hockey , synthetic ice rinks are typically smaller, at about Convert 50 ft by Convert 50 ft , and are used ... journal Commercial Property News date August 7, 2008 page contribution New Generation of Synthetic Ice ... Rink in New York uses synthetic ice and the first chocolate drink in the U.S. . page 64 first ... on synthetic ice rink is used year round for youth hockey training and public skating. ref citation contribution Synthetic Ice Rinks journal Public Works number 131.12 year 2000 page 44 ref The indoor ... more details
Synthetic alexandrite is a crystal which has been created by the floating zone method . This method is also used to synthetically crystallization grow a variety of crystals YAG Yttrium Aluminum Garnet in white, blue, pink and several other shades, ruby , chrysoberyl and, most and foremost, alexandrite . This method is similar to the pulling Czochralski method , when the crystal is pulled vertically, but, instead, here it is pulled horizontally , using a tungsten dish and slow melting technique, where the dish is pulled over a period of time under a heating element. Deleted image removed Image Photo pulled alexandrite.jpg thumb Czochralski or pulled alexandrite looks very clean, but contains curved striations visible with magnification and stone color is bluish under the daylight. The period of time depends on the size of the dish and the materials needed to be crystallized. In the case of alexandrite, the speed of the process is about 2 mm 0.08 hour. An average crystal being 18 cm 7 long would take about 15 days to pull. This method was developed by an Armenia n scientist, Professor Khachatur Saakovich Bagdasarov , of the Institute of Crystallography, in 1964 and was widely used in production of white YAG for spacecraft and submarine illuminators, before finding its way into the jewelry ... Brazil, Madagascar, and India. Seiko synthetic alexandrites have a swirled internal structure characteristic ... bubbles. The Inamori synthetic alexandrite had a cat s eye variety, which showed a distinct ... of natural alexandrite. The name Allexite has been used for synthetic Alexandrite manufactured ... as synthetic alexandrite are actually synthetic corundum laced with vanadium to produce the color ... http www.alexandrite.net viewpage.html?id ALXS 002 00011 title Methods of producing synthetic alexandrite ... http www.alexandrite.net chapters chapter7 Alexandrite Synthetics and Imitations Category Synthetic minerals Alexandrite, synthetic Category Optical materials Alexandrite, synthetic ... more details
In music , a synthetic scale is a musical scale scale which has been derived from a traditional diatonic scale diatonic major scale through the alteration of one scale degree degree by a semitone in either direction. ref name MB Synthetic Musical Scales . Author s J. Murray Barbour. Source The American Mathematical Monthly , Vol. 36, No. 3, Mar., 1929 , pp. 155 160. ref Composer Ferruccio Busoni originally explored these scales in his A New Esthetic of Music ref Busoni, Ferruccio 1907 , translated Dr. Th. Baker 1911 . Sketch Of A New Esthetic Of Music , p.29 39. ISBN 0548765952. ref and their number and variety were later clarified by J. Murray Barbour who also proposed the application of the procedure to scales of more or less than heptatonic scale seven degrees , including pentatonic scale s. ref name MB These synthetic pitch collection s may serve as the basic melodic and or harmonic material for a passage of music. However, the thousands of available scales cause Murray Barbour to propose that, the whole problem is of greater music theory theoretical interest than of practical worth. ref name MB Image Prometheus scale on C.png 400px thumb center Prometheus scale on C, whole tone scale with one degree altered chromatically audio Prometheus scale on C.mid Play . In C, the scale consists of the notes C, D, E, F , A, B music b , C, also known as Lydian bVII, a mode of the melodic minor scale. The semitone steps for this scale are 2, 2, 2, 3, 1, 2. Scriabin s Mystic chord , when considered as the Prometheus scale , is an example of a synthetic chord in that it is whole tone scale with one degree altered. However, it was not the generating element to Scriabin s music nor does .... The pitches of synthetic scales may duplicate pre existing scales though their derivation is different and their use is often quite different. See also Harmonic major scale Jazz minor scale Synthetic .... New York Masaya Music Services. ISBN 0967635306. Sources reflist scales DEFAULTSORT Synthetic ... more details
Synthetic Dimensions is a video game developer , 3D computer graphics 3D graphic design , Animation studio animation and interactive media company based in Wolverhampton , United Kingdom . It was founded in 1985 in Solihull by Kevin Bulmer and his partner Kate Copestake. Bulmer successfully took Synthetic public on both OFEX and Alternative Investment Market AIM markets in 2000 valued at 11 million pounds ref http www.highbeam.com doc 1P2 5098141.html Me And My Partner The Independent London, England HighBeam Research ref . ref name dies It was also known as Dimension Creative Designs, Ltd. DCD Ltd. . It is part of the Animation Forum West Midlands network. ref name forum The company achieved the Innovations Award at the Consumer Electronics Show CES in 1996, in recognition of unique technologies developed for real time, multi user 3D game environments, and won the Wolverhampton Small Business of the Year title and the City of Birmingham Award for excellence in animation, both in 1998. In 1999, Synthetic worked with Iron Maiden , developing the computer game Ed Hunter and designed graphics and memorabilia for the band s The Ed Hunter Tour world tour. ref name dies http www.birminghampost.net birmingham business birmingham business news creative industries news 2011 11 25 tributes paid after 3d games innovator kevin bulmer dies 65233 29842883 Tributes paid after 3D games innovator Kevin Bulmer dies Creative industries Business News Business Birmingham Post ref In 2009, Kevin Bulmer was given an honorary degree by the University of Wolverhampton for being a pioneer of 3D image technology and computer games development , in particular for developing a a world leading two dimensional ... in 2008, ref name forum http www.animationforumwm.co.uk post 2008 01 25 Beyond the Synthetic Dimension.aspx Animation Forum West Midlands Beyond the Synthetic Dimension ref but died in 2011. ref name ... www.syndime.com http www.mobygames.com company synthetic dimensions Synthetic Dimensions at MobyGames ... more details
Refimprove date May 2008 Synthetic replication is the process by which a financial asset s payoff is exactly replicated by trading other securities. ref citebook title Applied Equity Valuation author T. Daniel Coggin, Frank J. Fabozzi year 1998 publisher John Wiley and Sons isbn 1883249511 ref For instance Black Scholes theory claims vanilla option pricing can be achieved through the use of stock and zero coupon bond . References refs Category Finance Business stub ... more details
Image SynthSchlieren.jpg thumb A synthetic schlieren photograph showing the buoyant air plume emitted by a Blowlamp blow torch Synthetic schlieren is a process that is used to flow visualisation visualize the fluid flow flow of a fluid of variable refractive index . Named after the Schlieren photography schlieren method of visualization, it consists of a Digital photography digital camera or video camera pointing at the flow in question, with an illuminated target pattern behind. The method was first proposed in 1999. ref citation doi 10.1017 S0022112099005017 first1 B. R. last1 Sutherland first2 S. B. last2 Dalziel first3 G. O. last3 Hughes first4 P. F. last4 Linden title Visualization and measurement of internal waves by synthetic schlieren . Part 1 Vertically oscillating cylinder journal Journal of Fluid Mechanics volume 390 pages 93 126 year 1999 ref Variations in refractive index cause the light from the target to Refraction refract as it passes through the fluid, which causes a distortion of the pattern in the image seen by the camera. Pattern matching algorithms can measure this distortion and calculate a qualitative density field of the flow. The method of synthetic schlieren can be used to observe any flow which has variations in refractive index. Commonly these are caused by variations in concentration of a Solution solute in an aqueous solution , or variations in the density of a compressible flow , caused by temperature or pressure variations. As with the optical schlieren method, the clearest results are obtained from flows which are largely two dimensional. See also Shadowgraph Schlieren References references Category Fluid dynamics ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name 100 Synthetic Type ep Artist The Honor System band The Honor System Cover Hone100synthetic.jpg Released Start date 2001 05 22 Recorded Start date 2001 02 Genre Punk rock Length 38 34 Label Double Zero Records br Grey Flight Records Producer Last album Single File album Single File br 2000 This album 100 Synthetic br 2001 Next album The Honor System EP The Honor System br 2003 100 Synthetic is an EP by Chicago based punk rock band The Honor System band The Honor System which was released in 2001. It is their second release and the last to feature guitarist Nolan McGuire. http web.archive.org web 20110709012805 http media.www.dennews.com media storage paper309 news 2002 12 06 TheVerge Experienced.Lineup.To.Debut.Saturday.At.Friends 338538.shtml Reception Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1Score rating 4 5 Allmusic class album id r533400 pure url yes link noprose yes Track listing Tracklist title1 Clockwork length1 2 58 title2 Replacement Parts length2 2 38 title3 100 Synthetic length3 4 04 title4 Finding Color in Grey People length4 3 00 title5 Witchhunt length5 3 48 title6 Conquistadors length6 4 04 Personnel Dan Hanaway Singing vocals , guitar left channel Nolan McGuire guitar right channel Chris Carr bass guitar Rob DePaola Drum kit drums External links Allmusic class album id r533400 pure url yes allmusic information and review Category The Honor System albums Category 2001 EPs ... more details
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