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Amwoga Khalwale What is Amortization? Amortization is an accounting method used to spread the cost of an intangible asset over its useful life. Intangible assets, such as patents, copyrights, trademarks, and goodwill are those assets that have no physical presence but have value because of the rights or privileges they grant to the owner. Amortization allows the … Read more
What Is Spermatogenesis? Spermatogenesis is the process by which Spermatozoa develop from the Germ cells in the seminiferous tubules of the testis. Spermatogenesis is a complex process involving mitotic cell division and it begins at puberty and continues for the remainder of a male’s life. Both gametes are haploid cells which contain 23 unpaired chromosomes, … Read more
What Are Monocarpic Plants? Monocarpic plants are flowering plants that produce flowers and seeds once in their life span. Most Monocarpic plants are annual plants. Annual plants start their life cycle from seeds to flowers to seeds within a single season. After one year, the roots, leaves and stems of an annual plant dies. What … Read more
What Is Mitosis? Mitosis is a cell division process whereby each parent cell divides into 2 daughter cells. The number of chromosomes in the mother cell is identical to each of the resulting daughter cell. In the context of the cell cycle, mitosis is the part of the division process in which the DNA of … Read more
The process of converting the AC current into DC current is referred to as rectification. Rectification can be achieved by using a single diode or group of diodes. These diodes which convert the AC current into DC current are referred to as rectifiers. Rectifiers are generally classified into two types: Half wave rectifier Full wave … Read more
Monocot Root The tissue at the center of monocot roots consists of (vascular bundle) xylem and phloem and it is surrounded by the cortex which is made up of parenchyma cells. The outmost layer of the root is referred to as the epidermis followed by the endodermis or sclerenchyma. The endodermis is an inner layer … Read more
In computer architecture, an interrupt is an input signal to the processor indicating an event that needs immediate attention. An interrupt signal alerts the processor and serves as a request for the processor to interrupt the currently executing code, so that the event can be processed in a timely manner. Therefore, if the request is … Read more
What Is Cohesion? Cohesive forces are the intermolecular forces such as those from hydrogen bonding and Van der Waals forces which cause a tendency in liquids to resist separation. These attractive forces exist between molecules of the same substance. For instance rain falls in droplets, rather than a fine mist, because water has strong cohesion … Read more
Process scheduling deals with the selection of a process for the processor; and removal of a process from the processor on the basis of a scheduling algorithm; there are many scheduling queues that are used in process scheduling. When the processes enter the system, they are put into the job queue. The processes that are … Read more
What Is Gouraud Shading? Gouraud Shading is an interpolation method used in computer graphics to produce continuous shading of surfaces represented by polygon meshes. Gouraud shading was developed by Henri Gouraud and was first published in 1971. In practice, Gouraud shading is most often used to achieve continuous lighting on triangle surfaces by computing the light … Read more