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Amwoga Khalwale What Is A Multiplexer (MUX)? A multiplexer also referred to as a data selector, is a device that selects between several analog or digital input signals and forwards the selected input to a single output line. In other words, it is a combination logic circuit designed to switch one of several input lines through to … Read more
What Is An Embassy? An embassy is a diplomatic mission in the capital of a foreign country with the sole purpose of acting as representative of the home country. In most basic terms, ‘’embassy’’ refers to both a diplomatic mission that is set up permanently in a host country and the actual building that is … Read more
Acid Stain Basic Stain Neutral Stain Chromogen of acidic stain is negatively charged. It is also referred to as anionic stain. Chromogen or colored part of basic stain is positively charged. It is also referred to as cationic stain. It is a complex of dye acid with dye base. Used to stain the positively charged … Read more
What Is Pairwise Sequence Alignment? Pairwise alignment is one of the most fundamental tools of bioinformatics and underpins a variety of other, more sophisticated methods of annotation. The goal of Pairwise sequence alignment is to establish a correspondence between the elements in a pair of sequence that share a common property, such as common ancestry … Read more
Broiling and baking may seem like two methods of cooking foods that don’t have much in common but actually they accomplish the same goal. Both methods use dry heat to cook the food and both require a watchful eye to keep the food from burning. Baking makes use of indirect heat at lower temperatures and … Read more
Signal is any kind of physical quantity that conveys information. This could be electric current, voltage, electromagnetic waves that are used for wireless communication, sound etc. the two categories in which signal is classified are: Digital and Analog. Analog signals are measurements of continuous waveforms that vary with time whereas Digital signals are patterns generated … Read more
A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to people who cannot obtain nutrition by mouth, are unable to swallow safely, or need nutritional supplementation. The state of being fed by a feeding tube is called gavage, enteral feeding or tube feeding. Placement may be temporary for the treatment of acute conditions or lifelong in the case of … Read more
What Is Contemporary Art? Contemporary art is the art produced at the present period of time, produced by people who are living in our time. In other words, it is related to more recent artistic production. Also, the art that was created from the 1960’s through 1970’s up until now is regarded as contemporary art. … Read more
What is an Analog Computer? An analog computer is a type of computer that uses the continuously changeable aspects of physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical or hydraulic quantities to model the problem being solved. Analog computers store data in continuous form of physical quantities and perform calculations with the help of measures. It is … Read more
Precipitation Titration Titration is a process by which the concentration of an unknown substance in solution is determined by adding measured amounts of a standard solution that reacts with the unknown. Then the concentration of the unknown can be calculated using the stoichiometry of the reaction and the number of moles of standard solution needed … Read more