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  2. Polar code (coding theory) - Wikipedia

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    Polar code (coding theory) In information theory, a polar code is a linear block error-correcting code. The code construction is based on a multiple recursive concatenation of a short kernel code which transforms the physical channel into virtual outer channels. When the number of recursions becomes large, the virtual channels tend to either ...

  3. American Psycho (film) - Wikipedia

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    American Psycho is a 2000 satirical psychological horror film directed by Mary Harron, who co-wrote the screenplay with Guinevere Turner. Based on the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis, it stars Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman, a New York City investment banker who leads a double life as a serial killer. Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Josh Lucas ...

  4. Open Location Code - Wikipedia

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    Open Location Code. The Open Location Code ( OLC) is a geocode based in a system of regular grids for identifying an area anywhere on the Earth. [1] It was developed at Google's Zürich engineering office, [2] and released late October 2014. [3] Location codes created by the OLC system are referred to as " plus codes ".

  5. Arcadian (film) - Wikipedia

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    Box office. $859,834 [1] Arcadian is a 2024 action horror film directed by Ben Brewer from a screenplay by Michael Nilon. It stars Nicolas Cage as the father of two teenage boys, all trying to survive in a post-apocalyptic world. The film premiered at South by Southwest on March 11, 2024, followed by a theatrical release in the United States on ...

  6. Beauty Museum - Wikipedia

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    Beauty Museum. /  2.191694°N 102.249222°E  / 2.191694; 102.249222. Beauty Museum or Museum of Enduring Beauty ( Malay: Muzium Kecantikan) is a museum about beauty standards and concepts in Malacca City, Malacca, Malaysia, which was opened in 1996. [1] It occupies the top floor of the former Historical City Municipal Council building ...

  7. Standard deviation - Wikipedia

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    The standard deviation σ of X is defined as which can be shown to equal. Using words, the standard deviation is the square root of the variance of X . The standard deviation of a probability distribution is the same as that of a random variable having that distribution. Not all random variables have a standard deviation.

  8. Henry Kissinger - Wikipedia

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    Battle of the Bulge. Military awards. Bronze Star. Henry Alfred Kissinger [a] (May 27, 1923 – November 29, 2023) was an American diplomat and political scientist who served as the United States secretary of state from 1973 to 1977 and national security advisor from 1969 to 1975, in the presidential administrations of Richard Nixon and Gerald ...

  9. Diagnosis code - Wikipedia

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    In health care, diagnosis codes are used as a tool to group and identify diseases, disorders, symptoms, poisonings, adverse effects of drugs and chemicals, injuries and other reasons for patient encounters. Diagnostic coding is the translation of written descriptions of diseases, illnesses and injuries into codes from a particular classification.