User contributions for V35b
A user with 741 edits. Account created on 8 October 2008.
24 May 2024
- 01:4501:45, 24 May 2024 diff hist +32 m Paninternational Flight 112 "the tank for the water-injection engine thrust-augmentation system had inadvertently been filled with a mix of water and kerosene" -> "one or two two of the five tanks for the water-injection engine thrust-augmentation system had inadvertently been filled with kerosene" as spelled out in references 1 and 2. current
- 01:1101:11, 24 May 2024 diff hist 0 m Paninternational Flight 112 →Accident: Expanded statute- and nautical-mile values to two signicant digits, the same as the given metric value.
- 00:5600:56, 24 May 2024 diff hist −1 m Shock diamond →Mechanism: Removed spurious comma current
23 May 2024
- 22:3322:33, 23 May 2024 diff hist −9 m Margaret Sullivan (journalist) →Columbia University: Updated "Sullivan will begin her role as executive director for the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia University on Jan. 1, 2024" to "On Jan. 1, 2024, Sullivan began her role as executive director for the Craig Newmark Center for Journalism Ethics and Security at Columbia University." Reference: t.ly/85SYM current
17 May 2024
- 17:2217:22, 17 May 2024 diff hist −4 m Minimum control speeds →Physical description: Remove spurious "for" current
6 May 2024
- 17:1017:10, 6 May 2024 diff hist −1 m Homologous chromosome "A pair ... are a set" -> "A pair ... is a set"
19 April 2024
- 17:4917:49, 19 April 2024 diff hist −1 m Multi-junction solar cell "can not" -> "cannot"; cannot is generally preferred.
- 17:3117:31, 19 April 2024 diff hist +6 m Bifacial solar cells →Invention and first devices: formatted 1mm × 1mm × 1mm current
- 17:2717:27, 19 April 2024 diff hist +13 m Bifacial solar cells →Invention and first devices: Added two additional first names
- 17:2417:24, 19 April 2024 diff hist +7 m Bifacial solar cells →Invention and first devices: Added Gerald Pearson's first name, to be consistent with other named individuals
13 April 2024
- 22:5222:52, 13 April 2024 diff hist −8 m .22 Winchester Magnum Rimfire →Firearms using .22 WMR: Marlin firearms Company -> Marlin Firearms; to be consistent with earlier references
1 April 2024
- 02:3202:32, 1 April 2024 diff hist +13 m SOCATA TBM →Further development: Replaced "they" with its singular antecedent
- 02:2802:28, 1 April 2024 diff hist −6 m SOCATA TBM →Further development: excised superfluous "alike"
- 02:2402:24, 1 April 2024 diff hist −7 m SOCATA TBM →Further development
- 02:2102:21, 1 April 2024 diff hist −2 m SOCATA TBM →Further development: their -> its. Singular antecedent and consistent with "its" in the following sentence
31 March 2024
- 00:0100:01, 31 March 2024 diff hist −2 m Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances Replaced "their" with "its" to refer to a singular antecedent
1 March 2024
- 11:0211:02, 1 March 2024 diff hist −1 Monty Hall problem →Criticism of the simple solutions: minor: Changed "either each of the two choices are equally likely" to "either each of the two choices is equally likely" because "each" is singular. Also, a singular verb is consistent with the earlier expression, "each of the two unopened doors has an equal probability." Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
26 February 2024
- 05:4205:42, 26 February 2024 diff hist +4 m Laravel →History: Improved difficult to parse sentence
24 February 2024
- 20:5020:50, 24 February 2024 diff hist −3 Engine efficiency →Gas turbine: Made sentence fragment into a sentence: "Chrysler building a short prototype series of them for real-world evaluation." -> "Chrysler built a short prototype series of them for real-world evaluation. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
14 February 2024
- 21:1821:18, 14 February 2024 diff hist +2 m Meiosis →Overview: According to an earlier assertion, "In female animals, three of the four meiotic products are typically eliminated by extrusion into polar bodies, and only one cell develops to produce an ovum," shouldn't this be "three small polar bodies"?
- 19:4719:47, 14 February 2024 diff hist −54 m ShotSpotter →History: Removed duplicate "(increased coverage by 49 square miles and 10 cities)"
- 19:4219:42, 14 February 2024 diff hist −1 m ShotSpotter →History: "president of the board" -> "chairman of the board" Companies have presidents; boards of directors have chairmen or chairwomen.
8 February 2024
- 00:2700:27, 8 February 2024 diff hist +7 Paraffin wax →Applications: Minor: replaced "that" with its antecedent to make clear what was being cleared. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
5 February 2024
- 18:3418:34, 5 February 2024 diff hist 0 m Lock-in amplifier →Basic principles: "If the averaging time T is large enough (e.g. much larger than the signal period) .." Changed "e.g." ("exempli gratia" ~= "for example" to "i.e." ("id est" = "that is").
- 18:2718:27, 5 February 2024 diff hist 0 m Lock-in amplifier →Basic principles: "Many applications of the lock-in amplifier only require recovering the signal amplitude ..." -> "Many applications of the lock-in amplifier require recovering only the signal amplitude ..." Placed adjective "only" next to the noun it modifies.
26 December 2023
- 21:0921:09, 26 December 2023 diff hist +6 m Lens →Imaging properties: we will find an image distance S2 -> we will find an image at a distance S2
- 21:0721:07, 26 December 2023 diff hist +1 m Lens →Imaging properties: inserted missing subscript
20 November 2023
- 19:0819:08, 20 November 2023 diff hist −1 m Semen Replaced the pronoun "it" (which because it is singular can refer only to the singular noun "semen") with "spermatozoa," the male cells do the actual fertilizing of ova.
- 19:0219:02, 20 November 2023 diff hist +11 Semen .. is an organic bodily fluid created to contain spermatozo"Semen ... is an organic bodily fluid created to contain spermatozoa. It is secreted by the gonads ... can fertilize the female ovum." -> "Semen .a. Spermatozoa are secreted by the gonads ... and can fertilize the female ovum."
- 18:4818:48, 20 November 2023 diff hist −1 m Semen Removed spurious comma.
17 November 2023
- 16:4216:42, 17 November 2023 diff hist 0 m Erythropoietin →Usage as doping product: Capitalized the first word of the sentence.
22 October 2023
- 23:2323:23, 22 October 2023 diff hist +7 Polymerase chain reaction →Principles: minor edit: identified the Peltier device, which then made it possible to refer to "the" current. As it was, "the electric current" came out of nowhere. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 23:1123:11, 22 October 2023 diff hist +322 Talk:Polymerase chain reaction →Nucleoside or nucleotide: Reply Tag: Reply
21 October 2023
- 21:3221:32, 21 October 2023 diff hist +55 m Lithium iron phosphate battery Separated 75-word sentence into five shorter sentences. Moved voltage sentence out from amid discussion of energy densities. Tag: Disambiguation links added
29 September 2023
- 18:2118:21, 29 September 2023 diff hist −2 m Tidal force " ... the nearest side is attracted more strongly than the farthest side. The difference is positive in the near side and negative in the far side, which causes a body to get stretched." The sentence is discussing two sides, the near side and the far side. Therefore "nearest" and "farthest" should take on their comparative forms, "nearer" and "farther."
25 September 2023
- 01:5601:56, 25 September 2023 diff hist 0 m Electrocardiography →Interpretation: change coma to semicolon the break up run-on sentence.
16 September 2023
- 21:1421:14, 16 September 2023 diff hist −26 m Pholcidae →Misconceptions: reverted previous change back to ""the same legend is also repeated of the harvestman and crane fly, also known as daddy long-legs in some regions."
- 21:0121:01, 16 September 2023 diff hist +5 m Pholcidae "the same legend is also repeated of the harvestman and crane fly, "also known as "daddy long-legs" in some regions." -> "the same legend is also repeated of the harvestman, also known as 'daddy long-legs' in some regions, and crane fly." Repositioned "also known as 'daddy long-legs' in some regions" to apply only to "harvestman." Crane flies have large wings and bear little resemblance to daddy long-legs.
10 September 2023
- 21:3021:30, 10 September 2023 diff hist 0 m Beta-1 adrenergic receptor "The beta-1 adrenergic receptor can either refer to the protein-encoding gene or one of the four adrenergic receptors." -> "... can refer to either the protein-encoding gene or one of the four adrenergic receptors." "Either"'s "or" should couple similar parts of speech. The change hereto makes the "or" couple two nouns ("gene," "one") rather than a verb ("refer") and a noun ("one"). Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 21:1121:11, 10 September 2023 diff hist −2 m Metoprolol "The metabolism of metoprolol can vary widely between patients ..." - > "The metabolism of metoprolol can vary widely among patients ..." "Between" applies to two entities. When there are more than two entities, "among" is preferable. Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 21:0021:00, 10 September 2023 diff hist +1 m Circle of latitude "Circles of latitude are often called parallels because they are parallel to each other ..." -> "Circles of latitude are often called parallels because they are parallel to one another ..." "Each other" applies to two entities. When there are more than two entities, "one another" is preferable. Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
8 September 2023
- 23:0323:03, 8 September 2023 diff hist +1 m Inflatable boat " ...the floor and Hull is often flexible, ..." -> " ...the floor and Hull are often flexible, ..." The plural subject requires a plural verb.
22 August 2023
- 19:1919:19, 22 August 2023 diff hist +1 m Hematocrit →Measurement methods: Separated two paragraphs that were joined inadvertently.
- 19:1519:15, 22 August 2023 diff hist −94 m Hematocrit Removed "{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}<!-- obvious simple calculation based on the definition -->." The obvious simple calculation needs no citation. Since the tube has a uniform cross section, its volume is directly proportional to its length. Therefore the relative volumes the separated layers are proportional to their lengths.
18 August 2023
- 23:4923:49, 18 August 2023 diff hist −41 m Glomerulus (kidney) →Lining: Removed "thus," which with its precise meaning of "as has been shown" or its less precise meaning of "therefore," is inapposite.
16 August 2023
- 23:0523:05, 16 August 2023 diff hist −1 m Magnetic declination →Declination change over time and location: "For a location closer to the pole like Ivujivik ..." "closer" -> "close"; No other location is mentioned, so Ivujivik cannot be "closer."
- 23:0223:02, 16 August 2023 diff hist −66 m Magnetic declination "The magnetic declination in a given area may ... change slowly over time depending upon how far from the magnetic poles it is." "It" refers to a missing antecedent, a location in relation to the magnetic polehs. Mqgnetic deviation is a measurement not a location. "The magnetic declination in a given area may ... change slowly over time ... depending on where it is measured."
- 19:1619:16, 16 August 2023 diff hist 0 m Creatinine →Biological relevance: " ... higher muscle protein turnover links increased creatine to the generally higher serum HDL in women as compared to serum HDL in man ..." Changed "man" to "men" to be consistent with "women."
9 August 2023
- 18:2018:20, 9 August 2023 diff hist 0 m Peter Falk Moved "only" next to the propositional phrase it modifies. "Falk turned in a gem of a performance ... , although he only appears in the last fifth of the movie." -> "Falk turned in a gem of a performance ... , although he appears only in the last fifth of the movie." Tags: Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit
4 August 2023
- 23:1923:19, 4 August 2023 diff hist +18 m Water intoxication →Endurance sports: "This is caused when" -> "This occurs when." Events are caused *by* something, usually a noun; e.g. by sodium levels dropping. Events occur *when* something happens, usually a clause, in this case when sodium levels drop.
