Circus (building)

The Roman circus (from Latin, "circle") was a large open-air venue used for public events in the ancient Roman Empire. The circuses were similar to the ancient Greek hippodromes, although circuses served varying purposes and differed in design and construction. Along with theatres and amphitheatres, Circuses were one of the main entertainment sites of the time. Circuses were venues for chariot races, horse races, and performances that commemorated important events of the empire were performed there. For events that involved re-enactments of naval battles, the circus was flooded with water.

According to Edward Gibbon, in Chapter XXXI of his work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, the Roman people, at the start of the 5th century:

Architectural design

The performance space of the Roman circus was normally, despite its name, an oblong rectangle of two linear sections of race track, separated by a median strip running along the length of about two thirds the track, joined at one end with a semicircular section and at the other end with an undivided section of track closed (in most cases) by a distinctive starting gate known as the carceres, thereby creating a circuit for the races. The Circus of Maxentius epitomises the design.

Meta (academic company)

Meta is a Canada-based biomedical content curation website which provides material from journals and papers to users. Meta' provides research relevant to users in real-time using machine learning. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

History

Meta, formerly Sciencescape Inc., was founded in 2010 by Sam and Amy Molyneux. Before co-founding Meta, Sam Molyneux studied cancer genomics at the Ontario Cancer Institute at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto. The service was developed with the intention of curating the millions of articles in the area of academic publishing.

As of June 2013, the Meta website included 45 million pages.

Features and specifications

Meta includes coverage of the biomedical sciences with real-time updates from PubMed. The website provides access to over 22 million papers with publication dates as early as the 1800s. By sifting through papers and learning from user behavior, the service pinpoints key pieces of research and provides relevant search results. To sort and display significant content, the database uses eigenvalues to assess multiple academic journals. Meta also provides visualizations about a field of research by organizing papers by their date of publication and citation count and then presenting the information on a graph that allows users to quickly identify key papers historical papers.

Meta (company)

Meta is a Portola Valley, California company known for making augmented reality products. They have made several products known as the Meta One and Meta Pro. They combine real world technology with holographic images, and unlike the Oculus Rift, which is completely virtual, Meta is still transparent and the real world can still be seen. It was founded by Meron Gribetz. CNBC identifies its main competitors as Vuzix and Recon Instruments rather than Google Glass. Their initial demographic will be business use, such as product engineers and architects.

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Decision

Decision may refer to:

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Decisions (George Adams & Don Pullen album)

Decisions is an album by the George Adams-Don Pullen Quartet recorded in 1984 for the Dutch Timeless label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Steve Loewy awarded the album 4½ stars stating "There are some tasty extended solos by all the players, and the choice of tunes is impressive, even if sometimes they sound like simple heads... When the Quartet was at its best, as it sometimes is here, it was simply unbeatable".

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Decisions (The Winans album)

Decisions was the fifth studio album by American gospel group The Winans, released in 1987 under Qwest Records. The album was written and produced by Marvin Winans, along with music producer Quincy Jones and Barry Hankerson. The album is a blend of contemporary gospel and R&B, also includes the Grammy winning single "Ain't No Need to Worry" featuring singer Anita Baker and "Love Has No Color" featuring singer-songwriter Michael McDonald. The album peaked at #30 on Billboard's Top Gospel Albums chart.

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