Diagonal Lines

Diagonal lines are straight lines that connect two points that do not lie directly above, below, or beside one another, and in geometry they commonly join nonadjacent vertices of a polygon. In a coordinate system, their orientation is described by slope, calculated as the change in vertical position divided by the change in horizontal position; this distinguishes diagonal direction from horizontal and vertical alignment. In engineering, diagonal lines represent braces, load paths, cut lines, and inclined members in technical drawings and computer-aided design. Understanding their length, angle, and intersections supports structural stability, accurate modeling, and spatial analysis.

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Diagonal Method to Measure Synergy Among Any Number of Drugs

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2018

In this protocol, we describe how to make Loewe additivity-based drug interaction measurements for pairwise and three-way drug combinations.

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JoVE Core - Electrical Engineering

Lossless Lines

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2024

In electrical engineering, a lossless transmission line is characterized by a purely imaginary propagation constant and a resistive characteristic impedance. The ABCD parameters, which describe the relationship between the input and output voltages and currents, indicate an equivalent π circuit with an imaginary series impedance and a shunt admittance. This results in a transmission line that, when the product of the phase constant (beta) and the length of the line is less than pi, exhibits...

Lines in Space

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2026

In three-dimensional analytic geometry, a line can be fully described using vector equations when both a point on the line and its direction are known. This approach has practical applications in fields such as engineering and surveying, where precise spatial modeling is essential. For instance, a laser beam from a surveying instrument directed across a construction site can be modeled mathematically as a line using vectors.Let the laser beam originate from a known point P₀, represented by the...

Cell Lines

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2023

A cell line is a population of cells grown in vitro that can be subcultured over several generations. Normal cells cease to divide after a certain number of cell divisions, a process known as replicative senescence. This number, called the Hayflick limit, was conceptualized by Leonard Hayflick in 1961 when he observed that fetal cells grown in culture could only divide 40-60 times. This limit is due to the shortening of the telomeres during each round of cell division, preventing cell division...

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Cytotoxicity Assays with Zebrafish Cell Lines

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2023

This protocol presents commonly used cytotoxicity assays (Alamar Blue [AB], CFDA-AM, Neutral Red, and MTT assays) adapted for the assessment of cytotoxicity in zebrafish embryo (ZEM2S) and liver (ZFL) cell lines in 96-well plates.

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