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Baror
Baror is an archaeological settlement mound of the Indus (Harappan) civilization on the dried Ghaggar river in Rajasthan, India, excavated by the Archaeological Survey of India between 2003 and 2006.
Baroreceptor
Baroreceptor: stretch-sensing mechanoreceptor nerve ending in the carotid sinus, aortic arch, and cardiopulmonary circulation; fires via PIEZO, ENaC, ASIC, and TRP channels to the medullary baroreflex, buffering arterial blood pressure.
Baroreflex
Baroreflex (baroreceptor reflex): homeostatic reflex by which carotid sinus and aortic arch baroreceptors oppose blood pressure changes via autonomic adjustments; BRS measurement methods and clinical prognostic use.
Baroreflex activation therapy
Baroreflex activation therapy (BAT, Barostim by CVRx) is an implanted carotid sinus stimulation device that reduces sympathetic outflow; FDA-approved for symptomatic HFrEF (NYHA III, LVEF ≤35%, NT-proBNP <1600) after the BeAT-HF trial.
Baroreflex failure
Baroreflex failure, also called afferent baroreflex failure, is loss of the baroreflex blood pressure buffer, usually from neck radiation or surgery, causing hypertensive surges, orthostatic hypotension, and labile hypertension.
Barossa Export Pipeline
The Barossa Export Pipeline is a 262-kilometer subsea gas pipeline in the Timor Sea, running from the Barossa gas field to the Darwin LNG facility.
Barossa Valley
Barossa Valley: wine region (GI) north-east of Adelaide, South Australia, part of the Barossa zone with Eden Valley; famed for full-bodied Shiraz from vines dating to 1843, Old Vine Charter, and 53,593-tonne 2025 crush.
Barot House
Barot House is a 2019 Hindi-language ZEE5 Original psychological thriller directed by Bugs Bhargava Krishna, starring Amit Sadh, Manjari Fadnnis, and Aaryan Menghji, about a Daman family whose daughters are murdered; streamed from 7 August 2019.
Barotrauma
Barotrauma: tissue injury from pressure differences across gas-filled body spaces during flying, diving, or hyperbaric therapy; ear barotrauma (airplane ear, otic barotrauma) is the most common form.
Barotrauma (video game)
Barotrauma is a 2D co-op submarine survival horror simulator set under Europa's ice, by FakeFish and Undertow Games, published by Daedalic. Early Access June 5, 2019; 1.0 March 13, 2023; up to 16 players, six classes, traitor mode, 60,000+ Workshop mods, Home & Harbor expansion due Autumn 2026.
Barotropic instability
Barotropic instability is a fluid-dynamical instability of horizontally sheared flow in which disturbances draw kinetic energy directly from the background shear, contrasting with baroclinic instability.
Barotse Native Authority
The Barotse Native Authority was the statutory native authority created in 1936 under British indirect rule in Barotseland, the Lozi kingdom of the upper Zambezi basin in Northern Rhodesia.
Barotseland Agreement 1964
The Barotseland Agreement 1964 was a treaty signed in London on 18 May 1964 that incorporated Barotseland into the new Republic of Zambia; Zambia abrogated it in 1969.
Barousse
Barousse is a small valley and region in the French Pyrenees, carved by the Ourse river, whose main town is Loures-Barousse; it is known for its marble quarries worked since the Roman period.
Barq's
Barq's is a caffeinated American root beer created by Edward C. Barq, Sr. in Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1898 at the Biloxi Artesian Bottling Works, franchised widely by 1950, and purchased by Coca-Cola in 1995.
Barque
A barque, often spelled bark, is a sailing vessel of three or more masts, square-rigged on every mast except the aftermost, which carries fore-and-aft sails.
Barquisimeto
Barquisimeto is a city in western Venezuela, capital of Lara state, founded in 1552 by Juan de Villegas and considered the country's fourth city behind Caracas, Maracaibo, and Valencia.
Barquq
Barquq (الظاهر برقوق) was a Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria and the first of the Circassian (Burji) line, reigning twice from 1382 until his death in 1399.
Barquq's seizure of the throne (1382)
Barquq's seizure of the throne (انقلاب برقوق) was the November 1382 deposition of child sultan al-Salih Hajji by the Circassian amir Barquq, who became sultan.
Barr body
Barr body (sex chromatin): the condensed, mostly silent inactive X chromosome seen near the nuclear membrane in female mammal somatic cells, discovered by Barr and Bertram in 1949, formed via XIST RNA, count one fewer than X chromosomes, with some genes escaping silencing.
Barr Moses
Barr Moses, co-founder and CEO of Monte Carlo (founded 2019 with Lior Gavish), credited with coining data observability and data downtime; formerly Israeli Air Force data unit commander, Bain consultant, and Gainsight VP; Stanford B.Sc. in Mathematical and Computational Science.
Barr Yaron
Barr Yaron is a venture capital investor and Partner at Amplify Partners, known for the annual State of AI Engineering survey, whose 2026 edition drew 1,048 responses.
Barra
Barra (Barraigh) is an inhabited island at the southern end of the Scottish Outer Hebrides, featuring Kisimul Castle and a combined population of 1,300 with Vatersay.
Barra Mansa
Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: a Sul Fluminense municipality on the Paraíba do Sul, founded 1832, coffee-era city turned services hub; 169,894 residents (2022 census), IDHM 0.729.
Barracas central
Barracas Central (Club Atlético Barracas Central), Buenos Aires football club founded 5 April 1904, plays in Argentina's Liga Profesional; home is Estadio Claudio Fabián Tapia (10,000), long linked to AFA president Claudio Tapia.
Barracks
Barracks, also called barrack blocks, are buildings or groups of buildings used to house soldiers, originally temporary huts and now usually permanent structures within a garrison.
Barracouta Oil and Gas Field
Barracouta is an oil and gas field in the Gippsland Basin in Bass Strait, off Victoria, Australia, the first offshore discovery in Australian waters, found in 1965 and producing gas since 1969.
Barracuda
Barracuda, Sphyraena (Sphyraenidae): elongated predatory tropical marine fish, 27-28 living species in three groups, including the great barracuda Sphyraena barracuda, up to 2 m, known for speed, ciguatera risk, and rare attacks on divers.
Barracuda (song)
"Barracuda" is a 1977 hard rock song by Heart, lead single of Little Queen, written by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson, Roger Fisher, and Michael DeRosier; it peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was written in anger at a Mushroom Records ad and a promoter's insinuation about the Wilson sisters.
Barracuda (upcoming film)
Barracuda is an upcoming Neil Burger action thriller starring Anthony Mackie and Dafne Keen as Karl and Jodie, fleeing in a stolen 1973 Plymouth Barracuda; filmed in Las Cruces, New Mexico, and Chihuahua, wrapped May 2026, in post-production, with Amazon distribution deals.