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Bilyayivka Raion
Bilyayivka Raion (Біляївський район), also Biliaivka Raion, was a district in central Odesa Oblast, Ukraine, centered on Biliaivka; created 1923, restored 1935, abolished 18 July 2020 and merged into Odesa Raion.
Bilyonaryo News Channel
Bilyonaryo News Channel (BNC) is a Philippine free-to-air and pay television news channel based in Quezon City and owned by Prage Management Corporation, launched in 2024.
BIM Birlesik Magazalar
BİM Birleşik Mağazalar, also known as BİM Birleşik Mağazalar A.Ş., is Turkey's largest hard-discount food retailer, founded in 1995 by former Aldi managers and selling about 900 mostly private-label items at everyday low prices.
Bima Sultanate
The Bima Sultanate was a sultanate in eastern Sumbawa, Indonesia, on the Malacca–Maluku trade route, whose first sultan, Abdul Kahir, was crowned in 1633 or 1640.
BIMA trial
BIMA trial: Brain Injury and Mechanisms of Action of Hyperbaric Oxygen study, a DoD-sponsored randomized double-blind sham-controlled Phase II trial (NCT01611194) of 71 U.S. service members testing 40 sessions of 1.5 ATA HBO2 versus 1.2 ATA air sham for persistent post-concussive symptoms after mild TBI; short-term gains regressed by 6 to 36 months.
Bimagrumab
Bimagrumab (BYM338) is a fully human monoclonal antibody blocking activin type IIA/IIB receptors, developed by Novartis and MorphoSys, later acquired by Eli Lilly; it raises lean mass and cuts fat but failed functional endpoints in muscle disease.
Bimal Bora
Bimal Bora, also spelled Borah, is an Indian Bharatiya Janata Party politician and cabinet minister in Assam, representing the Tingkhong constituency and holding the Industries and Commerce portfolios.
Bimal Mitra
Bimal Mitra (বিমল মিত্র, 1912–1991) was an Indian Bengali writer of novels and short stories in Bengali and Hindi, best known for Saheb Bibi Golam.
Bimal Roy (বিমল রায়)
Bimal Roy (বিমল রায়), 1909–1966, Indian film director born in Dhaka; pioneer of social realism in Hindi cinema at New Theatres and Bimal Roy Productions; directed Do Bigha Zamin, Madhumati, Sujata, Bandini; first Indian film to win Prix International at Cannes (1954).
Biman Bagchi
Biman Bagchi is an Indian physical chemist and statistical mechanic, long a professor at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, known for solvation dynamics, biological water, and protein folding.
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (বিমান বাংলাদেশ এয়ারলাইন্স)
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (বিমান বাংলাদেশ এয়ারলাইন্স) is the state-owned national flag carrier of Bangladesh, founded in 1972, based in Dhaka, and flying to 30 destinations with an all-Boeing main fleet.
Bimanual manipulation
Bimanual manipulation is the use of two hands or two robot manipulators to carry out one task with spatial, temporal, or force coordination, enabling skills like laundry folding that a single arm cannot do.
Bimanual teleoperation
Bimanual teleoperation is the real-time, coordinated control of two robot arms or a two-armed humanoid by one operator, using leader-follower arms, VR controllers, or motion capture gloves.
Bimaran casket
The Bimaran casket, also called the Bimaran reliquary, is a small gold Buddhist reliquary found at Bimaran, near Jalalabad, Afghanistan, now in the British Museum.
Bimaristan al-Adudi
Bimaristan al-Adudi (البيمارستان العضدي) was a large hospital in Baghdad founded by the Buyid emir Adud al-Dawla, opened around 981 and destroyed in the Mongol sack of 1258.
Bimatoprost
Bimatoprost (Lumigan, Latisse, Durysta) is a synthetic prostamide analog of prostaglandin F2alpha, FDA approved in 2001 to lower intraocular pressure in glaucoma and used topically for eyelash growth.
Bimatoprost grenod
Bimatoprost grenod (NCX 470, K-911) is a nitric oxide-donating bimatoprost eye drop for open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension; two positive phase 3 trials and an FDA-accepted NDA with April 2027 PDUFA date.
Bimaxillary orthognathic surgery
Bimaxillary orthognathic surgery is a jaw operation combining a Le Fort I osteotomy with bilateral sagittal split osteotomies, repositioning both jaws to correct malocclusion and facial imbalance.
Bimbashi Arabic
Bimbashi Arabic (also Mongalla Arabic) was a military pidginized Arabic spread ca. 1870-1920 in southern Sudan's garrison camps; it is the predecessor of the Nubi and Juba Arabic creoles.
Bimbī
Bimbī is a female lay disciple named in the Pali canon's list of eminent laywomen at AN 8:90, her identity uncertain between Khemā, Bimbisāra's consort, and Bimbā, the Buddha's wife.
Bimbia
Bimbia is a coastal locality in Limbe 3 Subdivision, Southwest Region, Cameroon, known as a precolonial trading hub and a port of embarkation in the transatlantic slave trade.
Bimbisara (बिम्बिसार)
Bimbisara (बिम्बिसार), also called Śreṇika, was the Haryanka king of Magadha (c. 545–493 BCE) who annexed Anga, ruled from Rajagriha, patronised Buddhism and Jainism, and died deposed by his son Ajatashatru.
Bimbisara (బింబిసార) (film)
Bimbisara (బింబిసార) is a 2022 Indian Telugu-language fantasy action drama starring Nandamuri Kalyan Ram as an ancient king transported through a magic mirror to 2022 Hyderabad.
Bimbo
Bimbo: English slang from Italian bambino ("little child"); originally a 1919 contemptuous term for a man, shifted by the 1920s to an offensive word for an attractive but unintelligent woman, revived in 1980s scandals, reclaimed on TikTok.
Bimbo Bakeries USA
Bimbo Bakeries USA (BBU) is the U.S. subsidiary of Mexico's Grupo Bimbo and the largest U.S. baking company, owning Sara Lee, Entenmann's, Thomas', Oroweat, and Arnold. It received an FDA sesame-labeling warning letter in 2024 and is moving headquarters from Horsham, PA to Dallas.
Bimekizumab
Bimekizumab (Bimzelx, bimekizumab-bkzx) is a UCB humanized IgG1 monoclonal antibody inhibiting IL-17A and IL-17F, approved 2021 in the EU and 2023 in the US for plaque psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, axial spondyloarthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and hidradenitis suppurativa.
BiMEP
BiMEP (Biscay Marine Energy Platform) is an open-sea test site for wave energy and floating wind prototypes off Armintza in Biscay, Basque Country, Spain, grid-connected and operating since June 2015.
BIMERVAX
BIMERVAX (PHH-1V) is HIPRA's recombinant, adjuvanted protein-subunit COVID-19 booster vaccine, EMA-authorised 30 March 2023 for people 12+ previously mRNA-vaccinated; WHO prequalified 2023; versions target Alpha/Beta, XBB.1.16, and LP.8.1.
Bimetallic strip
A bimetallic strip is two bonded metals with different thermal expansion that bends with temperature, powering thermostats, dial thermometers, and circuit breakers since the 1700s.
Bimetric gravity
Bimetric gravity, also called Hassan–Rosen theory or massive bigravity, is an extension of general relativity with two dynamical metrics, constructed by S. F. Hassan and Rachel Rosen in 2011.