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Brady Corbet

Brady Corbet (born 1988, Scottsdale, Arizona) is an American writer-director and former actor, director of The Childhood of a Leader, Vox Lux, and the Oscar-winning 215-minute epic The Brutalist, which won him the Venice Silver Lion and a Golden Globe.

Brady disclosure

Brady disclosure is the prosecutor's constitutional duty from Brady v. Maryland (1963) to disclose favorable, material evidence, including impeachment (Giglio) material, to criminal defendants, regardless of defense requests.

Brady Ellison

Brady Ellison (Brady Lee Ellison, born 1988) is an American recurve archer, five-time Olympian with 3 silver and 2 bronze Olympic medals, 2019 world champion, and 72-arrow world record holder (702, Lima 2019).

Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act

The Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act (Brady Act, Pub. L. 103-159), a 1993 US federal law named for James Brady, amended the Gun Control Act of 1968 to impose a 5-day handgun waiting period (1994–1998) and create the FBI's NICS background check system covering all firearms.

Brady Haran

Brady Haran, Australian-born UK-based video journalist, creator of Numberphile, Periodic Videos, Sixty Symbols, Computerphile; ex-Adelaide Advertiser and BBC; over 1.4 billion views, awards and asteroid named for him.

Brady Hepner

Brady Hepner (born 2005, Wallburg, North Carolina) is an American actor known for Vance Hopper in The Black Phone, Teddy Kountze in The Holdovers, Diller Hopkins in Netflix's The Waterfront, and Max Van Helsing in Abraham's Boys.

Brady Hoke

Brady Hoke (born 1958) is an American college football coach, head coach at Ball State, San Diego State, and Michigan (2011-14, 31-20), later Oregon DC, Tennessee interim coach, and Panthers D-line coach.

Brady Kurtz

Brady Kurtz, born 1996 in Cowra, NSW, is an Australian speedway rider for Belle Vue, Wroclaw, and Holsted; 2025 Speedway GP silver medallist with five straight GP wins, 2025 Speedway of Nations champion, and Australian Champion 2016 and 2025.

Brady Leman

Brady Leman is a Canadian retired ski cross racer, born in 1986 in Calgary, who won gold at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics and competed at three Olympic Games.

Brady Plan

The Brady Plan, announced by U.S. Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady in March 1989, converted banks' nonperforming loans to indebted developing countries into collateralized 30-year bonds, beginning with Mexico's 1990 deal.

Brady Quinn

Brady Quinn (Brayden Tyler Quinn, born 1984) is a former Notre Dame quarterback, 2007 first-round pick (22nd, Browns), 24-game NFL veteran, and Fox Big Noon Kickoff analyst.

Brady R. Cox

Brady R. Cox is an American geotechnical earthquake engineer, professor at Utah State University, and founding director of the Utah Earthquake Engineering Center who received the 2012 PECASE award.

Brady Smigiel

Brady Smigiel (born 2006) is a Michigan Wolverines freshman quarterback from Newbury Park High School, a record-setting passer and 2024 CIF Division II state champion who committed to FSU before decommitting to Michigan.

Brady Tkachuk

Brady Tkachuk, American NHL left wing, drafted fourth overall by Ottawa in 2018, Senators captain 2021-2026, traded to Florida Panthers June 2026, won 2026 Olympic gold with Team USA.

Bradyarrhythmia in acute myocardial infarction

Bradyarrhythmia in acute myocardial infarction: sinus bradycardia and AV block complicating heart attack, mostly with inferior RCA-occlusion MI via vagal reflexes; managed with atropine, temporary pacing, and selected permanent pacing.

Bradycardia

Bradycardia, or slow heart rate (bradyarrhythmia), is a resting heart rate below 60 bpm in adults, below 50 per the 2018 ACC/AHA/HRS guideline. Causes include sinus node dysfunction, heart block, hypothyroidism, and rate-slowing drugs; treatment ranges from drug adjustment to pacemakers.

Bradycardic cardiac arrest

Bradycardic cardiac arrest: arrest reached through severe bradycardia or bradyasystole, usually from hypoxia or asphyxia rather than primary dysrhythmia; covers thresholds, atropine and pacing management, and survival by rhythm.

Bradykinin

Bradykinin (BK), a vasoactive nonapeptide of the kallikrein-kinin system, is released from kininogen by kallikrein and acts via B1 and B2 GPCRs; icatibant targets B2 in hereditary angioedema.

Bradyn Swinson

Bradyn Swinson, born 2002, is an NFL edge rusher from Douglasville, Georgia, who played at Oregon and LSU, led LSU in sacks in 2024, and was drafted 146th overall by the Patriots in 2025.

Bradyopsia

Bradyopsia (PERRS, prolonged electroretinal response suppression), a rare autosomal recessive retinal disorder from RGS9 or RGS9BP mutations, causing markedly delayed light-dark adaptation, difficulty tracking moving objects, mild photophobia, and reduced acuity with normal color vision.

Bradyphrenia

Bradyphrenia, also called mental slowness, is slowed thinking and cognitive processing, coined by Naville in 1922 for post-encephalitic parkinsonism and now coded ICD-11 MB23.3, most often linked to Parkinson's disease.

Bradypus

Bradypus, the three-toed sloths, is the sole genus of family Bradypodidae with four Neotropical species; distantly related to Choloepus, with peg-like teeth, the slowest mammal metabolism, and a Critically Endangered pygmy species.

Bradypus variegatus

Bradypus variegatus, the brown-throated three-toed sloth (also brown-throated sloth), is the most widespread three-toed sloth, ranging from Honduras to most of Brazil, IUCN Least Concern but decreasing.

Bradyrhizobium

Bradyrhizobium, slow-growing rhizobia genus (Jordan 1982), gram-negative aerobic rods forming legume root-nodule symbioses; type species B. japonicum, used in soybean inoculants, 88% Brazilian soybean area inoculated 2021/2022.

Bradyseism

Bradyseism, from Greek bradys (slow), is slow volcanic ground uplift and subsidence, best documented at Italy's Campi Flegrei caldera near Pozzuoli, with crises in 1970-72, 1982-84, and an ongoing phase since 2005.

Braeden Clarke

Braeden Clarke (born 1993) is a Canadian actor of the Mikisew Cree First Nation, Alberta, known as Kuuk in North of North, Leo in Little Bird (2024 Canadian Screen Award winner), Jeremy Wood in SkyMed, and Kaheroton in Outlander.

Braeden Lemasters

Braeden Lemasters (born 1996, Warren, Ohio) is an American actor and guitarist-vocalist of the Los Angeles indie rock band Wallows; known for Albert in Men of a Certain Age and Victor McAllister in Betrayal.

Braedyn Bruner

Braedyn Bruner (born 2000) is an American actress from the Dallas area; she plays Emma Scorpio-Drake on General Hospital (from December 2024) and appeared as Angela in V/H/S/Beyond (2024).

Braemar

Braemar is a village in upper Deeside, Aberdeenshire, at the Dee-Clunie confluence in Cairngorms National Park, home of the Braemar Royal Highland Gathering since 1832; distinct from Braemar Plc, the LSE-listed shipbroker.

Braemont Partners

Braemont Partners is a Dallas, Texas growth equity firm founded in 2021 by Robert Covington, investing $25 to $200 million in technology, business services, and financial services.