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Breathing
Breathing (ventilation) is the rhythmic movement of air into and out of the lungs for gas exchange. Key facts: 12–16 breaths/min at rest, brainstem and chemoreceptor control, alveolar oxygen uptake, Lavoisier's early measurements.
Breathing Exercises
Breathing exercises (respiratory muscle training, pranayama, Buteyko, pursed lip and diaphragmatic breathing) are therapeutic exercises altering respiration rate, depth, and rhythm, used in COPD, asthma, and dysfunctional breathing.
Breathing metal-organic frameworks
Breathing metal-organic frameworks are flexible metal-organic frameworks whose crystal lattice reversibly switches between large-pore and narrow-pore forms as guest molecules are adsorbed, giving stepwise adsorption isotherms.
Breathing pyrochlore lattice
A breathing pyrochlore lattice is a 3D network of corner-sharing tetrahedra of alternating sizes, first realized in 2013 in the spinel oxides LiGaCr4O8 and LiInCr4O8.
Breathless (1960 film)
Breathless (À bout de souffle), Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 French New Wave debut feature with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Jean Seberg, a black-and-white 90-minute crime drama famous for jump cuts.
Breathless (Spanish TV series)
Breathless (Respira) is a Spanish Netflix medical drama created by Carlos Montero, set in Valencia's fictional public Hospital Joaquín Sorolla, starring Najwa Nimri, Blanca Suárez, and Manu Ríos; it premiered August 30, 2024, with a third and final season filming from May 2026.
Breathtaking
Breathtaking (2024 ITV drama): three-part adaptation of Dr Rachel Clarke's Covid-19 memoir, written with Jed Mercurio and Prasanna Puwanarajah, starring Joanne Froggatt as consultant Dr Abbey Henderson on the overwhelmed NHS frontline; aired 19-21 February 2024.
Breathturn
Breathturn (Atemwende) is a 1967 collection of 80 poems by Paul Celan, his sixth volume, published by Suhrkamp in Frankfurt am Main, marking the start of his late style.
Brebis Bleaney
Brebis Bleaney (1915–2006) was a British experimental physicist who independently invented electron paramagnetic resonance at Oxford and led the Clarendon Laboratory from 1957 to 1977.
BrECADD regimen
BrECADD is a combination chemotherapy regimen for advanced-stage classical Hodgkin lymphoma, combining brentuximab vedotin with etoposide, cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, dacarbazine, and dexamethasone; it outperformed eBEACOPP in the HD21 phase 3 trial.
Breccia
Breccia is a clastic rock composed of angular fragments larger than 2 mm held by mineral cement, its sharp-edged clasts distinguishing it from conglomerate, whose clasts are rounded by transport.
Brecha
Brecha is an independent left-wing weekly newspaper founded in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1985 by former Marcha journalists after the dictatorship, considered Marcha's continuation and known for its investigative and human rights reporting.
BRECHE trial
BRECHE (NCT07354464) is a phase 3 randomized trial at CHU Clermont-Ferrand, France, comparing sphenopalatine ganglion block with epidural blood patch for post-dural puncture headache; 80 participants, started February 2026, completion expected February 2028.
Brecht Rodenburg
Brecht Rodenburg (Engelbrecht Rodenburg), Dutch volleyball player born 1967, outside hitter, 202 cm. Won 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold with the Netherlands, beating Italy 3-2; also 1993/1995 European and 1994 World silver medalist.
Breckenridge Ski Resort
Breckenridge Ski Resort, a Vail Resorts-owned ski area on five peaks of Colorado's Tenmile Range near the town of Breckenridge. Opened 1961; 2,908 acres, 187 trails, base 9,600 ft, Imperial SuperChair at 12,840 ft.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Breckenridge, Colorado: Summit County resort town founded in 1859 as a gold-mining camp, home to about 5,000 residents, the Breckenridge Ski Resort's five peaks, and Colorado's largest historic district.
Breckin Meyer
Breckin Meyer (born 1974) is an American actor, writer, producer and musician known for Clueless (1995), Road Trip (2000), Rat Race, the Garfield films, Franklin & Bash, and voicing Joseph Gribble on King of the Hill, with five Emmy nominations for Robot Chicken writing.
Brecknock gas field
The Brecknock gas field is an offshore gas and condensate field in the Browse Basin, about 425 km northwest of Broome, discovered in 1979 and still undeveloped as of 2026.
Břeclav
Břeclav, or Lundenburg, is a town in the Czech South Moravian Region near the Austrian and Slovak borders. It is famous for its 11th-century castle and historical Jewish community.
Brecon Beacons
Brecon Beacons (Bannau Brycheiniog) is a Welsh national park designated in 1957; on 17 April 2023 its authority adopted the Welsh name, meaning Peaks of Brychan's Kingdom, alongside a net-zero-by-2035 management plan.
Brecon Beacons National Park
Brecon Beacons National Park, also known as Bannau Brycheiniog or Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog, is a national park in South Wales designated in 1957 and covering about 520 square miles.
Brécourt Manor Assault
Brécourt Manor Assault: June 6, 1944 D-Day action near Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Normandy, where about 20 paratroopers of the 101st Airborne's Easy Company under Lt. Richard Winters destroyed four German 105mm howitzers firing on Utah Beach.
Breda
Breda is a city and municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands, at the Mark-Aa confluence, cradle of the House of Orange-Nassau; about 190,000 residents, city rights 1252, mayor Paul Depla, major 't Zoet redevelopment. Distinct from the Catalan pottery village Breda.
Breda 30
The Breda 30 was the standard light machine gun of the Royal Italian Army during the Second World War, used from 1930 and chambered in 6.5 mm Carcano.
Bree Fram
Bree Fram is a retired US Space Force colonel and astronautical engineer, the first openly serving transgender service member promoted to colonel in the American military, serving 23 years.
Bree Hall
Bree Hall, born 2003 in Dayton, Ohio, is a 6-1 WNBA guard, 20th pick of the 2025 draft by the Indiana Fever, two-time NCAA champion with South Carolina.
Bree Olson
Bree Olson (Rachel Marie Oberlin, born 1986, Houston, Texas) is an American former adult film actress, Adam & Eve contract star and 2008 AVN Best New Starlet, known for living with Charlie Sheen in 2011 and for speaking on post-porn stigma.
Bree Tomasel
Bree Tomasel (born 1989) is an Italian-Australian radio host, TV presenter and author based in New Zealand, co-host of ZM's Bree & Clint drive show, host of TVNZ 2's Celebrity Treasure Island, 2022 NZ Television Personality of the Year, and author of Unapologetically Me (2024).
Bree Turner
Bree Turner, also Bree Nicole Turner, is an American actress and former professional dancer born 1977 in Palo Alto, California, best known as Rosalee Calvert on NBC's Grimm (2011-2017) and for comedy film roles such as Deuce Bigalow.
Bree Van de Kamp
Bree Van de Kamp (later Hodge, Weston; née Mason) is the perfectionist homemaker of ABC's Desperate Housewives (2004–2012), played by Marcia Cross, created by Marc Cherry from his mother, ending the series elected to the Kentucky legislature.