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Doxology

A doxology is a short hymn or liturgical formula praising God, typically Trinitarian, including the Gloria Patri and the hymn "Praise God from whom all blessings flow."

Doxorubicin

Doxorubicin (Adriamycin) is an anthracycline chemotherapy antibiotic, FDA-approved 1974, that kills cancer cells via DNA intercalation and topoisomerase II inhibition; its dose-limiting toxicity is cumulative cardiotoxicity, mitigated by liposomal formulations and dexrazoxane.

Doxorubicin/gemcitabine regimen

The doxorubicin/gemcitabine regimen is a combination chemotherapy schedule pairing doxorubicin, an anthracycline, with gemcitabine, tested in advanced soft tissue sarcoma and studied earlier in metastatic breast cancer.

DOXY trial

DOXY (NCT03479502) was a Vanderbilt phase 4, triple-blind trial of three intra-articular 50 mg doxycycline injections versus 40 mg methylprednisolone for adhesive capsulitis, testing a Propionibacterium acnes hypothesis; planned 40 patients, ASES outcomes, ran 2018-2022 with enrollment listed as one patient.

Doxycycline

Doxycycline (Vibramycin) is a second-generation semisynthetic tetracycline antibiotic, FDA approved 1967, inhibiting protein synthesis at the ribosomal A site; used for acne, pneumonia, malaria prophylaxis, rickettsial disease, and CDC 2024 STI postexposure prophylaxis.

Doxylamine

Doxylamine (Decapryn, Unisom, Diclegis/Diclectin) is a first-generation ethanolamine H1 antihistamine, first approved in 1948, sold over the counter as a 25 mg sleep aid and combined with vitamin B6 to treat nausea and vomiting of pregnancy.

Doyle

Doyle is an Irish surname, from Ó Dubhghaill, "descendant of Dubhghall", originally a byname for darker-haired Danish Vikings, and now one of Ireland's most common surnames, especially in Leinster.

Doyle (band)

Doyle is the American horror metal band of ex-Misfits guitarist Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and Cancerslug singer Alex Story, formed around 2010, with the albums Abominator (2013) and Doyle II: As We Die (2017).

Doyle Bramhall II

Doyle Bramhall II, born 1968, is a Texas blues-rock guitarist, singer, and producer, ex-Arc Angels, longtime Eric Clapton and Roger Waters collaborator, known for playing a right-strung guitar flipped upside down.

Doyle Brunson

Doyle Brunson, "Texas Dolly" and "The Godfather of Poker" (1933-2023), American poker player; won back-to-back WSOP Main Events 1976-1977 with 10-2, took 10 WSOP bracelets, wrote Super/System (1978), and entered the Poker Hall of Fame in 1988.

Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein

Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein (Paul Caiafa, born 1964, Lodi, NJ) is the Misfits horror punk guitarist, brother of Jerry Only, leader of the band Doyle (Abominator, As We Die), creator of the Annihilator guitar and scooped tone.

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Doylestown, Pennsylvania: county seat of Bucks County, a borough of about 8,300 surrounded by Doylestown Township; known for Henry Mercer's Fonthill Castle, Mercer Museum, and walkable downtown.

Doyoung

Doyoung (도영), born Kim Dong-young in 1996 in Guri, South Korea, is a singer under SM Entertainment, a member of NCT, and a soloist since 2024.

Doyun

Doyun (도의) was a Unified Silla monk who first transmitted the Chinese Southern School of Chan (Seon) to Korea and is honored as founding patriarch of the Gajisan school.

Dozen

A dozen, known in German as Dutzend and Dutch as Dozijn, is a grouping of twelve items used in commerce since medieval Europe; a baker's dozen is thirteen.

Dózsa rebellion

The Dózsa rebellion (Dózsa-féle parasztháború) was a 1514 peasant uprising in the Kingdom of Hungary, led by György Dózsa and suppressed by János Zápolya within three months.

DP

DP is an abbreviation used for many distinct terms, including dynamic programming, DisplayPort, display picture, and displaced person, the term for people forced from their homes by war.

DP Leo

DP Leo (DP Leonis), an eclipsing polar cataclysmic variable in Leo with an 89.8-minute binary orbit, hosts the circumbinary giant planet DP Leo b, about 6.3 Jupiter masses on a 28-year, 8.19 AU eccentric orbit, found by eclipse timing variations.

DP Technology

深势科技, or DP Technology, is a Beijing AI for Science startup founded in 2018 by Zhang Linfeng and Sun Weijie that builds molecular simulation models for drug and battery R&D.

DP Technology (Shenshi Technology)

DP Technology, also known as Shenshi Technology (深势科技), is a Beijing-based artificial-intelligence company founded in 2018 that applies machine learning to scientific simulation, drug design, and battery development.

DP World

DP World, also known as Dubai Ports World (موانئ دبي العالمية), is a Dubai-based state-owned company that operates ports and terminals in over 69 countries.

DP-GEN

DP-GEN (Deep Potential GENerator) is an open-source concurrent-learning workflow introduced by Zhang and colleagues in 2019 that automates iterative training of Deep Potential machine-learning interatomic potentials, labeling only uncertain configurations.

DP-water

DP-water is a machine-learning molecular dynamics model of water built with the Deep Potential neural-network method, trained on density functional theory data, best known from a 2021 model.

DPA-2

DPA-2 (deep potential attention-2) is a large atomic model for molecular and materials simulation, introduced in December 2023 and pre-trained across diverse systems for fine-tuning and distillation.

DPAGT1-CDG

DPAGT1-CDG (CDG-Ij, OMIM 608093) is a rare autosomal recessive congenital disorder of N-linked glycosylation from DPAGT1 mutations, causing hypotonia, intractable seizures, microcephaly, and fetal hypokinesia; same gene can cause congenital myasthenic syndrome.

DPANN

DPANN (Nanobdellati) is an archaeal superphylum of at least 10 phyla of ultrasmall, genome-reduced symbionts, named for Diapherotrites, Parvarchaeota, Aenigmarchaeota, Nanoarchaeota, and Nanohaloarchaeota; first member Nanoarchaeum equitans (2002).

DPCPX

DPCPX, also known as CPX or PD 116948, is a xanthine derivative and selective antagonist of the adenosine A1 receptor whose tritiated form is the standard radioligand for that receptor.

DPE Deutsche Private Equity

DPE Deutsche Private Equity is a Munich-based private equity firm providing growth capital to mid-sized DACH companies. Founded in 2007, it manages around €3 billion.

DPG Spring Meetings

The DPG Spring Meetings (Frühjahrstagungen) are the annual spring conferences of the German Physical Society, held each year in several German cities with around 10,000 participants.

DPLL algorithm

The DPLL algorithm (Davis–Putnam–Logemann–Loveland) is a complete backtracking search procedure for deciding whether a Boolean CNF formula is satisfiable, published in 1960–1962 by Davis, Putnam, Logemann, and Loveland.