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Fadi G. Lakkis
Fadi G. Lakkis is a transplantation immunologist and physician-scientist known for work on innate allorecognition and memory T cells in transplant rejection, long at the Starzl Transplantation Institute in Pittsburgh and now at Stanford.
Fadi Ghandour
Fadi Ghandour (فادي غندور) is a Jordanian entrepreneur who co-founded the logistics company Aramex in 1982 and led it as chief executive for nearly 30 years.
Fadillah Yusof
Fadillah Yusof, born in 1962, is a Malaysian lawyer and politician serving as Deputy Prime Minister since 2022 and Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation.
Fading
Fading, also known as amplitude fading, is the fluctuation of a received radio signal's amplitude and phase over time, frequency, or space, caused by multipath propagation.
Fading Away
Fading Away is an 1858 composite photograph by Henry Peach Robinson showing a young woman dying of tuberculosis, printed from five separate negatives in a Victorian controversy.
Fadir (crater on Callisto)
Fadir is a 78.6 km diameter impact crater on Callisto at 56.6°N, 12.6°W, IAU-approved in 1979, named for a Norse farmer; cited as a probably relaxed crater.
Fadl ibn al-Rabi'
Fadl ibn al-Rabi' (الفضل بن الربيع) was an Abbasid official who served as chamberlain and vizier to Harun al-Rashid and al-Amin, urging al-Amin to depose his brother al-Ma'mun.
Fadlun III
Fadlun III (فضل بن فضل) was the last Shaddadid emir of Ganja in Arran, who took the emirate from his father Fadl II by revolt in 1073 and lost it to the Seljuks in 1075.
Fado
Fado is a Portuguese music and poetry genre born in working-class Lisbon in the 1800s, sung solo with guitar and listed by UNESCO in 2011.
Fadrus
Fadrus is an archaeological site in Lower Nubia, Sudan, best known for a large 18th Dynasty cemetery excavated in the 1960s, now submerged under Lake Nasser.
FADS1
FADS1 (fatty acid desaturase 1, delta-5 desaturase gene) at 11q12-q13.1 encodes D5D, converting DGLA to arachidonic acid and ETA to EPA; common haplotypes strongly determine blood PUFA levels, lipid traits, and disease risk.
FaDu
FaDu (CVCL_1218, ATCC HTB-43) is a human hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma cell line established in 1968 from a 56-year-old male patient from Calcutta, India; a standard HNSCC model with CDKN2A and TP53 mutations used in cisplatin, radiation, and 3D culture studies.
Fadwa Tuqan
Fadwa Tuqan (فدوى طوقان), 1917–2003, was a Palestinian poet from Nablus, known as the "poetess of Palestine", who wrote eight collections of love and resistance poetry.
Fady Qaddoura
Fady Qaddoura is an American politician and Democratic member of the Indiana Senate from District 30, elected in 2020 after serving as Indianapolis' controller and CFO.
Faecal calprotectin
Faecal calprotectin: stool measure of the neutrophil S-100 protein calprotectin, used to distinguish IBD from IBS and monitor IBD activity; typical cut-off 50 µg/g, high negative predictive value.
Faecal egg count reduction test
Faecal egg count reduction test (FECRT), also called drench-fecal egg count reduction, a veterinary field test comparing nematode egg counts before and after anthelmintic treatment; reduction below 95% (90% in pigs) indicates anthelmintic resistance in livestock and horses.
Faecal incontinence
Faecal (fecal, bowel) incontinence is the recurrent involuntary passage of stool, affecting about 8% of adults worldwide, more often women and older people; managed first with diet, medication, and pelvic floor exercises.
Faecal smearing
Faecal smearing (便汚染), ICD-11 code ME07.0, is a specified subtype of faecal incontinence (ME07), classified alongside incomplete defaecation and faecal urgency, with encopresis excluded.
Faecal urgency
Faecal urgency, also called fecal urgency, is a sudden, compelling need to defecate that is difficult to defer, and a major risk factor for fecal incontinence.
Faecalibacterium
Faecalibacterium is a genus of strictly anaerobic gut bacteria, among the most abundant in healthy adults and a major producer of butyrate, which fuels the gut lining.
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, formerly Fusobacterium prausnitzii, is an anaerobic Oscillospiraceae bacterium, a dominant human gut commensal and major butyrate producer, depleted in IBD and a next-generation probiotic candidate.
Faerie Tale Theatre
Faerie Tale Theatre (Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre) is a Showtime live-action fairy-tale anthology (1982–1987, 27 episodes) hosted and produced by Shelley Duvall, with guest stars like Robin Williams and directors including Tim Burton and Coppola.
Faf de Klerk
Faf de Klerk (Francois de Klerk, born 1991), South African Springbok scrum-half; two-time Rugby World Cup winner (2019, 2023), ex-Sale Sharks and Yokohama Canon Eagles, Toyota Cheetahs from 2026.
Faf du Plessis
Faf du Plessis (Francois du Plessis, born 1984, Pretoria), South African right-handed batter; captained the Proteas in all formats, retired from Tests in 2021 with 10 centuries, now captains SA20 and MLC franchises.
Fáfnismál
Fáfnismál, the Lay of Fáfnir, is an eddic poem in the Codex Regius in which the hero Sigurðr kills the dragon Fáfnir and takes his cursed gold.
FAFSA
FAFSA, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, is the U.S. Education Department form determining eligibility for Pell Grants, work-study, loans, and state and school aid; simplified in 2024-25 (fewer than 50 questions, SAI replacing EFC) after a troubled rollout.
Fag el-Gamous Cemetery
Fag el-Gamous is a large Graeco-Roman cemetery in Egypt's Fayoum region, in use from about 350 BCE to 500 CE and holding an estimated 150,000 burials.
Fag hag
Fag hag (also fruit fly, queen bee) is US gay male slang, recorded from 1972, for a straight woman who socially associates with gay men; traditionally derogatory, stereotyped in media, and partly reclaimed by figures like Margaret Cho.
Fagaceae
Fagaceae (beech family), oaks Quercus, beeches Fagus, chestnuts Castanea; 8 genera, ~1,000 Northern Hemisphere tree species; nuts in woody cupules; major hardwood timbers.
Fagaceae flora
Fagaceae flora (壳斗科植物区) is a one-hectare oak-focused living collection at the CAS Institute of Botany botanical garden, Beijing, with 1950s Three-North oak introductions, over 40 world Quercus species, and a pine-oak mixed forest landscape.