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Kazys Binkis
Kazys Binkis (1893–1942) was a Lithuanian poet, playwright, and journalist who founded the Four Winds avant-garde movement in the 1920s, and with his wife sheltered Jews during the Second World War.
Kazys Boruta
Kazys Boruta (1905–1965) was a Lithuanian poet, prose writer, and translator whose novels Mediniai stebuklai (1938) and Baltaragio malūnas (1945) founded the Lithuanian poetic novel.
Kazys Grinius
Kazys Grinius was a Lithuanian physician, journalist, and politician who served as Prime Minister and, from 1926 until a military coup, the third President of Lithuania.
KB Financial Group
KB Financial Group Inc. is a South Korean financial holding company, incorporated in Seoul in 2008, the largest of Korea's four major financial groups by profit.
KB Toys
KB Toys, also known as Kay-Bee Toys, was an American mall-based toy retailer that grew to second place behind Toys "R" Us before its 2009 liquidation.
KBC Advanced Technologies
KBC Advanced Technologies is a British consulting and software company for the oil and gas industry, known for the Petro-SIM simulator and owned by Japan's Yokogawa since 2016.
KBC Group
KBC Group is a Belgian financial group serving about 13 million clients, focused on Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Bulgaria after exiting Ireland in 2023.
KBC void
The KBC void, also called the Local Hole, is a proposed region around the Local Group about 20 percent less dense than the cosmic average, extending roughly 300 megaparsecs.
KBG syndrome
KBG syndrome (OMIM #148050) is a rare autosomal dominant neurodevelopmental disorder caused by ANKRD11 variants or 16q24.3 deletions, marked by macrodontia of upper central incisors, distinctive facial features, short stature, and developmental delay.
KBO League
The KBO League is South Korea's top professional baseball circuit, founded in 1982 with six teams, now ten clubs playing 144 games each, known for its stepped postseason, cheering culture, and record attendance above 12 million.
KBS World
KBS World (KBS 월드) is the 24-hour international satellite and cable channel of South Korea's public broadcaster KBS, launched in 2003 to carry K-dramas, K-pop shows, and subtitled KBS programs worldwide.
KBS-3
KBS-3 is a Swedish-developed method for final disposal of spent nuclear fuel, sealing it in copper canisters and bentonite clay about 500 meters deep in crystalline bedrock.
KBS2
KBS2 (2TV) is the second terrestrial TV channel of Korea's public broadcaster KBS, created from the 1980 absorption of commercial TBC. It airs drama, variety, and sports, regulated to at most 60/100 entertainment hours, and scored 574/700 in the 2024 KCC evaluation.
KC and the Sunshine Band
KC and the Sunshine Band is an American disco-funk band formed in 1973 in Florida; with five No. 1 singles, it was a top act of the disco era.
KC Boutiette
KC Boutiette (born 1970), American long-track speed skater from Tacoma, WA; four-time Olympian (1994-2006), first US inline-to-ice crossover, two world records, 23 marathon wins.
KC Concepcion
KC Concepcion (Maria Kristina Cassandra Cuneta Concepcion, born 1985) is a Filipino actress, singer, host, and jewelry entrepreneur, daughter of Sharon Cuneta and Gabby Concepcion, FAMAS Best Actress for Boy Golden (2013), UN WFP ambassador. Not the Texas A&M NFL draft wide receiver of the same name.
KC Crosbie
KC Crosbie (Kristin Crosbie), American Republican official, RNC co-chair since January 17, 2025, succeeding Lara Trump; former RNC treasurer, Kentucky national committeewoman, and Lexington-Fayette County councilwoman.
KC Johnson
KC Johnson is an American historian at Brooklyn College known for documenting the Duke lacrosse case and writing on campus due process under Title IX.
KC Navarro
KC Navarro (Christian Michael Navarro, born 1999), also Kid Christian, is an American high-flyer wrestler signed to TNA, formerly of Fir$t Cla$$ with AJ Francis, MLW, and AEW appearances.
KCAL-TV
KCAL-TV, channel 9 in Los Angeles, is a CBS-owned independent station, formerly KFI-TV and KHJ-TV, that launched KCAL9 News in 1990 and now shares a newsroom and KCAL News branding with sister station KCBS-TV.
KCC Corporation
KCC Corporation is a South Korean chemical manufacturer headquartered in Seoul, founded in 1958, producing paints, construction materials such as gypsum board, and silicones, its largest business through Momentive.
KCE Electronics
KCE Electronics is a Thai manufacturer of printed circuit boards, headquartered in Bangkok and listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand since 1988, known chiefly for automotive boards.
KCNC-TV
KCNC-TV, known as KOA-TV until 1983, is the CBS owned-and-operated television station in Denver, Colorado; it signed on as an NBC affiliate in 1953 and switched to CBS in 1995.
KCNE1
KCNE1 (MinK, IsK) is a human gene on chromosome 21q22.12 encoding a 129-residue single-pass beta subunit that modulates KCNQ1 to form the cardiac IKs potassium channel; variants cause long QT syndrome type 5 and Jervell and Lange-Nielsen syndrome.
KCNH1
KCNH1 (Eag1, Kv10.1) is a human gene at 1q32.2 encoding a voltage-gated potassium channel, brain-restricted in healthy tissue, overexpressed in about 70% of tumors, and mutated in Zimmermann-Laband and Temple-Baraitser syndromes.
KCNH6
KCNH6 (ERG2, Kv11.2) is a human chromosome 17 gene encoding a pore-forming voltage-gated potassium channel alpha subunit of the Kv11/ERG family, expressed in kidney and small intestine, linked to insulin secretion, heterotaxy, and Long QT Syndrome 2.
KCNJ11
KCNJ11 (Kir6.2) gene on 11p15.1 encoding the pore-forming beta-cell KATP channel subunit; inactivating variants cause congenital hyperinsulinism, activating variants neonatal diabetes and MODY13, treatable with sulfonylureas.
KCNJ2
KCNJ2 (KIR2.1, IRK1, LQT7) is a human chromosome 17q24.3 gene encoding the Kir2.1 inwardly rectifying potassium channel of cardiac and skeletal muscle; mutations cause Andersen-Tawil syndrome, short QT syndrome type 3, and familial atrial fibrillation.
KCNJ5
KCNJ5 (GIRK4, Kir3.4, LQT13) is a human gene at 11q24.3 encoding a G-protein-gated inward rectifier potassium channel; mutations cause aldosterone-producing adenomas, familial hyperaldosteronism type III, and disputed long QT syndrome.
KCNMA1
KCNMA1 (SLO, MaxiK, KCa1.1, PNKD3) is the human gene at 10q22.3 encoding the BK calcium- and voltage-activated potassium channel alpha subunit; its mutations cause KCNMA1-linked channelopathy with dyskinesia, seizures, and developmental delay.