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Lands cycle
The Lands cycle is the deacylation–reacylation pathway that remodels the fatty acyl chains of glycerophospholipids after de novo synthesis, first described by William E.M. Lands in 1958.
Lands of the Bohemian Crown
The Lands of the Bohemian Crown (Země Koruny české), also called the Crown of Bohemia, were Central European territories including Bohemia, Moravia, Lusatia, and Silesia, ruled until 1918.
Lands Tribunal (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)
Lands Tribunal (England, Wales and Northern Ireland): UK specialist land-valuation tribunal under the Lands Tribunal Act 1949, abolished in England and Wales on 1 June 2009 with functions moved to the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber), while the separate Northern Ireland Lands Tribunal of 1964 continues.
Lands Tribunal for Scotland
Lands Tribunal for Scotland (LTS): statutory tribunal, est. 1 March 1971 under the Lands Tribunal Act 1949, handling title conditions, land register appeals, compensation and RCI disputes; co-located with the Scottish Land Court, being merged into an expanded Land Court.
Lands' End
Lands' End, Inc. (NASDAQ: LE) is an American direct-to-consumer apparel retailer founded in 1963 by Gary Comer in Chicago, known for its Guaranteed. Period. return policy, Dodgeville Wisconsin headquarters, Sears-era history, 2014 spin-off, and 2026 WHP Global joint venture.
Landsat 7
Landsat 7 was an American Earth observation satellite launched in 1999 to image the land surface with its ETM+ instrument, collecting over 3.3 million images before its 2025 decommissioning.
Landsat 8
Landsat 8, also known as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, is an American Earth-observation satellite launched in 2013 to continue the Landsat program's multispectral imagery of the land surface.
Landsat 9
Landsat 9 is an Earth-observing satellite jointly managed by NASA and the USGS, launched in 2021 from Vandenberg to continue the Landsat program's global land observations since 1972.
Landsat program
The Landsat program is a joint NASA and USGS series of Earth-observing satellites that has continuously imaged Earth's land since Landsat 1 launched in 1972.
Landsberg Prison
Landsberg Prison (JVA Landsberg am Lech), Bavarian prison built 1905–1908; Hitler's 1923–24 Festungshaft site where he wrote Mein Kampf, then US War Criminal Prison No. 1 with 252+ executions, now a prison for first-time male offenders.
Landscape
Landscape: an area of land shaped by natural and human interaction, defined in ecology as interacting ecosystems and in the ELC as an area perceived by people; also landskap, cultural landscape.
Landscape after mining
Landscape after mining, or post-mining landscape (German Bergbaufolgelandschaft), is land altered by mining and reshaped by reclamation; marked by erosion, acid mine drainage, and restoration toward self-sustaining ecosystems.
Landscape architecture
Landscape architecture is the profession that analyzes, plans, and designs outdoor spaces like parks, gardens, campuses, and waterfronts; the term became common after 1863, when Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux designed New York's Central Park.
Landscape component
Landscape component: a distinct part of a landscape, defined in visual assessment as form, line, colour, and texture (GEMET), and in Crofts' 1975 evaluation approach as physical components of three orders.
Landscape design
Landscape design is the art of arranging plants, structures, and land form in useful, attractive outdoor spaces. Also called garden design; distinct from licensed landscape architecture. Covers design elements, principles, history, and ecological climate-adapted practice.
Landscape ecology
Landscape ecology is the branch of ecology that studies how spatial patterns and ecological processes interact and how spatial heterogeneity affects ecological dynamics, at scales from local patches to regions.
Landscape evolution model
A landscape evolution model is a numerical simulation that evolves terrain through time by solving equations for erosion, sediment transport, and tectonic uplift, outputting topography, sediment fluxes, and drainage networks.
Landscape for Breeding and Training of Ceremonial Carriage Horses at Kladruby nad Labem
Kladruby nad Labem landscape (Krajina pro chov a výcvik ceremoniálních kočárových koní), a Czech UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed 2019, a 1,310 ha Elbe floodplain cultural landscape breeding and training Kladruber ceremonial carriage horses since the 1579 Imperial Court Stud charter.
Landscape in the Mist
Landscape in the Mist (Τοπίο στην Ομίχλη, Topio stin Omichi; Paysage dans le brouillard) is Theo Angelopoulos's 1988 Greek-French-Italian drama about two children searching for their father in Germany; it won the Venice Silver Lion and the 1989 European Film Award for Best Film.
Landscape of Grand Pré
Landscape of Grand Pré (Le Paysage de Grand-Pré), UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2012 in Nova Scotia's Minas Basin: a 1,300-hectare Acadian dykeland polder with aboiteaux, and the principal memorial of the 1755 Grand Dérangement.
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture
Landscape of the Pico Island Vineyard Culture (Paisagem da Cultura da Vinha da Ilha do Pico), UNESCO World Heritage site 1117 on Pico Island, Azores, inscribed 2004: 987 ha of basalt-walled vine plots (currais) dating to the 15th century, peaking in the 19th century.
Landscape Painted with Tea
Landscape Painted with Tea (Predeo slikan čajem) is a 1988 novel by the Serbian writer Milorad Pavić, constructed so its chapters can be read across or down like a crossword puzzle.
Landscape painting
Landscape painting, also known as landscape art, portrays natural scenery, including mountains, rivers, and forests, as a work's chief subject, emerging independently in China during the Song Dynasty.
Landscape poetry (shanshui)
Landscape poetry (山水詩, shanshui shi) is a genre of classical Chinese verse on natural mountains and waters, founded by Xie Lingyun in the fifth century.
Landscape protection area
Landscape protection area (Landschaftsschutzgebiet, IUCN category V protected landscape/seascape): legally protected whole landscapes shaped by human use; Germany alone holds 8,903 covering 27% of its territory.
Landscape Tantrums
Landscape Tantrums (Unfinished Original Recordings of De-Loused in the Comatorium) is a 2021 Clouds Hill archival album by The Mars Volta, released April 23, 2021 with the La Realidad de los Sueños box set, preserving the abandoned four-day 2002 Mad Dog Studios sessions, eight tracks, 46 minutes.
Landscape urbanism
Landscape urbanism is a theory of urban design that treats landscape rather than buildings as the primary medium of the city, coined by Charles Waldheim in 1996.
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus
Landscape with the Fall of Icarus is a painting long attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, showing Icarus drowning while a ploughman, a shepherd, and an angler work unheeding.
Landscape-pastoral poetry
Landscape-pastoral poetry (山水田园诗, shanshui tianyuan shi) is a genre of classical Chinese poetry depicting natural scenery and rural life, peaking in the High Tang with Wang Wei and Meng Haoran.
Landscapers (TV series)
Landscapers is a 2021 four-part HBO/Sky true-crime miniseries by Ed Sinclair and Will Sharpe, starring Olivia Colman and David Thewlis as real murderers Susan and Christopher Edwards, the Mansfield Wycherley case.