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Nissan VQ engine
The Nissan VQ engine is a family of all-aluminum, 60-degree DOHC V6 gasoline engines that Nissan introduced in 1994 in displacements from 2.0 to 4.0 liters.
Nissan VR engine
The Nissan VR engine family is a series of all-aluminum twin-turbo V6 road engines made by Nissan, from the 3.0-liter VR30DDTT to the 3.8-liter VR38DETT used in the GT-R.
Nissan X-Trail (日産・エクストレイル)
The Nissan X-Trail (日産・エクストレイル) is a compact crossover SUV produced by Nissan since 2000 and sold in 95 countries, marketed as the Nissan Rogue in North America.
Nissan Xterra
The Nissan Xterra, known as the Nissan Paladin, is a five-seat, body-on-frame off-road SUV that Nissan produced from 2000 to 2015 as an affordable truck-based alternative to crossovers.
Nissan YD engine
The Nissan YD engine is a family of four-cylinder automotive diesel engines built by Nissan, produced in 2.2-liter (YD22) and 2.5-liter (YD25) versions that powered the Navara, Pathfinder, and NV350 Caravan.
Nissan Z-car
The Nissan Z-car, sold in Japan as the Fairlady Z, is a line of rear-wheel-drive sports cars built by Nissan since 1969, starting with the Datsun 240Z.
Nissar Ahmed
K. S. Nissar Ahmed (1936–2020) was an Indian Kannada poet and geology professor best known for "Nityotsava", a celebration of Karnataka's landscape that became a fixture of Kannada light music.
Nissaya
Nissaya is a genre of bilingual Buddhist text, best known in Burma, in which each Pali word or phrase is followed by its Burmese translation and gloss.
Nisse (folklore)
Nisse (tomte, tonttu, fjøsnisse, gardvord): small grey-clad, red-capped household guardian of Nordic folk belief who tended farms, received Christmas porridge with butter, and later merged into the Julenisse Santa figure.
Nissen fundoplication
Nissen fundoplication: 360-degree gastric fundus wrap around the distal esophagus, the most common antireflux operation for GERD, first described by Rudolf Nissen in 1956 and laparoscopic since Dallemagne's 1991 series.
Nissen hut
The Nissen hut, also called the Nissan hut, is a prefabricated military hut of curved corrugated steel, invented in 1916 by Peter Norman Nissen to house troops near the front line in the First World War.
Nisshinbo Holdings
Nisshinbo Holdings (日清紡ホールディングス) is a Japanese diversified industrial group headquartered in Nihonbashi, Tokyo. Founded in 1907 as a cotton spinner, it now spans wireless communications, microdevices, and automobile brakes.
Nissi
Nissi, also known as Nissi Ogulu, is a London-based Nigerian singer, songwriter, and visual artist signed to Spaceship Records, the label of her brother Burna Boy.
Nissim Benvenisty
Nissim Benvenisty is an Israeli stem cell biologist who directs the Azrieli Center for Stem Cells and Genetic Research at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and founded the biotech company NewStem.
Nissim Calderon
Nissim Calderon (1933–2020) was an American polymer scientist and Goodyear research executive who discovered the olefin metathesis reaction in 1964 and was named the 2020 Charles Goodyear Medalist.
Nissim Ezekiel
Nissim Ezekiel (1924–2004), Indian Jewish poet of the Bene-Israel community of Bombay, pioneer of modernist Indian English poetry; wrote A Time to Change, Night of the Scorpion, Latter-Day Psalms; Sahitya Akademi Award 1983, Padma Shri 1988.
Nissim Hay
Nissim Hay is an Israeli-trained cancer biologist and Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois Chicago, known for work on Akt signaling and tumor glucose metabolism.
Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd.
Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. (日清食品ホールディングス) is a Japanese food company founded by Momofuku Ando in 1948, known for inventing instant ramen and Cup Noodle.
Nissin Foods
Nissin Foods (日清食品グループ), Japanese instant noodle maker founded by Momofuku Ando; invented Chicken Ramen (1958) and Cup Noodles (1971); Nissin Foods Holdings, Tokyo 2897, distinct from Monde Nissin.
Nissl staining
Nissl staining is a histological method that uses basic dyes such as cresyl violet to label neuronal cell bodies and Nissl substance, the routine stain for brain cytoarchitecture.
Nissui
Nissui Corporation (株式会社ニッスイ), known until December 2022 as Nippon Suisan Kaisha, is a Japanese seafood and food company headquartered in Tokyo with fishing, aquaculture, packaged foods, and fine chemicals businesses.
Nissum Bredning with Harboore and Agger Tange
Nissum Bredning with Harboore and Agger Tange (Ramsar Site 144, Denmark, 1977, 12,786 ha) protects the western Limfjord basin and its two North Sea sand spits, internationally important for geese, waders, and harbour seals.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework
The NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) is a voluntary framework issued by NIST in 2023 to help organizations manage risks of artificial intelligence.
NIST Center for Neutron Research
The NIST Center for Neutron Research is a national user facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland, whose research reactor provides neutron beams to more than 3,000 U.S. researchers each year.
NIST Cybersecurity Framework
The NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) is a voluntary, risk-based framework published by NIST to help organizations understand, manage, and reduce cybersecurity risk, first released in 2014.
NIST Handbook 44
NIST Handbook 44, formally Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices, is the annual US standard for commercial weighing and measuring equipment.
NIST Intelligent Systems Division
The NIST Intelligent Systems Division is a research division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology developing measurement science and standards for robotics in U.S. manufacturing.
NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization
The NIST post-quantum cryptography standardization is a U.S. competition-like process since 2016 selecting quantum-resistant cryptographic algorithms, producing standards FIPS 203, 204, and 205 in August 2024.
NIST Privacy Framework
The NIST Privacy Framework is a voluntary enterprise risk management tool from NIST for managing privacy risk, first released in 2020 and structured like the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
NIST Special Publication 800-53
NIST Special Publication 800-53 (SP 800-53) is a catalog of security and privacy controls for information systems, published by the National Institute of Standards and Technology.