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Pac-Land
Pac-Land (パックランド) is a side-scrolling platform arcade game released by Namco in 1984, in which Pac-Man runs and jumps through a cartoon town to return a lost fairy to Fairyland.
Pac-Man (パックマン)
Pac-Man (Puck-Man) is a 1980 arcade game created by Toru Iwatani at Namco, in which a yellow character eats dots in a maze while avoiding four ghosts.
Pac-Man 256
Pac-Man 256 is an endless runner Pac-Man game by Hipster Whale, 3 Sprockets, and Bandai Namco, released 2015 on mobile and 2016 on consoles, built around the original Pac-Man's level 256 kill screen glitch with a pursuing Glitch and power-ups.
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (パックワールド)
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures (パックワールド, Pac-World) is a 2013 CGI children's TV series and tie-in games rebooting Pac-Man with teenage Pac, Spiral, Cylindria fighting Betrayus; aired in 60+ countries, mixed-to-negative game reviews.
Pac-Man Google Doodle
Pac-Man Google Doodle: playable Pac-Man game in the Google logo, May 21, 2010, 30th anniversary; Google's first interactive game Doodle, built by Marcin Wichary and Ryan Germick, with two-player Ms. Pac-Man mode and permanent archive availability.
Pac-Man Vs.
Pac-Man Vs. (パックマン vs.) is a 2003 GameCube asymmetric multiplayer Pac-Man remake designed by Shigeru Miyamoto with Namco: one GBA-linked player as Pac-Man versus up to three TV ghost players, never sold standalone, later on Switch.
Pacajes
The Pacajes were an Aymara people and polity of the southern Andean altiplano, occupying territory along the Desaguadero river south of Lake Titicaca in present-day Bolivia.
Pacassa Oil Field
Pacassa Oil Field (Campo de Pacassa) is a conventional oil field in shallow water offshore Angola, discovered by Elf in 1982 and producing from Cretaceous Pinda carbonate reservoirs.
Pacatnamu
Pacatnamu is a large pre-Hispanic archaeological complex on Peru's northern coast, first occupied by the Moche around AD 300 and known for its more than 50 pyramids.
Pacaya
Pacaya, also known as Pacaya volcano, is a basaltic stratovolcano in southern Guatemala, about 25 km from Guatemala City, that has erupted nearly continuously since 1961 and dropped ash on the capital in 2010.
PacBio sequencing
PacBio sequencing is a third-generation, long-read DNA sequencing technology commercialized by Pacific Biosciences, reading single molecules in real time for genome assembly and variant detection.
Paccar
Paccar, formerly Pacific Car and Foundry, is an American truck manufacturer headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, selling Kenworth, Peterbilt, and DAF trucks, diesel engines, parts, and financial services.
Pace (unit)
The pace, or Roman pace, is a unit of length based on a human step or stride, used from antiquity to measure distance by walking.
Pace Capital
Pace Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm in New York City, founded in 2019 by Jordan Cooper and Christopher Paik, which has raised about $400 million across two funds.
PACE study (NCT04615104)
PACE (NCT04615104), Pelvic and Acetabular Fracture: A Prospective Observational Study, is a Wake Forest-sponsored prospective cohort following about 200 adults after pelvic ring or acetabular fractures, operative or nonoperative, measuring return to work, PROMIS-29, healing, and mobility over 24 months.
Pace University
Pace University, formerly Pace College, is a private university in New York founded in 1906, serving about 13,000 students at campuses in Lower Manhattan, Pleasantville, and White Plains.
Pacearchaeota
Candidatus Pacearchaeota, formerly DHVE-5, is a candidate phylum of archaea in the DPANN superphylum, reclassified in 2015 and known only from metagenome-assembled genomes, with no cultured representative.
Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test
The Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test (PASAT) is a neuropsychological test in which digits heard at a fixed pace are added in pairs, used in brain injury and multiple sclerosis.
Pacemaker (running)
Pacemaker (pacer, rabbit) in running: a hired or volunteer runner who sets target splits and drafts the lead pack in track and road races; rules, pay ($2,000+ Diamond League), drafting science, paced records, and controversies.
Pacemaker failure
Pacemaker failure is the malfunction of an implanted cardiac pacemaker, its leads, or its programming so that it fails to keep an adequate heart rate.
Pacemaker implantation
Pacemaker implantation, also called permanent pacemaker implantation, is a surgical procedure placing a pulse generator and leads under the skin to treat slow heart rhythms, with nearly one million implants yearly.
Pacemaker neuron
A pacemaker neuron is a neuron that generates rhythmic bursts of action potentials independently of synaptic input, driving circadian rhythms in the suprachiasmatic nucleus and respiration in the preBötzinger complex.
Pacemaker syndrome
Pacemaker syndrome: iatrogenic symptoms from ventricular pacing causing AV dyssynchrony, first described 1969; incidence 2-80%; treated by reprogramming or dual-chamber upgrade.
PACER (law)
PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) is the US federal judiciary's fee-based online service for appellate, district, and bankruptcy court records, launched in 1988, charging $0.10 per page with a $30 quarterly waiver, rising to $0.12 on January 1, 2027.
PACER Plus
PACER Plus is a development-centered free trade agreement between Australia, New Zealand, and eight Pacific island parties, signed in Tonga in 2017 and in force since 2020.
Pacey Witter
Pacey Witter (Pacey John Witter) is a fictional character on Dawson's Creek (1998–2003), played by Joshua Jackson; the wisecracking underachiever best friend of Dawson Leery who becomes Joey Potter's partner and the show's fan favorite.
Pacha Ibiza
Pacha Ibiza is a nightclub in Ibiza Town, Spain, opened in 1973 by Ricardo Urgell, the oldest club still operating on the island and origin of the worldwide Pacha brand.
Pachacamac Idol
The Pachacamac Idol (Ídolo de Pachacamac) is a carved wooden post from the Pachacamac sanctuary in Peru, found in 1938 and held at the Pachacamac Site Museum.
Pachacuti
Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui (Pachacutec, Pachakutiq), ninth Inca ruler (r. 1438–1471 by the Rowe chronology), founder of the Inca Empire Tawantinsuyu after defeating the Chancas, rebuilder of Cuzco, credited with Machu Picchu; radiocarbon dating now places his era decades earlier.
Pachaikili Muthucharam (பச்சைக்கிளி முத்துச்சரம்)
Pachaikili Muthucharam (பச்சைக்கிளி முத்துச்சரம்), also A Green Parrot with a String of Pearls, is a 2007 Tamil action thriller by Gautham Vasudev Menon remaking Derailed, starring Sarathkumar, Jyothika, Andrea Jeremiah, with Harris Jayaraj's music.