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Pediococcus
Pediococcus is a genus of lactic acid bacteria whose spherical cells divide in two planes to form tetrads, and some strains serve as food starter cultures.
Pediococcus acidilactici
Pediococcus acidilactici (Lindner 1887) is a lactic acid bacterium used as a dairy and meat starter, silage feed additive (EU strain NCIMB 30005), and producer of the antilisterial bacteriocin pediocin PA-1/AcH.
Pediococcus pentosaceus
Pediococcus pentosaceus (Mees 1934, taxonomy ID 1255) is a homofermentative, tetrad-forming lactic acid bacterium of Lactobacillaceae used in fermented foods for lactic acid and pediocin biopreservation and studied as a probiotic.
Pedionomus
Pedionomus Gould, 1840 is a monotypic bird genus (family Pedionomidae, order Charadriiformes) containing only the plains-wanderer Pedionomus torquatus, a critically endangered Australian grassland shorebird with reversed sex roles.
PedMASLD-Pilot study
PedMASLD-Pilot (NCT07731360), also called the PedMASLD-MultiOmics Pilot Study, is a not-yet-recruiting observational diagnostic trial at Kayseri City Hospital, Türkiye, testing a LASSO biomarker, elastography, and genetic panel for MASLD in 180 children with obesity aged 8 to 18.
Pednelissos
Pednelissos (Πεδνήλισσος, Petnelissus), ancient Pisidian polis near Kozan, Antalya, Turkey, on the Pamphylia border; besieged by Selge c. 220 BC, prosperous Roman city with Apollo cult, Late Antique churches, and a Byzantine bishopric.
PedNet study
PedNet study: research program of the European Paediatric Network for Haemophilia Management and its PedNet Haemophilia Registry, a prospective birth cohort of children with haemophilia A/B born from 2000, 35 centres in 19 countries, 2,993 children by 2025.
Pedobear
Pedobear, also known as Kuma (くま), is a cartoon bear meme that began as 2003 ASCII art on 2channel and became a 4chan signal for illegal content, later misread by police and media as a pedophile symbol.
Pedometer
A pedometer, or step counter, is a portable device that counts a walking person's steps and converts the count into distance, now built into smartphones and wrist-worn fitness trackers.
Pedometric mapping
Pedometric mapping, commonly known as digital soil mapping, uses mathematical and statistical methods to predict the distribution and properties of soils across space, producing raster maps with explicit uncertainty.
Pedon
Pedon, son of Amphinnes, was a man in the service of a Saite pharaoh of Egypt's 26th Dynasty, known from a basalt block statue he dedicated at Priene.
Pedonia
Pedonia, also spelled Pidonia, was an ancient coastal locality of Marmarica, Egypt, between Alexandria and Paraetonium, described by Strabo and Ptolemy and now identified with Marsa Abu Samra.
Pedonianis
Pedonianis (also Pedolanis, Pediolanis) is a Roman road station on the Tabula Peutingeriana between Augustis and Esco, located at Krushovene, Bulgaria; Pleiades 216924, identified with the fortress Valeriana.
Pedophile advocacy groups
Pedophile advocacy groups, including NAMBLA (founded 1978, Boston), the Rene Guyon Society, and the Childhood Sensuality Circle, advocate adult sexual behavior with children and its decriminalization; later online movements promoted the 'minor attracted person' terminology.
Pedophilia
Pedophilia (paedophilia), associated with Krafft-Ebing's Psychopathia Sexualis (1886), is persistent sexual attraction to prepubescent children; DSM-5 and ICD-11 diagnose pedophilic disorder only when urges are acted on or cause distress, distinct from child sexual abuse.
Pedophilic disorder
Pedophilic disorder (ICD-11 6D32) is a paraphilic disorder defined by sustained sexual arousal to prepubertal children, diagnosed only with distress, impairment, or acting on urges; DSM-5 rejected a pedohebephilia revision.
PEDOT:PSS
PEDOT:PSS, also known as Baytron P, is a water-processable conducting polymer blend of PEDOT and PSS, developed by Bayer in 1988, used in organic solar cells, thermoelectrics, and bioelectronics.
PEDOT:PSS organic thermoelectrics
PEDOT:PSS organic thermoelectrics concern PEDOT:PSS, a water-processable conducting polymer blend and benchmark p-type organic thermoelectric with reported zT around 0.42, used in flexible, printed, and wearable generators.
Pedotransfer functions
Pedotransfer functions are mathematical models, typically regressions or machine learning, that estimate hard-to-measure soil hydraulic properties from routinely available data like texture and bulk density.
Pedrarias Dávila
Pedrarias Dávila (Pedro Arias Dávila, c. 1440–1531) was a Spanish conquistador and governor of Castilla del Oro and Nicaragua, remembered for founding Panama City and beheading Vasco Núñez de Balboa.
Pedri
Pedri (Pedro González López, born 2002, Tegueste, Tenerife), Spanish midfielder for FC Barcelona and Spain; Golden Boy and Kopa Trophy 2021, Euro 2024 and 2026 World Cup winner, three La Liga titles.
Pedro (footballer, born 1987)
Pedro Rodríguez Ledesma (born 1987, Santa Cruz de Tenerife), nicknamed Pedrito or PR17, Spanish forward; Barcelona 2004-2015 (321 games, 99 goals), Chelsea, Roma, Lazio; World Cup 2010, Euro 2012; retired October 2026.
Pedro (footballer, born 1997)
Pedro (Pedro Guilherme Abreu dos Santos, born 1997, Rio de Janeiro) is the Flamengo and Brazil centre-forward, ex-Fluminense and Fiorentina, two-time Libertadores winner and Flamengo's top scorer of the 21st century.
Pedro (song)
"Pedro" is a 1980 Raffaella Carrà single on CBS 8321, built on Bach's Siciliana; a 2024 Jaxomy and Agatino Romero remix went viral via a TikTok raccoon video, topping Spotify's global Viral 50.
Pedro A. D. Hernández
Pedro A. D. Hernández, also known as Pedro Alberto Delgado Hernández, is an American jurist serving as a United States district judge in Puerto Rico since 2014.
Pedro A. Sanchez
Pedro A. Sanchez (1940–2026) was a Cuban-born American soil scientist known for restoring depleted farmland in Africa and South America, winning the 2002 World Food Prize.
Pedro Aguirre Cerda
Pedro Aguirre Cerda was a Chilean teacher, lawyer, and Radical Party politician who served as President of Chile from 1938 until his death in 1941, heading the Popular Front coalition.
Pedro Albizu Campos
Pedro Albizu Campos (c. 1891–1965), Puerto Rican lawyer and president of the Nationalist Party from 1930, Harvard-trained, led the island's independence movement, was imprisoned after the 1936 sedition conviction and the 1950 Jayuya uprising, and died a national symbol.
Pedro Alliana
Pedro Alliana is a Paraguayan politician of the Honor Colorado party who serves as Vice President of Paraguay, acted as president during Santiago Peña's 2026 absences, and is a precandidate for the 2028 presidential election.
Pedro Almodóvar
Pedro Almodóvar (born 1949, Calzada de Calatrava) is Spain's most internationally celebrated director, a La Movida figure and El Deseo founder known for All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Volver, and two Academy Awards.