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Paired domain
Paired domain: 128-amino-acid DNA-binding domain (InterPro IPR001523) defining Pax transcription factors, with PAI and RED helix-turn-helix subdomains; discovered 1986 in Drosophila paired, derived from a Tc1/mariner transposon.
Paired electrosynthesis
Paired electrosynthesis is an electrochemical synthesis strategy in which both the anode and the cathode yield valuable compounds, achieving up to 200% current efficiency and improving sustainability.
Paired-associate learning
Paired-associate learning is a memory paradigm in which a participant studies pairs of items, then is shown one member of each pair and asked to recall the other.
Paired-end sequencing
Paired-end sequencing is a DNA sequencing approach in which both ends of each library fragment are sequenced, giving two reads per molecule that sharpen alignment and reveal structural variants.
Pairwise comparison
A pairwise comparison is a statistical evaluation of one pair of treatments or items at a time, used to test differences between group means or to rank items from preferences.
Pairwise independence
Pairwise independence is a property in probability theory where every pair of random variables or events is independent, even though the collection as a whole may not be mutually independent.
Pairwise sequence alignment
Pairwise sequence alignment arranges two biological sequences, whether DNA, RNA, or protein, into a one-to-one correspondence with gaps, so that similar positions line up; it was first formulated by Needleman and Wunsch in 1970.
Paisa Vasool (పైసా వసూల్) (2017 film)
Paisa Vasool (పైసా వసూల్) is a 2017 Telugu action comedy directed by Puri Jagannadh, Balakrishna's 101st film, released 1 September 2017, co-starring Shriya Saran, distinct from the 2004 Hindi film of the same name.
Paisi Shuanglin Bio-pharmaceutical
Paisi Shuanglin Bio-pharmaceutical, also known as Pacific Shuanglin Bio-pharmacy Co., LTD (派林生物), is a Chinese blood-products manufacturer in Taiyuan, Shanxi, ranked third in the industry.
Paisios I
Paisios I (Greek Παΐσιος Α΄, died c. 1688) was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople twice, in 1652–1653 and 1654–1655, after serving as metropolitan of Larissa; both reigns ended in forced removal.
Paisios II
Paisios II, born Kioumourtzoglou in Caesarea in Cappadocia, was Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople four times between 1726 and 1752; his final overthrow came in 1752 over the rebaptism of Catholic converts.
Paisios of Mount Athos (Αρσένιος Εζνεπίδης)
Paisios of Mount Athos, born Arsenios Eznepidis, was an Athonite monk and spiritual elder known for counsel at his Panagouda cell, canonized by the Ecumenical Patriarchate in 2015.
Paisius Hilendarski
Paisius Hilendarski (Паисий Хилендарски), c. 1722 to 1773 or later, was a Bulgarian hieromonk of Mount Athos and author of the first history of Bulgaria.
Paisius Ligarides
Paisius Ligarides (Παΐσιος Λιγαρίδης; circa 1610–1678) was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Gaza, born on Chios and educated in Rome, who presided over the 1666 council that deposed Patriarch Nikon.
Paisius Velichkovsky (Паисий Величковский)
Paisius Velichkovsky (Паисий Величковский), 1722–1794, was an Orthodox monk and spiritual elder on Mount Athos and in Moldavia whose Slavonic Philokalia of 1793 sparked a Russian monastic revival.
Paisley (design)
Paisley (design): the teardrop textile motif called buta or boteh in India and Persia, carried on Kashmir shawls into Europe from the mid-18th century and named after Paisley, Scotland, a 19th-century center of imitation shawl weaving using Jacquard looms.
Paisley Park
Paisley Park, Prince's home and studio complex at 7801 Audubon Road, Chanhassen, Minnesota, opened 1987, a $10 million 65,000-square-foot facility where he recorded nearly 30 albums, died in 2016, and now operates as a museum.
Paisley Park Records
Paisley Park Records: Prince's first record label, a Warner Bros. co-venture founded February 1985 in Chanhassen, Minnesota; released Around The World In A Day and artists like The Family and Sheila E.; disbanded February 1994, succeeded by NPG Records.
Paisley shawl weaving of Kerman and Yazd
Paisley shawl weaving of Kerman and Yazd, known for termeh (ترمه), was the Qajar-era Persian industry that wove fine woolen shawls imitating Kashmir's from the eighteenth to early twentieth century.
Paisley Underground
Paisley Underground was an early-to-mid-1980s Los Angeles rock scene known for blending 1960s psychedelic sounds with punk energy. Core bands included The Dream Syndicate and The Bangles.
Paisley, Renfrewshire
Paisley, Renfrewshire: Scotland's largest town, near Glasgow on the White Cart Water; home of Paisley Abbey (1163), the Paisley pattern, and the world's thread industry under J. & P. Coats.
Països Catalans
Països Catalans (Catalan Countries): territories of Catalan language and culture in Spain, France, Andorra, and l'Alguer. Name first recorded 1886; Joan Fuster promoted it in the 1960s as a common national project; 69,823 km², about 11.5 million people (1998).
Paita
Paita, historically Payta, is a Pacific port city in the department of Piura, northern Peru, founded by Francisco Pizarro in 1537 and long the main gateway to Lima.
Paithan (पैठण)
Paithan (पैठण), ancient Pratishthana, is a town on the Godavari in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar district, Maharashtra; Satavahana capital, home of the GI-tagged Paithani silk saree, the Jayakwadi dam, and the Eknath temple.
Paithan Mound
The Paithan Mound is a large archaeological mound at Paithan, Maharashtra, on the north bank of the Godavari, marking the core of ancient Pratishthana (प्रतिष्ठान).
Paithani
Paithani is a handwoven silk sari from Maharashtra, India, named after the town of Paithan, distinguished by tapestry-woven zari motifs that look identical on both sides of the cloth.
Paititi Terra
Paititi Terra is the largest of five named terrae on Titan, a 2,100 km landmass at 20.22°N, 249.39°W, approved by the IAU on July 12, 2024 and named after the legendary lost Incan city east of the Andes.
Paiton Power Station
Paiton Power Station is a coal-fired power generation complex in Probolinggo Regency, East Java, Indonesia. Its eight units supply about 60 percent of East Java's electricity.
Paiton-1 power station
Paiton-1 power station is a 1,230 MW coal-fired power plant at Paiton in East Java, Indonesia, whose two 615 MW units entered commercial operation in 1999, owned and operated by PT Paiton Energy.
Paiton-2 power station
Paiton-2, also called Paiton II, is a two-unit coal-fired power station at Paiton, Probolinggo, East Java, Indonesia, owned by PT Jawa Power and selling to PLN.