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Personnel Selection
Personnel selection: the formal process of assessing job applicants against job requirements to hire the most qualified candidate. Structured interviews top the 2022 validity rankings (.42); combining methods raises validity further.
Persons with reduced mobility legislation
Persons with reduced mobility (PRM) legislation is the body of law protecting disabled air travelers, guaranteeing nondiscriminatory treatment and free assistance, notably through EU Regulation 1107/2006 and the US Air Carrier Access Act.
Perspective (graphical)
Perspective (graphical) is the system for depicting 3D space on a 2D surface using vanishing points and horizon lines. First demonstrated by Brunelleschi around 1425 and published by Alberti in De Pictura (1435), it spawned projective geometry and 1-, 2-, 3-, and 5-point variants.
Perspective API
Perspective API is a free toxicity-scoring web service created by Google's Jigsaw under the Conversation-AI initiative, launched in 2017, used by over 1,000 partners, and retiring after December 31, 2026.
Perspective-n-Point
Perspective-n-Point (PnP) is the computer vision problem of estimating a calibrated camera's position and orientation from correspondences between known 3D points and their 2D image projections.
Perspectives on Science
Perspectives on Science is a peer-reviewed academic journal publishing science studies with historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives, founded in 1993 and published by MIT Press.
Perspiration
Perspiration (sweating): secretion of fluid by eccrine and apocrine sweat glands for evaporative cooling; up to 4 L/hour; sweat chloride test diagnoses cystic fibrosis; hyperhidrosis is excessive sweating.
Persuader (novel)
Persuader is Lee Child's 2003 thriller, the seventh Jack Reacher novel, in which Reacher infiltrates a guarded Maine estate with the DEA and hunts the villain Quinn; it was a New York Times bestseller and the basis of Reacher season 3.
Persuasion
Persuasion, also called persuasive communication or attitude change, is message-based influence on beliefs, attitudes, or behaviors. Studied since classical rhetoric and Hovland's Yale program; organized today by dual-process models (ELM central/peripheral routes), credibility research, and Druckman's Generalizing Persuasion Framework.
Persuasion (1995 film)
Persuasion (1995) is Roger Michell's BBC Screen Two adaptation of Jane Austen's last completed novel, scripted by Nick Dear, starring Amanda Root and Ciarán Hinds, released in US cinemas by Sony Pictures Classics.
Persuasion (2007 film)
Persuasion (2007) is an ITV television film adaptation of Jane Austen's novel, directed by Adrian Shergold, written by Simon Burke, starring Sally Hawkins as Anne Elliot and Rupert Penry-Jones as Captain Wentworth, part of ITV's 2007 Austen season with Mansfield Park and Northanger Abbey.
Persuasion (2022 film)
Persuasion (2022) is a Netflix romantic drama directed by Carrie Cracknell, starring Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis, adapting Jane Austen's 1817 novel with modern language and fourth-wall breaks; critics scored it 30% on Rotten Tomatoes, audiences 71%.
Persuasion (novel)
Persuasion, Jane Austen's last completed novel, published posthumously December 1817 (dated 1818) with Northanger Abbey via John Murray; Anne Elliot, persuaded to break her engagement to Captain Wentworth, is reunited with him.
Persulfate oxidation
Persulfate oxidation is an advanced oxidation process in which persulfate salts are activated by heat, UV light, or metals to generate sulfate radicals that degrade organic contaminants in water, wastewater, and soil.
Pert Kelton
Pert Kelton (1907-1968), American stage, film, radio, and TV actress; original Alice Kramden on The Honeymooners (1950-52) until blacklisted via Red Channels; Mrs. Paroo in The Music Man on Broadway and film; two Tony nominations.
PERT trial
PERT trial (NCT03663543), Intravenous Estrogen in Kidney Transplant Study: University of Pennsylvania phase 1/2 randomized placebo-controlled trial of peri-operative IV conjugated estrogen to reduce ischemia reperfusion injury and delayed graft function in female deceased donor kidney transplant recipients.
Pertamina
Pertamina (PT Pertamina Persero) is Indonesia's fully state-owned oil and gas company, created in 1968, producing over 1 million barrels daily and reporting 2024 revenue of US$75 billion.
Pertamina crisis
The Pertamina crisis was the 1975 near-bankruptcy of Indonesia's state oil company Pertamina, which defaulted on a $40 million foreign loan and was bailed out by the Indonesian government.
Pertamina Geothermal Energy
Pertamina Geothermal Energy (PGE) is an Indonesian geothermal power company founded in 2006 as a subsidiary of state energy company Pertamina, listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2023.
Pertechnetate
Pertechnetate is the monovalent anion TcO₄⁻, the oxyanion of technetium in its +7 oxidation state, best known as the form in which technetium-99m is administered for thyroid scintigraphy.
Perth
Perth (Boorloo), capital of Western Australia, founded 1829 by Captain James Stirling as capital of the free-settler Swan River Colony on Whadjuk Noongar country; 2.1 million people, Swan River location, planned growth to 3.5 million by 2050.
Perth Airport
Perth Airport, also called Perth International Airport, is the main airport serving Perth, Western Australia, located at Guildford about 12 km east of the city.
Perth Amboy, New Jersey
Perth Amboy, New Jersey: a Middlesex County port city founded 1683, colonial state capital until 1790, site of the first Bill of Rights ratification and Thomas Mundy Peterson's 1870 vote; about 55,400 residents, 83.6% Hispanic.
Perth Arena
Perth Arena, commercially known as RAC Arena, is an indoor entertainment and sports venue in Perth, Australia, opened in November 2012 and home to the Perth Wildcats.
Perth Basin
The Perth Basin is an onshore and offshore sedimentary basin extending about 1,300 km along the southwestern margin of Australia in Western Australia, named after Perth.
Perth Bears
Perth Bears, NRL expansion club entering the Telstra Premiership in 2027 as the 18th franchise, based in Perth, Western Australia; revives the North Sydney Bears name (1908 foundation club) and Perth's Western Reds legacy; coached by Mal Meninga, home ground HBF Park.
Perth Glory FC
Perth Glory FC, Perth-based Australian professional football club founded 1995, NSL champion 2003-2004, A-League premier 2019, women's premiership 2014; Pelligra Group-owned since 2024 after 2023 receivership.
Perth Scorchers
Perth Scorchers, Perth-based Big Bash League men's T20 cricket franchise; record six BBL titles (BBL|03, 04, 06, 11, 12, 15), coached by Adam Voges, captained by Ashton Turner, home Optus Stadium, rivals of Sydney Sixers.
Perth Stadium
Perth Stadium (Optus Stadium) is a 60,000-seat multi-purpose stadium on the Burswood Peninsula, Perth, opened January 2018; $1.45 billion DBFM project, WA AFL record crowd 59,608.
Perth Wildcats
Perth Wildcats, Australian NBL men's basketball team founded 1982 as Westate Wildcats. Record 10 NBL championships (most recent 2020), 16 Grand Finals, 35 straight Finals seasons; play at RAC Arena.