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Prosopis
Prosopis (mesquite) is a genus of spiny, nitrogen-fixing legume trees and shrubs of arid Americas, Africa and Asia, with indehiscent sweet pods, wide use as fodder and fuel, and major invasive impacts in over 100 countries.
Prosopis cineraria
Prosopis cineraria, khejri or ghaf, a Fabaceae desert tree native from Arabia to India, key arid-zone agroforestry species valued for leaf fodder, edible pods, fuelwood, and soil improvement.
Prosopography
Prosopography is a historical research method that collects and analyzes the shared characteristics of a defined group of individuals, as recorded in surviving documents, to identify patterns within the group.
Prosopopeia
Prosopopeia (Prosopopéia) is an epic poem by Bento Teixeira, published in Lisbon in 1601, narrating the deeds of Jorge d'Albuquerque Coelho and marking the start of the Brazilian Baroque.
Prospa Ochimana
Prospa Ochimana is a Nigerian gospel worship leader, songwriter, and producer based in Abuja, known across Africa and its diaspora for the Igbo-language worship anthem "Ekwueme", recorded with Osinachi Nwachukwu.
Prospalta
Prospalta (Προσπάλτα) was an Attic deme of the phyle Acamantis, located between Zoster and Potamus near modern Kalyvia, with a sanctuary of Kore and Demeter and classical-to-Byzantine occupation.
Prospect (film)
Prospect (2018) is an American space-western sci-fi film by Zeek Earl and Christopher Caldwell, starring Sophie Thatcher and Pedro Pascal; a $4M SXSW 2018 feature adapted from a Kickstarter-funded 2014 short, shot in the Hoh Rainforest.
Prospect Park (Brooklyn)
Prospect Park, Brooklyn's 585-acre Olmsted and Vaux landscape opened in 1867, with the 90-acre Long Meadow, 60-acre lake, Grand Army Plaza, Eastern Parkway, and Prospect Park Alliance stewardship.
Prospect Partners
Prospect Partners is a Chicago-based lower middle market private equity firm founded in 1998, which takes majority control of niche US companies and builds them into larger platforms through add-on acquisitions.
Prospect theory
Prospect theory is a behavioral model of decision under risk, proposed by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky in 1979, in which people evaluate gains and losses relative to a reference point.
Prospective cohort study
A prospective cohort study is an observational epidemiological design that records exposures at baseline and follows participants forward in time, directly estimating incidence and risk with certain temporality.
PROSPER (traffic engineering software)
PROSPER is a traffic signal optimization tool within the TRANSYT product line of TRL Software, used for designing signal timings from single junctions to large networks.
Prosper family murders
Prosper family murders: Nicholas Prosper, 18, killed his mother Juliana Falcon and siblings Kyle and Giselle in Luton on 13 September 2024, then planned a St Joseph's Primary School shooting; jailed minimum 49 years.
Prosper Guéranger
Prosper Guéranger (1805–1875) was a French Benedictine priest and abbot who restored monastic life at Solesmes in 1833 and replaced France's diocesan liturgies with the Roman Rite.
Prosper of Aquitaine
Prosper of Aquitaine (Prosper Tiro, c. 390 – after 455) was a layman from Aquitaine who defended Augustine's doctrine of grace and wrote an influential chronicle.
Prosper UK
Prosper UK is a British centre-right political movement launched 26 January 2026 by Andy Street and Ruth Davidson; not a party or think tank, it targets 7 million politically homeless voters and publishes pro-growth policy papers on housing, energy, immigration, and welfare.
Prosper-René Blondlot
Prosper-René Blondlot (1849–1930) was a French physicist at the University of Nancy, respected for measuring electromagnetic waves and the Kerr effect, best known for the nonexistent N-rays.
Prospera (agricultural technology company)
Prospera is an Israeli agricultural technology company founded in Tel Aviv in 2014 that applies machine learning and computer vision to crop production; Valmont Industries acquired it for $300 million in 2021.
Prosperite
Prosperite is a rare hydrated calcium zinc arsenate mineral, approved in 1978 and known only from the second oxidation zone of the Tsumeb Mine in Namibia, where it forms white prismatic crystals up to 10 mm.
Prosperity
Prosperity is the condition of a country or person doing well, defined as material wealth or broader flourishing, measured since 1990 by indices beyond GDP per capita.
PROSPERITY study
PROSPERITY I and II (NCT04831476) are completed Greek prospective observational studies by Elpen Pharmaceutical at Laikon Hospital of Athens evaluating disease control (IPSS) and quality of life in men with BPH on fixed-dose dutasteride/tamsulosin (Dinaplex), with pooled results published in European Urology 2025.
Prosperity theology
Prosperity theology, also called the prosperity gospel or health and wealth gospel, is a set of Christian teachings holding that faith, spoken words, and financial giving guarantee believers wealth and health.
Prosperity7 investment in Zhipu AI
The Prosperity7 investment in Zhipu AI was a 2024 minority stake by Saudi Aramco's venture arm in a $400 million round for the Chinese AI startup.
Prospero
Prospero, the magician-duke of Milan in Shakespeare's The Tempest, exiled with Miranda, Ariel, and Caliban; deposed by Antonio, he raises the tempest, rules the island, and abjures his rough magic.
Prospero Colonna
Prospero Colonna was an Italian cardinal of the Roman Colonna family, created cardinal deacon by Clement XII in 1739 and a participant in the 1740 conclave.
Próspero Fernández
Próspero Fernández Oreamuno was a Costa Rican soldier who fought William Walker in 1856 and served as the 13th President of Costa Rica from 1882 until his death in office in 1885.
Prospero's Books
Prospero's Books (1991) is Peter Greenaway's experimental film adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest, starring John Gielgud as Prospero, structured around 24 books and pioneering high-definition television imagery.
Prosperous Suzhou
Prosperous Suzhou (Gusu fanhua tu, 姑苏繁华图), originally titled Burgeoning Life in a Resplendent Age, is a 1759 handscroll by Qing court painter Xu Yang depicting the city of Suzhou.
PROST-ART study
PROST-ART is a retrospective, single-center observational study at IRCCS San Raffaele in Milan evaluating advanced radiotherapy, including IGRT, IMRT, and SBRT, for early-stage, advanced, metastatic, and relapsed prostate cancer.
Prostacyclin
Prostacyclin (PGI2, prostaglandin I2) is an endothelial eicosanoid discovered in 1976 in Vane's lab; a potent vasodilator and antiplatelet agent acting via the IP receptor, with a minutes-long half-life, and the basis of PAH drugs epoprostenol, treprostinil, iloprost, and selexipag.