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Secret: Untold Melody
Secret: Untold Melody (말할 수 없는 비밀) is a 2025 Korean fantasy romance film directed by Seo Yoo-min, remaking Jay Chou's 2007 Taiwanese film Secret; it stars Doh Kyung-soo and Won Jin-ah as pianist Yu-jun and mysterious Jung-ah, released January 27, 2025.
Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes
The Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes (SICT) is Mexico's federal ministry for highways, railways, airports, and telecommunications; created in 1891, it took its current name in 2021.
Secretariat (film)
Secretariat (2010) is a Walt Disney Pictures sports drama directed by Randall Wallace, starring Diane Lane as owner Penny Chenery and John Malkovich as trainer Lucien Laurin, dramatizing the 1973 Triple Crown; noted for liberties from William Nack's book.
Secretariat (horse)
Secretariat (1970-1989), "Big Red," American Triple Crown-winning racehorse by Bold Ruler out of Somethingroyal; set still-standing records in the 1973 Derby, Preakness, and Belmont, winning the Belmont by 31 lengths in 2:24.
Secretariat Building, New Delhi
The Secretariat Building in New Delhi, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, consists of North Block and South Block, the main office buildings of the Government of India.
Secretariat of Energy (Mexico)
The Secretariat of Energy (Secretaría de Energía, SENER) is the Mexican federal ministry responsible for national energy policy, exercising the nation's rights over hydrocarbons and electricity.
Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit
The Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit (Secretaría de Hacienda y Crédito Público, SHCP) is Mexico's finance ministry, which drafts the federal budget and manages public debt.
Secretariat of State for the Indies
The Secretariat of State for the Indies (Secretaría de Estado y del Despacho de Indias) was the Spanish monarchy's office for governing the New World, created in 1714.
Secretariat of the Central Committee
The Secretariat of the Central Committee (Секретариат ЦК ВКП(б)) was the permanent staff body of the Soviet Communist Party's Central Committee, handling cadres and administration under Stalin from 1922.
Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party
The Secretariat of the Chinese Communist Party (中共中央书记处) is the party's standing office for day-to-day central work under the Politburo, created in January 1934 and restored in 1980.
Secretaries and administrative staff of the Supreme Court of the United States
The secretaries and administrative staff of the US Supreme Court are the career non-lawyer personnel who run the justices' chambers, including judicial assistants, messengers, and the Counselor to the Chief Justice.
Secretary
A secretary, also known as an administrative assistant, is an employee who handles correspondence, scheduling, and record-keeping for a person, office, or organization; in UK law it also names a senior governance officer.
Secretary (2002 film)
Secretary (2002 film), based on Mary Gaitskill's story, is a romantic comedy-drama about a secretary and a lawyer that earned the Independent Spirit Award.
Secretary Bird Optimization Algorithm
The Secretary Bird Optimization Algorithm is a population-based metaheuristic introduced in 2024 that mimics secretary birds hunting snakes and evading predators to solve numerical optimization and engineering design problems.
Secretary General of NATO
Secretary General of NATO: NATO's top international civil servant, chair of the North Atlantic Council and chief spokesperson, created in 1952; 14 holders, currently Mark Rutte since 1 October 2024.
Secretary of State (United Kingdom)
Secretary of State (UK): His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, the Cabinet ministers who head ministerial departments, appointed by the Prime Minister and accountable to Parliament; distinct from the Chancellor of the Exchequer and junior ministers.
Secretary of State for Defence
The Secretary of State for Defence, also known as the UK Defence Secretary, is the British Cabinet minister heading the Ministry of Defence and its armed forces since 1964.
Secretary of State for Education
Secretary of State for Education: UK Cabinet minister heading the Department for Education, responsible for English early years, schools, further and higher education. Current holder Lucy Powell MP (from 20 July 2026); statutory duties under the Education Act 1996.
Secretary of State for Employment v Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen (No 2)
Secretary of State for Employment v ASLEF (No 2) was a 1972 Court of Appeal decision on a ballot of railway workers during Britain's national work-to-rule dispute.
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care: UK Cabinet minister heading the Department of Health and Social Care, accountable to Parliament for the NHS and social care in England; current holder Yvette Cooper (2026), succeeding Streeting, Murray, Atkins, Barclay, Coffey, Javid, Hancock, and Hunt.
Secretary of State for India
The Secretary of State for India was the British cabinet minister responsible for the government of India, created by the Government of India Act 1858 and abolished in 1947.
Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing
The Secretary of the Research and Analysis Wing is the head of India's external intelligence agency, R&AW. This role advises the Prime Minister on national security.
Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (دبیر شورای عالی امنیت ملی)
Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (دبیر شورای عالی امنیت ملی), the council's chief executive, often dubbed Iran's security chief; created 1989, held by Rouhani, Larijani, Jalili, Shamkhani, Ahmadian, Zolghadr, and Rezaei.
Secretary problem
The secretary problem, also known as the Sultan's Dowry Problem, is an optimal stopping problem in which candidates are seen one at a time in random order.
Secretary to the Government of India
Secretary to the Government of India is the top civil-service post in an Indian ministry, at Pay Matrix Level 17, appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet under the Central Staffing Scheme.
Secretary-General of the United Nations
Secretary-General of the United Nations: chief administrative officer under Charter Article 97, appointed by the General Assembly on Security Council recommendation with P5 veto; ninth holder António Guterres, tenth selection underway for 2027.
Secretarybird
Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius), sole species of Sagittariidae, a terrestrial African raptor of savannas that kills prey, including venomous snakes, with fast kicks; IUCN Endangered since 2020, population 6,700-67,000 and declining.
Secreted clade V protein
Secreted clade V proteins (SCVPs, Pfam PF17619) are a nematode protein family first named in 2015 from Ancylostoma ceylanicum; small ~150-residue secreted proteins, expanded in strongylid parasites, upregulated during infection, suspected immunomodulators and proposed drug targets.
Secreted effector protein SptP
SptP is a 60 kDa SPI-1 type III secretion effector of Salmonella enterica, a dual GAP and tyrosine phosphatase that inactivates Cdc42 and Rac1 to reverse invasion-induced membrane ruffling and, via VCP dephosphorylation, promotes vacuole replication.
Secretin
Secretin: 27-amino acid peptide hormone, the first hormone discovered (Bayliss and Starling, 1902). Released by duodenal S cells on acid entry; stimulates pancreatic bicarbonate secretion, inhibits gastric acid, used in gastrinoma and pancreatic function tests.