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Talbot–Lau interferometry

Talbot–Lau interferometry is a grating-based X-ray imaging method combining the Talbot and Lau effects, extracting attenuation, differential phase, and dark-field images with a standard X-ray tube.

Talbutal

Talbutal (Lotusate, Profundol), 5-allyl-5-sec-butylbarbituric acid, is an intermediate-acting sedative-hypnotic barbiturate similar to pentobarbital, US Schedule III, with very limited current use and no WHO international scheduling.

Talc

Talc, also known as French chalk, is a hydrated magnesium silicate mineral, the softest on the Mohs hardness scale and the main ingredient of talcum and baby powder.

Talca

Talca, Chile: city and comuna, capital of Maule Region and Talca Province. Founded 1692, refounded as Villa San Agustín de Talca in 1742 by Manso de Velasco; city title 1796; independence sworn there 1818; rebuilt after the 1928 earthquake.

Talcher converter station

The Talcher converter station in Odisha, India, is the eastern terminal of the Talcher–Kolar HVDC bipole, a ±500 kV, 2,000 MW link commissioned in 2003 and operated by POWERGRID.

Talcher Kaniha Super Thermal Power Station

Talcher Kaniha Super Thermal Power Station is a 3,000 MW coal-fired power station of NTPC Limited at Kaniha near Talcher in Angul district, Odisha, India.

Talcott Parsons

Talcott Parsons (1902-1979), American Harvard sociologist, creator of the voluntaristic theory of action, the AGIL functional scheme, and structural functionalism's dominance; author of The Structure of Social Action (1937) and The Social System (1951).

Taldefgrobep alfa

Taldefgrobep alfa (BHV-2000, BMS-986089, RG6206) is a fully human anti-myostatin adnectin fusion protein by Biohaven, formerly BMS/Roche; DMD development ended 2019 after SPITFIRE futility, and it is now in Phase 3 SMA (RESILIENT) and Phase 2 obesity trials.

Tale of Cinema (극장전)

Tale of Cinema (극장전, Geuk jang jeon) is a 2005 South Korean drama by Hong Sang-soo, his sixth feature and first self-produced film. Its two-part, film-within-a-film structure about a suicide pact and an obsessive filmmaker screened in Competition at Cannes 2005.

Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven

The Tale of King Mu, Son of Heaven is a Warring States Chinese narrative of King Mu's journey west to meet the Queen Mother of the West.

Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok

Ragnars saga loðbrókar (Tale of Ragnar Lodbrok), an Icelandic fornaldarsaga written around 1230, tells of Ragnar Loðbrók, his marriages to Þóra and Aslaug, and his death in an English snake pit; companion to Ragnarssona þáttr and source for the TV series Vikings.

Tale of Ragnar's Sons

Ragnarssona þáttr (Tale of Ragnar's Sons, Þáttr af Ragnars sonum) is a late 13th-century Icelandic legendary saga in Hauksbók narrating Ragnar Lothbrok's sons and their revenge on King Ælle of Northumbria.

Tale of Tales (2015 film)

Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti) is Matteo Garrone's 2015 English-language fantasy film, freely adapted from Giambattista Basile's Lo cunto de li cunti, interweaving three tales of obsessed rulers; it competed at Cannes 2015 and won 7 David di Donatello awards.

Tale of the Capture of Moscow by Tokhtamysh

The Tale of the Capture of Moscow by Tokhtamysh (Повесть о нашествии Тохтамыша) is an Old Russian chronicle narrative of Tokhtamysh's 1382 sack of Moscow.

Tale of the Destruction of Ryazan by Batu

The Tale of the Destruction of Ryazan by Batu (Повесть о разорении Рязани Батыем) is an Old Russian military tale about Batu's 1237 conquest of Ryazan.

Tale of the Eloquent Peasant

The Tale of the Eloquent Peasant is a Middle Kingdom Egyptian story in which the peasant Khunanup wins justice through nine petitions after being robbed.

Tale of the Herdsman

The Tale of the Herdsman is a fragmentary Middle Kingdom Egyptian story on Papyrus Berlin 3024, about a herdsman who meets a goddess in the marshes.

Tale of the Life of Alexander Nevsky

The Tale of the Life of Alexander Nevsky (Житие Александра Невского) is an Old Russian hagiographic panegyric about Prince Alexander Nevsky, composed soon after his death in 1263.

Tale of the Murder of Mikhail of Tver in the Horde

The Tale of the Murder of Mikhail of Tver in the Horde (Повесть об убиении Михаила Тверского в Орде) is an Old Russian account of the prince's 1318 execution.

Tale of the Nine Tailed (구미호뎐)

Tale of the Nine Tailed (구미호뎐) is a tvN 2020 fantasy action romance drama, 16 episodes, starring Lee Dong-wook as the male gumiho Lee Yeon, with Jo Bo-ah and Kim Bum; season 2, Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938, aired 12 episodes in 2023.

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 (구미호뎐1938) is a 2023 tvN Korean fantasy action drama, second season of Tale of the Nine Tailed, starring Lee Dong-wook, Kim So-yeon, Kim Bum, and Ryu Kyung-soo; 12 episodes aired May 6 to June 11, 2023, set in Japanese-occupied 1938 Gyeongseong.

Tale of the Rout of Mamai

The Tale of the Rout of Mamai (Сказание о Мамаевом побоище) is an Old Russian work giving the most detailed account of the 1380 Battle of Kulikovo.

Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor

The Tale of the Shipwrecked Sailor is an ancient Egyptian story from about 2000 BC, the oldest surviving Egyptian tale, about a shipwreck survivor who meets a magical serpent.

Tale of Two Brothers

The Tale of Two Brothers (Papyrus D'Orbiney) is an ancient Egyptian narrative about the brothers Anubis and Bata, preserved on a single papyrus written around 1215 BC.

Tale of Woe

The Tale of Woe is an Egyptian fictional narrative written as an imaginary letter from the exiled official Wermai, preserved on a hieratic scroll in Moscow.

Taleb Al-Abdulmohsen (طالب بن جواد بن حسين العبدالمحسن)

Taleb al-Abdulmohsen (طالب بن جواد بن حسين العبدالمحسن), Saudi-born doctor in Germany since 2006, drove a rented SUV into the Magdeburg Christmas market on 20 December 2024, killing six and injuring over 300; an anti-Islam, far-right sympathizer of the AfD, on trial for sixfold murder.

Taledanda

Taledanda, whose Hindi version is Rakt Kalyan, is a 1990 Kannada play by Girish Karnad about the rise of Basavanna's radical anti-caste movement in 12th-century Karnataka.

Taleem-e-Balighan

Taleem-e-Balighan (تعلیمِ بالغان, "Education of Adults") is a classic Urdu satirical play by Khawaja Moinuddin, first staged in 1954 and treated as Pakistan's first classic drama.

Talehi

Talehi is a 2014 album and song by Ivorian singer, songwriter, and producer Serge Beynaud, whose 16-track coupé-décalé release made him a star after his 2012 debut.

Taleju Bhawani

Taleju Bhawani, also known as Tulja, is a Tantric form of the Hindu goddess identified with Durga and Kali, worshipped in Nepal since at least the twelfth century.