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Stavros Konstantinides

Stavros V. Konstantinides (Greek: Σταύρος Κωνσταντινίδης) is a Greek-born German cardiologist who has spent 35 years studying pulmonary embolism and designed the 2014 PEITHO trial.

Stavros Lomvardas

Stavros Lomvardas is an American neuroscientist and epigeneticist who studies how each olfactory neuron expresses one receptor gene, and is a professor and principal investigator at Columbia University since 2014.

Stavros Niarchos

Stavros Niarchos (Σταύρος Νιάρχος) was a Greek shipping tycoon who was the world's largest independent shipowner by 1964, a rival of Aristotle Onassis, and founder of the Stavros Niarchos Foundation.

Stavros S. Papadopulos

Stavros S. Papadopulos is a groundwater hydrologist who founded S.S. Papadopulos & Associates in 1979 and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2009.

Stavros Xarhakos

Stavros Xarhakos (Σταύρος Ξαρχάκος) is a Greek composer and conductor who is recognized for his diverse output and his role in creating the unique "entechno laiko" music style.

Stavroula Kousteni

Stavroula Kousteni is a physiologist at Columbia University, where she directs the Edward P. Evans Center for Myelodysplastic Syndromes and studies bone's hormonal role in metabolism and blood cancers.

Stavudine

Stavudine, also known as d4T and sold as Zerit, is a nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor approved in 1994 to treat HIV-1, phased out worldwide by 2020 because of mitochondrial toxicity.

Stax Records

Stax Records, originally founded as Satellite Records, is an American label based in Memphis, Tennessee, known for the Memphis Sound and for launching Otis Redding and Isaac Hayes.

Stay (2005 film)

Stay (2005) is an American psychological thriller directed by Marc Forster, written by David Benioff, starring Ewan McGregor, Naomi Watts, and Ryan Gosling; a psychiatrist tries to stop a suicidal patient, released by 20th Century Fox, grossing $8.5 million.

Stay (Ariana Grande song)

"Stay" (stylized "stay") is a track by Ariana Grande from her 2026 album petal, distinct from songs of the same name by The Kid Laroi and Rihanna. Written with Ilya and Max Martin, it debuted at number 22 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Stay (Rihanna song)

"Stay" is a 2012 piano ballad by Rihanna featuring Mikky Ekko from Unapologetic, written by Ekko, Justin Parker, and Elof Loelv; it peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 4 in the UK, earning a Best Pop Duo/Group Performance Grammy nomination.

Stay (The Kid Laroi and Justin Bieber song)

"Stay" (STAY) is a 2021 song by The Kid LAROI featuring Justin Bieber from F*CK LOVE 3+, built on Charlie Puth's piano riff. It topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, ARIA for 13, and was #1 in 22 countries.

Stay Alive

Stay Alive (2006) is a horror film directed by William Brent Bell, co-written with Matthew Peterman, about a video game whose players die in real life; it earned $23.1M and 12% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Stay cable

A stay cable is a tensioned steel member running directly from a bridge tower to the deck, the defining element of cable-stayed bridges since Sweden's Strömsund Bridge of 1955.

Stay cable systems

A stay cable system is the complete engineered product that carries a cable-stayed or extradosed bridge deck in tension from deck to pylon, including strands, anchorages, and dampers.

Stay Close

Stay Close is a British eight-episode Netflix mystery miniseries premiered December 31, 2021, adapted from Harlan Coben's 2012 novel, starring Cush Jumbo, Richard Armitage, and James Nesbitt, set in Blackpool, with a 92% Rotten Tomatoes critics score.

Stay Low

Stay Low is an independent boutique record label and talent management company in Johannesburg, South Africa, founded in 2020 under Steyn Entertainment, with artists including Priddy Ugly and lordkez.

Stay of execution

Stay of execution: a court order temporarily postponing enforcement of a death sentence, granted under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2251 and 2262, Supreme Court five-vote rule, AEDPA limits, and 2024 emergency-docket practice.

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man

Stay Puft Marshmallow Man, also Mr. Stay Puft, is the giant sailor-suited marshmallow mascot villain of Ghostbusters (1984), Gozer's destructor form chosen by Ray Stantz; created by Dan Aykroyd, performed by suit-maker Bill Bryan, and later a franchise mascot and toy line.

Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)

"Stay with Me" is a 2014 soul ballad by Sam Smith, also credited to Jimmy Napes and Tourist, from In the Lonely Hour; it hit number two on the Hot 100, won 2015 Grammys for Record and Song of the Year, and carries a 12.5% Tom Petty/Jeff Lynne songwriting credit.

Stay With Me (哥哥你别跑)

Stay With Me (哥哥你别跑, Ge Ge Ni Bie Pao) is a 2023 Chinese youth BL drama directed by Su You Chen, starring Xu Bin and Zhang Jiong Min as stepbrothers Wu Bi and Su Yu; a remake of Addicted, released overseas on YouTube and Viki.

Stay-at-home mother

Stay-at-home mother: a mother not employed for pay outside the home, also called homemaker or housewife. In 2012, 29% of U.S. mothers (10.4 million) were at home; 34% lived in poverty.

Stay-cable maintenance and monitoring

Stay-cable maintenance and monitoring is the inspection, condition assessment, and replacement of stay cables on cable-stayed bridges, where corrosion hidden inside anchorages threatens service life.

STAYC (스테이씨)

STAYC (스테이씨) is a six-member South Korean girl group (Sumin, Sieun, Isa, Seeun, Yoon, J) that debuted November 12, 2020 under High Up Entertainment, the label of producers Black Eyed Pilseung, known for the teen-fresh concept and hit "ASAP".

Staycation

Staycation: blend of "stay" and "vacation," a holiday spent at home or nearby with day trips, or in British usage any domestic holiday. Coined mid-20th century, popularized in the 2008 recession and COVID-19 pandemic.

Staygreen protein

Staygreen protein (SGR, NYE1), a conserved chloroplast Mg-dechelatase that initiates chlorophyll degradation during leaf senescence; sgr mutants stay green, including Mendel's pea.

Stayin' Alive

Stayin' Alive: 1977 Bee Gees disco hit from the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack, US number 1, tempo about 103 bpm, widely used as the mental metronome for CPR chest compressions.

Staying Alive (1983 film)

Staying Alive is a 1983 American musical drama directed and co-written by Sylvester Stallone, the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, starring John Travolta as Brooklyn dancer Tony Manero.

Staying Alive (soundtrack)

Staying Alive: The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (RSO, 1983) is the album for the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, pairing five new Bee Gees songs with Frank Stallone's 'Far From Over'; it peaked at number 6 in the US and number 1 in Switzerland.

Stayman convention

Stayman convention, the artificial 2♣ response to a 1NT bridge opening asking for a four-card major, developed 1945 by Samuel Stayman (invented by George Rapee); answers 2♦, 2♥, 2♠; used with Jacoby transfers.