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AMSC trial
AMSC trial (NCT02307435) was an early Phase 1 University of Indonesia study testing allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells from bone marrow, umbilical cord, and adipose tissue, fresh or cryopreserved, for non-union fractures; status unknown, no posted results.
Amschel Rothschild
Amschel Rothschild (Amschel Mayor James Rothschild, 1955–1996) was a British financier who ran the Rothschild family's asset-management arm in London and died by suicide in Paris.
Amsler grid
Amsler grid: self-test chart of straight lines with a central dot, devised by Marc Amsler and marketed from 1947, used daily by AMD patients to detect metamorphopsia and central scotomas; high specificity, moderate sensitivity.
AMSTAR
AMSTAR (A MeaSurement Tool to Assess systematic Reviews) is an 11-item critical appraisal instrument for judging the methodological quality of systematic reviews, introduced by Shea and colleagues in 2007.
AMSTAR-2
AMSTAR-2, short for A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews, is a 16-item instrument published in 2017 for judging the methodological quality of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions.
Amstel
The Amstel is a Dutch river flowing into Amsterdam, partly created by a medieval canal dug between two rivers during peat reclamation. The dam in it gave Amsterdam (Amestelledamme) its name; first recorded 1275.
Amstel Brewery
Amstel Brewery (Beiersch Bierbrouwerij De Amstel), founded 1870 in Amsterdam by De Pesters, Van Marwijk Kooy, and Uhlenbroek, brewed Bavarian-style lager; merged into Heineken 1968, Amsterdam plant closed 1983, brand continues worldwide.
Amstelveen
Amstelveen, formerly Nieuwer-Amstel until the 1964 renaming, is a municipality in North Holland just south of Amsterdam with about 95,800 residents, known for the Amsterdamse Bos, the Netherlands' largest Japanese community, and the A9 deepened road project.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam, capital and largest city of the Netherlands, grew from a 1275 toll-privilege settlement (Amstelledamme) on the Amstel into a Golden Age trading hub of 200,000, with a 1613 canal ring and 941,927 residents in 2026.
Amsterdam (2022 film)
Amsterdam (2022) is David O. Russell's period mystery-comedy starring Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, and John David Washington as 1933 friends framed for murder, loosely based on the Business Plot; it earned $6.5 million on an $80 million budget and 32% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Amsterdam Admirals
The Amsterdam Admirals were a professional American football team in NFL Europe, based in Amsterdam from 1995 to 2007, notable for alumni Kurt Warner and Jake Delhomme.
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (Schiphol, AMS/EHAM): the Netherlands' main airport, a military airfield since 1916, civil since 1920, one of Europe's four largest by passengers, capped at 478,000 flights per year from November 2025 under Dutch noise policy.
Amsterdam Empire
Amsterdam Empire is a 2025 Dutch-language Netflix crime drama, 7 episodes, created by the Undercover and Ferry trio Moolenaar, Matthys, and Uytdenhouwen. It stars Famke Janssen in her first Dutch-speaking role as Betty, divorcing coffeeshop magnate Jack van Doorn.
Amsterdam Flames
Amsterdam Flames are Amsterdam's professional Twenty20 cricket franchise in the European T20 Premier League (ETPL). Owned by a consortium led by Steve Waugh, Jamie Dwyer, and Tim Thomas, they began play in the inaugural 2026 ETPL season.
Amsterdam School
The Amsterdam School (Dutch: Amsterdamse School) was an expressionist architectural movement in Amsterdam, active roughly 1910 to 1930 and led by Michel de Klerk, known for curved brick facades and workers' housing.
Amsterdam Water Supply
The Amsterdam water supply is the public drinking water system of Amsterdam, the Netherlands, begun in 1853 as the country's first piped supply and now operated by Waternet.
Amsterdam–Rhine Canal
The Amsterdam–Rhine Canal (Amsterdam-Rijnkanaal) is a 72-kilometer ship canal in the Netherlands connecting Amsterdam's port with the Rhine and Germany's Ruhr, opened in 1952 and carrying about 80,000 vessels yearly.
Amsterdamned II
Amsterdamned II (2025) is Dick Maas's Dutch thriller-horror sequel to his 1988 cult classic Amsterdamned, starring Huub Stapel as retired detective Eric Visser and Holly Mae Brood as Tara Lee, released 4 December 2025.
Amstrad
Amstrad is a British consumer electronics company founded by Alan Sugar in 1968, which led Europe's home computer market in the mid-1980s and was bought by Sky in 2007.
Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC, also sold in Germany as the Schneider CPC, is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by British company Amstrad between 1984 and 1990.
AMSU-A
AMSU-A, the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A, is a 15-channel microwave radiometer flown on polar-orbiting weather satellites since 1998 to measure atmospheric temperature from the surface to about 45 km.
AMT Hardballer
The AMT Hardballer, also known as the AMT Longslide, is a stainless-steel semi-automatic pistol introduced in 1977 by Arcadia Machine & Tool of Irwindale, California.
AMTE Power
AMTE Power plc was a British developer of lithium-ion and sodium-ion battery cells for specialist markets, with a factory in Thurso, Scotland, that entered administration in January 2024.
Amtei Olten-Gösgen
Amtei Olten-Gösgen, also called Niederamt, is one of five administrative units of the Swiss canton of Solothurn, made up of the districts of Olten and Gösgen.
Amthal
Amthal (أمثال; singular mathal, مثل) are the proverbs of the Arabic language: short traditional sayings carrying wisdom, transmitted from pre-Islamic times to the present, and famously collected in al-Maydani's Majma' al-Amthal.
AMTRAC study
AMTRAC (Aortic+Mitral TRAnsCatheter) Valve Registry, NCT04031274: investigator-initiated international multicenter registry of TAVR patients, initially 23 centers, later 17 in Europe and Israel, over 23,000 procedures; known for mitral regurgitation outcomes and valve-type comparisons.
Amtrak
Amtrak, formally the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, is a for-profit corporation created by Congress in 1971 to operate intercity passenger rail in 46 states, including Acela high-speed service in the Northeast.
Amtrak Airo
Amtrak Airo is a fleet of 83 intercity trainsets built by Siemens Mobility for Amtrak, replacing 1960s and 1970s equipment; the first entered service on Amtrak Cascades in 2026.
Amtrak Cascades
Amtrak Cascades is a state-supported intercity passenger rail service running along the I-5 corridor from Vancouver, British Columbia, through Seattle and Portland to Eugene, Oregon, launched in 1994.
Amu
Amu, born Amukelani Tshawane, is a South African rapper and producer from Soweto who debuted in 1996, released The Life, Rap and Drama in 2003, and produced ProKid's acclaimed Heads & Tales.