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Apoxyomenos
Apoxyomenos, meaning "scraping himself," is a sculptural type of a nude athlete cleaning himself with a strigil; the famous Vatican marble copies a lost bronze by Lysippos of about 320 BC.
APP
APP (amyloid beta precursor protein, HGNC:620, gene ID 351) is a chromosome 21 gene encoding a ~770-amino-acid neuronal membrane glycoprotein. Cleavage by α-, β- (BACE1), and γ-secretases yields sAPP fragments, AICD, and Aβ40/Aβ42; APP mutations and duplications cause early-onset Alzheimer's disease with cerebral amyloid angiopathy.
App Development and Condiments
"App Development and Condiments" is Community season 5 episode 8 (aired March 6, 2014), written by Jordan Blum and Parker Deay, in which the MeowMeowBeenz rating app turns Greendale into a caste system, anticipating Black Mirror's Nosedive.
App store
App Store: Apple's app marketplace, launched July 10, 2008 with 500 apps; reviewed distribution, 30% commission, 175-country storefronts, and DMA-driven EU changes.
App Store (Apple)
The App Store is Apple's digital distribution platform for apps on the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, opened on July 10, 2008; it now operates in 175 countries and regions.
App store economics
App store economics is the study of how mobile app platforms like Apple's App Store and Google Play earn commissions and how fees shape developers and competition.
App store revenue share
App store revenue share is the commission an app store operator keeps on developers' digital sales, standardized at 30% by Apple in 2009 and reduced to 15% for small developers and older subscriptions.
App-connected sex toy
These devices, produced by companies like Lovense and We-Vibe, are part of a $122 billion industry that has faced scrutiny over data privacy and security flaws.
APP13007 (clobetasol propionate nanoparticle ophthalmic suspension)
APP13007 (BYQLOVI), clobetasol propionate ophthalmic suspension 0.05%, an APNT nanoparticle steroid eye drop FDA-approved March 2024 for post-operative inflammation and pain after ocular surgery, dosed twice daily for 14 days.
Appa (2016 film)
Appa (அப்பா) is a 2016 Tamil drama film written, directed, and produced by Samuthirakani, starring him with Thambi Ramaiah and Namo Narayana. Released 1 July 2016 with music by Ilaiyaraaja, it contrasts three fathers' parenting styles and critiques the education system; distinct from other works titled Appa.
Appa Sahib
Appa Sahib, also known as Mudhoji II Bhonsle, ruled the Kingdom of Nagpur, seized the throne in 1816, joined the Third Anglo-Maratha War, and died in exile in 1840.
Appakavi
Appakavi (అప్పకవి), fully Kākunūri Appakavi, was a seventeenth-century Telugu grammarian from Telangana whose Appakavīyamu, composed in 1656 at Kāměpalli in Palnādu, presented itself as commentary on Nannaya's grammar.
Appalachia
Appalachia: cultural and federal region of 423 counties across 13 eastern US states, defined by the 1965 Appalachian Regional Commission; 26.8 million people, all of West Virginia, coal history, and persistent stereotypes.
Appalachian coal region
The Appalachian coal region is a belt of coalfields in the eastern United States covering nearly 70,000 square miles, from Pennsylvania and Ohio to central Alabama.
Appalachian Development Highway System
The Appalachian Development Highway System (ADHS) is a network of 33 highway corridors in 13 Appalachian states, authorized by Congress in 1965 to spur economic development.
Appalachian dulcimer
Appalachian dulcimer, also called mountain or lap dulcimer: a three- or four-string fretted zither played on the lap in Appalachia, descended from the German scheitholt, with diatonic frets and drone strings, revived in the mid-1900s folk revival.
Appalachian English
Appalachian English, also called Appalachian speech, is the umbrella term for English varieties of the mountain region spanning eight eastern US states, marked by a-prefixing, done as a perfective, Scots-Irish settlement, stigma, and links to Ozark English.
Appalachian Hydrogen Hub
The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub, formally ARCH2, is a US Department of Energy-funded regional hydrogen network led by Battelle, selected in October 2023 with up to $925 million in federal funding.
Appalachian League
Appalachian League (Appy League): eight-team summer collegiate wood-bat baseball league in Appalachia, part of MLB and USA Baseball's Prospect Development Pipeline; founded 1911, rookie-level minor league 1963-2021, collegiate format since 2021.
Appalachian Mountains
The Appalachian Mountains are an eastern North American mountain system from Newfoundland to Alabama, built by Paleozoic plate collisions ending about 270 million years ago, spanning Blue Ridge, Piedmont, Valley and Ridge, and plateau provinces.
Appalachian Power
Appalachian Power (APCo) is a regulated electric utility headquartered in Charleston, West Virginia, serving about 1.1 million customers in three states as part of American Electric Power.
Appalachian Spring
Appalachian Spring, also known by Copland's working title Ballet for Martha, is a 1944 one-act ballet by Martha Graham with music by Aaron Copland for thirteen instruments, premiered at the Library of Congress, winner of the 1945 Pulitzer Prize for Music.
Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Appalachian State Mountaineers football (App State) is the FBS Sun Belt program in Boone, N.C.; three straight FCS titles 2005-07, 2007 Michigan upset, four straight Sun Belt titles 2016-19, coach Dowell Loggains.
Appalachian State University
Appalachian State University, also known as App State, is a public university in Boone, North Carolina, and a member of the University of North Carolina System.
Appalachian Trail
Appalachian Trail (A.T.), also called Appalachian National Scenic Trail: a 2,197.9-mile (2026) marked footpath from Springer Mountain, Georgia to Katahdin, Maine across 14 states; conceived by Benton MacKaye in 1921, opened 1937, first national scenic trail (1968).
Appalachian Trail Conservancy
Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC), formerly Appalachian Trail Conference, founded 1925 in Harpers Ferry, WV: 501(c)(3) nonprofit co-managing the 2,194-mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail with the NPS, USFS, and 31 volunteer trail clubs.
Appalanaidu Kalisetti
Appalanaidu Kalisetti, born 1973, is an Indian Telugu Desam Party politician who has represented the Vizianagaram constituency of Andhra Pradesh in the Lok Sabha since 2024.
Appaloosa
Appaloosa: American spotted horse breed developed by the Nez Perce, named for the Palouse region, defined by LP (TRPM1) leopard complex spotting, mottled skin, striped hooves, CSNB risk in LP/LP horses, and ApHC registration since 1938.
Appaloosa (film)
Appaloosa is a 2008 American Western directed by Ed Harris, based on Robert B. Parker's novel, about two lawmen hired to protect a mining town.
Appaloosa Management
Appaloosa Management is a distressed-value investment firm founded by David Tepper in 1993 and based in Short Hills, New Jersey, known for buying debt of financially troubled companies.