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Alexia (other)
Alexia may refer to: * Alexia (given name) ** Alexia (singer) (born 1967), Italian singer *** ''Alexia'' (album), a 2002 album by the Italian singer ** Alexia Putellas (born 1994), Spanish footballer sometimes known mononymously *** '' Alexia: Labor Omnia Vincit'', a 2022 docu-series about the footballer * Alexia (condition) (also known as acquired dyslexia), loss of the ability to read due to cerebral disorder ** Pure alexia, a form in which other language skills are unaffected * ''Alexia'' Wight, an Australian plant genus, synonym of '' Alyxia'' * Index–Alexia Alluminio, an Italian cycling team * MV ''Alexia'', an oil tanker converted into a merchant aircraft carrier * Alexia or Alexia Foods, a Conagra Brands brand of frozen potato products See also * Alexias (fl. 4th century BC), Greek physician * Alexa (other) * Alexius Alexius is the Latinized form of the given name Alexios (, polytonic , "defender", cf. Alexander), especially common in the Byzantine Emp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexia (given Name)
Alexia is a female form of the Greek male given name Alexis that in turn is a variant form of the Latin name Alexius. The name Alexis became popular in the United States in the 20th century, when actress Alexis Smith began appearing in films; however, Alexia is still used as well. Notable people with the name include: * Alexia (Italian singer) (born 1967) * Alexia Apostolakis (born 2006), Australian soccer player * Alexia Bryn (1889–1983), Norwegian pair skater * Alexia Coley, English singer-songwriter * Alexia Dechaume-Balleret (born 1970), French tennis player * Alexia Djilali, French volleyballer * Alexia González-Barros González (1971–1985), child declared Venerable by Pope Francis * Alexia Hilbertidou, New Zealand social entrepreneur * Alexia Kelley, director of the Department of Health and Human Services' Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships * Alexia Khadime (born 1983), British singer and actress * Alexia Kourtelesi, Greek judoka * Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexia (singer)
Alessia Aquilani (born 19 May 1967), known professionally as Alexia, is an Italian singer. Before recording in Italian in the 2000s, she made records in English in the 1990s. Many of those were international hits. Before her solo career, she was the vocalist of Ice MC. She has performed at the Festivalbar nine times, and four times at the Sanremo Music Festival in which she has earned, besides several music critic awards, three second-placings, and one first-placing in 2003. Career 230px, Alexia in 2008 Early work Alexia was born in Arcola, Liguria, and from a young age regularly entered singing talent competitions. She started working for Italian label Euroenergy (by Disco Magic) in 1989 with the singles (Eurobeat/hi-NRG style) "Boy" as Alexia Cooper and "It's All Right" as Lita Beck. One year later, she provided backing vocals to the singles "Cinema" and "Scream" by Ice MC. Later she worked with producer Roberto Zanetti (better known as Robyx) in 1990, as a back-up singe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexia (album)
''Alexia'' is the fifth studio album by Italian singer Alexia released in 2002. The album was the first release in Italian. It gave boost to her career. The album was released in Italy on CD and cassette on 8 March 2002. It was certified gold by the Federation of the Italian Music Industry The Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana (FIMI) or the Federation of the Italian Music Industry is an umbrella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italy. It was established in 1992, when ... for domestic sales exceeding 50,000 units. The album contains one English recording, an English version of " Dimmi come..." entitled "Don't You Know" though this would be re-recorded in English again for an international release. Two of the tracks, "Se un giorno" and "L'amore vince" are Italian renditions of the songs "Whenever You Want Me" and "The Real Thing" from her previous album '' Mad for Music''. " Non lasciarmi mai" was released as a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexia Putellas
Alèxia Putellas i Segura ( , Alexia Putellas Segura; born 4 February 1994), often known mononymously as Alexia, is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a midfielder or forward for Liga F club Barcelona, which she captains, and the Spain women's national team. She previously played for Espanyol and Levante, and has represented Catalonia. Having won all major club and individual awards available to a European player by 2022, she is widely regarded as one of the greatest female footballers of all time. Putellas started her youth career at CE Sabadell, passing through Barcelona before she moved to Espanyol, where she played most of her youth football. After a year at Levante she returned to Barcelona in 2012, where she has won eight league titles, eight Copas de la Reina and three UEFA Women's Champions League trophies. In Barcelona's 2020–21 season, she played an essential role as her team won the Champions League as well as the resulting contine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexia (condition)
Dyslexia (), previously known as word blindness, is a learning disability that affects either reading or writing. Different people are affected to different degrees. Problems may include difficulties in spelling words, reading quickly, handwriting, writing words, "sounding out" words Subvocalization, in the head, pronouncing words when reading aloud and understanding what one reads. Often these difficulties are first noticed at school. The difficulties are involuntary, and people with this disorder have a normal desire to learn. People with dyslexia have higher rates of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), developmental language disorders, and dyscalculia, difficulties with numbers. Dyslexia is believed to be caused by the Gene–environment interaction, interaction of Genetics, genetic and environmental factors. Some cases run in families. Dyslexia that develops due to a traumatic brain injury, stroke, or dementia is sometimes called "acquired dyslexia" or alexi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pure Alexia
Pure alexia, also known as agnosic alexia or alexia without agraphia or pure word blindness, is one form of alexia which makes up "the peripheral dyslexia" group. Individuals who have pure alexia have severe reading problems while other language-related skills such as naming, oral repetition, auditory comprehension or writing are typically intact. Pure alexia is also known as: "alexia without agraphia", "letter-by-letter dyslexia", "spelling dyslexia", or "word-form dyslexia". Another name for it is "Dejerine syndrome", after Joseph Jules Dejerine, who described it in 1892; however, when using this name, it should not be confused with medial medullary syndrome which shares the same eponym. Classification Pure alexia results from cerebral lesions in circumscribed brain regions and therefore belongs to the group of acquired reading disorders, alexia, as opposed to developmental dyslexia found in children who have difficulties in learning to read. Causes Pure alexia almost alwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alyxia
''Alyxia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Apocynaceae. It contains at present 106 species, but '' Alyxia stellata'' and '' A. tisserantii'' are very variable, might be cryptic species complexes, and are need of further study. It consists of shrubby, climbing or scrambling plants. This genus occurs in China, the Himalayas, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Caledonia and the Pacific Islands. There are 14 species in Australia, 21 in New Caledonia and 7 in the other Pacific Islands, including Hawaii.Middleton (2000, 2001) The leaves are opposite or in whorls of three to seven. There are colleters (groups or tufts of mucilaginous secretory hairs) present in the leaf axils. The inflorescence is axillary or terminal with solitary flowers or simple cymes. Flowers consist of five petals and five sepals. The flowers have a slender tube which expands abruptly. The stamens have short filaments and are inserted in the upper half of the corolla. The fruit is a pair of drupes, orig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Index–Alexia Alluminio
Index–Alexia Alluminio was an Italian cycling team, active between 2000 and 2002. The team won the 2002 Giro d'Italia with Paolo Savoldelli. Major wins ;2000 : GP d'Europe, Dario Andriotto : Memorial Cecchi Gori, Stage 1 (Chianciano), Oscar Cavagnis : Tour de Beauce, Stage 3 (Mt Megantic), Stefano Della Santa : National Championship, Serguei Outschakov : GP Città di Rio Saliceto e Correggio, Eddy Serri : Six Days of Berlin, Marco Villa ;2001 : Giro Riviera Ligure Pomente, Stage 1 (Alassio), Daniele Galli : Freccia dei Vini - Memorial Dott. Luigi Raffele Damiano Giannini : Six Days of Fiorenzuola d'Arda, Ivan Quaranta and Marco Villa : Giro d'Italia :: Stage 5 (Nettuno), Ivan Quaranta :: Stage 16 (Parma), Ivan Quaranta : Ronde van Nederland, Stage 3 (Denekamp), Ivan Quaranta : Settimana Ciclistica Internazionale Coppi-Bartali, Stage 1 (Ferrara), Ivan Quaranta : Six Days of Turin, Marco Villa and Ivan Quaranta : Tour de Langkawi, Stage 7 (Klang), Ivan Quaranta : Six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MV Alexia
MV ''Alexia'' was one of nine Royal Dutch/Shell oil tankers converted to become a Merchant Aircraft Carrier (MAC ship). The group is collectively known as the ''Rapana'' class. MV ''Alexia'' was built at Bremer Vulkan and completed in April, 1935 as an oil tanker for the Anglo-Dutch Royal Dutch/Shell Shell plc is a British multinational oil and gas company, headquartered in London, England. Shell is a public limited company with a primary listing on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and secondary listings on Euronext Amsterdam and the New Yor ... line. She sustained severe damage in two separate U-boat attacks in 1940 and 1942. After the second attack was converted to a MAC ship, entering service in December 1943. As a MAC ship, she had no aircraft hangar, and continued to carry normal cargoes, although operating under Royal Navy control. Only her air crew and the necessary maintenance staff were naval personnel. At the end of the war, ''Alexia'' was reconverted to an oil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conagra Brands
Conagra Brands, Inc. (formerly ConAgra Foods) is an American consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Conagra makes and sells products under various brand names that are available in supermarkets, restaurants, and food service establishments. Based on its 2021 revenue, the company ranked 331st on the 2022 ''Fortune'' 500. History 1919–1949: Founding and early history Conagra was founded in September 1919 as Nebraska Consolidated Mills (NCM) by Alva Kinney. The company was a conglomerate of four grain milling companies headquartered in Grand Island, Nebraska. The company moved its headquarters to Omaha, Nebraska, in 1922 following the purchase of Updike Mill. That year, NCM posted a profit of $175,000, its first profit since its founding. In 1941, the company opened a mill in Decatur, Alabama. It was NCM's first plant outside of Nebraska. 1950–1970: Expansion and decline After researching new uses for its flour, NCM funded the est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexias
Alexias (Greek: ) was an ancient Greek physician who was a pupil of Thrasyas of Mantinea, and lived probably around the middle of the 4th century BC. Theophrastus mentions him as having lived shortly before his time, and speaks highly of his abilities and acquirements. He was said to have equalled his master Thrasyas in the science of botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ..., and to have exceeded him in other areas. References 4th-century BC Greek physicians {{AncientGreece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
