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Pai (other)
Pai or PAI may refer to: People * Pai (surname), Indian surname from coastal Karnataka and Goa plus people with the name * Pai (Chinese surname), includes Chinese name origin, plus people with the name Fictional characters * Pai (Manga character), a character from "3x3 Eyes" * Pie (Tokyo Mew Mew), a villain from the manga and anime series ''Tokyo Mew Mew'' Places * Pai, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province * Pai, Thailand, a small town in Mae Hong Son Province ** Pai District, the district around the town ** Pai River ** Pai Airport * Pai, Tank, a union council in Pakistan * Pai Northern Thai Kitchen, a restaurant chain in Toronto, Canada Games * Gwat Pai, Chinese dominoes set * Pai Gow, Chinese gambling game ** Pai gow poker, Americanized version Other uses * Pai languages (Paipai, Walapai, Havasupai) * Pai dialect of the Northern Sotho language * Pai (fish trap) * "Pai", a 2016 song by Bad Gyal Acronyms * PAI Partners, a French private equity firm * PAI (Personal Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pai (surname)
Pai is a surname from coastal Karnataka, Kerala and Goa in India. It is found among Hindus of the Goud Saraswat Brahmin community, especially of Madhwas, Madhwa Section following either Kashi Math or Gokarna Matha. The name is also in use among some Konkani people#Christians, Konkani Catholics who trace their ancestry to the Goud Saraswat Brahmins of Karnataka, Kerala and Goa.''Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians'', Alan Machado Prabhu, I.J.A. Publications, 1999, p. 137 Notable people The following is a list of notable people with last name Pai. * Ajit Pai (cricketer), Ajit Pai, Indian cricketer, not to be confused with former Federal Communications Commission, FCC chairman with the same name * Ajit Varadaraj Pai, American lawyer; Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (2017–2021) * Ammembal Subba Rao Pai, lawyer and founder of Canara Bank * Anant Pai (1937–2011), noted Indian educationist and creator of comics (also known as Uncle Pai) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Gyal
Alba Farelo Solé (born 7 March 1997), known professionally as Bad Gyal, is a Spanish singer and songwriter. Bad Gyal has developed a strong cult following ever since her musical career began in 2016, with an interpretation of Rihanna's "Work (Rihanna song), Work" in the Catalan language. She continued to make music as an independent artist, releasing records like "Jacaranda" and "Fiebre". Bad Gyal later released two mixtapes: ''Slow Wine Mixtape, Slow Wine'' (2016) and ''Worldwide Angel'' (2018), which established her as an emerging artist within the Spanish urban scene. Bad Gyal signed with Interscope Records and Aftercluv in 2019 and saw mainstream acclaim with songs like "Santa María", "Zorra (Bad Gyal song), Zorra" and "Alocao", the latter becoming the List of number-one singles of 2019 (Spain), number-one song in Spain for 2019. 2021 saw the release of her first project as a signed artist ''Warm Up (EP), Warm Up'', and ''Sound System: The Final Releases''. Her debut album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-2
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (placental PAI, SerpinB2, PAI-2), a serine protease inhibitor of the serpin superfamily, is a coagulation factor that inactivates tissue plasminogen activator and urokinase. It is present in most cells, especially monocytes/macrophages. PAI-2 exists in two forms, a 60-kDa extracellular glycosylated form and a 43-kDa intracellular form. It is present only at detectable quantities in blood during pregnancy, as it is produced by the placenta, and may explain partially the increased rate of thrombosis during pregnancy. The majority of expressed PAI-2 remains unsecreted due to the presence of an inefficient internal signal peptide. Interactions PAI-2 has been reported to bind a series of intracellular and extracellular proteins. Whether PAI-2's physiological function is inhibition of the extracellular protease urokinase and/or whether PAI-2 has intracellular activities remains controversial. At least one of PAI-2's physiological functions may ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1
Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) also known as endothelial plasminogen activator inhibitor (serpin E1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''SERPINE1'' gene. Elevated PAI-1 is a risk factor for thrombosis and atherosclerosis. PAI-1 is a serine protease inhibitor ( serpin) that functions as the principal inhibitor of tissue-type plasminogen activator (tPA) and urokinase (uPA), the activators of plasminogen and hence fibrinolysis (the physiological breakdown of blood clots). It is a serine protease inhibitor (serpin) protein (SERPINE1). The other PAI, plasminogen activator inhibitor-2 (PAI-2) is secreted by the placenta and only present in significant amounts during pregnancy. In addition, protease nexin acts as an inhibitor of tPA and urokinase. PAI-1, however, is the main inhibitor of the plasminogen activators. Genetics The PAI-1 gene is ''SERPINE1'', located on chromosome 7 (7q21.3-q22). There is a common polymorphism known as 4G/5G in the promoter reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Photoacoustic Imaging
Photoacoustic imaging or optoacoustic imaging is a biomedical imaging modality based on the photoacoustic effect. Non-ionizing laser pulses are delivered into biological tissues and part of the energy will be absorbed and converted into heat, leading to transient thermoelastic expansion and thus wideband (i.e., megahertz-order bandwidth) ultrasonic emission. The generated ultrasonic waves are detected by ultrasonic transducers and then analyzed to produce images. It is known that optical absorption is closely associated with physiological properties, such as hemoglobin concentration and oxygen saturation. As a result, the magnitude of the ultrasonic emission (i.e. photoacoustic signal), which is proportional to the local energy deposition, reveals physiologically specific optical absorption contrast. 2D or 3D images of the targeted areas can then be formed. Biomedical imaging The optical absorption in biological tissues can be due to endogenous molecules such as hemoglobin or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Personality Assessment Inventory
Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), developed by Leslie Morey (1991, 2007), is a self-report 344-item personality test that assesses a respondent's personality and psychopathology. Each item is a statement about the respondent that the respondent rates with a 4-point scale (1-"Not true at all, False", 2-"Slightly true", 3-"Mainly true", and 4-"Very true"). It is used in various contexts, including psychotherapy, crisis/evaluation, forensic, personnel selection, pain/medical, and child custody assessment. The test construction strategy for the PAI was primarily deductive and rational. It shows good convergent validity with other personality tests, such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. Scales The PAI has 22 non-overlapping scales of four varieties: 1) validity scales, 2) clinical scales, 3) treatment consideration scales, and 4) interpersonal scales. Validity scales The validity scales measure the respondent's overa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Persatuan Arab Indonesia
The Indonesia Arab Association () (PAI) is an association of Arab Indonesians founded by Abdurrahman Baswedan in 1934 in Semarang to encourage the allegiance of Arab immigrants to Indonesia. History On October 4, 1934 a group of forty Muwallads met in Semarang. After three days of vigorous debate they announced the establishment of a new organization called ''Persatoean Arab Indonesia''. Originally the association was intended to encourage Arab Indonesians, mostly Muwallads, to integrate, assimilate and pledge allegiance to Indonesia which was still under ruling of Netherlands as Dutch East Indies. The association later joined the political party ''Gabungan Politik Indonesia'' (GAPI) in 1939-1940. Meanwhile, a separate association called ''Indo-Arabische Beweging'' found in 1930, in other hand, tried to continue the separate status of Arab immigrants as ''foreign orientals'' established by the Dutch government. Members of the association came from different background and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Periodic Annual Increment
In forestry, periodic annual increment (PAI) is the change in the size of a tree between the beginning and ending of a growth period, divided by the number of years that was designated as the growing period. For sigmoid growth, the graph of PAI increases rapidly and then quickly declines, approaching zero. PAI may go negative if a tree loses volume due to damage or disease. Periodic annual increment is commonly used instead of current annual increment as a basis for computing growth ''per cent''. Growth ''per cent'' indicates the rate of increase with relation to the wood capital required for its production, this is usually based on a single year's growth.Chapman, H.H.,1921, Forest Mensuration, second edition. p315 New York: Wiley & Sons, Inc. Equation PAI= \frac Where: Y is the yield (volume, height, DBH, etc.) at times 1 and 2 and T1 represents the year starting the growth period, and T2 is the end year. Example: Say that the growth period is from age 5 to age 10, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pathogenicity Island
Pathogenicity islands (PAIs), as termed in 1990, are a distinct class of genomic islands acquired by microorganisms through horizontal gene transfer. Pathogenicity islands are found in both animal and plant pathogens. Additionally, PAIs are found in both gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria. They are transferred through horizontal gene transfer events such as transfer by a plasmid, phage, or conjugative transposon. Although the general makeup of pathogenicity islands (PAIs) might vary throughout bacterial pathogen strains, all PAIs are known to have characteristics with all genomic islands, which includes virulence genes, functional mobility elements, and areas of homology to tRNA genes and direct repeats. Therefore, PAIs enables microorganisms to induce disease and also contribute to microorganisms' ability to evolve. The spread of antibiotic resistance and, more generally, the conversion of non-pathogenic strains in natural environments to strains that infect animal and plant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partnership On AI
Partnership on Artificial Intelligence to Benefit People and Society, otherwise known as Partnership on AI (PAI), is a nonprofit coalition committed to the responsible use of artificial intelligence. Coming into inception in September 2016, PAI grouped together members from over 90 companies and non-profits in order to explore best practice recommendations for the tech community. History The Partnership on AI was publicly announced on September 28, 2016 with founding members Amazon, Facebook, Google, DeepMind, Microsoft, and IBM, with interim co-chairs Eric Horvitz of Microsoft Research and Mustafa Suleyman of DeepMind. More than 100 partners from academia, civil society, industry, and nonprofits are member organizations in 2019. In January 2017, Apple head of advanced development for Siri, Tom Gruber, joined the Partnership on AI's board. In October 2017, Terah Lyons joined the Partnership on AI as the organization's founding executive director. Lyons brought to the organiz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PartnerAid
World Relief Germany (formerly PartnerAid International, PAI, current official name: World Relief Deutschland e. V.) is a German-based non-denominational Christian humanitarian organization. The International Office is located in Berlin. The main focus of its work concentrates on 3 thematic areas: Development-oriented Emergency Aid; Health, Water & Nutrition, and Education & Livelihood. In 2014 the organization joined the World Relief-family, based in the US. PartnerAid International changed its name to World Relief Germany, the PartnerAid sister organizations in Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and the United States still act under the name of PartnerAid. Operations World Relief Germany partners with people of disadvantaged communities through relief and development assistance, in the three areas as established in 2007: Development-oriented Emergency Aid; Health, Water & Nutrition; and Education & Livelihoods. World Relief Germany is a signatory to the Code of Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
African Independence Party
The African Independence Party (, PAI) was a communist party in French West Africa (AOF). PAI was founded in Thiès, Senegal in 1957. Later as AOF was dissolved into independent countries the local PAI sections became independent parties, often keeping the name PAI. PAI was the first party in AOF to unequivocally demand independence from French rule.Chafer, Tony. ''The end of empire in French West Africa : France's successful decolonization?''. Oxford: Berg, 2002. p. 210 In Senegal PAI was banned on August 1, 1960. In Senegal the following parties trace/traced their origin back to PAI: *Party of Independence and Labour (PIT, technically the original PAI) * African Independence Party – Renewal (legally registered as PAI) * Democratic League/Movement for the Labour Party * Senegalese Communist Party (short-lived pro-Chinese faction) In Upper Volta/Burkina Faso PAI was established in 1963. PAI attained importance through its mass front Patriotic League for Development (LIPAD). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
