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Imaginal Psychology Imaginal Psychology is a recent branch of psychology which considers soul to be psychology’s primary concern. Central to this new discipline is the idea that the 'soul' expresses itself in images, and that care of the soul requires that we pay great attention to the images we 'inhabit'.
Imaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood Imaginarium: Songs of the Neverhood is the title of a soundtrack CD released in 2004 on Stunt Records. The 2-disc collection includes 77 songs performed by Daniel Amos frontman Terry Scott Taylor for the Douglas TenNapel created video games The Neverhood, Skullmonkeys, and Boombots.
Imaginary (sociology) An imaginary, or social imaginary is the set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group and the corresponding society. Jacques Lacan introduced the term in 1936 and continued to use it throughout his work as one of the three orders in his psychoanalytic theory.
Imaginary friend An imaginary friend, the opposite of an imaginary enemy, is an invented person, animal or character that is created especially by children, but sometimes by adults. The inventor will act as if the imaginary being is physically present by talking to it, playing with it, or even attempting to feed it.
Imaginary Friend (band) Imaginary Friend is a Finnish indie-pop group formed in 2004. Their sound could be characterised as folky, due to a preponderance of acoustic instruments, but also features unusual chord progressions and song structures which could be considered jazz-influenced.
Imaginary Homelands Imaginary Homelands is a collection of essays written by Salman Rushdie covering wide variety of topics. In addition to the title essay, the collection also includes "'Commonwealth Literature' Does Not Exist".
Imaginary productivity Imaginary productivity is completing tasks without accomplishing anything. Examples of such are clearing one's spam folder and, as Dilbert has shown, working on PowerPoint slides' layouts (as their content is incomplete).
Imaginary Thirteen Imaginary Thirteen is a solitaire card game which is played with two decks of playing cards. Its gameplay makes it a two-deck version of Calculation and its name is taken from the fact that when a sum is over thirteen, thirteen (from out of nowhere) is subtracted to get the value of the next card, with spot cards worth their face value, jacks eleven, queens twelve, and kings thirteen.
Imaginary unit In mathematics, the imaginary unit i (or sometimes the Latin j or the Greek iota, see below) allows the real number system mathbb{R} to be extended to the complex number system mathbb{C}. Its precise definition is dependent upon the particular method of extension.
Imaginary world An imaginary world is a setting, place or event or scenario at variance with objective reality, ranging from the voluntary suspension of disbelief of fictional universes and the socially constructed consensus reality of the "Social Imaginary", to alternate realities resulting from disinformation, misinformation or imaginative speculation, and the subjective universe of altered states of consciousness, psychosis or dream sleep.
Imagination Imagination is the power and process of producing mental images and ideas. The term is technically used in psychology for the process of reviving in the mind percepts of objects formerly given in sense perception.
Imagination (band) Imagination were a three piece soul music band from the United Kingdom in the early 1980s, sometimes described as Britain's first black supergroup. They had chart hits in 28 countries, earning four platinum discs, nine gold discs and over a dozen silver discs between 1981 and 1983.
Imagination (magazine) Imagination was a science fiction and fantasy magazine published by William Hamling from October 1950 to October 1958. It had a 1954-58 spin-off, Imaginative Tales, which changed its title to Space Travel in 1958.
Imagination Station The Imagination Station is a key invention of John Avery Whittaker and one of the most important plot devices in the radio drama Adventures in Odyssey. Since its invention by Whittaker (begun as the "Environment Enhancer" in episode #46: "The Shepherd and the Giant"), it has been involved in several dozen AIO episodes, videos, and books.
Imaginations imaginations, the fifth album by Fantastic Plastic Machine was released on February 22, 2006. The album features the song "Tell Me (featuring Benjamin Diamond)" previously released on vinyl, and also features guest performances by Clazziquai Project, Bonnie Pink, Tahiti 80, Ugly Duckling and others.
Imaginations Through the Looking Glass Blind Guardian intended to record a DVD since early 1998, however, due to the band's high requirements, no existing metal festival had been considered suitable. Instead, Blind Guardian decided to create their own festival, back in their homeland.
Imaginative Sex Exploration and satisfaction through the mental and spiritual aspects of sexual intercourse is the thesis of Imaginative Sex, John Norman's nonfiction 1974 work. As is perhaps expected, Norman's concept of the mental and spiritual involves generally male dominant/female submissive BDSM fantasy scenarios, of which the bulk of Imaginative Sex is devoted to.
Imagine (magazine) Imagine is an educational periodical for 7th-12th graders and published by the Center for Talented Youth (CTY) at Johns Hopkins University. It is intended to provide intellectual stimulus for students looking toward their college years.
Imagine (song) "Imagine" is a utopian song performed by John Lennon, which appears on his 1971 album Imagine. Although originally credited solely to Lennon, in recent years Yoko Ono's contribution to the song has become more widely acknowledged.
Imagine (video) A 1973-released movie by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, filmed mostly at their Tittenhurst Park home in Ascot, England, during 1971, and intended for television. All the songs from Lennon's Imagine album of the same name appear in the soundtrack, and also the songs "Mrs.
Imagine Entertainment Imagine Entertainment is a film and television production company founded in 1986 by director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer. Their productions include the television series 24 and Arrested Development and the films A Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, and The Da Vinci Code.
Imagine FM Imagine FM is an Independent Local Radio station run by UTV Radio which broadcasts to the town of Stockport and the immediate surrounding area, just south of Manchester in the north west of England. It began as KFM and then became known as Signal Cheshire, before adopting its current name in 2000, when the Radio Partnership was taken over by the Wireless Group.
ImagineAmenia ImagineAmenia is a grass roots organization started by concerned citizens of Amenia and Wassaic. Founded in 2003, ImagineAmenia has as its primary goal the furtherance of open, responsible government of the Town of Amenia, New York State, in pursuit of orderly business, farming and residential development.
Imagined communities The imagined community is a concept coined by Benedict Anderson which states that a nation is a community socially constructed and ultimately imagined by the people who perceive themselves as part of that group.
Imagined geographies The concept of imagined geographies has evolved out of the work of Edward Said, particularly his critique on Orientalism. In this term, ‘imagined’ is used not to mean ‘false’ or ‘made-up’, but ‘perceived’.
Imagineer Systems Imagineer Systems Limited is a software company that specializes in the development and maintenance of several Visual effects (vfx) software applications; that are used throughout all levels of film, video and broadcast post production. The company was founded in June 2000 by Allan Jaenicke and Philip McLauchlan; the pair had previously been carrying out joint research, at the University of Surrey, in advanced computer vision technology.
Imagineering (company) Imagineering, located in Glen Rock, New Jersey, was the in-house studio of Absolute Entertainment. They created the almost totality of Absolute's video game library including such famous titles as A Boy and his Blob, Battle Tank, Super Battletank and The Rescue of Princess Blobette.
Imagines The imagines (meaning literally, the image or face) were Roman funerary masks, thought to have been made of wax, that were hung after the person's death, in the atrium of their ancestral home providing they had held office in the Roman state. This meant that they had to have been at least a quaestor.
Imaging for Windows Imaging for Windows from Global 360 is document imaging software which scans paper documents into electronic documents that you can view, edit, print and distribute via Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange, intranets, and the Internet.
Imaging genetics Imaging genetics refers to the use of anatomical or physiological imaging technologies as phenotypic assays to evaluate genetic variation. Scientists that first used the term imaging genetics were interested in how genes influence psychopathology and used functional neuroimaging to investigate genes that are expressed in the brain.
Imaging radar Traditional radar sends directional pulses of electromagnetic energy and detects the presence, position and motion of an object (such as an aircraft) by analyzing the portion of the energy reflected from the object back to the radar station. Imaging radar attempts to form a picture of the object as well.
Imaging science Imaging science is concerned with the generation, collection, duplication, analysis, modification, and visualization of images. As an evolving field it includes research and researchers from physics, mathematics, electrical engineering, computer vision, and computer science.
Imaging spectroscopy Imaging spectroscopy is the simultaneous acquisition of spatially coregistered images in many spectrally contiguous bands. To be scientifically useful, such measurement should be done using an internationally recognized system of units.
Imaging studies Imaging studies include: conventional radiography (x-ray), computed tomography scans (CAT; CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; MR), positron emission tomography (PET) scans, ultrasound (US) imaging (sonography), and certain other less utilized techniques. Contrast administration helps to make images clearer and easier for radiologists to read.
Imaginifer The imaginifer was a type of signiferi of the later Roman legions, of similar rank as an aquilifer, who carried a standard with an image of the emperor. After Augustus emperors began to be regarded as at least semi-divine.
Imagining Argentina Imagining Argentina is an award-winning novel by Lawrence Thornton, about the Dirty War in 1970s Buenos Aires, Argentina, where the military government is abducting those opposed to its rule. Cecilia, a dissident journalist, is kidnapped by the secret police to join the ranks of the 'disappeared', as her husband Carlos, a theatre director, searches frantically for her.
Imagining Ourselves Imagining Ourselves was created in 2001 by Paula Goldman in collaboration with the International Museum of Women, San Francisco. The project, an anthology and an online exhibit, consists of a collection of answers to the question "What Defines Your Generation of Women?
Imaginopolis Imaginopolis is a fictional town created by Microsoft for use in its Microsoft Kids line of software. Imaginopolis and its resident McZee are most prominently featured in the games Creative Writer and Fine Artist
ImagiNation Network First available to the public in 1991, the ImagiNation Network was a unique online gaming network that gave subscribers from all over the United States of America a place where they could "play games, make friends and have fun". With a wide variety of games including RPGs, WWI aeroplane simulations, live trivia, and card and board games, almost every user could find something enjoyable to play.
Imagism Imagism was a movement in early 20th century Anglo-American poetry that favored precision of imagery, and clear, sharp language. The Imagists rejected the sentiment and artifice typical of much Romantic and Victorian poetry.
Imagistics Imagistics international incorporated, or IGI as a stock market symbol, is a distributor of office supplies such as copiers and fax machines. It recently split up with Pitney Bowes, or PBI, as it was decided that Imagistics would survive better on its own.
Imagitec Design Limited Imagitec Design Limited is a video games development company responsible for the development of a few games. The main person involved was a programmer by the name of, Barry Leitch who was on the design team for most of the games listed below.
Imago In biology, the imago is the last stage of development of an insect, after the last ecdysis of an incomplete metamorphosis, or after emergence from the pupae where the metamorphosis is complete. As this is the only stage that is sexually mature and has functional wings in winged species, the imago is often referred to as the adult stage.
Imago Dei Imago Dei is a Latin phrase meaning the "Image of God". The concept and theological doctrine implied in the phrase asserts that human beings are created in God's image and therefore have inherent value independent of their utility or function.
Imai Sokyu Imai Sokyu (今井宗久; 1521-1591) Imai Sokyu, one of the most important merchants in Sakai, and a member of the city's leadership council. Some time later when Oda Nobunaga demanded authority of the Sakai, Sokyu was one to suggest submission.
Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation The Imam Al-Khoei Benevolent Foundation is an organization created by Abul-Qassim Khoei, a Grand Ayatollah that was considered as his times premiere leader of Shias across the world. It is an international, religious, charitable institution Alexa Internet main.
Imam Ali International Airport Imam Ali International Airport is an airport currently under construction in the eastern side of the Iraqi city of Najaf. It is named after Ali bin Abi Talib, the first Shia Imam and fourth Caliph to succeed prophet Mohamed, who is buried in the city.
Imam Hatip school In Turkey, an Imam Hatip school (Turkish : Ä°mam Hatip Lisesi) is a secondary education institution. As the name suggests, they were originally founded in lieu of a vocational school to train government employed imams; after madrasas in Turkey were abolished by Tevhid-i Tedrisat Kanunu (Unification of the Education Act) as a part of AtatĂĽrk's reforms.
Imam Husayn Shrine The Shrine of Hussain ibn Ali (Arabic: مقام الامام حسين) is a holy place in Shi’ah Islam in the city of Karbala, Iraq. It is built on the spot where Hussain ibn Ali, the second grandson of Muhammad, is believed to have been martyred during the Battle of Karbala.
Imam Khomeini International University The Imam Khomeini International University is a university in Iran (Persia), offering both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Located in the Northwest of Tehran in the city of Qazvin in Qazvin Province, IKIU and its surrounding communities provide a cultural and recreational environment suited to the work of a major research institution.
Imam Mustafayev Imam Dashdemir ogly Mustafayev (February 25, 1910 - 1997) was an Azerbaijani politician and First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party of the Azerbaijan SSR. Son of a poor peasant, he was born in a village of the Qakh region in Azerbaijan.
Imam Rapito The Imam Rapito affair refers to the ongoing expose in the Italian press, notably in the newspapers Corriere della Sera and Repubblica, regarding the abduction of Egyptian cleric (and former Albanian national intelligence service asset) Hassan Mustafa Osama Nasr, also known as Abu Omar, from the streets of Milan on February 17, 2003.
Imam Samudra Abdul Aziz aka Imam Samudra aka Qudama (born January 14, 1970 in Serang, Banten) is an Indonesian terrorist who was convicted for his part in the 2002 Bali bombing. On September 5, 2006 he was condemned to eight years in jail for sheltering Noordin Mohammed Top, the alleged mastermind of the plot, who is still on the loose.
Imam Shamil Shamil Imam (1797 - March 1871) was an Avar political and religious leader of the Muslim tribes of the Northern Caucasus. He was a leader of anti-Russian resistance in the Caucasian War and was the third Imam of Dagestan and Chechnya (1834-1859).
Imamah (Shi'a Ismaili doctrine) After Jafar al-Sadiq (703-765), the Ismaili concept of Imamah differentiated from the mainstream twelvers conspect of Imamah. The Ismaili concept remained uniform until 1094, when Al-Mustansir of Cairo successor was to be followed.
Imamah (Shi'a twelver doctrine) Imāmah () means "leadership" and it is a part of the Shi'a Roots of Religion: it is obligatory for all Shi'a twelver Muslims to believe in Imamah. They conclude that the Qur'an and the authentic collections of Hadith provide sufficient evidence that God has assigned certain people with the position of Imamah, or "leadership" to be custodian of the religion after his demise.
Imamat Day Imamat Day is a Shia religious observance celebrating the anniversary of the day the present, or Hazar, Imam came to the throne of Imamat. Of all the Shi'a subgroupings, it is only the Ismaili branch whose line of Imamat continues to the present day.
Imamate of Dagestan The Imamate of Dagestan was the state established by the imams of Dagestan during the early and middle of the nineteenth century in the Eastern Caucasus, especially in Chechnya and Dagestan, to fight against the Russian Empire during the Caucasian War.
Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab Imambara Ghufran Ma'ab in Lucknow, India is an imambara (a building used to commemorate the Muharram commemoration period in with Muslims, particularly Shias mourning the tragedy of Karbala in with Imam Hussain was killed).
Iman (concept) Iman (Arabic: إيمان) is an Islamic term, literally meaning "to learn", "to fully observe one's faith" or "to learn one's faith", and lexically meaning affirmation and confirmation in the heart, as can be found in a verse of the Qur'an:
Iman Darweesh Al Hams Iman Darweesh Al Hams (Arabic: ايمان درويش الهمص), a 13-year-old schoolgirl, was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) troops in a "no man's" zone near Philadelphi Route, on October 5, 2004 in Rafah, Gaza Strip. She was reportedly hit by at least 17 bullets.
Imangali Tasmagambetov Imangali Nurgaliuly Tasmagambetov (; [transliterated Imangali Nurgaliyevich Tasmagambetov]) (born 1954) served as the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan from January December 2002 to 11 June, 2003.New Kazakh Government Formed, Sets Out Priorities.
Imani Sanga Imani Sanga (born 1972) is a composer and an ethnomusicologist. Born in Matamba Uwanji (Iringa), Imani Sanga was educated at Chimala primary school, Kidugala Lutheran Seminary, University of Dar es Salaam where he earned his BA (1999) and his MA (2001) and University of KwaZulu-Natal where he earned a PhD degree in 2006.
Imanol Harinordoquy Imanol Harinordoquy (born 20 February 1980) is a French rugby union player who typically plays as a number 8 for France internationally and Biarritz at club level. Before signing with Biarritz for the 2004-05 season, he played club rugby at Pau.
Imanol Landeta Imanol Landeta, more commonly known simply as Imanol (born Imanol Goenaga MartĂ­, July 23, 1987 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal), is a Mexican singer and actor. His acting career started with the film Ăšltima llamada in 1996, and he has appeared in almost a dozen films and television series since.
Imanta Imanta is a neighbourhood on the nortwestern edge of Riga, Latvia. The neighborhood's northern border is Kurzeme Prospekts (Boulevard); and on the south, Imanta is separated from the newer Zolitude neighborhood by the Riga railroad.
Imants Kalniņš Imants Kalniņš (born May 26, 1941 in Riga, Latvia) is one of the most important composers in the history of Latvian music. Having studied classical, as well as choral music, he has written six symphonies, several operas (including the first rock opera in the USSR - Ei, jūs tur!
Imanuentius Imanuentius appears in some manuscripts of Julius Caesar's De Bello Gallico as the name of a king of the Trinovantes, the leading nation of south-eastern Britain at that time, who ruled before Caesar's second expedition to the island in 54 BC. Variant spellings include Inianuvetitius, Inianuvetutus and Imannuetitius.
Imarex The International Maritime Exchange (Imarex) is an Oslo-based exchange for trading of maritime-related derivative contracts. It started trading tanker ocean freight futures contracts in 2001, followed by dry cargo freight futures contracts in 2002.
Imari porcelain Imari porcelain is the European collectors' name for Japanese porcelain wares made in the town of Arita, in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū, and exported from the port of Imari, Saga specifically for the European export trade.
Imatra Imatra is a town and municipality in eastern Finland, founded in 1948 around three industrial settlements near the Finnish-Russian border. In the course of the last 50 years, this amorphous group of settlements has grown into a modern industrial town dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and the border.
Imatto-canna Imatto-canna (also written Imatto canna or Jamatto canna) is a nonexistent Japanese syllabary reported by the German traveller Engelbert Kaempfer in his book Amoenitatum exoticarum politico-physico-medicarum fasciculi V. (1712).
Imbert-Fedorov effect The Imbert-Fedorov effect is an optical phenomenon in which circularly or elliptically polarized light undergoes a small shift, transverse to the direction of propagation, when totally internally reflected. This effect is the circular polarization analog of the Goos-Hänchen effect.
Imbestigador Imbestigador is an investigative show that tackles anomalies and inconsistencies in the Philippine government. It criticizes the corruption in the Philippine society, from overpriced items to arms smuggling, covering a wide variety of topics that sometimes include Filipino traditions and beliefs.
Imbo ungu Imbo ungu is one of the languages spoken in the district of Ialibu in the Southern Highlands province of Papua New Guinea. The language is, like many other languages in the country, more discriptive than the common tongue called pidgin, which is a mixture of the original, English, and German.
Imbolc Imbolc is one of the four principal festivals of the Irish calendar, celebrated either at the beginning of February or at the first local signs of Spring. Originally dedicated to the goddess Brighid, in the Christian period it was adopted as St Brigid's Day.
Imbongi Imbongi was the second release by the South African isicathamiya group Ladysmith Black Mambazo. It featured songs such as "Izinkomo Zikababa" ("Our Father's Cattle"), and "Sengikhumbule Nomathemba", which was a follow-up song to a previous Mambazo recording, "Nomathemba" (the name of a girl, "Hope").
Imbrex and tegula The imbrex and tegula (plurals imbrices and tegulae) were interlocking roofing tiles used in ancient Greek and Roman architecture as a waterproof and durable roof covering. In Rome they first started to replace shingles around the year 500, and were used on almost every type of structure, from humble outbuildings to grand temples and public facilities.
Imbros Imbros, officially known as Gökçeada (older name in Turkish: İmroz; Greek: Ίμβρος – Imvros), is the largest island of Turkey, part of Çanakkale Province. It is located at the entrance of Saros Bay in the northern Aegean Sea, also the westernmost point of Turkey (İncirburnu/Avlaka peninsula).
Imdi IMDI (ISLE Meta Data Initiative) is a metadata standard to describe multi-media and multi-modal language resources. The standard provides interoperability for browsable and searchable corpus structures and resource descriptions with help of specific tools.
Ime Anthropos Ki Ego Ime Anthropos Ki Ego (Greek script: Είμαι άνθρωπος κι εγώ, English translation: "I'm A Person Too") was the Cypriot entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1994, performed in Greek by Evridiki.
Imec IMEC (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre) is a microelectronics research facility on the outskirts of Leuven, Belgium with affiliated laboratories throughout Flanders. In 2005, a branch in the Netherlands, IMEC-NL, was created in collaboration with TNO.
Imelda Marcos Imelda Romuáldez Marcos (born July 2, 1929 in Manila) is a former First Lady and erstwhile powerful political figure in the Philippines. She is known as the "Steel Butterfly" and remains a controversy not only in her home country but around the world.
Imelda Quintero Imelda Quintero was a contributor to the Chicago Sun-Times in an August 20, 2002 article which exposed the state of the Roman Catholic Church in the post-Vatican II era. Quintero explained to journalist Cathleen Falsani how she was led into believing that the local Evangelical Lutheran Community church was Roman Catholic, and how she mistakenly had her two children baptized there.
Imene metua Imene metua: a Cook Islands / Rarotongan term; (literally 'hymn/s of the parent/ancestor'): they are formal traditional songs with tune and harmony, which are distinguished from the imene tuki style of the Cook Islands which are less formal, often grunted verses with nonsense syllables included for rhythmic effect.
Imene tuki An Imene tuki 'hymn of grunts' is a traditional hymn of the Cook islands. It is unaccompanied singing noted for a drop in pitch at the end of phrases, and rhythmic nonsensical syllables, comparable to Scat singing.
Imera Power Imera Power is an Irish Company and is a privately held company that pursues and develops international opportunities in the private power and gas markets. The company and its management team have extensive, successful experience permitting, designing, constructing and operating safe and innovative energy technologies and projects.
Imereti Imereti (Georgian: იმერეთი) – Province (Mkhare) in Georgia; situated along the middle and upper reaches of the Rioni river. The province consists of the following Georgian administrative-territorial units:
Imerial sovereign gem court of idaho The Imperial Sovereign Gem Court of Idaho (known as the court) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit social/charitable organization whose purpose is to provide funds and services to other non-profit organization within the State of Idaho. The court was established in 1980.
Imerkhevi Imerkhevi (იმერხევი in Georgian, İmerhev in Turkish) is a valley in the north of Şavşat district in Artvin Province of Turkey along the border with Georgia. There are 14 villages in this area.
Imfundo Imfundo is the team within the United Kingdom Department for International Development which creates partnerships to deliver information technology-based activities supporting gender equality and universal primary education in sub-Saharan Africa.
ImgSeek imgSeek is a photo collection manager and viewer with content-based search and many other features. The query is expressed either as a rough sketch painted by the user or as another image you supply (or an image in your collection).
Imhotep Imhotep (sometimes spelled Immutef, Im-hotep, or Ii-em-Hotep, Egyptian ) (2667 BC - 2648 BC) is the first architect and physician known by name in written history. As one of the officials of the Pharaoh Djosèr he designed the Pyramid of Djzosèr (Step Pyramid) at Saqqara in Egypt around 2630-2611 BC, during the 3rd Dynasty.
Imia/Kardak Imia () and Kardak are the Greek and Turkish names, respectively, of a set of two small uninhabited islets in the Aegean Sea, situated between the Greek island chain of the Dodecanese and the southwestern mainland coast of Turkey. They lie 3.
Imiaslavie Imiaslavie () or Imiabozhie (Имябожие), also referred as onomatodoxy, is a dogmatic movement inside the Russian Orthodox Church asserting that the name of the God is God Himself. The movement emerged in the beginning of the 20th century but both proponents and opponents claim its connections with much religious thought throughout the history of Christianity (proponents claim its connections to the Church Fathers, while opponents claim the connections to the ancient heresiarchs).
Imidacloprid Imidacloprid (IUPAC name (EZ)-1-(6-chloro-3-pyridylmethyl)-N-nitroimidazolidin-2-ylideneamine) is an insecticide manufactured by Bayer Cropscience (part of the drug and chemical conglomerate Bayer AG). It is sold under the trade names Merit, Admire, Gaucho, Confidor, Premise and Winner, as well as Hachikusan (in Japan) and Premise for termite control, and Advantage in the US and Europe for flea control on pets.
Imidacloprid effects on bee population Imidacloprid is a systemic insecticide produced by the chemical firm Bayer AG. In France it was sold under the name Gaucho and its use is highly controversial as it is believed to be responsible for high losses in bees.
Imidazolidine Imidazolidine is a heterocyclic compound formally derived by the addition of four hydrogen atoms to imidazole. The intermediate, resulting from the addition of only two hydrogen atoms is called dihydroimidazole.
Imide In organic chemistry, imide is a functional group consisting of two carbonyl groups bound to a primary amine or ammonia. Imides are generally prepared directly from ammonia or the primary amine, and either carboxylic acid(s) or acid anhydrides.
Imine An imine is a functional group or chemical compound containing a carbon-nitrogen double bond. An imine can be synthesised by nucleophilic addition from a ketone or aldehyde and ammonia or an amine to a hemiaminal -C(OH)(NHR)- followed by elimination of water to the imine.

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