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Inwald Personality Inventory The Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI) is a 310 question "true-false" inventory designed to identify a variety of personality and behavioral characteristics. It is primarily used to screen applicants for high-risk positions such as police candidates.
Inwood, Manhattan Inwood is the northernmost neighborhood on Manhattan Island in the New York City borough of Manhattan and New York State's County of New York. This is not to say, however, that Inwood is the northernmost neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan (because the borough of Manhattan includes a small part of the North American mainland (Marble Hill) to the north of the island of Manhattan).
Inwood, Texas Inwood is an upscale housing community located in the suburbs of north central San Antonio, TX. Nestled in the wooded, hilly landscape of south Texas, Inwood saw rapid growth and housing construction during the early to mid 1990's.
Inya Lake Inya Lake (; ; formerly known as Victoria Lake) is one of two major lakes in Yangon, Myanmar, the largest lake in Yangon. It is an artificial lake expanded as a water reservoir in about 1882 to 1883 in order to provide water supply in Rangoon (now Yangon).
Inyati Inyati is a village in Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe and is located about 60km north-east of Bulawayo in the Inyati communal land. The village grew up around the Inyati mission, which established in 1859 by on land given to Robert Moffat and William Sykes of the London Missionary Society by the Ndebele king, Mzilikazi.
Inyo County, California Inyo County is located in east-central California in the southwestern United States, on the east side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and south of Yosemite National Park. As of 2000 the county had a population of 17,945.
Inyo Mountains The Inyo Mountains are a short mountain range east of the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern California in the United States. The range separates the Owens Valley to the west with Saline Valley to the east, extending for approximately 70 mi (130 km) SSE from the southern end of the White Mountains, from which they are separated by Westgard Pass, to east of Owens Lake.
Inzamam-ul-Haq Inzamam-ul-Haq (Urdu: انضمام الحق) (born 3 March 1970 in Multan, Punjab Province) is a Pakistani cricketer and the current captain of the Pakistani cricket team. He is a specialist right-hand batsman and is one of the greatest Pakistani batsmen of the modern era, alongwith Saeed Anwar and Mohammad Yousuf.
InZealBomb InZealBomb (Korean: 인질범, IPA: see below), also known as IZB, is a Korean inline skating club. Onedays in 2000, the club was started at Kyungpook National University by Min-Jeong "웃는얼굴(UnNeunEolGul, the 1st leader)" KIM, Ju-Eun "메이(May)" PARK, Cheol-Ho "엑스맨(X-man)" SUK, and Bong-Rae "조PC(JoPC)" CHO.
InZero InZer0 is a Science Fiction series shot in the city of Detroit, with Detroit actors, production crew, stylists, and support! It is currently featured as part of the Mitten Movie Project at the Main Art Theatre in Royal Oak.
IN DEMAND In Demand (capitalized as a trademark as iN DEMAND) is a provider of pay-per-view and subscription video-on-demand services, jointly owned by Comcast, Cox Communications, and Time Warner Entertainment. It is the world's leading supplier of PPV and VOD programming as well as HD programming through its HDTV channel- INHD.
INavsat consortium The iNavsat consortium is a group of European companies that have come together to bid on a contract to run the Galileo positioning system once it becomes operational. The group consists of Thales, EADS and Inmarsat.
INB INB (Instituto Nacional de Bioinformatica), the Spanish National Bioinformatics Institute, an organization which tries to promote the development, research, education and internationalization of bioinformatics research in Spain.
INCI The International Nomenclature of Cosmetic Ingredients, abbreviated INCI, is a system of names for waxes, oils, pigments, chemicals, and other ingredients of soaps, cosmetics, and the like, based on scientific names and other Latin and English words. Here is a table of a several common names and their corresponding INCI names:CTFA International Buyers' Guide: Introduction and INCI Labeling Names Search Page.
INCIS INCIS was the name of the Integrated National Crime Information System designed to provide information to the New Zealand Police in the 1990s, but which was abandoned in 1999. Although the project was abandoned parts of its hardware and software infrastructure are still in use today.
IND 63rd Street Line The IND 63rd Street Line is a rapid transit line of the division of the New York City Subway system. It runs from the IND Sixth Avenue Line at 57th Street east under 63rd Street and the East River through the 63rd Street Tunnel to the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Queens.
IND Concourse Line The Concourse Line is a subway branch line of the New York City Subway system, extending from 205th Street in the Norwood section of the Bronx to join with the Eighth Avenue Line at 145th Street in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan.
IND Crosstown Line The Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Line, often referred to as simply the Crosstown Line, is a rapid transit line of the division of the New York City Subway. Along with the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and Rockaway Park Shuttle, it is one of the 3 lines that do not carry trains into Manhattan.
IND Culver Line The IND Culver Line is a rapid transit line of the Division of the New York City Subway, extending from the junction of the southbound IND Eighth Avenue Line local tracks from Jay Street-Borough Hall and the IND Crosstown Line to the BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue (which continues to Coney Island). It serves the communities of Downtown Brooklyn, South Brooklyn, Red Hook, Park Slope and Kensington all in Brooklyn.
IND Eighth Avenue Line The Eighth Avenue Line is the original rapid transit line of the Independent Subway System (IND), now run by the New York City Transit Authority as part of the New York City Subway system. For more than three decades from its inception in 1932, many New Yorkers called the entire IND system the Eighth Avenue Subway.
IND Fulton Street Line The IND Fulton Street Line is a rapid transit line of the Division of the New York City Subway, extending from the Cranberry Street Tunnel under the East River through all of central Brooklyn to a terminus in Ozone Park, Queens. The IND Rockaway Line branches off of it.
IND Queens Boulevard Line The Queens Boulevard Line is a fully underground line of the New York City Subway, as part of the division. The line provides crosstown service across Manhattan under 53rd Street and east through Queens to Jamaica.
IND Rockaway Line The IND Rockaway Line is a rapid transit line of the Division of the New York City Subway. It branches off of the IND Fulton Street Line at Rockaway Boulevard, extending over the Jamaica Bay, into the Rockaways.
IND Second System The IND Second System was a plan for a major expansion of the city-owned Independent Subway System in New York, New York. Very little of it was built, though provisions were made for future expansion on lines that intersect the proposals.
IND Sixth Avenue Line The Sixth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the division of the New York City Subway system, running mostly under Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. Opened to service in 1940, it was the last IND trunk line to open.
IND World's Fair Line The World's Fair Railroad was a branch of New York City's Independent Subway System, now the IND division of the New York City Subway, serving the 1939 New York World's Fair. It split from the IND Queens Boulevard Line at an existing flying junction east of Forest Hills–71st Avenue, ran through Jamaica Yard and then ran northeast and north through Flushing Meadows–Corona Park (roughly where the Van Wyck Expressway (I-678) is now) to the World's Fair Railroad station, a bit south of Horace Harding Boulevard (now the Long Island Expressway (I-495)).
INDK INDK, along with Leftover Crack, was one of two bands that arose from the now-defunct Choking Victim, fronted by former Choking Victim guitarist Ezra, with the backup vocals and drumming of Choking Victim's Skwert, the bassbeat stylings of Andy, the guitar & vocal skills of Jimmy, and on another 6-string, Paul.
INESC INESC (Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores) - Research Institute of Computer Systems is a private, non profit making association. It dedicates itself to education, incubation and scientific investigation.
INFERNO! INFERNO! was a magazine published by Games Workshop's publishing division, The Black Library, from 1997 to 2005, presenting fiction, artwork and comics set in the fictional worlds that had grown up around Games Workshop's fantasy and science fiction games.
INFLIBNET Information and Library Network (INFLIBNET) Centre is an Autonomous Inter-University Centre (IUC) of University Grants Commission Government of [[India], involved in creating infrastructure for sharing of library and information resources and services among Academic and Research Institutions. INFLIBNET works collaboratively with Indian university libraries to shape the future of the academic libraries in the evolving information environment.
INFOhio INFOhio, the Information Network for Ohio schools, is the state's virtual PreK-12 library that uses the existing school telecommunications infrastructure to address equity issues by providing electronic resources, libraray automation, and other services to Ohio schools. These resources are linked to student achievement and performance, standards-based instruction, teacher effectiveness, and technological competency and are accessible from not only the school library, but also from classroom, lab, and home computers.
INFP INFP (Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving) is an acronym utilized to refer to one of sixteen personality typeType preferences.Preference These preferences are based on the work of prominent psychologist, Carl G.
ING Vysya Bank ING Vysya Bank Ltd., is an entity formed with the coming together of erstwhile, Vysya Bank Ltd, a premier bank in the Indian Private Sector and a global financial powerhouse, ING of Dutch origin, during Oct 2002.
INitiative for Community Action INitiative for Community Action (INCA) is a voluntary initiative of students at IIM Calcutta, and first of its kind within management schools in India. The idea behind INCA is providing students a forum where they can (if they want to) contribute to the NGO sector.
INI (hip hop group) INI is a hip-hop group comprised of Rass, Rob-O, Grap Luva, and Marco Polo who continued the group with new members after it was disbanded and INI, whose album Center of Attention is one of two included on Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics, a double LP of Pete Rock's mid-1990s production work, reissued by Rapster Distribution in 2003. The single from Center of Attention, "Fakin' Jax", featured Pete Rock himself.
INI file An initialization file, or INI file, is a configuration file that contains configuration data for Microsoft Windows based applications. Starting with Windows 95, the INI file format was superseded but not entirely replaced by a registry database in Microsoft operating systems.
INMOS transputer The INMOS transputer (the all-lowercase "transputer" was the official written form) was a pioneering concurrent computing microprocessor design of the 1980s from INMOS, a British semiconductor company based in Bristol (the University of the West of England in Bristol had, for a while, a transputer center). For some time in the late 1980s many considered the transputer to be the next great design for the future of computing.
INOC-DBA The INOC-DBA (Inter-Network Operations Center Dial-By-ASN) hotline phone system is a global voice telephony network deployed and managed by Packet Clearing House that connects the network operations centers and security incident response teams of critical internet infrastructure providers such as backbone carriers, internet service providers, and internet exchanges as well as critical individuals within the policy, regulatory, internet governance, security and vendor communities.
INRI INRI is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDAEORVM, which translates to English as: "Jesus the Nazarene, the King of the Jews". It appears in the New Testament of the Christian Bible in the Gospels of Matthew (27:37), Mark (15:26); Luke (23:38), and John (19:19).
INRI studio INRI studio is an independent production house from Singapore, founded by cult director Tzang Merwyn Tong in 1999. The studio has - to this date - produced two films, A WICKED TALE and e’TZAINTES, both of which premiered to critical acclaim in the international film festival circuit.
INRS-EMT The Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications (EMT, Energy, Materials and Telecommunications) is part of the INRS research university in Quebec. The center has two distinct location: Montreal (Place Bonaventure) and Varennes.
INRULED The International Research And Training Centre For Rural Education (INRULED) is a UNESCO sponsored training and research centre located in the Peoples Republic of China. INRULED’s main base is in Baoding, Hebei Province, which is located 130 km south of Beijing.
INS Amba (A54) INS Amba (A54) was the only submarine tender ship in service with the Indian Navy, it was decommissioned from service in July 2006. It is a modified Soviet Ugra class design built to Indian specifications in Nikolayev (the present-day Mykolaiv in Ukraine) in 1968.
INS Hanit The INS Hanit (translated as Spear) is a Sa'ar 5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy that was built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in 1994. On July 14, 2006, it suffered damage after being attacked by Hezbollah, possibly by a C-802 anti-ship missile.
INS Jalashva INS Jalashva is an amphibious transport dock currently in service with the Indian Navy. In early 2006, there were numerous press reports that the Indian Navy was negotiating with the United States for the purchase of this vessel.
INS Khukri INS Khukri was a Type 14 ASW (Anti-submarine Warfare) frigate in service of the Indian Navy. It was sunk by a Pakistan Navy new French Daphne class submarine PNS Hangor at 2000hrs on 8 December 1971 during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, off the coast of Diu, Gujarat, India.
INS Sagardhwani The INS Sagardhwani commissioned in 30 July 1994 is a a research vessel with the Indian Navy. The Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory uses this vessel to conduct research in various fields ranging from acoustic, geological, meteorological, chemical and physical oceanography in the eight labs of the ship.
INS Vikrant INS Vikrant (Hindi: विक्रान्‍त) (formerly HMS Hercules (R49)) was a Majestic-class light aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Her keel was laid down November 12, 1943 by Vickers-Armstrong was launched on September 22, 1945.
INSAT Master Control Facility INSAT Master Control Facility is one of the centers of Indian Space Research Organisation, which is responsible for post-launch operations on INSAT satellites including orbit manoeuvres, station keeping and on-orbit operations. INSAT MCF of ISRO are located at two locations, Hassan in the South Indian state of Karnataka and at Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh.
INSEAD INSEAD is a graduate business school based both in Fontainebleau, France, and Singapore. Considered as Europe's pre-eminent business school and one of the leading and most selective business schools in the world, INSEAD was founded in 1957 as a privately funded, independent business school.
INSEE INSEE (French: Institut National de la Statistique et des Études Économiques) is the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies. It collects and publishes information on the French economy and French society, carrying out the periodic national census.
INSEE code The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) to identify various entities, including communes, départements. They are also used as national identification numbers given to people as well as Social Security numbers.
INSPASS INSPASS, or INS Passenger Accelerated Service System, was a program of the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) during the late 1990s and early 2000s the purpose of which was to facilitate the entry of pre-screened low-risk travellers through immigration and customs at airports.
INSS MacArthur INSS MacArthur is a starship featured in the science fiction novel The Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. It is an Imperial General-class battlecruiser of the Imperial Space Navy of the Second Empire of Man.
INSTEON INSTEON is a hybrid (wireless and powerline) home-control networking technology invented by SmartLabs Technology -- a subsidiary of SmartLabs Inc. INSTEON was developed specifically for home control and automation applications, such as basic lighting control systems to more advanced home automation features (examples: press one button to turn off all house lights; create lighting "scenes - dinnertime, partytime"; reduce energy costs by setting fans to turn on and blinds to close instead of triggering air conditioning; receive an instant text msg when there's a water leak).
INSYS INSYS is a British defense contractor, located in Ampthill, Bedfordshire. INSYS Limited is a leading UK defense contractor supplying integrated system solutions to the UK and allied armed forces directly or through global prime contractors.
INTEGRAL The European Space Agency's INTErnational Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) is detecting some of the most energetic radiation that comes from space. It is the most sensitive gamma ray observatory ever launched.
INTEGRITY-178B (operating system) INTEGRITY-178B is a royalty-free ARINC ARINC-653-1–compliant real-time operating system (RTOS) manufactured and marketed by Green Hills Software. It is a subset of the securely partitioned INTEGRITY real-time operating system.
INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications The activities of INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications can be traced back to the late 1960's and to the foresight of Elton H. Rule, general manager of KABC-TV in Los Angeles and later President and Vice Chairman of the Board of American Broadcasting Companies, Inc.
INTI International University College INTI International University College is a university college in Nilai, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. It is owned by the INTI International Education Group, which operates eleven education institutions in Malaysia, Indonesia and China.
INVECS INVECS (Intelligent & Innovative Vehicle Electronic Control System)"Latest MMC technologies and near-future goals: INVECS-III CVT", Mitsubishi Motors website is the brand name used by Mitsubishi Motors for its electronic transmission technologies.
INXS: Live at Barker Hangar INXS: Live At Barker Hangar is a digital download only concert by the rock band, INXS. The concert was recorded at the band's performance on May 8 1993 at the "Barker Hangar" at Santa Monica Airport in Southern California.
INXSIVE INXSIVE is an LP released by Australian rock group INXS on Deluxe Records in 1982 in Australia only. It features highlights from the band's first two albums, b-sides, and two single-only releases: "Simple Simon" and "The Loved One" (a Loved Ones cover, another Australian band; the song was later redone and released on Kick).
Io (mythology) In Greek mythology, Io (IPA or ), (World Book «EYE oh»), was the daughter of Inachus, a river god (it should be noted that the early genealogy of the House of Argos is very confusing; depending on the source, Io had different parents). In most accounts, she is a priestess of Hera.
Io (programming language) Io is a pure object-oriented programming language inspired by Smalltalk, Self, Lua, Lisp and NewtonScript. Io has a prototype-based object model similar to the ones in Self and NewtonScript, eliminating the distinction between instance and class.
Io (voievodal title particle) Io is a particle of a title used exclusively by Romanian royalty from both Moldavia and Walachia, preceding their names and the complete list of titles, in all their documents (written or engraved), since the formation of the respective principalities up to the Hohenzollern dynasty in the 19th century.
Ioamnet Quintero Ioamnet Quintero (born September 8, 1972) is a former high jumper from Cuba who competed in the women's high jump contest at the 1992 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. She won a gold medal at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics.
Ioan Cantacuzino Ioan C. Cantacuzino or Ion Cantacuzino (November 25, 1863—January 14, 1934) was a renowned Romanian physician and bacteriologist, a professor at the Romanian School of Medicine and Pharmacy and a member of the Romanian Academy.
Ioan Gherghel Ioan Stefan Gherghel (born August 8, 1978 in Baia Mare, MaramureĹź) is an international butterfly swimmer from Romania, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. Three months earlier, at the European LC Championships 2000 in Helsinki, he won his first medal: a bronze one in the 200m Butterfly, clocking 1:58.
Ioan Iacob Heraclid Ioan Iacob Heraclid or Ioan Iacob Eraclid (also known as Jacob Heraclides; 1511—1563) was a Greek soldier and ruler of Moldavia from November 1561 to November 1563, most notable for being the first officially Protestant monarch in Eastern Europe.
Ioan Mircea PaĹźcu Ioan Mircea PaĹźcu (born 17 February 1949 in Satu Mare) is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
Ioan P. Culianu Ioan Petru Culianu or Couliano (January 5 1950–May 21 1991) was a Romanian historian of religion, philosopher, political essayist, and short story writer. He was for long a professor of divinity at the University of Chicago.
Ioan Potcoavă Ioan Potcoavă (or Ivan Pidkova - Іван Підкова in Ukrainian; also known as Ioan Sarpega, Ioan Creţul, and allegedly baptized as Nicoară Potcoavă; d. June 16 1578) was a Hetman of Ukrainian Cossacks (1577 - 1578; possibly the first one in history to be elected by the entire Zaporizhian Sich), and Voivode (Prince) of Moldavia (November - December 1577).
Ioan Silviu Suciu Ioan Silviu Suciu (born November 24, 1977 in Sibiu) is a gymnast from Romania, who competes on the pommel horse and floor exercise. One of his closest rivals is countryman Marius Urzică, who was beaten by Suciu in Ljubljana, 2004, when the latter won the title while Urzică took 8th place.
Ioan Sterca-Şuluţiu Ioan Sterca-Şuluţiu (1796 – 1858) was an ethnic Romanian bureaucrat in the administration of Imperial Austrian Transylvania, owner of gold mines at Abrud, and the brother of Greek-Catholic Metropolitan Alexandru Sterca-Şuluţiu. He was the father of the judge Dionisie Sterca-Şuluţiu and of the historian Iosif Sterca-Şuluţiu.
Ioan Sturdza Ioan Sturdza (Ioan Sandu Sturdza or Ioniţă Sandu Sturdza; his first name may be given as John) was a Prince of Moldavia (June 21, 1822-May 5, 1828) and the most famous descendant of Alexandru Sturdza. He is considered the first indigenous ruler with the end of Phanariote rule (as a move the Ottoman Empire undertook after seeing the political disadvantages of Greek domination after the troubles in the Greek War of Independence).
Ioana Diaconescu Ioana Lorena Diaconescu (born June 30, 1979 in Bucharest) is a former freestyle swimmer from Romania, who repesented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996 in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2000, at the European LC Championships in Helsinki, Finland, she was on the Women's Relay Team, that won the gold medal in the 4x200m Freestyle.
Ioanid Gang The Ioanid Gang (Romanian: Banda Ioanid) was a group in Communist Romania named after two of its members, Alexandru and Paul Ioanid. On July 28, 1959, they allegedly carried out the most famous bank robbery ever to have occurred inside a Communist state.
Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula Ioannes Paulus II Peninsula (Poluostrov Yoan Pavel II po-lu-'os-trov yo-'an 'pa-vel 'vto-ri) is an ice-covered peninsula on the north coast of Livingston Island, Antarctica that is bounded by Hero Bay to the east and Barclay Bay to the west. It extends 12.
Ioannina Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα /io'anina/, often Γιάννενα /'ʝanena/ or Γιάννινα /'ʝanina/; anglicized to Yanina or Janina, Aromanian: Ianina, Albanian: Janinë, Turkish: Yanya) is a city of Epirus, north-western Greece, with a metropolitan population of approximately 100,000. It lies at an elevation of 600 metres above sea level.
Ioannina compromise The Ioannina compromise takes its name from an informal meeting of foreign ministers in the Greek city of Ioannina on 27 March 1994. Among the decisions taken at the meeting was a Council decision concerning the specific question of qualified majority voting in an enlarged 16-member Community.
Ioannis Anastassakis Ioannis Anastassakis is one of the most recognizable greek guitarists internationally, with rich artistic, compositional, educational, and written work. His main interests lie in flamenco, rock and fusion guitar.
Ioannis Kolettis Ioannis Kolettis (Ιωάννης Κωλέττης) (1773 - 31 August 1847) was a Greek politician of Vlach origin who played a significant role in Greek affairs from the Greek War of Independence through the early years of the Greek Kingdom.
Ioannis Makrygiannis General Ioannis Makrygiannis (Greek: Ιωάννης Μακρυγιάννης) (1797-1864) was a Greek merchant, military officer, politician and author. Starting from humble origins, he joined the Greek struggle for independence, achieving the rank of general and leading his men to some notable victories.
Ioannis Rallis Ioannis Rallis (Ιωάννης Δ. Ράλλης) (1878 - 26 October 1946) was the third prime minister of Greece during the Nazi occupation, from 7 April 1943 to 12 October 1944, succeeding Konstantinos Logothetopoulos in the Nazi-held puppet government in Athens.
Ioannis Varvakis Ioannis Varvakis (1745-1825), also known as Ivan Andreevich Varvatsi (); () was a distinguished member of the Russian and Greek communities, national hero, member of the Filiki Eteria and benefactor of the places where he lived.
Ioctl In computing, the system call ioctl (IPA: ), found on Unix-like systems, allows an application to control or communicate with a device driver outside the usual read/write of data. This call originated in AT&T Unix version 7.
Iodinated contrast Iodinated contrast is a form of intravenous radiocontrast (radiographic dye) containing iodine, which enhances the visibility of vascular structures and organs during radiographic procedures. Some pathologies, such as cancer, have particularly improved visibility with iodinated contrast.
Iodine Iodine (IPA: , , meaning "violet"), is a chemical element that has the symbol I and atomic number 53. Chemically, iodine is the least reactive of the halogens, and the most electropositive halogen after astatine.
Iodine clock reaction The Iodine clock reaction or Landolt reaction is a classical chemical clock demonstration experiment to display chemical kinetics in action; it was discovered in 1886 . Two clear solutions are mixed and at first there is no visible reaction, but after a short time delay, the liquid suddenly turns dark.
Iodine number The iodine number (or "iodine adsorption number" or "iodine value") in chemistry is the mass of iodine in grams that is consumed by 100 grams of a chemical substance. An iodine solution is violet in color and any chemical group in the substance that reacts with iodine will make the color disappear at a precise concentration.
Iodine-123 Iodine-123 is often used as a radioactive substance used in whole-body nuclear scanning. Typically the patient is injected or prescribed by pill a radioactive form of iodine (iodine-123), and is later imaged by a nuclear camera.
Iodine-125 Iodine-125 is a radioisotope of iodine which has uses in biological assays and in radiation therapy to treat prostate cancer and brain tumors. Its half-life is around 60 days and it emits gamma-rays with maximum energies of 35 keV, some of which are internally converted to x-rays.
Iodised salt Iodised salt (AmE: iodized salt) is table salt mixed with a minute amount of iodide salts to help reduce the chance of iodine deficiency, which can lead to thyroid gland problems, the most common being goiter. Only tiny quantities of iodine are required in a diet to prevent this disease, but there are many places around the world where natural levels of iodine in the soil are low and the iodine is not taken up by vegetables.
Iodixanol Iodixanol is a contrast agent, sold under the trade name Visipaque 320®. Visipaque 320 is commonly used as a contrast agent during coronary angiography, particularly in individuals with renal dysfunction, as it is believed to be less toxic to the kidneys than most other intravascular contrast agents.
Iodoform The compound iodoform is CHI3. A pale yellow, crystalline, volatile substance, it has a penetrating odor (in older chemistry texts, the smell is sometimes referred to as the smell of hospitals) and, analogous to chloroform sweetish taste.
Iodomethane Iodomethane, commonly called methyl iodide and commonly abbreviated "MeI", is the chemical compound with the formula CH3I. This dense volatile liquid is related to methane by replacement of one hydrogen atom by an atom of iodine.
Ioe engine The intake over exhaust (IOE) engine, also known as F-head and pocket valve, is a Four-stroke internal combustion engine of primitive design used in early Harley-Davidson motorcycles. The design was also used in other motorcycles, and in car engines by various manufacturers.
Iochroma Iochroma is a genus of about 20 species of shrubs and small trees found in the forests of Central and South America. Their flowers are tubular or trumpet-shaped, and may be blue, purple, red, yellow, or white, becoming pulpy berries.
Iolaire The Iolaire (Scottish Gaelic for Eagle) was an Admiralty yacht whose sinking on the 1 January 1919 in the Minch strait was one of the worst maritime disasters in United Kingdom waters during the 20th century. At least 205 men perished of the 280 aboard.

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