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Pheasant Island Pheasant Island is a river island located in the River Bidasoa. The island is a condominium, under joint sovereignty of France and Spain, and so administered by Irun (in Guipuzcoa, Spain) and Hendaye (in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France), which are in charge of the island during alternating periods of six months.
Phegeus A Greek King, Phegeus offered succor and his daughter, Alphesiboea, to Alcmaeon, who was fleeing from the Erinyes. Alcmaeon left his mother's, Eriphyle's, jewelry and clothing with him and then returned for it later in order to please the river god Achelous and have his daughter, Callirhoe, in marriage.
Phelios Phelios (フェリオス) is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game that was released by Namco in 1988 only in Japan. It was wrapped in the cloak of Greek mythology that used elements from both Gradius and R-Type during gameplay.
Phelix Phelix is a high-speed stream cipher with a built-in single-pass message authentication code (MAC) functionality, submitted in 2004 to the eSTREAM contest by Doug Whiting, Bruce Schneier, Stefan Lucks, and Frédéric Muller. The cipher uses only the operations of addition modulo 232, exclusive or, and rotation by a fixed number of bits.
Phellandrene Phellandrene is the name for a pair of organic compounds that have a similar molecular structure and similar chemical properties. α-Phellandrene and β-phellandrene are cyclic monoterpenes and are double bond isomers.
Phelon & Moore Phelon & Moore manufactured motorcycles in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, UK from 1904 to 1967 particularly those under the Panther marque. They became identified with one particular design of motorcycle which had a large sloping 45 degree single cylinder engine as a stressed front frame member.
Phelonion The phelonion, in Greek, (plural, /phelonia) is a liturgical vestment worn by a priest of the Eastern Christian tradition. It is worn over the priest's other vestments and is analogous to the chasuble of the Roman Catholic Church.
Phelps and Gorham Purchase The Phelps and Gorham Purchase was the purchase in 1788 of the pre-emptive right to some 6,000,000 acres (24,000 km²) of land in western New York State for $1,000,000 (roughly equivalent to $20,000,000,000 in 2005). This was all land in western New York west of Seneca Lake between Lake Ontario and the Pennsylvania border.
Pheme dff In Greek mythology, Pheme (Φημη) (Roman equivalent: Fama) was the personification of fame and renown, her favour being fame, her wrath being scandalous rumors. She was a daughter of Gaia, was described as "she who initiates and furthers communication" and had an altar at Athens.
Phemius In the Odyssey Phemius (Greek Φήμιος, Phêmios) is an Ithacan poet who performs narrative songs in the house of the absent Odysseus. His audience is made up largely of the "Suitors", who live in the house while attempting to persuade Penelope to marry one of them.
Phenacodus Phenacodus is an extinct genus of mammals from the early Eocene, about 55 million years ago. It is one of the earliest and most primitive of the ungulate mammals, typifying the family Phenacodontidae and the sub-order Condylarthra.
Phenakistoscope The phenakistoscope (also spelled phenakistiscope) was an early animation device, the predecessor to the zoetrope. It was invented in 1831 simultaneously by the Belgian Joseph Plateau and the Austrian Simon von Stampfer.
Phenakite Phenacite or phenakite is a nesosilicate mineral consisting of beryllium orthosilicate, Be2SiO4. Occasionally used as a gemstone, Phenacite occurs as isolated crystals, which are rhombohedral with parallel-faced hemihedrism, and are either lenticular or prismatic in habit: the lenticular habit is determined by the development of faces of several obtuse rhombohedra and the absence of prism faces.
Phenalkamine Phenalkamines are curing agents that provide rapid cure at low temperatures (<40 °F or 5 °C), with a workable pot life. They have excellent resistance to moisture during cure, a good chemical resistance, and flexibility.
Phenazepam Phenazepam is a benzodiazepine drug, which was developed in Soviet Union and now produced in Russia and some CIS countries. Phenazepam used in treatment of different neurologic disorders, epilepsia, alcohol withdrawal, insomnia.
Phenazine Phenazine (C12H8N2 or C6H4N2C6H4), also called azophenylene, dibenzo-p-diazine, dibenzopyrazine, and acridizine, is a dibenzo annulated pyrazine and the parent substance of many dyestuffs, such as the eurhodines, toluylene red, indulines and safranines.
Phenazopyridine Phenazopyridine is a chemical which, when secreted into the urine, has a specifical local analgesic effect. It is often used to alleviate the pain, irritation, discomfort, or urgency caused by urinary tract infections, surgery, or injury to the urinary tract.
Phencyclidine Phencyclidine (a contraction of the chemical name phenylcyclohexylpiperidine), abbreviated PCP, is a dissociative drug formerly used as an anesthetic agent, exhibiting hallucinogenic and neurotoxic effects. It is commonly known as Angel Dust .
Phenethyl alcohol Phenethyl alcohol, or 2-phenylethanol, is a natural organic compound that is found in a variety of essential oils, such as rose, carnation, hyacinth, Aleppo pine, orange blossom, geranium, neroli, and champaca. It is slightly soluble in water (2 mL/100 mL H2O), but miscible with ethanol and ether.
Phenetics In biology, phenetics, also known as numerical taxonomy, is an attempt to classify organisms based on overall similarity, usually in morphology or other observable traits, regardless of their phylogeny or evolutionary relation.
Phenibut Beta-phenyl-gamma-aminobutyric acid, better known as Phenibut or less commonly Fenibut or Phenybut, is a neuropsychotropic drug, derived from the neurotransmitter GABA that is capable of passing the blood brain barrier. It was discovered in Russia in the 1960's, and has been used there since for a wide range of ailments including anxiety and insomnia.
Phenocopy A phenocopy is an individual whose phenotype (generally referring to a single trait), under a particular environmental condition, is identical to the one of another individual whose phenotype is determined by the genotype. In other words the phenocopy environmental condition mimics the phenotype produced by a gene.
Phenol Phenol, also known under an older name of carbolic acid, is a colourless crystalline solid with a typical sweet tarry odor. Its chemical formula is C6H5OH and its structure is that of a hydroxyl group (-OH) bonded to a phenyl ring; it is thus an aromatic compound.
Phenol coefficient Phenol coefficient is a measure of the bactericidal activity of a chemical compound in relation to phenol. When listed numerically, the figure expressing the disinfecting power of a substance by relating it to the disinfecting power of phenol may be a function of the standardized test performed.
Phenol formaldehyde resin The earliest commercial synthetic resin is based on a Phenol formaldehyde resin with the commercial name Bakelite, and is formed from a elimination reaction of phenol with formaldehyde. Phenol is reactive towards formaldehyde at the ortho and para sites (sites 2, 4 and 6) allowing up to 3 units of formaldehyde to attach to the ring.
Phenol-chloroform extraction Phenol-chloroform extraction is a liquid-liquid extraction technique in molecular biology for purifying DNA contaminated by histones and other proteins. Equal volumes of a phenol:chloroform mixture and the aqueous DNA sample are mixed, forming a biphasic mixture.
Phenolic resin Phenolic resin can include any of various synthetic thermosetting resins, obtained by the reaction of phenols with simple aldehydes and used to make molded products, including pool and snooker balls, and as coatings and adhesives. See phenol formaldehyde resin for a fuller discussion of the chemistry.
Phenology Phenology is the study of the times of recurring natural phenomena. The word is derived from the Greek Phainomai - to appear, come into view, and indicates that phenology has been principally concerned with the dates of first occurrence of natural events in their annual cycle.
Phenolphthalein Phenolphthalein is a sensitive chemical with the formula C20H14O4 (often written as "HIn" in chemistry shorthand notation). Often used in titrations, it turns from colorless in acidic solutions to pink in basic solutions.
Phenols In organic chemistry, phenols, sometimes called phenolics, are a class of chemical compounds consisting of a hydroxyl group (-OH) attached to an aromatic hydrocarbon group. The simplest of the class is phenol (C6H5OH).
Phenom (TV series) A youth-aimed sitcom about a tennis wunderkind, Angela Doolan, the 'phenom' of the title. Fifteen years old, she has the potential to be a sports superstar but worries about losing her normality and severing her family ties.
Phenomenal conservatism In epistemology, phenomenal conservatism (PC) holds that it is reasonable to assume that things are as they appear, unless there are positive grounds for doubting this. (The term derives from the Greek word "phainomenon", meaning "appearance".
Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles Phenomenal: The Best of AJ Styles is a TNA Wrestling DVD focusing on the TNA career of AJ Styles; orginally released in 2004. It features twelve matches from the TNA weekly pay-per-views, all of which are shown in their entirety.
Phenomenological life Phenomenological life is the life considered from a philosophical and rigorously phenomenological point of view. It has been defined by the philosopher Michel Henry as what possesses the faculty and the power "to feel and to experience oneself in every point of its being".
Phenomenology (psychology) Phenomenology is a Philosophical movement that stated that the “self” was linked to our perceptions of our immediate experiences. In other words, “what is real” is not as important as “what we perceive or feel” in any situation.
Phenomenology (science) The term phenomenology in high energy physics, is used to describe a body of knowledge which relates several different empirical observations of phenomena to each other, in a way which is consistent with fundamental theory, but is not directly derived from theory.
Phenomenology of essences In disagreement with Theodor Lipps's psychologism, some of his students in Munich joined with some of Husserl's from Göttingen to form a new branch called Phenomenology of essences, or Munich phenomenology. Taking new directions from Logische Untersuchungen and supported by Edmund Husserl, they proposed a return to intuition.
Phenomenology of religion The phenomenology of religion concerns the experiential aspect of religion, describing religious phenomena in terms consistent with the orientation of the worshippers. It views religion as being made up of different components, and studies these components across religious traditions so that an understanding of them can be gained.
Phenomenon A phenomenon (Greek: , pl. ) is an observable event or, quite literally, something that can be seen. Derived from the noun (phainomenon, df. appearence), it is also related to the verb (phainein, df. to show).
Phenomenon (film) Phenomenon is a 1996 drama, romance, and fantasy film written by Gerald Di Pego, directed by Jon Turteltaub and starring John Travolta, Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, and Robert Duvall. In the film, an amiable, small-town Everyman is inexplicably transformed into a genius with telekinetic powers.
Phenoperidine Phenoperidine, marketed as its hydrochloride as Operidine or Lealgin, is an opioid used as a general anesthetic. It is a derivative of isonipecotic acid, like pethidine, and is metabolized in part to pethidine.
Phenoptosis Phenoptosis (pheno - showing or displaying a type, ptosis - programmed death) signifies the programmed death of an organism, ie that its biology includes features that under certain circumstances will cause it to degenerate and die off. Phenoptosis is a common feature of living beings, whose ramifications for humans is still being explored.
Phenotype The phenotype of an individual organism is either its total physical appearance and constitution or a specific manifestation of a trait, such as size, eye color, or behavior that varies between individuals. Phenotype is determined to a large extent by genotype, or by the identity of the alleles that an individual carries at one or more positions on the chromosomes.
Phenotype mixing Phenotype mixing is a form of interaction between two virus particles, each of which holds its own unique genetic material. The two particles "share" coat proteins, therefore have each has a similar assortment of identifying surface proteins, while having different genetic material.
Phenotypic plasticity The ability of an organism with a given genotype to change its phenotype in response to changes in the environment is called phenotypic plasticity. Such plasticity in some cases expresses as several highly morphologically distinct results; in other cases, a continuous norm of reaction describes the functional interrelationship of a range of environments to a range of phenotypes.
Phenoxy herbicide A phenoxy herbicide is any member of a family of chemicals related to the growth hormone indoleacetic acid (IAA). When sprayed on broad-leaf plants they induce rapid, uncontrolled growth, eventually killing them.
Phenoxyethanol Phenoxyethanol is an organic chemical compound often used in dermatological products such as skin creams. It is a bactericide, often used in place of sodium azide in biological buffers as 2-phenoxyethanol is less toxic and non-reactive with copper and lead.
Phenyl oxalate ester Phenyl oxalate ester, also known as Cyalume®, is a liquid ester whose oxidation products are responsible for the luminescence in a glowstick. It can be synthesized by fully esterifying phenol with oxalic acid.
Phenylacetone Phenylacetone (known as 1-phenylpropan-2-one in IUPAC nomenclature, often abbreviated as P2P other synonyms include benzyl methyl ketone; methyl benzyl ketone; phenyl-2-propanone; phenyl acetone) is an organic compound. It is a clear oil with a refractive index of 1.
Phenylacetylcarbinol Phenylacetylcarbinol (abbreviated PAC) is an organic compound used as a chemical precursor in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals such as pseudoephedrine. A chiral molecule, generally only the laevo diastereomer of phenylacetylcarbinol (abbreviated variously as L-PAC, R-PAC, LPAC, or (R)-PAC) is used, because L-PAC transforms to (R)-(-)-pseudoephedrine—the commercially used isomer of pseudoephedrine—when processed in a reductive amination reaction.
Phenylalanine hydroxylase Phenylalanine hydroxylase () is an enzyme which catalyses the reaction causing the addition of an hydroxyl group to the end of the 6-carbon aromatic ring of phenylalanine, such that it becomes tyrosine. Phenylalanine hydroxylase is the rate-limiting enzyme of the metabolic pathway which degrades excess phenylalanine.
Phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid Phenylbenzimidazole sulfonic acid (C13H10N2O3S) is a common sunscreen agent. In 1999, the United States Food and Drug Administration regulated that the name ensulizole be used on sunscreen labels in the United States.
Phenylmagnesium bromide Phenylmagnesium bromide, with the simplified formula C6H5MgBr, is a a magnesium-containing organometallic compound. It is so commonly used that it is commercially available as a solution in diethyl ether or tetrahydrofuran (THF).
Phenylpropanoid Phenylpropanoids are a class of plant-derived organic compounds that are biosynthesized from the amino acid phenylalanine. They have a wide variety of functions, including defense against herbivores, microbial attack, or other sources of injury; as structural components of cell walls; as protection from ultraviolet light; as pigments; and as signaling molecules.
Phenylpropiolic acid Phenylpropiolic acid, C6H5CCCO2H, formed by the action of alcoholic potash on cinnamic acid dibromide, C6H5CHBrCHBrCO2H, crystallizes in long needles or prisms which melt at 136–137 °C. When heated with water to 120 °C, it yields phenylacetylene (C6H5CCH).
Phenylthiocarbamide Phenylthiocarbamide, also known as PTC, or phenylthiourea, is an organic molecule. It has the unusual property of either tasting very bitter, or being virtually tasteless, depending on the genetic makeup of the taster.
Pherecydes of Syros Pherecydes of Syros (in Greek: Φερεκύδης) was a Greek thinker from the island of Syros, of the 6th century BC. Pherecydes authored the Heptamychia, one of the first attested prose works in Greek literature, which formed an important bridge between mythic and pre-Socratic thought.
Pheromone A pheromone is any chemical or set of chemicals produced by a living organism that transmits a message to other members of the same species. There are alarm pheromones, food trail pheromones, sex pheromones, and many others that affect behavior or physiology.
Phetchabun Mountains The Phetchabun mountains (Thai เทือกเขาเพชรบูรณ์) are a mountain range in Thailand. It extends in a roughly north-south direction, and separates the broad Chao Phraya river valley of central Thailand from the Khorat Plateau of northeast Thailand.
Phetchabun Province Phetchabun (Thai เพชรบูรณ์) is one of the northern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Loei, Khon Kaen, Chaiyaphum, Lopburi, Nakhon Sawan, Phichit and Phitsanulok.
Phetchaburi Phetchaburi, also known as Phetburi, is a town (thesaban mueang) in central Thailand, capital of the Phetchaburi Province. It is approximately 160km south of Bangkok, at the northern end of the Thai Peninsula.
Phetchaburi Province Phetchaburi (often short Phet'buri, Thai เพชรบุรี) is one of the central provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are (from north clockwise) Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram and Prachuap Khiri Khan.
Phetchaburi River The Phetchaburi River is a river in western Thailand. It originates in Kaeng Krachan National Park, Kaeng Krachan district and flows through Tha Yang, Ban Lat, Mueang Phetchaburi and mouths into the Bay of Bangkok in Ban Laem district.
Phezzan Dominion The Phezzan Dominion is a City state in Legend of the Galactic Heroes. It was considered as part of the territory of the Galactic Empire during the goldenbaum dynasty, but it was given full autonomy with its own state government.
Phi (letter) Phi (upper case Φ or Phi; lower case φ, , phi or varphi), pronounced "fee" in modern Greek and sometimes as "fai" (as in "defy") in English, is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet. In modern Greek, it represents [], a voiceless labiodental fricative.
Phi Alpha Kappa Phi Alpha Kappa is a Christian fraternity at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Phi Alpha Kappa was founded in 1929 by graduate students who were all alumni of Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Phi Alpha Literary Society Phi Alpha (ΦΑ) is a men's Literary Society founded in 1845 at Illinois College in Jacksonville, Illinois. It conducts Business Meetings, Literary Productions, and other activities in Beecher Hall, the oldest college building in the state of Illinois.
Phi Alpha Tau Phi Alpha Tau (ΦΑΤ) is the oldest professional communicative arts fraternity in the United States, founded in 1902 by Walter Bradley Tripp at Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded to foster the student-run debate society at Emerson College, and maintain its status as a student run organization http://www.
Phi Beta Phi Beta Fraternity: National Professional Association for the Creative and Performing Arts is an American national professional college fraternity for the creative and performing arts. It was founded in 1912 at Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois.
Phi Beta Kappa Society The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society with the mission of "fostering and recognizing excellence" in undergraduate liberal arts and sciences. Founded at the College of William and Mary on December 5, 1776, it is the oldest such society in the United States.
Phi Delta Phi Phi Delta Phi is an international professional legal fraternity "established in the year 1869 to promote a higher standard of professional ethics." Thousands of members have become prominent public servants including judges from trial courts up to the US Supreme Court, legislators all the way up to the US Senate and House of Representatives, as well as Executive Branch leaders such as state Governors and US Presidents.
Phi Delta Psi Phi Delta Psi Fraternity, Incorporated(ΦΔΨ) was founded on March 21, 1977 on the campus of Western Michigan University. Phi Delta Psi was founded on the principles of eternal honor, perseverance, leadership, achievement and brotherhood.
Phi Eta Sigma Founded at the University of Illinois on March 22, 1923, Phi Eta Sigma is the oldest and largest freshman honor society and now has more than three hundred chapters throughout the United States and more than 800,000 members. It is the fourth oldest member of the Association of College Honor Societies.
Phi features Phi features is a linguistic term to describe the semantic features of person, number and gender, as encoded in words such as nouns and pronouns (which are said to consist only of phi-features, containing no lexical head).
Phi Gamma Nu Phi Gamma Nu is a national professional fraternity with the intent to prepare its members for professional work endeavors in a business workplace. The organization attempts to culture professional behaviorisms in it members through a variety of activities and committees.
Phi Kappa National Fraternity Phi Kappa National Fraternity (ΦΚ) is a secondary school fraternity that was founded in 1900 at the Southern University Preparatory School in Greensboro, Alabama. Over the years, nearly fifty chapters of Phi Kappa have been chartered in cities across the Deep South, from Georgia to Texas, Arkansas to Florida.
Phi Kappa Phi The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi (or simply Phi Kappa Phi) is the oldest, largest and most selective all-discipline honor society in the United States. Induction into Phi Kappa Phi is considered as one of the highest and most prestigious form of individual academic achievement.
Phi Kappa Pi Phi Kappa Pi (ΦΚΠ) is Canada's oldest and Canada's Only National Fraternity. As a Canadian fraternity, the brothers from PKP reflect the diversity associated with Canada varying of different backgrounds and nationalities.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (ΦΜΑ) is a collegiate social fraternity for men of musicianly character. Today, its 214 chapters, 10 colonies, and 7 alumni associations serve to "advance music in America" on college campuses nationwide.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Area Alumni Associations Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (ΦΜΑ) is a collegiate social fraternity for men of musicianly character. Today, its 214 chapters, 10 colonies, and 7 alumni associations serve to "advance music in America" on college campuses nationwide.
Phi Mu Delta Phi Mu Delta (ΦΜΔ) is a small, national fraternity founded on March 1, 1918 at the Universities of Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Vermont. The fraternity is focused on the three ideals of democracy, service, and brotherhood.
Phi phenomenon The phi phenomenon is a perceptual illusion described by Max Wertheimer in his 1912 Experimental Studies on the Seeing of Motion, in which a disembodied perception of motion is produced by a succession of still images. In discussions of the perception of film and video it is often confused with beta movement, but it is a distinct phenomenon not directly involved in the perception of motion pictures.
Phi Phi Islands The Phi Phi Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะพีพี) are located in Thailand, between the larger island of Phuket and the mainland. They are politically part of Krabi province, most of which is on the mainland, which is located at .
Phi Sigma Epsilon Phi Sigma Epsilon was a North American social fraternity that operated for 75 years (20 February 1910 - 14 August 1985) until it merged with the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity. The traditions and values of Phi Sigma Epsilon live on through Phi Sigma Kappa and its members.
Phi Sigma Iota PHI SIGMA IOTA, or ΦΣΙ, is an honor society whose members are elected from among outstanding advanced (juniors and seniors) and graduate students of foreign languages and literatures including Classics, Comparative Literature, Philology, Bilingual Education, and Applied Linguistics. The primary objectives of this honorary are the recognition of remarkable ability and attainments in languages and literatures, and the promotion of a sentiment of amity between cultures with differing languages.
Phi Sigma Kappa Phi Sigma Kappa is a fraternity devoted to three cardinal principles: the promotion of Brotherhood, the stimulation of Scholarship, and the development of Character. It was founded on March 15 1873 by Jabez William Clay, Frederick George Campbell, Joseph Franklin Barrett, Xenos Young Clark, William Penn Brooks, and Henry Hague at Massachusetts Agricultural College in Amherst (now the University of Massachusetts.
Phi Sigma Tau Phi Sigma Tau (ΦΣΤ) is an international honor society for philosophers. Its essential purpose is to promote ties among philosophy departments in accredited institutions and students in philosophy nationally.
Phi Society of 1883 Formerly Phi Delta Theta at Sewanee, The University of the South in Sewanee, TN. The members of Phi Delta Theta left the national fraternity to form the Phi Society of 1883 as a local fraternity because of conflicts of interest with the national organization.
Phi Tau Phi Tau is a coeducational fraternity at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. Founded in 1905 as the Tau Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa, the organization separated from the national fraternity in 1956 over a dispute regarding the segregationist and anti-semitic membership policies of the national organization.
Phi Tau Theta A group of Methodist men in the Wesley Foundation at the University of South Dakota had been carrying on a program as a religious fraternity, which they called Phi Lambda Phi, for some time when it occurred to them that perhaps men in other Wesley Foundations had similar groups which could be mutually helpful if they should form a union. This idea was brought up at a student council retreat held in Ames, Iowa, in 1924 and in February, 1925, invitations were sent to all Wesley Foundation units asking those interested to send representatives to an organizational meeting.
Phi Theta Kappa Phi Theta Kappa, also ΦΘΚ or sometimes PTK (see usage note), is the international honor society of two-year and non-traditional four-year colleges, particularly community colleges, junior colleges and accelerated or on-line degree programs offered by four-year colleges. It is headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi and has over 2 million members in more than 1,200 chapters, in nations including the United States, Canada, Germany, and Japan.
Phi value analysis Phi value analysis is an experimental protein engineering method used to study the structure of the folding transition state in small protein domains that fold in a two-state manner. Since the folding transition state is by definition a transient and partially unstructured state, its structure is difficult to determine by traditional methods such as protein NMR or X-ray crystallography.
Phi-hiding assumption The Phi-Hiding assumption or Φ-Hiding assumption is an assumption about the difficulty of finding small factors of φ(m) where m is a number whose factorization is unknown, and φ is Euler's totient function. The security of many modern cryptosystems comes from the perceived difficulty of certain problems.
Phi-X174 phage The Phi-X174 phage was the first organism to have its DNA-based genome sequenced by Fred Sanger and his team in 1977Sanger F, Air GM, Barrell BG, Brown NL, Coulson AR, Fiddes CA, Hutchison CA, Slocombe PM, Smith M., Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage phi X174 DNA, Nature.
Phibbs Exchange Phibbs Exchange is the major transit exchange for the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia. Part of the TransLink system, it is home to routes serving North Vancouver and some parts of the city of Vancouver.
Phibian (Dune) Phibians are a fictional race in the Dune universe, first mentioned in Chapterhouse Dune. They are primitive, humanoid fish creatures, brought as captives to the "million planets" by the Honored Matres.
Phideaux (Ghost Story) After completing "Fiendish", Xavier was convinced he now had the machinery in place to satisfactorily record his songs from the aborted album "Ghost Story". He and Hutchins quickly reconvened to redo that album with Gabriel Moffat producing and mixing.
Phideaux Xavier Phideaux Xavier is a composer of modern technological music that he describes as "psychedelic progressive gothic rock," who grew up in New York City but now lives in Los Angeles. He is also one of the directors of the popular soap opera Passions.
Phidippus audax Phidippus audax is a common jumping spider encountered in North America, where they are the most common cause of spider bites. They are commonly called Bold Jumper, because they will not retreat when being touched, but showing curiosity and jumping right at a finger.
Phidippus californicus Phidippus californicus is a species of jumping spider. It is found in the southernwestern USA (Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Texas, Utah and northern Mexico (Baja California-(North), Baja California Sur, and Sonora).

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