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  2. Janus - Wikipedia

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    In ancient Roman religion and myth, Janus ( / ˈdʒeɪnəs / JAY-nəs; Latin: Ianvs [ˈi̯aːnʊs]) is the god of beginnings, gates, transitions, time, duality, doorways, [2] passages, frames, and endings. He is usually depicted as having two faces. The month of January is named for Janus ( Ianuarius ). [3] According to ancient Roman farmers ...

  3. Janus particles - Wikipedia

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    History. The term "Janus Particle" was coined by author Leonard Wibberley in his 1962 novel The Mouse on the Moon as a science-fictional device for space travel.. The term was first used in a real-world scientific context by C. Casagrande et al. in 1988 to describe spherical glass particles with one of the hemispheres hydrophilic and the other hydrophobic.

  4. Janus (star) - Wikipedia

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    Janus, also known by its name ZTF J203349.8+322901.1, is a transitioning white dwarf located more than 1,300 light-years (400 pc) away [3] in the constellation Cygnus, discovered in 2019 by the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), located at the Palomar Observatory, while looking for periodically variable white dwarfs. [2]

  5. List of death row inmates in the United States - Wikipedia

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    USP Terre Haute: 39188-068: The shooting was the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States. Len Davis: Conspiracy to violate civil rights through murder. 28 years, 17 days (since initial sentence) 18 years, 199 days (since re-sentencing) USP Terre Haute: 24325-034: Davis was an officer in the New Orleans Police Department.

  6. Baricitinib - Wikipedia

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    Baricitinib is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor that reversibly inhibits Janus kinase 1 with a half maximal inhibitory concentration (IC 50) of 5.9 nM and Janus kinase 2 with an IC 50 of 5.7 nM. Tyrosine kinase 2, which belongs to the same enzyme family, is affected less (IC 50 = 53 nM), and Janus kinase 3 far less (IC 50 > 400 nM).

  7. United States Pharmacopeia - Wikipedia

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    www .usp .org. The United States Pharmacopeia ( USP) is a pharmacopeia (compendium of drug information) for the United States published annually by the over 200-year old United States Pharmacopeial Convention (usually also called the USP), a nonprofit organization that owns the trademark and also owns the copyright on the pharmacopeia itself.

  8. Janus kinase - Wikipedia

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    Janus kinase (JAK) is a family of intracellular, non-receptor tyrosine kinases that transduce cytokine-mediated signals via the JAK-STAT pathway. They were initially named " just another kinase " 1 and 2 (since they were just two of many discoveries in a PCR -based screen of kinases), [1] but were ultimately published as "Janus kinase".

  9. Temple of Janus (Roman Forum) - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates. 41°53′34.73″N 12°29′8.60″E. /  41.8929806°N 12.4857222°E  / 41.8929806; 12.4857222. The Temple of Janus stood in the Roman Forum near the Basilica Aemilia, along the Argiletum. It was a small temple with a statue of Janus, the two-faced god of boundaries and beginnings inside. Its doors were known as the "Gates of ...