Black pepper is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit, which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning. The fruit is a drupe (stonefruit) which is about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter, dark red, and contains a stone which encloses a single pepper seed. Peppercorns and the ground pepper derived from them may be described simply as pepper, or more precisely as black pepper, green pepper, or white pepper.
Povidone-iodine (PVP-I), also known as iodopovidone, is an antiseptic used for skin disinfection before and after surgery. It may be used both to disinfect the hands of healthcare providers and the skin of the person they are caring for. It may also be used for minor wounds. It may be applied to the skin as a liquid or a powder.
Pegfilgrastim, sold under the brand name Neulasta among others, is a PEGylated form of the recombinant human granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) analog filgrastim. It serves to stimulate the production of white blood cells (neutrophils). Pegfilgrastim was developed by Amgen.
José Carlos Fernandes Vidigal, commonly known as Lito, is an Angolan professional football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Paulo Lourenço Martins Alves is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward, currently a manager.
The Hino da Região Autónoma da Madeira is the official anthem of Madeira, an autonomous North Atlantic archipelago of Portugal. It was adopted in 1980, through Regional Decree 12/80/M of September 16. The lyrics are by Ornelas Teixeira and the music by João Víctor Costa.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pemba is a diocese located in the city of Pemba in the Ecclesiastical province of Nampula in Mozambique.
People-Animals-Nature is an environmentalist, animal rights and animal welfare focused political party in Portugal, founded in 2009. In 2015, they won one seat in the Assembly of the Republic. In 2019, they also won one seat in the European Parliament, and increased their seat share to 4 in the Assembly.
Karl Alexander Deisseroth is an American scientist. He is the D.H. Chen Professor of Bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.
André Miguel Valente da Silva is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a striker for La Liga club Real Sociedad, on loan from RB Leipzig, and the Portugal national team.
LIVRE, previously known as LIVRE/Tempo de Avançar, is a green political party in Portugal founded in 2014.
Taxes in Portugal are levied by both the national and regional governments of Portugal. Tax revenue in Portugal stood at 34.9% of GDP in 2018. The most important revenue sources include the income tax, social security contributions, corporate tax and the value added tax, which are all applied at the national level.
Animal Politics EU, formerly Euro Animal 7, is a group of animal rights parties in European Union countries.
Rubina Everlien Berardo is a Madeiran and Portuguese politician and pundit who was a Social Democratic Party (PSD) Member of the Assembly of the Republic for the constituency of Madeira between 2015 and 2019. Since February 2018, she is one of the vice-presidents of her party's parliamentary group in the Assembly of the Republic.
Jovane Eduardo Borges Cabral is a Cape Verdean professional footballer who plays as a winger for Serie A club Salernitana, on loan from Sporting CP, and the Cape Verde national team.
Vasco César Freire de Seabra is a Portuguese professional football manager who is the current head coach of Primeira Liga club Estoril Praia.
Fernando Daniel Rodrigues Almeida, known professionally as Fernando Daniel is a Portuguese singer-songwriter. He won the fourth edition of The Voice Portugal in 2016.
Francisco Fernandes da Conceição is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Primeira Liga club Porto and the Portugal under-21 national team.
The 2022 Portuguese Social Democratic Party leadership election was held on 28 May 2022. If no candidate achieved more than 50% of the votes in the first round, a second round would be held between the two most voted candidates in the first round on 4 June 2022, however, as only two candidates were on the ballot, Luís Montenegro and Jorge Moreira da Silva, a second round was not necessary.
Volt Portugal is a progressive and Eurofederalist party in Portugal. It is affiliated with Volt Europa and was officially registered in June 2020 as the 25th party in the country. Volt has contested several local elections and participated in the 2022 national parliamentary elections.
