Piga (other)
Piga or PIGA may refer to: People * Aldo Piga (1928–1994), Italian composer * Gustavo Piga (born 1964), Italian economist Other uses * PIGA, an enzyme * PIGA accelerometer, a type of accelerometer mainly used in Inertial Navigation Systems * Piga (grape), an Italian wine grape * Piqa or Cerro Piga, a mountain in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Chile See also * Pica (other) Pica or PICA may refer to: Biology * Pica (disorder), an abnormal appetite for earth and other non-foods * Posterior inferior cerebellar artery, a major artery supplying blood to the cerebellum Organisms * ''Aechmea'' 'Pica', a hybrid cultiva ...

Aldo Piga
Aldo Piga (1928–1994) was an Italian-American composer who worked mainly in New York. Aldo Piga's work was mainly produced in the 1950s and 1960s in Italy. He started as a song composer and later approached the movie soundtrack field. His participation in the pop music Italian market counts with two participations in the famous contest of Sanremo, one of which was overshadowed in the year of the famous Modugno's song " Volare". He recorded about one hundred film soundtracks. His activity as a composer was strongly influenced by classical music and bebop jazz roots of his early years in the New York music scene. After a promising career as a music writer, he decided to start working as a film producer in the late 1960s. This change led to an end in both his careers as a writer and producer. In the 1990s Piga left Italy to retire in New York where he spent his last days until 1994. Filmography As composer 1950s * I mafiosi (1959) * Gli avventurieri dei tropici (1959) :(Seven i ...
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Gustavo Piga
Gustavo Piga (18 February 1964), is an Italian economist. He is professor of Political economy at University of Rome Tor Vergata. In 1996 attained the PhD in Economics at Columbia University. In 1997-98 taught ''Accounting and Finance'' at the Department of Economics of Columbia University. He wrote the contentious Derivatives in Pulicc Debt Management in 2001. He edited ''Revisiting Keynes" with Lorenzo Pecchi for MIT Press and the "handbook of Procurement" with Nicola Dimitri and Giancarlo Spagnolo for Cambridge University Press. In 2002-2005 he was the president of Consip. He is currently member of the Scientific Committee of the Italian Congressional Budget Office and Director of the Global Governance Undergraduate degree. Works *''Approfondimenti di economia politica'', Roma, La Sapienza, 1996 *''Who's afraid of index-linked bonds?'', with Lorenzo Pecchi, Roma, Università degli studi La Sapienza, 1996 *''On the sources of the inflationary-bias and output variability'', Roma, ...
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PIGA
Phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit A (PIG-A, or phosphatidylinositol glycan, class A) is the catalytic subunit of the phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase enzyme, which in humans is encoded by the ''PIGA'' gene. This gene encodes a protein required for synthesis of N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol (GlcNAc-PI), the first intermediate in the biosynthetic pathway of GPI anchor. The GPI anchor is a glycolipid found on many blood cells and serves to anchor proteins to the cell surface. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, an acquired hematologic disorder, has been shown to result from somatic mutations in this gene. Alternate splice variants have been characterized. Multiple Congenital Anomalies-Hypotonia-Seizures syndrome type 2 (MCAHS2), also known as PIGA-CDG or PIGA deficiency, has been shown to result from germline mutations in the PIGA gene. Interactions PIGA has been shown for interact Advocates for Informed Choice, d ...
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PIGA Accelerometer
A PIGA (''Pendulous Integrating Gyroscopic Accelerometer'') is a type of accelerometer that can measure acceleration and simultaneously integrates this acceleration against time to produce a speed measure as well. The PIGA's main use is in Inertial Navigation Systems (INS) for guidance of aircraft and most particularly for ballistic missile guidance. It is valued for its extremely high sensitivity and accuracy in conjunction with operation over a wide acceleration range. The PIGA is still considered the premier instrument for strategic grade missile guidance, though systems based on MEMS technology are attractive for lower performance requirements. Principle of operation The sensing element of a PIGA is a pendulous mass, free to pivot by being mounted on a bearing. A spinning gyroscope is attached such that it would restrain the pendulum against "falling" in the direction of acceleration. The pendulous mass and its attached gyroscope are themselves mounted on a pedestal that ...
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Piga (grape)
Vermentino is a light-skinned wine grape variety, primarily found in Italian wine. It is widely planted in both Sardinia and Liguria, to some extent in Corsica, in Piedmont under the name Favorita, and in increasing amounts in Languedoc-Roussillon. The leaves are dark green and pentagonal. The grapes are amber-yellow and hang in pyramidal bunches. The vines are often grown on slopes facing the sea where they can benefit from the additional reflected light. The Vitis International Variety Catalogue now gives Italy as its origin. The most famous wine made from Vermentino is probably the DOCG Vermentino di Gallura (and Vermentino di Gallura Superiore) which is produced in the province of Olbia-Tempio, in the north of Sardinia. The grape is said to have been cultivated in this part of Gallura, often under the name ''Arratelau'', since the fourteenth century.
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Piqa
Piqa ( Aymara for a mass of maize prepared to make chicha, Hispanicized spelling ''Piga'') is a mountain in the Andes on the border of Bolivia and Chile, west of the Salar de Uyuni. It has a height of . On the Bolivian side Piqa lies in the Potosí Department, Daniel Campos Province, Llica Municipality, Canquella Canton, Llica Municipality: population data and map and on the Chilean side it belongs to the Tarapacá Region. One of the nearest mountains is Ch'alla Qullu north-east of it. References See also *List of mountains in the Andes A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union ... Mountains of Chile Mountains of Potosí Department Landforms of Tarapacá Region {{Tarapacá-geo-stub ...
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