Niche
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Niche may refer to:
- Niche (architecture)Niche (architecture)A niche in classical architecture is an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size, retaining the half-dome heading usual for an apse. Nero's Domus Aurea was the first semi-private dwelling that possessed rooms that were given richly varied floor plans, shaped with niches and exedras;...
, an exedra or an apse that has been reduced in size; - Niche (footballer) (b. 1985), Colombian/Spanish football (soccer) player, full name Víctor Manuel Micolta Armero
- Niche (horse)Niche (horse)Niche is best known for winning the Group 3 classic trial the Nell Gwyn Stakes and coming 2nd in the 1,000 Guineas, before her career was cut short by a freak accident on the gallops....
, a British Thoroughbred racehorse - Bassline (dance music), a type of music related to UK garage also called Niche
- Developmental nicheDevelopmental nicheThe developmental niche is a theoretical framework for understanding and analyzing how culture shapes child development. Developed by Charles M. Super and Sara Harkness...
, a concept for understanding the cultural context of child development - Ecological nicheEcological nicheIn ecology, a niche is a term describing the relational position of a species or population in its ecosystem to each other; e.g. a dolphin could potentially be in another ecological niche from one that travels in a different pod if the members of these pods utilize significantly different food...
, a term describing the relational position of an organism's species - Niche marketNiche marketA niche market is the subset of the market on which a specific product is focusing; therefore the market niche defines the specific product features aimed at satisfying specific market needs, as well as the price range, production quality and the demographics that is intended to impact...
, a focused, targetable portion (subset) of a market sector. - Niche cellNiche cellNiché cells are specific anatomic locations that regulate how stem-cell populations participate in tissue generation, maintenance and repair. The niché performs several functions:...
, specific anatomic locations that regulate how stem-cell populations participate in tissue generation, maintenance and repair - Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem EldersNurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders]Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders is a program of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing, that works to achieve systematic nursing change to benefit hospitalized older patients...
, a program of the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing at New York University College of Nursing - Stem cell nicheStem cell nicheStem cell niche is a phrase loosely used in the scientific community to describe the microenvironment in which stem cells are found, which interacts with stem cells to regulate stem cell fate. The word 'niche' can be in reference to the in vivo or in vitro stem cell microenvironment...
, the microenvironment in which stem cells are found