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11Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency — The Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) is an Executive Agency of the Scottish Government. The SFPA is responsible for both deterring illegal fishing in Scottish waters, as well as monitoring the compliance of the fisheries industry in… …
12Child Online Protection Act — Not to be confused with the Children s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) or the Children s Internet Protection Act (CIPA). The Child Online Protection Act[1] (COPA)[2] was a law in the United States of America, passed in 1998 with the… …
13Nuclease protection assay — is a laboratory technique used in biochemistry and genetics to identify individual RNA molecules in a heterogeneous RNA sample extracted from cells. The technique can identify one or more RNA molecules of known sequence even at low total… …
14consumer protection — The protection, especially by legal means, of consumers. It is the policy of current UK legislation to protect consumers against unfair contract terms. In particular they are protected by the Unfair Contract Terms Act (1977) and the Sale of Goods …
15RNAase protection assay — Sensitive and quantitative alternative to Northern blots for the measurement of gene expression levels. Labelled antisense cRNA is transcribed from a DNA clone in an appropriate vector, hybridized with an mRNA sample, and single stranded RNA… …
16Inland Waterways Protection Society — The Inland Waterways Protection Society (IWPS) was founded on the 21 April 1958 by the late Mrs Bessie Bunker of Sheffield, who became its Secretary.On the 14 September 1968, the IWPS received permission from British Waterways to commence… …
17Water quality — A rosette sampler is used to collect samples in deep water, such as the Great Lakes or oceans, for water quality testing. Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water.[1] It is a measure of the condition of… …
18metallurgy — metallurgic, metallurgical, adj. metallurgically, adv. metallurgist /met l err jist/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jist/, n. /met l err jee/ or, esp. Brit., /meuh tal euhr jee/, n. 1. the technique or science of working or heating metals so as… …
19police — /peuh lees /, n., v., policed, policing. n. 1. Also called police force. an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. 2. (used with a pl. v.) members of such a force: Several police are… …
20Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
