PPA. The Pension Protection Act of 2006 including any regulations or other guidance issued thereunder.
PPA. Positive Percent Agreement; NPA: Negative Percent Agreement; OPA: Overall Percent Agreement Figure 4 - Scatterplots and correlations of amyloid quantification values with individual biomarkers (A, C, E) and ratios (B, D, F) Correlation between SUVR values and CSF biomarkers was assessed by fitting quadratic linear models for all participants (black) and after stratifying by visual amyloid status (red and green). Shaded areas indicate 95% confidence intervals. Dashed vertical lines indicate the SUVR cutoff of 1.11 as in Landau et al. Horizontal lines correspond to cutoffs for each CSF biomarker and ratio.
PPA. The CCP Board shall have the authority to review, modify, and approve, as appropriate, all amendments, modifications, and supplements to the PPA.
PPA. Require any bidder to enter into a PPA with the Principal in relation to any Facility for which it is the Successful Bidder and to execute and return such PPA to NFPAS.
PPA. The power purchase agreement between the Parties regarding the QF, titled Standard Contract for the Purchase of Non-Firm Energy from a Qualifying Facility (also referenced as “QF Standard Offer Contract (Energy Only PPA)”).
PPA. Ancillary to the Definitive Agreement will be a PPA providing for IP's purchase of energy from Clinton for the period from Closing through December 31, 2004. In addition to such other terms, conditions and amplifications the parties may negotiate, the PPA will reflect the following basic understandings: IP will purchase and the Buyer will deliver to IP on an as-available (or Unit output) hourly basis the following percentages of the actual net electric output of Xxxxxxx: Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 % output 80 xx xx xx xx xx IP will pay for such output (with pricing reflecting all charges, including energy and capacity) at the following general price levels, provided, however, that such prices will be modified by mutual agreement to reflect seasonality (canted to strongly incentivize the Buyer to maximize output at Xxxxxxx during the summer months) and "on" and "off" peak periods on an hourly basis: Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Price per MWH $xx $xx $xx $xx $xx $xx
PPA. 10% PPA time to be included in teachers’ directed time budgets pending the outcome of the review of teacher workload agreement.
PPA. The major activities of PPA are the operation of Piraeus Port, including passenger cruise ship, passenger and car ferry terminals, car terminals, general cargo and container terminals, an oil pier, ship yard terminals services and related operations. It is also responsible for the maintenance of port facilities, the supply of port services (supply of water, electric current and telephone connections, etc.). PPA is listed on the Athens Stock Exchange. Piraeus Port Piraeus Port is the hub for the connection of continental Greece with the islands, an international cruise center and a commercial hub of the Mediterranean. It is located in the commercially and strategically important shipping lane servicing, among other areas, Europe, North Africa and the Mediterranean.
PPA. The Procurement will provide for a PPA to be entered into with the Developer that will set forth the Developer’s responsibilities for the design, construction, financing and operation of the Project. The PPA will provide, among other things:
PPA. ® galenic laboratory in Haiti during the preparation of medicines for oral use (left) and for injection use (right) Study of a galenic preparation for the treatment of sickle cell disease In 2016 at St Damien Hospital it was necessary to introduce a new formula for oral use containing hydroxyurea for the treatment of Sickle Cell Disease (Scd) in children. The availability of a therapy based on hydroxyurea (HU) suitable for the pediatric administration is relevant considering that this treatment is associated with an improvement of the quality of life and a decrease of mortality. In Haiti, Scd is very widespread and it has a subsequent serious impact on the population: its prevalence in newborns appears to be greater than twice that among African Americans in the United States. A study conducted on 2013 at St Damien Hospital in fact underlined that the prevalence of Scd is 1 in 173 newborns, that is almost the double compared with that among African Americans in the Usa. (Xxxx et al. 2013) Sickle cell disease and hydroxyurea The Scd is an important genetic cause of hemolytic anemia. Patients in which the disease occurs are homozygous for the HbS allele that encode the hemoglobin S (HbS) or heterozygous for the HbS allele and a second gene that code for another type of mutated-hemoglobin (hemoglobin C- HbC or thalassemia). It was observed that people heterozygous for the HbS allele are able to develop a greater resistance to malaria. In the areas where it is endemic (South-Central Asia, South and Central America and in particular Africa) the heterozygous trait is much more widespread than in other parts of the world. The presence of the heterozygous trait is greater in those countries with an important genetic influence from the African continent, such as for example Usa, Brazil and Haiti. In this latter country the individuals with African origin represents the 94% of the total population (Encyclopaedia Britannica 2016). The distinctive clinical sign of Scd is represented by the vaso-occlusive crises (Voc). Their pathogenesis is complicated and heterogeneous: when oxygen tension is low the HbS is unstable and is prone to form spiral polymers that aggregate in voluminous and stiff particles (tactoids), responsible for the sickled shaped deformation of the red blood cells that become more rigid and obstruct the blood vessels. Moreover the sickled red cells undergo more easily to hemolysis, present an augmented adhesion to endothelium and to the other circulat...
