CAA
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Arts
- China Academy of ArtChina Academy of ArtChina Academy of Art is the highest university of art in China. It was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of Republic of China.-Introduction:...
, the highest university of art in China which founded in 1928 - College Art AssociationCollege Art AssociationThe College Art Association of America is the principal professional association in the United States for practitioners and scholars of art, art history, and art criticism...
, a professional association in the United States for scholars of art, art history, and art criticism - Creative Artists Agency, American show business and sports agency
Sports
- Charter Athletic AssociationCharter Athletic AssociationIn Arizona, the Charter Athletic Association is a sports league system for smaller charter junior high and high schools. It is unaffiliated with the Arizona Interscholastic Association....
, an association to organize sports for smaller charter schools in the state of Arizona - Colonial Athletic AssociationColonial Athletic AssociationThe Colonial Athletic Association is a NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose full-time members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia. Most of its members are public universities, with five in Virginia alone, and the conference is headquartered in Richmond,...
, an NCAA Division I college athletic conference whose members are located in East Coast states from Massachusetts to Georgia - Confederation of African AthleticsConfederation of African AthleticsThe Confederation of African Athletics is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Africa. It is headquartered in Senegal. It organises the African Championships in Athletics and other continental competitions.-Members:...
Aviation
- CAA is the ICAO airline designator for Atlantic Southeast AirlinesAtlantic Southeast AirlinesAtlantic Southeast Airlines is an American airline based in the A-Tech Center in College Park, Georgia, flying to 144 destinations as a Delta Connection carrier and, as of February 2010, commenced service as a United Express carrier. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of SkyWest, Inc. ASA operates...
in the United States - Central African AirwaysCentral African AirwaysCentral African Airways was formed in 1946 from the wartime Southern Rhodesian Air Services , which was in turn formed from the pre-war Rhodesia And Nyasaland Airways and Southern Rhodesia Air Force communications squadron...
, national carrier for Southern Rhodesia, then the Central African Federation which founded in 1928 - The Children's Air AmbulanceThe Children's Air AmbulanceThe Children's Air Ambulance, is a charity based in Torquay, Devon that aims to provide an air ambulance service to critically ill children throughout the entire United Kingdom, as well as blood and organ transplant transportation that is required for children...
, an air ambulance specifically for children in the UK. - Civil Aeronautics Administration (disambiguation), name of various national governing bodies including China and the United States
- Civil Aeronautics Administration (Republic of China)Civil Aeronautics Administration (Republic of China)The Civil Aeronautics Administration, Ministry of Transportation and Communication is a government agency of the Republic of China . It is a division of the Ministry of Transportation and Communication under the Executive Yuan and responsible for the regulation of all civil aviation activities in...
- a division of Ministry of Transportation and Communication, Executive Yuan, Republic of China - Civil Aeronautics Administration (United States) - established in 1940 by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Civil Aeronautics Administration (Republic of China)
- Civil Aviation AuthorityCivil Aviation AuthorityThis is a list of national and supra-national civil aviation authorities.-See also:* Air route authority between the United States and the People's Republic of China* National Transportation Safety Board -External links:****...
, name for the national body governing civil aviation in a number of countries - Compagnie Africaine d'AviationCompagnie Africaine d'AviationCompagnie Africaine d'Aviation is a Congolese airline based in the Building CAA in Kinshasa. It was established in 1992 and operates passenger and cargo services to eight domestic destinations. Its main base is N'djili Airport...
, a Congolese airline
Automobile
- Canadian Automobile AssociationCanadian Automobile AssociationThe Canadian Automobile Association , commonly known as CAA, is a non-profit federation, founded in 1913, of nine clubs across Canada, providing roadside assistance service, a complete range of auto touring and leisure travel services, insurance services, and member discounts with preferred...
, non-profit federation of nine clubs across Canada - China Automobile Association, China’s largest roadside assistance provider owned by Insurance Australia GroupInsurance Australia GroupInsurance Australia Group Limited is an Australian publicly-listed company with its shares traded on the Australian Stock Exchange as ....
- Cyprus Automobile AssociationCyprus Automobile AssociationThe Cyprus Automobile Association is a non-profit organization governed by an elected council. Founded in 1933, it has the aim of offering assistance to the private motorist, in Cyprus and abroad, and to promote the interests of car owners in general...
non-profit organization, providing roadside assistance services
Miscellaneous
- Canadian Archaeological AssociationCanadian Archaeological AssociationThe Canadian Archeological Association is the primary professional archaeological organization in Canada. The CAA was founded in 1968 by a group of archaeologists that included William E. Taylor, the head of the Archaeology Division at the National Museum of Canada. The organization's first...
, publishes archaeological literature and promotes cooperation between archaeological societies in Canada - Canadian Avalanche AssociationCanadian Avalanche AssociationThe Canadian Avalanche Association is a non-profit organization that promotes avalanche awareness and safety. The association provides a variety of services:...
, a non-profit organization that promotes avalanche awareness and safety - Case Alumni Association, oldest independent alumni organization in the United States
- Cat Aficionado AssociationCat Aficionado AssociationThe Cat Aficionado Association, Inc. is China's largest registry of pedigreed cats and is recognized internationally in conjunction with American Cat Fanciers Association as the premiere pedigreed cat registering association in Asia...
, China's largest registry of pedigreed felines - Center for Academic Advancement, a part of the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth
- Center for American ArcheologyCenter for American ArcheologyThe Center for American Archeology, or CAA, is an independent non-profit 501 research and education institution located near the Illinois River, in Kampsville, Illinois, USA...
, in Kampsville, Illinois, an independent non-profit research and education institution - Combined Agents of AmericaCombined Agents of AmericaCombined Agents of America, LLC is based in Austin,TX, and consists of 45 independent insurance agencies located throughout Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas....
, a managing general agency of independent insurance agencies in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas - Commission for Academic AccreditationCommission for Academic AccreditationThe Commission for Academic Accreditation is the government-run institutional licensure and degree accreditation organization for private universities and their academic programmes in the United Arab Emirates . It was established in 1999, with headquarters in UAE's capital city Abu Dhabi, and is a...
, United Arab Emirates - Continental Airlines Arena, now known as Izod Center.
- The Council on African Affairs, provided information about Africa to the US, particularly to African Americans
- Cycle Action AucklandCycle Action AucklandCycle Action Auckland is a pro-cycling advocacy group in Auckland, New Zealand. The volunteer-driven group aims to improve infrastructure and conditions, as well as perceptions of cycling to encourage more "everyday people" to use bicycles, including for commuting and recreation...
, a pro-cycling advocacy group in Auckland, New Zealand - Center for Army AnalysisCenter for Army AnalysisThe Center for Army Analysis is a US Army organization under the Deputy Chief of Staff G-8See the Continental Staff System for an explanation of "letter-number" designations The Center for Army Analysis (CAA) is a US Army organization under the Deputy Chief of Staff G-8See the Continental Staff...
Terminology
- Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, a form of angiopathy in which the amyloid protein associated with Alzheimer's disease deposits in the walls of the blood vessels of the brain
- Computational AeroacousticsComputational AeroacousticsWhile the discipline of Aeroacoustics is definitely dated back to the first publication of Sir James Lighthill in the early 1950s, the origin of Computational Aeroacoustics can only very likely be dated back to the middle of the 1980s...
, direct simulation of acoustic fields associated with flows - Computer-aided auscultationComputer-aided auscultationComputer-aided auscultation is a clinical decision support system, which is designed to assist physicians and other health professionals with decision making tasks when assessing a heart murmur. The need for computer-aided auscultation is increasing as the auscultation skills of physicians are...
, computer analysis of stethoscope data - The amino acid codon for glutamineGlutamineGlutamine is one of the 20 amino acids encoded by the standard genetic code. It is not recognized as an essential amino acid but may become conditionally essential in certain situations, including intensive athletic training or certain gastrointestinal disorders...
- Clean Air ActClean Air ActA Clean Air Act is one of a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of airborne contaminants, smog and air pollution in general. The use by governments to enforce clean air standards has contributed to an improvement in human health and longer life spans...
, a number of pieces of legislation relating to the reduction of smog and atmospheric pollution - Carinthian Astronomical Association (Astronomische Vereinigung Kärntens)Astronomische Vereinigung KärntensThe Carinthian Astronomical Association Is the second great astronomical association in Austria. The CAA owns two observatories and one planetarium. One observatory is located near Klagenfurt, on the Kreuzbergl, the other on the Gerlitze, near Villach...