TPA
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TPA may refer to:
- Third-Party Audit, an Audit performed by a specialized & independent Organization
- TaxPayers' AllianceTaxPayers' AllianceThe TaxPayers' Alliance is a British pressure group and taxpayers union formed in 2004 to campaign for a low tax society. The group had about 18,000 registered supporters as of 2008, and claimed to have 55,000 by September 2010....
, a British free-market lobby group - Tempe Preparatory AcademyTempe Preparatory AcademyTempe Preparatory Academy is a charter school in Tempe, a suburb of Phoenix, Arizona in the United States. Founded in 1996, Tempe Preparatory Academy offers a Great Books curriculum centered around Western culture, history, language, and literature. Its motto is Verum, Pulchrum, Bonum, meaning...
, a preparatory secondary school in Arizona, USA - Terminal Puente Aéreo, a semi-private airport in BogotáBogotáBogotá, Distrito Capital , from 1991 to 2000 called Santa Fé de Bogotá, is the capital, and largest city, of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, even though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent Capital district...
, owned by AviancaAviancaAvianca S.A. is the flag carrier airline of Colombia since December 5, 1919 when it was initially registered under the name SCADTA. It is headquartered in Bogotá, D.C. with its hub at the El Dorado International Airport...
. - Thickened pyrophoric agent, an incendiary weapon
- Third-party accessThird-party accessThird party access policies require owners of natural monopoly infrastructure facilities to grant access to those facilities to parties other than their own customers, usually competitors in the provision of the relevant services, on commercial terms comparable to those that would apply in a...
, a competition principle regarding natural resources - Third party administratorThird party administratorA Third Party Administrator is an organization that processes insurance claims or certain aspects of employee benefit plans for a separate entity. This can be viewed as "outsourcing" the administration of the claims processing, since the TPA is performing a task traditionally handled by the...
, financial transaction administrator that handles retirement plans, health insurance, self insurance - TonneTonneThe tonne, known as the metric ton in the US , often put pleonastically as "metric tonne" to avoid confusion with ton, is a metric system unit of mass equal to 1000 kilograms. The tonne is not an International System of Units unit, but is accepted for use with the SI...
s per annum - Tons per acre, wine grape production term for estimating yieldYield (wine)In viticulture, the yield is a measure of the amount of grapes or wine that is produced per unit surface of vineyard, and is therefore a type of crop yield...
- TPA Flight 028TPA Flight 028TPA Flight 028 is the second album by Canadian indie rock group Tristan Psionic. It was released in 1996 on Sonic Unyon, a record label started by three members of the band. TPA is the IATA code of Tampa International Airport, but it more likely stands for the fictional "Tristan Psionic...
, the second album by Canadian indie rock group Tristan Psionic - TPA Tour, a temporary name for the primary professional golf tour in the U.S. in the early 1980s
- Trade Practices Act 1974Trade Practices Act 1974The Competition and Consumer Act 2010 is an act of the Parliament of Australia. On 1 January 2011 the Trade Practices Act 1974 was renamed the Competition and Consumer Act 2010. The act provides for protection of consumers and prevents some restrictive trade practices of companies. It is the key...
, an Australian antitrust and consumer protection legislation. - Trade Promotion Authority, also known as Fast trackFast track (trade)The Fast track negotiating authority for trade agreements is the authority of the President of the United States to negotiate agreements that the Congress can approve or disapprove but cannot amend or filibuster. Fast-track negotiating authority is granted to the president by Congress...
, linked with the U.S. Trade Promotion Authority Act of 2002 - Transboundary Protected AreaTransboundary Protected AreaA Transboundary Protected Area is a protected area that spans boundaries of more than one country or sub-national entity, where the political border sections that are enclosed within its area are abolished. This includes removal of all human-made physical boundaries, such as fences, allowing free...
, a protected area that spans across boundaries of multiple countries - Transient Program Area, the region of memory available for CP/MCP/MCP/M was a mass-market operating system created for Intel 8080/85 based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc...
machines. - TUXIS Parliament of AlbertaTUXIS Parliament of AlbertaThe TUXIS Parliament of Alberta is one of a number of provincial model youth parliaments that has its origins in the "boys work" movement of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. TUXIS originally met under the name “Alberta Older Boy's Parliament”. The Alberta Older Boy's Parliament added...
, a youth parliament for 15-20 year olds in the province of Alberta - Teacher Performance Assessment, an instrument for states and programs that wish to improve the consistency with which teacher licensure and accreditation decisions are made.
- Political Union of EconomistsPolitical Union of EconomistsThe Political Union of Economists , abbreviated to TPA, was a centre-left political party in Latvia during the 1990s. It was strongly pro-economic liberalisation. It was founded in February 1994, and was lead by Edvīns Kibe....
, a defunct political party in Latvia
Science and medicine
- Texas Pharmacy AssociationTexas Pharmacy AssociationThe Texas Pharmacy Association was formed as the Texas Pharmaceutical Association in the May of 1879 in the back of a pharmacy in Dallas, Texas. The name was updated in 1994 to incorporate the idea of pharmacy as a multidisciplinary field that combines a tangible drug product with an intangible...
, the voice of pharmacy and pharmacists in Texas - Tissue plasminogen activatorTissue plasminogen activatorTissue plasminogen activator is a protein involved in the breakdown of blood clots. It is a serine protease found on endothelial cells, the cells that line the blood vessels. As an enzyme, it catalyzes the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin, the major enzyme responsible for clot breakdown...
(tPA), a fibrinolytic enzyme in biochemistry and medicine - Toronto Paramedic AssociationToronto Paramedic AssociationThe Toronto Paramedic Association was founded in 1992 to represent the interests of paramedics employed by Toronto Emergency Medical Services . During initial stages of development, membership consisted largely of Advanced Care Practitioners...
, a group of paramedics based in Toronto - Transpalatal arch, an orthodontic device
- Two-photon absorptionTwo-photon absorptionTwo-photon absorption is the simultaneous absorption of two photons of identical or different frequencies in order to excite a molecule from one state to a higher energy electronic state. The energy difference between the involved lower and upper states of the molecule is equal to the sum of the...
Chemistry
- Terephthalic acidTerephthalic acidTerephthalic acid is the organic compound with formula C6H42. This colourless solid is a commodity chemical, used principally as a precursor to the polyester PET, used to make clothing and plastic bottles. Several billion kilograms are produced annually...
, an aromatic acid and monomer for Aramid - Tissue plasminogen activatorTissue plasminogen activatorTissue plasminogen activator is a protein involved in the breakdown of blood clots. It is a serine protease found on endothelial cells, the cells that line the blood vessels. As an enzyme, it catalyzes the conversion of plasminogen to plasmin, the major enzyme responsible for clot breakdown...
(tPA), a fibrinolytic enzyme in biochemistry and medicine - TPA-023TPA-023TPA-023 is an anxiolytic drug with a novel chemical structure, which is used in scientific research. It has similar effects to benzodiazepine drugs, but is structurally distinct and so is classed as a nonbenzodiazepine anxiolytic...
, 7-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-6-(2-ethyl-2H-1,2,4-triazol-3-ylmethoxy)-3-(2-fluorophenyl)-1,2,4-triazolo[4,3-b]pyridazine, an experimental anxiolytic drug - 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate12-O-Tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate , also commonly known as tetradecanoylphorbol acetate, tetradecanoyl phorbol acetate, and phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate , is diester of phorbol and a potent tumor promoter often employed in biomedical research to activate the signal transduction enzyme protein...
(Tetradecanoylphorbol Acetate), a tumor promoter employed in biomedical research - Tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amineTris(2-pyridylmethyl)amineTrisamine is an organic compound with the formula 3N. This colorless solid is used as a ligand in coordination chemistry.The ligand is prepared by the alkylation of picolylamine by picolyl chloride:...
Management Systems Certification, Product Certification, Personnel Certification
- Audit or Third-Party Certification, is an Audit performed by an independent Certification or Registration Body, accredited for a standard (usually an ISO StandardStandardA technical standard is an established norm or requirement about technical systems. It is usually a formal document that establishes uniform engineering or technical criteria, methods, processes and practices. In contrast, a custom, convention, company product, corporate standard, etc...
) against which the Audit is performed, with the aim to demonstrate with objective proofs, that the Management SystemManagement systemA management system is the framework of processes and procedures used to ensure that an organization can fulfill all tasks required to achieve its objectives....
, Product or Person which was Audited, is adequate with the requirements of specified standard and can be therefore Certified.
Computing
- transparency adapter, part of an image scannerImage scannerIn computing, an image scanner—often abbreviated to just scanner—is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image. Common examples found in offices are variations of the desktop scanner where the document is placed on a glass...
- transient program area area of RAM in an CP/MCP/MCP/M was a mass-market operating system created for Intel 8080/85 based microcomputers by Gary Kildall of Digital Research, Inc...
system, available for user programs
Television
- Televisão Pública de AngolaTelevisão Pública de AngolaTelevisão Pública de Angola or TPA is the national broadcaster of the Southern African state of Angola. It operates two national TV-channels TPA 1 and TPA 2 as well as the international channel TPA Internacional. TPA is headquartered in the capital city Luanda and broadcasts in Portuguese language...
, the state-owned TV station in Angola (initials in Portuguese) - Television Programs of AmericaTelevision Programs of AmericaTelevision Programs of America, Inc was a New York-based US television production company in the 1950s. TPA had a Canadian subsidiary, Normandie Productions....
, a television production company of the 1950s
Transport
- Tampa International AirportTampa International AirportTampa International Airport is a major public airport located six nautical miles west of the central business district of Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. This airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority...
(IATA code) - Tanzania Ports AuthorityTanzania Ports AuthorityTanzania Ports Authority is a parastatal public corporation acting under the aegis of the Ministry of Infrastructure Development, that has the responsibility "to manage and operate" the seaports and lake ports of the country of Tanzania. The TPA is located in Dar es Salaam...
- Toronto Parking AuthorityToronto Parking AuthorityThe Toronto Parking Authority is a public corporation owned by the City of Toronto.TPA was established in 1998 with the merger of parking operations in the cities of Toronto, York, Etobicoke, Scarborough, North York and the Borough of York...
, a corporation owned by the City of Toronto that operates municipal parking lot - Toronto Port AuthorityToronto Port AuthorityThe Toronto Port Authority is a Canadian port authority responsible for management of the harbour of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, including the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport...
, a Canadian agency that manages port operations - Traffic Pattern Altitude, an altitude on which airfield traffic patternAirfield traffic patternAn airfield traffic pattern is a standard path followed by aircraft when taking off or landing, while maintaining visual contact with the airfield....
is flown