USP may refer to:
Government institutions
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Unité Spéciale de la Police
The ''Unité Spéciale de la Police'' (USP) ( en, Special Police Unit) is the police tactical unit of the Grand Ducal Police that was created in Luxembourg in 1999. It is tasked with responding to especially dangerous situations such as hostage ...
'', Luxembourg
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United States Penitentiary
The Federal Bureau of Prisons classifies prisons into seven categories:
* United States penitentiaries
* Federal correctional institutions
* Private correctional institutions
* Federal prison camps
* Administrative facilities
* Federal correctio ...
, a prison
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Utah State Prison
Utah State Prison (USP) was one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. It was located in Draper, Utah, United States, about southwest of Salt Lake City.Utah Department of Correct ...
, Draper, US
Math and science
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Ultra-short period planets
An ultra-short period (USP) planet is a type of exoplanet with orbital period less than one day. At this short distance, tidal interactions lead to relatively rapid orbital and spin evolution. Therefore when there is a USP planet around a mature ...
, orbiting planets with periods shorter than one day.
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Ultraspiracle protein
The ecdysone receptor is a nuclear receptor found in arthropods, where it controls development and contributes to other processes such as reproduction. The receptor is a non-covalent heterodimer of two proteins, the EcR protein and ultraspiracle ...
, a part of the ecdysone receptor
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Universal stress protein
The universal stress protein (USP) domain is a superfamily of conserved genes which can be found in bacteria, archaea, fungi, protozoa and plants.. Proteins containing the domain are induced by many environmental stressors such as nutrient starvat ...
, a protein superfamily
* USp (2''n''), a
symplectic group in the mathematics of group theory
* USP grade, a level of
chemical purity
In chemistry, chemical purity is the measurement of the amount of impurities found in a sample. Several grades of purity are used by the scientific, pharmaceutical, and industrial communities. Some of the commonly used grades of purity include: ...
Technology
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United States patent
Under United States law, a patent is a right granted to the inventor of a (1) process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, (2) that is new, useful, and non-obvious. A patent is the right to exclude others, for a limited ...
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Heckler & Koch USP pistol
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Ultrashort pulse laser, a laser that emits ultrashort pulses of light, generally of the order of femtoseconds to hundreds of femtoseconds
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Universal Storage Platform
Universal Storage Platform (USP) was the brand name for an Hitachi Data Systems line of computer data storage disk arrays circa 2004 to 2010.
History
The Hitachi Universal Storage Platform was first introduced in 2004.
An entry level enterpr ...
, brand name for a Hitachi Data Systems line of enterprise storage arrays
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Unified shader processors, used in GPUs
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USP (Victoria)
The USP, for Universal Space Platform (Russian: ), also known as Viktoria (), is a highly flexible satellite bus designed and manufactured by RSC Energia. It is called universal because it has been designed to be operated from LEO to GEO. It is a ...
, a Russian satellite bus
Universities
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University of São Paulo
The University of São Paulo ( pt, Universidade de São Paulo, USP) is a public university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is the largest Brazilian public university and the country's most prestigious educational institution, the best ...
, a public university in Brazil
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University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
University of the Sciences in Philadelphia (University of the Sciences or USciences) was a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. USciences offered bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees in pharmacy and other health-related dis ...
, United States
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University of the South Pacific
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public university, public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and ...
, a public university with a number of locations in Oceania
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University of Southeastern Philippines, an educational institution in Mindanao, Philippines
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University of Southern Philippines Foundation
The University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) is a private, non-sectarian university in Cebu City, Philippines. USPF boasts of diverse program offerings, a highly competent teaching force, and complete facilities to ensure that its s ...
, an educational institution in Cebu, Philippines
* University Scholars Program, a scholarly community at Duke University; see
Other uses
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Unified settlement planning Unified settlement planning (USP) is the component of regional planning where a unified approach is applied for a region's overall development. The USP approach is most often associated with urban planning practices in India.
Overview
Regions us ...
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Unique selling proposition, in marketing
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United States Pharmacopeia''
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Urs Samyuktha Paksha
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Urs Samyuktha Paksha (Urs United Party), political party in the Indian state of Karnataka. USP was founded by businessman Hari L. Khoday on 16 January 2004. The goal of USP is to work for the rights of the ...
, an Indian political party
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Useful space principle
The Useful Space Principle, or ''USP'', in the game of contract bridge was first articulated in a series of six articles in '' The Bridge World'', published from November 1980 through April 1981. (The International Bridge Press Association awarded ...
, in the game of bridge
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Uttama Seva Padakkama, a military decoration in Sri Lanka
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Uspantek language
The Uspanteko (Uspanteco, Uspanteko, Uspantec) is a Mayan language of Guatemala, closely related to Kʼicheʼ. It is spoken in the Uspantán and (ISO 639 code: usp), a Mayan language
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