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Icon for www.brandeis.eduBrandeis University · Nov 14, 2020

Glossary of Terms

Competence A legal term used to denote capacity to ... to prevent one of the other outcomes listed in this definition. Serious Noncompliance Noncompliance that has the potential to increase risk to research participants, compromise participants' rights ...
Icon for www.purdue.eduPurdue University · Jan 21, 2023

Undergraduate Research Definitions

The Office of Undergraduate Research staff works with campus partners to identify and define terms related to undergraduate research for the Purdue West Lafayette campus. The functional definition for key terms is presented on this site. For details on the ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Feb 20, 2025

HHS issues new definitions of terms like ‘sex,’ ‘man’ and ‘woman’ that critics say ignore science

HHS adds definitions like the term “father,” described as a male ... Narrow definitions can limit research, for example, such as surveys that once captured information about children who ...
Icon for www.mtu.eduMichigan Technological University · Apr 20, 2022

Peer Definitions

Definition: Gross investments of endowment funds, term endowment funds, and funds functioning as ... Includes doctoral degrees in professional practice, research/scholarship, other, and first-professional degrees. Below are the IPEDS definitions for ...
Icon for www.imf.orgInternational Monetary Fund · Aug 4, 2018

SIMSDI Latest Update: Glossary of Terms and Definitions

Use the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view PDF files. The Glossary of Direct Investment Terms and Definitions (148K PDF file) is based on the methodology for compiling foreign direct investment (FDI) set out in the international standards, namely ...
Icon for www.unhcr.orgUNHCR · Feb 16, 2025

Master glossary of terms

UNHCR launched its master glossary of terms in June 2006 to address challenges around the use of different definitions and descriptions for the same concepts, in UNHCR publications. The first edition was primarily intended for internal use, as a living ...