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Appendix D: Acronyms
Pages 107-109

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... Appendix D Acronyms AGS: Alternating Gradient Synchrotron ALARA: as low as reasonably achievable AMERD: Astronaut Medical Evaluation Requirements Document ARC: Ames Research Center (NASA) BAF: Booster Application Facility BP: Behavior and Performance BR&C: Biomedical Research and Countermeasures CNS: central nervous system CSBM: Committee on Space Biology and Medicine CV: cardiovascular DSO: Detailed Supplemental Objective DXA: dual energy x-ray absorptiometry EDOMP: Extended Duration Orbiter Medical Project 107
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... HPA: hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal HZE: high atomic number, high energy IGF-I: insulin-like growth factor-I IPT: integrated product team ISS: International Space Station ITR: Integrated Testing Regimen ,ISC: Johnson Space Center (NASA) LBNP: lower-body negative pressure LEO: low Earth orbit LET: linear energy transfer MARES: Muscle Atrophy Research and Exercise System MORD: Medical Operations Requirements Document MRI: magnetic resonance imaging NASA: National Aeronautics and Space Administration NIH: National Institutes of Health
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... APPENDIX D NRA: NASA Research Announcement NRC: National Research Council NSBRI: National Space Biomedical Research Institute NSCORT: NASA Specialized Centers of Research and Training PI: principal investigator PRN: as needed RBE: relative biological effectiveness SHFE: Space Human Factors Engineering SMSP: Shuttle Mir Space Program SPE: solar particle event USRA: Universities Space Research Association VOR: vestibulo-ocular reflex 109
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