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''Asca'' is a genus of mites. Asca or ASCA may also refer to: Organisations * ASCA (news agency), Italy (founded 1969) * Accumulating savings & credit association, a form of microfinance * American Swimming Coaches Association (founded 1958) * Association for Student Conduct Administration, United States (founded 1987) People * Asca (singer) or Asuka Ōkura (born 1996), Japanese musician Science

* Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics, launched from Japan in 1993 * ANOVA-simultaneous component analysis, in bioinformatics * Anti-saccharomyces cerevisiae antibody, in immunology {{disambiguation ...
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ASCA (news Agency)
Founded in 1969, ''ASCA'' is an Italian news agency based in Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, .... It is owned by the Italian businessman Giancarlo Abete through '' Gruppo Abete'' (who also own a majority stake in APCOM). References External links ASCA news 1969 establishments in Italy News agencies based in Italy Mass media in Rome {{Italy-media-stub ...
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Accumulating Savings & Credit Association
A rotating savings and credit association (ROSCA) is a group of individuals who agree to meet for a defined period in order to save and borrow together, a form of combined peer-to-peer banking and peer-to-peer lending. Members all chip in regularly and take turns withdrawing accumulated sums. Economist F. J. A. Bouman described ROSCAs as "the poor man's bank, where money is not idle for long but changes hands rapidly, satisfying both consumption and production needs."F. J. A. Bouman, ''Indigenous savings & credit societies in the developing world'' in Von Pischke, Adams & Donald (eds.) ''Rural Financial Markets in the Developing World'', World Bank, Washington, 1983 Terminology ROSCAs are known by various names around the world, and some of those names become loanwords between languages, including various ones that have made their way into English, especially in regional usage. For example, ROSCAs are also known as '' tandas'' (or by other names) in Latin America, '' chamas'' ...
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American Swimming Coaches Association
The American Swimming Coaches Association, or ASCA, is a professional organization for Swimming coaches in the USA. It was founded in 1958 and is based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ASCA provides education opportunities for swimming coaches, including running and participating at clinics both within and outside the US. Honors and awards Hall of Fame ASCA annually inducts selected coaches into its own Hall of Fame, as part of the annual ASCA World Clinic. Members of the ASCA Hall of Fame (and year of induction) are: * Dave Armbruster (pre-2003) * Buddy Baarcke (2016) *Bill Bachrach (pre-2003) * Ron Ballatore (2009) *Peter Banks (2015) * Red Barr (pre-2003) * Jack Bauerle (2010) * Dave Beaver (pre-2003) * Paul Blair (2008) * George Block (2011) * Ernst Brandsten (pre-2003) * Stan Brauninger (pre-2003) * George Breen (2016) * Bob Bowman (2010) * Steve Bultman (2015) * Harry Burke (pre-2003) * Frank Busch (2008) * Ray Bussard (2008) * Fred Cady (pre-2003) * Dades Center (pre-2003) * Sh ...
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Association For Student Conduct Administration
The Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA), formerly the Association for Student Judicial Affairs, is the leading voice for student conduct administration within higher education, conflict resolution, law and public policy related to student conduct administration. ASCA also attracts members who work in higher education prevention education and Title IX administrators in the United States. Founded in 1987, ASCA has over 2,400 active members at over 1,000 institutions across the US, Canada, and abroad. ASCA's headquarters resided on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas until 2018. ASCA is still based in College Station, but is now fully remote. Mission The mission statement of ASCA is to support higher education professionals by providing education materials and resources, intentional professional development opportunities and a network of colleagues to facilitate best practices of student conduct administration and conflict resolution on ...
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Asca (singer)
, also known by the stage name Asca (stylized in all caps), is a Japanese singer and musician signed to Sony Music and Sacra Music. She made her debut in 2013 after becoming a finalist at the 5th Animax All-Japan Anisong Grand Prix. After focusing on her studies, she resumed her music career in late 2016. Her songs have been featured in many anime series, such as ''Sword Art Online'', '' Fate/Apocrypha'', ''Darwin's Game'', '' Edens Zero'', and ''The Irregular at Magic High School''. Biography Early life Ōkura was born in Aichi Prefecture on September 5, 1996. She had aspired to become a musician since she was in elementary school, at which time she also become interested in anime music. She became interested in singing after listening to the song "I believe" by Ayaka, and songs by BoA and Dreams Come True. During her second year in junior high school, her older sister, who had begun taking music lessons, encouraged her to do the same. Afterwards, she started playing in a band ...
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Advanced Satellite For Cosmology And Astrophysics
The Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics (ASCA, formerly named ASTRO-D) was the fourth cosmic X-ray astronomy mission by JAXA, and the second for which the United States provided part of the scientific payload. The satellite was successfully launched on 20 February 1993. The first eight months of the ASCA mission were devoted to performance verification. Having established the quality of performance of all ASCA's instruments, the spacecraft provided science observations for the remainder of the mission. In this phase the observing program was open to astronomers based at Japanese and U.S. institutions, as well as those located in member states of the European Space Agency. X-ray astronomy mission ASCA was the first X-ray astronomy mission to combine imaging capability with a broad passband, good spectral resolution, and a large effective area. The mission also was the first satellite to use CCDs for X-ray astronomy. With these properties, the primary scientific pur ...
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