USP may refer to:
Government institutions
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Unité Spéciale de la Police
The ''Unité Spéciale de la Police'' (USP) () is the tier one 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 rescue operations ...
'', 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 correcti ...
, 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 Correc ...
, Draper, US
Math and science
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Ultra-short period planets, 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 Protein superfamily, 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 suc ...
, a protein superfamily
* USp (2''n''), a
symplectic group
In mathematics, the name symplectic group can refer to two different, but closely related, collections of mathematical groups, denoted and for positive integer ''n'' and field F (usually C or R). The latter is called the compact symplectic gr ...
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
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Heckler & Koch USP
The Heckler & Koch USP (''Universelle Selbstladepistole'' or "universal self-loading pistol") is a semi-automatic pistol developed in Germany by Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K) as a replacement for the P7 series of handguns.
History
Design work on a ...
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, 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), a Russian satellite bus
Universities
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University of São Paulo
The Universidade de São Paulo (, USP) is a public research university in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, and the largest public university in Brazil.
The university was founded on 25 January 1934, regrouping already existing schools in ...
, 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), previously Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science (PCPS), was a private university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On June 1, 2022, it officially merge ...
, United States
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University of the South Pacific
The University of the South Pacific (USP) is a public research university with locations spread throughout a dozen countries in Oceania. Established in 1968, the university is organised as an intergovernmental organisation and is owned by the gov ...
, a public university with a number of locations in Oceania
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University of Southeastern Philippines
The University of Southeastern Philippines (USeP; ; ) is a public, research, coeducational, regional state university based in Davao City, Davao del Sur, Philippines. Founded on December 15, 1978, the university is an integration of four state ...
, 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.
Historical background
The University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) was founded by:
* Agustin Jereza, a ...
, 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, the unique selling proposition (USP), also called the unique selling point or the unique value proposition (UVP) in the business model canvas, is the marketing strategy of informing customers about how one's own brand or product is ...
/Unique selling point, in marketing
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United States Pharmacopeia
The ''United States Pharmacopeia'' (''USP'') is a pharmacopeia (compendium of drug information) for the United States published annually by the over 200-year old United States Pharmacopeial Convention (usually also called the USP), a nonprofi ...
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Urs Samyuktha Paksha
{{Use Indian English, date=January 2020
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 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.
In essence the principle asserts that the best bridge conventions ...
, in the game of bridge
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Uttama Seva Padakkama
The Uttama Seva Padakkama (USP, Meritorious Service Medal) ( Sinhala: උත්තම සේවා පදක්කම ''uṭṭama sēvā padakkama'') is presented to all ranks of the regular forces of the Sri Lankan military for:
Award proc ...
, a military decoration in Sri Lanka
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Uspantek language
Uspantek (Uspanteco, Uspanteko, Uspantec) is a Mayan language of Guatemala, closely related to Kʼicheʼ. It is spoken in the Uspantán and Playa Grande Ixcán ''municipios'', in the Department El Quiché. It is also one of only three Mayan ...
(ISO 639 code: usp), a Mayan language
See also
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