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2. ACT (test) - Wikipedia

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   The ACT (/ eɪ s iː t iː /; originally an abbreviation of American College Testing) is a standardized test used for college admissions in the United States. It is currently administered by ACT, a nonprofit organization of the same name. The ACT test covers four academic skill areas: English, mathematics, reading, and scientific reasoning. It ...

3. Sati (practice) - Wikipedia

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   Horrified by the practice, Carey and his coworkers Joshua Marshman and William Ward opposed sati from that point onward, lobbying for its abolishment. Known as the Serampore Trio, they published essays forcefully condemning the practice and presented an address against Sati to then Governor General of India, Lord Wellesley.

4. Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 - Wikipedia

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   The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) ( PACE) is an Act of Parliament which instituted a legislative framework for the powers of police officers in England and Wales to combat crime, and provided codes of practice for the exercise of those powers. [1] Part VI [2] of PACE required the Home Secretary to issue Codes of Practice ...

5. Civil Disobedience (Thoreau) - Wikipedia

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   Civil Disobedience (Thoreau) Civil Disobedience. (Thoreau) First page of "Resistance to Civil Government" as published in Aesthetic Papers, in 1849. Resistance to Civil Government, also called On the Duty of Civil Disobedience or Civil Disobedience for short, is an essay by American transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau that was first published ...

6. Activated clotting time - Wikipedia

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   Activated clotting time (ACT), also known as activated coagulation time, is a test of coagulation.. The ACT test can be used to monitor anticoagulation effects, such as from high-dose heparin before, during, and shortly after procedures that require intense anticoagulant administration, such as cardiac bypass, interventional cardiology, thrombolysis, extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO ...

7. Consumer protection - Wikipedia

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   Consumer protection is the practice of safeguarding buyers of goods and services, and the public, against unfair practices in the marketplace. Consumer protection measures are often established by law. Such laws are intended to prevent businesses from engaging in fraud or specified unfair practices to gain an advantage over competitors or to ...