CICR
Encyclopedia
CICR is a four-letter acronym which can stand for:
- Calcium-induced calcium releaseCalcium-induced calcium releaseCalcium-induced calcium release is a process whereby calcium can trigger release of further calcium from the muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum. Originally proposed for skeletal muscle in the 1970s, subsequent research has revealed that it is even more pronounced in the cardiac muscle...
- The International Committee of the Red CrossInternational Committee of the Red CrossThe International Committee of the Red Cross is a private humanitarian institution based in Geneva, Switzerland. States parties to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977 and 2005, have given the ICRC a mandate to protect the victims of international and...
/Comité international de la Croix-Rouge - The Center for International Conflict ResolutionCenter for International Conflict ResolutionThe Center for Conflict Resolution , founded by Prof. Andrea Bartoli as the International Conflict Resolution Program in 1997, the center took its present name in January 2002, is a research center located within the Institute of War and Peace Studies at Columbia University's School of...
- Chemical Inventory and Control Regulation