ESR
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Technology:
- Electro Slag RemeltingElectro Slag RemeltingESR or electro slag remelting is a process used for remelting and refining of steels and special alloys which are used for critical applications in aircraft, thermal and nuclear power plants, defense hardware, etc.Electro Slag Remelting uses highly reactive slags to reduce the amount of type A...
- Electronic Staff RecordElectronic Staff RecordThe Electronic Staff Record or ESR is an Oracle-based human resources and payroll database system currently used by 586 units of the National Health Service in England and Wales to manage the payroll for 1.2 million NHS staff members...
, a human resources and payroll system of the UK National Health Service - Emergency Sun Reacquisition, an attitude control mode of the Solar and Heliospheric ObservatorySolar and Heliospheric ObservatoryThe Solar and Heliospheric Observatory is a spacecraft built by a European industrial consortium led by Matra Marconi Space that was launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS launch vehicle on December 2, 1995 to study the Sun, and has discovered over 2100 comets. It began normal operations in May...
(SOHO) - Equivalent series resistanceEquivalent series resistancePractical capacitors and inductors as used in electric circuits are not ideal components with only capacitance or inductance. However, they can be treated to a very good approximation as ideal capacitors and inductors in series with a resistance; this resistance is defined to be the equivalent...
, the resistive parts of the impedance of certain electrical components - ESR TechnologyESR TechnologyESR Technology was formerly the Engineering, Safety and Risk business of AEA Technology, which was formed from the commercial arm of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority...
, a UK company - Emergency speed restriction or slow zoneSlow ZoneA slow zone, in America, is an area where a train is forced to slow down for either structural, construction, power, signal, or track problems. Slow zones limit a train to about 10-35 MPH...
on British railways
Science:
- Electron spin resonance or electron paramagnetic resonanceElectron paramagnetic resonanceElectron paramagnetic resonance or electron spin resonance spectroscopyis a technique for studying chemical species that have one or more unpaired electrons, such as organic and inorganic free radicals or inorganic complexes possessing a transition metal ion...
, a technique used in chemical spectroscopy to identify unpaired electrons and free radicals - Erythrocyte sedimentation rateErythrocyte sedimentation rateThe erythrocyte sedimentation rate , also called a sedimentation rate or Biernacki Reaction, is the rate at which red blood cells sediment in a period of 1 hour...
, a medical test for inflammation - Estrogen receptorEstrogen receptorEstrogen receptor refers to a group of receptors that are activated by the hormone 17β-estradiol . Two types of estrogen receptor exist: ER, which is a member of the nuclear hormone family of intracellular receptors, and the estrogen G protein-coupled receptor GPR30 , which is a G protein-coupled...
- European Society of RadiologyEuropean Society of RadiologyFounded in 2005, the European Society of Radiology is dedicated to promoting and coordinating the scientific, philanthropic, intellectual and professional activities of radiology in all European countries...
- Environmental stress crackingEnvironmental stress crackingEnvironmental Stress Cracking is one of the most common causes of unexpected brittle failure of thermoplastic polymers known at present. Environmental stress cracking may account for around 15-30% of all plastic component failures in service.ESC and polymer resistance to ESC have been studied...
, a cause of unexpected brittle failure of thermoplastic polymers - EISCATEISCATEISCAT is an acronym for the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association. It operates three incoherent scatter radar systems, at 224 MHz, 931 MHz in Northern Scandinavia and one at 500 MHz on Svalbard, used to study the interaction between the Sun and the Earth as revealed by disturbances in...
Svalbard Radar
Business:
- Environmental and Social Responsibility
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- Experiment In Self-RelianceExperiment In Self-RelianceThe Experiment In Self-Reliance is a non-profit organization that works to eliminate homelessness and poverty in the Winston-Salem and Forsyth County communities of North Carolina.-History:...
, a homelessness organization in Winston-Salem, NC - East Somerset RailwayEast Somerset RailwayThe East Somerset Railway is a heritage railway in Somerset, running between Cranmore and Mendip Vale. Prior to the Beeching Axe, the railway ran from Witham to Wells, meeting both the Cheddar Valley line and Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway at the latter station.- History :The line was...
, a heritage railway in the United Kingdom - Institute of Environmental Science and ResearchInstitute of Environmental Science and ResearchThe Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited is a Crown Research Institute in New Zealand.ESR's work underpins the health and justice systems in New Zealand by providing services in environmental health and forensic science....
, a New Zealand scientific institute - Earlham School of ReligionEarlham School of ReligionEarlham School of Religion , a graduate division of Earlham College, located in Richmond, Indiana, is the oldest graduate seminary associated with the Religious Society of Friends . ESR was founded in 1960 by Wilmer Cooper, D. Elton Trueblood and others for the training of Quaker ministers...
at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, United States - Eric S. RaymondEric S. RaymondEric Steven Raymond , often referred to as ESR, is an American computer programmer, author and open source software advocate. After the 1997 publication of The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Raymond was for a number of years frequently quoted as an unofficial spokesman for the open source movement...
, an open source software advocate - E.S.R., Inc.
- ESR, the IATA code for the Ricardo García Posada Airport