NPI
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NPI may refer to:
- Numbering plan indicator
- New Politics InitiativeNew Politics InitiativeNew Politics InitiativeFounded:2001Dissolved:2004Political ideology:social democracy,democratic socialismThe New Politics Initiative was a faction of Canada's New Democratic Party...
- New product introduction
- New product innovation
- Negative polarity item (Linguistics)
- National Policy InstituteNational Policy InstituteThe National Policy Institute is an American white nationalist think tank based in Whitefish, Montana. It describes itself as the right's answer to the Southern Poverty Law Center....
- National Provider IdentifierNational Provider IdentifierA National Provider Identifier or NPI is a unique 10-digit identification number issued to health care providers in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ....
- Nickel pig ironNickel pig ironNickel pig iron is a low grade ferronickel invented in China as a cheaper alternative to pure nickel for the production of stainless steel. It is composed of low-grade nickel ore, coking coal, and a mixture of gravel and sand as an aggregate. This mixture is heated in either a blast furnace or an...
- No Pun Intended
- Northwest Progressive InstituteNorthwest Progressive InstituteThe Northwest Progressive Institute is a liberal think tank based in Redmond, Washington, originally founded in 2003 and incorporated in 2005. It uses technology, public policy research, and political advocacy to advance the progressive movement in the Pacific Northwest region as well as across...
- Norwegian Polar InstituteNorwegian Polar InstituteThe Norwegian Polar Institute is Norway's national institution for polar research. It is run under the auspices of the Norwegian Ministry of Environment. The institute organizes expeditions to the Arctic and Antarctic regions and runs a research station at Ny-Ålesund...
- Nottingham Prognostic IndexNottingham Prognostic IndexThe Nottingham prognostic index is used to determine prognosis following surgery for breast cancer. Its value is calculated using three pathological criteria: the size of the lesion; the number of involved lymph nodes; and the grade of the tumour....
- NPI abbreviation for no pun intended (Internet slang, often used after sentences which, at a first sight, seem to contain a punPunThe pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
) - NPI abbreviation for Nationaal Pop Instituut, the Dutch Rock & Pop InstituteThe Dutch Rock & Pop InstituteThe Dutch Rock & Pop Institute was a centre for the Dutch popular music culture. Established since 1975, the Dutch Rock & Pop Institute was funded by the Dutch Ministry of Culture to promote Dutch music at home and abroad. Apart from pop and rock, it also promotes hiphop, urban, dance, crossover,...
- Neuropsychiatric Inventory
- National pollutant inventoryNational pollutant inventoryNational Pollutant Inventory or NPI is an Australian pollution database of emissions managed by the Australian Government on behalf of the Australian States and Territories...
- Narcissistic Personality InventoryNarcissistic Personality InventoryThe Narcissistic Personality Inventory is the most widely used measure of narcissism in social psychological research. Although several versions of the NPI have been proposed in the literature, a forty-item forced-choice version is the one most commonly employed in current research...
, a standard personality test for evaluating self-centredness http://www.cnn.com/2007/EDUCATION/02/27/self.centered.students.ap/index.html - Nederlands Pop Instituut, Subsidiarised Dutch Institute for promotion of Dutch music
- Nordic Patent InstituteNordic Patent InstituteThe Nordic Patent Institute is an intergovernmental organisation established by the governments of Denmark, Iceland and Norway. It is based in Taastrup, Denmark. Since January 1, 2008, the Institute acts as Patent Cooperation Treaty authority, i.e...
- NP-intermediate, a complexity class in computational complexity theory
- Non-production items
- Net profits interest, [Oil and Gas Business] A share of net proceeds from production paid solely from the working interest owner's share. It is sometimes granted in lieu of a royalty interest. (http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=net%20profits%20interest)