PVA
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PVA may refer to:
- Paralyzed Veterans of AmericaParalyzed Veterans of AmericaThe Paralyzed Veterans of America is a veterans' service organization in the United States of America, founded in 1946. The organization holds 34 chapters and 61 National Service Offices in the United States...
- Patrick Van AanholtPatrick van AanholtPatrick John Miguel van Aanholt is a Dutch footballer who currently plays for Wigan Athletic, on loan from Chelsea as a left back.-Chelsea:...
(born 1990), a Dutch footballer playing for Chelsea F.C. - Patterned vertical alignment, an LCD technology
- Penn Virginia CorporationPenn VirginiaPenn Virginia are three interrelated Radnor, Pennsylvania-based companies that trade separately on the New York Stock Exchange and control 916.4 Bcfe of oil and gas deposits, 827 tons of coal and have 400 million cubic feet per day midstream oil and natural gas pipeline and processing...
(ticker symbol) - Perkiomen Valley AcademyPerkiomen Valley AcademyPerkiomen Valley Academy Day Treatment Program, Incorporated is one of several individual treatment and alternative educational centers for adolescents in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The program serves twelve to eighteen year old students from the eight school districts located in western...
- People's Volunteer ArmyPeople's Volunteer ArmyThe Chinese People's Volunteer Army was the armed forces deployed by the People's Republic of China during the Korean War. Although all units in the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army belonged to the People's Liberation Army , the People's Volunteer Army was separately constituted in order to...
- Poikiloderma vasculare atrophicansPoikiloderma vasculare atrophicansPoikiloderma vasculare atrophicans , sometimes referred to as parapsoriasis variegata or parapsoriasis lichenoides is a cutaneous condition characterized by hypo- or hyperpigmentation , telangiectasia and skin atrophy...
, a skin disease - Polyvinyl acetatePolyvinyl acetatePolyvinyl acetate, PVA, PVAc, poly, is a rubbery synthetic polymer with the formula n. It belongs to the polyvinyl esters family with the general formula -[RCOOCHCH2]-...
, a popular wood glue - Polyvinyl alcoholPolyvinyl alcoholPolyvinyl alcohol is a water-soluble synthetic polymer .-Properties:...
, a water-soluble synthetic polymer - Population viability analysisPopulation viability analysisPopulation viability analysis is a species-specific method of risk assessment frequently used in conservation biology.It is traditionally defined as the process that determines the probability that a population will go extinct within a given number of years.More recently, PVA has been described...
- Positive vorticity advectionPositive vorticity advectionPositive vorticity advection, or PVA, is the result of more cyclonic values of vorticity advecting into lower values of vorticity. It is more generally referred to as "Cyclonic Vorticity Advection"...
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- Pulmonary vein ablation, a surgical procedure of the heart
- Paraventricular areaParaventricular nucleusThe paraventricular nucleus is a neuronal nucleus in the hypothalamus. It contains multiple subpopulations of neurons that are activated by a variety of stressful and/or physiological changes. Many PVN neurons project directly to the posterior pituitary where they release oxytocin or vasopressin...
, a part of the brain associated with hunger - Periventricular areaPeriventricular nucleusThe Periventricular nucleus is a thin sheet of small neurons located in the wall of the third ventricle, a composite structure of the hypothalamus. Functions in analgesia....
, another part of the brain?