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NPI is short for "National Provider Identifier," a federally-assigned ID given to health care providers.
The Daily WTF 2009
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On my recent trip to China I visited the Non Profit Incubator NPI, which is a nonprofit that promotes social innovation and cultivates social entrepreneurs in China by providing crucial support to start-up and small- to medium-sized grassroots NGOs and social enterprises.
Akhtar Badshah: Social Innovation in China Akhtar Badshah 2011
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On my recent trip to China I visited the Non Profit Incubator NPI, which is a nonprofit that promotes social innovation and cultivates social entrepreneurs in China by providing crucial support to start-up and small- to medium-sized grassroots NGOs and social enterprises.
Akhtar Badshah: Social Innovation in China Akhtar Badshah 2011
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On my recent trip to China I visited the Non Profit Incubator NPI, which is a nonprofit that promotes social innovation and cultivates social entrepreneurs in China by providing crucial support to start-up and small- to medium-sized grassroots NGOs and social enterprises.
Akhtar Badshah: Social Innovation in China Akhtar Badshah 2011
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The standardized inventory, known as the NPI, asks for responses to such statements as "If I ruled the world, it would be a better place," "I think I am a special person" and "I can live my life any way I want to."
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The standardized inventory, known as the NPI, asks for responses to such statements as "If I ruled the world, it would be a better place," "I think I am a special person" and "I can live my life any way I want to."
Vanity: the dilemma Mike L 2007
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The standardized inventory, known as the NPI, asks for responses to such statements as "If I ruled the world, it would be a better place," "I think I am a special person" and "I can live my life any way I want to."
From the WSJ Opinion Archives James Taranto 2007
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The standardized inventory, known as the NPI, asks for responses to such statements as "If I ruled the world, it would be a better place," "I think I am a special person" and "I can live my life any way I want to."
Archive 2007-02-01 Mike L 2007
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But while the prognosis looks bad for the atopic dermatitis drug, known as NPI 32101, there's no reason to think that Nucryst won't be back on its feet in no time.
Nucryst's Nano Silver Lining Josh Wolfe 2006
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Despite positive developments and progress, one aspect which caused some disruption to the activities of the NPI was the fact that all efforts to appoint a new Productivity Advisory Council failed thus far.
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