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Assays based on nucleic acid amplification technology (NAT) are increasingly used for screening of blood and for diagnosis or monitoring of patients. Both regulatory requirements for blood screening and international recommendations for the treatment of patients are based on common reference materials available globally for the standardization of NAT assays. World Health Organization Internatio...

This article explains the technologies and applications of lossless audio coding. NTT started research on lossless coding of audio signals and proposed the initiation of international standardization in 2002, aiming at high-quality services suitable for broadband networks. As a result of cooperative work with other organizations, the specifications of this technology were officially incorporate...

This paper reviews the history of standardization, from firm-level standardization at the early Industrial Revolution, to private standardization organizations and voluntary standards in the market economy, and national or international standardization organizations that emerged as a result of industrialization and international trade as well as their national or international standards. The pa...