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  2. Variant surface glycoprotein - Wikipedia

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    VSG then undergoes the calreticulin/calnexin folding cycle (calnexin is absent in Trypanosoma brucei), where it is transiently monoglucosylated and deglucosylated, and interacts with various ER chaperone proteins, such as BiP, in order to fold correctly. VSG efficiently folds and dimerizes (suggesting intrinsically favorable folding) and is ...

  3. Paid time off - Wikipedia

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    Paid time off, planned time off, or personal time off (PTO), is a policy in some employee handbooks that provides a bank of hours in which the employer pools sick days, vacation days, and personal days that allows employees to use as the need or desire arises.

  4. Sick leave - Wikipedia

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    Sick leave (or paid sick days or sick pay) is paid time off from work that workers can use to stay home to address their health needs without losing pay. It differs from paid vacation time or time off work to deal with personal matters, because sick leave is intended for health-related purposes.

  5. Annual leave - Wikipedia

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    Annual leave, also known as statutory leave, is a period of paid time off work granted by employers to employees to be used for whatever the employee wishes. Depending on the employer's policies, differing number of days may be offered, and the employee may be required to give a certain amount of advance notice, may have to coordinate with the employer to be sure that staffing is available ...

  6. VSG - Wikipedia

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    VSG may refer to: Laminated safety glass (German: Verbundsicherheitsglas), a type of glass that holds together when shattered. Variable surface glycoprotein , a protein coating the surface of some infectious microorganisms (e.g. Trypanosoma brucei ) and helping them to evade the host's immune system

  7. Return to Sender (song) - Wikipedia

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    While watching Presley perform the track, Moore and Fontana felt that the "old magic" of the singer's earlier work had returned. [ 10 ] "Return to Sender" is a pop [ 11 ] and rock and roll song [ 12 ] with a length of two minutes and nine seconds, [ 11 ] and an up-tempo, "gently rock[ing]" beat. [ 10 ]

  8. Vertical banded gastroplasty surgery - Wikipedia

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    About 30% of those who undergo VBG achieve normal weight, and about 80% achieve some degree of weight loss. Most studies have suggested that 10 years after surgery, only 10% of patients maintain a minimum weight loss of at least 50% of their total excess weight at the time of their initial surgery. Some patients regain weight.

  9. Dead letter mail - Wikipedia

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    These facilities are now known as mail recovery centers (MRC). Other former names include the dead letter branch and the dead parcel branch. The USPS mail recovery center is located in Atlanta, Georgia. Since April 2013, the postal auctions have been held online and include not only material lost in the U.S. but also material from other ...