The Apple Filing Protocol ( AFP ), formerly AppleTalk Filing Protocol, is the protocol for communicating with AppleShare file servers.

AFP is still in use in Mac OS X, even though most other AppleTalk protocols have been deprecated.

The oldest news agency is Agence France-Presse ( AFP ).

The cost is higher than an " AFP-quad " screen due to the ultrasound and second blood test but it is quoted to have a 93 % pick up rate as opposed to 88 % for the standard AFP / QS.

In Canberra, the capital of Australia, Eid Festival sponsored by Australian Federal Police ( AFP ) is held on the following Sunday after the Eid day.

The school is the main source of regular officers of the Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP ), which prior to 1991 included those of the Philippine Constabulary.

Alpha-Fetal Protein ( AFP, α-fetoprotein ; also sometimes called alpha-1-fetoprotein or alpha-fetoglobulin ) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AFP gene.

The AFP gene is located on the q arm of chromosome 4 ( 4q25 ).

AFP is a major plasma protein produced by the yolk sac and the liver during fetal development that is thought to be the fetal form of serum albumin.

AFP binds to copper, nickel, fatty acids and bilirubin and is found in monomeric, dimeric and trimeric forms.

AFP is a glycoprotein of 591 amino acids and a carbohydrate moiety.

AFP is the most abundant plasma protein found in the human fetus.

The function of AFP in adults is unknown ; however, in rodent fetuses it binds estradiol to prevent the transport of this hormone across the placenta.

As human AFP does not bind estrogen, its function in human fetuses is less clear.

Thus, AFP may protect the fetus from maternal estradiol that would otherwise have a masculinizing effect on the fetus, but its exact role is still controversial.

AFP is cleared strongly from the kidneys allowing AFP to tend to mirror fetal serum levels.

This is thought to be because the mother is not utilising the AFP, and therefore clears it from her system without issue.

The normal range of AFP for adults and children is variously reported as under 50, under 10, and under 5 ng / mL.

In addition, serum alpha-fetoprotein ( AFP ) and lactate dehydrogenase ( LDH ) should be measured in young girls and adolescents with suspected ovarian tumors because the younger the patient, the greater the likelihood of a malignant germ cell tumor.

Approximately 95 % of people with A-T have elevated serum AFP levels after the age of two, and measured levels of AFP appear to increase slowly over time.

In pregnant women, fetal AFP levels can be monitored in urine.

AFP 3. 0 was introduced in Mac OS X Server 10. 0. 3, and was used through Mac OS X Server 10. 1. 5.

An omphalocele is often detected through AFP screening or a detailed fetal ultrasound.

In a statement made in 2008 in Lima, before a gathering of Peruvian businessmen, however, Brazil's President Lula would declare, approvingly, that the FSP had " educated " the Left in the understanding of the existence of possibilities of running for elections and gaining power through the democratic way-- a declaration that prompted a comment from AFP, reproduced at the Rede Globo site, to the effect that the hallmark of FSP's activities had been its " very moderate " character.

In the April 2001 parliamentary election, Niasse was elected to the National Assembly through national list proportional representation as an AFP candidate.

Rush senior claims then to have received assurances from the AFP that they would tell his son he was under surveillance to dissuade him from going through with the crime before the group's departure from Indonesia.

Rush senior claims then to have received assurances from the AFP that they would tell his son he was under surveillance to dissuade him from going through with the crime before the group's departure from Indonesia.

This is important for analysis of a series of AFP tumor marker tests, e. g. in the context of post-treatment early surveillance of cancer survivors, where the rate of decrease of AFP has diagnostic value.

In contrast, maternal serum AFP levels are much lower but continue to rise until about week 32.

Neural tube defects can usually be detected during pregnancy by testing the mother's blood ( AFP screening ) or a detailed fetal ultrasound.

An abdominal ultrasound to every 3 months until at least eight years of age is recommended and a blood test to measure alpha-fetoprotein ( AFP ) every 6 weeks until at least four years of age.

* The results of the Expanded AFP blood triple test

The Triple test measures serum levels of AFP, estriol, and beta-hCG, with a 70 % sensitivity and 5 % false-positive rate.

Built on top of AppleTalk Session Protocol ( for legacy AFP over DDP ) or the Data Stream Interface ( for AFP over TCP ), it provides services for authenticating users ( extensible to different authentication methods including two-way random-number exchange ) and for performing operations specific to the Macintosh HFS filesystem.

AFP, reporting on a news story in the Sunday, 3 April 2004, issue of The New Yorker, wrote that retired Army Colonel Hy Rothstein, " who served in the Army Special Forces for more than 20 years, ... commissioned by The Pentagon to examine the war in Afghanistan concluded the conflict created conditions that have given ' warlordism, banditry and opium production a new lease on life ' ...."

The desired result was for the AFP to gain sufficient capability to locate and destroy the ASG, to recover hostages and to enhance the legitimacy of the Philippine government.

To accomplish his goals “ President Marcos mobilized the manpower and resources of the Armed Forces of the Philippines ( AFP ) for action to complement civilian agencies in such activities as infrastructure construction ; economic planning and program execution ; regional and industrial site planning and development ; community development and others .” The employment of technocrats in key positions and the mobilization of the AFP for civic actions resulted in the increasing functional integration of civilian and military elites.

Detection of AFP may help to confirm the diagnosis and is often used as a marker for recurrence or treatment efficacy, but is rarely the method of initial diagnosis.

Of special concern is the secretion of alpha-fetoprotein ( AFP ); under some circumstances AFP can be used as a diagnostic marker specific for the presence of yolk sac cells within the teratoma.

Threatened with their impending imprisonment, Enrile and his fellow coup plotters decided to ask for help from then AFP Vice Chief of Staff Lt. Gen Fidel Ramos, who was also the chief of the Philippine Constabulary ( now the Philippine National Police ).

I would like to appeal to the fair and to the dedicated and people-oriented members of the AFP and the INP to join us in this crusade for better government.