These were essentially professional associations that provided for the mutual aid and protection of their members, and allowed for the maintenance of professional standards.

这些基本上是为成员提供互助和保护，并允许维持专业标准的专业协会。

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Administrative Controls - Definition and maintenance of policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines that govern information risk concerns.

管理控制——定义和维护治理信息风险的策略、过程、标准和指导原则。

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The development and maintenance of a framework API is obviously not trivial, but it is more effective than enforcing standards across multiple applications.

框架API的开发和维护显然代价不菲，但是它比实施跨越多个应用程序规范要更有效。

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More than half of those who responded to the survey were not satisfied with standards of military equipment and resources given to them to do their jobs, while some 40% were unhappy with service accommodation, and 55% were dissatisfied with the standards of maintenance of their service housing.

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But, if the main objective is to draw all European countries into dialogue, that will not in practice be compatible with the maintenance of uniformly high moral and political standards for membership.

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Safety considerations will be taken care of by having chains of approved dealers who meet manufacturers' technical standards for repair and maintenance work.

ECONOMIST: Car industry