Science and Technology
- Corticotropin-releasing factor, a polypeptide hormone
- Chronic renal failure, also known as chronic kidney disease (CKD)
- Chromatographic response function, is a coefficient which characterizes the quality of the separation in the result of a chromatography
- Coefficient of Rolling Friction, a coefficient that measures the rolling resistance
- Cloud Radiative Forcing, the difference between the radiation budget components for average cloud conditions and cloud-free conditions
- Chemotactic range fitting, a phenomenon in which organisms direct their movements according to certain chemicals
- Critical Repetition Frequency, a term used in gambling research
- Conditional random field, in machine learning, a type of graphical model
- Controlled Release Fertiliser, a solid form fertilizer
- Case Report Form, in a clinical trial, the document showing all the evaluated patient data
- Coupled rangefinder camera
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