# DLF
## English
### Etymology

Initialism

### Noun

DLF (plural DLFs)
* Initialism of dead last finish or "dead last finisher"; the act of completing a race but coming in last, the person who completed a race in last place.
* Initialism of direct lytic factor, a peptide found in cobra venom
** 2001, John Joseph Fenton, Toxicology: A Case-Oriented Approach, page 525:This is a curiously weak effect by the DLF alone, but it is extremely magnified by phopholipase A and even more by phospholipase A plus calcium ion.
** 2013, B. Damerau, R. Schroeterl, W. Vogt, “Studiess on Binding of the Direct Lytic Factor (DLF) of Cobra Venom (Naja naja) to Red Cell Membranes”, in H. Peeters, editor, Protides of the Biological Fluids, page 267:Beides erythrocytes, DLF is able to attack platelets, mast cells and leukocytes. The mode of action of DLF is still open to question .
** 2016, E. Condrea, “Hemolytic Effects of Snake Venoms”, in D. Eaker, T. Wadström ·, editor, Natural Toxins, page 212:The main venom factors involved in hemolysis are phospholipase A$_2$ (PLA$_2$) and the direct lytic factor (DLF).
* Initialism of digitalis-like factor, a substance found to be elevated in the blood serum of hypertensive mammals with a digoxin-like immunoreactivity.
** 2012, František Kölbel, Vratislav Schreiber, “The endogenous digitalis-like factor”, in Ernst-Georg Krause, Roland Vetter, editor, Biochemical Mechanisms in Heart Function, page 112:It was the opinion of first investigators that DLF originated in the brain [16], more precisely, in the hypothalamus [17–19] and adenohypophysis [20].
** 2013, S. Vasdev, L. Longerich, E. Johnson, D. Brent, M. H. Gault, “Digitalis-like factors in plasma of healthy human adults”, in E. Erdmann, K. Greeff, J.C. Skou, editor, Cardiac Glycosides 1785–1985:DLF have been suggested to be steroid, lipid, or peptide, but the exact chemical nature of these subtances in healthy adults has not been established.
** 2013, Norman K. Hollenberg and Steven W. Graves, “Endogenous sodium pump inhibition: Current status and therapeutic opportunities”, in Guy Paillotin, editor, European Agricultural Research in the 21st Century:Too often investigators have ignored the fact that high concentrations were required for "DLF" activity in the assay systems, and that these high concentrations are never achieved in vivo.

### Proper noun

DLF
* The Development Loan Fund.
** 1960, United States. Congress. House. Government Operations, Operations of the Development Loan Fund: 86-2, 1960, page 521:The DLF commitment followed by some months the presentation to the DLF of a list of projects well in excess of this amount and the DLF had decided on a preliminary basis on the projects it would finance .
** 1960 September 5, “DLF Extends Operations to Assis Many Less Developed Countries”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly:A large proportion of DLF assitance during the last year—17 loans totaling $279 million—went to South Asia, mainly to India and Pakistan.
** 2018, David C. Engerman, The Price of Aid: The Economic Cold War in India, page ii:The DLF provided significant capital funds for the purchase of materials or equipment for individual projects.
* The Digital Library Federation
** 2002, Daniel I. Greenstein, Suzanne Elizabeth Thorin, The Digital Library: A Biography, page 2:The range in orientation of DLF digital libraries is illustrated by data from the DLF survey.
** 2003, Ann P. Bishop, Nancy A. Van House, Barbara Pfeil Buttenfield, Digital Library Use: Social Practice in Design and Evaluation, page 87:In contrast, the most succinct definition arising from the community of library practice is that set forth by the Digital Library Federation (DLF): "Digital Libraries are organization that provide the resources, including the specialized staff, to selct, structure, offer intellectual access to, interpret, distribute, preserve the integrity of, and ensure the persistence over time of collections of digital works so that they are readily and economically available for use by a defined community or set of communities".
** 2007, Diane Kresh, The Whole Digital Library Handbook, page 25:From its beginning, the DLF has sought to "bring together—from across the nation and beyond—digitized materials that will be made accessible to students, scholars, and citzens everywhere, and that document the building and dynamics of America's heritage and cultures."
* The Dhofar Liberation Front
** 2024, Geraint Hughes, Britain and the Dhofar War in Oman, 1963–1976:Having initially been deployed to support Dhofar Force, the SAF gradually became drawn into counter-insurgency operations against the DLF.
** 2011, John Beasant, Oman: The True-Life Drama and Intrigue of an Arab State:On 14 August 1964, an army jeep from the Sultan's Armed Forces ran over a land mine laid by the DLF killing the driver and wounding a passenger.
** 2013, Fred Halliday, Arabia Without Sultans:The original statement denounced the Al Bu Said dynasty, but the movement's aims were not made clear, and the communique/ merely said that the DLF would fight until 'the flag of freedom flies high in the sky of our beloved Dhofar'.