### Instruction:

Extract the cause and effect entities from the following sentence:
The NASA Health and Medical Technical Authority (HMTA) has designated this as a Type alternates as long as they meet or exceed the imposed requirement, in accordance with the process defined in DSG-PLAN-007, Gateway Systems Engineering Management Plan

### Assistant:

KEYWORD: as long as
CAUSE_1: they meet
OR: or
CAUSE_2: exceed the imposed requirement
CAUSE_3: in accordance with the process defined in DSG-PLAN-007, Gateway Systems Engineering Management Plan
VARIABLE: they
NOT_RELEVANT: (HMTA)
EFFECT_1: has designated this as a Type alternates
CONDITION: in accordance with the process defined in DSG-PLAN-007, Gateway Systems Engineering Management Plan

