Sentences with phrase «protect against peer»

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If the genetic mutation that gives people with Laron syndrome their short stature also protects them against two of the most pernicious diseases of aging, diabetes and cancer, then it prompts two obvious questions: What other diseases might the mutation protect against, and do people who carry the mutation in fact live longer than their unaffected peers?

Terrie Best points to a website, www.Fija.org (Fully Informed Jury Association) where the public is encouraged to read about jury nullification, its history and why our forefathers set up the jury of twelve peers trial system in order to protect against tyranny of government.

Peers are voting on plans to protect the government against legal challenge.

Although laws against cyber-bullying are often justified by the need to protect young persons (especially children) from attacks and harassment by their peers, the parties in Crouch were adults, former partners in a technology start up who had had a falling out.

Positive peer relationships, such as having friends, being accepted by peers and the quality of friendship are shown to protect against loneliness [48, 49].

Interestingly, nonhuman primates subjected to early abuse and deprivation also are more likely to engage in violent relationships with their peers as adults.134 as in humans, males tend to be hyperaggressive, and females fail to protect themselves and their offspring against danger.

Furthermore, it can be supposed that school support can compensate for a lack of parental support, possibly also protecting against the impacts of risk factors like peer - victimization.

The most important aim was to examine whether parental and school support might protect peer - victimized adolescents against mental health problems.

In addition to family factors, adolescent risk behaviours are influenced by peers, school, neighbourhood and broader cultural contexts.5 The family plays a central role in potentiating or protecting against risk within and across these contexts.6

The mortgage industry is being reined in more tightly to protect consumers against fraudulent activities; FINTRAC is peering over the real estate industry's shoulder, on the lookout for money laundering.