Sentences with phrase «reduced numbers of visits»

But those same chemical defenses can reduce the number of visits to the plant by pollinators such as bees, resulting in less pollination of individual plants and decreased growth.

However, there is a threat this will go one step too far and push users away from Facebook, reduce the number of visits to the site, or reduce the time spent there.

Exercising her on a concrete surface could help you keep her nails in good shape and reduce the number of visits to the vet.

Owning a pet reduces the number of visits to a doctor by elderly patients.

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This approach also reduces the number of site visits during maintenance and installation, and considerably lowers future site maintenance and expansion costs.

China runs a $ 375 billion trade surplus with the United States and when President Xi Jinping's top economic adviser visited Washington recently, the administration pressed him to come up with a way of reducing that number.

While some meta - analyses of home visiting programs suggest that many types of home visiting programs can make a difference in reducing adverse outcomes such as child maltreatment and childhood injuries, 14,15 meta - analyses can produce misleading results if there are insufficient numbers of trials of programs represented in the cross-classification of home visiting target populations, program models, and visitors» backgrounds.

A randomised control trial conducted in BC [30] found home visits in early labour to be more effective than telephone triage in reducing the number of women attending the hospital for assessment before they are in labour and those attending before 3 cm cervical dilation, although the home visits had no impact on CS rates or birth outcomes.

With the goal of continuing to reduce the number of SIDS deaths, the AAP published its latest policy statement on SIDS in November 2005 (visit aap.org to view the statement in its entirety).

As mentioned above, because mother's milk comes with nutrient - rich ingredients that contain antibodies, breastfeeding can reduce the number of times baby gets sick, which means less doctor and hospital visits.

Participants learn more about chemical irritants (such as cleaners and perfumes), and allergens (including mold, pets and pests) can trigger attacks, with the aim of reducing the number of asthma - related hospital visits.

The Mall is expected to reduce the number of costly emergency department visits by more than 3,400 in its first year of operation as expanded primary care options decrease the need for unnecessary emergency department visits.

U.S. Senator Charles Schumer visited Buffalo's Sisters of Charity Hospital Monday, telling reporters and hospital staff the nation must act now to reduce the alarming number of prescription drug - addicted infants.

When he visited Syracuse University in February, he held a brief press conference about the Reducing Educational Debt Act, a bill that would make the first two years of community college free, allow student loan borrowers to refinance at lower rates and increase the number of Pell Grants, which, unlike loans, do not have to be paid back.

Infants typically receive multiple vaccinations at one time, which reduces the number of physician visits.

«This work not only helps us understand why orangutan abundance varies between sites, but also suggests a mechanism through which forest degradation may reduce the number of orangutans that can be supported in an area because of the quality of foods available,» said Harrison, managing director of the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project and an honorary visiting fellow at the University of Leicester.

A study published in Ecological Applications led by Professor John Swaddle, visiting Research Associate at the University of Exeter, found that filling a controlled area with acoustic noise around an airfield, where the majority of collisions tend to take place, can reduce the number of birds in the area by 80 per cent.

That pruning, he says, will both reduce the number of units that enumerators must visit and improve the odds that someone will answer their knock on the door.

He continued, «An increased number of routine visits may detect asymptomatic conditions such as pre-eclampsia, fetal growth restriction or reduced fetal movements earlier, allowing more timely intervention.

Once the data was adjusted for maternal risk (such as smoking, age, education) the group found that there was an increased risk of fetal death for the women who had reduced numbers of antenatal visits.

MSF has also started distributing malaria drugs to hundreds of thousands of people, not just to lower the burden of that disease, which was neglected for months, but also to reduce the number of people visiting hospitals with a fever.

These technological advances allow continuous data monitoring at land stations, improve data quality, and reduce the number of expensive visits to mooring sites.

I have my first visit with a naturopathic doctor on Monday and hope that I will learn some «tricks» that will reduce the number of exacerbations I have.

When we asked about this we found that only one per cent of those we questioned had such help and support and had also found it helpful not only in coping with the abuse but also in reducing the number of abusive calls and visits.

«Whilst we need a strategy to reduce the consumption of sugar - filled drinks by young people, simply removing access to soft drinks within schools is clearly not enough, as a number of the young people we studied were able to leave the school premises during their lunch period to visit nearby shops.

In addition to the rollback in miles, Chevrolet will also be reducing the number of free service visits offered each year to just two visits per year in the first 2 years or 24,000 miles.

Or that by insisting on processes which take more time (home visits for example) or narrow the pool of potential adopters through rules (no small children, or no full time workers) we're actually causing the deaths of pets because we're holding our current rescue pets longer, or reducing the potential numbers of homes?

The end result is a more precise treatment, a significantly reduced number of anesthetic episodes, fewer visits to the hospital and a better quality of life for our patients and clients.

However, audits also will be scheduled in a manner that allows for the maximum number of site visits within a local area as to reduce auditor costs.

Visit the NYC Feral Cat Initiative of the Mayor's Alliance for NYC's Animals website to read about how Trap - Neuter - Return (TNR) humanely reduces the number of community cats living outdoors, and how you can help by attending one of our free TNR certification workshops.

By learning all that you can on how to look after your feline friend, by reading good cat health books and visiting cat websites such as this one, you will reduce the number of times that you find yourself caring for a sick cat, and you and your pet will enjoy many happy years together.

U.S. News reported that «Over the past two flu seasons, vaccinating children five and younger did not reduce the number of child hospitalizations or doctor's visits linked to influenza, according to results of a new study.»

If you have my Kindle ebook (The Free - quent Flyer's Manifesto), follow the travel blogosphere, or visit forums like FlyerTalk or Milepoint, then you know that travel hackers spend a lot of time thinking about their applications for new credit cards, maximizing the number of miles and points we earn for each «hard» credit pull, which in the short term reduce an applicant's credit score.

When Russel visited our sites, he came up with a number of sensible practical solutions to improve our energy efficiency and thus reduce our carbon footprint.

The first place prize went to Mechanodontics, a new type of dental braces system that is more hygienic and aesthetic than current options, reduces overall treatment time by half and cuts the number of visits to the clinician by 75 %.

, a new type of dental braces system that is more hygienic and aesthetic than current options, reduces overall treatment time by half and cuts the number of visits to the clinician by 75 %.

Reducing the number of campuses they visit has been part of those changes.

By mandating the use of the OurFamilyWizard website you can greatly reduce the number of repeat visits from conflicting parents.

A subgroup analysis of high risk women who were unmarried and from low SES households (40 %) showed that home visits reduced the number of subsequent births (mean difference [MD] 0.5, p = 0.02), months that women received welfare (MD 29.9, p = 0.005), reports of behavioural impairment due to substance abuse (incidence 0.41 v 0.73, p = 0.005), records of arrests (incidence 0.16 v 0.90, p < 0.001), convictions (incidence 0.13 v 0.69, p < 0.001), and verified reports of child abuse and neglect involving the mother as perpetrator (incidence 0.11 v 0.53, p < 0.01).

Home visits reduced the number of verified reports of child abuse and neglect involving the mother as perpetrator (incidence 0.29 v 0.54, p < 0.001).

It and other recent articles refer to a number of studies that confirm an important fact: Home visiting in the first three years of life reduces child abuse, increases kindergarten readiness and can help break the cycle of poverty.

It is the best - known of the home visiting models, having been identified last year as the only known intervention that has clearly reduced the number of child fatalities in the country.

Meanwhile, the strengthening dollar — which has risen more than 15 percent against the Euro since August 2008, as well as the global reach of the recession, have diminished foreign traveler's spending power and reduced the number of tourists visiting the U.S. for luxury bargains, he says.

The goal here is to reduce the number of homes you have to visit.