Sentences with phrase «studied as lubricants»

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He added that studies showed that melt water had been penetrating the glaciers and was acting as a lubricant between the ice and the base rock.

A lead author of that study, Tony Bryk, refers to relational trust as a «lubricant for organizational change» and a «moral resource for sustaining the hard work» of local educational improvement.

A qualitative study of pregnant Indigenous women in Perth found that women commonly referred to smoking as normal, a stress release, a low health priority and a social experience, and commented that it was difficult to quit because they were surrounded by smoking from their family and household members.11 In the social context of high smoking rates and large numbers of adults per household, smoking may offer an opportunity to alleviate stress, acting as a social lubricant in «time - out, yarning, and sharing with others».11 This provides a critical target for intervention in antenatal smoking; in order to help women to quit, it seems that consideration of and involvement with the social context in which women live are essential.