• Summary: MAPS Director of Harm Reduction Linnae Ponté writes for Festival Insights about the importance of expanding psychedelic harm reduction services to more events, highlighting the Zendo Project's efforts to provide compassionate care for people undergoing difficult psychedelic experiences. (maps.org)
  • This appears to be a dramatic reduction in coronavirus carriage in those treated with hydroxychloroquine. (medscape.com)
  • Application of chlorpyriphos-methyl/fenitrothion and neem oil every 2 weeks for 7 rounds resulted in dramatic reduction in larval density with no statistically significant differences. (who.int)
  • The Sexual Health Navigator is responsible for conducting outreach, risk-reduction counseling, and HIV/Hepatitis C/STI screening services and linkage to care services with focus on Persons Who Are at Risk (PWAR). (ziprecruiter.com)
  • Dietary changes include salt reduction, moderation of alcohol consumption, and a diet high in vegetables and fruit that is low in added sugars and saturated fats (e.g. (aafp.org)
  • Despite this lack of closure, in 2008, under Michael Bloomberg, "the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene coordinated the launch of the national salt reduction initiative, a public-private partnership of more than 85 state and local health authorities and national health organizations that has set voluntary targets to lower salt levels in packaged and restaurant food," according to the official New York City website (PDF). (salon.com)
  • TNO is collaborating with the Dutch government on technologies that can contribute to poverty reduction in a responsible and safe way. (tno.nl)
  • He will answer 13 frequently asked questions on poverty reduction using technology. (tno.nl)
  • The most powerful expression of the poverty reduction narrative comes from the Millennium Development Campaign. (commondreams.org)
  • Second, they moved the starting point of analysis from 2000 back to 1990, thus retroactively claiming all of the poverty reduction accomplished by China during the 1990s, which had nothing at all to do with the Millennium Campaign. (commondreams.org)
  • Not only have the goalposts been shifted, the definition of poverty itself has been massaged in a way that serves the poverty reduction narrative. (commondreams.org)
  • Carbon dioxide emission reduction effect due to the difference between the in situ production and in-plant production process of the PC member was confirmed by the existing studies, but the study of the carbon dioxide reduction effect according to various production environments of the in-plant production has not been performed. (hindawi.com)
  • Therefore, the purpose of this study is to analyze the CO 2 emission reduction effect of the PC member produced in site according to the in-plant production environment. (hindawi.com)
  • In future, the results of this study will be used as basic data for establishing a CO 2 emission reduction plan at construction sites. (hindawi.com)
  • Therefore, it is necessary to study the CO 2 emission reduction effect analysis, including the aforementioned items. (hindawi.com)
  • Synthesizing the information we collected, we provide several practical strategies and recommendations for the restaurant and hotel industries to develop plastic reduction practices, and to communicate their initiatives, progress, and performance to the public. (duke.edu)
  • The group had been asked to develop strategies for sodium reduction, not to evaluate whether sodium reduction was of any benefit, though that may have been the more important question. (salon.com)
  • Stay abreast of the latest high impact HIV prevention strategies, especially those that are relevant to the reduction of risk of infection among the target population. (ziprecruiter.com)
  • Half the eligible companies provided information about material dimensions, quantities, synthesis methods, and worker exposure reduction strategies. (cdc.gov)
  • Sources familiar with the reductions said cuts were concentrated in the company's professional services division, known as PSD, which helps educate customers on how to most effectively use SAS software. (yahoo.com)
  • This revealed each company's basic operation, plastic usage, plastic reduction initiatives, and motivations to promote plastic sustainability. (duke.edu)
  • The distinction between 'less serious' effects and 'serious' effects is considered to be important because it helps the users of the profiles to identify levels of exposure at which major health effects start to appear. (cdc.gov)
  • The exposure reduction was accompanied by an increase of shift length as represented by dosimeter sample duration. (cdc.gov)
  • To preserve the environment, in 2015, Korea set a goal of 37% reduction compared to emissions prospect in the year 2030 (Business As Usual (BAU)) [ 3 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • After producing 72 PC columns in the site, the difference in CO 2 emissions compared to in-plant production was calculated, which led to the confirmation that in situ production was more advantageous in terms of CO 2 reduction. (hindawi.com)
  • Selective reduction is used when a mother is carrying an unsafe or undesirable number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, which are common in medically assisted pregnancies. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aetna considers up to a combined limit of 26 individual or group visits by any recognized provider per 12-month period as medically necessary for weight reduction counseling in adults who are obese (as defined by BMI greater than or equal to 30 kg/m 2 Footnotes ** ). (aetna.com)
  • Aetna considers the FDA-cleared weight reduction device, Plenity (Gelesis, Inc.), as medically necessary to aid in weight management in overweight and obese adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25-40 kg/m 2 , when used in conjunction with diet and exercise. (aetna.com)
  • Hospital confinement is considered not medically necessary for a weight reduction program. (aetna.com)
  • That initiative, however, was unable to gather the signatures needed and will not appear on the ballot. (completecolorado.com)
  • Building upon the lessons of the Choosing Wisely initiative, VBID Health's Task Force on Low-Value Care has identified a top 5 list of low-value clinical services for purchasers to target for reduction. (ajmc.com)
  • During the Clinton administration, a federal class-size-reduction initiative provided up to $1.6 billion annually for states to pay for smaller classes. (edweek.org)
  • Selective reduction is the practice of reducing the number of fetuses in a multiple pregnancy, such as quadruplets, to a twin or singleton pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
  • The procedure is also called multifetal pregnancy reduction. (wikipedia.org)
  • The reduction procedure is generally carried out during the first trimester of pregnancy. (wikipedia.org)
  • However, the increase in shift duration and resulting reduction in recovery time may mitigate the gains somewhat. (cdc.gov)
  • Generally selective reduction reduces the risk of preterm birth, leading to better outcomes for both mothers and the newborns. (wikipedia.org)
  • By 2020, the total was 149 million, more than half of whom lived in Asia and two out of five in Africa.1 In 2020, of the 155 countries with sufficient recent data to estimate progress, 53 were on track to reach the global target of 40% reduction in the number of stunted children by 2025 and 74 presented some progress towards that target. (who.int)
  • There's a lot of progress that is being made, but we know that there's so much more we need to do, making sure that we can save lives first with harm reduction approaches such as naloxone. (wuga.org)
  • A campaign to cut low-value clinical services has identified the top 5 based on cost, harm, and prevalence that can be targeted for reduction. (ajmc.com)
  • Hawai'i Health & Harm Reduction Center (HHHRC) provides harm reduction-focused services to marginalized populations in Hawai'i, including people living with and/or affected by HIV, hepatitis, substance use, homelessness, and the transgender, LGBQ, and the Native Hawaiian communities. (ziprecruiter.com)
  • Offer harm reduction counseling services to individuals who access TL services. (ziprecruiter.com)
  • Utilize harm reduction techniques to deliver all services in a culturally appropriate manner in varied settings and at times that are suitable to the target population. (ziprecruiter.com)
  • The study of genetic diversity within bacterial species toxin appears largely responsible for the massive tissue de- has provided information on aspects such as virulence struction seen in Buruli ulcer ( 15 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Reviewing data from Project STAR-a longitudinal research study on class-size reduction in Tennessee and the most famous experiment on the topic-Spyros Konstantopoulos, an assistant professor of education and social policy at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Ill., said that it's "tempting" to think that having fewer students assigned to a teacher will reduce the achievement gaps between students. (edweek.org)
  • Mr. Konstantopoulos' paper is the latest analysis of the STAR study data, and likely to generate discussion among supporters of class-size-reduction policies. (edweek.org)
  • He called it "outrageous" that California, for example, spends close to $2 billion a year on a voluntary class-size-reduction program without a rigorous study of its effects. (edweek.org)
  • It seems like everyone is talking about hydroxychloroquine, thanks to one little study appearing in the International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents that is generating a lot of press-thanks to a shout-out from Donald Trump, no less. (medscape.com)
  • The planned service reductions the MBTA announced last week are so extensive that the only hope to stave them off may be a big government bailout. (bostonglobe.com)
  • Instead, he found, "manipulating class size" doesn't appear to narrow those gaps. (edweek.org)
  • Many Aetna benefit plans specifically exclude coverage of weight reduction medications under the pharmacy benefit and/or under the health benefits plan. (aetna.com)
  • In a rare step, David Weiss is set to appear for transcribed interview before members of the House Judiciary Committee on Nov. 7, sources told The Associated Press Friday on the condition of anonymity to discuss the closed-door appearance. (kfor.com)
  • This article appears in the December print issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine. (ethanolproducer.com)
  • This feature article appears in the December print issue of Ethanol Producer Magazine. (ethanolproducer.com)
  • Zendo Project staff and volunteers work closely with event security and medical response teams to make referrals, bring in guests, and provide trainings in psychedelic harm reduction. (maps.org)
  • TUESDAY, Oct. 3, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- Minimally invasive transperineal laser ablation (TPLA) of the prostate appears effective for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a review published online Sept. 21 in Therapeutic Advances in Urology . (msdmanuals.com)
  • Progress is slow, with an average annual reduction of only 1% in the period from 2010 to 2015, as opposed to the 2.74% required since 2012 to reach the ambitious target of a 30% reduction by 2025. (who.int)
  • In Utah, a bill that would continue an elementary school class-size-reduction program-but add new accountability requirements for districts-is moving through the legislature. (edweek.org)
  • Linnae Ponté oversees MAPS' harm reduction program, the Zendo Project, and has travelled internationally to coordinate and train volunteers to offer psychological support to individuals having difficult psychedelic experiences, in order to reduce the number of drug-related hospitalisations and arrests. (maps.org)
  • Joran van der Sloot, long considered the chief suspect in Holloway's 2005 disappearance, is scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday morning in Birmingham, Alabama, for a plea and sentencing hearing for a case in which he is accused of trying to extort $250,000 from Holloway's mother in 2010 to reveal the location of her daughter's body. (wbtw.com)
  • Existing studies indicate an effective technique in reducing International Prostate Symptom Score and quality of life scores, postvoid residual reduction, and increase in Qmax [maximum urinary flow rate], albeit the measured improvements in terms of Qmax are not equal to transurethral resection of the prostate. (msdmanuals.com)
  • As with many school improvement methods, the results-and interpretation of results-from class-size-reduction efforts are mixed. (edweek.org)
  • Two years later, in 2010, the Institute of Medicine recommended methods of sodium reduction in a report. (salon.com)
  • Dimension reduction for covariates in network data. (warwick.ac.uk)
  • Based on inspection data, the occupational noise regulation appears to be having a strong positive impact on hearing conservation by reducing exposures and increasing the use of hearing protection devices and medical surveillance. (cdc.gov)
  • Precast concrete (PC) method of construction is preferred for excellence in the reduction of construction period, lightweight, and durability and for PC member to be mostly transported to a site after its production in the in-plant production because the in situ production of the PC member is negatively perceived because of the limitation of space or production process being complex and difficult. (hindawi.com)
  • MARTIN: So explain more about what Canadians are doing on harm reduction that the U.S. is not doing. (wuga.org)
  • It is difficult to explain the reduction in the Chinese defence budget,' says Claude Arpi. (rediff.com)
  • It appears that reduction of triplets, where each triplet is in its own placenta, to twins results in a lower risk of preterm birth and does not increase the risk of miscarriage. (wikipedia.org)
  • In triplets where two of the fetuses share a placenta and each has its own amniotic sac, it appears, with less certainty, that there is also a lower risk of preterm birth and no increase in the risk of miscarriage. (wikipedia.org)
  • This educational event, centered on effective credit card debt reduction techniques, drew an impressive audience of over 7,500 participants, highlighting the pressing demand for such vital financial education. (yahoo.com)
  • Ponté illustrates how guests interact with the Zendo Project, reviews various philosophies of harm reduction, and details how the Zendo Project's work helps reduce hospitalizations and arrests. (maps.org)
  • We expect the economic recovery will continue and additional budget deficit reduction initiatives will be put in place by 2013,' said Moody's, in its report on Monday. (cnn.com)
  • There's a growing focus on something called harm reduction, where the goal is keeping people alive even while they are still using drugs to get high. (wuga.org)
  • Selective reduction was developed in the mid-1980s, as people in the field of assisted reproductive technology became aware of the risks that multiple pregnancies carried for the mother and for the fetuses. (wikipedia.org)
  • In a rare step, David Weiss is set to appear for a transcribed interview before members of the House Judiciary Committee on Nov. 7, two people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press Friday. (kfor.com)
  • The result is a reduction in the number of fetuses to a number that is more safe for the mother and the remaining fetuses or more compatible with socio-economic constraints on the caregivers. (wikipedia.org)
  • These mutations result in a reduction or absence of mature SP-C and the buildup of abnormal forms of SP-C. It is unclear which of these outcomes causes the signs and symptoms of SP-C dysfunction. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Whole body calorimetry and composition and whole body bioimpedance analysis for weight reduction and other indications. (aetna.com)
  • And even today, some forms of harm reduction are still illegal in parts of the U.S. But we are seeing kind of a slow-motion shift. (wuga.org)
  • The political parties now appear to share similar deficit reduction objectives. (cnn.com)
  • Doorbell camera footage showed the moment Freya appeared to drive the Jeep into a neighbour's car. (yahoo.com)
  • It appears that the drive may implement its own aggressive power reduction features. (tomshardware.com)
  • We introduce a notion of reduction on resource vectors, i.e. infinite linear combinations of resource lambda-terms. (dagstuhl.de)
  • We show that the reduction of resource vectors contains the image, through Taylor expansion, of beta-reduction in the algebraic lambda-calculus, i.e. lambda-calculus extended with weighted sums: in particular, Taylor expansion and normalization commute. (dagstuhl.de)
  • The overall annual median noise dose declined 67% for surface coal mining and 24% for underground coal mining, and the reduction in each group accelerated after promulgation of the new noise rule. (cdc.gov)
  • For Linnae, psychedelic harm reduction is an essential service for festivals, capable of transforming potentially traumatic experiences into opportunities for growth and showing that safe, expansive experiences are possible without the need for law enforcement-based policies. (maps.org)
  • Other than Project STAR, which was paid for by the Tennessee legislature and involved roughly 7,000 students from 79 schools, from 1985 to 1989, research on the effects of class-size reduction has been limited. (edweek.org)
  • Politburo members seated on the rostrum appeared to be stiff throughout the opening of the meeting, The South China Morning Post added. (rediff.com)
  • Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series B, to appear. (warwick.ac.uk)
  • Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, to appear. (warwick.ac.uk)
  • Journal of Econometrics, to appear. (warwick.ac.uk)