Do not give the casualty food or water, even if the victim begs for it, because he or she could choke on it, or it can impede treatment needed at the hospital.
It can impede the virus before absorption into the cells.
Variation within a population is a key feature in evolution, because it can increase or impede response to selection, depending on whether or not the intrapopulational variance is correlated to the change under selection.
This observation is important because these conditions can impede or even prevent the mobility of people with disabilities, especially visually impaired individuals and people in wheelchairs.
They can impede trade because it's more expensive for business to export if it has to go through all the hoops involved in complying with two lots of rules and standards.
Because increased geographical isolation can impede gene flow among forest fragments, and because decreased population size and tree density may reduce the number of local mating partners, this can be expected to lower the opportunity to trees for outcrossing, and to result in increased inbreeding, negatively impacting the viability of fragmented tree populations.
Alternative options such as absentee ballots or assistance with casting a vote aren't adequate substitutes for a fully accessible, inclusive system it argues because, among other things, these can impede a voter's right to choice and privacy.
Besides the obvious benefit of keeping predators away from young computer users, detectives said they preferred having no children involved because disbelieving young victims can impede investigations.
Reminding students that they can control what happens in learning environments is crucial because negative academic emotions can impede cognitive processes and affect how memories are encoded (C. Kim & Pekrun, 2014; Pekrun, 2006).
The Commission has argued for a Europe-wide directive on legal highs because it says different approaches across the EU "can impede their legitimate use… and fragment the internal market".
