Mr. Obama also defines security more broadly than his predecessor did, making the case, for example, that reducing the budget deficit is critical to sustaining American power.
Researchers have found, for example, that reducing the amount of DNA methylation in bees, which are closely related to ants and have a similar social organization, spurs larvae to morph into queens.
In cases where women challenge these patriarchal privileges and/or seek to enforce their rights, violence is used as a means to control them; hence setting examples that reduces the instances of resistance.
For example, mutations that reduce the virulence of MSV variants might, within the context of a mixed infection with wild-type highly virulent variants (i.e. situations where some degree of genetic complementation is likely), increase the replicative capacity of these mutants relative to their more virulent progenitors.
For example, many drugs that reduce LDL or raise HDL or lower blood sugar or blood pressure, do not, against all expectations, lower risk - and in some cases they increase risk.
A recent qualitative review showed that studies of strategies to prevent HCV infection in IDUs had inconsistent results, with few examples of interventions that reduce HCV transmission.
Only a third of the physicians, for example, consider that reducing the work hours of young doctors in training to avoid fatigue is a "very effective" strategy to cut errors.
This didactical example illustrates that reducing the global amount of missing data (i.e. selecting the longest sequences) as a unique selection criterion can be misleading.
One might for example argue that reduced smoking among parents, which could be a result of a period effect, stimulates a child-rearing atmosphere which discourages smoking, thus accelerating a cohort effect for the next generation.
Dispensers that only allow one napkin to be pulled instead of a handful at a time are one small example that can reduce waste and costs.
