Ironically and unfortunately, instead of ameliorating the effects of economic slowdowns, our social safety net often acts to compound them.
The 'deterrent' role of social housing management is now overtaking the social role of ameliorating housing need.
Irving Howe once described the passing of socialist ideas as simply a prelude to new ways of ameliorating social ills.
A core goal of the current proof of concept study was to explore limitations of the data and process, and where possible to consider means of ameliorating these limitations.
The research program of the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI) was designed to accomplish just such an integrated research goal, ameliorating or eliminating the biomedical risks of long-duration space flight and enabling safe and productive exploration of space.
As previously discussed, the primary goal of a clinical pharmacist intervention is to ameliorate patient therapy.
In fact, an argument for using the absolute benchmark for functional disability – i.e. HAQ-DI > 0 – can be made, since the goal of treating an individual patient is to ameliorate disease activity and entirely prevent joint damage.
In South Asia, unlike the Middle East, peacemaking does not offer the prospect of ameliorating underlying inequities that fuel terrorism.
The treatment goals for advanced or metastatic breast cancer (MBC) are to delay disease progression and to prolong survival [ 1, 2] and to optimize patient care in terms of ameliorating symptoms, thereby improving or maintaining quality of life [ 3– 5].
