By increasing access to part-time schedules, the Working Families Flexibility Act would end or diminish the practice of assigning less important work to part-time workers and lessen their career stigma.
Although clinically valid reasons may exist to admit patients for zero stay, and some patients may die on admission, the practice of admitting less seriously ill patients has been recognised as a strategy that is increasingly used in the NHS to comply with accident and emergency waiting time targets.
The practice of paying women less for doing the same jobs as men was not only accepted but routine; a wife's credit card was issued in her husband's name; and women had trouble securing bank loans to buy a house or even a car.
An advantage of intent-to-treat analysis of randomized controlled trials is that confounders associated with the practice of interest are less likely to explain associations.
Among men, compared with low-strain activities (low demand and high control), job strain showed an association with physical inactivity (odds ratio [OR] = 1.34; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.09 1.64) or with the practice of physical activities of less than recommended duration (OR = 1.44; 95% CI = 1.15 1.82).
Yet the Chinese government itself has become quick to accuse other nations of dumping, the practice of selling goods for less than it cost to produce them.
Jörg Wuttke, the head of the business group, said it would take about 12 months to prepare a case alleging dumping, the practice of selling goods for less than it costs to produce them.
First, the practice of shorting gold became less profitable.
The practice of clearances, which is less expansive than circuit-dealing, has generated controversy as well.
Surgical patients appear to have superior outcomes this may reflect the practice of performing surgery on less sick, adherent patients who have responded favourably to initial medical therapy.
