Consider, for example, the case of an employee at Company A, who conceives an invention in May, works diligently to reduce it to practice, and files the corresponding patent application in August.

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Some physicians recommend taking oral acetaminophen or ibuprofen about an hour before a mammogram to help reduce the pain, but studies have not proven this practice to be effective.

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They are standardizing basic procedures to help reduce errors and condensing long-winded practice guidelines that harried doctors don't read into simple checklists integrated into daily work flow.

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The British Metal Recycling Association has launched a voluntary code of practice as part of its efforts to reduce the number of thefts but as the price of copper continues to rise, illegal ways of obtaining the metal will continue.

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After that, we practice tax management and look for ways to reduce government-legislated rent-seeking.

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The Conference also agreed that media organisations and professional journalists should establish Codes of Conduct to set and maintain standards for newsroom practice as these would reduce the risk of publication of potentially defamatory material.

UNESCO: Education

Donna Lieberman, executive director of the New York Civil Liberties Union, a group that has sued the city in the past over stop-and-frisk, said the new data was "encouraging" and was a challenge to the Bloomberg administration's assertion that wide-ranging use of the practice helps reduce crime.

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