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Auckland: New Zealand Cricket on Monday announced a shortened schedule for its home series against India after reports that the visitors wanted to keep the tour as brief as possible.
Results showed that telomere length was dramatically shortened in those who consumed heavy amounts of alcohol; telomere length was nearly half as long as telomere length in the non-abusers.
Those with shortened strides underestimated the distance, starting to look for the nest when they had traveled only 6 m instead of the usual 10 m.
Every dialysis nurse has worked with patients who skip treatments or request that a treatment be shortened. Health care team members often respond to these behaviors with frustration, label the patient as non-compliant, and frequently feel they have few alternatives to prevent the recurrence of the behavior.
This may involve shifting a worker into a totally new job, re-engineering a position, or even simply implementing a shortened workday.
THE odds on a white Christmas were shortened again yesterday as forecasters predicted snow and bookies faced record pay-outs.
Version 2.3, of Tamino XML Database has shortened response times for complex queries.
A Norwegian oil union has shortened the strike to protest against the partial privatisation of the state oil firm Statoil.
SOUTHWELL bookmakers have been cleared over claims that they shortened the odds of a filly as she lay dying in the starting stalls in order to double the Rule 4 deduction.
In some studies, it shortened colds and lessened cold and flu symptoms.
An entity will be allowed a two-year transition period to meet the shortened deadline and may petition its federal agency for a waiver that would give it 13 months to submit the report.
In revoking its earlier ruling, the Service stated that Company had not established a valid business reason for the shortened lunch period and did not prove that there were insufficient eating facilities in the area.
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