active intervention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactiveandintervention
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active
adjective
uk/ˈæk.tɪv/us/ˈæk.tɪv/
busy with a ...
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intervention
noun
uk/ˌɪn.təˈven.ʃən/us/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈven.ʃən/
the action of becoming intentionally involved in a difficult situation, in order to improve it or prevent it from ...
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(Definition ofactiveandinterventionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The overwhelming majority of studies reported significantly better results withactiveinterventionagainst hazardous alcohol consumption.
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The usual comparator in self-care support interventions is noactiveintervention(54).
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Theactiveinterventionconsisted of weekly 90-min sessions over 6 weeks.
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One would expect this trend to continue without anyactiveintervention.
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The independent variables were binary variables indicating regular oractiveinterventionand the baseline indicator mean.
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Segmental morphology is also more likely to portend complications and need foractiveinterventionand therapy.
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Theactiveinterventionpackage had the same legal basis and consisted of the same components.
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This has also been called "bias in favour ofactiveintervention" (17).
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For many women, this may not be enough, however, andactiveinterventionmay be indicated.
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It calls foractiveintervention.
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Do they wantactiveintervention?
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The order indicator showed a reverse trend, with the regular intervention districts improving more than theactiveinterventiondistricts.
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It could not be established that theactiveinterventionhad an overall greater effect than the regular intervention package.
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The identification of an infectious cause paves the way foractiveinterventionto modify the course of the disease.
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Although speculative, all these are potentialities introduced by theactiveinterventionin the final stages of the implosion.
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Although speculative, all these are potentials introduced by theactiveinterventionin the final stages of the implosion.
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She talks aboutactiveinterventionand positive action.
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Unlike moderators (which, by definition, are baseline measures), mediators occur after random assignment, exerting their effects during the period ofactiveintervention.
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In other words, but for theactiveinterventionof the chiefs, very few migrants were willing to travel to the south.
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Moreover, the reductions in disorganized attachment in theactiveinterventiongroups likewise remained even when intent to treat analyses were conducted.
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For the labeling indicator there was no change in theactiveinterventiondistricts and a deterioration in the regular intervention districts.
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The approach that we took within our meta-analysis was simply to define other active treatments as anyactiveinterventionof a psychosocial nature, including other family interventions.
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The names of the two districts in each pair were written on identical squares of paper, and one was drawn to give theactiveinterventiondistrict.
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Whereas a patient may refuse the latter, physicians are prohibited from withdrawing continuous care, so as to avoid anactiveinterventionthat hastens a patient's death.
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