beneficial effect

collocation in English

meaningsofbeneficialandeffect

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beneficial
adjective
uk
/ˌben.ɪˈfɪʃ.əl/
us
/ˌben.əˈfɪʃ.əl/
helpful, useful, ...
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effect
noun
uk
/ɪˈfekt/
us
/əˈfekt/
the result of a ...
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(Definition ofbeneficialandeffectfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Decreasing stress should have abeneficialeffect, especially at later stages of life when the hippocampus may be more vulnerable.
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Patients were asked to commit themselves to at least 12 sessions because we believed that was the minimum required for abeneficialeffect.
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Now, we turn briefly to a non-pharmacologic strategy that exerts a powerful andbeneficialeffecton insulin resistance.
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Therefore, it is unlikely that a trait can acquire a newbeneficialeffectwithout at least some modification by natural selection!
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This suggests that brief interventions such as parenting programmes can have a long-termbeneficialeffectfor parents.
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A final efficacy finding of note was thebeneficialeffectof both ziprasidone and olanzapine on cognitive function.
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The programmes are delivering the content they are designed to deliver, and having abeneficialeffect.
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Abeneficialeffectis an aspect of an adaptation that increases the probability that its carrier's alleles will have copies in succeeding generations.
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These demonstrated nobeneficialeffectof social skills, compared to all other treatments including standard care, in reducing relapse.
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Quantitative analysis confirmed thebeneficialeffectof increased glucose availability even under anoxic conditions.
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Some studies support the relief model and find that care-giving has abeneficialeffecton depression during widowhood.
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Using thebeneficialeffectstandard would lead one to the conclusion that the trait was an adaptation for each of these effects.
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Through fortuity, a trait may acquire a newbeneficialeffect.
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Such is thebeneficialeffectof reading again this intelligent and sympathetic book.
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Thisbeneficialeffectgenerally declined as the plant became older.
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Interestingly, the predictedbeneficialeffectof exposure to the alternative constructions was reliable only for the oldest children tested (six- to seven-year-olds).
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Anybeneficialeffecton constipation needs to be set against the known side-effects to the patient and the community of inappropriate antibiotic use.
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Anotherbeneficialeffectof priming is to reduce the inherent physiological heterogeneity between individual seeds.
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This phenomenon would suggest somebeneficialeffectof oil in the embryo stage progression.
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Thebeneficialeffectof mannitol on postoperative renal function in children undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery.
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