While studying psychology in West Lafayette, Indiana, Sarah wondered whether it’s correct to speak of a treatment’s efficacy or its effectiveness. Usually, in research and professional settings, efficacy describes how well a treatment works under...
The term preventive is much more common than preventative, particularly in American English, but it’s just a matter of preference. No need to get argumentative about it. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Preventive vs...
sausage boom n.— «Workers placing additional sausage boom in creek, on west side of tracks.» —“AR Photo Gallery: Canyon Derailment” Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation Division of Spill Prevention and...
animal hoarder n.— «The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of Texas says it is taking temporary custody of more than 200 confined dogs from a suspected animal hoarder in Wise County who is also an animal control...
Lebanese loop n.— «This devise has been dubbed the “Lebanese loop” as has been used by Lebanese suspects.…As with most, some evolution has taken place. The new loop devices apparently skim the data and collect the PIN all at once...
NOBOB n.— «While the U.S. Coast Guard has been given the authority to regulate ballast water discharges through what was originally the Non-Indigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990, Cox said the regulatory...