Word: affective
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...active magma chamber below Yellowstone has turned into "largely crystallized mush." But the same study also said: "Depending on the nature and magnitude of a particular hazardous event and the particular time and season when it might occur, 70,000 to more than 100,000 persons could be affected; the most violent events could affect a broader region or even continent-wide areas...
Cohen says that the HCWH is now also urging hospitals to replace their ubiquitous PVC (vinyl) flooring with rubber floors. PVC can emit toxins such as dioxin and phthalates, particularly when wet, which studies suggest may affect reproductive health and fetal development, and may also trigger asthma. "Hospitals change to rubber flooring because of the toxic emissions," says Cohen, "As it turns out, switching to rubber actually cuts down on noise and reduces slips and falls, which are also a threat to patient and worker safety...
...Human Rights Campaign Foundation develops a Corporate Equality Index each year to rank the policies and practices of large U.S. employers that affect gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees, consumers, and investors...
...leaders of the RAF, al-Qaeda's leaders come largely from educated, middle-class backgrounds and in their desire to correct what they see as long-standing injustices, both groups embrace violence. "Both give a wider, productive focus to the individual's frustration of not being able to affect policy through normal channels," Hoffman says. "For young people looking for discipline and a focus it could help them feel a part of something bigger than themselves...
...public meetings, the CHA has cited ongoing budget problems and the inefficiency of operating the center as reasons for shutting the center’s doors. While patients and other residents have said they are upset that the center will be closing, some said that it will not negatively affect their health care. “I have the best of care here,” Grace A. Carson said Friday afternoon after an appointment at the health center. Carson, who has been a patient at the health center for the past decade, spoke against its closing at a meeting...