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  • A gybe preventer, preventer, or jibe-guard, is a mechanical device on a sailing vessel which limits the boom's ability to swing unexpectedly across the...
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    A blowout preventer (BOP) (pronounced B-O-P) is a specialized valve or similar mechanical device, used to seal, control and monitor oil and gas wells...
    32 KB (4,243 words) - 01:36, 23 March 2024
  • HMS Preventer (Z265) was a net laying ship for the Royal Navy during the Second World War acquired from the United States Navy in September 1944 via Lend-Lease...
    3 KB (196 words) - 15:09, 10 May 2023
  • The prevent defense is a defensive alignment in American football that seeks to prevent the offense from completing a long pass or scoring a touchdown...
    5 KB (702 words) - 02:35, 18 July 2024
  • Prevention (redirect from Prevent)
    Look up prevention or prevent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prevention may refer to: Preventive healthcare, measures to prevent diseases or injuries...
    2 KB (263 words) - 23:49, 14 June 2022
  • vaccine-preventable disease is an infectious disease for which an effective preventive vaccine exists. If a person acquires a vaccine-preventable disease...
    9 KB (699 words) - 00:02, 2 July 2024
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    Preventable causes of death are causes of death related to risk factors which could have been avoided. The World Health Organization has traditionally...
    19 KB (1,660 words) - 16:34, 21 July 2024
  • Prevented planting, under crop insurance, refers to acreage that cannot be planted because of flood, drought, or other natural disaster and so is eligible...
    664 bytes (73 words) - 19:21, 14 January 2024
  • "Prevent This Tragedy" is a song by American rock band, Alkaline Trio, released on their 2005 album, Crimson. The song was written by Matt Skiba, Dan...
    5 KB (459 words) - 20:16, 27 September 2023
  • The Prevent Cancer Foundation (PCF), formerly the Cancer Research Foundation of America or the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation, is a United...
    6 KB (524 words) - 05:14, 9 July 2024
  • Preventable: How a Pandemic Changed the World & How to Stop the Next One is a 2022 memoir about the COVD-19 pandemic by Devi Sridhar. The book documents...
    6 KB (484 words) - 14:40, 29 November 2023
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    healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. Disease and disability are affected by environmental factors...
    116 KB (13,577 words) - 22:36, 27 July 2024
  • epidemiology, preventable fraction for the population (PFp), is the proportion of incidents in the population that could be prevented by exposing the...
    2 KB (165 words) - 18:23, 19 July 2023
  • Research to Prevent Blindness (RPB) is a nonprofit organization created in 1960 by Jules Stein, the founder of Music Corporation of America, to stimulate...
    4 KB (505 words) - 20:35, 26 September 2023
  • "'No Way to Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens" is the title of a series of articles perennially published by the American news...
    29 KB (2,008 words) - 03:25, 27 December 2023
  • The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 also known as Collision Regulations (COLREGs) are published by the International Maritime...
    34 KB (3,211 words) - 06:08, 4 August 2024
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    installed to prevent backflow. Another common location for a backflow preventer is the connection of a fire sprinkler system to a water main, to prevent pressurized...
    8 KB (978 words) - 20:38, 11 March 2024
  • of preventing disease or infection. Antibiotics, for example, may be administered to patients with disorders of immune system function to prevent bacterial...
    6 KB (564 words) - 20:59, 2 August 2024
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    The Preventative Coup of November 11, sometimes called the 1955 Brazilian coup d'état or referred to as an "anti-coup" or a "counter-coup" (Portuguese:...
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  • Injury prevention is an effort to prevent or reduce the severity of bodily injuries caused by external mechanisms, such as accidents, before they occur...
    14 KB (1,504 words) - 21:46, 10 April 2024
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