| IRH | Institute for Research in Hypnosis; Institute of Religion and Health; intrarenal hemorrhage |
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| EAP | electric acupuncture; employee assistance program; epiallopregnanolone; Epstein-Barr associated prot... |
| EHME | employee health maintenance examination |
| EPOB | employee per occupied bed |
| ERISA | Employee Retirement Income Security Act |
| legal brief | A detailed statement of the points of a client's case in a trial at law, giving the legal arguments, main content of a case, supporting statements, evidence, prior decisions, etc. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| strikes, employee | Work-related situations in which the employees as a group refuse to work until certain conditions of employment are granted by the employer. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee discipline | Regulations or conditions imposed on employees by management in order to correct or prevent behaviours which are counterproductive to the organization. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee grievances | Formal procedures whereby the employee expresses any dissatisfaction or feeling of injustice regarding the work situation. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee incentive plans | Programs designed by management to motivate employees to work more efficiently with increased productivity, and greater employee satisfaction. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee performance appraisal | The assessment of the functioning of an employee in relation to his work. (12 Dec 1998) |
| employee retirement income security act | A 1974 federal act which preempts states' rights with regard to workers' pension benefits and employee benefits. It does not affect the benefits and rights of employees whose employer is self-insured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Venereal Disease Research Laboratory | <microbiology> A blood test used to diagnose syphilis. Read as nonreactive or negative if you do not have syphilis. The Venereal Disease Research Laboratory can also be positive is cases of leprosy, malaria, mononucleosis, lupus, hepatitis A and pregnancy. Positive Venereal Disease Research Laboratory tests are usually followed up by a more specific test (FTA antibodies). (12 Jan 1998) |
| Medical Research Council | <organisation> A UK Government funded body to promote the balanced development of medical and related biological research in the United Kingdom. It organises national clinical trials for the assessment of new treatment protocols for leukaemia and some of the related diseases. (05 Jan 1998) |
| research | Careful, a diligent search, a close searching, studious inquiry or examination. (18 Nov 1997) |
| research, controlled | The first controlled clinical research was probably done in 1875 by the british naval surgeon james lind who, on board the hms salisbury, gave sailors with scurvy either oranges or lemons or cider or vinegar or nutmeg (or another treatment) and after just six days discovered that the citrus-consuming sailors had recovered from scury, until then the scourge of extended sea voyages, while the sailors who had been given the other treatments remained uncured. (12 Dec 1998) |
| research design | A plan for collecting and utilizing data so that desired information can be obtained with sufficient precision or so that an hypothesis can be tested properly. (12 Dec 1998) |
| research personnel | Those individuals engaged in research. (12 Dec 1998) |
| research support | Financial support of research activities. (12 Dec 1998) |
| peer review, research | The evaluation by experts of the quality and pertinence of research or research proposals of other experts in the same field. Peer review is used by editors in deciding which submissions warrant publication, by granting agencies to determine which proposals should be funded, and by academic institutions in tenure decisions. (12 Dec 1998) |