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Synonyms for regulating

the act of controlling or directing according to rule

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Regulating electronic cigarettes does not necessarily mean that it is a "good alternative" to tobacco smoking, said the health chief.
If the pressure regulating valves do not operate properly, the application uniformity may be unsatisfactory and there will be waste of energy due to pressure losses caused by the valves.
BEIRUT: The Health and Economy ministries have jointly issued a directive regulating all imported Caffeinated Alcoholic Beverages.
"If the EPA has no intention of regulating farm dust, then they should support my legislation, which excludes farm dust managed at the state or local level from federal regulatory standards."
2733, would affirm that state regulators have jurisdiction for regulating life insurance and annuities.
Other-regulation implies that children act both as subjects of another person's regulatory behaviors (as is the case of many of their interactions with adults) and as actors regulating other person's behaviors (as might happen in the interaction with peers or younger children).
The argument goes on, that is, if students are not allowed to have choice and control, they are not likely to learn strategies for regulating strategy training or willingly self-initiate and control the use of various strategies.
"By regulating some [brain] areas, you might affect the disease."
Much of mainstream media's focus has been on regulating immigrant-owned "discount salons" that are portrayed as unhygienic, yet there has been virtually no mention of health risks to the 1.2 million cosmetologists in the United States, many of whom are recent immigrants.
Most mammalian cells function on an approximate 24-hour cell cycle, and the circadian clock has been implicated in regulating the phases of cell division.
Such specific feedback may help him/her to refine his/her regulating strategies particularly help-seeking strategies.
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-8 April 2004-UK Government considers regulating online gambling(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Media reports of desecration of graves and human remains and other types of mismanagement at cemeteries and crematories have inspired a debate regarding whether the federal government should take on a greater role in regulating the death care industry, primarily funeral homes, crematories, cemeteries, pre-need sales of funeral plans, and third party sales of funeral goods.
Other herbs aid in regulating hormones by nourishing the endocrine glands that are responsible for ensuring the proper estrogen/progesterone balance.