interrupters

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Those characteristics include the same number of exons, which encode the protein, and phases of introns, which act as interrupters to stop or start splicing of the RNA molecules transcribed from the gene.

From Science Daily • Jan. 30, 2024

Tyrone Parker, executive director of the nonprofit Alliance of Concerned Men, said the District’s ecosystem of violence interrupters and other support programs aren’t collaborating with each other to squash the blood feuds.

From Washington Times • Sep. 20, 2023

She supports resolving underlying issues such as poverty and addiction, and has put money into alternative justice programs such as violence interrupters to mediate conflicts.

From Washington Post • Jan. 13, 2023

Violence interruption works: There was a 31% drop in homicides and 19% in shootings in two Chicago districts where interrupters worked.

From Salon • Dec. 26, 2022

Armatures to be used upon electric bells, automatic current interrupters, buzzers, etc., may be called trembling armatures.

From How Two Boys Made Their Own Electrical Apparatus Containing Complete Directions for Making All Kinds of Simple Apparatus for the Study of Elementary Electricity by St. John, Thomas M. (Thomas Matthew)