Sentences with phrase «association supports measures»

The American Lung Association supports measures to improve the health and safety of coal mine workers, and the communities where they live, including protection from harmful air pollutants.

The American Lung Association supports measures to significantly reduce the air pollution caused by cars, trucks, and other mobile sources.

To reduce the impact of in - use heavy - duty vehicle and engines, the American Lung Association supports measures to reduce or eliminate engine idling, including school system anti-idling policies, truck - stop and port electrification, and the use of auxiliary power units to supply overnight heating, cooling, and other driver amenities for sleeper - cab equipped long haul trucks.

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Mr Trump, who frequently boasts about his support for the National Rifle Association, made no mention of gun violence or any new measure to restrict access to firearms during remarks on Thursday about the shooting.

18 May, 2016 Hospital soft drink ban a misguided measure that provides no solution Responding to calls from the NSW Labor Party to ban soft drinks from hospitals across New South Wales, Australian Beverages Council CEO, Geoff Parker said; «We'd like to support comments from the NSW Nursing and Midwives Association stating a widespread ban -LSB-...]

(1) to protect and promote breastfeeding, as an essential component of their overall food and nutrition policies and programmes on behalf of women and children, so as to enable all infants to be exclusively breastfed during the first four to six months of life; (2) to promote breastfeeding, with due attention to the nutritional and emotional needs of mothers; (3) to continue monitoring breastfeeding patterns, including traditional attitudes and practices in this regard; (4) to enforce existing, or adopt new, maternity protection legislation or other suitable measures that will promote and facilitate breastfeeding among working women; (5) to draw the attention of all who are concerned with planning and providing maternity services to the universal principles affirmed in the joint WHO / UNICEF statement (note 2) on breastfeeding and maternity services that was issued in 1989; (6) to ensure that the principles and aim of the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes and the recommendations contained in resolution WHA39.28 are given full expression in national health and nutritional policy and action, in cooperation with professional associations, womens organizations, consumer and other nongovermental groups, and the food industry; (7) to ensure that families make the most appropriate choice with regard to infant feeding, and that the health system provides the necessary support;

That had been opposed by a large number of rebel MPs, buoyed up by support from a number of angry Conservative associations, who defied the whips and opposed the measure in this afternoon's vote.

The measure is supported by numerous health organizations, including the American Heart Association, the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society.

The measure also serves as incentive for the New York Gaming Association to support Cuomo's casino bill, or at least not to fight it.

In March, the group American Disabled for Attendant Programs Today occupied the Nurses Association headquarters in suburban Latham to call for overhauling the Nurse's Practice Act and pressure the group to support the measure.

The measure has been opposed by the state chapter of the National Organization for Women as well as conservative religious organizations, but was supported by other women's groups and the state Women's Bar Association.

The measure is supported by the Military Officers Association of America, the National Military Spouse Network and the National Military Family Association.

This work was supported in part by the Center for Research in FOP and Related Disorders, the International FOP Association, the Ian Cali Endowment, the Weldon Family Endowment, the Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, the Isaac and Rose Nassau Professorship of Orthopaedic Molecular Medicine, and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (SFB760 to P. Seemann and S. Mundlos); by Health and Labour Science Research Grants for Research on Measures for Intractable Disease Research and the Academic Frontier Project of Saitma Medical University Research Center for Genomic Medicine, both from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Sciences, and Technology of Japan (to T. Katagiri); and by grants from the Rita Allen Foundation and the NIH (R01 - GM056326 to M.C. Mullins; R01 - AR40196 to F.S. Kaplan and E.M. Shore).

Therefore, this result provides converging evidence to support the previous observation of the association between the belief in free will measured by the FAD - Plus and SWB (Stillman et al., 2010; Bergner and Ramon, 2013; Crescioni et al., 2016).

In our analysis, the association of sugar intake and recurrent depression was attenuated by measures of body fatness in participants without doctor diagnosis of depression at baseline supporting the hypothesis of an indirect effect mediated by adiposity26, 27,28 driving the association of sugar intake and recurrent depression.

The Student Achievement Measure is supported by six sponsoring associations, working together to provide a more comprehensive and accurate picture of student progress and completion as students move across institutions and state boundaries.

Since joining the Association in June 2007, Eileen led the Association in notable efforts including: developing a model that measures «value - added» growth in achievement, which is used for A-F rankings of all Arizona schools; creating trainings that enable teachers and school leaders to collaboratively use data; launching joint purchasing programs; filing lawsuits for equitable funding for all K - 12 students; increasing positive public perceptions of charters; and, building a comprehensive program to support prospective charter school operators.

The Washington Education Association, the state's largest teachers union, is the driving force behind Referendum 55, though other groups also support the measure.

In April, the Texas State Teachers Association (TSTA) sued the Texas Education Agency (TEA) and its Commissioner Mike Morath, alleging that the scheduled July 1 implementation of the new Texas Teacher Evaluation and Support System (T - TESS) violates state law by requiring that school districts base 20 % of each teacher's evaluation on student achievement growth measures -LSB-...]

Commenting on today's government announcement, Julie McCulloch, interim director of policy at the Association of School and College Leaders, said: «We need a system which better reflects the entirety of their schooling and the vital work in the infant years, and we therefore support a light - touch assessment near the beginning of reception which will provide an earlier starting point for measuring progress and give parents a more complete picture.

The DfE has announced new measures to support pupils with mental health problems inside and outside the classroom, including guidance for schools published with the PSHE Association.

According to the State of the States in Gifted Education, a biennial analysis of state laws and policies to support high - ability and high - potential students conducted by the National Association for Gifted Children and the Council of State Directors of Programs for the Gifted, 28 states lack even a single gifted education performance indicator on their annual report cards or other accountability measure.

The National Education Association opposed the legislation, as it stated the accountability measures were too close to No Child Left Behind and would punish schools rather than offer support.

«I read with no small measure of disappointment the letter of the Trumbull Teacher's Association rejecting the prestigious recognition the high school received from ConnCAN... through an obvious display of ignorance of the goals of ConnCAN and an undertone of an elitist attitude, the authors of the letter have managed to alienate trusted allies and provided the missing ingredients that will sway those who were on the fence with the education reform legislation to side with the Governor and give wholesale support to the reforms proposed in Senate Bill # 24.»

Despite some concerns the governor's November tax proposal doesn't dedicate enough money to schools, the California Teachers Association's Council of Education voted Sunday to support the measure.

In a ground - breaking effort to marshal the political clout of thousands of locally - elected school officials, the California School Boards Association launched this week a concerted effort to have their members actively support two November tax measures to fund education.

The Wisconsin Education Association Council, the state's largest teachers union, which didn't participate in the accountability task force but conducted its own listening sessions around the state, offered measured support for the underlying goals.

The American Lung Association supports rigorous testing of vehicles by EPA, California and other states to ensure that vehicle emissions are adequately measured and controlled.

The American Lung Association supports stringent, technology - forcing measures to reduce emissions from mobile sources through the use of: (1) advanced low - or zero - emission vehicle technology; (2) low - polluting alternative fuels; and (3) pollution control equipment and efficiency measures to further reduce emissions from existing vehicles.

The American Lung Association recognizes that pollution from the combustion of wood and other biomass sources poses a significant threat to human health, and supports measures to transition away from using these products for heat production.

The American Lung Association supports programs and measures to reduce emissions from the existing fleet of on - road and non-road heavy - duty vehicles and engines.

The American Lung Association supports continued research to identify the impacts on lung health and to identify improved pollution control measures to protect public health and safety, particularly the health and safety of workers and communities affected by these activities.

The American Lung Association supports emissions requirements for aircraft that are comparable in stringency to other mobile source emissions standards and supports measures, including regulation, to reduce aviation emissions.

If conversion in the short - term is not possible, the American Lung Association supports public policies that require the installation of state - of - the - art air pollution control systems, and on - going measures to ensure strong enforcement and continuous compliance.

The American Lung Association supports programs and policies to encourage consumers and utility companies to expand investment in energy efficiency and energy conservation measures to reduce air pollution emissions, to reduce household energy expenses, and to stimulate new economic opportunities and job creation.

The American Lung Association strongly opposes the use of outdoor wood - fired boilers for heating and other purposes, and supports measures to greatly reduce emissions from or eliminate outdoor wood - fired boilers.

The American Lung Association supports improved federal, state and local policies, planning and funding measures that reduce mobile - source emissions through sustainable community planning and development.

The decarbonization fund will support councils and housing associations to install measures such as solar panels or air source heat pumps.

This was particularly evident when the Court was called to examine energy production - supporting measures taken by the Member States: the Netherlands (Essent Netwerk), Austria (Austria v Commission), France (Association Vent de Colère) and Germany (Germany v Commission) all unsuccessfully attempted to persuade the European judges that their feed - in tariff schemes did not engage public resources.

The measure had the support of several of the state's largest bar associations, writes reporter Sacha Pfeiffer, which took the position that although thieving lawyers make up only a small percentage of the profession, the damage they cause is significant.

Prince, Yeates & Geldzahler has since grown to a team of over 30 lawyers, supported by talented paralegals and staff, who offer expertise and assistance in a broad range of legal issues to both businesses and individuals — many of them clients who measure their association not in years, but in decades.

The association between area deprivation and perceived social support was analysed by applying valid and reliable measures such as the Oslo - 3 Social Support Scale and the German Index of Multiple Deprisupport was analysed by applying valid and reliable measures such as the Oslo - 3 Social Support Scale and the German Index of Multiple DepriSupport Scale and the German Index of Multiple Deprivation.

According to the law, residential care is a measure of the youth welfare system whose purpose is «to support the development of children and adolescents by means of an association of everyday life with educational and therapeutic provisions» (Section 34 of the KJHG), thus contributing to the young person's ability to realize his or her «right to support in his or her development and to an upbringing into a personality capable of bearing responsibility and living in a community» (Section I, Subsection 3, KJHG).

Such measures support the belief that punishment used in association with instruction promotes learning among youth.

With regard to each mediator in turn, family support fulfilled all mediation criteria (significant association with SES and a significant indirect (mediated) effect of SES on sports club membership) for all three SES measures.

There were significant associations (p < 0.05) between sports club participation and: all demographic characteristics; all measures of family and peer support; and access to sport - related facilities.

It's an approach that's been welcomed by experts like Brian Lamb and the National Association for Special Educational Needs (NASEN) which has commended its «emphasis on quality teaching and on measuring the impact of (the) support».

With regard to mediation of the relationships between measures of SES (SEIFA IRSAD of home postcode, education level and employment status of parents / caregivers) and club membership, we found that access to facilities, family support and peer support were all mediators of the associations between particular aspects of SES and club membership.

The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of an attempt to construct and examine the psychometric properties of an instrument that measures support for the 11 sexual rights formulated by the World Association of Sexology.

Our aim was to measure the prevalence of PTSD among Chinese healthcare workers exposed to physical violence «and explore the associations of their demographic characteristics, social support, personality traits «and coping styles with their PTSD symptoms.