Sentences with phrase «as decreasing its ability»

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Anything less than this is considered to be inadequate, which can limit your motivation, increase the release of cortisol (a stress hormone), as well as decrease your body's ability to recover from exercise — all of which are damaging to your health and fitness routine.

services does not decrease over time as we expect, or we are not able to establish VSOE for professional services revenue, then our ability to achieve profitability will be negatively impacted.

For in - house recruiters, the ability to share applicant information with the relevant hiring manager, as well as schedule interviews and gather feedback from those same hiring managers within one system can save time and decrease the number of days in the hiring cycle.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

JED has been described as «an ecumenical sharing of abilities and expertise» and a partnership which makes «good, economic sense in these days of decreasing financial resources for the work of the church.»

By encouraging dependency on himself, a minister decreases his people's ability to function as adult decision - makers and initiators of action.

And as your baby grows and pushes up on your lungs, you'll notice a decreased ability to breathe in more air (and the oxygen it contains) when you exercise.

Furthermore, it is now clear that all kinds of crying (i.e. fussing, crying and inconsolable crying) is prolonged, that this prolongation occurs only in the first few months, and that inconsolable crying is almost unique to the first few months of life.3, 40 The «unpredictability» of the crying, and of the caregiver's ability or inability to soothe the infant is most likely due to the facts that (1) the infant cry in the first few months is a reflection of the organization of its behavioural states (crying, awake alert, sleeping), rather than an intentional «signal,» 14 (2) that behavioural state changes occur in «steps» rather than due to increases or decreases in arousal7, 41 and (3) infants are resistant to behavioural state change unless they are in a transitional phase in which they are «ready» to change state.7 Finally, there is now good evidence that the proportion of infants that have evidence of organic disease to explain their crying is less than 5 %.8, 42,43 In the absence of other compromise, infants with «colic» have as good an outcome as infants without «colic.»

Lack of DHA in the body leads to serious consequences: inflammation of the skin, decreased learning ability, as well as disorders of concentration and memory, and these are some of the consequences.

The approach halts further necrosis and can save a baby's life, but it often leaves infants with insufficient intestine and puts them at risk for long - term complications, such as short bowel syndrome, which requires feeding support for life due to the intestines» decreased ability to absorb enough nutrients.

As always, do follow up with your pediatrician if you become really concerned or you notice any significant changes / decreases in your baby's abilities.

It would be best to talk with your doctor and your baby's doctor to ensure safety, as taking melatonin all the time can decrease your body's natural ability to make it.»

Many good government groups had the expectation that the workgroup's proposals would help empower individual members while decreasing the speaker's ability to control all legislation, something they saw as playing into the charges against Silver, who had long resisted calls for basic technological changes to increase transparency.

«We know that exposure to smoking cues such as visual depictions of cigarettes, ashtrays, matches, lighters, and smoke heightens smokers» urge to smoke a cigarette, and decreases former smokers» confidence in their ability to refrain from smoking a cigarette,» said Dr. Maloney.

The findings could have an impact on the tests and measurements that physicians rely on to diagnose and treat two heart conditions: hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, in which the heart muscle becomes abnormally thick, and non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy, in which the heart's ability to pump blood decreases as the organ's main pumping chamber, the left ventricle, is enlarged and its muscle thinned.

The intervention programme decreased children's aggressiveness, noncompliant behaviour, ADHD symptoms, and emotional problems as well as strengthened their ability to feel empathy.

Quickly switching between websites may reflect anhedonia (a decreased ability to experience emotions), as people desperately seek for emotional stimulation.

As we age, loss of lens accommodation causes presbyopia — decreased ability to focus on close - up objects.

As tree growth slows during a drought, it decreases a tree's ability to take in enough carbon to stay alive, Berdanier said.

MCI, which is thought to be a preliminary stage of Alzheimer's, is a state in which cognitive functions, such as memory or thinking ability, decrease at a level that do not affect daily life.

«Also, we believe that anti-CtBP therapies such as HIPP may be able to complement current therapies to counter drug resistance and decrease metastasis, ultimately increasing our ability to control and cure colon cancer.»

There is some evidence that, as we age, our ability to metabolize alcohol decreases so alcohol might remain in our systems longer to interact with medications.

«Bees» ability to forage decreases as air pollution increases.»

«The literature gives us the impression that older adults are essentially doomed as their cognitive abilities decrease, when, in reality, many older adults get along just fine in their day - to - day lives, and we think that shows that aging adults don't always need to have high cognitive control.»

«As your ability to support yourself and your kin — to feel and be useful to others — decreases, status declines and depression increases,» he said.

This can lead to obesity, high blood pressure and a decreased ability to process sugar — the combination of which is known as the «metabolic syndrome.»

Vaccinating older individuals is problematic, as the effectiveness of most vaccines decrease with age, with maximal responses often as low as 30 % in the over 70s.5 Nevertheless, vaccination programmes demonstrate the ability to reduce disease burden in the elderly as well as offering a tool to observe immune responses in vivo in humans.

These promised to provide a new therapeutic target for treating obesity, with the researchers finding that they share the fat - burning abilities of brown cells, though they do decrease in number as we approach middle age.

They are also commonly referred to as «repair cells» for their ability to heal injured organs or body parts by accelerating tissue repair and regeneration, decreasing inflammation as well as increasing blood flow through the growth of new blood vessels.

The aging brain has a decreased ability to lay down new memories, and this decrease is exacerbated in diseases of aging such as stroke and Alzheimer's disease.

These cognitive deficits were most noted in non-verbal abilities to solve problems and verbal memory, as well as decreased intelligence.

The ability of a population to behave as a portfolio, however, might decrease with increased connectivity (exchange) between sub-populations due to two processes.

When you drink, your body is busy metabolizing the alcohol and this decreases its ability to metabolize fats and carbohydrates as effectively — causing your metabolism to slow.

Ironically, at the same time as your ability to absorb some nutrients decreases, your need for them increases.

Consuming moderate amounts of sugar does not decrease insulin sensitivity or impair your ability to process glucose, as long as you maintain your weight and don't over-eat.

The chronically stressed mice had decreased immune function and experienced tumor development significantly earlier than the non-stressed mice.16 Other mouse studies of ovarian cancer showed that chronic stress resulted in increased cancer growth as well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risas well as increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risas increased angiogenesis, the process with which cancer forms new blood vessels to feed itself nutrients for growth and metastases.17 Chronic stress has also been shown to decrease our body's ability to mount an attack against foreign invaders, including viruses.18 As we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risAs we know that several viruses can cause cancer (HPV and cervical cancer, and EBV and nasopharyngeal cancer), we can extrapolate that any decrease in immune function could increase cancer risk.

This is the theory of fat availability — As body fat levels decrease so does your ability to handle a large calorie deficit.

Exposure to linalool, a terpene found in flowers and spice plants, decreased inflammatory damage in the lungs of smoke - exposed mice.12 Linalool is found in lavender and basil, and in keeping with terpenes ability to defend against plant prey, is used by exterminators as an insecticide.

By adding muscle as you lose weight, you decrease the risk of gaining the weight back and you increase your body's ability to continue to burn fat.

Aging - associated increases in oxidative damage to key enzymes results in their structural deformation and decreased binding affinity for the co-enzyme, causing a decrease in enzyme funtion.8 Ames» research has demonstrated that increasing the availability of acetyl L - carnitine and α - lipoic acid, two nutrients that serve as mitochondrial enzyme co-factors, restores the velocity of the reactions (KM) in the related enzymes, and thus restores aging mitochondria's ability to produce youthful levels of ATP.9 10 11 12 13 Part II focused on the inter-relationships among the folate, methylation and transsulfuration pathways, whose dysfunction results in increased free radical production coupled with disruption of glutathione (GSH) synthesis, thus accelerating mitochondrial decay and aging.

One thing to remember as you learn and evaluate the various zones, is that as the number of calories burned from glycogen (carbohydrates) increases, your body's ability to maintain and build muscle decreases.

Since the body's ability to produce this compound decreases * as we age, using a serum is a great way to nourish your skin and make it radiant and healthy.

With the onslaught of acidity from foods and stress along with decreasing ability of the body to keep up with buffering all this acidity our bodies often can not keep up adequately with sufficient production of bicarbonates (especially true as we age or if we have a chronic stress).

Caffeine boosts energy temporarily by raising cortisol, but as we've seen, high cortisol can block progesterone receptors: your daily jolt may be decreasing the ability of your progesterone to bind to its receptor and do its job.

Training muscle endurance would reduce the ability to lift such a heavy weight, as increased endurance = decreased strength.

As our lung capacity decreases, energy levels drop, our ability to move with ease decreases.

As insulin sensitivity gets worse, your body's ability to burn fat decreases, the likelihood of fat gain increases, and your body's ability to create muscle proteins is blunted.

If your cortisol function is imbalanced due to adrenal fatigue, your ability to use gluconeogenesis as a means of blood - sugar stabilization is decreased.

Resistance training has the ability to decrease fat mass, as well as the ability to increase lean body mass, metabolism, and strength.

Research shows that our bodies ability to produce digestive enzymes decreases as we get older.