Sentences with phrase «at combatting lead»

New York State is failing to keep up with at least two federal initiatives aimed at combatting lead poisoning in children, a particular problem in Buffalo.

Not exact matches

Indeed, for all the discussion of the production rate for 737s or the combat range of the F / A -18 C Hornet, McNerney's 20 months at Boeing have been about leading an organization of more than 150,000 employees, with sales of more than $ 59 billion, out of a moral abyss.

The Federal Reserve started raising rates in 1986 to combat inflation as equity markets had enjoyed a stellar run - up; tightened monetary policy at home was welcomed with a steep sell - off that became known as «Black Monday» and led to stock market crashes around the globe, starting in Hong Kong and spreading to Europe.

That's why I lead research at BRRI to discover native varieties in our Gene Bank that might have higher amounts of micronutrients to help combat iron and zinc deficiencies.

Totals: One burning horse; a sisterly prison slap; a wicked backhand as punishment for hitting a prince; one scaly princess burned at the stake (NOT OKAY); a cornucopia of violence in the Meerenese fighting pits: one totally bitchin» decapitation, one Dothraki impaled, an over-the-shoulder stab to the heart, another guy speared through the chest, a deus ex machina back - stabbing, one combat roll leading to a sword in the gut and an Olympic - worthy javelin toss to kill an assassin.

Banditry: Troops kills scores, arrest 4 at Falgore forest Troops from 3rd motorized brigade of Nigerian Army have decimated criminality at Falgore forest following a combat operation that led to the death of scores of bandits, while 4 were arrested.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz unveiled a $ 3.75 million, five - year program to combat lead poisoning after federal data indicated children in Western New York suffer from it at higher rates than elsewhere in the state.

At 11 a.m., Reps. Louise Slaughter and Paul Tonko will hold a press conference to discuss the importance of federal funding and legislation in combatting lead poisoning, Slaughter's Rochester office, 3120 Federal Bldg., 100 State St.

In an effort to combat «spice» sales, which have led to nearly 700 emergency room visits at three Bronx hospitals in recent months, Senator Klein also introduced new legislation to strengthen criminal and civil penalties to keep ahead of the synthetic drug trade.

Troops from 3rd motorized brigade of Nigerian Army have decimated criminality at Falgore forest following a combat operation that led to the death of scores of bandits, while 4 were arrested.

According to Srikumar Chellappan, Ph.D., chair of the Department of Tumor Biology at Moffitt, «we expect that this study will lead to new therapeutic strategies to combat cancer metastasis.

Leading scientists from around the world convened this week at the International Congress for Conservation Biology in Cartagena, Colombia, to discuss how to better leverage science to combat illegal wildlife trade — both within countries and across international borders.

Xian - Cheng Jiang, PhD, professor of cell biology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has led a study identifying a new approach for lowering «bad» lipids in blood circulation, a critical means to combat devastating cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis.

To combat this, Paul Sermon, a nanomaterials engineer at Brunel University in London, is leading a government - funded team to develop forensic coatings for brass bullet cartridges.

«These findings are important because they suggest that we may have another tool in our toolbox to combat childhood obesity,» says psychological scientist and lead researcher Jennifer A. Silvers, a post-doctoral fellow at Columbia University in the laboratory of Professor Kevin Ochsner.

This makes the development of an effective vaccine to protect against infection, as well as antiviral therapy to combat already - existing infections, particularly challenging,» says Dr. Grant Hansman, a virologist who leads the CHS Research Group on Noroviruses at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) and Heidelberg University.

I was given access to military personnel at every level of the civilian casualty — tracking system, from the collection and quality - checking of CIVCAS data to the analysis that leads to new combat directives.

«PTSD, TBI, and sleep problems significantly affect functional status and quality of life in veterans returning from combat,» explains lead author Yelena Bogdanova, PhD, assistant professor of psychiatry at BUSM add VA title.

In a battlefield exercise about three years ago at Fort Benning, Georgia, one where many new technologies including robots and new UAVs and wearable computers and all of those things were being tested in a war game, an Army captain leading one of the teams was asked which of these technologies he would want to take with him to combat today.

Dr. Graham Simmons, associate investigator at BSRI and the lead researcher on the project, together with Dr. Jing Jin, a postdoctoral fellow in his laboratory, view these recent discoveries in the scope of a greater body of work that he and other researchers are doing to understand and combat CHIKV and other viruses.

«Up to now, no one has been able to say if multiple TBIs, which are common among combat veterans, are associated with higher suicide risk or not,» says the study's lead author, Craig J. Bryan, assistant professor of psychology at the University of Utah and associate director of the National Center for Veterans Studies.

«To treat a leading cause of osteoporosis, surgery is better than widely used medications: Using drugs to combat hyperparathyroidism is worse than doing nothing at all.»

The surprise findings by a team of scientists at the University of Exeter has led to calls for urgent research into the implications of using «fire to fight fire» to combat disease.

In an effort to better understand and help combat the ants, a group of researchers led by Neil Tsutsui at the University of California, Berkeley, sequenced the genome of L. humile.

The need for new drug compounds that can combat skeletal dysplasia has led the Noriyuki Tsumaki group at CiRA, Kyoto University, to consider iPS cell technology.

Closing costs are «money that would have been better used to support research that ultimately could have continued to combat diseases like AIDS and Parkinson's, rather than shutting down a productive research enterprise, mothballing a valuable research campus, and walking away from» millions in federal funding, said R. Paul Johnson, a former director of the primate center who now leads the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University.

«These are very promising findings and, as the first study to demonstrate protection from Zika in the pregnancy setting, are an important development in our efforts to combat Zika virus,» said Michael Diamond, M.D., Ph.D., Professor, Departments of Medicine, Molecular Microbiology, Pathology & Immunology, and Associate Director, Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Program at Washington University School of Medicine, and a lead author on the Cell paper.

It seems as though invasion - front toads have weakened immune responses — that seems to be a likely reason why they are so vulnerable to the arthritis - and we are following up this lead with studies on how toads react to infection in terms of their behaviour and physiology (by Dave Llewelyn) as well as looking at the actual processes by which they combat infection.

These boss battles were the only place I found myself frustrated with combat, as learning the specific technique to defeating them lead to many a deaths — at no major setback or loss, though, other than my time and personal annoyance.

Nantz is quickly paired with a freshly minted lieutenant who panics at the first sign of combat, leading a multi-ethnic squad meant as a microcosm of America.

Regrettably, though, Favreau gets carried away with his leading man, resulting in a protracted middle section — involving Stark's return stateside to flirt with loyal secretary Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), quarrel with buddy Jim Rhodes (Terrence Howard), and infuriate business partner Obadiah Stane (Jeff Bridges)-- in which Iron Man - construction sequences come at the expense of high - flying combat.

While this seemed odd to me at first (and more work), it led to a more enjoyable combat experience.

Opponents don't become harder to beat in combat, there is simply more of them to deal with leading to combat feeling tedious, especially later in the game as fights are thrown at you seemingly every few steps.

- Ophilia and Cyrus have been announced as the last two playable characters - Cyrus is a scholar working at the royal university who is an incredibly curious and knowledgeable person - Cyrus» Path Action is «Explore» which lets him find out hidden details and information about other characters - during combat, Cyrus can reveal the weaknesses of enemies and exploit them using fire, ice and lightning magic - Ophilia is a priestess and her Path Action is Lead, which allows her to guide characters to certain places by having them follow - in combat, she's a classic white mage - type who can heal allies, buff their stats and use light magic to attack the enemy - Ophilia can also call upon the character she's guiding to aid her in battle - character's special abilities are called Talents - Olberic can take hits in place of other characters in battle - Primrose, like Ophilia, can call upon the character she has charmed and have them aid her in battle - Tressa can sometimes find money simply by walking around the overworld - Alfyn can mix items to damage enemies or heal allies - Therion can unlock treasure chests - H'aanit can capture beasts during combat - your active battle party can consist of four characters, but you can swap them out with the other four characters at any time - even after you've met up with the other playable characters, you can still pursue each character's individual story - you do this by making them the «main» character of your current party

On the plus side you can use this space combat to lead a life of space travel and never touch ground, or at least I think you can.

Your troops can't move through other groups of your troops either leading them to often take maze - like paths through the field of combat, at which point the enemy has usually moved anyway.

Howard worked at Microsoft Studios from 1999 to 2007, working as lead designer on titles including the original Halo: Combat Evolved, Crimson Skies and Shadowrun.

Namco Bandai's weapon - based brawler has always prioritised the spectacle of combat over the art of fighting — something far better demonstrated in its Tekken franchise — and while few would deny that this approach has led to some of the most explosive and colourful rucks of the last decade or so, such showmanship has tended to come at the expense of gameplay depth.

After doing some work on the Hubble at NASA he decided to apply his vast abilities in the games industry, eventually bringing his experience as lead combat programmer on The Old Republic to Stoic.

Divisions include airborne which are stealthier in their footwork as they are faster yet simultaneously quieter before firing at enemies with suppressed weapons; armoured brings the heaviest weaponry; expeditionary force is equipped with shotguns; infantry are capable of leading the attack with bayonet charges in close quarters combat or holding position to take on enemies at mid to long range through rifle battles; and mountain are expert snipers with sharpshooter focus for precise sniping from a distance.

Earlier this week, H1Z1 was announced for PS4, and I had the chance to interview Tony Morton, Lead Systems and Combat Designer at Daybreak Games.

The development team includes studio head Tom Flanagan, a retired Army Special Operations veteran with several years of direct action combat; Art Director Russell Phillips, who formerly shaped the look of SOCOM: US Navy SEALs for Zipper Interactive; Creative Direction support by David Sears, former Creative Director for SOCOM: US Navy SEALs; Lead Audio Designer Nathan Brenholdt, whose previous work appeared in SOCOM: US Navy SEALs, God of War, Twisted Metal, Uncharted, and more; and Game Designer Kevin De Respino, formerly of his own independent studio, Look At It Games.

This leads to extremely well - balanced multiplayer combat, even at times when it feels difficult and frustrating.

The game's lead producer played through the game giving us a look at some of the basic controls as well as some new forms of combat.

Well that probably depends on whether you managed to forgive the linearity and heavily automated combat to push on and finish, or on how adept you are at finding HD cutscene compilations on torrent sites to enjoy what was a cracking story along with some generation - leading CGI.

Monster parties can be more than one level deep in a single combat episode, leading to epic encounters of up to 12 or more monsters at a time, where managing a party's ranged and melee skills can be the difference between victorious life and an ignominious death.

For example, while a path may lead up to a Sheikah Tower, lined with a series of enemies that would need to be overcome in order to get there, maybe the player could utilize parts of the landscape, their mastery of cookery (which allows you to create food and stat - buffing elixirs) and specific items to reach the top without any combat taking place at all.

Highlights of this time at Pandemic include designing and scripting all of the Jedi and heroes for Star Wars Battlefront II, creating a groundbreaking animation system for next - gen games, and leading a triage team for the combat in Lord of the Rings: Conquest.

As of now, the two companies aligned interests to combat Google has led them to join hands and work on Facebook's HTML5 codenamed «Project Spartan» which, if rumors are to be believed, would launch at Apple's media event on October 4th along with Facebook's iPad app.

After doing some work on the Hubble at NASA he decided to apply his vast abilities in the games industry, eventually bringing his experience as lead combat programmer on The Old Republic to Stoic, where he is Co-Owner and Technical Director.