Sentences with phrase «at high risk areas»

FRA enforce rail safety regulations and statutes through routine inspections (sample of track, locomotives, rail cars, operating practices, signals and train control systems, and hazardous material shipments for compliance with Federal safety standards at high risk areas) and broader assessments; investigate and analyze accidents; manage state involvement in rail safety programs; and implement highway - rail grade crossing programs.

Not exact matches

Taking into account past patterns of drought and water use, the Columbia study reveals that several major metro areas, including New York City, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, are at high risk for water scarcity, along with the Great Plains agricultural belt extending from North and South Dakota down to North Texas.

Far fewer potential guests are going to risk staying with you, especially if there are numerous other Airbnb properties in the area that have earned higher reviews and better ratings, even if the nightly rate to stay at one of those properties is higher.

According to a 2015 report by CoreLogic, in the western U.S. alone there are now more than 897,000 residential properties in areas that are at high or very high risk for wildfires.

If you're not in a designated high - risk area, you're eligible for Preferred Risk Policy (PRP) rates, says Keith Baker, Mortgage Banking Program coordinator and faculty at North Lake Collrisk area, you're eligible for Preferred Risk Policy (PRP) rates, says Keith Baker, Mortgage Banking Program coordinator and faculty at North Lake CollRisk Policy (PRP) rates, says Keith Baker, Mortgage Banking Program coordinator and faculty at North Lake College.

People call that area the risk zone because your account balances are at their highest then — you have a lifetime of savings — and if you lose 30 percent, like people did in 2008, you're toast.»

In his free time, Brent teaches for - profit, social entrepreneurship to low - income, at - risk high school students in the Los Angeles & Bay Areas.

The political risk involved, the possibility of a leakage in the information network, is accepted only at the highest levels, at exposed switchpoints in political, military and scientific areas.

Obstetricians have a hugely important role to play in Irish maternity services particularly in the care of women at high risk of complications, however home births are outside the scope of their practice, they have no working knowledge or expertise in the area and therefore should not be expected to be brought into the process in an ad hoc manner.

Babies left to sleep on their stomachs while on very soft bedding areas are said to be at the highest risk of SIDS of all.Various other external factors also come into play, including whether or not the parents of the baby smoke, if the baby was delivered prematurely and whether or not immediate post-natal care was sufficient, all of which can influence SIDS risk.

When it comes to essentials of vitamin D, moms who live in areas of the world that don't receive a ton of sunshine are at a much higher risk of providing their baby with breast milk that is lacking vitamin D.

Cobedding of twins and other infants of multiple gestation is a frequent practice, both in the hospital setting and at home.174 However, the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples have not been established.175, — , 177 Twins and higher - order multiples are often born prematurely and with low birth weight, so they are at increased risk of SIDS.101, 102 Furthermore, there is increased potential for overheating and rebreathing while cobedding, and size discordance might increase the risk of accidental suffocation.176 Most cobedded twins are placed on their sides rather than supine.174 Finally, cobedding of twins and higher - order multiples in the hospital setting might encourage parents to continue this practice at home.176 Because the evidence for the benefits of cobedding twins and higher - order multiples is not compelling and because of the increased risk of SIDS and suffocation, the AAP believes that it is prudent to provide separate sleep areas for these infants to decrease the risk of SIDS and accidental suffocation.

The FSB is urging the Government to do more to protect small firms in areas at high risk of flooding.

Also at 10 a.m., Rep. Dan Donovan, the House Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, will chair a Congressional field hearing at the College of Staten Island titled Securing our Communities: Federal Support to High - Risk Urban Areas, Center for the Arts, 2800 Victory Boulevard, Building 1P.

Operators of ships not remaining within that area (other than for reasons purely related to safety of life at sea, weather, navigational safety or military instructions) should allow any of their seafarers to choose not to proceed to the high - risk zone by allowing any such seafarers to leave the ship (or not to join it) at a preceding port.

Nearby casinos elevate the incidence of at - risk, problem and pathological gambling and are also associated with higher crime in areas where they are located.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr., today announced that the Oneida County Health Department's Lead Primary Prevention Program has received a $ 30,000 increase in funding provided by the New York State Department of Health's Lead Primary Prevention grant and will use that money to increase inspections in the areas of Utica at the highest risk of lead poisoning.

Oneida County Executive Anthony J. Picente, Jr. today announced a window replacement project that will partner the county's Lead Primary Prevention Pilot Program and Utica - based GroWest, Inc., targeting designated areas of Cornhill and West Utica that are at «high risk» for lead poisoning.

The New York State Health Department released an online map of areas in the Bronx that are at high risk for cancer.

Additionally, the County's LPP conducts free home inspections in designated areas of Cornhill and West Utica for units with children under 6 - years of age to identify those at high risk.

But CSEA warned that residents in high flood risk areas across the state should take little comfort in Stratton's assessment that layoffs won't put them at risk.

With our proximity to New York City and potential high risk targets, such as the second largest mall in the New York Metropolitan area, which also happens to be the eight largest mall in America, we must remain vigilant at all times against the possibility of terrorist attacks.

Despite high shipping volume in this area, the North Sea is actually not at high risk from invasive species.

(You can check out the map in this paper to see if you live in a high - risk area, look at this CDC Excel spreadsheet to see how your county fares, or read more about the CDC's maps here.)

It would also suggest that the area is at high risk from volcanic eruptions.

About 15 % of the world's land areas — and more than half of the world's cities with at least 3 million people — face what Shedlock calls «high to very high risk» of severe shaking in the next few decades.

Currently, all regions in Angola should be considered as areas at high risk of transmission of yellow fever.

For example, coastal areas or areas in the flood plain of a river are more likely to experience a natural disaster, whereas areas at higher elevation are at lower risk.

«Drinking at such high levels can suppress areas of the brain that control basic life - support functions such as breathing and heart rate, thereby increasing one's risk of death,» said senior author, Aaron White, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Advisor to the NIAAA Director.

Those areas not only harbor the highest numbers of species, they also happen to suffer very high rates of habitat destruction - a sort of double - whammy that puts many species at risk for extinction.

Results showed a large decrease in the number of birds in the «sonic net» and areas just outside and found that it was particularly effective at deterring a number of species that were at high risk of bird strike such as starlings.

Many countries across Africa and Asia - Pacific may be vulnerable to Zika virus outbreaks, with India, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Nigeria, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Bangladesh expected to be at greatest risk of Zika virus transmission due to a combination of high travel volumes from Zika affected areas in the Americas, local presence of mosquitos capable of transmitting Zika virus, suitable climatic conditions, large populations and / or limited health resources, according to a new modelling study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases.

Frequently - touched surfaces in busy areas — such as hospitals, transport hubs and public buildings — are at high risk of community - acquired and healthcare - associated infections (HCAIs) caused by methicillin - resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and methicillin - sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA)..

However, immigrants living in high - income areas were not at lower risk of CP than their non-immigrant counterparts.

And while human populations are largely adapted to local climates, researchers point to «an increase in mortality risk observed at both high and low temperatures in populations in temperate and cold climates... and tropical and subtropical areas.»

«This analysis of data from the new National Seismic Hazard Maps reveals that significantly more Americans are exposed to earthquake shaking, reflecting both the movement of the population to higher risk areas on the west coast and a change in hazard assessments,» said co-author Bill Leith, senior science advisor at USGS.

Results of their study suggest too much noise around these highways keeps birds from hearing warnings from fellow birds about predators in the area, and that puts them at a higher risk of being eaten.

A study by the National University of Singapore, Wildlife Conservation Society and Conservation International shows larger protected areas are at a higher risk of shrinking or disappearing.

Dr Richardson commented: «It may be that those at higher risk of having an eating disorder feel like they have no control over events in their life, such as their financial situation, and they may then restrict their eating as a way of exercising control in other areas of their life.

Although heterosexual men seem to be at higher risk for HPV - positive oropharyngeal cancers (likely, researchers posit, because the virus tends to infect — and persist in — the genital area of female partners), men who have sex with men face an increased risk for HPV anal cancer.

Professor Zoe Davies, from DICE at Kent, said: «Notably, though, while the risk of a güiña being killed by a human is higher in more densely populated farming areas, our questionnaires indicate that only 10 % of the rural inhabitants have killed a güiña over the last decade.

Dr Rebecca Ghosh, co-author of the study from the School of Public Health at Imperial, said «Putting this in context, an individual who lived in a higher polluted area in 1971 had a 14 per cent higher risk of dying in 2002 to 2009 than someone who had lived in a lower polluted area.

Besides that, the researchers found that Africa is expected to experience the highest rate of population growth in at - risk areas, driven by its rapid coastal development.

The practice has put some sea cucumber species at high risk of extinction, even in a relatively well - managed area, the Great Barrier Marine Park in Australia.

Angel Aguirre, the governor of Guerrero, urged people to leave areas at high risk of flooding, and Michoacan's government said all maritime activity and road travel should be avoided.

He says that a combination of azithromycin and chloroquine (a common malaria drug), currently approved to treat pregnant women in areas at high risk of malaria, would be fairly easy to test in an initial human trial.

«Children and adolescents who live in homeless shelters, are victims of abuse or neglect or live in urban or rural areas where access to high - quality food is difficult, are thought to be at increased risk for undernutrition.»

A Dutch - Texan team found that most Houston - area drowning deaths from Hurricane Harvey occurred outside the zones designated by government as being at higher risk of flooding: the 100 - and 500 - year floodplains.

By developing blood biomarkers and «immunologic signatures» related to antigen - specific T - cell responses, the researchers hope to identify individuals with latent TB infection who are at greatest risk for progression to active disease, allowing development of prevention strategies to target those at highest risk in areas with high rates of infection (usually low - and middle - income countries), as well as high income countries such as the U.S., where factors such as recent infection and HIV co-infection are associated with an increased risk of progression to active TB.

The prevalence varies across the region with higher rates seen in the south and the east, making HCV a critical area of attention for hepatologists as one fifth of HCV - infected patients are at risk of developing cirrhosis or liver cancer (2).