The efficacy of U.S. gun laws is hard to pin down for two main reasons, Hemenway says: Gun laws aren't typically very strong, and studies tend to look
at overall effects on violence.
«You have to look
at the overall effect of all of the changes if the standards, deductions are being increased, if there's other benefits from a simplification of taxes, if the alternative minimum tax is changed,» he said.
But if we're going to understand what Hyatt has actually done, I think it also makes sense to look
at the overall effect on their award chart.
Not exact matches
So let's say we split the difference and conclude that the
overall effect of quotas on corporate profitability is likely no real
effect at all.
«While the
overall effect of the 1MDB saga is hard to pin down, suffice to say that it is not something that Malaysia needs
at this point, given that it already faces a number of substantial economic challenges ahead,» echoed OCBC economist Wellian Wiranto said in a note on Wednesday.
And while the
overall effect on renewable energy projects and finance is unclear
at this time, one thing is clear from the new bill: that lenders, developers and tax lawyers will be very busy for the next year trying to figure out the new landscape.
While it is still too early to make a full assessment of the economic
effect of the south Asian tsunami,
at this stage it seems that the
overall effect on GDP will be modest in relation to the size of the region's economy.
So let's try a different angle and look
at overall burdens under the GOP tax law, which went into
effect January 1.
«
At the start of 2018, it is still too early to determine the
overall effect of the new tax legislation on housing, and we will need to see whether positive impacts on both housing demand and supply materialize in the coming months.»
Nevertheless, prescription drugs CPI is only 1.37 % of the aggregate index (according to a BLS official
at the time of writing), thus the
overall effect on medical care inflation and headline aggregate index should be limited.
Overall, the
effects have been devastating:
at this link is a run - down of services that have already been negatively affected by the government's slashing and burning.
Importantly, when one measures the distributional
effect of tax reform they must look
at the entire plan; however, absent SALT repeal, it is more challenging to achieve distributional - neutrality and more likely that tax reform
overall will be regressive in nature.
The data on education and sex also indicate that the
overall effect of higher education is to move persons into the middle range (eleven to thirty partners) of promiscuity, whereas persons with only a high school education are somewhat more likely to be
at the extremes (zero or 101 +).
The
overall economic
effect maybe an increase in production, but
at the enormous cost of breaking up the community and relationships dependent upon that community.
So, the
overall effect is a barrage of negative factors impacting the country's economy all
at once.»
What that teaches us is this, one bad signing can destroy a team season, Xhaka possesses none of the credential Arsenal need his lack of stamina
effects his ability to move up the pitch and distribute the ball and hence close the opposition down, his poor acceleration put him in
at a massive disadvantage in taking on the one on one chase back toward his goal, his sluggish tackling causes him to get sent off and his poor positioning allow the opposition plenty of space to exploit, Xhaka
overall style of play is going to cause Arsenal huge problems for the foreseeable future.
Based on data showing that, while youth football players sustained concussions
at about the same rate in practice and
overall as high school and college athletes, they were injured
at a rate 3 to 4 times higher than older players during games, the UPMC researchers predicted that Pop Warner's new rules «may not only have little
effect on reducing on reducing concussions but may also actually increase the incidence of concussions in games via reduced time learning proper tackling in practice.»
In a systematic review of school - based interventions aimed
at modifying knowledge, attitudes, social norms and intentions to breastfeed, researchers concluded that «
Overall, these studies demonstrated positive
effects on perceptions and attitudes toward breastfeeding and increased behavioral intention of breastfeeding later in life.
Although some SIDS experts and policy - makers endorse pacifier use recommendations that are similar to those of the AAP, 272,273 concerns about possible deleterious
effects of pacifier use have prevented others from making a recommendation for pacifier use as a risk reduction strategy.274 Although several observational studies275, — , 277 have found a correlation between pacifiers and reduced breastfeeding duration, the results of well - designed randomized clinical trials indicated that pacifiers do not seem to cause shortened breastfeeding duration for term and preterm infants.278, 279 The authors of 1 study reported a small deleterious
effect of early pacifier introduction (2 — 5 days after birth) on exclusive breastfeeding
at 1 month of age and on
overall breastfeeding duration (defined as any breastfeeding), but early pacifier use did not adversely affect exclusive breastfeeding duration.
A link to sign the petition is
at least prominently featured, and the
overall effect is that SOMEONE»S getting ready for a fight in 2012.
They looked
at factors ranging from
overall communications budgets to the
effect on an email campaign's success of the day of the week on which it was launched.
Commenting on these latest figures, Noble Francis, Economics Director
at the Construction Products Association said: «The construction industry is now firmly back in recession and, although there are some areas of growth, such as private housing, the
overall picture shows an industry clearly suffering from the
effects of public sector cuts.
The most recent
overall increase in the size of the House, which came into
effect at the 1984 election, increased the number of members from 125 to 148.
These models took into account the
overall effect on our economy, looking
at losses and gains from trade tariffs and barriers as well as financial gains.
Overall, a number of studies suggest that restrictive alcohol policies have a protective
effect on reducing suicide
at a general population level.
«Although there was an
overall dampening
effect of alcohol on the prefrontal cortex, even
at a low dose of alcohol we observed a significant positive relationship between dorsomedial and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex activity and alcohol - related aggression,» explains Denson.
When we look
at the eastern U.S. as a whole, there was an
overall trend towards a drier climate from the 1980s to the 2000s, and therefore the
overall effect of climate over the two decades was to reduce forest biomass.»
«Our study group has spent decades studying the health
effects of diet quality and composition, and now this new data also suggests
overall dietary habits can be important to lower risk of coronary heart disease,» said Eric Rimm, Sc.D., senior author and Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health and Associate Professor of Medicine
at the Harvard Medical School.
«Considering the
overall impact, I think this really puts noise on a footing where it needs to be taken seriously,» says Deepak Prasher, who studies the
effects of noise on heart health
at the Royal Surrey County Hospital in Guildford, UK.
Treating subclinical hypothyroidism with levothyroxine has no
effect on
overall mortality rates, according to research presented today
at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Wrocław, Poland.
Immunotherapy doubles
overall survival and improves quality of life, with fewer side
effects, in a treatment - resistant and rapidly progressing form of head and neck carcinoma, reports a large, randomized international trial co-led by investigators
at the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI).
In a paper published online by the New England Journal of Medicine, investigators
at Dana - Farber and research centers around the world found that the drug combination — given as a single pill known as TAS - 102 — not only extended patients»
overall survival, but also delayed the advance of the disease and did so with very few side
effects.
The
effect was a 28 % reduction in the risk of death, which is statistically and clinically significant, and an 11 % absolute gain in
overall survival
at five years.»
«The
effect can be partly explained by the higher
overall fat content and the higher levels of omega - 3 fatty acids found in farm milk,» says Tabea Brick, a member of the research group led by Erika von Mutius, Professor of Pediatric Allergology
at LMU and Head of the Department of Asthma and Allergies
at Dr. von Hauner Children's Hospital in Munich.
To get an
overall view of the
effect of reducing CO2 emissions, just take a look
at the «Keeling curve»...
Dr Arturo López Ariste, another member of the team, adds: «The
overall effect is similar to the trail of an aeroplane in our skies: the aeroplane travels horizontally
at a fixed height, but we see that the trail starts above our heads and ends up on the horizon.
Professor Marco Metra, director of the Institute of Cardiology
at the University and Civil Hospital of Brescia, Italy and co-principal investigator of RELAX - AHF, said: «We have reported that all of these adverse
effects of a worsening heart failure event are related to increased
overall mortality and that a worsening heart failure event itself is related to a two-fold increased risk of dying in 180 days.»
Sentinel node biopsy reduces the possibility of patients having to undergo extensive lymph node surgery and its associated side
effects such as tissue swelling, lymph accumulation
at the surgery site, pain, discomfort, and
overall decreased quality of life.
The latest work paints a picture of LSD and some other hallucinogens as drugs that can decrease modularity and connectivity within brain networks while enhancing the brain's
overall connectivity, explains Frederick Barrett, a cognitive neuroscientist
at Johns Hopkins University who has studied hallucinogenic drug
effects but was not involved in the research released this week.
The Swedish study involving 25,474 women is the first to quantify the combined
effects of smoking and age
at menopause on
overall mortality in terms of survival time by investigating the role of smoking as a possible
effect modifier.
As a solution, exercise excites many therapists and physicians because it can provide relief and boost mobility with few side
effects at comparatively low cost, all while improving
overall quality of life.
In the absence of broader structural measures, the authors conclude that «targeted technology initiatives, strategic industry policies, and the like will have modest positive
effects at best, and may instead prove harmful to
overall economic performance».
«This study supports the idea that punctuated equilibria exist but also suggests a limit to its
overall effect on genetic change,» comments Don Waller, an evolutionary biologist
at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
The meta - analysis allowed us to look
at different field studies from around the globe to determine the
overall effect.
Overall,
at 12 weeks, the mean fatigue score in the GES group was 4 points lower than in the control group, consistent with a moderate size
effect.
These trends may be explained in part by the yo - yo
effects that high glycemic - index carbohydrates have on blood glucose, which can stimulate fat production and inflammation, increase
overall caloric intake and lower insulin sensitivity, says David Ludwig, director of the obesity program
at Children's Hospital Boston.
«These [voluntary] activities have led to significant reductions in emissions from some companies and some industries, but
overall have not had a significant
effect on emissions
at the national or regional level,» Bernstein says.
Azim Shariff, a psychologist
at the University of Oregon in Eugene, says it contrasts with his analysis that, taken as a whole, previous research found no
overall effect of religion on adults faced with these kind of moral tests.
«EbA is the use of biodiversity and ecosystem services as part of an
overall adaptation to help people and communities adapt to the negative
effects of climate change
at local, regional, and global levels.»
«But given the significant side -
effects previously associated with treating the disease, notably fatigue and neuropsychiatric side
effects, we were interested in looking
at the impact of new treatments on patients» ability to work, and in a broader sense, how this
effects employers and
overall economies.»