Sentences with phrase «change impact studies»

Climate change impact studies for savanna and grassland fauna are few.

last comments for tonight: (1) bound to spark many more such studies (2) may or may not become a «classic» like MBH98 but will be cited many times, even though this journal has a low impact factor (3) required reading for any scientist who uses GCM outputs (raw or downscaled) as inputs in their climate change impact studies (4) anyone researching climate change impacts who does not read this paper and take a stand should be held to account for their negligence

Precipitation extremes and small - scale variability are essential drivers in many climate change impact studies.

They can either ignore the failings of their downscaling approach when applied to multi-decadal regional climate change impact studies and continue to mislead those communities, or they can reassess and focus on the quantification of the predictability of regional climate statistics and their changes on different time and space scales.

Vassie et al. (2004) suggest that scientists engaged in climate change impact studies should also consider possible changes in swell direction and incidence and their potential impacts on the coasts of small islands.

This was stated by Dr Mohsin Iqbal, head of the agriculture and coordination section at the Global Change Impact Studies Centre (GCISC), who added that recent projections have confirmed that wheat [continue reading...]

The bipartisan National Commission on Energy Policy (NCEP) pulled together the findings of seven climate change impacts studies conducted... Continue reading →

Dutcher and his fellow climate scientists in Nebraska are standing up for science after the state legislature passed a misguided bill commissioning a state climate - change impact study that precludes scientists from addressing human activity's role in global warming.

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What's especially telling is that studies indicate that prior entrepreneurial experience doesn't change the positive impacts of an accelerator program.

Given all the changes over the past three decades, Davidoff citing a study of the impact of New York financial transaction taxes from 1932 to 1981 is interesting from a historical perspective but not much more.

These risks and uncertainties include: Gilead's ability to achieve its anticipated full year 2018 financial results; Gilead's ability to sustain growth in revenues for its antiviral and other programs; the risk that private and public payers may be reluctant to provide, or continue to provide, coverage or reimbursement for new products, including Vosevi, Yescarta, Epclusa, Harvoni, Genvoya, Odefsey, Descovy, Biktarvy and Vemlidy ®; austerity measures in European countries that may increase the amount of discount required on Gilead's products; an increase in discounts, chargebacks and rebates due to ongoing contracts and future negotiations with commercial and government payers; a larger than anticipated shift in payer mix to more highly discounted payer segments and geographic regions and decreases in treatment duration; availability of funding for state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs); continued fluctuations in ADAP purchases driven by federal and state grant cycles which may not mirror patient demand and may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; market share and price erosion caused by the introduction of generic versions of Viread and Truvada, an uncertain global macroeconomic environment; and potential amendments to the Affordable Care Act or other government action that could have the effect of lowering prices or reducing the number of insured patients; the possibility of unfavorable results from clinical trials involving investigational compounds; Gilead's ability to initiate clinical trials in its currently anticipated timeframes; the levels of inventory held by wholesalers and retailers which may cause fluctuations in Gilead's earnings; Kite's ability to develop and commercialize cell therapies utilizing the zinc finger nuclease technology platform and realize the benefits of the Sangamo partnership; Gilead's ability to submit new drug applications for new product candidates in the timelines currently anticipated; Gilead's ability to receive regulatory approvals in a timely manner or at all, for new and current products, including Biktarvy; Gilead's ability to successfully commercialize its products, including Biktarvy; the risk that physicians and patients may not see advantages of these products over other therapies and may therefore be reluctant to prescribe the products; Gilead's ability to successfully develop its hematology / oncology and inflammation / respiratory programs; safety and efficacy data from clinical studies may not warrant further development of Gilead's product candidates, including GS - 9620 and Yescarta in combination with Pfizer's utomilumab; Gilead's ability to pay dividends or complete its share repurchase program due to changes in its stock price, corporate or other market conditions; fluctuations in the foreign exchange rate of the U.S. dollar that may cause an unfavorable foreign currency exchange impact on Gilead's future revenues and pre-tax earnings; and other risks identified from time to time in Gilead's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC).

This report - prepared by a Study Group chaired by Denis Beau (Bank of France)- assesses changes in the supply of and demand for market - making services as well as their potential impact on fixed income markets.

The 2013 study highlights both changing demographics in the United States, as well as the impact of the economic downturn of 2008 and the sluggish recovery the country has experienced.

Nevertheless, it takes seriously the developments in critical Bible studies, the new insights gained from the social sciences of cultural anthropology and sociology, the impact of technology and political theory in rapid cultural change and the issues raised by cross-cultural communication on a global scale.

One is the issue of consciousness studies and how they specifically impact this emergence, this change in worldviews; and specifically impact cosmology of life and the soul / spirit.

At Future Food, we strive to study the impact of innovative food technologies and trends as one of our mandates in supporting the emergence of game changing food realities.

Studies have shown how changes to our intestinal bacteria can effect weight and have an impact on cardiovascular health and bone health.

This study looked at genetic (varieties) and management (row spacing and nitrogen) options to minimise the impact of climate change, using rain - out shelters to control rainfall; the results provided a platform to model wheat production in future climates.

Working with Worms to Fight Climate Change Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative imChange Global studies show that water scarcity and water stress are increasing, and as much as 15 % to 35 % of human withdrawals of water for agriculture are considered unsustainable.1 Achievement of climate change - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative imchange - related commitments like those made at last year's Paris Climate Conference («COP21») will require that businesses strategically manage their water footprints for maximum efficacy while mitigating negative impacts.

A study done by the Park District found that while there will be an increase in vehicles, there is «adequate access to the site,» and so the change will generate a «limited impact on the surrounding road network.»

A 2016 study by Broglio [46] found that a rule change limiting full - contact high school football practices appears to have been effective in reducing head - impact exposure for all players, with the largest reduction occurring among lineman.

Among them were the Purdue and Rochester studies of athletes in high school and college football [1,8,9,12,13, 31 - 38] and ice hockey, [8] which, as noted above, found subtle changes in cerebral function in the absence of concussion symptoms or clinically measurable cognitive impairment which researchers linked to the volume of head impacts, and a much publicized case - study autopsy of a collegiate football player, Owen Thomas, with no reported history of concussions, which revealed early signs of CTE.

The study found that impacts were reduced from an average of 592 impacts per player per season before the rule change to an average of 345 impacts per player per season, or a 42 % decline in impact exposure

Indeed, the 2014 University of Rochester study [23] suggests that, «rather than monitor total head hits, as [was initially suggested [by Sports Legacy Institute in its much publicized Hit Count program], it may be more effective to monitor those hits that are most likely to produce [white matter] changes, which Bazarian and his colleagues found were when the number of helmet impacts resulting in a peak rotational acceleration of 4500 rads / sec2exceeded 30 - 40 for the season, and when the number of helmet impacts resulting in a peak rotational acceleration.6000 rads / sec2 exceeded 10 - 15 for the season.

Using DTI, researchers at Wake Forest found in a 2014 study [26] that a single season of high school football can produce changes in the white matter of the brain of the type previously associated with mTBI in the absence of a clinical diagnosis of concussion, and that these impact - related changes in the brain are strongly associated with a postseason change in the verbal memory composite score from baseline on the ImPACT neurocognitiveimpact - related changes in the brain are strongly associated with a postseason change in the verbal memory composite score from baseline on the ImPACT neurocognitiveImPACT neurocognitive test.

Elder, C.R, Gullion, C.M., Funk, K.L, DeBar, L.L., Lindberg, N.M., and Stevens, V.J. Impact of Sleep, Screen Time, Depression and Stress on Weight Change in the Intensive Weight Loss Phase of the LIFE Study.

With data collected over time, the study will increase our understanding of the local impacts of climate change and contribute to the natural history of Great Lakes fish.

A recent government study into the impact of the changes found that 76 % of those affected have been forced to cut back on food, with thousands more claimants being driven into taking on payday loans.

In January 2018, he changed his position and ordered a study to obtain facts and determine the impact of legalization in New York, especially in contrast with New Jersey.

Currently, Alison is PI on the ESRC funded project «International Professional Fora: a study in civil society participation in internet governance» (September 2015 - September 2018) with CIs George Christou (Warwick) and Seamus Simpson (Salford) and an ESRC Senior Fellow on the ESRC UK in a Changing Europe programme with the project «The impact of a proposed UK Brexit from the EU: the UK communications industries».

The administration originally called for the temporary cap while the city studied the companies» impact on traffic congestion and figured out how to better regulate the rapidly changing industry.

Children's lives are being impacted in a very damaging way, the study argues, with one in ten families having to change their child's school due to moving from one rented home to another.

A research study «Changing Lives and Times» funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) at Cardiff University has explored the impact of the financial crisis on the daily lives and future plans of new fathers, finding that several men were making significant life changes.

While this research is specifically about the impact of the Independence Referendum on the British party system, and more generally part of a narrative to be published next year in the British Election Study book (to be published by Oxford University Press) about the role of political events and shocks in explaining electoral change, it is interesting to speculate about possible lessons for the EU referendum.

NYSUT, meanwhile, backed a study to determine whether any changes to the funding formula is necessary, which would also take into consideration the impact on a small school district when a resident receives a windfall through inheritance or winning the lottery — a factor that throw aid formulations out of whack in areas with few wealthy people.

Emissions of methane — which is a potent greenhouse gas - are already subject to control, but I am today commissioning a study of the possible impacts of shale gas development on greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.

During a two - hour evidence session, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the Resolution Foundation set out the impact of the tax credit cuts, and the best way to mitigate the changes.

«Technology has significantly changed the taxi industry in this city, and a study of that impact is certainly warranted.

The resolution states that the House will «create and support economically viable, and broadly supported private and public solutions to study and address the causes and effects of measured changes to our global and regional climates, including mitigation efforts and efforts to balance human activities that have been found to have an impact.»

The results of a 11 - year study of the impact of statewide field triage changes to Maryland's helicopter emergency medical services (HEMS) were published online in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

Her research focuses on global change ecology and climate adaptation; she was among the first to propose and study ways to reduce the impact of climate change through new techniques in conservation management.

«Amazon studied to predict impact of climate change.»

Four News stories focus on past and future impacts of climate change and the techniques that researchers are using to study them.

In 2010, we went to Mongolia for a month, but in actuality we only had 10 to 15 days in the field, during which time we hoped to study the impact of climate change on wildfires in some of the country's larch forests.

Katharine, you've studied the impact of climate change on specific locations around the world.

Tropical birds are also an interesting case study for climate change impacts on ecosystems.

The study's lead author, Professor Rosie Woodroffe of ZSL's Institute of Zoology, said: «Our study shows the truly global impact of climate change.

Climate change may be harming the future of African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) by impacting the survival rates of pups, according to one of the first studies on how shifting temperatures are impacting tropical species.

We should get the best science and stay abreast of any threat from human impacts, but I am disturbed that we have spent over thirty billion dollars studying climate change and have little to show for it.

There is a risk that severity of epidemics of some wheat diseases may increase within the next ten to twenty years due to the impacts of climate change according to a study by international researchers led by the University of Hertfordshire.