Sentences with phrase «control efforts in»

The CDC issued the travel advisory because more Zika infections have been identified in humans and because mosquito - control efforts in Wynwood have so far proven ineffective, Frieden said.

Mosquito - control efforts in Miami's Wynwood neighborhood have been difficult because it's a mixed - use area, where industrial sites are located next to a blend of residences and businesses, Frieden said.

The identification of diagnostic tests or biomarkers that predict progression to active TB disease would greatly enhance TB control efforts in the United States and globally and allow physicians and public health officials to focus efforts on treatment of latent TB infection of those at greatest risk of progression to active, transmissible and potentially fatal disease.

And that could exacerbate vector - control efforts in Malawi, says study co-author Maureen Coetzee, who directs the medical entomology research unit at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Led by Dr Katie Hampson of the University of Glasgow, the study is the first to estimate the impact of canine rabies and the extent of control efforts in every country in the world.

And in a widely circulated news video documenting Zika control efforts in Brazil, El - Sabaawi was troubled by footage of a municipal government worker apparently «wandering around with a bunch of guppies and basically just introducing them in ditches.»

The outbreak is still growing, but some hope has emerged from control efforts in Oregon.

While there has been substantial progress in some cancer control efforts in the past several decades, like reductions in smoking and increased utilization of cancer screening, progress in some areas is lagging, according to a new report.

Mayor Bloomberg's name has been drawn into the debate over a proposed 1 peso - per - liter tax on soft drinks to fund weight - control efforts in Mexico, which now has higher obesity rates than the US.

Dick's Sporting Goods DKS, -3.41 % ending sales of assault rifles after a gunman at a Parkland, Fla., high school killed 17 people is a prime example; so is Starbucks» SBUX, -1.01 % damage - control effort in the wake of a racially charged incident at one of its Philadelphia stores.

Q406 operational metrics increased 99.9 % in malicious code defense, a reduction to 1 % in incident handling, reduction in SOX controls by 50 %, successful management of the SOX control effort in 2004 when material weaknesses were threatened (October) to 0 deficiencies total (December 2006).

Not exact matches

In a statement, Viacom lead director Salerno, among the directors targeted for removal, called Thursday's action a «brazen and demonstrably invalid attempt» by Shari Redstone «to gain control of Viacom and its management in disregard of Sumner Redstone's wishes,» at odds with the board's efforts «to represent the best interests of all of the shareholders of Viacom.&raquIn a statement, Viacom lead director Salerno, among the directors targeted for removal, called Thursday's action a «brazen and demonstrably invalid attempt» by Shari Redstone «to gain control of Viacom and its management in disregard of Sumner Redstone's wishes,» at odds with the board's efforts «to represent the best interests of all of the shareholders of Viacom.&raquin disregard of Sumner Redstone's wishes,» at odds with the board's efforts «to represent the best interests of all of the shareholders of Viacom.»

I remember [legendary baseball manager] Joe Torre telling me that there are only a couple of things you can control in this game: your effort and your preparation.

His efforts come after a year of distractions for the company as the Redstones battled to maintain control, resulting in the departure of former CEO Philippe Dauman.

To J. Maurice, who helped found WizSec but left the company early on and was not involved in the investigation, Nilsson's effort epitomizes the virtues of Bitcoin — a decentralized system free of government control, which relies instead on individual users to sustain it.

You can only control the effort you put in each day, not the exact result or outcome it creates.

And in a warming world, the range of some of these disease spreaders is expanding, making population control efforts more urgent than ever.

Bloomberg had read a draft blog post in which SoundCloud CEO Alex Ljung explained that the company was letting go of 173 staff, and shutting down its offices in London and San Francisco (leaving only offices in New York City and Berlin) as part of an effort to reduce costs at the company whose losses have been spiralling out of control.

In the fall of 2005, the DEA's Office of Diversion Control launched its «Distributor Initiative,» an effort to engage with wholesalers over their legal responsibilities and the severity of the country's diversion problem.

He has implemented a massive stimulus policy by cutting the central bank's benchmark interest rate to negative, keeping the 10 - year Japanese government bond yield near 0 percent in an effort to control the yield curve and stepping up the Bank of Japan's asset purchases.

Viacom announced new rebranding efforts on Thursday morning that will see the struggling company focus its efforts on six flagship brands — which include Paramount, the studio acquired more than two decades ago by media mogul Sumner Redstone, whose family owns the controlling stake in Viacom and CBS.

It was the first time in my entrepreneurship career where my effort directly controlled the outcome.

The message needs to be positive -LRB-??? We are looking good, feeling confident in our recovery???) but firm -LRB-??? We must still make every effort to control costs and work smarter???).

Efforts to control malaria in Asia must be stepped up urgently «before it becomes close to untreatable».

But with the disease still killing a child in Africa every few minutes, those eager to finish the job are worried that the presidency of the United States — a crucial funding source for international malaria control efforts — is now passing to a man whose commitment to global health projects is uncertain.

Gucci - owner Kering, Hermes and LVMH have also been buying up tanneries in an effort better to control their supply chain.

Republicans need just a simple 51 - vote total to confirm a judicial nominee after the filibuster on lower - level court judicial nominees was killed by Democrats when they last controlled the Senate in an effort to help move along some of Obama's nominees more quickly.

In an effort to remain hip, it is infusing the focal point of its website with a more dynamic look and additional controls designed to empower its 1 billion users to sort streams of photos and other material into more organized sections that appeal to their personal interests.

Unhappy people will think more deeply about their social environment (in an effort to solve their problems), whereas happy people can contentedly coast on cruise control, not bothering to think very deeply,» writes Greater Good's Kira M. Newman, quoting a 1994 study on the topic.

Though he faces an uphill battle — he's a pro-business fiscal conservative who also supports gun control, abortion rights, and efforts to curb climate change — his personal war chest will come in handy.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

We acknowledge that, despite making significant strides in the areas under our direct control, there is work to be done to reduce the carbon footprint of our supply chain — and Apple has accepted its responsibility to lead that effort.

Son, founder of Sprint's controlling shareholder SoftBank, is «not involved at all» in efforts to complete the $ 26 billion all - stock deal, Claure told Reuters in a phone interview.

This is a predicament seven years in the making, since Republicans started swearing to repeal Obamacare as soon as they took control of the government, and it is one that the GOP has courted from the start of this year's repeal effort.

Perhaps in an effort at damage control as regards their core audience, Ashley Madison today announced that there will no longer be a «Full Delete Fee.»

In an effort to stimulate the economy and grow consumer demand, the Chinese government has introduced new capital controls and devalued the yuan over the past few months.

AMI apparently buried the story, Ronan Farrow reported at the New Yorker, possibly in an effort to protect or control Trump.

The Parkland shooting has faded from the headlines in the weeks since the March for Our Lives, and Friday's rally is one of the last coordinated, nationwide gun control efforts on the calendar.

A plan by Freedom Communications insiders to buy the assets of the bankrupt newspaper company is in danger of losing a key backer, jeopardizing their effort to retain control of the Orange County Register.Santa Ana real estate developer Mike Harrah said...

Though he stopped short of naming the precise control mechanisms that might be put in place, he explained that the effort would include legislation to regulate the mining and circulation of cryptocurrency.

Patents and drug costs — The intellectual property chapter of the TPP could prove a minefield for efforts to control drug costs in Canada, which are already the second highest in the world.

South Korea took additional measures to restrict movements in its currency, implementing controls on non-deliverable forward contracts in mid January in an effort to curb speculation in the won.

Gbowee found even more cause for celebration in the efforts of the Parkland students to hold the government accountable for gun control policy.

By uniting all licensed exchanges in the country, the association said it will make efforts to develop comprehensive rules regarding customer protection and internal controls, and will seek compliance from member companies.

The NYT reports: In an effort to control as much market share as possible, Coke extended its aggressive marketing to especially poor or vulnerable areas of....

They figuratively sold their souls to Satan in an effort to control the masses.

Precisely where God comes out for the building of Israeli settlements on land formerly controlled by Palestinians is not clear to me, but the Republican parade to the Holy Land seems united in its view that Obama's efforts to curtail those settlements are wrongheaded at best and sinful at worst.

Michael «As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.»

As a gay man I appreciate there efforts and support, but I think putting up this sign isn't really the best way to get through to people, all it does is create more hate, intolerance, and separation, I am not a christian but I am very spiritual, and putting up this sign implies that all gay people are atheists which is the furthest thing from the truth, I have no problem with religion, I have a problem with those who use there religions to control and hate others, same applies with atheism, if you don't want to believe in anything than fine, just don't push your non beliefs on me.

Hall said political leaders have been «in terror of the gun lobby,» but now they need to know that faith communities such as his are willing to stand behind efforts to push for gun control.