Sentences with phrase «damage levels as»

We do not need less dialogue, we need more, centring on the question of how we should best prepare for extreme flooding in the future»; they propose that, in future, flood mitigation measures should be based on four pillars to keep damage levels as low as possible and to distribute the burden fairly:

Grant amounts will be based on FEMA assessed damage levels as well as applications for new infrastructure and other mitigation, and will be awarded once the community's plan is complete and submitted to the state for approval.

Grant amounts will be based on Federal Emergency Management Agency assessed damage levels as well as applications for new infrastructure and other mitigation, and will be awarded once a community's plan is approved by the state.

Not exact matches

«On a general level, there can be practical barriers to pursuit of a criminal case, such as the victim company's fear of embarrassment, reputational damage, or the perceived risk — real or not — that their trade secrets will be exposed in a court proceeding,» said Brooke French, shareholder at law firm Carlton Fields.

It reduced a lake's biodiversity by as much as one third before reaching the level of acidity that previous studies assumed the damage began.

At the very least, they might have noticed that Mr. Trump isn't showing the same level of concern for hurricane damage in their island as he did for earlier damage to Texas and Florida, both of which he had visited by this point.

And as always, teachers must use their discretion to determine when it is worth some level of student discomfort to push forward an academic conversation and when that conversation carries the risk of damaging classroom culture and student comfort beyond simple repair.

Added capabilities include simultaneously identifying damaged products, providing zoned weight checks and correct counts, as well as verifying fill - levels with 100 % inline inspection.

Its X-ray models can detect a variety of contaminants including metal, glass, bones, shells, stones, hard rubber and plastic down to 0.3 mm in size, and can also be used for other quality control operations such as product grading by length, presence of clips, voids in product, product deformation, missing or damaged pieces, and fill - level control.

One study published in the American Academy of Optometry's Optometry & Vision Science journal found that using goji berry daily as a dietary supplementation for 90 days increases plasma zeaxanthin and antioxidant levels significantly, which protect eyes from hypopigmentation and accumulation of oxidative stress compounds that can damage the macula.

Carrots have high levels of beta carotene, which acts as an antioxidant to help repair the cell damage that occurs through daily living.

The age of e-commerce has added another level of complexity to the packaging process as organisations must find ways to reduce waste, minimise damage whilst pleasing customers throughout the journey of the package.

Sugar has no nutritive value and raises blood glucose levels, stimulating the release of insulin as well as the formation of advanced glycation end products (AGE's) which can damage skin collagen and lead to wrinkles, among many other issues.

Daily consumption of honey has been shown to improve blood anti-oxidant levels and help prevent lipid peroxidation, or damage to lipids — such as cholesterol — by free radicals

I believe our European exploits did the damage on our overall fitness levels, as well as being mentally tough, and we lost a number of key players including Alexis, Coquelin, Cazorla and Ramsey at crucial points in the season.

It would have been better if they had portrayed Roman as on the same fighting level as Braun for the entire match, with everyone else caught in the storm as collateral damage.

His ability to catch and shoot as well as pull up makes him a constant perimeter threat, and he might be able to run off screens and do damage at the next level as well.

The problem with jaundice is that if you let bilirubin levels get too high without managing them, the baby can get severe, irreversible brain damage from a condition known as kernicterus.

This is due to the high levels of lactose and vitamin C in human milk, which aid in the absorption of iron, and 3) breastfed babies do not lose iron through their bowels as do formula - fed infants, whose intestines develop fissures from damage caused by cow's milk.

While its normal to feel some stress during pregnancy as your body changes and you prepare for this new chapter in your life, high levels of stress can be damaging to you and the baby.

Auto Shut - Off: The machine will shut down automatically when the water level is low, and this is a crucial feature as it will help prevent it from getting damaged.

If bilirubin levels become extremely high, complications such as brain damage (kernicterus), cerebral palsy, and deafness can occur.

This indicates enhanced repair of the body's musculature at low levels of tissue damage as experienced following exhaustive running (16).

Good Samaritan's $ 14 million proposal to level more than 300 trees to make way for a multilevel office building / fitness center and 385 - space parking lot would damage the buffer zone, as well as the preserve, Brooks said.

As water levels on Lake Ontario continue to rise, state lawmakers are working on financial assistance to homeowners still assessing flood damage.

But it does not turn over individuals arrested for low - level crimes such as possession of small amount of marijuana or blowing a stoplight without damaging people or property, or even for more serious nonviolent violations like money laundering, grand larceny or harassment.

Restricting their passage could cripple Gibraltar's businesses, as well as damage the livelihoods of thousands of commuting Spaniards who reside in Andalusia, a Spanish region with an appalling level of unemployment.

Ossai, when he visited some major scenes of fire disaster in Asaba, Agbor and Warri to ascertain the level of damage and conditions of victims, pointed out that most of the fire incidents were caused by the carelessness of the victims as they could have been avoided.

As it stands right now, heavy rains which push the water level past 18 inches have the potential to overflow and do significant damage to the lower levels of nearby homes.

Even low levels of lead in children's blood can cause permanent damage, such as learning and developmental disabilities.

As lake levels recede, we're still fully assessing the damage.

He was in Wilson in Niagara County to sign legislation that sends $ 55 million to communities, businesses and homeowners ravaged by Lake Ontario's historic high water levels, as well as for separate wind damage in the Southern Tier.

Buffalo, NY (WBEN) As the summer begins, there are worries about water levels along Lake Ontario after severe erosion and damage last summer.

It is critical for physicians to monitor these secondary tissue damages, as they are frequently the origin of significant long - term effects, including brain damage, cognitive deficits, psychosocial / behavioral / emotional changes, bodily damage and biochemical changes at the cellular level.

The detector developed at UNH, known as DoSEN, short for Dose Spectra from Energetic Particles and Neutrons, measures and calculates the absorbed dose in matter and tissue resulting from the exposure to indirect and direct ionizing radiation, which can change cells at the atomic level and lead to irreparable damage.

In a report on their study, published June 20 as an Early View article online in Annals of Neurology, the Johns Hopkins team found that increasing levels of the protein clumps corresponded with worsening nerve damage, indicating that the smaller skin biopsies they used appear to work well as a measure of disease severity.

When oxygen levels are restored to normal, the eye senses it as a lack of oxygen and responds by growing new blood vessels, which often leads to excessive growth and damage to vision.

According to previous simulations, UV - B radiation at the end of the Permian may have increased from a background level of 10 kilojoules (just above current ambient levels) to as much as 100 kilojoules, due to large concentrations of ozone - damaging halogens spewed from volcanoes (SN: 1/15/11, p. 12).

With mean sea level rising, a storm that may not have done as much damage 20 to 40 years ago can do more damage today, he said.

Sandy hit New York as a team led by Kemp was researching sea - level change and flooding that had occurred in seven historically damaging hurricanes in New York since 1788.

«The levels of damage we saw were really similar to or exceeded — by quite a bit — things as stressful as flying 200 kilometers in a bird, or mounting an immune response.

Part of the damage has been a result of levees failing as they cope with water levels higher than anticipated.

Wyrick and WSU colleagues Peng Mao, Michael Smerdon and Steven Roberts irradiated yeast cells and looked for patterns of damage at the level of individual base pairs, the DNA building blocks whose order serves as an organism's blueprint.

To make matters worse, German and Japanese researchers recently increased CO2 levels in seawater and found that the greenhouse gas can damage some marine organisms directly: Squid slowly asphyxiated as the excess CO2 crowded out oxygen in their blood, and fish embryos and larvae were abnormally small and less likely to survive.

«As sea level rises, smaller and weaker storms will cause flood damage.»

Astrobiologists, who will be presenting their work at the European Planetary Science Congress (EPSC) 2013 in London on Monday 9 September, have shown that Raman spectroscopy can be used to detect micro-organisms even after they have been damaged by exposure to very high levels of radiation, as is encountered on the Martian surface.

Seeking a better understanding of the hormone, University of Washington endocrinologist David Cummings compared ghrelin levels in people who had lost considerable amounts of weight through diet with those who shed pounds by means of gastric bypass surgery — a technique that reduces the capacity of the stomach and seems to damage its ghrelin - producing capacity as well.

To try to get a better handle on free - radical damage, Garret FitzGerald and his colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Center in Philadelphia developed a test for urine levels of 8 - epi PGF - 2 -, a chemical formed after free radicals such as peroxide and superoxide attack the common lipid arachidonic acid.

«As we age, we suffer increasing oxidative damage, and so the levels of oxidative markers increase in our body.»

Although the damage caused by OSA comes partly from sharp fluctuations in oxygen levels as the patient fights for breath, much of the disorder's devastation appears to result from its disruption of sleep.