Sentences with phrase «from changes to the environment»

Health eff ects from changes to the environment including climatic change, ocean acidification, land degradation, water scarcity, overexploitation of fisheries, and biodiversity loss pose serious challenges to the global health gains of the past several decades and are likely to become increasingly dominant during the second half of this century and beyond.

Not exact matches

There's certainly a lot to be learned from the many successful female entrepreneurs who have made it in today's ever - changing and challenging business environment.

The dodo, «a once powerful bird,» was hit with a change in its environment and «was unable to respond,» warns the plaque, which has been handed down from one Shell scenarios head to another for the past four decades.

OSL was created to address the increased pace of change in the retail and manufacturing environments, says Farren, who founded the activation and engagement agency Match Marketing Group in 1998 before stepping away from the company last year.

Like other countries, Canadian public policy will need to adapt to this new global competitive environment arising from demographic changes.

Yet when it is done with intention and self - awareness, breaking from regular routines can be a powerful way to stimulate new thinking, break bad habits, adapt better to change, and be more collaborative in a team environment.

From classrooms to corporate initiatives, the awards recognize a variety of projects and celebrate those who demonstrate commitment to the environment and take the initiative to make quantifiable sustainable changes.

Trump's stance on the environment contradicts thousands of scientists and decades of research, which has linked many observable changes in climate, including rising air and ocean temperatures, shrinking glaciers, and widespread melting of snow and ice, to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

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).

Forward - looking statements may include, among others, statements concerning our projected adjusted income (loss) from operations outlook for 2018, on both a consolidated and segment basis; projected total revenue growth and global medical customer growth, each over year end 2017; projected growth beyond 2018; projected medical care and operating expense ratios and medical cost trends; our projected consolidated adjusted tax rate; future financial or operating performance, including our ability to deliver personalized and innovative solutions for our customers and clients; future growth, business strategy, strategic or operational initiatives; economic, regulatory or competitive environments, particularly with respect to the pace and extent of change in these areas; financing or capital deployment plans and amounts available for future deployment; our prospects for growth in the coming years; the proposed merger (the «Merger») with Express Scripts Holding Company («Express Scripts») and other statements regarding Cigna's future beliefs, expectations, plans, intentions, financial condition or performance.

Rebecca Skvorc, SVP of Finance at Wave shares with Anthony Lacavera how she made the transition from a corporate environment into the startup world and her key takeaways for anyone who wants to make the change.

From a strictly legal perspective, the relevant question is not whether there is a sufficient connection to any particular existing or proposed oil sands development or other production activity, and certainly not whether such projects or activities were included in the Terms of Reference (ToR), but rather simply whether the GHGs associated with the production of bitumen that will be transported by the NGP are an «environmental effect» of that project (see NGP Report, Volume II, Appendix 4, Terms of Reference, which defines «environmental effect» very broadly to mean «any change that the project may cause in the environment.»

If we look to federal jurisdiction, the National Energy Board has issued a series of decisions since 2010, with input from Environment and Climate Change Canada, requiring offsetting for caribou and other species at risk and rare or sensitive habitats.

He thought the macro environment was as positive as it had been in many years, and that the tax reforms could «change sentiment from optimism to confidence».

In our opinion, the most dynamic way for investors to position for these changes is through a diversified holding of well selected gold mining equities, which stand to benefit in a dramatic way from a better gold price environment and improved investor sentiment.

As payment technology evolves from hardware to software, we are at the forefront of that change giving our customers the opportunity to adopt the latest trends quickly in a rapidly changing environment,» said Paul Clarke, Group Head, Product and Innovation at Network International.

VICTORIA — Taking meaningful action on climate change to protect British Columbia's environment and the economy from its effects doesn't matter to Christy Clark, says New Democrat environment spokesperson George Heyman.

My thesis has been that the sharp break from All Time Highs in late January was a «sign» that the character of the market had changed from a «buy the dip» environment to a two - way trading market and I've looked for opportunities to sell «bounce back» rallies that ran out of steam.

This is backwards from the evolutionary theory of natural selection, which states that birds adapt and change in order to survive better in their environment.

This is backwards from the evolutionary natural selection concept that birds adapt and change in order to survive better in their environment.

But why the changes should occur at alland at the time that they do and why they should advantageously adapt the organisms to their environment and not produce monstrosities so different from their environmentally adapted parents, monstrosities which would normally be condemned to a quick extinction, that is a mystery.

But why the changes should occur at all and at the time that they do and why they should advantageously adapt the organisms to their environment and not produce monstrosities so different from their environmentally adapted parents, monstrosities which would normally be condemned to a quick extinction, that is a mystery.

From geology we have come to understand that, in geological time, the earth is continually changing its surface and the physical environment within which life is to be lived.

A few lines further on he adds that «every organism requires an environment of friends, partly to shield it from violent changes, and partly to supply it with its wants.»

However, the model has not been changed, and most economic practice continues to follow from the model rather than from the concerns of others about the environment.

-- Perception of the Environment ---- Open all your eyes — Take a good look around, at your environment ---- Your environment includes thoughts, thinkings, knowledges and hopefully understandings, make these inclusive to your life ---- realize continuity with your environment ---- your environment overlaps other ent - ities» environments ---- there is no guarantee that if you respect another's environment, that they will respect yours ---- take some time to learn other environments, incorporate concepts from what you have determined from your environment ---- Change is essential, Stagnation = Death ---- All time and space lies before you, jourEnvironment ---- Open all your eyes — Take a good look around, at your environment ---- Your environment includes thoughts, thinkings, knowledges and hopefully understandings, make these inclusive to your life ---- realize continuity with your environment ---- your environment overlaps other ent - ities» environments ---- there is no guarantee that if you respect another's environment, that they will respect yours ---- take some time to learn other environments, incorporate concepts from what you have determined from your environment ---- Change is essential, Stagnation = Death ---- All time and space lies before you, jourenvironment ---- Your environment includes thoughts, thinkings, knowledges and hopefully understandings, make these inclusive to your life ---- realize continuity with your environment ---- your environment overlaps other ent - ities» environments ---- there is no guarantee that if you respect another's environment, that they will respect yours ---- take some time to learn other environments, incorporate concepts from what you have determined from your environment ---- Change is essential, Stagnation = Death ---- All time and space lies before you, jourenvironment includes thoughts, thinkings, knowledges and hopefully understandings, make these inclusive to your life ---- realize continuity with your environment ---- your environment overlaps other ent - ities» environments ---- there is no guarantee that if you respect another's environment, that they will respect yours ---- take some time to learn other environments, incorporate concepts from what you have determined from your environment ---- Change is essential, Stagnation = Death ---- All time and space lies before you, jourenvironment ---- your environment overlaps other ent - ities» environments ---- there is no guarantee that if you respect another's environment, that they will respect yours ---- take some time to learn other environments, incorporate concepts from what you have determined from your environment ---- Change is essential, Stagnation = Death ---- All time and space lies before you, jourenvironment overlaps other ent - ities» environments ---- there is no guarantee that if you respect another's environment, that they will respect yours ---- take some time to learn other environments, incorporate concepts from what you have determined from your environment ---- Change is essential, Stagnation = Death ---- All time and space lies before you, jourenvironment, that they will respect yours ---- take some time to learn other environments, incorporate concepts from what you have determined from your environment ---- Change is essential, Stagnation = Death ---- All time and space lies before you, jourenvironment ---- Change is essential, Stagnation = Death ---- All time and space lies before you, journey well --

When the boundary between the organism and the interpersonal environment becomes rigid and nonpermeable, behavior becomes inflexible and stereotyped and people lose the ability to draw essential psychological nourishment from their ever - changing relationships.

At least in the United States, it would be unwise to expect that corporations will assume responsibility for the environment apart from external pressure and massive changes within them.

Under Child's theory there is complete continuity from the reaction of the cell with its environment, which constitutes the primary metabolic gradient, and from the later reactions, by which the pattern of the developing embryo is laid down in accordance with the changing gradient pattern, to the intellectual processes by which the adult organism adjusts its relations to the outside world.

Indeed, language may be THE most important ingredient in why and how we changed from just another band of hominids on the African grasslands to a truly global species that has dominated the environment, for good and ill, like no other species in history.

In the quotation at the head of this chapter, Daly and Cobb write of the impending change to the present global order necessitated by the deteriorating environment resulting from the dominant economic and political order.

REED makes a valid point that real change is going to come not only from restoring the victims of sex trafficking but in challenging the mindsets and environments that condone or promote it.

The appearance of the substance is not separate from its actual identity: it is the substance in action, in relation to its environment, changing and adapting to it but only insofar as its formal unity, given in its relationships, permits.

«Just three weeks ago at the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, they called for richer countries do more to cut their own carbon emissions and increase their support to the most vulnerable and worst affected communities and countries who are least able to protect themselves from climate change.»

Historic Environment Scotland report that Ewan Hyslop, Head of Technical Research and Science at HES, said: «Climate change poses a number of very real threats to Scotland's historic environment, from an increased frequency of extreme and unpredictable weather events to rising sea - levEnvironment Scotland report that Ewan Hyslop, Head of Technical Research and Science at HES, said: «Climate change poses a number of very real threats to Scotland's historic environment, from an increased frequency of extreme and unpredictable weather events to rising sea - levenvironment, from an increased frequency of extreme and unpredictable weather events to rising sea - levels.»

Not only do the animals suffer from this cruel trade but it also has serious negative effects on the environment, contributing to climate change, pollution and water contamination.

This candidate will be flexible and enjoy a «high - change» environment where priorities shift from day to day.

«Urgent change» is needed to stop recyclable and biodegradable material from being incinerated in London, as energy - from - waste hinders the capital's move to a more circular economy, according to the London Assembly's Environment Committee.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly two - thirds of consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers that shifted retail sales activities from internal teams to sales and marketing agencies (SMAs) reported a positive impact on selling costs after switching, according to Maximizing the Impact of Outsourcing: How CPGs Can Best Use Sales and Marketing Agencies in a Changing Environment.

With Steam Infusion allowing more control over the steam flow rate, we change the operating characteristics of the Vaction ™ Unit from a gentle introduction of steam to a disruptive high shearing process environment.

By concentrating on building a balanced portfolio of wine and spirits that cover the spectrum from small boutique gems to powerhouse volume brands, Shaw - Ross is able to offer a wide range of interesting and unique products that are relevant in today's ever changing environment.

«The need for a food labelling system is as acute now as it was 25 years ago, but the health environment has changed yet again and it is appropriate to ask where we go from here,» says The Heart Foundation's National CEO Mary Barry.

no one is entitled to think that they should win but the environment that you are put in makes a person weigh things better... this is the reason that a stoke fan wont even dream of winning the league but we are arsenal and we've been winning it and we feel that we are only inches away from winning it every season... change our stadium to britania, greatly reduce the ticket prices, sell the few wc players that we have, get a new amateur manager, reduce everything and no one will pressure you to win anything but because we are what we are we will continue craving for trophies

I recently made the move from Brisbane to Berlin to live meaning, among other things, a change in the environment with which I watch the Arsenal play.

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So many recent cultural shifts — a growing sense of alarm over childhood (and adult) obesity, a new interest in where our food comes from and how its production affects our health and environment, concern about climate change and the need to source food locally — all point in that direction.

As a victim of sexual abuse by my coach who has had to live for decades suffering from the tragic effects of such abuse, I wanted to do something that would change the sports environment to an «athletes first» focus, and create resources and an infrastructure that would provide a safe and positive environment for every athlete, free of abuse, bullying and harassment.

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One of the big changes of sensation your baby will feel when transitioning to a flat sleep environment is the stretching out of his hips and back from the curved fetal position.

Baby is changing from fetal circulation to neonatal circulation, initiating respirations, smelling the environment, feeling air for the first time, listening, seeing, and experiencing his or her first impressions of this planet.