Sentences with phrase «government study of»

The National Center for Health Statistics report, which reviewed a 1989 government study of 8,310 new mothers, found that African - American women were «significantly less likely» than white women to report that they had been told not to smoke when pregnant.

It's 1971, and a whistleblower has just leaked the Pentagon Papers, Robert McNamara's secret government study of every U.S. deception and disaster in the war in Vietnam.

The Post follows those heady days in 1971 when former Defense Department official Daniel Ellsberg (played here by The Americans» Matthew Rhys) leaked the Pentagon Papers, a massive, top secret government study of the the United States» disastrous, decades - long involvement in Vietnam.

Ray Tajoma: The information on that chart comes from a government study of 2,279 people.

USDA and the Census Bureau release the first - ever government study of the number of hungry Americans, using methodology adapted from FRAC's Community Childhood Hunger Identification Project surveys.

Still, the optimistic outlook for May - December marriages may be masking the mortality issue; who knows how many might have ended in divorce if hubby hadn't died first, notes a 2005 government study of United Kingdom marriages since 1963.

A U.S. government study of response to a 2002 southern Africa drought and food crisis found that food aid contributed to a marked drop in the price of corn.

I based my assessment on academic and government studies of each state's STC program.

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A panel about job loss will feature the French Digital Council, an advisory commissioned by the French government to study the future of jobs, which will discuss that country's growing momentum toward the policy.

This hunch prompted the federal government in March to earmark $ 500,000 for Statistics Canada to study the extent of foreign real estate purchasing and what effect it has on the market.

Steven Cook, senior fellow for Middle East and Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, said higher oil prices lessen all the worries from 2015 and 2016 about the Saudi government's ability to maintain its commitments, but the consolidation of power in the hands of the Crown Prince also is significant for the market and investors as his reform program is widely regarded as critical for Saudi Arabia's future prosperity.

And while Macdonald did not look into it, other studies have pointed to another major influence China has had lately on many countries, including Canada: how its high savings rate and mounting foreign currency reserves, much of it invested in benchmark U.S. government debt, have depressed interest rates around the world.

However, a repeal or roll - back of DACA would harm the economy and cost the U.S. government a significant amount of lost tax revenue,» the study reads.

The Chinese government financed nationwide studies into cockroaches» medical value that, after more than two decades of laboratory investigation and clinical trials, had discovered or confirmed dozens of disease - fighting proteins and biochemical compounds with huge potential value in medicine.

According to a 2016 study by the Broadbent Institute, only half of Canadian couples aged 55 to 64 had an employer pension to share between them; of those lacking a pension, less than 20 % had saved enough to pad out government old - age payments.

Studies commissioned by his group project that over the next decade, PBMs will save employers, consumers, and the government more than $ 2 trillion, and have already helped reduce by a third the projected cost of the Medicare Part D program, a largely privatized drug benefit for seniors.

In a 2012 study, Gerry Angevine and Vanadis Oviedo of the Fraser Institute described «outdated regulatory processes and procedures, unnecessary duplication of federal and provincial government project reviews, and an unwieldy environmental review process.»

Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty first commissioned his own study, authored by University of Calgary tax - policy expert Jack Mintz, then in March initiated a public consultation process, by which time talk of a government - run supplemental pension plan, whether regional or national, began to fade.

The government said in March that it was studying the dangers posed to wildlife and the environment by the plastic microbeads, and on Thursday said the scientific review was still underway by Environment Canada along with an assessment of triclosan and phthalates.

In fact, a recent study in the American Journal of Public Health finds that the EPA «has moved away from the public interest and explicitly favored the interests of the regulated industries,» and is on the slippery slope to what scholars term «regulatory capture,» in which a government agency makes rules in the interest of an industry it's supposed to regulate rather than the public.

Currently in the U.K., he will go back to Privateer's headquarters in Seattle, then visit Tilray's 60,000 - square foot facilities in British Columbia, Canada, then to Australia, where Tilray has an import license to send marijuana for a clinical trial with a chemotherapy - induced nausea and vomiting study with the University of Sydney, the government of New South Wales and the country's largest cancer hospital.

Israel is a fast - growing digital health innovation hub in large part because of the government's efforts to drive and incentivize investments in the emerging field, according to a study published in The Lancet.

The ACLU's suit seeks to address each of Trump's stated concerns, using government - backed studies, an analysis of transgender - related costs and the apparent readiness of several U.S. allies that allow transgender soldiers to serve openly.

But Andrei Sulzenko, a fellow at University of Calgary's School of Public Policy, who has worked on and studied expert - advice panels like the Jenkins committee, says any proposal that demands a «machinery of government» change is bound to meet stiff resistance.

Oceanic data is valuable, but for decades the only way to study the world's hostile waters was to deploy a stationary buoy, launch a satellite into space, or send a government research vessel that runs hundreds of thousands of dollars a day to operate — on top of its initial price tag of hundreds of millions of dollars.

«While the ultimate effects on income levels and distribution are not inevitable, they depend substantially on government policies, on the way companies choose to organize work, and on decisions by individuals to invest in learning new skills and seeking new types of work and income opportunities,» the Stanford study noted.

A new government - funded study suggests that addictive opioid painkillers may not be better than other, non-opioid kinds of drugs for treating chronic back pain and arthritis.

Yet another study is forthcoming from the International Performance Assessment Centre for the Storage of CO2, but since this agency is funded by the Saskatchewan government and Royal Dutch Shell, a dismissal of the Kerrs» claim would not likely sway many minds.

After dedicating most of her college years to studying politics and government, she switched gears as a senior and decided to pursue an MBA at Vanderbilt University.

«Government policy is pro — productivity,» says Andrew Sharpe, executive director of the Centre for the Study of Living Standards.

The Edelman study also notes that distrust of media and government is part of a larger theme in the U.S., with most of those surveyed saying they don't feel that the U.S. political or social system as a whole is serving their needs.

According to a recent study, impact investing in the US would not exist without the support of and partnership with the federal government through grants, loans, and guarantees.

A design study for the Seasteading Institute, a group co-founded by Thiel that proposes to build floating cities beyond the reach of existing governments.

When targeting a non-traditional market, Hogue's team gathers information from every branch of local government, and studies key competitors, the regulatory environment and tax rules.

Now a new study from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government has come up with some fairly compelling ammunition to support this view.

The announcement is the result of months of consultation and study by an expert panel convened to help the government write the policy.

Major donors have been looking at people other than Jeb Bush,» said Anthony Corrado, a professor of government at Colby College who studies campaign finance.

A study from the University of Cambridge and Stanford holds that well - informed insiders at major U.S. banks bolstered profits thanks to advanced knowledge of government programs during the financial crisis.

Other study findings: Across 38 countries (not including the U.S.), Finland and Chile — both countries with government policies designed to spur entrepreneurship — had the highest levels of training.

Much work needs to be done to help ensure female entrepreneurs can fully contribute to the Canadian economy, according to the study released Wednesday and co-funded by the Bank of Montreal, the federal government, Carleton University and the Beacon Agency.

But according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) which did a study in 2013 on the drug shortage, other reasons include a lack of materials to make the drugs, as well as delays in getting government approval for new and experimenGovernment Accountability Office (GAO) which did a study in 2013 on the drug shortage, other reasons include a lack of materials to make the drugs, as well as delays in getting government approval for new and experimengovernment approval for new and experimental drugs.

A spokesman for Infrastructure Minister Amarjeet Sohi echoed that objective, adding the federal government had also commissioned a study of how much it would cost to keep the existing 56 - year - old bridge open to traffic beyond 2018.

He said, «If we have a large number of complaints the federal government should study that and consider taking action.»

Secondary research involves gathering statistics, reports, studies, and other data from organizations such as government agencies, trade associations, and your local chamber of commerce.

Hoback suggested any review of the Canada's proposed legislation could be speedy because the original Trans - Pacific Partnership, which was signed in October 2015 by the previous Conservative government, has been heavily studied.

Bloomberg reported last year that an international monitoring body found traces of chemical weapons, including sarin gas, in an inspection of the Syrian government's Scientific Studies and Research Center.

A number of Liberal party supporters and candidates on Twitter cited a government study on federally regulated industries showing that only 416 of those workers made minimum wage in 2008.

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).

Symantec 2010 Critical Infrastructure Protection Study Symantec conducted a survey in August 2010 to find out how aware critical infrastructure companies were of government efforts in this area and how engaged and enthusiastic private enterprise was about working with government.

The study's authors say they used the same methods researchers developed in a 2009 report titled «State and Local Government Sales Tax Revenue Losses from Electronic Commerce,» compiled by business professors at the University of Tennessee.