Sentences with phrase «high values of damages»

Because of this, we attempt to be as «conservative» in our model calibration as possible; that is, we assign very high values of damages and risks of SGE, in order to bias our results against SGE deployment.

Not exact matches

The group quickly determines the mission team's potential strength (knowledge of the terrain), potential weakness (susceptibility to disease), assumptions being factored into the decisions (they do not face nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons), things they must not do (damage property, which would lead to loss of popular support), the principle information requirements, high - value targets, and so on through a checklist of easily overlooked considerations.

Estimates of the monetary value of the damages in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria reach as high as 95 billion dollars.

Biologists at the University of California San Diego have developed a method of manipulating the genes of an agricultural pest that has invaded much of the United States and caused millions of dollars in damage to high - value berry and other fruit crops.

It means we can now produce maps of where coral is likely to be for large areas of the deep - sea that we have not yet visited, and use them to identify high value ecological areas that might need protection from damaging activities.»

The economic loss is very low — not because of the damage, which is high — but because Nepal is such a poor land with very little infrastructure, around $ 40 billion in total infrastructure value.

In terms of economic impact, changes in temperature and precipitation patterns may result in damage to tourism and other strategic economic sectors with growth potential such as high - value - added agriculture.

We use Coffeeberry ® in our Longevity because of its powerful beneficial effects on your immune system and its ability to destroy free radicals that cause damage inside your body because of its high ORAC value.

If, after all this research and careful eating, our LDL's are so high due to nutritive deficiencies, shouldn't there be people out there eating the SAD (or other super high carb diets) with a much greater degree of vascular damage (due to nutritive deficiencies AND systemic inflammation) and hence much higher LDL values?

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The film, also starring Helen Mirren and Barkhad Abdi, is one of the few movies — Fruitvale Station comes to mind — that allows the audience to come to know victims before tragedy strikes, giving high value to a single life; in this case, it's a little girl selling bread who's in danger of becoming «collateral damage.»

If it's an older home, with low market value, even the higher premium might not cover extensive damage of fire, hail, or heavy snow on the roof.

High unemployment rates and falling home values have put consumers in a financial crunch and have damaged credit files for tens of thousands of people.

They also include «life source bits» which are pieces of food that are «cold formed», a process that forms the kibble without damaging the nutritional value of the food with the high temperatures of normal processing.

With a serious condition like kidney disease, in which the body needs the highest value nutrition possible for maintenance and repair of damaged tissue, we highly recommend a raw food diet.

The formation of kibble does not detract from the nutritional value of the food, which is often damaged by high processing temperatures.

Flaming Flurry: The damage per hit of this skill is no longer split between game modes and will now use the higher 92 % value in all modes.

Over the course of six months, student teams collaborated with Wellcome Trust scientists along with mentors from Climax Studios, Lucid Games, Ninja Theory and Splash Damage — all of whom played a pivotal role in establishing a premium quality bar and high production values, which teams are confident will enable them to deploy their PC games for commercial release.

The expected value of the consequences only justify action if the «action» has a high probability it will succeed and the benefits (climate damages avoided) will exceed the mitigation costs.

There's not much farmers can do to protect themselves from this type of damage in the short term, other than perhaps setting up warming systems for high - value crops.

• Kyoto Protocol • EU ETS • Australian CO2 tax and ETS • Mandating and heavily subsidising ($ / TWh delivered) renewable energy • Masses of inappropriate regulations that have inhibited the development of nuclear power, made it perhaps five times more expensive now than it should be, slowed its development, slowed its roll out, caused global CO2 emissions to be 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would otherwise have been, meaning we are on a much slower trajectory to reduce emissions than we would be and, most importantly, we are locked in to fossil fuel electricity generation that causes 10 to 100 times more fatalities per TWh than would be the case if we allowed nuclear to develop (or perhaps 1000 times according to this: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html • Making building regulations that effectively prevent people from selling, refurbishing or updating their houses if they are close to sea level (the damage to property values and to property owners» life savings is enormous as many examples in Australia are already demonstrating.

The criteria include: using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible; implementing no - burn policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut the risk of fires spreading into forest areas; sparing forests with high conservation value from development; taking measures to reduce air pollution; and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent — a byproduct — from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

These include using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible, implementing no burn policies, sparing high conservation value forests from development, taking measures to reduce air pollution, and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

The fourth value also uses a 3 % discount rate, but represents the 95th percentile across the models instead of the average, in order to try and include the potential for higher monetary damages caused by climate change.

Ironic, though that those outside of China appear to place a higher value on damage to the reputation of the Chinese than those living in the country.

The settlement value of flatbed truck accident cases tends to be high because these vehicles can inflict a lot of damage.

Your law firm is the best team to help you calculate all of your expenses and they will know the right questions to ask to help you to increase your General Damages Multiplier to the highest value possible for your case.

Construction disputes are among the most complex, high - stakes commercial litigation matters, potentially involving millions of dollars in liability as well as damage to valued reputations and relationships.

Mike handles high value claims for cerebral palsy and other complex brain injury cases where damages are likely to be in the region of up to # 10 million.

Since personal injury claims are often subjective in nature and valued much higher than property damage claims, insurance companies will do everything in their power to either deny liability, limit the value of your claim, or simply refuse to budge from their insultingly - low settlement offer.

Our award winning catastrophic injury team handles a wide range of high value claims involving acquired brain injury, spinal cord damage and amputation.

«Litigation funders usually require an opportunity to have a one - to - 10 ratio of cost to damages, so the claims tend to be high - value — usually multi-million dollars,» Armstrong explains.

One response to this problem is to note that those situations simply won't occur too often, and if they do, these results should not be viewed as controversial compared to the various cases in which courts have upheld punitive damages awards that constitute a far higher percentage of net wealth or value than what I've suggested under retributive dam - ages.

He has been exposed to nearly every conceivable type of medical cases, ranging from complex retinopathy of prematurity to high value cerebral palsy and brain damage cases (such as the recent Fieldfisher case in which a # 9m award was secured for Rebecca Ling, whose heroism in the face of her profound disabilities was recognised when she carried the Olympic flame — please see coverage here).

He has defended a Spanish company in two high - value arbitration cases for the acquisition of a Brazilian group of companies, winning damages over the sellers» contractual liability, who further sought vacatur of the awards in judicial proceedings in New York on the grounds of lack of impartiality of the President of the Arbitral Tribunal.

However, because mobile homes are at higher risk of damage from strong winds and other severe weather, quotes will be higher for a mobile home versus a traditional home of the same value.

If your car is damaged too badly and the replacement costs are higher than the actual value cost of the vehicle, then providers may choose to pay you out and «write» your auto off.

In the event that a large portion of your home is damaged and needs to be rebuilt, high value home insurance will allow you to rebuild your home to its previous state or value.

Remember that unlike liability coverage which covers the settlement of potential damages to other people's persons and property (which can potentially be very high), collision coverage only covers damages to your car up to its adjusted cash value.

If it's an older home, with low market value, even the higher premium might not cover extensive damage of fire, hail, or heavy snow on the roof.

For extra coverage for higher end jewelry, consider purchasing a Jewelry Floater which can cover the full value of your jewelry, including damage.

Original Manufacturers» Parts — Once they've been damaged, high - value, rare and antique vehicles need a level of service the local repair shop simply can't provide.

If the vehicle or other property damaged is at a significantly higher value than the amount of insurance protection you have, you, as the driver, are financially responsible for covering the remaining difference.

The deductibles for wind and hail damage are usually 1 - 2 % of your home's value, but can be as high as 5 %.

This Little Rock renters insurance plan allows residents to be able to document high - value items such as jewelry, pieces of art, or expensive electronics, to make sure that they are compensated correctly and quickly should they get damaged or stolen.

Vermont's highest court rules that property owners could not claim that commercial solar panel array constituted a nuisance because the solar array did not interfere with the owners» use of their property, even though the owners claimed that the aesthetics of the solar panels had damaged their property values.

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