Sentences with phrase «impact of changing environments»

«All those elements will lessen the impact of changing environments.

However, most of the key technological innovations have not reached many of the developing countries and vulnerable communities, particularly those in Southeast Asia; therefore, it is important that the region has the capacity and knowledge needed to mitigate and adapt to the impacts of the changing environment and assessments such as the TNA workshop is indispensable.

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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).

Gavin's work at West Coast reflects his passion for changing the «big picture» of how we make decisions that impact the environment.

«Barring any big changes in the environment, we expect Chinese investment in Canadian real estate to increase in 2016, and the impacts of that investment to be spread more widely as these buyers move into new markets,» Charles Pittar, CEO of Juwai.com.

We can expect NDP cabinet ministers to boast about achieving the approval of the Kinder Morgan Trans - Mountain Pipeline expansion and Environment & Parks Minister Shannon Phillips to release further details of the plan to address Climate Change, including government support for communities impacted by the phase out of dirty coal - fired power plants.

Given the amount of technological changes impacting buyer behaviors in the past decade, this is the likely state of affairs in many B2B corporate environments.

In this Raddon Report, we look at what has changed, who will be affected, the impact of the change on homeowners, and what institutions can do to market their mortgage and equity products in this new environment.

Because Troeltsch, at the beginning of this century, was keenly aware of many trends that became apparent to most observers only at its end: the collapse of Eurocentrism; the perceived relativity of all historical events and knowledge (including scientific knowledge); an awareness that Christianity is relative to its Western, largely European history and environment; the emergence of a profound global pluralism; the central role of practice in theology; the growing impact of the social sciences on our view of the world and of ourselves; and dramatic changes in the role of religious institutions and religious thought.

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 Enviroimpact on selling costs after switching, according to Maximizing the Impact of Outsourcing: How CPGs Can Best Use Sales and Marketing Agencies in a Changing EnviroImpact of Outsourcing: How CPGs Can Best Use Sales and Marketing Agencies in a Changing Environment.

There are growing concerns, however, that the company's success is partly based on trading practices that squeeze the margins of suppliers, farmers and workers, and have a negative impact on local shops and the environment because farmers are unable — or unwilling — to make changes to their farming practices.2

There are many minor changes you can make in your life and in that of your children that will have a positive impact on the earth's environment.

The resulting data is used to compare relative abundance of seabirds over time — to help us understand populations within the sanctuary and their possible impacts on local ecosystems and as a barometer for other changes in the environment.

The NAYS Academy provides administrators with a strong foundation of knowledge on a variety of topics and issues pertaining to managing youth sports programs in today's ever - changing environment, as well as the tools to positively impact the youth sports experience for all children in their communities.

In this program, students define climate, discover carbon's role in climate change by becoming a carbon molecule, explore the possible outcomes of climate change, and brainstorm ways to positively impact their environment.

As part of the Microbial Ecology Lab, he will help survey the many distinct habitats of Shedd's animal populations, analyzing how unseen members of complex ecosystems are impacted by changes in the environment, advancing the understanding of how these tiny microbes affect animal health.

Share stories of improved health and well - being due to changes in attitudes, organizational policies, environments, and behaviors that impact a woman's success in achieving her breastfeeding goals.

B. Millions of daily meals add up to a massive impact on our agricultural system and the environment, so a simple, commonsense change could have a big impact.

Once we collectively understand our situation: the contribution made by humans to the degradation of the environment and the extinction of other species, or the impact consumers in the rich West have had, and continue to have, on the impoverishment of producers in developing countries, our proper response is to want to change things - and to change them radically.»

Current concerns about climate change have focused on the impact of transport on the environment.

In a letter to the chairman of LAG, environment secretary Liz Truss MP said the report «did not show that the impacts of lead ammunition were significant enough to justify changing current policy».

«Because of the close proximity of the 137 - unit Ezra Prentice Homes residential housing development to Global's facility, the potential for these proposed changes to have significant adverse impacts on the environment must be fully analyzed,» D.E.C. officials wrote in a letter.

The issue of the environment and climate change is very important, because of its impact on many countries in the Commonwealth.

«I firmly believe in the right to peaceful protest and remain deeply concerned about the impact of fracking on climate change and the wider environment.

I want to know whether Stefanik and Faso believe in science and in climate change science and the devastating impact climate change will have on the environment of our children and grandchildren.

McMahon said the county's Water Environment Protection department told the legislature that the impact of the changes would be minimal.

Four years ago I called for a ban on fracking because of its negative impact on the environment and because it is not a solution to global climate change,» said Hawkins.

Jacqui Patterson, director of the Environment and Climate Change Justice Program at the NAACP headquarters in Baltimore, said impacts of climate change are entwined with class, race, lack of political clout and economic disruption when polluting industries Change Justice Program at the NAACP headquarters in Baltimore, said impacts of climate change are entwined with class, race, lack of political clout and economic disruption when polluting industries change are entwined with class, race, lack of political clout and economic disruption when polluting industries close.

The need to foresee the probable consequences of human activities has generated new techniques for monitoring environmental change and for assessing the impact of present and proposed actions upon the natural and social environment.

Stephen Schneider A senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University, Schneider assesses ecological and economic impacts of human - induced climate change to identify potential political and technological solutions.

When most people think about wildlife in a changing climate, they think of polar bears clinging to melting ice, but even species who have adapted to tropical weather are being impacted by the changes to their environment.

Lead author, Professor Callum Roberts from the University of York's Environment Department, said: «Many studies show that well - managed marine reserves can protect wildlife and support productive fisheries, but we wanted to explore this body of research through the lens of climate change to see whether these benefits could help ameliorate or slow its impacts.

The results suggest a causal relationship between a father's behavior and his daughters» experiences: Different amounts of exposure to fathers of high or low quality changes daughters» social environments — the monitoring they received and the peers with whom they affiliated — in ways that can impact their sexual behavior.

«Science tells us that the climate is changing, and that human activity, in some manner, impacts that change,» Pruitt said during the hearing in front of the Environment and Public Works Committee.

«We can use this information to look at questions about climate change or human impact on environments by seeing how, over time, the ranges of insect species have changed.»

«The crane fly link was made as part of several longer - term studies — funded by The Natural Environment Research Council and Defra — investigating blanket bog ecosystems across several UK upland sites, including the Yorkshire Dales, Peak District and North York Moors.Dr Heinemeyer, who is currently leading a # 1m Defra - funded SEI project to further study the impacts of climate change and management on blanket bogs, said it wasn't only rare birds that were at risk from climate change.

Agent - based modeling is also used to explore the impact humans can have on their environment during periods of climate change.

Predicting our climate change future, and particularly impacts on the natural systems responsible for making this planet a habitable environment for mankind, is clearly one of the most challenging problems of our time.

Any methylation in these areas of the genome might therefore impact future generations — and could provide the missing clue for how a person can pass on hereditary changes caused by their environment to their children and grandchildren.

«Regardless of whether you're in a closed or open environment, there's always a constant exchange of microbes between a host and their environment, and that constant exposure has impacts on health; for example it can lead to changes in a host's immune system that help the host stave off pathogens,» said Argonne's Jack Gilbert, an author of the study and the director of The Microbiome Center, a joint Argonne, University of Chicago and Marine Biological Laboratory program.

Given the large number of water users, the growing demand for water resources, the variety of stakeholders involved and the increasing intensity of climate change impacts, collective action and shared solutions are needed to alleviate the pressure on the environment, business and communities.

Leading Antarctic marine biologist James McClintock gives us an unprecedented first - person account of the dramatic impacts of climate change on the polar environment and its wildlife

Howard Frumkin of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works today about the impacts of climate change on health.

A new report by authors from UCLA School of Law's Emmett Center on Climate Change and the Environment and UCLA's Institute of the Environment and Sustainability explores the sources and impacts of plastic marine litter and offers domestic and international policy recommendations to tackle these growing problems — a targeted, multifaceted approach aimed at protecting ocean wildlife, coastal waters, coastal economies and human health.

He initiated studies on the impact of music alone or music coupled with an enriched environment (a space filled with toys) on the emotional responses of rats and associated changes in their brains.

A new report by the Environmental Change Institute (ECI) at the School of Geography and the Environment at the University of Oxford concludes that better governance could have lessened the impact on the poorest and most vulnerable, and affected populations have been let down by the authorities in the past.

«This is the strongest evidence from fossils that the main driver of this extinction event was the after - effects of a huge asteroid impact, rather than a slower decline caused by natural changes to the climate or by severe volcanism stressing global environments.»

Furthermore, it had been proposed that animals and plants in the polar regions would have been more resilient to global climatic changes associated with an asteroid impact as a result of living in environments that were always strongly seasonal.

The ecological impacts of a changing climate are evident, from terrestrial polar regions to tropical marine environments.

The team, headed by Loma Linda University (LLU) researcher Helen Harwatt, PhD, suggests that one simple change in American eating habits would have a large impact on the environment: if Americans would eat beans instead of beef, the United States would immediately realize approximately 50 to 75 percent of its GHG reduction targets for the year 2020.