Sentences with phrase «in regional studies»

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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.

In the last federal budget, Natural Resources Canada was allocated $ 2.5 million over the next two years to study regional clean energy cooperation, with the aim of identifying «the most promising electricity infrastructure projects with the potential to achieve significant greenhouse gas reductions.»

And although it's a small dollar investment, the $ 2.5 million allocated to Natural Resources Canada to study regional electricity cooperation offers real promise: there is huge potential in connecting clean energy provinces to neighbours that still depend on fossil power.

«The impact from potential floods are a major risk identified in our study,» said Pitcairn, «and we welcome the collaborative approach announced by the Fraser Basin Council today, to implement an integrated regional flood management strategy.»

Our hope is that this study will lead to a regional economic strategy, which will make our economy even stronger, more diverse, and more resilient to economic upheaval in other parts of the world.

«Credit unions continue to provide the best deals, offering over 10 times more interest on checking accounts than regional banks, as well as 573 % higher rates on savings accounts than national banks,» WalletHub says in an emailed summary of the study.

In the 2013 JD Power & Associates Auto Insurance Study, Nationwide ranked «Average» at best in the regional categories, and even below average in the state of New YorIn the 2013 JD Power & Associates Auto Insurance Study, Nationwide ranked «Average» at best in the regional categories, and even below average in the state of New Yorin the regional categories, and even below average in the state of New Yorin the state of New York.

Some books have appeared in regional languages; Paul Chirakkarodu, M. Sathyaprakasham, Abraham Ayrookuzhi, Dalit Kavithakal: Oru Padanam (Dalit Poems: A Study).

«More so than for any other religious tradition, a person can become UU because of what he already believes rather than believing what he does because of becoming a UU,» said James Casebolt, coauthor of two papers on the regional survey read at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion annual meeting in October.

offers ongoing formation for priests in its annual Symposium and regional study days.

In reality, these specialists or those historians of religions engaged in the study of regional cultures or specific religions need informed criticisms both from, say, Buddhologists or Indologists, and from generalists in the fielIn reality, these specialists or those historians of religions engaged in the study of regional cultures or specific religions need informed criticisms both from, say, Buddhologists or Indologists, and from generalists in the fielin the study of regional cultures or specific religions need informed criticisms both from, say, Buddhologists or Indologists, and from generalists in the fielin the field.

He said the evidence gathered from these studies would inform the design of the regional project on the development of the food packaging sector in sub-Saharan Africa.

This finding is supported by our regional experts as well as a recent «Trends in Food Science & Technology» review, which included 72 studies, 32 countries and more than 82,000 participants.

One of its cutting - edge studies is the measuring of food loss and waste at all stages — from production and post-production to processing, distribution and consumption — in order to identify the origin and cost of food waste and loss at the local, regional and global level.

Later in the report, it also cited at least four more studies that included at least 15 more RA certified farms (some only used evaluations of regional vegetation or non-farm-specific metrics).

Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980 - 2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

In California The Fairmont San Francisco and The Fairmont Sonoma Mission Inn are supporting local agricultural studies by purchasing two student - raised hogs from the Sonoma Valley High School Agriculture Department so that they can make their own sausages, bacon and dried meats, as well as support local schools and help strengthen the regional farming community.

Steering group — This study was planned and coordinated by Jean Davies, research midwife, Newcastle; Pat Davies, health visitor, Sunderland; Alan Fortune, general practitioner, Alnwick; Linda Hedley, senior midwife, Berwick; Edmund Hey, consultant paediatrician, Newcastle; Barbara Hinchcliffe, health visitor, Hexham; Maureen Hodgson, community midwife, North Durham; Ann Kirkpatrick, midwifery supervisor, Darlington; Jane Lumley, National Childbirth Trust, Hexham; Norma McPherson, community midwife, Barrow in Furness; Diane Packham, Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services, Newcastle; Willie Reid, consultant obstetrician, Carlisle; Marjorie Renwick, regional maternity survey coordinator, Newcastle; Margaret Robinson, community midwife, Cockermouth; Laura Robson, director of midwifery education, Newcastle; Sheila Smithson, community midwife, Middlesbrough; Ann West, senior midwife, Penrith; Margaret Whyte, the Society to Support Home Confinement; Jane Wright, community midwife, Teesside; and Gavin Young, general practitioner, Penrith.

Other strengths of the underpinning cohort study include high participation by midwifery units and trusts in England; the minimisation of selection bias through achievement of a high response rate and absence of self selection bias because of non-consent; and the ability to compare groups that were similar in terms of identified clinical risk.12 The economic evaluation was conducted according to nationally agreed design and reporting guidelines.15 26 Collection of primary unit cost data was thorough and accounted for regional differences in care patterns.

Studies that have evaluated the role of maternal characteristics, such as age, weight, and ethnicity, have consistently found these factors do not account fully for the temporal increase in the cesarean delivery rate or its regional variations (13 — 15).

The study is a part of a larger regional research project and will be a significant guide for the village moving forward in matters of housing and development.

Other investigators have reported a significant increase in adverse perinatal outcomes related to planned home births, especially where skilled birth attendants are not universally integrated into regional health systems, or in population - based studies that include at - risk pregnancies [20 — 22].

Jazmin studies comparative and international political economy with a regional focus in Latin America.

Al Carlacci, the regional air pollutant control engineer for the state Department of Environmental Conservation, said he doesn't need a meter or an air quality monitor to tell him that there's some dirty air in the West Side near the Peace Bridge, where studies have shown high levels of asthma.

Most people don't want to learn a minor regional language in order to study in what they see as a second - tier Western country.

«At the regional level, we are expanding the Tamale Teaching Hospital in order that it can be a deserving hospital to provide medical education to our young doctors that are training in the University of Development Studies Medical School.

To mark, and celebrate, its first decade of path - breaking work the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) is convening a major international conference on building legitimate authority in global and regional governance in cooperation with GARNET, the EU - funded Network of Excellence on Global Governance, Regionalisation and Regulation: The Role of the EU.

On Tuesday, Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos urged Judith Enck, regional administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to drastically beef up her plans to study remaining PCB toxicity levels in the river in the aftermath of a six - year dredging project by General Electric Co..

The Commission conducts policy studies; analyzes current legislation, programs and trends impacting women; develops collaborative programs with local and regional organizations and public officials; provides educational awareness; and recommends measures to coordinate, consolidate or expand the resources and services available to women in Erie County.

Dr. Holloway is a Professor in the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where she leads a research program that employs computer models and satellite data to understand links between regional air quality, energy, and climate.

«In order to expand our knowledge in these areas, doctors in clinics and regional hospitals must be on the alert for unusual disease phenotypes and refer such patients to specialized university hospital clinics for further evaluation,» says study author Mike RecheIn order to expand our knowledge in these areas, doctors in clinics and regional hospitals must be on the alert for unusual disease phenotypes and refer such patients to specialized university hospital clinics for further evaluation,» says study author Mike Rechein these areas, doctors in clinics and regional hospitals must be on the alert for unusual disease phenotypes and refer such patients to specialized university hospital clinics for further evaluation,» says study author Mike Rechein clinics and regional hospitals must be on the alert for unusual disease phenotypes and refer such patients to specialized university hospital clinics for further evaluation,» says study author Mike Recher.

The other significant finding of the study, says Garrett Jenkinson, Ph.D., assistant research scientist at the Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering who carried out much of the analyses, was that this variability goes haywire in cancer cells, which may display significant regional differences in methylation stochasticity compared to normal cells.

Results from a 2006 study in Ireland and the U.S. suggest that patients who undergo surgery to remove breast or prostate cancer might be less prone to recurrence if they are administered regional anesthesia during their procedures, rather than general anesthesia alone.

Their results demonstrated that, instead of an overall decrease in variability with aging, as earlier studies showed, the brain displayed regional differences, with some areas of the brain showing increases in variability across age while other areas showed a decrease.

In the largest study to date, Dr. Davidson's study compared rates of apnea after general or regional anesthesia among 722 infants and found that while there was little evidence for a difference in late apnea, there was evidence that regional anesthesia reduced the risk of significant apnea in the first 30 minutes after surgerIn the largest study to date, Dr. Davidson's study compared rates of apnea after general or regional anesthesia among 722 infants and found that while there was little evidence for a difference in late apnea, there was evidence that regional anesthesia reduced the risk of significant apnea in the first 30 minutes after surgerin late apnea, there was evidence that regional anesthesia reduced the risk of significant apnea in the first 30 minutes after surgerin the first 30 minutes after surgery.

Many regional studies, especially in the United States, have shown agricultural pollution to be a prime source of fine - particulate precursors, but the new study is one of the first to look at the phenomenon worldwide and to project future trends.

In a study, the share of college graduates — often referred to as human capital — and the quality of life in a community were found to significantly contribute to economic growth, said Stephan Goetz, professor of agricultural and regional economics, Penn State and director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural DevelopmenIn a study, the share of college graduates — often referred to as human capital — and the quality of life in a community were found to significantly contribute to economic growth, said Stephan Goetz, professor of agricultural and regional economics, Penn State and director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Developmenin a community were found to significantly contribute to economic growth, said Stephan Goetz, professor of agricultural and regional economics, Penn State and director of the Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development.

«The study showed that 2.9 % of baseline nonsmokers in this U.S. regional sample of young adults reported ever using e-cigarettes at follow - up, suggesting an interest in e-cigarettes among nonsmoking young adults,» explains Dr. Choi.

Things went quite well at the regional session, and I won the opportunity to visit the International Centre for Theoretical Physics and the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste.

«For the first time, we have used a geophysical method to determine the internal structure of Enceladus, and the data suggest that indeed there is a large, possibly regional ocean about 50 kilometers below the surface of the south pole,» says David Stevenson, the Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Planetary Science at Caltech and an expert in studies of the interior of planetary bodies.

The researchers also observed regional differences in methane emission levels, with the lowest emissions per device measured in the Rocky Mountains and the highest emissions in the Gulf Coast, similar to the earlier 2013 study.

This is the first time anyone has examined regional climate change in the central United States by directly comparing the influence of greenhouse gas emissions to agriculture, says Nathan Mueller, an earth systems scientist at the University of California (UC), Irvine, who was not involved with this study.

The findings showed that 19.5 percent reported at least one diagnosed concussion in their lifetime, which was consistent with regional studies and with emergency department reports stating contact sports are a leading cause of concussion among teens.

They said the key messages from the study were that stroke is a highly preventable disease globally, regardless of age and sex; that the relative importance of modifiable risk factors means there should be development of regional or ethnic - specific primary prevention programs, and that additional research on stroke risk factors is needed for countries and ethnic groups not included in INTERSTROKE.

Additionally, for pneumatic devices, the study confirmed regional differences in methane emissions first reported by the study team in 2013.

In the past, several small studies have shown that compared with general anesthesia, regional anesthesia reduces intraoperative blood loss and the need for blood transfusions.

After studying high - resolution satellite imagery and compiling records from local and regional government agencies, the authors concluded that all land leased for palm oil production in Indonesia added up to an area the size of Greece.

«In pregnancies complicated by fetal CHD, global placental perfusion significantly decreased and regional variation of placental perfusion significantly increased with advancing gestational age,» says Zungho «Wesley» Zun, Ph.D., the study's lead author.

And a 2004 study of Greenland men suggested that regional differences in sperm quality may be related to organochlorine exposure.

Scientists studying the 2009 A / H1N1 influenza pandemic have found that the inconsistent regional timing of pandemic waves in Mexico was the result of interactions between school breaks and regional variations in humidity.