Sentences with phrase «increased availability of services»

The surge in diagnoses, they say, is largely due to a broader understanding of what qualifies as autism, greater awareness of the disorder, and the increased availability of services for children with autism symptoms.

Education: We fund training for animal welfare groups to increase the availability of services throughout the country.

Not exact matches

«The financial industry's response to the growing population of wealthy individuals should be to increase the availability of quality services, not force clients to choose between quality and affordability.»

The Korean electronics giant hopes to increase the availability of its payment service to better take on rival Apple Pay.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

«Airline passengers continue to benefit from the highly competitive air - service landscape this holiday season, as low fares and increased availability of seats continue to make air travel widely accessible,» said A4A Vice President and Chief Economist John Heimlich.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

When people act «rationally» in the exchange of goods and services, that is, when they try to get the most they can for the least payment in money or service, market activity increases and society as a whole benefits from the increased availability of desired goods and services.

Chicago has seen a large increase in shootings and murders lately, but is also unstable financially, which threatens the availability of basic services, according to NBC.

Most people like the idea of the increasing availability of goods and services.

In this new context, the pursuit of self - interest, viewed by Christians as sin, turned out to increase the total wealth and hence the availability of goods and services to people in general.

The shift of focus from competition for power among nations to increasing the availability of goods and services desired by the world's people was something Christians should celebrate.

Even if such an alliance is a long shot, a president who received less than 10 percent of the African - American vote has little to lose by emphasizing the increased availability of funds for black church social - service programs.

Nevertheless, it is hardly disputable that not only in the production of goods but in the development of human skills and in the increased availability of both goods and skills for the service of human need, the right to possess has played no minor role.

Urbanization also increases the availability of different dining and entertaining services, creating demand for new kinds of take - away food packaging.

As a result of increased local presence we can provide better sales and service offering, as well as an expanded support capability ensuring we maintain the high performance and availability of our solutions.

We eradicate stigma by increasing the availability and accessibility of mental health care worldwide by: treating patients, training professionals, including psychologists, therapists, OBGYNs, pediatricians, nurses, and midwives, providing public programs, including new parent groups, breastfeeding clinics, and adolescent services, funding research, providing curated content online, and advocating in public and private sectors.

Although Step 10 of the UNICEF UK Baby Friendly Initiatives requires that accredited maternity units provide post-natal breastfeeding support groups, the availability and uptake of these services remains unclear.40 The effectiveness of peer - support for long - term breastfeeding success has been well documented in middle - income countries, 35,41 and a systematic review has emphasized the importance of skilled post-natal breastfeeding support in the UK.39 However Graffy et al. 40 concluded from a randomized controlled trial of support provided by volunteer breastfeeding counsellors that although such support was rated by mothers as helpful, volunteer support was not effective at increasing breastfeeding duration, perhaps owing to mothers not actively taking up such support.

The overarching goal of MCP2 was to reduce key barriers and facilitate the implementation of national multidisciplinary collaborative primary maternity care strategies as a means of increasing the availability and quality of maternity services for all Canadian women.

Additionally, it encouraged the stakeholders to facilitate increased awareness and education about perinatal depression and to explore and encourage the use of prenatal screening tools in order to improve the availability of effective treatment and community support services.

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a new ad campaign to increase awareness of the availability of addiction services in New York.

Cuomo announced a new ad campaign to increase awareness of the availability of addiction services in New York.

These findings will help to plan for increased availability of imaging services during those expected peaks.»

«The CMA continues to recommend a broad public health policy approach focused on preventing problematic drug use; ensuring the availability of assessment and treatment services for those who wish to stop using; and harm reduction to increase the safety for those who are using.»

The ability to predict the need for referrals stems from an unprecedented and ever - increasing availability of diverse data sources and has the potential to improve health services delivery and health system performance, said Paul K. Halverson, founding dean of the Richard M. Fairbanks School of Public Health at IUPUI and one of the project's researchers.

The reason for this decline is not fully understood, but it has been attributed to the increasing use of contraceptives, especially long - acting methods such as intrauterine devices, historic declines in the rate of unintended pregnancy and increasing numbers of state regulations that limit the availability of otherwise legal abortion services.

Although the availability of palliative care services continues to increase, consultation typically does not happen until a week into a patient's hospital stay.

«This is very consistent with data from the [U.S.] Drug Enforcement Administration that shows a great increase in the trafficking and availability of synthetic opioids like illicit fentanyl over the past few years,» said lead researcher Christopher Jones, of the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

The policy solution that has garnered the most momentum to improve civics in recent years is a standard that requires high school students to pass the U.S. citizenship exam before graduation.6 According to this analysis, 17 states have taken this path.7 Yet, critics of a mandatory civics exam argue that the citizenship test does nothing to measure comprehension of the material8 and creates an additional barrier to high school graduation.9 Other states have adopted civics as a requirement for high school graduation, provided teachers with detailed civics curricula, offered community service as a graduation requirement, and increased the availability of Advance Placement (AP) U.S. government classes.10

The appeal asserted that the DOE failed to adequately assess and disclose the impact of the Girls Prep expansion, such as the likely the disruption for students with autism, the loss of space in the cafeteria and gymnasium, the reduced availability of rooms for the provision of related services, and an increase in the occupancy of the building beyond what is safe.

«The availability of daytime access to Tokyo's centrally located Haneda Airport will create more choice and convenience for both business and leisure travelers, and advances the Department's work to increase competition and bring enhanced service options to the marketplace,» said Secretary Foxx.

LIA — Libri Italiani Accessibili (a service by AIE - Italian Publishers Association) «The goal of LIA is to increase the availability of digital books for blind and visually impaired readers, taking advantage of the opportunities offered by the new EPUB features.

Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company's reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and / or increases in component costs could have on the Company's gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company's need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company's dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's reliance on third - party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company's dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company's products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company's sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.

With the increasing amount of coursework burden, availability of online couresework services provider in Australia, is a need of the hour.

Any other state loan repayment or loan forgiveness program intended to provide for the increased availability of health services in underserved or health professional shortage areas (as determined by such state).

Gardner and Phillips employ similar philosophies with a goal and mission to provide superior customer service with an increased availability of products and services.

Members of the coalition have focused on «Adopt, Don't Buy» campaigns and increasing the availability of low cost spaying and neutering services.

The Survey also reports the emotional connection between owners and their pets is stronger than ever, dogs still rule as the largest group of households owning a pet, and an increase in pet services, better availability and types of care products, and improved veterinary care and medicines have universally affected all pet ownership.

Program Manager of Grants and Adoptions for PetSmart Charities ®, met with Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, The Arizona Humane Society and Alliance for Companion Animals to announce the impact that the Fix.Adopt.Save program has on dramatically increasing the availability of no - cost spay / neuter services to reduce shelter intake and euthanasia.

has focused on dramatically increasing the availability of low - cost and no - cost spay / neuter services to reduce shelter intake and euthanasia.

The company says a major component of that goal is providing increased availability of products and services from a single - source distribution facility, as well as assuring that its retailers are kept in stock with fresh product and are up to date with the newest brands.

«We truly believe a major component of this goal is providing increased availability of products and services from a single, trusted distribution partner.»

Some of the benefits of the PPS Club membership, such as lounge access, increased baggage allowance, priority reservation waitlists, and more are the same as provided by KrisFlyer's status levels, but the most valuable benefits of the PPS Club Membership are increased award availability and elevated level of customer service.

These, with exchanges of capacity - building and experiences, could increase the availability of, access to and use of climate services for all countries.

Based on the standard of one recovery station per every 1,000 to 1,500 households, 2,000 recovery stations, most of them mobile, will be set up in the city by 2010, increasing the availability of recycling of recycling services at the community level.

The Board's mission is laudable and we could have accomplished much to help increase the availability of legal services to the public if we had been allowed to do our job.

Arguing that increasing the availability and affordability of lawyers will merely increase the demand for legal services, is like saying feeding starving people will merely increase the demand for food, therefore don't do it.

Under family law reforms, the LSS proposed that there be more duty counsel and community - based advice services to increase the availability of family law services; provide assistance for housing and debt problems; and expand mediation referrals.

Bozeman, Billings, Helena, Missoula, and Kalispell all host regular monthly advice clinics that provide a great way for local attorneys to increase the availability of legal services to low income Montanans in their communities.