Sentences with phrase «increased during recent years»

It is strongly urged in the general interest of a business whose importance and influence have steadily increased during recent years.»

And in Japan, the cholesterol levels have increased during recent years, however the number of heart attacks has dropped.

Not exact matches

The overall increase in AWOTE masks divergent behaviour between the estimated public and private - sector components during the past year, which complicates the interpretation of recent trends.

In contrast to other movements in the current account deficit during recent years, which were mainly the result of fluctuations in Australia's trade balance, the most recent increase largely reflected rising payments on Australia's stock of net foreign liabilities — the net income deficit (Graph C1).

In the company's most recent quarterly conference call, Apple CEO Tim Cook said its entire wearables business (including the Apple Watch), saw sales increase 75 % year over year during its fourth fiscal quarter and during fiscal 2017.

White South Africans, even during the recent years of increasing township violence and repressive emergency measure, present themselves to the world as the embattled custodians of civil order in a continent notorious for whimsical massacres.

The recovered paper utilization rate in containerboard has been fairly stable during recent years, but it increased from 27 percent in 1990 to 47.3 percent in 2000 and reached 48.4 percent in 2015.

The Northern Irish manager was already known to be an admirer of the 21 year old though his recent cameo run - out with Middlesbrough during mid-week is said to have increased his interest in the Blues starlet.

Baseline pre-injury and post-injury neuropsychological or neurocognitive testing is now commonplace at the professional and collegiate level, and has become more and more common at the high school level as well, with a recent study showing computerized neuropsychological testing being used to assess fully 41.2 % of concussions at schools with at least one athletic trainer on staff in the 2009 - 2010 year, [2] an increase of 15.5 % from the 25.7 % of concussions in which such testing was used in assessing concussions during the 2008 - 2009 school year.

More recent research suggests that both the quantity and quality of father - child interactions during the early childhood years can lead to fewer behavioural problems, greater emotional self - regulation, increased language development and improved cognitive functioning for young children.

A record number of Illinois students ate for free or at a discount last year, continuing the steady increase reported during recent years.

Average compensation at LIPA has increased marginally during the past four years: It was $ 105,482 in 2014, $ 104,660 in 2013, and $ 103,856 in 2012, when it had its largest increase in recent years, from $ 96,079 in 2011, according to the figures.

Until now the covenant has not been put on a statutory footing, but intense strain on the armed forces in recent years - especially during the period when British soldiers were serving overseas in both Iraq and Afghanistan - has helped increase pressure on politicians to change that.

Whilst the number of people giving # 50,000 donations has increased over the last three years, The Times also notes a recent pledge of # 1 million from Stanley Fink and the fact that the amount of money channelled into the party through Lord Ashcroft's company, Bearwood, has also increased during the that time:

Up to one - fifth of women of childbearing age experience depressive symptoms that often lead to mild to moderate depression, and prescriptions for antidepressants during pregnancy have increased in recent years.

A recent report by two leading nonprofits, the Rocky Mountain Climate Organization and the Natural Resources Defense Council, details how the 11 U.S. western states together have experienced an increase in average temperature during the last five years some 70 percent greater than the global average rise.

«What's interesting is that the temperature increase observed during this recent 32 - year period was as large as that measured at the lighthouses spanning 120 years,» said Kuffner.

«The noteworthy increase in the annual rate of heroin abuse or dependence among non-Hispanic Whites parallels the significant increase in nonmedical opioid use during the last decade and the growing number of heroin overdose deaths described for this race and ethnic group in recent years,» said Martins.

Their research shows that during the past 32 years there have been widespread increases in both plant growth and evaporation due to recent global climate trends.

Due to the close binary orbital interactions of the host star with Alpha Centauri A and Star B's own increased stellar activity during recent years, the astronomers were only able to detect the radial - velocity variations of host star B that were caused by the 3.236 - day orbit of the planet (with a semi-major axis of 0.04 AU) only after more than four and a half years of careful observation.

Due to the close binary orbital interactions of the host star with Alpha Centauri A and Star B's own increased stellar activity during recent years, the astronomers were only able to detect the radial - velocity variations of host star B that were caused by the 3.236 - day orbit of the planet (with a semi-major axis of 0.04 AU) only after more than three years of careful observation.

In the case of imprinted genes, the context of crucial importance is the parental ancestry of those variants, and during the recent years there has been increasing emphasis on our need to understand how imprinting modifies genetic associations to disease.

And if you suspect that you usually gain a few pounds this time of year, you're probably right: Recent research from Cornell University tracked the year - round weight patterns of nearly 3,000 people and found that their weight began to rise in October, then increased by about 1.3 pounds during the Christmas - New Year's seayear, you're probably right: Recent research from Cornell University tracked the year - round weight patterns of nearly 3,000 people and found that their weight began to rise in October, then increased by about 1.3 pounds during the Christmas - New Year's seayear - round weight patterns of nearly 3,000 people and found that their weight began to rise in October, then increased by about 1.3 pounds during the Christmas - New Year's seaYear's season.

In recent years MCTs have gained in popularity with athletes seeking to increase energy levels and enhance endurance during high - intensity exercise, as well as serving as an alternative energy source for athletes on high - protein, low - carbohydrate diets.

Consensus statements from leading governing bodies generally recommend that carbohydrate quantities should range from 3 to 12 g kg 1 body weight.9 - 10 However, recent work suggests that LCHF diets that raise blood ketone levels can increase fat oxidation rates and markers of health and exercise performance.11 - 12 In addition to increased fat oxidation, other potential benefits of LCHF eating plans for endurance athletes include improved training and racing energy, lowered incidence of delayed onset of muscle soreness, reductions in exogenous caloric requirements during training and competition, and the reduced incidence of serious gastrointestinal complaints.13 Although nontraditional, an LCHF eating plan approach has been recommended for athletes in a variety of sports for nearly 40 years, 14 and this report is representative of other cases.

During recent years, an increasing amount of evidence has accumulated in the literature, suggesting that very - low - carbohydrate ketogenic diets (VLCKD) could have a therapeutic role in numerous diseases.

UPI - Feb 18 - A recent survey of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers said 59 % of the nation's top divorce attorneys have seen an increase in the number of cases using evidence taken from dating sites during the past three years.

The number of Russian women drivers has increased dramatically during the recent years.

During the recent holiday season, which includes the eight weeks leading up to Christmas, U.S. book sales increased 2 percent on the previous year.

However, after seven years of continuous revenue increases, the economic fluctuations that have impacted business in recent years have now also reached the book market», said Alexander Skipis, head of the Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, last month in Frankfurt am Main during a presentation of the Börsenverein's most recent e-book study.

For instance, a recent college graduate who lands a good job with high income potential might use an interest - only home loan to reduce the monthly payment during the first few years, until his or her income increases.

A company with a massive dividend cut during the financial crisis and only two years of recent dividend growth, albeit; growth of 50 % each year and an increase this quarter of 33 %.

Many Canadian cities have seen huge increases in home prices during recent years, but if history is any guide, those aren't necessarily the best places to buy now.

During the first quarter, subprime card loans increased 3 % over the same period last year, compared with 6 % growth in the prime segment, according to a recent research note from Autonomous Research.

A dramatic increase in market mimicry occurred during the whole year before each market crash of the past 25 years, including the recent financial crisis.

The recent accomplishment also represents a 23 % increase from the number of pets adopted during last year's September event.

During the company's recent investor's call, it was revealed that the casual games giant had increased its revenue by 30 % year - over-year.

While boardgames have seen a 100 % increase in pledges during 2016, collecting six times as much as video games in the same year, video games have struggled to obtain large - scale funding on the platform, as a recent analysis shows (see Kickstarter in 2017 — In depth look at the Games category).

Following a recent increase in female artist exhibitions that could have bene noted during the final quarter of the last year, it's really nice to see that Howardena Pindell is also getting her well - deserved dos.

Lindzen, btw., has made the same claim in the media; in a recent article he phrased it thus: «Indeed, the absence of any record breakers during the past 7 years is statistical evidence that temperatures are not increasing.»

Both the radiosonde and reanalysis data show that the frequency of occurrence of high tropopause days in the subtropics of both hemispheres has systematically increased during the past few decades, so that tropical characteristics occur more frequently in recent years.

The Statement says that recent research has found «evidence for a substantial increase in the power of tropical cyclones in the West Pacific and Atlantic basins during the last 50 years.»

Some, not nearly all of these locations show a steady progression of increased temperatures — no more rapid during recent decades than from over a hundred years ago, one includes 346 continuous years of data.

B. Over the same time interval there have been periods during which the reported «Annual Temperature of the Earth (TOE)» has increased, others during which it decreased, and yet others, like the most recent 15 - 20 years over which it has remained statistically flat.

Despite increasing prevalence and extent, Siberian wildfires have continued to be underreported during recent years, despite the fact that out of all major Arctic permafrost and boreal forest regions — Alaska, Canada, and Siberia — Siberia has shown the visibly greatest increase in wildfire frequency and extent.

Curry also argues that the rate of sea level rise during 1930 — 1950 was similar to that in recent years, according to the IPCC, which suggests that ocean heat content was increasing at a similar rate to today.

In addition to the increasing trend of recent CO2 content in atmosphere, according to my interpretations, empiric observations prove that the trends of CO2 content in atmosphere have followed temperature during the last century, during the glacial and interglacial eras, and during the last 100 million years.

Even though carbon uptake during the growing season increased in recent years, observations show annual net losses of carbon to the atmosphere — as Arctic soils thaw, a vast reservoir of carbon locked up in the permafrost can be released to the atmosphere as greenhouse gases.

Meanwhile during this period of ice melt, Mt. Blanc in Europe and Mt. Logan in North America have both recently had their elevations increased due to the significan accumulation of snow in recent years - hardly what I would say is an indicator of serious global warming.

These glaciers included Pope, Smith and Kohler — which have seen increasing instability and rates of seaward movement during recent years.