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.