Sentences with phrase «large portion of our population»

By sequencing a large portion of the population and finding the links between those conditions and particular genetic indicator, the company hopes to be able develop more effective treatments.

To go after a larger portion of the population, Amazon needs to look at buying discount stores, Grom said.

As the debt toll grows, a larger portion of the population will begin to experience its effects.

We've transformed from cities where machines once hummed and large portions of the population worked for Kodak, Xerox, and Bethlehem Steel in Lackawanna, to cities where technology, medicine, packaging and software development are the drivers of our economy.

According to the Red Cross, «emergency shelters and food support will be needed by a large portion of the population in both territories for weeks.»

These claims represent a large portion of the population — approximately 150 million patients from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Officials estimate that emergency shelters and food support will be needed by a large portion of the population in both territories for weeks.

I can see why the poorest people (who are also the largest portion of the population) would fall for it.

What this does to the large portion of our population who have the resources to engage in the getting game is bad enough.

for such an industrialized nation, a nation that likes to think it leads on ethics, a large portion of the population in the US is overly racist and h.omophobic.

A large portion of the population is approaching the «golden years».

Wow, that's a large portion of our population - 34 % to be exact.

Even if a large portion of the population thinks it's okay, that doesn't make it okay.

«I really think that the Park District Board could utilize someone who is in the trenches, certainly right there along with a large portion of the population that is utilizing the Park District programs.»

By contrast, successful entrepreneurs don't inspire the same low kind of universal distrust - yes, a large portion of population distrusts them, but even as a category, they have 2x amount of trust of Congress (20 %).

Surveys of public opinion indicate that Germans by and large are satisfied with their health care system (as opposed to the U.S. where a large portion of the population thinks that system needs substantial changes).

«Those who can reject vaccines without health risks are able to do so because they are protected by the large portion of the population who is vaccinated,» said Reich.

Despite countless findings to the contrary, a large portion of the population doesn't believe that scientists agree on the existence of human - caused climate change, which affects their willingness to seek a solution to the problem, according to a 2011 study in Nature Climate Change.

First, because insomnia is a common problem and often chronic in duration, a large portion of the population would need long - term screening for the possible development of high blood pressure.

Finally, the third factor is herd immunity, in which those not vaccinated face a lower infection risk because a large portion of the population has been vaccinated.

But Falk and Hildebolt show that states, which centralize political power in a bureaucratic government, are less likely to lose large portions of their populations to war than are small - scale societies, such as hunter - gatherers.

Citrus fruits, red meats, and gluten are culprits for a large portion of the population.

These authors do not seem to understand the fact that the conversion of beta - carotene to vitamin A is dependent on many factors, including sufficient fat in the diet, and that the production of vitamin A from plant pre-cursors is difficult for a large portion of the population, including those with digestive and thyroid problems.

See, the thing is that, even though store - bought almond milk doesn't have the negative effects of cow's milk — the pro-inflammatory properties, antibiotics, lactose (which a large portion of the population is intolerant to, making it a common food allergen) and the calcium - leaching effects leading to bone loss — conventional almond milk still comes with it's setbacks:

Getting help for a mental health disorder first involves removing the stigma and discrimination around mental health — depression, anxiety and other mood disorders are not signs of weakness, they are common conditions that a large portion of the population is dealing with daily.

B12 supplements have the potential of making life better for a large portion of the population, and not just the elderly.

A large portion of the population of Kazakhstan is Sunni Muslims.

While the dating market has essentially built the app's user base, Tinder execs feel that moving outside of this niche to include a larger portion of the population will reap some obvious benefits.

Caught in the maddening doldrums between one act of unimaginable violence and its inevitable aftershocks, America's implacable disquiet is one part anticipation of the inevitable, multiple parts cynicism, and, for a large portion of the population, a dollop of distinct lack of faith in the motives and competency of our leadership.

But for the state with the largest portion of its population under 18 years old, one metric should be of great concern: the disappearing single - income household.

What it does is it says, as a school, your challenge is to understand where your students are and then to figure out if you have a serious problem where you need to remediate large portions of your population, that's a serious challenge.

Unfortunately, a large portion of the population still relies on their local advisers to help decide on a credit card.

So what are the implications of a large portion of the population entering the labor force with elevated debt - to - income levels?

If a large portion of the population wants to convert assets into a stream of income — guess what?

Getting out of debt is a serious challenge for a large portion of the population.

Furthermore, by obligating consumers to purchase a device, there is inevitably a large portion of the population that will never invest and therefore be excluded permanently from the experience regardless of your marketing.

The Bay Area, New York, and Boston all have very similar characteristics: homebuyers» desire to live in densely populated areas and a large portion of the population walks, bikes, or regularly takes public transit.

There has been more then enough information presented on global warming, but large portions of the population fail to comprehend the effects of global warming or how valid the information is.

These risks are three-fold: the increased number of events like floods and cyclones; droughts in some parts of the country and in long - term effects of coastal erosion affecting a large portion of the population.

For a large portion of the population, print still has the power to influence their actions.

As members of the baby boom generation become senior citizens, a larger portion of our population will need nursing home care.

Such chronic health problems that affect a large portion of the population were all considered to be pre-existing conditions.

Efforts are on to implement a policy for 3 to 5 years for covering the two - wheelers to safeguard the insurers to some extent from the non-renewal of policies over a large portion of the population.

Term life insurance is favored by a large portion of our population.

And yet, anyone who brought up Russian interference during the actual election was mocked, ridiculed, and dismissed by a large portion of the population.

Highly regarded Indian Entrepreneur Gaurav Munjal also revealed that a large portion of the population had relied on the barter system to exchange goods because cash was no longer available for the poor and middle class.

If 70 percent of the population communicates with mostly concrete language, and 30 percent prefers abstract language, recruiters could be missing out on a large portion of the population if their communication appeals to only one of end of the scale.

Those statistics have been on the decline over the last decade, but there is still a large portion of the population that sees an end to their relationship before it's ever really begun.

Not exact matches

This means that a large portion of the global population do not have access to freely share and consume information through social media channels.

«Things that affect large portions of the [employee] population really affect small - and medium - sized businesses more than large businesses,» says Al Berman, executive director of DRII, The Institute for Continuity Management, a New York City - based organization that certifies businesses in contingency planning.