Sentences with phrase «level of insecurity by»

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By collaborating on a wide scope of research, including development of better rice varieties, strengthening of rice - based farming systems, and improvement of crop cultivation practices, Bangladesh continues to raise its level of rice production and minimize the intensity of food insecurity during major flooding and monsoons.

This, he said, implies that no country can thrive economically in an environment of insecurity as was demonstrated by the Boko Haram insurgency and militancy in the Niger Delta region adding that Boko Haram insurgency has decimated the economy of the North East, impoverished the region, and escalated the levels of insecurity, poverty and disease in the region.

The term erethism (or reddening), which derives from a person's tendency to blush, 3 covers a constellation of personality traits including timidity, diffidence, contentiousness, insecurity, bluntness, rigidity, excitability and hypersensitivity to criticism and to sensory stimulation.4 - 6 Considering mercury's subtle but reproducible effects on emotions, it is likely that a number of problems blamed on character, personality or stress may in fact be caused or compounded by low - level mercury toxicity.

Food insecurity may be caused by the unavailability of food, insufficient purchasing power, inappropriate distribution, or inadequate use of food at the household level.

Many queer people's lives look like a barbell, bookended by high levels of anxiety and insecurity in our early and later years.

And our species is failing to scale to that level of digital congregation too, stymied by our insecurity and greed.

By now, you should have noticed some of your initial insecurities melt away and your confidence levels starting to build up.

RESULTS: Hierarchical regression analyses revealed that long - term success (at least 5 % weight reduction by the 1 - year follow - up) versus failure (dropping out or less weight reduction) was significantly predicted by the set of psychosocial variables (family adversity, maternal depression, and attachment insecurity) when we controlled for familial obesity, preintervention overweight, age, and gender of the index child and parental educational level.

The Australian Council for International Development (ACFID), the peak body for Australia's aid groups, has published a detailed analysis, saying Australia's aid contribution as a share of gross national income in 2017 - 18 will be 0.22 per cent, «once again plunging aid to new all - time low levels of generosity» and failing to match - up to the reality of global challenges, like climate change, food crises and the insecurity faced by displaced people.

Structural equation modeling was conducted to evaluate the association between IPV victimization and posttraumatic stress and depressive symptoms and to examine IPV exposure and psychiatric outcomes by levels of attachment insecurity.