Meaningful reductions in child problem behaviors occurred over 5 months providing promising support for the intervention.
However, the issue I raised was whether there was a realistic chance of
meaningful reductions in the Copenhagen meeting in December given the severity of the global financial crisis.
But it won't be a true success until it starts to drive
meaningful reductions in carbon emissions.
«Canada's natural gas delivery industry recognizes that increasing RNG content in the natural gas delivered to Canadian customers is a pathway towards
meaningful reductions in greenhouse gas emissions,» said Timothy M. Egan, President and CEO of the Canadian Gas Association.
It is inconceivable that truly
meaningful reductions in CO2 emissions could be achieved through purely regulatory approaches, and it remains true that whatever would be achieved, would be accomplished at excessively high cost.
As Senator James Inhofe (Ranking Member of the Environment and Public Works Committee has consistently said, technology promotion and sharing are the only real way to achieve
meaningful reductions in the future, not a failed Kyoto 2 approach.
We've put these systems to work during long highway drives, with
meaningful reductions in fatigue.
This implies that high - poverty schools are, on average, much less effective than lower - poverty schools, and suggests that strategies that reduce the differential exposure of black, Hispanic, and white students to poor classmates may lead to
meaningful reductions in academic achievement gaps.
I also find large and
meaningful reductions in the percentage of students at district schools who are required to repeat a grade as a result of charter school entry.
Walkouts in Arizona and West Virginia followed
meaningful reductions in teacher salaries of ten percent and nine percent respectively since 2000 in constant dollars.
Dietary pulses at doses of 120 — 132 g / day (0.5 — 0.75 cups / day, the equivalent of about one serving / day) have shown
meaningful reductions in established cardiometabolic risk factors, including HbA1c, LDL - C, body weight, and blood pressure, with the evi - dence for these specific reductions ranging from low to moderate quality.
The researchers found increases in bone mineral density of about 1 - 2 % over up to five years, but the authors say these increases are «unlikely to translate into clinically
meaningful reductions in fractures.»
Three primary options for obtaining
meaningful reductions in petroleum use in the transportation sector include:
«The hope is that the RSPO can scale up to create
meaningful reductions in global deforestation.»
«However, based on the county's fiscal outlook, the directors have concluded that county compliance with the NIFA statute will be difficult without
meaningful reductions in county spending.»
«We have to move quickly delivering credible and
meaningful reductions in the burdens that hinder hard - pressed businesses and charities.
Shortening sentences for prisoners convicted of violent offenses may prove controversial, but
meaningful reductions in the state's prison population depends on the release of some inmates who fall into this category.
«New attention to Nutrition: With the aim of driving
meaningful reductions in micronutrient deficiency in young children we will test products like micro nutrient powders and fortified porridge, and augment education on balanced diet.
But Graham Barr, the director for Canada's multilateral trade policy division, remains hopeful the WTO will eventually force
meaningful reductions in subsidies and trade barriers.
The Victorian dairy farmer co-operative's application for merger authorisation, made public on Tuesday night, claims a merger with WCB will «not generate
any meaningful reduction in the market for the acquisition of raw milk.»
Hence, it possible for a large number of measurements at different locations to result in
a meaningful reduction in the level of error of a quantity, provided that the value of the quantity does not vary much across the sample space.
Consultant for Global Beverage, Snack, and Food Company (2008) • Executed data conversion procedures and system - wide tests for direct procurement processes that proved integral to the roll - out of a functional Enterprise Resource Planning application • Resolved process workflow issues throughout user acceptance testing • Developed a practical weekly status reporting solution that led to
a meaningful reduction in administrative overhead costs
Not exact matches
Local authorities of all parties could make
meaningful council tax
reductions if they saved a modest ten per cent
in these three non-priority areas.»
The two - year proposed freeze on property taxes unveiled by Cuomo's tax
reduction task force this week would require municipalities to stay within their mandated 2 - percent spending increase, and
in the second year the benefit would apply only to municipalities demonstrating «
meaningful, concrete steps» toward permanent savings through consolidations and mergers.
Conversely, many studies have reported that
meaningful blood pressure
reductions occur after
reductions in alcohol drinking.»
At week 5, statistically significant
reductions in global health occurred
in all arms, but the changes were not clinically
meaningful.
Although the difference
in patient mortality between male and female physicians was modest, an observed effect size of a 0.43 - percentage point difference or a relative risk
reduction of 4 %
in mortality is arguably a clinically
meaningful difference.
The London - based Child - to - Child Trust promotes
meaningful child participation
in health, school - readiness, Disaster Risk
Reduction, HIV / AIDS, climate change, inclusive education, and other issues affecting children.
Early approval will make it harder to include
meaningful class size
reduction, as well as other changes identified through community input,
in the final budget.
For these and other reasons, an extensive body of research suggests that small schools and small learning communities have the following significant advantages: • Increased student performance, along with a
reduction in the achievement gap and dropout rate • A more positive school climate, including safer schools, more active student engagement, fewer disciplinary infractions, and less truancy • A more personalized learning environment
in which students have the opportunity to form
meaningful relationships with both adults and peers • More opportunities for teachers to gather together
in professional learning communities that enhance teaching and learning • Greater parent involvement and satisfaction • Cost - efficiency Ultimately, creating successful small learning communities and small schools at the middle level increases the chances for students to be successful
in high school and beyond.
But despite the various tweaks brought to the suspension, including a 23 mm
reduction in right height and the fitment of optional 19
in wheels shod with 245/35 on our test car, it lacks for
meaningful interaction.
There are a number of
meaningful improvements
in the update, like better support for HTML5 web standards and an improved UI, but the biggest difference is speed — «at least a 30 percent
reduction in page load latency,» according to the company.
It's an acceptable trade - off for a turn - based RPG where crisp controller responses are not required to thoroughly enjoy the game, and the
reduction in performance has little
meaningful impact on gameplay.
So for example, here's some bad luck, from the GISS press release cited
in # 13 and given the U.S. refusal to participate
in Kyoto or otherwise make
meaningful GHG
reductions:
Today, Senator Bingaman took a step
in that direction by introducing the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 (CESA), which would create certainty for clean energy investments, diversify the U.S. power mix, and yield
meaningful carbon emissions
reductions.
This year: Submit a
meaningful QELRO that would require a 40 %
reduction by 2020; produce a low carbon development plan; tell us when gross emissions will peak; listen to the voices of progressive business leaders and agricultural scientists who can help us get there, rather than the usual head -
in - the - sand lobby groups; and get a new attitude.
In this case, the «delay» in decarbonization associated with large - scale CDR deployments could counter-intuitively enable a quicker transition to renewable energy, by providing negotiators with the ability to agree to more meaningful and quicker reductions in net emission
In this case, the «delay»
in decarbonization associated with large - scale CDR deployments could counter-intuitively enable a quicker transition to renewable energy, by providing negotiators with the ability to agree to more meaningful and quicker reductions in net emission
in decarbonization associated with large - scale CDR deployments could counter-intuitively enable a quicker transition to renewable energy, by providing negotiators with the ability to agree to more
meaningful and quicker
reductions in net emission
in net emissions.
Clearly, a
reduction target of this magnitude is
meaningful only if it is taken to signify a combined obligation to, on the one hand, make
reductions domestically and, on the other, invest
in international
reductions.
Clearly, a
reduction obligation this large is only
meaningful if it is understood as a composite, two-fold obligation to, on the one hand, make
reductions domestically and, on the other, invest
in reductions internationally.
A price on carbon emissions will reduce greenhouse gas emissions
in Washington State and spur the development of new, renewable energy alternatives, and represents an important first step toward making
meaningful progress toward carbon
reduction in Washington State and protecting both birds and people
in a warming world.»
And I will stay with this conclusion until someone shows me an actionable mitigation proposal, which would result
in a
meaningful reduction of warming by 2100 at an affordable price — so far I've seen none (yours comes the closest).
Since international climate change negotiations began
in 1990, the United States has yet to adopt
meaningful greenhouse gas emissions
reduction legislation For almost 20 years arguments against US climate change legislation or US participation
in a global solution to climate change have been made that have almost always been of two types.
Battling the incestuous relationship of national governments and multi-national corporations has paved a tiresome situation for producing any
meaningful action
in emissions
reduction.
Operating cost for electric cars is $ 0.50 to $ 0.75 per mile versus $ 0.10 for gasoline powered cars once battery replacement costs are included By 2020, Chinese PER CAPITA emissions will be higher than America's Does not believe that the 0.6 degree temperature rise to date is the West's «fault,» but does believe that China is the future problem Whatever U.S. does about emissions
reduction and what people do as individuals is totally trivial
in face of the fact that China is adding huge amounts of coal fired generating capacity The most
meaningful emissions
reduction strategy today would be to convert China from coal to natural gas The claim that there are more frequent or more intense hurricanes and tornadoes as a result of AGW is not scientifically supported We can reduce emissions, but it is important that we do the RIGHT things (and NOT the WRONG ones) Not worried about «peak oil;» coal can be converted to liquid fuel
The joint workshop informed decision makers on the opportunities and challenges of advanced EOR and provided clear recommendations on how advanced EOR can play a
meaningful role
in national energy and emissions
reductions.
During the next 20 years, the US continued to block a
meaningful global solution to climate change while being one of only a handful of nations that did not ratify the Kyoto Protocol, a treaty
in which most developed countries accepted a ghg
reduction target.
The United States is not only responsible for the current crisis because, as President Obama noted, it is the second highest emitter of ghg
in the world behind China, it has historically emitted much more ghgs into the atmosphere than any other country including China, it is currently near the top of all nations
in per capita ghg emissions, and the US has been responsible more than any other developed nation for the failure of the international community to adopt
meaningful ghg emissions
reduction targets from the beginning of international climate negotiations
in 1990 until the Obama administration.
This two - day workshop brought together 60 participants including public policy makers, researchers, industry experts and IEA and KAPSARC representatives to discuss ways for CO2 - EOR to play a
meaningful role
in national energy production and emissions
reductions.
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