Sentences with phrase «means of reducing»

We also explained — in depth — how this process can lead to the creation of a «virtual apartment» for investors and how this is a solid means of reducing their risk.

When we encourage couples to describe their fantasies, it's important to ask them to be clear about whether they're talking about a curiosity, a fantasy, or something they'd like to act on, as a means of reducing the anxiety level.

Many parents relax their restrictions regarding R - rated movies during adolescence, but our results suggest that continued restriction is an effective means of reducing adolescents» risk for smoking onset.

Judges may order parents to attend counseling and encourage the parties to work together as a means of reducing conflict and resolving disputes.

Second, it is important to understand the implications of scaling up carefully tailored ART in both countries among key populations as a means of reducing new HIV cases in what is commonly described as the treatment as prevention agenda.

Although maternal stress, anxiety, and depression have been linked to negative birth outcomes, few studies have investigated preventive interventions targeting maternal mental health as a means of reducing such problems.

Medical assistant distance education for the medical assistant then, should not be viewed as a means of reducing costs, but as an opportunity to raise standards.

We believe in background screening as a means of reducing risk, improving performance and increasing the number at the bottom line.

If the difference between the current mortality rates and the maximum rates is small, the company has little room to use higher mortality charges as a means of reducing the effective rate credited to cash values.

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), car crashes are the leading cause of death for people age 4 and every age 11 through 27 in the U.S. With 45 to 60 percent effectiveness, seat belts are the single most effective means of reducing the risk of death in a crash and have saved more than 250,000 lives since 1975 in the U.S. alone.

Although courts and commentators have lauded cooperation as a potential solution to discovery disputes and a means of reducing discovery costs run amok...

This recent Court of Appeal decision Swynson Ltd v Lowick Rose LLP highlighted again the importance of the letter of engagement as an effective means of reducing liability.

On the back of Shell's recent review of its global legal panel, Simon Burnett of Balance Legal Capital examines the dangers of overemphasizing price - related factors in selecting panel firms and discusses litigation finance as an alternative means of reducing external litigation spend.

The Northern Power Station at Port Augusta was the dirtiest in the country in terms of emissions per KWh of power generated, it was old; it was an obvious choice for closure as a means of reducing emissions; but it was not closed because of the damage it was doing to the world.

Since the country will rely on the new plant for needed electricity capacity, and as a means of reducing GHG emissions, the government should monitor its progress and stand ready with alternative plans if delay or other obstacles arise.

The Turbulence Flow Control group at the University of Warwick has been studying non-powered (passive) flow control actuators as a means of reducing drag for some time, with the goal of developing flow - control technologies capable of major drag reductions on passenger jet aircraft.

The strategy is also a potent means of reducing greenhouse - gas emissions.

As transport only represents 28 % of US emissions, more efficient means of reducing emissions in other sectors should more than compensate for the difference.

And climate advocates now find themselves defending kludgey and indirect regulations that are among the least efficient means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

This means that all cost - effective means of reducing carbon emissions would need to be deployed in order to slow down the rate of increase of atmospheric concentrations (WBCSD, 2004; Stern, 2006).

The principal motivation for his research is to identify ways and means of reducing extinctions and mitigating the worst ravages of global change.

With that in mind, power consumers and taxpayers are clearly entitled to ask whether the subsidies received by wind power generators represent a cost - effective means of reducing CO2 emissions; if, indeed, there is any such reduction at all.

■» Enhancing the natural processes that remove CO2 from the atmosphere is thought to be the most cost - effective means of reducing atmospheric levels of CO2.»

Where has the testing of cap and trade, carbon taxes and decarbonization as a means of reducing global average temperature been done?

The project will construct a contraflow separated bike lane on the east side of Glenbrook Road from Bradley Blvd. to Fairfax Dr. Traffic calming islands are also included in the design as a means of reducing speeds.

The best means of reducing the risk of kicking off ice melt feedbacks is to reduce temperature increases.

Conservatives should embrace a carbon tax (a much less costly means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions) in return for elimination of EPA regulatory authority over greenhouse gas emissions, abolition of green energy subsidies and regulatory mandates, and offsetting tax cuts to provide for revenue neutrality.

In new construction, better thermal control has resulted in lower fractions (about 45 %), but thermal control remains one of the lowest cost, most durable, easiest to predict, best developed means of reducing household energy use.

The subject of this year's event is food waste and the poster should promote composting as a means of reducing the amount of food waste sent to landfill sites from homes across the country.

The 1993 tax was pursued mainly as a source of revenue to cut the deficit, not a means of reducing American dependence on foreign oil and cutting risks of dangerous climate change.

I would suggest comparing peak to peak average temperature captures during weighted El - Nino events (during the time they occur, if they can be compared equally this would be a telling graph), instead of considering year to year records as a means of reducing ENSO effects on the temperature record, ENSO being largely a heat exchange between air and sea causing great changes in cloud distribution world wide.

Ivan Chu is quoted as saying that Cathay would be looking to limit lounge access to Silver tier members, by introducing an annual cap for visits, as a means of reducing congestion in the lounges.

«While supporters of Breed - Specific Legislation (BSL) argue that the only way to be safe from dog bites is to eradicate «dangerous breeds» from the community, there is little evidence that supports BSL as an effective means of reducing dog bites and dog attacks.

BARC believes the most effective means of reducing or eliminating animal problems is to address the cause; what attracted the animal to the area in the originally.

The only means of reducing the occurrence of these pups is to eliminate breeding the pair that produced the litter.

In fact, where joint problems are involved, pet massage can be an effective means of reducing pain.

Until all communities become No Kill, this is yet another means of reducing shelter killing.

Are Novel Allergen or Hydrolysed Diets an Effective Means of Reducing the Gastro - intestinal Signs in Dogs With Inflammatory Bowel Disease When Compared to Oral Prednisolone?

Dryer sheets, by definition, function as a means of reducing static electricity in our clothing.

Participants can join the Laurel volunteer TNR team, which will be performing targeted TNR processes as a means of reducing the feral and stray cat population in specific areas.

The Association of Shelter Veterinarians envisions that these guidelines will be used by the profession to maintain consistent veterinary medical care in all settings where spay - neuter services are provided and to promote these services as a means of reducing sheltering and euthanasia of cats and dogs.

This is a drug - free, surgery - free means of reducing pain and decreasing healing time.

I am 23 yrs from Uganda and in Uganda, street dogs are all over the cities and streets.The city authorities poison these strays to death as means of reducing them reducing them which according to is merciless and inhumane, so I am starting a home for the strays in Uganda and welcome anyone interested in giving strays a happy life to work with me to reach this cause.

However, euthanasia should never be substituted for a live outcome as a means of reducing length of stay.

Identifying FeLV - infected cats through testing and separating positive cats from those who test negative are very effective means of reducing the risk of exposure since transmission requires very close cat - to - cat contact.

Daily administration of corticosteroids at a tapering dose over a six - week period is often an effective means of reducing inflammation associated with the disease and minimizing signs of respiratory discomfort.

Especially for older canine companions, we should strive to promote joint health as a means of reducing reliance on pain medications that can potentially have side effects.

Just make sure that, as a means of reducing calorie content, the diabetic dog food you choose doesn't also reduce protein content.

This may have evolved as a means of reducing parasite numbers in the intestinal tract.

Dogs, of course do not sweat and their only means of reducing built - up body heat is by panting.