Sentences with phrase «moderate impacts in»

While it is worth continuing study of global climate engineering to control warming if the rising concentrations of GHGs can not be halted over the next several decades, the potential for climate engineering approaches to moderate impacts in the particularly exposed regions being affected merits investigation.

Yet even they often hope only to moderate its impact in peripheral ways.

Not exact matches

Collins, a moderate who voted against the GOP's efforts to repeal and replace Obamacare earlier this year, says the bills will offset the impact of the loss of the individual mandate, but experts largely disagree, arguing that the elimination of the mandate will spike health costs and reduce choice in plans.

The underlying combined ratio of 95.5 % increased 1.1 points, primarily driven by (i) loss cost trends that modestly exceeded earned pricing, the impact of which has been moderating in recent quarters, and (ii) normal quarterly variability in both loss activity and expenses.

If the changes look like they are having more than just a moderating impact, rest assured that the party in power will adjust course.

Growth is expected to moderate in 2018 and 2019 still but the upward revision indicates that economists have got it wrong so far over the impact of Brexit on the economy.

«While tight supply is expected to keep home prices on an upward trajectory in most metro areas in 2018, both the uptick in mortgage rates and the impact of the new tax law on some high - cost markets could cause price growth to moderate nationally,» said Yun.

Looking ahead, further impacts from the exchange rate appreciation are likely to be limited: in fact, the prices of tradables (excluding food and petrol) were flat in the December quarter and their decline in year - ended terms moderated in the second half of 2004.

These positive earnings drivers were more than offset by the combined impact of several factors, including increased energy - related provisions for credit losses, a 17 basis point decline in net interest margin, moderate growth of non-interest expenses, the addition of acquisition - related contingent consideration fair value changes reflecting performance within CWB Maxium Financial (CWB Maxium), higher preferred share dividends, and the 20 % increase to CWB's income tax rate in Alberta.

Net interest income and non-interest income both increased 7 %; however, the combined impact of moderate growth of non-interest expenses, increased provisions for credit losses, acquisition - related fair value changes and higher preferred share dividends resulted in lower earnings.

Impacts of thermal expansion and melting mountain glaciers can be predicted with moderate confidence, but more uncertainty remains in the potential behavior of polar ice sheets.

To address this topic, David Johnson, the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)'s Regional Representative for Southeast Asia moderated a panel session on «Scaling the Sustainable Rice Platform (SRP)», with an aim of identifying potential solutions to upscale the SRP in order to reach greater impact.

Matt Caston, 365's COO, will participate in the panel entitled «Understanding Tech's Impact On Your Business,» Wednesday, April 25, from 8:30 am to 10:30 am, moderated by Dr. Michael Kasavana, NCE5, NAMA - Endowed Professor, Michigan State University.

By moderating the impact of physiological processes that promote weight gain during infancy, breastfeeding might assist in «programming» an individual to be at reduced risk for overweight and obesity later in life (20).

Low - impact exercises like just taking a walk in the park, yoga, moderate dancing, or gentle stretching are great for expectant mothers.

All in all this conference could look pretty bleak for the moderate and MP wings of the party - when Dugdale stood down, it affected more than the immediate future of Scottish Labour, it impacted on the dominance of the Left within Labour for a generation to come.

This would have a seriously detrimental impact on the electoral success of moderate parties in Northern Ireland, such as the Social Democratic and Labour Party and the Alliance Party.

Cuomo's 70 percent approval rating could help marginal Republicans in moderate - to - Democrat - leaning districts, though the overall impact of endorsements in electoral politics is indeed debatable.

Moderate to major coastal flooding is expected in the city late - Friday, as a nor» easter is bringing in heavy rain and gusty winds that could slam low - lying areas and impact the Friday evening commute.

But New Yorkers voting in districts with less contentious races can still have an impact by adding to or subtracting from the winner's margin of victory: a politician with a greater mandate can pursue his or her agenda, while a politician with a smaller one will promote more moderate policies to secure re-election.

Automation in the workplace has replaced many jobs, a trend that has adversely impacted low and moderate income earners.

Amy Loprest, executive director of the Campaign Finance Board, said the bill would have a significant impact on future elections, albeit with a moderate increase in costs, about 17 to 20 percent.

In contrast, the tourists surveyed only had moderate to low concern about the impact of the tourist industry or other destructive factors on the reef itself.

Studies in mice specially bred to have features of the disease found that DHA reduces beta - amyloid plaques, abnormal protein deposits in the brain that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's, although a clinical trial of DHA showed no impact on people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

Science institutions are particularly interested in reaching those younger audiences, since «their engagement with science could have an enormous impact on our future,» said Lin, who moderated the panel discussion.

For example, the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland, clearly demonstrated that even small - to - moderate explosive eruptions, in particular if long - lasting, can paralyze entire sectors of societies, with significant, global - level, economic impacts.

These cultural differences may have a differential impact on associations between verbal ability and alcohol use variables such that this relationship may be moderated by ethnic group in the U.S. but not in Finland.

«Although this does not sound like a big drop in the death rate, the impact of it is revealed when we compared low -, moderate - and high - fit individuals to the least fit, who achieved less or equal to four METs,» Kokkinos said.

Genetic variants in highly penetrant genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) confer a significantly higher risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer, while changes in other genes have a more moderate impact on risk.

In this particular study, the findings suggest that drinking two to three beers a day caused a «slight» reduction in testosterone for men and none for women, a good sign that moderate drinking doesn't have that huge of an impacIn this particular study, the findings suggest that drinking two to three beers a day caused a «slight» reduction in testosterone for men and none for women, a good sign that moderate drinking doesn't have that huge of an impacin testosterone for men and none for women, a good sign that moderate drinking doesn't have that huge of an impact.

Though binge drinking (five or more drinks in one day) is the most detrimental, in terms of hormonal disruption and other health problems, this study suggests that moderate alcohol consumption needs further analysis to determine its health impact.

Scientific evidence shows that moderate caffeine intake does not affect athletic performance (and can in fact slightly improve it), but alcohol consumption can interfere with muscle recovery from exercise, and negatively impact a number of other performance variables.

Scientific evidence shows that moderate caffeine intake does not affect athletic performance (and can in fact slightly improve it) or hydration status, but alcohol consumption can interfere with muscle recovery from exercise, and negatively impact a number of other performance variables.

A moderate score (3 stars) would mean this compound is relatively neutral in this regard, while a low score (1 star) would mean this compound can NEGATIVELY impact your health.

Impact of short term consumption of diets high in either non-starch polysaccharides or resistant starch in comparison with moderate weight loss on indices of insulin sensitivity in subjects with metabolic syndrome (Lobley et al., 2013)

Acute impact of moderate - intensity and vigorous - intensity exercise bouts on daily physical activity energy expenditure in postmenopausal women.

2) The test meal (an all - liquid fat ingestion) still consisted of 33 % carbohydrate, so whatever impact was observed, was done in the presence of at least moderate, if not high, insulin levels.

Structured as high - intensity interval training, this body weight workout creates a greater impact in the metabolism than a steady low to moderate type of workout.

Epidemiology also strongly suggests that regular moderate alcohol consumption has a major favorable impact on diabetes risk, particularly in women; this may reflect a direct insulin - sensitizing effect on muscle and, in women, a reduced risk for obesity.

Even if you engage in the doctor - recommended 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous activity per week, you are still subject to the negative impact of too much sitting.

The new study isn't «a green light to use hormone therapy for Alzheimer's or dementia prevention,» says Victor W. Henderson, M.D., an epidemiologist and professor of neurology at the Stanford University School of Medicine, in Stanford, Calif. «It does provide some reassurance that if a woman is considering hormone therapy for moderate to severe vasomotor symptoms, concerns about Alzheimer's disease should not impact [her] decision.»

«If you look at his record over the past 15 years, he had an enormous impact on the education framework in this country,» said Academic Dean Robert Schwartz, who moderated the discussion that included panelists Clayton...

Evaluations of the impact of the Resolving Conflict Creatively Program (RCCP) in four multiracial, multiethnic school districts in New York City showed that 84 percent of teachers who responded to a survey reported positive changes in classroom climate, 71 percent reported moderate or significant decreases in physical violence in the classroom, and 66 percent observed less name - calling and few verbal insults.

Recent research and theory suggest that executive function and self - regulation may play a central role in moderating or mediating the impacts of poverty - related stressors and risks on a number of important outcomes across learning, behavior, and health.

Rather than looking to emulate the English model of the 1990s, the U.S. might instead consider emulating some key features of the modern English system that have helped moderate the impact of rising tuition, such as deferring all tuition fees until after graduation, increasing students» ability to cover living expenses, and automatically enrolling all graduates in an income - contingent loan repayment system that minimizes both paperwork hassle and the risk of default.

Rather than looking to emulate the English model of the 1990s, the U.S. might instead consider emulating some key features of the modern English system that have helped moderate the impact of rising tuition, such as deferring all tuition fees until after graduation, increasing liquidity available to students to cover living expenses, and automatically enrolling all graduates in an income - contingent loan repayment system that minimizes both paperwork hassle and the risk of default.

The NAO noted that this «spare capacity» can affect pupil numbers and therefore funding in neighbouring schools and referred to DfE data indicating that «spare places in 52 free schools opening in 2015 could have a moderate or high impact on the funding of any of 282 neighbouring schools».

She used R (i.e., a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics) to simulate correlation scatterplots (see Figures below) to illustrate three unique situations: (1) a simulation where there are two indicators (e.g., teacher value - added and observational estimates plotted on the x and y axes) that have a correlation of r = 0.28 (the highest correlation coefficient at issue in the aforementioned post); (2) a simulation exploring the impact of negative bias and a moderate correlation on a group of teachers; and (3) another simulation with two indicators that have a non-linear relationship possibly induced or caused by bias.

The Q7 scored «Good» in all five of the IIHS tests — small - overlap front, moderate - overlap front, side - impact, roof strength, head restraints and seats — and Superior in a test of its active - safety features.

The independent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the A6 its highest rating of «Good» in the moderate - overlap frontal - offset, side - impact and roof - strength tests, while the A6's seat and head restraint design was also rated «Good» for whiplash protection in rear impacts.