Sentences with phrase «moderate improvement of»

In quarter 1 2012, UK airports handled 44.6 million terminal passengers, a moderate improvement of 2.1 % compared with the same quarter last year.

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While these factors may drive a further moderate increase in valuations, our guess is that the majority of the re-rating is now behind us, absent a more material improvement in the economic landscape than we currently forecast.

«If the rise in interest rates is moderate and comes as a result of improvement in the overall economy, that need not preclude stocks from performing well.»

Although indicative of a moderate improvement in business conditions, the latest reading was the strongest since December 2014.

In terms of the labor market, we have seen only a moderate improvement in labor market conditions over the past six months or so.

The action is a direct result of its late November announcement that patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease who took solanezumab as part of its EXPEDITION3 trial showed no significant improvements in symptoms compared to placebo.

July 28 - 29: The FOMC gave its most upbeat assessment of the economy in a long time, saying growth is «moderate» and that it only needed to see «some further improvement» in employment.

The approximately one hundred of these who were located showed the following improvement in their drinking patterns: 23 percent — great improvement; 25 percent — moderate improvement; and 53 percent — no improvement.

His third season saw moderate improvement, which surely was a consequence of us dropping to the Championship and a slightly slower pace.

Identification of moderating influences and mechanisms of change will guide the improvement of home visiting programs to better meet the needs of this population.

HCR programs provide financing to create and preserve multifamily housing; administer programs to improve housing conditions, ensure accessibility, and save energy; provide bonding authority and other resources to facilitate local public improvements and job creation; and help thousands of low - and moderate - income New Yorkers purchase a home.

The program aims to improve the physical appearance of older commercial centers by providing a consistent treatment of exterior building improvements and to improve the quality of life for surrounding low / moderate income residential neighborhoods by enhancing the appearance of frequently visited retail structures.

While «most studies (90 %) demonstrated significant improvements on at least one outcome indicator,» with effect sizes «moderate to large,» several limitations of the studies are also discussed.

Overall, these results suggest that the moderate improvements reported by psychologists in previous studies may be the result of methodological weaknesses and biases, said the researchers.

Preliminary studies of ampakines on healthy human subjects have shown small to moderate improvements in their performance on memory tests.

In patients with muscle spasticity, 25 per cent of those taking a placebo saw a moderate improvement compared to 35 per cent on medical cannabis.

Only in patients with moderate or severe knee pain at the outset did the supplements show a significant advantage over the placebo, with almost 80 percent of that group reporting a significant improvement, compared with 54.3 percent who took the inert pills.

When the team used other questionnaires to assess whether these changes benefited aspects of the students» wider lives, they found moderate improvements in their academic performance, feelings of anxiety, and well - being.

For three participants, the improvement was enough to move them up one category, such as from severe to moderate loss of smell or from moderate to mild.

According to Professor Chalder, «Although the PACE trial results suggest that CBT and GET offer safe and effective treatment options for a majority of CFS patients, the improvements seen in the trial were moderate.

Oded Goldreich, a professor of computer science at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, commented that even if it had only been a moderate improvement over existing methods, it would have justified a «night - long party.»

African - Americans and men reported the greatest levels of improvement, and the 79 patients who reported moderate levels of anxiety at baseline generally did well over the course of follow - up, whether they were later randomized to the study intervention or not.

In a 2016 meta - analysis of six studies involving individuals over the age of 60, participants showed small improvements in balance and moderate mobility gains after going through postural yoga programs.

«Our study demonstrates that in patients with mild - moderate obesity and type 2 diabetes, gastric bypass surgery leads to a sustained reduction in weight, improvement in glycemic control, and decrease in cardiovascular risk compared to a medical diabetes and weight management program,» said lead author Donald C. Simonson, M.D., M.P.H., Sc.D., of the BWH Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension.

Patients treated with the self - expanding TAVR device also reported improvement in NYHA classifications, durable improvement in hemodynamic valve performance, and low rates of moderate or severe aortic insufficiency.

Exercise - induced improvements in glycemic control are dependent on the pre-training glycemic level, and although moderate - intensity aerobic exercise can improve glycemic control, individuals with ambient hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) are more likely to be nonresponders, according to a research letter by Thomas P. J. Solomon, Ph.D. of the Centre of Inflammation and Metabolism, Copenhagen, Denmark, and colleagues.

It's important to note that improvements in emotional state only occur from sustained moderate levels of cocoa.

There were improvements in insulin sensitivity and glucose metabolism following both the moderate intensity continuous training and the high - intensity training, so the study indicates that individuals can decide on the kind of training according to their own requirements.

One study documented participants who got 120 minutes of moderate intensity exercise every week did see improvements in the volume of their brain.

From a sample of over 2,600 18 — 85 aged women and men, researchers found that 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each week gave a 65 % improvement in quality of sleep.

I have been following this way of eating and noticed huge improvements in my symptoms despite the fact that many doctors have recommended a high fat moderate protein diet.

In a small but relevant double - blind trial, patients with mild to moderate depression showed improvement after receiving 60 drops of lavender tincture (1:5 in 50 % alcohol) per day.

Where tribulus does appear to be helpful is with the improvement of erectile dysfunction in those who are suffering as research published in the Phytomedicine Journal noted that tribulus was able to increase testosterone and DHT in castrated rats and may help with mild to moderate cases of ED.

Individuals with very moderate HCl deficiency generally show rapid improvement in symptoms and have early signs of intolerance to the acid.

Acitretin is not unlike isotretinoin, but is prescribed by dermatologists primarily for psoriasis; it results in slow improvements over a period of several months and is targeted treatment for moderate to severe psoriasis that has failed to respond to topical treatments and phototherapy.

In subjects with mild - to - moderate Alzheimer's, compared to placebo, daily consumption of the MCTs for 90 days resulted in significant improvements in multiple cognitive assessments, with improvements being greatest in non-ApoE4s who were compliant with dosing (7).

An earlier study published in 2007 showed similar results — Australian researchers found that young men between the ages of 15 and 25 with mild - to - moderate acne experienced dramatic improvement when they switched from eating the typical American diet (with white bread and highly processed breakfast cereals) to a healthier diet of whole grains, lean meat, and fruits and vegetables.

One 12 - week, placebo - controlled study involving participants with moderate sun damage showed a significant improvement in the appearance of fine lines, skin texture and tone.

Based on their findings, authors of the review concluded that there is moderate - quality evidence supporting the link between yoga practice and improvements in symptoms and quality of life in adults with asthma.

Sixty - three percent of those who'd had osteopathic manipulation reported a moderate improvement in their pain while half said they had a substantial improvement.55.

For example, researchers at the University of New South Wales found that young women who engaged in high intensity cardio workouts for 15 weeks improved their insulin sensitivity by 31 % while women who engaged in an equal amount of moderate exercise only saw a 9 % improvement in insulin sensitivity over the 15 week trial!

While steady - state (low to moderate) forms of cardio can and should be performed for extended periods of time to see maintenance and improvements in VO2max (think upwards of 45 minutes at a jog), HIIT training for cardio fitness involves working at an intensity that can only be maintained for about 20 to 25 minutes.

This 20th Anniversary release of Platoon offered moderate visual improvements when compared to the 2001 special edition and 2000 movie - only release.

The picture offered a moderate improvement on the quality of the first film, and it generally seemed positive.

Schools that receive a moderate fail rating are subject to additional inspections, with an implicit threat of a downgrade to the severe fail category if inspectors judge improvements to be inadequate.

The moderating effects of organizational characteristics are to be expected, since district size and school size almost always «make a difference,» no matter what the focus of the research is.180 Elementary schools are typically more sensitive than secondary schools to leadership influence, although previous leader - efficacy research has reported mostly non-significant effects.181 And the rapid turnover of principals has been widely decried as anathema to school improvement efforts.182 Now we have some evidence that the positive effects of leader efficacy are also moderated by school and district size (the larger the organization, the less sense of efficacy among principals).

At all levels - elementary, middle, and high - schools experienced moderate but steady improvements in school discipline, student safety policy and training, staff perceptions of student behavior, and student suspension and chronic tardiness rates.

For example, school leaders can quickly identify critical areas for improvement as well as areas of moderate to high performance that can be leveraged.

The occupants of the new S - Class benefit from the moderate increase in vehicle size1 by an improvement in all the interior dimensions: there are 12 millimetres of extra headroom for the driver, as well as 14 millimetres more shoulder room and 10 millimetres more elbow room in the front.

The biggest improvement Mercedes could make to the B250 is a middle - ground transmission calibration that allows the kind of firm, but moderate, acceleration used in most passing situations.