Sentences with phrase «number of deficiency»

The National Audit Office (NAO) recently reviewed the performance of the work routes under the points based immigration system and its report, whilst finding that the system was designed well, highlighted a number of deficiencies stemming from «poor programme management in the initial stages».

Rather, there are a number of deficiencies, biochemical imbalances, and emotions that cause our cravings.

At first glance, it may be easy to see a number of deficiencies in the efficient market theory, created in the 1970s by Eugene Fama.

The Respondent argued that the disclosure statement was inadequate as it failed to disclose a number of deficiencies and problems with the buildings.

The Court found a number of deficiencies in the disclosure provided by the franchisor, including failure to provide: (1)... Read More

While it is again for national courts to evaluate whether the safeguards provided for by national law are sufficient, the AG does not hide his opinion that both the Swedish and the UK regime reveal a number of deficiencies in this respect (§ § 230, 233 and 239).

The Court found a number of deficiencies in the disclosure provided by the franchisor, including failure to provide: (1) the financial statements of the franchisor; (2) the lease or sublease relating to the premises where the franchise operated and an estimate of the costs for such a lease; (3) the Directors» Certificate; and (4) various other agreements relating to the franchise.

Not exact matches

In one study, «the number of books «liked» on Facebook profiles was negatively correlated with [psychopathy]-- a finding the authors suggested might indicate that an interest in books contradicts psychopathic tendencies such as thrill seeking, impulsivity, and affect deficiencies,» reports Psychology Today.

And the researchers sought to overcome this deficiency by including a large number of racial and ethnic congregations in the site visits to effective congregations.

If, every five years, the United Nations announces that the number of poor in the world is rising, including in industrialised societies, this is not the result of bad luck but of the deficiencies of a system.

An increasing number of infants are being prescribed customised infant formulas as a means to address various deficiencies and also to ensure adequate intake of necessary nutrition that includes carbohydrates and proteins.

Keep in mind that this is a general guideline and depending on a number of factors, including your child's: activity level, nutritional deficiencies, and eating habits.

Becoming pregnant puts you at risk for a number of health conditions, such as high blood pressure, iron deficiency, and gestational diabetes.

A number of rare diseases such as congenital syphilis, histiocytosis X, zinc deficiency, Wiscott - Aldrich syndrome, acrodermatitis enteropathica, or Jacquet's dermatitis all cause characteristic diaper rashes.

Iron deficiency is the number one nutritional deficiency in the country and the most frequent cause of anemia, a serious health condition for a child, so it's important that a baby get enough of this mineral.

Breastfeeding is contraindicated in infants with classic galactosemia (galactose 1 - phosphate uridyltransferase deficiency) 103; mothers who have active untreated tuberculosis disease or are human T - cell lymphotropic virus type I — or II — positive104, 105; mothers who are receiving diagnostic or therapeutic radioactive isotopes or have had exposure to radioactive materials (for as long as there is radioactivity in the milk) 106 — 108; mothers who are receiving antimetabolites or chemotherapeutic agents or a small number of other medications until they clear the milk109, 110; mothers who are using drugs of abuse («street drugs»); and mothers who have herpes simplex lesions on a breast (infant may feed from other breast if clear of lesions).

A number of GPs, mothers who in breastfeeding their own babies became acutely aware of the deficiencies in their training, set up the GP Infant Feeding Network, GPIFN, in February 2016.

Iron deficiency anaemia occurs when the body does not have enough iron, and this leads to a decrease in the number of red blood cells in the body.

Formerly his great numerical potential might well have filled this gap but with the development of existing methods of mass destruction numbers alone do not offset the vulnerability inherent in such deficiencies.

«We can conclude the Niagara Falls Water Board is responsible for a number of operating deficiencies, which led to human errors and led to the black water discharge on July 29 violating water quality standards,» said Kenneth Lynch, executive deputy commissioner of the DEC..

The study indicates that special attention should be paid on the number and size of platelets during the diagnosis of an imbalanced magnesium condition, as a platelet deficiency may be present.

If, as he believes, dyscalculia is at heart a deficiency of basic number sense and not of memory, attention or language, as others have proposed, then nurturing the roots of number sense should help dyscalculics such as Christopher.

As noted in the groundbreaking 2011 report by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB), «modern accident causation theory recognizes that incidents are not the result of a single malfunctioning piece of equipment or the erroneous actions of one person, but instead are the result of a number of failures and deficiencies at many levels within an organization and its technical community.»

«The link between obesity and vitamin D deficiency can be explained a number ways, one of which is that obese individuals are less likely to be physically active, thereby limiting their sun exposure,» said senior investigator Ken Kunisaki, MD, MS, Medical Director of the Sleep Apnea Program at the Minneapolis VA and Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota.

Folate deficiency can result in several different complications — the most important of these are neural tube defects (such as spina bifida, an abnormality of the spine and spinal cord) in babies and anemia (in which the number and function of red blood cells is affected leading to an inability of the blood to carry sufficient oxygen).

The number of cases of these severe genetic disorders is less than 20 worldwide, but depending on where the mutation occurs, individuals may experience tooth enamel defects combined with either minor or severe immune deficiencies in the body.

A sleep deficiency of even a small degree can disrupt our lives in a number of ways — from a setback in daily routine to bringing about or exacerbating existing chronic diseases,» said Andrew N. Carr, Ph.D., Clinical Scientist and study co-author, Procter & Gamble.

One was a stark deficiency in the total number of natural killer cells, which seek out and destroy viruses and cancer cells, and a reduction in the killing power of the natural killer cells that remained.

Until last year, however, the H - 1B had some major deficiencies, related especially to the quota limits on the number of visiting researchers and professional workers allowed in the country.

First, only a small number of obese people in the U.S. and elsewhere have a genetic deficiency in appetite - related hormones.

They also found evidence of reduced numbers of mitochondria and early mitochondrial deficiency in the cerebellar cortex.

The fact that Connexin 30 knockout mice had a higher number of grafted cells than normal mice, and that some of the grafted cells expressed CONNEXIN 30 is a very important finding when considering cell transplantation as a treatment for hereditary hearing loss caused by CONNEXIN deficiency.

If you look at the most clear indication of homologous recombination deficiency — loss of BRCA1 or BRCA2 cancer genes, either in the inherited germline or the tumor itself — that number is close to 25 % of ovarian cancers.

Dr. Mills: There are a number of approaches to test for homologous recombination deficiency.

Generally, increased copy numbers of SMN rescue the survival phenotype of mice with SMN deficiencies.

ARANESP ® is used to treat anemia, a deficiency in the number of red blood cells, caused by chronic kidney failure in patients both on dialysis and not on dialysis.

Chronic infections — There are a number of chronic infections which can lead to SID disorders, the most common of which is acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), resulting from HIV infection.

Despite of the huge number of patents involved, no more than 11 have the potential to serve as a barrier to the deployment of golden rice in countries with the highest levels of vitamin A deficiency, according to the Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI).

According to most dermatologists, the two most common problems for hair loss or telogen effluvium (change in the number of hair follicles growing hair) are chronic stress and diet deficiency.

And studies are emerging to suggest that calcium deficiency is associated with a number of major illnesses including high blood pressure, colon cancer, and diabetes.

There are two tests you can get, request a test of 25 Hydroxyvitamin D (also called 25 (OH) D. Ask your doctor to tell you what your number is, as the range considered «healthy» is actually a sign of deficiency.

However, testosterone deficiency is a pretty serious issue which affects a small number of men, so if your muscles aren't growing as fast as you would like to, check your diet and workout routine before blaming it all on testosterone.

Magnesium deficiency is quite rare and can be caused by a number of factors, such as intestinal viruses, kidney disease, high thyroid levels, diabetes, and frequent vomiting.

Carrot can be consumed in convenient, easy to swallow capsules that carry the exact daily amounts of carotene necessary to prevent and treat a number of health problems related to vitamin A deficiency.

With a number of studies advocating for replacement therapy as being beneficial, this kind of treatment is being seen today as standard practice for only those dealing with a bona fide deficiency.

A number of studies over the years however, have revealed that vitamin D deficiencies have been heavily linked with low testosterone levels.

If you're 50 or below, there could be a sign of Zinc deficiency, and then number two is a Zinc Tally Test.

The importance of vitamin B6 is often overlooked in conventional medicine, except for cases of overt B6 deficiency which doctors believe to be rare.1 Although not widely recognized, poor vitamin B6 status may be relatively common in individuals eating a Standard American Diet.2 In the United States, a remarkably high number of adults — ninety percent of women and seventy - one percent of men — consume diets that are deficient in vitamin B6 using the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) as a measure.3 Furthermore, according to recent national health data, many individuals have inadequate vitamin B6 status despite meeting the RDA of B6 from their diets.4

If you don't have sufficient amounts of sulfur in your body, this deficiency can cascade into a number of health problems as it will affect bones, joints, connective tissues, metabolic processes, and more.

In 1994, Suharno and others observed that pregnant Indonesian women were consuming enough carotenes to yield three times the recommended amount of vitamin A based on the WHO's conversion factor, yet large numbers of them were suffering from marginal vitamin A deficiency.