Sentences with phrase «of deficiencies by»

Some countries try to tackle the problem of deficiencies by adding supplements to food.

Not exact matches

Essentially, they want to see that all these materials adequately and accurately reflect the operations of the firm; that the advisor is meeting his or her fiduciary duty by ensuring that the activities being undertaken in client portfolios are, at all times, in the client's best interests; and that the firm is supervising the activities of its staff and taking corrective actions when and if any deficiencies are found.

Israeli startup Prospera recently attracted $ 7 million to fund its approach, which is to install cameras along with other sensors in fields and compare crops «leaf by leaf» with its database of thousands of plants to identify problems like pests, parasites and nutrient deficiencies.

A new study by Ceridian indicated that 53 percent of organizations surveyed create schedules that actively encourage sleep deficiency.

After they were assessed a deficiency by the IRS, they argued the income they received wasn't taxable because the IRS had no first - hand knowledge of the income giving rise to the deficiency.

The executives» corner - cutting on compliance adds to the embarrassment and regulatory headaches for Zurich - based Credit Suisse, which has had to pay billions of dollars of fines to U.S. authorities in recent years over a wide range of allegations, including mis - selling of mortgage - backed securities, deficiencies in its anti-money-laundering program, front - running clients on foreign - exchange trades and violating U.S. sanctions by secretly funneling money from Iran through American banks.

Carolyn Everson, Facebook's VP of global ad sales, said last week that the company would try to turn its data deficiency into an advantage by reshaping the conversation around privacy and consumer information online.

I believe Canadian companies can stand to benefit from these gaps and deficiencies by being part of the development process.

Air Canada, for example, reported a pension fund deficiency of $ 3.7 billion in 2013 — which was entirely eliminated by this past January.

Deadweight loss can be applied to any deficiency caused by an inefficient allocation of resources.

Such regress has happened before: In the nineteenth century, the (correct) vitamin C deficiency theory of scurvy was replaced by the false belief that scurvy was caused by proximity to spoiled foods.

Such poor risk management was aggravated by the deficiencies of the supervisory authorities which were in most cases incompetent and corrupt.

The fragility of this — due, among other things, to exchange rate instability, market volatility, the development of derivatives, and to the structural deficiencies of the institutions (IMF and the World Bank) upon which the financial system rests — is now admitted by all.

A high protein diet is also emphasized by some physicians to overcome the deficiencies of amino and fatty acids.

... The Negro can find deficiencies... in every phase of American life, but his own deficiencies are not one whit removed by pointing out those of others.

An honest assessment of the successes and deficiencies of the Nicaraguan revolution would need to consider that the purpose of proinsurgency is to shift the priorities of governments disliked by the United States from revolutionary development into warfare.

Even though Africa has trained enough people to the same academic levels as in Canada, USA and Australia it can not democratize or develop unless it first cures the residual effects of the partial westernization, cognitive dissonance, and governance - deficiency syndrome created by missionary Christianity.

These are symptoms of the governance - deficiency syndrome and the accountability - avoidance spirituality bequeathed by western history.

They may arise when there is a cleavage in the population produced by inferiority of race, inferiority of civilization, or by deficiency in goodwill.

If I can never adequately state the significance of my relationships with those whom I love in this world, or give a neat description of how I can overcome the alienation and estrangement of myself from another, or describe with any fullness what it means to be accepted by another and loved in spite of my deficiencies and my self - centeredness, I can never state in other than symbolic idiom the opening of further human possibilities with the overcoming of human deficiencies in my relationship with God — a relationship that has been broken by my willfulness and sin.

Hickson documented his assertion with specific cases: Complete cures were claimed as to pain, rheumatism, ear discharge, goiter, severe headaches, and blood poisoning (p. 118); blindness, paralysis, deafness, possession by evil spirits, asthma, stammering, and curvature of the spine (p. 128); palsy, dumbness, and mental deficiency (p. 151); deformed feet and legs made almost entirely normal (p. 152); «the healing of sin - sick souls» and «the healing of the body» (p. 168); partial paralysis, paralysis, infantile paralysis, rheumatoid arthritis, neuritis, St. Vitus's dance, epilepsy, and mental disorders (pp. 182 - 183).»

The second work which helps balance the deficiencies of Ericksen's otherwise valuable volume is The Catholic Bishops of Europe and the Nazi Persecutions of Catholics and Jews by Vincent Lapomarda, S.J., which recounts the courage and compassion of prominent Catholic prelates who resisted Nazism.

In a statement afterward, the nuns said, «The meeting had been requested by the LCWR to address what the conference considered deficiencies in the process and the results of the doctrinal assessment of the organization released by the CDF in April.»

These are people who, in Abraham Maslow's terms, are motivated at least as strongly by self - actualization trends (the need to grow) as by deficiency needs (the hunger for security, respect, love, etc.).6 Those with intense deficiency needs require therapy; those with a predominance of self - actualization needs respond to growth - oriented methods.

I've long been fascinated by cosmology, although my deficiencies as a mathematician preclude my really following the arguments of astrophysicists, high - energy particle physicists, and others exploring the origins of the universe.

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.

After a couple has learned to use the 1MM, to satisfy their mutual heart hungers (deficiency needs), their understanding of what they need in order to continue to grow may be broadened in these ways: (1) Discussion in counseling, or in a group, of the various ways in which one's own marriage growth is enhanced by becoming a positive influence in the growth of others.

He certainly regards Ellington as a genius, and by no means dismisses his artistically ambitious side (the way the Count - Basie - loving John Hammond did, for example), but he emphasizes his shortcomings in long - form composition, due to deficiencies in his understanding of classical music.

By getting used to using these terms, it is said, IRC persons will get over the insensitivity of resenting the fact that others hold positions because of their color or deficiencies in English.

It means a real equalisation of possibilities of each citizen to live a life according to the chosen model, without deficiencies and disadvantages provoked by the privileges of others.

Rousseau, says Derrida, understands writing as a mediate form of speech which becomes a dangerous supplement that usurps the place of speech by forgetting its vicarious nature and by making itself «pass for the plenitude of a speech whose deficiency and infirmity it nevertheless only supplement» (OG 144).

My point is that on the surface, at least, the analysis of «X is omnipotent» that goes with Griffin's third position concerning the deficiency of Premise X does not capture the idea of perfect power as understood by Griffin and as generally understood in discussions of this topic.

Christian thought has traditionally, of necessity, defined evil as a privation of the good, possessing no essence or nature of its own, a purely parasitic corruption of reality; hence it can have no positive role to play in God's determination of Himself or purpose for His creatures (even if by economy God can bring good from evil); it can in no way supply any imagined deficiency in God's or creation's goodness.

In order to compensate for this deficiency our human consciousness has searched for and has been shaped by an alternative mode of expression, the symbolic, in order to open us further to the intrinsic reality of things, namely to their importance.

Any deficiencies or limitations, they consider, are to be overcome by a more appropriate or extended application of further technology: a stance identified by Frederick Ferre as «technolatry,» the belief that «every apparent evil brought on by technique is to be countered by yet greater faith in technique.»

Friedan cites voluminous evidence supporting her contention that this state of affairs was a consequence not of some personal or natural deficiency in the women but of the role assigned them by the mystique.

There is the material kind of poverty, which is primarily caused by abuses of power or deficiencies in access to the markets that produce goods and services.

if the hospital is enlightened, so far as alcoholism is concerned, he will receive medication for acute intoxication and vitamin therapy, to make up for the vitamin deficiency caused by the weeks of «drinking his meals.»

The self - consciousness of Jesus, however, is not a legitimate concern, because we have no sources for such knowledge, and when we supply the deficiency by analogy from other historical individuals, we are psychologizing about Jesus.

Beta alcoholism is characterized by such nutritional deficiency diseases as gastritis, cirrhosis of the liver, and polyneuropathy, without loss of control, withdrawal, or other addictive manifestations.

A study done in 2000 by the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition indicates that up to 39 % of the population are possibly suffering from Vitamin B12 deficiency.

Kuzu's capacity to regulate estrogen levels in mammals was demonstrated at the National Institute of Health and Nutrition in Tokyo, Japan, where tests showed that kuzu could prevent the bone loss induced by estrogen deficiency.

Severe vitamin A deficiency results in blindness, and half of the roughly half - million children who are blinded by it die within a year.

By addressing these key nutrient deficiencies along with an elimination diet and adrenal support, I have been able to overcome these health issues and improve my digestion, energy, brain function, immune system and overall quality of life.

We sought this support by discussing with them the ultimate goal of our research — to develop Golden Rice varieties with good levels of beta carotene so that Golden Rice could be evaluated as a potential way to reduce vitamin A deficiency.

This will be followed by a presentation of research aimed at identifying nutrient deficiencies and nutrient management strategies to overcome these deficiencies.

Vitamin A deficiency can be reduced by eating more foods that are naturally high in vitamin A or beta - carotene (a form of vitamin A), by eating foods that have had these micronutrients added to them, or by taking supplements.

The depravity of their cynicism astounds even a crusty old bird like me: If Golden Rice is a success and effectively reduces blindness, disease, and death caused by vitamin A deficiency in millions of rice consumers, it will pave the way for other GM food crops that may be healthier for people and good for the environment.

Golden Rice offers a very unique opportunity to improve the nutrition of people — particularly of women and children in Asia — who are not reached by current interventions to reduce Vitamin A deficiency.

«Our latest stage of work is now supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will bring in HKI — a new partner from the nutrition sector — to further understand how well Golden Rice can reduce vitamin A deficiency.»