Sentences with phrase «on potential abuse»

In a call with reporters on Wednesday, Mr. Zuckerberg said he had made a «huge mistake» in not focusing more on the potential abuse of users» personal information.

The FDA needs to move beyond its traditional focus on clinical studies about drug effectiveness and side effects, and to seek public health data on potential abuse, the Academies advises in its 400 - page proposal for targeting the deadly issue.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesperson Chris Huhne described elements of the bill as «frankly Kafka-esque» and warned parliamentary scrutiny did not amount to a «serious check on the potential abuse of executive power».

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Inclusion in each section depends on the drug's potential medicinal uses and the potential for dependency and abuse, according to the DEA.

Since 1970, marijuana has been on the list of Schedule I drugs, which defines chemicals under the Controlled Substances Act as a drug with high potential for abuse and no medical benefits.

Better Markets, a non-profit organization that advocates for the public interest on Wall Street, says a potential promotion by Williams to lead the Federal Reserve Bank of New York would reward failure - because the San Francisco Fed failed to prevent widespread customer abuses at San Francisco - based banking behemoth Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC), which it's supposed to supervise.

What I fear happening is that by focussing on control and particular individuals there is potential healing that could happen that isn't happening, a perpetuation of abuse and those that are pastors that are doing great jobs might find themselves under difficulty as shared in a culture of fear and retribution as they are treated as if they are abusers when they are not.

In the weeks leading up to the movie's release, hundreds of boycotts have sprouted up on social media: # 50dollarsnot50shades encourages potential viewers to donate the $ 50 they would have spent on a night out at the movies to a local women's shelter for survivors of domestic abuse.

Among expectant teenage mothers, lack of perceived support by the father of their baby is a key correlate of high scores on the Child Abuse Potential Inventory (Zelenko et al, 2001)

Surveillance effects9 refer to the potential for increased reporting on families who participate in child welfare system services or research because more professionals are working with families and may file reports of suspected abuse and trigger an investigation, increasing the likelihood of a finding for these families compared to those who do not participate.

Parental discipline and abuse potential affects on child depression, anxiety, and attributions

Physical punishment is associated with a range of mental health problems in children, youth and adults, including depression, unhappiness, anxiety, feelings of hopelessness, use of drugs and alcohol, and general psychological maladjustment.26 — 29 These relationships may be mediated by disruptions in parent — child attachment resulting from pain inflicted by a caregiver, 30,31 by increased levels of cortisol32 or by chemical disruption of the brain's mechanism for regulating stress.33 Researchers are also finding that physical punishment is linked to slower cognitive development and adversely affects academic achievement.34 These findings come from large longitudinal studies that control for a wide range of potential confounders.35 Intriguing results are now emerging from neuroimaging studies, which suggest that physical punishment may reduce the volume of the brain's grey matter in areas associated with performance on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, third edition (WAIS - III).36 In addition, physical punishment can cause alterations in the dopaminergic regions associated with vulnerability to the abuse of drugs and alcohol.37

«On the evening of February 12th, Downing Street was first made aware of a potential offence relating to child abuse imagery.

«Instead of apologizing to his constituents for coming under a House Ethics investigation for potential insider trading and abuse of office violations, Collins has spent his time in Washington — when he's not voting to cut healthcare coverage and raise taxes for millions of New Yorkers — bragging to anyone who will listen about how much money he's made for himself and other members of Congress on this insider deal.

Lawmakers on Tuesday will begin the public interview process for potential replacements for disgraced former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who resigned Monday amid allegations of domestic violence and drug abuse.

The letter says that vague laws on the use of campaign money create a tremendous «potential for abuse,» and notes, «In hopes that this shortcoming will be addressed in the upcoming legislative session, I am forwarding a copy of this letter to Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.»

David Howarth, a former Lib Dem MP, on Tuesday said he thought Rennard should apologise but questioned the new inquiry as a potential abuse of power.

«As soon as you speak out about abuse and potential problems that you see within the system, they find a way to put you on administrative leave,» he said, adding, «They make it very difficult for the good staff, and there is a lot of great staff.»

ALBANY, NY (AP)-- Former New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, who cracked down on insider abuses on Wall Street, said Wednesday that the new federal push against potential insider trading has the hallmarks of important work, if the innovative approach can prove the communication is illegal.

Deputy Political Editor Chris Ship reports that Downing Street have said policy adviser Patrick Rock resigned from his job on the day Downing Street was first made aware of a potential offence relating to child abuse imagery.

While decrying what he described as the «potential for abuse» in this system, Levy said «the state is constrained to reimburse the eligible expenditures made on Mr. Bruno's behalf by his campaign committee.»

Despite their exciting potential to uncover human rights abuses, technologies that collect and analyze huge amounts of data can also infringe on other human rights.

«Early on, it was assumed to have no abuse potential,» she said.

Some of these studies are aimed at studying the underlying mechanisms of drug abuse whereas others focus on potential pharmacotherapies.

Much of the public discussion of the software has focused on the potential for intellectual - property abuse.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institute on Drug Abuse stress the potential for long - term cognitive impairment, problems with attention and coordination and other risk - taking behaviors due to heavy marijuana use.

«It is extraordinary how many patients describe themselves as collateral in the war against drugs,» where law enforcement concerns for potential abuse take precedent over the medical imperative to treat suffering, said author — journalist Melanie Thernstrom, who participated on the committee as a patient advocate.

A study in rats published August 25 in Cell Reports suggests that a different approach that targets delta opioid receptors on sensory neurons in peripheral tissues might avoid the side effects and high abuse potential of currently available pain relievers.

Pass it on: Because it takes longer for people to get high from an oral form of marijuana, there is little potential for abuse of a marijuana - based mouth spray.

Some studies have linked certain bariatric procedures to higher risk of substance abuse, suicide, and nutritional deficiencies, but more research is needed on these potential complications using careful long - term follow - up.

Next Page: Potential health risks [pagebreak] Potential health risks Smoking marijuana can increase a persons heart rate for up to three hours, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Legal risks aside, it's important to note that because LSD is illegal (it's a Schedule I drug, with «no current accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse»), it lacks both FDA regulation and a significant body of scientific research on its short - and long - term effects.

The findings, released on the eve of the Beijing Olympics, also have a troubling side: the potential for abuse by athletes.

Birdman serves as a dark satire on everything about the movie biz — the bean counting deliberateness that spawns a world of superhero movies; the way talent is ignored if it comes from the wrong sources; the potential for critics to abuse their craft and the way such a nomadic industry can affect family.

For a number of reasons — limited reliability, the potential for abuse, the recent evidence that teachers have effects on student earnings and college going which are largely not captured by test - based measures — it would not make sense to attach 100 percent of the weight to test - based measures (or any of the available measures, including classroom observations, for that matter).

For a number of reasons limited reliability, the potential for abuse, the recent evidence that teachers have effects on student earnings and college going which are largely not captured by test - based measures it would not make sense to attach 100 percent of the weight to test - based measures (or any of the available measures, including classroom observations, for that matter).

Staff members who are responsible for oversight often juggle competing obligations that make it difficult to focus on oversight and identify signs of potential fraud and abuse.

«The AAR believes that the practice of literary agents charging clients or potential clients for reading and evaluating literary works (including outlines, proposals, and partial or complete manuscripts) is subject to serious abuse that reflects adversely on our profession.

Since the passage of a new law that will give loan servicers collecting payments on federal student loan debt the right to «robocall» more debtors, there's been an onslaught of news stories decrying the potential for abuse.

Advise plan sponsors on how to prevent future incidents and reduce the potential for fraud and abuse

To combat potential abuse of interest deductions, countries place limitations on these expenses.

You will also find information on the potential dangers to them, including products and plants, for example, plus where to report animal abuse, what to do if your animal is lost, how to prepare for a disaster, and how to assess whether your local animal shelter is doing the best for the animals.

On a daily basis, puppies and dogs are abused, some just no longer wanted, due to lifestyle changes, loss if interest, age or infirmity... Every one of these potential best friends need and deserve a chance to live and be part of a family... in essence a 2nd chance at life.

Thanks to the new ordinance, which was passed in September by county commissioners, animal shelters can (and must) search the registry, on the country - run website, to see if potential adopters have been convicted of animal abuse — if so, the adopter can and will be denied the right to adopt.

Please note: We perform background checks on every potential adopter, and will not adopt pets to any person convicted of a violent crime or animal abuse.

At the end of March, animal shelters will be empowered to conduct criminal background checks on potential adopters using Michigan's Internet Criminal History Access Tool (ICHAT), which is maintained by the Department of State Police, and can deny adoption to anyone who has been convicted of an animal abuse offense within the last five years.

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As for the steam version, I think upsetting most of the DQ fanbase in the west and abusing their goodwill while releasing a steam version at the same time, on a time when Denuvo is completely useless, will definitely hurt their potential PS4 version sales.

So to stop this potential for abuse, we decided to place a limit on Credits earned offline.

Instead, several respondents heaped abuse on the potential of nuclear power in general despite the fact that the great bulk of their criticisms related to the shortcomings of third generation reactors.