Sentences with phrase «positive changes in terms»

There's a reason why so many patients who figure out the reasons behind their inability to sleep well see positive changes in terms of weight, metabolism, and yes — sugar cravings.

«We saw significant and sustained positive changes in terms of attitudes about sexual health and sexual health knowledge,» said Lynn Fiellin, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Yale School of Medicine and in the Child Study Center.

, this year has brought some very positive changes in terms of food education.

There's nothing wrong with the concept of resolutions if that works for you; I prefer to talk about positive change in terms of jumpstarts, though.

Not exact matches

Canaccord Genuity strategist Tony Dwyer, who called for a rough patch before the downturn began, says, «The two - month intermediate - term correction has been driven by correcting a historical level of optimism rather than a significant change in our positive fundamental thesis.»

However, over the medium - term, we think this change should be a measureable positive for global economic growth and corporate earnings in general.

They have talked to a few managers here and there, but not, so far as we can determine, to any of the workers who actually get the job done, and who would have much to offer in terms of suggestions for positive change.

The company expects the tax law changes to be a long - term positive that will benefit earnings beginning in 2018.

But even if it is and the outcome is positive, there will still be changes to the terms of the agreement that could affect businesses in certain industries.

But this is best done in the church, directed toward the people who can make a change, framed in positive terms.

They are a mission - driven lifestyle brand whose success is not just measured or defined in sales and revenue, but in positive social impact and the creation of long - term, sustainable change.

Having a positive attitude towards long term lifestyle changes, not short term diet and fitness fixes is the message I've taken with me from fellow bloggers and experts in health and nutrition.

When devising social policy, especially in a time of great social change, there is always the danger that social policy becomes a conservative force — that designing it to reflect «what we do now», while meeting short - term needs and providing short - term satisfaction, hinders positive development towards «what we may become».

If your teen is interested in travel, a specific subject of knowledge, or has simply needs a radical change in his or her life, these five experiences can have positive long - term social, educational, and behavioral impacts on your teen's life.

In our view, long - term dialogue is more likely to promote positive change and a stronger joint understanding than conflict.

Speaking on how to bring sustainable transformation to our country in term of policies, economies and social live, the NLC President said what Nigeria needs at the moment is positive change that will rebrand her image in all sectors of the economy.

Our research, to be published in Westminster next Tuesday, shows how the cumulative impact of the welfare reforms has been to push people into survival mode, squeezing them to focus on short - term, day - to - day getting by and preventing them from being able to make long - term positive changes to their lives.

The past few years saw a reduction in the county workforce, a growth in surplus and the elimination of long - term debt — all positive changes for the taxpayers.

Speaking with his 13 - year - old son at his side, Hamilton, a founding member of the United Against Gun Violence Task Force, called for common humanity in light of the recent deaths, noting that longer - term changes need to be considered and that positive police - community relations are needed.

Still, he believes there's room for the candidates to talk in positive terms about climate change, even if it's driven by strategies of self - promotion.

Additional limitations to the traditional approach include: costly failures to replicate positive results in larger trials; difficulty in determining the reasons for negative results; low yield in terms of identifying disease or intervention mechanisms due to an exclusive focus on symptom change and clinical endpoints; and, the expensive and very lengthy practice of first establishing multi-component psychosocial treatments followed by years of «unpacking» studies.

The best way to ensure long term, positive changes in BMR is to engage in daily activity.

Ivy uses simple strategies, mindful accountability techniques, intuitive listening, and her ongoing training to facilitate the shifts in mindset and strategy that help people achieve long - term, positive changes in their relationship with their body.

In order words, expanding a patient's knowledge base allows her to realize just how awesome the healing process can be and often spurs long - term positive changes.

Some of the things that one would want to focus on in terms of building positive relationships are some things that we find, for example, in attachment research which talks about parent - child relationships and how those change through development.

In studies which integrate professional development with assessment reform, results are most positive both in terms of teachers» learning and attitudes toward change, and in terms of usable assessment informatioIn studies which integrate professional development with assessment reform, results are most positive both in terms of teachers» learning and attitudes toward change, and in terms of usable assessment informatioin terms of teachers» learning and attitudes toward change, and in terms of usable assessment informatioin terms of usable assessment information.

Ongoing participation in the community will be an important part of your continued implementation support system, and essential for long - term, sustainable success in bringing positive change to your school or district.

When speaking to LA School Report yesterday, Caputo - Pearl was hesitant to characterize the change in superintendents as a positive or negative in terms of the union's bargaining position.

There are better, alternative discipline methods that can create positive, meaningful long - term changes in the behavior of challenging students.

The subaccount pursues its objective of long - term capital appreciation by investing in stocks of small companies that are undergoing positive changes.

These critical changes are positive in the long run but can be destructive for any short term gain.

It's not often in life that a relatively small change has such great benefits in the short run and such positive life changing effects in the long term.

I measure [Delta] LEVER as the historical change in the ratio of total long - term debt to average total assets, and view an increase (decrease) in financial leverage as a negative (positive) signal.

Benefiting from undervalued international companies experiencing positive change International companies: The fund invests in international large and midsize companies to benefit from business opportunities outside the United States.A value strategy: The fund focuses on companies whose stocks are priced below their long - term potential, and where there may be a catalyst for positive change.Building competitive portfolios: The portfolio manager uses fundamental research as the cornerstone of the investment process.

For the period 1949 — 2015, each percentage point increase in price of the U.S. equity market is associated with a positive 13 - basis - point change in the dividend growth rate in the coming year.4 The deviation of dividend growth rates from their long - term averages is also persistent.

However, because the changes were made to bolster the financial stability of the HECM program, they are expected to produce a positive effect on the reverse mortgage market in the long term.

Dogs tend to have a sweet tooth and although we want to curb foods that high in simple carbohydrates, you're in this for the long term and feeding the odd food that isn't on the menu can make a positive change.

The good news is that this change is positive both in terms of clarity and a consistent policy.

Her forms, notably, will change from positive to negative, and colors and surfaces vary in terms of density and reflectivity.

The short - term trend in total water storage adjusted over this 7 - year time span is positive and amounts to 80.6 15.7 km3 / yr (net water storage excess)... Expressed in terms of equivalent sea level, total water volume change over 2002 — 2009 leads to a small negative contribution to sea level of — 0.22 0.05 mm / yr.

They provide ideas on how positive changes can be attained as well as an understanding on how cities can generate solutions that have large, short and long - term positive benefits in terms of climate change mitigation and how this approach can be effectively embedded into local policy settings to contribute to cities» ability to generate co-benefits at local level.

The prioritization was carried out through weighted scoring taking into account: the ability of the measure to decrease climate change impacts; the urgency for implementing a measure in order to gain maximum benefit; «no regret» strategies that can be justified in economic terms even without climate change; positive secondary effects; and possible climate change mitigation co-benefits.

They clearly have not «proved» skill at predicting in a hindcast mode, changes in climate statistics on the regional scale, and even in terms of the global average surface temperature trend, in recent years they have overstated the positive trend.

While tweets using terms like «climate change» are more likely to include language that garners a positive response on the Hedonometer, like «sea,» «oceans,» and «nature,» Twitter users who prefer to tweet about «global warming» are more likely to use negative words such as «fraud,» «politicians,» and «blame» in their tweets as well.

Assuming there are any positive impacts on agriculture in the short term, they will be overwhelmed by the negative impacts of climate change.

«Evidence for climate change in the satellite cloud record» «Cloud feedback mechanisms and their representation in global climate models» «A net decrease in the Earth's cloud, aerosol, and surface 340 nm reflectivity during the past 33 yr (1979 — 2011)» «New observational evidence for a positive cloud feedback that amplifies the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation» «Impact of dataset choice on calculations of the short - term cloud feedback»

While this concept of «adaptation to climate change» in no way negates the challenges before us in terms of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, it does suggest that there are positive, forward - thinking steps that we can take to prepare for a warmer world.

In terms of effects on nature, climate change so far has overall been net positive, at least where I live (UK).

Given that the past 30 — 50 years is a relatively short period for evaluating long - term trends, the SST trends themselves could be viewed as a manifestation of large - scale modes of multidecadal Pacific variability (e.g. Zhang et al. 1997; Deser et al. 2004) or as part of the century scale positive SST trends associated with climate change (e.g. Deser et al. 2010); it is likely that both multidecadal climate variability and climate change have contributed to the SST trend pattern evident in Fig. 9 and used to force the model.

This paper alleges that after analysing over 300 species (across 3 groups: plants, insects and vertebrates) between 1970 - 2012, that «Climatic change has had a wide range of impacts on species, with more species impacted positively than negatively in the short - term at least», with climate change the «largest positive impact».