Sentences with phrase «protection rated as»

As a result, the score was penalised and protection rated as marginal.

Luckily, though it's fragile, the Note 7 is water resistant, and claims the same IP68 protection rating as the Galaxy S7 Active.

Not exact matches

Not only did 29 percent of borrowers surveyed select the Treasury Department as having jurisdiction over rates on private student loans, nearly one in five (19 percent) thought rates on private student loans are set by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, or mortgage giant Fannie Mae (18 percent of respondents).

On the demand side, individual investors and mutual funds are still buyers, as individuals experienced a somewhat modest tax cut overall (the top income tax rate fell from 39.6 % to 37 %, for example) and many are looking for protection from the tax man now that the federal deduction for state and local taxes is capped at $ 10,000.

With some of the classic safe havens currently providing little protection, Russ shares two stock sectors to consider as rates drift higher.

As for extra perks, you'll still receive a discount for a safe deposit box and qualifying installment loans, better rates for a LifeGreen Savings Account and CDs and overdraft protection.

AXA Equitable, a leading financial protection company, announced today it has enhanced its indexed universal life product, IUL Protect, with a new feature that can potentially pay clients more as interest rates increase.

Our increased allocations to global equities, inflation - protection securities and simultaneous reduction of interest - rate - sensitive assets, such as real estate investment trusts, support such an outcome.

Yet the practice still lags among less affluent and less educated women whose babies, for reasons including low vaccination rates and greater exposure to environmental contaminants such as cigarette smoke, especially need the nutrients and disease protection mother's milk bestows.

Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants1, providing protection from morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases2 and chronic diseases later in life.3 Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended, starting within one hour of birth and for the first 6 months of life, with continued breastfeeding to 2 years of age and beyond.4 However, rates of initiation, exclusive breastfeeding and breastfeeding duration have fallen since the widespread introduction and promotion of breast - milk substitutes.5 Successful breastfeeding depends on a number of factors, including a re-normalisation of breastfeeding as the infant feeding method of choice through antenatal counselling and education and breastfeeding support to prevent and resolve breastfeeding difficulties.

Urinary As concentrations in our infants were an order of magnitude lower than the median 35 µg / L of As in a Bangladeshi population exposed to high drinking water As levels (median, 80 µg / L).28, 47 This was expected given the high rate of breastfeeding in our populations29 and the lower proportion of households with tap water As concentrations above the US Environmental Protection Agency standard of 10 µg / L (12.5 % in our study).

The role of now regular surveillance, screening and monitoring processes as recorded by the Health Protection Agency has also contributed greatly to a significant reduction in key infection rates of MRSA bacteraemia, a 75 per cent reduction since 2003/04, when more patients were dying from what are largely avoidable infections.

Legislators have been telling residents to remain calm as they work out an 11th - hour deal to maintain rent protections that allow for leases at below - market rates.

Silver has also been a longtime advocate for affordable housing, negotiating rent protections for 3,500 residents of Battery Park City's Gateway Plaza as the building's owner has tried several times to turn the apartments market - rate, residents said.

It is for this reason that force protection becomes critical, because the loss of even one Amphibious Warfare Ship would make the invasion nearly impossible, and as little as a 10 % attrition rate would be a total failure, certainly.

As Staten Island D.A., Donovan, has the best felony conviction rate in the city and created the borough's first witness protection program.

The agenda, five months in the making, includes bills that call for the creation of a task force to assess the city university system's affordability, admissions and graduation rates, a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices, sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers, a street co-naming for the original Ms. Magazine headquarters and expanding the definition of employer under the human rights law to offer protections for domestic workers.

The study participants were shown another sunscreen label where UV - A protection was designated as a star rating (out of four stars) and UV - B protection as an SPF value.

They also show that UV - protection of children pays off because rates of melanoma death keep going down from around 1960 to the current day as the UV protection of children based on clothing, shading and avoidance of excessive sun exposure has spread in most light - skinned populations, starting in Australia.

As the Environmental Protection Agency's oversight of the cleanup of this neighborhood stretches into its eighth year, new research has linked PCBs exposure to a high rate of diabetes in this community of about 4,000 people, nearly all African American and half living in poverty.

The data indicated that helmet rating scales may be somewhat misleading to parents or schools considering helmet purchases as higher ratings based on laboratory testing did not necessarily correlate to increased protection «on the field» for high school football players.

Biodiversity: try as we might, species keep dying 2010 was the year we were supposed to see the rate of extinctions and ecosystem loss slow down — but despite protection programmes worldwide, it's not happening

As soil erosion has huge impacts on ecosystems, food production, drinking water, carbon stocks and biodiversity, the EU has called for quantitative assessments of soil rates at EU level, and put soil protection at the heart of its environmental agenda.

Using detailed, ground - level data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Environmental Protection Agency, Cardenas and Kiel analyzed the waterways for sinuosity (how much they bend and curve); the texture of the materials along the waterways; the time spent in the sediment (known as the hyporheic zone); and the rate at which the water flows through the sediment.

Unfortunately, Le Prell observes, such devices «are hard to wear correctly,» so even people who don them typically «don't get as much protection as [the devices are] rated for.»

(A) consider existing programs, such as Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star program, the Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index, and programs at the Department of Energy;

Naturally burning timber and brush launch what are called fine particles into the air at a rate three times as high as levels noted in emissions inventories at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to a new study.

A small number of postdocs who choose to work less than 100 % time (such as for outside employment or family care responsibilities) may fall under the OT threshold — these will be paid hourly at or above the same rates as exempt postdocs (NIH +2 steps scale converted to hourly), and our contract has protections to ensure these part - time postdocs are treated fairly and compensated in accordance with the law.

I never thought about my clothing as sun protection, but theirs has UPF 50 which is the highest protection rating for fabric.

Actor - turned - director Mawenn Le Besco's Polisse, a microcosmic look at an elite Child Protection Unit, delves into cultural taboos while operating as a first - rate cop - ensemble drama.

This set of resource includes: • 6 attractive PowerPoint presentations which lead the class through each of the lessons • Fun and thought provoking activities and discussion starters, worksheets and questions to reinforce the learning • 6 differentiated homework tasks • A mark sheet which allows pupils to track their own progress • An end of unit test to prepare the students for exams or can be used as a form of assessment • A complete teacher's guide including easy to follow lesson plans • An answer booklet to help the teacher along The lessons are: Lesson 1 — Looking into ethical and moral dilemmas such as driverless cars and the impact of technology on modern life Lesson 2 — More ethical dilemmas including the ratings culture, medical apps, sharing personal data and cyber bullying Lesson 3 — Environmental issues with technology and how organisations and individuals can reduce these effects Lesson 4 — The Computer Misuse Act 1990 Lesson 5 — The Data Protection Act 1998 Lesson 6 — Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 For more high - quality resources written by this author visit www.nicholawilkin.com

[This could] lead to higher turnover rates because people would look to those positions as short - term moneymakers If schools are looking for highly qualified, professional people, they would pay the increased amount and continue to provide the tenure protection as well.

Included in the PowerPoint: Macroeconomic Objectives (AS Level) a) Aggregate Demand (AD) and Aggregate Supply (AS) analysis - the shape and determinants of AD and AS curves; AD = C+I+G + (X-M)- the distinction between a movement along and a shift in AD and AS - the interaction of AD and AS and the determination of the level of output, prices and employment b) Inflation - the definition of inflation; degrees of inflation and the measurement of inflation; deflation and disinflation - the distinction between money values and real data - the cause of inflation (cost - push and demand - pull inflation)- the consequences of inflation c) Balance of payments - the components of the balance of payments accounts (using the IMF / OECD definition): current account; capital and financial account; balancing item - meaning of balance of payments equilibrium and disequilibrium - causes of balance of payments disequilibrium in each component of the accounts - consequences of balance of payments disequilibrium on domestic and external economy d) Exchange rates - definitions and measurement of exchange rates - nominal, real, trade - weighted exchange rates - the determination of exchange rates - floating, fixed, managed float - the factors underlying changes in exchange rates - the effects of changing exchange rates on the domestic and external economy using AD, Marshall - Lerner and J curve analysis - depreciation / appreciation - devaluation / revaluation e) The Terms of Trade - the measurement of the terms of trade - causes of the changes in the terms of trade - the impact of changes in the terms of trade f) Principles of Absolute and comparative advantage - the distinction between absolute and comparative advantage - free trade area, customs union, monetary union, full economic union - trade creation and trade diversion - the benefits of free trade, including the trading possibility curve g) Protectionism - the meaning of protectionism in the context of international trade - different methods of protection and their impact, for example, tariffs, import duties and quotas, export subsidies, embargoes, voluntary export restraints (VERs) and excessive administrative burdens («red tape»)- the arguments in favor of protectionism This PowerPoint is best used when using worksheets and activities to help reinforce the ideas talked about.

The powerful California Teachers Association has appealed the judge's decision, and teachers unions across the country are arguing that teachers deserve job protection because principals rate almost all of them as effective.

Ayfer Orhan, Enfield council's cabinet member for education, children's services and protection, said: «Ofsted has judged that 97 per cent of schools in Enfield are rated as good or outstanding.

The approved settlement targets schools for protection from layoffs and defines those targeted schools as the 25 ranked in the bottom 30 percent by Academic Performance Index (API) score, high teacher turnover rates, and other determining criteria.

A bill before the Legislature would use the ratings as a major factor in determining which teachers receive or lose lifetime tenure protections and who would be the first to go in the case of layoffs.

To earn the rating, cars must receive top scores of Good in front, side and rear crashes, as well as pass roof - strength tests that measure rollover protection.

Safety While the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has not tested the 2014 X5, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the SUV its top rating of good in its first two tests and called its front - crash protection superior (additional crash tests hadn't been performed as of publication).

Safety & Reliability The C70 scores the highest rating, Good, in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's frontal offset and side - impact crash tests, as well as for rear - crash protection.

With safety features such as seven standard airbags, (up to nine in Europe, up to eight in the US) and standard Electronic Stability Programme (ESP), the Golf Mk6 has scored 36 out of 37 possible points for occupant protection, giving it a five - star rating by the Euro NCAP crash test agency.

Rear crash protection was rated as «good».

Protection of the driver's chest was rated as marginal, based on dummy readings of chest compression.

The ratings bring to 16 the number of small SUVs the Institute has evaluated in the passenger - side small overlap front test, which was introduced in 2017 to encourage manufacturers to offer the same level of protection for front - seat passengers as drivers in this type of crash.

These vehicles are rated separately, except that the structural ratings for both vehicles are based on both tests, as are rear dummy injury and head protection ratings, because no changes were made to the rear occupant compartment.

Driver dummy injury and head protection ratings for the 2009 model are assigned by the Institute as part of side crash test verification.

The Fire pack includes factory fitted reinforced front winch bar and recovery points (2) rated to 50 kn, 100 amp power supply to the rear of the vehicle, fire protected fuel, electrical and brake lines and a tow bar and rear recovery points as well as enhanced rear body mounts to handle the continuous high weight, extreme operating environment and strength for the industry leading Falling Object Protection System (FOPS) that is installed on the vehicles.

In the side pole impact of the XF, chest protection was rated as weak and the car's seat and head restraint provided marginal whiplash protection.

The BMW 3 series and Audi A4 equipped with standard side airbags and the G6 with side airbags as optional equipment earn the second lowest rating for side impact protection.

These cars are rated separately, except that the structure ratings for both vehicles are based on both tests, as are rear dummy injury and head protection ratings, because no changes were made to the rear occupant compartment.