Sentences with phrase «reduced by phases»

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OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government says its new regulations to phase out power plants fired by coal and natural gas will cost more than $ 2.2 billion, but potentially save the country billions more in reduced health care costs.

Macron has also said he wants to phase out France's use of coal power in five years and reduce its reliance on nuclear power to 50 % by 2025.

Greece has proposed steps to reduce early retirement, increase contributions and phase out an additional payment for the poorest retirees by 2020.

Under that scenario, Duke would phase out coal completely by 2050, reducing the company's carbon emissions to nearly three - quarters below 2005 levels.

In addition to freight savings, by phasing out the corner iron brackets Tosca has decreased the amount of steel component reconditioning needed by one third, resulting in reduced energy, chemical, water, and paint usage.

The second phase of the Courtauld Commitment saved # 3.1 billion by reducing food and packaging waste, finds WRAP.

29 Nov 2013 — The Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has welcomed news that under the Courtauld Commitment Phase 2 agreement, the UK grocery sector reduced food and packaging waste by 1.7 million tons, the equivalent of 4.8 million tons of CO2.

In addition, you may reduce your odds of tearing by applying a warm compress to the perineum during the pushing phase of labor, says Dr. Ross.

In a statement, Flanagan says the Senate Republican conference deserves credit for the cut, worth $ 4.2 billion annually once fully phased in, and will reduce rates by 20 percent for middle - income earners.

Former Governor George Pataki's School Tax Relief (STAR) program, passed in 1997 and fully phased in by 2002, actually does reduce most homeowners» tax bills, through the mechanism of sending added aid to school districts that are required to use the money to finance a partial homestead tax exemption.

The business tax «reform» package enacted by Governor Cuomo in 2014 will cost the state $ 440 million or more annually in reduced taxes when fully phased in.

Last week, de Blasio released a «roadmap» for phasing out the incarceration center, which mostly reiterated steps he called for when he announced a plan to shutter Rikers in March: combining sentencing, bail, mental health and rehabilitation reforms to reduce the city's inmate population from 9,300 to 7,000 by 2021 and 5,000 by 2027.

When phased - in fully the cut would reduce overall taxes by about $ 32 million for 42,000 taxpayers.

«Although the tax credits system is being phased out and gradually being replaced by Universal Credit, HMRC still has time to reduce the levels of error in the system.

Although the 90 new shelters would increase the number of shelters across the city by 30 percent, de Blasio also pledged to reduce the total number of shelter facilities by 45 percent, after phasing out hotels and clusters.

18 - A (TED Part S) Executive Budget - In accordance with the recommendations of the New York State Tax relief Commission, Part S of the TED Article VII legislation, would reduce the Public Service Law § 18 - a (6) Temporary State Energy and Utility Service Conservation Assessment (Temporary Assessment) by a total of $ 200 million per year by eliminating the assessment on industrial utility customers and accelerate the phase out for all other customers.

Phasing out coal is one of the first steps the Cuomo administration must make if it hopes to meet its goal of drastically reducing air emissions by about 40 percent in the next decade, said Lisa Dix, senior New York representative for Sierra Club.

Within the review, a three - phase reintroduction protocol for reducing conflict between cats in a household is described; examples of environmental enrichment for improving welfare by increasing the physical, social and temporal complexity of the environment are provided; and the use of a synthetic analogue of the feline facial pheromone is recommended.

«In an earlier phase I clinical study, our group has shown that increasing the dose of radiation delivered daily with high precision and using image guidance may offset the need for chemotherapy in improving survival, and it may also improve quality of life measures by reducing treatment periods in half.

However, there is now a glimmer of hope for patients: Thanks to a newly tested substance, the pain can be reduced to a tolerable level, as indicated by the promising results of an international phase II study involving the Center of Dental Medicine at the University of Zurich.

However, phases also were affected by the decomposition pathway of the precursor, which could be influenced by using oleylamine as a solvent, because it can also act as a coordinating ligand and a reducing agent.

In the second phase, half of the study volunteers participated in a 20 - week behavioral intervention aimed at reducing their sodium intake to 1,500 mg / day by using spices and herbs.

Global progress in reducing the prevalence of smokers appeared to fall into 3 phases for both men and women: modest progress from 1980 to 1996, followed by a decade of more rapid global progress, then a slowdown in reductions from 2006 to 2012, with an apparent increase since 2010 for men.

Afferent Pharmaceuticals today announced publication of results from a Phase 2 clinical trial demonstrating that the company's novel drug candidate, AF - 219, reduced daytime cough frequency by 75 % compared to placebo in patients with treatment - refractory chronic cough.

«The open sea phase is reduced by half by keeping the fish in a closed system until they weigh up to one kilo.

They estimate that using these algorithms to predict outcomes could allow a drug sponsor to reduce the size of the trial by at least 20 % and save as much as $ 6 million in a large phase III trial.

Currently, about one third of all products are lost in this phase, a figure which he believes can be reduced by 50 %.

In 79 % of participants, dietary sodium was reduced during the restriction phase, and 65 % of patients reduced their intake by > 20 %.

In the first phase, members of the Children's Hospital Association Childhood Cancer and Blood Disorders Network reduced inpatient CLABSIs by 28 percent in less than three years, according to results published in 2014 in Pediatrics.

The results, published online by Pediatric Blood & Cancer, are part of the second phase of a collaborative effort among children's hospitals to reduce central - line - associated bloodstream infections or CLABSIs.

This will require pursuing all development and certification work beyond the Commercial Crew Integrated Capability (CCiCap) base period through Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)-- based contracts; making strategic decisions about the number of industry partners to retain in the certification phase; and finding ways to incentivize greater private investment by industry partners in order to reduce the government's financial obligations for the program.

«What we're doing in phase two and three, by lowering calories and eating only certain foods, is trying (1) to get the SIRT1 gene activated, which is an anti-ageing gene naturally activated by exercise and restricted calorie intake, and (2) get leptin to be reduced by the amount of fat you're burning and get you to a point of leptin sensitivity again» says O'Meara.

A second phase 3 study presented Sunday found that adding radiation to hormone therapy, also known as androgen - deprivation therapy (ADT) in patients with locally advanced or high - risk prostate cancer reduced the seven - year risk of dying by 43 percent compared to treating with hormone therapy alone.

There are at least three luteal phase defect patterns which are characterized by a reduced output of Progesterone, leading to estrogen dominance.

The significantly higher protein content was modestly offset by slightly more calories in the control phase, which reduces the amount of protein required to maintain nitrogen balance.

Lastly, we examined satiety and hunger hormones released by adipose tissue (leptin), stomach (ghrelin), and small intestine [peptide YY (PYY)-- PYY reduces food intake], feelings of hunger and physical exhaustion, light exposure, and circadian phase.

For each phase, they reduced calories for 11 days followed by 3 days of ad libitum (i.e. at one's pleasure) eating.

If cardiovascular exercise was the last part of your workout, the pulse lowering phase should start by reducing the intensity of the exercise gradually over about 5 minutes.

The first phase, which continues until March 2019, focuses on reducing the poor condition of school buildings and providing pupil places where needed by reducing surplus capacity, and addressing specific Welsh medium and Faith based provision needs.

· Teacher compensation should be restructured to provide more incentives tied to performance, first by significantly reducing the number of steps on the salary scale, and then by phasing in a performance based system as the value - added assessment model evolves to the individual classroom level.

In 1937 dues were reduced to $ 1.50 and the association broadened its focus beyond student teaching by selecting this theme for its annual meeting: The Integration of Laboratory Phases of Teacher Training with Professional and Subject Matter Courses.

The agreement will reduce the cost of the Phase 2 project by hundreds of millions of dollars and keep tolls more affordable for Dulles Toll Road users.

This aluminum - block engine is aided by i - VTEC, which takes Honda's system of variable valve timing and lift one step further: It makes the phasing of the intake camshaft completely variable across the rev range to increase power, improve fuel economy and reduce emissions.

It was expected that the Delhi Metro would reduce its emissions by over 100,000 tons of CO 2 per year once its phase II was complete, through the use of regenerative braking.

TI - VCT varies the phase of the intake and exhaust cams independently for improved airflow through the engine, which delivers more torque while reducing average fuel consumption by up to 5 percent.

TI - VCT varies the phase of the intake and exhaust cams independently for improved airflow through the engine, which delivers more torque while reducing average fuel consumption by up to 5 %.

The 2.0 - liter turbo engine from the Opel GT produces an impressive power output per liter of 132 hp and features «Cam - Phase» — variable camshaft phasing — , which together with other measures reduce consumption by an extra three percent.

This reduces fuel consumption by up to 30 per cent, depending on power demand in the four - cylinder phases.

[21] HCCI version is equipped with two - step adjustable valve lift with variable cam phasing and advanced ECU with cylinder pressure sensors, uses lean burn cycle similar to that of a diesel engine, and is claimed to further reduce fuel consumption by 15 %.

Direct injection reduces emissions by 25 %, while continuous cam phasing eliminates the need for an EGR system.