Sentences with phrase «said national differences»

Dr Tony Falconer, President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, said national differences had an impact on the services available to women.

Not exact matches

On Wednesday, Morneau made a point of saying he sees a very big difference between a national pharmacare «strategy» and a «plan.»

«It resembles the difference between GDP and GDP per capita, which expands a lot more slowly than total national income,» he says.

But Elliot Weissbluth, CEO of HighTower Advisors — a nine - year - old national financial services company with more than $ 30 billion in assets under management that has long adhered to the fiduciary standard — says it's like the difference between getting dietary advice from a butcher or from a registered dietician.

However, the national measures obscure substantive differences at the state level and the additional data released today show clear differences of distress among the select states for which we show data,» said Wilbert van der Klaauw, vice president in the Research and Statistics Group at the New York Fed.

This is not to say that race or national differences are wrong in themselves.

Senior food policy officer at European consumer rights group BEUC Camille Perrin said: «It remains to be seen what will be deemed a «significant» difference in composition, and we trust national authorities will consult consumer organisations to inform their assessment.

«For national governments, philanthropists, and even just your average person on the street who wants to make a difference in people's lives, then it's worth considering donating to rice research,» said Dr. Zeigler.

De Bruyne is said to be «devastated» about the affair but has apparently patched up his differences with his Belgian national team - mate ahead of a recent qualifier with Macedonia.

Barring biased arsenal or for that matter biased I'd say English fans (national team) everyone else can see that the biggest difference btwn the pair is this, v.p regardless of how many goals he scored prior to 2009 had something Walcott never had or never will have that is Natural ability that eventually after his injuries propelled him to the world class level that everyone knew that he was going to achieve only his injuries were holding him back.

Last month in Massachusetts, when Sanders was introduced at a rally by Karen Higgins, co-president of National Nurses United, the campaign said it is not coordinating with or raising money on behalf of the super PAC and highlighted the difference between that PAC and others.

«I think the clear difference maker in self - funders in congressional races is connection to community,» said Guy Harrison, a national Republican operative.

A running mate might make a difference in a very close race, just maybe, said Lawrence Levy, executive dean of the National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University.

London Mayor Boris Johnson recently added his voice to demands for gay weddings while at the Gay Pride festival in London saying: «If the Conservatives and Liberals can get together in a national coalition and settle their differences, I don't see why you can't have gay marriage».

«I want to pay tribute to the National Assembly for the degree of cooperation that they have been extending to the executive in spite of the seeming differences so far», he said.

Sheehan closed the press conference with this summation of her case: «This is sorta taking that national angst that people may have, and really bringing it down to the local level, and saying «Here is something you can do today, this week, over the next three weeks, and truly make a difference in our community.

For when push comes to shove, as New Yorkers are wont to say, there is absolutely no qualitative difference between the erstwhile Rawlings - led National Democratic Congress that took Ghanaians to HIPC and the Mahama - led National Democratic Congress that has effectively carried us to the threshold of HIPC.

«Nick Clegg and I are both political leaders who want to put aside party differences and work hard for the common good and the national interest,» he said after arriving from Buckingham Palace in Downing Street.

Christine Blower, general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, said: «While the NUT has had a number of policy differences with the Conservatives, particularly over «free schools», Michael Gove has always been open to discussion with the union about his plans.

«Nick Clegg and I are both political leaders who want to put aside party differences and work hard for the common good and for the national interest,» he said.

That drew the ire of Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D - Manhattan), who said the terror attacks were a national tragedy and a time to put aside regional or partisan differences.

Atiku said there was no difference in the crime Buhari had committed with that of the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd.)

«I don?t think holding postdoc stipends to a national standard will work,» he said, citing regional cost - of - living and overall career field differences in expectations.

It's for this reason that it's important to understand the differences in responses between geoengineering experiments, said Ben Kravitz, a climate modeler at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory who helps run the international Geoengineering Model Intercomparison Project.

National emissions targets based on the science of climate change «would be a significant difference,» said Dale Marshall, an energy analyst at Environmental Defence Canada, which has not endorsed a candidate.

But determining which specific genetic changes led to humans won't be easy, says Asao Fujiyama, of RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center and the National Institute of Informatics in Japan, one of the project leaders: «The key proteins are very difficult to iron out because we have so many differences.»

«We found that non-blind papers tended to exaggerate differences between the experimental group and the control group,» said lead researcher Dr Luke Holman, from the Research School of Biology at The Australian National University (ANU).

That bests the previous warmest January - June in 1934 by 1.1 °F — a substantial difference, said Jake Crouch, a climate scientist with NOAA's National Climatic Data Center.

An in - house briefing note circulated by ICI last November said HFC 134a was unlikely to be «singled out» in national climate strategies, as its «contribution would be too small to make any difference, scientifically or politically».

Hunter said the study is part of a larger research project funded by the National Institutes of Health, aiming to investigate underlying risk factors for voice problems and gender differences in speech.

The difference between national birth rates and local rates in Rio could be due to the Zika outbreak being particularly pronounced in the city, says Karin Nielsen at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Dr. Ida Elisabeth Huitfeldt Madsen, National Research Centre for the Working Environment, Denmark, the corresponding author said: «We were surprised to see the differences between the effects of harassment by clients or customers compared to harassment by other employees.

The results of this trial will make a difference to children with sickle cell anemia and their families,» said Deborah Hirtz, M.D., program director at the National Institute of Health's National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).

«This policy allowed us to see whether there was any difference in the risk of Parkinson's in people who stopped taking statins compared to the ones who kept taking them,» said study author Jou - Wei Lin, MD, PhD, of National Taiwan University in Taipei.

The goal now is «to find the subtle genetic differences between individuals in the genes or families of genes associated with longevity,» says Judith Campisi, a senior scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in California.

The study doesn't show that a larger amygdala causes the behavior differences, but it's a good start toward spelling out the connection, says psychiatrist Jay Giedd of the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

«The importance of these variants has become increasingly clear with surveys completed in the past 18 months that show these differences in genome structure may play a role in susceptibility to certain conditions, such as mental retardation and autism,» the National Institutes of Health, one of the participant organizations, said in a statement.

Robert Toutkoushian, executive director of the University of New Hampshire Office of Policy Analysis, says that in his studies of national data, even when he controlled for what might be considered justifiable causes of the difference — such as years of experience, the highest degree earned, years of seniority, and departmental affiliation — an 8 % gap still remained.

However, once we account for this difference, there no evidence that moths have adapted to flowers,» said William Godsoe, the study's lead author and postdoctoral researcher at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis.

«This process of moving from fast growth in the sun to slow growth in the shade sets up this characteristic size structure that is common across tropical rainforests, despite the differences in their environments,» said Caroline Farrior, first author of the study and who is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis and is soon to be an assistant professor of integrative biology at the University of Texas - Austin.

Mark Schubert, the USA National Swimming Director on Lochte says of the new - and - improved Lochte: «I think the difference with Ryan and other prominent Olympians who I won't name... is Ryan since the Olympics hasn't taken a break.

A statement from the Academy said: «The Academy celebrates achievement in the art of filmmaking, which seeks to transcend borders and speak to audiences around the world, regardless of national, ethnic, or religious differences.

«Teachers can make a big difference in the lives of kids by doing really simple things,» says Joel Baum, director of education and training at Gender Spectrum, a national organization that helps schools create gender - inclusive spaces for all kids.

«This was a very cynical statement that she doesn't believe teachers and schools can make a difference in high - poverty areas,» says Colorado State Senator Mike Johnston, a former teacher and principal whose sweeping tenure - reform law is a national model.

We are pleased the Government is finally beginning to recognise the teacher shortage crisis, but it will be seen in classrooms round the country whether today's announcement makes any practical difference, says Kevin Courtney, Joint General Secretary of the National Education Union.

There's a difference, says Ron Berger with the national organization that advises Expeditionary Learning schools.

A few state education commissioners have attributed lower scores in their states to the switch, but Peggy Carr, acting commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, said that she is confident, after studying the impact on students of digital testing, that it had corrected for differences.

This combination of knowing students well and a determination to do right by them is what makes all the difference, Wacker says, to the success of the little district on the plains — a place that could provide some national lessons as well.

«There is a marked difference in the proportion of pupils from poorer backgrounds attending the top 500 comprehensives compared to the national average when based on the 5A * - C English and maths measure, with FSM rates just over half of the national average in comprehensive schools,» the report says.

Bailey Lindgren, associate at PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center, said the survey can help teachers respond to students who may think bullying is their fault because of their differences.