Sentences with phrase «systemic factors in»

PTI encourages and carries out its own research into systemic factors in a number of countries as well as into therapeutic aspects.

Not exact matches

While 23 % of women founders agree that there are not enough women in the pipeline, the inclusion of implicit and systemic factors as perceived contributors suggests that we must go beyond the number of women at the table and consider how the table itself is constructed.

While figure 1 shows that overall size is not the only factor in determining systemic risk and that some smaller banks can be systemically important in other dimensions, it also suggests that the largest banks, such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM), Bank of America (BAC), and Citibank (C) are systemic in areas other than size alone.

These factors — many of which are beyond our control and the effects of which can be difficult to predict — include: credit, market, liquidity and funding, insurance, operational, regulatory compliance, strategic, reputation, legal and regulatory environment, competitive and systemic risks and other risks discussed in the risk sections of our 2017 Annual Report; including global uncertainty and volatility, elevated Canadian housing prices and household indebtedness, information technology and cyber risk, regulatory change, technological innovation and new entrants, global environmental policy and climate change, changes in consumer behavior, the end of quantitative easing, the business and economic conditions in the geographic regions in which we operate, the effects of changes in government fiscal, monetary and other policies, tax risk and transparency and environmental and social risk.

Raisman is right to highlight the necessity that, in this #MeToo moment, that people think about structural and systemic factors that facilitate sexual predation.

Investigators at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) report pre-clinical research showing that a genetic variant encoded in neutrophil cystolic factor 1 (NCF1) is associated with increased risk for autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis, and Sjögren's syndrome, in the January 2017 issue of Nature Genetics.

«In the study we challenged the view that the age - dependent impairment in glucose homeostasis is solely due to intrinsic, dysfunction of islet cells, and hypothesized that it is instead affected by systemic aging factors,» says first author Joana Almaca at the Diabetes Research Institute, University of MiamIn the study we challenged the view that the age - dependent impairment in glucose homeostasis is solely due to intrinsic, dysfunction of islet cells, and hypothesized that it is instead affected by systemic aging factors,» says first author Joana Almaca at the Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miamin glucose homeostasis is solely due to intrinsic, dysfunction of islet cells, and hypothesized that it is instead affected by systemic aging factors,» says first author Joana Almaca at the Diabetes Research Institute, University of Miami.

«Bone cells aren't solely studied in isolation in the lab as both local and systemic factors play an important role in their function, so it's important to unpick the multitude of biological factors that can affect their proliferation,» says Dr Pablo Roman - Garcia, a first author from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute.

The researchers determined that the children with otulipenia might respond to drugs that turned off tumor necrosis factor, a chemical messenger involved in systemic inflammation.

In the current study, a number of prognostic factors such as age, stage, comorbidity, hormonal receptor and HER2 status and differences in systemic treatments (medication after surgery) were included and considered as possible explanations for the previously reported survival differences between BCT and mastectomIn the current study, a number of prognostic factors such as age, stage, comorbidity, hormonal receptor and HER2 status and differences in systemic treatments (medication after surgery) were included and considered as possible explanations for the previously reported survival differences between BCT and mastectomin systemic treatments (medication after surgery) were included and considered as possible explanations for the previously reported survival differences between BCT and mastectomy.

On the other hand, there are patients who do not show any significant improvement even after the second or third biologic drug treatment — typically with TNF inhibitors (which blockade the Tumour Necrosis Factor TNF, which is involved in systemic inflammation).

High Serum Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) Level Is An Adverse Prognostic Factor In High Risk Diffuse Large B - Cell Lymphoma (DLBCL) Patients Treated with Dose - Dense Chemoimmunotherapy and Systemic CNS Prophylaxis.

Infectious diseases such as HIV / AIDS and tuberculosis continue to rank high among global mortality factors, especially in developing countries, and systemic inflammation has been identified as a root case of many chronic disorders in the developed world.

«Because these intra-articular spaces lack blood vessels, systemic delivery of morphogens and growth factors supporting cartilage matrix synthesis usually results in limited improvement.

Ko IK, Ju YM, Chen T, et al., Combined systemic and local delivery of stem cell inducing / recruiting factors for in situ tissue regeneration.

These systemic factors coordinate growth between developing tissues and act as relays to adjust body growth in response to environmental changes.

Therefore, exposure of the neurogenic niche to young systemic factors enhances functional neurogenesis, culminating in improved olfactory behavior.

Chlorella contains a vast array of nutrients and the unique Chlorella Growth Factor that promotes systemic health at the cellular level in bioavailable powder.

This cascade of chronic systemic inflammation in your body becomes a factor in many serious health problems, including autoimmune conditions and even heart disease.

Mucuna has an added benefit in that it fights systemic redness in the brain, which is often a factor in brain degradation.

In Real Cause, Real Cure, my co-author and I reported a study from the University of Michigan that showed a cherry - enriched diet reduced four inflammatory factors by 50 % — reducing both local and systemic inflammation.

Both factors may elicit a sympathetic and hypothalamic — pituitary — adrenal (HPA) axis response, which drive increased systemic reactive oxygen species production, chronic inflammation, and a metabolic substrate shift toward carbohydrate and away from fat oxidation, manifesting in an array of signs and symptoms often labeled as the overtraining syndrome.16

Nutritional and Botanical Interventions to Assist with the Adaptation to Stress Alternative Medicine Review 1999 (Aug); 4 (4): 249 — 265 ~ FULL TEXT Prolonged stress, whether a result of mental / emotional upset or due to physical factors such as malnutrition, surgery, chemical exposure, excessive exercise, sleep deprivation, or a host of other environmental causes, results in predictable systemic effects.

Nutritional and Botanical Interventions to Assist With the Adaptation to Stress Alternative Medicine Review 1999 (Aug); 4 (4): 249 — 265 ~ FULL TEXT Prolonged stress, whether a result of mental / emotional upset or due to physical factors such as malnutrition, surgery, chemical exposure, excessive exercise, sleep deprivation, or a host of other environmental causes, results in predictable systemic effects.

I say this as one of the few government administrators openly interested in the rights of low - income families to access non-governmental schools: Absent better systemic answers than those offered by ideologues, publicly funded private school choice for all children will continue to be more of a factor in legislative debates and scholarly conferences than in the homes and neighborhoods of America's youth.

I would argue that larger systemic issues are still only one factor in a series of complex parts that surround teacher turnover and ineffectiveness — including modern trends to explore multiple professions within one's lifespan in the US.

School psychologists need to be aware of the various cultural, language, and systemic factors that uniquely influence ELL performance in the school - setting and be prepared to work with this growing population.

We learned early on that several factors are especially important in making sound decisions about technology: the support and active engagement of school boards and affected stakeholders, the need for systemic efforts across districts rather than just at the building or classroom level, and a clear line of sight between what was being purchased and how it would be deployed and actually used.

It was a moderately large factor in the systemic risk of 2008.

However, when systemic factors across asset classes are in motion in the securities markets, then there is nowhere to hide, as occurred with the credit crisis.

The effects of stress, aging, immune imbalances, excessive exercise or lack thereof are only a few of the factors that can manifest into health issues in absence of the right systemic support.

Release of active pancreatic enzymes and inflammatory mediators from the infl amed pancreas, such as Tumor Necrosis Factor - α (TNF - α) interleukin - 1 (IL - 1) and phospholipid platelet activating factor (PAF), amplifies the severity of pancreatic inflammation, and adversely affects the function of many organs (systemic inflammatory response), and cause derangement in fl uid, electrolyte and acid - base baFactor - α (TNF - α) interleukin - 1 (IL - 1) and phospholipid platelet activating factor (PAF), amplifies the severity of pancreatic inflammation, and adversely affects the function of many organs (systemic inflammatory response), and cause derangement in fl uid, electrolyte and acid - base bafactor (PAF), amplifies the severity of pancreatic inflammation, and adversely affects the function of many organs (systemic inflammatory response), and cause derangement in fl uid, electrolyte and acid - base balance.

A plasma transfusion is sometimes given to dogs in moderate to severe cases in the hopes that it will inhibit active pancreatic enzymes and systemic inflammatory response; it also provides clotting factors that can help prevent and treat disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), an often lethal potential side effect of pancreatitis.

Evaluation of von Willebrand factor as a marker of endothelial cell reactivity in cats with sepsis or systemic inflammatory response syndrome.

Factors in reaching a specific diagnosis include systemic diseases, infections, infestations and dietary problems.

It is thought that disease results from the combination of an abnormal gene (causing an abnormal structure of the SAA protein), and also infectious or environmental factors that cause systemic inflammation and so increase the production of this protein in affected cats.

ACT - activated clotting time (bleeding disorders) ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone (adrenal gland function) Ag - antigen test for proteins specific to a disease causing organism or virus Alb - albumin (liver, kidney and intestinal disorders) Alk - Phos, ALP alkaline phosphatase (liver and adrenal disorders) Allergy Testing intradermal or blood antibody test for allergen hypersensitivity ALT - alanine aminotransferase (liver disorder) Amyl - amylase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) ANA - antinuclear antibody (systemic lupus erythematosus) Anaplasmosis Anaplasma spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) APTT - activated partial thromboplastin time (blood clotting ability) AST - aspartate aminotransferase (muscle and liver disorders) Band band cell — type of white blood cell Baso basophil — type of white blood cell Bile Acids digestive acids produced in the liver and stored in the gall bladder (liver function) Bili bilirubin (bile pigment responsible for jaundice from liver disease or RBC destruction) BP - blood pressure measurement BUN - blood urea nitrogen (kidney and liver function) Bx biopsy C & S aerobic / anaerobic bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity test (infection, drug selection) Ca +2 calcium ion — unbound calcium (parathyroid gland function) CBC - complete blood count (all circulating cells) Chol cholesterol (liver, thyroid disorders) CK, CPK creatine [phospho] kinase (muscle disease, heart disease) Cl - chloride ion — unbound chloride (hydration, blood pH) CO2 - carbon dioxide (blood pH) Contrast Radiograph x-ray image using injected radiopaque contrast media Cortisol hormone produced by the adrenal glands (adrenal gland function) Coomb's anti- red blood cell antibody test (immune - mediated hemolytic anemia) Crea creatinine (kidney function) CRT - capillary refill time (blood pressure, tissue perfusion) DTM - dermatophyte test medium (ringworm — dermatophytosis) EEG - electroencephalogram (brain function, epilepsy) Ehrlichia Ehrlichia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) EKG, ECG - electrok [c] ardiogram (electrical heart activity, heart arryhthmia) Eos eosinophil — type of white blood cell Fecal, flotation, direct intestinal parasite exam FeLV Feline Leukemia Virus test FIA Feline Infectious Anemia: aka Feline Hemotrophic Mycoplasma, Haemobartonella felis test FIV Feline Immunodeficiency Virus test Fluorescein Stain fluorescein stain uptake of cornea (corneal ulceration) fT4, fT4ed, freeT4ed thyroxine hormone unbound by protein measured by equilibrium dialysis (thyroid function) GGT gamma - glutamyltranferase (liver disorders) Glob globulin (liver, immune system) Glu blood or urine glucose (diabetes mellitus) Gran granulocytes — subgroup of white blood cells Hb, Hgb hemoglobin — iron rich protein bound to red blood cells that carries oxygen (anemia, red cell mass) HCO3 - bicarbonate ion (blood pH) HCT, PCV, MHCT hematocrit, packed - cell volume, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) K + potassium ion — unbound potassium (kidney disorders, adrenal gland disorders) Lipa lipase enzyme — non specific (pancreatitis) LYME Borrelia spp. (tick - borne rickettsial disease) Lymph lymphocyte — type of white blood cell MCHC mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (anemia, iron deficiency) MCV mean corpuscular volume — average red cell size (anemia, iron deficiency) Mg +2 magnesium ion — unbound magnesium (diabetes, parathyroid function, malnutrition) MHCT, HCT, PCV microhematocrit, hematocrit, packed - cell volume (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) MIC minimum inhibitory concentration — part of the C&S that determines antimicrobial selection Mono monocyte — type of white blood cell MRI magnetic resonance imaging (advanced tissue imaging) Na + sodium ion — unbound sodium (dehydration, adrenal gland disease) nRBC nucleated red blood cell — immature red blood cell (bone marrow damage, lead toxicity) PCV, HCT, MHCT packed - cell volume, hematocrit, microhematocrit (hemoconcentration, dehydration, anemia) PE physical examination pH urine pH (urinary tract infection, urolithiasis) Phos phosphorus (kidney disorders, ketoacidosis, parathyroid function) PLI pancreatic lipase immunoreactivity (pancreatitis) PLT platelet — cells involved in clotting (bleeding disorders) PT prothrombin time (bleeding disorders) PTH parathyroid hormone, parathormone (parathyroid function) Radiograph x-ray image RBC red blood cell count (anemia) REL Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever / Ehrlichia / Lyme combination test Retic reticulocyte — immature red blood cell (regenerative vs. non-regenerative anemia) RMSF Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever SAP serum alkaline phosphatase (liver disorders) Schirmer Tear Test tear production test (keratoconjunctivitis sicca — dry eye,) Seg segmented neutrophil — type of white blood cell USG Urine specific gravity (urine concentration, kidney function) spec cPL specific canine pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test spec fPL specific feline pancreatic lipase (pancreatitis)-- replaces the PLI test T4 thyroxine hormone — total (thyroid gland function) TLI trypsin - like immunoreactivity (exocrine pancreatic insufficiency) TP total protein (hydration, liver disorders) TPR temperature / pulse / respirations (physical exam vital signs) Trig triglycerides (fat metabolism, liver disorders) TSH thyroid stimulating hormone (thyroid gland function) UA urinalysis (kidney function, urinary tract infection, diabetes) Urine Cortisol - Crea Ratio urine cortisol - creatine ratio (screening test for adrenal gland disease) Urine Protein - Crea Ratio urine protein - creatinine ratio (kidney disorders) VWF VonWillebrands factor (bleeding disorder) WBC white blood cell count (infection, inflammation, bone marrow suppression)

A lot of the techniques and a lot of the types of things that I would do to make multiplayer levels work and be successful in previous titles just don't work because of the systemic process and, frankly, what the engine is capable of — like the high dynamic range lighting and the weather factors and everything else and the sheer density of objects that you actually put into the environment in the game.

The impacts of climate change vary greatly among different cities due to physical factors like local geography and environment as well as a host of social, political, and economic factors, rooted in systemic inequalities.

Neoclassical realism recognises such systemic constraints while also identifying international and domestic factors — a «two - level game» — that explain variation in state sensitivity to relative gains.

Aboriginal Offender not required to establish causal connection It is an error in principle for a sentencing judge, in assessing the first branch of the Gladue framework, to require an offender to establish a causal link between systemic and background factors and the commission of the offence.

When sentencing an Aboriginal offender, courts must consider: (1) The unique systemic or background factors which may have played a part in bringing the particular aboriginal offender before the courts.To do this courts are to take judicial notice of such matters as the history of colonialism, displacement, and residential schools and how that history continues to translate into lower educational attainment, lower incomes, higher unemployment, higher rates of substance abuse and suicide, and higher levels of incarceration for Aboriginal peoples.

First, the sentencing judge should consider «the unique systemic or background factors which may have played a part in bringing the particular aboriginal offender before the courts».

Systemic factors include the widespread discrimination that Aboriginals experience both in, and outside, penal institutions.

If the lower court finds that there was a systemic breakdown affecting this particular defendant, an indigent Vietnamese immigrant who allegedly killed another Vietnamese man and his 2 - year - old son and severely injured the man's wife in execution - style, back - of - the - head shootings, Justice Harold D. Melton wrote for the majority in the 4 - 3 decision, then that determination must be factored into an analysis of whether the defendant's speedy trial rights were violated.

While delivery of medical care met accredited standards the systemic quality control problem remains a contributing risk factor in this setting.

In reaching its decision, the trial court weighed series of factors and significantly concluded that there was a real risk of an unfair trial in Eritrea, in light of systemic and procedural impediments and doubts surrounding the integrity of the Eritrean legal systeIn reaching its decision, the trial court weighed series of factors and significantly concluded that there was a real risk of an unfair trial in Eritrea, in light of systemic and procedural impediments and doubts surrounding the integrity of the Eritrean legal systein Eritrea, in light of systemic and procedural impediments and doubts surrounding the integrity of the Eritrean legal systein light of systemic and procedural impediments and doubts surrounding the integrity of the Eritrean legal system.

(A) The unique systemic or background factors which may have played a part in bringing the particular aboriginal offender before the courts; and

«As a result, systemic racism (together with age discrimination) constitutes a mitigating factor that should be taken into account in deciding appropriate discipline.»

How much of the apparent problem here is endemic to RTA rather than the procedures of judicial review, court rules, and other systemic factors independent from the wording in the RTA?