Sentences with phrase «terms of population control»

Study after study documents that TNR, due to the ability of feral cats to avoid trapping and due to their remarkable ability to breed, is not effective in terms of population control.

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The bureau said it does not know, but Chopra said the agency is concerned that with an aging population and very long terms on some private student loans, this could «spiral out of control.»

First, Connelly argues, the population - control movement was wrong as a matter of fact: «The two strongest claims population controllers make for their long - term historical contribution» are «that they raised Asia out of poverty and helped keep our planet habitable.»

The politics of international power, the strategies of population control, the discriminating use of force to check destructive outbreaks of violence, the patient search for new terms of internal co-operation, are all part of the task.

Long - term mother and child mental health effects of a population - based infant sleep intervention: Cluster - randomized, controlled trial.

Long - term mother and child mental health effects of a population - based infant sleep intervention: cluster - randomized, controlled trial.

Since the last American Cancer Society (ACS) breast cancer screening update for average - risk women was published in 2003, new evidence has accumulated from long - term follow - up of randomized controlled trials and observational studies of organized, population - based screening programs.

«This is a population with the most to gain in terms of reducing future cardiovascular events from optimized blood pressure control.»

The researchers believe that while there are some economic, cultural and social factors that may make certain of the «soft path» measures such as population control difficult, the «soft path» measures offer the more realistic path forward in terms of reducing water stress.

«In our large population - based study of more than 6,000 adults with CAP and almost 30,000 matched controls, we found that CAP patients have high rates of long - term morbidity and mortality compared to those who have never had CAP, irrespective of their age.»

Various types of meditation have been shown to improve well - being among different populations such as physicians and the general public.14, 15, 16 Preliminary evidence suggests that meditation - based interventions may slow cellular aging rates by increasing telomerase activity, but many such studies lacked an active control group.17, 18 Recent randomized trials in breast cancer suggest that long - term intensive meditation interventions might have positive effects on telomerase activity.

My research interests focus on understanding mechanisms of natural control of HIV - 1 infection in «elite controllers», and on developing clinical strategies that may lead to a long - term drug - free remission of HIV - 1 infection in a broader patient population.

This doesn't achieve much in terms of controlling toad populations, because a single male can fertilize the clutches of many females — so the few lucky males that are left behind may have a pretty exciting life, and the number of fertilized eggs laid in that pond isn't reduced at all.

Some of the long term aims of the studies are (i) to contribute to the understanding of the mechanisms that control cortical development and evolution, (ii) to use the knowledge to grow neural stem cell populations of high purity and viability for therapeutic approaches and (iii) to study how neural stem cells can be activated in vivo.

Conversely, within non-diabetic populations, periods of IER (75 - 85 % ER on restricted days) do not typically affect fasting glucose levels 37, 41, 45, 48 or HbA1c 41, 48; results of which can often be replicated by short term CER studies.62 - 65These findings are unsurprising given that frank hyperglycaemia within the T2DM diagnostic range is effectively a late - stage manifestation of IR, which along with compensatory increases insulin secretion, can precede the onset of T2DM by many years.66, 67 Findings from one large scale prospective cohort study, Whitehall II, reveal a sharp increase in the trajectory towards fasting hyperglycaemia which is only detectable three years prior to diagnosis with T2DM.67 Consequently, it can be argued that changes in circulating insulin concentrations, fasting (hepatic) insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake / clearance are more sensitive markers of deteriorating glucose control than fasting glycaemia in non - diabetics.68 - 70

A recent study funded by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) surveyed a representative sample of people in the US population and found that only 39 % of those with Lyme disease were treated in accordance with blanket short term recommendations in the IDSA guidelines.

Another study examining the effects the different lipids in terms of heart disease risk found that «triglyceride concentration was not independently related with CHD risk after controlling for HDL - C, non — HDL - C, and other standard risk factors, including null findings in women and under nonfasting conditions.21, 22 Hence, for population - wide assessment of vascular risk, triglyceride measurement provides no additional information about vascular risk given knowledge of HDL - C and total cholesterol levels, although there may be separate reasons to measure triglyceride concentration (eg, prevention of pancreatitis).»

A controlled pet population lowers the incidence of disease, and — in the long term — reduces the cost of animal control.

In several studies anywhere between 10 - 15 % of the dogs in the population bite, and we certainly do not see that many in terms of what is reported to animal control or other authorities.

The York County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is a charitable organization dedicated to providing long - term human and animal services to residents of York County through programs that find permanent, loving homes for displaced and stray animals, help control animal population growth, investigate and prosecute cruelty offenders and educate the general public about animal wellness and safety.

Because market share, not human population, is the real limiting factor for adoptions, shelters can control their own destiny in terms of adoptions.

Long - term food consumption and body weight changes in a controlled population of geriatric cats.

Studies show that Trap - Neuter - Return is the only way to help control community feral and stray cat populations.The goal of those who support TNR is to help stop the feral kitty population IN A HUMANE LONG TERM EFFECTIVE WAY.

It's bordering on first in the nation in terms of the philosophical change from using euthanasia as the principal method of population control of homeless and unwanted animals.»

We envision a state where all companion animals have safe long - term homes, where feral cats are valued and protected, and where euthanasia is no longer used as a form of population control.

However, we know that catching and removing the cats from their habitat does NOT control the populations long - term, but sterilizing the cats WILL, ultimately, reduce the number of community cats in Santa Fe.

While early spay / neuter is a good idea for population control and the long - term health of pets, science is demonstrating that as hormone levels change following these procedures, pets may require less food.

To the knowledge of the ASPCA, the only humane method of population control that has demonstrated a correlation with long - term efficacy in significantly reducing the number of animals entering animal shelters is the voluntary sterilization of owned pets (Clancy & Rowan 2003; FIREPAW, 2004; Secovich, 2003).

Long - term confinement is not a humane option for the control of feral and stray or abandoned cat populations, according to new guidelines issued by the International Society of Feline Medicine (ISFM) in its Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery.

Yes, population control is crucial, the world already contains about 25 % more people than it can support in terms of its resources.

In the long term, we must bring our population under control — even if we manage to deal with AGW, we will continue to have other problems (collapse of fisheries, lack of water, etc.) until we get our population under control.

We have said before that it's really just a few Environmentalist cranks who talk about population control in positive terms, and that most of us are repelled by the idea.

OBJECTIVE: We examined long - term outcomes of attention - deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a population - based sample of childhood ADHD cases and controls, prospectively assessed as adults.

Group parenting programmes have been shown to have a positive impact on the mental health of children and parents in the short term.9 — 12 Positive results have been obtained from randomised controlled trials and other studies with parents of children with clinically defined behaviour disorders, 9,13,14 children at high risk of behaviour problems, 9,15 and to a lesser extent with normal populations.16, 17 They have also been obtained in trials of interventions for parents and children of different ages.18, 19 The number of trials carried out in the UK is small.13, 15,20,21 A recent systematic review concluded that these programmes are effective in the long term, 12 but most of the trials on which this review was based used a waiting list control design, and as a result outcome data are not reported on the control groups beyond 6 months.

Findings from the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial and other studies stress the necessity of BGM for intensive treatment of diabetes, largely because of the relationship between BGM and glycemic outcomes in populations with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and the link between hyperglycemia and long - term complications (1 — 5).

The quadratic term for effortful control was included because both low as well as high levels of effortful control have been found to be associated with child internalizing problem behavior in population studies.