Sentences with phrase «used by combat»

They continue to be used by combat athletes today but more and more people, irrespective of any sport specific benefits, are recognizing the sandbag as a serious strength and conditioning tool.

Not exact matches

However U.S. commanders say the precision weapons used by the air force have meant an overall decrease in the number of civilian casualties from combat operations as fewer people have been killed in ground fighting.

Nuclear weapons have been used exactly twice in combat — both times by the US, and both times dropped by a propeller aircraft over largely unprotected Japanese airspace at the close of World War II.

Martin Shkreli, unaffectionately known as the «pharma bro» — and infamous for his decision to hike the list price of Daraprim, a drug used by HIV / AIDS and cancer patients to combat infections, by more than 5,000 % in 2015 under his former company Turing Pharmaceuticals — was convicted on three criminal securities fraud and conspiracy charges by a Brooklyn jury on Friday.

Companies can combat this by offering an application that's accessible on mobile devices, or through the use of mobile apps.

The inquiry Ramirez intends to launch could uncover data and evidence to be used by Congress, federal courts, the Department of Justice and other agencies to combat the harm caused by patent trolls.

A new bill introduced by a U.S. lawmaker calls for the formation of a task force to combat the use of cryptocurrencies in financing terrorism.

To combat the activities of Mexican, Central American, and South American transnational criminal organizations — including illicit finance and money laundering activities and the flow of illegal drugs — the FBI works side - by - side with its numerous domestic and international partners to infiltrate, disrupt, and dismantle these groups by targeting their leadership and using sensitive investigative and intelligence techniques in long - term, proactive investigations.

Photo By Staff Sgt. Syreetta Watts Soldiers from Company A, 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division practice using different radios during their team leader course at Tapa Training Area, Estonia July 18 - 22.

Other mooted policies included a one - off tax on profits retained overseas by US companies, plans to combat their use of low - tax jurisdictions and limits on the deduction of debt interest from their tax bills.

Regulation Management In October the OECD's Base Erosion and Profit Shifting (BEPS) project released a report outlining its progress on a series of steps it was taking to combat tactics — often legal but ethically questionable — used by many multinational companies to reduce or eliminate tax liabilities across their operations.

I have to admit, that by Friday 10PM I was bored and went to bed, so to combat this blah» ness I've decided to try and make something interesting every day, even if it's just the way food is presented or using a new ingredient (or an old one in a new way).

To help brand owners capitalise on NFC, Avery Dennison is offering labelling products with NFC capability, which is being used by wine and spirits companies to combat brand counterfeiting, create provenance and participate in direct - to - consumer marketing.

But it's all still new to owners, Mission Chinese Food and Commonwealth restaurateurs Karen Leibowitz and Anthony Myint, who used to combat climate change like most of us try to: by eating responsibly grown food and recycling.

May 14, 2014 Over 400 Schools Eligible to Use Successful New Tool to Combat Child Hunger by Increasing School Meal Participation

We combat this by using room - darkening shades with heavy curtains, and providing white noise in the nursery with a crib soother or sound machine.

While your skin may give you a run for your money in pregnancy by giving you more acne than you've seen since high school, using Accutane isn't the only option you have to combat tough skin issues.

A former Army bomb disposal officer and business development executive, Crossman has been instrumental in the development of numerous life - saving technologies, including the bomb suit featured in the Oscar - winning movie, The Hurt Locker, Advanced Combat Helmet impact pads, roadside bomb jammers used by the United States Marine Corp, and, most recently, helmet impact sensors used by U.S. Army and USMC to help detect traumatic brain injury (TBI) in deployed soldiers and Marines.

We combat this by using a soother or sound machine to provide some white noise.

Ironically, this international military campaign is playing into al - Qaeda's hands in several ways: by targeting al - Qaeda's own domestic enemies; by employing sectarian rhetoric that plays up Sunni - Shi» ite fault lines previously insignificant in Yemen; by destroying Yemen's military hardware that had been used against al - Qaeda; and by enabling al - Qaeda to exploit the lawless war - torn environment to expand its influence and build alliances among southern and eastern tribes to combat the mutual Houthi foe.

The taskforce deployed to combat illegal mining (galamsey) have explained why some excavators used by galamseyers were set on fire

Created by Dr. Alexander Leveringhaus, who specializes in moral responsibility and robotic weapons, this initiative analyses how militaries can design ethically responsible combat systems using increasingly sophisticated and potentially autonomous technology.

At 12:30 p.m., Senate Labor Chairwoman Marisol Alcantara, joined by her fellow IDC members and leaders of major labor unions, will announce legislation to combat union - busting tactics used in right - to - work states spreading nationally, outside Senate chambers, 3rd Floor, State Capitol, Albany.

That this House notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian casualties, using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.

The publicity - seeking Staten Island lawyer who once asked a judge to let him settle a legal battle with another attorney using «trial by combat» is now suing «bitter» former clients and people he claims he had business dealings with — for $ 10 million.

The demonstration had been meant to highlight de Blasio's plan to combat vermin at NYCHA projects by using the dry ice to suffocate them in their holes instead of using dangerous poisons.

RGGI, at the time, was the first - in - the - nation plan to combat climate change by charging polluters and using the money for alternative energy and other programs.

«That this house notes that ISIL poses a direct threat to the United Kingdom; welcomes United Nations Security Council Resolution 2249 which determines that ISIL constitutes an «unprecedented threat to international peace and security» and calls on states to take «all necessary measures» to prevent terrorist acts by ISIL and to «eradicate the safe haven they have established over significant parts of Iraq and Syria»; further notes the clear legal basis to defend the UK and our allies in accordance with the UN Charter; notes that military action against ISIL is only one component of a broader strategy to bring peace and stability to Syria; welcomes the renewed impetus behind the Vienna talks on a ceasefire and political settlement; welcomes the Government's continuing commitment to providing humanitarian support to Syrian refugees; underlines the importance of planning for post-conflict stabilisation and reconstruction in Syria; welcomes the Government's continued determination to cut ISIL's sources of finance, fighters, and weapons; notes the requests from France, the US and regional allies for UK military assistance; acknowledges the importance of seeking to avoid civilian causalities; using the UK's particular capabilities; notes the Government's will not deploy UK troops in ground combat operations; welcomes the Government's commitment to provide quarterly progress reports to the House; and accordingly supports Her Majesty's Government in taking military action, specifically airstrikes, exclusively against ISIL in Syria; and offers its wholehearted support to Her Majesty's Armed Forces.»

Also at 1:30 p.m., AG Eric Schneiderman, joined by Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster and other local officials, will discuss steps his office is taking with local officials to combat the use of designer drugs, Mount St. Mary's Neighborhood Health Center, 3101 9th St., Niagara Falls.

All States may participate in and permit, provided that the Security Council decides in advance on a case - by - case basis to approve: the supply, sale or transfer directly or indirectly from or through their territories, or by their nationals or individuals subject to their jurisdiction, or using their flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their territories, to Iran, or for the use in or benefit of Iran, of any battle tanks, armoured combat vehicles, large caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters, warships, missiles or missile systems, as defined for the purpose of the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms, or related materiel, including spare parts, and the provision to Iran by their nationals or from or through their territories of technical training, financial resources or services, advice, other services or assistance related to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture, maintenance, or use of arms and related materiel described in this subparagraph.

The bomb — known as the «mother of all bombs» — was built both for combat and a psychological deterrent by the military in the last decade, but never actually used until now.

The program was announced during an emotional July 19 press conference held by Sen. George Latimer, a Rye Democrat, and Assemblyman David Buchwald, a White Plains Democrat to honor the Police Department for its efforts to combat heroin use.

«For the record, «corruption» is endemic in our system since the Military era and using it to weep citizens» sentiments is absurd while playing ignorant of honest achievements made by PDP Governments to combat this alarming menace.

A logistic base used by members of the Boko Haram Terrorists (BHT) group has been destroyed by the Nigerian Air Force Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

«Innovation Trail» correspondent Jenna Flanagan looks at how the state and municipalities are using technology to combat the scourge of blight caused by «zombie properties.»

It follows a call by the Church of England Bishop responsible for education for church schools to be used to combat «aggressive secularism».

The Adirondack Park is home to about two dozen free boat wash stations designed to combat the spread of aquatic invasive species by using high pressure and hot water.

Gene drives enable a gene to spread rapidly through a population; there are plans to use them to combat mosquito - borne diseases by making the flies sterile or unsuitable as hosts for various viruses and parasites.

«Since the increase in opioid use among women has been accompanied by an increase in adverse pregnancy and birth outcomes, including neonatal abstinence syndrome, reproductive - age women should be of particular concern in public health efforts to combat the opioid epidemic.»

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

There have been a number of human clinical trials using an alternative gene - editing technique, including one led by June, that have helped patients combat HIV.

As members of the Eliminate Dengue Program, an international effort managed by Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, they have explored how a bacterium that infects 60 percent of insects around the world may be used as a tool to combat the spread of dengue and similar mosquito - borne viruses.

There is currently no Zika vaccine, so preventing mosquito bites and using condoms — the virus can also be spread by human sexual contact — remain the predominant ways to combat its spread.

The technology used by Facebook, Google and Amazon to turn spoken language into text, recognize faces and target advertising could help doctors combat one of the deadliest killers in American hospitals.

Sylvie Garneau - Tsodikova's research aims to understand and combat bacterial and fungal resistance by using tools from medicinal chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology, and structural biology.

Not only is RNAi used to regulate gene expression within an organism, it also can combat viral infection by silencing the activity of viral genes required for the pathogen's replication.

Young also hopes the results, which should be compiled by the end of the year, will provide enough preliminary evidence to help raise funds for a larger trial testing the use of social media to combat abuse of a broader number of substances.

He has been studying how iPS cells can be used to combat cardiac diseases, but has been stymied by unsatisfactory purity levels.

The experiment was designed by pharmaceutical firm Novartis, which will use the data to design drugs to combat the disease.

We might combat such an infection by selecting or engineering a harmless bacterium that would outcompete the salmonella by using the same substrate.»