Sentences with phrase «weighed against the benefits»

Thus, the risk of infant exposure to codeine and morphine through breast milk should be weighed against the benefits of breastfeeding for both the mother and the baby.

At the very least, there can be no disagreement that Kingston Citizens did a fabulous job of informing the public and contacting the offices of power in a clear, full presentation of real costs to be weighed against benefits, which were, after all, not well defined at all.

Doing so would have treated a gun as a consumer product, like a power drill or a lawn mower or a food processor, that carries with it a certain risk of accidental injury or death that must be weighed against its benefits.

In the long run, the cost should be weighed against the benefits to children, their families and society.

Poor record keeping will cost you dearly, and the cost of keeping those records is something that you need to weigh against the benefit.

So be sure to ask your broker what he charges — and weigh that against the benefits.

The interest on an extended repayment plan will cause the borrower to repay more money over the length of the loan term, though, and this drawback should be weighed against the benefit of lowered monthly payments.

The risk of tranquilizing your pet must be weighed against the benefits.

The value of an annual fee, though, has to be weighed against the benefits of a particular card and your travel goals.

What better way to reflect the tough decisions in almost any arena — from bridge building to climate policy — where costs have to be weighed against benefits?

All of that that gets weighed against the benefits of agriculture feeding people en masse.

Moreover, any harm caused by loss of time must be weighed against the benefits of getting more critical calls right (presumably, rational coaches will save their challenges for dubious calls that are especially important).

The cost incurred in preparing and executing an in - house hiring process (from advertisement / recruitment campaigns to screening the candidates) can be weighed against the benefits of using an executive search firm.

Although the LCBOS and Delegate Ramadan filed legal briefs with the SCC in appeal of its Hearing Examiner's findings, the SCC upheld the ruling that the roadway's tolls are reasonable when weighed against the benefit it provides users.

«We recognize the administration's need to examine the overall health of the insurance program and weigh that against the benefits of lowering mortgage insurance premiums [MIPs],» said David Stevens, president of the Mortgage Bankers Association.

Not exact matches

However, it is not necessarily the case of weighing up the benefits against the negatives, but more about deciding what you want from the cloud and making a business decision as to how it can improve your company's workflow.

But such complaints need to be weighed against what Baer, the Bird spokesman, described as the many benefits scooters provide.

Now the Trump administration — like all administrations before — needs to weigh the cost of transparency against the benefits.

Then, the powers - that - be can weigh the cost of changing to a more efficient, yet still practical process - one that more effectively uses the aisle - against the benefit of recovering only a portion of that potential savings.

The savings that can be achieved with this strategy also needs to be weighed against the value of the benefits available from federal consolidation loans.

SolarCity weighs the benefits of the present and future cash its systems generate against the cost of signing up and installing new customers.

However, borrowers should weigh the benefits against the drawbacks.

And even those lucky enough to have the entire home price in liquid assets should still weigh the benefits of making an all - cash offer against the costs.

When employees are underpaid, they have less incentive to continue to work when other demands — becoming a parent, for example — cause them to weigh their costs of living against the monetary benefit that the paycheck would provide.

That horrendous cost must be weighed against the supposed benefits of maintaining the TBTF [too - big - to - fail] status quo.

This is a great place to start as you weigh costs against benefits.

Lawmakers must weigh benefit expansions against other priorities, keeping in mind the economic, fiscal, and distributional consequences of their decisions.

As a society, we'd crossed some threshold where the benefits — a good place to play golf, a nice pool for the kids, business contacts, a sense of status and belonging — had to be weighed against the recognition that racial discrimination was evil.

Prior to applying new products, the benefits of soil fertility must be carefully weighed against the risks, and the first step is identifying potential sources of contamination.

This required the Tribunal to conduct a balancing exercise to weigh the public benefits that are likely to result from the proposed acquisition against the detriment arising from any lessening of competition.

On the other side of the debate, the National Irrigators» Council chairman, Tom Chesson, demanded the government release the overdue CSIRO multiple benefits study, which is supposed to improve the understanding of how environmental benefits can be weighed against the economic impact to irrigation - dependent communities such as the Goulburn Valley in Victoria and the Murrumbidgee region in NSW.

They'll weigh up the damage any fighter's action does against the promotional benefit and make a decision based on that.

What you're really weighing in this decision (if the series even gets this far) is the potential lost production from Price starting on short rest against the benefit of being able to use Marcus Stroman over R.A. Dickey in one of the remaining games.

It is up to parents to make sure that the helmet their child wears fits properly, maintains that fit over the course of a season, and has been properly reconditioned, and, if the football program does not buy impact sensors for the whole team, to consider buying one on their own, weighing the benefits of knowing the magnitude and frequency of the hits that their child is taking to the head against the risk that adding a two - ounce piece of plastic to the inside or outside of their helmet may void the manufacturer's warranty and NOCSAE certification or increase the risk that the protection the helmet's polycarbonate shell provides against skull fractures will be compromised;

When direct breastfeeding is not possible, expressed human milk, fortified when necessary for the premature infant, should be provided.78, 79 Before advising against breastfeeding or recommending premature weaning, the practitioner should weigh thoughtfully the benefits of breastfeeding against the risks of not receiving human milk.

Deciding to take an antidepressant while breastfeeding involves weighing these benefits against the potential risks of your baby being exposed to the medication in your breast milk.

It's not that easy for someone to make a decision about taking depression medication while breastfeeding, since you may have to weigh the benefits of treating the symptoms against leaving the illness untreated as well as choosing not to breast feed your child.

Those who have less frequent and intense night terrors should weigh the cost against the benefit.

Before advising against breastfeeding or recommending premature weaning, weigh the benefits of breastfeeding against the risks of not receiving human milk.

Selecting the diapers you will use is one of those decisions... you'll need to weigh the benefits against your own personal beliefs and preferences to make the best decision for you and your baby.

In support of practices that encourage breastfeeding and in reference to bed - sharing, the Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine states that, «Because breastfeeding is the best form of nutrition for infants, any recommendations for infant care that impede its initiation or duration need to be carefully weighed against the many known benefits to infants, their mothers, and society.»

This review reported that, though higher protein levels led to faster growth, the (supposed) benefit «could not be weighed against the adverse consequences» of excess protein residues in the blood and neurodevelopmental abnormalities.

[Preemies receiving higher amounts of protein grew faster but: «This benefit could not be weighed against the adverse consequences of elevated blood urea nitrogen levels and increased metabolic acidosis and neurodevelopmental abnormalities.»]

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent decision to ban fracking shines a spotlight on the balancing act governments in potentially oil - and gas - rich regions face weighing economic benefits against environmental concerns.

Breast cancer patients may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and may benefit from a treatment approach that weighs the benefits of specific therapies against potential damage to the heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circulation.

«Sure,» says Segovia, «but people are exposed to similar or worse scenarios in TV and video games all the time» — only in those cases, there is no review board to weigh the benefits against the risks.

But when weighing the risks of encountering life - threatening disease against the benefits of receiving a vaccine there's no contest.

«In criminal trials, seeing intention in an action can mean the difference between first - degree and second - degree murder, in some cases between life and death, so any benefits of video replay should be weighed against its potentially biasing effects,» Caruso says.

Weighing the benefits of improved scientific understanding of threatened species for conservation, against the research impacts on endangered animals is complicated.

However, the benefits of the transfusion therapy must be weighed against the risks of excessive iron stores, transfusion reactions and the burden of missed work and school days.