Sentences with phrase «were successful in reducing»

Nevertheless, a meta - analysis showed that interventions with a focus on sensitivity were successful in reducing or preventing attachment disorganization9 (see below), and we noted that the explanation for this finding might be that parents become more focused in the interaction with their child, and thereby less prone to dissociative processes in the presence of the child.

Both WWW and PPT were successful in reducing infant - presenting problems, decreasing parenting stress, and reducing maternal intrusiveness and mother - infant conflict.

A 2014 animal and test - tube study showed that both lauric and capric acid were successful in reducing inflammation and preventing acne by killing off bacteria (17).

The study results reveal that the hip strengthening exercises were successful in reducing knee pain, which corresponded to improved mechanics.

The study concluded that both types of training were successful in reducing snack food eating.

«It's hard to see how taxes could be part of this calculus, since GE has been successful in reducing its state taxes to zero nationwide,» said Matthew Gardner, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy in Washington.

What IF Shad doesn't make much of a difference and injuries start to reoccur, 6 months is not long enough to be able to make a judgement on whether he has been successful in reducing the likelihood of injuries in our team — you need at least a full season to even begin saying there's been a quantifiable improvement.

The induced hypothermia protocol is successful in reducing brain damage and death in babies with moderate and severe HIE.

what is our ability to coordinate international action (the EU is successful in reducing emission as long as one do not count increase of consumption of Chinese goods in the EU, yes we proudly outsourced this dirty job...)

Chautauqua County Sheriff Joseph Gerace says SRO's have proven to be successful in reducing violence and illegal drug activity in schools and homes in the past.

«Even if the administration is successful in reducing the population by 50 percent over the next decade, which would be an awesome accomplishment, we'd still have to house 5,000 inmates.»

Both cognitive and behavioral interventions have been shown to be successful in reducing dental anxiety and increasing dental attendance.

«This proposal only serves to reward those locations that underutilize existing resources at the expense of those locations that have been successful in reducing their wait list through aggressive organ transplant techniques.»

We are looking into a drug called xaliproden, which has been successful in reducing retinal damage in a mouse model for dry AMD.

Already Western nations have been successful in reducing particulate pollution and Ramanathan believes emerging nations, most importantly in south Asia, will soon follow suit.

For many, the use of acupuncture has been shown to be successful in reducing chronic pain when other forms of physiotherapy alone had limited or no effect.

Research has found a variety of a natural therapies to be successful in reducing high blood pressure including diet, exercise, stress management, nutritional supplements, and herbal medicines such as Carditone.

Diets that are successful in reducing body weight should also lower the level of bad LDL cholesterol, as well as another dangerous factor called «C - reactive protein» (CRP) which is regarded as even more important risk factor than elevated cholesterol levels.

Under the plan, 1,000 teachers who are successful in reducing dropout rates and raising student achievement would be eligible for a $ 3,000 bonus and a two - year contract that protects them from layoffs.

If quantitative easing is successful in reducing the overall government debt yield curve or injecting money into the system, but there is no trickle down effect to corporate bonds for example, then the central bank can target specific maturities and specific types of debt instruments (corporate bonds OR auto loans, mortgage backed securites, etc.) to achieve the desired effect.

The California Hayden law, which she was responsible for drafting, has been successful in reducing the number of animals euthanized in shelters.

Omeprazole (Prilosec ®) combined with corticosteroids (prednisone / dexamethasone) have been successful in reducing inflammation that may be blocking normal CSF drainage.

Cavalier King Charles Spaniels will be the 35th breed to sign up for this registry, which is patterned after some of the European registries that have been successful in reducing genetic disease.

The program has been successful in reducing some diving pressure on the better known dive sites.

Already Western nations have been successful in reducing particulate pollution and Ramanathan believes emerging nations, most importantly in south Asia, will soon follow suit.

In concert with other BC emissions reduction policies, the tax seems to have been successful in reducing fuel use, which has fallen by 19 % relative to the rest of Canada on a per - capita basis.

Tanton says the DSM has not yielded energy usage reductions on its own and he explains why he believes other states would not be successful in reducing their energy usage in this way.

This is important because policy makers are successful in reducing aerosols (which has a local benefit) but less successful in reducing CO2 (which has a global, but almost no local benefit).

Clearly, the Illinois and Texas defensive driving studies demonstrate that DTA's Program for Driver Improvement course is successful in reducing the number of fatalities and injuries resulting from traffic crashes.

Home visits, particularly in combination with centre - based care, have been successful in reducing children's behaviour problems.

«We know that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander anti-smoking campaigns have been successful in reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander smoking rates,» said Kirstie Parker, Co-Chair of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples and Co-Chair of the Close the Gap Campaign.

Stimulant medications have been shown to be successful in reducing ADHD symptoms, as well as those of ODD, by up to 50 percent.

There is recognition of the role of parental anxiety in the reported incidence of colic and evidence that parental reassurance is successful in reducing reports of distress (Furlong 2012; Hiscock 2014; Taubman 1984; Taubman 1988; Wolfe 1994; Zwi 2011).

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At the time, most of Gildan's production was in Canada, but executives realized that if the company was going to be successful, it was going to have to reduce costs — by going offshore.

This increase is due primarily to increased promotional activities, including commercial spend for anticipated expansion following successful REDUCE - IT results, and increased co-promotion fees, including an accrual for co-promotion tail payments as well as an increase in co-promotion fees calculated on increased gross margin resulting from higher net product revenue.

«Cost management has been an ongoing focus, with successful efforts to reduce both capital and operating costs well underway before the decline in oil prices.

Through all of these cost and revenue synergies, Tesla intends to apply the same strict cost discipline that has been successful for Tesla in the past and that we believe will result in a reduced cost structure for the combined company.

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Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

Greece proves successful in implementing policies that reduce wasteful government expenditures and raise revenues from citizens who had been evading taxes.

While reaching for yield has been successful in the past, we suggest increasing credit quality, increasing liquidity and reducing risk in an environment where the Fed's policy changes introduce a very different forward - looking outlook.

If successful, the two companies that have launched under GFI's influence in the past year are expected to produce commercial plant - based products that will compete with existing animal products within one year.41 If those products reduce the demand for animal products, this could affect a large number of animals.

«Until ongoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with the production of oil sands are more successful and widespread, the Final SEIS makes clear that, compared to reference crudes, development of oil sands crude represents a significant increase in greenhouse gas emissions,» the EPA states in a letter made public Tuesday.

It is no surprise that institutions have not been more successful in reducing crime.

This whole process has been brilliantly successful in reducing the need for human labor on the farm.

If God's persuasion, as producing the freedom of conceptual innovation were very successful and his persuasion, in terms of moral ideals had a wide scope so that many individuals were able freely to reject some of that conceptual innovation, then there would be more need in society to reduce the freedom, of the absence of extrinsic motivation so as to coordinate society.

While best known for the Wunder - Bar flexible hose dispenser (bargun), one of its most successful products in recent years is the Wunder - Bar pizza sauce dispenser, which improves product quality and consistency, eliminates waste and reduces labor costs for its customers.

Locally manufactured technologies — such as fine screening, for example — are already reducing maintenance and OH&S issues for Australian and New Zealand companies, while CST Wastewater Solutions also represents globally successful technologies including Smith and Loveless, Berson UV disinfection systems and Global Water Engineering water quality and green energy technologies proven in more than 300 projects worldwide.

It follows years of successful campaigning for plain packaging on tobacco, which has already been implemented in several markets as governments try to reduce the number of «premature deaths» caused by smoking.

The project is part of our longstanding and highly successful strategy of using sustainable community forestry to reduce deforestation rates in the area to nearly zero.