In a 1995 study of an experimental pain reliever for arthritis called PHZ 136 that was sponsored by the Zambon Corporation, Dr. Fiddes faced a particularly difficult impediment.
"It helps people get fit one step at a time, and to conquer real, very difficult impediments to getting fit," explains Gareth Jones, vice president and European general manager for Fitbit, a company which creates what is known as "wellness" devices.
Seventh, one of the most difficult impediments between Israelis and Palestinians is mutual distrust and the psychological underpinning of the conflict.
The limited stiffness of the micro-end mills is a big impediment in machining difficult-to-cut materials, such as hardened steels and Ti-alloys.
Finding a new job for Mr. Ebanks, who is learning disabled and also has a speech impediment that makes it difficult for him to be understood, was a daunting task for Mr. Ukpe.
Since the 9/11 attacks, visa procedures for foreign artists and performers have grown increasingly difficult, Larry Rohter reports, becoming "a serious impediment to cultural exchanges with the rest of the world".
Someone with a speech impediment might be particularly difficult to understand, so don't rush her to talk faster and ask her to repeat herself if necessary.
Subscribers, readers whatever—I called him MR. NEW YEAR'S, and when I met him at the tender age of 24, he was obese and spoke with a thick impediment about which it proved difficult to be charitable.
Most genome-scale analyses, such as whole-genome sequencing, require large amounts of clean genetic material that is often difficult to obtain, and therefore a serious impediment to genetic analysis on many clinical samples.
This, along with the fact that clinical symptoms are sometimes not evident, thus making diagnosis difficult, is an impediment to the gathering of more credible data [ 6- 8].
