On Monday, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, the Supreme Court relied heavily on "less restrictive alternatives" when it exempted closely-held corporations from the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive mandate.
Meatpacking companies have responded to international competition by shifting their operations from old industrial cities, with their heavily unionised workforces and restrictive practices, to rural areas and small towns.
In the United States since the terror attacks, plant owners will have spent an extra $1 billion by the end of this year on more restrictive access controls, heavily armed guards, additional training for their security personnel and vehicle checks in an enlarged parameter around the reactors to avoid truck bombs.
In October 2001 the patient's Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status (PS) was 2 and he was heavily symptomatic (cough, dyspnoea, fever and severe restrictive pulmonary deficit, which required treatment with corticosteroids and oxygen).
On the other hand, the ideal WHO guideline for nighttime outside noise levels of 40 dB may be too restrictive in areas where buildings are heavily insulated.
First, it was consistent with rulings in four other federal appellate courts that supported restrictive state concealed-carry laws, and second, the decision was heavily grounded in a historical analysis of gun laws.
While being restrictive on biological samples and data derived from research, which is heavily controlled and closely monitored by research ethics committees, regulatory bodies are silent on samples and data derived from medical centers for clinical diagnosis that could end up in research centers.
This case study shows that in countries that heavily rely on foreign physicians to maintain their healthcare workforce balance, the implementation of restrictive policies such as strict quotas (i.e. Switzerland) or return policies (i.e. United States) are likely to cause a significant deficit in physician workforce, particularly in district areas.
Multiple testing correction methods were not applied since they depend heavily on the assumption that each cDNA expression is independent and can often be too restrictive as a result of their effort to prevent all type-I errors, thus filtering out truly regulated spots [78].
A judiciary that leans heavily on the most conservative Islamic judges rather than on those trained in civil law could be overly restrictive in its judgments.
