Sentences with phrase «as public exposure»

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Investors without private market exposure are also running meaningful concentration risk, not just in terms of the number of public companies (less than 4,000) relative to private companies (more than 6 million), but because publicly traded companies are now more highly concentrated within certain industries as a result of strategic M&A.

This is interesting as more and more private equity firms have increased their scrutiny of public & private companies they invest in or might invest in to decrease their exposure to areas that could bring controversy.

After Fowler's post, Uber investors and longtime diversity advocates Mitch Kapor and Freada Kapor Klein wrote an open letter on Medium, noting that «Uber has been here many times before, responding to public exposure of bad behavior by holding an all - hands meeting, apologizing and vowing to change, only to quickly return to aggressive business as usual.»

The author, Christopher Jones, points out that stock owners already have exposure to real estate as large public corporations own most of the commercial real estate in the U.S. Given the short history of REITs, he is not convinced that they provide «meaningful» diversification and points out that home owners already have enough real estate in their household assets.

He likes emerging markets as six of the nine public companies he owns have exposure there.

If anything, the first few weeks of the year have served as a valuable reminder that investing in public markets is inherently volatile and that our main defense against that volatility is to diversify our risk exposures by owning a variety of asset classes and risk factors.

Being «out of the REIT box,» as he put it, limited the company's exposure in the public markets.

[T] he exposure of persistent human rights violations by the contras has led the Administration not to pressure contra leaders to enforce international codes of conduct,» the Americas Watch Report cited earlier states, «but to drown U.S. public opinion with praise for the «freedom fighters,» and to attempt to discredit all reports of their violations as inspired by communist or Sandinista propaganda.

The World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action points out that «When feeding bottles are used in public for fear of public exposure of breasts, or when women's reasons for choosing bottle - feeding include fears that breastfeeding will alter the shape of their breasts, then women are being treated as sex objects.

As in many states, the Mississippi measure replaced an antiquated law that allowed women to be arrested for indecent exposure or disorderly conduct for nursing in public.

The media provides exposure, as organized events are held to spread the messages and educate the public about breastfeeding.

By educating both the public and health care professionals regarding the risks of exposure to specific medications for mothers and babies, the center aims to reduce the number of birth defects and dangerous exposures in breastfeeding as well as create healthy breastfeeding relationships.

The law also states that breastfeeding a child or expressing breast milk does not constitute sexual conduct or sexual contact as defined in § 566.010, and is not considered an act of public indecency, indecent exposure, lewd touching or obscenity.

Public embarrassment, through a newspaper's exposure of inconsistency, is a practical means of ensuring accountability, so long as the newspapers do their job.

He said the event will give the necessary exposure and recognition to UHAS as a centre of excellence for on significant public health issues in our society.

And public health experts believe that as many as 500 million poor people in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia and Latin America are being slowly poisoned by long - term cumulative exposure to aflatoxins, which can stunt a child's growth, suppress the immune system and lead to liver damage or cancer.

As a Ph.D. student looking at the impact of solvent exposure on the neurodevelopment of offspring, Christine Till has been pushed into the roles of a communicator, public advocate, and even counselor.

«Reduction of maternal smoke exposure and personal smoking and promotion of immunisation are identified as public health targets to prevent poor lung function pathways.

«The higher prevalence and the broad negative effects of child abuse exposure make this finding an important public health concern in the military, as in civilians.

They found of that group, those who own businesses or patents received up to eight times more exposure to the arts as children than the general public.

As numerous countries have introduced smoking bans in public places, the home has become the main source of passive smoking exposure.

Until now, the risks of this exposure known as «third hand tobacco smoke» have been highly uncertain and not considered in public policy.

«There are some individual and public health risks with daily dosing of sublingual buprenorphine, such as missed doses and accidental pediatric exposure, as well as the risk of theft or intentional diversion,» said Richard N. Rosenthal, MD, Professor of Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Medical Director of Addiction Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Behavioral Health System.

A new study from Duke Health has found pregnant women experienced less secondhand smoke exposure since the 2009 passage of the «smoking ban» in North Carolina, which outlawed smoking inside public places such as bars and restaurants.

The risks to public health from exposure to emissions from shale gas extraction or fracking are low as long as operations are properly run and regulated, the British government's health agency said on Thursday.

«Given that conference participants with a travel and exposure history for [Ebola] are recommended not to participate in large group settings (such as this conference) or to utilize public transport, we see no utility in you traveling to New Orleans to simply be confined to your room,» the letter says.

«The data presented in this study should serve as a basis for public policy that aims to reduce neonicotinoid exposure,» he said.

While bans in public transportation or in schools were found to decrease the exposure of non-smokers, those in recreational public places, such as bars, restaurants or recreational facilities, increased their exposure by displacing smokers to private places where they contaminate non-smokers, and in particular young children.

«People living in public housing don't have as much control over their building, and we know from this study that the building is an important source of exposure to harmful chemicals.»

LONDON (Reuters)- The risks to public health from exposure to emissions from shale gas extraction or fracking are low as long as operations are properly run and regulated, the British government's health agency said on Thursday.

A series of economic papers released in 2015 and 2016 estimating the burden of diseases and associated costs attributable to exposure to endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in the U.S. and EU are as flawed and immaterial to public health decision - making as many experts first suspected, according to a thorough and rigorous critique of the underlying methodology used to generate the cost estimates published this month in the online version of the influential, peer - reviewed journal Archives of Toxicology.

The professional relations fellowship is designed to provide early career professionals in nuclear medicine and molecular imaging direct, personal exposure to professional / public relations activities of the SNMMI as they relate to other medical societies and other professional organizations.

«As we are removing cigarette smoke — and that's a major public policy achievement — that success will be attenuated by increasing exposure to secondhand marijuana smoke,» said lead researcher Renee Goodwin.

Internet security and safety are also huge concerns for technophile Aquarius as well as Leo, the sign of fame and public exposure.

As an advocate for unorthodox desires, Feeld fiercely shields all members from public exposure or harassment by the unenlightened.

The real - life scandal involving the public exposure of Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA agent by vindictive White House officials determined to punish her husband Joe Wilson for his political views is recounted in this drama starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn and Sam Shepard.

Her exposure increased exponentially when, after appearing in Wag the Dog and as Johnny Depp's wife in Mike Newell's highly acclaimed Donnie Brasco in 1997, she made public her relationship with Ellen DeGeneres.

Pitt's character is based on General Stanley McChrystal, whose exposure as a rogue U.S. military asshole of epic proportions became public knowledge after Michael Hastings» feature article («The Runaway General») for Rolling Stone Magazine (in 2010).

What the Saul Zaentz Charitable Foundation has done is unique and inspirational — it is enabling the launch of a very large - scale study with the potential to generate insights akin to what the field of public health has produced, because of population - based research, around pressing issues, such as heart disease and the impact of smoking or lead exposure on health and development.

Today, libraries continue to serve as points for the public's first exposure to new technologies.

As the child of immigrants who counted public school access in their equation of the American Dream, I had minimal exposure to private schools growing up, and as a young parent I wanted my children to embrace diversity, thinking this would be found in public, not private, schoolAs the child of immigrants who counted public school access in their equation of the American Dream, I had minimal exposure to private schools growing up, and as a young parent I wanted my children to embrace diversity, thinking this would be found in public, not private, schoolas a young parent I wanted my children to embrace diversity, thinking this would be found in public, not private, schools.

Arts education today is more than instruction: it is also a barometer of our willingness as a nation to provide equity through our public institutions.I applaud Rocco Landesman for bringing his important message directly to Secretary of Education Arne Duncan at their joint appearance at the Arts Education Partnership: «Arts exposure is fine, but unless students are prepared for the art, unless teachers are integrating the art into the student's overall learning for the year, it remains exposure, not education....

As illustrated in the following figure, adapted from that previous report, the average white student's public school had a black enrollment of about 10 percent in 2010, about the same degree of white exposure to blacks as in 198As illustrated in the following figure, adapted from that previous report, the average white student's public school had a black enrollment of about 10 percent in 2010, about the same degree of white exposure to blacks as in 198as in 1980.

If reducing children's exposure to school removal as punishment is a national priority, then our study points to one potentially effective strategy: increasing the number of teachers of color in public schools.

The true nature of market forces shows up as smaller charters are muscled out by large networks, whose business models require that they expand enrollment, favor locations with more generous public per - pupil reimbursements, and reduce exposure to expenses associated with working in distressed areas, such as a greater concentration of high - need students and high insurance costs.

It is our hope that exposure of the malignant effects of the unions on public education and the threat for the nation's future will provide some direction for a much - needed public discussion about an issue that may be among the most critical for our continued survival as a world leader.

While her nomination gave exposure to an honest and passionate debate about charter schools as an alternative to traditional public schools, her hardline opposition to any real accountability for these publicly funded, privately run schools undermined their founding principle as well as her support.

A new nationwide survey on the state of arts education in U.S. public schools finds that arts offerings haven't declined as much as expected, but that students in high - poverty schools, particularly at the secondary level, do not receive the same rich exposure to arts opportunities as their wealthier peers.

While a formal civics course is not offered until high school, kindergarten students learn to «identify personal traits, such as courage, honesty, and responsibility» and third - graders learn to «explain how local government officials are chosen, e.g., election, appointment,» according to the Idaho State Department of Education's social studies standards.22 By the time students reach 12th grade, they are more prepared to learn civics - related topics, such as the electoral process and role of political parties; the methods of public participation; and the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, than students with no prior exposure to a civics curriculum.

As a result, UP books are gaining more and more exposure from mainstream news media, major publishing industry channels, and of course, from the public.