Sentences with phrase «international activities at»

The Fall 2017 issue of Witness the Arctic includes news about the NSF Vision for Research Support and Logistics at Summit Stations; Arctic Social Science research on Alaska Native Elderly health; Sea Ice Prediction Network activities; the Study of Environmental Arctic Change program's syntheses and communication efforts; a workshop on relationships between research and Alaskan Indigenous communities; the newly - released map for the Agreement to Enhance International Arctic Scientific Cooperation; an international workshop on maritime traffic in the Bering Strait; IARPC and the Polar Research Board activities; the 2017 Joint Science Education Project, international activities at IASC, the Year of Polar Prediction project, and the Greenland Ecological Monitoring Program; recent ARCUS activities; and comments from ARCUS Executive Director, Robert Rich.

This publication aims to provide the latest news and features on research, education, and international activities at Kobe University.

«The first barrier is sociological,» said Yuan Liu, chief of the Office of International Activities at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.

The rest of the COMPETES bill would severely lower authorized funding levels for the social and behavioral sciences, geosciences, and international activities at NSF — cuts that are in line with the committee's ideological stance that they play small roles in fostering innovation, bolstering the U.S. economy, and defending the nation against attack.

Eleanor Bond, On the Maasvlakte Extension, Rotterdam Establishes a Satellite Colony which Functions as a prosthetic Eye and Arm, Enclosing the International Activity at Europoort within the Sight and Embrace of the City, 1995, installation view Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art 2016, photographer Aad Hoogendoorn

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Aschidamini's team even invests in offshore company culture, sponsoring boating events and team - building activities at their international work - hubs so contractors can still feel a sense of company identity.

Commodity prices may be affected by a variety of factors at any time, including but not limited to, (i) changes in supply and demand relationships, (ii) governmental programs and policies, (iii) national and international political and economic events, war and terrorist events, (iv) changes in interest and exchange rates, (v) trading activities in commodities and related contracts, (vi) pestilence, technological change and weather, and (vii) the price volatility of a commodity.

The international buying activity survey statistics, released at its two - day annual conference, shows Canadians and Colombians accounted for 8 % of sales, French buyers on 5 % and Italians and Mexicans on 4 %.

«Factory activity accelerated in April despite concerns among many firms about changes in international trade policy,» said Chad Wilkerson, vice president and economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City.

At the level of international policy, it is desirable to fire up the arms race and to create nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union, because that activity may make things worse and thereby hasten the end.

The pastor is engaged at yet another level of activity: the international one.

Graham, son of international evangelist Billy Graham, told the Associated Press that he opposes illegal missionary work at this summer's Beijing Olympics, saying, «I would not support any illegal activity at all.»

FAO can coordinate, at global level, the initiatives, activities and projects on food losses waste reduction by partnering with UN agencies, other international organizations, and worldwide stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society.

To this end, as part of its Sustainability activities, Sucafina announced back in 2017 a partnership with the International Trade Centre (ITC) and Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), which aimed at empowering woman coffee producers in Rwanda and strengthening their participation at all levels of the supply chain.

carrying out capacity building and extension activities at the national level in cooperation with the international organic movement;

During a seminar on 6 June, Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton, Senior Scientist, Evolutionary Biologist and Head, T.T. Chang Genetic Resources Center, provides an update on activities at IRRI's International Rice Genebank.

Spurs» interest in Bartra heavily relies upon Barcelona's transfer activity at the back, but the London club are interested in signing the young Spaniard as a great prospect for the club, having sold England international defender Steven Caulker to Cardiff City earlier this summer.

There is no binding mechanism at the global level to hold corporations accountable for violating these measures (although there are instruments such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child that give them weight in international law and are being used to remind governments of their responsibilities, and there have also been some attempts at European Union level to hold corporations to account for activities in third countries, with little success due to lack of satisfactory reporting mechanism).

Despite its innocuous title, the Statute Law represented an attempt by the government of President Uhuru Kenyatta to clamp down on the activities of civil society groups that had supported his prosecution at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

Additionally, international pressure has been mounting on the Middle Eastern state over its decision to re-start its nuclear programme - although Iran claims all uranium enrichment activities are aimed at nuclear power and not weapons.

Based at the University of Edinburgh, the Forum runs a programme of national and international activities to draw natural and social scientists, policy makers, regulators, civil society and business into an ongoing dialogue about the relationship between genomics and society.

In 2016, the charity celebrated its 150th birthday with activities including an international academic conference at Keble College, Oxford, an exhibition in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, and a Prison Diaries project, which involved people keeping diaries in prisons across the United Kingdom.

The issue of regulation is at the heart of the new genetic technology, and an international regulatory authority, like those that control potentially lethal activities such as atomic energy or civil aviation, could be set up.

With support from the Oak Foundation, the Program is working to strengthen the scientific foundation of human rights - based geospatial analysis through advanced research projects, aimed at enhancing the toolkits available to practitioners; and to advance the use of geospatial technologies in international human rights and criminal litigation through partnership and collaboration with international courts and commissions, as well as through and several related research and documentation activities.

Engaged in a number of activities that reflect this mission, he recently helped coordinate a high - level meeting on international brain research cooperation to take place this fall at the United Nations General Assembly.

The challenge ahead is that with the growth of personal income and activity, there's a greater need of mobility,» said Dario Hidalgo, senior transport engineer for EMBARQ, a group researching international transport at the World Resources Institute.

Participation in activities that promote mental activity, and moderate physical activity in middle age, may help protect against the development of Alzheimer's disease and dementia in later life, according to new research reported today at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference ® 2014 (AAIC ® 2014) in Copenhagen.

The Foundation's mission is implemented through an international program of research institutes in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience, and theoretical physics, and through the support of conferences, symposia, endowed professorships, and other activities, including the Kavli Science Journalism Workshops at the Knight Science Journalism Fellowships at MIT.

«These changes were also a response to the increased community interest in the association between physical activity and health, the growth of the fitness industry, and the perceived demand for graduates trained in these areas,» explains Tony Parker, vice president for sports science at the International Council of Sport Science and Physical Education (ICSSPE) and professor at Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia.

Reddi, now the dean of the graduate school at Florida International University, realized early on that «hundreds of opportunities that could connect my research to other areas» would have been lost if he had been only focused on his own day - to - day activities as a researcher and not on also keeping his eyes open to new opportunities.

At the moment, a survey of 300 Arctic scientists revealed, many researchers who participate in international research collaborations «do so as a volunteer activity,» Pfirman said.

In addition to the overall coordination of this international collaborative research and training programme, Enikö Kallay will also supervise its research activities taking place at the Medical University of Vienna.

«Few people can see the really big picture, that human activities are resulting in the demise of tropical forests around the world and this has serious consequences,» said Anthony Rylands, deputy chair of the IUCN SSC Primate Specialist Group and senior research scientist at Conservation International.

Now, as part of a joint international project, a team of young researchers at the Center for Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering at MedUni Vienna has succeeded in identifying the mechanisms the spinal cord uses to control this muscle activity.

These activities are (1) preparation of a report — The Emerging State of the Science of Science Policy — based on the workshop proceedings, augmented by introductory and overview essays prepared by Feller and Teich, to be distributed broadly to domestic and international science policy audiences; and (2) a panel on «Systematically Investing in R&D: Federal, Industry, and International Perspectives» at which the workshop's findings will be discussed, that will be included in the AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy, April 30 - May 1, 2009, in Wainternational science policy audiences; and (2) a panel on «Systematically Investing in R&D: Federal, Industry, and International Perspectives» at which the workshop's findings will be discussed, that will be included in the AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy, April 30 - May 1, 2009, in WaInternational Perspectives» at which the workshop's findings will be discussed, that will be included in the AAAS Forum on Science & Technology Policy, April 30 - May 1, 2009, in Washington, DC.

At the end of the study, commuting by bicycle provided users with about half of the weekly physical activity recommended by international organizations such as WHO, which indicate the need for at least 150 minutes a week of physical activitAt the end of the study, commuting by bicycle provided users with about half of the weekly physical activity recommended by international organizations such as WHO, which indicate the need for at least 150 minutes a week of physical activitat least 150 minutes a week of physical activity.

Shaw's team and international collaborators will seek similar activity at lower H2 pressure and evaluate long - term stability of their catalyst.

TWAS has built its international reputation during more than 30 years of activity aimed at supporting science in developing countries.

A full review of this year's MDRS activities will be presented at the 19th Annual International Mars Society Convention, to be held September 22 - 25, 2016 at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

The research at CReSA is being performed under the umbrella of three major activities: basic and applied independent research based on national and international projects (organized in 3 research subprograms: 1.

He was commissioned for several international advisory activities, including a research program site review at the National University of Ireland (commissioned by the Science Foundation of Ireland) and grant reviews for the Medical Research Council in the United Kingdom, the Agence Nationale de la Recherche in France, and the Wellcome Trust in the United Kingdom.

At the national and international levels, she was a member of the American Cancer Society's 2006 Committee on Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Prevention and was also involved in the 2007 World Cancer Research Fund International / American Institute for Cancer Research's Second Expert Report on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Preventiinternational levels, she was a member of the American Cancer Society's 2006 Committee on Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Prevention and was also involved in the 2007 World Cancer Research Fund International / American Institute for Cancer Research's Second Expert Report on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the PreventiInternational / American Institute for Cancer Research's Second Expert Report on Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer.

While Tillerson has advocated for the US to keep a seat at international climate talks, he has also disputed the scientific consensus that global warming is mostly caused by human activity.

Individuals at all levels (students to senior researchers) interested in engaging in international collaborative activities and, potentially, assuming active leadership roles in SCAR groups, are particularly encouraged to participate.

Comet Lovejoy lived up to its name by releasing as much ethyl alcohol as in at least 500 bottles of wine every second as well as a type of sugar into space during its peak activity, according to new observations by an international team.

A full review of this year's activities at MDRS will be presented at the 20th Annual International Mars Society Convention, scheduled for September 7 - 10, 2017 at University of California Irvine.

A full review of this field season's activities at MDRS will be presented at the 21st Annual International Mars Society Convention in 2018 (date and location to be announced in the near future).

A full review of this year's MDRS activities will be presented at the 19th Annual International Mars Society Convention, to be held September 22 - 25, 2016 at the... Read More

This committee energetically expanded its activities and the number of subcommittees (to 33), eventually producing the first official compendium on the occasion of the XIIIth International Congress of Pharmacology at Munich in 1998.

A full review of this year's activity at the MDRS habitat will be presented at the 19th Annual International Mars Society Convention, scheduled to be held September 22 - 25, 2016 at the Catholic University... Read More