Sentences with phrase «while lack of access»

While lack of access to additional funds was labelled as one of the biggest barriers to innovation for between 16 — 20 % of SMEs, for organisations with over 200 employees only 10 % saw it is as a major challenge.102

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While roughly a third of its portfolio companies are in St. Louis, the fund also invests in startups located in places where founders face a similar lack of access to venture capital.

While the new technology promises to make cash management quicker and more cost - effective, so far it does little to address the small - business community's thorniest financial problem: its lack of access to capital.

While more female - run networks are emerging, there is a lack of access to informal networks where women can make important connections.

And while I would not purport to answer that question here, Figure 3.2 of the NGP Report (Northern Gateway Forecast of United States versus China and India Oil Demand) does suggest that market access, or lack thereof, could be a limiting factor for oil sands production.

While these loans aren't going to tank the world financial system, lack of access to credit could hurt automobile manufacturers as their consumer base runs out of money to pay for new cars.

While 93 % of moms start breastfeeding exclusively at birth in San Diego, only 56 % continue doing so at 3 months, largely due to a lack of access to ongoing lactation support.

It is worth noting that while people under age 65 in the U.S. live in a heavily market - dominated economy where poor employment outcomes mean poverty and a lack of access to health care, almost everyone over age 65 has most of their healthcare paid for by Medicare, (a FICA tax financed, single payer system that pays providers more or less the same rates as private insurance companies and has few cost controls), more than half of their nursing home costs paid by Medicaid, (which is stingy in how much it pays providers and moderately means tested), and receives enough of a guaranteed income from the combination of Social Security and SSI payments to keep the poverty rate for people age 65 +, (even if they have no retirement savings of their own), above the poverty line, regardless of the state of the local economy.

While the Marine and Coastal Access Bill should encourage tourism into the countryside, the FSB expressed serious concern about the lack of an independent appeals panel for landowners and the lack of any compensation scheme for those landowners.

DeFrancisco, a state senator from Syracuse and a candidate for governor, called on JCOPE to remove Agata over the lack of an investigation into why a close former aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo was allowed access to the governor's office in Manhattan while he was working for Cuomo's re-election campaign.

George Bray, who heads the clinical obesity and metabolism department at Louisiana State University, says environment and behavior — like lack of access to exercise facilities and overeating — so strongly affect gene activity that you can not focus on one while ignoring the other.

Social inequality refers to disparities in the distribution of economic assets and income as well as between the overall quality and luxury of each person's existence within a society, while economic inequality is caused by the unequal accumulation of wealth; social inequality exists because the lack of wealth in certain areas prohibits these people from obtaining the same housing, health care, etc. as the wealthy, in societies where access to these social goods depends on wealth.

CT lung cancer screening is deemed an Essential Health Benefit, covered by many private health insurers, while Medicare beneficiaries have lesser access to these exams and increased risk of lung cancer death due to lack of coverage.

While these datasets are by no means the only rich pools of data in the UK, they do represent the issue in microcosm: rich data often exists but it is the (lack of) linkage and access that halts progress.

While the transfer on this release is good and is actually one of VCI's better presentations to date, the lack of extras, including the ones they had access to before, means that you'll be missing out on some other material.

While such a sensitive psychological approach has the potential to delve deep, the treatment lacks the dramatic thrill of a traditional endangerment story, offering rich parts for Saoirse Ronan and Cynthia Nixon, but precious little access to their inner thoughts — and less to grab the attention of general audiences.

This is a policy in evolution, and while some states refer to it under a different moniker, or, like Florida, lack a specific term, for the sake of simplicity, I'll refer to all these policies as «Course Access.»

While improvements in access to education has meant young people in Kenya are better educated than ever before, 67 % of young Kenyans between the ages of 15 and 24 are thought to be out of work and millions more enter unstable employment each year.i The mismatch between what is learnt at school and the skills required in the 21st century labour market, along with a lack of access to information about jobsii, are among the most frequently cited causes of youth unemployment.

School grounds should be inspected for potential hazards such as: • Verandah poles outside doorways, in thoroughfares or in situations where students are unlikely to see them, especially while running; • Steps and changes in level which are poorly proportioned, difficult to see or lack handrails; • Fencing, gates and railings which students climb and which have structural problems, sharp protrusions, splinters or other hazards; • Trip hazards at ground level — protruding drainage pit covers, irregular paving, cracks or tree roots in thoroughfares, broken off post or other remnants of old structures; • Loose gravely surfaces on slopes and where students run; • Slippery patches which may stay damp in winter; • Rocks which students can fall onto or throw around; • Embankments which students can slip down or which have protruding sharp objects; • Blind corners in busy areas; taps and hoses which are positioned where students play or walk; window glass at low levels through which students could fall; • Holes, cracks or exposed irrigation fixtures in ovals; • Trees or shrubs with poisonous parts, sharp spikes or thorns or branches at eye level; • Splinters and deteriorating timbers in seats, retaining edges and other wooden constructions; • sSeds or other areas with hazardous chemicals or machinery to which students have access; rubbish skips which students can climb into or around, or which place students at risk when trucks enter the school; • Areas within the site used for car parking when students are present; and, • Sporting equipment such as goal posts or basketball rings which have structural or other design or maintenance problems.

While the preservice teachers in this study taught in a variety of settings (urban, suburban, and rural), as well as a variety of grade levels and subjects, they faced a consistent challenge in using technology as a tool for learning: lack of access to adequate technology in the K - 12 schools.

There's plenty of room for those sitting up front, but the rear bench lacks legroom for taller passengers, while access to the back is tight on three - door cars.

While educators have long fought against this lack of access and very little books in the home, Scholastic found that the problem is not quite as dire as has always been believed:

While Nook Tablet calls itself a tablet, it still lacks many tablet features and access to the wide swath of apps on Android Market.

While American readers are used to enjoying a reduced price for e-books due to lack of printing and shipping costs, as well as nearly instant access to titles on or close to the print release date, that is simply not always the case abroad.

While that made sense from a logical standpoint — the Fire lacks any sort of official support from the Market, and access was likely blocked to avoid confusion — it's always nice to see consumers be given the chance to use a product any which way they please.

While it has a slower processor and lacks a Retina Display, the iPad Mini does have the same basic features of the full - sized iPad, including access to Siri.

While CIT Bank has no monthly fees and no minimum required to earn interest, the bank's lack of checking account products means that you'll have to bank at two places in order to access the high rate.

While there are elements of the game, namely the clumsy user interface and inability to communicate gameplay mechanics properly, that indicate it was either too early to push the game out of Early Access or that the developers are lacking a little experience this is still a hugely worthwhile and fun shooter.

It's here — and in the story's hub location — that you can access ROM City Rampage; while it's neat to see this «prototype» NES version of the game, the lacking sound and slight bugginess make it little more than a brief side - note, even if the process of its development is ultimately more interesting.

However, a lack of guidelines left players and developers with very different expectations as was seen in the reaction to a paid expansion being released for Ark: Survival Evolved while it was still in early access.

* So a focus on finding ways to boost energy access in places that lack it, while working to cut energy waste and the costs of non-polluting energy choices, is spreading.

I think I wrote this earlier, but again, reflect on the fact that economic necessity forces the majority of people in this country to live crammed into cities and suburbs, without access to fresh air, open space, or anything but the merest vestige of a natural landscape (and conditions are worse in much of the rest of the world), while lack of exercise & a diet of processed foods has created an epidemic of obesity and its consequent diseases.

While there are about 274 million households worldwide that lack access to electricity, Mills» study focuses on the «poorest of the poor,» or about 112 million households, largely in Africa and Asia, that can not afford even a mini solar home system, which might power a fan, a few lights, a phone charger, and a small TV.

Billions of people still lack access to modern energy and technology as they struggle to improve their living standards and reduce the negative health impacts of energy poverty, while billions of others enjoy the conveniences of modern life.

How can developing countries, especially middle - income countries, dramatically scale up energy use, and provide access to modern energy services to the billions who lack them, while keeping GHG emissions within the global goal of limiting dangerous temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius, or even better 1.5 degrees?

Of course, 300 million Indians still lack access to electricity, while hundreds of millions more experience frequent shortages due to an unreliable griOf course, 300 million Indians still lack access to electricity, while hundreds of millions more experience frequent shortages due to an unreliable griof millions more experience frequent shortages due to an unreliable grid.

The Left dissembles while, «even today,» says Menton,, «over 1.2 billion people, 20 % of the world's population, lack access to electricity.»

It makes for worrying reading: women are disproportionately affected by the cuts; the practical ability to protect children is more limited due to lack of access to representation; minor financial savings in prison law outweigh the human costs to reform and, all the while, the Government appears to lack any coherent data collection strategy to measure the wider impact of regime.

Lack of A2J Threatens Us All Reason number 5: we frankly have an embarrassing access to justice problem and while we can continue to ignore it, we have some responsibility to our profession and to the public, who has extended to us as lawyers special self - regulating protections.

While this is reminiscent in some ways of the Bangoura case in Ontario, where the only visitors to the online defamation appeared to have been the plaintiff and his lawyers, I do not recall that the lack of frequent access was legally significant in that case.

The former was used to suggest that evidence rules should be understood as an evolution, while the latter illuminated the widespread phenomenon of a lack of access to justice, and how rules of evidence might impede access to justice.

[116] While control does not require ownership or exclusivity of access, a lack of control means that information is not in a meaningful sense private.

While more than half of ACA plans lack out - of - network coverage, 14 all short term insurance plans offered through AgileHealthInsurance have broad network coverage ensuring that an enrollee has access to quality health care providers.

The WA Pastoralists and Graziers» Association told the Commonwealth Parliament that, while the Nharnuwangga Wajarri and Ngarla determination in WA enables traditional owners» access to country, these rights can not be enjoyed because of a lack of implementation funding.86

While many of the issues discussed throughout this chapter are relevant to women in each of the above categories, they are exacerbated for women who have served finite sentences or who were remandees due to the lack of access to the programs provided by departments of community corrections.

Early diagnosis and intervention for children with FASD are thought to be key to preventing behavioural, mental health and learning difficulties.36 — 38 However, Fitzroy Valley community members have reported that a current lack of diagnostic and intervention support for children with FASD impacts their children's ability to reach their full potential.14 Children with FASD need access to interventions which support their development of emotional and behavioural regulation skills.38 It is recognised that educators, alongside the family, play a crucial role in supporting children with FASD to improve life outcomes through contextually appropriate and evidence - based interventions.36 While there is limited evidence for strategies that can assist children affected by FASD, 2 particularly to improve self - regulation and executive functioning skills, 8 17 32 39 the Alert Program for Self - Regulation has evidence to suggest it is a promising intervention.17 39

While Internet use by older adults, including the use of social networks, has grown to almost 60 percent as of 2014, there are still many who do not wish to engage with some or any tech devices or services, for reasons such as lack of interest, perceived high costs, level of difficulty and inability to access the services, as well as just fear and privacy and security concerns.