Sentences with phrase «by paucity»

The area's current strength is underscored by the paucity of available investment properties.

This research is limited by the paucity of information available about child care arrangements and, thus far, has failed to consider a range of other important factors that come into play between infancy and later periods.

They observe that current reform efforts are being seriously handicapped by a paucity of hard, empirical data about Canada's civil justice system.

As we prepared for it, we were struck by the paucity of ADR blogs.

I would have described this as the «coming of age» of the practice, constrained first by the short period during which Dickson served as Chief Justice and second by a paucity of the federal reference cases that had already seemed to be earning pride of place for the practice.

For example, the CBA's Reaching Equal Justice report stated that «Canada is plagued by a paucity of access to justice research» [3], and noted that «we still know relatively little about what works to increase access to justice and how and why it does.»

Although the analysis in this working paper points to interesting trends and provides useful insights that enhance our understanding of China's role as an overseas investor in the wind and solar industries, it is limited by a paucity of information.

He also suggests it'd be valuable for me to do a story more broadly examining the tension over interpreting dramatic shortish - term events in a realm still beset by a paucity of data, and in some cases, even hypotheses.

As our discussion so far indicates, this is a tricky problem, exacerbated by a paucity of data points.

Yet, widespread implementation of children's participation in these initiatives has been further complicated by the paucity of information on children's use of the Internet and the great demand for awareness (see Media Awareness Network's Web Awareness: Knowing the Issues, 2000).

We were immediately struck by the paucity of evidence found in these 12 documents and decided to keep digging.

Jones, who directs the Ecological Approach to Social Emotional Learning (EASEL) Laboratory at HGSE, says she's motivated in part by the paucity of free, adaptable interventions for schools to access and employ.

Schrader's minimalism is evoked by the paucity of music in the soundtrack and the boxy 1.37:1 aspect ratio, rarely used today and dazzlingly effective in this one.

But there's still not quite enough going on here, either in terms of humor or excitement; small children are likely to be disappointed by the paucity of silly slapstick or bathroom gags, while their older siblings will probably fidget at the lack of scares.

Their likely magnetic or dusty nature has been a much - debated problem, the resolution to which has been hindered by paucity of diagnostic multi-wavelength observations.

The understanding of marine microbial ecology and metabolism has been hampered by the paucity of sequenced reference genomes.

Notophthalmus viridescens, an urodelian amphibian, represents an excellent model organism to study regenerative processes, but mechanistic insights into molecular processes driving regeneration have been hindered by a paucity and poor annotation of coding nucleotide sequences.

«Below - ground plant ecology has been understudied, limited by a paucity of data,» he said.

This approach has been restricted, however, by a paucity of data showing how well sludge competes with chemical fertilizers.

One of the pragmatic reasons the union officials who play such a big role in the WFP's operation wanted to give him its nomination rather than backing an obscure law professor whose lack of name recognition at the time was equaled only by her paucity of funding was that they felt more confident he could produce the 50,000 votes on the WFP line necessary to preserve its spot on the state ballot four years from now.

It was tactical and not based on any democratic process --[further symbolized by the paucity of widespread, grass - roots consultation of the subsequent and brief Smith Commission]-- and without proper debate.

This error was compounded by the paucity of

Indeed, one must be impressed by the paucity of categories for describing the problem: on the one side, we Christians stand arrayed against the liberals on the other side.

If Mays is correct, one must be struck by the paucity of Whitehead's ideas and the variety of his remarks.

Or are we, partly by the paucity of our records, whose composition has been so largely shaped by factors quite other than a modern demand for historical, factual accuracy, partly by the demands of a theology that would emphasize divine acceptance above divine judgement, compelled to say that all we find here is the most sublime presentation in time of the eternal readiness of God to receive to himself the truly penitent?

Not exact matches

This includes «chronic, structural racial injustice — such as the persistent paucity of black faculty members and administrators at Yale, the common experience of being the only black student in some classes, and being disproportionately likely to be stopped and asked for ID — or worse — by campus police officers.»

This paucity of data has the pernicious effect that any claim of an effect by foreign investment on urban real estate could be true or could be false.

That paucity of women in engineering roles likely contributed to the sexist environment described by former employee Susan Fowler, whose damning Feb. 19 blog post created Uber's current firestorm.

Christianity has become a genuinely multicultural world religion, thriving profusely in the idioms of other languages and cultures, marked by a lively cross-cultural and interreligious sensibility, unburdened by the heavy artillery of doctors and councils, and otherwise undaunted by the scandalous paucity of money, trained leadership, infrastructure and resources.

It furthered stated that the sum of N1.2 billion computed by the staff union for payment could not have been budgeted for in 2016 in the first place, not only because of the paucity of funds, but also the fact that the SOT allowance was not part of the remuneration in the Federal Public Service.

Undeterred by the antics of pathological critics whose first instinct is to circumvent, not support, ideas, however innovative, he has to a large extent succeeded in replicating his feat as Commissioner for Works under Bola Tinubu in Osun and I'm sure he'd have done more, but for paucity of funds.

One of the reasons we have a paucity of women in science is because they spend so much of their time trying to navigate through workplaces shaped by subtle bias.

The paucity of women in Research I institutions, and within most university science departments, leads the few who infiltrate the system to be viewed by some as tokens.

Governments, agencies and many in the public have complained about the paucity of data being made available by the Japanese government and Tokyo Electric Power, the company that owns and operates the facility.

By 2100, climate change could be responsible for a massive die - off on the ocean floor, due to a paucity of nutrients floating down from the surface.

That paucity of evidence is at least partly due to the regulatory hurdles faced by researchers interested in studying marijuana.

At the time, I was not convinced by BSL interpreters» ability to interpret mathematics clearly, partly due to the lack of adequate vocabulary but also due to the paucity of interpreters with a background in mathematics.

Due to the paucity of women with Ph.D. s in computer science — in 2011, just 20 % of computer science Ph.D. recipients were female — efforts by the top - ranked departments to improve their gender ratios might come at the expense of institutions below them, explains lead author Samuel Way of CU Boulder.

This gap may be explained in part by the current paucity of scientific advances in genomics that have practical applications to infectious disease management.

The difficulty in answering questions like these, according to experts at the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), is exacerbated by the inability of many children to describe or express their emotions, and the paucity of experts in pediatric psychiatry.

Their damaging effects are compounded by other features of a modern Western diet and lifestyle apart from an evolutionarily discordant degree of refined carbohydrate consumption — namely, a gross imbalance between n - 6 and n - 3 essential fatty acids, a lack of micronutrient and antioxidant - rich vegetables and fruits, and a paucity of physical activity.

The four thieves have such a paucity of personality that I will refer to them only by these two - word descriptions going forward: chilly leader, psychotic minority, conflicted tweaker, and discount Moby.

Even the relative paucity of available game modes can be overcome by clever level design.

The appeal of the film is manifold - its serenity as The American meticulously goes about his craft; the paucity of dialogue that heightens its few action sequences when they do occur; a superb ensemble of actors led by Clooney that also includes Violante Placido (Clara), Thekla Reuten (assassin), Johan Leysen (controller), and Paolo Bonacelli (as a local town priest); the artistic framing of the film by director Anton Corbijn both in its interiors and the long shots of the Italian settings; and simply the story's uncertainty that grips one from its very beginning.

The by - the - numbers nature of Peter Buchman, Alexander Payne, and Jim Taylor's screenplay ensures that there's a paucity of sympathetic characters, and it is, as a result, almost easier to root for the dinosaurs than it is to root for the humans.

Secondly, and even more importantly in the long term, the teaching profession (and mathematics teaching in particular) shares the problem of other industries in the paucity of qualified graduates and this can only be addressed by a concerted effort to raise the status of the profession.

The shortcomings of this study, the paucity of independent research on the National Board, and the large investments being made by states in rewarding National Board - certified teachers highlight the need for a rigorous and arm's - length cost - benefit study of National Board certification.

Add to this the CRPE finding that the biggest obstacle — by far — faced by choice - empowered families is the continued paucity of high - quality options.

If that is so, then both the teaching shortage and the paucity of minority teachers can be alleviated by opening the classroom door to all college graduates, not just to those who have taken the required courses associated with state certification.

Examining the role that single - site schools play and how we can maintain them in the overall charter mix is not simple, but it uncovers a number of factors that contribute to the paucity — at least on the coasts — of standalone schools that are also led by people of color.