Sentences with phrase «called impact assessments»

They also fund a lot of so - called impact assessments that assume 3 or 4 degrees of warming, or more.

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One way, I believe, to address the problem of under - reporting and increase the chances a concussion will be identified early on the sports sideline may be to rely less on athletes themselves to remove themselves from games or practices by reporting concussion symptoms (which the most recent study shows occurs at a shockingly low rate, [9] or on game officials and sideline observers to observe signs of concussion and call for a concussion assessment, but to employ technology to increase the chances that a concussion will be identified by employing impact sensors designed to monitor head impact exposure in terms of the force of hits (both linear and rotational), number, location, and cumulative impact, in real time at all levels of football, and in other helmeted and non-helmeted contact and collision sports, where practical, to help identify high - risk impacts and alert medical personnel on the sideline so they can consider performing a concussion assessment.

A House version of the bill called for the price increase measure to expire after 10 years and for the USDA to perform and impact assessment after four years.

Before such a law could take effect we must perform an environmental impact assessment on such an action, and therefore today I am ordering the Department of Environment and Planning to perform such an assessment, and call on the legislature to approve funding for such a review.

This time they're calling for an assessment of the full impact of cuts to support and social care for disabled people.

A few months earlier, a motion calling for an assessment of the impact of welfare cuts on sick and disabled people was debated in parliament.

The Labour motion, tabled by the shadow Brexit secretary, Keir Starmer, calls for the full, unredacted impact assessments to be passed to the Brexit select committee, which would decide what elements could be released more widely.

The New York State Board of Regents is expected to act on two committee reports Tuesday, calling for a delay the impact of Common Core - related state assessments on educators and students and reducing the level of local school district testing associated with the new teacher evaluation law and higher standards for teaching and learning.

Beginning in 2011, Olson and her team developed a sports concussion protocol that includes a neuro - cognitive assessment tool called ImPACT, balance testing and quality - of - life measures.

In their comparative study, called a lifecycle impact assessment, the researchers used Pennsylvania as the point of origin for both shale gas and coal, since both energy sources are abundant in the state.

As soil erosion has huge impacts on ecosystems, food production, drinking water, carbon stocks and biodiversity, the EU has called for quantitative assessments of soil rates at EU level, and put soil protection at the heart of its environmental agenda.

Environmental economists try to calculate the environmental impacts from making products by using tools called life - cycle assessments or «multi-regional input - output» models, abbreviated MRIO.

Such analyses may be brief overviews called environmental assessments (EAs) for tightly focused issues or thorough reviews called environmental impact statements (EISs), required for complex decisions that would significantly affect the environment.

There are a range of critical issues, such as: the implementation of the reauthorized ESEA (now called The Every Student Succeeds Act) which includes new flexibility for states in designing state standards and accountability systems as well as a hard cap on the number of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities taking alternate assessments on alternate standards; regulations on disproportionate identification of minority students to special education; and, the goal to transition more disadvantaged students into college and careers that will have a significant impact on some of the most vulnerable children.

Monitoring the impact of the Donaldson Review in Wales The Donaldson Review called for wide ranging reform of curriculum and Wales, and a review of assessment and accountability in Welsh schools.

In 1996, when the IPCC released its second assessment report, stating that the human impact on climate was «discernible», a fossil - fuel - industry - funded group called the Global Climate Coalition accused the IPCC author Benjamin Santer of making unauthorised changes to make global warming appear more certain than it was.

The legislation calls for local governments to report annually on activity regarding legislation adopted, the number of approved permits, environmental impact assessments, and data of any decommissioned facilities.

Renowned economics professor Robert Pindyck of Massachusetts Institute of Technology has recently canvassed the value of so - called «integrated assessment models», which attempt to calculate the optimal social price for emitting a tonne of carbon given its ultimate impact on the climate and the economy.

The Law Society calls upon the Lord Chancellor to commission and publish an equality impact assessment on his proposed changes prior to implementation of the same.

The Justice Roundtable discussions also highlighted the impact of intergenerational trauma in contributing to over-incarceration, and attendees called for policy changes to ensure the mental health assessment of detainees and prisoners, and their access to quality mental health care and other treatments, psychosocial and cultural.

Psychological testing (often called psychological assessment or psychological evaluation) is performed when a social, emotional, learning, or behavioral concern is noticed and the cause, impact and / or recommendations are needed.