Sentences with phrase «changing research demands»

Such a system would be responsive to changing research demands, but also to changing social, economic, technological and knowledge landscapes.

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Lamar Smith (R. - Tx), who heads the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, has demanded that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman turn over all communication since 2012 between his office and climate change campaigners whose research led to him opening his probe.

Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, without limitation: (1) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including financial market conditions, fluctuations in commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, levels of end market demand in construction and in both the commercial and defense segments of the aerospace industry, levels of air travel, financial condition of commercial airlines, the impact of weather conditions and natural disasters and the financial condition of our customers and suppliers; (2) challenges in the development, production, delivery, support, performance and realization of the anticipated benefits of advanced technologies and new products and services; (3) the scope, nature, impact or timing of acquisition and divestiture or restructuring activity, including the pending acquisition of Rockwell Collins, including among other things integration of acquired businesses into United Technologies» existing businesses and realization of synergies and opportunities for growth and innovation; (4) future timing and levels of indebtedness, including indebtedness expected to be incurred by United Technologies in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition, and capital spending and research and development spending, including in connection with the pending Rockwell Collins acquisition; (5) future availability of credit and factors that may affect such availability, including credit market conditions and our capital structure; (6) the timing and scope of future repurchases of United Technologies» common stock, which may be suspended at any time due to various factors, including market conditions and the level of other investing activities and uses of cash, including in connection with the proposed acquisition of Rockwell; (7) delays and disruption in delivery of materials and services from suppliers; (8) company and customer - directed cost reduction efforts and restructuring costs and savings and other consequences thereof; (9) new business and investment opportunities; (10) our ability to realize the intended benefits of organizational changes; (11) the anticipated benefits of diversification and balance of operations across product lines, regions and industries; (12) the outcome of legal proceedings, investigations and other contingencies; (13) pension plan assumptions and future contributions; (14) the impact of the negotiation of collective bargaining agreements and labor disputes; (15) the effect of changes in political conditions in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate, including the effect of changes in U.S. trade policies or the U.K.'s pending withdrawal from the EU, on general market conditions, global trade policies and currency exchange rates in the near term and beyond; (16) the effect of changes in tax (including U.S. tax reform enacted on December 22, 2017, which is commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017), environmental, regulatory (including among other things import / export) and other laws and regulations in the U.S. and other countries in which United Technologies and Rockwell Collins operate; (17) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins to receive the required regulatory approvals (and the risk that such approvals may result in the imposition of conditions that could adversely affect the combined company or the expected benefits of the merger) and to satisfy the other conditions to the closing of the pending acquisition on a timely basis or at all; (18) the occurrence of events that may give rise to a right of one or both of United Technologies or Rockwell Collins to terminate the merger agreement, including in circumstances that might require Rockwell Collins to pay a termination fee of $ 695 million to United Technologies or $ 50 million of expense reimbursement; (19) negative effects of the announcement or the completion of the merger on the market price of United Technologies» and / or Rockwell Collins» common stock and / or on their respective financial performance; (20) risks related to Rockwell Collins and United Technologies being restricted in their operation of their businesses while the merger agreement is in effect; (21) risks relating to the value of the United Technologies» shares to be issued in connection with the pending Rockwell acquisition, significant merger costs and / or unknown liabilities; (22) risks associated with third party contracts containing consent and / or other provisions that may be triggered by the Rockwell merger agreement; (23) risks associated with merger - related litigation or appraisal proceedings; and (24) the ability of United Technologies and Rockwell Collins, or the combined company, to retain and hire key personnel.

With the Chinese market a major driver of coal demand in Asia, any policy changes in the country will affect prices, contributing to the likelihood of continued price volatility in the seaborne coal market, wrote Wood Mackenzie's principal analyst for mining and metals fundamentals research, Rory Simington in a Nov. 16 report.

First, the discipline around marketing strategy and research they developed during the recession — and the ability to respond nimbly to changes in demand — will continue to serve them when the economy recovers.

«I don't see demand staying down because you have had structural changes,» commented WGC Head of Investment Research Juan Carlos Artigas in an interview with Hard Assets Investor.

Successful businesses use research to meet changing consumer demands.

Changing lifestyles and personal wellbeing are disrupting the chocolate market, new research suggests, presenting an opportunity for manufacturers who respond to new consumer demands.

Through first - rate scientific research and education and support for farmers we will continue to empower citizens to change the world by demanding organic.

Pork Cooperative Research Centre chief executive Roger Campbell said the outlook for grain prices was positive outside of Queensland and northern NSW, but it was hard to see pork demand changing too much this year.

U.S. Advocates Human & Property Rights Solely for Those Nations Who Have the Power to Demand Them Dean Baker, of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, took note this morning of the Obama Administration's perverse rationale regarding the compensation of the poorer nations bearing the earliest and worst effects of climate change, as spelled...

While the European Research Group of sixty Conservative Brexit - supporting MPs are demanding significant change in Britain's relationship with the EU, senior politicians are effectively promoting the status quo.

Our research on the politics of public appointments has revealed the way in which such changes spill over and stimulate demands for similar reforms elsewhere, and the potential therefore exists that this «double - locking» will prompt calls for further limits on ministerial powers of re-appointment.

Demand for oil in developed nations peaked in 2005, and changing demographics and improved motor - vehicle efficiency guarantee that it won't hit those heights again, IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates says in a new report.

We need to adopt new ideas and system reforms to cater to the demands of this evolving world, especially in a country like Japan where we experience many dynamic changes and challenges,» states Igarashi, who emphasizes the importance of maintaining R&D and science education funding to make research careers attractive to young clinicians and scientists in Japan and around the world.

Looking forward, research published in late July showed that expected climate change over the next 20 years substantially raises the risk that rising food production will fail to keep up with increasing demand.

In fact, things are changing in manufacturing, and research, innovation, and leadership skills are more in demand than ever.

* Update: On Tuesday, officials at the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) agreed to a request from Jane Philpott, Canada's minister of health, to meet with representatives of more than 1000 researchers who have demanded that the agency reverse changes to its grantsmaking process, including a decision to replace face - to - face peer review meetings with an online system.

Among the interesting topics covered in Pathways are: the changing role of the patient in the total health equation and the ways in which decentralized information is affecting their expectations and demands; the dearth of pipeline products among international pharmaceutical companies against a backdrop of increased research and development spending; the dynamics of emerging markets and their rising demand for therapies in chronic disease; the value of drugs and biotechnology solutions within the context of global economic realities.

How Changing Reputations Alter Demand for Selective U.S. Colleges,» by Randall Reback, associate professor at Barnard College of Columbia University, and Molly Alter, a research analyst for the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University, will be published online this month in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Assoresearch analyst for the Research Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University, will be published online this month in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research AssoResearch Alliance for New York City Schools at New York University, will be published online this month in Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis (EEPA), a peer - reviewed journal of the American Educational Research AssoResearch Association.

For Hutton warns that this menopausal managing «demands living with uncertainty, keeping pace with conflicting and fast - changing research findings and maintaining an open mind when it comes to considering whether or not to renew one's prescription, safe only in the knowledge that the more you look for facts, the more they are likely to elude you».

Demands by a House committee chairman for all documents and communications related to research by a team from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration distract from the reality of climate change and can have a chilling effect on scientific discovery, AAAS CEO Rush Holt and Carnegie Institution global ecologist Chris Field wrote in a 16 March op - ed for LiveScience, an online news site.

Constantly changing and often inconsistent regulations, chaotic reimbursement policies, lack of insurance coverage of routine care associated with clinical trials, increasing demands on physician time, and scientific advances demonstrating the complex differences between individual patients, all complicate clinical research in both benign and malignant hematology.

Uncertainty quantification is also a focus for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as eight national laboratories and six partner institutions collaborate to develop and apply the next generation of climate and Earth - system models to the challenges and demands of climate - change research.

Climate research should learn more about this so - called «demand - side», writes MCC's Felix Creutzig in «Nature Climate Change».

Prof. Nick Eyre, Energy Demand Research Champion for the Research Councils» Energy Programme and Professor of Energy and Climate Policy at the Environmental Change Institute of the University of Oxford.

««The arid lands of southwestern North America will imminently become even more arid as a result of human - induced climate change just at the time that population growth is increasing demand for water, most of which is still used by agriculture,» said Richard Seager, Senior Research Scientist at the Lamont - Doherty Earth Observatory and one of the lead authors of the study.

This situation is changing as more patients demand alternative health options free from the side effects of synthetic pharmaceuticals, and as more healthcare providers become aware of the growing body of peer - reviewed research supporting the safety and efficacy of these natural compounds.

Have students conduct research on changes in the farming industry in your area, explore how changes in the industry have affected the average lifestyle over the last 30 years, collect oral histories from elders who have historical perspective, build a math lesson on supply and demand, check out the demographic statistics.

As a sector, we have been reluctant to embrace change, whether in the form of research findings, shifting demographics, technological advances, or similar triggers that demand change in other fields.

Individual school leaders may be able to adjust to demand signals more quickly by better aligning their offerings with community needs, though research on schools» responses to market pressures generally shows that schools make some programmatic improvements in response to demand pressures but focus more intently on superficial changes like improved marketing.

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The Center on the Developing Child's diverse activities align around building an R&D (research and development) platform for science - based innovation, and transforming the policy and practice landscape that supports and even demands change.

If we demand policies grounded in high - quality research evidence, we might eventually see beneficial and substantial changes.

While we remain rooted to the early mission, underlying philosophy and core components of HOT Schools we continue to research, assess and redesign our delivery system and practices to stay current (often ahead of) and to meet the high demands of an ever changing educational system, its requirements and protocols.

Specifically, we wanted the research team to help us and others across the valley: understand near - term trends in changing demographics of school - age children for Ada and Canyon counties; identify «hot spots» in development and where demand for new school services may be greatest; discuss school quality in these growth areas — how many students are attending low - performing schools or could benefit from different school options; and discuss how the changing student demographics might be served by new school options.

The report offers tools for advocates and policymakers to demand changes in state school funding policy and to provide researchers with open access to the datasets that are the foundation of finance research.

my sisters and I began demanding change and forcing it upon them when necessary... We were tired of a van service that only took students to a Catholic Church when none of us were Catholic, we demanded that they invite Nikki Giovanni as a guest speaker (and they did), we researched and slowly changed the face of some of the «required events», we invited teen black boys from Hartford to spend the day on campus (this made many nervous, including the security guards who would grow frustrated with their inability to curtail this), we grew tired of the school dances that invited other boarding schools and included a DJ that played other music so we invited kids from Hartford, including a DJ and began hosting our own parties... I never forgot who I was and the rich history of my ancestors...... I am thankful for my varying educational experiences for they have shaped the educator that I have become.

«At a time of rapid technological and social change, librarians, publishers and technology providers need to understand consumer attitudes while developing approaches to meet market demand and needs, and this in - depth research will help inform strategic planning.»

After all, there are few areas that are really «denied» to men, if the level of operations demanded be transcendent, responsible or rewarding enough: men who have a need for «feminine» involvement with babies or children gain status as pediatricians or child psychologists, with a nurse (female) to do the more routine work; those who feel the urge for kitchen creativity may gain fame as master chefs; and, of course, men who yearn to fulfill themselves through what are often termed «feminine» artistic interests can find themselves as painters or sculptors, rather than as volunteer museum aides or part time ceramists, as their female counterparts so often end up doing; as far as scholarship is concerned, how many men would be willing to change their jobs as teachers and researchers for those of unpaid, part - time research assistants and typists as well as full - time nannies and domestic workers?

A few people began to look beyond research policy to publicly demand immediate changes on a broader scale.

This is way past the point of pettiness that I would usually care about, but I stand by my original point that whoever originally said «having looked at a bunch of «scientific» or «research» code, you can pretty much tell that it is written on the fly, haha, more like agile dev cause you may have co authors asking you to make changes all along the way and then reviwers can come along and demand changes.»

Assess Climate - Driven Economic Changes: We analyze millions of historical observations culled from a surge in recent academic research to understand and quantify the relationship between a changing climate and social welfare across six principle categories, including: mortality, labor productivity, agriculture, conflict, infrastructure, and energy demand.

(v) conduct research to improve forecasting, characterization, and understanding of weather and climate variability and change and its effects on communities, including its effects on agricultural production, natural resources, energy supply and demand, recreation, and other sectors of the economy; and

-- http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jun/08/five-g7-nations-increased-their-coal-use-over-a-five-year-period-research-shows Five of the world's seven richest countries have increased their coal use in the last five years despite demanding that poor countries slash their carbon emissions to avoid catastrophic climate change, new research shows.

• Tools to predict change in water demand, which requires demographic models that incorporate climate change impacts and models that consider the effects of climate change on natural and agricultural landscape water use • Research on water governance, including adaptive management models, adaptive capacity building, and water systems sustainability • Research on the economics of water supply, demand, and conservation

Bell, WP & Wild, P 2013, «The impact of climate change on electricity demand: Research», in WP Bell (ed.)

Through first - rate scientific research and education and support for farmers we will continue to empower citizens to change the world by demanding organic.

The second equity - related rationale for more research is a call for comparative risk — risk assessment, underpinned by the claim that equity demands that potential risks and benefits of solar geoengineering be compared to the risks of climate change itself, especially for vulnerable populations.

New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office demanded that ExxonMobil Corporation give investigators documents spanning four decades of research findings and communications about climate change, according to a person familiar with the year - long probe.