Sentences with phrase «common human issues»

Some of the common human issues I address include: relationship conflicts, stress at work and school, sleep problems, depression, anxiety, loneliness, and grief.

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People who try to separate their private convictions about human dignity and the common good from their involvement in public issues are not acting with integrity, or with loyalty to their own principles.

What availed as the common wisdom of mankind until the day before yesterday — for example, that man, woman, mother, and father name natural realities as well as social roles, that children issue naturally from their union, that the marital union of man and woman is the foundation of human society and provides the optimal home for the flourishing of children — all this is now regarded by many as obsolete and even hopelessly bigoted, as court after court, demonstrating that this revolution has profoundly transformed even the meaning of reason itself, has declared that this bygone wisdom now fails even to pass the minimum legal threshold of rational cogency.

The great issues of our time are moral: the uses of power; wealth and poverty; human rights; the moral quality and character of society; loss of the sense of the common good in tandem with the pampering of private interests; domestic violence; outrageous legal and medical costs in a system of maldistributed services; unprecedented developments in biotechnologies which portend good but risk evil; the violation of public trust by high elected officials and their appointees; the growing militarization of many societies; continued racism; the persistence of hunger and malnutrition; a still exploding population in societies hard put to increase jobs and resources; abortion; euthanasia; care for the environment; the claims of future generations.

These commands issuing from a divinity beyond the reach of reason connect us with the universality of humanity and with common human hopes for the redemption of what is dearest to us as simple human beings.

The most common issue for small, rural churches is the lack of resources, both human and material.

The moral issues raised by all of this were grave, and the risks to the common good of the human community enormous.

On the surface, the issue of executing drug dealers and forced abortions aren't related, but they both have one element in common: They happen because the government has the power of taking human life.

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Lerner accused the members of «cherry - picking» and skipping events about issues they act on in the Council — like a human services forum that was scuttled, and whose organizers had hoped to asked questions at Common Cause's event.

It is a common issue with nutrition studies, she notes — given the vast diversity of human research subjects, variations in the concentration or mixture of supplements, and often uncontrolled factors such as baseline diets or preexisting illnesses, it's not unusual to see different studies canceling each other out.

The researchers, who reported their findings in a recent issue of BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine, suggest that the findings could pave the way for clinical testing of the compounds on human colon cancer, which is the second most common cancer in women and the third in men.

A team at the University of Oxford assessed 199 such programmes and found potential welfare issues in two - thirds of them, the most common being mortality, disease and conflict with humans.

In a new research report published in the June 2014 issue of the Journal of Leukocyte Biology, researchers show that in individuals with asthma, statins significantly reduce the in vitro inflammatory response of human monocytes to rhinovirus (RV), the cause of the common cold.

A paper in the latest issue of the journal Nature suggests a common ancestor of apes and humans, Chororapithecus abyssinicus, evolved in Africa, not Eurasia, two million years earlier than previously thought.

New research published in the 31 October issue of Cell unveils how a neural stop signal goes askew in neurofibromatosis, one of the most common genetic causes of learning disabilities in humans.

But ancient - DNA sequencing is beginning to shed some light on the issue.11 For example, by comparing a human HAR sequence with the HAR sequence of an archaic hominin, researchers can estimate if the HAR mutated before, after, or during the time period of our common ancestor.12 This approach has revealed that the rate at which HAR mutations emerged was slightly higher before we split from Neanderthals and Denisovans.3, 13 As a result, most HAR mutations are millions of years old and shared with these extinct hominins (but not with chimpanzees).

The ASHG Advocacy Award, new in 2015, honors individuals or groups who have exhibited excellence and achievement in applications of human genetics for the common good, in areas such as facilitating public awareness of genetics issues, promoting funding for biomedical research, and integrating genetics into health systems.

Bedbugs are a growing public health issue in the United States and around the world, but their resurgence in recent years may have been aided by humans who unwittingly helped the pests evolve numerous ways of thwarting a common insecticide, scientists say.

The finding, detailed in the Aug. 23 issue of the journal Nature, suggests humans and gorillas last shared a common ancestor at least 10 million years ago.

One of the most common issues amongst all humans is the struggle to maintain an ideal weight and body image.

With all these data obtained from our job and gathering information from the multitude of studies on this issue nowadays, we can expect that in the future the emotional education will be part of our lives, so daily common as sport, reading or calculation; and it will generate a positive impact in the future society, building from the human personalities.

Principals have to manage, lead, and are held accountable for: common core; technology initiatives; social and emotional learning; referendum initiatives; math implementation; science implementation; special education, community outreach; reading; testing (local and state); effective instruction; transportation; public relations, parent custody issues, residency; student and staff discipline, evaluations; hiring; parent complaints; bullying; safety issues; budgeting; human resources issues; immigration questions / concerns; school safety, visibility in and out of school; championing the never ending requests and demands from the central office (one of the biggest challenges); the constantly increasing demands around social media and communications; and the barrage of emails / texts demanding immediate response 24/7, just to name a few.

The six issue mini-series will see humans joining forces with a race of aliens against a common intergalactic enemy.

The G7 leaders agreed to jointly take a leading role in international efforts to address pressing issues, such as downside risk for the global economy and challenges to the international order through unilateral actions, as a group guided by common values and principles, including freedom, democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights.

Older dogs like humans find it difficult to control their bladders for long periods as they enter their twilight years and one of the more common causes for adult dogs who won't stop peeing in the house are behavioural issues.

Emotional issues including destructive behaviors and feather - pulling are common in birds that aren't getting the substantial amount of human interaction and attention they require.

This is not only detrimental to the cat (pain is a major welfare issue and these behaviours are common reasons for relinquishment of cats to shelters), but also has health implications for their human companions, as cat bites can be serious.

Some people say Yorkie is one of the best options to have a dog without experiencing the top common issues a dog can cause to both: your house and your family or humans at all.

While there are common threads in dogs, cats, horses, there are individual reasons (just like humans) that cause behavioral issues.

Pets require routine medical attention just like their human counterparts, and while common issues...

Biting (humans or other dogs) was the second most common issue reported.

But our cats also rely heavily on the help of their human counterparts to remain healthy, as there are a number of common cat health issues that can strike at the most inopportune moments.

This is not only detrimental to the cat (pain is a major welfare issue and these behaviors are common reasons for relinquishment of cats to shelters), but also has health implications for their human companions, as cat bites can be serious.

While the list of topics is pretty extensive, one of the most common subjects people take issue with is human representation, or misrepresentation, to be precise.

Only when that transition occurs, so the notion goes, is there a chance of resolving «commons» issues like limiting chances of dangerous human - caused disruption of the climate; trimming the billion - person tail off the curve of deep poverty that (along with dysfunctional government) holds back progress in the South; conserving the world's eroding biological patrimony.

The EPA — seemingly defying both common sense and safety concerns — recently issued an analysis concluding that the risks to human health and the environment posed by oil refinery emissions were low enough to warrant no further regulations.

Externalities may be addressed by either a tax / credit or some other public policy, public ownership and management of the commons, or privatization of the commons, or through court actions — each option may have it's own costs — for example, the large - scale privatization of the climate system may be impractical with given technology (analogy with toll roads), and even without that, it has at least an aesthetic cost (nature is supposed to be nature; and psychologically, humans may benifit from some amount of public space) and perhaps scientific (ie nature — in this context, nature as it is with relatively small impacts of humankind — is not nature if it is not being itself) costs; there may be inefficiencies in the court system that could be bypassed for issues that are easily addressed with legislation (unless we had a class - action lawsuit on behalf of all people now until the year).

In Israel, somewhere between the developed and developing world, issues regarding advanced vs. appropriate technology (what EF Schumacher called «technology with a human face») are common and involve conflicting worldviews, with some aspiring to the West and others arguing for technologies that better suit the specific Israeli context.

In this context, it must be emphasised that one of the finest features of this book is its balanced analysis, ranging from institutional arrangements, the prior involvement procedure and the EU's autonomy (part I), over the allocation of responsibilities and the co-respondent mechanism (part II), the accommodation of multiple actors in the future multi-level protection system of human rights (part III), the issue of legal pluralism within post-accession Europe (part IV), to the future common espace juridique and its potential expansion in areas of economic activity (part V).

Reinstatement is actually very common in the union context where human rights issues are grieved and arbitrated.

Human rights issues continue to be amongst the most common and tricky issues affecting employers today.

There was a less common concern also raised which was that the requirement had the effect, or could be seen to have the effect, of adversely affecting proper client representation in matters involving human rights or harassment issues.

He has particular experience in breach of confidence and privacy claims involving the common law tort of misuse of private information and / or the European Convention on Human Rights, both as standalone claims and where an information law issue arises as part of a wider dispute.

Director of Human Resources / HR Consultant — Professional Duties & Responsibilities Oversee the planning, direction, and management of all HR - related activities including staff recruiting, candidate tracking, personnel screening and testing, and hiring processes in accordance with Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment regulations Support senior management to develop and maintain personnel policy and ensure compliance with all standards, authoring and implementing new policies and procedures as needed along with creating HR procedure manual Serve as lead analyst for compensation reviews, performance and pay - scale benchmarking, market studies, and salary structure decisions, also creating organizational / staff planning charts for all departments and all positions Create and deliver firm - wide staff new - hire orientation, training and development programs, and performance evaluations utilizing a competency - based appraisal system which leads to focused training and development programs based on common and individual areas of performance deficiency Manage all aspects of workers compensation and unemployment claims on behalf of employer, attending hearings and participating actively in all related meetings Hold responsibility for all benefit negotiations, administration, and plan reviews, promoting compliance with and effective execution of IRS / DOL regulations, ERISA, HIPPA, and all audit - related processes Implement and sustain safety programs while performing regular safety - policy trend analyses to identify critical issues, developing corrective action plans to ensure compliance with applicable safety, health, and environmental regulations including OSHA and other applicable laws Consult with management regarding employee - and labor - related issues to resolve conflicts in a professional manner, conducting grievance hearings and negotiation agreements with worker representatives within the provisions of any applicable contract Provide relevant guidance and administration to the development of human resources site on firm intranet, housing online - employment forms, manager resources, job postings, and HR - related forms and documents Develop valuable staff relationships to improve workplace morale as well as maintain positive business relationships with all related brokers and veHuman Resources / HR Consultant — Professional Duties & Responsibilities Oversee the planning, direction, and management of all HR - related activities including staff recruiting, candidate tracking, personnel screening and testing, and hiring processes in accordance with Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employment regulations Support senior management to develop and maintain personnel policy and ensure compliance with all standards, authoring and implementing new policies and procedures as needed along with creating HR procedure manual Serve as lead analyst for compensation reviews, performance and pay - scale benchmarking, market studies, and salary structure decisions, also creating organizational / staff planning charts for all departments and all positions Create and deliver firm - wide staff new - hire orientation, training and development programs, and performance evaluations utilizing a competency - based appraisal system which leads to focused training and development programs based on common and individual areas of performance deficiency Manage all aspects of workers compensation and unemployment claims on behalf of employer, attending hearings and participating actively in all related meetings Hold responsibility for all benefit negotiations, administration, and plan reviews, promoting compliance with and effective execution of IRS / DOL regulations, ERISA, HIPPA, and all audit - related processes Implement and sustain safety programs while performing regular safety - policy trend analyses to identify critical issues, developing corrective action plans to ensure compliance with applicable safety, health, and environmental regulations including OSHA and other applicable laws Consult with management regarding employee - and labor - related issues to resolve conflicts in a professional manner, conducting grievance hearings and negotiation agreements with worker representatives within the provisions of any applicable contract Provide relevant guidance and administration to the development of human resources site on firm intranet, housing online - employment forms, manager resources, job postings, and HR - related forms and documents Develop valuable staff relationships to improve workplace morale as well as maintain positive business relationships with all related brokers and vehuman resources site on firm intranet, housing online - employment forms, manager resources, job postings, and HR - related forms and documents Develop valuable staff relationships to improve workplace morale as well as maintain positive business relationships with all related brokers and vendors

What is now argued is that native title is an issue that the common law itself recognises should be determined under the guidance of international human rights standards.

State Issues and Innovations in Creating Integrated Early Learning and Development Systems A Follow - Up to Early Childhood 2010: Innovations for the Next Generation (PDF - 1.741 KB) U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2011) Presents six common, interrelated themes that emerged during the State team discussions at Early Childhood 2010, and provides descriptions of approaches, and links to program websites, policies, and other relevant documents.

Knowledge of common virtues involves not only engaging with the meaning of specific virtues, but issues associated with the idea of virtues as a way to foster ethical behaviour and respect for human rights.

Students expand their understanding of issues involved in the appeal to consequences (for example, in defining the wider common good and the application of human rights principles including equality and non-discrimination) and duties (for example, of citizens, governments and other institutions) to resolve moral problems.

(Some would say this is also a common issue when human appraisers have little or no experience with the area, or in cases where home values are based on school districts that vary widely in quality within a tight geographic radius.)