Sentences with phrase «countries led the effort»

An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries led the effort, which involved using satellite data from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instruments to help determine the leaf area index, or amount of leaf cover, over the planet's vegetated regions.

An international team of 32 authors from 24 institutions in eight countries led the effort, which involved using satellite data from NASA's Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectrometer and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer instruments to help determine the leaf area index, or amount of leaf cover, over the planet's vegetated regions.

Not exact matches

France's defense and foreign ministers were in the United States on Wednesday for talks with other members of a U.S. - led coalition on increased military efforts against the group, which has urged followers to attack France, among other enemy countries.

One of the aircraft under consideration, the A-29 Super Tucano, is already in service with the Afghan air force, and the US has ordered six more of them to send to the country as the military adjusts to President Donald Trump's plans to expand the US - led war effort there.

Last year, in an attempt to address the growing STEM skills gap in Britain, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) led a collaborative effort by 29 organizations to give every 7th grader in the country a pocket - sized programmable computer that helps teach coding in a simple, fun, and accessible way.

He said the Obama administration has led «intense diplomatic efforts» among the 20 countries involved.

The New York Times» Margot Sanger - Katz points out that earlier studies by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)-- the independent scorekeepers who keep tabs on how legislation affects the budget and the country and whose report on the GOP repeal - and - replace effort last week sent Obamacare opponents into disarray — found that simply repealing Obamacare would only lead to 23 million fewer uninsured Americans.

With lobbyists working in dozens of states, the efforts by leading daily fantasy sports (DFS) operators — most notably DraftKings and FanDuel — to clarify the legal status of their game have resulted in some successes across the country.

The new fund marks the latest effort from Chinese government entities in taking the lead on blockchain development initiatives in the country.

The efforts of those ordinary men and women eventually led to victory for our country and the ideals it sought — and continues to seek — to embody.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Food Sales West also has ramped up its training efforts through its association with Waypoint, a group of leading regional brokers throughout the country, and the Forum Corp., an international training organization with a program utilizing a 10 - step selling process that was developed by Waypoint.

Masire had been actively involved in numerous diplomatic initiatives, leading efforts to resolve political crises in a number of African countries including Mozambique, DR Congo, Lesotho and Kenya.

Sources close to the Ekweremadu - led constitution review committee hinted that many prominent Nigerians across the country had sent words to encourage the National Assembly to ensure that the present constitution amendment efforts seriously address the nagging question of true federalism.

With a clear agenda and concrete proposals on a global growth deal - opening up trade, tackling tax evasion and boosting infrastructure - Britain should have been leading efforts at the G20 to reach an agreement that would transform African and low - income countries into genuine, much - needed dynamos for the largest prize: the return to global growth.

She indicated that the medical supplies were aimed at enhancing the efforts of the government to attain universal health provision for Ghanaians and urged the health workers to lead the way in the delivery of quality and safe health services in the country.

Germany has shown real leadership in response to this crisis, unilaterally lifting the Dublin regulation requiring refugees to be accommodated in their country of first entry, pledging to resettle up to 35,000 Syrian refugees under the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme (VPRS) and leading efforts to build a co-ordinated European response.

The failure of US secretary of state John Kerry's heroic efforts to get negotiations going again between Israel and Palestine may be resumed, but the collapse last spring led him to expect «apartheid» between the two countries.

The White House is preparing to open a broad investigation into China's trade practices, amid growing worries in the United States over a Chinese government - led effort to make the country a global leader in microchips, electric cars and other crucial technologies of the future.

«I'm proud of our Health Department's efforts in raising awareness and money toward fighting the second leading cause of cancer death in this country.»

«From calling for a $ 15 minimum wage to demanding an expanded immigration relief effort and reining in the greed of Wall Street, Bernie Sanders is leading a political revolution to win the hearts and minds of progressives across this country.»

We specially commend the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, for his focused leadership of the 8th Senate, which has produced several legislative actions that have positively affected the lives of Nigerians, promoted good governance and advanced ongoing efforts by the APC - led administration to rebuild the country.

Mulgrew praised the union's political action efforts by both in - service members and retirees in the weeks leading up to the Nov. 6 elections, which he said would have a huge impact on the future of students, educators and the entire country.

The Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) advocacy efforts for increased women's participation in the country's political process gathered momentum on 13th April in Abuja, when a delegation of women led by the United Nations Women Representative to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms. Comfort Lamptey paid a courtesy visit to the commission's headquarters.

The Executive Governor of Bayelsa State Seriake Dickson and Chairman of the PDP Reconciliation Committee on Saturday led the committe members to meet with Former President Goodluck Jonathan in his Country Home Otuoke over the ongoing peace efforts of the party.

The National Association of Charismatic and Christian Churches (NACCC), has called on the government to lead emergency efforts to end illegal mining, popularly known as galamsey in the country.

Mr Rawlings lauded the efforts of the organisers and indicated in his speech that the NDC succeeded against many odds to become a leading political force in the country.

The ex-militants said «we understood the unalloyed efforts been exerted by the current APC led government in the country and ultimately salute particularly the courage and doggedness of our Acting President in the recent times to ensure that Niger Delta areas do not get eluded of benefits due them for better peace and tranquility in the region.

While Ghana has been quite successful in its deliberate efforts, since the mid 1990s to become a leading emerging market destination for foreign direct investment — indeed the country has been the 5th biggest recipient of FDI on the continent since the beginning of this decade — these investment inflows, which have financed the larger manufacturing enterprises in the country, have been overwhelmingly concentrated in the biggest urban centres.

«Senator Diegnan will lead the Transportation Committee at a time of pressing needs for transportation reforms and improvements, Senator Singleton will assume responsibility for issues of importance to the veterans who have served our country with courage and sacrifice, and Senator Gopal will help manage the flow of bills and the work of the Senate Democratic Caucus and lead the efforts of the Manufacturing Caucus at a time when we are addressing so many demanding priorities.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D - NY), who helped lead the effort to establish the Tubman Home park, says it could also get federal funding for the country's centennial celebration of women gaining the right to vote.

The NDRC is leading an aggressive effort to dramatically reform the redistricting process across the country and achieve fair maps that accurately reflect the will of the American people.

In a keynote address, titled, «Job Creation and Social Protection Initiatives in States,» the Country Manager of International Finance Corporation, Mrs. Eme Lore, said the Nigerian private sector must lead efforts on job creation in order to achieve success.

Institutions and government officials leading these efforts have been optimistic about the impact that bilateral scientific collaboration can have in creating more positive exchanges and areas of agreement between the two countries.

«There is a huge need to come up with something that can be used in countries where mammography is less available,» says Charlene Bayer, who is leading the effort at Georgia Tech.

The United States is leading the charge for a voluntary pact in which countries declare targets that are then enforced with monitoring and reporting efforts.

To that end, James Clovis, president of the Industrial Research Institute, an organization representing 231 leading companies that together carry out approximately 70 % of the industrial research effort in the United States, said that the country lacked a strategic plan to address the critical issues facing its S&E workforce.

Concentrations across the Antarctic continent have since declined, but still are about four-fold higher than before industrialization, despite the phase out of leaded gasoline and other mitigation efforts in many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, the report states.

Pictures of babies with shrunken heads and immobilized victims led to a coordinated effort in afflicted countries and across borders to track and fight the infection.

MEXT has launched the Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities, choosing 22 universities to lead the country's efforts in advancing science and technology.

Belay is leading efforts to create common biosafety rules between COMESA member countries.

Two countries — the United Kingdom and the Netherlands — seem to be leading the way in their efforts to promote women and, more recently, ethnic minority scientists, the NEWS report indicates.

A team led by Carnegie's Greg Asner developed a new high - resolution approach for prioritizing carbon conservation efforts throughout tropical countries.

Patterson observes that «Some senior [Romanian energy authority] staff believe that efforts to increase the efficiency of energy use would lead to a continuing fall in sales, and would therefore be contrary to the interests of the company — a view also frequently found in utilities in OECD countries.»

This initial effort led to host country - specific «survival guides» for new Marie Curie Fellows in several countries.

For example, what Kepler scientists are learning about potentially habitable planets, she says, can be easily turned it into a lesson that's aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, a state - led, voluntary effort to improve science instruction in elementary and secondary schools across the country.

The reports are based on the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2010 (GBD 2010), a collaborative effort of researchers from 50 countries around the world led by IHME at the University of Washington in the United States and supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Led by Dr Katie Hampson of the University of Glasgow, the study is the first to estimate the impact of canine rabies and the extent of control efforts in every country in the world.

The discovery is part of a trend among local and foreign scientists to focus again on Afghanistan after decades of civil war and invasions there, says Stephen Peters, lead researcher on a U.S. Geological Survey effort to assess the mineral resources in the central Asian country.

«In the past year, the United States saw an intense effort across the country to rapidly expand the capacity for high - level isolation patient care,» said John Lowe, PhD, a lead author of the study.