Sentences with phrase «despite substantial problems»

The comptroller's July 2015 audit found that ACS «did not provide sufficient oversight of contractor performance» and that contracts were renewed or extended with vendors despite substantial problems.

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Despite the fact that leading process theists have devoted a substantial part of their writings to the discussion of evil, we find publication after publication by philosophers on the problem of...

All these problems, lack of clarity re Esquire's health, a still threatening LTV (asset write - downs would re-elevate this to dangerous levels), etc. wd discourage me despite a substantial NAV discount.

A problem: «Despite a substantial increase in the power of the sun over billions of years the temperature of the Earth has remained remarkably stable.

Excessive alcohol consumption could have a role in these pathways, being closely related to suicide and interpersonal violence, 34 — 36 and alongside other substance misuse, it was found to be associated with suicide in other disadvantaged groups.37 — 41 Despite the lack of exact estimates, illicit drug use too seems to be a substantial and increasing problem among travellers.20, 42

Globally, harmful alcohol use is a major modifiable contributor to the burden of disease.1 The typical age of initiation of alcohol use is around mid-adolescence and for a significant minority of adolescents their alcohol use will result in substantial harms, the most costly of which is alcohol use disorder (AUD).2 Defined as a cluster of symptoms indicating continued alcohol use despite significant problems, AUD is common and imposes a significant burden on the individual, their family and the wider society.

Parenting interventions that are delivered during this developmental period are necessary in order to capture the groups of youth and families (i) currently experiencing problems, but who did not receive an intervention during early childhood; (ii) those who received an intervention in early childhood, but who continue to experience problems and (iii) those who are not currently experiencing problems, but are at risk for developing problems later in adulthood.7 In Steinberg's 2001 presidential address to the Society for Research on Adolescence, a concluding remark was made for the need to develop a systematic, large - scale, multifaceted and ongoing public health campaign for parenting programmes for parents of adolescents.8 Despite the wealth of knowledge that has been generated over the past decade on the importance of parents in adolescent development, a substantial research gap still exists in the parenting literature in regards to interventions that support parents of adolescents.