Sentences with phrase «head of population as»

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If successful, could Zimbabwe's EcoCash overtake Kenya's M - Pesa — which, with a four - year head start has signed up two - thirds of the adult population in that country — as the world's gold standard for wireless financial services?

So if every 20 years the Muslim population doubles as a percentage of total population then by 2090 Britain will be 64 % Muslim and the Queen will be wearing a head - scarf, and Sharia will be the rule of law.

In 1977 Robert McNamara, as head of the World Bank, saw in population growth the «gravest issue» short of nuclear war and in a particularly prophetic statement lamented that the decisions that had led to this growth were «not in the exclusive control of a few governments but rather in the literally hundreds of millions of individual parents who will determine the outcome.»

Citigroup's head of research Craig Woolford says Homebase is likely to experience weaker demand as population growth and GDP growth slow in the UK.

Referrals to craniofacial centers for evaluation of deformational plagiocephaly and brachycephaly are increasing.8 This increase in deformations has been temporally linked to the Back to Sleep program advanced by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 1992 that advises the avoidance of the prone sleeping position as a method of reducing the rates of sudden infant death syndrome.10,, 12,13 There is a delay in early gross motor milestones in children forced to sleep supine but these delays seem transient and have not been linked as yet to any longer term problems.14 Children who are encouraged to sleep on their backs and develop abnormal head shapes as a result are a different population than children who spontaneously restricted their movement in bed for one reason or another.

So at the level of public space the polity as an «imaginary institution» (to misuse Castoriadis) more or less disappeared, leaving «society» as a sort of pre-biotic soup in which all that really mattered was the number of wealthy good Samaritans per head of population, or something of that sort.

As we head towards rapidly escalating unemployment the creation of a dependent population both of sink estate baby mothers and their parasite public sector minders is draggig the country down.

But that seemingly innocuous request to gather more information about the U.S. population has enraged census and civil rights advocates, who see it as part of a broader campaign by President Donald Trump and his administration to undermine the legitimacy of the decennial head count.

Now, as the global population heads for more than 9 billion by the middle of this century, we have the genetic wherewithal to consign Haber's 1909 trick to history.

This particular group of wasps is of interest because they could potentially control invasive ant populations, including important ant pests such as the Red Imported Fire ant, the Little Red Fire ant and the Big - headed ant.

The association with traumatic brain injuries was not as clear as for head injuries, which may be due to a smaller number of these events in the study population.

Border cells are relatively sparse, making up less than 10 % of the local cell population, but can be found in all layers of the medial entorhinal cortex as well as the adjacent parasubiculum, often intermingled with head - direction cells and grid cells.

Ernest Hawk, vice president and head of the division of cancer prevention and population science at MD Anderson Cancer Center, said that stepped - up prevention efforts could deliver further gains because «we already know how to prevent the bulk of tobacco - and HPV - related cancers, as well as how to reduce deaths from other cancers. . .

Furthermore, morphological alterations of the skull due to adaptations to different food items [47] in the study population (see Material and methods) relative to the source populations (probably spillovers from harvest and fodder on farms), can not be ruled out as a source of the observed decrease in head length, but also can not explain the reversed trend in later years.

As much as I love the culinary industry and the delicious food it provides, I was dismayed to recently discover that, in 2018, only 19 % of chefs are female — and women make up only 7 % of the population of head chefAs much as I love the culinary industry and the delicious food it provides, I was dismayed to recently discover that, in 2018, only 19 % of chefs are female — and women make up only 7 % of the population of head chefas I love the culinary industry and the delicious food it provides, I was dismayed to recently discover that, in 2018, only 19 % of chefs are female — and women make up only 7 % of the population of head chefs.

As the kitten population is about to skyrocket into the thousands during the warmer weather months, North Shore Animal League America teamed up with one of our rescue partners in Florida to combat this ever - growing issue head on.

It notes how Vietnam, with a population that's half under - 25 (that's around 40 million), is really taking off as a major destination in the world, and many are heading to the pristine white sands of China Beach to enjoy surfing and to stretch their strong currency.

Andrew, you describe our planet as one of finite real estate, heading toward a population of 9 billion.

A central question, as we head toward a population of nine billion, is how we mesh our infinite aspirations with this very finite piece of real estate.

And I made my task harder by centering this blog on a broad question: How do we limit regrets as we head toward a global population of 9 billion people seeking better lives?

Libby's article speaks volumes about the difficulty of moving a world that is more than 80 percent dependent on fossil fuels toward one largely free of carbon dioxide emissions from such fuels within two or three generations, even as the human population heads toward 9 billion (more or less).

This is how it goes, and it's a warning to environmentalists and others focused on avoiding losses as humans head toward a population of 9 billion in the next several decades, exerting an ever greater influence over the sheath of life enriching lands and seas.

As the human population heads toward 9 billion, more or less, with most of the growth coming in struggling places, unless more is done to boost resilience to known hazards — earthquakes included — there will be ever more wrenching imagery like that out of China (and Myanmar, as wellAs the human population heads toward 9 billion, more or less, with most of the growth coming in struggling places, unless more is done to boost resilience to known hazards — earthquakes included — there will be ever more wrenching imagery like that out of China (and Myanmar, as wellas well).

A go - go approach to domestic oil extraction might make sense if American highways could keep adding lanes as the country heads toward and beyond a population of 400 million.

With or without the threat of human - caused climate disruption, it's clear the world lacks the menu of energy options it will require to avoid trouble as the human population heads toward 9 billion people (more or less), all seeking a decent life.

My focus is a bit «meta» given the broad focus of the blog on trends as humans head toward people population and appetites.

It's two superimposed realities that are emerging as humanity's environmental footprint grows, both through sheer numbers, with a global population heading toward 9 billion, and through the outflow of an expanding range of wastes, reflecting both poverty and affluence in different places:

These populations are thought of as being warm - blooded, or even hot - headed, owing to the hot climates in which they live.

Therefore, the cost of abating all of the 0.15 C ° of warming that the IPCC predicted would occur between 2011 and 2020 by using measures as cost - effective as Australia's carbon dioxide tax would be $ 309 trillion, 57.4 % of global GDP to 2020, or $ 44,000 per head of the world's population.

«Several species of lemurs, monkeys and apes — such as the ring - tailed lemur, Udzunga red colobus monkey, Yunnan snub - nosed monkey, white - headed langur and Grauer's gorilla — are down to a population of a few thousand individuals.

The population swells ten times as over 100,000 people head to the community for an eclectic mix of music and more.

When performing head - to - head comparisons across origins, it is important to account and control for the population differences: segment by provided dimensions, such as device type and connection type, and consider external factors such as size of the population, countries from which the origin is accessed, and so on.

But Peru has so much to offer the traveler that even a two - week vacation is barely enough time to drink in the fabulousness of this fascinating country that was once home to a thriving Inca population that was quite obviously way ahead of its time, evident by the presence of such awesome sites as Machu Picchu, a must - see for anyone heading to Peru Read the rest of this article»

Natalie came to the education field in 2007 when she played a foundational role as Head of Strategy at Save the Children for the newly established Global Education Cluster, the forum that brings together NGOs, the UN, academics and other actors to ensure the provision of education for populations affected by humanitarian crises.

Even more stirring, according to the report, Projections and Implications for Housing a Growing Population: Older Adults 2015 - 2035: though the 65 - and - older population will expand from 48 million to 79 million by 2035, with 50 million acting as heads of households, just 3.5 percent of existing houses feature supportive amenities such as widened entrances and pathways.

In no particular order, off the top of my head: landlord - friendly laws, no rent control, population trends, total population in the metro (I won't invest in super small metro areas / towns), unemployment rate trends, vacancy rate trends, income trends, rent trends, economic trends for the metro, weather (as it pertains to potential expenses - i.e., I don't have to worry about clearing snow from a parking lot in Scottsdale AZ), purchase price, expected ROI, how fast you can evict, insurance rates, and property taxes.