Sentences with phrase «head of the population for»

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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?

East Tennessee doesn't have a large Jewish population, so for the first few months of my year of biblical womanhood, I searched high and low for a Jewish source to answer my questions about Jewish holidays, kosher eating, mixed fibers, head coverings, and niddah.

The things I find most appalling about religion reach a new zenith in Islam --(i) a dulling down of individual thought and a dogmatic requirement to conform to the views of the masses; (ii) a stultifying ignorant education system in which anything inconsistent with the Qur» an is not just discouraged, but censored; (iii) the subjugation of women to the point of educating them to be nothing but mindless f * king, breeding machines for their insecure husbands; (iv) a political class that feeds off the religious - based ignorance it imposes on its populations; and (v) a general back - sliding against the rest of the planet because heads are buried in Dark Ages mythology.

A small expression of favor the laborer would be able to get through his head; it would be understood in the market - town by «the highly respected cultured public,» by all ballad - mongers, in short, by the 5 times 100,000 persons who dwelt in that market - town, which with respect to its population was even a very big city, but with respect to possessing understanding of and sense for the extraordinary was a very small market - town — but this thing of becoming the Emperor's son - in - law was far too much.

No, virtually ever user group population that sees a rapid rise in usage heads for an asymptote or declines eventually, for a variety of reasons unrelated to your claim.

Australia is the country with the worst record for meat consumption per head of population, according to OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) figures from 2015.

She is always heading off somewhere: striking out on British Army or scientific expeditions to remote portions of the Belizean jungles; roaring up the Western Highway to Belmopan, the capital city, where her opinions are solicited with frequency by government ministers (she is now an official — albeit unpaid — land and resources adviser); or careering into Belize City, the country's population center, for a high - society cocktail party.

Even if you can't wrap your head around the idea of loving a robot (let alone marrying one), imagine that for a certain percentage of the population it's not only not fantasy but preferable to relationships with humans.

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.

Koo, the Chinese - born founder of a chain of Flushing drugstores and head of the Chinese Business Association, was busy building his own coalition in Flushing Monday, accepting the support of Korean Americans for Peter Koo, a group of leaders that represents one of the largest populations in the neighborhood.

«These exciting results indicate that there is a new standard of care option for a population of head and neck cancer patients with no other treatment options,» said the trial's international co-chair Robert Ferris, M.D., Ph.D., UPMC Endowed Professor, and chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery and co-leader of the Cancer Immunology Program at Uhead and neck cancer patients with no other treatment options,» said the trial's international co-chair Robert Ferris, M.D., Ph.D., UPMC Endowed Professor, and chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery and co-leader of the Cancer Immunology Program at UHead and Neck Surgery and co-leader of the Cancer Immunology Program at UPCI.

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.

But demographers say that amount is woefully short of what the agency needs to finish preparations for the decennial head count of the U.S. population in 2020.

«Growing populations and economic development are exponentially increasing the demand for refrigeration and air conditioning,» says Helena Molin Valdés, head of the United Nations's (UN's) Climate & Clean Air Coalition Secretariat in Paris.

The survey shows for example within the EU, there is a x5 variation in the number of kidney donors per country (per head of population).

Australians produce a much greater volume of waste per head of population than Europeans, and packaging accounts for a large fraction of this.

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.

That makes studying the genetics of specific indigenous groups vital for understanding risk factors that could be present in the broader Mexican population, says Xavier Soberón, head of Mexico's National Institute of Genomic Medicine (INMEGEN), who was not involved in the research.

If tigers in the western group remain isolated, «that population, if you ask me, looks like it's headed toward extinction,» says population geneticist Uma Ramakrishnan of the National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore.

«It's a surprising finding and it implies that New World populations were not completely isolated from the Old World after their initial migration,» said Eske Willerslev from the Centre for GeoGenetics at the Natural History Museum, University of Copenhagen, who headed the study.

But the new study firmly establishes that some of these cells endure for many decades in some Medalists — offering clues to potential treatments for preserving and even restoring the crucial cell population, says George L. King, M.D., senior author on the paper, Joslin's chief scientific officer and head of the Dianne Nunnally Hoppes Laboratory for Diabetes Complications.

Another question mentioned the future of South America in reference to the imperialism examined in Zama, and Martel expressed a lack of enthusiasm for where Argentina is headed, noting that the nation doesn't especially identify with its native population — a very racially mixed country that can not see its own diversity.

Check out this book on iBooks Year 8 Maths Data Representation and Interpretation The following interactive textbook has been designed to teach Year 8 students in accordance with the following ACARA headings: Investigate techniques for collecting data, including census, sampling and observation (ACMSP284) Explore the practicalities and implications of obtaining data through sampling using a variety of investigative processes (ACMSP206) Explore the variation of means and proportions of random samples drawn from the same population (ACMSP293) Investigate the effect of individual data values, including outliers, on the mean and median (ACMSP207)

The head of Maryland's Alliance of Public Charter Schools said it would be «most damaging for students within Maryland's minority and low - income populations who need every opportunity available to them to lower the achievement gap — not being held to lower sub-par standards.»

And a big fat population of baby boomers, now heading into retirement, will continue to buy them for the foreseeable future.

In a recent blog, Pat Chiefalo, our head of iShares Canadian Product, said this growing appeal for dividend stocks is the result of two trends: An aging population that is in greater need of generating income from their investments; and the persistence of historically low government bond yields.

Today you continue travelling west along the Garden Route, heading to the fascinating town of Oudtshoorn, famous for its Ostrich population.

Instead, head north along the small streets for an eclectic mix of excellent restaurants and shops that cater to the burgeoning population of locals.

Pro tip: Head to Little Cayman, population 170, for some of the best diving at Bloody Bay Wall.

At the Transvision 2007 conference, Jerome Glenn, head of the United Nations» Millenium Project and author of its annual State of the Future report, pointed out something what I've been saying for years — that the U.N.'s low variant trend appears to be the path that world population is following.

Look at the population projection for Uganda, showing that country heading to a population of 96 million in 2050 from 31 million today.

They're a distinct population from the other two, and have specific migration routes, including heading out to White Shark Cafe off Hawaii for part of every year.

Re # 22 The USA (and Canada for that matter) consumes vast amounts of fossil fuels per head of population and need to bring it down by at least 50 % quite quickly.

They are headed for population stability after large numbers of young people move through their reproductive years.

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.

Although the majority of households in Jacksonville are headed by a married couple, nearly 37 % of citizens live with someone who is not related to them.2 Since Jacksonville has a highly diverse population, 3 services for families in need of behavioral health counseling must be adaptable to and respectful of each population's unique needs.

The aging of America, more immigrants, and a population that's heading south are a few big trends to watch that will likely have a great impact on the housing market over the next decade, writes John Burns, CEO of John Burns Real Estate Consulting, in a column for ATTOM Data Solutions.

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.

«How and where our nation's aging population chooses to live will have widespread implications on the way homes are designed, the resources people will need, and how communities and businesses nationwide should prepare,» says Andy Sieg, head of Global Wealth and Retirement Solutions for Bank of America Merrill Lynch.