Sentences with phrase «human infrastructure in»

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In building ProAmerica, Contreras - Sweet said that it was critical to the bank's survival that she build a strong human and physical infrastructure early on.

Their strong results reflect their investment in infrastructure and important institutional processes such as human resources, finance, and internal technology.

Many such experts say the disasters in the sprawling suburban and petro - industrial landscape around Houston and along the crowded coasts of Florida reinforce the urgent idea that resilient infrastructure is needed more than ever, particularly as human - driven climate change helps drive extreme weather.

Startups at the seed stage generally don't have human resources infrastructure in place, or even employees for whom paid parental leave is an issue.

Blockchain technology can cut out the substantial intermediary costs, security risks, and record keeping infrastructure traditionally associated with such applications resulting in reduced cost, fewer time delays and less human error.

Solutions to address housing affordability and transit infrastructure will assist with attracting and retaining necessary and valuable human capital in Greater Vancouver.

In December 2017, SBI announced that it would use Huobi's technology, know - how, and human resources to develop IT (information technology) infrastructure for SBI Virtual Currencies,

In its narrowest or most basic meaning, it refers only to those things that make human labor more productive, such as building, machinery, and infrastructure for industrial production.

In wartime the GNP soars; nothing is subtracted for the destruction of cities and infrastructure, much less for the loss of human life.

In this role she is responsible for overseeing overall organizational operations, including the technology infrastructure, and is directly responsible for human resources policies and employee benefits and relations.

He said the country will thrive better with strong investment in health and education, rather than concentrating on physical infrastructure, to the detriments of human capital development

This year, Hillary Clinton's team raised hundreds of millions of dollars online, built a massive data and human infrastructure to turn out their voters, invested their money in targeted TV advertising, created opportunities for volunteers to work in their own social circles on behalf of the candidate — all pieces Obama had shown should work.

Mr. Speaker, Government made a commitment in the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy, to structurally transform the economy through investment in agriculture, development of strategic infrastructure, investment in human capital and a deliberate push towards industrialization with active private sector involvement to create jobs and wealth, and improve incomes, thereby improving the standard of living of the Ghanaian.

«This plan's singular focus is on infrastructure — investing in the physical needs and human capital to create a playing field where the entire community can grow.

This administration has proposed cuts to funding for human services, starved our infrastructure of the resources it needs and paid millions of dollars in fines for being unable to provide clean drinking water but can spend several million dollars taking care of the law firms that employ his campaign donors,» said Brian Hegt, spokesman for the BoL Democratic Caucus.

He noted government was committed in developing the human resource base of the country through provision of educational infrastructure and the construction of Community Day Schools across the country...

President Donald Trump has reportedly expressed interest in the concept, even as it has sparked derision among some infrastructure types, who question its viability and, relatedly, its potential impact on the human body.

The plan itemizes the approach towards investing in people, including promoting social inclusion through social investment programmes for the vulnerable and targeted programmes for the North - East and Niger - Delta, job creation and youth empowerment and investments in human capital while outlining the competitiveness imperatives as enhancing infrastructure (power, roads, rail, ports and broadband services, and leveraging public - private partnerships (PPPs)-RRB-, improving the business environment through the initiatives under the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC) and promoting digital - led growth.

«I hope you will agree with me that a weapon with the capacity to kill a human from over a mile away, pierce body and vehicle armor, and destroy military and civilian infrastructure should not be available in New York State without registration and without even a permit.

But the damage could still be rather extensive, both in human lives and expensive infrastructure.

, «Infrastructure, National Asset Management and National Productivity, Education, Health, Human Capital and Social Policy», «Taxation, Governance, Democracy and Development», «Intergenerational Discourse on Getting Government to Work for Development and Democracy in Nigeria.»

Today, he has been able to give every geo - political zone a sense of belonging in terms of infrastructure development, economic and human capital empowerment.

In a statement, the executives of the two unions stated that BOST is the only institution with the adequate infrastructure and the human resource capacity...

Pre-Campaign Community Service / Activism: Worked extensively with Family of Woodstock, Rip Van Winkle Council of Boy Scouts of America, establishing Ulster County Habitat for Humanity, Ralph Darmstadt Homeless Shelter, Ulster County Board of Health and Ulster County Human Rights Commission, Caring Hands Soup Kitchen Board Member, Midtown Rising Board Member, Teacher at Woodbourne Prison, part of Rising Hope Program Platform At a Glance Economy: Supports farming subsidies, job creation through infrastructure investments in rural broadband and sustainable technology, in favor of strong unions Healthcare: Medicare for All Women's Rights: Pro-choice, supports fully funding Planned Parenthood, birth control to be paid for employer, supports equal pay for equal work Racial Justice: Will work to prevent discrimination of all kind Immigration: Supports comprehensive immigration reform that includes path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants Foreign Policy: Supports increased pressure on North Korea but not military intervention Environment: Supports measures to stall climate change and create green jobs LGBTQ: Supports anti-discrimination of all people Gun Control: Will not take NRA money, supports common sense gun control and against Faso's vote to allow the mentally disabled to obtain firearms

On infrastructure, Symington compared the efforts of the state government in road infrastructure to human development.

«One of the most basic things that any developed society wants to do is to get clean drinking water and water for cooking,» said Richard Geddes, an infrastructure expert and professor in Cornell University's College of Human Ecology.

But one thing I want to let you know is that all the loans we have taken as the APC (government) in Edo State have all been directed to capital projects, infrastructure, and all the debts that we will eventually incur will be those that can be used to boost the economy of our state and human resources, not to pay salaries and claims, as is the tradition of the PDP.

«This plan has ideas from across the community and lays the groundwork for growth and prosperity through strategic investments in physical and human infrastructure.»

The Council identified eight major priorities in its response: increased investment in city youth; investment in healthcare, education, jobs and legal services for immigrants; specific funding for the diverse communities; capital investment in infrastructure; creating a Rainy Day Fund and adding to existing reserves; baselining essential city services; expanding criminal justice, community support, and human services; and more accurately tracking city agency performance.

In the Capital Region water infrastructure tour, «We learned quickly it wasn't just capital and physical infrastructure but human infrastructure as well,» he said.

When infrastructure plans are based on a set climate scenario, rather than a flexible one, it can be very costly in both human and economic terms, especially in the developing world, the paper argues.

Las Vegas is a human phenomenon, an incredibly large futuristic infrastructure that was built almost entirely in the last hundred years.

This is why we need to protect buildings as well as humans in cities in future urban planning, so the strategic placing of hedges, trees and other green infrastructure can have a direct benefit as an air pollution control measure in cities.»

In poorer areas, where infrastructure and sanitation are often much worse, even sources of water that have been «improved» are frequently at risk for contamination by human and animal feces, according to recent analyses.

«America has the best doctors and public health infrastructure in the world and we are prepared to respond,» insists the US federal Department of Health and Human Services.

Other scientific challenges in terms of funding, infrastructure and human capacities were also examined.

Those issues include poverty and inequality, public health infrastructure and human resources in low - income countries.

«Our workgroup on genome editing included experts in several subfields of human genetics as well as from countries with varying health systems and research infrastructure,» said Kelly E. Ormond, MS, CGC, lead author of the statement and Professor of Genetics at Stanford University.

Results show clearly that forest elephants were increasingly uncommon in places with high human density, high infrastructure density such as roads, high hunting intensity, and poor governance as indicated by levels of corruption and absence of law enforcement.

Experts warn that poverty, conflict, and the lack of infrastructure will make the virus particularly difficult to battle in Africa, while the heavy burden of other diseases may both mask and amplify its human health toll.

She discusses the mechanics of quakes, the increase in human - induced tremors, the ways cities are safeguarding infrastructures (or not) against damage, and advances in technology that make these fleeting but powerful phenomena easier to predict.

Bettencourt and his colleagues at Arizona State University (A.S.U.), Dresden University of Technology in Germany and New Mexico's Santa Fe Institute, modeled the growth of a city according to three categories of factors: material infrastructure (road surfaces, electrical cable, etc.), human needs (such as total energy consumption and housing) and patterns of social activity, including total bank deposits, research and development, new cases of AIDS and new patents filed.

They found that human needs, such as employment, utility consumption and housing, correspond directly with the population: As the number of people doubles so does the need for housing, jobs and electricity infrastructure, which encompasses the number of roads, gasoline stations and the like already in place and does not necessarily keep pace with individual growth — the ratio of user to facility simply rises.

«We're living in the most active era of infrastructure and road expansion in human history.

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Both already possess excellent infrastructures, state - of - the - art facilities, and abundant human capital, so AGS scholars can look forward to a first - rate multidisciplinary education and training right here in Singapore.

There is something in the disposable and opportunistic nature of the material produced, and the mingling of auto - mated and human infrastructure used to produce it, that seems similar — a cynical project to monopolize the conversation and commandeer the space of relevant information.

Finally, the team quantified impacts at scales useful for decision - making in eight sectors of the state's economy: hydrology and water resources, energy, agriculture, salmon, forests, coasts, infrastructure, and human health.

10.30 - 11.00 Stackebradt, Erko (Professor, Leibnitz Institute, DSMZ - German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures; Coordinator, MIRRI - Microbial Resource Research Infrastructure, Braunschweig, Germany): Scientists and (their) microbial resources: responsibilities revisited 11.00 - 11.30 Balázs, Ervin (Member of HAS, Professor, Director - general, Centre for Agricultural Reserch, Hungarian Academy of Science, Martonvárár, Hungary): Microbes serving agri - food industry 11.30 - 12.00 Coffee break 12.00 - 12.30 Nagy, Károly (Professor, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary): How science supports management of emerging infections 12.30 - 13.00 Rajnavölgyi, Éva (Professor, Department of Immunology, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary): Human life in invisible company - The significance of preventive vaccination

However I did look at what would happen after that in relative, rather than absolute time, by featuring not only changes in geography, but in chapter by chapter fashion looking at trends in human population, agriculture, coastal city infrastructure (all those buried wires!)