Sentences with phrase «human issues theme»

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The ambiguities and ironies emphasize Greene's theme of human love as a destructive and redeeming force which clouds all moral issues and makes the world an even more dangerous place.

As a result, «JAMA's» editors will continue to publish an annual theme issue devoted to the subjects of human rights, violence and inhumanity.

The collection of studies in the theme issue provides a rallying point for broader discussions of how human influences shape evolution and how that evolution, in turn, influences species traits, biodiversity, and «ecosystem services» — the benefits that nature provides to humans, such as food, water and clean air.

She is the guest editor of a new themed issue of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, the oldest scientific journal in the world, that focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to human evolution.

Another issue: brain / consciousness uploading — the idea that somehow human consciousness can be extracted from a human brain and replicated on a chip — which is a major theme in the movie.

Under the theme «Inclusive Cooperation for Achieving Land Degradation Neutrality,» the event organizers worked to promote public awareness of the issue that affects dryland regions of Northern, Upper East and Upper West Ghana in particular, calling attention to human activities that contribute to land degradation, such as unsustainable farming practices, bush burning, uncontrolled tree felling and clear - cutting, mining and overgrazing.

Feb. 12, 2018 — Vanderbilt biologist Nicole Creanza is the guest editor of a new themed issue of «Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B» highlighting interdisciplinary approaches to understanding human evolution.

At risk of going beyond the theme of this thread, I offer up excerpts from it because I think Orr's review speaks indirectly to the larger issue of how we as humans and as a global society are reacting to the findings of the earth sciences regarding anthropogenic global warming, climate disruption, and their ensuing ecological and socio - economic consequences:

Starting as a mere curiosity, ancient human genetics has become a major player in the understanding of our evolutionary history.This article is part of the themed issue «Evo - devo in the genomics era, and the origins of morphological diversity».

The enduring and healing power of love, the strength of the human will, living for the moment — these are a few of the themes Cameron covers, but instead of coming off as blatantly preachy (which, in some of his previous films, he comes dangerously close to), he addresses these issues with careful subtlety, expressing them mostly through the characters and their actions rather than explicitly written dialogue (with the exception of a few words of wisdom dispensed by Jack).

The film focuses constantly on issues of communication, another key Spielberg theme; in place of the musical tones in Close Encounters [Close Encounters of the Third Kind, 1977] that enable the extraterrestrial visitors to communicate with earthlings, the visitors from another continent in Amistad manage to make a human connection once their insular American sympathizers finally take the trouble to learn their language.

4 x 1 hour lessons covering a variety of focus issues from AQA Component 2 - Religion, Human Rights and Social Justice (theme F AQA).

From study and examination, one teacher devised a graphic format to take stock of essential questions that framed the content, human issues and themes and complementary learning activities.

The program, implemented throughout our Lower School, is a hands - on, human - centered and team - based approach to tackling sticky problems — issues often related to our Isdell Center for Global Leadership's (ICGL) annual global theme.

Each week of our program has a special theme from focus and impulse control to patience, our curriculum spans all aspects of canine and human wellbeing to address as many issues as possible.

One of Gormley's central themes is the human body, which he uses in ever new constellations of large sculptural ensembles or as individual figures to investigate and call into question issues of space and perception.

issues of sexual communication, dysfunction + human frailty are imbedded in her work; themes which are explored + executed with such truthfulness + raw honesty.

Arts philanthropist, Ranvir Shah, has captured the essence of Aptekar's project in a way that connects the overarching themes of human interaction and understanding to relevant international issues between societies and individuals.

The selected works drawn from the Library's extensive collections highlight the gradual broadening in both the private and public spheres of women's roles and interests, addressing such themes as evolving ideals of feminine beauty, new opportunities emerging for women in society, changes in gender relations and issues of human welfare.

The exhibition — whose themes echo the expansive humanitarian interests of the Menil Collection's founders — aims to create a platform for international dialogue on the issues of human rights, compassion, civil disobedience and progress through non-violence.

Through this edition's theme, «Oxygen», the festival aims to strengthen already existing public awareness on environmental issues through photography and film — exploring concepts of ecological collapse, perishing nature, industrial waste, human helplessness at facing wars, and destruction caused by immigration and urbanisation.

Exploring issues ranging from societal gender roles and the perceived failure of idealism to the relationship between humans and technology, she produces genre - crossing works rooted in critical theory, art history and themes from science fiction.

Over the last 13 years, she has produced a series of lyrical sculptures and installations that touch on such issues as gender politics, universal theme of love, loss and of being human.

«Picture - making on themes of failure and longing»: The picturing of human relations and the function of language in the work of Raymond Pettibon,» Artefact: Journal of the Irish Association of Art Historians, Issue Four, 2010, pp. 46 - 59.

Curated by Janna Keegan, curatorial assistant at the de Young, with contributions from Julian Cox, former chief curator of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, «Judy Dater: Only Human» spans 50 years of picture making, and shows how Dater continues to explore the themes and issues that have always inspired her work.

They state, in other words, that their results have direct bearing on the global warming issues, issues currently before governments faced with heavy lobbying from wealthy environmentalist groups, and the United Nations, which just this year will arrange around 38 meetings in 17 countries to push the theme, not counting the other enormous resources they have devoted to the theme that humans are destroying the planet.

Building upon IIASA's scientific foundations and agenda, this special issue has two major themes: Dealing with uncertainty in integrated analyses of human - environment systems; Social, technical and institutional transformatons in response to global sustainability challenges.

State Issues and Innovations in Creating Integrated Early Learning and Development Systems A Follow - Up to Early Childhood 2010: Innovations for the Next Generation (PDF - 1.741 KB) U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (2011) Presents six common, interrelated themes that emerged during the State team discussions at Early Childhood 2010, and provides descriptions of approaches, and links to program websites, policies, and other relevant documents.

The Australian Human Rights Commission regularly conducts competitions based around human rights themes and social isHuman Rights Commission regularly conducts competitions based around human rights themes and social ishuman rights themes and social issues.

One contribution of 14 to a theme issue «Understanding variation in human fertility: what can we learn from evolutionary demography?»

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