Sentences with phrase «important general problem»

With John Lewis, though, it points to an important general problem with the viability of employee ownership of businesses (for readers outside Britain, the John Lewis Partnership is owned by its 81,000 employees; it is a successful operator of department stores and supermarkets, and its annual profit - sharing bonus for employees is widely reported in the media).

Not exact matches

Mathematics for economics and business is an important theme and knowledge of it augments a person's reasoning, problem - solving skills, and in general, the capacity to think.

This week's announcement generated a new round of complaints about the ORPP, but it's important not to let problems with the ORPP undermine the strong general case for public pension expansion.

The latter is a tangled problem at best, but it is clear that among the important founders of the process perspective — specifically I mean James, Peirce, Bergson, Whitehead, Dewey, and Hartshorne — it is Hartshorne's work which comes closest to being a kind of personalism.1 Whitehead explicitly sets aside the personalist perspective in Religion in the Making, considering its claims beyond the possibility of being established.2 On the other side, a number of personalists have been sympathetic to process thought, and Brightman is surely principal among them.3 Here I will not investigate the question of whether personalism in general, or even the idealistic type, is reconcilable with process thought.

Before addressing this general complaint, however, an important technical problem in the first argument advanced by Schulweis deserves attention.

In the last week of May, three separate and unconnected documents emerged which in their different ways contributed to this important aim, two from within or actually initiated by the Church, the other an entirely secular report which gives us the general context of the problem.

It is because of the general relevance of this problem for Whiteheadian theology that it is important to compare the above discussed proposal with its proposed interpretations.

This is very important as it allows the doctors to check that the size of your baby matches your dates, and also to look out for potential problems like molar pregnancies, ectopic pregnancies, multiple pregnancies and the general well - being of your baby.

Although each machine is limited to a single task, it would allow researchers to answer important questions without having to solve some of the more difficult problems involved in creating a general - purpose quantum computer.

SAPPHIRE's flexibility showcases an important lesson about Semantic Web systems: once they are configured for a general problem — in this case, public health reporting — they can quickly be adapted to a variety of situations within that field.

Joint DMS / NIGMS Initiative to Support Research in the Area of Mathematical Biology NSF's Division of Mathematical Sciences (DMS)-- part of the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences — and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)-- an NIH institute — seek proposals that «identify innovative mathematics or statistics needed to solve an important biological problem.»

Distinguishing between knots is an important problem — not because of what it tells us about knots of the boy scout variety, but because it represents the simplest and most natural instance of a very general problem: how to tell the difference between different ways of embedding one space in another.

HAPPINESS: The way we feel about ourselves, approach our problems, and our general outlook on life plays an important role in our well - being.

While Perkins is quick to say that the achievement gap is a highly important problem that should be taken seriously, in general, he says, «achievement» is about mastering a topic and less about providing lifeworthy content.

The problem with this strategy, though convincing in theory, is that there is little incentive for the heads to do so on the current model, which provides inadequate capital for the development of such arrangements, and constrains these trusts in important ways from attracting and deploying the resources necessary for sustainable school improvement, such as constraints on the pooling of General Annual Grant funding, accumulation of surpluses, borrowing (whether secured against assets or on funding agreements), deployment of capital, and acquisition and disposal of fixed assets — all inhibit chains from deploying resources where they are needed most.

This week's announcement generated a new round of complaints about the ORPP, but it's important not to let problems with the ORPP undermine the strong general case for public pension expansion.

It is so important for the general public to understand how broken the shelter system is and how things like puppy mills, BSL, dog fighting, etc. contribute to the problems.

Since certain toy breeds are often crossed with small Terriers, it's important to know about the health problems of small dogs in general.

* has spent a number of years studying and learning about their breed * is active in one or more breed clubs or similar groups and thus is in regular contact with other people in the breed * knows their breeding stock inside and out for several generations back * has an «eye for a dog» and has developed a detailed picture of the type of dog they're breeding toward * almost always compete in some in some sort of activity with their dogs (conformation, working activities, obedience etc.) so as to have a realistic idea of how their dogs compare to others of the same the breed * is knowledgable about the hereditary problems that occur in their breed and has the appropriate tests done prior to breeding in order to decrease the likelihood of their occurance in their pups * considers temperament important * is knowledgable about the mating and whelping of dogs in general, so as to minimize the chances of injury or death to the breeding dogs * is extremely concerned with the quality of the homes that their puppies are destinied for, to the point of not performing a breeding if they don't feel good homes will be available for the pups * never has more dogs of their own than they are properly able to care for * is willing and able to educate and build a relationship with their puppy buyers * is honest * uses spay / neuter contracts and / or limited registration to prevent the casual breeding of their puppies * is ALWAYS willing to take back a dog of their breeding if a puppy buyer can not keep it for any reason.

The work - up and staging are important for two reasons: it is necessary to determine the tumor type and extent of the cancer, but also provides the clinician with information regarding the dog's general health and may identify concurrent medical or musculoskeletal problems, all of which may influence the treatment recommendations.

In general, when a cat has urinary problems, it's important to rule out any medical conditions before considering behavioral problems (to be covered in another issue).

So this is a national problem — at a time when Earth sciences in general and climate in particular have never been more important, the programs that support these in NSF, NOAA and NASA have been declining.

But on very general principles I'd expect that to the extent that change is a problem in and of itself, we should think of it as at least a second - order effect, with little important first - order effect.

For instance, one might expect comments: 1) identifying ethical problems in legal scholarship that are given too little attention; 2) identifying the most important or urgent ethical problems in legal scholarship, even if they are already given attention; 3) asking questions about the definition of «scholarship» or «legal scholarship,» what counts as legal scholarship, and what kinds of norms, if any, should apply to writing by law professors as law professors but outside scholarly forums, such as tweets, blog posts, «law professors» letters,» op - eds, and so on; 4) proposing specific ethical norms for legal scholarship, especially those that might, as it were, be part of a Restatement or code of the ethics of legal scholarship; and 5) raising general questions, positive or critical, about what the conference should try to achieve or whether it is possible to achieve anything at all.

Whether these problems are specific to being male, or more general, it is important that more men feel comfortable in seeking help.

However, traditional objections to findings not based on clinical diagnostic categories are lessened by evidence that CMD are most validly represented as a single dimension encompassing comorbid anxiety and depression.43 — 45 One important problem is that measures such as the general health questionnaire may be prone to socioeconomic response bias, with those in lower occupational grades underreporting symptoms.46

Given school refusal is often associated with a range of physical complaints, a check up with a medical practitioner is important to assess for any general medical problems.

Choosing a mediator who you and your spouse are comfortable with is also extremely important, so don't just listen to the answers to your questions, also gauge how you feel about the mediator in general and whether you can see them navigating likely problems.

Programs that decrease the likelihood that children will ever be abused or neglected through educating parents, teachers, doctors, other service providers, and the general public about the scope and problems associated with child maltreatment, the factors that lead to maltreatment, and ways to prevent it are important.

How well the therapy will work for the couple, as well as for the spouses individually, will depend on a number of factors, among which the most important is the commitment of the partners to the process, the nature and the depth of the problem, the level in which the clients relate to their therapist, and the general suitability of the partners in the first place.

Family - focused work is an important means of preventing various problems that may become a serious burden for society in general.

It is therefore clearly important that clinicians develop effective, reliable and valid and usable tools that can facilitate the early identification of child and adolescent mental health problems as well as the detection of hidden comorbidities in those presenting with either general physical or mental health problems.

If buyer clients believe that they may have a claim against a builder under a statutory, express, or implied warranty, there are several important steps they should take: Read the warranty, if there is one, provided by the builder; call the builder and try to resolve the dispute; provide written notice to the builder of the defect in the form of a letter; give the builder a reasonable amount of time to resolve the problem; seek legal advice if the dispute can not be resolved; and contact the state consumer protection agency or state attorney general's office.

«Choosing the right size is particularly important when moving farther away, as making several trips could be a problem,» says Andrew, who recommends using the following guidelines when determining the size of your truck: • In general, the contents of bachelor and one - bedroom apartments will fit in a 16» cube truck available at your local rental company.