Sentences with phrase «in public understanding»

Despite Facebook's ubiquity in public life, there remain large gaps in the public understanding about what Facebook is, and how it works.

In April 2012, Susan, along with Aaron Huertas of the Union of Concerned Scientists, led a webinar on «Bridging the Gap in Public Understanding of Climate Change: What Can Scientists Do?»

All the consensus messages tested led to significant gains in public understanding of the scientific consensus compared to the control group.

Camille Parmesan is a professor in Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin and holds the National Marine Aquarium Chair in the Public Understanding of Oceans and Human Health at University of Plymouth, UK.

Commonalities and differences in public understanding of climate change and «global warming.

I think all involved would agree that this was not a big step forward in the public understanding of science.

It's whether the Times's coverage is excellent enough, and accurate enough, and compelling enough, and frequent enough, to lead a change in public understanding and responsible action.)

The relevant question is whether the issue is addressed by changes in public understanding and behavior.

It won (in a slightly modified form) the Klaus Tschira Award 2015 for Achievements in Public Understanding of Sciences — KlarText!.

Camille Parmesan is a professor in Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin and holds the National Marine Aquarium Chair in the Public Understanding of Oceans and Human Health at University of Plymouth, UK.

Thus, the Bone and Joint Research Group are active participants in Public Understanding of Science.

As the committee put it, «While mtDNA plays a central role in genetic ancestry, traits that are carried in nDNA are those that in the public understanding constitute the core of genetic relatedness in terms of physical and behavioral characteristics as well as most forms of disease.»

I think all involved would agree that this was not a big step forward in the public understanding of science.

Richard Wiseman, professor in the Public Understanding of Psychology at the University of Hertfordshire, commented: «This is a huge rise, and the results are extremely worrying because getting less than seven hours sleep a night is below the recommended guidelines, and is associated with a range of problems, including an increased risk of weight gain, heart attacks, diabetes and cancer.»

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Quite possibly the modern low in public understanding of climate science was the November 2009 hacking of the East Anglia e-mails.

In the face of these challenges in public understanding, the new report released at the AAAS meeting showed that 87 percent of scientists say they should take an active role in public policy debates about issues related to science and technology.

«This is a remarkable development by any standards and it deserves some analysis... the 1983 Labour manifesto commanded the loyalty of millions of voters and a democratic socialist bridge - head in public understanding and support can be made.»

A couple of weeks ago, I chaired a talk and discussion with Wellcome Trust Fellow in the public understanding of science, Dr Kevin Fong, an advocate of space exploration, at Radio 3's Free Thinking Festival in Gateshead.

A study done in 2005 by Dr. Jon D. Miller of Northwestern University, an expert in the public understanding of science and technology, found that one in five American adults thinks the Sun revolves around the Earth.

Another element not in the public understanding, since the Federal Reserve no longer produces this sort of monetary analysis, is a very sharp slowdown in the money supply's rate of growth, bank loans, and within important credit aggregates.

Not exact matches

All this being said, there is still obviously such a thing as too much awkwardness, and most of us will continue, despite Dahl's pep talks for the self - conscious, to strive to behave stupidly in public as little as possible She very much understands that impulse and offers many tips she dug up speaking to researchers for the book, including:

(In late September, five corporate AI leaders — Amazon, Facebook, Google, IBM, and Microsoft — formed the nonprofit Partnership on AI to advance public understanding of the subject and conduct research on ethics and best practices.)

In January, the Monetary Authority of Singapore urged the public «to act with extreme caution and understand the significant risks they take on if they choose to invest in cryptocurrencies.&raquIn January, the Monetary Authority of Singapore urged the public «to act with extreme caution and understand the significant risks they take on if they choose to invest in cryptocurrencies.&raquin cryptocurrencies.»

Armed with a better understanding of mobile technology, free from costly branch networks and focused intensely on the user experience, these online firms are muscling in on the lucrative business of providing loans, mortgages and portfolio management services to the public.

«A better understanding of the medium - term trade - off of private sector versus public sector debt will be helpful in developing stronger guidance around the monetary / fiscal policy mix,» Poloz said in his speech.

Or an integrative medicine practitioner could help the public better understand what the real stats are behind deaths in patients who receive both traditional and alternative medical care.

Words evolve, and maybe the public will catch up with the Global 100 in its broad understanding of the term «sustainability.»

In 2014, he was the recipient of the Malcolm S. Forbes Public Awareness Award for Excellence in Advancing Financial Understanding Among the PubliIn 2014, he was the recipient of the Malcolm S. Forbes Public Awareness Award for Excellence in Advancing Financial Understanding Among the Publiin Advancing Financial Understanding Among the Public.

Corporate managers need to have an understanding and anticipation of the information in their computing networks that could result in a public - relations debacle.

In her latest book, Women Who Work, she revealed that she had initially resisted making her family life public, but gave in after she understood that photos of them would be available to the world whether she wanted them to be or noIn her latest book, Women Who Work, she revealed that she had initially resisted making her family life public, but gave in after she understood that photos of them would be available to the world whether she wanted them to be or noin after she understood that photos of them would be available to the world whether she wanted them to be or not:

If you think your voice may be working against you or if others find it difficult to understand you, don't hesitate to invest in a speech coach or a few public speaking courses.

«Hedge funds today are on the same public perception track that mutual funds were, and in 20 years will similarly end up as well - understood investment vehicles — viewed as an essential participant in the global economy,» said Richard Baker, president and CEO of hedge fund trade group Managed Funds Association.

While recent public health initiatives continue to enhance and expand our understanding of the social and economic costs of depression, it's clear more work is needed to combat depression in the workplace.»

This applies to boards who want to be free from meddling shareholders, accountants who resent intrusive financial regulations like those embodied in Sarbanes - Oxley, and cops who think the public just doesn't understand.

For several years, Cameco has tied compensation to environmental sustainability and worker safety, because «being in the uranium business, the company understands the importance of the social licence from the community,» says Nancy Hopkins, a lawyer who sits on several private - and public - sector boards, including Cameco's.

Public market investors generally want to understand your company as a whole — what your main businesses are, what your prospects for growth are — while strategic buyers may be more interested in specific parts of your company that are complementary.

And while these words are commonly found in everyday conversations, Steven D. Cohen, an award - winning speaker who leads career and academic workshops on public speaking at Harvard Extension School, argues that «they often detract from the listener's ability to understand a particular message.»

«His books for the public seemed to show great respect for his audience, assuming that, even if they didn't fully understand him, they still would be interested in what a cosmologist had to say about the universe in all its wonder and strangeness.»

Perhaps the relative success of Freshii is due to Corrin's understanding of image and public relations — traits he picked up on in the New York fashion scene.

«He was a leader in business, a wise counsellor to many and, at the same time, someone who also understood and promoted good public policy.

«We understand the sentiment, but our members have stuck by us over the last year against others» predictions,» Cheryl Kim, Aimia's vice-president corporate reputation and public affairs, wrote in an email.

The report aims to help community groups, small businesses, state and local governments and the public to better understand, monitor and respond to trends in borrowing and indebtedness at the household level.

The Spanish government has been noteworthy in its pursuit of well - directed actions to address Spain's debt and banking - system problems, and the Spanish public has demonstrated an understanding of the need for austerity and reform measures.

In fact, the scale of the Chinese government's use of Facebook to communicate abroad offers a notable sign of Beijing's understanding of Facebook's power to mold public opinion.

This is why, besides my investigation, which could result in enforcement action, I will also be making clear public policy recommendations to help us understand how our personal data is used online and what we can do to control how it's used.»

The discussion of inflation in the minutes also mirrored much of the recent public discussion by Chair Yellen, who acknowledged the difficulties the committee has in understanding current inflation dynamics and why inflation continues to remain below target, despite very accommodative policies.

The principal recommendation of this report was that Canadian governments must step up and collect the necessary data regarding foreign investment in order for policy - makers and the public to understand if foreign investment is playing a significant part in shaping urban real estate pricing and availability.

But the general public in Canada doesn't really understand how incredible our people or resources are here.

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