Sentences with phrase «larger international effort»

The opportunities for progress on science and technology related to this topic are immense, but a much larger international effort is required from society and scientists.

This research is in line with a larger international effort that is underway to identify the core bacterial composition of a healthy human body.

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IF you think it's a hassle organising a weekend away for two, imagine the effort required to coordinate international travel itineraries for large corporate groups.

CHICAGO, Jan 24 Baxter International informed customers on Wednesday that it has been given approval by U.S. regulators to import large saline bags from its plant in Mexico in an effort to ease hospital shortages of the product as the nation faces a severe flu season.

CHICAGO (Reuters)- Baxter International informed customers on Wednesday that it has been given approval by U.S. regulators to import large saline bags from its plant in Mexico in an effort to ease hospital shortages of the product as the nation faces a severe flu season.

6 — Earth Twine will also benefit from industry specific knowledge, international presence, and the knowledge of blockchain innovations of Greenberg Traurig Law, the largest law firm in the USA, in order to help steer the international transactions involving digital currencies and the future crowdsourcing efforts.

Moving forward, South Korea needs to maintain the momentum behind its effort to become the Northeast Asian hub for natural gas trade by building a large - scale commercial storage facility for natural gas and using international cooperation programs.

The Baha'i International Community says the charges are trumped up in an effort to stifle the religion, the largest minority faith in Iran.

This was notably the case in the successful campaign against Negro slavery, in the many efforts, not so successful, to curb war and bring about international peace, in the Red Cross for ministering to the sufferers from war and from natural disasters, in the inauguration of the modern nursing profession, in the fight against the excessive use of alcohol, in the efforts to improve the care of prisoners and the insane, in the multiform endeavors, never before so numerous, to give larger opportunities to the underprivileged, and in some of the many programs for the thorough reconstruction of society.

APtly Said, Formerly API Speaks launched in April of 2008 as part of Attachment Parenting International's larger effort to offer interactive content through their newly - redesigned web site: http://www.attachmentparenting.org.

Throughout the week, ILCA will highlight each of these themes to help you better understand the SDGs and learn how to connect your critical local efforts to these larger international goals.

Large - scale international conflict resolution efforts are much more likely to fail when civil wars contain more actors that can block an end to the war.

«We therefore ask, both on behalf of our party but also on behalf of a very large number of people in this country, that you now withdraw your News Corp bid for BSkyB and concentrate all of your efforts on cleaning up News International.»

Next year, Eilon will be part of an international effort to instrument large unexplored swaths of the Pacific with ocean bottom seismometers.

The largest single assistance programme in nuclear safety, the Prime Minister said, is that of the European Union, through which much of Britain's contribution to the international effort is now directed.

HFSP and other international biomedical research programs can serve as models for the far larger investment efforts needed to promote and maintain research networks and training across national boundaries.

As part of the international effort to sequence the 17 — billion — base - pair hexaploid bread wheat genome (2n = 6x = 42 chromosomes), we constructed a bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC)-- based integrated physical map of the largest chromosome, 3B, that alone is 995 megabases.

In one of the largest international conservation efforts ever undertaken, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in London has completed a $ 120 million expansion of its rural outpost in Wakehurst Place to preserve seeds from more than 24,000 species.

The challenge, which was announced at an asteroid initiative industry and partner day at NASA Headquarters in Washington, is a large - scale effort that will use multi-disciplinary collaborations and a variety of partnerships with other government agencies, international partners, industry, academia, and citizen scientists.

The largest current fusion effort is the ITER tokamak, a machine under construction in France with support from the United States and international partners.

Led by cybersecurity researchers from SRI International and ISI with decades of years of experience designing, building, and operating large cybersecurity testbeds, the effort involved more than 150 experts, representing 75 organizations.

The IBPGR is now coordinating an international effort to grow the Somalian seeds in order to obtain large quantities of new seeds.

It represents years of collaborative efforts from a large team of international scientists, with a substantial contribution from undergraduate student researchers in the 3 - D laser surface scanning 3 - D of the Thirioux skeletons.

The study culminates many years of effort by an international team of scientists who have discovered a large number of the satellite galaxies, developed new techniques to measure their distances, and have used the Keck Observatory with colleagues to measure their radial velocities, or Doppler shifts (the speed of the galaxy relative to the Sun).

The CSHL lab of Professor W. Richard McCombie, Ph.D., was part of an highly collaborative international effort, involving several institutions in the United States and Great Britain as well as one in Germany, tasked with overcoming the technical challenge that sequencing this large, complex genome presented.

PHENOMIN, as a large scale national infrastructure for Biotechnology and Health, will primarily provide services for all French laboratories and also be a major player in the international strategic phenogenomics effort.

These efforts began in the Tongue of the Ocean, Bahamas with a large, interdisciplinary, international team of experts using an underwater, military listening range to conduct BRS - 07.

SKA was first conceived in 90s at the International Union of Radio Science (URSI) which established the Large Telescope Working Group to begin a worldwide effort to develop the scientific goals and technical specifications for a next generation radio observatory.

We found that large international NGOs and humanitarian organizations feel that their expertise and experience was going unrecognized and unappreciated by government actors, and that government actors sometimes view NGOs as competitors who were undermining their efforts to get as many children as possible into public schools.

In our schools over the course of the school year, students and staff also engage in projects, small and large, that contribute to local and international charitable efforts.

Orlando International Airport plans to step up efforts to crack down on limousine drivers who solicit arriving passengers after the airport's largest taxi operator complained that independent operators are stealing his business.Paul Mears Jr., who heads the largest taxi service at the airport, presented a 30 - page report on the extent of passenger solicitation by independent drivers to the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority Wednesday.

But being a self - published author tops the list, more difficult than it was learning architecture and going on to design dozens of large custom homes, or operating a construction company that specialized in the absolutely highest end for the most demanding people on Earth, or running a successful international import / export firm in dozens of jurisdictions, or making wine with one of the biggest wineries in Argentina... I could go on, but the point is that I've done a few tough things which required a fair amount of effort and mental dexterity, and writing makes them all look like child's play.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

In an effort to mitigate the impact of a stronger dollar, many investors have been favoring small - cap stocks, which depend less on international sales than larger companies.

But if you're willing to put in just a little more effort, you could get even more diversification by devoting, say, 20 % to 40 % of your stock stake to a total international stock index fund, which would give you exposure to the stock markets of countries large and small around the globe.

Some are to some degree antagonistic toward each other, but a few years ago when epilepsy was recognized as a serious breed health concern an international grass - roots effort lead to a large collection of research samples and cooperation among key clubs, foundations and organizations to provide funding for a research project that involves an international collaboration.

«Wisconsin exports increased by 6.1 percent in 2017 and are off to a strong start again this year due in large part to the efforts of companies like these, which have developed strategies for reaching new international markets,» Governor Scott Walker said.

The options include everything from cozy local bed and breakfasts that feel like home but require no effort to large national or international hotel chains that will have familiar services.

Along with the locally organized Hong Kong International Contemporary Art Fair, Art HK 08 is part of a growing effort to entice international galleries and collectors to the island - city, which has become the third largest art auction market in recent years after New YorInternational Contemporary Art Fair, Art HK 08 is part of a growing effort to entice international galleries and collectors to the island - city, which has become the third largest art auction market in recent years after New Yorinternational galleries and collectors to the island - city, which has become the third largest art auction market in recent years after New York and London.

The Tate logo was designed by international brand consultancy Wolff Olins in 2000 as part of a larger rebranding effort focused around the idea «look again, think again.»

«Julia has been a relentless innovator and pioneer, and in the process has created the very blueprint for all the marketing efforts that are now necessary to effectively run and grow a large - scale, international art gallery», David Zwirner wrote in an email to staff.

Several of the authors work for large environmental groups such as WWF and Conservation International, which have put a lot of time and effort into showing that «low - impact logging» can co-exist with protecting biodiversity.

EIA considers such a campaign tantamount to enacting a large - scale illegal ivory amnesty that will only serve to promote more ivory trade, counter to international efforts to close markets to protect elephants.

Beginning 2016, the SDGs will guide the efforts of governments, international organizations, non government organizations and others on some of our largest collective challenges — reducing poverty and disease, and protecting our natural resources and environment.

Therefore, Anatolian youth do not have reliable and large - scale access to national and international climate developments except for some on - going non-governmental efforts which can be counted on the fingers of one hand.

While the IMO has adopted some energy - efficiency standards for shipping, emissions are not expected to fall without further efforts, due to the large projected growth in the international shipping industry in the coming decades.

Some of the world's largest aviation companies have called for governments to step up efforts to deliver a new international carbon offsetting scheme for the industry.

Its effects may not be fully realized for some time (or may be interrupted), but the signs point to a significant shift: the incorporation of forest and soil restoration into the climate and development strategies of most countries, the enshrinement of the land sector's key role in the international climate agreement, the first fruits of coordinated research efforts aimed at integrating climate goals into land management, and the availability of large - scale financial investments to fuel the climate - related benefits of better land management.

The collaborative international project began in 1993 as an effort to address how Amazonia functions as a regional entity within the larger Earth system, and how changes in land use there might affect the region's biological, chemical, and physical functions and influence global climate.