Sentences with phrase «many societal benefits»

There are even some pressure points for patient advocates who think Cures» passage is a net societal benefit.

«There is a broader societal benefit here and fundamentally that's the kind of thing I'm attracted to,» Harford said in an interview.

In fact, it's taxing the nation's future entrepreneurs, educators, and scientists, who are increasingly focused on societal benefits but can't afford to pay for their education out of pocket.

«The fact that we have made so much progress with governments around the world speaks to the transformative nature of Hyperloop One's technology and the material transportation and societal benefits it unlocks,» Brent Callinicos, COO and CFO of Hyperloop One, said in a statement.

Notwithstanding its potential environmental burdens, the JRP ultimately concluded that the NGP is in the public interest, citing various societal benefits including primarily jobs and job - training for Aboriginal communities but also «research, monitoring, and planning initiatives and techniques with relevance beyond the project» and economic benefits, first and foremost the importance of «opening Pacific Basin markets» (NGP Report, Volume II, Chapter 2, s. 2.4.3 and 2.4.4.).

And yet when it comes down to the final moments, when it gets real, when we have no more need for the societal benefits of religious posturing, we learn what is really most important, and the answer (given the real purpose of life, see above) is what we should reasonably expect: family.

Many religions, unfortunately, skew the education of their members to the extent that they are incapable of viewing their religion in its social context, and therefore do not, and can not, understand the societal benefit of the freedomd to grow and change and learn as a society.

Ciclo Verde Taeq ® is a closed - loop system that brings recycled materials into the production of high - value products instead of being used to make lower value articles and enables societal benefits.

I will talk briefly about my experience of breastfeeding and why I am so committed to promoting it, before touching on its health and societal benefits.

And I think it's really important to understand that these young people get no societal benefit from being transgender.

Crouse says the decline in marriage and a corresponding rise in cohabitation is happening despite at least a decade of research demonstrating the societal benefits of two - parent families.

The United States Department of Health and Human Services points out the cost savings ($ 1,160 and $ 3,915 per year, depending on brand of formula), and points out several societal benefits of breastfeeding:

Senate Resolution 170 recognizes the unique health, economic, and societal benefits that breastfeeding provides to babies, mothers, families and the community and resolves the state of Illinois to work to ensure that barriers to initiation and continuation of breastfeeding are removed and that a women's right to breastfeed is upheld.

That legal difference stems from the theoretical difference: if you give something to your relatives are you really producing a societal benefit, or just helping out your own?

An inheritance goes directly to private individuals and does not produce the same societal benefit.

Whether it's increasing the chance to advance academically or secure employment, it is clear that raising the age of responsibility will have a great societal benefit,» said Jeff Klein, the IDC leader.

«The report issued by the Independent Democratic Conference shows that in addition to this societal benefit the state will see a fiscal benefit as well.

The idea that individual freedom would allow for harmony and mutual societal benefit, by the way - which is tempting to interpret as everyone acting in their own self - interest - is quite reminiscent of Adam Smith's invisible hand, although I'm reluctant to make any close connections.

And deepening knowledge of the physical world has always in the past produced unforeseen future societal benefits.

«Even when accounting for the broader societal benefits of energy efficiency investments, the costs still substantially outweigh the benefits,» the report concluded.

So we end up going on a shorter mission that is of less societal benefit but that's achievable in that time frame.»

Many consumer electronic gadgets have limited societal benefit, and most are quickly supplanted by some next - generation thing.

If we want to remain secure economically, Sullivan said, our research enterprise must be strong — and must be strongly connected to societal benefits.

The Irish minister for research and innovation, Sean Sherlock, says that research will deliver jobs and major economic and societal benefits: «Today we are sending out a major positive signal that, despite our status as an E.U. / IMF program country, we are still investing smartly and significantly in research talent.»

«Salman's research certainly looks at important and fundamental scientific questions, but it has societal benefits, too,» said Paul Messina, Argonne Distinguished Fellow.

Numao envisions a number of societal benefits to a human - machine interface that considers emotions.

He says it tamps down expectations that every research grant must pay off in short - term, tangible societal benefits.

This research reminds us that natural processes, when targeted carefully, can reduce downstream flood risk alongside other societal benefits including biodiversity and recreation.»

For the study, MAbs were rapidly produced in tobacco plants in as little as ten days, giving promise to change the image of scourged product that causes lung cancer into a manufacturing system for societal benefits against infectious diseases.

This led him to speculate that if academic careers were less linear, defined less by narrow metrics such as citation counts and grants and more by wider societal benefits such as outreach activities and teaching quality, «there would be more diversity and thus innovation in the system.»

Cerebral palsy is a lifelong disorder with interventions during childhood that might have long - term individual, family, and societal benefits.

A connection between innovators and policymakers will be more important within the next decade, he said, and it will require policy frameworks to ensure that potential risks are managed to reap societal benefits, particularly as it concerns the «Internet of Things» technologies and smart cities or even issues like smartphone encryption.

«The overall significance is that although we already know that reducing methane emissions can bring great societal benefits via decreased near - term warming and improved air quality, and that many of the sources can be controlled at low or even negative cost, we still need better data on emissions from particular sources,» Duke University climate sciences professor Drew Shindell said.

Early childhood education can yield short - and long - term educational, economic, and societal benefits, underscoring the value of expanding publicly funded preschool education.

The EU Horizon 2020 project AtlantOS, which is coordinated by GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, just finalized a video to explain the value of integrated Atlantic Ocean Observing for societal benefit.

Early childhood education can yield short - and long - term educational, economic, and societal benefits, underscoring the value of expanding publicly funded preschool education, New York University Professor Hirokazu Yoshikawa outlines in a research brief released today.

«Ms. Kapustij has the poise and leadership to provide sound policy analyses and develop policy options to promote the use of genomic information for societal benefit.»

He found that the societal benefits would amount to $ 50,000 per child annually and an overall savings of $ 1.2 trillion by reduced crime and increased rates of on - time high school graduation.

The societal benefit themes will be examined by their relationship to Ocean Observing and how information products can be best supported through the observing system themes.

The Swedish Biodiversity Program: For projects with the aim to understand genetic variation in nature and which will give novel biological insights and a societal benefit for the environment.

He added: «Plastics bring many societal benefits, but it is also clear that accumulation of end - of - life plastics represents a waste management problem.

After winning a Starting or Consolidator Grant, group leaders will be eligible to apply for Proof of Concept Grants, which provide a further $ 150,000 over 18 months to pursue promising commercial or societal benefits emerging from an ERC project.

He believes that while researchers do have a right to hold and disseminate their opinions, at the same time, they need to evaluate their opinions against societal benefits and risks.

Smith also understood the value of supporting the patenting and licensing of Princeton discoveries, allowing innovations with societal benefit to reach the marketplace, said John Ritter, director of the Office of Technology Licensing.

«He is among the global leaders who are fostering greater attention on human - Earth system science and its societal benefits.»

Long term, there are many societal benefits both in health and cost,» Mmeje said.

Less segregated communities have a number of societal benefits — a migrant marrying a local has a higher chance of finding employment, for example.

@Pearl I think there both forms of prostitution, but then again, I think (in our society) so is marriage (womben get married usually to be more financially secure & receive societal benefits in exchange for being a «wife»).

According to Kant, if one of the last two men on Earth was a murderer, it would still require the other man to punish him with death, despite no obvious personal or societal benefit.

Evaluations of school - reform measures typically focus on the outcomes that are most easily quantified, namely, test scores, as a proxy for long - term societal benefit.